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dcyphure

before i'd use either one, ive been reading in each of thier forums and an aweful lot seem to have problems due to removal
so i really want to know if there is an actual difference in pc performance, i mean all those unused files arnt doing anything but sitting there so i wonder if theres like any ...

dcyphure

looks like nlite's out, it asked me to locate windows install directory and i dont know what folder its wanting

dcyphure

i just learned of both nlite and xplite and has been what ive been looking for over the last 4 years lol
havnt downloaded either yet but i wanted to know a few things.

so xplite is for removal of bloat AFTER xp install and nlite is BEFORE xp install where you have to make an iso n such...is that ...

dcyphure

[quote="ghost"]Do you have Roxio Easy CD Creator installed? This program causes many problems. There is a Roxio patch for this, but follow the instructions carefully.

Make sure the drivers for your hardware are the latest. Check the manufacturers' websites for the latest ones.

Make sure you have ...

dcyphure

My computer wont shutdown, it says windows is shutting down and hangs there. When i go into standbye mode it does so as normal and my power button flashes which its suppose to but when i power back on its rebooted.

this is second or third new install of xp that i get this problem, it works fora day ...

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have a movie from blockbuster and wanted to watch it on my pc at work but all the colors arnt right and its blocky...looks fine on a tv dvd player

i tried both anydvd and dvd decryptor but looks the same
i tried it on both powerdvd and wmp, still looks the same...any ideas?

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ive seen quite a few of these so called black boot cd's on ebay, i just wanted to know if its as good as it sounds or if its just crap you can download on the interenet, does anyone have one?
heres a link to one, what do ya think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=67389&item ...

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i downloaded diagnostic tools for my wd raptor and i'm not seeing any information in it on how to low level format my drive, i made the floppy but how do i just low level format the drive

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does quality of ram by itself increase frame rates in games even if timings and cas are same..for instance
say i have cheaper type kingston 512 ram with 2225 timings 2 cas and i bought the more expensive corsair xms 512 with same timings and everything...would it actually get better frame rates? if ...

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which is fastest for raid?
any other advantages/disadvantages?

dcyphure

//agrees with TonyT

Besides the registry entries the installer creates, it also copies necessary dependent files into your various system directories, and with many newer applications, besides creating the program files directory, also other directories/files into Docs and Settings.

i know where ...

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i have 4 partitions, xp/games/applications which is where i installl all 3rd party programs..etc

i just need to know is there anyway i could do clean (format) reinstall xp on C: and still have all my games and apps work without reinstalling them all? apparantly they dont work after reinstall cuz ...

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i have mine as 4 seperate partitions, 5 gig for xp then seperate ones for games, applications and other installs, videos or backup etc, i dunno if its for best performance but it helps prevent problems in xp, if i were you i'd probably use 2 partitions on the raptor with one for games then use the ...

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i'm thinking about removing the current loud fans and strapping on 2 120mm fans mostly so it will be alot more quiet and are 78 cfm at 21 decibels it should cool it alot more, if i do that i'm goin to remove the current gpu paste and use some arctic silver
all the actual vga coolers ive seen that ...

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gainward gs 6800gt: been trying to oc with this card supposedly built for oc'ers but 411/1100 is my best stable. i want to know how my temps are compared with others and with what type of cooling other than liquid so i have an idea of how good it is stock or how much better i could do with another ...

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he has friends, hes not obese i likely misjudged that, hes as tall as me but stocky and i'm thin and at 170..but anyways i do play video games with him sometimes, its about all we have in common, he goes to boyscouts and goes to church so he has outlets just not contantly, his mom does discipline ...

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i wondered if i could get advice on something, i am an only child and have no kids and lived on my own by myself for a good 10 years now, i'm in a 3 year relationship with a older woman who has 2 teenagers, a girl 15 who i get along with great, shes a typical good girl and 1 boy whos 13. i ...

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heres a case i custom built, its a small entertainment center, i took out the center shelf which was used for the back door, the front is plexiglass painted black from the inside to give a black mirror look, all pc components are inside, i'm using nview to display on both monitor and tv so i can ...

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Start - run and type msconfig and uncheck it from your start up.

:D

i know but that doesnt work, the program is mcafee, i dont want it to startup but if i run it to scan it rechecks itself in startup so i need something to keep blocking it, hence is why i want to do it in ms antispy but it ...

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well i just messed around with my card..
got this sweet setup.
set it to clone..so tv and pc are exact same..cept..when i play video's(WMP powervd whatever) the video goes onto the tv fullscreen yet stays in its window on the pc moniter..i can even minimize it on my comp and its still full screen ...

