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Front headphone jacks? I'm assuming that you want a sound card that will give you headphone jacks in the front of your PC? There are a couple of brands that come with drive bay adapters that let you plug almost all your sound gear into the front of your PC. Something like this - Soundblaster

Like I said, some components can not be removed. IE is an integral part of Windows and is all but impossible to uninstall. There are other components that are also like that. To be honest, I've never seen an easy way to remove most Windows components. The best solution is what the others have already mentioned - nLite. I'm sure you could find a commercial uninstaller, but from what I've seen, they can be trouble.

1a) Try using xecutor or startup delayer 1b) Windows simply reads the information from the registry or your startup folder. It basically runs all the programs at once. 2) Right click your start menu, select properties, click the taskbar tab, then click the customize button. You'll see options for your tray icons there. 3) Not sure this is what you want, but try it anyway - Right click the Webshots program shortcut and select properties. Under Run:, you will see window options (Normal Window, Minimized, Maximized). This will let you control the programs window position when it's run. 4) Na, just don't ask too many questions.

XPlite looks good, but it's not free. I only deal in free software. BTW, you can easily remove about 90% of the items XPlite does without any real trouble. Just go to the add/remove programs applet in the control panel, then click the add/remove windows components button on the left.

I haven't seen a great guide on uninstalling windows apps. Some things (like internet explorer) can't really be removed. Other programs are a pain and require a few tricks to remove. My advice is to look around for each program you wish to remove and take note of what you need to do.

As with all computer hardware, you get what you pay for. $50 will get you $50 worth of security. Look around the net, there are plenty of router reviews for you to base a purchase on.

All but the most expensive LCD screens give what I call the 'vaseline' effect. Many people don't notice a big difference, but I can sure tell. Alanoll and Phyridean pretty much explain why.

The delay is almost certainly from the dial-up. However, satellite systems can be slowed down by the weather, poor dish positioning, etc... I'd have your ISP send a tech out and do a check. They can see if your reception is OK or not.

Hmm, after you buy your pc, you could take it to a shop and have it professionally refitted. It may cost you a few extra bucks, but it would be fairly safe. Try looking in the phone book for some local computer shops. There's a few around here that do mods and whatnot, I'm sure you have some in your area.

Ok, so you upgraded 75% of the hardware that video games need to run well which, btw, are some of the most expensive components. So what you're saying is... "I ended up spending more money because I didn't buy high end components to begin with". And saying there was NO game you couldn't play is BS. I know of several games released in the last year that would barely run with a p3 800 onboard. Scorpy - You don't have to spend a ton of cash to buy top notch hardware. Look for deals and don't be affraid to spend several days shopping around. It's not all about speed either, buying cheap hardware can cause all kinds of problems. Quality is always the best way to go with a gaming rig.

Try replacing your old OLE32.DLL file with a fresh copy. You can get one here - OLE32.DLL If you have trouble replacing it (file is in use or whatever), try CopyLock. Be sure to make a backup of your old OLE32.DLL file first.

So, why not just use the other keyboard to access windows and uninstall the MS keyboard drivers?

Please remember, not everyone here is a tech. If they could easily understand all our technobabble, they probably wouldn't be asking for this kind of help in the first place.

This may sound simplistic, but it's often overlooked - Have you moved your PC lately? Is it stuck in a corner or close to a wall? If the air flow around the pc is stagnant, then it's going to get hot.

You could always upgrade the CPU heatsink/fan yourself. Maybe you could add a blowhole or something, it's not hard.

Why is it called S.M.A.R.T. when it gives such S.T.U.P.I.D. error messages?

Try this - CMD /? It will give you a list of everything CMD can do.

I'm curious, what sites are you visiting?

I didn't know budget gaming rigs existed. But seriously, if you put together a gaming system with 'less than top-notch components', it's going to be obsolete before you turn it on. Unless you plan on playing this years games for the next 3 years, I'd suggest saving your cash and buying better components. If you do want to skimp, do it with things that don't effect performance much. But that bear in mind that cheap components will shorten the lifespan of your system.

Windowsupdate doesn't like my html proxy. I have to disable it to go there. Dunno if that helps you any.

Hmm, why would reseating card help? Maybe if he was having some kind of system instability, but for a shutdown issue? Moving the card may help, if he's having some kind of conflict with another card on the PCI bus. But most people use AGP cards now. As for replacing the card, that's a bit drastic for a simple shutdown issue. Maybe he could try swaping it out with another card just to see what happens, provided he has an extra card.

Data can be catagorized quite easily using CSS sheets. It's also more flexible and uses far less code. I can't see any real reason to use tables except maybe to be backwards compatible with some obsolete browser.

Did your system always do that? If so, maybe it's a BIOS bug, try updating it. If it just started doing it for no apparent reason, then my guess is your mobo is having trouble. Make sure your PSU is working right, cables aren't loose, etc..., so you can prevent any further problems. Heck, I'd reflash the BIOS anyway just to see if that helps any.

It was just a random link I found on someones blog site. I got a good laugh out of it, so I thought you guys would too.

I'm guessing that the virus corrupted your rundll32.exe file. Try running the system file checker utility. First, put your windows disk in your cd tray. Then go to the run bar and type SFC.EXE This will run the system file checker and it should be able to determine if the file needs to be replaced. If so, it will take a fresh copy off the windows cd and fix the corrupted one on your hard drive. I'd also recommend updating windows after that (via windowsupdate.com), if you can.