Computers & Internet - 9 September 2007

I recently bought a Windows Vista.
When I play War Rock on my Vista it lags so much, I dont understand why it lags, how do I fix this problem?

I use a flash drive to "maximize its performance" but it still lags,
is using the flash drive a problem?

2007-09-09 10:34:48 · 3 answers · asked by Dan 2 in Software

2007-09-09 10:33:03 · 2 answers · asked by Latina G 2 in Other - Computers

I installed windows premium on my windows xp and now when it rebooots, there is a black screen and says Disk Read Error, press Ctrl+Alt+delete to restart. i tried doing that, but even the keyboard wont work. i also tried pressing F8 when i hear the beep. it wont start up. there is also no Floppy in my floppy hardrive. Plz explain how i can fix this in a very simple way without all that computer/complicated words. if you do can u plz explain it and tell me step by step. THANK YOU.

2007-09-09 10:25:56 · 5 answers · asked by *ĎāяκċĦāőş* 2 in Other - Hardware

I'm looking into buying a new processor for my computer. Right now I have an Intel Pentium D, I contacted Gateway and they told me that I can only buy processors compatible with Socket T (LGA 775) in my motherboard, which totally rules out AMD.

This leaves me with having to buy an Intel Processor. Since I mostly use my computer to play video games, I need something powerfull. And that something is a multi core processor.

Ive looked around but was left dazed and confused as to what is what and how well it performs, so I need help finding the best Intel Dual Core processor for the price range of 200-250 dollars.

2007-09-09 10:24:42 · 4 answers · asked by metall.pingwin 3 in Other - Hardware

so for no reason my laptop one day stopped working it turns on but doesnt start up it has the little appe hourglass thingy but wont start up why did this happen and how can i fix it
?

2007-09-09 10:23:48 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

i have a habit of typing without having my fingers on the homerow. i just have my hands floating and i move them around to reach the keys. can i be a good typer doing this? right now i type about 35 wpm and am 13 years old. if i continue doing this, can i be a fast typer?

2007-09-09 10:22:45 · 4 answers · asked by rugbyboynumber9 1 in Other - Computers

I'm trying to reformat the hard drive on a Toshiba Sattelite laptop that is a little old. I have a full install CD of Windows 2000 and I need to boot from it but I can't figure out how to get this computer to boot from CD. On desktop PC's, I've always pressed DEL during boot up to access the BIOS where I would tell it to boot from CD, but I can't figure out how to access the BIOS on this laptop. If I can't get it to boot from the Windows install CD, then I need a way to totally wipe the hard drive and then be able to access the CD drive from a DOS prompt so I can type "Setup" to do the Windows install. I have old 3.5" DOS disks but I can't remember how to do a reformat from DOS. Any suggestions?

2007-09-09 10:21:39 · 5 answers · asked by BNW88 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi there,

I'm looking at a warranty for a business VoIP system. Condition 5 says "Warranty does not cover any Acts of God, riot, war, EMP and all natural disasters".

What does the EMP stand for? I see where it stands for "electro-magnetic pulse" if I take it in its own context, but this doesn't seem to quite fit the warranty.

Thanks.

2007-09-09 10:20:40 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I downloaded istat pro, and i was wondering how hot it can safely be.

2007-09-09 10:14:27 · 2 answers · asked by matt 1 in Monitors

So i have a usb hard drive that that i need to access wirelessly from another room do yall know a way i can do that?

2007-09-09 10:13:37 · 1 answers · asked by mdb92888 2 in Add-ons

I have this problem in which i need an algorhythm which can tell if an number is even or odd. I need help!!!! BUT! i'm not working with java or c++ or anything, it's a normal "technical" language. what I have so far doesn't work!!! i need help please

To be a bit more specific, i need the formula for the computer to identify the numbers.

2007-09-09 10:10:43 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Programming & Design

Okay, my friend changed my ip address so I could dl something but he left but my internet hasn't worked since then... and it's been a week. =_= I know he used the start /run
method but I have no idea how to redo this.

*also I know the internet works because we have more than 1 computer.

2007-09-09 10:05:05 · 4 answers · asked by Brittany a 3 in Other - Computers

My laptops hard drive is no longer getting detected, it did this before and then it booted up again, when I restarted it it was stuck on the acer screen again! half way loaded, in bios there is no autodetect feature

2007-09-09 10:04:36 · 5 answers · asked by Purtee56 3 in Other - Hardware

I copy and try to paste a picture and then I try to open it and it says "no preview available. How can I arrange my settings to allow me to paste a picture in "My Pictures" because it won't do it???? I am on Windows XP.

