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  • allen griggs
    I've installed a new 19" widescreen monitor on my 'puter (Win XP, Home Edition, 2ghz, 512mb RAM, 40 gig hard drive), having a problem with the display of certain media.

    Windows open up and look OK, but when I try to play a game, everything is skewed to the right about one inch. Any suggestions on how to slide it over, center it up?

    Thank yew.
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  • allen griggs
    The ol puter here wasn't acting right, so I took it to the shop. They removed some "rogue items" and defrag hard drive.
    Anyway, now everything's BIG!
    I can only see a few threads. Everything is like all stretched.
    Page size at the bottomis 100%. Text size is medium. Appearence and themes font size is normal.
    What gives?
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  • allen griggs
    I can't remember my windows password on one of my computers and need to either disable the password funtion or bypass it in order to log onto my network system. Is there anyway I can change my password without remembering my old one or is there some way I can disable the password funtion. I have had to do this before but cannot for the life of me remember what steps I took to disable the password. HELP!

    "Neca eos omnes. Deus suos agnoscet."
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  • allen griggs
    i have dial up at home [V] and just got dsl at work [:D] but my labtop wont seem to connect with the dsl its keeps looking for the dial up how do i convert it? thanks in advance
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  • allen griggs
    Hi, I'm getting this pop-up while in internet explorer:
    Microsoft Internet Explorer

    ? NOTICE: IF your computer has errors in the registry database or file system, it could cause unpredictable or erratic behavior, freezes and crashes.
    Fixing these errors can increase your computer's performance and prevent data loss.

    Would you like to install WinFixer 2005 to check your computer for free? (Recommended)

    OK Cancel

    When I try to back out of this box I am sent directly to the Winfixer website. This happens all the time I have tried to get rid of it with anti-virus and anti-spyware to no avail. Is this Winfixer something I should try or stay away from. I don't trust it at all. Any suggestions or warning are appreciated.
    Thanks,
    Bill

    BNRVA@aol.comwww.vcdl.org
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  • allen griggs
    Okay, computer geeks, here's one for ya....

    I've got a PC with Rambus memory in it. What's on board is Rambus (RDRAM) 184 pin PC600 (400MHz) memory boards. I want to add memory. However, I cannot find PC600 boards to add, only PC800 (800MHz) RDRAM memory. Will the PC800 memory work?

    I've talked to 4-5 different companies/people and gotten 4-5 different answers. What say you?

    FCD

    "Fortes et liber"
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  • allen griggs
    I have a computer at work that has a screensaver I like, is there a way to save the screensaver to a disc and load it on to my home computer?
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  • allen griggs
    How do I shrink my screen back down. I have to scroll sideways to see the whole picture. Kids were messing with the computer.
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  • allen griggs
    Is this worth a $200 set of tires?

    Custom Gaming Computer in perfect condition with extras.
    Intel Pentium 4
    3.20 GHz
    2.0 GB RAM
    80 GB Primary Hard Drive
    1TB HDD Hard Drive
    DVD Burner
    Windows XP Pro SP2
    Adobe Photoshop CS & Image Ready
    Cool Gaming case with transparent side panel with blue lights.
    Extras are software and a wireless keyboard/mouse set.
    This is a perfect computer for anything and everything. Stock up on photos, music and accomplish tasks at blazing speeds. Whatever you need to do this computer can handle it.
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  • allen griggs
    Ive always wondered this. Is it better to shut your computer down at night when your not using it or just put it into standby mode. Im talking when you go to bed not just walking away for a couple hours and going back. Whats best for the computer or what do you guys do ?
    Thanks.

    God gave us all a gift. Have you found yours yet ?
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  • allen griggs
    I want to sell this computer, but I need to wipe it clean of everything I've got on it now. Addresses, numbers, etc. Will system restore from the month I bought it do it or not ? Any Ideas ? Don, I know you have the answer.
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  • allen griggs
    posting this on a older p/c my current use one today when I turned it on will start normal then go to a blank screen nothing if I start in safe mode it will come up as it should in safe mode. I have started up a couple times under repair mode but still the same just a blank screen . any one help out
    thanks
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  • allen griggs
    If I know an IP address, but don't know the website, how do I access that IP address? The reason I ask is, my firewall shows me the IP address of people who try to hack in my PC, and I would like to ping them back just to let them know I know they're trying to look in.

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  • allen griggs
    Trying to list a couple pistols on the auction side tonight.
    For some reason the photos will not go from my hard-drive and load.
    I get a window stating.

    "Network Error"
    Connection re-set by peer"

    Any clues ???
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  • allen griggs
    how do i completely wipe my computer clean, as if it were brand new.
    do i need a program or what
    thanks
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  • allen griggs
    What is "tera term pro?"
    I am cleaning stuff off of my computer to make it work faster. Will it hurt to delete tera term pro?
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  • allen griggs
    My computer is about to go down for the count. What's a GOOD computer I can replace it with?

