Don't you have to change the bootup sequence so that it creates the boot.ini file first?

Well, if you can't find it, thats what you have to do! 
Hold down F8 (?) during boot up, you should see a list of Normal, Safe Mode, Boot logging etc...
Just select the Boot logging one and it should be on C:\

 

in the near future, there won't be any PATA connectors on the mainboards anymore so updating could become an issue later on

Like you'll need those old HDs in the future 

Make sure you have the right version of Winamp, downloaded the skin into the right folder (usually Skins or something) and then go into the menu, then to the skins section and select it.

HDC: For that lady, I set the Remote Access Auto Connection Manager service to Automatic like you said but it didn't fix the problem. 
This time, New Network Connection Wizard was there, and I set it up to one of the ISP's I use, then set it as the default connection, but neither Firefox nor IE would engage it when trying to get on the net. 

Could it be Zonealarm or anything? I installed that pretty early on in the set up.

Or you could just move the .wsz-file to the /skins directory in your WinAmp directory. Start WinAmp, select the theme, you're done, oh joy.

 

Originally posted by ~FazeShift~:
HDC: For that lady, I set the Remote Access Auto Connection Manager service to Automatic like you said but it didn't fix the problem.   
This time, New Network Connection Wizard was there, and I set it up to one of the ISP's I use, then set it as the default connection, but neither Firefox nor IE would engage it when trying to get on the net.   

Could it be Zonealarm or anything? I installed that pretty early on in the set up.

Yeah, there's a possibility that a third-party firewalls and other network-sniffing stuff could interfere with this auto connection feature. I only tried it with an integrated Windows firewall, and it worked normally.

 

Originally posted by Flexooo:
Hi, I have a couple of questions - hope someone can help!
First, can anyone reccommend a programme to capture soundbite's from DVD's?

Yeah, can someone also tell me how to make a link to them once it's recorded?
Cheers.

You can still find the original time limited demo, or the better feature limited (you select the features you want disabled) Cool Edit 96. Search Google for it, or look around download sites.

In response to futuramafreak's now-closed thread:

 

Originally posted by futuramafreak:
I'm probably gonna get beat up for this, but I have IE and I want to know why everyone wants me to change.

Firefox is great because:

• It's easily modified, providing an array of user-created extensions and tools
• It eats up less system memory than IE
• It uses tabbed browsing, which is something you may think you don't need now but will become addicted to regardless
• It all but eliminates pop-up ads with the proper settings & extensions
• It remembers passwords and form information (i.e. you wont have to type your whole email addy in online forms, etc.)
• Stores not only recently visited URLs in the address bar, but page titles too (useful when you're trying to find one webpage out of a dozen you visited on Amazon)
• Most of all, it's more secure than IE. Since fewer people use it, far fewer viruses exist to exploit its weaknesses. Plus, it doesn't interface with Windows & Outlook the same way IE does, making the spread of viruses more difficult.

Bottom line, the real question should be why shouldn't you change? Especially when the federal government itself reccommends users stop using Microsoft's web browser because of a gaping security hole (still unfixed). And here's a full-fleged article about why Firefox kicks IE's ass.

So do the smart thing: download Firefox and install it today.

 

Originally posted by winna:
One word: Opera.

Don't get freaking Opera. If you don't want to pay, you have to put up with banner ads in the toolbar.

You also forgot the "It's faster" bit, it's a lot faster and you don't realise it until you use it. There's also a great extension called Adblock which will block almost all banner ads.

I am pretty sure that the cable isn't broken as the light on the webcam comes on.  I have installed everything else it is just the driver that is the problem.  I have tried using the hardware wizard but it still can't find the driver.
Edit - Okay now in the hardware wizard is says 'this device is disabled - code 22'.  When I click to enable it the computer seems to freeze up.

 

Originally posted by aslate:
You also forgot the "It's faster" bit, it's a lot faster and you don't realise it until you use it.

That's what I meant by saying "it eats less system memory than IE". Less use of system resources = faster.

I need to know how to restart windows xp in safe mode so I can run a virus scan and remove some spyware that couldn't be removed normally.  The way windows help said to do it didn't work.

Changing the OS is not an option.

wel I jsut switched to firefox and WOW its so much better, thanks for the link.  If anyone knows where to get a copy of photoshop ( hopefully not pirated) Can you help me out and tell me? I went desperate and searched on lime wire but I didnt find any that worked.. I was wondering if its possible for anyone to zip it into .zip and send  me a copy? If not thanks anyways.

Clicky!

Can anyone explain this?
Happens when i restart sometimes, and if i restart after that again, it will screw-up all the dos characters...
It's something to do with the Radeon, but i'm pretty sure it isn't the softmod...
Thanks a bundle

Also, Cudos to Imageshack's no BS thumbnail maker!
EDIT : Well, almost no BS, it should work now...

 

Originally posted by stolb3rg:
If anyone knows where to get a copy of photoshop ( hopefully not pirated)

I do!

Don't steal.

We could all come up with good configurations for comps here, I guess.

But before I do that: Do you want to build the comp yourself? If you know how to do it (it's not that hard anyway), do it, you will end up with a better system, a system you know quite well from the start.

 

Originally posted by stolb3rg:
Oh would a gaming comp be good wioth "gimp" style systems..err..programs?

