Recent content by Rebel7254

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    Gaming performance always worse in Vista

    It actually runs a little smoother in DX9 mode, so that's what I'll do until I get XP reinstalled on the new HDD.
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    Gaming performance always worse in Vista

    I just decided to buy another hard drive and I'm going to put Windows XP back on it. Should be here by the middle of next week. I only have to tolerate Vista's poor gaming performance until then.
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    Windows won't boot after updates *NOT SOLVED*

    I completed the RMA process online. Looks like you're right, no receipts needed. I did the advanced replacement option, which was $20, but that's better than shipping the bad drive to them, waiting for them to receive it, and then waiting until the replacement comes back. For $20, I get the...
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    Windows won't boot after updates *NOT SOLVED*

    Cool, I'll try it. Thanks.
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    Windows won't boot after updates *NOT SOLVED*

    Unfortunately, I bought it off of eBay to save some money. It was new & sealed, but Seagate plainly said on their website that they will only honor warranties for products bought from authorized Seagate retailers.
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    Gaming performance always worse in Vista

    Only 64-bit Vista can use more than 3 GB of RAM. My version is 32-bit.
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    Gaming performance always worse in Vista

    I'm not sure if I'm missing something, but every single game I've ever tried to run (whether using DirectX 10 or not) is 15 fps or more slower on Vista than XP. It has been this way from the beginning (installed Vista at the end of January 2007), through several graphics card and chipset driver...
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    Windows won't boot after updates *NOT SOLVED*

    Nope, same junk after format/reinstall. Has to be a bad hard drive. It lasted about 10 months. Any recommendations on what I should get to replace it? I've had pretty good luck with Seagate in the past, and this is the first one to die so soon on me. I guess I'll start shopping around...
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    Windows won't boot after updates *NOT SOLVED*

    That's exactly what I have decided to do. The day before yesterday, my Vista installation was having trouble again. It would just hang for a long time on a black screen after the Microsoft loading screen. I brought home another hard drive from work and installed XP on it. No problems on...
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    Is there any reason not to put my computer in sleep mode as opposed to just turning off the monitor?

    I still don't think you can have an active internet connection while in sleep (aka "standby") mode.
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    Is there any reason not to put my computer in sleep mode as opposed to just turning off the monitor?

    I use Hibernate. YMMV, but for my system it's only about a 10 second difference (bootup time) between StandBy and Hibernate.
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    Corrupted Windows XP or HDD?

    They are on two separate drives. So McAfee with all the latest updates shouldn't miss anything, right? If I can be sure that I won't infect my other (Vista) hard drive by copying files from the XP drive, then I don't have a problem with backing everything I need up and doing a format/fresh...
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    Corrupted Windows XP or HDD?

    EDIT: Mods, please move to "Computer Help" forum if you think it that's where it belongs . I just now found it. Sorry!!!!! I don't know if it's against the forum rules to post a thread that basically points to another one in a separate section, but I'm not even sure it belongs in the...
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    Windows won't boot after updates *NOT SOLVED*

    Well it started the same crap again today. I've run multiple diagnostic tests for the RAM and HDD's, and I don't get any errors or problems found. I installed McAfee Total Protection for Small Business (got it from work) and scanned. It found nothing on my XP drive, and 53 "threats" on my...
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    Windows won't boot after updates *NOT SOLVED*

    The problem has been solved. I was using Windows Defender for my malicious software/spyware detection and removal. Well, apparently the "update" my wife was talking about was new definitions for Windows Defender. I was getting ready to do a system restore when I noticed that the last...