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I bought my PC from Acer. It had Vista pre-installed. It came with no CD or anything else. I ended up uninstalling most of the Acer bloatware anyway. But now I want to reformat my HD and install Vista afresh. What do I do? (PS- I heard Vista users get …
Shot in the dark, but does it get set on mute whenever you press a key or button? Maybe a button is set as a mute shortcut, and whenever you press it, it inadvertently mutes
Hi there. I want to get a personal website going. I made a google apps account, bought a website name off of enom.com, and got a hosting account at x10hosting.com But I realised I am totally clueless about DNS settings, host settings, A (Address), CNAME, etc. Everytime I visit my …
I haven't used Vista yet, but I'm sure some of the basic OS tweaks for 2000 and XP might still give your system a little speed. Here are some pages that deal with performance issues. Just remember that all tweaks carry some risks, so it's good to know what your …
Hello there, knowledgeable computerfolk from the land of the internet. I am buying a computer in the next few days. It has Windows Vista pre-installed on it. I'd rather have Windows 2000 on it. I don't like all the fancy-schmancy special effects and bonus features. Win2k, or even XP with …
You know, your right. I have no idea why they're called "curse" words.
Hi there. I have a ripped(correct term?) CD on my hard drive. I wanted to burn it to save space on my computer. But when I tried to burn it, Nero gave me an error saying: "Block size does not correspond to image length" It gave me two options: A) …
No, its not what you think. :cheesy: It's my first time assembling a computer. I'm about to get some money to go parts-shopping soon in an effort to build my first desktop. What's the most cost efficient/well performing setup I can get? Should I go with these guys and get …
Hello folks. I dont frequent this forum a whole lot, but whenever I have anything computer-related to deal with, this is the first place I visit. I appreciate the clean, neat look of the forum, and I'd like to suggest making navigation easier by adding a collapse function to the …
Hey folks, Im on a Dell 600m laptop with 2 usb slots in the back. The upper slot's plastic bit broke. Its a little black chip that just snapped one day and came off. Is there a way I can fix it or should I try and replace it?
Recently I've become concerned about the heating issues my laptop has been having so I did some research. Turns out Im using a disproportionately large amount of memory even when Im running nothing (Firefox with 2 tabs open and Google Desktop). It says 70% memory usage. If I turn everything …
I use a program that can be considered CPU intensive. My laptop tends to heat up quite a bit after a while, but cools down later. [a] I'd like to know if excessive heat is a problem or not. Another thing that happens is that the program's memory usage doesnt …
Hi. My name is Josh and I'll be your troubled computer user for the week.
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