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| | Hi, this is probably a dumb question, but I have two systems and limited desk space, so I thought I'd get a KVM switch. I have a Logitech G7 wireless mouse and a generic USB keyboard that I've grown used to, and I've read a lot about the poor video … |
| | I'm wondering if someone can help me with a hardware question. I just want to make sure I don't make a mistake since I'm planning to spend quite a bit on a new machine. I'm looking to purchase a fairly fast machine...something in which to edit video with as few …  |
| | My friend uses Outlook Express for his email. It works fine while he is at his own computer. But his email is always pulled off his email site and into his own computer, so when he is away from that computer, he does not have access to his email. How …  |
| | Hi, I have an HP a705w with onboard Video I bought an ATI Radeon 9250 PCI, when i install the card and boot the computer up it doesn't even go into the boot sequence. Onboard drivers have been uninstalled, have verified I have more than enough power (400w power supply). …  |
| | Hi I wonder if any one can help me? my machine recently died. Basically when i power on the machine the fan starts (there is no post - but there doesn't appear to be any speaker or connection for it to do so - this is another issue which is … |
| | I've seen some people have the similar problem with me.But mine is a little bit different from them. I have the "local access only"problem too.But that only happened after I download something larger than 30MB.Actually it happened after I received more than 30MB data from the internet. I've tried disabling … |
| | Ok so I'm putting together a new computer and read it's bad to screw the mobo straight into the bracket due to shorting. The cases bracket has these little metal hills with flat tops where the screws go and I'm unsure whether it's good enough? Do I need some brass … |
| | Hi All, My computer is IBM Thinkpad T41 laptop.The problem is that the CPU fan is always on and this is very irritating as i hate the sound it makes.When i check on the Tasmgr it does not show that much CPU Load to make the fan work.I dont know … |
| | Hi for the past couples of week ive been getting a server busy message, it gives me two options switch to or retry. I did that HijackThis and here is my log file Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 1:13:04 AM, on 9/30/2007 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) … |
| | I have a major problem that I think may be a power or heat problem, but I want opinions. I have an AMD Athlon XP 2400+ self made rig, with 2 hd, a dvd rom, and cd burner. I have 512 mem, an old 2003 FIC AI11 motherboard. Here's the … |
| | I built my computer a while ago. I used [URL="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-detailsInactive.asp?Sku=A455-1028E"]this motherboard[/URL] and bought only [URL="http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-detailsInactive.asp?Sku=ULT31664"]one stick[/URL] of RAM. I want to buy another gig of RAM so I can have the "Dual channel memory" setup. I always hear that you need to put two [I]identical[/I] sticks in for that to … |
| | This seems to be a real thorn in some people's paw. Like mine, for instance, lol. I cannot stream tracks in Napster. Walking through some troubleshooting steps with the nice Napster folks got us to the streaming proxy settings in WMP11 - Tools/Options/Network tab. They wanted me to edit the … |
| | Alright, been having an issue lately regarding something that's causing: 1) popups to show up fairly often, usually beginning with a "CiD" 2) Internet Explorer to mess up more 3) my computer to slow down. Been trying AVG, AdAware, Trend Micro, even Windows OneCare safety scanner.. no luck grabbing this …  |
| | Hello there My monitor only displays an image for a few minutes (if at all) and then freezes and then says 'no signal' and switches off. I don't have much hardware knowledge, but assume this may be something to do with overheating, the video board or cooling fan? I don't …  |
| | My system has developed a strange problem in which Internet Explorer 6 will begin to load but never quite finish. Sometimes, if I let it go for five or six minutes, it will finally load all the way and can be used normally. But most of the time, it just … |
| | I have an ASUS P5N32-SLI Premium. After switching from IDE to SATA HDD, Windows started popping up with an error message straight on booting. svchost has tried to read/write to a memory sector and failed. I tried switching back to the IDE drive, and the computer refused to even go … |
| | Hi, I was having problems with my browser not accepting cookies.. so I downloaded IE 7.0.. big mistake.. I couldn't access the internet, it kept saying Cannot find server, or DNS error. I uninstalled 7.0 and it went back to 6.0 and then it wouldn't work either so I reinstalled … |
| | Earlier this week i purchased a core 2 duo e6850 and another gig of DDR2 800 ram. After putting them in my comp i started playing Vanguard: saga of heroes and after about 2 days i decided to play with the graphic settings since it was running perfect on highest … |
| | Hey, I'm new to the forum here and I have read other people's post about no signals on their monitors however none of the solutions posted actually worked for me. I suppose there must be some explanation to why I'm receiving no signal on my monitor; my computer specs are: … |
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| | I am having problems with system Restore. My computer just wouldn't restore to the point I ask it to. Any ideas? |
| | i have no sound in fedora 7 but its ok with windows. What seems to be the problem? need your help guys. thanks - tagz017 |
| | ::About the system:: Windows XP sp2 Pro. Pentium 4 3.20GHz 512MB Ram PC3200 It's a friends PC and they have a habbit of messing up their computer in one way or another. Then they blame it on their kids. Most of the time it was to the point of having …  |
| | i have tryed a cupple times to remove the spam problem but it got worse and worse this is my last try before i format C:\ and start over again.here is my hijack this log file. Logfile of Trend Micro HijackThis v2.0.0 (BETA) Scan saved at 2:05:59 PM, on 10/1/2007 … |
| | i'm planning to replace my old cpu's motherboard (that was almost 10 years ago) with a new one, with better specs so that i can make use of it and improvise it. Does it also need a new power supply? Need your advice guys. thanks |
