Recent content by Lou3

I don't know about Greece, but I've had stuff shipped to me in Japan from the US. USPS is the cheapest and usually reliable. I've had a couple packages delayed, but nothing was ever lost. You should definitely insure the package, but understand that it can take months for a claim to be...

It seems I just had a data loss problem with my old rounded cables. I was running Serious Sam 2, and saved games suddenly wouldn't load anymore. In fact, starting the game would immediately crash my system. I reinstalled the game and my video drivers, but my system still crashed...

UPDATE: I went with the GladiatorXP cables for my two IDE drives. I read some reviews of them last night, and they are indeed made right. I decided against a GladiatorXP FDD cable, because I don't want that 50cm thing snaking all over the place in my mATX case. Since I hardly use floppies...

I've read the warnings about rounded cables and avoid cheap ones, but the higher quality ones, like GladiatorXP, seem to be constructed specifically to eliminate electrical problems. On the other hand, I've seen some very nice ribbon cables. I remember reading a review of one of the gamer...

Thanks, everyone. 512MB it is. The KM400 is already in the case ready to go, so that'll be my new mobo. I won't bother upgrading until I can take advantage of new-fangled stuff like PCI Express.

***Merry Christmas*** I was just looking at Crucial's Web page that recommends memory amounts for different system configurations. In case you haven't seen it, you choose your mobo, processor, OS, and a benchmark test; then you get a graph that shows how that system performed in Crucial's...

I know theft of private data has been going on for a while, but my activist streak won't let me shrug it off. The defense for data theft I most often hear is that the Internet is a public place. Yes, the Internet is public, but anything on my computer that isn't directly involved in online...

My favorites are: Cookie Pal - thorough cookie management (shareware) EditPad - highly functional text editor (freeware) Extended Character Map - more functional than Windows character map (freeware) Turbo Navigator - Explorer replacement (freeware) CoolPlayer - streamlined mp3 player...

What instant messenger do you prefer? Trillian and Miranda look good, but I'd like to get some recommendations before installing anything.

Now that Windows XP has been out a few months, what do you know about its privacy level? Is it really phoning home covertly like everyone speculated? Is registration activation doing any more than ensuring the copy of XP isn't stolen? I'm thinking about upgrading from Windows 98, but I don't...

I just bought a CD-RW, but I'm not sure of the best way to make the IDE connection . I'll list the pertinent specs: ASUS CUBX-E mobo with four IDE connectors; the "primary" and "secondary" are black and for UDMA 33 drives, and the "third" and "fourth" connectors are blue and for UDMA 100/66...

<< i really like the ability to block or accept cookies from individual sites. my question is, what sites do you block from and what sites do you always allow cookies from? i cant really think of any scenarios where you would need to allow cookies as long as you dont block them. >> Many...

Have you tried IrfanView? If not, I think you'll like it. It's a great image viewer, and it's free. You can view pics individually, run slideshows, and look at the contents of a folder via thumbnails. You can even use it as a video player, although it isn't as smooth as Media Player in that...

ICQ seems like a lot of fun so far, but it also looks like it has a ton of features. How can I remove the names listed under "not in list?" Any other tips for an ICQ newbie? BTW, sharyextreme has been down for over an hour. Anybody know what's going on?

Thanks for the tech advice. Since I have two free IDE ports, I'll just give the CD-RW drive its own channel and sidestep the whole IDT thing.