Computers & Internet - 13 November 2007

I need a PC that will do 3 Things:

Play games (Quake 4, FEAR)

Have Word (basic Typing etc)

Email/internet

Would this one do the job?:

http://www.pcworld.co.uk/martprd/store/pcw_page.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1660732063.1195028716@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccladdmidfjhflcflgceggdhhmdgmk.0&page=Product&fm=null&sm=null&tm=null&sku=234049&category_oid=-28485

Cheers

2007-11-13 19:48:02 · 10 answers · asked by skullpicker 3 in Other - Computers

my specs is AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5200+ / 2.6 GHz , n got a 300w Power Supply

do i need a new power supply ? n will i need a new case or more fans?? plz help me thank you

2007-11-13 18:47:13 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Add-ons

Good God, please help me.
I just eagerly dropped close to $100 for new cords and cables to hook up my Hanns G TFT LCD 19" PC Monitor to my new Time Warner HDMI/HDTV cable box "silver moxy", but the STAND IS IN THE WAY. Literally. The black plastic stand on this model is preventing me from hooking up the HDMI cable and HDMI-DVI adapter properly to the monitor. Quite literally, the stand is too bulky and there is not enough vertical clearance to fit the adapter, which is also plugged into the HDMI cable. I am pissed. I understand the Hanns G was never intended for HDTV but it can handle it and this is such a crappy hurdle! I tried to disassemble the base/stand but it won't come off! I don't want to unscrew the entire thing and I have COMPLETELY FORGOTTEN how I attached the stand in the first place. Probably some god-awful irreversible snapping procedure that I've forgotten. Can anyone please help?! A thousand thank yous in advance!!! Does anyone know anything about this model's stand?

2007-11-13 18:43:38 · 2 answers · asked by FilmFortune 2 in Monitors

2007-11-13 18:39:34 · 9 answers · asked by S.B. R 2 in Add-ons

when people talk about dual core processors at X.x speed do they mean that there are two cores working at X.x speed each?

If so, does this means that a solo core working at 2X.x speed is equivalent to a dual core at X.x?

2007-11-13 18:32:38 · 2 answers · asked by Theguy17 2 in Other - Hardware

2007-11-13 18:28:15 · 2 answers · asked by naruto5347 1 in Other - Hardware

i need to reformat hewlett packard pavilion, but im wondering if i need a authenticity code of some sort. i have the recovery discs but i dont know if i need anything else other than the discs.
please help if you know what you are talking about
thanks

2007-11-13 18:26:13 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

2007-11-13 18:05:29 · 10 answers · asked by lim a 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

I hope someone can offer some help here. I recently started sending out my news letter in HTML format with a PHP script, but my subscribers with Gmail addresses are just seeing the HTML code. Can anyone offer any help here?

Here's is the part of my headers for the encoding.

***********************
$headers = 'MIME-Version: 1.0' . "\r\n";
$headers .= 'Content-type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1' . "\r\n";
***********************

The message looks just fine in Yahoo mail and through three different pop accounts that I use.

2007-11-13 18:01:40 · 1 answers · asked by Justin H 7 in Programming & Design

software, what are the advantages / what uses would one have for a computer with 64-bit processor?

Thanks

2007-11-13 17:48:56 · 4 answers · asked by Lisa 1 in Software

x-windows was not found in linux installation

2007-11-13 17:48:04 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Hardware

Somehow these modes became disabled when I recently reinstalled Windows...Any thoughts on that as well?

2007-11-13 17:43:04 · 8 answers · asked by Marie D 1 in Laptops & Notebooks

After lending my laptop to a friend it has been having some very strange issues. It is very slow to start up and audio/video comes through very laggy/distorted. I opened up the task manager and the CPU usage was at 100%. I also looked at memory usage for all processes and they were through the roof, much higher than they normally are. I'm afraid a virus or program is eating away at my computer but I cannot find it. I ran Spy Bot Search & Destroy. It found about 65 problems but it said it fixed them all. As I am typing this my laptop is putting it in very slowly. Any advice would greatly be appreciated!

2007-11-13 17:37:10 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

I have a dell lap top and the screen seems to be messed up, and I would like to make sure that it is the screen and not something else. Is it possible to plug my friend's dell monitor from her pc into my laptop to make sure it's the screen that's broken?

