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Right now my computer is using the Paint program to view my pictures I have downloaded from my camera.  When I click on the thumbnail of a picture, I can't view it in its entirety because the picture is so huge, it just zooms in on a small part of it.  I want to use another program to view my pictures but I don't know how or what to CHANGE it to.  HELP!Try Right-clicking on one of your pictures. Select Open With, and "Choose Program".

Look for "Windows Picture And Fax Viewer"

If it is there, select it. Then check off "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file". Your pictures should now open in the Picture viewer, which allows you zoom in/out.

if it doesn't appear in the list, though:

1. Start->Run. Type regsvr32 shimgvw.dll

you should get a message, DLLRegisterServer in "shimgvw.dll" suceeded.

Now see if it appears in the Open with list. (however, I might add that usually it ALSO re-associated itself with jpegs and gifs and so forth, so you might not need to perform the open with stuff I described above if you need to re-register the dll)Thank you so much!  I have spent so much time trying to figure that out and you just took care of it instantly.  I really appreciate it.Your welcome, we're NERDS, we learn about this stuff for no reason, with the hopes it will come in HANDY for ourselves or others one day

Any other problems come back and visit I resemble that comment....

I had a pretty bad one at one time it was a Trojan.Zlob called "Security Toolbar 7.1" It hyjacked my homepage, slowed down my internet, smothered me with pop ups wanting me to BUY rouge anti-spyware, it even made my antivirus not work. Eventually we had to call Symantec to remove it which cost us $100 .Here is a description of the virus: (Article website contained spyware threats, sorry. Just search for Security Toolbar 7.1 removal if you want to know more about it)

If you had a worse virus, post a description of it, and lets find out who had the worst virus ever!
This is a very broad question. Define "worst"?

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Eventually we had to call Symantec to remove it which cost us $100

Is Windows a virus?
With the recent problems being encountered by Windows users all ACROSS the country, people are BEGIN to ask themselves if windows is a virus. In response to the high demand for an answer to that question a study was done and concluded the following.

1. Viruses replicate quickly.
Windows does this.

2. Viruses use up valuable system resources, slowing down the system as they do so.
Windows does this.

3. Viruses will, from time to time, trash your hard disk.
Windows does this.

4. Viruses are usually carried, unkown to the user, along with valuable programs and systems.
Windows does that too.

5. Viruses will occasionally make the user suspect their system is too SLOW (see 2) and the user will buy new hardware.
Same with Windows, yet again.

Maybe Windows really is a virus.

Nope! There is a difference!

Viruses are well supported by their authors, are frequently updated, and tend to become more sophisticated as they mature. So there! Windows is not a virus.

I was reminded of this:

This is a very broad question. Define "worst"?
And if you had come here, it wouldn't have cost anything.

Anyway, to answer your question, IMO, Virut or Sality is the worst virus you could get. I didn't get it, but have seen plenty of cases with it. To get a description of it, just type "virut" in the search bar on the forum.

I had a pretty bad one at one time it was a Trojan.Zlob called "Security Toolbar 7.1" It hyjacked my homepage, slowed down my internet, smothered me with pop ups wanting me to buy rouge anti-spyware, it even made my antivirus not work. Eventually we had to call Symantec to remove it which cost us $100 .Here is a description of the virus: hxxp://www.removeadware.com.au/articles/securitytoolbar/

If you had a worse virus, post a description of it, and lets find out who had the worst virus ever!

Edit: Disabled link, do not download anything from that website. EF

? Why did they disable the link? It was an article about the virus I had, not a download

So people, witch do you think will be FIRST that you will be able to buy? And I'm talking about physical cores.

I think that the 8 cores will come out and then the second generation of them will have 128 bit capability and then later an OS will be available.8 bit to 16 bit took about 2 YEARS... 16-bit to 32 bit took over 6... 32 bit to 64 took over a decade.

I think it's a good 20 years before we see a 128-Bit CPU in desktop machines.8 cores will be first, for sure.  64 bit isn't yet mainstream, I think 128 bit will take at least another 10 years, and probably more like 20 as BC says.
On the other HAND, 6 core SERVER CPUs are already out, 6 core desktop CPUs are being released soon.  I predict 8 core next year, maybe more.

I think the only thing short of him saying that that's what he was doing, would be to examine his computer.
Don't think that will HAPPEN without a warrant.
OK thanks again.
Will let you know what happens. Quote from: Zylstra on APRIL 09, 2009, 10:02:47 PM

The U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act allows the government to intercept and monitor all forms of communication, electronic, physical, or analog. (Phone, email, letters, instant messenger, web site comments, this very forum..)
And they may use this information to prove that you are a terrorist.

Its legal for the government to do this, without suspicion that you might blow up your base right now, but, not for anyone else.


I'm not sure there is any way you can really prove that your communications are being intercepted.

Here at the Vets home, there are no active duty people. This is not a military base.
This is a state run facility. This guy I suspect, is not government or anything like that.

I have an Inspiron E1505 NOTEBOOK. I cannot hear sound from my speakers, but when i plug in headphones i can hear it from them. IS there a way for me to get the sound to play out from my notebook speakers? ThanksSame PROBLEM with mine. GAVE up after about a year of trying.Quite possibly the SPEAKER cables are disconnected.  Did they EVER work? Quote from: Rob Pomeroy on July 13, 2009, 01:34:05 PM

Quite possibly the speaker cables are disconnected.  Did they ever work?

