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    New Vista install, cant figure out chipset

    I talked my friend into getting Vista........I gave him the Vista upgrade advisor, and was planning to help him do as I do, and procure all BIOS INF Audio Video HID etc drivers for Vista PREINSTALL to stash on a flash card, but he was so excited he clean installed it without even a little...
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    Determining PC hardware bottlenecks

    I have an Intel 946GZIS Motherboard with E6300 2MBL2 cache, 2GB 667MHz RAM, and a SATAII 16MB HDD and 7600GT PCI-E video card. I just upgraded the RAM to 2GB from 1GB after the price fell below $100. I would similarly like to upgrade the CPU when prices get low enough, but I would like to make...
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    Cant use disks, all icons show as IE

    All the DVD games I have burned now have an Internet Explorer E icon shown on the DVD and nothing will run or launch. Does anyone know how to get rid of this and return everything back to what it was? its extremely annoying. paul
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    Firefox is Firefuxed

    I just bought a new PC and tried to install Firefox 1.4. Installs fine, but each time I start it I simply get the Microsoft Error Reporting screen, send don't send. Uninstalled, downloaded Firefox 1.5, same thing. Multiple uninstall and reinstall, no dice. Any clues? Paul
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    Anyone want to help me prune some Services?

    I have a fresh XP install, and default services running on it. On my old slow PIII laptop, I pruned off every service except like sound and some Windows thing and whatever 2-3 other things that cant be shut off. That laptop was used for a few old games and playing MP3's, and AOL by dial up...
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    Could not start the Human Interface Device Access service

    I had installed on my computer an HDTV tuner card, which for lack of a securing screw, was pulled out, tweaked off, the PCI connection with a small tug on the external cable while running the cards program. After reinserting the card, it worked fine, but the IR remote that runs through a...