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wireless connection?

vtech — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:40:52 GMT

i was connected to a belkin wireless internet connection for about 2months now and when i got home today i turned my laptop on and it said that i couldnt connect to it.im trying to find out why i cant connect to it anymore?any ideas?its my neighbors connection so you know.

Microsoft Project - recurring task in Calendar view

Dmitry2009 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:40:40 GMT

Hi, everyone,
I created a plan in Microsoft Project XP with "regular" and recurring tasks. When I switch from Gantt view to Calendar View, I can only see regular tasks. None of recurring tasks showed up in the Calendar.
How can I have the entire daily schedule to appear in my calendar?
Thanks a lot in advance.

Congressman Asks Geithner to Step Down

Jason — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:39:05 GMT

Geithner responds by saying its a pleasure to serve the President (not the people).

YouTube - Obama's Stimulus Fails Geithner Step Down....

Device manager shows 2 cards

zzdave — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:34:22 GMT

Hi,
I got an XP system fully patched and it keeps turning itself off and on again.
My diagnostics show that it might be the graphics card drivers so I want to download the latest drivers to rule this out.

I went to Device manager to check the card (and later used the Aida diagnostics tool).

They both show:

Radeon X600/X550 series
Radeon X600/x550 series secondary
(both 256mb)

I only have one graphics card so why does it show two and which drivers should I download X600 or X550?

Very confused

Thanks

David

Explorer.exe - won't load desktop and taskbar

EgnigemSera — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:30:14 GMT

I've been through a lot of forums and posts but none seem to have my problem, and the scarce few that do are unanswered in remote regions of the internet.

My computer seems to be working fine, I load up Vista and my startup seems to run right, however my problem is that explorer.exe will no longer load the desktop icons and the taskbar. the explorer.exe now only opens the Windows Explorer, the little window that a layman would use to navigate their documents or my computer. No matter how many times I restart explorer.exe from the task manager, it just keeps loading me another Windows Explorer window

As a little background, I generally leave my computer on and hibernate it when not using it. Recently however I went rampant on deleting things from my windows startup on AVG for some unknown reason. I don't believe the software would allow me to delete anything crucial... but anyways, everything on my computer runs correctly, internet, games, whatnot, except that I'm incredibly hassled by not having a desktop or taskbar.

Any help? I'm sorry if I didn't search correctly and this was actually answered elsewhere, but I really have been looking desperately for a solution for 3 days on end.

I also do not have my Vista install cd, since this is a laptop my dad received as a gift from his company and passed on to me when he got another one.

Thanks in advance for any help!

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Have I done gone broke my laptop?

stupot101 — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:27:52 GMT

On Monday, in a fit of rage, I slammed my laptop closed pretty hard.

From Tuesday onwards I've been unable to stream video from my latop to my Xbox. Videos will load, but very very slowly. And they'll start buffering again every few minutes.

Streaming was working perfectly before. I have all the settings right.

Could I have damaged something with my foul temper? Maybe I'm looking for the obvious answer. But if I didn't change anything on my laptop, Xbox, or router I can't think why it would stop working.

Laptop is a Compaq CQ60 running Vista 6.0 SP1. Having no other issues on the laptop. Internet speed is unaffected at 5mb.

Any ideas?

how to plug in second fan

namelessd — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:19:22 GMT

Hey I just got a new case and mobo. The case has 2 120mm fans, one in front and one in back. the mobo I bought is an asrock a780gxe. I get everything together only to realize that to the best of my deduction the mobo only has one place for a chassis fan to plug in. is there any way at all to get the other one plugged in? it would help tremendously in cooling. I'm hoping there is another spot that would work or some kind of trick. please let me know.

pro-AWG research emails hacked and docs leaked(possibly?)

HumanoidComplex — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:14:56 GMT

http://wattsupwiththat.com/2009/11/1...ed/#more-12937

side issue:I used to buy into global warming scare but looked at the otherside of the argument(which is easily more convincing).

