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    semi retiring from posting

    Due to real life health problems I find that I cannot sit for any length of time at the computer anymore. For this reason I will seldom visit or post on these boards. Sorry to leave in such short notice, I enjoyed the time I posted here, and espeaially enjoyed helping people out t'kron
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    semi retiring from posting

    Due to real life health problems I find that I cannot sit for any length of time at the computer anymore. For this reason I will seldom visit or post on these boards. Sorry to leave in such short notice, I enjoyed the time I posted here, and espeaially enjoyed helping people out t'kron
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    DirectX defaults to sound debug level 2

    It has been pointed out a few times in the past that after installing DirectX, the DIrectX sound is set at debug level two. Download the attached direct X control panel file unzip it and place it in your control panel. Execute it click on direct sound and slide the debug slider all the way...
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    Navigator looking for DAP

    If you remember my friend had a problem after installing DAP (download Accelerator Plus). Any folder he opened had the contents completely or partially hidden and he had to close the shield (for lack of a better term) that was hiding his contents. Well we fixed that by uninstalling DAP...
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    Wierd folder problem

    I posted a problem report about this once before, and got no solutions, this time I posted pictures showing what the folder looks like. I will link you to the OTS site since I posted it there also. go here to look: http://www.opentechsupport.net/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9693 For...
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    corrupted OS?

    computer specs left is problem computer right is working computer: CPU: P3 933mhz/P3 866mhz Ram: 512Meg PC133/256 Meg Rambus 800 OS: windows 98 SE/same Video card: GF4 Ti 4400 128 meg/GF2 MX 400 64 meg Sound: SB live Value/Same Nic card: Cnet Pro 200 PCI fast Ethernet Adapter/same...
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    picture preview

    not sure what happened. I go to the My Documents folder I have the folder set for viewing as Web Page my BMP extension files will show a thumbnail preview if I select them (but do not open them) however my jpg extensions do not show a preview of the picture. I have the following...
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    Problem installing MS Critical updates

    Have two computers hooked up to a Linksys 4 port router. I can access most of the the internet sites (this site, Open Tech Support, et al, with no problems, and can play online games with no problems. However on my Dell Machine I cannot access the microsoft update site, I get a "page...
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    Something is corrupting the OS

    I do not believe that the MS updates download of Driver update of DAVIS Semiconductor Inc - Networking update for Cnet card is the problem. I have been playing with this: sequence of events: load Win98SE Nvidia 28.32 drivers load Creative Sound Blaster live value drivers load USB printer...
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    missing drivers....

    Had a memory chip go bad on my main CPU, which had WindowsME on it. (Wierd things were happening, like monitor losing it signal, computer not shutting down properly, games crashing to desktop... etc). I replace the chip but still had some problems including fully shutting down the computer...
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    Reducing Windows ME checkpoints

    Windows ME takes periodic checkpoints, I believe one every 10 hours of operation, to be used for system restores. My Windows ME computer has become my primary computer as of February since it is the one using DSL connection and has 512 of Ram. Here are counts of the checkpoints available by...
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    Thor's problem

    my game crashes whenever i leave the town of harrogath in act v as soon as i walk out the gate, d2 crashes to windows with an error message saying my d2exp.mpq is corrupted. i havent even been able to play act v due to this error. i've tried the following to fix it but it hasnt...
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    various Geforce2 MX400 settings

    Does anyone know a good site to go to to find out what the various settings mean/do, as well as suggestions of what to set them too, for the Geforce2 MX 400 I am talking about going to properties, settings, advanced, Geforce2 MX/MX400 tab, additional properties;\ looking for details on...
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    ATI Radeon VE problems

    A friend of mine is having a problem with EQ and his video card, this is all being done via Email as he lives a couple hundred of miles from me near my son, here are his Specs: Mother board model number FIC 1st mainboard SD11 CPU AMD Athlon T-bird 650 Video ATI Radeon VE 32 meg Operating...
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    Blizzard acknowledges a SC problem with windows 2000/ME/XP

    Original posted problem I'm running Windows 2000. Whenever I try to join a game on Brood War Bnet it just says the latency of the game creator is too high. Blizz posted a solution to this problem on the Tech Support Forum here, but I can't follow it - it says to double click on your cd rom...
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    Will there be a World of Warcraft beta.

    from the Blizzard newsletter Q: Will you guys be beta testing World of Warcraft, and how do I sign up? submitted by Roger Palaski A: Our beta tests have included public participation for several years now, and World of Warcraft will be no exception. In fact, it will probably be our...
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    has anyone seen this

    When you open a folder, the area where you are supposed to see the files shows up grey sometimes with a black X at the top left corner. If you click on the X do the files or icons show up. Other times the grey area appears but without the X. If you position your mouse anywhere on the grey area...
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    who is 204.38.199.233

    204.38.199.233 belongs to Michigan Universitys 204.38.199.233 has made over 1770 attempts to access my ports. today. The first port it tried to access my computer on port 8401 through 8449, then 3450 through 8509, then 8520 through 8569 then 8580 through 8629 then 8640 through 8689 well...
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