Computers & Internet - 30 July 2007

Hi, For some unknown reason, my father reinstalled Vista on his laptop and now he gets messages that his Coprocessor,Network Controller and Unknown Devices drivers were not installed. I went to device manager and tried to reinstall the drivers but a message says Microsoft cannot find the drivers. How do I get them back for him? Please help, he is driving me csazy. Jim

2007-07-30 10:56:40 · 2 answers · asked by James D 2 in Add-ons

I am thinking of buying a computer from Sams ( I know I should make it myself but I'm pressed for time). Anyway I was wondering if the NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE graphics card supports a dual monitor arrangement? Thanks.

2007-07-30 10:50:30 · 3 answers · asked by Lemon 2 in Add-ons

2007-07-30 10:49:56 · 14 answers · asked by Raul F 1 in Desktops

I'm going to college in a month and this saturday I'm getting a Dell laptop. I have gradually been getting nearsightedness and my vision is getting blurry. Does anyone know (and money isn't a factor) what video card I can get that will optimize refresh rate (greater than or equal to 85 hz rate)? Obviously there are many but I just need one that people have found effective... Nvidia, Geforce, etc?
thanks

2007-07-30 10:48:04 · 3 answers · asked by Pkizzle 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I am looking at the the specs and comparing it to the the AMD Dual core and I can't really see any realistic improvements.

Looking at the the two systems in general the Mobo's are pretty crap that support the Quad Cores... Unless you start shelling out double what you need for an equivalent AMD setup.

You can get pure SLI crossfire setups using an AMD for a fraction of the price...

Has any one done any real testing to compare the systems.. Am I right in thinking the quad core is just overated overpriced marketing gimicks using the old (you get what you pay for) to mislead people?

MY understanding is that Intel actually license a chunk of the 64 bit technology from AMD anyway... I wonder just how much the have given them.

2007-07-30 10:46:07 · 6 answers · asked by Wayne Kerr 3 in Other - Hardware

windows xp operating system

2007-07-30 10:45:29 · 10 answers · asked by Ask Z 1 in Security

I have Sonic CD/DVD burner...im trying 2 copy my images on a CD...my images r on JPG & IMG...when i do the burn it's asking me on the images for Global & ISO....How do i do that?...Do's it matter what images i got on my photos?

2007-07-30 10:44:31 · 1 answers · asked by unifly99 1 in Software

I play a lot of PC games such as Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, Counter-Strike: Source, rFactor, etc.

I have heard that Vista has trouble playing certain games.

My computer has a NVIDIA GeForce 7900 PCI-Express video card, ASRock 939Dual-SATA2 motherboard, and 1GB of RAM but am thinking about adding another 512 MB - 1 GB.

Would I be okay upgrading to Vista? If so, should I?

2007-07-30 10:43:56 · 9 answers · asked by chiefs_fan_20042005 1 in Other - Hardware

i know how to insert it, it's just i can't get the song onto a file to insert it. i found out i can't put songs from itunes on microsoft powerpoint, so i tried Ares 2.0.9.3030 and found the song (Good Thing, by Reel Big Fish) but im still having trouble.


can someone tell me, step by step?

2007-07-30 10:42:59 · 3 answers · asked by <333 4 in Software

i have a song that is in wave format
but i wont do make it mp3 wat do i do

2007-07-30 10:33:54 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

i was wondering if there is a program that can organize my music files. my names are all messed up and i hate that i wanna organize them to Artist - Song. not all the other crap. and i also put them like this: f:/music/genre/artist are there any programs that can do this for me so i dont have to rename every one?

2007-07-30 10:29:57 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

are those still available? obviously you can find everything online easily nowadays but i'm thinking about getting one for my niece since encyclopedias on cd/dvd would have multimedia stuff too like video/audio/pictures. i think she would be more interested in learning using the features a cd/dvd would have vs. just reading through the subject. anyone know? please leave link if you know of any place. thansk.

2007-07-30 10:29:35 · 2 answers · asked by tom l 3 in Software

I'm doing research on internet virus so someone help me to answer the above question...please let me know the source of this question also..

Thanks,
Subash

2007-07-30 10:28:46 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

I want to make a connection between my phone and my computer so i can mix an IPvoice call with a traditional call over my fixed phone. Can i Connect the wires from the phone to the soundcard's mic and headspeaker without any risk of destroying the soundcard ???