I have an Inspiron E1505 notebook. I cannot hear sound from my speakers, but when i plug in headphones i can hear it from them. IS there a way for me to get the sound to play out from my notebook speakers? Thanks

I would appreciate any help with this new (for me) adventure. To be brief, I have a satellite tv digital recorder with 60 hours of old movies that I would like to put on DVD, but not sure how. I would like do this before some glitch erases them. Basically, I need to record them onto my hard drive, edit them, then record to DVD. I guess the best thing to do is tell you what I have.

A computer with 20 free gigs of hard drive space
A new 500 gig EXT. hard drive
One Gig Ram
Toshiba DVD - R burner in the computer
Hauppauge USB video capture device
Sabrent TV Tuner/Video capture card (not yet installed)
Assorted software:-
Nero Suite 6, (Nero Express 2)
Windows Movie Maker,
Ulead DVD MovieFactory SE
Hauppauge WinTV
DVD Shrink

I have used Nero to edit short mpegs, but nothing as BIG as a full movie. I have used DVD Shrink successfully to copy actual DVDs, but don't know if it applies in this situation. I do know some of these movies are over 2 hours long and the DVDs only allow 120 minutes, so if I could edit out any commercials, they may fit the DVD and that would be great! I will appreciate any help on this, even pointing me in the right direction. THANK you.

I need help installing my NEW printer.  I know it sounds newbie-ish, but I don't care.  I'm in Los Angeles and would like to find someone who can set up my WIRELESS HP printer.
Any ideas?
bdrourrNo manual?We dont offer mobile support here, but, we do help over the INTERNET.

If you can TELL us what the model NUMBER is on the HP Printer, that would help us out a lot.

I've been studying for the A+ Certification for a while now and spend a lot of time on small computer projects, trying to learn everything I can, in a nut shell.  The question keeps crossing my mind, "How much of this is worth it"?

It seems like it could take years for someone to attain an intimate knowledge of desktop computers, and by the time they do, the technology that they are focused on, in some cases becomes obsolete.   

So where is the happy medium?  Essentially, how do you know which technologies are worth spending the time to learn?  I hope they are around for a loooonngg time.  How else am I supposed to mod if there are no desktops? They better be around for a while.Desktop computers will be around until computers become obsolete. If you have 2 computers, 1 laptop and 1 desktop, both brand new and you paid the same amount for. If they both run the same OS, the desktop should always be faster (unless you download loads of junk! )It seems like what your focus is should depend on where you are in computers (i.e. career or hobby)  If you are employed then, most likely, your company will keep you up to date on what you should be focused on, and PROVIDE timely training. If you are a hobbiest then simply be careful what you purchase and/or begin to study.....in other words........do your homework first

With this perspective, is the only way I can justify spending hours learning this stuff.




Quote from: hot dog on April 10, 2009, 03:47:39 PM

It seems like what your focus is should depend on where you are in computers (i.e. career or hobby)  If you are employed then, most likely, your company will keep you up to date on what you should be focused on, and provide timely training. If you are a hobbiest then simply be careful what you purchase and/or begin to study.....in other words........do your homework first

With this perspective, is the only way I can justify spending hours learning this stuff.

However, when laptop capability exceeds that of desktops, perhaps that is when we'll see desktops begin to fade away.  Face it, why own a computer that is stationary, when you can be mobile?

It seems like it could take years for someone to attain an intimate knowledge of desktop computers,

Face it, why own a computer that is stationary, when you can be mobile?

I need help copying a dvd home movie to my computer. I have found things out there to copy it to another dvd, but i want to have all my home movies on my computer.  I downloaded express BURN, but i still cannot seem to do it.

Crystalhttp://www.smallvideosoft.com/*SPAM URL*/ Quote from: crystallynn71 on JULY 13, 2009, 02:10:52 PM

I downloaded express burn, but i still cannot seem to do it.

I, once again, got bored, so I'm AUTHORING another post =D

First stating: This is not helping people find torrents, what your favorite torrent is, or anything of the such. It is simply over the matter where people "torrent" a program, decide whether they like it or not, then either delete it or buy the legal copy.

I, PERSONALLY, think that a "Trial" of a program does not give enough of the program out to decide whether it is WORTH it or not so --

Whats your stance on this?

P.S. Anyone played http://www.xgenstudios.com/game.php?keyword=assembler-3 yet? Been wasting a couple of hours on that and wondered if anyone has tried it -- LEVEL 36! Quote from: liambiscuit on April 12, 2009, 04:18:19 PM

I, personally, think that a "Trial" of a program does not give enough of the program out to decide whether it is worth it or not so --

I, personally, think

How about just letting this OLD thread die quietly? 

D'oh!  I just BUMPED it!!!    Quote from: gothsleepy1 on July 08, 2009, 02:48:34 PM

Get Cyberdefender - it's great about blocking virus'

High security places comprimised because of people downloading music at work.

A person wrote a virus that attatched to the p2p sofware as an update.

Since it was more or less an update and not a virus you only had to uninstall the p2p software to get rid of it

You get malware from downloads downloaded by the P2P software, not the P2P software itself.

This specific time. A person wrote a virus that attatched to the p2p sofware as an update.

Does anybody know about ESRI/ARC and GIS?

I am grad school right now and was told I needed to take classes in GIS to learn ESRI for my career interest...geography, planning, and demography.


