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I was looking through a Gameinformer magazine and I came across an advertisement for Alienware laptops. The style of the models they have like perfectly fit my tastes (black and red are my FAVORITE color combo lol). Anyways, I know that they are the laptops that are designed to be perfect for gaming, but would it make like a good laptop for regular purposes other than gaming like surfing the net, typing up homework, and all that? I've looked at the features of the Alienware M11x and Alienware M17x models and they look pretty nice, like 8 hours of battery life. Thats pretty sweet! Basically do they make good regular laptops with all their features and stuff? Like use their features to your advantage and have high performance when doing work on it? (link)
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An Alienware laptop would be fine for stuff like homework or using the internet. However, I wouldn't recommend one unless you're going to play games on it at some point because Alienware stuff is really expensive.
If you're going to use it for games then great, it'll play them well and you'll be able to do homework and browse the internet with it too. However, if you don't play games then you'll do just as well with a cheaper, lower spec laptop.
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my computer says this now when i start it up.
WINDOWS COULD NOT START BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING FILE IS MISSING OR CORRUPT = windows\system32\config\system.
when i go to reinstall the windows xp or whatever it is that it wants me to do, will all my files i had saved still be on the computer? i just have a bunch of things that i really want/need but i have no way of getting them right now. so will reinstalling xp delete everything? (link)
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Yes.
If you've got a windows XP CD you MIGHT be able to fix things with the recovery console without a reinstall.
Otherwise if you've got another computer handy you (or someone who knows what they're doing, if you don't) could pull the hard drive out of the dead computer and put it in the working one. Then you can copy the files you want to the working computer, put the hard disk back in the dead one, reinstall, then just move the files back over to the newly reinstalled computer.
If you think your computer died because of a virus then DON'T try this. You'll just end up spreading the virus to other computers and you'll be better off losing your files anyway (they could be infected). Re-installing would most likely kill any viruses (if you've got one).
Once you've fixed your computer get a USB memory stick and back up any files you want to keep. You'll save yourself this headache in the future.
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whats a good antivirus program?
hows webroot? (link)
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I've heard good things about the antivirus programs theymos suggested, and the antispyware programs are a definite must have.
I personally use AVG free.
http://free.avg.com/ww.download-avg-anti-virus-free-edition
I've never had any problems with it.
Clamwin's pretty good too.
http://www.clamwin.com/
It's also free and open source.
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The Sims 2 Expansion pack games for PC take up a lot of room on the PC and makes it slow and even ruined my last computer. I really want to play it though. Is there any alternative to installing it without it taking up my computers memory? Thanks! (link)
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Unfortunately, there isn't. Your best bet would be to upgrade your computer's hard drive. It's pretty easy to do this if you know what you're doing, if not then get a computer shop to do it for you. I'd be interested to see your system specs if you know them.
My computer runs the sims 2 and most of the expansions fine. I'll list my specs, but if you're just trying to play the sims 2 you won't need nearly this much.
AMD Athlon 6400 dual core processor clocked at 3GHZ
1 500GB hard disk
1 1TB hard disk
6GB RAM
2X Geforce 8800GTS 640MB memory graphics card
Dual boot Windows XP Professional X86 and Windows Vista Ultimate X64
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Hey,peeps
On the sims2 in the invertory under the jobrewards
or the other rewards (can't remember) , I wanted
to bring back a wife for one male sim . I was
going to try to earn the Resurrect-o-Nomitrom but
I don't understand what i have to earn or do
to get it. Above the sguare it had a Triangle with
a eye in the middle. Does anyone know what it means?
What do I do to get it?
thanks for any ansersws in advance! (link)
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The eye triangle stands for the paranormal career track. I'm pretty sure you need to reach a certian level in the paranormal career to get the Resurrect-o-Nomitrom. If you don't mind cheating then press Ctrl-Shift-C and type unlockCareerRewards into the console. That'll unlock all the career rewards.
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I recently bought a new laptop which had the 2007 version microsoft office installed. I did not know that it was only a 60 day trail period, but I didn't keep the product key so now I am stuck with a new computer without microsoft office. What can I do? How do I fix this? I really really need to use microsoft word a lot of the time for assignments etc. and now I can't, I don't know what to do. I pretty much have a computer I can't even use. (link)
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http://www.microsoft.com/Education/Graduation.mspx
You can go there to get student discounts on Microsoft products. If you're a student then that's the best (legal) way to get MS Office going again.
You could also get OpenOffice like the other guy said. It's just as good as MS Office and it's free.
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Ok, so a while ago I put WoW (World of Warcraft) on my laptop, and for a while now while I'm moving, my screen will go black. I think it is because of not having that much computer memory. I have used 100 GB out of 147 GB. Is that a lot used? And I've been trying to delete some stuff so that I can have more memory...but even though I delete some stuff, it is still not working that well...what all should I delete to make the screen stop turning black? Or what else should I do?
Thanks a bunch! (link)
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This might seem silly, but it could be something to do with the screensaver. Sometimes when i'm playing games on my computer the screensaver kicks in. If this is the case then jiggling the mouse a bit should bring it back, and turning off the screensaver will get rid of the problem. I've not played WoW so i don't know if this might be a problem but it can't hurt to check.
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Do all Dell computers have paint? if so, where is it? (link)
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Paint comes with pretty much all versions of windows so yes, it'll be there. On windows xp you can find paint by going to start>all programs>accessories>paint. If it's not there go to start>run, type mspaint and press enter. If that doesn't work (I don't see why it wouldn't) then feel free to ask and i'll try to help.
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So my apple computer has been freezing alot lately so we are bringing it to a place to get fixed. But I went throught his phase where I looked at some porn websites. I never downloaded anything, just looked at the pictures on the web. But I dont anymore. Now i've deleleted my history and "reset safari" but is there anyway that when I go to get it fixed the person will b able to tell that I've been on those websites and then tell my parents? If there is can you tell me how to fix that? I have like a 2004 eMac. Thanks! (link)
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I'm no expert on macs, but it sounds like you've been pretty thorough. Like the last person said, they probably won't find anything unless they look.
Even if they did find something, they're unlikely to tell anyone about it unless it was something illegal (i.e. kiddie porn). I did a weeks work experience in a computer repair place and was told that if I found porn on a computer I should keep it confidential.
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I have windows XP and those name things lol. So, I have the Sims 2 for the computer, and its worked fine, but then all the sudden, now it doesn't. I can get to the part where the family is loading, but then it loads forever and I can never get passed that part. It works on my sister's name, so I don't get why it won't work on mine. It wouldn't be that big of a deal that it only works on hers, but i downloaded objects and theres two completly different games. lol. Oh, and I downloaded the patch. Probably not correctly, but even after that it still worked, so I don't understand. Any ideas? Thanks in advace! (link)
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It could have something to do with the objects you downloaded. Move all your downloads to a different folder and see if that fixes the problem. If it does, then put your downloads back one by one, each time starting the game to see if it works. When it stops loading correctly, you've found the problem.
If it's not that then reinstall like missadvicebitch1 said. That should sort the problem.
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How do you fix your computer when it crashes. When I started my computer up it said physical memory dumped. What does that mean and how can I fix it. (link)
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If you're using windows xp you might be able to fix this. As soon as you turn the computer on, press F8 repeatedly until you get to a menu. Select safe mode. If windows loads you can use system restore to roll back to a previous restore point.
If windows doesn't load or if you're not using xp then you'll need to reinstall windows. You should have either a windows cd or a factory reset cd that came with your computer. Use that.
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ok well my msn 7.5 wont turn on only 5.0 works... i used to have 7.0 but when 7.5 came out i downloaded that one and it deleted my 7.0... so now i dont have 7.0 or 7.5.. and its really frustrating because now i cant have a display picture or anything.... when i try and sign in on the 7.5 it says that the service is temorarily un availible or something about trouble shoot...its been like that for a month or so now... ive uninstalled it and reinstalled it a bunch of times and when i try and download 7.0 again you cant because it isnt the latest version
please please please please help
thx soooo much
xooxooxoox
hollie
ill rate 5 (link)
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Try www.mess.be
They've got links to all the old versions of msn messenger right back to 1.0.
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does anyone know how to burn downloaded files from a computer to a dvd cd that is playable for DVD players? What program can I use? Thanks in advance. (link)
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Yes you can. I use Intervidio WinDVD Creator but most modern cd burning software should do it. I would recommend Nero burning burning ROM.
A word of warning, downloading full films and doing this is illegal but if you're talking about burning home movies or something you should be fine.
If you've got any more questions feel free to ask and I'll help as best I can.
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i have adaware i and run scans about everyday and at the status.. it says open quarintine list and i have a little over 1000 ..so if i delete them all.. would they mess up my computer.. do you think itll be a good idea? suggestions please (link)
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The quarentine list is all the adware/spyware that ad aware has found. I'm not sure whether it's doing any harm there but deleting it won't hurt either.
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this is my second computer that i have and my dad will not buy me another. okay so heres the deal. my computer probably has spyware and i dont know how to get rid of it. i have ad-aware SE and i use it ALL the time but yet it still doesnt get the junk away. im getting scared cause i dont want to lose computer. does anyone no what i can do to have my computer work better and that i dont have a messed up internet?
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Download spybot search and destroy (http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html). It sometimes picks things up that ad-aware misses. If you have any more problems let me know and i'll see if I can help.
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I want to get a new computer but am really confused about processors. Pentium, Celeron, AMD Athlon...what are the differences? Which is better and for what? (link)
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Celerons are basically cheap, low performance pentiums. If you're looking for a powerful computer then avoid them. If you're just looking for a machine to do word processing and run applications that don't need much power then get one.
Athlons tend to run faster than pentiums. I'm afraid I can't remember the link, but in a recent test athlons out performed pentiums in every catagory.
I personally have a Pentium 4 running at 3 GHZ. It's still fairly current and does everything I need it to (plays the latest games and does word processing).
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heya! my dad deleted and blocked msn when i took an overdose thinking it was why i took it but it wasnt, but yeah thats not the point lol. its been about 10 months now, yeah because it was new year. well everything to do with chat is blocked by Norton Internet Security Professional and because im not the adminastrator to the computer i can't get it back off my account, if i were on my dads account how could i make myself adminastrtor to get it back and while on his account find out his password so i could go back so when i have downloaded it i can take myself off admin, OR how would i go to the Norton Internet Security Professional thingy and unblock chat??? sorry if i confused u at all! thanks for any replies! xxx (link)
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If I were you I'd ask your dad first. If he says no then you could use a web based messenger like the last person said. Alternatively go to www.trillian.cc and download trillian. It lets you connect to msn, aim, yahoo, icq and irc.
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On the computer in my room i forgot my password to get on. When you first turn the computer on and it says pick a user well i only have one user because its my computer and no one else goes on it well a couple of days ago i changed my password and i thought i put it to something i would remember. but i had to restart my computer and i went to put in my password and i cant remember it. Is there anything i can do about this? or is my computer useless until i figure out my password? (link)
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You might be able to get in through safe mode. To get to safemode press F8 repeatedly when the computer's booting up and select safe mode if it asks. Once in safe mode there'll probably be an account called administrator. If there is then use that. See if you can change your password now. Ifthat doesn't work re-format and re-install windows. I'm sorry I can't be more help but I've never had this problem before.
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Does anyone know where I can get a free porn blocker? If not, is there a program that would allow me to restrict access to certain applications (such as Internet Explorer) with a password, or during certain times of the day?
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In internet explorer go to the tools menu and select internet options. On the content tab there's a content advisor that lets you filter various types of web site. I've never used it though so I don't know how good it is. Alternatively you could use a program like net nanny to filter websites, but I don't know of any free ones.
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what is the best comp that is low price for gaming
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If you're in the UK try http://www.goldenelectronics.co.uk/. They have some pretty powerful machines for some pretty high spec systems.
www.alienware.com is supposed to be good but i've never used them.
www.ebuyer.com is good if you decide to build your own computer. They do decent parts at reasonable prices. It's another UK site so if you're not in the UK it might be a problem.
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