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All the game icons are still on the desktop and the entries are still there in the Start Menu. If I start the game using the icon on the desktop, it asks if I want to remove the application, similar dialog you'd see if you used the "Add/Remove Programs" application. Ultimately, I can...

Hi guys. A problem just started on my son's PC. No idea why it started, but here's what's happening: When my son inserts a CD for one of his games, the installer program launches and tries to reinstall the software. Every one of his games are affected by this - UT3, Lego Star Wars, Battle for...

I've been out of the hardware loop for a few years now so my skills are a bit rusty. I want to build a new system around a Duo E6600 and EVGA mobo. The CPU FSB is 1066Mhz. However, reading about the mobo on EVGA's site, that is not a supported memory speed. So what memory should I go with...

I don't what I did wrong last time. I just tried it again based on your experience with a 950 point chart. I t worked fine. I obviously did something boneheaded the first time.

I have a block of data captured in another piece of software that I need to import into Excel. This other software uses a proprietary file type so I had to convert the data to ASCII first. The data block has 3750 points. I need to graph it, but Excel graphs max at 255 points. The question is...

That was the first thing to catch my eye as well. Even PC Power's 510 SLI PSU would be more practical. Can be had for less than 2 bills.

He he. Of course. The program and all of it's log files are less than 50MB. So Ghost 2003 works in DOS? Absolutely no need for Windows? I'll look into that. Thanks for the tip.

We have an old DOS program here at work. The program runs on 14 machines. Each machine's program is tweaked differently for it's specific needs. I need a way to copy the hard drive to cd so if we lose a drive, I can copy the contents from the cd back-up to the new hard drive and minimize...

I found a way to read the disk. I launched the command prompt and busted out my DOS skills on it. From the command prompt window, I can read all 3 files. Then I just copied them to my temp directory on the C: drive. I don't understand why I can read the disk from the command prompt, but not from...

I've never had a Lite-On last longer than 6 months. My Plextor, TDK, and ASUS drives have lasted a long time and are still performing well.

Mobo driver Video driver Sound driver Drivers for everything else Anti-Virus software Anti-spyware software Windows Updates Do yourself and everyone else a favor and don't go on-line without your AV and spyware software installed first.

That may be what I have to do. The DOS pc reads the floppy with no problem. The 2 WinXP machines can only read one of the 3 files. Like I said, I've tried mulitple disks and 2 different XP machines.

I copied 3 files to a 3.5" floppy from an old DOS pc. One of the files reads fine on my WinXP box, but the autoexec.bat and config.sys files will not read. I've tried several disks on 2 different pc's with the same result. I turned on "Show All" in the files options, but that didn't help. How...

I've got 3 pc's on my network at home. My wife's pc would transfer slowly. You could transfer files to her computer just fine, but if you transferred something from her pc to one of the others, it was horribly slow. Changed the NIC and the problem went away. You said you've tried everything...

Yes, I tried these drives on the other mobo. I've run virus checks from DOS and windows and get no hits. I tried 2 of the drives on another pc and they do not make the beeping noise.