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How were the pictures burnt to the DVD? Unless they're in a proprietary format meant for a Mac program, I'm not sure why they wouldn't show up in XP.

Well, just about everything else uses more memory than NOD32... BitDefender is pretty good for the common user. Very clean and understandable UI (at least V8). As for memory usage, it's better than NAV and Kaspersky on the systems that I've tested it on. Better startup times as well.

Hmm... that doesn't look quite right. Let me take a step back and get some more info about the original problem. If you put the computer into Max Performance or Always On, does the CPU speed increase? (It is a P4-M by the way ) You said you had updated the BIOS, but have you reinstalled the chipset drivers? (I know HP has them... my Compaq does) A few questions may help put things in order: How did the original CPU go bad? Was it covered under warranty? If not, did you replace the CPU yourself? Did you replace the CPU with the same one you had? Did you buy it from HP or from a third-party? Did you check to see that the CPU you bought was compatible with the HP motherboard? (If the CPU is a different model)

I would think so. Just because the processor isn't working at full speed all the time doesn't mean there's a problem with it. My laptop is a Pentium-M 1.4GHz, but it usually idles at about 600MHz. Use Everest to determine your processors speed, and then run an intensive app (Like Prime95) and run Everest again (while running Prime95). If the processor speed goes up to full while working hard, then you're all good.

The Intel Speed stepping is a finite change. On Pentium 4 chips it has two stages, full or half speed. The Pentium-M chips found in Centrino laptops have 5 steps. One way to look at the clock speed is by using Everest Home Edition. Do a google search to find it. It will tell you pretty much everything you would want to know about your hardware. For the processor, it will tell you the bus speed and multiplier, which together determine your processor's speed.

Glad to be of help. B) 1 down, 3 to go! Btw... I love your custom member title and avatar... hilarious doesn't cover it!

I'm guessing that the processor is a P4-M, and not a straight up P4. If that's the case, then your computer is doing what it should. Intel processors have SpeedStep technology built in. Unless you're running on Max Performance or Always On, the processor will adjust its speed based on the CPU load. By running at a lower speed the processor uses less power and generates less heat. To access the power management features, go to Start->Control Panel (Classic view)->Power Options. Here you'll be able to select which power profile you want. I would also recommend putting a check mark in "Always show icon on the taskbar" under the advanced tab. With this, you can single click on the icon and select the power profile you want (very handy for changing it on the fly). If you're not using your laptop for gaming all the time, I would set it to "Portable/Laptop". If your computer needs the extra power, the processor will speed up - if not, it will sit at a lower 1.6GHz. Hope this helps!

Hehe... great minds think alike!

I'm not too sure about #1,2, or 4, but for #3 have a look here. It's a simple add on that gives you the size of your folders as well as files. Not sure if that's what you were after. I'd find it really useful to have a custom toolbar icon that would show/hide hidden files. It's probably along the same lines as #4, but a little bit different. Cheers!

I'd have to say for the common end user, Windows is much better. Easier to pick up on how to use, better UI, and easier to find how-tos for new users. Linux has its advantages for web servers though. At the University of British Columbia, my department is running a Debian Linux web server (of which I'm the admin aka SuperUser!). It's had an uptime of about a year and a half so far and it's still running rock solid. The fact that it's free is also an advantage for us.

Hey everyone, I don't know if this is common knowledge, but you can get headbanging llamas to show in the Winamp Modern skin. Open the modern skin and extend the window so you can see the beat visualization. Hold Crtl+Shift+Alt and click on the very middle of the diamond in the beat visualization. Looks really cool if you're listening to techno or trance! Enjoy!

I'd say go for v5 lite. It's got a few bug fixes over the v2 line, and it's still supported on the winamp forums. The memory footprint for both is about the same in my opinion. I haven't seen too much change. If you do want to stick with v2, then 2.95 is the way to go. I found it to be the most stable in the craptastic days of v3.

I don't think that it's quite the same as the Quebec referendums. European countries have been independent for centuries and are now considering the possibility of working together as a whole. Quebec (Lower Canada as it was known back then) was formed as part of a new country. If Quebec were to separate from the rest of Canada, it would have a fairly difficult time being self sustaining. There's a lot of federal money that's flowing back and forth into Quebec... I understand how people might feel about that though... I was born in Montreal, but I don't understand why there's a need to break away from the rest of the country. If anything, the western provinces should break away first, since we're not getting much representation in parliament. Sorry for the bit of derailment... just my two cents. And yeah, from what I had heard from my familiy in Holland, that one was going No as well...

Hejsan, och välkommen! Hooray! Another Swedish speaking person! Don't worry about your grammar. Even I screw it up sometimes...

