Search results

  1. E

    Keybinds/Hotkeys

    Does anyone know of a program or way that i can change some of the default keybinds on my keyboard? I have a Logitech RK-49 and the number pad has some hotkeys such as Shift+NumPad7=Home, Shift+NumPad6=Right Arrow, etc. This wouldn't normally bother me, except some of the games I play (like...
  2. E

    Word 2007 Acting Funny

    I'm having trouble with my Word auto-minimizing. For a background, I use a web-based program for work, and lately when I have gone to open a report, it opens in Word nice and maximized, but minimizes itself within about 1-2 seconds after opening. I've spent some time Google-ing the problem...
  3. E

    Excel 2007 Question

    I'm a big time multitasker, sometimes needing to see up to 4 excel files side-by-side spread across my two monitors. By default in Excel 2007, all files are combined under one window, which makes spreading out the files impossible. After searching around Google a few months ago I finally found a...
  4. E

    Strange Internet

    I am posting this for my friend (although I had the exact same problem a few weeks ago). I'll start with my problem and solution. I could connect to Spark Instant Messenger for my work, and AIM and WoW worked fine, but no matter which web browser I used, I would go back and forth through very...
  5. E

    Need some help with my server build

    I've been working on building a home server to run CentOS, and even though it is my first time playing with any sort of linux (minus a brief use of PClinuxOS live cd awhile back) I feel confident I have enough basic knowledge and documentation to get me through... ...minus one thing, I can't...
  6. E

    Lots of problems need lots of help

    This is going to be a fairly long post, so I apologize, but I definitely need help. I'm trying to help a friend fix her office's network (she's the owner of her own business, a spa type place). She has three computers, we'll say c1, c2, and c3. c1 is in my friend's actually office, with c2...
  7. E

    Setting up a triple boot

    I have been planning on a vista/kubuntu x64 dual boot for some time now, but i think while I'm at it (now that I finally bought my new hard drives) that I might as well put the windows 7 beta on too to play with it some. a few things I need to know before I get started. I will be triple booting...
  8. E

    routers hate me

    i got the linksys 160 wireless n router today and cannot get it to work. i did like the instructions said and ran the install disc then plugged up everything correctly (coax to modem, modem to router, router to pc) but it won't connect to the internet. all of the router icons are glowing...
  9. E

    Time to transfer some data

    Purpose: To help me figure out the best way to get my data organized Issue: I like to stay very organized with all my HDDs and folders and what not, but I am now out of room. I have a mobo with 4 SATA ports, 3 of which are taken by HDDs (160, 500, 500) and the last taken by a dvd burner...
  10. E

    Need Help Making the Switch

    So I decided after doing some research last month that I was going to make the switch to Kubuntu from vista (although I have had zero problems in a year and a half with my vista (64 bit enterprise)). So anyway, I'll be getting a new hard drive for my desktop soon since I'm running out of room...
  11. E

    mobo not booting with extra ram

    i recently decided to up my ram from 2GBs to 4GB, and after learning the hard way to stick with the same SKUs of ram, i now have my 4GB (4x1GB) of OCZ Platinum 800MHz PC6400 4-4-4 DDR2 dimms. however, when i plug them all in, the bios shows up as having 4xxxMBs of ram, but it won't go past teh...
  12. E

    Lag and Bad Sound?

    Lately my computer has been lagging quite a bit, i don't know if it's because of service pack 1 or what, but it was fine til like 2 weeks ago. for starters, I'm annoyed because with a Q6600, 2GB of ram (soon to be 4), and an 8800GTS, i shouldn't lag on anything. but anyway, ever since I started...
  13. E

    computer to hdtv

    so i built a computer last summer with a Q6600, 8800 GTS, 1.16TB hdd, blah blah, and now i got around to getting some blu ray movies on my computer, and would like to play them on my big screen so i dont have to buy another blu ray player, and i was just wondering if the quality of cables really...
  14. E

    need help recongnizing a new, third hard drive

    so i built a new computer about 6 months ago and put in a 160GB and 500GB seagate 7200 rpm sata hard drives. i use the 160 for installing programs and basic stuff, and the 500 for all of my music and movies. well, i already ran out of space on my 500 and so i bought another one, exactly the...
  15. E

    bad score on new computer

    maybe i misunderstood the website, but when i submitted my 3dmark06 score to the futuremark website i was pretty sure that it said the average score of my setup was roughly 25,000, but mine was only 9600. i just recently bought a ton of parts from tigerdirect and built them, they are as...
  16. E

    New Computer, need advice

    i know there are probably a lot of threads like these around, but i need to see if my parts will be good enough. the biggest issue for me is what size power supply to use. i used a calculator i found in another thread, but it said something like 1300 watts, and i know there is no way i'll need...
  17. E

    using internet

    i work at Sam's Club (walmart's sister store) and i was wondering how i could use the internet. some days ins't really dead (i work in a photo lab) and i would like to review cameras at cnet or any other various things that deal with the internet, but i cant connect. i know we have it because...
  18. E

    firefoxie

    whatever happened to firefoxie.net? i found many good firefox mods and tweaks but over the past few months when ive tried to access teh site, its seems like it is down. is there a site around that has similar things (chromedit along with tweaks to make it faster) but for firefox 2? you see, i...
  19. E

    knoppix std

    is there a version of linux that looks similar to knoppix? i havent used much of linux, but i greatly enjoy the look and feel of knoppix (i tried knoppix in case i didnt have time to learn linux and i didnt want to have to reinstall windows or deal with a dual boot). ive seen screenies of other...
  20. E

    various component networking via wireless

    is there an item i could buy to wirelessly synch my desktop and my home entertainment system (7.1 surround sound, tv, etc) in the next room over? i would love to be able to listen to my hundreds of cds on good speakers rather than my lovely little 5 year old desktop speakers (which work fine...