So I downloaded another crack, ran it and now when I switch my PC on, it goes through the normal DOS setup but just as it is about to reach the Windows screen, it just resets and goes through the DOS bit again. This also happens when I try to go via Safe Mode.
So am I totally buggered here? Is there hope or should I start saving my pennies for an official version of XP? Or even worse a new computer? Should I go to Microsoft confession and start repenting? Dear Bill Gates, I am sorry for what I have done, Amen. etc. etc.
― a nonny mouse (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 06:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 7 May 2004 06:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 06:56 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 07:18 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 7 May 2004 07:23 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Friday, 7 May 2004 07:27 (nineteen years ago) link
Lost me already! How do I wind back to pre-SP1? Especially without a running windows system? What are Knoppix and DS Linux (was that a joke name or does it really exist?)
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 07:35 (nineteen years ago) link
― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 7 May 2004 09:12 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 09:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 7 May 2004 10:01 (nineteen years ago) link
knoppix? nope, free as a bird. 700M download though (knoppix.org) hence ed's suggestion of Damn Small (which is only(!) 50M from here: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ )
andy
― koogs (koogs), Friday, 7 May 2004 10:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 11:05 (nineteen years ago) link
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 7 May 2004 11:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 11:10 (nineteen years ago) link
― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:03 (nineteen years ago) link
I don't really want advice, I just wanted to vent.
― cis (cis), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:18 (nineteen years ago) link
now help with my CPU thing.
― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:27 (nineteen years ago) link
www.dabs.com AMD Athlon XP 2600+ specs say:> Max Operating Temperature 85 °C
so 60'C seems ok. various overclocker websites have suggested better cooling systems though. and make sure the thermal compound between the chip and the heatsink is spread evenly.
― koogs (koogs), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― don (don), Friday, 7 May 2004 16:12 (nineteen years ago) link
So I have no clue what's wrong, but thanks to AppleCare I'm not too worried. What I am worried, though, is that it will take a week or so to set up, and there are some files I'd like to have during that time (like, say, my resume!). Is there any way to use my roommate's iBook to access my iBook's harddrive? (I don't think I had "allow networked login" set up, grrrr.)
Thanks!
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:49 (nineteen years ago) link
then attach a fw cable to both your computers and your hard drive will appear on roomie's desktop. don't forget to eject it before you shut down though! (shut down your computer by pressing the power button)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:52 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost Sweet! I thought there was a way! OK, hopefully she'll get home soon.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:57 (nineteen years ago) link
"could not find server address. If your internet connection is up, this might be a problém with your name resolution service. please try again later"
― hmmm (hmmm), Sunday, 9 May 2004 11:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― hmmm (hmmm), Sunday, 9 May 2004 11:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― hmmm (hmmm), Sunday, 9 May 2004 12:28 (nineteen years ago) link
― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 9 May 2004 12:57 (nineteen years ago) link
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 9 May 2004 13:40 (nineteen years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 19:50 (nineteen years ago) link
Airport Extreme is the new version of Airport, and it's the same as 802.11g (from what I can tell). The Airport Extreme base station is $199 - 249 depending on whether you get the modem and antenna port; since you can get other 802.11g routers for as low as $100, you may want to check that shit out instead.
If you've got the basic version of Airport (ie no Extreme) then you probably have 802.11b on your notebook, so getting the Extreme or 11g version of the wireless router won't be all that important unless you're planning to upgrade your notebook down the road. Since cable and DSL connections are already slower than even the 802.11b (basic Airport) setup, you're not going to be gaining anything by overspending here. And getting an 802.11b router may be a bit cheaper than 11g...but probably not by much.
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:33 (nineteen years ago) link
thanks, btw!
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:37 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:39 (nineteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:59 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:03 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007KDVJ/qid=1084399427/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl23/103-9923206-1101432?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005854B/qid=1084399475/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl23/103-9923206-1101432?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:04 (nineteen years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:10 (nineteen years ago) link
I saw a D-Link access point (b, not g) at my local supermarket for $40 (after rebate) or maybe it was $30?
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:27 (nineteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:49 (nineteen years ago) link
The Internet <--> cable or DSL modem <--> optional: router <--> your computer
If you're plugging your computer directly into your modem, you don't have a router. If you have a box with multiple Ethernet ports on it between your modem and your computer, you probably have a router.
