so i just got new hd and rebooted windows....

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toiletpaper55

17-05-2006 14:34:58

what are some essential programs that ill need....word, moxilla, itunes, limewire, azeurus....what else

thanks in advance

h3x

17-05-2006 14:38:07

it all depends on what you do on your computer... here are my suggestions

Firefox, Thunderbird, Sunbird, ZoneAlarm Firewall, Ad-Aware SE Personal, AVG Anti-Virus, Nero Burning ROM, DAMN NFO Viewer, LimeWire PRO, DC++, Codec Pack, OpenOffice, Azureus (or ABC), BCWipe, WinRAR/WinZip, AnyDVD, and DVD Shrink...

theysayjump

17-05-2006 16:02:52

Disregard h3x's recommendation of AVG Anti Virus and get Kaspersky instead.

Also, Spybot Search and Destroy, Xp Repair Pro 2006, WinXP Manager, jv16 Powertools 2006, Winamp, CCleaner and Tuneup Utilities 2006.

amir89630

17-05-2006 16:11:03

what do nfo viewers do. u can view them in notepad just fine.

Wolfeman

17-05-2006 16:14:40

NFO viewers display them better. DVDShrink is a must and so is a codec pack and AutoGK for me...

toiletpaper55

17-05-2006 16:50:55

this is all good and well but i cant get my freakin music to work....i have sound blaster live!.....

burritopunk

17-05-2006 16:51:41

sounds like a dumb question but... do you have the latest drivers for the card?

toiletpaper55

17-05-2006 17:01:33

[quote8f3d4ccf19="burritopunk"]sounds like a dumb question but... do you have the latest drivers for the card?[/quote8f3d4ccf19]

im going to say...yes but iunno, i went to creative site to support to get drivers....

Wolfeman

17-05-2006 17:03:15

Open device manager and see if anything has a yellow triangle with an exclimation point in it...

toiletpaper55

17-05-2006 17:07:14

[quotec2f4b2bed1="Wolfeman"]Open device manager and see if anything has a yellow triangle with an exclimation point in it...[/quotec2f4b2bed1]

where is this device manager....when i open the sounds thing in control pannel, nothing has yellow triange w/ exclimation point

Wolfeman

17-05-2006 17:09:36

- Right Click the My Computer icon
- Click Manage
- Device Manager is under System Tools

burritopunk

17-05-2006 17:10:05

Right click "my computer" then click "properties" then " hardware" then click on device manager.

Wolfeman

17-05-2006 17:11:42

2 ways to do it, same result...

toiletpaper55

17-05-2006 17:25:38

nope, no triangle w/ exclimation pt....the speakers stopped working after my old HD like died kinda and i had to fix it, but now i got new HD but theyre still dead....

burritopunk

17-05-2006 17:32:45

Update us about the drivers...

h3x

17-05-2006 17:34:54

[quotea59f0fa1de="Wolfeman"]2 ways to do it, same result...[/quotea59f0fa1de]

Actually theres 3 ways to do it..

Windows Key + Break, then click Hardware, and then Device Manager lol




are you sure you have the speakers installed properly? also, did you remember to disable the audio chipset on your motherboard (if present) ??

toiletpaper55

17-05-2006 17:41:47

drivers are all up to date, i checked on creative and checked the versions and everything and they used to work, before my old HD started to fail then after i repaired XP or wahtever its called, it stopped working....i dont think i have speaker thing on the motherboard....

OldManWrigley

17-05-2006 17:43:53

If You Have A LCD Or Laptop[=http//download.microsoft.com/download/b/7/0/b7019730-0fa3-47a9-a159-98b80c185aad/setup.exe]If You Have A LCD Or Laptop

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toiletpaper55

17-05-2006 18:04:56

thanks, its clearer but theres still no sound, i give up for tonight K+ when i get the chance to everyone....