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okay, when you're trying to playback a DVD the next time check taskmanager (press [B]ALT+CTRL+DEL[/B]) if the CPU usuage is up to a 100% then there's something wrong in the communication between the drive and the m-board or driver curruption. so you can do this; open up the case remove …

I was using my PC and it shut off, it was only operating for like 10 minutes or less. When i looked at the power light it was glowing a kind of amberish color. I googled around and i saw it was a power supply problem but i just replaced …

svchost.exe, the one that also manages sound, has been using up 100% cpu lately at just random times mainly while i'm playing windowed games and browsing with iexplorer 7, is there a reason for this?

I'm having a problem, my drive been using 100% of the CPU lately, for simple task as transfering a picture or application installation. It never done this before and it's a headache because now i can't even listen to music from the drive or play music while working with the …

try turning of overlays: [B]tools>options>performance [/B]tab>[B]advance[/B]>check [B]"Use high Quality Mode"[/B]

heat can somethimes be the culprit if you have it backed up against the wall, try moving it foward to encourage airflow I once had a monitor with similar symptoms and only by hitting it would i get my picture back, then i realized it was the heat. So i …

okay, i'm doing an upgrade on my machine, i want to install a new intel mother-board with a PCI-express slot and get a NEW PCI Graphic card. But with windows Vista coming out next year with the new directx10, do you guys think that the hardware change will be such …

The missing GB is usually the total of the page-file, hibernation file, the master files and the system restore points. To free up your GB Disable [B]Hibernation [/B] (you'd free up as much space as you have RAM) Disable [B]System Restore[/B] (Usually freeing 1-4 GB) Disable pagefile (which is not …

to scan your PC use [URL=http://www.cpuid.com/cpuz.php]CPU-Z[/URL] then click the [B]mainbaord [/B] tab, under Graphic Interface, you'd see whether you Motherboard supports [B]AGP [/B] or [B]PCI-EXPRESS[/B] if you still want more infomation, come back and tell us the new card you bougth and your PC brand & model, we can help …

My PC is using the wrong resolution when booting, i.e. when showing brand logo and windows load screen. At least i think it's the wrong resolution. Anyway, i think it happened because i switched monitors and the display configurations got messed up. I reinstalled the drivers but that didn't seem …

i think this is it, click [URL=http://www.soundcard-drivers.com/drivers/131/131526.htm]here[/URL] and for reference the card is: Yamaha YMF740c and that computer could really do with an upgrade :cheesy:

Well i was having trouble with my default monitor which is [B]17' CRT (1280x960 75 Hz)[/B] so i swapped it with a [B]15' CRT running at 800x600 [/B]85 Hz. Well the 15' started going fuzzy and the contrast went down, so i swapped back the default monitor while still running …

make sure the remote assistance service is running and not disabled go to start then click run and type this [B]services.msc[/B] and make sure [B]remote desktop help session[/B] manager is set to automatic Also right click on My Computer go to [B]properties [/B]then click the [B]remote [/B]tab and check [B]Allow …

My Montior has been acting up lately, it goes all "wobely" similar to what happens when deguassing is applied except not as extreme and without the 'doing' sound and the color disortion. I use 1280x960 at 72Hz on a 17' CRT monitor, i had it for roughly 2 years and …

do this right click on the [B]desktop>properties>apperance tab>advance button[/B]; click [B]tooltip[/B] in the drop down menu, click the [I][B]bold[/B] icon[/I] to undo the bold. from there you can adjust it anyway you like :)

I installed a second hard-drive mainly for games and photos. The default drive c:\ has the windows and programs folder and the page file I do a lot of photo editing and play a lot of games I have 768 ram and I usually need around 2048 GB page file …

You question is unclear. What are you saying? When you click "My Computer", you're not seeing "My Documents" in the list but only the "Shared Folder"? If that's the case, My Documents doesn't show up under mine either.

I messed up in my folder options>file types :o Somehow I changed the way my folders react when I click on them, they don't open anymore but the activate the search. Does someone know what is the [B]string or command[/B] for opening the contents of a folder in [B]the same …

At my boot screen i am always prompted to choose the operating system. I use only windows xp home edition and it's listed twice. is there anyway to skip this prompt and go straight to the booting of xp?