The new DSL/cable broadband sharing routers are great because it logs onto the net for you (especially if you have DSL connection that requires PPPoE authentication, because it means you don't have to use that dumb and unreliable software client that DSL providers stick you with) and then uses network address translation to change your IP #s in your inner network. This means that people can't waltz directly into your computer from the outside world, they have to hack a bit first (this one is especially true if you're on a cable modem connection, where a direct connection of your computer into your modem might well result in your computer showing up in the networks of other people plugged into cable modems in your neighborhood).
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 22:37 (nineteen years ago) link
When I try and unpack dmg files of games and stuff, I get a failure message that says "invalid checksum". What does that mean?
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 13 May 2004 01:01 (nineteen years ago) link
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 13 May 2004 10:26 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 13 May 2004 13:22 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 13 May 2004 13:24 (nineteen years ago) link
Plus out of the box, 'It just works' functionality.
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 13 May 2004 14:00 (nineteen years ago) link
I googled and found this:
Mac computers don't self-discover a USB file share on the router. I emailed TP-Link and got an answer 6 hours later. (Finder...Go...Connect to Server...smb:192.168.0.1/{volume name})
io you should rename it something simple and lowercase and one word after copying the files back to it
― 龜, Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:41 (nine years ago) link
can you like Favorite it so it always shows up?
― Belami Young (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 25 October 2014 21:43 (nine years ago) link
I did that Go > Connect to server thing this morning and it worked to an extent--it still couldn't fully see the thing bc of the formatting, I guess.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:00 (nine years ago) link
I did it, IT WORKED! YOU DID IT!
I can read and write to the HD now, wait wait I'm about to tell iTunes to look there for the music library, that's the final test.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:13 (nine years ago) link
So this...isn't working. I changed the Prefs to tell iTunes to look on the HD for the music library but it's making me locate every single track individually. I even told it, "YES, please use this location to find other missing files" but it does no good.
Absolutely every action, even just scrolling, gets the color wheel and a long lag time.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:29 (nine years ago) link
I think it is an issue of iTunes being shitty
― sarahell, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:31 (nine years ago) link
Yeah I have a feeling that won't work
― 龜, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:34 (nine years ago) link
This was the whole whole reason for buying this damn router in the 1st place and spending all day working on the set-up. Now I'm tired and just sad.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link
And now my HD is formatted wrong and I still haven't solved the music problem.
Maybe "Digital Media Expert" Joey can show you how? IDK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHdnomvTPZg
― 龜, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:44 (nine years ago) link
ars is pretty technical but has good guides:
http://arstechnica.com/apple/2012/12/how-to-offload-your-itunes-library-to-a-nas/
― 龜, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:47 (nine years ago) link
Apparently even the nerdiest of the nerds can't agree on what best practices are w/r/t to an itunes library on the network http://www.tuaw.com/2012/12/26/how-to-move-your-itunes-library-to-a-nas/
― 龜, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:50 (nine years ago) link
io what's your ultimate goal in moving the iTunes to a network drive? Is it cause you want to free up the USB port?
― 龜, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:51 (nine years ago) link
Yes I need one for my speakers and another for my iphone, which means if I want to make a playlist and then move it to my phone I have to unplug the speakers so I can't watch anything or listen to anything while I'm working. It's silly to be this limited but there you are, only 2 ports.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
You can buy a USB hub
― 龜, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:53 (nine years ago) link
Also so I can access it when I'm not at a desk with the HD plugged in.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:54 (nine years ago) link
Ah, a usb hub wouldn't be practical for that
― 龜, Saturday, 25 October 2014 22:58 (nine years ago) link
A hub is better than nothing, I guess. I just wanted the freedom to use my files in a way that was less hassle.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Saturday, 25 October 2014 23:17 (nine years ago) link
Is iTunes OK with NAS things then? It's tempting
― DG, Saturday, 25 October 2014 23:39 (nine years ago) link
I think if I were to try I'd only try w/ an Airport Extreme
― 龜, Saturday, 25 October 2014 23:50 (nine years ago) link
