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Tera
Member
08-10-2000
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 7:21 pm
Could someone please explain Wi-Fi. I am about to build a house where this is the only high speed internet available at this time. DSL is not even available out there. I have been a cable user since they started offering high speed. Is Wi-Fi comparable to high speed cable or DSL? Any info will be greatly appreciated. Including approx. monthly fees and equipment needed.
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, December 13, 2005 - 9:23 pm
WiFi is more comparable to DSL in most instances. The technology is simply a boosted signal and special high-performance antenna systems to distribute wireless data similar to a regular home or office wireless network. The primary requirement is to have the antenna on your house be able to physically 'see' the transmitter antenna, without obstructions to disrupt the wireless signal. The other alternative is two-way satellite service. Although I've heard this is very expensive, if you are not able to get service from a local wireless service, it might be the last alternative to get higher than dialup connectivity.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Wednesday, December 21, 2005 - 12:07 am
I have a short video that I took on my Kodak EasyShare camera. However, the room wasn't very light, and it came out very very dark. Does someone have a good way to lighten up the video? Can it be done the same way as with stills? I don't have much in the way of software, just the free stuff like Irfanview. If someone is more tech savy, and has better software than I, would you be interested in trying to doctor the video up for me? Or, just let me know how to do it, and I might be able to figure it out on my own!
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Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 8:08 am
After I went and made sure that we had the right graphics card for the Star Wars Lego game, now the thing won't load! DS is so disappointed and I am really aggravated. The specs from the Lego site say: Minimum System Requirements: PC running Microsoft Windows XP or Windows 2000 A Pentium III 1 GHz or equivalent processor 256Mb RAM DirectX9 - compatible 32Mb graphics card with pixel shader support (eg. GeForce 3 or better; Radeon 9600) DirectX9 - compatible sound card 1.5 Gigabytes of free hard disk space I have a NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 chip, so I thought this would more than cover the requirements. Now the box says slightly different: Graphics: 100% DirectX 0 compatible 32 meg Direct 3D Card with Pixel Shader Support. I can see all the DirectX files but they don't mean anything to me. How do I know if I need to buy something to run this game? Could someone help me figure this out? Thanks.
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 8:44 am
Whoami: PM or E-mail me regarding your video please. Not1worry: Click on 'Start - Run' and type dxdiag in the box and click 'Ok' to use the DirectX Diagnostics program to determine what you have compared to the requirements. The 'Display' tab will give you the information about the video system in your computer to compare.
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Not1worry
Member
07-30-2002
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 2:26 pm
Draheid, (<snort> just finally read your name backwards) is 32 meg the same as 32 bit? Everything else I see on the DirectX Display tab seems to fit with the requirements for the game. Nothing specifically says 3D card or pixel shading support. They recommend a GeForce 3 or better and I have a GeForce 4. I'm stumped. If I have time tonight I may try calling the tech support.
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Thursday, December 29, 2005 - 4:43 pm
Not1worry: 32bit indicates the color capabilities (how many colors the display can generate, sometimes also referred to as 'True Color') whereas 32 meg refers to the amount of physical memory dedicated to the graphics display. You can change the 'bit' quality through the display settings. The memory can only be increased by adding more to the video card if it is supported (probably not likely in most cases but 32 meg should be sufficient). On the same 'Display' tab, are buttons to 'Test DirectDraw' and 'Test Direct3D' which will run a series of tests and ask you to confirm the video's capability after each test. Successful testing on both of these should confirm the card meets the requirements of the program. You may need to provide some of the information displayed in the dxdiag screen to the tech support person when you call. At least now you're familiar with the program and can bring up the information for them.
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Buttercup
Member
09-10-2000
| Friday, December 30, 2005 - 7:44 pm
Not a computer question, but I am hoping for some help anyway My little girl got a few code2 dvds (from Norway)for Christmas which of course don't work on a regular dvd player here (we have a Sony DVP NS725P). We were just going to buy a code free dvd player, but then I started doing some research and ended up more confused Can we just buy a PAL NTSC digital video converter? Or just a code free dvd player? Or do we need to buy both? Are there any suggestions on which product/s to buy?

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Taterheadtwo
Member
09-29-2005
| Friday, December 30, 2005 - 8:09 pm
go to videohelp.com , look around, see if you can find a solution to your dvd player, are maybe hunts to what to get to be able to play any dvd's from anywhere in the wolrd. its out there, will need to do advance searches buts it out there, i found a way to make my dvd player work around that promblem
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Kiersten_love
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 6:26 pm
i have a quick question. does anyone know anything about: Azureus - BitTorrent Client ? If so, can you let me know if and how you can shut off the file sharing? I have emule and i can shut that off, but i don't want to dl this new program and then find out i can't do that... thanks so much Draheid if you are around and see this maybe you would know the answer to this too?
