Recent content by Tyson82

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    XP pro boot problems- pauses before desktop for 90 seconds

    uninstalling Nvidia Network Access Manager didn't help. Neither did disabling the onboard NIC in BIOS. Any other ideas?
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    XP pro boot problems- pauses before desktop for 90 seconds

    Ive got the onboard NIC enabled, but I havent had a cable connnected in over year. Oh and my profile is inaccurate, my overclock is currently minimal, only at 1.89. But I will try your suggestion greylica.
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    XP pro boot problems- pauses before desktop for 90 seconds

    hmm. thanks for the replies. Im not showing any network component problems in device manage. And reinstalling the chipset drivers should have taken care of that, I would have thought anyway. And Ive made sure there is no media in my drives, flash drives are unplugged, etc. The odd...
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    XP pro boot problems- pauses before desktop for 90 seconds

    This is just a recently acquired problem, although I cant remember exactly when it started or think of anything that might have casued it. My boot time has become ungodly long. System boots fine until I get the wallpaper, then the system hangs for 100 seconds. I ran Microsoft's...
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    can someone point me to an artivcle on cooling Mobile 754s?

    Oh cool. Thats great. BTW, I love your sig
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    can someone point me to an artivcle on cooling Mobile 754s?

    Oh cool. Thats great. BTW, I love your sig
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    can someone point me to an artivcle on cooling Mobile 754s?

    Hey. Im looking at getting a mobile Socket 754, but Ive heard that cooling is a pain. I watercool, and Id like to know more about it before I spend the bucks. Couldnt find anything on Google. Can anyone point me to an article? thx
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    no desktop icons

    no good. I get a runtime error regardless of what I try to do with it.
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    no desktop icons

    Im really hoping for another solution. She lost her Emachines disks. I guess I can use my OEM disk and her COA...
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    no desktop icons

    she said that she didnt. But I dont really know. She isnt computer literate.
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    no desktop icons

    I dont get anything at all. I even browsed to c:\Windows/explorer.exe and nothing and explorer isnt listed in the 'processes' section of task manager also, I just noticed that in Safe Mode, I can type explorer in the 'new task' run line and it does load explorer. But it...
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    no desktop icons

    Hey. Ive got this Emachines system Im looking at for my Aunt. It is running XP Home, was SP1, Ive changed that as one of my attempts. So she tells me that out of the blue, all of her desktop icons disappeared. It is more than that though. Everything is gone from the Desktop, no...
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    need help with the 'Cooling After' cooling device

    tell that to the reviewers. I read more than one that used actual 12v pumps. I wouldnt have bought it otherwise.