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I have a Virtual PC setup with Vista, and I am trying to get it to display 1920x1080 on my new monitor, but it only let's me go as high as 1600x1200. Any ideas on what I need to do to get it to display 1920x1080? I have set "Allow any screen resoultion" in the settings. Thanks.

Can you guys recommend a good OpenCL tutorial for coding on a Radeon GPU? I know AMD has some stuff on their site, but wanted to see if any of you guys know of a good beginner's guide. Just kind of curious of how OpenCL works and want to mess around with it. Thanks.

Having a couple weird power issues with my computer. One time it wouldn't wake from sleep. So I unplugged and plugged it back in and started up fine. However, it did it again and wouldn't power on even after I unplugged it and plugged it back in. So I tried a different power cable. Still no...

Hey guys. What do you do to secure information on your computer in case it is stolen? Basically I want to prevent easy access to the information on my computer. Thanks.

Hey guys, I have a Samsung SH-B123L blu ray drive. When I put in a blu ray disc, it takes about 5 minutes or so for the disc to get recognized by Windows. The blu-ray drive is trying to read the disc this entire time. I have the latest firmware. Is this normal?

Hey guys, all of sudden Windows Media Center won't play any videos from Amazon Unbox. They still appear in the Video Library, but I got an error that says "Cannot play video. Windows Media Center cannot open the file.' This is for newly downloaded, and previously downloaded content. I have tried...

Hey guys, I am sure you can relate to my current woes here. I have a family member who is just always getting malware on their computer. Getting tired of cleaning it up so frequently and I wanted to ask you guys what you do. Personall I install Chrome and MSE, and set MSE to a Full Scan once a...

Do you set your HTPC to sleep or hibernate? I am partially curious because I had a hard drive give me issues, and I wonder if the starting up and stopping of the spinning multiple times a day greatly decreased it's life.

Hey Guys, I have the HTPC in my sig. For my TV Tuner I have a Hauppauge HVR 2250 internal PCI-E 1x card. I RMAed my 2TB HDD and got a new one today. However, my live TV runs choppy now. It ran choppy before installing new 2TB HDD and after I installed it. Any idea what is going on? This new HTPC...

Hey guys, I have a 2TB Samsung 5900RPM HDD. I tried making a copy of a Windows Image Backup, so about 15 files totaling 20GB, and it only copied at about 7MB/sec. Which is really slow, I figured this thing would average around 60MB/sec at least. Copying the files from the same HDD, so I know it...

Hey guys, I have a HTPC with a SSD for the OS drive and a 2TB 5400rpm HDD for storage. Typically this has worked perfect for me. However, today I am having issues with watching and recording TV at the same time. 2 shows are recording, and I am watching a TV Show. After a while, like 5 minutes...

So, I just upgraded to a SSD for my OS Drive, and after reinstalling Windows, I notice it now takes about 40 seconds for a ripped DVD to start playing. This was not the case before. The only thing I really change was going from IDE to AHCI mode. Any ideas what is wrong or how to fix it? Going to...

Hey guys, I wanted you general comments on the OCZ Vertex Plus. I am planning on getting the one below for my HTPC. $1/GB is a good deal. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227738&cm_sp=Cat_SSD-_-Spotlight-_-20-227-738 Now I know this drive won't be as fast as the new...

Hey guys, my 160GB OS drive seems like it is on it's last legs. Would you recommend getting a 60GB SSD or just picking up a 7200rpm 500GB or 1TB HDD? I have seen deals for SSDs for about $60. And the HDD go for $40 and $60 respectively. I didn't know if the SSD would help with the lag that...

Hey guys, I am having issues with Hulu and Ripped DVDs Jittering on my new HTPC. I tried turning off the 120Hz option on the TV and enabling and disabling Smooth Playback in the Catalyst options. And although I can notice changes, there are still issues. My board is the MSI 880GM-E35. I have a...

I just put together a phenom x4 system. And cannot get anything to appear on my TV. The CPU Fan starts spinning, but nothing on the TV. I tried both HDMI and VGA. And I made sure the jumpers are set for HDMI Out. Below are my parts. MSI 880GM-E35 Apex case w/ power supply I have used this...

Hey guys, I am upgrading my HTPC to be able to do Blu-Ray playback. Because of some issues with the Motherboard design I have to go from 2 sticks of DDR2 RAM to 1. Currently I have 2x1GB kit. So I am looking at picking up a 2GB stick or a 4GB stick? Since I have to buy RAM, I was curious if...

Hey guys, I have had by HTPC hooked up via VGA to my 720p Samsung for a few years. Just got a new 1080p TV, and my PC isn't giving me any options higher than 1360x768. Any idea what I need to do to force it to 1080p? Or what my problem is? Thanks.

Hey guys, what software do you recommend to do a quick SMART health check on an HDD? My wife's laptop is making a funny noise, and I am pretty sure it is just the fan, but I want to check the HDD just in case. Thanks.

