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Hello, I want to change my power supply unit (psu), and would like to know if the brand Fortron (350W) is any good compared to Antec, Enermax ones... quality / price wise ? Thank you for any advice ! See my system below:

Start, Run: RunDll32 advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\msmsgs.inf,BLC.Remove Press enter. Messenger will be completely uninstalled ! Reboot, & voilà !

Quote: Thanks, TweakUI did not work, but I already found the setting to turn it off. Mr.Guvernment, CheekyMonkey said he's found the right setting already, may I say your post was useless ?

Two solutions: You can use xp PowerToys, in TweakUI, General, Last Option. Or, I can mail you a .reg file that does it for you, provided you give me your e-mail adress... Ps: did you install WMP9 ?

Download ie6setup.exe in a chosen folder, then in a command line, go to the folder you put the setup file into and type exactly what follows: ie6setup /c:"ie6wzd.exe /d /s:""#E""" Once the download is complete, launch the setup from the download folder, very useful, enjoy !

Just one thing about the annoying search dog, with XP PowerToys you can revert to classic search in Explorer, that is without the pet... This may be a way to avoid the error you get, no? Hope this helps you a little...

A friend asked how to setup the RAS servive on a NT server so that we can access the client NT server through a router (knowing the router's ip, of course!). Could someone tell me how to set up all this ? Thanks !

You're a newcomer in this forum, would you please respect the rules and not triple post ?!!! You have a question ? No problem, you're in the right place to get an answer ! Your question is hardware related, so you don't have to post the same thing anywhere else than in the hardware forum. BTW: Sorry as for your question,... I don't have the right answer for you... but what is the brand of your webcam ? Look for the right driver on manufacturer's site... Hope this helps you ! No offence meant !

I installed last week my brand new Volcano 7 with Artic Silver 3. I was told by my reseller that I should, once a month, wipe AS3 out and put a fresh layer of it on the cpu core because AS3 dries and temps might go up again... Please, tell me if this is true, should I really reapply AS3 once a month ? BTW: seems like temps have fallen by ~5°c... room temps being still quite hot (26-28°C) in the afternoon. Not stressing the cpu, it reaches 49°c after an hour or two. I was told that Asus surestimate temps by ~10°C, true ? Thanx for info on these matters !

Hi ! Being in France, I own a french win98 cd, but I'd like to install iton an old computer (cel400) in english, is it possible and how ? I don't care if the setup is in French, but I need win98's interface to be in english. Could anyone send me a copy of it, for I have a valid license with my French cd, you can mail me for this. Thank you in advance !

Some light please ! I read or heard that new Athlons XP (including 1800+ and above) were made with (Intel's ?) new technology "IHS" (Integrated Heat Spreader) just like the new P/// Tualatin and all P4. Is it true, any details on this ? Why am I asking this ? I plan to go AMD (thread "Upgrading plan !"), and were about to buy the 1700+... But I may invest a little more for the 1800+, just because of the heat problem so much talked about in the threads... Any information welcomed !

Quote: The Hammer will have an IHS, or rather I have seen one with one on. I knew I had seen this somewhere. DeathWish, where did you see it, what model ? Thanxs !

Hi, all ! I'm planning to upgrade my aging specs, but I want to keep my ~400 megs of pc133 sdram. Here's what I plan to buy: Mobo: Asus TUV4X (Tualatin support, VT82C694T chipset, 4 dimms, Ata100, 6 pci, agp 4x,...) Cpu: Intel P/// 1.26Ghz Tualatin, 0.13µ What do you think ? I want this particular mobo (Asus+Via+price), but I stay open to any other choice with the same performance/price level. Tell if I'm wrong !

With my present mobo (P3V4X), I didn't installed 4in1's under XP, I didn't feel the need to install them. As for my upgrading plan, I decided to invest in Asus A7V333 + Athlon 1700+. I already bought the ram (256Mo DDR Pc2100). The rest will come after I return from holidays. Any cons about my choice ?

Thank you, all of you ! 1- Yes, I'd agree for ddr support but do you know a mobo that supports both ddr and Tualatin cpu ? This way I could keep my ram a while. 2- I'm not against the idea to to invest in AMD, (though I'd like to keep my 133 sdram for a little while, but not at all cost)... I may consider the Asus A7V333 + Athlon XP 1600 + 256 Mo DDR (266Mhz). 3- I will not consider Powerleap iP3/T anymore, cpu adapters are a source for problems in most cases. I prefer to buy a new mobo instead for quite the same price (the iP3/T is available for 95 €, the mobo is 137 €, not that much of a difference) Your advice is more than welcomed, anyway !

Hi, all ! I'd to know if I could install a P/// Tualatin on my P3V4X ? I already have an adapter card for slot1 (Slotket !!! AB FC-370). Do you know if the ApolloPro 133A can handle this type of cpu ? I know that VIA has built a variant of it, the ApolloPro 133T, for Tualatin P///'s. But does it really mean it will not work on my mobo ? Thanx for any experience on this !

Windows Messenger ! I have no problems with it, I use it all the time ! But I can tell anyone how to remove it though I find this solution too sad... What I don't like with Trillian is that you have to keep it on top of other progs to see if you have new mails ! Hotmail Messenger does pop up a little window that gently tells you you have new mail or that a contact is online and many other things...

ATI RADEON 8500 for me also ! NVidia is not the only choice !!

Mine also !

MyNameIsRaGe: (I'm at work, my specs. in the signature don't apply here, indeed I use an old P///450-256Mo pc100-HD 5400rpm) -> your problem is weird, for me at least, explorer.exe takes between 0 & 1 cpu time at idle, not much more when numerous windows and progs. opened. Before I changed explorer.exe level priority, it took between 10 & 15 megs. of ram, now it takes 15-21 megs just because I set its priority to above normal due to an issue (with Kaspersky Antivirus Personal Pro 4.x freezing my desktop on startup) I solved this way. Did you checked the priority level of your explorer.exe ?

Hi all ! Does anyone know a way to change the button order -and of course their respective function - in the "Sleep/Turn Off/Restart" screen thats appears when you press Alt+F4 or click Start/Turn Off Computer (home pc, not in a network) ? I'd like it to be in this order: Turn Off / Restart / Sleep (this last one is useless for me !) ! Thank you in advance !

You're forgiven ! But I'm still waiting for a smart brain to give me an answer or at least some kind of a pathway to wander on (is my english correct...?) Anybody in there ?

Please, be cool Dirty Harry ! I asked a question and you're tryin' to direct 'my' thread elsewhere... I'm no one to tell you this, but please start your own thread, thank you ! BTW, I have no idea about your own questions...

The best way, I think, is to unplug 2 hd's, then install XP on the 3rd one as a standalone installation. Then, after you plugged your 2 Win2k hd's back, if your mobo's bios allows it, you can specify which hd will boot. Don't forget to have all hd's formated the same way NTFS or FAT32 (NTFS is better, we all know this !) so as you can access Win2k files from within XP and reversely. I did this myself before I finally turned my back on Win2k as XP fully satisfies me up to know (not to mention that I'd like it to be a lot more than it is already...) So, go for it, there's no risk as far as I know !

I agree with you, I finally upgraded to an Asus (P3V4X) a few months ago and am really pleased with it ! Except for one thing: temperature readings ! Whatever prog I use, Asus Probe or MBM latest... I can't figure out why my temps are so high while playing (~60-65C°) but I can't tell the heatsink is really hot because it isn't ! I installed a good heatsink/double-fan combo (GlobalWin VOS32+) and know it is doing its job, cool things down ! Any idea to solve this behavior ?