I got to say that I find ESRI and GIS to be an absolutely TERRIBLE subject and system.
This is completely un-user friendly with poor directions, the labs take hours, the book makes all kinds of assumptions about what you should know and skips steps.

The WORST thing is that when you ask others they just say "well yea the system can be this way but you just have to play around," to me ESRI SEEMS to be something designed by people who are EASports rejects.

I was wondering if any of you are familiar with ESRI and GIS and if you have had similar experiences, what you recommend, and if for my field I really need this or this is something I can skip.Hello, here is a personal OPTION,
but one that is held by a growing minority.

Now is not the right time to invest you personal energy in a science that is both hard but lacking in practical use.

Go to a library, maybe not the one at you school, browse around and find out some things. Like maybe:
1.  Why do politicians ignore demographics except if it has something to do with voting?
2. Why do businessmen ignore the needs of people unless there is a profit motive?
3. Why does the planning commission make a new study of something that was obviously wrong years ago?

Where are you? In the a major English speaking country? Visit some other countries. That is an education in itself and one that will lead to doors that academia will never show you. To really understand Demographics you must understand the CULTURE and traditions of other peoples.

BTW. Have you looked at how the Dutch plan their GROWTH?

Hi all

Firstly i apologise if i have put this in the wrong forum as i am am not sure what is ausing the issue?

okay the issue is that my new / second hand laptop seems to have built in speakers and it definetly has a headphone jack in the front HOWEVER neither wll let me listen to sound. no thyre is a BLUE function on the f8 key with tthe symbol for muting and unmuting however however many times i press it i ge tthe same speaker symbol with a no entry sign next to it.

In control panal i went to the audio devices thing there is none listed and thyre is no volume control anywere on the laptop which is a little wierd.
A bit about the laptop its an acer travelmate 2413lm.

ok i will be amazied if anyone can sort it from that but feel free to answer questions thanks for your help guys.

mattDid you recieve a Driver CD with this laptop ?
If so CHECK it in WINDOWS Explorer and see if there are Sound drivers...if so try installing them.Nope no disks with it unfortunalty is there somehting i could try downloading off the internet?

Thanks for helping

mattSure.
Most drivers are available at the manuf. site...
Travel there...visit the Support section and ENTER the machines info...

P.S. IMPORTANT:  Laptop drivers should always come from the manuf. site...not 3rd party.

Actually, I was on a HIGH horse once, but long story SHORT the building structure placed the rafters LEVEL with my FOREHEAD. I will always remember that as the year I missed.

Error in browser(or just need to CLEAR temp DATA) or the Site?

Have been noticing this for a while, nothing bad comming from it, just seems
buggy...



[ATTACHMENT deleted by admin]No problems here.what browser?That just happens with squall's posts...No, that just IS Squall's post.   

(OK, OK, mea culpa, mea culpa maxima)Internet Explorer 8

But seems to come and go, It happend to Patio's and Aegis's signatures too, but after the post it seems to straighten itself out.

EDIT:Its not the site, its my browser, its happening on my FACEBOOK as well. Quote from: macdad- on July 14, 2009, 08:30:56 PM

Internet Explorer 8

...and any Internet Explorer in general

any advise on this? i submitted my COMMENT to someone's site and would like it removed now but they are refusing to do so. does one have any ownership RIGHT of their own comment? please advise. thanks. Quote

does one have any ownership right of their own comment?

any advise on this?

Just wondering if anyone out there has a solution for this.

I WENT to http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel/default.aspx with google then clicked "Try it online". At http://www.runaware.com/microsoft/en-us/microsoftoffice2007/td?action=launch_wizard_final I clicked "Launch Test DRIVE", then clicked run... then clicked run again.
Then i get http://www.runaware.com/launch/run?c_app_id=14863&refid=36162&refname=microsoftoffice2007-en-us&run_id=15010082&language=us&locale=us&native=yes&useproxy=y&csg=yes&width=1024&height=768&retry=2 which is blank.What type of internet CONNECTION do you have ? ?Were you using Internet Explorer when you TRIED this?  Other browsers may not WORK right for this.  Nice catch as usual, soybean...

I honestly didn't know where to put this question...I think there's numerous problems...so I put it here. If its in the wrong place- sorry, I'm new here.
So I've been abroad for several months now- I have a T60, IBM Thinkpad. I've had it about three YEARS now. I downloaded skype before studying abroad which made the computer a little slow but no worries. A few months ago it sounded like the computer was HUMMING. Like the fan was REALLY loud. It has been that way for a long time now. Today, (I know it sounds crazy, but I swear its true) I heard a FAINT chirping noise and thought it was a bird outside or something until I realized it was coming from the computer. I put it on sleep and started it later, but the noise only lasted a few minutes before it went away again. The humming fan is still going.
Even more recently, a little sign came up in the right hand corner saying: Low virtual memory. I spent most of last night getting rid of old pictures, and stuff and emptying the recycling bin.
Went to a computer help SHOP. They want to remove McAfee and other antivirus programs. They want to remove a bunch of other stuff from my laptop as well. I do not know what they have in mind. They never said. They also want me to look at a hard drive as a backup device. And lastly they want to check the fan on my computer.
Does this sound reasonable? Does anybody have any advice of what I can do to fix my own computer? Any advice on whats causing the humming or chirping?
Thank you!The chirping/humming and low virtual memory error messages tend to lead me to one culprit here...
The hard drive is probably getting ready to fail.

