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Remove Filter  | After reformatting and getting everything back to normal I decided to make a rescue disk for my AVG anti virus, after using the only two floppys I realized that I wasn't going to have enough to finish the job, so I decided to explore the alternative...a CD. After three unsuccessful … |
| | It has been suggested that I flash my BIOS in an attempt to correct a problem, I have also been warned that this could leave me with more problems than I started with, so how can I avoid this other than the obvious not doing it? And How is flashing … |
| | This morning Paris Hilton was release from jail to serve her full sentence as a house arrest. Paris was released for "health" reasons, there is no mention of what that constitutes...perhaps threats from other prisoners if she didn't quit bitching about the lack of room service? She will have to … |
| | All of us have things that annoy us, like the sibling that puts a carton of milk back in the refrigerator with just a couple of drops left. Or the girl friend that squeezes the toothpaste tube in the middle while you squeeze it from the end. And then there …  |
| | This is what we pay taxes for? [B] Rep. Miller denounces funding of struggling aircraft U.S. Rep. Brad Miller of Raleigh is calling for an end to years of federal funding to an aerospace company that is trying to develop a military aircraft that takes off and lands vertically. Miller, … |
| | New Computer Virus List OPRAH WINFREY VIRUS: Your 200MB hard drive suddenly shrinks to 80MB, and then slowly expands back to 200MB. AT&T VIRUS: Every three minutes it tells you what great service you are getting. MCI VIRUS: Every three minutes it reminds you that you're paying too much for …  |
| | Have you ever wondered if you fit the description of a cool guy or a dork? Well take [url=http://www.elks590.org/main/cooltest.htm]this[/url] test to see if you are cool.  |
| | I was reading the thread here about basketball and remember an old joke about the Sacramento Kings and thought I would share it here. For those who keep up with pro basket ball will remember that until this last year they had actually been doing well, prior to that...we don't … |
| | I'm glad to see that our legal system is unbiased and will treat Paris Hilton just like anyone else, or at least that's what I thought until I heard that they have reduced her jail time by half. I heard that this was based on the over crowding of the …  |
| | Well it's official, I'm now enrolled and am registered in my first semester of classes and will be a college student by the end of August...again. I had thought about taking a simple class to try to slip back into the thought process of being a student, but it seems … |
| | I live in a rural area off I-80 about 3,000" elevation in the Ca. foothills, our gas prices are always about ten to fifteen cents more because we are the last gas station for many miles heading into the Sierras and the only small town for many more miles. Today …  |
| | It has been suggested my another member that teens are unjustly stereotyped as being bad drivers. Personally I don't believe this because it conflicts with the current general consensus that the stereotypical bad driver is either a woman or a minority. My contention is that teens aren't bad drivers, but … |
| | Check [url=http://www.technewsworld.com/story/57291.html]this[/url] out, this is the brightest supernova ever viewed. More images can be seen [url=http://chandra.harvard.edu/photo/2007/sn2006gy/more.html]here[/url]. |
| | Out of the seven web sites that I visit or use on a regular basis this site is consistently the slowest to open pages. Granted I'm using a dial up connection that averages 26.4kbps, but the other sites open much faster. Can anyone here explain why this is? |
| | Image shack is having a problem with ME, I will try to correct this...don't hold your breath.  |
| | What is the difference between electromigration and thermal hysteresis? |
| | I started the thread regarding the shooting a Va. Tech, and this evening I received the following message from cscgal telling me that it had been closed. [B]Hi dcc, The following thread that you created has been closed ----- Thread: Shooting at Virginia Tech Forum: Geek's Lounge ----- It is …  |
| | Thirty two people were shot to death today at Virginia Tech, twenty five others were wounded, and the gun man took his own life. I'm speechless.  |
| | My free trial with Panda Antivirus Platinum is twenty two days away from expiring, and I'm not 100% sold on them, there were some less than satisfactory events. I have a grand total of six months experience with my home computer, so I'm going to have to rely on our …  |
| | I found the following PM today and wanted to share it with you all, it is a scam. Has anyone else received this message? From Miss Anne Marie Bayo. 13 Hours Ago From Miss Anne Marie Bayo. Abidjan. Cote D'Ivoire Email: (annemariebayo1@yahoo.fr) West Africa Dearest One, I am the only …  |
| | Hi all, this is post #1,000 for me. So I thought I would celebrate with my fellow members here, it's hard to believe that I've been here for two years now.:cheesy:  |
| | As advised, I went to Tiger Direct and looked at mobo bundles and found what looks like a good deal. The board is an Abit KV7-V Via Socket A ATX, with a AMD Athlon XP 2900+ processor, and a Crucial 512MB PC32000 DDR module. It's priced at $199.00 with a … |
| | I'm using a Biostar TForce 6100 939 motherboard and had the occasion to try to enter safe mode to see if I could run a specific scan and found that pressing F8 which is suppose to enable the system configuration doesn't work. Anyone have any experience with this? |
| | Just curious here, do any of the moderators here accept PMs? I tried to PM two only to find that they don't accept PMs. |
| | For those of you who are not aware there is a last ditch technique that can be used to try to extract information from a failing hdd, this involves putting the hdd in a plastic bag and placing it in the freezer for about thirty minutes. This contracts the disks … |
| | I would like to install a wireless router for my girl friend who has a laptop, and wishes to use it in locations that I would otherwise have to intall new phone jacks. The system I'm thinking about is: Linksy WRT54G $39.99 after rebate Linksy USB 100B $25.64 Both items … |
