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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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Ulic Belouve - Student 
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Gah... Demo version of that only decrypts the first 512 bytes of each file. Poo. That's whay they came out messed up. _______________ Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. |
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[DJK]Konar - Student ![[DJK]Konar](/image_thumbnail.php?f_type=users&f_width=68&f_height=70&f_image=3722.jpg&f_odd=1)
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cHoSEn oNe, I already have Flash XP, so that can't be the prob  _______________ Poynts Darkside or whatever First to his beverage |
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Gentleman Loser - Ex-Student 
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Sounds like the search for the oldm encyption key failed, or was not performed. You have to let the software scan the hard disk for the OLD EFS key 1st. (I'm hoping you didnt format the hard disk before reinstalling Windows ?) Read the included help file for more info. Otherwise try: http://www.lostpassword.com/efs.htm It's slower, and you have to know the password for the old XP account that the files were encrypted under, but you may get luckier with this one. _______________ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" Bhagavad Gita & J. Robert Oppenheimer |
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Ulic Belouve - Student 
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Well, the suggested decrypting (down below), DID manage to decrypt them, but the contents are all messed up. I might try it again, I don't know. I think i still have the original files. Hope so. _______________ Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. |
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cHoSeN oNe - Retired 
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Make sure you have the latest version of Flash player. It could have corrupted when you installed it before. http://www.macromedia.com _______________ Get busy living, or get busy dying. |
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[DJK]Konar - Student
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When I go to http://www.lucasarts.com/products/jediacademy - the Macromedia Flash thing in the middle either gets to 13% and then stops, or it doesn't even appear. How can I fix this? _______________ Poynts Darkside or whatever First to his beverage |
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SaberWeildinKow - Student 
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dumb fly swatters... |
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Jello` - Student 
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AdAware 6.0 is what I use for spyware and it works like a charm  And yes, Kazaa lite owns Kazaa... also you might want to disable uploading beacuse I heard somewhere that that is how they catch you with files. Dunno, probably a bunch of crap, maybe I'm a moron, maybe the sky will fall. _______________ Brady Brothers: Orion-Greg, Furi0us-Peter, Me-Bobby. Long lost cousin to Flash. Midbie Council #007. Ex-JAK. This comment was edited by Jello` on Sep 24 2003 11:08pm. |
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Ulic Belouve - Student
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I did what Chosen said. Actually, I found my CPU was being used by the spyware. But Kazaa did not like me removing it. Kazaa Lite works, so, well, that'll do it. _______________ Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. |
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Gentleman Loser - Ex-Student 
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Damn good point C1! Being someone who only ever uses kazaa lite, I tend to assume everyone would use it rather than its nasty little spyware filled namesake... Be very careful removing the spyware from your system tho, several of the progs embed themselves into the TCP/IP stack, and if their files are just deleted, it can kill your internet connection. I'd recommend making a system restore point if you run ME/XP before you run spybot's cleanup. That way, if anyting does go pear shaped, you can always rollback. The spyware will likely come back, but at least you'll be on the net again, and will be able to seek more indepth help. If you have a different version of windows, let us know what it is, and I can give you instructions on how 2 repair your network connection if necessary. Good Luck! Regards GL _______________ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" Bhagavad Gita & J. Robert Oppenheimer |
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cHoSeN oNe - Retired
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Kazaa has spyware! Download this and install it. http://security.kolla.de/news.php?lang=en Then Download/Install updates and scan your machine. Next, uninstall Kazaa and replace it with Kazaa Lite. http://www.kazaalite.tk/ Install and you will have no more spyware running. Enjoy! _______________ Get busy living, or get busy dying. |
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Gentleman Loser - Ex-Student
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3 things leap to mind 1) Make sure you've stopped Kazaa acting as a 'Supernode'. 2) Make sure nothing is playing in the Kazaa Theatre. 3) If you're using USB to connect to your cable modem/adsl modem, dont. Try and connect to a network card instead. Actually there is a 4th option. If Kazaa is downloading at 'broadband speeds' (i'm being deliberately vague here, because I've seen this problem when downloading at speeds ranging from 20kbyts/sec to 120kbytes/sec and over), then it may be sucking up system resources whilst writing files to the hard disk. Make sure that DMA is enabled for your hard drives to minimize this problem. Also make sure your not using file encryption or compression on the Kazaa shared folder, as this'll slow things down a bit too. Let us know what version of windows you're using and we can let u know how to check if DMA is enabled or not. _______________ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" Bhagavad Gita & J. Robert Oppenheimer |
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Ulic Belouve - Student
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Sounds good. I have some decent hacks for extending the "30 day limitation", by changing it from 30 to 999 or so. Found that a few years back. Anyways, I'll try it out. OK, another question: Why in the world does Kazaa ttake up 97% of my CPU when it runs? I thought it might relate to sharing files, so I disabled that. Any other ideas? _______________ Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. |
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Gentleman Loser - Ex-Student
