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  1. compnut24

    disc icon for cdr

    i want to give the disc an icon, so that when itis viewed in explorer, intstead of the plain windows cd icon, it displays my pre-defined icon. By the way, i am using Iomega's Easy CD Creater with my ext. iomega burner. How do i do this?
  2. compnut24

    softpower down

    when windows is shut down, the softpower never shuts the computer down. hard drive stops spinning but the hardware never shuts down. this started happening after i installed my iomega zipcd. windows will shut down to a blank screen with a blinking curser, sometimes it will just stay at the...
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    3com 3cp5699a modem and windows 2000

    i just purchased this modem from walmart. windows cannnot find the drivers and it detects it as simple communications device. I used the cd install, and got the drivers from the internet, blah blah, got it to install. It always gives me the no dial tone error, even though there is a dial tone. i...
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    screenshot capture

    anyone have a program that can automatically take a screenshot and save it in a specified folder every 5 minutes, or at intervals i mean? i want to have my screenshot as part of my website...
  5. compnut24

    does anybody know of....?

    a instant messenger client/server writtin in visual basic? i have found evan sims's instant messenger, but no offense to him, i didnt find it very useful in explaining how to build on it. If anyone can help, thanks! if you read this, and know of one, etc. please at least post so i can get the...
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    to get back to the root directory

    say im in the home directory which is localed in root, from home's index i want to access a file which is in the download directory located in root. meaning, that a href= someway to get to root then /download/game.zip. thanks guys.
  7. compnut24

    can anyone help me with this code?

    please consider helping me here, ive attempted it many times, but i could never get it to work, and i am very frustrated... http://www.planet-source-code.com/xq/ASP/txtCodeId.6520/lngWId.1/qx/vb/scripts/ShowCode.htm this is an instant messenger written in VB, what i need to do is merge the...
  8. compnut24

    instant messenger in vb?

    I am really interested in creating an Instant messenger in vb, and i cant find much information. I have downloaded Evan Sims' example, its very nice, but it doesnt have much documentation, and the IM's appear in seperate windows and i have ben unsuccesful in moving them to a single window. Does...
  9. compnut24

    DVD play in Windows 2000

    i have an afrrey 10x DVD, 10ghz athlon, 256mb ram, 40gig hdd. The DVD drive came with WinDVD2000. windvd came with some trailers, im not sure what format they are in, however, in windows 2000 when i looped it for about 30 mins, the picture got all blue and grainy, and an error popped up saying...
  10. compnut24

    my mobo currently has 256mb pc133 RAM, can i replace it with pc100?

    the RAM i currently have in my system is bad. it just plain awful. anyway, i was going to send it back and get the store i bought it from to exchange it. I was thinking of having them give me pc100 instead. Earlier (in order to get windows 2000 to insall) i replaced my 256mb stick with an older...
  11. compnut24

    Game graphix are blue, green, yellow and purple ONLY

    this is in Driver. What is causing this? By the way, i have a 1.0ghz, 256mb ram 8mb sis 3D AGP setup.
  12. compnut24

    what to do if windows doesnt like your RAM...

    yup, windows does not like my ram, it will run, but every now and then i get an error saying that windows cannot read or write to memory, and a few times i have gotten a random restart. The only way i got windows onto the system was by installing it with a older 32mb pc100 stick, once installed...
  13. compnut24

    windows detects my RAM in kilobytes... is this a problem?

    it says i have 262,144kb of ram. 2k doesnt really like my ram anyway... so what does this mean?
  14. compnut24

    really annoying background niose and clicks, and pops, and pauses...

    i am using the via'97 codec "sound card" on a biostar M7VKD mobo. It worked fine, and it was clear in '98, but in 2000 its a different story. I always use headphones, and there is a loud background noise present, however when i first open a menu or a program, this noise dissappears...
  15. compnut24

    floppy drive trouble...

    my floppy drive was working, then it suddenly stopped. The cables are in correctly. I had a boot disk in it, then it spit out disk I/O error, and it hasnt worked since. I think it stopped working when i started installing windows 2000. It doesnt show up in "my computer" either.
  16. compnut24

    2kpro partition space question. INFO NEEDED FAST

    i plan on having a 5 gig partition for 2kpro, is this enough? NOTE: this is only for the windows system, the rest will be in a seperate partition.
  17. compnut24

    ok, a little information needed on networking.

    Alright, i have read the post below... but it still leaves me a little confused as to how i am supposed to network a 2kpro and a 98 machine. The 2kpro is the server, 98 the client. I want to use ICS and file and print sharing. Can anyone give me step-by-step instructions on how to set it up?
  18. compnut24

    hysteresis...?? and other via hardware monitor questions

    what is: CPU hysteresis? System hysteresis? And what do all of those other features on my hardware monitor mean? Also, what is the normal operating temp for a 1ghz amd? At what temerature do things begin to...freeze/die, or melt? -Thanks
  19. compnut24

    SiS driver confusion...

    Hi, i just bought a model# 6236 SiS 3D 8mb AGP. I need drivers for windows 2000. But- i cheked the SiS website, and all they had listed were the drivers for the 6326. Is this just a typo, or are they different, can i use that driver, does win2kpro have that driver on the cdrom? By the way, I...
  20. compnut24

    will this config. be cool enough to remain stable and not melt?

    using this motherbard, proc. and heatsink/fan combo- http://www.tcwo.com/cgi-bin/webc.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=754&sid=1gi2Ty0GkJ@u0Mf and 1 front 8mm fan blowing in air, and 1 rear 8mm fan sucking air out. Will this remain cool?

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