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Sep 08 2003 06:06am

Orion
 - Retired
Orion
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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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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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Oct 24 2003 04:46am

Orion
 - Retired
 Orion

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.


Feb 13 2004 06:26pm

Fate
 - Student
 Fate

Frosty: It's called a delete key :) Actually, unless you're administrator account I don't think even thatr works. A friend was trying to uninstall it and it just kept reappearing. Anyways, just ignore it and next time you open an avi or mpeg, right click, goto open with, select from list, choose a new program and click always open with this program.
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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!


Feb 12 2004 12:45pm

Orion
 - Retired
 Orion

its near impossible to uninstall for some stupid reason, cause its stupid microsoft
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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

Feb 12 2004 12:18pm

Frosty
 - Ex-Student
 Frosty

how do you uninstall windows media player???
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Feb 10 2004 03:39pm

_cmad_
 - Ex-Student
 _cmad_

I don't think google would work :/

Bail did you try re-d/ing the file? or reinstalling divx?
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Feb 10 2004 03:05pm

Stimpski
 - Student
 Stimpski

Bail: Try googling it ;)
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Feb 09 2004 03:59pm

Steinin
 - Student
 Steinin

Frosty, uninstall and reinstall. How the hill did you manage to get simplified chinese? :)
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Feb 09 2004 10:04am

Frosty
 - Ex-Student
 Frosty

hey orion I have a question

is there anyway to change the interface language in the Windows Media Player? I don't know how I got the simplified Chinese and its hell difficult to read it!

thanks
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Feb 07 2004 03:05pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
 - Student
 Bail Hope of Belouve

hehe

another question
I've got a movie, and the Divx only plays the first 4 seconds, and then stops.
Divx says the movie is about 1 and a half hour long

Any idea on what I should do?
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Feb 05 2004 05:43pm

_cmad_
 - Ex-Student
 _cmad_

Well REALLY technically you both lost, just your friend lost a bit more :D

But wtf, you won :P :D
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Feb 04 2004 09:30pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
 - Student
 Bail Hope of Belouve

Yes, technically I won
and that's all that matters:P
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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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Feb 04 2004 08:19pm

_cmad_
 - Ex-Student
 _cmad_

Well, technichally you didn't win cuz you didn't say what was correct. But your friend lost, so techinically you win. Omg different techically results :D :P
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Feb 04 2004 08:15pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
 - Student
 Bail Hope of Belouve

thank you

I just won the discussion:)
thanks a lot;)
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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

Want to know Vladarion? Read the Article about his life here.


Feb 04 2004 06:52pm

_cmad_
 - Ex-Student
 _cmad_

:eek: Didn't know WinME was 9x :/

I thought that Win9x were just 95 and 98

seems like I learned something new today :D
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Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow.

Feb 04 2004 05:43pm

Orion
 - Retired
 Orion

win9x are teh series of os's released by microsoft that had ms-dos running beneth them, those include windows95, windows98 and windows me
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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

Feb 04 2004 05:33pm

Bail Hope of Belouve
 - Student
 Bail Hope of Belouve

hi uncle

I had a discussion with someone, and I'd like your opinion

What the hell is win9x?
The other guy said it was another name for windows XP, I told him it wasn't,
big discussion, you can guess it:)

so, hence, my question: what's win9x?:)

Thanks in advance

Sincerely
Your nephew
Bail:)
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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

Want to know Vladarion? Read the Article about his life here.


Feb 01 2004 03:56am

Frosty
 - Ex-Student
 Frosty

thanks Scythe I am trying this out~

Orion that stupid compat wizard never worked for me
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Jan 31 2004 10:24pm

Stimpski
 - Student
 Stimpski

Try VDMSound: open-source project for Win2000/XP that emulates older sound cards. I use it, and now, i can bask in the glory of the sounds from XWing and Wolfenstien 3D!

VDMSound Home Page
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This comment was edited by Stimpski on Jan 31 2004 10:25pm.

Jan 31 2004 08:54pm

Orion
 - Retired
 Orion

Quote:
hi Orion~

my PC is windows XP and is there anyway I can still run the older games with it? (such as DOS games or win95/98 games)

I am able to run some of the DOS games, but there's no music (just the SFX) no matter how I configure the sound card in the game menu

and the compatibility tool in windows never worked for me~

thanks~:alliance::empire::alliance:


Your best bet is to right click on teh exe and go to the Compibility tab and try that, cant guarentee every game will work since XP does not have DOS in it.
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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

Jan 31 2004 11:08am

Bubu
 - Hubbub
 Bubu

hey Orion. got some Qs:

1. Sometimes when my crappy windows XP Pro boots up, it gives me a message about a file called "Program" on my C drive. It tells me that it might interfere with some programs and so it is best to rename it. WTF is that about and where does that file come from anyway?

2. Some dude over at microsoft decided to annoy the heck out of me by inventing the language bar. That thing on your taskbar that comes with office (i think). Well anyway, I want it gone. So I right click on the taskbar, go to toolbars, uncheck "Language bar", and it's gone. But wait, it doesn't stay gone. When I restart my machine it's back! Is there a way to permanently get rid of it?

- Thanks
*End of Bubu's n00b questions*
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Jan 31 2004 09:45am

_cmad_
 - Ex-Student
 _cmad_

Windows never works ok in general :P :D
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Your friends of today, are your enemies of tomorrow.

Jan 31 2004 08:33am

Frosty
 - Ex-Student
 Frosty

hi Orion~

my PC is windows XP and is there anyway I can still run the older games with it? (such as DOS games or win95/98 games)

I am able to run some of the DOS games, but there's no music (just the SFX) no matter how I configure the sound card in the game menu

and the compatibility tool in windows never worked for me~

thanks~:alliance::empire::alliance:
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I'm leaving, on a jet plane~

Jan 29 2004 01:09pm

Fate
 - Student
 Fate

Orion: Nice new profile pic :D
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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!


Jan 27 2004 02:32pm

Fate
 - Student
 Fate

Darth: Try Cool Edit Pro
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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!


Jan 26 2004 03:26pm

Stimpski
 - Student
 Stimpski

try DBpowerAMP (sp?).. it comes with a cd ripper, and you can set the bitrate :D
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This comment was edited by Stimpski on Jan 26 2004 03:28pm.

Jan 25 2004 09:12pm

Jello`
 - Student
 Jello`

I recently purchased a 128 mb mp3 player and some CDs I have ripped are encoded in 320 kbps so they take up a f*ckload of space on my mp3 player is there any program I can use to um degrade their quality so they dont take up as much space. I also have windows media player and music match jukebox and winamp if theres any way you could do it through there that would be cool too :D

-Jello`
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