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I had an htpc that I just used to stream movies from my main computer to my tv. That broke now I just want something small that will do the job. I got an Apple TV but wasn't impressed. Will a ruku or wd tv work? Most of the movies are h264 or mkv.

I just installed itunes and I cant seem to find a tab to tell it what music folder I want to use with it. It just scans my whole computer and puts all the music files in there. I only wantd a certian folder in there. Is there a way to change this setting?

I just installed Vista Premium on my machine on a clean hd. Everything works great but sometimes when I install a program the screen goes black instead of just fadeing and to get it back i have to restart my computer. I tried a different video card but that didnt help any. The weird thing is it...

I'm trying to reinstall windows on one of my pc's because i switched to a bigger hard drive and it gets through to the point where it has to reboot. When it shuts down it doesnt reboot at all it just shuts down and never comes back up. Ive tried 2 different hard drives, 3 copies of windows that...

Im running windows xp and in the past 3 weeks it started randomly restarting. It started doing it 2 or 3 times a week now its doing it at least once a day. when i send an error report it says its a driver thats doing it but i havent added any new drivers. can anyone please help?

I just got a Gigabyte k8nsc mobo. I installed it and everything is fine but i cant get my cd rom drives to work. It sees them and it installed them on my system but they wont show whats on the cds or even recognize there is a cd in them. I looked on their website and it basicly says tomake sure...

whats the best program to use to put music on my ipod besides itunes?

i have over 120 gigs of music and im looking to convert it all to mp3s. is there a program that will do that? some of the music is mp3 and some is wma. i dont want to make a duplicate folder because i dont have the hd space for all that, im looking for something that will replace the wma files...

i cant seem to figure out why my screen saver isnt working. i set it in control panel and i also had my monitor go off after 20 min and that stoped working also. its a windows default screen saverso its not another program thats messed up. i also ran adaware and my virus software and got...

i installed ms vista and its great even in beta. i want to use it as my main os but when i install nod32 for an antivirus program it slows it big time. has anyone tried it yet and if so what are you using for an antivirus? thanks john

I have an a64 3500 with a abit an8 mobo. when i play games the temp goes to 73c and it idles at about 50c so im guesing i need a new hs/fan. what should my temps be (how hot can it get without frying?) and i was lookin at this...

i just upgraded from an athalon xp2800 to an a64 3500. my 2800 used to run at about 117degrees now im running at abbout 131. is this right for this processor? i tried to 3dmark it last night and it wouldnt let me half way through it stopped and the warning for my mobo came on saying it was at...

im about to upgrade my comp from an abit nf7-s and xp2800 to an abit av8 and a a64 3500 newcastle. will i see a big difference in speed or will i be dissapointed. nothing is overclocked on my rig now. was it a wise choice for the combo, im kinda on a budget? thanks

i just built a new rig for a friend, xp installed great and all the other programs installed fine but now it restarts its self on its own. i thought it was a windows problem but i ruled that out after i switched hard drives and ram and reinstalled windows again. the screen goes black and it...

Im looking for a video capturing program to backup some of my vhs movies to dvd. I have the program that came with my aiw and it worked fine for some tapes but it wont copy some to my hd because of something encrypted in the video, it will only play. Some of the movies i have only come in vhs...

Im in the market for an upgrade so i was looking at the 64s. Is the 3200 that much better to get for the $40 more? And will i notice a big improvement over the 2800 socket a that I have now? Also should I run the 64 bit windows xp or the normal one? thanx for your help.

Does anyone know how i can change an mpeg2 file to be able to burn it on to a dvd so itll play in my dvd player. Im using nero to burn. Thanx in advance

I built 2 exact machines one works perfect the other one will not even post. It seems like Im not getting power to the hd and the cd rom, neither will come on. I tried replacing the power supply and Ive swapped the processor, the ram, vid card cd rom and the hd. They all work fine in the other...

im trying to copy pics from the net to use as wallpaper and when i right click and go to save picture as ... it will only let me copy it as a bitmap not a jpeg as i always did. by the way im running xp pro with i.e. 6. can anyone help?

I'm looking for a download for longhorn. Not the pirated ones but the beta version from microsoft. Can anyone help? I searched microsoft.com and cant find it. Thanx

Im getting a new mother board and was wondering which mother board was better the abit nf7-s or the an7? Im running an amd 2800 with 512 of ram and 2 80 gig hard drives. thanks.

im reformatting next week and was wondering what would be better to put on my pc. im currently running xp pro and was thinking of changing to xp media center. what does media center have over pro? i use my pc to watch movies, music and general web browsing. any help would be great.

im trying to setup win xp on a friends computer and it goes through everything up to where it restarts then it wont complete. it restarts installation. can anyone help?

check out the dumpsters behind blockbuster on tuesday nights or wendsday nights because they throw out about 200 - 400 empty dvd cases.

i added another video card to my comp so i can use 2 monitors it works great but i have 2 questions. how do i change the # of the monitors? by this i mean that the monitor i want to be #1 is #2. and how do i get my screensaver to work on both monitors not just the main one? thanks

i instaled service pack 2 for xp and want to uninstall it. how do i go about doing this? there is nothing in add or remove programs not even the hotfixes that i installed before.

i have two monitors a 17" and my pride and joy 21". i wanted to use them both so i can watch a movie on one and do other things in the internet on the other. will installing a 2nd video card enable me to do this or will it be a waste of money and not work? if it will work do i have to change any...

I'm running windows xp pro and when i use ie i get a runtime error and it asks if i want to debug on just about every website that i visit. can anyone help me fix this?

i downloaded a tv show off irc it came in a zip file and there were a bunch of rar files in it. i extracted them into a new folder. now im confused in each of the rar files theres a .bin file and a .cue file. what do i do now to watch the show or burn it to a vcd? help please.

i built a car using the cheats and saved it. now i cant get the car out to use it or modify it anymore. what gives?

i just got an aerogate 2 temp and fan controler and when i hooked everything up my computer comes on for a second then shuts down and i have to pull the plug to get it to reset. i dont know if its the controler or what. i have an asus a7v600 mobo with an amd xp2800 barton and a 250 watt power...

does anyone have any cheats for need for speed underground?

Has anyone had a data miner named top moxie stuck on their computer? I ran adaware and still cant get rid of it. When i start up a box pops up and it says "top moxie needs virtual machine to run" I tried using the search feature to find it but when i delete it it comes back. Can anyone help? Its...

what can i overclock this processor to? I have an asus a7v600 mobo.

I have an asus a7v600 with an amd 2800+ barton. How do I overclock it? Sorry for bein a newbie.

I'm trying to install windows xp pro on my comp. and it keeps freezing at 34 minutes. can anyone help? thanx

I have a maxtor 5 gig hard drive that is partioned 3 times. I wanted to use it for my o/s but i cant get rid of the partions. I got an old gateway and cant even get into dos. any help would be great thanx.

I'm waiting for a asus kt600 mobo with a amd athlon xp 2800 barton. how do i over clock it and keep it stable? Thanx