fadedorca66 said:Forget about it—you aren't going to achieve anything by upgrading.
What would happen if I bumped the RAM up to 4GB and slapped in a GPU with 1GB of DDR2, 3, or 5 memory (doesn't matter which)? Would the PC just give up because the motherboard is too weak, or would it still run—albeit marginally better?
crimsonstag84 said:Unfortunately, there is zero point in sinking any money into that junk—everything is far too weak and outdated.
Your processor would bottleneck any decent graphics card you try to throw at it—period.
Look—if you want to upgrade this absolute junker—something actually decent that won't choke out a better GPU down the road—you need to look at what's available. I see plenty of used CPUs on eBay that might actually do the job.
crimsonstag84 said:What CPU and PSU are we talking about here?
Even if you're running the absolute top-tier processor for that socket—it won't matter—you're looking at a maximum of an HD 6670 GDDR5 or something similar.
I've got an old Abit motherboard—KN8 model, Socket 939. I'm wondering what kind of decent graphics card I can pick up for this rig—ideally with 512 MB of VRAM (or maybe even 1 GB if possible)?
Alright, I decided to finally upgrade from Office 2007 to Office 2010. Since I was sitting on a measly 500 MB of free space, I ran CCleaner first—which bumped me up to a decent 2.05 GB. The installation itself went smoothly enough, but once I fired up Outlook, I hit this wall:
"A certificate chain processed, but terminated in a root certificate which is not trusted by the trust provider".
I just click YES to proceed with the server and my account opens fine—but I’m not interested in a workaround; I want to stop this irritating pop-up entirely by getting the right certificate installed.
The software is legitimate and fully registered, and I'm running Windows XP.
casualrider43 said:Look, people—this old-school strategy is ancient and highly effective: divide and conquer.
True, though I have no idea how the Bad Boys can even fall for this one. 🙂 Richie Rich—in the end, it resulted in two different factions of the Bad Boys brawling in Chicago; one actually had some pride, while the other was just full of sycophants. One really has to wonder if their boss is footing the bill for all those expensive trips just so they can kiss his ass.
I'm migrating all my emails from one machine to another using two specific paths:
1) \AppData\Local\Microsoft\Outlook (local Outlook data) 2) \AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Outlook (roaming Outlook data)
The issue arises with the second path—the roaming one—because there isn't actually an Outlook folder within the Microsoft directory for me to paste files into. I did some digging and discovered that the Outlook folder only generates itself once an account is registered. Since I'm migrating someone else's account and don't have their password to trigger that registration, I'm stuck. Can anyone explain how to manually force the creation of an Outlook file or just how to get this mail moved into Outlook 2013?
Alright, here’s the deal—I’m working on a document that mixes portrait and landscape orientations. When I apply page numbering, the landscape pages end up with the numbers sitting at the very bottom. Since this is being bound for a physical file, I need those landscape page numbers positioned on the right side—specifically for the landscape pages only—so they’re actually visible when someone flips through the printed work.
Alright, I need some assistance here. I am working with Word 2013 and I need to design some labels—specifically a sheet with a 4x10 layout (4 labels across, 10 down, totaling 40 per page). Each label measures 52 mm by 30 mm, assuming a 0.5 mm margin.
I am looking for a step-by-step guide on how to set up a document in Word where every single label contains the exact same text.
Additionally—if anyone happens to find an Avery template online that matches these dimensions (52.5 x 29.7 mm) for easy printing—I would be quite grateful.
Can someone please help me? This is urgent. When I enter =DATEDIF(H14,I14,"y"), Excel refuses to select cell I14 and keeps throwing an error message saying there's a problem with the formula. I'm losing my mind here—help needed ASAP. Feel free to PM me. Thanks.
electricdriver93 said:How much does precision actually matter here? Are we talking about absolute, perfect accuracy? If not, you can just go old-school—calculate the exact number of days by simply subtracting the dates, then handle the years and months using division and the ROUND function. But honestly—purely from a mathematical standpoint when calculating averages from this kind of data—I’d stick to total days (subtraction gives you the exact count) and only convert that final average into Years, Months, and Days at the very end.
Precision is vital—specifically, I need those rows where each cell explicitly shows the combined total of years, months, and days elapsed.
Alright, here’s the situation: I have an Excel spreadsheet where I need to calculate the average age in years, months, and days. To be more specific—one column holds the start date and the other holds the end date—and I need to determine the exact duration in years, months, and days. I tried using the DATEDIF function, but it’s just not working—specifically, when I type =DATEDIF(A2,B2,"Y"), it refuses to recognize cell B2.
Now, I’m wondering if there’s any other way to handle this. I read somewhere that Microsoft actually ditched the DATEDIF function after Excel 2000—I'm curious how much truth there is to that claim. Is there an alternative solution, or perhaps some kind of add-on to get DATEDIF working again? Personally, I’m running Excel 2013.
First off, congrats to our guys on an incredible performance.
