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I have an E7450 with a touch screen that started showing bubbles in the lower right corner of the screen. These look like air bubbles but I can't tell until I take the thing apart. It is out of warranty so I am doing this on my own. The bubbles don't affect the functionality of the display but...

I have been feeling nostalgic, and decided to reinstall some of my old games. I just tried to install the original Unreal Tournament, but it does not fire up the intro video, and crashes instead. It used DirectX 7, but won't launch using OpenGL renderer either. Has anyone had success in getting...

Someone asked me to look at their Gateway NV53 that takes a long, long time to boot up. Startup and login take a while, as long as 15 minutes for the machine to become useable. The hard drive light is solid the entire time it is booting, and remains that way until it has settled down. I have...

This is a question for the veteran progammers out there. If you were starting out as a programmer today, what would you do differently? What did you start with, and why would you start with it again, or ditch it for something new? Truth be told, I am not a programmer, but I like reading the...

Flipping through the programming books for beginners, it seems that many recommend a particular compiler or IDE to download for use with the book. The problem for me is that these books seem to assume previous knowledge of using these tools to do the examples, but don't really give you much in...

I'm looking at our work discounts for the Thinkpads, and am stuck between the T430, or the X230. They both can be upgraded to the i5 cpu, so it comes down to the size and display options. At this point, I am leaning towards the X230, but can't quite pull the trigger on it. Is programming on the...

I still actively play Wolfenstein Enemy Territory on a regular basis, but notice that my frame rate isn't all that great. The game is pretty old, and the Sapphire 5770 should handle it easily, but I have watched the FPS counter go down into the 40s from 90. I play with screen at 1680x1050, but...