Posts by ricky28269

The combination of security software I recommend to people is AVG Antivirus Free and Microsoft Defender Beta. This is a great antivirus+antispyware combo that also keeps your system protected, and they don't slow the system down nearly...

I have this problem, but it is on btwdins.exe. I also used Process Explorer to find out about the DLL, and it generally uses about 20% CPU (out of the computer below - core 2 duo 2ghz). Lately I have just been suspending it whenever I...

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I contacted Dell over the online chat and asked about it, and the person researched for a minute and then let me know that I can have a discount on Home Premium. When Vista comes out, I will go back to the chat and refer to the chat...

What about something that goes in the ExpressCard slot? That would be cool, if there was such a thing, and I would guess that slot is faster than firewire and USB, right? (haven't done ANY research on the slot at all, I'm about to...

First, sorry for typing 7900 instead of 7800, I'm just used to saying 7900 because that's what I have. Second, sorry for saying there is no 7800 gtx go - you clearly meant "NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX", and I was confusing Go...

Well technically a virus could cause constant hard drive activity, thus increasing the wear of the hard drive and increasing the chance of a failure. Although I would hope you would recognize the hard drive light glowing solid and try to...

Thanks for helping, valohim6. [/sarcasm] A simple Google search brought this result, which is exactly what you need to know: http://www.tech-recipes.com/windows_tips746.html In the future, please search before asking questions - both...

Well I figured I'd try my best to give some hints, although I'm not too sure about the whole thing... Although I do wonder, is that a 7900 gtx or a 7900 go? There is no such thing as a "7900 gtx go" - the gtx and the go are two...

I don't think it's a heat issue, heat would most likely just cause the CPU to issue a HALT command (causing everything to freeze in place). If it boots into Windows (or at least gets past the Windows XP booting screen into the welcome...