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IE shrinking the Forums...
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RandomThug »
Sun May 25, 2003 9:36 pm
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My forums page has gone from full size to mini... kind of like it was full screen and now its in a table thats centered in the screen...
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Ahhh, much better! Thanks Ysh. :)
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Last post by Mr Flibble
Fri May 30, 2003 5:21 pm
video issues with Warcraft 3
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humanflyz »
Sun May 18, 2003 10:25 am
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Hi, I have a Radeon 9700 Pro, but I keep on encountering video issues in Warcraft 3. I would play the game for five minutes, and then suddenly the...
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I've given up on this game. After three hours of tinkering with my computer and trying to get this game to play stably for more than minutes, I am...
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Last post by humanflyz
Mon May 19, 2003 9:50 pm
Mac virtual PC
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Grendel »
Tue May 13, 2003 11:06 am
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Aaaarggh. I find myself a Mac person in PC hell. Having finished BGII and IWD I have been frustrated by the lack of release of the MAc versions of...
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.....an eerie wind blows through a deserted landscape....and a tumbleweed bounces through the dust....
It's kinda lonely being a Mac person in PC...
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Last post by Grendel
Mon May 19, 2003 12:43 pm
Two Questions
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Scayde »
Fri May 16, 2003 7:49 pm
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I am not sure if this qualifies for a tech problem. but you guys know more about PCs than any one I know, so here goes.
I have two unrelated...
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Originally posted by josh
For the keyboard shortcuts, if you're using MS Word, try:
Tools -> Customise...
and click on the Keyboard button. It...
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Last post by Scayde
Mon May 19, 2003 11:12 am
modem suggestions
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humanflyz »
Sat May 17, 2003 8:18 pm
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Hi, I need some suggestions on what modem to buy. Please recommend me some 56K modems, preferably V.92 ones from your experience. I am very, very...
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Thanks. Those suggestions helped a lot.
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Last post by humanflyz
Sun May 18, 2003 10:09 am
Computer Case
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slacker2 »
Wed May 14, 2003 7:35 pm
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Hi All,
I have a case question for all you hardware experts. I want to build a new system and I picked the following components at newegg.com:
Asus...
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A couple of months ago I bought a new Chieftec AX-01SLD and can strongly recommend them. It's also the same chassis that the Thermaltake Xaser series...
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Last post by Mr Flibble
Fri May 16, 2003 3:13 am
Fax Proggie (No spam, pls)
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KidD01 »
Fri May 09, 2003 12:37 am
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I've been experimenting on faxing over documents via modem since I got spare modem now. It's odd that my office 2K Premium seems got braindead when I...
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Thanks, fable :)
The thing why I'm experimenting with this fax prog is we have spare modem and manage to salvage junks from our storage into a...
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Last post by KidD01
Wed May 14, 2003 1:47 pm
Thinking of Linux
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Minerva »
Mon May 12, 2003 8:40 am
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As some of you may know, I've been considering switching to Linux for my regular task at home, having been troubled by M$ again and again.
Since...
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Minerva,
Mandrake, Suse, Red Hat will all work for you.
If you've got the hardware and the cash, you could convert to a linux box, install a...
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Last post by Ned Flanders
Tue May 13, 2003 1:00 pm
Unwanted pop up
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RandomThug »
Fri May 09, 2003 6:21 pm
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Theres this webpage that continues to load itself up onto his machine, its driving me nuts because he cant get rid of it. Whats the best anti pop up...
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Originally posted by RandomThug
This is what the Norton Personal Firewall shows as running when he starts his machine... Help?
They're all...
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Last post by Kameleon
Mon May 12, 2003 6:59 pm
Damn Flash 6!
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Nippy »
Thu May 01, 2003 1:16 pm
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Why in the name of God is this mucking me about so much! On both machines at home, I go to sites like or and I get the Flash 6 player not installed...
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The reason I asked browser is because Flash has issues with the Mozilla derivitive Firebird (formerly known as Phoenix), mainly the fact that it...
