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MoviePass / MediaPipe Software Scam

tschrock
;( There is a nifty little scam going on where unsuspecting consumers install MediaPass software on their computer hoping to download music and video files. Except when they agree to install the software, they are also agreeing to allow MoviePass to use their computer's hard drive and internet connection bandwidth ...
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Turok 2 and WinXP

Tarquin2
Well I'm sure you'll know what I mean by the thread title but heres the problem: Turok 2 just wont start up on win XP. The compatibility feature on windows has no effect (But that really doesn't do anything anyway) How do I get it to work?.
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LPT1 and Comm ports

i2idave
Hi, New to posting on the forums first off (long time reader) so hi 🙂. And i've got a query. . . I am currently rolling out some laptops under windows xp sp2 and i've had an issue where by some of our CAD software requires the laptops to have comms 1 port in order to download new data from the server (which there i ...
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sims 2. error

brookedel
Hello there forum members, I have a problem with starting my sims 2 game, after I had installed all 4 cd's succesfully. to start game I needed to have my cd 1 in drive. after doing that and clicking on start, I keep getting the error message.
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window installer problems

elkaiman
I'm having this problem the window installer pops up tells me its installing or the creativeproject comes up and than it say to install disk i gooing crazy trying to find this problem help
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Forum merge?

Philipp
Administrator
I currently consider to moving the forum to it's own website and merging both NT and Linux Compatible forums to a single one. What do you think? Good or bad idea?.
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Gigabyte board. wont pick up 2 cd roms ..HELP

brookedel
Hello there forum members, I have a Gygabyte K7 triton board. every time I go to install my second cd rom windows wont start up it freezes, not sure if its the IDE connection or windows. One cd rom at a time is ok , picks them both up ,but when I connect both together , pc windows wont start up, freezes on start up.
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Problem with my mouse, very odd

Hades
Hi everybody. I recently started getting this weird problem with my mouse (on the screen), every 2 minutes or so, it tends to instantly change places on the screen, usually a quick jerk to the lower left corner of the screen.
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Naughty Cursor on The 7th Guest!

that70sgirl
Hey all! Just recently snagged a new computer, so I dug up my Oldies but Goodies games and found The 7th Guest. I downloaded the patch, and finally was able to run the game; sound, visuals and all. But here's the catch: My cursor is LAGGING all over my screen! Little pyramids and skeleton hand and chattery teeth ev ...
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Sonic 3D Flickies Island

Endya
I just brought Sonic 3D Flickies Island, i first checked the system requirements and found that it would run on my computer (techniquelly) i installed it then when to play it, the screen went all 'big' the icons and everything and messed with my colour settings then went back to normal, i followed the windows comba ...
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Untitled thread

boler
I can't logon to Windows XP Home on my laptop. At the welcome screen, there is no longer an icon to click. There is only the one account. Please help. .
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I NEED SERIOUS HELP WITH MY SIMS GAME!!!

mizztiff
My game onced worked and then i uninstalled it due to problems i thought my fiance fixed. Now i can't even install it without getting an error message. I called ea and they said that most games was not made to run on xp.
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Fifa 97 please help

goat261
hi could someone please tell me how to install fifa 97 on windows xp? when i try to install i get an error message saying 'couldnt find cd-rom' then 'couldnt determine language' then it just closes.
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Linksys wpc54g with Broadcom driver errors

kl365
The WPC54G is based on the broadcom chipset so when i try and install the broadcom driver to allow me to put the device into monitor mode I receive the error The style of the INF is different than what was requested Windows XP SP 1 latest broadcom driver if anyone has any information on how to get the broadcom driv ...
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NTFS to FAT Convertion

Viny
Ok so its like that, I bought a new MP4 Player and it was working and everything i had music on it i had AMV's on it and it was working great! today, well. . . now! I noticed that its file system was FAT not even FAT32 just FAT so i converted it to NTFS Convert I: /fs:ntfs thats the command i used, it converted it ...
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Keyboard Question

na552590
Please, can anyone help me with this problem: When I hold the SHIFT key for few seconds, Windows XP stops until I release it. I can't move the mouse at that time. A beep is produced when I release.
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