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This is head up for any of you running into this issue. The Threshold 2 / 1511 Windows 10 update breaks parallel ports, causing printers and other LPT devices to stop working. I ran into this for the second time last night and after some searching found that this is a known Microsoft issue. In...

Samsung has released a Windows 10 compatible version of Magician, version 4.7. The Samsung site has a download error, but Major Geeks has it.

OK so I have finally decided to get a SSD drive for my main system, see signature. I have patiently waited the tech to mature and capacities to increase. It would be nice if prices would have dropped more but oh well. I am getting the OCZ Vertex 2 240GB with the Sandforce 1200 controller, as it...

Just a heads up that MS has released a Hotfix for Windows 7 / Windows Server 2008. That fixes the nonpaged pool memory leak that occurs when you use a WFP callout driver in Windows 7 or in Windows Server 2008 R2. This effects those that use AV software like Eset and download a lot of data. This...

Out of the blue my Vista 32 HTPC stopped playing any HD 720p or 1080p MKV files. In either VMC or WMP, the app will immediately crash with a this application has stopped working window. All other files play fine, including MKV files that have a lower then 720 resolution. I have installed the...

Anyone know why Dawn of War 2 is not listed for pre-order at either EBGames or GameStop? Seems odd as they usually have a game listed months before it comes out. THQ does not list them at their website for pre-order either. FYI Amazon has it at the lowest cost I have seen.

I am having an issue that must be Vista related as I have had no problem restoring user files in XP. The problem is that when I try to access files from the users folder under documents and settings from a backup image either Acronis True Image or WHS, the system will redirect to the active user...

I am in need of a USB host adapter card with 2 internal connections for case front USB ports either PCI or PCIE will work. I can only find cards with 1 connection or just the cable type connectors. Has anyone seen one like this before? Thanks,

Every time I restart my system the wave volume level gets set to zero. All other audio mixer settings get saved correctly. The level is correct at first and then as everything loads is the system tray it get set to zero. I have not seen this before and can not figure out what might be causing...

I need an inexpensive PCI sound card for our Windows 2003 server. It looks like almost no cards are natively supported and manufactures do not list win 2003. I have also read that sound blaster PCI's have issues. Anyone have good experience with any cards under 2003 server?

I want to put my A8N-SLI Premium in a reverse ATX case. As ASUS confirms you absolutely should not run the board in the reverse ATX orientation because the heat pipe will not function. So I guess I have to remove it, however I have a few concerns. First If I use an active fan cooler like the...

I just put Unreal Tournamnet 2004 back on my system and I am having an issue where my system will lockup completely when I exit the game. I had this issue before and I know it has to do with Nvidia video drivers. I can not remember how to fix this however, it has something to do with an ini...

I would like to force NumLock to always stay on reguardless if the key is pressed. I believe that this can be done in XP, but can't remember how. Thanks,

I have a system with windows XP that has devoloped a weird mouse pointer issue. When moving the mouse pointer around the desktop and applications the pointer animation will get stuck and not update it in relationship as to where it is on screen. Example when moving the cursor from side to side...

I am looking to buy a few 40-60GB Hard Drives 7200 RPM ATA-100 IDE. Please PM me with the make and model. Thanks

Ok so today the new ATI catalyst drivers came out and I have not updated them on my wifes computer for some time so I decided to. First I ran the ATI uninstall utility and it had a error at the end but finished, after a reboot I ran the install for the new 5.5 drivers and bam I get an Unhandled...

I have just built a system that I am having a major problem with the in games only. The system will lock up and the sound will stutter for 3-5 seconds every few minutes or so and then return to normal play. Somtimes the system will lock up totaly and has to be reset.The components are as...

I have 3 workstations that have thier HD activity LED constantly on. I have seen this before and know that it is realted to the ZIP 100 drives in these system. They all have ASUS P4P800 SE main boards. I have tried different settings in the BIOS from auto, ARMD and not installed. But still the...

Anybody know what brand and or exact color of silver paint harddrive.com used for all of there silver drives. They seem to be out of business and I have a few of there drives that I would like to match a new one to. Thanks, Lothar