To determine this find out in your manual or at the laptop manuf. site what brand drive is in there...
Then travel to the HDD manuf. site and DLoad and run the FREE diagnostics on that hard drive.
This will tell you if in fact this is the issue. Run the long test. It takes awhile so do it at bedtime and let it run til it finishes.
The less you can use the machine in the meantime the better...there are methods where you can replace the drive (not too costly) and save all your data before failure OCCURS but let's find out first if this is the issue.

Report back with the results and again try to use it as little as possible til we know...Plus, it also sounds like you are running more than one anti-virus at once...this is a very bad idea as it causes performance issues, and also some certain type conflict with each other.

I have a NETBOOK and laptop and want to KEEP the favourites the same on both (or as near as POSSIBLE). What would be the best way to do this.  Thanks.What BROWSER?IE 7Okay, these links should HELP you.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/forums/en-US/ieextensiondevelopment/thread/8ca2b5a1-7a5e-4db6-a768-d6ec87eb0695/
http://www.easycomputertips.com/article-createandbackupfavorites.html
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t43051.html
http://www.neowin.net/forum/lofiversion/index.php/t580112.html

GoogleThanks kpac ,easycomputertips had the info. Great.

God is this site blimmin' good or what! COUPLE of NEW and old probs l've had get answered quickly so here's another one which is bugging me.
It seems that l can't ADD a program attachment (.exe) into an e-mail (my first attempt but it just won't let me do it).
I don't really want to upload it as a torrent (if that's the correct term) and when l look up free upload sites, they seem to want some money at one time or another or else they want to know everything about you, which gets me a bit wary.
Is there in fact a FREE site that anyone knows of where l can send a couple of files (up to 50mb) so that someone else can access and download them, or am l just talking a load of hogwash?
ThanksWell, try downloading 7-Zip. ZIP the exe file and then try sending.Well bu33er me!
See, I've got winrar and all that jazz and it never even crossed my mind!
Thanks kpac
Regards 

Good luck.Have you tried yousendit dot com?  There's other services like that out there that offer free transfers for files under a certain size (USED to be under 100MB)

I once tried a direct ftp connection from my home computer to a friends and it was going extremely fast for about 20 seconds until my ISP suddenly throttled it.  Of course I can't complain unless I pay for a business account since residential accounts aren't supposed to run servers.  (including file sharing apps technically speaking)

CHEERS

I have an old (8-10 yrs) system sitting AROUND that I got from my brother in law as a stopgap measure when my then current system was down.  It is a Micron Clientpro with Windows ME for O/S.  Since he doesn't want it back, and I have no use for it, it occurred to me I COULD clean the hard drive, and reload it with DOS, then use the system for playing all those wonderful games I haven't played in about twelve years. (I have had no luck at all with the EMULATORS, and darn it, I miss those old games I've got stacked up down in the basement.)  Anyway, I have a little bit of technical know-how (enough to know my biggest problem just getting this off the ground will be the drivers having to be reloaded - I don't have any discs for the devices in this system, and while I might be able to find some of the drivers on line, whether it would be as easy to install them to fresh DOS in a system that wasn't designed to work with DOS frightens me a little bit.  I have managed to get one or two DOS games to work on XP by opening the .exe files (Panzer General, for instance), but others don't COOPERATE the same way.  Furthermore, saving a game is impossible, apparently.  And, of course, there are issues that I have learned to work around, such as inability to adjust mouse sensitivity or video playback speed.  Another major obstacle with many of the DOS games is the soundcard setup procedures they put you through, which obviously weren't set up by Nostradamus, and don't provide options that feature today's cards, and can't auto-detect modern soundcards.
So, I guess I'm wondering if anyone has any advice on this twisted little idea of mine, or instructions on how to do it.  If you do, please keep your instructions as simple as possible, as when it comes to things like changing lines of text in BIOS, or similarly scary procedures, my brain just shuts down completely.
I'm mainly wondering about the driver issue, but if we can get me past that hitch, then I guess any advice somebody has about installing/setting up these old games re: the sound card issues or settings that will allow them to be played with less scrolling problems, etc, that would be great too!
If you're able to give me a step by step, please remember I'm starting out from having to clean the hard drive... Thanks! [/i]Well- first you'll need to get the system information from that PC. If it still boots into ME, you can download and Install Everest and Save a report and attach it to a reply here.

The next obstacle would be getting DOS install disks. Obviously Version 6.22 or 6.0 are the better versions to try to get. Note that MS offers a free upgrade from version 6.0 to 6.22, so if you have to settle for 6.0, go for it.

Ebay is a great source for older Operating systems.

Once you've got that set up, we can help you find the appropriate drivers for the system. Since it's about the right age to still have DOS drivers for it's components, you should be alright. Some games work WITHOUT any drivers installed at all- all they need is the BLASTER environment variable. Thankfully most sound card setups set this variable for you  Hoo-Ahh!  I have 3.5"s of 6.22 right here! So far so good.  Yes, it does still boot, but i'll have to set it up to get all the system specs before I do anything else.  It was primarily used for business apps, so I'm guessing there's not much of a video or sound package in it. (One of the reasons I figured it would lend itself more to this DOS project than anything else of the same approximate age...well that's good, no need to go hunting through listings.

As far as sound and video, it's probably state-of-the-art compared to what was available when DOS games were king. Or at least high-end.


