Hardware

Windows Media Center in Full Screen Mode
I have an NVIDIA GE Force 6600 card with 128MB of memory. When I run WMC in full-screen mode, I get dots and vertical lines in the screen. I wouldn't call it pixelation, but it certainly looks like some kind of interference. At first I thought it may have been heat-related. I re-arranged the video card so t... 10 Mar 2010 16:24

McAfee SLOW !
P-IV running Windows XP with McAfee recently installed. Full system scans take more than 5 hours. Informed comments and any help greatly appreciated & thanks ! ... ... 10 Mar 2010 09:39

Call for papers: HPCS-10, USA, July 2010
It would be highly appreciated if you could share this announcement with your colleagues, students and individuals whose research are in parallel computing, distributed systems, operating systems, computer architecture, grid-computing, VLSI, and related areas. Call for papers: HPCS-10, USA, July 2010 The 2010... 7 Mar 2010 09:34

Soyo mobo doesn't shut off, but reboots after "shut off" command.
Hello, I got an older Soyo mobo (SY-7IWM/L) which I installed in an old computer whose mobo had broken down. It works fine in Win 2000, except that after the "shut off" command the computer doesn't power down (as it should), but boots up again. I think that everything is set correctly in "Power Management" and... 4 Mar 2010 22:30

Computer Network Question
Im one of those sorry saps that has 4 computers at home wired to a linksys router. Im am, by default, the network guy at home getting questions from the family about everything. Recently, I've noticed the connectivity between computers is spotty. I believe the root of the problem is as follows and I'd like to find ... 24 Mar 2010 06:33

Need help with Seagate HD in HP Notebook
I need desperately help with saving data from my hard disk. I have a 120 GB Seagate Momentus 5400.2 hard disk with a small 15+7 pins connector sitting in a HP Pavillion dv6000 notebook. You can see pictures of the hard disk and the connector here: http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c286/gyury/Billede603.jpg htt... 9 Mar 2010 18:03

Memory usage
I'm trying to work out what parts of my Windows PC's memory are free. You know when you do computer_management->disk_defragmenter->analyze, you get a graphical representation of where your files are on your HD. Is there anything similar for the memory? So I can see what's put where. ... 4 Mar 2010 00:10

Are PCs having TOO MUCH computing power?
Esp when most PCs are not being used to play DirectX games.... :) -- @~@ Might, Courage, Vision, SINCERITY. / v \ Simplicity is Beauty! May the Force and Farce be with you! /( _ )\ (x86_64 Ubuntu 9.10) Linux 2.6.32.9 ^ ^ 17:04:01 up 1 day 1:53 0 users load average: 1.05 1.05 1.03 不借貸! 不詐騙! 不援交!... 9 Mar 2010 18:03

Call For Manuscripts: International Journal of Signal Processing (IJSP)
Call For Manuscripts The International Journal of Signal Processing (IJSP) is currently accepting original high-quality research manuscripts for publication. The Journal welcomes the submission of manuscripts that meet the scientific criteria of significance and academic excellence. All research articles submitted... 1 Mar 2010 06:57

Dual Channel Memory
Are some DDR2 memory modules unusable in a dual channel configuration, or will any pair of identical modules (of the right speed) work in a motherboard with that capability? ... 27 Feb 2010 19:52