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Windows Hardware 9627

current and near future technologies

Vulcan

hey. . i an thinking of buying a new computer in a month or two (when quad-core will be available) i would like to know what technologies the motherboad/soundcard/video card/NIC should support and if i should wait because maybe something new is just around the corner and it's better to wait another month than to bu ...

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Last reply by Sampson, 2006-10-13 13:37

Everything New Technology 1823

Installing Application Compatibility Toolkit in NT

mikedora

I am trying to get an old flightsim game (European Air War) to work properly under Windows NT - for reasons I need not go into here I am working with a scrounged, ancient PC right now, on an island far, far away, without the prospect of upgrading to XP.

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Last reply by DosFreak, 2006-10-13 13:12

Windows Security 292

winamp problem

mr dolan

have installed winamp but message tells me (in winamp)im not connected to the internet although iobviously am. is it a security problem?AWC also keeps returning a registry problem ,useless history event.

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Last reply by Sampson, 2006-10-12 22:14

Windows Hardware 9627

HP Evo D310 problem with beep codes

gzsoccer17

I recently got a hp evo d310 and added 128 mb more RAM to go along with the 256 that was already in there, when i turned it on nothing appeared on the monitor and it beeped at me after doing so, i then removed the extra RAM and tryed to start it with only the RAM that it came with, but again the computer gave me on ...

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Last reply by gzsoccer17, 2006-10-12 19:50

Everything New Technology 1823

Dual Boot 2kPro XP Pro, delete/reinst 2k, xp dead

angreal

Two Physical Drives, A and B, both IDE 120 GB. Both NTFS. Both 100% partition, (C and D). Primary drive was 2k Install, contained Boot. ini. Secondary drive was XP Pro install. 2k had a problem and needed to be reinstalled, so I backed up the boot.

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Last reply by Wilhelmus, 2006-10-12 18:33

Windows Networking 2246

cnet 8 port switch 4 2 comp.

wooly

i have a Cnet_CNSH-800 port switch need a guide on how to use it with 2 computer 1 running winXP ,1 running linux mandrake 10. or just 2 of them running winXp i also have a ADSL modem i want to work with.

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Last reply by Sampson, 2006-10-12 14:14

Everything New Technology 1823

VISTA and USB Device Recovery from Low Power

bwareofthis

I'm seeing an issue with Vista and some wireless USB devices. Upon returning from either standby or hibernate (S3 and S4), the OS tells the BIOS to issue a bus reset. First of all, this breeches Windows Logo Device Requirement Protocol.

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Last reply by bwareofthis, 2006-10-12 07:31

Windows Networking 2246

increas inbound conectns in xp home printer share

yapjoseph

I am using a win xp home computer to print withdrawal slips in my warehouse. This printer is a receipt printer. More than 10 computers in the network may try to print to this shared printer. Basically, this is what this computer does - its a print server.

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Last reply by jmmijo, 2006-10-11 23:40

Everything New Technology 1823

DDNS CONNECTION TO WINDOWS2003 SERVER

sanjith

Pleae help me to fix the probelm to connect the DDNS Service to my windows 2003 server. Scenario: WINDOWS 2003 SERVER, ADSL LINE, DLINK ROUTER. I worked with ddns on windows 2000 server with out any problem.

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Last reply by sanjith, 2006-10-11 22:24

Windows Hardware 9627

Core 2 Duo vs. Pentium D ~ Help

CyberGenX

I currently have the Pentium D dual core 920 (2 x 2. 8GHz 4MB cache, 65nm, 800MHz BUS). I am about to receive a Core 2 Duo E6300 (2 x 1. 8GHz 2MB cache, 65nm, 1066MHz BUS). I wondering which is going to be faster as I can just pop either chip in my board.

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Last reply by jmmijo, 2006-10-11 18:59

Everything New Technology 1823

windows is a b****

madvic

vista had better be good because i find that xp is one of the most annoying operationg systems around. trouble is that most games dont work on anything else. if anyone else feels the same way please back me up here.

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Last reply by Jerry Atrik, 2006-10-10 22:33

Windows Games 5469

So is there an actual way to get AoE2: CE...

damstou

To run in windowed mode. Doesnt seem possible to me. I have tried -w,-window,/window, and /w. Any other way anyone has heard about for me to try out? thanks.

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Last reply by damstou, 2006-10-10 07:29

Windows Hardware 9627

Old C640 + New 128 MB ATI Radeon Mobility 9000

manogamez

Hi everyone, I have a 4 year old C640 with a 32MB ATI M7 video card. Plainly stated this cards sucks. I have talked to a dell representative and he informed me that my C640 MBD should be able to accept up to 128 MB of Video Memory.

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Last reply by satrow, 2006-10-09 15:04

Windows Hardware 9627

Question

Cormac

Hey Everyone I need some help. Right now my ISP's download speed is 8 megs. I have 3 computers hooked to a Netgear Ethernet 4 port hub. Each computers download speed is roughly 2. 2 megs. I used to run a Link-sys router and it would run ok for awhile but then it would drop the other computers and I would have to re ...

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Last reply by Cormac, 2006-10-09 07:49

Windows Software 5498

Any problems with latest update for IE6SP1?

packman

This is a long shot but has anyone here had any problems after installing the latest cumulative security update for Internet Explorer 6 SP1 (918899), under either Win2K or WinXP, available at the Windows Update website? Given the number of caveats it has when you click on the details, I'd be surprised that anyone's ...

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Last reply by packman, 2006-10-08 14:44

Everything New Technology 1823

Using local users and groups in WinXP Home

bchilly

Hey I'm on Windows XP home and whenever i try to use the local users and groups part of Computer Management it says You cannot use this on winxp home blah blah blah. . . . Is there anyway I can get it to work cos I could really do with it - the most annoying thing is the admins account is always disabled.

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Last reply by bchilly, 2006-10-08 13:40

Windows Games 5469

Monkey Island 4 vs Windows XP

Zontral

Whenever I try to install Escape From Monkey Island I get the following Setup Initialization error: Setup requires _SETUP. DLL and _ISRES. DLL (located in _SETUP. LIB) in order to operate properly.

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Last reply by justmessingaround, 2006-10-08 12:23

Everything New Technology 1823

Install two boot ver of XP and Lin on SATA & IDE

rjbaird2207

So I have a nice new HP Pavilion with an E6600 Duo Core, 2 250GB SATA drives and I have added an Ultra IDE 500GB drive as well (I have a separate PCI IDE Controller card installed as well). All I want (Ha Ha) is to be able to boot 2 versions of XP (both Pro) to have a day-to-day OS and a 'play' XP OS (to try out be ...

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Last reply by rjbaird2207, 2006-10-08 06:42

Windows Hardware 9627

HELP with ntldr warning !!!!

cheapkelly

I belong to another forum (shhh) and after 250+ they are clueless, so I'm putting you to the test. My son had a computer with 98se on it. We got a 2000 mulit-user disk to upgrade his, my daughters (also running 98) and my desktop (withe the awardwinning, wonderful ME,lol).

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Last reply by DosFreak, 2006-10-07 16:08

Windows Games 5469

please help with my sims 2

cherrygirl

i like type in the activation code and everything and then this sign comes up and says there is not enought space available on drive to install the game. please free up some space or change the target location to a differen't disk, and i try to delete things but theres nothing else to delete and it wont load.

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Last reply by cherrygirl, 2006-10-07 02:33