lefty1953

You could try making a bootable CD and run the updates from McAfee or Norton. Try Bart's Way! http://www.nu2.nu/bootcd/

I only scan once a week. Never have any problems. I also have Dish Network with 4 of the old style DishPlayers. (Like TIVO). I put in a 130GB HD in my wifes system so she and my grandson can record programs off the TV. They record and delete programs by the hundreds monthly and Still Pause, Rewind and fast forward all the time. That hard drive is running fine. SO no, I don't think it effects the Hard drive at all to run SpyBot and the others.

You could go back and un-tweak can't you? Running the Internet and games just doesn't work out on any machine. If it were a on-line game then it's ok, but to surf and run a game is going to cause problems. How many things do you have running on the system? Try Code Stuff Starter and stop unwanted programs from running. There are some exceptions though and you could ask if they can be stopped or not. The Windows key isn't made for switching back and forth from a game to the Internet. At least I would never do that. If it is games you want to play, play them. If you want the Internet use it. If

When you downloaded them from the Express function you needed to restart your system. If you didn't and then downloaded again, that would cause some problems as well. Also if it doesn't reboot the first time try at least 3 or 4 times to reboot before giving up on the upgrade.

Thank you Lefty for your response. Apparently an 0x000000F4 means a crucial thread or process was stopped, therefore the computer crashed. It says there are many specific causes, and it best resolved with a thorough history of the problem. I only get the Stop message when I try to install the Catalyst Control center after an error occurred while trying to uninstall an older version. The drivers were successfully updated. Have you tried to install the old version? Try that and if it does install then install the new version without trying to uninstall the old version. Some programs install ov

Go here to find out what the Stop error is. http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

If you convert the songs to MP3's you can get about 200-300 songs on one 700MB Cd. But if you just want to run the Cd's off your regular Cd player, you could get about 16 or 18 songs on a CD maybe more.

Not sure but I think it is part of Google. It says ABC on it.

Just curious, what do you like about the old version better? The new spell check feature is the best thing ever. Extensions,Themes. I like the Spell checker on 1.5, works good for me.

Yea, I am going to hold out until the 20th since that is the last day I downloaded anything. I went through my files and found IE7, FireFox 2.0 and 1.5(1.5 is better) , Windows Defender, the 61 updates from Microsoft, The 138 small files from the game site, Nero updates, HP updates and a bunch of other misc. files. They add up fast and when you first get a faster service (at least I did) you tend to use it for what it is worth. I have calmed down a little and will try and wait it out. The usage went down 716 MB since yesterday. So maybe by the 20th. I will be back to having the service I am p

I went over the limit of 12,000 in one month, according to them. I did reformat my hard drive and had 61 updates from Windows Xp, I downloaded IE7, and then got on a site that allowed unlimited downloads of old Abandonware and shareware games and downloaded about 800 MB. Just yesterday, I was looking for a car and went to a few sites that had some pictures of cars I was interested in and then downloaded my 2 e-mails(all text) and ended up adding another 500 MB of downloads to my service. How in the H#ll can that happen? I am calling my bank today and see if I can stop them from withdrawing pa

This is the worst service anyone could use. I thought AOL was bad, but WildBlue takes the cake. It has a running 30 day Bandwidth that you can't go over or they slow your service down to a snails pace. I am going to get my Dial-up back and use it while I pay for Wildblue for the next 11 months. I signed a contract that was gone over with me and never was there the mention of a bandwidth restriction. Viewing web pages that have pictures on them is part of the downloads your accounted for. So in short, everything on the web counts against your downloading. So be ware and steer clear!

So since no one can reach the link on here nor G4, what is the problem with AVG? Just wanted to know, I do use it and never have any problems with it.

Did a live chat with a Linksys tech person the other day and found out a lot of things. The one thing is that this was already set at DHCP Dynamic. Wildblue is the worst service I have had. I would go back to Dial-up if I didn't have a 1 year obligation with WB. Once this service obligation is over I will go back to dial-up. I never heard of Bandwidth limitations and so now my service has been slowed down to slower than Dial-up. I paid a fee to download on a web site which has a ton of old games that are either Shareware, Abandon ware or freeware and had downloaded for 3 days and found Wildbl

Looks like it is set at DHCP and not Static. IP

Can't see anything about using Dynamic settings? Only Static is listed and I looked in all the tabs above.

WildBlue told me I needed to change the Linksys Router DHCP settings from Static to Dynamic settings.

Anyone know how to do this? I have WildBlue service(boo hss) and they tell me I need to change the settings on the Linksys router.

Look here. http://www.tucows.com/search?search_terms=...ch_size_multi=b The more Cows the better.

Have you checked you Sounds and Audio device Properties in the Control Panel? Under Audio make sure there isn't a check mark on "USE ONLY DEFAULT DEVICES". Other than that and the settings in IE and or FireFox I just don't know.

What other programs?

Could be a setting in your IE or Firefox whichever you use. Look in your Tools, Internet Options then Advanced under multimedia.

Could be from heat, bad memory or software installed. When is the last time you cleaned out the inside of the case? Have you installed any new software? You can try checking the memory by testing it or trying another known good chip in the first slot. memtest86.com has a memory tester for free.

Does your PC's graphics card have a S-Video in port? If you have the correct input on the PC and the correct out put on the DVD cam coreder you can do it. Correct = Same.

That will be a nice improvement. Get the best graphics card you can afford. Or save up and get one you can't afford.