Desktops - November 2006

when I close down windows rather than it just going away it slowly drains from top to bottom? Might not be a great explanation I will try again. When I click the x to shut it, from the top of the window it just disappears down down and down it goes. Not unlike a egg timer. I have McAfee which is up to date and I have scanned for viruses and never find anything.

Any Ideas anyone?

P.S Might be imagining it but it seems slower than it used to be and there is only about 30% disc space used up.

2006-11-22 09:03:13 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous

I originally had them both in dimm slots 1&2, and the computer would not post. Now I have them in slots 2&3 (there are only 3 slots) and it works, but it says 333 mhz. The mb manual says only 2 slots will be able to utilize ddr 400, but it doesn't say which 2!!

Is there maybe a bios setting I have to make before I install them in slots 1&2 to make them work at 400mhz? Or, is it the frequency/multiple setting that is limiting the speed? I have an athlon 64 3000+ running at 2ghz.

Thanks.

2006-11-22 08:13:20 · 2 answers · asked by martin h 6

we have A newer compaq computer,all of a sudden it will not go into hibernation mode.a screen comes up and says a conflict with driver from HP keyboard will not let this computer enter hybenation mode.I'm not even using that keyboard,I am using microsoft wireless keyboard.I have deleted the driver from HP keyboard only to let itself reinsall itself.

2006-11-22 07:35:00 · 4 answers · asked by papatommy22 1

2006-11-22 07:31:54 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-22 07:19:37 · 22 answers · asked by cabaret44 2

It just isn't working, there is an error message at startup saying something, and I checked the connection.

Uh oh.... I just tried to look at my system properties and that couldn't be found >.<

Guess this comp. is screwed... Anyway, its a Dell Dimension 4600, Win XP Home, Pentium 4

The fan says JMC-DA TECH on it, www.imcproducts.com

Guess I should look at the site while I wait for answers...

2006-11-22 06:30:30 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous

I have a problem with my son's computer. It is a custom built computer and is running on XP with a realtek 97 AC sound card. (I think). I had the same problem after an automatic update but cannot remember how I solved it. I have tried system restore, uninstalled and reinstalled the card and find I am in a bigger mess than before. Now he needs directX 9.0. So rather than mess it up more can someone help me get out of this mess? Thank you very much.

2006-11-22 05:54:44 · 6 answers · asked by tx_bsn_2008 2

how do i find my pc files

2006-11-22 05:18:03 · 2 answers · asked by sweetvickie20002 1

I have a dell computer optiplex gx520 and can't seem to figure out which type of memory card it needs see that the ones I buy from circuit city doesn't fit

2006-11-22 05:13:24 · 6 answers · asked by Don S 1

2006-11-22 05:01:35 · 11 answers · asked by buckles1935 1

2006-11-22 04:10:15 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous

This has been happening for months. Upon boot of Windows, or just any other time it feels like it- even if I don't have an Internet Explorer window open, I get a message pop up that says: Internet Explorer has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. If you were in the middle of something, the information you were working on might be lost." There is only a CLOSE button at the bottom right. No "X" at the top right. When I click CLOSE, nothing happens- explorer does not shut down. Anybody know what is causing that?! Thank you!

I have already uninstalled and reinstalled Norton, ran update and ran virus scan. I downloaded CounterSpy, Spywareblaster, and Ad-Aware, and ran all those. I keep my system constantly updated from the Windows site too. Still have problem.

2006-11-22 04:02:13 · 6 answers · asked by JJ S 2

2006-11-22 04:00:20 · 4 answers · asked by bunny1066 1

my connection keeps breaking due to invalid IP address? could a worm also be responsible?

2006-11-22 03:55:20 · 3 answers · asked by sharky69 2

hi,
i m raj. my HDD is seagate 40GB.
it has recently developed a new error. whenever i connect it to my friend's computer, it gets detected well.
all the data from my disk can be copied to my friends disk. also all the data can be copied from my friends to mine disk also.
but whenever i rejoin my disk to my computer, the data copied from my friends disk is not shown but that much disk space is also shown occupied & is thus wasted.
PLZ HELP....!
reply on raj.damle@hotmail.com

2006-11-22 03:33:24 · 4 answers · asked by damleraj 1

My Computer settings says there is infrared in my pc but iam not knowing how to operate it so please can anyone say how to activate it.

