misaal9

I'm running a Norton 2007 on my system but it is terribly slow. It takes ages to get to the desktop. Are there any good antiviruses out there? I've heard of BitDefender,Kaspersky and Avg?How are they? I'm preferabley looking for an antivirus that doesnt affect system performance and also keeps its notification popups to the minimum...

i tried connecting my laptop to TV via the s video port to watch movies.even though i have connected my tv and laptop via an s-video cable, when i goto device settings (display>settings>advanced>device settings) i get a message saying "two display must be connected before you can use this feature.please connect another display"[see pic]....help. i have a win xp professional OS.i have a Mobile Intel 945 Express Chipset(version:6.14.10.4864).i do not have any graphics card installed on my system.i have a 7 pin s-video port on my laptop. my TV has a 4-pin port.i have all the necessary cables (the s-video and the ones for audio) another thing, is there a difference between 945 express chipset(d one that i have) and a 945GM express chipset?does 945 express chipset even support extended desktop(dats wht its called, right??) do reply...

I have a 1280x800 resolution laptop. Im not sure if im infected with a virus but on startup, on most occasions i find that my screen resolution has changed to 1024X768. I cant even change it back because my display properties>settings shows only the 800X600 and the 1024x768 options. kindly help...

I have a Mobile Intel 945GM Express Chipset. Ive been tryin to connect my laptop to my TV using a S-Video cable. Everytime I try to connect it, my system is unable to detect the TV. How do I resolve this?

i have a really long ethernet cable(for accessing net) and a very short crossover patch cord(for file sharing between pcs). the thing is the patch cord is too small for convenience and i was wondering if i could join the two cords using a RJ45 coupler. ive joined two ethernet cables using rj45 and it worked perfectly(for browsing only). but when i join a crossover and the ethernet, my sys displays "No cable connected". can this be done?

Ive got an Intel motherboard. everytime i use my laptop for maybe games or other heavy processsing tasks my system heats up and eventually shuts down. ive heard this is a common feature with Intel but is terribly annoying. this has been happening only recently and wasnt much of an issue a coupla months back. can anything be done?

I tried that. Didnt work out. In fact earlier on a few occasions, whenever i tried reinstalling my VGA driver i would get an error msg and the setup would exit. It didnt happen today but still theres no change in my resolution or display properties.

Ive heard that there is a certain limit to the number of times that you can install Windows XP. If you exceed this limit then the product key of ur Win XP installation changes. Is this true?. If so, then how do you reinstall XP if the product key has changed?

oh even i had kaspersky before....but it kept asking for virus definition updates...and it kind of slowed down my system...i think ill stick wid bitDefender...its been good so far...

how is bitdefender??...ive heard its good too...

This is with reference to an earlier post i had submitted related to Extended Desktop. The problem is that I do not get en "Extended Video" option in my display settings. See pic below... Also my DirectX dialog box shows me the following.... Now in my friends system (where extended desktop works), I noticed that in place of "Monitor:Plug and Play Monitor" in above picture, he gets a "Monitor:Generic Television", and in place of WHQL Logo'd his system shows a "Yes". [Rest is the exactly the same] Now how do I get "Generic Television" option on my system. Do I need drivers?(we both have the same driver versions btw). please do help....

Does Intel 945 Express Chipset support extended desktop (attaching multiple monitors...TV)?

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try k-lite codec pack for videos and winamp fr audio...

Ok...I unistalled the previous driver and installed the video card driver from my laptop manufacturer website, but that did not work either. I am stil gettin the same display (as shown in above pic). I dont think there is a problem with the cable because it worked on my friends system (and TV). Apart from the 7 pin to 4 pin connector cable, I also have a 7 pin s video to 3 RCA cord. But using it gives the same result...my system is unable to detect a secondary display

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whwenever i try to copy file frm cd to harddisk, it gives error saying... "Cannot copy <filename>.Invalid MS-DOS function" wht do i do to copy this file???

i recently installed win xp pro. as soon as i login to my account and get to the desktop, the mouse and keyboard locks up. even ctrl+alt+del dont work. nor do the caps, num lock, etc. the led dont work. my system does not hang though. this is bcoz the time display at the bottom of the screen is active and changes every minute. even the screensaver gets activated. when i tried to logon thru safe mode, the system worked fine.(mouse/keyb were working fine). this prob happens whenever i logon thru normal mode only. plz help

there r some programs that donot work well on winxp (atleast on my comp it doesnt). such as turbo c+,etc. i need to work on these programs fr my coll asignmnts. so i need win98 fr these programs only and the like...no other reason.

i checked out msconfig, but there was nothing there. hey thanx sampson, yur trick worked! i removed my nic card frm its slot. switched on pc, went to normal mode, and checked my mouse/keyboard. they were working. i noticed tht whenever i plugged my printer cable to pc socket and nic card in its slot & switched on pc, my usb devices froze. so i m using only the nic card and detached my printer fr the time being.

**usually most of my problemas r related to direct x. (i dunno y). so i upgraded to direct x 9.c. nothing happened.

do u have crt or flat screen? if crt, read on... this happened to my comp too. this might sound little stupid but it may b bcoz of moisture. try to keep monitor in really dry place, try to keep away frm windows, etc. when not in use, cover yur monitor with dry cover. switch off yur system and blow dry yur monitor thru ventilating holes with help of hairdryer or sumthing frm considerable distance. if this sounds 2 bizarre try this. take out yur rams frm its slots and clean its ends lightly with help of eraser (clean the bottom part of the ram, ie the golden part tht is acually inserted inside the slot). sumtimes accumulation of dust causes this. it worked for me.

yes, mouse and keyboard are both usb devices. we have replaced the old nic card with a new one. i did not install the drivers seperately as winxp recognised and installed the drivers on its own. (i m working on net rite now, so i assume the installation of ethernet card is ok). i checked device manager. there is no yellow (!) mark anywhere. i selected each device and then their properties. there was "no conflict" under the "recources" tab in each of them. i donot know wht a via based motherboard is. how do i find out? there is no specific reason for choosing fat32 over ntfs. ive heard tht win98 can b installed only on fat32 and not on ntfs. so just in case i need to install win98 in the future, i have formatted all my drives on fat32 only.

prob 1st surfaced sumtime aftr installation of a new NIC (netowrk intrface card - D Link Fast Ethernet Adapter DFE 582TX). after installatn, the pc was working fine. but one day when the system was switched on, it hung after the Login screen. this problem continued for long time. finally it was decided to format drive and go for fresh win xp installtion. here is wht i did fr installation: 1. inserted cd and switched on pc. 2. installation files loaded. 3. selected drive (drive C) to install xp on. 4. formatted drive (fat32). 5. i get a new screen (this time with mouse). 5. devices beeing installed. 6. after devices r installed, i get a dialog box for setting my regional time settings. it was here tht the system hung quite a few times. however i tried the setup procedures over and over again and finally it worked (installation continued without freezing on "regional & network settings"). 7. finally xp is loaded and i get to the login screen. 8. soon after i select my account name, a get to the desktop and this is where the system hangs. i havent been able to fix this. 9. i tried "safe mode with networking" and contacted u. mouse/keybord donot freeze in safe mode. system is not hung on the whole bcoz time changes in taskbar and screensaver also gets activated after stipulated 10 minutes.