Hey guys, is there anyway to hook up my old Logitech 5.1 system to my TV? It's an older system for computers that only has 3 inputs for Front/Rear/Center. My tv has digital and analog out. I know the analog out is right and left, which is why I am not sure if this would work. I'd even be ok with...

Hey guys, planning on buying a Toshiba 55SL412U and from I can tell on reviews, good picture but crappy speakers. So I was thinking about buying a sound bar to take care of this. Are sound bars pretty universal? Or do I need to make sure I get a specific one to work with this TV? Thanks!

Hey guys, I was wondering if I had a Wireless N router, can it do 300Mbit per connection, or can it do 300Mbit transfer across all connections? Thanks.

Hey guys, what are my options for playing Blu-Ray discs on a HTPC now? I know when I built my HTPC over a year ago, the only options were a couple of Blu-Ray player software that you had pay for. I got my entire DVD collection on my HTPC, and I like how easily it plays in WM7. So I was wondering...

Hey guys. Just doing a poll to see who in the Hard community are risk takers and don't get insurance on their $400 - $600 phone, and who likes to play it safe.

Hey guys, I downloaded a doc from my gmail account onto my android phone. Where does it go so I can look it at later? I have quickoffice, but it says there is nothing on my SD card.

Hey guys, I am planning on upgrading my storage Hard Drive in my HTPC from a 400GB 7200rpm to a 2TB drive. I see many people say that a 5400rpm drive should be enough, but since I use my HTPC to automatically backup all my files, I was worried it may be doing too much at once for a 5400rpm drive...

Hey guys, I am upgrading a computer's OS drive from a 160GB to 400GB drive. Is there something out there that would create an identical copy of the 160GB drive onto the 400GB so I don't need to reinstall the OS and set up everything again? Thanks.

Hey guys, I store a lot of stuff on my HTPC (the one in my sig). It runs Win 7 Pro. At home I have the HTPC sort of act like a file server. It automatically backs up data from my laptop and my wifes laptop on a daily basis. I want to be able to access the files on my HTPC from anywhere, so I...

Has anyone had any luck on finding a plugin or something else to get Pandora to play through Windows MC? Thanks.

Hey guys, I am requesting for a legitimate server at work to replace the desktop I use now. Right now I am running Sql Server 2005 on a Pentium-Dual core 2.5Ghz, with 2 GB of ram. I wanted to get your guys' opinions on what is important in this new server. Background on the server...

Hey guys, my wife has a Compaq Presario C700 laptop. It has a 1.73 GHz Pentium Dual Core T2370 processor in it and 2.5 Gigs of Ram. It uses the Intel 965 Express chipset. Every so often, her screen goes blank and does not turn back on. She has to shut down and restart it. This problem has now...

I was wondering if any of you guys have had experience from buying TV Shows from Itunes? I see they have the current season of Mad Men and I'd love to watch it, and Hulu doesn't have it. I use Win7 MC for my HTPC so I am wondering how well the Itunes TV downloads play with it. I also see that...

I was wondering if anyone on the forums was able to pick one of these guys up? I believe they are sold out everywhere currently, and there is even a part supply that is delaying Ceton from shipping more out faster.

Hey guys, I think I may be getting a low ppd for my CPU. I noticed people saying they were getting 14,000 PPD for a core i7 and someone said they were getting 3,400 ppd with a core i5 520M. I didn't want to clutter the SMP installation guide thread so I started a new one. I am getting about...

Hey guys, I am trying to import a text file into excel using C#. I do a lot of coding already for Excel using Visual Studio, but I am having trouble figuring how to access the import external data tool in Visual Studio. I am trying to avoid reading in the file line by line and importing myself...

Hey guys, I sometimes hook up my laptop to an external monitor, with a keyboard and mouse for gaming. But the mouse is really shaky. For some reason whenever I move it kind of shakes around versus moving smoothly. Any ideas whats up? I have a logitech G9 Laser mouse. I have installed the...

Hey guys, I have a SSIS task that I run weekly that pulls data from a table on a Oracle server and imports into my SQL Server table. However, sometimes it seems like the data isn't importing. At times I go to access the SQL Server table and it is blank. The SSIS task does a TRUNCATE on the SQL...

Hey guys, I have a bunch of case fans lying around that I wanted to use to build a homemade laptop cooler/stand. The only thing is I don't know how to power them. Anyone got any suggestions on a adapter or a DIY conversion to make regular molex case fans run off of USB or AC power? Thanks.

Hey guys, I am running Win 7 HP x64 as the Main OS on the laptop in my sig. I am trying to run Vista Business 32bit on Virtual PC 2007. However, whenever I go in full screen mode it says "The video mode of the Virtual Machine is too large for your monitor." I don't get why, cause it's set to...

Hey guys, if a BIOS doesn't have the options in it for overclocking, is there a program that can be downloaded to overclock through Windows? I know plenty of enthusiast boards have software like this, but I didn't know if there was a third-party program that would do it for any motherboard, kind...