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In summary.... however here are the most common resolutions. This turned into a slight rant... so umm... sorry! Reinstall the game! Goto Windows Update and install all of the updates Get the lastest drivers for yor graphics card Get the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard Download DirextX 9.0c Download something like CCleaner and clean your PC Defrag your hard disk(s) Go here and use the utility to defrag. Go here and read the thread and use all of the tools that you feel comfortable with. APK is always around, so any questions just post. Be very careful using any kind of "NOCD Crack". Only try if the game still doesnt work (useful for older CDROM drives though). Disable any uneeded Services. Go here and follow the Services guide. Flash your BIOS to the lastest version (be careful) To get help from EA go here. OK so thats the kinda 'general' housekeeping done. Now, the rest. Dont moan if your graphics card is old. S3 and 3DFX are DEAD. They maybe in Video Heaven however no amount of praying will work!!! Something like a nVIDIA GeForce2 or better should suffice. Handy list of cards here. If you have Integrated Graphics the chances are that they are not beefy enough to run the game. If you have a non-T&L capable video card, such as Intel Extreme Graphics or Radeon VE series, then you need at least a 2.0 GHz processor. Have enough RAM and make sure it is fast! It doesnt matter if you have 1Gb of slow RAM... you would be better off with 512Mb of fast RAM! Read up on DDR and what it means. DO run the checking utilities provided for the Sims 2. Get them here. Accept the fact that you may just have to change the graphics levels to LOW or even OFF Goto Google and type "tweak <your graphics card> guide". Tweak away. Read up and learn about the following: Corsair, OCZ, Crucial, DDR, Mhz, AGP, PCI-X, SATA, DirectX, DXDIAG, ID, UDMA, chipset, PSU, ATI, nVidia. Erase the following from your brain: PC100, S3, Windows 95, Single Speed, TNT Uninstall ANY software that meddles with refresh rates. Programs that FORCE refresh rates make Sims 2 go bonkers. try reinstalling DirectX 9. To do this: > Open My Computer. > Right click on the Sims2 icon and choose Open > Double-click on the DirectX folder. > Right-click on the DSETUP.dll file and choose Copy. > Close this window. > Open My Computer again. > This time, open your C: drive. > Now open the WINDOWS folder. > Open the SYSTEM32 folder. > Right-click on an empty space in the folder and choose Paste. > Now try running the DirectX installation again. If all else fails, post a question.... or upgrade! Sims 2 pushes the boundaries just that bit more, which maybe more than your PC can handle.

I am not sure quite what you are asking however something you might like to try is setting the directory permissions on the desktop folder. Currently "Everybody" will probably have full control. You can change either each user's desktop directory to only that user and/or the All users desktop directory to a specified group. Apply this resrtiction (or Policy) using a GPO on the AD servers. For details on this kind of thing you should really refer to MS Technet http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsSer...px?mfr=true.com

Or if you prefer to keep things separate either: Buy a router and another PC (specs depend on what your site is used for) Or Download a trial of VMWare and create a new virtual machine, build your site in the VM then run it using VMWare Player. For either approach do some research on WAMP and LAMP. Again, depending on what technolgies your site needs (just HTML or PHP or PHP/MySQL etc.) WAMP/LAMP might be applicable. If not, just use IIS or Apache as mentioned above. My separation theory might be useful to you as your main PC [potentially] won't suffer if something bad happens (like a security breach). Personally I prefer Apache mainly due to it's ease of configuration however there are (of course) many pros/cons for each. S

Hi, SQLDebugger is the local account created when you install SQL Server. Its a bit like installing .Net Framework- you get a ASP.Net account. If you are not usin SQL Server 2000, in any shape or form, you can disable it, or maybe delete it if you are sure. i think you got hit by a trojan and some nasty scripts that disabled some things on your PC. The task manager setting is local to your PC- so it will affect every user You can try this software for removal of trojans: http://www.emsisoft.com/en/software/free/ And also this, although it is a trial program (it still works fine for 30 days) http://www.majorgeeks.com/TDS_d3951.html If Norton is deleting the trojan, one way it can come back is via the System Restore functionailty. Read here how to disable it: http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsg...src=sec_doc_nam You should disable system restore, scan using Norton or the above programs, then finally enable system restore again. S

hi, You probably ran a program that either (or even maybe did both): Set local group policies Change restriction settings in the registry that arent part of GP The easiest thing to do is either create another user, or try to reset everything. After youve created a new user, see if things are better. I had something like this on my machine a while ago- i got so paranoid thinking "what else did it do"?, I backed up my own files then formatted and reinstalled XP This link might help on your quest: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307882&sd=tech Antivirus might pick this kind of thing up, however its more of a malcious script than a virus/worm. I'd highly suggest not running as local admin in Windows, use a restricted/limited user instead (one that cannot change system settings) S

