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  1. AndrewRandle

    Cheap walmart wireless card not working with D-link DI-614+

    Ok, I just moved and we had to get a wireless card from walmart to try and save some money. The brand of the PCI card is BLITZZ. It'll connect to the router for about two seconds and sometimes longer and then the connection will drop. I've tried turning off the different encription and turning...
  2. AndrewRandle

    Accessing win98 computers from XP machine

    This might be the wrong the wrong rorum to ask this but better than nothing. I have a network here with 2 98 machines and one XP machine, all networked throuch a SMC router. I can access the shared folders on the XP machine from both win98 computers. I can't access anything from the XP machine...
  3. AndrewRandle

    Problems burning CDs

    Having a problem with Nero and burning a CD. It gets to 100% and says Medium not present. It's on a friends computer so i'm limited to the information I have but he sent me the log and here it is: 1:08:53 PM #24 Text 0 File ThreadedTransfer.cpp, Line 219 all writers idle, stopping conversion...
  4. AndrewRandle

    Vertical green line

    Hey, my friend has a toshiba tecre 8200 laptop. Aparently there's a thin green vertical line running through the center of her screen. she tried restarting and it's still there. Any Ideas?
  5. AndrewRandle

    Microsoft Publisher messing with Outlook express

    Hey, this is one of the wierdest things I have ever come across. On my parents computer when ever she trys to send a email Microsoft publisher setup pops up and says it needs to install stuff. This is in Outlook Express! Also to make it even stranger, When ever the setup pops up It's in French...
  6. AndrewRandle

    Hard Drive going out?

    I just started noticing my hard drive making a high pitched sound while it's just sitting there, or always. I just installed xp and did'nt notice it before. Sometimes it will be louder and sometimes softer. Kinda wierd eh? it's a ibm 20gb. Any ideas?
  7. AndrewRandle

    Errors while installing

    I've just been installing mandrake 8.1 and throughout the installation I get bunches of errors with different packages, not sure what they were but just said yes to keep installing. one was enlightnment and so on. Could it be problems with the cds or something else?
  8. AndrewRandle

    Font Is messd up. What to do?

    I was uninstalling some stuff like Eudora, and some other things, don't rember what they were, after I was done I went to Internet Explorer and my Fonts were messed up. Such as a site like google the font is twice as big and bold. I tried uninstalling IE and that didn't fix it, and I checked the...
  9. AndrewRandle

    Bios Fan Question

    The bearings are shot on my northbridge. Does it really need a new fan or can I just unplug it and still be safe?
  10. AndrewRandle

    Proxy Problem

    Maby someone can help me. I'm sharing a internet connection. The server is running win2000 server and is using WinProxy to share the internet (dial-up). I assume everything is setup right. The problem comes with the client machines (one running win 2000 pro and the others 98SE). I am not...
  11. AndrewRandle

    Slow CD burner

    I just got a 24X10X40 CDRW. The problem I'm having is that its not burning at it's top speed, only at 12x. My other cd-rom is a Pioneer 16x DVD. What's up with this? The cd-r disks support up to 24x.
  12. AndrewRandle

    Problem Communicating with Printer

    I just installed win xp on my computer and was going to set up a printer that was over a network. It seemed to set up alright with the driver's which might have been old but, when ever I try to print something It comes up with this message "Problem Communicating with Printer" The...
  13. AndrewRandle

    Gaining Time????

    I just formated my computer and am having a problem with the time. I Had it set at the right time but after I leave it awhile it jumps to 2017 and the hours go way off. Could it be the CMOS battery??? Its running win 2k, its a p2 333, 128mg ram, 20 gig maxtor, soundblaster awe64 and so on.
  14. AndrewRandle

    Internet Connection Sharing

    I need some advise on how I should share my internet connection. Im running a windows 2000 server with a dial up, I've spent hours trying to get ICS working but have had no luck. Any suggestions?
  15. AndrewRandle

    Monitor Darkness

    I have a Dell Inspiron p233 that got a virus about a month ago so I had to format and reinstall windows and when I did The screen has been Dark. Its still usable but its hard to see things. I have the right video drivers installed so Im at a stand still. The keyboard has a contrast key and...
  16. AndrewRandle

    What was this?

    The other day I put a old supposedly not working drive as a slave on my computer. As soon as I booted it deleted my Registry and some other windows files. Does anyone know what that could have been? I got my computer back to working order and found myself a new wall hanging. Any Ideas?
  17. AndrewRandle

    Modem Problems

    I just installed a US robotics Modem (56K Faxmodem PCI) on a old P133 packard Bell computer. The problem Im having is that it fails its loopback test. Windows has reconized the modem and there dosent seem to be any IRQ conflicts or com port errors. Any suggestions on what I should do?

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