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I setup a Homegroup on my laptop a year ago. I have three PCs on my home network. Yesterday I noticed that the laptop was not on the Homegroup, but the other two were. When I tried to rejoin the Homegroup I get the message "Windows cannot setup a Homegroup on this computer". In services.msc...

Reused and updated an old X-Qpack from 2005. It is a quiet gaming rig for my son: Mobo: EVGA Z68 SLI Micro CPU: i5 2500 Heatsink: Scythe Big Shuriken 2 (replaced the 120mm x 15mm fan with a Scythe 120mm x 25mm PWM fan) Case fan: 120mm x 25mm NB PL-PS PWM fan Memory: 8gb Corsair DDR3...

Last week I upgraded my memory from a 6gb kit to a 12gb kit (12gb Corsair DDR3 1600 1.5v 9-9-9-24) on my EVGA x58 motherboard. after some initial hiccups with not posting, i reset the cmos, manually set the voltage, installed and booted one stick at a time and things have been fine. Today I...

Opinions needed please: I recently reinstalled Windows 7 Pro x64 on a 128gb SSD. I have a 2TB HDD that contains most of my program files, except for the ones that insist on installing on the C drive. I used WinDirStat and saw that my Windows.old file is 60gb, Pagefile.sys is 12gb and...

Nvidia SLI zone seems to say both yes and no, depending on where you look. I was under the impression that as long as the vram was the same and they were similar model types (i.e. gtx) then SLI would work.

Anyone have any experience with a gtx 560 vs. gtx 560ti in gaming? i.e. will I see any noticeable difference in frame rates? fyi, i am looking to get a second card for SLI and keep expenses down.

I recently installed an Asus 460 gtx Direct Cu to upgrade my rig to SLI. My first card is an ECS 460 gtx black which completely spoiled me with low temps and silent fans. The card idles at 30 degrees. Under load, in Furmark, it reaches 74-75, and fan speed never rises above 50%. Unfortunately...

I've been having issues with certain windows services and their dependent services not starting, and they won't start manually either. Some of the issues are WLAN Autoconfig won't start, System Restore won't start (0x80042402 error). The PC itself runs fine, with no issues gaming, working...

It's time for a new build. Any recommendations on a mid/full tower with a removable mobo tray? Preferably one close to the $100-$150 range (less is better), as I am not looking at another $300 for a case that will live under a big desk in a dark room.

I recently connected my PC to my HDTV and am using a Logitech MX mouse on my couch surface (approx 6 feet distance). It's frustrating as during gaming there is frequent freezing, lag and skipping which leads me to believe that the connection is dropping due to the distance. This mouse has...

After the power went out several times my girlfriend's PC doesn't want to power on. When I press the power button nothing happens. The mobo is receiving power as the LED light is on. After pressing the power button a few times it will start.Once it is running it boots in Windows fine. If I...

anyone remove arctic silver thermal adhesive from after-market vrm heatsinks? I am trying to salvage and reuse prolimatech heatsinks from an HD 4890 i am no longer using. i know it is supposed to be "permament", but they look like they could be lapped clean.

Does anyone know how to manually set the slideshow speed for Windows Live Photo Gallery screensaver in Windows 7? The Slow option in Settings is still too fast for what i am looking for. I'd guess that there is a file in System 32 that would allow me to modify what Slow =, but I don't know...

I installed a Prolimatech Mk-13 on my HD4890 and am testing it. it is being cooled by two 120mm fans running at 800 rpm pulling the hot air away from the GPU. Catalyst is giving me an idle temp of 38 - 41c. Under load, Furmark gave me a reading of 93c while Catalyst gave me 74c. Any...

Anyone able to fit a Noctua NH-D14 in their Lian Li V1000 case? will be mounted on an EVGA X58 SLI LE mobo. Would also consider a Prolima Megahalem, but that seems even wider. Time to upgrade...

in the Winchester VA area ASAP. I need to fix my parents pc.

Does anyone know of a retail store that carries pc components (aka Microcenter or Frys) near the Winchester VA area? I need to quickly replace a cpu heatsink on my parents pc. thx

Looking for a video card upgrade recommendation: I have a four year old rig with an A8N-SLI mobo, AMD64 4800+ CPU, 2GB RAM, and 2x 7800gtx PCI-E cards running on XP-MCE. I am not ready to upgrade the whole system for another year but would like to move up to a newer video card. I threw in a...