    Can new computers run Windows VISTA or Windows 7?
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  • allen griggs
    Does anyone here have Firefox and IE both loaded on their computer and can switch back and forth?

    I tried Firefox and liked it, but my primary financial site demands IE. Need to find some way to switch between them.

    All help appreciated.
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  • allen griggs
    If I leave my browser running for a while and I come back the page I was looking at turns into a porn sight. is there any way to keep this from happening cuz its really starting to annoy me.

    I yearn for the simpiler times when a man could crawl out of his cave , club a woman over the head and drag her back "
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  • allen griggs
    to show how inept I am. I am trying to download Adobe Flash Player as I started getting messages I need it to view videos. The computer goes thru all the steps then at the end I get a screen station "retrieving download". After a few minutes I get an error message stating ACTIONLIST NOT FOUND. I did have an old version of flash player and I did remove it and it shows to not be there anymore. Any help appreciated.
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  • allen griggs
    hi
    computer started runnin REALLy slow yesterday.
    did all the disc clean up and defrag, closed all programs, did virus scan etc, but no luck.
    today I did system restore to 1/1/09 and now everything is back to normal.
    this all started when the mrs was searching for something on the internet.[B)]
    anyway, is there a way to find out what is different (programs etc) between 1/1/09 and 1/7/09 so i can delete it?
    thanks!
    tom
    BTW I am a computer idiot, so please keep it simple![:)]
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  • allen griggs
    can you put 2 different video cards in a computer when they're from different mfrs and use totally different drivers?

    right now I do have 2 vid cards with a monitor on each one, everything works fine cuz they're both from the same mfr and use the same driver.

    but I got this mongo 21" monitor that can do a 2048x1536 resolution, and neither of my vid cards can do that. so I want to swap 1 card with a newer one. no vid cards are available that use the same driver as what I'm using right now. so it will be different. I don't want to replace both cards.

    would it work?
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  • allen griggs
    The bearings are going bad on my laptop graphics card cooling fan so that it's making a really annoying buzzing sound.

    How likely am I to burn up the graphics card if I run the computer without the fan for a couple weeks until a replacement arrives?

    Thanks in advance
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  • allen griggs
    Okay, heres the deal. The wife "fixed" something on our computer and now I can't access Gunbroker because my computer says something along these lines:

    "Content Advisor will not allow you to see this website.

    This page may contain some or all of the following.

    ICRA3 Depiction of weapon use. Limited.

    This rating was obtained from the webpage."




    Now what do I do? The only way I can access this site is thru "www.forthehunt.com." Once their and on the forums when I click "Home" at the top it brings up the message.[:(!][}:)][:(!][xx(][:(][V]
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  • allen griggs
    computer question.


    My new motherboard will not have anay ide/pata cable ports so I will be in need of an adapter like the one listed below. The stats list dvd/cd-rom drives and what not; but my question is will this adapter work on and convert pata floppy drives?


    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=12-232-002&SortField=0&SummaryType=0&Pagesize=10&PurchaseMark=&SelectedRating=5&VideoOnlyMark=False&VendorMark=&IsFeedbackTab=true&Keywords=(keywords)&Page=1
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  • allen griggs
    Can a camera you use on your computer be used to load its images to your computer to be saved? To put it another way can it be used as a security camera?
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  • allen griggs
    Down loaded ie8 about four weeks ago and have had nothing but trouble since. Main thing is a very slow computer. I can reset and it speeds up for a couple of hours. I think I was running ie6 and was happy but bought into the newer/better thing. If I delete ie8 will ie6 still be there?
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  • allen griggs
    computer question:


    I had to replace a case fan in my computer cause I heard a weird noise and determined a blade is cracked. The bummer is that is was in a tediuos metal enclosure and you had the take off and install so may hard to reach screws to replace the fan.


    Long story short; I do not know if I accidently shorted out the board or if its a hard-drive problem, but when I go to start up my computer it comes to the screen that says press 'del' for setup, ctrl + z for ez flash bios etc.... When that screen appeares it just stays there for an abnormally length of time. It would only stay on that screen for 2-3 seconds at most, not it can take two to three minuters or longer to get to the WIN 7 welcome screen.

    The odd thing is every function on my computer seems to be fine, just the start-up takes waaaay too long.

    Did I short out a component?

    Is my hard-drive to blame?

    Any help is appreciated.

    P.S. I have my HD split into 2 partitions, and I did a clean install of the partition where the OS is, but the same problem still occurs.
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  • allen griggs
    Computer question.



    Is a 1250W power supply too much for a computer?

    In case your wondering I will be running two BDR drives, 5 120mm fans, 2 harddrives in raid array, 6 mem slots and a two way SLI video cards.
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  • allen griggs
    Some pictures ar blocked by my computer. Is it the Outlook Express or the Norton doing the blocking???

    Most pictures come through but if someone forewards an email with pictures it says that they were blocked to keep someone from identifying my computer.

    How do I turn this off so I can get the pictures???
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