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    Any advantage, for gaming purposes, to upgrading my old Creative Audigy2 ZS?

    Is this the correct procedure for enabling CMSS? "How to enable CMSS for Sound Blaster Audigy 2/4 series? Keywords / Key Phrases: cmss, creative multispeaker surround, enable cmss 1.Click Start, (All) Programs, Creative, Creative MediaSource, and click on the Creative MediaSource Player...
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    Any advantage, for gaming purposes, to upgrading my old Creative Audigy2 ZS?

    I was also shocked by how much the sound cards cost now! Some of them are almost as much as a med to high level vid card.
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    Any advantage, for gaming purposes, to upgrading my old Creative Audigy2 ZS?

    Thanks for the advice and update! I don't follow PC hardware like I used to. Back in the day, I used to upgrade everything, every other year. Now, I just do it when there's a particular PC game I want to play. In this case, of course the upgrade is for D3. It’s been over five years since I...
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    Any advantage, for gaming purposes, to upgrading my old Creative Audigy2 ZS?

    I’m running a 2.1 setup and only use my PC for surfing and gaming. _
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    PC will not shut down after thunderstorm (just reboots)

    masteryoda34: I didn't, I build my own. This PC belongs to a friend and I'm trying to help them out. corkyg: m/b damage is what I considered also but it works perfectly otherwise. Everything seems to be running well including onboard video and audio. I'll see if someone at my work has an...
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    PC will not shut down after thunderstorm (just reboots)

    habbakuk87: Hmm...Ok, easy enough, I'll try that one tonight. Any other suggestions?
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    PC will not shut down after thunderstorm (just reboots)

    My friends' Dell XPS 420 was off at the time and working fine, well?for a Vista PC that is. ;) Anyway, now when I do a shutdown from the start button the PC just reboots. I tried an OS re-install first and then even a format of the OS partition followed by a clean install of Vista with no...
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    Is is possible to upgrade the WMP version running on my Win CE handheld?

    Grrr...Windows CE is not listed as a compatible OS for WMP 10 on the MS website. So I may be "SOL". Any suggestions for playing WMA files on a WinCE heldheld?
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    Is is possible to upgrade the WMP version running on my Win CE handheld?

    I want to play WMA songs on my pocket phone PC (Audiovox XV6600) which runs Windows CE. I think it's only running WMP 9 and of course it gives a CODEC error when attempting to play WMA's. Can I just download the WMP10 and upgrade? Surely it's not that easy on a handheld. Or would a CE update...
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    Calling all Robert A. Heinlein (SciFi) fans! Need some recommendations.

    Wow! :Q That's a lot of feedback! Thanks for all the suggestions!
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    Calling all Robert A. Heinlein (SciFi) fans! Need some recommendations.

    Anubis: Ah yes, I've heard of this one. About a man who comes back to Earth after being raised on Mars. I'll definitely include this one. Anything else?
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    Calling all Robert A. Heinlein (SciFi) fans! Need some recommendations.

    If someone has never read any of his works, which ones would be best to start with? Which first 3-5 books would you read?
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    Are the GBA game manuals you can buy at Nintendo.com B&W or color?

    ***UPDATE*** The manual copies are in color. Since I've never played this game before, the $1.25 I paid for the Fire Emblem GBA manual was worth every penny! :thumbsup:
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    Rock Band worth it for younger kids???

    My sons love their PS2 version. They are 10 & 13 and I wouldn't feel comfortable with them playing some of the songs if they were much younger than that. I'm sure that's why it's rated "T", and not "E".