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Ulic, If you still have the files, there may be an option for you to recover them. Like any encryption system, (other than one-time-pads, but thats another story), you CAN recover files that have been encrypted without the original key. Problem is, it usually takes quite some time to work out what key to use by brute force methods. Luckily there are some cool progz that can use all manner of clever stuff to shorten the length required to get your files back. Check out http://www.crackpassword.com/products/prs/otherms/efs/ It has a 30day trial, and costs $99 to buy outright, so give it a go and if it looks like it'll do the job, you can consider whether your lost files are worth the $99 recovery fee. PS. SaberWeildinKow , I put all my demo's in the : D:\Program Files\LucasArts\Star Wars JK II Jedi Outcast\GameData\base\demos folder. The other thing to consider is what version of the game created the demo. 1.04 can only view demos created by 1.04. You can tell the difference by the file extensions used : .dm_16 is version 1.04 of the game, anything else isnt. Good luck all regards GL _______________ "I am become death, the destroyer of worlds" Bhagavad Gita & J. Robert Oppenheimer |
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Darkwood - Student 
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I was gonna ask for something, but then I fixed it. w00t great service anyway, fellow padawan _______________ -Darkwood- |
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Orion - Retired 
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D@rth: Try getting some newer video drivers from either windows update or the manufactures website. Garaos: If your running XP/2k go to your Control Panel->Sound and Devices->Sounds tab and scroll down untill you see Start Windows or something to that effect. If you run 98/ME (not to sure about ME.) Still go to ur control panel but look for Sounds, and again Scroll down for Start Windows and choose your sound Saber: I have no clue I have never recorded a Demo, if there is anyone else who knows please reply Ulic: I had the same problem once too, and i have some bad news I did research and from what I found out there is no way to get those back, Every time you install XP it generates a encryption key that will be used system wide, and the only way I believe, to get them back is if you knew they key, and added it to some encryption list hidden deep in the OS. _______________ 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 22 2003 06:45pm. |
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Ulic Belouve - Student
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Well, here is my challenging question: In Windows XP Pro, you have the option of encrypting individual files. This is accessible in the file properties menu, and you must have NTFS file system. This turns the text label of the file green. You following me? Know how to encrypt the files? OK. Now for the problem. I had to reinstall Windows XP Pro in order to fix a problem. Obviously, I wanted to keep the files that I had encrypted (if you can't tell, it was important stuff). So I moved them to my second hard drive, reinstalled Windows, everything cool. Except...I get an "access is denied" for my encrypted files now, and cannot decrypt them. Any ideas how I gain back access to the files Windows encrypted for me? _______________ Jedi do not fight for peace. That's only a slogan, and is as misleading as slogans always are. Jedi fight for civilization, because only civilization creates peace. |
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SaberWeildinKow - Student 
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What am I doing wrong to view a demo? I have created the folder gamedata/academy/demo. put the demos in there. I have jamod... When I go to multiplayer there are no files in the play demo list  |
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Garos - Student 
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I can't remember where to look, to put a noise on startup. |
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Sniya - Student 
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easy for u to say!it took me months of beeging lasttime an broadband biggin this year means my beg quota\s gone _______________ The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. Bertrand Russell http://www.thejediacademy.net/forums_detail_page.php?f_id=970 |
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Rampage - Student 
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sniya, buy a new puter... |
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Brother Bean - Ex-Student 
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 When ever I try to start the game it just says "GLW_StartOpenGL() - could not load OpenGL Subsystem". Could you help me out??? Thanx! _______________ The Primary Edict- "It means only one thing, and everything: cut. Once committed to fight, cut. Everything else is secondary. Cut. That is your duty, your purpose, your hunger. There is no rule more important, no commitment that overrides that one. Cut. The lines are a portrayal of the dance. Cut from the void, not from bewilderment. Cut the enemy as quickly and directly as possible. Cut with certainty. Cut decisively, resolutely. Cut into his strength. Flow through the gaps in his guard. Cut him. Cut him down utterly. Don't allow him a breath. Crush him. Cut him without mercy to the depths of his spirit. It is the balance of life: death. It is the dance with death" -Richard Rahl Terry Goodkind's "Temple of the Winds" |
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Sniya - Student 
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a few of the jk3 levels are really dark with only 1 0r 2 textures working,my saber and model(dimly lit) oh some other people have had this prob _______________ The real question is not whether machines think but whether men do. Bertrand Russell http://www.thejediacademy.net/forums_detail_page.php?f_id=970 This comment was edited by Sniya on Sep 20 2003 04:05pm. |
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Orion - Retired
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well if she cant get the thing to ask if she wants to save the download thats an easy fix: Before you download, make sure that the "Confirm open after download" option is selected. To verify this: 1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel. 2. Double-click Folder Options. 3. Click the File Types tab. 4. Scroll down to and click the .zip extension. 5. Click Advanced. 6. Verify that "Confirm open after download" is selected. You can also try Click the Restore Defaults in Internet Explorer. Tools->Internet Options->Advanced Tab->Restore Defaults button. Tell her that she can try to delete that Temp folder of all its contents, she can also go up to Start->Program Files->Accessories->System Tools->Disk Cleanup and run that it will clean the storage cached files on the system that are not important. That might help _______________ 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 20 2003 07:31am. |
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Buzz - Student 
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Yeah its a problem with any file she tries to download. She gets the error message immediately, no choice to open or save to disk. She's on a laptop running windows xp. I could have sworn that someone else had a similar problem a long time ago about downloading skins and maps here. _______________ When you are going through Hell, keep going. -Sir Winston Churchill. Those who seek power and control of others, no matter the level, no matter the intentions, should never be given it. This comment was edited by Buzz on Sep 20 2003 07:18am. |
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