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Hello everyone, I have search through the SF forums and decided to revisit/update the thread started by Prof. Wizard on laptop recommendations. BTW: I like the descriptions then by Merc and Buck on Compaq laptops :wink: Since I have not owned a laptop for more than 6 years (it was a Texas...

Hello everyone, I am really stumped with this problem I am having. I am rebuilding/upgrading my system because of my silly mistake (please see Merc's The end-of-2003 PC Config Thread at the Computer section for more details) When I booted up, the motherboard can see the RAM and hard drive. Then...

Hello everyone, My friend recently bought a Kodak digital camera with a Kodak-branded 256mb Compact Flash card. He took several pictures but when he connected the camera to his computer, the computer just can not recognise the flash card. He then took more pictures with another new flash card...

Hello everyone, I just did a fresh install of WinXP in a friend's computer. It is an Abit motherboard which is about 2 years old. WinXP is running fine but then a work colleague said I have to install the VIA 4-in-1 drivers. I usually follow the saying "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" What are...

Hello everyone, Has any of you encountered this problem I have when uninstalling Nortons AntiVirus 2003? When I uninstalled NAV2003, I could no longer connect to the internet. I looked at my Network settings and found that I no longer have an IP address although I still have my ISP's DNS and...

Warning: website wants cookies and javascript, none of which is needed to get the information. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/09/25/1064083096877.html Maybe Symantec is realising they are marketing mediocre utilities? Cheers, Edward

I got this from the CDFreaks newspage. Beware of Pop-Ups Ads! You can get the original article at New York Times Online. It goes to show how the RIAA will go so low to garner support :evil: Cheers, Edward Moved topic from feedback to computers and fixed link- Handruin

It seems Australia is the test bed for software anti-piracy. Now Adobe is "piloting" activation for the Windows retail version of Photoshop 7. Read all about it here: http://www.adobe.com.au/activation/main.html#futur I remember Microsoft tested activation for Office2000 in Australia before...

Hello everyone, I have searched these forums and could not find a solution to this Microsoft Messenger problem I am encountering. I reformatted my computer and installed WinXP + SP1 with all the updates from Microsoft WindowsUpdates. I only use Messenger occasionally. So I deselect...

Hello everyone, I am looking to buy a couple of IDE cables (have not yet got Serial ATA motherboard or add-on card). I remembered reading that "bit rot" or data corrution can occur if using IDE cables beyond certain lengths (will try to find that article). What is the recommended IDE cable...

Hello everyone, A work colleague asked me if Seitec RAM is okay or not. I answered him that I have not heard of that name before. Searching the internet seems to show Seitec is a company in Taiwan called PanRam. Has anyone had any good and/or bad experiences with Seitec RAM? Thanks in advance...

I'm not sure if this has been posted here and my apologies if the following article is too rude :oops: http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/11/22/1037697857595.html That must be a heck of a hot laptop! Considering that it will be published in one of the world's prestigious medical journal...

Hello everyone, I have got 2 Western Digital 40Gb hard drives set up as RAID 1 on a Promise FastTrak TX2. In the past 2 weeks, I have for the 3rd time, warning that the RAID 1 setup is critical. Upon running the Promise Monitoring Utility, I found out that Channel 1 is critical. I have to...