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10 reasons why you don't need Vista: 1. Requires a fairly Powerful Machine 2. Aplication Incompatibilities 3. Cazy Expensive 4. No Hardware Audio (MS remove some key gaming components like DirectSound 3D so you will not be able to use features that require Hardware acceleration Like EAX) 5. Does not work with a lot of Bleeding-Bleeding Edge Hardware (Lie your USB MIC and Joy stick -port Based Thrustmaster Flight Stick) 6. Does not work well with some games (esspecially if you use Punkbuster you will need to run the game as Admin) 7. Includes consumer unfriendly DRM 8. Poor Driver Support 9. Ki

Given MS's habit of not completing it's products don't you think it is funny that Vista comes in a box with one rounded corner. they cut corners on everything else now it has moved into the advertising. The Box makes a true statement... "MS the king of cutting Corners" Preston

I wish I had your forsight. I guess I wa curious when it first came out and never turned it off in the insuing versions. Glad it is done now. I will reinstall without it next version. Preston

If you are having problem with Opera using 100% cpu Cycles like I have this may help: Most people who know me know I am a Opera fan through and through. IMHO there is no other browser that compares to it perfomance wise (CPU and Memory usage) Lately I have had difficulty because of the 100% cpu usage. Not having the time to fully explore this has gone on for weeks (I had to use firefox which is good but I don't like it so well). Today I was tweaking while watching FreeMeter (great performance monitor with micro frootprint on system resources) as I go. I decided to explore the preferences in O

I have sought for sometime to find away to access my MusicMatch On demand account in Linux. I have Gotten all my key programs to work (Photoshop and illustrator) I would use Xandros more often if I could use MusicMatch. Preston

Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:45:36 AM, on 12/23/2006 Platform: Windows XP SP2 (WinNT 5.01.2600) MSIE: Internet Explorer v6.00 SP2 (6.00.2900.2180) Running processes: C:\WINDOWS\System32\smss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\csrss.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\winlogon.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\services.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\lsass.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\System32\svchost.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\Ati2evxx.exe C:\WINDOWS\system32\LEXBCES.EXE C:\Aston\aston.exe C:\WINDOWS\system

Amen! Like you said. I would be very concernedd about my surfing habits if I found true spyware everyday. I run mine a mere once a month and a complete AV scan bi weekly unless there is a problem. Preston

AVAST!! http://www.avast.com/eng/download-avast-home.html

Antonio! good to see you around brother even with that cream corn fetish you got going. Thanks for the link I may try it myself. as far as the junk on the compaq mine included a real copy of XP sp2 / a driver disk/ and an extras disk so you can do a clean install with proper drivers then leave of the crap. That is if it is like my laptop. God Bless Preston

fax machines are a dime a dozen. I use the XP fax from time to time but by far a cheap lexmark fax machine has done wonders.

I have been a fan since version 5 I have version 6 now. It everthing it claims to be plus it is very small. I use it once a year just for up keep. Preston

somebody kill 2 of my replies. I honestly only post once

Your sons new toy is terribly deficent in the RAM department. He will begin to feel drag in a matter of weeks if not days. He will not be able to perform more than 1 or maybe two function at a time with out signicant slow down. That is too nice a processor to not be able to utilize to full potoential.

the easy way to slipstream http://www.softpedia.com/get/Tweak/System-...ostreamer.shtml Auto Streamer I tried the technic in Yea Or Nay works fine the worst you will have to do is call Microsoft and let them know you replaced the hard drive.

This will not do the ID tags automatically but it will help do it faster because you can do it by folder or individual MP3 it is a windows shell extention so all you have to do is right click the folder or mp3 file and choose properties /mp3-info and enter all you want including Album art and Lyrics hope it helps. http://www.snapfiles.com/screenshots/mp3info.htm

I believe OpenOffice Has a Presentation Software it may work.

Maybe a corupt MBR (Main Boot Record). Can you boot to safe mode? If so this most likly is not the case. you can fdisk /mbr and it will rebuild it in MS/DOS mode. I'm just guessing that this is the cause it has been many years since I have used a 98SE machine. You sure he would not like a nice install of linux on that Box? It is an option (IMHO). Preston

I use Drive Image 7 (which is now Norton Ghost). But I would love to add this to my asenal you can't beat the price. Thanks T

I use Drive Image 7 (which is now Norton Ghost). But I would love to add this to my asenal you can't beat the price. Thanks T

I prefer Xandros Desktop

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just use MadBoot 8.01 the only boot disk you will ever need. http://www.tucows.com/preview/345398

Error 1920 service print spooler (spooler) failed to start verify that you have suffiecient priviledges to start system services Could not start Print spooler service on local computer. Error 1068: The dependencey service groupfailed to start. I know this had somthing to do with my old LexMark printer and badly removed components such as LexBce.exe. I have deleted all left overs but still cannot start Print spooler. and I cannot reinstall the printet unless the Print spooler is on. Is there a way to repair the print spooler or break any dependencies it may have for the LexBce.exe? TIA For your

Yeah I'm Not sold on the COMODO Anti-Virus as of yet but I'm testing it on another machine. But I stand by the Firewall. I wish I could write all the technical ups and downs but I'm not that well versed I do know it works and work very well with very little system resources and I have seen an increase in surfing speed. While it is a little naggy in the learning stage it is IMHO not as naggy as ZoneAlarm in it's initial stages. I will give the AntiVirus a few more months to get a seasoned before I pronouce my Opinion on it but I will say safe surfing habits in place you should be more than saf

I have tried this also with great sucess and it is free. DriveImager XP http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Back-U...vImagerXP.shtml