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The title of this thread has always made me squeamish every time I visit it w00t

Why would we want to talk to you "dead" w00t Pics of babes GameHead! Post pics of the babes dude

Glad you are having a nice time and the place is enjoyable. Send us some of that sunshine. Keep us updated and a safe return.

Its called file but it is not that kind of file. It is actually spce on your hard drive that Windows uses to store data when your RAM is full. There is a log but you really cannot do anything with it. This guide explains it all and more: http://www.msfn.org/articles.php?action=show&id=28 The guide is only for optimizing the Page File because there is not really more to it than that. But it is one of the most important functions of all Windows Operating Systems. Your problem is memory related or the system is not receiving enough power to run the electronics. I doubt it is the power because you would have received additional different errors and other hardware problems. Format and reinstall Windows is the best way to fix a corrupted page file. If that does not work it is the RAM. Oh, and charactor map is not the source of the problem. It is simply trying to access the same data in the RAM or Page File that is not processing the data as it should.

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It short, it means you have a memory problem, either physical memory "RAM" or virtual memory "the Windows Paging File" on the hard drive is corrupt. Is this your notebook? Since RAM for notebooks is expensive first check to insure the RAM is seated in its socket properly. Do you know how to do this? Look in the manual. Most notebooks have a small door in the bottom outter panel where the RAM and sometimes the CPU are located. If this is the case and you need help email me and I'll walk you through it okay. If the RAM is internal then it must be opened and serviced by a technician. Special tools are required to open and close a notebook 99% of the time. Before sending it in to a technician format the hard drive and reinstall Windows. That will fix the paging file. Keep in mind that sometimes failing RAM is the cause of a corrupted Paging File. After formatting the hard drive you are still getting the BSOD then you must replace the RAM. When there are more than one stick of RAM you can try taking one out and running the machine. If you still get the BSOD then swap the RAM till you get the machine running without the BSOD. One stick of RAM must be installed in RAM socket #1 (the socket closest to the CPU). Then you know which stick of RAM is bad. RAM does not last forever. It eventually has to be replaced. If this is a PC you are in luck because PC RAM is cheaper than notebook RAM. Much cheaper! I go back to rehab tonight and will be back online Tuesday night Pia. Hope this helps. Edit/Added: Not often but in some cases a failing power supply will give you the same errors and BSOD.

Any mid size tower from any manufacturer will support any micro ATX form factor. Just get a good one with a removable mobo plate and and a good power supply. some of the newer models have front panels for usb, rca jacks, etc. if you look around. Zipp51 just grabbed one I think. You might want to message him and ask what he bought.

Smart guys! Zipp you make me jealous

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Good one. Booked.

LOL@Pia Have a safe trip buddy. Hey, eat the worm! w00t

NICs can be traced. Search google for more info.

Man, when some of you guys get togather here on the board there is not telling what you will say to each other. You guys are like family to each other in many ways

Nice work dr15. I have never had a problem with NetGear hardware, but I have had problems with their drivers. There have been times that I had to roll-back a driver in the stead of using their newest drivers. Aopen boards are not all bad, but I prefer ASUS and Gigabyte. To be honest, most Aopen boards do not last long in homebuilt PCs. There are just better boards available for slightly more money. Remember, the MB is the heart of your PC. Try not to spend $300.00 on a good CPU and only $50.00 to $100.00 on a MB. Invest heavy into a solid MB, CPU, and RAM. Everything else (hard drives, CD-ROM drives, etc) will fail or start to show the wear-and-tear long before the MB. Do not spend to much money on the NIC. I replace all my NICs once a month when I am hot-and-heavy on the net. At $10.00 a pop the cost is not bad. The brand does not matter to much when paired with a major manufacture MB. Aopen boards are usually designed with a small amount of focus. Like you said other models might work fine.

I will have you know that my hair is not gray!

Yepper, welcome back Chris. Hellofaride

thats what I do to. it is easiest.

http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-990912.html Nice story. MSFN repoted it before ZDNet I think!

Just create a new bmp in Win Paint and save it in transparent mode.

