Computers & Internet - 14 September 2007

this poped up when i went to watch a movie on my computer using windows media player 9 Windows Media Player cannot play this DVD because a compatible DVD decoder is not installed on your computer. and where can i get it free have a dvd burner istalled on computer dvd-r and that is the kind of dvd i am trying to watch!

2007-09-14 17:32:38 · 3 answers · asked by mike h 2 in Desktops

seems io need ot upgrade but want a good cheap card for my sytem here is the card specs of the one im looking at
Brand MSI
Model FX5200-TD128LF
From Factor Low Profile
Interface
Interface AGP 4X/8X
Chipset Manufacturer NVIDIA
GPU GeForce FX 5200
PixelPipelines 4
Memory Size 128MB
Memory Interface 64-bit
Memory Type DDR
Operating Systems Supported Windows 2000/XP
here is my pc specs
Gateway KITTYHAWK15
Chassis Type : Desktop
Operating System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)

Processor
Number Of Processors : 1
Type : Intel Celeron 1100 MHz
Processors Bus Speed : 100 MHz

Motherboard
Manufacturer : Intel Corporation
Model : D815EFVU Rev. AAA51507-805
CPU Slot/Socket Type : Socket 370 FCPGA
Chipset Vendor : Intel i815/E/EP Rev. A2
Bios Manufacturer : Intel Corp.
Bios Version : EA81520A.15A.0009.P06.0109191538
Total RAM Installed : 256 MB
Type : SDRAM DIMM PC100

2007-09-14 17:27:54 · 3 answers · asked by psycotic_smoker 2 in Desktops

Anyone have any comments or suggestions for my website http://northsalemcrew.net? Thanks

2007-09-14 17:27:08 · 3 answers · asked by Ian A 2 in Programming & Design

The videos I made with my cell phone have poore sound, you can hardly hear them, and the picture isn't the clearest...and they are videos of my family that I can't remake, is there any programs I can get that I will be able edit them?

2007-09-14 17:15:28 · 1 answers · asked by mat 1 in Software

I just got my ASUS M2R32-MVP motherboard today and I installed everything off the disk that came with it, but whenever I try to install the sound driver, it says the hardware isn't available, but I know it's there because it's built right into the motherboard. What do I need to do to get the sound working?

2007-09-14 17:10:58 · 6 answers · asked by Chris 3 in Desktops

Can an LCD computer monitor be calibrated? I had a Spyder Pro2 and went through the whole process three times. Each time, everything turned a not so lovely shade of blue. I gave up and sold the Spyder on eBay. I have since read that you can't really calibrate an LCD monitor.

What's your experience with this?

Thanks.

2007-09-14 17:08:36 · 1 answers · asked by Picture Taker 7 in Monitors

Is 2 GHz and 1 GB of RAM not enough to run games such as WoW, Warcraft 3, and Guildwars?

2007-09-14 17:08:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

I recently travelled from KUL-TPE-LAX-MCO
KUL - 1x Xray; TPE another Xray, LAX another Xray. So, my
two SATA disks and my motherboard got xrayed 3x. My notebook also. My notebook works fine. I assembled my system just now, both of my hard disk are not recognized by my motherboard. It does not exist as far as the motherboard concern. Is it that my SATA disks are now wiped out?

2007-09-14 16:54:45 · 2 answers · asked by JOe 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-09-14 16:54:34 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Hey everyone!
I just got photoshop and i am a complete beginner and i'd like to learn more about it, so my question is; do you know where i can learn how to work photoshop and do certian tasks and stuff? lol
Thanks

2007-09-14 16:51:46 · 4 answers · asked by JJHuang 2 in Programming & Design

I bought a dorm on there, but I don't have any idea how to get my friends to come in. I can't invite some of them because most of my friends dont have the buton underneath that says "invite to your location" or whatever. The friends that do have that button are the friends I don't really care to talk to. How in the heck do I get my friends to come inside my dorm. I already know about the whole pubic and private setting and that still doesn't explain to me why my friends can't see my room. Can you tell me please how to do this because it's making me very angry.

2007-09-14 16:47:55 · 1 answers · asked by UVRay 6 in Other - Internet

2007-09-14 16:44:25 · 1 answers · asked by The Man 1 in Add-ons

If I took Adobe Acrobat Reader out of my Startup (because I rarely use this program), will anything go wrong with my computer during start up? I'm running XP.

2007-09-14 16:41:48 · 4 answers · asked by libertino85 2 in Software

My question is how can I change it to 10:40 PM. I tried going through all the number hoping to advance it but - didn't work. Can anyone help? TY in advance.

2007-09-14 16:38:36 · 1 answers · asked by Jeana 1 in Other - Computers

ok, I wanted to add this info to be more exact.
I have an old hp desktop computer with
Intel Celeron Processor
1.10 GHz 256 MB of RAM

2007-09-14 16:37:40 · 8 answers · asked by skatemotion 1 in Desktops

i just bought a imb think pad on ebay for school and travle well i got two question
1: what year was windows me made in
2: is windows me any good
i need to know this
thank you

2007-09-14 16:28:11 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I recently got told that I had to pdf a microsoft word document with pictures I created on a Mac. One problem, I don't know what pdf is or how to do it. Can anyone help?

