[Which system would you buy?]

Ok guys, you have convinced me to downgrade and save some money. I'm down to these 2 options. If you didn't know that System 1 was from Dell, which one do you think is a better overall deal/value?

System 1 $999:

Intel® Core™ i5-750 processor(8MB Cache, 2.66GHz)

Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit, English

24.0" Dell ST2410 Full HD Monitor with VGA cable

6GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 3 DIMMs

1TB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 16MB Cache

ATI Radeon HD 5450 1GB DDR3

16X DVD+/-RW Drive

Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

System 2 $1042

Intel DP55WB Motherboard

Intel Core i5 750 Processor

8GB OCZ PC3-10666 Platinum RAM at 1333MHz - 4 DIMMs Dual Channel

Western Digital Caviar Green WD10EADS Hard Drive 1TB - 7200RPM, SATA 3.0Gb/s, 32MB Cache

XFX Radeon HD 4670 1GB PCIe 2.0 Video Card

Ultra X-Blaster ATX Blk Mid-T Case

Ultra LSP650 650-Watt Power Supply

Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64BIT - OEM DVD

LG GH22NS50 DVD Writer OEM 22X DVD+/-RW Drive

S203-2426 CA Samsung 2494SW 24" Widescreen LCD Monitor Display DVI

Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio

I know that System 1 is using Intel 57 chipset while System 2 is using Intel 55 chipset but I won't be using any RAIDs. System 1 video card is Direct X 11 while System 2 is Driect X 10.1.

Thanks for the opinions.

[Which system would you buy?]

Hi,

I'd like to get some opinions on which system is faster, which one is a better value. Both are from Dell.ca. Prices are in Canadian $.

System 1:

PROCESSOR Intel® Core™ i7-860 w/VT (2.8GHz 8MB L3 Cache)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Professional, with Media, 64-bit

HARD DRIVE 1TB Serial ATA Hard Drive (7200RPM) w/DataBurst Cache™

MEMORY 8GB Dual Channel DDR3 SDRAM 1333MHz - 4DIMMs

VIDEO CARD 1GB NVIDIA GeForce GTS240® (DVI, DVI, S-video)

OPTICAL DRIVE Single Drive: 16X (DVD+/-RW) Burner Drive

SOUND CARD Integrated 5.1 Channel Audio

$1139

System 2:

Intel® Core™ i7-920 processor(8MB L3 Cache, 2.66GHz)

OPERATING SYSTEM Genuine Windows® 7 Home Premium, 64bit

MEMORY 12GB Tri-Channel DDR3 SDRAM at 1066MHz - 6 DIMMs

HARD DRIVE 1TB 7200 RPM SATA Hard Drive

GRAPHICS CARD nVidia GeForce GTS 240 1024MB

OPTICAL DRIVE Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo (Reads BD and Writes to DVD/CD)

SOUND CARD Integrated 7.1 Channel Audio

$1418

This computer will be used for regular internet surfing, word processing, emails, and the odd video encoding/editing and Photoshopping.

I understand it's a bit overkill but I am kind of futureproofing my computer for a few years. So which system would you guys prefer for a pretty solid, fast computer?

If anyone has a better system for a better value located in Canada suggestions are appreciated. I'm not going to buy from the USA and pay customs charges and exchange conversion when I import it to Canada.

Thanks.

[Programs not installing on Vista Home Basic]

I looked at Event Viewer but I couldn't find an error that was during the time I installed the programs.

[Programs not installing on Vista Home Basic]

Thanks spacesurfer but I tried that already without luck.

[Programs not installing on Vista Home Basic]

Hi,

I tried to install Ninja Trader last night. The setup.exe started running but then nothing happened. This morning I tried to install Microsoft Data Access Component version 2.8 which I downloaded from Microsoft but same thing. The .msi starts but then nothing happens. I am running Vista Home Basic on a Dell Vostro 1700 laptop 1.6 Core 2 Duo with 2gb RAM. I checked Event Viewer but I can't seem to find anything in there.

Thanks.

[Windows Update does not work]

Thanks to everyone for your help. What solved my problem was forcing the instal of the Windows Update Agent (WUA) using the /wuforce switch. Thanks to all for your suggestions again.

[Windows Update does not work]

Severach,

Thanks for your suggestion but it did not work.

