Recent content by Valurei

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    Why you american so obsess with guns??

    When you're talking about the gun deaths or injuries caused by guns and how those statistics relate to the UK (or any other country where-in guns are illegal) one can't fairly compare them. The US has one of the highest standards of living and a exponentially decreasing level of domestic...
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    RAm Advicefor semi-noob

    I need to buy more RAM as I currently am running on only 128mb of DDR266, laugh away. I have built a PC or two in the past with adequate results, but ignored some things that would've made em good (as opposed to adequate). So, I am looking to upgrade twice in the future, this first time...
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    Help with Old System

    I recently donated an old system to my Mom and it freezes either during playback or 5 or so minutes after playback of any sort of visual media, be it Milkdrop in Winamp or an mpeg in Windows Media. The whole system was one I ran awhile back w/o issue : FIC az11, Crucial ram (don't know which...
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    Verify Maxtor Rumour?

    I'm not surprised in the slightest, I've gone through 3 Maxtors, and given 1 of them was a Quantum Fireball (laugh away), all 3 of em ended up having physical problems to the point of needing a clean room for recovery.
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    What is hotter than a woman who drives a BMW?

    A naked woman who drives Manual M3 . . . how might she shift I wonder. Yum
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    BIOS writing/reading illegal IO port

    All right, I just went into BIOS , found the ACPI control, Disabled it, and found outthe Windows won't start without it enabled. Won't start normally, in sfae mode w/ networking/ command prompt, or normal safe mode. Do I need to choose whether ACPI is enabled or disabled before I install OS...
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    BIOS writing/reading illegal IO port

    I also posted this in a couple microsoft usenet groups, one guy there said that an older Windows might be a viable option too. This would be ok as I have Win2000 lying around and 98SE (God forbid). Although I only mention that because I am, at this time, not sure if I know how to disable the...
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    BIOS writing/reading illegal IO port

    I just reinstalled XP after a long HD problem. Was forced to use backup HD as main (that is not the problem, just backstory). My comp is stable as can be, unless I run certain things, so far it seems to be limited to media, then it freezes. EX: I'll play media or mpg (video clip, avi, mp3...
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    Freespace Defrag

    Anyone know of another good freespace defrager other than O&O? I'll buy it if its the only one, but free is better, no?
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    Delete SP2 DL

    I think that'll work, I "think" because I already uninstalled everything through Add?Remove Proggrams. So, I think I'm boned . . . which knowing myself (as I do) seems about right. However, I'm still open to suggestions from all.
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    Delete SP2 DL

    As stated before, ALL help is appreciated. Unfortunately I can't locate the SP2 file. I've tried doing a Search for all files over 100MB with "Show Hidden Files and Folders" selected in folder options, and with "Search Hidden Files and Folders" selected in the search, with no results.:frown:
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    So I was mistaken for gay this afternoon...

    I get hit on quite often by gay guys, which is odd, cause I am seldom assumed to be gay except for by other guys. Quite often indeed, its sad though when you have more game swinging your opposite way, oh well, I'll shop off my mood in West Hollywood.:confused::brokenheart:
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    Delete SP2 DL

    SP2 got downloaded on my comp, I don't want to install it (space issues and other things). I feel like a tard for asking this question but, how do I delete the SP2 download to free up the space again? I reeeaally need the space. System restore doesn't Add/Remove Programs doesn't Can't find...