this has been a night mare for me and I have been able to reinstall windows 8 but nothing works long I bought a dell laptop inspearon 15 3520 and 8.1 crashes my system every time what really sucks is there is no support for win 8 and im constantly herrashed to update to 8.1 win 8 and this lap top don't work and 8.1 is even worse deadly even dell has in one year replaced the mother board 3 times the hard drive twice and given me 4 product keys but I've yet to get 2 continues weeks of use to date and both dell and Microsoft just give me the run around I have had thins like all of my web accounts stuck in a continues log in incorrect password , reset password , trust this pc , incorrect password , reset password this was for two weeks my bank account school account google accounts and msn 12 different accounts and no help or support locked out for two weeks before after sending email to every uppermanegment person email address I could find with the majority returned undeliverable un a resulutsion upper management person from x box contacted me it took her two days to free up my accounts but she did but I was never told what happened this is just one of countless problems and service requests with most never resolved and cases closed without so much as a how do you do I find it insulting dissrespectfull and unprofessinle how I've ben held hostage by boyh dell and Microsoft and there what is clearly no concern what I've ben thru and both of them are always trying to get me to pay for tech support and I have only to still not have a working system office 365 witch I payed for is another bad apple and again no support because I run win 8 and there is no support or when I do get thru to chat or tech calling me back I get passed around disconnected and just plain not helped and know for some reson because on my last reinstall of win 8 due to system crash from foolishly installing 8.1 my account that I perchaced office under and several apps from store is not accessible says this account does not exsist yet office account clearly says my current account is getting office from the account I purchaced it with or says this is being shraed from that account but I cant access it because it says it does not exsist and I cant create a new account in the same name bebecause it says that account already exsists but they cant have it both ways and I have lost access to all apps I purchace at msn store under that account and guess what they claim I made it a alias that I deleated it and I have to wait until 6/5/14 to re make it a alias unactspetible and even worse every time I open my mail accout I get a pop up that says to update the account but it does not exsist when I try and of course the never ending searh for support only brings the your running 8 and need to update to 8.1 and every 5th or 6th time I just close the pop up im forced to go to the store I can not close pop up with out doing so its a night mare I could go on for a cupple hours could provid anyone who want a long list of service tag numbers that msn really gave me the oky doec on and closed claim they could not contack me ah that's the ones I forwarded to my gmail because all the rest and the ones I did forward have disappeared and I cant stand the fact I have no choice that regrardlees of settings what little control I should have it constantly gotten aound but only for tracking or harassing me like my printer maker software that I have checked and checked do not allow updates be cause it locks my printer in a non useable non resetible mode because I wont buy my ink from them at litterly 1000% more the cost than ink im useingi get ten cartrigdes for lees than they want me to pay for one and no matter what ive done inclueding having Microsoft techs in stall just the drivers nothing else it somehow gets around my seeting to stop anything from being installed it does and if I don't check every time I power up itlocks my printer up of course msn says its not possible and Epson say its the chip on the ink but I know for a fact its not cause every time its epsons software that says your not usu=eing genuine ink and with in seconds locks it up every time no exceptions anyways im just getting agitated now but Microsoft sucks and they now this **** don't work unless I one pay for support and let it do what it wants track what it want and see what it wants and use what it wants what ever happened to serveing the custermer needs all you get is what it wants your needs to be and nobody seems to mind we are quickly approaching the age of no chice and brian dead people
― los blue jeans, Sunday, 26 October 2014 14:34 (nine years ago) link
Maybe your computer has decided to block you from the internet until you learn to use periods and carriage returns?
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Sunday, 26 October 2014 15:38 (nine years ago) link
stop herrashing me
― los blue jeans, Monday, 27 October 2014 00:07 (nine years ago) link
sorry, couldn't resest
― she started dancing to that (Finefinemusic), Monday, 27 October 2014 03:19 (nine years ago) link
So here's a weird one: the pitch of audio on my computer will suddenly drop for a split second and then come up, like a tape that got stretched out or if you put your finger on an LP and then let go. Happens with mp3s, CDs, DVDs. Never encountered this before.
― GUARD YOUR EARS!!! ...with Gorman's. (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Tuesday, 23 December 2014 13:01 (nine years ago) link
Cannot connect to the internet on my desktop. All other devices fine. Problem happens with both wireless and ethernet connection. Troubleshooter either says unable to diagnose, or 'Your computer appears to be correctly configured but the device or resource (DNS server) is not responding. Have tried obtaining dns server automatically, and using google's dns, for both ipv4 and ipv6. Have done ipconfig /flushdns, /registerdns, /release, /renew. Have tried various other suggested fixes - turning off ipv6, checking power management hasn't turned off network adaptor, updating drivers, deleting and reinstalling network adaptor. Halp! Anyone? Anyone?
― The Pingularity (ledge), Monday, 15 July 2019 10:27 (four years ago) link
cripes,I might be reinstalling the OS at that point. First try a live CD or USB of some free Linux distribution? Boot up in that and see if you're online
― maffew12, Monday, 15 July 2019 11:58 (four years ago) link
Yeah that's a good next step, I guess that might indicate if it's OS or hardware related. Thx!
― The Pingularity (ledge), Monday, 15 July 2019 12:41 (four years ago) link
i need to use a windows program to update the firmware on a gadget over USB. i have macs. how do i do this?
virtualbox, right? can that see the host machine's USB bus? and is there an easy way to get an ultra minimal windows image to run in virtualbox. isn't windows basically free to try these days? i haven't used windows for 20 years.
