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Thanks for the help, all. :) It seems to have been resolved simply by turning off Windows Update. I could've sworn I was seeing all the updates that were coming through, but I wasn't, and video card updates were among them. Apparently, Windows Update on Win 8 can be *absolutely* stealth... no...

The 306.97 drivers are from before nVidia Experience (pretty sure, at least), and I have no idea what updater is running. :( The drivers have an update folder, which I renamed, and I combed nVidia Control Panel for options, but couldn't find anything... That's why I say there seems to be a very...

Hi, all. :) Quick question: Newer nVidia drivers have been preventing me from doing triple-monitor... so, I'm trying to use the 306.97 drivers, but they CONSTANTLY auto-update. I can't get the auto-updating to stop. Any ideas? They update about once a day (or every other day), completely out of...

Microsoft is saying to disable your desktop gadgets: http://www.techspot.com/news/49351-microsoft-urges-windows-vista-7-users-to-disable-desktop-gadgets.html Is there a way to protect yourself from this without actually disabling the gadgets? For example, is there a way to firewall gadgets, if...

Thanks. :) So, EVERYTHING, or just the stuff mentioned above? Because I do have a few custom folders in the root of C.

You start at the welcome screen, the go to the login screen, then the Start Screen, then the Desktop.

Hi, all. :) When you upgrade a Windows install (like Vista to Win8, in this case), what happens to the Program Files folders? Do they become "Program Files.old", or remain as-is? I know that the existing Windows folder turns into "Windows.old", but I don't know about Program Files. I'm...

No, it's a whole array of things, like: - Many people (like myself) see Metro as looking like a kids' educational program. It's embarrassing to even be seen using, if the other person doesn't know what Win8 is. (At college campuses, for instance, I'm sure people will literally laugh at you.) -...

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Hi, all. :) Here's my setup: Drive C has Win7 on it. (primary OS) Drive D has Vista on it. Will installing Win8 over Vista ruin anything? I can't remember what happens, exactly, when you do an Upgrade install when you're dual-booting. This vague memory sector in my head is flashing red lights...

Hi, all. :) Does anyone know of an app (for Win7) that lets you divide folder windows? (each division must show contents from the same folder, rather than each one being like, "My Documents", "My Computer", etc...) Like this: The idea is: let's say you're tired of every one of your projects...

Update: Moving all Windows gadgets (and Winamp) off the far right screen solves the issue, for some reason. (every last one has to be off, or the slow-down on the center screen is fully present.) It doesn't matter which screen I move the gadgets/Winamp to, even if I put them all on the screen...

Hi, all. :) In Win7 64-bit, when I have window transparency turned on (Aero effects), my center monitors slows down. Just that one. (Btw, I have a GTX 260, w' latest drivers.) When I drag a window, Fraps shows my framerate doing this: Monitor 1: 60fps Monitor 2: 45fps (the lag is...

I'm just wondering how people see a few things in horror games... :)

Hmm, interesting. Thanks. (Btw, does anyone know if there's a purpose for the 6200 existing, aside from allowing you to plug in a monitor?) Before I get a new card... I just realized there was a row of 3 blown capacitors on my 6600 GT (all 3 blown somewhat violently... one of them from the...

Thanks. :) I understand, but I'm also wondering if it might slow down the display that's attached to THIS card. Or any effect anywhere. The 6800 GT I've been using is from the same generation. :) It has worked without a hitch, for years.

Hi, all. :) Does anyone know if the speed of your secondary video card matters, when you're doing triple-monitor? (no SLI/Crossfire.) As far as I can tell, my 6600 GT is dying (visual corruption, driver crash errors, and system crashes), and the only way to verify that is to try another card in...

Sorry, I'm running a Core i7 920 now, with a different board. I had to update my sig. Well, 90% of the time, I'm running enough apps to fill at least 80% of the 8 gigs... the problem is that I ran the SAME exact stuff back when I had 4 gigs, and things were fine. With 4 gigs, the RAM rarely hit...

Hi, all. :) Ever since I went from 4gb RAM to 8gb, the amount of time my computer spends with the RAM nearly full has skyrocketed. (Win 7 64bit) Things RARELY slowed down before, and my RAM was almost never full, but now I often see my resource-monitor widget showing nearly full RAM, and things...

