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  1. sixstrings4

    Microsoft Bluetooth Desktop Elite

    Yesterday I got a new Microsoft bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I got it installed last night and everything was working great. This morning I went to start up my pc but it gave me an error saying that it could not detect my keyboard. I tried pressing buttons on the keyboard to "wake" it up and...
  2. sixstrings4

    Microsoft Bluetooth Desktop Elite

    Yesterday I got a new Microsoft bluetooth keyboard and mouse. I got it installed last night and everything was working great. This morning I went to start up my pc but it gave me an error saying that it could not detect my keyboard. I tried pressing buttons on the keyboard to "wake" it up and...
  3. sixstrings4

    New 5.1 speakers-only 2.1 sound

    Hi everyone. I just connected a new set of speakers to my Creative 5.1 sound card. The speakers are Logitech X-530 5.1 speakers. So far the speakers sound great. However, it only seems to be putting sound out of the 2 main speakers and the sub. I've gone into the control panel and changed my...
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    Upgrading CPU...affect RAM?

    Here is my current rig: AMD XP 2100+ Asus A7V333 motherboard 512 meg pc2100 DDR RAM This week I'll be upgrading to an Athlon XP 2800+ with 333 FSB. Since my RAM is running at 266 mhz will this cause any problems?
  5. sixstrings4

    Educate me on ghosting

    I know this may be a simple question for many of you but what exactly is ghosting? Is it something I need to know how to do? How would I go about using it?
  6. sixstrings4

    Problems setting up the wireless pci card

    I'm trying to install the WMP54G wireless pci adapter in my sister-in-law's computer. I know her computer is old but it does meet the minimum system requirements. She's running a 400 megahertz AMD processor with 192 meg of RAM and Win XP pro. Each time I try to install the card it begins the...
  7. sixstrings4

    Best DVD burning software

    I recently bought an NEC DVD/RW from Newegg.com. It was an OEM version that didn't come with any software. Now I'm trying to decide what software I should get so that I can use the thing. Any recommendations? I would like to be able to make data disks and maybe some movies and am looking for...
  8. sixstrings4

    Mike Meyer A+ All-in-one

    I'm just about to finish the fourth edition of this book. I was planning to take the A+ exams in the next few months. However, while browsing this forum recently I realized that there was also a fifth edition of the All-in-one. Is there much in the fifth edition that I may have missed out on...
  9. sixstrings4

    Format NTFS?

    My computer has really been running slow lately and I'm thinking of reformatting my hard drive and reloading winxp. The problem is that my drive is NTFS and I'm not sure how to format from a DOS prompt. Normally I would use a Win98 startup disk and fdisk from there. However, I know that...
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    DVD no sound

    I've just installed a DVD-ROM and a DVD/RW in my pc running win xp. I haven't really tried burning anything yet but audio cd's play just fine in both drives. I installed the PowerDVD software that came with one of the drives and DVD's play just fine. However, I can't get any sound from DVD's...
  11. sixstrings4

    Best configuration for DVD/ROM and Burner

    I have 2 hard drives in my pc. My master is a 7200rpm and my slave is a 5600rpm drive. Right now I have the 7200rpm on its own 80 pin IDE cable. On my second cable 40 pin cable I currently have the 5600rpm drive along with a cd/rw. I've just purchased a DVD-ROM and a DVD-RW. I plan to remove...
  12. sixstrings4

    Windows Media player icons missing

    I have 2 hard drives in my pc, a Maxtor 40 gig 5600 rpm drive and a Hitachi 80 gig 7200 drive. Recently I decided to use the faster Hitachi as my main drive to get the performance boost. I used a Maxtor utility to copy the contents of my Maxtor Drive over to my Hitachi drive, and now...
  13. sixstrings4

    Changing boot drives

    I have 2 hard drives in my pc. My main drive is a Maxtor 40 gig 5600 rpm drive and my second drive is a Hitachi 80 gig 7200 drive. Recently I decided to use the faster Hitachi as my main drive to get the performance boost. I used a Maxtor utility to copy the contents of my Maxtor Drive over...
  14. sixstrings4

    Small problem with ATI 9200

    Here is my setup: Athlon XP 2100+ 512 meg PC2100 RAM 40 and 80 Gig Hard drives I've been running Need for Speed Underground with an ATI 64 meg Radeon 7000. It's been working pretty good so far. I just upgraded to an ATI 128 meg 9200. Now, when I go to run the game everything looks great...

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