The only thing might be how compatible it's video is to VGA standards, and how compatible it's sound is with a sound blaster.


only really an issue in maybe 2% of PCs that are this age. Really, it's the perfect age for a PC to convert to a DOS game machine.Looking under the hood didn't tell me anything much, but old article from PC world suggests this thing has got:  Celeron 433, 4.3 gb HD, 24x40 CD Rom, 128 mb SDRAM, 128kb cache, Intel 810 Integrated graphics, and ADI 1881 sound.  Only modem card and phone card in PCI slots, plus a little brown slot above the PCIs (AGP maybe?).You should be able to use some generic svga driver and generic 'sound blaster compatible' sound driver but with a system that old you're going to end up replacing the cmos battery soon - hopefully it's removable.. I had an old system where the battery was soldered to the motherboard, lol.

What emulators have you tried?  My suggestion is to download Dosbox on your best pc.  I wouldn't have recommended it a few years ago but it's come a long way and more recently I've been able to run some big games I couldn't before.

Quote from: computeruler on April 16, 2009, 02:45:35 PM

I got an email from the FBI TELLING me to open an attachment.  Now the goverments trying to give us spyware! I ALWAYS new something was WRONG with the goverment

I got an email from the FBI telling me to open an attachment.  Now the goverments trying to give us spyware! I always new something was wrong with the goverment

All of them...

This may take some time...probably past when the PAPER is due. Quote from: squall_01 on April 15, 2009, 12:33:35 PM

You mean the first computer whch TOOK two rooms and can only do data plotting an advaxced math?

You'll find a lot of great info by searching google

help me bout ACER M1641 desktop PC driver for win XP plzz ....  
send to me EMAIL or send the address ... PLZZZ

2 days ago my computer did an UPDATE and it came on perfectly. Then yesterday I was on the sims 2 then it had an unexpected error came up and it went off I turned it back on and it worked perfectly again then I went back on to the sims 2 and it happened again but this time I turned it on it went to the screen with safe MODE and stuff like usual    then I clicked start normally it went to the load up screen but thiss time it didn't show my log up screen so i waited for lyk 10 mintues and started it again and TRIED safe mode but i cant do anything I'm on the internet on safe mode networking but i cant listen too music or watch videos or anything and I need help. Before anyone asks I dont have a disc for my vista program and I need help and i reallyy need it  So helpp mee NOW! if yhuu no!1. Create Vista Recovery Disc.

Option 1:
http://www.c4consulting.com.au/soluctions/vista/VISTA%20SOLUCTIONS.htm

Option 2:
Download Vista Recovery Disc iso image: http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/windows-vista-recovery-disc-download/
Burn it to CD, or DVD: http://neosmart.net/wiki/display/G/Burning+ISO+Images+to+a+CD+or+DVD

2. Boot from created disk.
At first screen click on Repair your computer:

This will bring you to a new screen where the repair process will look for all Windows Vista installations on your computer. When done you will be presented with the System Recovery Options dialog box:

After this, it will present you with a LIST of options including startup repair, system RESTORE and command prompt:

Try System Restore, first.
If that doesn't work, try Startup Repair.

I'm going to buy a new computer very soon, I have a 4yo LAPTOP and want something newer with more memory etc that doesn't die on me all the time. I have the option of putting it together pretty much from scratch (nice computer shop) so what should I go for? I'd LIKE some suggestions for good graphic cards and processors etc. Should I stick with XP or try Vista? What brand should I buy? Anything special I should add?Budget ?
What will the machine be used for mainly ?
Is this your 1st build ?

Help US to help you...Budget is 10-15.000 SEK, I'm guessing it's ~1.500$. Normal price, I think?

What will I use it for? Games, MUSIC, videos, programs... Nothing specific but something that can handle graphic-heavy games.

I'm not going to build the PC myself (I'm not that talented), only tell the people what I want and they'll put it together for me. I'd just like some advice on what to put in it. E.g. I'm used to XP, but would Vista be a better choice? Should I stick with Radeon or go with GeForce? Intel Pentium, Intel Core or something else?

Since your going to be doing some games and say that its graphically intense programs, then you should go with Intel Core, a dual or quad processor will be helpful.
check out newegg.com. they got deals now and then and also they have preconfigured computer selections so you can see what they do and then you can build yourself a similar pc with upgrades from what you see if budget allows... Quote from: x2543 on April 15, 2009, 07:33:03 PM

check out newegg.com. they got deals now and then ...

But, she won't be able to order from newegg.com.  They only sell in the U.S. and Canada.

Thanks for everyone's advice. I've looked in a few sites online to see what kind of combos are available as well as talked to the guys in the shop. My new PC will be a "gamer", heavily geared towards handling games, since it seems the easiest setup. It'll have Intel Core 2 Quad, ASUS Geforce 9800GT, 500GB & Vista. If I need or want anything else it will be easy to add or change. It'll also be cheaper than I thought + they'll lower the price for a new screen.

If you have $1500 you can get a better computer than that.  What country are you in?

When i try to load a video or SONG on youtube (or other sites), it stops loading between 1/3-½ in.

Any idea what's wrong  Slow INTERNET CONNECTION...
Low on disk space...
Not enough RAM...

These are just a few items that can cause this.Agree. Delete programs that you don't need anymore.and if you have an older pc, with older processor, the bottleneck may come to it.....

my dad's old P3 and my more modern HP computer with AMD Athlon64 processor can both "grab" the videos off internet fine, with same internet connection speed but it takes longer for the video on the P3 computer to PLAYBACK....

