Hello, a friend of mine asked me if someone in  this group might know
the answer to a problem he is having. The problem is that, when his pc
is ON and idle, and NOT online, he claims that it will randomly dial
up and connect to the net,  it seems to always be at different times

I have a CISNET PC, running Windows XP on Pentium 4 3GHz 512MB RAM,
with a onboard sound card, a Logitech QuickCam, want to go Live
Messenger to do some online conference.
I can hear the other party's voice, I can speak to my MIC and hear my

Looking for suggestions on what's considered the best software these
days for partitioning hard drives.  I need to do a bit of resizing &
maybe combining of multiple partitions.  I need one that'll work in
Windows 2000 as well as XP.

I am looking for a WiFi broadband router to access the Internet for 2
PC.
there is a lot out there;
will a unit that is ADSL2+ work on a standard run-of-the-mill broadband

just recently i switched out my motherboard, cpu, and ram. for the
most part they are working well but when i went to restore windows xp
it stops at the examining hardware setup screen, i also tried to
reformat it all together but it will not work. the wierdest part is i

I bought a HP pavilion dv6108nr laptop featuring a fast cpu, a intel
integrated video card that can share up to 128M video ram.
When I work home, I usually hook a big sony 21" GDM-5410 monitor. I want to
go to 1880X1400 @85HZ(I found this information on the web), but the biggest

As my BIOS allows HDD boot order I thought I would try to dual-boot Vista &
XP. Vista is on a SATA, XP is on an ATA. It will not boot to XP on the ATA.
Would it dual boot if I got another SATA or do the 2 OS's have to be on the
same HDD in separate partitions?

WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU take the fastest video card on the planet and
turn up its clock speeds a bit? You have a new fastest video card on
the planet, of course, which is a little bit faster than the old
fastest video card on the planet...

I got my resolution AS high as possible right now.
I read/heard the higher the resolution, you get a drop in performance?
1280 X 1024 right now, what's a good one for performance?
Or does it matter????????

I have one of those motherboards with a built in network device.  Its
a ABIT NF8-V.  After reinstalling Windows XP Pro, it cant find the
Network device, so I assume I need to install software for it.
However, I cant find the disk.

   I'm looking at this board since its inexpensive, but read some
weird things about graphics card support? Any opinions either way? I
won't be running any major games or anything on it, and was looking at
the ASUS Extreme N6200TC/TD video card....

I'm using CyberLink PowerCinema version 5 along with Pinnacle HD
PCTV Pro Stick.  I can view TV programs with closed captions, but
closed-captions don't show up on the recorded video.  Does anyone
how to capture video along with closed captions with this

I've posted to the Asus group, but as there is little traffic there, I might
not get a response.
ASUS m2v   has a power connector with 12 pairs of receptors, as I guess most
of the newer boards do. After 2 or three weeks, computer failed to start.

wow ,sorry  to say it sounds like your cpu went bad,i have had cpu
problems recently and it sounds almost exactly what i went through
before i found out it was the cpu. i am not for sure betting on it but
it sounds like it. hope it aint ,but who knows. take care...

I recently built my first computer and it's been smooth sailing until
now.
The last few days I have been working with alot of programs and
windows. When I decide I am finished for the night I just set my