Maybe you could recreate the folder, sync it up then follow this: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/docum...de_ffs_tsgq.asp Sorry Im not being a great help, its just a bit new to me

Im a bit sketchy on this but it will be something to do with wherever you put GRUB during your linux install. It will be either on the MBR or first sector of the primary disk. In either case I'd suggest asking (or searching) over at www.linuxcompatible.org since they know thier grubs and lilos I could give some suggestions but the last thing I want to do is make you break your install! S

Thats fairly normal. My 9800XT used to go up to 90 or so. As with anything in your PC- cooler is better but not always something to get too worried about. If you get bored by all means fit a 3rd party cooler. I did (Zalman heatsinks plus a fan to be sure). The GPU gets really hot- moreso than RAM or CPU.... S

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Hi, Assuming that the old location was some other remote loaction, can you not just right click the old folder and make it so that it is no longer available offline? S

Hi, To add a little more to this- SET just echos the environment variables. If you just want to see one of those, you can do (at the command prompt): echo %name of variable% In my case (specifics here are replaced): USERDNSDOMAIN=internal.mycompany.int USERDOMAIN=mycompany USERNAME=myusername LOGONSERVER=\\YOURDC If I wanted to just see the username then it is: echo %username% If you want to see the logon server, just type: echo %logonserver% Scin

Also, Option Explicit would complain when you compile your project, so that shouldn't be causing any problems after the compilation.....This command means that you should be defining all of your variables, which is good programming practice. If you miss one it will moan that an object is undefined.

Hi, Try looking at your ADO settings and what version(s) of MDAC your clients are running (and also the PC that you compile on). Also a look in the deployment wizard might help since then you can specify settings that are common to all of your intended audience. Last thing is just recompile it in VB6

Im not usually easily annoyed but I just have to say that the Crazy Frog/Axel F advert on the site has really got to me! There I was just browsing some posts and BOOM - that ******ing tune came out of my speakers! Im all for adverts (i appreciate the situation) but could we have an advert with no sound? I know I could disable sounds when browsing but its just the surprise of it all that annoyed me the most. Hopefully by me entering "crazy frog" a few times in this post it will generate a few more hits via Google anyway!!!! Anyway I now feel better after my little rant ::-peace-:: ps- if I type "parent directory" "index of" "crazy frog axel f.mp3" "port 80" "apache" do you think the view count of this post might go through the roof? lol

if u ever make the/a leap to linux youll find that nvidia plays a lot better and youll get better performance. If you need ideas about what to spend your forthcoming earnings on then maybe you could look at a raid setup on your disks.... wouldnt get too excited about sata2 just yet, however a simple 2 disk stripe would add a fair bit of performance for not much money.

Hi all, Just been fiddling with one of these phones and had a few problems with it. Anyhow since I solved the problem I thought Id share it with you all on the off chance someone is having the same problem. EDIT: I gather this phone has been out a while in other parts of the world, however here in the UK we are just getting them in ) The phone runs Windows Mobile 2003 SE which has its advantages - one of them being connectively to Outlook. Ok so the thought of running MS on my mobile freaked me out for a bit but its not bad... actually its been great! With the phone you get a CD with Activesync and Outlook on. I installed Activesync, plugged in my phone via USB and... nothing... no phone detected! I hit Google and everyone was chatting about bluetooth and dodgy ways to get the activesync to work. Sounded a bit cr*p to me since I just wanted everything to work... i didnt want to buy a bluetooth dongle and i also didnt want to configure everything in a mish mash way. I guess most of you have probably tweaked your PCs and as part of that disabled services (in Win 2000/XP) that nobody ever uses ever. I have done that however the ActiveSync software requires some of these not so obviously needed services. After much fiddling I found that the following 3 services need to be enabled: Network DDE Network DDE DSDM WebClient I am sure someone reading this is saying "yes of course you need these FOOL!" however to me it didnt actually seem obvious. So for anyone using this phone (or indeed ActiveSync with another device) check these services out first. If you dont know how to check go into Admin Tools in Control Panel, then Services. S

