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First off... better title... "Help Me" makes me not want to help you. Secondly... NO!!!! You didn't read the forum rules before posting here. Rule number 1 (there's a reason it's #1... it's the most important). Forum Rules

Lmao... and wow.... She's pretty fine too...

when did i compare?? besides, ff can never match Opera's functionality, even with extensions - irc, mail, msr, speed, customizations. ofcourse ff is very useful for 'specialist' stuff - proxy, traceroute, printing etc.The moment you start saying "for ProgramX to match ProgramY" you're making a comparison. Opera is a suite. A better comparison would be the Mozilla Suite to Opera. If you take out IRC and Mail, then you've got a better comparison between Opera and Firefox, so lets do that. Yes, Firefox needs extensions to match the remaining feature set of Opera. That's old news. The ability to add extensions also means that you can surpass the funtionality of Opera in various aspects. Thats coz every orange user has tried apples but only a few 'apple'(ff) fans have taste an orange(opera) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Unfortunately, that's true. Generally speaking, people who use Opera have tried Firefox at some point, but not the other way around.

Ah... I understand now... *votes in all new polls* Thanks Martin!

You're kinda comparing apples and oranges here. Opera has a feature set that takes a number of extensions to match. However, there are extensions that give Firefox more functionality than Opera. Some people like apples, some like oranges. Yes, but it is known to those who have tried to use extensions, that there are some that may be incompatible. I have run into this a few times myself. You also have to think about the poor sucker who doesn't know much about computers in the first place...

Just for general reference. I'll post the services that I have set to Automatic.Computer Browser - Used for File & Printer Sharing Cryptographic Services - One of those "must have" services DCom Server Process Launcher - "must have" DHCP Client - Used for network configuration DNS Client - Speeds up internet traffic Event Log - "must have" Help and Support - even though I don't use it... my friends do, so I leave it running Network Connections - Used for network configuration (I don't know why MS sets this to manual by default...) Network Location Awareness (NLA) - Used for network configuration Plug and Play - Used for many things... don't touch. Remote Access Connection Manager - Needed to connect to VPN at my university Remote Procedure Call - The backbone of Windows... don't touch (you can't disable it from services.msc for a reason) Server - Used for File & Printer Sharing Task Scheduler - Used for prefetch (This is very useful contrary to what you may have heard!!!) Telephony - Needed for VPN connections Windows Audio - Because I like my music Windows Management Instrumentation - Helps Windows manage hardware configuration. Helps with speed-stepping control. Wireless Zero Configuration - For my wireless connection (no... really?) Workstation - Used for File & Printer sharing I am not guaranteeing that this is the perfect setup for you!!! It's just an idea of how you might be able to run your own computer. I use pretty standard fare programs (no stand-alone craziness like Albator...), and I haven't had any problems yet. *touch wood* What's even easier is to use is the Startup Control Panel from Mike Lin's Home Page. It adds a new entry in your control panel named "Startup". It lists all the programs that are launched on startup. If you're a little more advanced, look into AutoRuns for a bit more control. There isn't much reason for you to use this though unless you're really nitpicky like some of us... EDIT - Dang... I've got a pretty good setup here...I should compile all of my guides like this...

That's only available for XP Pro, AFAIK. For general use remote connection, you'll need a third party app. Same with UltraVNC. Although UltraVNC has the added benefit of being standalone, so you can port it with you on a USB key and run it from any computer.And viewing from a webpage also uses Java... any browser with Java capabilities and you're golden.

I don't think there was a poll for this one before. I think that it was just a list/discussion that was stickied. EDIT - Never mind... the others are reset too...

Is this of any use? Found it by using that little white box at the top of the forum and typing in "IE Security Disable".

Wow... you really know you're a nerd when...

I'll agree with the first bit. @InTheWayBoy - Just prove him wrong and people will figure things out for themselves. @Redcould - What are the facts then? The list that InTheWayBoy pointed out are generally what you see in in market. I remember having to deal with Dell Tech support (not meaning to bash Dell in this topic, but...) for 45 minutes because the spindle motor in my CD-ROM drive had died. You know... put in the CD, CD "whirrs" as it spins up... I didn't have that. I tried explaining to the guy that I had tried everything (reinstalling drivers, booting from Knoppix, etc etc), but I still had to deal with them for an hour and a half. My friend bought a LCD display from Dell under his business contract, and there was a little bit of leaking at the bottom right corner (You really had to be picky to notice it). He called them up and they instantly offered to replace it. INSTANT!!! No pictures, no questions. Just a 3 minute call. *grumble* That's the difference in terms of Tech Support between PCs bought for the consumer and PCs bought for corporations/businesses.

My bad... but so good at the same time. Thank you. My girlfriend approves as well.

Have you even looked at the options in IE? All the settings can be turned off under Advanced...

Ah yes... the thermal-regulating CPUs. Good advice.

Hehe... no worries... And I'll say it again, Raxco PerfectDisk =

Hamachi anyone? I suppose that they could close the Hamachi servers, but the connections are directly from one computer to the next. You don't get the speed advantage of BT, but it's direct and file listings are decentralized.

Need I say more?

BAH!!!! NO!!!! Windows will take care of the memory in your system better than any RAM cleaning software. It's one of the reasons why when you open a program, then close it, the second time you open it, it's much faster. Uninstall RamIdle. Ram "cleaners" will actually hurt the performance of your computer more than they help. Windows XP has very sophisticated memory management routines - let it do its thing. Crap Cleaner is good, but don't let it delete the prefetch data. Prefetching helps your computer run faster. Getting rid of this data will only slow it down. Again, let Windows take care of itself. Do you have all the latest drivers installed for your system? Have you scanned your computer with Ad-Aware and Spybot S&D? Is the system laggy? To be specific, when you have any sort of disk activity (opening a large program, transferring files, etc), does the CPU usage rise? Is there any specific task in Task Manager that is using CPU cycles?

Umm... You've got Raxco and PerfectDisk...Raxco Software makes PerfectDisk.

Desktop update!!! No nudity, but also something that I probably wouldn't open at work either Wall: Billie Piper from Skins.be Icons Elements Icon set mainly VS: RoyalFour Apps: AveDesk & Coolmon Enjoy!!!

I guess we'll just have to wait and find out....

The X700 is no slouch. Yes, the 6800 is a bit more powerful, but I know that the 1692 will easily take care of Doom3 and Half-Life 2 at decent resolution settings. Not to mention that if you're going to be porting the laptop around anywhere, the 17" screens are just too bulky. And with average use, the 1692 can get about 4 hours of battery life, with the screen turned down, but with wireless on. That's pretty hard to find in a 15.4" laptop.

??? The 1692 is cheaper than every laptop you listed...

Acer Aspire 1692 Acer Aspire 5514 The first one matches the specs of some of the others that you linked to, while the second one does them all in. Acer is getting better and better. I have a friend with the TravelMate 8194 and it's absolutely fantastic.

Learn to imagine... that sounds somewhat contradictory. I was thinking of imagination more as the "lying in a field daydreaming" imagination, not really problem-solving imagination. I suppose that for the latter, could ultimately be programmed into a learning robot. As for the "+ random" part of your definition of imagination, that does hold for part of what imagination is, but it's still one of the big problems in programming, since you can never truly generate a completely random number. You can have pseudo-random number generators, but they're still following a pre-programmed algorithm. That's actually not that good of an example... chess is a limited situation. There is a finite (but large) number of combinations of moves that are possible. Play enough chess and you'll end up repeating a game move for move (yes, it would take a while). A computer is easily able to see all possible outcomes from this point forward in a game of chess, and by that take the "best" course of action.