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    Computer nightmare - Come inside if you dare to help

    Sorry for late reply....think it was approaching 3 years and the computer started booting weird...sometimes yes, sometimes no and like you the bios settings were all there. m edit: That's what lit the light bulb...the clock would not hold time
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    Computer nightmare - Come inside if you dare to help

    had a p4 not boot...it was the cmos battery. replaced same....all was good just a thought m
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    My computer won't turn on after vacuuming the inside

    Late to the topic and certainly no expert.... I "used" to vacumn computer case but caused a TU condition which I attributed to the static electricity flying around with dust/hose etc...One time was enough for me. Had a Asus MB (p4) that wouldn't post....changed cmos battery and all was...
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    P3 Upgrade

    Sorry I Missed that Blain.... COD4 for sons and some other shoot em up war games....grandson playing Star Wars Battle Front I and II.
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    P3 Upgrade

    Thank you for your time and thoughts....I will pickup a new power supply as well... Antec is old like everything else around here.... Have a good weekend all... michael
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    P3 Upgrade

    Sons and Grandsons need something besides a P3 733 when they come over... Will use an old Lian Li PC68 case and 400 watt Antec PS, if you think that is sufficient. IDE Plextor DVD-CD writer and any other parts in the bin. After reading here, thought I would buy the following...
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    Need advice on pre-built Desktops

    Bought two from these folks in last 2 yrs. Both working without a problem and CS is good www.visioncomputers.com Michael
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    New build for bride of 44 yrs...

    She presently is using a home built P3 450 running XP pro with new sound card and dvd/cdrom and speakers/lcd monitor. Main programs are Paperport/Pagekeeper and MS office. Paperport has over 1000 images and files and takes a long time to load program. When she scans a new document it takes...
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    Win XP Pro / IE 6 / What the heck?

    Just a novice here on forum and a month into Winxp pro on a p4 1.7 asus p4te system found a lot of good tweaks here: http://www.tweakxp.com/tweakxp/ There are so manyh areas that can be adjusted, but I found the IE6 tweak re: temporary Internet files to make a difference on this machine...
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    power connections P4T-E ???

    hwstock.... thanks for the info and taking the time to respond...Merry Christmas
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    power connections P4T-E ???

    upgrading to Asus P4T-E and 1.7ghz cpu... presently running P2 350 with a 300watt PC Power and cooling power supply. PowerandCooling make a connector to jump from standard 12v lead to the 4 pin connection on MB, and have that ordered. What about the 6 pin "Auxpwr" connector on the MB? Is it...
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    Auto Disconnect....how do i turn it on?

    When you shutdown IE or Outlook Express, you originally get an "auto disconnect" box which allows you to choose to use it or not. How can I turn that "box" back on. Must be a registery setting but so far, haven't found it. Thank you for the time tcas Win98se on P2350
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    How do I move...

    Thanks Pretty Cool...that is the info needed tcas
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    How do I move...

    How can I move the location of the program folder that windows installs i.e., c:\program files to d:\program files. Windows only recognizes one location, right? fresh install of windows and want to keep operating system in partition by itself and apps and data in different partions. Believe...
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    Help with Dial up Problem

    TechieChick Thanks will check it out
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    Help with Dial up Problem

    Seems to be Outlook Express...have disable all and used zonealarm...may have to resort to clean install if not successfull, or just put up with problem.. Thanks to all for their help!
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    Help with Dial up Problem

    No not networked but thanks for the thought...
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    Help with Dial up Problem

    Thanks Big Lar...will do
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    Help with Dial up Problem

    Slikkster.. Tnx for help...Zonealarm says it's "Outlook Express"...will try to figure out the ding dong deal. sorry to take so long to say thanks...been away
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    Help with Dial up Problem

    Need help with dial up prob on win98SE. Computer will automatically attempt to dial up ISP for online connection. It happens in a random fashion and "connect automatically" is not checked. Have looked at programs running at startup and outlook express and cant seem to find...
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    Need help.. just installed Win98 and it freezes for like 2 secs often..

    foolanger... no expert here but son's computer doing same thing and it was a scanner program running in background....kept checking to see if scanner was being used. Someone else mentioned program running in back ground...check system tools under accessories..then system info and then under...
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    no boot up any fashion

    I posted this in mb forum by mistake..although I may have fried something as you read below:(I have tried suggestions from post below) thru my stupidity i blew the power supply by connecting a scsi hd while computer running...replace pwr supply and all ok for couple of days...changed a setting...
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    no boot up in any fashion...

    thru my stupidity i blew the power supply by connecting a scsi hd while computer running...replace pwr supply and all ok for couple of days...changed a setting in win98 this am to disable fast shut down... Can not boot computer using any method...Normal boot up..hd's spin and about the time it...
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    Need help folks........I've done it again

    In trying to determine a bad hd, I made the very dumb mistake of plugging a hd connector in while mb was powered...after a small blue spark, comp shut down and no pwr to anything... replaced power supply and back running for a day. After fiddiling with win98se(disabled fast shut down) I can no...