Dell

no streaming video sound, no flv sound
All of a sudden I've lost any streaming video sound or sound from my flv player. Doesn't matter whether I'm using Firefox or IE. Locally on my computer, there's no sound in my saved flv files. Windows media play, real player, I-tunes all work fine. I can hear avi and wmv, no problema. I reinstalled a new set o... 15 Apr 2008 06:32

Off topic Newsgroup Service Providers
Hey! Can you recommend a reliable Newsgroup Service Provider. Forte APN has been quite "flakey" lately. Always complaining about something! Be it logon or too many connections-it's not to happy with me. I need a 50gb account with reliable binary service. Got a Video Toaster here that i share and grab video with. ... 15 Apr 2008 09:55

dell laptop dial-up over digital phone line
I have an older dell 1100 and was trying to connect to Juno with the dial-up modem. I was trying to connect over a cable service line. The persons home I was at uses Comcast Digital Phone service. Question, was it my laptop modem or their phone service which prevented me from connecting. BTW the modem works fi... 15 Apr 2008 19:31

SATA DVD
I have installed a SATA Philips DVD writer, but there was no connector for sound, so on DVD playback there is no sound. On IDE Units there is the usual connector. How can I get sound on play back? ... 15 Apr 2008 09:07

For those who didn't get the e-mail; $499 Vostro 1500
WinXP or Vista. I'd probably upgrade the HDD and the warranty to 2 years onsite...... http://configure.us.dell.com/dellstore/config.aspx?c=us&cs=04&kc=6W300&l=en&oc=bqdeklk&s=bsd&dgc=EM&cid=29523&lid=663150 -OR- http://tinyurl.com/435tmy Stew ... 16 Apr 2008 23:37

OT: Gartner: Windows Collapsing; Radical Change Needed
http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=8428 ... 16 Apr 2008 10:00

Strange problem with Games and Media Center
Hey everybody. Long time lurker, first time poster. I've been having a weird problem with my Dell XPS Gen 4 for several months. Whenever a game (except Hoyle or Windows included) is played full screen, or even Media Center goes full screen, I get one system beep and about 5-10 minutes of play before the syste... 14 Apr 2008 21:49

not telling the 3GB vs 4GB limitation
hm... i just got a Dell with 4GB of memory, and just found that it is known that only about 3.1 to 3.5GB can be used... (after upgrading to Vista SP1, it reports 4GB but only 3.3GB can be used as reported in Task Manager) So I went to Dell's website to configure a new computer and saw no warning or no "Help me... 16 Apr 2008 13:13

Followup regarding my Vista Install/Audio problem...
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/937378/en-us SYMPTOMS Consider the following scenario: (Okay!) ..You upgrade a computer to Windows Vista. (Uh huh) ..The computer uses a SigmaTel HD audio driver. (Uh huh) In this scenario, audio playback no longer works on the computer. Additionally, you receive the follo... 16 Apr 2008 06:36

Reading 4gb SDHC Card on XPS 400
When trying to read a 4gb HDSC card I get a I/O error. I am able to read normal SD cards up to 2gb with no problem. The $gb SDHC card I'm using is OK since it works in my eeePC without a problem. Have tried formatting both FAT32 and NTFS. I d/l and installed Hotfix K923293 from MS, but it didn't solve problem. ... 13 Apr 2008 16:45