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Reply #475 on: February 18, 2010, 07:48:40 AM
And as such, I want a whole new set up. New laptop, new external hard drive, new speakers, and a new mouse. The major ones right now are a new laptop and a new external HD, and I'm hoping to get them both for under $1000 bucks. Anyone know a place online where that may be possible? I'm not lookin' for a top of the line computer, but I certainly don't want a piece of [parasitic bomb] like Dell.



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Reply #476 on: February 18, 2010, 07:50:11 AM
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Reply #477 on: February 18, 2010, 03:03:30 PM
ok, any computer suggestions or anything to avoid?



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Reply #478 on: February 19, 2010, 12:20:09 AM
Avoid Acer, try to go for ASUS.



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Reply #479 on: February 19, 2010, 12:24:00 AM
When I put headphones into my laptop's headphone port, it only produces sound through the left piece, and the right is absent. Is my port [tornado fang]'d, and if so, anyone know how to fix it?



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Reply #480 on: February 19, 2010, 12:25:21 AM
I get that sometimes with mine, I fiddle with it's volume control and sometimes it helps.
Otherwise, it sounds like your headphones are just set to monaural.



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Reply #481 on: February 19, 2010, 12:30:10 AM
I should add that the headphone jack is quite loose in the port (it wiggles a bit, instead of staying firm, as it should be) and if I try move it too much, it cuts off sound altogether. Up until this morning, it produced sound in both, but I had to move it around a bit to get the right spot, or else it would just produce it from one side.

Any ideas?



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Reply #482 on: February 19, 2010, 12:32:57 AM

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Reply #483 on: February 19, 2010, 12:38:43 AM
I'm not even sure if this is a bug, but it's been bothering me for a while now. So, after installing Windows 7, WLM and WMP both don't minimize the way they did in Vista. Demonstration:

[spoiler]
If I open or minimize the main window, there's two of 'em.


If I close the window, there's just one.

Also, it seems to only way to fully exit WLM to right click the bar and choose "Close Window".


WMP meanwhile, just minimizes like a normal window, nothing too strange, but before it'd shrink into that toolbar.
[/spoiler]

So, should I just try re-installing them? Or is this normal on Windows 7?



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Reply #484 on: February 19, 2010, 12:47:06 AM



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Reply #485 on: February 19, 2010, 12:48:23 AM
D:

It's already 2 years old. Aspire 5315. ; 3 ;

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Reply #486 on: February 22, 2010, 08:55:11 AM
Avoid Acer, try to go for ASUS.
It's already 2 years old. Aspire 5315. ; 3 ;
I have an Aspire 6930
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Reply #487 on: February 25, 2010, 08:16:00 PM
This may not be a problem, but a tip.

You know those large file sizes you get after each scan right? I think this solves it:

First of all.. Scan the image, secondly, open up paint. Third, while viewing the scanned image, press the Print screen key, then right after that right click + paste onto MS Paint, be sure to get the desired height (I recommend 10 x 10, since when pasted it automatically resizes the border to the image's widith).

Lastly, take the recent scan, cut it, and open a new MS Paint file. Paste it in there, and save it as "Name" and PNG, then upload to anywhere you wish.

I might make the entire process done in picture form too if needed.

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Reply #488 on: March 03, 2010, 06:45:33 AM
for my inaugural post here, I have TWO problems. One is my computer with XP service pack 3 installed. I came across the rouge anti-spyware known as "XP internet security 2010". After running Malwarebytes anti-malware I reset my computer and it will no longer boot up. it reaches a BSOD and stops doing anything.

The other problem is my mom's Acer Aspire laptop. it had some problem during disc consistency check and started BSOD'ing. now it doesn't even get to the BSOD and constantly rebooting in a cycle. shes been trying to fix it with no luck.

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Reply #489 on: March 03, 2010, 06:56:30 AM
should check what error the BSOD says is happening., get to another computer, and search it up. If only DZ were here...

...When Larry the reploid accountant goes maverick of his own accord, he's certainly formidable during tax season, but he isn't going to provide X the challenge needed to make him grow as a warrior and reach his potential.


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Reply #490 on: March 03, 2010, 06:44:18 PM
I'm not even sure if this is a bug, but it's been bothering me for a while now. So, after installing Windows 7, WLM and WMP both don't minimize the way they did in Vista. Demonstration:

[spoiler]
If I open or minimize the main window, there's two of 'em.


If I close the window, there's just one.

Also, it seems to only way to fully exit WLM to right click the bar and choose "Close Window".


WMP meanwhile, just minimizes like a normal window, nothing too strange, but before it'd shrink into that toolbar.
[/spoiler]

So, should I just try re-installing them? Or is this normal on Windows 7?

For WLM right click and select Unpin this program from taskbar.

As for the toolbar:
This should help.



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Reply #491 on: March 05, 2010, 06:47:01 AM
Alright, here are some images from my DSi Camera I took to show the error.








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Reply #492 on: March 05, 2010, 06:55:54 AM
Yeah I had 0x0(more zeroes)24 a couple months back.  Something about some Windows file being corrupt.  I booted off the Windows CD and did some DOS stuff to repair it, but I got a different error after I rebooted.

Reformatted the [parasitic bomb] out of that.



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Reply #493 on: March 05, 2010, 07:00:15 AM
Ah [tornado fang], I had files I didn't want to lose...



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Reply #494 on: March 05, 2010, 10:20:59 AM
If you have an external HDD and another computer you can crack open the external and put your HDD in the shell and hook it up to another computer. This will allow you to sweep for viruses and backup your stuff.



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Reply #495 on: March 05, 2010, 11:00:12 AM
If you switch your HDD to slave and run it as an extra HDD on another PC, you can do the same thing. It might be too much work tho, but it can be done.

It will become a 2nd HDD when you run it on another PC, and you can do some backups and stuff before you switch it back to master and reformat it. It might be faster if you do have an easy-to-open external HDD shell with a USB port or something. ^^; </wii>

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Reply #496 on: March 05, 2010, 02:26:24 PM
To add to that-
http://www.scribd.com/doc/1017139/0x00000024
at the bottom it says the "if you cant get to your system" options.

...When Larry the reploid accountant goes maverick of his own accord, he's certainly formidable during tax season, but he isn't going to provide X the challenge needed to make him grow as a warrior and reach his potential.


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Reply #497 on: March 06, 2010, 04:11:35 AM
To be honest, I have both the old OS and the new OS (I installed a copy of XP Professional I had on a disc, so now I have BOTH XP's on that PC.) I can't access my old files (Which means I lost access to my folders and stuff, along with things like IE8 (Which means I'm stuck with a non-working IE6.) and my Internet Adapter Files, which means i'm stuck with a mediocre computer with a screen size that is TOO BIG, WITH NO INTERNET. On the plus side, I was lucky to have managed to get back my Old DOS games (Doom, Duke Nukem, etc.) and All my Program Files are still accessible. I might be able to pull through.

Posted on: March 05, 2010, 04:56:00 PM
As of this writing, I am now able to use my Old computer again, and its fully updated. Sadly I lack the ability to use Norton 360 ATM, but it will be returned shortly.



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Reply #498 on: March 07, 2010, 03:39:24 AM
Ok, so I just downloaded Media Player Classic to to watch my anime files with .MKV, but the subtitles don't show and some don't even have audio, what do I need?


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Reply #499 on: March 07, 2010, 03:47:47 AM
Turn on the right audio channel, and turn on subtitles?