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Hello all, I've been thinking about a surround sound system for my computer. My motherboard has onboard audio, according to the manual "RealTek ALC658C 6-channel software audio codec" (whatever that means), and besides a few crackles when I listen to music, it has worked well. -Will my...

Hello all, my wireless network adapter (Belkin model F5D7050) has not been functioning at all recently. I have a feeling it has something to do with the drivers, but when I reinstalled the Belkin Wireless Utility it doesn't start and a error message comes up on screen saying "Winsock failed to...

a 4400+ 64? 64 X2? which?

Amd gt player--- what is the difference of a opteron and an athlon? i wikied it and it says that opty's are amd's "server" processor line... also, why not get more than the 5000+(just wondering) dual channel DDR 400, 3 512 sticks

Here are my current specs proc:AMD Athalon 64 3400+ gfx:ATI x1950 XT 1.5 GB RAM MSI proprietary mobo thx for all the responses

It seems I have hit a wall in my PC upgrading, I don't know where to go from here! I feel that my single core processor is holding back my system quite a bit (budget systems are starting with better CPU's than mine), but the problem is my socket is seemingly being phased out (My mobo supports...

thanks to everyone for the replies :)

Hello everyone, I'm in the market for a second drive for my gaming computer, as my available space seems to be running low. I currently have one IDE hard drive and one CD/DVD drive connected to separate cables. What would be the best/easiest/cheapest way to go about adding another drive...

I bought it new from Newegg.com

I tried booting up in safe mode, and logged on to the default "Administrator" account but was still unable to change startup programs. I also created another admin account, but that didn't work either.

I built this PC from scratch, installed XP myself, and only created ONE account. To my knowledge, you always need at least one admin account on your system, so saying that it is the only account would make it an admin, right?

the account i'm having the trouble with IS an administrator account, and its the only one on the system And Im using XP HOME if it matters I cant find local users in My Computer--> Manage either

Hello all, I was doing some regular maintenance on my computer when I found that I could not change the startup programs. Windows was recognizing the account I was using as a limited account, not an administrator. This is the only account on the system, so it has to be an administrator...

Thanks sCribes, reinstall did it.

I use XP home, I'll try IE