Recent content by gils2000

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    Icons have disappear off my XP Desktop

    Just after I turned off the screen saver on my XP computer all the icons on the desk top just despaired along with the task bar. I can?t right click or any thing but Ctrl, Alt, Del to restart the computer. It boots up fine and you see all the icons but they all disappear again as soon as the...
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    Windows XP Pro Update problems i think

    The computer consists of the fallowing if it help?s AMD64 3400 1 Gig Ram from Crucial 80gig SATA HD ? Western Digital Epox EP-8RDA31 nForce2 Ultra 4000 Motherboard Gigabyte ATI 9250 Intergraded sound and Network Card This is just an office computer
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    Windows XP Pro Update problems i think

    I just got done building this computer and every thing went smoothly no HW problems or Software problems that I couldn?t fix. Then I installed Notion 2003 and let it up date, naturally it wanted to restart so I let it but not before I let windows do its updates as well. When I restarted the...
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    AMD Vs Pentiums

    I have been a very happy AMD user for years now and I know that AMD is just, to put it simply better than Intel?s Pentiums. But here is my question, WHY is AMD so much better than Intel? I would like to here form both AMD users and Pentium users. Also don?t feel the need to explain it to...
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    SATA and IDE Do they mix?

    Thanks,I was sure it was ok I just wanted to here it form others before i went in and did it.
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    SATA and IDE Do they mix?

    Seting up a computer that is going to have one Western Digital Raptor SATA 36.7GB HD and a Western Digital IDE 80GB HD. I'm Almost positive that it well work just fine, but wanted to ask any way. So if you know of any problems this might cause please let me know. Thanks
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    HELP!!!

    Boy o boy. Welcome to the world of biding your own computer. I think just about every one that has built a computer has had this problem at one time or another including me. Any way to work we go. Does the monitor blink on and then off or does it just stay off? If you look at the front of...
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    New Computer

    Good looking stuff. I might have gone with the 3400 rather than the 3500 just because the over all power increase is not that much for the $. Other then that its a hell of a system! Have fun!
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    The First Non-Readable DVD

    It could be that you need to install drivers on the DVD ROM for the movie to work. Or look to see what format your Windows Media Player is playing, to see maybe you don?t have DVD movies checked, you can do this by clicking on the tools tab then options then file types, you should tell it to...
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    HELP!!! Cant play any Command & Conquer Generals games. Can you Help.

    Thanks every one it started working for no apparent reason?..LOL..What ever!
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    HELP!!! Cant play any Command & Conquer Generals games. Can you Help.

    I know that ME can't address a GB of RAM but that never stoped the game before.
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    HELP!!! Cant play any Command & Conquer Generals games. Can you Help.

    Did any of that work? Or am I SOL!!
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    does EA games have a 1800 number for support

    WOW thanks for the help...LOL!! Be serious pleas!
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    HELP!!! Cant play any Command & Conquer Generals games. Can you Help.

    I can?t play any Command & Conquer Generals games on my system. It is very capable of playing the games it works on my old system but not on the new one. My system: AMD 64 3400 Radeon 9800 PRO Asrock Combo-Z Motherboard 1GB RAM 3200 Windows ME The game wont start up, the CC...
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    does EA games have a 1800 number for support

    ya i look but all i say was just tips for Troubleshooting, and no phone numbers. i tryed the tips and they dident help at all.