That's true. I wasn't thinking about that. If no developers WANT to advance anything but render effects in 7 years (which gamers never need to enable), what do you need to upgrade for? Once Pixar-quality lighting can be done LIVE, looking like these 3dsmax renders [1], [2], [3] (which some games...

Two questions: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Is there a way to forcefully convert a laptop into a gaming laptop? I couldn't find anything on this. I've seen battery expansions that...

Yeah, I tried a different one from the hardware store, and it worked. (40w, "up to 900 degrees F.") Thanks again, all. :) The monitor sprang back to life, and now works great. I saw some of the issues that were warned about, but, thankfully, everything came out alright. (molten solder has a...

Really?? Wow, my spammers need to get with the times. We're still stuck on viagra/penis. But I do prize my spammers for their entertainment value. :D Every day, another rich person in Nigeria dies, leaving me $1 million... (usually because God told them to do so).

Thanks for the feedback so far. :) I think you're referring to a SEGMENT of cloud computing, where lots of servers can share in serving the same content. :) It's like a literal "cloud of computers" working together. (for instance, my personal sites use cloud hosting, so that I can take sudden...

Hi, all. :) Is there a difference between "the cloud" and "a bunch of servers, just serving data like they've always done"? For instance, isn't web-mail (Hotmail, Gmail) a cloud service, and isn't YouTube a cloud video site? I caught myself trying to think of the difference between "the...

Thanks a lot for the help, all. :) For those who asked, I'm using this: It's like that thing the dentist puts in your mouth...

Hi, all. :) Does anyone know why it seems physically impossible for a router to get a very good score in a review? (talking about home routers, not corporate stuff...) I remember trying to buy a router maybe a year ago or so, and I could find almost nothing with an average score higher than...

Hi, all. :) So, one of my monitors burnt out (Samsung 932b), and I found a YouTube video showing how to fix a similar one. (Very easy. Just needs a $10 set of capacitors from eBay, and a $5 solder gun... then follow the video.) Well, the solder gun melts the solder sticks easily, but won't melt...

Thanks for the links. Those real-world tests are useful indeed. I'm having a hard time being sold on the usefulness of the non-real-world benchmarks, though. I wonder how many unsuspecting readers get the wrong ideas from them. I like how video card benchmarks are done, where it's (usually)...

More info: For instance, here's the same "Application Loading Performance" benchmark for traditional hard drives... (at least it looks like the same one, but the numbers are insanely low vs. the SSD's) Does the VelociRaptor VR200M really load stuff 2x faster than the Samsung Spinpoint F4?

When an SDD benchmark shows that one SSD loads programs 2x faster than another, does that mean programs will load 2x faster? Particularly, I'm looking at the Tom's Hardware benchmark for "Application Loading Performance". (At the end of 2009, I got burned by this, when a supposedly...

From the article: And Microsoft just launched a website showing a whole bunch of similar comparisons. (They also had a Facebook app, coming from a slightly different angle, but it's offline now.) Additionally, add to the above comparison all the points I made in the article about the worth...

I'm about 90% certain that almost all of the people nay-saying above haven't read the article (the whole thing), because almost everything written here is covered thoroughly. Like, if I were to refute all the points one by one, I'd just be taking half the article (literally), and reposting it...

Here and there, you'll find my mentions that I'm an incredibly busy person.

I'm biased for showing the build, but hey, my former self would buy it, heck... :) (my builds now are much more pricey) By the way, look at this video. At my local Fry's Electronics, they're starting to put out triple-screen gaming systems (several of them) on the floor, right in front of the...

Like some others above, if you don't read the whole article, you say things that are already FULLY addressed there. ;)

lol, maybe it wouldn't hurt, according to some reviewers. ;) Next thread. :rolleyes:

I forgot I wanted to post this on the forums I frequent (pretty relevant here): A couple months ago, my article on iMac pricing got posted on the front page of ZDNet, in their news ticker. (link). :) http://www.alphaila.com/articles/failure/apples-problem-selling-mac It has been spreading...