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Orion PC HELP DESK and Programming Help

Sep 08 2003 06:06am

Orion
- Retired

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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 .)
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This post was edited by cHoSeN oNe on Oct 27 2003 12:31am.

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Oct 24 2003 04:46am

Orion
- Retired

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

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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.

Dec 05 2004 01:20am

solitude
- Jedi Council

/me steals the helpdesk

MINE ALL MINE, my precious...cackles

/me runs and laughs

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Dec 04 2004 10:52pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

delibrately? on my big tower i installed an old 2x cdrom as a joke cupholder..but it broke after i put a jumbo milkshake on it

Dec 04 2004 10:38pm

Orion
- Retired

Quote:

...urban myth

i swear that person called to prank you.

No its not a urban legend/myth, I know some one who uses their CDROM as a cup holder.
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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

Dec 04 2004 08:22pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

...urban myth

i swear that person called to prank you.

Dec 03 2004 07:00am

Janiriki
- Student

OK, No question is too dumb ... heard them all eh? well My friend and I both service PC's in our respective towns and he got asked this one ... personally - no urban myths here - Quote:

can you get us a new coffee cup holder - ours broke.

Upon further questioning and descriptions of the coffee cup holder that popped out when you pushed on the button -

yep, a New CDROM was required.

Some mothers do ave em

posted just to brighten up your day - stupidity IS universal.
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Nov 29 2004 04:16am

Derek the Deranged
- Ex-Student

Thanks for the help. I updated to version nine instead of ten, and it's running smooth, so far. God knows it'll explode soon. Thing is, I would love win XP but I don't have the cash. I could set up a fund and say it was going to a worthy cause... For the greatest gaming PCs on the planet, check out this place: http://www.falcon-nw.com/ I once customized with four hard drives that could probably run NASA on 1% system resources. It was 11,500 some. Thanks all!

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Nov 27 2004 03:23pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

np, anytime

Nov 27 2004 01:18pm

Phantom
- Student

Nice thanks.
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"Insanity: a perfect rational adjustment to an insane world"

Nov 27 2004 12:48pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

unzip them, pop then into the jedi academy folder, in gamedata, base. you can select teh mod in teh menu options under mods.
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Nov 27 2004 12:04pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
- Student

Quote:

Hey, I d/l all the , maps and skins and stuff but they dont turn up on my comp when i play. HELP!!!

did you place them in your base folder?
and did you unzip it?

if so, hit us back

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Nov 26 2004 10:46pm

Phantom
- Student

Hey, I d/l all the , maps and skins and stuff but they dont turn up on my comp when i play. HELP!!!

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Ex-Master to Threat.
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"Insanity: a perfect rational adjustment to an insane world"

Nov 25 2004 10:46pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

Its windows Millenium, dont be surprised no matter what the prob. get xp, or 98. if you want to stick with me tho, to mix media player, a reinstall is the only easy* (lol) way to get it woorking again.
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Nov 25 2004 10:00pm

Fate
- Student

Ways to fix media player:

-Update to newest version
-Reinstall
-Download Media Player Classic instead
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I must not fear . Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear . I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Gom gom gom gom gom!

Nov 25 2004 04:50pm

Scythus Aratan
- Student

Don't use windows media player?
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Nov 25 2004 01:42am

Derek the Deranged
- Ex-Student

My Windows Media Player has stopped working. It's an older version, I dunno which one. It's on Windows Millennium. When I click on it, it does nothing. I've tried downloading the newest version several times, and my computer freezes every time. The computer is 2 or 3 years old and a living piece of crap. Help me out here. Friend...

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This comment was edited by Derek the Deranged on Nov 25 2004 04:04am.

Nov 20 2004 06:44pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

*Realisation* M$ media player is the only software needing a system restore point prior to installation. a hint to its use.
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Nov 13 2004 01:41pm

Everybody
- Student

forums_detail_page.php?f_id=10762 Halo not working! help!
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Nov 09 2004 08:29pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

Also HIjackThis http://www.spychecker.com/program/hijackthis.html is very useful at diagnosing pcs and fixing spyware, lag and speed issues. download at and upload the log and ill analysi it for you

Oct 31 2004 09:03pm

delta
- Student

Jasc's Paint Shop Pro is quite good a photo touchup as well - they have a free trial on jasc.com
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Oct 30 2004 04:27pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

Download the free trial to sort out the pics.
Sorry i couldnt find a more recent link, but a google search would prob find a more recent version.
however, here is link to a trial of Photoshop version 7
http://www.soft32.com/download_346.html
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Oct 30 2004 06:53am

Dicemaster
- Student

Hi, I got a digital camera for my birthday, and after taking sevral pictures realized i didn't have the red eye reduction on. So now i have tons of pictures with really bad red eye. Otherwise they are great pictures. I would like to edit this out, but can't afford photoshop. I was wondering if you know of any good free programs that could help me do so, and if so.....good user tips on those programs (in other words where the red eye fixing features are at)
thanks for your help
-Dice
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Oct 27 2004 12:19pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

Quote:

I like the Dune quote

Well, you need to enable ICS on both machines. Set the ip on the host to 192.168.0.1 with subnet 255.255.255.0, on the client to 192.168.0.2 with the same subnet, and set the IP of the host as the proxy and DNS server. That took me 1 week and a 5 hour night session to get working. Windows hates me.
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Oct 27 2004 12:15pm

solitude
- Jedi Council

Spyware Blaster prevents your computer from being reinfected by spyware. http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/spywareblaster.html

And Sygate set the standard in free personal firewalls.
http://www.sygate.com/

And finally, NOD32 is THE definitive antivirus product, 30day trials are free and the product can be downlaoaded and reinstalled if you're tight with cash at the time. But if you can afford it, buy it, it is more effective than Norton, McAfee, AVG and even Panda.
www.nod32.com
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Oct 04 2004 05:49pm

Fate
- Student

I'm on Windows XP and I want to route all the traffic my computer does to another ip within my network. Basically do a proxy server to the internet. Any ideas what programs I should use, how to learn more, or exactly how to do it? Help would be appreciated very much.
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I must not fear . Fear is the mind-killer. Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration. I will face my fear . I will permit it to pass over me and through me. And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path. Where the fear has gone there will be nothing. Only I will remain.
Gom gom gom gom gom!

Sep 30 2004 01:46am

Orion
- Retired

I've told you before I wont give out the JAR Code, look for the OJP (open jedi project) or a jk2 mod that has been opensourced. A JK2 mod is VERY simialr to a JK3 mod.
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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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