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photon · 08-28-2005, 10:19 AM

That's weird.. are they running but on the other "screen"?

Try right clicking on them in Applications tab of the task manager and selecting Maximize or Restore.

Or try goin to the display settings and see if it's enabled to be displaying dual displays, and uncheck extend my desktop to this display if it's checked on the second one.

photon · 08-28-2005, 10:44 AM

Try getting Microsoft Antispyware and running that.

Shawnski · 08-28-2005, 04:27 PM

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Originally posted by photon@Aug 22 2005, 03:34 PM
Are you replacing just the hard disk drive itself, or a whole new computer?

If it's a whole new machine there's no really easy way. There's a Files and Settings transfer wizard which tries to do it for you, but it only looks in specific locations and stuff.

hey photon,

Just looking to clone the harddrive as the rest of the machine is fine. Will investigate the files and settings option. Perhaps I can install a slave HD and use the F&S to get all vitals over (including registry, etc.) Then swap the two.

Hardware obviously isn't my strong suit!!

Calgary Flames · 08-28-2005, 04:40 PM

What would be a good virtual memory setting for 512mb of physical Ram? I think it was Double the physical memory or some kind of formula like that.

Eddie Bronze · 08-28-2005, 05:53 PM

I just picked up a new graphics card today. As I was installing it, upon reboot, it gave me this window. What am I supposed to do about this?

Calgary Flames · 08-28-2005, 06:01 PM

You need a bigger power supply... Never seen that happen personally. You must have a loaded PC.

Eddie Bronze · 08-28-2005, 06:06 PM

never mind. Looks like I got it fixed.

photon · 08-28-2005, 09:43 PM

Yeah, you have to plug in that extra little power cable

Eddie Bronze · 08-28-2005, 09:58 PM

Gives you a pretty good idea of how old my last video card was, it didn't even need to be plugged in. Unfortuately, I bought this to upgrade and to try out the NHL06 demo and even after spending around $250 on a new card today, I still can't play.

Eddie Bronze · 08-29-2005, 07:49 PM

:/

Tower · 09-02-2005, 12:48 AM

I needs to log in every time - how is that fixed? Tried the search engine as it was posted before but no luck...

HelloHockeyFans · 09-02-2005, 02:39 AM

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Originally posted by Tower@Sep 2 2005, 06:48 AM
I needs to log in every time - how is that fixed? Tried the search engine as it was posted before but no luck...

Log in, bookmark the page. And go to CP via the bookmarked page. That's what I do anyway.

Pagal4321 · 09-08-2005, 02:09 AM

Alright, so the computer just did something very odd. Very odd indeed.
Couldn't sleep, so decided to turn on the computer after about 45-sih minutes of it being off. Turn it on, only to get.....how do i describe this.....a widerscreen version of my desktop. So the whole screen was not there, but I could scroll around by just moving my mouse to the extremes of the screen. A VERY odd thing, once I've never seen before. Tried to change the display settings but nothing worked, so decided to restart and hope for the best. Well that worked, but still leaves me a bit nervous about the state of my computer.

That's my first problem, my second would be that upon turning on my computer I can't access anything for about 5 minutes, while I can hear the harddrive reading. This has been going on for about 2 months now. For 5 minutes, if I click on anything it won't do anything, just let's me move the mouse around. But I hear the HD buzzz, nothing, buzzzz, nothing....in intervals of a few seconds. Then, like clockwork, 10 minutes after I can access things, Automatic Updates encounters a problem and needs to close.

SO GUYS, any type of suggestion or explaination for either of my problems?
Knowing my luck with computers, it's something gone wrong, because I just can't seem to keep my computer normal for more then 6 months.

KootenayFlamesFan · 09-08-2005, 10:31 PM

I have my own odd experience.

Turned my computer off before work a few days ago. Came home after work, pressed the button to power it on..........nothing. No power at all. I have it plugged into a power bar along with a few other things. Everything else was still working. So I unplugged my computer from the power bar and tried plugging it in alone into another outlet. Still nothing.

Fast forward to today. Before leaving for work, heard my computer making strange noises. Came into the computer room to see it was trying to power itself on every few seconds (I had left it plugged in all night just for the heck of it). It would make a noise for about a second, then nothing, then noise, etc.