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just now tried it and yes it does work, thanks however now my monitor refresh rates and resolution wont go no higher than 1024 at 60mhz, i think perhaps its now identifying my monitor as my tv? if i could fix that then i would have no reason to switch between the 2 and would be happy

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how can i block a software from putting itself in startup in ms antispy cuz it always allows it and i dont want it to, no answers offtopic please i just want to know how to do it in ms antispy if possible thats all thanks.

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if i set primary to tv is it necessary for anything else or reason to switch primary back to monitor, would be kinda annoying to go back n forth but no biggie, at least i could watch dvds on tv now if it works, trying to narrow down on living room clutter, now if i could just find a smaller single ...

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I'm on a 3.0gig DSL connection. I am not noticing any better downloads than when I was using 512mb DSL. Every download averages around 60 kbps. TCP Optiimizer is not setting my MTU to 1500 (yes I am rebooting). I monitor my network performance through CTRL+ALT+DEL and barely get over .50% (yes ...

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does anyone have the Zalman Reserator-1, what do u think of it, do you have to change the water, if so how often and where could i get it and the vga block the cheapest

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i got both tv and monitor to work with nview but when i play a dvd on powerdvd its blank on the tv screen but plays fine on monitor, why is this and can it be fixed

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i do good weekly maintancence, i use ccleaner,washer, some other cleaner, system suite 5 for registry, diskeeper pro, swipe pro once n a while to wipe all deleted data, ms antispy,spybot,pestpatrol, but viruses and spyware have never been a problem, i think xp just corrupts itself perhaps i use too ...

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i was just curious, how many times do you reinstall and what is everyones major reason that makes them decide to.
i ask cuz i find myself reinstalling almost monthly, its always something, i use acronis trueimage and usually after i use it once the second time theres some major problem, for instance ...

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graphics look sweet, i'm sure its much improved, i liked and only played first one on xbox, and second on demo which i didnt get into demo, i'm so picky with games i'm not sure if i'd play it much but i may get it anyway

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if your an on the road person or one who thinks its safe to have 300+ dollars worth of stuff thats obvious on thier hands at work or wherever they go without worry of leaving it from eyes view then i think its the best thing since sliced bread, but personally i'm not far or long from my gaming rig ...

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overall i have a good system 3.4 oc's,6800gt..etc but still never happy especially when i cant play a game at fps i want for hi res, while i figure windows longhorn will be about the same as xp i hope it will have some performance advantages, too bad their not goin to put in winfs file system though ...

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seems you guys are right, earlier today i thought of benchmarking using passmark after using each program
xp stock i got 450
powerup xp was 453
pc accel was 440
xteq was 448
overclocking p4 2.8 to 3.4 was 473

guess theres no real cheap way around it,i know of registry tweaking sites that do all the ...

dcyphure

ive tried several tweak progs like pc accelerator 2004,tweak xp, ashampoo tweak,xteq..etc but i dont notice any real performance gains, same fps in games, same speed loading software..etc.... is software like this actually doing anything or is it all about getting your money? which of these types of ...

dcyphure

can anyone recommend a good pc steering wheel from what ive read looks like logitechs momo or maybe microsofts would be a good quality ones and do they work well enough to make racing games that much more fun

dcyphure

anyone that can make money off of a nacho chip is a genius.
not so much that people are idiots but more so that too many have way too much money, for many wealthy its more about the satisfaction of outbidding someone and also way to many who take religion so seriously for so long that they become ...

dcyphure

i know someone know this maybe this is simpler
whilch these settings are slowest
latency: 3-2-2.5
precharge: 4-3-2
ras to cas delay: 4-3-2
precharge delay: 8-7-6-5
burst length: 8-4

for performance what should these be
bios cache
c000,32k shadow

dcyphure

whats the slowest ddr 400 ram timings, i think theres like 5 different settings, are they all the lowest or highest numbers or are some high and others low to achieve slowest settings

dcyphure

i dunno,the first one got boring really quick,modding aside the levels look the same and part 2 levels look like the first one
i'm thinking really hard about just buying ps2 and gt4

dcyphure

i wanted to get a new racing game for pc but cant download demos (dialup) so i wanted to know which latest ones are the most fun, like between nfsu2,juiced,srs,midnightclub 3, i dont know of any others.

btw how is gturismo 4 for the ps2, graphics look unbelievable, i'd buy it if i had ps2

dcyphure

ive used several
acronis true image doesnt always work, sometimes it locks up, it also locks up if its service isnt running which means it wont work when in windows safe mode making it useless in some situations where you cant access normal mode, its bootup disk i also had problems with cuz it ...

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Xplite or Nlite?

Pc shutdown/standbye problems

dvd color playback issues

Black boot cd's, are they what they claim

low level formatting

does quality ram increase fps in games?

nforce 3 or via?

XP Help

nvidia temps

help in dealing with a teenager

blocking in ms antispy help

Zalman Reserator-1

powerdvd

reinstalling xp

Tweak programs

pc steering wheels

slowest ram timings

racing games