Recent content by over644

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    Power Surge Issue

    I'm not going to lie, about 85% of what you said went completely over my head. If it helps though, I've owned other computer systems in the past, and have had the same exact problem. And those systems weren't all plugged into the same outlet, so I'm fairly confident the issue is having too...
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    Power Surge Issue

    Originally the PC was connected directly into the wall, so I bought the UPS to protect my system from being permanently damaged from all of the surges. Now that you mention it, I do have a HP Laserjet 3050 printer plugged into a separate outlet in my room, which is also probably on the same...
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    Power Surge Issue

    I currently have an Air Conditioner that is plugged into an outlet all by itself. On the other side of my room, I have my desktop machine plugged into a UPS which is then plugged into an outlet by itself. Whenever I try to play games or run applications that require a lot of power from my...
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    CD Burning Problems With A New Burner

    just got a new DVD Burner/CDRW Burner combo NU-TECH 6x DVD+R and 40x CD-R and CD-RW burning capabilities Anyhow, I try to burn an cue/bin image using Nero 6 Ultra Edition, and it finishes successfully. So I re-enter the CD in the drive to check it's verification, and long and behold the CD size...
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    Problem Burning CD's

    I just got a new DVD Burner/CDRW Burner combo NU-TECH 6x DVD+R and 40x CD-R and CD-RW burning capabilities Anyhow, I try to burn an cue/bin image using Nero 6 Ultra Edition, and it finishes successfully. So I re-enter the CD in the drive to check it's verification, and long and behold the CD...
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    Having Trouble Networking My PC's

    nevermind I just figured it out it turns out my OTHER computer my 3rd one was using the same IP as this one so thats probably what messed it up
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    Having Trouble Networking My PC's

    For some reason I cannot ping my other computer's IP address, and they are both on the same workgroup, and I have Norton Disabled but it still won't work =/
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    Having Trouble Networking My PC's

    One of my PC's is running Norton Internet Security, but I setup the local zone settings so there should not be a problem... -How do I check to see what workgroup they are on
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    Having Trouble Networking My PC's

    I know and I have already done that, I have .100 and my other PC has .101, yet they refuse to see each other in My Network Places at all =/
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    Having Trouble Networking My PC's

    yes I can get into the router setup fine aka 192.168.1.1 and I can ping the router perfectly.
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    fast ISP uploads

    Optimum Online, available in NY, NJ, and CT my upload hits over 100k to users =) thats about as fast as your gonna get unless you do high-end dsl packages like sdsl or you get T1+ which is expensive. I pay 34.95 for 8500 down and 1010 up
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    Having Trouble Networking My PC's

    here is what I am working with... 2 windows XP machines(both have xp firewall disabled) first machine is hardwired into my linksys 802.11b router, 2nd machine uses wireless 802.11b adapter connection to the router I did network setup on both and used the same workgroup, and did the option where...
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    Problems With My Brightness Settings

    I have a GeForce4 TI4200 as my video card and a NEC LCD1700NX-BK 17in LCD Monitor...In some games, for example Half-Life, the screen is too dark, even though my gamma settings in the game are set at maximum and my monitor is on 100% brightness. I never had this problem with a CRT monitor, so I...
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    Weird Problems With My Sound Card/Speakers

    Ok I got Soundblaster Audigy Drivers Installed, and Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 Speakers, I got no sound coming out of them, but I know my soundcard is setup properly because I hear sound coming out of my headphone port of my master volume. -My guess is maybe the speakers went? I cant see how b/c they...
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    Problems with HP Laptop

    The problem I am having involves my HP Laptop. I have a 15pin serial cable going from my laptop to a television so I can do a presentation from my laptop, but the picture has multiple images. Was wondering if anyone knew what the problem could be?