2007-11-13 17:33:28 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

whats the best comp for me? im an online gamer, still in school so i do work/assignments and internet browsing.

PS wats the best brand?

2007-11-13 17:29:03 · 7 answers · asked by Yippidyyappidy 2 in Desktops

My laptop wouldn't charge and wouldn't turn on, so I sent it in to a local computer repair shop a week ago to get it repaired.

They now tell me that the hard drive is fried and that I owe them $130.

Do I really owe them anything since they didn't fix my computer and doesn't even turn on?

2007-11-13 17:26:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Laptops & Notebooks

what is the best web browser for microsoft xp..............

2007-11-13 17:25:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Programming & Design

I have a HP Compaq Presario SR1710NX heres the specs on it http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&lang=en&cc=ca&product=1817035&dlc=en&docname=c00572527
I added more ram but I would like to know if I could put in a better graphics card in it to run the game or any game for that matter. Im not that great with the insides of a computer and wondering how much it would cost to upgrade what I need to upgrade.

2007-11-13 17:23:38 · 3 answers · asked by wo123 2 in Laptops & Notebooks

2007-11-13 17:15:37 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Software

i wanted to ask what is a video ram, is the same thing as graphic memory?? becoz i have perform a test of game system requirement , and i know my graphic memory is 224 (intel gma 950) but why they show there my video ram is only 36mb and i cant meet any minimum system requirement

2007-11-13 17:13:38 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Desktops

somehow my computer downloaded fotomat on it's own and i have no way of deleting it. i tried going to the add remove programs thingy but i couldn't find it. please help!!!!

2007-11-13 17:06:22 · 6 answers · asked by tictac 2 in Other - Computers

I have a Dell XPS from 2003 (the big blue case) that gets extremely hot. If I buy a Cooler Master Stacker 830 case; could I transfer my Dell hardware in there?

2007-11-13 17:06:05 · 4 answers · asked by John Arkan 2 in Desktops

I only got this stuttering problem with all players plus anything played from the net like CNN for instance.after the install of windows xp home edition 2004.

2007-11-13 17:06:01 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Computers

OK I have an HP pavilion ze4600 I want a wireless card (inside) not exernal, and I found the mini PCI door. BUt know Iam confused by the mini pci LAN (wlan) and the PCI netwrking connection card, which should I use to receive internet signal? whatis the difference? is the internal card better than the external?. ...please help as I want to improve the system of my computer!

also I want to change the RAM memory and some sites says it uses the 2700 one and others the 2100 one! I openes the computer and it says 2700 BUT almost all sites say it uses the 2100 one PLEASE HELP !

2007-11-13 17:05:11 · 2 answers · asked by Gaby A 1 in Computer Networking

my printer isnt scanning things right. its only scanning parts of the document. i hav a canon brand printer. i need help! im gonna pull my hair out!!

2007-11-13 17:03:57 · 4 answers · asked by meghan 1 in Printers

How do i extract information from command prompt into any format like a text file or something, other than manually copy and paste??

For example, when i enter the command ipconfig, how do i extract the information displayed? like those ip address and stuff.

2007-11-13 17:00:03 · 2 answers · asked by lordbearsg 1 in Programming & Design

I mean I know it's illegal but if they don't want you to download illegally why did the make it up?
What was its original purpose?

Thanks <3

2007-11-13 16:58:13 · 12 answers · asked by Nikki 2 in Software

Hey you guys! I have an HP Pavilion laptop and it is also Windows Vista Ultimate. I was wondering if there is anyway for me to add more space to it? I have heard of things such as external hard drives or whatever....Can I use those? I need more than just a couple gigabytes of space...maybe 10-30 more gigs of space...Anyone know how to do this? How much is it gonna cost me? Is it easy to set up? And will I lose anything on my current pc?

2007-11-13 16:53:45 · 5 answers · asked by soinlove 3 in Add-ons

3. What is the output of the following:
int n = 5;
while (n > 0) {
System.out.println("n = " + n);
if ( n == 1) continue;
n--;
}

2007-11-13 16:53:34 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous in Programming & Design

1. Rewrite the following using a while loop:
for (int n = 0; n < 10; n=n+2)
System.out.println("n = " + n);

2007-11-13 16:51:08 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Programming & Design