i have an xp system that reboots when i issue the shutdown command.
this problem was not occurring prior to uninstalling symantec antivirus.
at this point i just need the quickest solution to prevent windows from rebooting. i.e., is there a registry setting that will completely disable...
i have a laptop that has a 40 GB hard drive with approximately 38 GBs allocated to a primary NTFS partition.
the NTFS partition has approximately 9.5 GBs of actual data.
i attempted to shrink the partition to 10 GBs using partition magic 8 but the process failed with this error message...
The Planet is a problematic host.
while i'm glad to hear hardforum.com has been moved to a new host, i'm pretty skeptical that Network Solutions (the Devil) was a smart choice.
i need to purchase a portable air conditioner. a 12,000 BTU unit should be just the right size (just a bit larger than i actually need).
i'd like the unit:
- to be well built
- have replaceable parts that i can order
- to be energy efficient
here are a few i'm interested in...
i've built systems with ecc memory longer than i can remember.
recently i read a comment somewhere where a person stated that the original premise regarding the frequency of ram errors was skewed too high and that the errors were in fact so rare that there was no need for ecc. i believe this...
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there was a time, a long time ago, when asus' website didn't suck so so hard, although it was not great.
for the past few years however, the insanity of asus' website leaves me reeling almost every time i visit the f'ing thing (which is quite often because they are my primary motherboard...
i've built a system with a MicroFly and an Asus M2NPV-VM.
the M2NPV-VM has an AAFP (HD audio) front panel audio header with a pinout that does not match the markings on the leads connected to the headphone and mic jacks on the MicroFly front panel.
i've tried myriad permutations and still...
hi all,
i've used ghost for quite a few years but have never ventured beyond version 8.0.0.984. if it ain't broke . . .
last week i built my first sata system (asus a7v880 mobo) and dos-based ghost 8.0.0.984 won't recognize the sata drive (80 gb Seagate 7200.7 ST380817AS).
after...