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I think the answer was obvious to this problem. The modem will disconnect if you go to "Network Connections" and use the right mouse button menu to disconnect, so I am putting a shortcut for "Network Connections" on the desktop to log on and off. The original problem will eventually work itself...

I am replying to my own post to add facts. The operating system is XP with SP2. This PC had been operated on the Net without Anti-Virus software for some time. These people don't really understand what you get into when you buy a PC. They are still new to PCs but have had it for approx.6 years...

I fixed a computer that would not connect to the Dial-Up ISP. Now it won't disconnect without shutting off the PC. There is multiply users of this PC, so at first I though more than one user was looged on at the same time, but that was not the problem. This is the first time I have seen this...

Okay guys, I probably won't be trying anythng new like Linux any too soon anyhow. I am trying to dicipline myself to finish a bunch of projects I already have going.

Big B, I didn't see your post until now about the cooling of the processor. I bought the processor in the box version of the AMD X2 and it came with that giant cool pipe heat sink and about a 70 MM fan, its huge, and working great. The 983 processors came down so far down in price that I was...

Thanks donkey, those are useful bits of info you gave me. Ubuntu looks like a great Linux to try, the examples sure make it look like a valid operating system. I saved it all so I don't lose it. Two of my software reasons for sticking with XP at least on one PC are An airfoil generating...

I see, some of the old bugaboos are not a problem now, but having them in the back of your (my) mind can still keep you gun shy about being too quick to start doing something and ending up with the old saying, Aw ----. Thanks for the comments. Linux sounds interesting, but the older we get...

Using partitions? I can see where someone that wants to run different operating systems would definitely need to have them segregated in different partitions. The programs that I use the most run under windows. If (when I get the time) I decide to run Linux and I have thought about it, I will...

This thread needs an addition to the title now, I guess. Maybe I should have checked here before Cloning my XP drive. I got Acronis and after getting a bit familiar with it I used the "adding a hard drive" and "cloning" features and my 160 gig drive is cloned and working. The 80 gig drive is...

Hi Donkey42, I haven't done my cloning and relocating of the original drive yet. I see what you were referring to as far a "size" is concerned. The size of a partition. I am one of the people that just use the whole drive as one partition so I didn't automatically get what you meant by "resize"...

This is what sometimes gets me in PC speak, you say "copy the partition" when I am thinking about copying the entire contents of the drive, because I don't use "partitions" on my drives. I use the whole drive as one "partition". My memory is not getting better with age, so I try to keep things...

You just hit on something that I am aware of but haven't yet figured/decided how I am going to handle it. The PC that now has the 80gigWD is a nForce 4 Ultra M/B and the M/B that this 80 will move to is a GeForce 6100 M/B. They are both SATA drives. I have two new 350 watt Power supplies and...

donkey42, Yes I agree with your comments, but in reality it doesn't take that long to do, using the Invert Selection command, its pretty quick. When I used it I had a few other "Images" when copying CDs etc that didn't work well so I just liked the fact that this was a "copy" process, even if...

Clone Your Hard Drive For those advanced computer users who would like a little extra trick in your repertoire, consider the following. This little cheat is most often used when upgrading your primary hard drive. It’s a great way to replace the hardware without having to reload your operating...

As an update to this thread so others will know. I upgraded to an AMD X2 4800+ processor with no problems at all. No BIOS update was needed. In the BIOS I simply let the BIOS set the processor operation to optimum performance. I am not a gamer so I have no need to even think about over clocking...