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Your PC not acting well?Is your PC Making you pull out your hair? Do you want to learn more about computers? Well have no Fear! Welcome to the Offical, yes thats Right I said Offical Orion PC Help Desk! Ask any question you wish! Noo question will be ignored! No question is to "dumb." (trust me I've heard them all) If your having PC troubles ask away, please note I need as much info as possible to help diagonose or solve the issue. Want to learn some PC tips? Go and ask away! I will try to respond to your problems and questions as soon as possble. Sorry I cannot answer any Mac question I haven't touched a Mac in years.. Edit: I have now expanded into helping with programming issues too  (C++ stuff only though) (This has been a Paid Service Annoucment.) (Please Note any "dumb" question from Jello and Jacen Aratan will NOT be answered in a timley manner :p .) _______________ When a Man lies he murder's some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men misscall there lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home? -Cliff Burton Owner of Smily's 1900th comment | <Lady_Catherine> i love your sexy white socks! | (Lady_Catherine) i adore u! | (Lady_Catherine) onion (Lady_Catherine) i lub u This post was edited by cHoSeN oNe on Oct 27 2003 12:31am. |
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Orion - Retired 
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Ok Here's a post with some usefull links. I will keep updating this as needed. If you don't know about this site and you are a Windows User you need to know about this. This site will patch your os with any of the bugs in any Windows OS. http://www.windowsupdate.com A good piece of software to have. This will scan your computer for any kind of spyware that any freeware or shareware program that you download and install. http://www.lavasoftusa.com or you can try spybot http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html *NOTE* Don't have both installed or they will say each other is spyware. I like spybot better. A good free anti-virus program.. If you don't have a anti-virus I recommend you do. http://www.grisoft.com/us/us_index.php This site is good for information on ISP's(Internet Service Providers). It alos has a great little toolset for testing your internet connection and the forums are helpful for tweaking your pc to get the most out of your connection. http://www.broadbandreports.com Do you have windows XP or 2000 and a great video card? Seem to be stuck at about 60FPS, even though you say like com_maxfps 120? Simple fix http://www.ryanmh.com/files/reforce.zip is a fix for a Windows Bug that locks your frame rate at 60 fps when you can get higher. All you do is unzip that run it, click auto populate, hit Apply and reboot and boom FPS allover the place _______________ When a Man lies he murder's some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men misscall there lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home? -Cliff Burton Owner of Smily's 1900th comment | <Lady_Catherine> i love your sexy white socks! | (Lady_Catherine) i adore u! | (Lady_Catherine) onion (Lady_Catherine) i lub u This comment was edited by Orion on Sep 25 2004 01:44am. |
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DJK - Student 
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hey guys, me again. Something just messed up my pc. I first ran an Ad-aware scanning and I found 1 trojan virus, so i marked it and deleted it. But now the damn thing has turned every single icon or shortcut into .lnk !! and i cant open anything! Any suggestions? thanks. |
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solitude - Jedi Council 
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hmm that shouldnt happen. (i have an identical setup ) But this sound like a prob i know. Go to Start --> Run type in Services.msc find the remote access connection manager and make it 'automatic' or type '%windir%\System32\svchost.exe -k netsvcs' into the run bar with no quotes. i think thats the right command, but it doesnt come immediately to mins _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge  Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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Quote: the reason why i recommend NOD32 over AVG is 1) AVG is pretty poor at cleaning infected files 2) The AVG detection rate is pretty low I've had cases where I knew there was a virus, but AVG a) could no nothing or b) couldnt even see it okay... btw, happen to have any idea why my internet connection isn't there anymore as soon as I install NOD32? System specs: Internet through LAN Browser: Mozilla Connection: Broadband anything more you would happen to need, then feel free to ask. I live on these forums  _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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solitude - Jedi Council
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the reason why i recommend NOD32 over AVG is 1) AVG is pretty poor at cleaning infected files 2) The AVG detection rate is pretty low I've had cases where I knew there was a virus, but AVG a) could no nothing or b) couldnt even see it. No program is perfect though _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student
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ok thanks, I'll try AVG _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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delta - Student 
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ditto, haven't had a problem with AVG yet. _______________ ~Dav Proud Former Padawan of 3th |
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Orion - Retired
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hm, I like AVG. the link is in the perm post ;p _______________ When a Man lies he murder's some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men misscall there lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home? -Cliff Burton Owner of Smily's 1900th comment | <Lady_Catherine> i love your sexy white socks! | (Lady_Catherine) i adore u! | (Lady_Catherine) onion (Lady_Catherine) i lub u |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student 
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a free virus scan, came recommended by Solitude Http://www.NOD32.com _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Orion - Retired
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what is NOD32? _______________ When a Man lies he murder's some part of the world. These are the pale deaths which men misscall there lives. All this I cannot bear to witness any longer. Cannot the kingdom of salvation take me home? -Cliff Burton Owner of Smily's 1900th comment | <Lady_Catherine> i love your sexy white socks! | (Lady_Catherine) i adore u! | (Lady_Catherine) onion (Lady_Catherine) i lub u |