2007-09-14 16:18:54 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

i just bought a Viewsonic vx2235wm http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824116059 and when i play videos(retail dvd's in my dvdrom, downloaded .avi's(xvid/divx), winamp shoutcast tv streaming) it is very blocky but when i play games the picture looks great.

any info explaining why the picture is blocky when playing movies/tv shows would be greatly appreciated. I am using the provided DVI cable it came with. would i get a better picture with a dvi-d cable over the monitors provided dvi cable?

(i do have the latest video drivers and latest k-lite codec pack)

THX!

2007-09-14 16:14:24 · 3 answers · asked by logantodd200420 1 in Monitors

heres a link
http://www.shopping.hp.com/store/product/product_detail/GC674AA%2523ABA?

2007-09-14 16:07:28 · 6 answers · asked by cunry1 2 in Desktops

I cant find the 'green link' anywhere!
is the beta version that good anyway?

2007-09-14 16:02:47 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Computers

2007-09-14 16:02:21 · 2 answers · asked by L!L AzN BOii 2 in Other - Computers

So I went to Circuit City to buy a new Memory RAM and I asked the guy that I needed PC2700 DDR but he gave me PC3200 DDR. I asked if this would work on my computer, and he told me yes. Now it goes in good, but the clips wont click.

2007-09-14 16:00:36 · 5 answers · asked by Loran E. 2 in Add-ons

About 2 yrs ago I bought a Compaq SR1550NX, 1 Gb Ram, 200 Gb SATA HD, with an Athlon 64 3400+ 2.4 Ghz. Since I wanted to work with graphics and play some games I hooked it up to a 19 in Viewsonic and slapped an ATI X800XL AGP onto the MB as well as another SATA 250 GB for storage. The whole thing was running under Win XP SP2 more or less flawlessly.

Due to an XP problem I decided to restore the system with factory provided DVDs, but am now experiencing problems with the video card, this leads me to believe that was the problem all along. The card works and I am convinced it is a driver problem but the ATI "customer service" guy in New Delhi is reading from a script and is of no help whatsoever. So I am thinking of buying another video card. (NOT ATI).

Does anyone know of an AGP video card of $200 or less that is capable of recording video, i.e. I can plug in a VCR into it like I can do with my current card. And I do not want to get an additional device like Dazzle or Video Xpress.

2007-09-14 15:54:42 · 2 answers · asked by acydskull 4 in Add-ons

I bought a Windows XP Home Full disc from Office Depot for $169 about a year ago. Since then, I've reinstalled Windows about six times on three different computers with only one failed activation. (I had a successful one today!) On that one failed activation, I was stupid enough to tell the MS support official that I installed it over three computers, and he didn't give me the code. The strange thing is, this Office Depot CD was 1-user and should've activated only once. These three computers always validate successfully as well. Am I lucky or what!?!

Additionally, I've restored Windows a bunch of times with the restore CDs that come with the computer. Each time, I need to uninstall crapware, but Windows is already activated. It also validates successfully. I was wondering, if I created full volume ISO DVDs with a disk imaging software like Acronis True Image 11 for each of my three computers, would I have free XP Home reinstallations for life?

2007-09-14 15:50:04 · 3 answers · asked by Bobby S 3 in Software

Whenever I open a movie with VLC player this error message comes up (cant remember what it says, and i accidently checked the 'Don't show this message again' box before i closed it). Before I checked this box, I usually just dismissed this error message (clicked the 'dismiss' button).

So now to see if anything's wrong I open 'messages' in VLC, and it has this:
main debug: removing module ..... blah blah blah
main debug: killing decoder.... blah blah
etc
and the following are highlighted in yellow:
main warning: PTS is out of range (bunch of numbers here), dropping buffer

is this a bug??

i download a file a few days ago that said that i had to download w3player or something to open the file, i downloaded it but it didnt work, then i read on Yahoo Answers that there was no such thing as a w3player and that it was a trojan? that it was spyware. What does this mean?
I deleted this w3player.
Did I infect my Mac with w3player?
Is it causing VLC to behave like this?

What do I do now?

2007-09-14 15:44:37 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

What are the differences between the two transmitting wires and the two receiving wires?

2007-09-14 15:29:47 · 5 answers · asked by charles m 1 in Computer Networking

i have a free template from andreas viklaund (i think thats the spelling?) and websites like freewebs and bravenet are taking out the background and all the other graphics out of the page and making it text only! how do i fix this or where can i get a site that will host it for free but not change it?

Thanks in advance

2007-09-14 15:26:10 · 6 answers · asked by quitequirkyqwerty 2 in Programming & Design

every computer I've ever owned has started having problems with it after about 3-4 months of ownership. I need an anti virus program that will visibly make my computer run at its optimum speed, can anyone recommend one?

2007-09-14 15:17:32 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

Hi, I am stuck in a rut.

Should I get a glossy or matte display? I really have no preference, I am trying to base my decision on the mean of everyone's choices. I know this is idiotic, but I have no choice.

If you could give me a a
matte
glossy

that would be great. :)

THANK YOU!

2007-09-14 15:15:26 · 2 answers · asked by crulee 2 in Monitors

2007-09-14 15:15:00 · 2 answers · asked by idle 1 in Software