Recent content by ike2010

I'm in a somewhat similar situation, except I have decent Java skills. I made the decision to go for the MCSD though. Why? Well, the main reason is that I now have almost one year of professional experience in C#, ASP.NET, Visual Studio .NET, etc. I work in a Microsoft shop and I didn't...

I'm looking for some software that will test the speed of my cpu and operating system. I just installed my Athlon64 and downloaded the free Windows XP Pro 64-Bit version from Microsoft and I'm going to install the OS on a second hard drive. I have some of my own programs that I wrote...

Any suggestions on a resonably priced heatsink/fan for an Athlon64 745 pin? Thanks in advance.

Choice A: AMD Athlon64 2800+ Soltek SL-K8AN2E-GR w/ nForce3 250 Gb $208.74 Choice B: AMD Athlon64 2800+ Chaintech SK8T800 w/ Via $179.49 That is ~$30 differnce in price. I'm not a gamer and will use this machine for programming, internet, email, some light Photoshop for my digital...

I am in the market for a new cpu/mobo combo. It must be compatible with my PC2700 333MHz RAM. What do you recommend? My current cpu is dead and it was an Athlon XP 2400. I don't need the latest and greatest, but I would like a little upgrade since I'm already spending money. There are some...

I recently purchased a new DVD+-RW drive and it came with a blank DVDRW disc. I want to burn data onto the disc but it has not been recognized. I have NERO 6 and cannot find any option to format the disc and I have also downloaded the fully functional Alcohol 120% and cannot find any option to...

My Super G is 108 Mbps. I know what the rated speed is. This tells me nothing about real world perfmance though. And as far as perfmon is concerned, I have many services disabled on my machine, so perfmon doesn't exactly work properly. There has to be a simple utility that will monitor the...

Does anyone know of a utility that will test/show my current wirless network speed? I have a D-Link Super G router/card and would like to know my actual speed. The only information I have now is the connection status in my Wireless Connection with the Speed 108 Mbps and the green vertical bars...

One more question: I would like to purchase the Netgear WGT624 Super G 108 Mbps Wireless Router. However, I can only find PCMCIA cards for notebooks which I don't need. I only need a regular PCI card that will work with this router. Can anyone help? Thanks. p.s. I didn't realize that...

Hello. I would like to setup a wireless network at home. I currently use a cable modem with a Linksys router. I will have one wireless desktop, one wireless laptop, and one wired desktop. Here are my questions: 1. Should I purchase a wireless router or access point? - I think I can get a...

I currently have an Athlon XP 2400 cpu with a Thermaltake Volcano 7 fan. I can't take the noise any longer. I can hear my damn computer from two rooms away with the t.v. on. Can someone recommend a relatively inexpensive and quiet heatsink/fan combo for this cpu? Thanks. p.s. I'm not into...

actually, magnets do cause damage to monitors. are the lines perfectly straight? usually magnets will just cause discoloration and you'll get a blurred effect. this is why center channel speakers are magnetically shielded.

try running the magnet across a different part of the screen and find out ;)

I have an nVidia GeForce Ti 4200 that is not overclocked. I bought it about 15 months ago. Everything looks fine when I'm in the normal Windows environment, but when i play games I get tons of artifacts, lines stretching across the screen, etc. It gets progressively worse as I continue with...

I am about to embark on a research project that will survey the latest spam filtering algorithms and techniques. I was curious if anyone could recommend some good books on this topic. There are plenty of informative websites, but I would like to have some books as well. Thanks.