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I'm running Windows 7 64 bit with a Linksys WAG 320N modem. The last few days my internet disconnects every night at roughly 12:30. I have checked my wireless drivers in devices and the part to automatically disconnect is unticked. I can't find anything in the modem to automatically shutdown...

We have one desktop and two laptops other than my desktop on the network, two are xp, one is Vista and mine Windows 7. Networking is setup and running very well, because my pc is much bigger with a lot more storage than the others a couple have folders on a partition on my pc which they can...

Question about USB hubs I have an external hard drive connected to my router through usb. When I have copied what I want to watch to the hard drive through the router I have to disconnect the usb from the router and plug it into my home cinema to what it on the tv...

I have this problem that I cannot save files using Firefox 3, I click on the link be it a .rar or .torrent and the save dialogue box comes up but in the area where it says "File Type" it is blank and if I press "save" the save box closes but nothing downloads / saves. I reluctantly tried IE and...

I have this issue where I get a lag problem when I am doing more than one thing at a time, for example, if I am on Facebook on one monitor and trying to watch a movie or an avi at the same time on the other monitor I get bad lag, like a very quick pause, some times even a full freeze for up to a...

I was wondering if it is possible to reorganize the start menu (not Start Menu / Programs) as I would like to have all the folders like Pictures / Videos etc together below the My Computer and Homegroup etc Any help appreciated

I have tried a few versions of Windows 7 from 7100 to the current one and I love it as an OS but I am having lag problems with gaming, single player only. It's not on all games but ones that I play a lot of - Civilization 3, EA Sports Cricket 2007 and one or two others, they all are a couple...

I have 4 sticks of (2 dual lots) of Kingston Hyper X (KHX8500D2/1GN) that are supposed to be running at 1066 MHz but according to HWinfo, Everest Ultimate edition & CPUz they are only running at 400.0 MHz Can someone please tell me how to fix this or what is going, I am totally stumped. I'm...

This morning my second computer started playing up, it seemd to have no power, even the fans could only run at very slow speeds. I thought the PSU was faulty so I put a spare Thermaltake 750 watt PSU in. Now when I turn the power, the lights and fans seem to pulse and nothing else happens. I...

I am looking to buy a soundcard, have cut the choice down to 2 soundcards. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium PCIe Fatal1ty Pro Series or Asus Xonar D2X Ultra Fidelity PCI-E. I have read reviews on both of them and they both sound real good, can't figure out which one to get. I do a lot of...

It's just hit spring here and the temperature is in it's mid 20's C in my little computer room, according to Everest Ultimate Edition my GPU temperature at idle is 69C / GPU Diode 74C / GPU Memory 69C So, I need to put some kind of cooling on it and I really need some help with what to get. I...

I have just bought a TP-Link TD-8810 router & TP-Link TL-WR541G wireless router (the second so I can plug my kids computer into the internet). I have set it up as the 8810 first with the settings to Bridged and then connected to the WR541G, making sure they have different IP addresses, it is...

I just moved back to XP from Vista. In Vista my my sound was good all round with my Razer Barracuda Sound card but in XP my sound is good in movies but real echoey in games. I have tried playing around with the settings, switching Dolby, Neo and all that stuff of but nothing makes a...

I just put a Scythe Karma Panel (multi card reader) in my computer and noticed that it has put a ton of extra drives in. My question is, are these drives necessary? If not how do I get rid of them. If they are necessary can I hide them? If I do hide them will it interfere with the...

Since I built my computer I've been running Vista and the sound has been clear and good. I just formatted and put XP Pro back on and now the sound is very echoey especially in games. I am using K-lite mega codec pack in XP, thought I would mention this as I have heard sometimes codecs can cause...

I was wondering if there is a way to force a game to load on my secondary monitor as my primary is a widescreen and some games just don't go to good on a widescreen. Any help would be appreciated

I have just finished a clean reinstall of XP Pro, it is running wonderfully but I have a mysterious extra cdrom in My Computer which also show us in Total Commander. but it doesn't show up in Computer Management or System Properties. If i right click on it from My Computer and select properties...

Men Strike Back How many men does it take to open a beer? None. It should be opened when she brings it ------------------------------------------------------------------- Why is a Laundromat a really bad place to pick...

I've just setup a second computer for my kids and networked it through my router. They play a lot of games and watch music clips / short movies onlline, some games that are installed on the computer online but mainly from web pages that have the games on them. My question is, does online gaming...

I have a spare burner out of my second computer (that just pooped itself) and I am toying with putting it in my main computer (this one) rather than have it sitting around. This would have to go as slave to my ide hard drive. What i am wondering is do I change the jumpers ( maybe to cable...