| | Hi all, I'm going to install a 200GB hdd that I've wiped and is ready to go. I have made a disk using Autostreamer slipstreaming W2k pro and sp4. My question is in regards to the partitioning section of the installation of the OS, I know from previous experience that … |
| | I've been having some problems with my Outlook Express, it started with receiving mail, but now I can't send mail. Every time I try to send an email I get the following message: The message could not be sent because one of the recipients was rejected by the server. The … |
| | I have had problems with the Dani Web page opening today, I keep getting the 404 Error File Not Found message, and have to go back to the start page and try again, so far it has worked on the second attempt. Hopefully a moderator will see this. |
| | Until today I hadn't been aware of the term phishing, but I almost became a victim of it this morning. I received this email this morning... [B]You have added [email]mike84@juno.com[/email] as a new e-mail address for your account. If you don't agree with this e-mail and if you need assistance … |
| | Good ole Sean came home to find two of the local police seperating his wife from their neighbor Mrs, O'Mally. He asks his wife what has happened, and she replys, "it all started with the doctor telling me that he needed me to bring him a specimen, and I not …  |
| | Does anyone here know anything about Trojan Horse Back Door. Small.31.AE. It was found by AVG yesterday, and I'm not having a whole lot of success googling for information about it, at least in English...it seems that there are several German sites that are shown, but I'm clueless as to … |
| | Hi all...I'm going to install Windows XP and have a 200GB hdd, will XP recognize the total 200GB without partitioning, or will it only recognize the old 137GB limit? |
| | Hi all...yeah, I know this dosen't belong here, but there dosen't appear to be a proper forum for it, so... I'm shopping for DVD+R media, and have found Ritek Ridata Branded 8X DVD+R Media 100 Pack in Cake Box Spindle for $30. plus shipping. I have two questions... 1) Is … |
| | Hi all. A friend sent me a short video as an attachment in a email, it's only 2.5 MB, and I would like to transfer it to a DVD so I can share it with other friends who don't have a computer. Can someone please explain how I can do … |
| | I just had one of the most exasperating experiences, I had to call Micro-Star International long distance because they don’t offer an 800 number, and after going through their automated menu for three minutes, I finally get transferred to their technical support department, where I’m subjected to a rousing rendition … |
| | I got tired of the porblems with zone alarm and uninstalled it, and downloaded sygate. After I rebooted I received the following message- Smc. exe has generated errors and will be closed by windows. You will need to restart the program. An error log is being created. When I get … |
| | Hi all, I just purchased a NEC 3550A DVD R/W, and it looks like there is no software coming with it, a friend of mine has suggested that I purchase Nero suite 6.0 and download the upgrade, and download DVD Shrink. This is my first foray into DVD software, so …  |
| | I'm going to purchase a NEC DVD/RW, and I've been looking at the 3540A, and just as I've decided to purchase it they now have the 3550A available for about the same price. Looking at the spec I don't see any difference between the two as far as writing goes, … |
| | I went on line this morning to shop for a new weller soldering station, and the first site that popped up was for Home Despot,...er ah Depot, and this is what they had... [url]http://www.homedepot.com/prel80/HDUS/EN_US/diy_main/pg_diy.jsp?CNTTYPE=PROD_META&CNTKEY=misc%2fsearchResults.jsp&keyword=weller+soldering+irons&cm_ven=hd_goog&cm_cat=Search&cm_pla=D-25X&cm_ite=bid10092035-weller_soldering_irons[/url] At least it's a cordless model :rolleyes: |
| | Over the last couple of months I've had to replace my FDD, CD-ROM, and HDD. I had hoped that the new HDD would solve some problems I've had, but they're back, so I guess it's time to get rid of this old slot A mobo. What I'm thinking about using … |
| | I'm using 2000 Pro and I'm trying to troubleshoot the floppy drive controller, and the drives troubleshooter is asking if I'm using a SCSI device, what the heck is it? :o |
| | I replaced my hdd and got back on line three days ago, and I keep getting these pop-up messages with a header which reads "Messenger Service", and proceeds to leave messages like "STOP! CRITICAL ERROR DETECTED, and want me to go to their web site ([url]www.win-fix.com)[/url]. I have Zone Alarm, … |
| | My old hdd died last week and I found a good deal on a 200GB Maxtor. The broblem is that I'm using Windows 2k Pro which will normally only recognize 137GB, it came with software that will enable the OS to recognize the larger hdd as long as the W2k … |
| | Hi all...last night I had 51 disk errors in the event viewer, I think it's time to get another hdd, my question is which one and how big? I have a Maxtor 40GB now and still have 80% free, so I'm guessing that I could get by with a 80GB …  |
| | My computer started responding really slowly to night, when I click on anything it takes a very long time before it responds. At one point it just stalled and I hit Ctrl Alt Delete and the task manager came up and then started to reboot, it got to the windows … |
| | I have a MSI K7 Pro (MS6195) motherboard, and my computer has been intermittently stopping in the POST. When this happens the LED display on the motherboard indicates that the problem is occuring at the initialization of the floppy drive controller. Can anyone tell me which chip this is in, … |
| | What is the difference between a driver and a controller, and where are they located. |
| | I was trying to go online and I had this message pop-up: Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library Runtime Error Program:C:\Program files\Peoplepc\ISP6100\Browser\Bartshel.exe abnormal program termination OK Can anyone tell me what this means, if it had an error code and number I could go to M$ and find out what it … |
| | I have a Logitech model: M-CAA42 mouse which works ok most of the time, but I'm getting tired of dealing with the cord, this mouse also lacks any features other than right and left clicks. I'm thinking about buying a cordless mouse, but I need an education in just what's … |
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