Then tonight, a few minutes ago, it was doing the same thing, so I hit it ala Fonzie, pressed the power button, and now I'm back in business.

Weird stuff. Anyone know what happened???

DJRice · 09-09-2005, 05:34 AM

Ok, well I have gotten this on two occasions already, where the laptop will boot but it takes about 10mins. It hits the windows blue welcome screen, stays there for about 4 mins, then shows the desktop (nothing loading yet, not even icons), then takes about another 5mins to load up the desktop to the point where its functional.

Now at first, I thought it was a H.W. issue, but I guess its not. Apparently when this happens, my WiFi is cutoff and unable to connect to the internet (and no its not modem/router issues). So what I have to do is, go back to my last restore point, and reset. Though I turn off my system restore, if I go back into it, it has a restore point from that same day just minutes ago - whats up with that? I go back to that restore point, and reboot....it still takes 9mins to boot. But right after I scan for Spyware, and remove it (may not be alot, only 3 or 4). I reboot for the final time, and everything loads up normally now...and in the 35 secs my laptop is known for.

So few Q's.

1. Is System restore recommended to run all the time? I heard it uses up alot of resources in the background with all these restore points.

2. Is it spyware that causes this?

3. How the heck was there a restore point I was able to go back to, when I dont even run system restore.

Bill Bumface · 09-09-2005, 08:33 AM

I would go to www.trend.com and run the free housecall. See if you have any viruses on there before you bother playing with it any further.

photon · 09-09-2005, 09:26 AM

Weird.. loose components?

TheCommodoreAfro · 09-10-2005, 05:12 AM

When loading pictures from a digital camera to my computer, the screen went black. Not sure what was happening, I walked away from the computer and came back a few minutes later. Still black.

So I unplugged the computer and when I hit start, the computer turned on, but it didn't even show the XP boot sequence. Anybody ever have this happen to them? What did you do to fix it?

(Couldn't find the computer help forum so if this topic needs to be moved go ahead and do so).

Buff · 09-10-2005, 10:56 AM

So the computer screen is still black? You can't do anything? Well first thing I suggest is to make sure that the monitor is properly plugged in to the power source, both on the outlet and the monitor. Check to make sure that the monitor is securely attached to the computer. Turn the monitor on.

Sorry if I am going through what seems to be painfully obvious steps, I once drove 1/2 hr to a clients to 'fix' their 'broken' computer and all I had to do was turn the monitor on!

If your monitor doesn't work after all of this, either the monitor has died, or the video card had died. Can you test the monitor on another computer? Can you test another monitor on the computer in question? If you can you'll get a better idea where the problem lies.

Buff · 09-10-2005, 11:06 AM

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Originally posted by DJRice@Sep 9 2005, 05:34 AM
Ok, well I have gotten this on two occasions already, where the laptop will boot but it takes about 10mins. It hits the windows blue welcome screen, stays there for about 4 mins, then shows the desktop (nothing loading yet, not even icons), then takes about another 5mins to load up the desktop to the point where its functional.

Now at first, I thought it was a H.W. issue, but I guess its not. Apparently when this happens, my WiFi is cutoff and unable to connect to the internet (and no its not modem/router issues). So what I have to do is, go back to my last restore point, and reset. Though I turn off my system restore, if I go back into it, it has a restore point from that same day just minutes ago - whats up with that? I go back to that restore point, and reboot....it still takes 9mins to boot. But right after I scan for Spyware, and remove it (may not be alot, only 3 or 4). I reboot for the final time, and everything loads up normally now...and in the 35 secs my laptop is known for.

So few Q's.

1. Is System restore recommended to run all the time? I heard it uses up alot of resources in the background with all these restore points.

2. Is it spyware that causes this?

3. How the heck was there a restore point I was able to go back to, when I dont even run system restore.

I have seen this with a client. Their wireless connection was pass poor and it slowed everything down on their computer. Not to the extreme that you are experiencing, but it was painstakingly slow. I fixed it by getting rid of their wireless connection, and running a wire to her office so she could plug it in via wire instead of wireless. It solved her problems.

I also cannot remember if her Wireless NIC was wireless-B or Wireless G as this was some time ago, but I think an option may have been to try a wireless G NIC as Wireless G, while not perfect, is oodles and oodles better than wireless b

System restore is ok to run.

I don't think this is spyware.

You may have it set to auto create a restore point?