I'll add one more welcome here... unfortunately I'm the only computer-literate person in my family... that gene seems to have chosen only me to stick with...

It could also be a problem with the licencing/activation of XP itself. XP records your major hardware components when you install, and uses these records for activation. It also helps prevent people from duplicating their install partitions and putting them in other computers (i.e. pirating). As it_ybd said, a repair install would be best to get you back up and running. Back up all your important stuff and then do a clean install since your system may still "remember" the old hardware incorrectly.

Ok, I'll give this a shot over the weekend when I've got some free time. Thanks for all the info and help! Much appreciated!

I don't think that it's just a pull for people to buy a new product. You can probably say that about WinME, but not Longhorn. There's a bunch of new stuff under the hood already and an improved UI. As for the push for new PCs... people said that about XP as well. My newest computer is my laptop, and it's about 1.5 years old now. I've installed XP on a system with a PII-300MHz processor and 64MB of RAM. Yeah, it wasn't the fastest system, but given the hardware I was working with, I was firmly impressed that it runs as smoothly as it does. If you want all the fancy graphics and whatnotof Longhorn, then you'll need a newer PC... doesn't have to be top of the line though.

As for the Quicklaunch that people are talking about, it could be that it hasn't been turned on for the system. Right click on the taskbar and select Toolbars->Quick Launch. You should get a number of icons that show up beside the start button. Now you can drag and drop to your heart's content. Unlocking the taskbar will allow you to resize the quicklaunch area to show more than the default 3 icons. Hope this helps!

It's not in system32... it's in C:\WINDOWS (or whatever drive \WINDOWS). Just be sure to make a backup of it. Also, you need to have SFC disabled in order for your modified explorer.exe file to stay put. Search on how to do that. Have fun ResHacking!

You're talking about the various levels of contrast that you can set? Like a 5/10 point slider bar (or similar)? That might make sense... Yeah, we've got Viewsonic LCD monitors here at work (at least in the lab) and they're pretty phenomenal. Really crisp displays (even connected through VGA) and decent response times (no blurring). Can't go wrong there.

Hey everyone, I just had a wierd error with my network tonight I used to have my network set up with a Linksys WRT54G routerconnected to the ADSL line (IP:192.168.1.1 SM:255.255.255.192) and one of those connections running into a Linksys BEFW11S4 router in my room (IP 10.0.0.1 SM: 255.255.255.0). The WRT54G had a static IP table for each computer in the house, as well as for the second router. I had installed the Win2K3 trial on my computer with this network setup and everything was fine and dandy. I could connect to the internet and all that jazz. I was having some troubles with my FTP connection though, so I decided to get rid of the second router, and run the cable from the WRT54G straight into my computer. I power down everything, rearrange the cables, and power everything back up, with the ADSL modem last. All seems well, the computer is getting the static IP assigned from the router (192.168.1.2) and I'm able to ping the internet at various places. Now I try to use programs that access the internet and nothing works. Opera, Miranda, Secure Shell SSH, nothing. I can ping, but not use any internet programs. All the other computers connected using their old static IPs were just fine. So I set the static IP to something different (192.168.1.5) and repair the connection. Suddenly everything works. I'm somewhat puzzled as to why this is happening. Things are working now, but I'm somewhat stumped as to why the IP of 192.168.1.2 would allow me to ping, but not actually use the internet. Any insight would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Hrm... you've got me stumped... Viewsonic is a good name though. I wouldn't worry about the quality if you do end up buying from them.

I'm not too sure about the contrast values... usually those are on the order of 400:1 or more. The big factors that you want to look at when considering LCD displays are: Resolution (given in something like 1280x1024) Contrast Ratio (given in the form 400:1) Brightness (something like 300 cd/m^2) Since you're usually sitting in front of your monitor, viewing angle isn't that big of a deal, unless you often look at pictures with others sitting beside you. Can you give us a link to the specs page that you're referring to? One thing to make absolutely sure of is to get some kind of extra warranty regarding dead pixels. Most manufacturers require 8-12 dead pixels before they will replace the LCD. At some stores, you can pay an extra fee and get a no-dead-pixel warranty for 30 days. With that, you're pretty much guaranteed a perfect monitor. Hope this helps.

I've got a fairly big case and I think I have space on my mobo (I'll have to double check with a ruler tho...). I know the late gen T-birds are pretty hot, but on the Zalman website, it says that the CNPS3100+ can handle the T-birds even on silent mode. Like I said, right now, it's got the stock Aluminum heatsink and a puny 55mm fan (or whatever's that small size...). Chances are the new heatsink and fan will be quieter than what I've got...