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  1. tortois

    how to open certain "ports" for online games

    i am a novice,i dont know how to see if there blocked or not,i dont knowingly have anything installed like anitvirus/firewall/ antispam/etc, a simple win98se/modem/aol is what i have.
  2. tortois

    how to open certain "ports" for online games

    Tiger Woods PGA 2003 needs certain ports to be open,I got an error message saying-cant connect to game server,FAQ for this game referes to the need for some ports to be open which a few are HTTP 80,HTTPS 443/both inbound,how can I check for/open these ports?..........
  3. tortois

    cd mislabeled in windows

    when you double click on my computer, the D:/ reads the name of the game, but that "logo" is from another game already uninstalled.i dont know how the cd-rom is retrieving this,possibly an old .bmp i cant find?unusual....
  4. tortois

    cd mislabeled in windows

    i have a game cd that is identified with another game i already uninstalled.anyone know where this old image might be kept in win98se?i looked pretty good but cant find it.other games are ok i dont know why this old image is attached.
  5. tortois

    Monitor upgrade opinions

    yes CRT,...thanks for replies...
  6. tortois

    Monitor upgrade opinions

    for a 19in. monitor,,reasonable price,, what are some good choices to look at? used for games and office work.
  7. tortois

    How to restore Corrupted Registry?

    scanreg/ restore... at command prompt for the registry.a good start for fixing corrupt files is scandisk.exe.
  8. tortois

    geforce4 ti4200 or radeon 9500????

    saw the ti 4200 "pny" (i think) @compusa.com yesterday for$80.00. both are good cards, read reviews about Operating System/ or motherboard issues to help decide.
  9. tortois

    monitor discharging/cleaning

    i have an occasional "arcing" of something inside my monitor,it works but will goto blank screen then i turn it off/on,come back on and is o.k. its a HP M90,i'm hoping its static electricity and nothing serious,degauss i know about. i want to give it a good clean w/control cleaner and...
  10. tortois

    New motherboard causing extremely low framerates in 3d games?!

    many times when changing m/boards,they say to reistall OS.You installed new drivers,good,delete all old ones now,theres many places an old driver or anything left from an old board can hide.registry,etc.. somewhere your OS might think its still using your old board.
  11. tortois

    No Bios loaded?

    the battery is a good guess,how about any missing or misplaced m/board jumpers? power leads to board on right?
  12. tortois

    Nvidia,GFFX,3DFX Discussion

    i have no figures to share,i've no doubt after reading a @2700 3D-mark compared to the huge numbers from newer cards that theres been some real progress.I'd like to know about making drivers and the idea of emulation and optimization but I'm a novice.Also with the idea of marketing in...
  13. tortois

    Windows 98SE installation problem

    two ideas are,at command prompt use the "copy" command to transfer a file.In dos you can type A:\,C:\, unless your BIOS needs tuning. For safe mode,use MSCONFIG to help find why you cant start normally.(start-run-type in "MSCONFIG") scandisk.exe from command prompt can help too.
  14. tortois

    registry deleting

    power tools looks good,i was using the reg cleaner and a wipe called Ultra wipe from(red strike) which i like alot.i say try and learn about keeping things clean,you can gain speed as well as space.CleanDisk2002,UltraWipe,RegCleaner, is a good combo i have found.
  15. tortois

    Nvidia,GFFX,3DFX Discussion

    Being an owner of a V5 5500agp,I was interested about a thread on another forum that said the GFFX using 3DFX technology could lead to revitalizing the V5 either in the way of new Drivers or something. Has anyone heard this or can comment at all? My V5 with amigamerlin 2.9 drivers, and DX9 is...
  16. tortois

    registry deleting

    i actually use this same reg cleaner,just browsing thru my reg manually to try and understand more.this is a nice link,i'm going to try the power tools,thanks...
  17. tortois

    registry deleting

    for example in local machine-software, if you expand an entry completely and theres no values ,is it safe to say this is un-needed and can be deleted?any other tips on manually cleaning the reg?i know about scanreg/restore.some entries i know have been un-installed,some others i dont recognize.
  18. tortois

    command prompt.. C:\mem, emm386

    thankyou for reply,are there any memory performance tips you can suggest that might not be obvious? i use cache master pro,know about mem. bios timings, virtual mem,the usual,want to know something about placement in the memory ranges to optimize.
  19. tortois

    command prompt.. C:\mem, emm386

    my config.sys contains himem.sys,dos=high,umb and emm386.when i look in DOS at C:\mem or emm386 my upper & reserved =0,total/used/free. largest free umb=0. i want to optimize,how do i interpret? i have no umb, i need to create this,how?

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