[Windows Update does not work]

Hi,

I cannot get Windows Update to work. I get the following message: Files required to use Microsoft Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer. I have tried the Register or reinstall the files for me now (Recommended) that Windows Update gives you but that didn't work. I did a search and found this:

1. Click Start.

2. Choose Run.

3. Type or use cut & past to enter each of the following in the Run Box.

(enter them one at a time & pressing OK after each one)

net stop wuauserv

regsvr32 wuapi.dll

regsvr32 wups.dll

regsvr32 wuaueng.dll

regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll

regsvr32 wucltui.dll

regsvr32 wuweb.dll

regsvr32 MSXML.dll

regsvr32 MSXML2.dll

regsvr32 MSXML3.dll

regsvr32 qmgr.dll

regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll

regsvr32 jscript.dll

net start wuauserv

This did not solve my problem. I also read on the internet that the MSXML3.dll file could become corrupted. I deleted that and downloaded the file from Microsoft but I still can't update. I tried this SFC /SCANNOW. I also tried this:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/914224/en-us

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916248/en-us

They did not help me. Any ideas?

[HELP! Computer won't boot]

One problem solved, another one appears. This is my problem now. I cannot get Windows Update to work. I get the following message: Files required to use Microsoft Update are no longer registered or installed on your computer. I have tried the Register or reinstall the files for me now (Recommended) that Windows Update gives you but that didn't work. I did a search and found this:

1. Click Start.

2. Choose Run.

3. Type or use cut & past to enter each of the following in the Run Box.

(enter them one at a time & pressing OK after each one)

net stop wuauserv

regsvr32 wuapi.dll

regsvr32 wups.dll

regsvr32 wuaueng.dll

regsvr32 wuaueng1.dll

regsvr32 wucltui.dll

regsvr32 wuweb.dll

regsvr32 MSXML.dll

regsvr32 MSXML2.dll

regsvr32 MSXML3.dll

regsvr32 qmgr.dll

regsvr32 qmgrprxy.dll

regsvr32 jscript.dll

net start wuauserv

This did not solve my problem. I also read on the internet that the MSXML3.dll file could become corrupted. I deleted that and downloaded the file from Microsoft but I still can't update. Any ideas? Should I post this in a new topic?

Thanks.

[HELP! Computer won't boot]

Thank you CptMurphy!! I disconnected my 2nd hard drive and unplugged my 2nd ethernet card and lo and behold, it worked. The setup completed. I am very happy. Thank you a million times!!

[HELP! Computer won't boot]

Thanks for the response. I do have a second hard drive. I will remove it and try again. I also have 2 network card, one of which is disabled but I will remove it too. I will try it tonight. Thanks again.

Is there a way to get Windows to stop going into setup mode?

[HELP! Computer won't boot]

Hi,

I am very stuck. This is my problem. My computer would not boot. I did a repair installation of my XP. After the first setup when setup is copying files, we switch to the Windows installationpart. Once it goes to the Windows installation part, the installing devices part, it stops at 34 minutes remaining, after it installs my monitor driver I'm assuming because my monitor flickers for a couple of seconds before coming back stable, and then the hard drive stops working and my cd stops spinning and my progress bar stops at about 3/4 of the way with 34 minutes approximately remaining.

I tried chkdsk, fixboot and fixmbr. Didn't work. I don't think I have a virus or spyware/malware. I scan my computer weekly and I have NOD32 anti-virus with Zone Alarm firewall. I also have System Mechanic.

My computer is a P4 1.6 with 768mb RAM running XP SP2 with all the latest updates.

My computer went from working fine one day to nto being able to boot up overnight. When my computer boots up now, the Windows logo shows up and then it goes to the blue Windows screen and says setup is now starting or something like that. Then it does everything until the 34 minutes remaining part I mentioned above. I was wondering if there was a way to remove this setup. Windows remembers that setup never completed. Is there a way to rermove this memory somehow?

Does anyone have any help for me please?

[Strange Internet Explorer Problem]

Hi,

When I surf normally, following link to link, my back button is normal but as soon as I go to a search engine, particularly Yahoo or Google, my back button is greyed out. Even after doing a search and I click a link and continue normal surfing, my back button is greyed. Also, when I search on my computer for files or folders, my back button is not available. What is going on?

Thanks.