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Taterheadtwo
Member
09-29-2005
| Saturday, December 31, 2005 - 8:01 pm
im into bittorrent progs, az is a resource hog,, i use a different prog.. go to slyck.com to learn alot more about this. plus i hope you know enough to keep form getting viruses and the other pitfallls, newbies fall into.. u can e-mail if you want to know more detailed info, but u wont like azureus, it takes constant configuring to work right, otherwise it slows stops are crashes most users
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Kiersten_love
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, January 06, 2006 - 6:52 pm
thanks tater for answering me. I won't use Azureus since you seem to know about it, and since I am not computer savvy at all...I really appreciate the help. I do have emule, but i find that it is so very very slow, and yes i do have cable. what i really am interested in is being able to shut off and or adjust the file sharing. Sometimes I want to be able to dl reality shows that i haven't seen nor can get here, so hence i need a program that can help me dl them. I do appreciate any help you can give me Tater in learning what to use and how to use them too, to dl reality shows. Thanks alot
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Taterheadtwo
Member
09-29-2005
| Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 12:11 am
emule is really for those who have a second computer they can leave on ryunning 24/7. emule has a poiny system , the minute you turnit off, and when you restart emule your back at the starting point, lose your place in the line.. go to slyck.com, do some reading ( left hand side will have sugestions and manuals, help guide on the manny ways and programs to find and get what you want, and the forums are a great help on what works, the fastesst, safetest ways, and how to prevent getting fakes are viruses, again get back to me if need more... but you can pretty much find any tv show present to past out thereform any parts of the world.
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Julieboo
Member
02-05-2002
| Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 10:13 am
Right now we have one computer and hi speed internet. If we got another computer, would we be able to use that same hi speed internet on both systems simultaneously? (ie. My dh is on espn.com on one computer while I'm at tvclubhouse.com on the other computer?)
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Jimmer
Member
08-30-2000
| Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 10:45 am
Yep (as I said in the other thread). You just need to get a router. How is your current computer connected to your high speed modem?
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Kiersten_love
Member
08-03-2001
| Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 1:07 pm
thanks tater..i will email you about some help. 
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Saturday, January 07, 2006 - 8:56 pm
I have a Sony DVD player from 2000. (I won it!) Still works fine, but.... Is there something about older DVD players having a problem with flippers? Don't often have flippers to play. Not long after getting the player, I remember putting in a flipper. Played fine. Through the years may have had few others. No problems. Then last year bought new DVD set which were two flippers. Played side a on both discs with no problems, but absolutely would not play side Bs. Then I tried the flippers I mentioned above which I got shortly after the player. This time had problem getting side Bs to play, but eventually did. I just bought season 1 of ER. They're flippers?! I'm still watching disc 1, side a. Haven't tried a side B as yet. Am I going to have a problem? Is there something about older DVD players not doing well with flippers?
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Sunday, January 08, 2006 - 2:34 pm
Draheid, Calling Draheid!! My cookies seem to have gotten all messed up (a couple of days ago I let my virus program do an update and since then it's been hellish). Every time I try to get onto eBay or PayPal, I get a "security alert" message and security certificate acceptance, which just won't work when I answer yes to the certificate. Also, on this site, my user name, password, and preferences have to be updated every visit. I've spent all day trying to find where I fix this, to no avail. Can you help? I can't even find which IE I have but I'm sure it's 5 or 6.
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Supergranny
Member
02-03-2005
| Thursday, January 12, 2006 - 11:09 pm
Is there a way I can transfer my cell phone pictures on to my computer without going the e-mail 25 cent a picture route? I have the usb cord that hooks up phone & computer to get the e-mail. Seems there should be a way I could transfer the pictures...you can transfer address book. Would appreciate any thoughts on this.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 12:52 pm
When I do a disk defrag, I will sometimes get the message 'not all files could be defragmented, please review the list' ok..so i look at the list....what's it telling me? what do i do with the list?
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 5:49 pm
Texannie: Some of the files may be marked as hidden/system or read-only and the defrag program cannot move the parts together for you. The list could be useful to tell if something that shouldn't be a system file is marked as such and you might need to investigate further if you suspect that is the case. No system I've seen lately defrags the hard drive 100% so, unless you see real problems, I wouldn't worry too much about that report.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, January 18, 2006 - 2:16 am
thanks dra!
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Treasure
Member
06-26-2002
| Thursday, February 02, 2006 - 3:29 pm
I have a question about this new Black Worm that is suppose to hit tomorrow. Can I avoid possible contamination by not turning on my computer tomorrow? I mean, I know if my computer is down, I can't be infected but what happens when do turn it on the next day? Will I still be in danger of infection?
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, February 07, 2006 - 5:00 pm
Hello Druid A while back I had come here to mention that Ocean Elvis said he was no longer able to log in...then it somehow mysteriously cleared up. He IM-ed me about a half hour ago saying he's having the same trouble again. He says that even though he's logged in it says he can't post until he joins and becomes a member. Any ideas please?
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Wednesday, February 08, 2006 - 7:49 am
Bump...
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