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hi pr-man I implmented exactly what you are after only the other week. It took about 1 hour (so it soooo easy- really!!!). First up, I got a domain name and some hosting from the same place. I can't remember which company it was however I am sure you can google to find a fairly ok hosting company. With that sorted (costing about £6GBP a month) I had: mydomain.co.uk 500Mb of storage PHP scripting MySQL database FTP access ..and lots of other stuuff (web stats, emailing facilities etc. etc.) I then did some research into free portals. I eventually went with XOOPS. This is based on PHP and MySQL - I simply download XOOPS and uploaded it to my site via FTP. I followed the readme file and went through a web-based setup, filling out the fields as I went. Next thing I know is that I have a lovely looking portal based site, that has a wonderful backend admin screen where I can turn ona nd off certain parts (e.g. forums, picture gallery etc.) and also configure all of the site plus upload news articles (i.e. the content). I downloaded a few themes to make my site look different. Also on the XOOPS website are modules that I could download and deploy- these are extra little programs like chat pages etc. So that's the route I went - I didnt even have to use DreamWeaver or Frontpage - I didnt even touch one bit of code! Maybe this is something that you could think about. S

I am not sure how it would conflict... I know from my (limited) experience of webcams, you just plug it in then go for it. You could try uninstalling all the logitech software from add/remove programs then going into the device manager and finding your camera, then right clicking it and then selecting 'uninstall'. Maybe then you could reinstall from scracth. Its one of them annoying problems, so sorry I cannot offer a magic wand solution

Hi, You can try the following Make sure you dont have a stuck keyboard key (it happens to the best of us!). Heres some general info. Regarding the IDE issues i have assumed that you have one hard disk and that it is the master device on the primary ID channel. Ensure your mouse and keyboard are plugged in correctly and are in the correct ports. Make sure that the IDE cable is connected from ID port 0 on the motherboard to the back of the hard disk and that: The ends of the IDE cable are connected (not the middle connection). That the jumper on the back of the hard disk is correctly seated and that it is setup to be the master device. The harddisk has a power connection to it (known as a molex connection). Also make sure that any other IDE devices (e.g. CD drive) are connected properly (you may have knocked something) and that your grapics card is seated ok too. If you get really stuck, count the beeps and tell us the motherboard make/model since these beeps usually mean something S

Does anyone know if Trillian will help Ferox? Ferox you could try using trillian to see if it will support video on MSN: http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/downloads/ Worth a shot at least (im hoping the basic version of trillian will sort you out!) S

I see *some* reports that this works on windows 2000.... maybe you could try the win 2000 option in the compatability mode? Other than that most reports say win 95 (obviously!). You can try a virtual machine (follow the instrctions for scumm VM on this page): http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArti...+ScummVM+and+XP and maybe here too: http://www.quandaryland.com/jsp/dispArti...XP+Games+Corner Also a general look around the above site may prove useful S

Hi, when does the PC lockup? I mean is there anything in particular that causes it? What actually happens- does the screen just freeze or does the pc turn itself off? Maybe you could have a little think about: What program you might be running If a launched program is likely to take a lot of RAM (it might be a memory problem). If the program (game) is going to be using 3D graphics (driver problem). If your PC has been on for a long time (heat problem). Any hardware that still remains the same (a mouse, keyboard, printer etc. that uses its own drivers). What wattage/make is your power supply? The increase in demand from the new graphics card and anything else that u may have added may be tipping it over the edge. A few other things you could try: You can also try a BIOS update or resetting the values to default maybe. Put in the XP CD and run the compatability utility - this will tell you if XP doesnt like a piece of hardware. Anyone else got any ideas? S

oh dear oh dear! What is the world coming to? I know I might be insulting every teeny bopper out there but surely you cannot be sitting at home listening to this?!

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