(Sorry, this is quite long.  I get carried away.  Though it'll probably answer other questions that may come up.  Also, most people here know not to ask this question    )

The Gimp is a program that is ported from a free, open source operating system called Linux (which as any zealot will tell you is pronounced lin-ucks, saying 'lin' as you would in the word 'linear', and 'ucks' as in the word 'ducks').  It can run on virtually any computer, with varying levels of support for hardware (dependant on how new it is, how much it costs, and also the brand of hardware.  For example HP printers are better supported than some other ones.), with some exceptions in the case of older hardware (it won't work on lower than a 386, and older computers won't run a graphical interface of the sofistication that you do now) and bleeding edge hardware.

To get it, you'll need what's called a distribution, which is like a flavour of Linux.  Each is aimed at different audiences and there are hundreds of them.  Lots of people have their own idea of what makes a perfect system.  Some of the most popular include SuSE, Mandrake, Fedora (also known as Redhat), Debian, Gentoo, Slackware.

Myself, Margarita and I think maybe Anarchist are Gentoo users, SpacemanSpiff uses Slackware, and I think Nefnar uses something else, but I'm not sure what.

They all can run along side your install of Windows, by doing something called dual boot.  You just pick from a menu if you want to run Windows or Linux when you turn on your computer.  There's also a few that will run entirely off a CD, the most popular being Knoppix.

Linux is not a single project, it's many many projects, some work independently, or depend on the work of others.  For example, GIMP, Logjam (a LiveJournal client) and Gnome (a desktop) all depend on GTK (among with many other programs).

Linux is based on Minix which is in turn based on UNIX.  The filesystem is completely different, there's no drive letters.  Everything is 'mounted' on a point in the filesystem.  You can still read Windows, Macintosh, Minix, and many other drives on a Linux box, provided that you have (or your distributer) has enabled the appropriate modules.

Many people will tell you that they find Linux more stable (rebooting only for hardware failures/major hardware changes), and more secure than Windows.  It is, though not everyone will agree.  It's not ready for "mum and dad" yet, but it's getting closer.

I wouldn't recommend it for gaming, as not a huge amount of games are ported to Linux.  There is an emulator you can run that will let you many games and programs, called Wine (for the normal apps) and WineX (for games).  WineX costs money, and many think that Transgaming, the company that make WineX are pricks for various reasons.  (That are beyond the scope of all of this).  Though, my main argument for people that only want to play games is: "If you want games, get a console."  I have a PS2, and I play games on it.  I play some other games, like frozen bubble, mahjongg, ut2003, etc. on my computer.

Oh, and if you want screengrabs, see the Desktop thread, they're scattered through there.

Instead, it has nice Ncurses config utilities (for some things at least).
Also: Right on, Slackware rules!

I think what the world really needs are not Linux-zealots battling every other OS, but distro-zealots battling every other distro. 

Here's a possible configuration:

Mainboard: Asus K8V Deluxe (VIA K8T800) - EUR 114.00
CPU: AMD Athlon 64 3000+ (2000mhz, Clawhammer) - 189.00
CPU Fan: Zalman CNPS-7000A AlCu - 39.00
RAM: Kingston ValueRAM DIMM 512 MB - 94.00
Harddisk: Samsung SP1614N (160,0 GB) - 94.00
DVD-Drive/Writer: LG GSA-4120B(DVD±RW, DVD±R, DVD-RAM, DL, Bulk) - 109.00
Video Card: Club3D Radeon 9600 Pro(128 MB SDRAM-DDR, Retail) - 139.00
Case: Avance Midi Tower B031 - 47.00
PSU: Zalman ZM400B-APS 400 Watt - 84.00
Mouse: Logitech Pilot Mouse(USB, PS/2) - 17.00
Keyboard: Labtec Standard Keyboard(PS/2) - 9.00
Cables: Sharkoon Kabel IDE(60 cm) - 9.90
-------------------------------------------
EUR 944.90

If you want to, I can explain all my choices.
As I'm from Germany and I don't know good American online shops, I used Alternate for this. The prices should be in the same area though, just in $.

 

Video Card: Club3D Radeon 9600 Pro(128 MB SDRAM-DDR, Retail) - 139.00

The cheap-ass way of getting a Radeon 9800 Pro for the price of a 9600 Pro.
Prices are estimated and for comparison value only.

Try to get a hold of a Radeon 9800 SE ($160AU), they are just narrowly cheaper than a Regular Radeon 9800, 4 Active pipelines, but with the softmod (Free, modified drivers) You can unlock the additional 4 pipelines, making it perform like a 9800 Pro! ($320AU)

Two drawbacks though... you won't be able to overclock it much, due to the extra heat that the 4 extra pipelines will produce, but i've lightly overclocked mine, and i've left batch tests of 3d Mark 2003 going for hours, and it was still fine, not even all that warm.

The second reason, isn't an assurity. but if you scroll up about 8 posts, you'll see a post by me reguarding some video problems, involving some white lines in windows :
Picture.
This might be a bug with the video card's drivers, after all, i've tried this card with two motherboards...
Anyway, it just involves a restart to fix, not a bad trade for a half-price 9800 Pro   
And if it is a driver problem, they'll probably end up fixing it eventually... maybe...

Read the FAQ on the softmod site for what to do, it's pretty straight forward, you basically just have to overwrite a file.
If it worked you'll be able to select 8x AGP, if your motherboard supports it, of course.