This wouldn't be the first time data was smugged or forged by AGW scientists or scientists in general, but I hope this is a hoax. I at least hope the scientists that hold the belief that a small amount of c02 can have drastic effects on climate actually diligently apply the scientific method in their research and are 'for real', if you will. but If some of these people at the helm of the research are saying stuff like �I�ve just completed Mike�s Nature trick of adding in the real temps to each series for the last 20 years (ie from 1981 onwards) amd from 1961 for Keith�s to hide the decline.�, and they know that its all bs (or exagerated), then f them.

'logon exe' error message

denisefromjerse — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:12:21 GMT

every time I boot up I can not see my desk top and I keep on getting the message 'logonexe' error. Please help!

HDD Noise - Question

willmington — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:09:59 GMT

Hi guys first time poster long time reader.

I have a USB external enclosure (Nexstar3) containing a Seagate ST3400832A 400GB 7200.8 ATA drive. I have had this unit for about six months and the drive has had maybe 20-30 hours use.

Recently, I noted an odd noise coming from the HDD. This noise occurs when the drive is inactive/idle. I know odd noises and HDD are bad bed fellows.

The noise pattern is very precise as I will detail below. Also this happens whether the drive is connected to a pc or not. I will list the time in a chronometer manner in mins and secs

Time 00:00 <--switch on external enclosure
Drive starts fine no issues.
Time 00:50
Drive begins to make low intensity of rapid continuous ticks about 7 and then a slightly louder click. This patterns continues ie loops and lasts for 1mn 10secs.
Time 02:00 the above noises stop and the drive can be heard to spin quietly (as per normal)
Time 08:00 noises restart same as above under 00:50
Time 09:10 noise stops after 1mn 10secs exactly as before.

The process then restarts again after 6 mins ie there are 6mins to this cycle after the first one.

So for clarity

00:00 switch on
00:50 noise starts
02:00 noise stops
08:00 noise starts
09:10 noise stops
15:10 noise starts

One final point, if I connect the external enclosure to a pc and wait for the noise to begin and then access the drive, the noise immediately stops and the drive is heard functioning normally.

Now fearing that my drive was about to fail I purchased a new HD. The replacement was identical ie ST3400832A. The first thing I did was just to power up the drive ie just connected it to a powered molex (one used for usb to ide/sata converter). Lo and behold, the new drive does exactly the same thing. Same noise, identical timing.

I did also run Seatools (long test) on the new drive and it passed with no issues.

The only plausible answers are that

1. This noise pattern is a feature of this drive model prior to failure

2. This noise pattern is somehow part of the normal operation of the drive. Though why it should be doing this is unknown to me.

In the first instance, I was wondering if anyone had run across this type of noise pattern before and could provide some clarity.

Many thanks for any info provided

Cheers

[SOLVED] SATA2 to SATA3 HD in a laptop

win98forever — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:00:31 GMT

I'm getting my new HD replaced because it failed. I just got an email from newegg indicating the drive they registered as receiving is a SATA3. My invoice says it's SATA2. All the other numbers match.

If they send me a SATA3 will it work in my laptop?

If I Disable a Hardware, Does the computer still check for it?

Henford — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:56:00 GMT

I have a laptop(d610) and I'm trying to save as much battery as possible. I don't use the Cd/Dvd drive as much but I don't want to take it out in case I will need it. I was wondering, if I disable it in Device Manager, does the computer still take up processing power to find it and list it? I just want it to be able to stay in the computer but not take up power at all. I was also wondering if I could make a shortcut to the desktop for instant able/disabling. Thanks to those who help!

Unable to boot

dsl — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:54:00 GMT

When my friend attempts to boot his computer, it loads to the black page with white writing then reboots.
It will not go past this point.

Any suggestings please. Thanks

HP 6310 "power reset" error message

junodaniels — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:57 GMT

My HP Officejet 6310xi All-in-One displayed a "power reset" error message and all the lights were flashing. I went to the HP tech support website and followed their instructions: pressing the power button once to turn it off and again to turn it back on. Now the LCD display is blank and only the camera icon light is flashing. At this point, the HP tech support website simply says "if you are still experiencing a problem, service your product". What's going on? Is the printer dead and would cost more to fix than buy a new one?