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student
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I would love to have some help here, if possible When I install NOD32, I always lose my internet connection. I've digged through the settings, but can't find what's wrong with it. I'm on a network Internet (my brother has internet too on his pc, but it's the same connection) I use Mozilla as my browser (haven't tried if IE still has internet. What am I doing wrong here? A bit of help please ... thanks in advance - Bailey - PS: Does anyone know a program that shoes entries in your Registry that shouldn't be there? I used it before, but can't find it again? Anyone know the name by chance? (it showed all entries that can be safely removed, aren't necessary (anymore), etc...) _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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Bail Hope of Belouve - Student
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Quote: you can try looking here http://www.thejediacademy.net/~jastaff/stuff/aratan/fps.html yes, look at the bottom, it contains PING commands _______________ Visit the Belouve Family Website! Quote: I try to have fun with my friends and try to make a difference as best I can. What does making a difference mean? Well, it can be as simple as saying hello, answering a question that seems obvious or heck, just talking. -- Vladarion
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solitude - Jedi Council
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you can try looking here http://www.thejediacademy.net/~jastaff/stuff/aratan/fps.html _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Jade Jedi - Retired 
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Quote: hey do u no how lower the ping on the servers Hi Orion, what my nephew means is he ca'nt get on to home server because it says "server is for low ping only."His only got a 56k connection and his ping varies around 400-700 (like me he's in Australia). Is there a way to lower his ping before trying to connect to home and classes server.He has no problem connecting to wp. _______________ *CLICKEH->Never risk the Fett Man|*Download my Saber here. Made by master craftsman Pink Floyd_Mintaka + his 2002 & 4000 comment's [Laz's 700th comment][BDKawika's 600th comment] & Owner of a TOWEL award!!|Master: Sared Padawans: Rage-Ball and Dante Eagle.|*Jade Jedi at The Jedi Academy Archives "There's only one Return and it's not of the King it's of the Jedi" Randal Clerks 2 The top 10 reasons why I procrastinate: 1. |
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Rage-Ball - Student 
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hey do u no how lower the ping on the servers _______________ first you get the money, then you get the power, then you get Revenge! |
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solitude - Jedi Council 
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cool _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Everybody - Student 
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lol i meant plugged into the graphics card... Thanks anyway... dunno about the power ratings, we sent it to a shop to replace the power supply... _______________ Signature, schmignature. |
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solitude - Jedi Council
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[qoute]DONT CALL ME STUPID the power supply IS plugged in if is want plugged in the computer wouldnt even turn on when you replaced the power supply, what power rating as the old one, and what rating was the new one? also what other peripherals draw power through the pc. the most likely answer is that the PSU cant supply enough power to your system and you need to replace it with a moer powerful one. _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Everybody - Student
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Errr.... Graphics card problem... When i start up my pc/restart it, a thing comes up saying my nvidia graphics card is not being supplied enough power. It also says that it has lowered its performance to prevent a crach or something... This is annoying me, although it can still play HL2 fine... It's been like this for ages. DONT CALL ME STUPID the power supply IS plugged in, I have opened the computer up several times to check. I suspect a faulty power supply (lol the last one blew up while playing KOTOR, the one before that didnt have enough leads to power my new hard drive). Any suggestions? Oh yeah... System specs: 1.5GHz processor, nVidia Geforce FX 5600 Pro, 512mb RAM, etc... and a power supply. I think thats important. _______________ Signature, schmignature. This comment was edited by Everybody on Dec 21 2004 06:34pm. |
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solitude - Jedi Council
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indeed, check to box not to show th utility wehen u start, then reboot. and all will bre normal again  _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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delta - Student
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Once you're done making any changes, and the system starts up fine, yes, check the box to make it not show the message and start up. _______________ ~Dav Proud Former Padawan of 3th |
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Koyi Donita - Student 
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Okay. I did as you said and removed all of them. I didn't see a CTFmon.exe there either. Only ones I left checked was the firewall and Only problem is now my pc takes awhile to close on the restart and when it does, I get a popup letting me know that System configuration utility is currently running in diagnostic or selective mode. There is a button I can check not to view that message. After closing that box, without checking the option not to display the message again, the system configuration utility opens again on the first tab with selective startup being checked. Under that, all of the other options are selected. When I click okay, it asks me if I want to restart the pc again to let the options take effect. I click restart and it keeps doing the same thing in a loop. Should I check off that little box telling me not to display that message again? Will that stop the popup message, system config utility, and finalize what I have selected? Sorry about all these questions.  _______________ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom. 1:16 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Rom. 10:17 I love my babyface. Smilykrazy is my baby and I love her. ...Swimming through the void we hear the Word, we lose ourselves but we find it all... System Of A Down.
