ADAM,

Thanks for all your effort, but I've just told Orange to come and collect the bloody thing. I'm going back to a Nokia.

Good move, my brother did exactly that yesterday. Swapped his D500 for the new Nokia 8800. He had three of them, all with problems.

If you liked the feel of the Samsung, the 6111 is very similar.

Can you Help???
Friend wants Comp for this this:

"Need new tower to run latest Cubase SX software plus various additional software editing packages and plugins e.g virtual guitar rig, BFD drum software etc. 'M' box to be utilised, so no need for exceptional built-in soundcard or graphics card.
Additional requirements:- CD/DVD writer
Possibly 2 towers into 1 monitor splitter box (or 2nd monitor "


Any Ideas?

Iain,

Most of the latest PC's would do that. I would go for an Intel machine rather than AMD on this on as they handle editing packages better. (Other than that I always recommend AMD). Most top of the range PC's will come with CD/DVD writers.

Either of these Dells would be fine: Precision 670 and 380

For the switch I use on of these. You can find these cheaper on Ebay.

KVM Switch

Hi guys.I have a 2.8 processor...1024 ram....160 gb drive and XP.A few weeks ago i was messing about and ran CWShredder.It came up with all this stuff so silly me deleted all the files which i assumed were dodgy.A couple of hours later when i tried to go online i couldn't connect.I'm on broadband with AOL.

Despite hours talking to AOL support...no joy.So i bought another PC....its not easy following my shares with no pc lol.Well there was no line fault as the new pc got me online with no probs,so i guess i buggered something up with CWShredder.

I was thinking of wiping my hard disc and starting again,but i guess that also wipes the operating system too.Would i have to buy Windows XP.

Any help would be appreciated...seems a shame to dump a good pc.Rick.

SM,

Did you buy the PC from a shop?

If so you should have a Certificate of Authenticity on the side with the XP product key number.

Also you should have got a system restore disk, which you place in the disk drive and hit restart and it will return your PC to the exact state that you bought it.

Adam its a "Time" pc about 2 yrs old....there is the windows XP product code on the side.The only disc i got from Time is a system and driver CD,which i don't think is the same as a system restore CD.Cheers mate. Rick.

In which case you need to borrow a copy of XP. With XP you just chuck it in and hit restart and will ask you if you wish to install. When it asks for you code put in yours. You need to make sure that the XP version is the same as yours, i.e. XP Prop or Home Edition as your code will only work for the same version.

You will then need to use the Time disk to update the drivers.

Hey Adam cheers mate...has any kind soul got a copy of XP home i could cadge please........Rick.

spacemoggy

Please activate our MoneyAM e-mail facility, the one that we get when we click on your name, and I might just have some useful information to send you. :-)

To do this, merely click on your own name, then pop your e-mail address in the 'yellow' section.

Please post on here to advise when you've done it.

Doc done that mate thanks. Rick.

E-mail on the way, spacemoggy

Cheers Doc...in the mean time,if anyone can do me a copy of Windows XP,i'd be grateful,i'll pay the costs involved. Rick.

I can't get Safari to work with Terminal. Firefox works OK, Netscape does not work either.
Using G5, Tiger and Safari 2.0.1.

spacemoggy,

Entering a different CD Key to the one on the CD as ADAM suggests can lead to subsequent problems installing service packs. You're probably better off using the same CD Key as on the installation CD and then cracking the WPA and WGA. You can buy WPA cracks on eBay for 1 or 2.

Hilary thanks,i deal in shares,not cracking windows codes.I've found someone to sell me a Windows XP pro cd with key,so fingers crossed.Thanks to all though.Rick.

:-(

Careful, pussycat.

What are the advantages/features of XP Pro as opposed to the Home edition please?

Windows XP Comparison Guide

Here's another, perhaps better, comparison site:

http://www.winsupersite.com/showcase/windowsxp_home_pro.asp

Got a problem. Remember I know little about computers!

I'm with AOL. I have two computers, and a router. At first they worked fine - always on. Now neither computer will allow me to connect to broadband unless I'm logged on to aol. Since I can't log on to aol on both computers at the same time I can't have them both on the net together. I used to be able to do it, though. I need cmc on the spare, because it slows everything up.

AOL are no use - they say they can provide full support information on only a few routers and my model, a D-Link, is not one of them. It's obviously aol doing something, though. I want to change ISP at the next opportunity, though my computer man has aol, and the same router, and has no problems.