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  1. Alaska Wolf

    MustBuy New System Within 24 Hours Help?

    I have a relative in Scottsdale Arizona who is elderly. His 9 year old Gateway has died the final death. He wants me to select a new tower and monitor for him. He ONLY wants to purchase it from Best Buy. My entreaties to look elsewhere have failed. He will use the system to do basic surfing...
  2. Alaska Wolf

    Help Booting XP Without Mouse

    I am working on a PC in Arizona from my home in Alaska. MSCONFIG had been changed adding the /BOOT with Networking option. I can get the fellow to hit F8 and get to the Advanced Options Menu, but any option I've had him select ends with his stuck on a Select User Name Showing Admin and his...
  3. Alaska Wolf

    My first PC Game

    At 60 years of age I finally tried out my first PC game. I downloaded the demo for Wings of Prey. The last time I found myself needing to learn more and learn faster was when the hired girl took me upstairs to the attic in order to show me a secret. I was going to buy it from Steam for $15 but...
  4. Alaska Wolf

    Deja Vu All Over Again

    I have an XFX 6950 due to be delivered tomorrow. And I have resisted the urge to cancel it because it can be flashed to become a 6970. Wolf
  5. Alaska Wolf

    Decided to return XFX 6950 unopened

    It's being rerouted. I called TigerDirect and they contacted UPS . It's on it's way back to them before I received it. 12/21/2010 9:29 A.M. THE SHIPPER HAS REQUESTED A DELIVERY INTERCEPT FOR THIS PACKAGE / RETURN TO SENDER PENDING THIS was the proverbial straw...
  6. Alaska Wolf

    Should I Send The XFX HD 6950 Back?

    Is there any REAL advantage to getting a GTX-570 instead of a XFX Radeon HD 6950 that is already en-route to me? Given my hardware, especially my display? It's due to be delivered on the 22cnd. I had a Sapphire 4870 that decided to run the fan at 100% and cause Windows not to boot a while...