Anyone have issues with their mouse experiencing occasional severe stuttering while browsing in IE7? Seems to happen randomly for a few seconds at a time. Doesn't seem to be directly related to CPU utilization spikes, although those are occuring. I am running an HP notebook with Vista...

What free sites are considered to be the best for analyzing HijackThis logfiles? I used a good one a few years ago, but don't remember what it was called.

When I close an internet explorer window the iexplore.exe process does not end in the Task Manager. Every time I open a new IE 7.0 window a new iexplore.exe process launches. Soon my is PC bogged down and unresponsive as the memory gets sucked up with these ghost processes. Any ideas? The only...

What are the signs to look for and how do I confirm/detect it?

In the past couple of weeks when I open an IE browser on my main workstation it takes between 20-30 seconds to actually launch the browser. Once open, the page itself loads quickly. If I try to open a new browser the original page is innaccessible until the new page loads. Over time, things seem...

How the world has turned: AMD to pass Intel in growth by 2007 says Forbes By Justin Mann, TechSpot.com Published: January 31, 2006, 6:38 PM EST Forbes has some interesting things to say about AMD, namely that in the next few years and beyond the company will surpass Intel in growth and...

I have a ReadyNAS NV+ to which I am trying to backup 500gb of DVD movie files that I've ripped. I've tried using Windows XP copy and paste/drag and drop. I get the following error: "Error Copying File or Folder. Cannot copy (File Name): The specific network name is no longer available". Some...

I have a WD 300gb external HDD that is connected via USB and is recognized in XP as the O drive. Every so often (like when I am transferring files to it) the connection to it is lost as if I physically unplugged it. Anyone else experienced this issue? I have tried replacing the USB cable and...

What's the difference between the Primary and Secondary IDE Channels in the Device Manager? I thought that they might be associated with specific CD or DVD drives but my notebook (with one DVD drive) still shows both. Also, with only one optical drive, why would Device Manager show "Device...

I have an IBM T40 Thinkpad. When the power cord is plugged in the screen goes dark every 10 seconds, sometimes faster. It doesn't go blank since I can see the outline of the document or website page. When I run on batteries this doesn't happen. I get the screen to turn back on by closing and...

I have 4 PCs on my network. Suddenly, three of them cannot get online, but all four have access to the network. I am running an RCA Comcast modem, a D-Link DGL-4100 router and a Netgear switch. Two of the PCs are connected directly to the router (including this one that can get online), the...

My rips and burns have really slowed down and I noticed that although the IDE ATA/ATAPI> Primary IDE Channel transfer mode for both Device 0 (DVD burner) and Device 1 are set to Device Type: "Auto Detection" and Transfer Mode: "DMA if available", the Current Transfer Mode always reverts to PIO...

Lately when I try to open "My Network Places" it freezes and stop responding. When I CTRL-ALT-DEL to close the window my desktop icons disappear for a few seconds and reappear rearranged in a different order. Very annoying. Any idea why either/both issues may be happening?

I'd like to give guests at our house wireless internet access but keep them out of the network (shared folders and networked drives) that contain several terabytes of photos, videos and movies. I have a couple of PCs on XP Pro and a couple on XP Home. I used Network Magic to setup my network. It...

Now that AVG will no longer be free, any recommendations on what AV software to use?

I am running a NETGEAR FVS-124G router and am looking to add an Access Point to provide wireless internet access to the other side of my house and for visitors. Is there a way to add an AP to provide internet access while keeping visitors outside of my network (so that they can't access shared...

I have been using DVD Shrink and DVD Decrypter to make backups of my DVDs. With DVD Decrypter there is an option to create an ISO image. What is that? Any difference with IFO format? Also what is a DVD MDS file?

Need some recommendations on quality wireless keyboards. I had a Logitech DiNovo and liked typing on it. Unfortunately, my 2 y/o likes to pop the low profile keys off with his little fingernails (popped twenty off in under 10 minutes) and broke some. Since then I tried a Microsoft natural...

I am tired of paying Comcast every month to rent a modem. Any recommendations on a reliable & "fast" model?

What's the latest and greatest in software firewalls? Any recommendations? I've used Zonealarm in the past and wasn't super impressed, especially when it screwed with other programs updating (even when turned off).