Vulcan

thanks.. i was going to wait for quad core...but waiting for vista to make its impact on current hardware is a good advise.. if there are more ideas i would like to hear them ..

hey.. i an thinking of buying a new computer in a month or two (when quad-core will be available) i would like to know what technologies the motherboad/soundcard/video card/NIC should support and if i should wait because maybe something new is just around the corner and it's better to wait another month than to buy right now. with the new processors and Vista i would really appreciate your thoughts. thanks in advance !!!

hey, using windows xp sp2. right clicking the printer and choosing printing preferences gives me the "OPERATION COULD NOT BE COMPLETED" error. i tried restarting the pool service,removed the printer and reinstalled,tried in safe mode, created a new user and tried again - but to no avail. can you please help me ? thanks in advance !!

now i get it...i think... according to that logic...my ADSL modem which connects to my pc via USB has an internal nic ... am i right ??

jimbo ....you Live Long and Prosper! i learnt a lot from your answer...thanks ..!! 8) now ...why does a cable connection to the internet requires a nic and a modem ?? you said a nic is the high speed modem...or did i confuse something..

i missed something... what is a NIC ?

thanks ..!!!

so...in very simple words...a network adapter is like a decoder ??? if it is ,then it's like a modem only with larger bandwidth..isn't it ?? and then again...if it is like a modem why another modem is needed ??? why does a Cable modem needs to be connected to a network adapter while an ADSL modem (mine at least) does not ?? and what is a hub ?......physically ?? i know i'm asking a lot ....i'm new at this..

i know this might seem a stupid question... the pc environment is not a stranger to me ,but i don't deal with networking. my question is what is a network adapter and when one is needed ??.. i personally connect to the internet through a usb adsl modem but i know alot of people are buying new computers with a network adapter built it - HOW does that help them connect to the net using Cable or ADSL ? is it Hardware or also Software ???.... to sum up : is it needed for the internet ?? pc to pc connection??? what kind of a connection requires it ? hardware or software..? thanks!!! ;(

thanks !!!........

now you're talking business... can you give me more details....???

if they were compressed ...would the files still be named the same ??? would the disk look exactly like it would if it were not compressed ??

i'm sorry if this question seems warez related but it is really not, it is a technical question. there is a disk called 5 in 1 that contains all of the 5 office system 2003 in one cd. my question is how come a 700mb cd contains more than 1GB of data ??? i burned the iso and open the cd , selected all files ,right clicked and selected properties ang got more than 1 gb of files.. how can that be ???? ;(

setting the page file on drive E and setting pagefile of size 0 on drive C did fix the problem. i hope it stays fixed. thank's all.

i log in as an admin (my account is set as admin). i don't understand...what do you mean when you ask "Does System have access?".. the unwanted 768MB pagefile.sys on c:\ is in use and i can't delete it, not from XP anyway..