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Last post by Quark
Thu May 08, 2003 6:13 pm
Problem when installing high compessed data CD
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KidD01 »
Sat Apr 26, 2003 12:56 pm
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First of all this is not a promo to a specific game but since Infogramers got high compressed data in their installation disc, I think I'll ask the...
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In response of Flibs reply :
Apparently the CAB file compression used by Infogrames is a bit different than standard M$ CAB file. Usually Winzip8.1...
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Last post by KidD01
Mon Apr 28, 2003 4:12 pm
Windows XP and DOS
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humanflyz »
Wed Apr 23, 2003 8:25 pm
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Is it possible to get a DOS boot from Windows XP? I tried to do that with the Windows XP boot disk, but all I get is a RAM-drive, and I can't even...
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If you can find it, Caldera OpenDOS can read NTFS partitions. Windows XP by defualt creates NTFS partitions, so it's not likely that you'll be able...
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Last post by Mr Flibble
Thu Apr 24, 2003 5:03 am
It's a long shot...BIOS problems
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Kameleon »
Wed Apr 09, 2003 6:45 am
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I hate Giga-byte. I tried to e-mail them through their support system but the script has errors and doesn't work, and they don't give any other way...
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::waves hand hypnotically in front of Kameleon::
You must buy an MSI motherboard.
: :p ockets check from MSI::
I'd say you should probably expect a...
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Last post by HighLordDave
Thu Apr 10, 2003 7:07 am
surround gaming
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K0r/\/f1@k€$ »
Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:49 am
I don't have a specific problem, but I was just wondering how much you knew about surround gaming, and this seemed the most appropriate forum.
I'm...
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Last post by K0r/\/f1@k€$
Sun Apr 06, 2003 11:49 am
Help, Desperatly Im at work..
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RandomThug »
Wed Mar 26, 2003 11:03 am
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Ok I admit I screwed up big, I dont know NT enough to know that what I was doing would screw the machine.
On a user machine I switched the name of...
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Originally posted by Ned Flanders
It's been quite a while since I've had to work with NT4
Same here. Things are starting to slip from my memory...
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Last post by Bloodstalker
Tue Apr 01, 2003 9:03 pm
"<unknown>" program in task manager
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HighLordDave »
Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:46 am
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Just recently, IE6 has begun freezing on me. When I hit CTL-ALT-DEL to close IE, I see a program called in the task manager. If I close IE or , I get...
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I don' t know how ZoneAlarm operates, but Smasher removes only pop-ups, not regular adverts. The developer deliberately leaves those in. So I see...
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Last post by fable
Sun Mar 23, 2003 4:08 am
PM Box always full?
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VoodooDali »
Wed Mar 19, 2003 11:21 pm
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I have only 2 messages saved in my PM box. If I try to save a 3rd, when the 4th one comes in, I get a message that the box is full. Seems I used to...
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Thanks Ysh. That helped. I never noticed that it displays PM's from the past 60 days by default. When I had it show them from the past year, I had...
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Last post by VoodooDali
Sat Mar 22, 2003 10:42 am
Computer program issues!
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Eldaran Celuril »
Thu Mar 20, 2003 7:07 pm
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Aegis recommended that I inquire for help here, seeing as it's the tech support thread, and my problem is tech related! :p
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Have replied to you in the SYM thread.
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Last post by Xandax
Fri Mar 21, 2003 3:42 am
All heat up CDROM Drive
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KidD01 »
Wed Mar 19, 2003 11:14 am
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Here's the situtiaon, I just get a new HDD and plan to reinstall everything (i hate straight copy from old HDD :rolleyes: ) When I try install a...
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@Flibs : the CDROM is a bit near HDD fans. Yet I doubt the HDD fans can cool reduce the heat factor of CDROM. FYI the CPU was in open state when I...
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Last post by KidD01
Wed Mar 19, 2003 9:34 pm
Strange and Annoying
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Nippy »
Thu Mar 13, 2003 4:16 pm
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I'm using Internet Explorer 6.0, and Win 98 First Edition (why update? Works fine for me) and am getting an annoying thing with IE. Whenever I open a...
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That's done the trick as far as I can tell. Thanks Dave.
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Last post by Nippy
Fri Mar 14, 2003 4:45 pm
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