2007-09-09 09:53:43 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

I bought a Dell laptop that came with XP and I just went with the standard 256 MB of ram. I will eventually get more ram when I have the money, but in the mean time I just bumped up my virtual memory to over a gig to handle my programs.

I don't do anything fancy with this machine, just Word, Excel, Firefox/IE, etc. I know it is recommended that you keep your virtual memory about 1 1/2 to 2 times you ram (about 386 to 512 in my case). But, I wasn't sure if there is anything I need to worry about because I bumped up my virtual memory this high.

2007-09-09 09:53:25 · 10 answers · asked by John K 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

I know how to make a auto run exe using flash to install or some picture s to come up with text .. ..but I want to know how to make a auto run .exe like saying browser to file so when click on it will automatically go to cd files or when click on play it will play mpeg .avi files ?

2007-09-09 09:49:47 · 1 answers · asked by randike2007 1 in Software

looking to buy a ati x1650 pro but not sure if the smaller 256mb DDR3 or the 512mb DDR2 is the better?

2007-09-09 09:48:06 · 5 answers · asked by streetboy 2 in Add-ons

I was wondering if could plug a wireless range booster into my computer (desktop), so I could mimic a non-wireless connection. There's no way to move the computer or my actual router, sadly.

2007-09-09 09:43:23 · 4 answers · asked by Kevin 2 in Computer Networking

A friend's younger brother told me he takes his iBook in for a free cleaning at the genius bar or something. He didn't explain much. I was just wondering if they actually did this, cause if they do then my Macbook and I are happy campers.

2007-09-09 09:34:46 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-09-09 09:34:02 · 3 answers · asked by Nicolleta 2 in Software

2007-09-09 09:30:53 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

I have regular pop ups saying my computer has trojan 32 a virus I have been told...I phoned up my computer supplier, he advised me to download ewido, I have done 3 scans, and I am informed all viruses have been removed, however I still get the pop ups every few minutes, I am getting a little annoyed, can anybody help me..

Many thanks

Pete

2007-09-09 09:28:44 · 14 answers · asked by peter_bain2003 3 in Security

lets say i sell an item and the postage and package is 10 pounds would that be included in the overall selling price? or be seperate?

2007-09-09 09:19:16 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Internet

In other words can I install Sun Solaris 10 on a Windows XP machine so that I can boot with which ever OS I want (i.e. either WinXP or Sun Solaris)?

2007-09-09 09:00:40 · 4 answers · asked by szhob 3 in Other - Computers

2007-09-09 08:59:55 · 3 answers · asked by Sherlock H 1 in Software

I have a column named "address". worker's addresses is written in here. i want to search for address column but with "WHOLE WORD" technique.

for example, suppose that, there is the address:
"abc street, def road no:21"

when i use that command:
select * from Table1 where address LIKE 'ab'

it gives the above address, because of abc street.

but i don't want to get that result, because there is no "ab" in that address. in other words, i want to search a "whole word" in the address.

in other words, to get this result, the user must type "abc" not "ab".

what command should i use for that? i am a newbie in asp. if you can help me it will be gladly appreciated.

2007-09-09 08:24:15 · 2 answers · asked by destinys child 3 in Programming & Design

Can anyone explain to me how to disable those extra characters when I'm typing. When I hit the space bar it makes a dot, and when I hit the enter key it makes those little paragraph symbols.

2007-09-09 08:19:57 · 3 answers · asked by SillyRabbit... 4 in Software

can someone who ALREADY HAS a gaia online account, please send me an invitation to join to the email address: dannyphantom1995@hotmail. com? because it wont let me create an account because of technical difficulties or something and i heard that if someone with an account sends an invitation, it will already have the email address so it will work. please? i don't know anyone with an account so i'm desperate!

2007-09-09 08:06:47 · 1 answers · asked by llamalover 2 in Other - Internet

Where can you find high school logos to put on you MySpace page?

2007-09-09 07:58:32 · 3 answers · asked by Cary F 4 in MySpace

What file types can I burn to DVD's so that it can play on a standard DVD player?

2007-09-09 07:37:13 · 3 answers · asked by Jim 2 in Other - Hardware