I went to get the update defs and FOUND that it no longers gives them.  But i found this sitting on the page.  Antivirus09 (or Antivirus’09) is a new rogue that follows the normal rogue procedure. It is distributed through a web page that presents the user with a fake online scanner.

it is rouge it came up in a topic here last week , harryFor adaware?  Odd...  I haven't used it in about 3 years because it always gave me some sort of a "cannot fricken update" crap!!!!!Adaware is a fairly old program now. SUPERANTISPYWARE is the "new" program to have...which is.  You had to update the program its self. Quote from: squall_01 on April 15, 2009, 03:29:52 PM

which is.  You had to update the program its self.

I went to get the update defs and found that it no longers gives them.  But i found this sitting on the page.  Antivirus09 (or Antivirus’09) is a new rogue that follows the normal rogue procedure. It is distributed through a web page that presents the user with a fake online scanner.

I agree, compruler.  Super tends to miss a lot.  I have never understood why it is on the malware removal guide.  An extra precaution?  I mean everything super does, mbam does better. 

the screen is ok I'm using right now

Hi, I had a Nokia 3555 cellular phone and one day I got VERY mad at my parents and I snapped it in half. It basically broke right where the middle hinge is where the screen connects to the main portion where all the keys are and stuff. I was wondering if there is a way to fix this or if I would be better off just buying a new phone. All comments are appreciated. Thanks all  it must be like the one below you should maybe do the same 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SnRmUchnNVowell, mine isn't damaged like that tho. the keys still work and everything (besides the screen OBVIOUSLY) but I was just wondering if I have to buy a new phone or if there's a way to fix it. It's just the middle where the screen and the rest of the phone meet that's snapped so its in two pieces right now. funny vid tho. lol
sorry i don't have a clue , i TOOK my phone back to where i got it and they sent it to be fixed thats all i can tell you Topic of the Month Award ! ! Quote from: patio on October 30, 2009, 03:51:25 PM

Topic of the Month Award ! !

I had a Nokia 3555 cellular phone and one day I got VERY mad at my parents and I snapped it in half.

yes on a computer site 

I wish that everything on my computer was just the way it was last week. I've heard a lot of talk about restoring to a certain date. Is this possible? If you have system restore enabled then yes (to a certain extent). System restore can return your system files and registry (and a couple of other files) to the STATE in which it was at the time the restore point was created. A much better solution is to either purchase or DOWNLOAD a Disk Imaging utility and use it on a regular basis. Programs of this sort take a "snapshot" of your drive and you can restore that image at any time.  I have been to System Restore but can't find a way to restore to a date. Is this available on Win98?
  I don't believe Win 98 had a system restore feature. If I'm not mistaken it was introduced with Win ME and then Win XP. You can restore a backed up registry if you want. What specific problems are you having?  That's what I figured. Can you recommend a free Disk Imaging utility. It won't help now but could come in handy in the future.
  Is it possible that I have this feature in one of the utilities I have now? Maybe Ccleaner or Avast?Since you haven't said what the problem is we can't offer much help other than to answer your questions directly.

1) No, you do not have a utility that can do what you want

2) If you want to restore the REGISTRY to an earlier date see this link: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/221512

3) Good FREE disk imaging utilities: http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/backupandimage.shtml  Thanks for the LINKS! Good stuff!
  For some reason my display has reverted to the 98 defaults and there is no record of my custom settings. I have tried changing fonts and colours and the likes but I can't remember exactly how it was I just know this isn't it. It's like living in someone else's house! I'm also seeing strange things like the occasional missing Icon for a file or a programs parts out of place. I have tried deleting them and downloading again but they still display oddly. First, when you create custom display settings you should save them with a specific name so you can always recall it. Second, if I were you I'd do a full system scan with my anti virus utility. I'd also suggest downloading and running a scan with MalwareBytes. Better safe than sorry.  They were saved but they aren't on the list anymore that's why I was trying to find a record of them.
  I just ran Spybot, Sas, and Avast on Friday but I will give them another shot. I will run Malwarebytes as well. Thank you
    OK, I ran Avast, SAS, Spybot and a thourough Scandisk and didn't find any problems. Interestingly though, when I opened DirectX diagnostic my desktop icons were fine but the background shrunk to a little square in the middle of the screen. A RESTART fixed it and when I opened DirectX again it didn't do it.
  Some of my programs are still displaying oddly. Either the parts are out of place or completely out of view. Some things that use to max can't anymore. Even web pages are narrowed when I used to have a scrollbar at the bottom.
  Any thoughts?
Did you run a scan with MalwareBytes?  No. It doesn't work with 98se.  I have found that some files from an old AV have appeared in C:\ and program files and maybe other places. There are two entries for it in "Auto Exec. bat" in the System Configuration Utility which were unchecked but I never had time to find out how to remove them. I have heard that competing AV's can give the appearance of infections. Might this be the problem or am I way off base? Either way it would be nice to get rid of all the unnecessary files.
  How do I find everything associated with the old AV and get rid of it? I tried running some words through "Find" and got very confusing results.

I didn't GO trick or TREATING but saw QUIT a few PEOPLE my AGE and above 19-24 year olds.

Self-built computer, year old motherboard (Gigabyte - EP35-DS3R), 4 gigs DDR2 Ram, 8800 GT Graphics card.