2007-07-30 10:26:29 · 1 answers · asked by id.theo 1 in Add-ons

They used that account to pretend they were me , to trick another person into responding.
It was their way of finding certian information from them.
What can I do about it? I am furious

2007-07-30 10:26:18 · 7 answers · asked by cuzn deb 3 in Security

2007-07-30 10:24:44 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

so if u want the something here it is
There are no active mixer devices availiable/To install mixer
devices, go to the control panel, click printer and other hardwares, and then click add hardware
BUT my laptop dont even have printers and other hardwares

ps pleas help me people

2007-07-30 10:24:21 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-07-30 10:22:52 · 7 answers · asked by MindDoc41 1 in Computer Networking

I am thinking about buying a laptop from ebay but it doesn't come with an operating system. I have a emachine desktop w/ windows vista which came with a recovery disk. If I bought a emachines laptop or any brand laptop for that matter, could I use my desktop windows vista restore disk for the laptop so both can have windows vista? I would REALLY appreciate a reply. Thanks!

2007-07-30 10:21:12 · 6 answers · asked by John W 2 in Software

My asus computer is 2 years old. When i right click on Partition C, under properties it says 9.75Gb capacity, while when i click on Partition D it says 27.4 Gb capacity.
Combined it makes 9.75+27.4=37.15 Gb of memory, space available.
This is huge!!!!
Why when i do buy a computer i read often under memory: 1Gb or 2Gb?
What is that?
I need to understand it better.

2007-07-30 10:16:26 · 11 answers · asked by Claudio F 1 in Other - Hardware

I went to java.com to download the applet for yahoo games. When I went tried install it said "The installation package could not be opened. Verify that the package exists and that you can access it, or contact the application vendor to verify that this is a valid windows installer package." So I went to the help section of java.com, it said to disable windows installer but it won't disable even though I click on disable and then apply and restart my computer. So then I tried to download the offline version which was the other option and it says "Error applying transforms. Verify that the transforms paths are valid." I had java on this computer before and never had a problem. (We recently had to re-install windows because of a virus.) Somebody please help!

2007-07-30 10:09:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

I can see the attachment but I am not given the choice to open the attachment. Any work arounds?

2007-07-30 10:04:36 · 1 answers · asked by Allen B 1 in Software

When I first tried to set up my wireless router, I could use the internet (wired) through the router on my desktop but not the wireless. So I called the tech support (its a Buffalo Air System Turbo G router). They had me change some things on buffalo's install page (the address that is all numbers) including a MAC address? and how it detected settings (to automatically detect). I also was told to reset the router, unplug both the router and the modem, and do this several times in several different ways (I had to call twice, since my problem was not solved).

After the first call, I had a connection to the network on my desktop, but it was only sending, not receiving packets, and I was unable to connect to the internet. I didn't even try the laptop. So I called again, and did the same things again (listed above). I was told to just try unplugging both again for a half hour and setting it up again.
I have Windows XP, and am using Comcast DSL.

2007-07-30 10:00:05 · 4 answers · asked by lucky g 2 in Computer Networking

There is a problem with this website's security certificate.


The security certificate presented by this website has expired or is not yet valid.

Security certificate problems may indicate an attempt to fool you or intercept any data you send to the server.
We recommend that you close this webpage and do not continue to this website
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it is happening for 7-8 days.
what should i do to fix this problem?please let me know.
thank you all in anticipation

2007-07-30 09:59:48 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

I use a cable modem and not a phone modem

2007-07-30 09:59:43 · 3 answers · asked by preblemoon 1 in Software

I dont feel like doing slow surfing anymore.

2007-07-30 09:53:45 · 4 answers · asked by YK27 1 in Computer Networking

I am interested in buying a new dell laptop. They are both 1501 series but they are a little different. The one is a Dell AMD1501TUR2 and the second is a Dell AMD1501SEMP2. They all have the same specs except the processors. the TUR2 has a AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile processor and the SEMP2 has a AMD Sempron 3500+ Mobile
processor...which is better???

2007-07-30 09:49:25 · 3 answers · asked by joe_b91105 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I got a new windows vist and i live in spain but iam english and my spanish isnt great and i set up the pc so it was IN spain buit there was no language question and now i have my pc all in spanish....i dont understand alot of the questions it asks and the buttons...etc
can i change in into english with out havin 2 restart it fully?

2007-07-30 09:40:08 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Computers

My laptop is wireless but my roommate does not have a wireless card in her laptop. Is there anyway that a router can support both her and my laptop without having to set up two seperate internet connections in the house? If so, what budget wireless/wired routers do you recommend? Thanks for any info!

2007-07-30 09:27:06 · 5 answers · asked by chicagobigman773 1 in Computer Networking

2007-07-30 09:25:54 · 4 answers · asked by KASIA S 1 in Software