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I have no idea what could cause this but I have a fix that allows you to kill the explorer without killing your desktop > Launch Windows Desktop in a Separate Process ... I recently had a huge archive file with ****.tar.bz2 and I wanted to change something in its properties, it locked my explorer fo...

I am still doing research on the parts, so the above listed parts aren't final yet ... still undecided on the next mouse but I found two other parts to change. - RAM > OCZ PC3200 EL Platinum Rev.2 (increases the total another 50e) - PSU > Antec True 550 (increases the total another 30e) Reasons: - T...

Regarding the missing SCSI http://storagereview.com/articles/200401/20040126WD740GD_sp.html Overall, for non-server use, Western Digital's Raptor WD740GD is the fastest single hard disk one can buy regardless of spindle speed, interface, or price. The fact that it is so quiet, runs much cooler, and ...

I guess the 2.6GHz real speed is about as high as the current AMD dies will clock, so very lil headroom for the highend version ... but the lowend based on the same technology have some real headroom to eventually go that high too (see the 3000+ numbers).

Some things I found: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?t=50852&highlight=download+server+limit another reason could be the config: user_pref("network.http.max-persistent-connections-per-server", 2); You can get to it when you enter about:config (no spaces there, /me curses th...

Athlon FX55 is running at 2.6GHz. You want to know how it compares to that P4 3.4EE? Just take a lookie here > http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/sh ... spx?i=2249

Half Life 2 is just around the corner and my current hardware is 3 years old ... too old to enjoy that awesome game with all the eyeandy, heck, I haven't even played a newer shooter for over a year due to my hardware limitations. My current rig is a 1400 Thunderbird (watercooled), 768MB ram, Geforce...

Originally posted by EvilHorace With a current day cpu, is there really any need to OC them anymore? I could see doing that when we were using 300 mhz cpus but today, how much over rated speed is necessary? They say that you need 25-30% CPU speedincrease to "feel" a difference. Anand got ...

AMD Athlon64 3000+ 939 socket (seems to have some great o/c potential, at least anandtechs test reveals great potential) on a nforce3 board sounds like another good combo. EvilHorace, I'm in the same boat and with Half Life 2 just around the corner I certainly feel the urge to build a new machine. I...

Kaspersky has one of the quickest response times to new viruses, it takes them in average 3 hours to deliver new defenitions against new viruses, McAfee or NAV can take up to a few days .... I think I'll try it out next.

I used bsplayer + media player classic for a while (mpc for .mkv encodes since bsplayer still doesn't have full matroska support) but I recently decided that one player is enough and kept mpc > http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... e_id=84358

The floppies read/write heads could've become mis-adjusted after some time ... I have one of those, it can only read floppies it formatted itself. You should try a floppy from your friend that he formatted in his machine, chances are high that your drive might refuse to read it and that would point ...

*cough* DC-390U3 Series User's Manual page 16 *cough*
I'm glad it was so easy to fix.

Here's a quick preview > http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/the-elder-scrolls-iv-oblivion/558955p1.html?fromint=1 Dang, I really loved to play Morrowind, the first PC RPG that truely allowed you to roleplay, you could do play only the mainquest or do something different, just what you wanted to play. I did a ...

Uh-oh ... terminator has to terminate the cable, so it always has to be at the end
The terminator is the correct one ... and I had BT running in the background.