Recent content by Vansplatter

I stand corrected, gbaughma is correct. Regedit should run, I failed to read thoroughly. I was thinking of the behavior you get when running something like "ipconfig" directly form the prompt. -van

The behavior you decribe is by design. Running from the prompt does just that: "run only", it does not open a DOS session. If you want to see the app run open a DOS session by running "cmd". You have to have the DOS shell open first to have it remain open while executing a DOS command. -Van

Thanks to all for thier help. I found my problem and as usually is the case it was a case of stupid user syndrom. I had disabled my ZoneAlarm from starting when the PC starts. I did this from msconfig-startup. I guess this just hides it from view and does not actually prevent it from starting...

Smah- There is nothing there. Ipconfig looks good as well, right gateway, can release/renew at will. All is well with browsing. philote- good call. I checked it last night and only had the one ethernet connection. I disable the IEEE (firewire) just in case. Did not help. I thinki may be...

The NAT has always been there. The only thing that I have done was try to install Far-Cry (a game). I did upgrade my DirectX and video drivers but other than that nothing has changed. While I know that drivers can cause some strange behavior I just dont see the correlation between what has...

Ok here is the scoop. I have a cable internet conenction that is working good except all of the sudden most of my apps that use the connection cant seem to find it. This includes GameSpy, MSN Messenger, the mulitplayer portion of Quake 3 and a couple more. There are apps that work ok like...

Is the keyboard USB or ps2? You may be able to adapt to the other connection type. Van-

Make sure your switch is not broke. You can open the pc and manually make the power connection using a screwdriver or something like it. If it is a bad switch you can use your reset button by putting it on the power connection. Good luck- Van

Sounds like it might have a short. It could, however, be several things. But with it sutting off and the power needing to be reset I would look for a short. Pull everything out and run it on the table out of the case adding one piece at a time starting with the minimum. Good luck -Van

I am in full agreemnet with markdmac. Very solid advice. Van

You can use the original media. Just pop in the CD and when it asks what you want to do select unistall/remove. -Van

Might be the blaster virus. Can you log into Win ME and run a virus check? good luck -Van

These things can be tricky to isolate sometimes. I would look at the CPU if you are not getting any beeps. Then I would check memory and then mainboard. Did you ever find anything that appeared burnt? Even without a video card you should still get a beep code. Hope this helps, good luck. -Van

I am not sure about using two graphics cards at the same time for output simutaneously. What I can say that will work is a video card with dual head display. The second monitor can display as a clone of the first if that is your wish. But the key is there is only one video card in the machine...

I am with gpalmer711. Make sure WOL (wake on lan) is disabled. There is usually a small wire coming off of the nic that allows this behavior. Van-