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I'm using winXP Pro. I removed my PCI sound card (a SIIG SoundWave 7.1) from my computer. Then I wanted to uninstall all its drivers after I turned computer back on. For some reason, problems started. I could not find any reference to it in the Add/Remove programs in Control Panel. Also, the...

I'm playing around with a socket A Athlon XP system. I just downgraded my cpu from 2500+ to the 1800+ so that I could stick the 2500+ into another box instead. I pretty much kept everything else the same. I changed a few other things, but they shouldn't affect anything. Here are the full...

I have a sort of old computer with an asus a7n8x motherboard, and it has 2x IDE connectors, ultra dma 133/100/66/33. It seems like all the modern hard drives these days are SATA standard. So how is SATA better than IDE? I don't know much about it. I browsed through some available IDE HD's, and...

I want to get some nicer speakers, which I could use for my laptop. As with most laptops, I do not have a 7.1 channel sound card, like I do on my main PC. It only sports one sound plug and one for mic. So my question is, what is the "highest" level of a speaker system that I could get? I...

Will there be any problems if I have it plugged into 2 computers at the same time? I have my desktop PC (winxp pro) connected to my mfc printer via the old-school LPT port. Meanwhile, the printer also has a USB port. So if I also plug in my mom's laptop (winxp home) into the printer via usb, and...

It's probably best if you start by just looking at the attached screenshot. See the cpu spikes in the usage history? I've been experiencing this type of thing a lot when browsing online. I have watched the list of processes, and I see that these cpu usage spikes all happen in firefox. I can't...

I need some recommendations. I'm completely disgusted with photobucket.com. It is so terribly slow now... how could any website possibly be THAT shitty?? It's ridiculous... What is a good site where you can dump/store your images/photos? Thanks!

I think it's a badly titled article, because it's not what I initially thought it would be about. But still, weird. It's about new services that offer to recover your entire online life and give access to family members if you die. Check it out New services promise online life after death -...

Why does my PC only sometimes go on standby and then hibernate? Often, it does neither. It just stays fully powered on. I have it very clearly set in my Power Options Properties window that "system standby:" after 15 mins ... "system hibernate:" after 25 mins. What about this could possibly be...

I know often this is done within software itself, like for example in a media player's settings you can associate that player w/ media files... But recently I installed Mathematica, and it thinks that it should be the default program to open my MatLab .m files (scripts or code files). I want...

Android to take Linux mainstream

Hello, is it true that DSL typically has less ping than cable? Right now I have Cox Cable at my house, and it absolutely SUCKS. I hate it. I can never play BF1942 without getting lag. I do download tests on speedtest.net, and I get results like 164ms ping and like 2-3 Mbps ... pretty crappy...

I need help. I want to create a forum for the lab in which I work to help us in communication. It should obviously be free. And no need for it to be fancy. I don't have much time to spend on it, so I will need to just select some kind of template and not mess much with designing things myself...

Check it out ZDNet: Single charger coming for mobile phones Sounds like a brilliant move. I'm really liking my own micro usb interface on my new chocolate 3 phone. So much better than the port I had on my old phone... But even better, if everyone has the same charger, how awesome will it...

Are there any general guidelines? Are 5.1 speakers typically nailed to walls or something?

Well I sold a book, and i'm getting shipping reimbursement. And next to that there's also some kind of charge, apparently, because the total payment that I will be getting from half.com is lower... You can see in the screenshot... So what the hell is that? What does "Comm." mean, the title of...

Check out this blog entry: The Daily Background Exclusive: Belkin’s Development Rep is Hiring People to Write Fake Positive Amazon Reviews Some tech blogs picked it up like here on engadget Belkingate - as new evidence turns up, the company keeps mum - Engadget The first one is the...

Can anyone explain it to me? I have a SanDisk flash drive, and it always asks me if I want to keep U3 on this drive, and I always click "I'm not sure, please ask me later" because I keep putting off figuring out what it does. So can anyone enlighten me about how it works and what I can do with...

Here's one: Logitech Z-5500 Here's the other: Polk Audio RM6750 Which one do you think is better and why? I don't yet really understand what the specs mean, i don't know much about speakers. Thanks

Just an article I thought was a bit of interesting tech news from zdnet: Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?