Is that under the General Tab? Interesting. I dont know but it would be a OEM registry hack. I have some ideas that might work. Can you post a pic? Try this: Change the Windows OEM information to see the OEM informations Settings/Control Panel/System OR press {Windows + Pause/Break} keys you will see the company brand logo with support information below the Windows logo Windows OEM logo is .bmp you can create with your favorite graphics program and save as oemlogo.bmp 16/256 colors (size=120x160) and you will need the text editor to create oeminfo.ini with sample information below.... [general] Manufacturer=My Company Corp. Model=This PC for Professional only ! [support Information] Line1= Alpha PC Co., Ltd. (THAILAND) Line2= 209/5 Vibhavadee-Rangsit 42 Line3= Jatujak, Bangkok 10900 Line4= Tel. 662-941-2451-5, Fax. 662-941-2452 Line5= Line6= http://www.thepentagon.com/tony2000 Line7= after all you will move 2 files (oemlogo.bmp, oeminfo.ini) to your Windows\System folder (for Windows NT is WinNT\System32) and then you can verify by Settings/Control Panel/System

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is hearing a case brought by Superior Court Judge Jane Ore Melvin who says she was defamed in a chat room. Lawyers for the Judge are demanding that America Online disclose the identity of the person in the chat room. The person in the chat room made a statement that the Judge lobbied her governor so a friend of hers could become a judge. In order to prove defamation, her lawyers have to prove that she was harmed. The ACLU and others say that this Judge's challenge is a threat to free speech. They compare anonymous chat on the Internet to pamphlets published by Thomas Paine before the Revolutionary War. Others say anonymity should not protect "slander." Full story @ MSNBC News Technology and Science

Online Frenzy Caused by a Giant Chee-to The discovery of what is believed to be the worlds largest Chee-to, weighing in at almost half and ounce and roughly the size of a small lemon, spurred an online frenzy last week that left the discoverer frustrated after EBay cancelled the auction. Petty Officer Mike Evans purchased a pack of Chee-tos for his 3-year-old son and found the massive glob of fried cornmeal inside. He put it up for auction on EBay and it gained so much attention that he was interviewed on radio across the country. The publicity then spurred a massive online following, prank bids pushed the auction into the millions of dollars, Giant Chee-to shirts and puppets sprang up on auction. Evans was astounded by the flurry it caused, even finding it on a Russian site. Source: CNN Offbeat News

An online banking glitch gave a Princeton University student access to university accounts totaling $9.9 million when he tried to access a student publication's account. Freshman Ira Leeds didn't take any money. Leeds, financial manager for The Princeton Tory, was attempting to access the conservative magazine's account with PNC Bank on Friday when he accessed all 15 of the University's accounts, which totaled just over $9.9 million. Finding out about it It was his first time trying to access the account online. "We buy a lot of paper and stamps and envelopes, sometimes pizza for meetings and so forth. It helped to have the online access so I could track the activity on our debit cards as they were being used," he said. Leeds alerted PNC Bank officials that night and The Tory sent e-mails to university President Shirley Tilghman and Provost Amy Gutmann about the error. It turned out that the magazine's online log-on number is identical to the university's, because it is the same as Princeton's federal taxpayer identification number. Was the money accessible? Bank spokesman Joe Whall wouldn't say whether Leeds or anyone at The Tory could have withdrawn funds from the university accounts if they had tried. "The funds are absolutely safe. No transactions were made," he said. Princeton officials were looking for answers from the bank. "We're not happy," said spokeswoman Lauren Robinson-Brown. "The bank has notified us that they will immediately block all university accounts from being accessed via their Web product." News Source: CNN Tech News

Your computer BIOS must be set to boot from a CD-ROM. Look in the motherboard manual, BIOS section, for instructions on changing the boot device sequence. Real easy! Just select the CD-ROM drive as the first bootable device. After the OS is installed and running change the BIOS back to booting from the floppy or the first hard drive (your choice). I wrote this because some newer BIOSs will detect a bootable device even though the user did not change the settings, but this is a new feature and is not always failsafe. Pre-2001 BIOS are not set to boot from the CD-ROM by default. Never shutdown the power when loading Windows or you have to start all over. Rebooting several times will foul the Windows bootlog and sometimes the hard drive Master Boot Record (MBR) and you also end up starting over. The DVD drive might be defective and then again may not be defective. Some (not all) DVD drives have a firmware chip and can only be installed as a Master or Slave, but must be installed on the Primary IDE channel. In any case go back to the BIOS and set the hardware device settings to auto. Always build a new system with just one of each device. You can install the extra hard drives, CD-ROM drives, but do not cable them to the board until the OS is up and running. Then cable them to the board and allow Windows to detect them one at a time. Last, install the network card. Be certain to check the APCI setting in the BIOS. Try it set to both on and off. One of the two will probably fix the boot problem. The old 2GB hard drive may be defective. Hard drives will not last forever. Since you are not receiving a long series of beeps when the PC boots and you are not always getting video check to make sure the video card is seated properly. It may have been bumped slightly out of its slot when you were inside the case. Same with the other cards and IDE cables - check they are all seated properly. Press down firmly but not roughly. Just found this nice tip you may want to look at: TheElderGeek