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XP s.l.o.w

I wised up and installed the previous-newest version of the Nvidia driver. Things seem to work OK now, but I don't think I ever fixed my original problem (the BSODing). If that ever happens again (and I wouldn't be surprised if it did), I'll get back to you guys in a different thread. Thanks for...
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- Post #7
- Jul 26, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XP s.l.o.w

No OCing or anything funny before all this started happening. I went ahead and reset the BIOS to default... was able to get into safe mode. Funny thing is, I tried this before and it didn't work... ah well, live and learn. I went in and uninstalled my video driver, then reinstalled it. Same...
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- Post #5
- Jul 26, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XP s.l.o.w

I would check, if I could boot into Windows. Unfortunately, I can't.
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- Post #3
- Jul 26, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XP s.l.o.w

To make a long story short, after repeated, random(?) BSODs (DRIVER_IRQL was the message, or something along those lines) I can't really boot into Windows because of a bad video driver install (I think, because it BSOD'd on me a few times in the middle of the install process). It has been...
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- Thread
- Jul 26, 2006
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Operating Systems
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a question in C++

Stringstream is the proper way. atoi() will work, but is not standard. Your compiler may or may not support it.
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- Post #6
- Jan 21, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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Speeding up Thunderbird

Okay, I moved all my spam to another folder so Thunderbird doesn't have to deal with it. It's still dog slow - no change. Any ideas?
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- Post #5
- Jan 21, 2005
- Forum: Windows
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Speeding up Thunderbird

Okay, so I've been using Mozilla Thunderbird for a couple months now (since September), and I've accumulated literally thousands of messages, not all of which I can delete. As a result, Thunderbird is growing increasingly sluggish to the point where it takes up to 15 seconds to move a few...
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- Thread
- Jan 19, 2005
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows
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booting without a case?

how do I boot a computer without the power switch that comes with a case?
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- Thread
- Nov 14, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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PC3200 in K7S5A

Just what I needed to know, thanks!
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- Post #3
- Sep 12, 2004
- Forum: Motherboards
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PC3200 in K7S5A

Will putting PC3200 RAM in my ECS K7S5A work? I'm considering doing this because prices are pretty much the same and it'll help future-proof my memory in case I decide to upgrade the motherboard down the road.
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- Thread
- Sep 12, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Motherboards
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Dumb question about fans

Thanks for the explanation. My fan is pretty much in the middle (mid-tower), but I guess it's high enough to be calling it an exhaust fan. What I'm not sure of is if the fan is on the right side to be an exhaust fan. How do I find out?
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- Post #3
- Sep 3, 2004
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Dumb question about fans

Okay, so I bought a Enermax UC-8FAB-B for my case. It's cool and all, comes with a nice golden fan guard. But the thing is, my case already has a fan guard on it and I'm not sure which way to install the fan. Right now it's running with the fan guard pointing inside the case because I figure...
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- Thread
- Sep 3, 2004
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Cases & Cooling
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Activating Win XP Pro

I see. Thanks for the clarification, guys.
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- Post #4
- Sep 3, 2004
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Activating Win XP Pro

I thought you had to activate XP Home but the Professional version was exempt... but here it is, telling me I have 29 days left for activation. Is it because I bought this at student pricing? Or am I just behind on the times and MS has required us to activate XP Pro regardless?
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- Thread
- Sep 3, 2004
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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XP installation issues

I got it to work, apparently XP setup doesn't like USB devices plugged in. But anyway, I have another problem. It isn't detecting the disk I have for my SATA RAID... it keeps saying "install manufacturer's hardware suppport disk" or whatever. It's starting to get aggravating. Everything...
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- Post #6
- Aug 31, 2004
- Forum: Operating Systems

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