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searching for days v. wireless gaming with vista

vistas wireless management system blows ass similarly to XPs… except nobody seems to have made a wireless management program that works in vista to fix it. so every 60 seconds or so in COD i get a huge lag spike and connection interrupted. (for the record this doesnt happen when hardwired)
found plenty of threads [...]

problems with VAIO

I have a Sony VAIO laptop that is about 2 1/2 years old or so and its running REALLY slow. Its been like this for sometime, and no one has been using it. Now I need it cause I’m moving out and I was wondering, if I got the hard drive reformatted, would [...]

have you installed sp3 for xp?

with the troubles 3 read about I held off. Now thinking of doing it. Theres probobly no need though right?I did it on one xp machine and it no longer booted.

i think most it goes on fine thoughI’ve added it to several of my machines at work. We’re also using an XP [...]

Can you copy and entire hard drive?

I am curious if there’s a way to copy an entire HDD? I just bought a new computer and the mobo only has 1 IDE cable and I need that cable to hook up the DVD Drive so I pretty much am forced to buy a SATA HDD since I cannot connect my current IDE [...]

Ordered a New Asus eeePC 900…what OS should i install?

have a 20gb linux eeePC arriving on monday
anybody else out there with an eeePC that could make OS recommendations?
edit: pic added
why?
i mean I really do NOT understand the eeePC fad. I’d much rather get a cheapie notebook.i’m a junkie for toys, i’ve had 5 laptops in the past 6 months
from ibooks to [...]

Reformatted using a newer xp disc and now my resolution sucks ass

my resolution before was 1680×1050 but now after using this newer version of xp I got from demonoid 1680×1050 isn’t even an option. when I select the highest (1280×1024) it says out of range
got the drivers loaded for your video card and monitor?I’m really not sure guys. this computer is old and the version [...]

Network Printer Sharing

I can use my XP laptop to access a printer over the network that is connected to another XP PC.
My Vista PC cannot access the printer. Any settings I should have on or off to do this?
ibP07r0457saysimnotworthytooperatemypc Can you ping the XP machine from the Vista one?
Can you get to //xp_machine from the Vista one?

I [...]

What the hell is this permission shit in Vista?

I’m admin and UAC is off and I don’t have permission to move a folder
Why must Microsoft implement this stuff.
User error or not, it’s bullshit.
/rantYou can create (or modify) folders that deny access to admins but, as an admin, you can take over ownership of any file, right?
anyway, that isn’t new to vista. [...]

Unpatched Windows PCs own3d in less than four minutes

An unpatched PC is likely to last just four minutes on the internet before been attacked and compromised.
The time it takes for a PC to get itself owned varies by operating system and what activities a user engages in – but even allowing for this, putting an unpatched Windows PC directly onto the [...]

been having PC troubles lately

about a couple of months ago i noticed my computer has becoming more and more sluggish. my applications take longer to load, more ram to load and everythings becoming alot slower than usual. for example, when i try playing games like counter strik 1.6, i usually had my settings at 32 bit and 1024×768 resolution [...]