Recent content by scaryjeff

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    PCI and DRAM frequency confusion

    So, I need to build a new machine on the cheap, and after a long period of not overclocking (the last time I knew anything about it was when I had a celeron 566), I have become a bit confused over PCI frequency locks and ratios. I'm talking about the PCI-not-express frequency here, as I don't...
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    Strange Browsing Problem

    Well, I tried yet another spyware program ('spy sweeper'), and it turns out I had 'cdilla' which is apparently by macrovision. I removed that, and my problem is fixed. I don't understand why neither adaware or spybot found this, or why cdilla would want to add some javascript that breaks a...
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    POLL: Half-Life 2, Doom 3, or Far Cry?

    I really liked FarCry, up until about half way through. After that, it just got more and more boring. And then a bit more boring. I finished it for the sake of it, and not because I was at all interested in what was going to happen next. The final few levels were a complete joke, and the...
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    Strange Browsing Problem

    I've got an up to date AVG, which finds nothing, and the Trend Housecall finds nothing. Adaware and Spybot are both up to date and both find nothing but the odd 'tracker cookie'. Since the code seems to be to do with the mouse, I tried changing the mouse driver from the microsoft one to just...
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    Strange Browsing Problem

    OK, I just installed Opera, and I'm having the exact same problem. The same code is put at the top of every page I go on, and the websites that don't work at all with IE or FireFox still don't work :( Also, I just realised it's putting this code at the bottom of every page as well: <SCRIPT...
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    Strange Browsing Problem

    I hate doing this, but *bump* Any suggestions or ideas would really be appreciated. I tried reinstalling FireFox, and reinstalling J2RE, but neither of these things made a difference. An obvious solution might be to reinstall windows, but I don't want to do that without knowing what the...
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    Strange Browsing Problem

    Hi I'm using Firefox and IE, they both have the exact same problem. A few websites stopped working, including gmail (shows loading screen forever), and HardOCP (black screen, browser says 'done'). I thought I would check the page had actually downloaded by going to view > source, and it seems...
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    Ok Im stuck in HL2...

    You can get through the room without tripping any of the red beams by jumping on things.
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    USB-key wireless network adapters

    OK, thanks. Do you think getting a USB extension lead and putting the USB key on the end of that would help? The distance from the router to any of the PCs is quite short, everything is within around a 10 meter radius of the router through up to I guess 2 walls.
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    Can I split 1 cable line to 2 cable modems ?

    Our cable line uses a splitter to conenct a cable TV box and a cable modem, and we have had no connection issues ever. I think your main problem will be as ZickZJ said, that your provider will want to charge you extra or double to have two modems connected.
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    USB-key wireless network adapters

    Hi. I'm setting up a friends broadband with a wireless network. Obviously I don't want them spending more than they need to (we are students), but at the same time, the thing is going to need to work. I saw that USB-key wireless network adapters are a fair bit cheaper than the 'box with an...
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    6800GT + DualView > wrong icon colour depth

    Hi I got a 6800Gt a while ago (Aopen one). It's all working fine, and the other day I decided to give this DualView nonsense a go. It works properly, and is overall a pretty impressive feature. The only problem is that with DualView enabled, all my icons take the 8-bit colour depth versions...
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    College Students, Computer Theft???

    I'm a third year electronic engineering student, and there has not been one time when I wished I had a laptop. There are hundreds of computers on campus to choose from in computer rooms that I can use 24/7. I think if you are worried about carting your computer home at the holidays, just get a...
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    System buying advice

    Thanks for the replies. A 3.2EE is way above what I want to pay really, with the 2.8C coming in at around £125; the 3.2EE is nearly £700! I am pretty inflexible on the CPU front, I just don't want to wait so long that the 2.8C is not being made any more, and I don't know when this will be - the...
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    System buying advice

    Hi (hope this isn't the wrong forum!). I am looking to buy a new system in time for the arrival of HL2 and doom3, and am mainly interested in the future availability of northwoods. At the moment, I'm looking at: Intel 2.8C Asus P4P800-Deluxe 2*512 DDR 9800xt/5950 or lower end x800/6800 I am...