Recent content by noxiousCaitSith

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    Can't install a plug-in because my main drive isn't C:

    yeah i thought it was completely ridiculous that they don't have a way to manually select the drive through the program itself..it just has a button to automatically find it. i've installed it on a friend's computer (with the default c:) and it works fine. i'll try that subst thing when i get...
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    Can't install a plug-in because my main drive isn't C:

    My original hard drive got messed up so i had to get a new one and install windows again. this time, it installed as I: and not C:. I have a program that I installed an add-on for and it doesn't seem to want to work and I think it's because it's not in the C: drive since, for whatever reason...
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    can't play games or run certain programs 8800gt

    I'd be ok with that mainly cause I haven't been playing many PC games lately. Just good to know that it's just the video card that was causing the problem. thanks for the help
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    can't play games or run certain programs 8800gt

    i put it in the toaster oven at a little over 350 for about 10 minutes and i am able to play games now. apparently it worked. woohoooo. wonder how long it will last
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    can't play games or run certain programs 8800gt

    would you suggest manually soldering each contact? i really don't mind taking the time to do that as i'm currently unemployed and can't afford to buy a new graphics card or i'll just go to a thrift store and buy some piece of trash toaster oven since my soldering iron is also trash XD
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    can't play games or run certain programs 8800gt

    that sounds interesting. ok i'll look that up. got nothing to lose i guess.
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    can't play games or run certain programs 8800gt

    i haven't been able to play games or run a few other programs for a while now on my pc, and i'm not sure if it's the graphics card or what. it started when i was playing world of warcrack and it just shut down. i haven't been able to play a game since that. i can open them, and it might get...
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    Laptop shuts of when playing game

    ok i'll try to figure out the temp thing when i get a chance. i googled it and looks like asus should have some kind of program built in to check that. i used to have it either on my lap or the bed sometimes, but haven't been doing that for a while for the overheating reason.
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    Windows Update not working- Windows XP

    oh snap. automatic updates just came up and said time to restart the computer. thank you to everyone for the input. ended up going with Dial-A-Fix. tried the microsoft tool on their website and it failed. the other options of manually editing the registry didn't work cause my computer is kind of...
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    Laptop shuts of when playing game

    recently my laptop has just starting powering down after playing world of warcraft for a while. sometimes takes 30 minutes and sometimes over an hour. the laptop is a little over a year old and haven't had this problem before. is this an issue with the graphics card or just the cpu overheating...
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    Windows Update not working- Windows XP

    windows update is turned off and windows security center is trying to get me to turn it on. when i click the button that says "turn on automatic updates" it says the security center cannot change the settings and that i should go into the control panel and do it myself. i've tried that and it...
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    New Windows 7 install on toshiba laptop.

    I was having some problems with my hard drive so I just decided to do a new install of windows 7 instead of choosing the upgrade option. It had windows vista before. I'm pretty sure the model number is Satellite A300-ST4505... Anyway, it is really slow right now and pretty much of no use. Could...
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    nv4_disp error when i try to play games

    update: I tried opening another program and it froze again..this time i got a blue screen and then the computer shut down. somehow i feel the graphics card is fine because it can still run a 3D modeling program without any noticeable difference from before.
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    nv4_disp error when i try to play games

    I got an error last night while I was playing world of warcraft and it closed. I tried to open it again but it just froze when it got to the login screen. I got some kind of error with "nv4_disp"...i ignored it the first time and just restarted but it was still messed up. I removed the video...
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    After removing virus, not detecting shortcuts

    i went to the file that you said for the first suggestion, and there are about 50 folders in it. does that sound normal? i was expecting maybe 1 or 2 extra. also, i didn't have either of the ones you have on your computer. neither "DllNXOptions" or "iexplore.exe". so i skipped and went to the...