2006-11-22 02:47:05 · 1 answers · asked by Ash 1

Is it good? Do you recommend it? What are it's disadvantages and advantages?

2006-11-22 02:15:00 · 2 answers · asked by Anonymous

I need a step-by-step detail.
I have New Dell 2006 PC.

2006-11-21 20:58:46 · 13 answers · asked by dfksone 2

2006-11-21 19:03:31 · 7 answers · asked by ritesh s 1

purchasing a computer

2006-11-21 15:52:13 · 10 answers · asked by Eric K 1

I am looking to buy a new computer for my son for Christmas. I usually use a Mac laptop and I am not very familiar with what's the best buy for a PC. He wants a printer CD burner, scanner (basically "the works") Can you please help?

2006-11-21 14:42:14 · 2 answers · asked by teachn2do 1

I have a great computer that I want to sell because I'm going to get a laptop. This machine is the best one I've ever had and it still runs great with no problems. I wish it was a laptop though. Any idea how much I could sell this for?

AMD Athlon XP 1500
1.36 GHz, 512 MB RAM
TDK CDRW401240B- 40/12/48
Win XP Promise MBUltra133 (IDE Controller)
RADEON 9000 Series
80 GB hard drive- IC35L080AVVA07-0

NEC Accusync70 monitor
DLink Airplus DWL-G520 Wireless PCI Adapter
IBM keyboard and mouse

2006-11-21 14:16:48 · 10 answers · asked by yoyo 2

I have some pictures and a couple movies on an old crapped out cpu, and I was just wondering if its possible to put the HD in an external case setup and plug it into my new cpu in order to get the data off of it, or would I HAVE to format it, leading to all that data lost? So in essance, is it feesable to do that for a plug-n-play for the information?
My old harddrive is off of a SONY PCV-RZ34G, and my new cpu is an HP Pavillion a1230n.

2006-11-21 12:19:04 · 2 answers · asked by Diddy 2

A friend gave me a desktop computer and when I try to connect my cable modem into the new computer, the computer says "cannot find/read modem." The modem was on and everything was working fine. I am still able to get online using my laptop so I know it's not a problem with the modem. Why is the new computer unable to find/read the modem. What could I do to try and fix the problem?

2006-11-21 11:58:51 · 5 answers · asked by bosnjgal 3

Okay I have clonedvd and anydvd for my back up of movies, it always works no decoder problems or anything but there are a few dvds that will not even work on my pc. its like the dvd drive does not even know they are there but then i can put a different on in and it works fine! any ideas on what the problem is and how to fix it? is my dvd drive going bad? i have only had this pc for year or so and its a compaq!

2006-11-21 11:41:37 · 2 answers · asked by Erin F 2

Since intel came out with the new quadros , is apple going to use them in the mac pro? I know right now the mac pro has two dual xeon's.

2006-11-21 10:59:20 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous

or is it going to slow down my computer?

2006-11-21 10:44:10 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous

2006-11-21 10:25:12 · 5 answers · asked by UNKNOWN 1

2006-11-21 10:24:34 · 7 answers · asked by Christopher B 1

I have a fairly new computer built from a barebones kit. It has an AMD 3Ghz processor, 1-2 gigs of DDR RAM, and a 260GB 7200rpm hard drive. It runs really slow with many applications, from Itunes to Firefox. I have run Adaware and Spybot, have antivirus and a firewall. I can't figure out what is causing the processor to run so slow. It seems like every time I open a program it's running at 100% for a minute, and two programs at once can bog it down completely. I can't watch flash video without choppiness. Photoshop is very slow. Is there any way I can figure out where the bottleneck is--what's not working? A hardware diagnosis? Or does it pretty much have to be software, which baffles me. I'm running XP Home.

2006-11-21 09:21:23 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous