Computer Questions

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 8/29/2004, 12:21 pm

cause screensavers are evil.

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 8/29/2004, 2:52 pm

Screen savers suck you don't want one, just set your computer to go to sleep mode or hibernate after like an hour or something it's better.

Random Name · Post by **Random Name** » 8/29/2004, 5:27 pm

okay, I think I have some sort of spyware on my computer because it's being annoying and slow. There are no pop-ups though.

I've run Ad-Aware twice and nothing has come up. And spybot wont work on this computer. So yeah, does anyone have any suggestions or any other good programs like spybot that I could use?

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 8/29/2004, 8:07 pm

spysweeper its the best there is :nod:

go to www.webroot.com to get it.

nikki4982 · Post by **nikki4982** » 8/30/2004, 3:10 am

Axtech wrote:No, winamp doesn't play Real media.

That's why everyone hates Real media. Low quality files that only work with one shitty player.

That's a lie!!! Well, the low quality part isn't. But you can play RealMedia in RealPlayer (blech), Real Alternative for Media Player Classic (my fav), or Winamp (with the correct plugin).

I don't even have RealPlayer on my computer, and as everyone on the hub knows... I'm a multimedia queen. :lol:

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 9/1/2004, 2:24 pm

I have a huge sound problem.

I went away for a month, came back and now my sound is completely gone. I've been trying to fix my sound all week but havnt figured it out. Its definetely not a speaker problem but rather a sound card or windows 98se problem. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling my sound drivers, i've tried reinstalling windows media, i've reinstalled directx sound, and i've even went into my registery and checked my sound settings there. The problem is this. When I go check my driver status in my system menu it tells me everything is fine, but when I fire up any multimedia device it tells me it cant detect a sound card. My sound card definetely isnt gone because its integrated into my mother board. So whats my problem??? You tell me.

Seriously.. I need to know. If I cant solve it by tommorow i'm reinstalling windows.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 9/1/2004, 2:28 pm

nikki4982 wrote:
Axtech wrote:No, winamp doesn't play Real media.

That's why everyone hates Real media. Low quality files that only work with one shitty player.

That's a lie!!! Well, the low quality part isn't. But you can play RealMedia in RealPlayer (blech), Real Alternative for Media Player Classic (my fav), or Winamp (with the correct plugin).

I don't even have RealPlayer on my computer, and as everyone on the hub knows... I'm a multimedia queen.

Oh right, plugin. heh :freak:

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 9/1/2004, 3:26 pm

Joe Cool wrote:I have a huge sound problem.

I went away for a month, came back and now my sound is completely gone. I've been trying to fix my sound all week but havnt figured it out. Its definetely not a speaker problem but rather a sound card or windows 98se problem. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling my sound drivers, i've tried reinstalling windows media, i've reinstalled directx sound, and i've even went into my registery and checked my sound settings there. The problem is this. When I go check my driver status in my system menu it tells me everything is fine, but when I fire up any multimedia device it tells me it cant detect a sound card. My sound card definetely isnt gone because its integrated into my mother board. So whats my problem??? You tell me.

Seriously.. I need to know. If I cant solve it by tommorow i'm reinstalling windows.

You might need a whole new sound card. My computer did that too, and we needed to get a whole new sound card.

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 9/1/2004, 4:23 pm

A new sound card would mean I would need a new motherboard.

xoNoDoubt69 · Post by **xoNoDoubt69** » 9/1/2004, 4:31 pm

i'm guessing you've tried restarting

that's what usually fixes my sound when it dies.

Axtech · Post by **Axtech** » 9/1/2004, 5:45 pm

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 9/1/2004, 6:09 pm

Have you thought of taking it in somewhere and asking them what to do?

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 9/1/2004, 7:58 pm

My computer is dying a slow slow death and my folks dont seem to care. So I better back up all my files. How many cds will it take to back up 13 gigs of music?

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 9/1/2004, 8:11 pm

Rusty wrote:Have you thought of taking it in somewhere and asking them what to do?

I've never had anyone do any work on my computer for me and i'm not about to start. If worse comes to worse i'll just reinstall windows which is a lot better than spending money on some tech guy.

namkablam · Post by **namkablam** » 9/1/2004, 8:12 pm

Chanandler Bong wrote:My computer is dying a slow slow death and my folks dont seem to care. So I better back up all my files. How many cds will it take to back up 13 gigs of music?

19 700mb CD's :jerk off:

and 1 sugarcookie

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 9/1/2004, 9:31 pm

Joe Cool wrote:
Rusty wrote:Have you thought of taking it in somewhere and asking them what to do?

I've never had anyone do any work on my computer for me and i'm not about to start. If worse comes to worse i'll just reinstall windows which is a lot better than spending money on some tech guy.

You could always format it. Wipe it clean and then reinstall everything, just back your stuff up first.

Joe Cooler · Post by **Joe Cooler** » 9/1/2004, 11:08 pm

You read the part where I said I may just reinstall windows right?

Johnny · Post by **Johnny** » 9/2/2004, 9:45 am

namkablam wrote:
Chanandler Bong wrote:My computer is dying a slow slow death and my folks dont seem to care. So I better back up all my files. How many cds will it take to back up 13 gigs of music?

19 700mb CD's

and 1 sugarcookie

Can I get the cookie from you???

And my computer is infected with a virus and it appears that my Virus software was/is unable to remove the virus. Any suggestions anyone?

Penguin Josh · Post by **Penguin Josh** » 9/2/2004, 12:24 pm

NOD32

Rusty · Post by **Rusty** » 9/2/2004, 6:27 pm

Chanandler Bong wrote:
namkablam wrote:
Chanandler Bong wrote:My computer is dying a slow slow death and my folks dont seem to care. So I better back up all my files. How many cds will it take to back up 13 gigs of music?

19 700mb CD's

and 1 sugarcookie

Can I get the cookie from you???

And my computer is infected with a virus and it appears that my Virus software was/is unable to remove the virus. Any suggestions anyone?

FORMAT!!!!! Back up anything you want to keep and then format it, wipe it all clean it makes your computer so much better, i did it to mine and it runs like a dream now.

For Josh: it's possible to reinstall windows without formatting I did it somehow when I was trying to format my computer because it refused to format lol.