| | Hello everyone, If anybody at all can help me with this, I'd be really grateful: for the past couple of weeks, I've been having display issues that can be best described as follows: In games, when camera turns (most FPS) or graphics go fast (e.g PES6), it looks as if … |
| | I attempted to build my first computer system today and here is what happened: Powered on the computer and after about 6 seconds of fans spinning, computer shuts down. Unplugged everything except for CPU (and cooling unit) and RAM. Motherboard beeped 5 times, then it beeped faster, multiple times (like … |
| | I think I am infected with securitytoolbar 7.1 but i am not sure, I have seen its description and symptoms on [URL="http://www.precisesecurity.com/adware-spy/sectb71.htm"]SecurityToolbar 7.1 Removal[/URL] but again not quite sure if it is the one present on my computer. My AnvtiVirus cannot detect it either. Did someone already infected and cleaned … |
| | Hope someone here can help me with this... My troubles started this morning when programs on my laptop had frozen. I rebooted, and after that I can't access my files, iexplorer and some other apps won't start. I see them among the running processes but something is blocking them from … |
| | I have aquired an ALR Revolution 6X6 server, which will support up to 6 Pentium Pro processors. It came factory with a pair of 200 MHz/512K cache processors. I have a pair of 200 MHz/256K cache processors spare. My question is, can I use both cache sizes on the same … |
| | I load about 3 to 5 systems a day (windows XP Home and Pro) and all of a sudden I can't download windows updates. I have had no problems for the last year and a half over this connection, and up until now no problems. To start, I have tried … |
| | I will be upgrading my computer with a new CPU and a few more DIMMS and I was curious if you guys think I should get a 'juicier' power supply. The CPU I'm looking at will increase my watts used by 23 watts. See the before and after specs below. … |
| | Hi All, I am facing problem with my laptop Dell inspiron 6000, Operating system XP Home edition. When I press the start button, indicators on the key board blinks for a few seconds and the laptop stops booting up. I have seen that thumping on the laptop once or twice … |
| | Hello! I was hoping that someone could help me with the problem that I am having. Last week, for no rhyme or reason, my computer stop recognizing my CD-RW and DVD-RW drives. I have had this happen before, so I did the registry edit fix, but this time it didn't … |
| | Hi, Whenever I close the windows explorer I get an error box which says "Windows Explorer has enountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience." When it closes the desktop refeshes along with the task bar and some of the programmes in the systray disapear. … |
| | I would like to lock down IE, so only certain users can use it. I was informed by another site to right click on IE.exe and remove users. Will this work or is there another way you would like to share. Thank you very much. |
| | Hi. This is my first post here but um, I've been reading around on this site, using the search bar and such :P. But I have tried everything to get my run button back and can't. I've tried the start > properties > customize > <insert whats supposed to be … |
| | hi, i bought a case to house my pc in, the front USB ports are located at the top of the tower above the CD drive, but the wires are too short to reach the plug in point on the motherboard. There is no way of getting to the back … |
| | Ok, well i have a 2000 XP media center edition, and a few years ago it got a virus and the internet just stopped working alltogether. well i put it into storage and now i am working on it again, and i have cleaned it up totally, no virus, no …  |
| | It seems that there is some setting that I need to do in order to have it be "seen" by XP Pro, but I don't know what it is. This 2nd HDD is one that I just removed as my primary, with a new one, so this one has data … |
| | hi i have partitioned my hard disk of capacity 40GB, but after the installation of operating system i was shocked to see that only 20 GB is being accessed.. plz help me to get rid of this problem |
| | Hi, I m hving problem that whn ever I want to open local disks drives frm My Computer it shows a dialouge box as I attached the image. Plz guide me that wht is this problem n hw it can be resolved. Waiting for urgent reply Thankx in advance Regards, |
| | I have a presario SR1215CL that will not boot up. It has a green light that flashes beneath the power cord plug, on back of of machine ( while it is plugged in ) if unplugged it slowly fades out.It does nothing,other that that light on back, there is no … |
| | [COLOR=#000000]I recently purchased a new Biostar P4M80/M7a Version 7 with Intel Pentium D 840 and 1 gig of memory.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]On first boot entered BIOS settings, reboot, lock at POST screen, and cannot enter BIOS[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Could not enter BIOS again[/COLOR] [COLOR=#000000]Cleared BIOS picked default settings, reboot lock at POST screen, and … |
| | Help much appreciated. My PC will not go past the Welcome screen if any usb device is switched on. If I switch them off, or unplug them, boot continues. |
| | I put together a computer this afternoon from spare parts and for a while it worked fine. well, i decided to reformat the HD and install WinXP....as the HD was formatting my buddy looked at the computer and noticed that i did not plug in the CPU fan. i pulled … |
| | Hey everybody...I'm really stumped on this one. My mother-in law is running an older Compaq with XP Home-SP2///////1.00Ghz AMD ATHLON PROCESSOR and 35GB HD including a NVIDIA RIVA TNT2 MODEL64/MODEL64 PRO vid card. The problem is a wallpaper cannot be applied or changed in any way.Also they browse button is … |
| | I have this one popup that i can't get rid of, i'm not sure what it's from and it is in a foreign language so i can't read what it says, but i have tried all kinds of spyware and adware cleaners and virus scanners, none of them help... can … |
| | the monitor flashes colours after the computer shuts down and clues please leslan |
| | I just moved and set up my PC (which I always do, so it's not new to me). I got everything up but when I started my computer, the monitor doesn't completely turn on. It flashes, and shows the screen then flashes black. It's never happened before, so I'd appreciate … |
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