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« Reply #945 on: November 10, 2009, 07:44:34 PM » |
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Windows 7 is up and running. Don't really like the new taskbar, but I can get used to it. Now I have to go about reinstalling everything and adding my files back. This may be a while...
There are workarounds for that taskbar. I for one will not be using it; I fucking hate the "stacking icons of same type" feature as well and eliminate that whenever it's on. Oh, I actually got it changed back to something that resembles the old one. Just have to change it to use small icons. It still actually lists each window separately now, but also joins the together if you want to move them on the taskbar. |
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« Reply #947 on: November 16, 2009, 06:45:09 AM » |
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It suppose it depends on what graphics card you have. What I do is I just go into the NVIDIA Control Panel under Display --> Adjust Desktop Size and Position and choose scale with fixed aspect ratio. It might also be in your monitor's internal menu, just look for scaling options.
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« Reply #949 on: November 23, 2009, 09:54:55 AM » |
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« Reply #950 on: November 23, 2009, 01:20:11 PM » |
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...and I just bought 2007 2 days ago. At least I got the student discount. |
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« Reply #951 on: November 23, 2009, 04:25:30 PM » |
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...and I just bought 2007 2 days ago. At least I got the student discount. Hmm . . . I don't know. With MS's history of releasing buggy software, I'm a little leery of using a beta on this decrepit, old computer. |
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« Reply #953 on: November 27, 2009, 06:55:17 AM » |
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Don't forget a CPU fan and heat sink. Something from Zalman for preference. I have one that I can manually adjust the fan speed. It works really well. In any case, make sure you find one with a low decibel/high airflow rating. Also, a couple of fans for the case would be good. At least one in front and one in back. You might be able to use the ones from your old case. endpcnoise.com |
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« Reply #954 on: November 27, 2009, 10:21:00 AM » |
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Both of my hard drives just failed on me. ALL of my important data was lost. Everything.. Instead of crying about it, i decided to make the most out of it. This seems as good a time as any to get a new setup, and step away for the 3 year old Dell. So i mulled over the possibilities, and went to newegg.com, and tried to setup an new system. Check it, and let me know if i might be missing something.:
With those 3 hard drives you'll want to either install them with an empty slot in between them or have a fan blowing over them (or both). People forget how warm hard drives get while running, stack them together and they overheat. Looks like there's a lot of drive slots in the case but it doesn't look like there's room for a front fan. I like larger cases so you can spread stuff out and they usually have lots of places to put extra fans. If you are not overclocking the fan and heat sink that come with the CPU should do to start, then monitor the temperatures and see if you need to upgrade. |
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« Reply #955 on: November 27, 2009, 10:38:15 AM » |
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Sorry to hear that. Coping with the loss of loved data is hard.
I'd sign up with some sort of online backup service. AmandaGal turned me on to MozyHome backup. It's $5.95 a month for unlimited storage. Pretty easy to set up and use. I haven't had to do any restores yet, but all my data appears to be up there on the Mozy services.
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« Reply #956 on: November 27, 2009, 11:13:27 AM » |
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The hard drive on my families dest top died. Between this and my laptop we are now stuck with a 13 year old 233mhz,64 megs of ram,six gig hard drive packard bell. Also I think this computer is loaded with spyware because no one makes anti spyware software for a windows 98 computer any more. Man I hate computers.
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« Reply #957 on: November 27, 2009, 11:29:19 AM » |
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The hard drive on my families dest top died. Between this and my laptop we are now stuck with a 13 year old 233mhz,64 megs of ram,six gig hard drive packard bell. Also I think this computer is loaded with spyware because no one makes anti spyware software for a windows 98 computer any more. Man I hate computers.
Why can't you just 'wipe' it and load XP on it  OR are we back to the 'F@*# Bill Gates' thing again?  |
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« Reply #958 on: November 27, 2009, 11:30:32 AM » |
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The hard drive on my families dest top died. Between this and my laptop we are now stuck with a 13 year old 233mhz,64 megs of ram,six gig hard drive packard bell. Also I think this computer is loaded with spyware because no one makes anti spyware software for a windows 98 computer any more. Man I hate computers.
Why can't you just 'wipe' it and load XP on it OR are we back to the 'F@*# Bill Gates' thing again? Can a computer that ancient even handle XP? |
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« Reply #959 on: November 27, 2009, 11:31:31 AM » |
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The hard drive on my families dest top died. Between this and my laptop we are now stuck with a 13 year old 233mhz,64 megs of ram,six gig hard drive packard bell. Also I think this computer is loaded with spyware because no one makes anti spyware software for a windows 98 computer any more. Man I hate computers.
Why can't you just 'wipe' it and load XP on it OR are we back to the 'F@*# Bill Gates' thing again? Can a computer that ancient even handle XP? Even if it could it probably has some physical damage that would allow it to work until it hits the sector that is damaged. Then blue screen all over again  Its black friday tho. You could pick up a better PC for 200$ with Windows Xp already loaded in. (Make sure its pro) |
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