WAS a 650 watt psu, replaced with 850

My computer recently stopped working out of the blue and I've had this happen before and I just simply replaced the PSU. This time, i've replaced the psu with an 850 watt which should be more than enough and pressing the power button, it sparingly wants to start running and the lights in the case turn off and on. I've tried plugging it STRAIGHT into the wall to see if it's just not the surge protector. ANOTHER odd THING is i'm not getting the little system light on indicating that it's getting power.

I'm somewhat new to building my own computers but i've never had such problems till now.

I guess i should note, i switched it out with a compatible motherboard and it did the same thing.What does "sparingly" mean ? ?

That being asked i've seen brand new PSU's out of the box DOA...well hitting the power button a few times, it finally turns on but obviously it's having trouble wanting to boot up and it either turns off on it's own after about 3 seconds or sits there with the internal lights flickering.

Dear Users
SO Guyz i am making a project on Online Furniture marketing system I want to write the Functional requirements,non functional requirements for this and ALSO the use cases. I want that u guys give me some examples what can be the functional requirements and what are the non functional requirements and use cases at least tell me who to model them give some examples or any link i myslef also trying from google
ThankXDear Users
Go to this link and ansure me that these are both functional requirements with the use case diagrams aaaieeenn...... because there are block diagrams also here
(http://www.futurismtechnologies.com/Hospital-Information-Management-System-HMIS-Functional-Requirements.htm)
and tell me that the following is the coorrect way to model the functional requirements
SEe below
   A Client can order new furniture, either by credit card, bank DRAFT, Money order.
   A Client can sell used furniture by scanning its picture and adding it to the website selling directory.
   A Client can see furniture details and gallery buy using the website own search engine.
   A Client can only have one open tab at a time.
   When opening a tab a credit card or bank draft number or money order number must be given.
   Each tab has a credit limit, computed from the payment history of the client.
   A Client have to give order 10 days before for marriage package but the package must  be selected in advance (i.e Ten days before), to change ANYTHING client must inform within two days but a COST of 1000Rs extra will be charged

Not many steps...but can TAKE a while...

1. Go to Start > RUN > Cmd /c tree C: /F /a > "%userprofile%\DESKTOP\System Contents.txt"
2. After CMD has closed, right click on System Contents.txt on your desktop, select properties.

Post how big the file is.

Me:
Size: 1.14 MB (1,200,160 bytes)
Size on Disk: 1.14 MB (1,204,224 bytes)What is the purpose of this ? ? Quote from: patio on April 19, 2009, 08:58:06 AM

What is the purpose of this ? ?

what did i do wrong , harry

Today, there are MANY computer brands in the market, upgrading every now and then. The question is, out of the many brands available, what is your favorite? For me, Mac computers
I gotta go with Mac as well. The aluminum bodies back by an excellent customer service makes them an easy choice. I got burned badly with Dell not to long ago, and none of the other brands stand out to much to me...

I build my systems though, so the only computer brands I buy are on the laptop lineMight DEPEND on whether you're talking about desktops or laptops.  My laptop is a Compaq but I have no strong brand preference.  If I were buying a new computer, I'd have to search for some reviews, compare specs, prices, etc.I don't buy brands, and like soybean I have no real preference when it comes to laptops, although I tend to lean towards toshiba (still have a 440CDX going strong ). Desktops I try to build or swap out parts; brands become those of the components.I only buy Dell machines and custom builds, although if I had the money, I would think about buying a Mac for the hardware and putting Windows on it.For me it was Dell, but I finally after 5 years had to make a quick switch now its HP. Why? Becuase I love it because I own it and do not need another!I am shocked that the first two answers were Mac.

For the last week or so I have been bemoaning the fact that I didn't buy a MAC recently when the insurance company offered me a MAC replacement for one of my first computers that was lost in a fire. Instead i purchased an HP with VISTA 64 and a year later i'm still wondering if the "critical" updates will ever stop.

One morning not so long ago i was visiting a friend in NYC who got his MAC the same time i got my HP. We SIGNED on to our computers at the same time. He checked his email, paid a few bills, updated a work schedule and signed off before i was done clicking warning buttons. After three restarts for " these updates to complete " he was back from the bakery on the corner with coffee break goodies.

MAC



Mac or Dell. They are the only 2 brands I trust.i trust mac nd love toshiba laptops

[Saving space, attachment deleted by admin]Mac is not a brand. Apple is the brand.i MEANT that man!but urighit

I am working to GET my VCP certification and have made flash card similar to some other ones out on the web but I made them BASED of of my 3.5 learning material.  But the problem is I want to print them FRONT and back and make the size of them about the size of a note card.  My goal is to print them and cut them to size and use them as flash cards.  The printer I am USING does have a duplex er so front and back is not a problem but is there something I should change in the formatting to make it work for me?  I am hoping to take my test within the next month (give or take) so any and all help would be great on this.

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I have a massive magneto array [Really STRONG magnetic Field]
Any time I need to wipe a hard drive I SET it nearby and let PHYSICS do the rest
That would be seriously bad right it would magnatise the drive wouldnt it then cause the rest of it to fail.

while down loading free avg anti-virus, using dial-up, i lost connection after about six HOURS and about 95% loaded. my question is; how can i get the rest of the file without starting all over? or MUST i begin from the BEGINNING?Without a download manager i'm afraid so...
If you were running FIREFOX it should do it though...