― 𝔠𝔞𝔢𝔨 (caek), Friday, 14 February 2020 21:13 (four years ago) link
My computer just completely conked out on me as I was watching a youtube video on how to play the guitar part from Solsbury Hill. Admittedly I shouldn't have been doing this as I have to teach in an hour and a half and I don't play the guitar, but still, I wouldn't have expected it to break my computer. Dang it.
― Lily Dale, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 17:33 (three years ago) link
I must in that case consider it good fortune that I got away with watching the video for Games Without Frontiers the other day.
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 17:55 (three years ago) link
xp Have you tried shocking the monkey?
― maf you one two (maffew12), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
Or taking a sledgehammer to it?
― joni mitchell jarre (anagram), Tuesday, 9 March 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link
Don't give up...
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
Sorry if kidding around seems insensitve. Sudden conking out can be distressing or at least inconvenient.
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 20:23 (three years ago) link
No, it's fine. I mean, I'm not looking forward to having to spend a bunch of money getting it fixed, but I have a separate work computer, plus an older personal computer that still works okay, so I'm not hugely inconvenienced. Mostly I posted bc I thought it was funny.
― Lily Dale, Tuesday, 9 March 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
I grieve for you
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 March 2021 00:13 (three years ago) link
All of a sudden, in the blink of a system update, I seem to have lost audio drivers. Can hear nothing. Please send help!
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 23 May 2021 11:59 (two years ago) link
While we're at it - does anyone else have a hard time getting your video to appear in Zoom calls? I assume something is wrong with my camera setting but am not sure how to address it.
― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Sunday, 23 May 2021 12:01 (two years ago) link
Not sure about the second, but for the first, are you using Windows?
― lukas, Monday, 24 May 2021 04:16 (two years ago) link
So I just got a new system, but I've kept my existing monitor which I've never had a problem with, and now after certain games I get a very slight intermittent flickering at the very top of the screen.
The monitor is running at 144 hz when it does this, locking it down to 60 seems to fix it but I don't want to lose out on faster frame rates. Why would it be doing this? Any ideas. Googling just produces 'oh update drivers' which I already have.
― Ste, Saturday, 11 December 2021 20:49 (two years ago) link
Windows is running it at 143hz which is the closest option for 144. Graphics card is a 3070ti and seems to be fine with everything. Using other monitors that only use 60 limit is fine too.
― Ste, Saturday, 11 December 2021 20:50 (two years ago) link
Can you set the refresh rate to exactly 144Hz in Advanced display settings?
― Being cheap is expensive (snoball), Saturday, 11 December 2021 21:05 (two years ago) link
nah it won't go above 143. I read that that is okay though, so don't think it's that. It's weird when it happens, only every now and again but seems to occur on this one game, then when i exit it still happens around windows.
Further reading, someone mentioned G-sync should be enabled. Well it was enabled for full screen but not for windowed apps. So I've now clicked that, first glance seems to have stopped. But i'm tired and going to bed now so will revisit tomorrow.
― Ste, Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:21 (two years ago) link
The 143/144 thing seems culprit -ish. Also what is g sync
― calstars, Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:32 (two years ago) link
one thing i did learn in all this, hdmi cable will only go up to 100 hz but dp cable gives me the full 144
― Ste, Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:34 (two years ago) link
xp, it's nvidia's own v-sync in short. So there might be conflicts if ingame vsync enable etc. I'm going to delve further tomorrow.
― Ste, Saturday, 11 December 2021 23:35 (two years ago) link
does the monitor do 120?
― koogs, Sunday, 12 December 2021 01:25 (two years ago) link
Can anyone help with a Firefox on Android problem?I updated Firefox yesterday and today my Wordle webpage is a blank white screen. Opening on private browser tab looks normal, but I'd rather not lose my stats.Have googled and found this https://www.reddit.com/r/wordle/comments/sqqkr7/wordle_glitch_is_only_giving_me_a_blank/ but on my phone I can only seem to "delete all cookies and site data" for the site I'm on i.e. NYTimes, which I assume will delete my stats?
Anyone know any way I can delete individual cookies or any other way of getting the Wordle back to normal without deleting my history? It's not the end of the wordl (ha) if I have to but would rather not if there's a way round it?
― kinder, Friday, 22 April 2022 08:47 (one year ago) link
(I don't have a NY Times subscription)
― kinder, Friday, 22 April 2022 09:03 (one year ago) link