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See, I'm too lazy to read the entire thread, so I'll go from the thread count. Also, let's club the number systems together 273 (dec) 111 (hex) 100010001 (bin) 421 (oct) Thank you, Digital Logic Design Class

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Looking at the partitions on the 2nd screen cap, I seriously doubt that this was a DVD/DVD drive issue. This looks more like something to do with the partitions going awry. The "System Reserved" and "Boot" paritions are created by the OS when installed and are usually hidden and should …

You're saying you're trying to activate Office Home and Business. However, the screen shot you've posted shows Office Professional Plus installed. Remove Professional Plus and install Home and Business. The program should activate then.

While changing the graphics chip on a laptop is more toward chip level, you can confirm your diagnosis by running your hardware verndor provided diagnostic program. That should run a stress test on your video card and if it fails, will report the problem.

If you can post the exact error message, we'd be able to assist better.

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I think we're going a bit too far about installing a game on DVD. Have you actually installed a game on a DVD before?

Considering you deleted it a month ago, you can be pretty sure it's deleted permanently. Not even a file recovery app will help you recover the file now. Sorry dude.

oh, once you're done clearing the startup tab, click on the services tab and check the box "Hide all Microsoft services" and click disable all there too. Then try restarting the computer. But yes, I'd always recommend a format/reinstall.

Try disabling "Tap to click" in the touchpad settings

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Try powering the system without any RAM modules. If the board gives any beep(s) then the board is fine. Next, take any one RAM stick and plug it into the slot and then turn the system on. If this doesn't work, then put the stick into the other slot. Keep …

Need for Speed: Most Wanted has the free roam option where you can just take in the sights. However, if you bang too many cars or buildings, the police come looking for you. But that doesn't happen often.

You get Deep Space 9; I put in the Apollo Command Module

I still suggest that you convert your filesystem to NTFS (if it isn't) and then use the NTFS access permissions to grant users access. I never like installing additional software to do something that can be done as well using built in Windows tools.

Have you tried reinstalling the display drivers?

If FDISK isn't able to delete the partitons, use the debug command to delete the partitions. Boot to DOS mode from the Windows CD and at the prompt, type 'debug' and press enter. You should now see a hyphen instead of the prompt. Then type the following commands: (Text in …

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or, if you have a number of IDE devices, just go in for a PCI IDE add on card. The card provides you with 2-4 IDE channels.

I'd say it depends on the nature of the crime. If the criminal has done something violent, like murder or bodily harm, with the intent of doing it again, he should be imprisoned indefinitely. If he rapes a woman, he should be forced to undergo hard, rigorous labor for atleast …

Not to sound rude, but I don't prefer much of either Hindi or Pakistani music. A few of them are good, but I mainly prefer Rock. Stuff like Def Leppard, Scorpions, Dream Theater, Lifehouse et al....

If you bought a box packed processor, you should have got a heatsink fan combo along with it. This heatsink has a thermal pad on it. If you didn't remove the tape covering this pad, thats your problem. If you didn't get any heatsink fan combo, you bought an OEM …

Is this as onboard sound card or an add on sound card?

Sometimes, resetting the CMOS can help. Remove the CMOS battery and leave the mobo for 10-15 minutes. Re insert the battery and see if this helps. Some models may have a CMOS reset jumper. Try to short this jumper and the CMOS should clear itself. Else, as nizzy suggested, check …

It would seem to me that one or more of the semiconductor ICs in the drive have become toast. There's nothing you can do save get a new drive

or, my personal fave: format C: /u <hehehehehe> No, seriously. If you need to bering it back to the "new computer stage", I'd suggest you get your hands on the OS media and format the HD completely. Then, setup your OS afresh.

Any chance these chips were nvidia? They had these issues on a few models

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Primary Hard Drive: None? Yowsa. Bad sign. Seems like your hard disk has crashed. You'll need to take the lappy to Dell and get a replacement drive.

Are you really surprised? It was just a matter of time before someone thwarted the scheme. As they say, no man can create something another cannot. this promises to be a long waged battle between the music companies who want to "protect" digital content and the people who believe in …

Hey all A friend of mine just designed a page and added the yahoo and gmail login boxes to it. Now, it works. What I want to ask is this. If I he was to host it, and use it to login to yahoo, gmail whatever, would it be secure? …

[QUOTE=binhtran]HOW DID YOU FIX IT? I HAD SAME PROBLEM AND MISLOCATED MY XP CD... PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU HAVE CORRECTED THE PROBLEM. THANKS[/QUOTE] Generally, you could replace corrupt system files. However, you need the installation CD. If you don't have it, try system restore...

Check your startup files(start>run>msconfig). Click the startup tab. Is the folder listed to open at startup? If so, uncheck it and reboot.

First off, I noticed that when you enabled DHCP, your IP address was set to 169.254.245.101. An IP starting with 169.254.x.x is an "Automatic Private IP Address" (APIPA). This is a temp IP assigned to your network cards when your DHCP server fails to allot an IP address. Since your …

Marking thread as solved.

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Well, you can simply delete the old installation after you boot into your new installation. To get rid of the choices you get... I'm assuming you installed your old installation on C:\Windows and new on D:\Windows. Open C:\boot.ini. There, you will find some lines like multi(0)\disk(0)\rdisk(0)\partition(1)\Windows="Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect.... multi(0)\disk(0)\rdisk(0)\partition(2)\Windows="Windows …

check the system.ini file (C:\Windows\system.ini). Scroll till you find a line that starts with 'Shell='. Make sure it reads as 'Shell=explorer.exe'. Save the file and reboot. You'll need to do this from a DOS window (obviously). Once you get to a DOS Prompt, type the following commands. [B]C: <enter> cd …

How about we go back to basics? Is the mic plugged in? And to the "Microphone In" port?

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The fact that the mouse pointer shows up means the boot config data is OK. You mentioned System Restore did not work from WinRE or Safe Mode. Try this. When you're at the black screen with the mouse pointer, open Task Manager, go to File > New Task and punch …

I dont know. A friend of mine bought an ACER lappy and she's had a nighmarish time with it. First, the HD crashed causing her to lose data. She got the HD replaced as it was in warranty. Oh, and the warranty was only for 6 months. And this when …

...or if that doesn't work, check to make sure the sound hardware has all drivers installed properly, and that the correct device is selected in Sounds and Audio Devices>Audio and Voice tab. Also, check that the Windows Audio service is up and running. To check the service status, click start>run …

System Properties>Advanced tab, under performance, click settings. In the Performance Options dialog box, check the second last option (Use drop shadows for icon labels on the desktop). This will get rid of your "Highlighted Icons"

well, for future reference, I've seen this problem getting fixed by running a chkdsk on the drive. In your case, you have to run chkdsk /f C: from the command prompt. When asked if you wish to run the disk check on the next restart, choose yes.

First off, JohnnyBopps and col, it's against the forum rules to post your problems onto someone else's thread. It dilutes the attention that can be given to one problem, and lessens the chance of you getting personalised attention. That said, PBSKid, you could use an external temperature sensing device to …

I'm not sure of the exact steps, but I can recommend Symantec Ghost for the purpose. You just need to install Windows, all drivers and install all apps on a source machine and then 'clone' the hard drive. Then, you can just install this image onto every computer you want …