Can you possibly have a friend with a better connection DLoad it and copy to a flash drive for you ? ?
Quote from: patio on NOVEMBER 04, 2009, 10:13:05 AM

Can you possibly have a friend with a better connection DLoad it and copy to a flash drive for you ? ?

i have a PROBLEM with the multimedia key of my laptop... when i pressed the VOLUME control key of my laptop, it didn't work.. also in SLEEP and home button... my laptop is
Compaq Presario V3000

please help me with that

thanks

JUNIOR Battle

This is a really easy way to make an invisible (but not hidden) folder. This only works on your desktop.

Right click on desktop > New > Folder
Right click on the newly created folder > Rename
Press: ALT+1060 (or paste Code: [Select]  into it)
OPEN the folder.
Tools > Folder Options > View
Uncheck "Hide protected operating system files (Recommended)
OK
Press: F5
Open Desktop.ini
Replace the contents with:
Code: [Select][.ShellClassInfo]
IconFile=%SystemRoot%\system32\SHELL32.dll
IconIndex=51

Close the window, and it's invisible. If you know where you put it, you can hide stuff in it.FindFirstFile()/FindNextFile still see it...

although WIN32_FIND_DATA.cFileName will be " " which might confuse badly written programs. Quote from: BC_Programmer on April 19, 2009, 01:46:00 PM

FindFirstFile()/FindNextFile still see it...

although WIN32_FIND_DATA.cFileName will be " " which might confuse badly written programs.

what I do, is I put a password on my computer.

problem solved. 

Seems like a way easier option...

But it arouses suspicion (on family computers).

Can't say that it would arouse suspicion with any of my family or friends.  Maybe you and your family needs to work out some trust issues.

My mom is a bit overprotective and nosy.

My PC is TURNING itself off without any warning, when it does i can't turn it back on with the power button, i have to turn off the switch BEHIND the computer or the power point, then try again, there is STILL power runbning to the computer because the lights are still turned on, but i can't turn it on normally without hitting the switch

Any help?By the way, it's not an overheat problem Quote from: Duski on April 20, 2009, 11:24:34 PM

By the way, it's not an overheat problem

my desktop and offline resolution is 1024x768 but changes to 800x600 online.
restore back one day and it corrects for a few days.
can this be corrected 'on the fly'? and what is changing it?

TIA
gubba

Your hardware specs, especially your display adpater/video card?  How much video memory?  What driver version is installed for your video card?

Does this change happen when you're visiting a particular website?Sounds like some app is calling for a different resolution when it loads. And have you done a full scan with your av and MalwareBytes just to be safe?

Quote from: soybean on November 02, 2009, 10:19:30 AM

Your hardware specs, especially your display adpater/video card?  How much video memory?  What driver version is installed for your video card?

Does this change happen when you're visiting a particular website?

And I don't see how a website could change the desktop resolution.

when it changes it effects ALL online sites.  i'm using ie8.

desktop, 'word', applications, games, explore, search, all stay in the higher resolution.

Check the zoom rate on IE as well.

The zoom rate?

Four is the most amout of OPERATING systems on one drive

Is it just me or is SOMETHING wrong here?

HTTP://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG9uuGwFmvs

A ridiculous VIDEO.  I thought at first it was a VISTA desktop but I'm wrong...

When I try to open an application in facebook, it blinks redirecting on the tab and never opens. Is there ANYTHING I can do?
Thanks!VIRUS! I guess!
try scanning your PC with avast and malwarebytes.

good LUCK

I wanted to transfer VIDEOS from my PC to my cell phone, but when I do it SAYS 'file format not supported' , so I got this 3GP converter and I converted to videos on my comp into 3GP and the TRANSFERRED them to my cell , This time it did not say 'file format not supported' but it only plays the audio, what can I do about this?

Thanks!Which cell phone?Nokia Cell Phone.Did you READ this:
http://forums.mobiledia.com/topic9547.html

Sorry, I don't understand it. Maybe somebody ELSE does.

I recently bought a cheap laptop at a flea market. Everything works except I can't access anything that requires a password, the page won't open.
It is running on windows xp professional so I guess it used to be a business laptop. It is an HP.
Does anyone know what I can do to fix this problem? Quote from: karleigh on NOVEMBER 07, 2009, 08:42:47 AM

I recently bought a cheap laptop at a flea market. Everything works except I can't access anything that requires a password, the page won't open.
It is running on windows xp professional so I guess it used to be a business laptop. It is an HP.
Does anyone know what I can do to fix this problem?

It starts and runs fine. It just won't let me go anywhere that requires a password. I have no recovery disk for it.
How do I know if it has built in recovery?

"If you're running Windows XP or Vista with a computer that has a multiple core PROCESSOR such as the Intel Core 2 duo you can increase how fast your computer boots up by having it use multiple processors for its boot sequence. Following the below steps to have Windows do this for you.)"

Can anyone verify this? As far as I'd been aware Windows boots using all available cores, this setting only configures it to use less or a specific number for troubleshooting - I've googled and found differing opinions....I'm pretty SURE it's false. I remember seeing a high-profile TECH blogger writing it as FUD. might of been Mark Russinovich.Voodoo...

Where is this Tip from ? ?http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;833721

Quote

/numproc=number
This switch SETS the number of processors that Windows will run at startup. With this switch, you can force a multiprocessor system to use only the quantity of processors (number) that you specify. This switch can help you troubleshoot performance problems and defective CPUs.