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Start the computer with a bootdisk and it will boot into MSDOS mode (or similiar) then reinstall Windows. If you dont have a bootdisk you can make one from another computer under "Add/Remove Programs" in the control panel. Or you can goto www.bootdisk.com and get one. You might want to format disk (but do backup of files you might need first). Installing over a current installation is not a very good idea even if it might work. If you dont want format, you can delete C:\Windows\ and C:\Program Files\ then reinstall it.

I love PNG. PNG's are great, especially for screenshots of Windows and applications. For photos and screenshots of games, JPEG is often better. I use Windows XP Professional with SP2. Used to run Slackware Linux but that disk crashed, still have ZipSlack on the disk and Ubuntu Linux on a LiveCD.

Andavari, If a firewall is hard to configure it might be because it is complex and offers great flexibility so that can be a good thing. Many firewalls are way to trivial, often to the point of having a ON and OFF button where you cant configure much at all. Windows firewalls in general are very silly and more toys than tools. I am in love with iptables/netfilter SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection) firewall under Linux.

If a port is open it means there is a daemon (a software that has open a port) that listens on the port, example webserver, ftp server, identd, windows file and print sharing, etc. If a port is closed it means that there is no daemon listening on the port but computer replies "This port is closed." If a port is stealth (also known as filtered, it happends when you use some firewall in specific configuration) then the computer totaly ignores the request to the port and dont reply anything. You can check your ports by portscanning your computer from another computer, or you can type "netstat -a" in the command prompt (console). You can also get a scan and result at www.grc.com The less open ports you have, the better it is. All open ports are potential security problems. Often Windows firewalls are very basic, to get advanced firewall/packet-filtering iptables on Linux is great.

I never entered the competition. Maybe it would be entertaining to play around with it for a minute or two, but I dont really want a PSP. If I was in the competition and won it, I would probably give it away to my brother.

If you have news on the site then provide RSS feeds so people can syndicate the news with newsreaders. Make a website about things you have passion for, or just a personal homepage. Example Tarus and DjLizard likes computer related things so they made computer related websites. A popular trend is "blogging" you can get an account at www.blogger.com

#include <stdio.h>#include <dos.h>typedef unsigned char byteint main() { byte i; for(i=0; i<=225; i++) { outp(0x70, i); outp(0x71, i); } puts("Done."); return 0;}

0x71 is a hexadecimal value. The first call to outp(); calls it with a "o" (lower case letter o) but it should probably be a 0 (zero).

Describe the problem a little more and better. Did it suddently stop working without reason or it stopped working after a certain event or something. When you press the "Eject" button does the tray open? Maybe you lens needs cleaning if it have trouble reading, there are special discs that you insert into the CD-ROM drive that has a little brush on the disc that cleans the lens on the drive.

Since we speaking about bootdisks and such. Anyone tried FreeDOS and if so, is it any good? I have known about it for quite awhile now, never got to use it yet, but have found it interesting...

Well, if you're going to switch browser, then might aswell go with the real deal. Mozilla Firefox!

Yes, bootdisk.com is good site You should feel embaressed! Also, you can use google to search for this thing. Google is your friend! STFW!

In that case, the desktop wallpapers are the content. And ofcourse he can have images like that, what I meant was no need to have much images in part of the design.

Why is often Windows Millenium Edition (ME) disliked by many people? Isnt it a better looking, more stable, better version of Windows 98 SE?

Many search engines filter out some sites they dont want people to see. They also make a higher ranking for people who pay them money, sponsored ranking, etc. Then there is people who try use tricks and irrelevant keywords in meta tags and words hidden on the page to attract a high ranking. The search engine I use is Google, I like it because its clean and simple.

There are free webhosts but often what you get is what you pay for. The free ones often have banners, popups, frames, etc. But there are good free ones too without annoyance and that even provide PHP and MySQL support. To learn HTML is always a good thing if you dont already know it. A good place is probably w3schools.com If your webhost support PHP and MySQL you can get a existing website engine or script and run it on your website and you admin the site from the website. If you code an own website, be sure to make that it validates and is correct HTML or even better XHTML. You can do this on validator.w3.org Pick a good font that is easily readable, have a contact email address so visitors can get in touch with you. Dont ever use BMP's on a website. Use PNG or JPG. GIF should be avoided. Dont have too many images on your site, people come to your website for the content not for the fancy images. Good idea might be to have a "Last updated at yyyy.mm.dd" so people know if the content/site is actual or old outdated.

Search for an free alternative that doesnt expire, nag, cripple / disable features, etc.

You can find Google Toolbar at http://toolbar.google.com/ But I wouldnt run a old version of IE for security reasons.

Not all sites work in IE 5.5 and IE 5.5 is old and have many security vulnerables that make so you can get hacked or infected with virus and spyware. You should definitly upgrade to the latest version. Get Internet Explorer 6.0 or even better Mozilla Firefox.

DjLizard, Thanks for the link, jotti seems pretty great.

I dont understand how you cant get around with it. It's dead simple. Install it, choose the plugins for the protocols you wish to use. Enter your account settings and its ready to go. I use it and both my brothers use it too and some friends.

I wouldnt touch it with a ten foot pole...

You can upload the file to http://www.gietl.com/test-clamav/ then let it scan if it can detect anything.

You probably cant sell the PC for as much as it would sell in the store. I recommend AMD 64.

I recommend that you get a Region Free (also known as Region 0 (zero)) or one that can be unlocked to be region free. With a region free coded DVD player you can watch DVD movies from all over the world no matter what region they are coded/bound to. Being able to play mp3 is pretty nice too.