Computer Help Thread v4.0

[Mixah]

has anybody ever setup wireless in windows 98
how do you configure it to see the router?

[System_1]

Hope this helps. Can’t say I’m an expert.

The Hard drive may be located under the keyboard and you will need to remove all the screws underneath and under the battery. Then there should be 2 ‘slide offs’ on each side of the monitor. Take these off and then prise off the strip with the power and IE explorer button (may be diffrent) and unscrew the keyboard and fold it back. The hard drive should be slightly to the right of the centre (I am only going from my own laptop). Just take out the old one and slot in the new one making sure everything is secure and all pins are connected otherwise it will not boot into an OS.

I would assume that you can just run the TrueImage and put everything all back on.

I have only done this HD removal on one laptop. I hope this can help you in some way.

EDIT: Just Remove the slide offs and unscrew the keyboard. That should give you access to the HD. The other screws are just incase you need to completely open it up.

I bartered for more time and just started the recovery process a little bit ago, I’ll know if I hosed it or not in a couple of hours. Thanks yo.

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[piponaz]

thnx for the help brutal.

i figured it out. used paint to open those exe. files then saved them back to their original file ext.

and to that virus, just formatted my comp.

[tindiamond]

TheWanderer, who knows? It’s windows haha I get that shit ALOT here at work so yeah. It could possibly be a bad update that just fucked everything up to hardware failure. If you need an iso for windows just tell me and I can try to hook you up with one.

[tindiamond]

Mixah, what kind of wireless card do you have? Also what kind of router, linksys, cisco etc? Also if you already installed the wireless card, and its up and running. Try pulling an ip see where that gets to. If your able to pull an ip and do whatever else you want, try typing in http://IP of the router in your browser. See if that works.

[asianhitler]

I’m not sure if this is the appropriate place to ask but…

I can’t connect my Wii to the internet. It can find my access point, but when I try to connect, I get an error and it is unable to connect. What could the problem be?

[LeRaldo]

I can’t connect my Wii to the internet. It can find my access point, but when I try to connect, I get an error and it is unable to connect. What could the problem be?

It usually comes with an error code. Take the error code to http://wii.com/ and look for one the tech support sections and put it into the search.

[Endless]

Does anyone know where I can get Dell coupons for their XPS systems other than eBay?
Thanks in advance.

[Zero]

I have been using Firefox 2 since it was in Beta. In all honesty, most of the changes between the two are aesthetic. Things mostly just look a little different here and there; I haven’t really noticed any huge differences in performance between the two. There were minor functionality changes, like adding a close button to each tab, but most features are the same between the two. If I were you, I would just give Firefox 2 a whirl and decide which one you prefer using.

Thanks for the reply.
I’ll give it a try.

[Soldier_Zero]

Is it possible to rip the audio from this performance and make it an mp3/wma/wav file?

http://entimg.msn.com/i/ExperienceData/p1-7/us/x.htm?sh=LiveEarth&ep=le_london&ch=43

[Mixah]

Is it possible to rip the audio from this performance and make it an mp3/wma/wav file?

http://entimg.msn.com/i/ExperienceData/p1-7/us/x.htm?sh=LiveEarth&ep=le_london&ch=43

the easiest way, IMHO to rip music from anything, without installing shit, is this:

go to radioshack, get an 3/8 - 3/8 male audio adapter, plug it from the green port to the blue port in your sound card, go to start > all programs > accessories > entertainment > sound recorder… hit record, play the video… go into sound recorder, make sure your levels are ok, if not, retry (or get a splitter and monitor it with your speakers / headphones). save as a .wav file, convert with a program like music match jukebox, winamp, and other such programs. there’s some free open source programs that would convert it as well. Windows Media Player will convert it.

Mixah, what kind of wireless card do you have? Also what kind of router, linksys, cisco etc? Also if you already installed the wireless card, and its up and running. Try pulling an ip see where that gets to. If your able to pull an ip and do whatever else you want, try typing in http://IP of the router in your browser. See if that works.

i got it. I had to install IE6.0 for win98se with some stupid method that would let my xp system download the install files isntead of installing them. install IE6 manually on the 98 system, then run the xp disk for the wireless card… pain in the ass, but at the end of the day, it works.

[Soldier_Zero]

the easiest way, IMHO to rip music from anything, without installing shit, is this:

go to radioshack, get an 3/8 - 3/8 male audio adapter, plug it from the green port to the blue port in your sound card, go to start > all programs > accessories > entertainment > sound recorder… hit record, play the video… go into sound recorder, make sure your levels are ok, if not, retry (or get a splitter and monitor it with your speakers / headphones). save as a .wav file, convert with a program like music match jukebox, winamp, and other such programs. there’s some free open source programs that would convert it as well. Windows Media Player will convert it.

I have no problem converting it, any idea how much it costs?

[Mixah]

that cable? err… something like, $3?

[Soldier_Zero]

that cable? err… something like, $3?

lol, cool, definitely within the budget. Thanks man. :tup:

[tindiamond]

i got it. I had to install IE6.0 for win98se with some stupid method that would let my xp system download the install files isntead of installing them. install IE6 manually on the 98 system, then run the xp disk for the wireless card… pain in the ass, but at the end of the day, it works.

Ahhh I see, windows 98 sucks hahaha

[TS]

Any particular brand of USB flash drives that I should avoid?

More broadly, any companies anybody has beef with because their products are defective/suck/bad customer service, etc?

[Mixah]

Any particular brand of USB flash drives that I should avoid?

More broadly, any companies anybody has beef with because their products are defective/suck/bad customer service, etc?

stick with:

corsair - had one that survived getting run over by a car
lexar - i have two of these, currently in my “computer repair kit”, sitting in the hot weather in my car. haven’t had any problems
sandisk - i carry this one on my keychain, and it sees ABUSE
pny - put one of these things through the washer and dryer… three times…

i had a memorex that was DOA, sent for a replacement, and another DOA…

Verbatim ones aren’t really reliable if it sees any kind of abuse, due to the cheap casings and horrible keychain clip, but they give you a lifetime warranty. since a jump drive is GUARANTEED to go bad after a while, and just die out, it’s a nice thing to have.

[DeathReaper47]

Personally Mixah, whats the best anti-virus/virus removal hardware you use? I see alot of them on the front page, but I don’t plan on installing ALL of them

[fjf314]

I’m going to assume you mean software. I’m a fan of avast! for antivirus.

[Brutal-R]

NOD32 is my choice. Norton is just lame now from what I have heard. So steer clear of Norton.