As for France—I honestly thought that gambling trash Karabatic would’ve been suspended from Montpellier and the national team by now, but apparently not. For God's sake, athletes from powerhouse nations can get away with anything; if someone like Balic had done the same, the EHF and IHF would have fast-tracked a lifetime ban before you could blink. It's unbelievable.
The issue is an old one—most of you have likely heard the horror stories by now—it’s the Blue Screen of Death (BSOD). While I naively assumed this was something relegated to the days of Windows 95/98, it’s actually haunting my Windows 7 Ultimate setup, triggering an automatic system restart. I attempted to fix the mess using Uniblue Registry Booster—a tool that seems to get plenty of online praise—but wouldn't you know it, the damn thing crashed my OS yesterday, even though the last error scan and repair via the registry booster was performed just last Sunday.
Does anyone have a solution, a patch, some utility, or anything similar? I would be eternally grateful.
Noah Sanchez39, that link you shared is pretty much useless—it just gives instructions on how to Disable the "The application was unable to start correctly (0x0150004)". Click OK to close the application" rather than actually fixing the damn issue.
I’ve run into a bizarre issue with Windows 7 Ultimate—it somehow decided to start acting up yesterday evening.
Basically, whenever I boot up my computer, this error pops up right on my desktop: "The application was unable to start correctly (0x0150004)". Click OK to close the application. And get this—every single time I click OK, the exact same message triggers for the next app: AVG anti-virus, Smooth View, Groove monitor, and so on. To top it off, if I even attempt to open something from Microsoft Office—like Excel or PowerPoint—the same error hits me again. Does anyone actually know what's going on here, or is there some kind of patch out there to fix this mess?
I'm running Windows 7 and I’ve run into a truly bizarre issue. There’s this one file—written in WordPad—that was perfectly fine yesterday when I shut down my PC after finishing my work. But today, when I opened that WordPad document, NOTHING happened—except for 30 PAGES OF INVISIBLE TEXT. When I drag my mouse over the area, I can "feel" the text I wrote yesterday, but it is literally invisible.
I tried converting the file to .doc or .docx, but all I got was a massive mess of binary code. My guess? A glitch during bootup corrupted the file—it wasn't some virus or other digital vermin. Does anyone have a solution for this incredible, rare case of computer-induced insanity where a machine just ruins a text file?
P.S. Something similar has happened before if files were saved directly to the Desktop or the C: drive. Back then, the fix was moving them to the E: drive, though even that didn't hold up for long.
Noah Sanchez39 said:@ electricmarlin18 Are you seeing both of these issues when you boot Windows 7 into Safe Mode?
While I was attempting an OS reinstall in Safe Mode yesterday, the machine actually started loading Windows Files—specifically those drivers in \Windows\system32\DRIVERS and all those *.sys files. Then, predictably, the blue screen returns and the laptop force-restarts itself. (A repetitive cycle that nearly drove me insane). By some stroke of luck, I managed to get into Safe Mode today. Any solutions?
I am dealing with two distinct issues on my Windows 7 Ultimate:
1) While I'm working, the screen occasionally blurs out—followed by a sudden blue screen—then a percentage countdown begins before the machine forces an automatic reboot. Once the OS boots back up, I'm greeted with this message:
PROBLEM SIGNATURE:
Additional information about the problem: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen OS Version: 6.1.7600.2.0.0.256.1 Locale ID: 1050
Additional information about the problem: BCCode: 4e BCP1: 00000007 BCP2: 0007C9E6 BCP3: 00000001 BCP4: 00000000 OS Version: 6_1_7600 Service Pack: 0_0 Product: 256_1
Files that help describe the problem: C:\Windows\Minidump\031811-31980-01.dmp C:\Users\XAVIER\AppData\Local\Temp\WER-51043-0.sysdata.xml
2) This used to plague me on Windows XP and Windows Vista—and now, unfortunately, it has migrated to my 7 installation. After a reboot, a black screen appears stating "Disk Checking," and the OS starts scanning partitions via a percentage progress bar. I am forced to hit Enter; if I don't—letting the check run its course like it would on Windows XP, for instance—I won't be able to log in next time because my user icon disappears entirely. To make matters worse, the system is significantly sluggish, and even after logging in, I have to wait for the computer to "settle down"—meaning I can't just jump straight to my D: drive and play some music.
Is there a solution, an update, a patch, or anything at all to resolve these two problems? Any assistance would be appreciated.
Dear forum members, in case you weren't aware—scientific studies have actually proven that orange (incidentally my favorite color) has a way of disorienting the opposition.
Consequently, it became standard practice for goalkeepers to wear orange jerseys. Eventually, various club owners realized this could provide an edge, leading teams to adopt orange kits—Wolverhampton and Shakhtar were the pioneers, and now I see Valencia CF and Barcelona using them for their away kits.
My personal favorite has to be the Shakhtar one—the 2002/03 version featuring the DDP logo.
On a side note, this new national team jersey, with those red numbers right in the center, is absolute garbage..