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solitude - Jedi Council
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well, the only thing hard to remove is CTFmon.exe which monitors the active windows and provides text input service support for speech recognition, handwriting recognition, keyboard, translation, and other alternative user input technologies. you need a bit of time and effort to remove, and it doesnt really do much harm. everything else can go. the only things that stay are your antivirus and firewall. hope that solves it EDIT: no point calling support. costs a fortune, and they're trained in incompetence _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Koyi Donita - Student
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Yes, I am running XP Home edition. I also think you hit the nail right on the head with the msconfig. Only problem is, I'm not sure what is critical or not. Is there a way of knowing what is needed and what is crap? Maybe if I call the support center, they can tell me what should be there on a standard pc install and I can take it from there. Thank you very much for the quick response and I hope you know what I should keep and what I should remove. Thanks again. _______________ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom. 1:16 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Rom. 10:17 I love my babyface. Smilykrazy is my baby and I love her. ...Swimming through the void we hear the Word, we lose ourselves but we find it all... System Of A Down.
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solitude - Jedi Council
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when a pc runs, several files are executed: autoexec.bat this kind of loads devices and system preferences (if i remmber right, this was small things like numlock) config.sys this is used to load device drivers onto conventional memory io.sys the original purpose of IO.SYS was to provide a io hardware compatibility layer for msdos. So IO.SYS messes around with some of the bios interrupts, overidding them when necessary. MSDOS.SYS uses the interrupts provided by IO.SYS for disk io as well as the bios interrupts and provides msdos services to applications. win.ini loads windows settings (command.com, which you mentioned is the interpreter for dos which lets it understand your input) there are lotsa things that you can do the easiest and most beginner friendly is msconfig. go to the start menu, the run command and type in 'msconfig' (no quotes) and click on the last tab, the startup. enchect all the boxes which arnt critically necessary. Are you still running Win98 or have you shifted to XP? if you email me the win.ini, autoexec.bat, config.sys, io.sys and win.ini ill be happy to look over them. its a lot easier and faster when you've done it before thats all i can think of for now, but theres prob quite a few other things that you can do, none come readily to mind tho. ill tell you if i think of something else btw, if you computer is running slow: run a freshly updated antivirus, use the NOD32 demo if you are unsure about the reliability of yours www/nod32.com then an anti spyware, spybot S&D is the best around, and its free http://www.safer-networking.org/en/index.html spyware blaster prevents that nasty spyware from returning also freehttp://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html always run a firewall that goes double for anyone with an always on conenction like broadband. sygate ones are good and free http://www.sygate.com/ and finally, empty the recycle bin and do a defrag of the hard drive, youll be surprised at how big a difference it can make _______________ Joined 16 October 2004 | Retired 10 April 2005 | Returned 05 June 2008 | Made Staff 27 June 2008 | Made Council 18 January 2009 Padawan To Odan-Wei Belouve | Adopted into the Belouve family | Twin to xAnAtOs | Owner of the 4th Quesi sexy badge Brother To Roan Belouve, Nomad, Majno, Silkmonkey, Kensei and Jarhok Belouve
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Koyi Donita - Student
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Okay, I have a little question for all of you PC wizards out there. A long time ago in a galaxy far far away I had a Packard Hell...err Bell PC. Anyhow, this pc game me so many problems and was really horrible that one of my friends at that point in time came over and without showing me exactly what he did, he deleted some lines of text or commands or something and my pc opened 100 times faster. The PC ran Windows 98 I believe and I think he did all of this through the DOS prompt or in DOS. Now it is my belief that PC's as you add and remove software/hardware, it creates these lines of text in the autoexec.bat or command.something which prepares you pc for the hard/software. Is this true? If it is or if anyone has an idea of what he did to speed up the loading of the pc when you first turn it on, could you please let me know? If you can write the answer here and drop me a quick, "The answer is there for you", on my profile, I would very much appreciate it. Thank you guys very, very much for all of your help in this matter. _______________ For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. Rom. 1:16 So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God. Rom. 10:17 I love my babyface. Smilykrazy is my baby and I love her. ...Swimming through the void we hear the Word, we lose ourselves but we find it all... System Of A Down.
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