I finally have some fans that really move the air through my case. But even when the system is cool, they blow at top speed. Their noise becomes...
I use Outlook Express for my email. Last night just before I logged off the computer I noticed a "Compacting Folders" message come up. This...
Oddly enough, the problem solved itself. My computer now shuts down reasonably fast, at least as fast as it did before. Wish I knew what the...
Steve, I looked at the Microsoft report you referred to, and tried some of the things they had there, but no luck. Dbmaster, I ran Ad-Aware...
I'm running Windows XP Home. A few weeks ago it suddenly started to take a long time to shut down. It does not matter whether I use the task...
MrOrange, Thanks for your suggestion about overclocking. I put together my system myself, so I know it's not overclocked. But I am...
Mattman, it looks like I can get 3.5 grams (enough for 3 to 10 CPUs) of Arctic Silver 5 for US$6 at...
My laptop comes from the company I worked for until four years ago. There, we used Outlook 2000 to get emails off the Microsoft Exchange Server....
The Arctic Silver thermal compound I found on the Internet costs about $6 for a tube that is supposed to do 30 CPUs. I've heard complaints about...
If you are using Windows XP, open the Control Panel, open System, and then click on the Hardware tab. You'll see Device Manager as the top button...
Mattman, thanks very much for the warning. My CPU heatsink came with a thermal pad -- a square of "heat interface material" -- attached to it....
It sure seems that, as Rockster suspects, heat is the principal cause of the shutdowns. Shutdowns occur only after I play a game for a while, and...
Thanks for the messages. Some more information. My computer runs Windows XP Home, with SP2 and otherwise up to date. The motherboard is a...
Has anyone else had problems with ATI's All-In-Wonder 7500 Video Card? As noted elsewhere on this board, I've had trouble with my computer...
Looking at SBC Yahoo's Website, I think I figured out a way to do this. SBC Yahoo lets me add the prefix "[Bulk]" to the subject line of all...
My Internet Service Provider is SBC Yahoo. They have a spam detector that puts all the spam messages detected into a "bulk mail" inbox, separate...
Thanks for the advice, NoahDFear. I finally found the time to turn off the audio and video (using the Device Manager), remove the video card, and...
Problem solved, for now. I finally figured out the right choice during bootup to get into DOS. Then I did a scanreg/restore, and that solved the...
I have an IBM Thinkpad 600E running Windows 98. It boots up fine, with all the icons appearing on the screen, and then freezes just before I can...
Thanks for taking a look at the HijackThis log. I did the steps you suggested. For the last step, the data I got was: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows;...
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