goldeagle2005

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See, I'm too lazy to read the entire thread, so I'll go from the thread count. Also, let's club the number systems together 273 (dec) 111 (hex) 100010001 (bin) 421 (oct) Thank you, Digital Logic Design Class

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Looking at the partitions on the 2nd screen cap, I seriously doubt that this was a DVD/DVD drive issue. This looks more like something to do with the partitions going awry. The "System Reserved" and "Boot" paritions are created by the OS when installed and are usually hidden and should …

You're saying you're trying to activate Office Home and Business. However, the screen shot you've posted shows Office Professional Plus installed. Remove Professional Plus and install Home and Business. The program should activate then.

While changing the graphics chip on a laptop is more toward chip level, you can confirm your diagnosis by running your hardware verndor provided diagnostic program. That should run a stress test on your video card and if it fails, will report the problem.

If you can post the exact error message, we'd be able to assist better.

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I think we're going a bit too far about installing a game on DVD. Have you actually installed a game on a DVD before?

Considering you deleted it a month ago, you can be pretty sure it's deleted permanently. Not even a file recovery app will help you recover the file now. Sorry dude.

oh, once you're done clearing the startup tab, click on the services tab and check the box "Hide all Microsoft services" and click disable all there too. Then try restarting the computer. But yes, I'd always recommend a format/reinstall.

Try disabling "Tap to click" in the touchpad settings

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Try powering the system without any RAM modules. If the board gives any beep(s) then the board is fine. Next, take any one RAM stick and plug it into the slot and then turn the system on. If this doesn't work, then put the stick into the other slot. Keep …

Need for Speed: Most Wanted has the free roam option where you can just take in the sights. However, if you bang too many cars or buildings, the police come looking for you. But that doesn't happen often.

You get Deep Space 9; I put in the Apollo Command Module

I still suggest that you convert your filesystem to NTFS (if it isn't) and then use the NTFS access permissions to grant users access. I never like installing additional software to do something that can be done as well using built in Windows tools.

Have you tried reinstalling the display drivers?

If FDISK isn't able to delete the partitons, use the debug command to delete the partitions. Boot to DOS mode from the Windows CD and at the prompt, type 'debug' and press enter. You should now see a hyphen instead of the prompt. Then type the following commands: (Text in …

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or, if you have a number of IDE devices, just go in for a PCI IDE add on card. The card provides you with 2-4 IDE channels.

I'd say it depends on the nature of the crime. If the criminal has done something violent, like murder or bodily harm, with the intent of doing it again, he should be imprisoned indefinitely. If he rapes a woman, he should be forced to undergo hard, rigorous labor for atleast …

Not to sound rude, but I don't prefer much of either Hindi or Pakistani music. A few of them are good, but I mainly prefer Rock. Stuff like Def Leppard, Scorpions, Dream Theater, Lifehouse et al....

If you bought a box packed processor, you should have got a heatsink fan combo along with it. This heatsink has a thermal pad on it. If you didn't remove the tape covering this pad, thats your problem. If you didn't get any heatsink fan combo, you bought an OEM …

Is this as onboard sound card or an add on sound card?

Sometimes, resetting the CMOS can help. Remove the CMOS battery and leave the mobo for 10-15 minutes. Re insert the battery and see if this helps. Some models may have a CMOS reset jumper. Try to short this jumper and the CMOS should clear itself. Else, as nizzy suggested, check …

It would seem to me that one or more of the semiconductor ICs in the drive have become toast. There's nothing you can do save get a new drive

or, my personal fave: format C: /u <hehehehehe> No, seriously. If you need to bering it back to the "new computer stage", I'd suggest you get your hands on the OS media and format the HD completely. Then, setup your OS afresh.

Any chance these chips were nvidia? They had these issues on a few models