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it doesn't detect your HD? hmm, did your motherboard come with a sata driver disk?

first, you should shutdown the machine and check to be sure everything is set correctly. check the cables, memory, drive jumpers, etc. next, check the bios to verify all settings seem correct. then, delete the partition and start again.

you could also give drivermax a try its free. just register. DriverMax - FREE driver download program for Windows XP & Vista

Mak, can you list any details on the upcoming release of microsoft's 8 security updates? i hear about 4 directly inpact the OS itself. any info?

Go with the OEM version. theres no difference. save about $130 bucks thats a big difference.

sorry bout that..

No the tech guy is absolutely right, PCI wireless adapters are much more reliable than USB. you should have an open PCI slot ( not PCI-Express ) inside the machine. something like this will do just fine.. Newegg.com - LINKSYS WMP54G IEEE 802.11b/g, PCI 2.2 and 2.3 32bit PCI2.2 Wireless-G...

make sure you have Windows Search 4.0 installed. then perform a search for the file. XP : http://download.microsoft.com/download/A/5/6/A56B2342-8EBE-46FF-85F7-D9A9CA887BFA/WindowsSearch-KB940157-XP-x86-enu.exe Vista ...

actually you might consider adding vista to the GRUB loader. if you have the latest version of Ubuntu its under the system menu. last time i checked vista has no knowledge of GRUB, however GRUB can see the vista loader. i could be wrong though.

problem fixed?

agreed, combofix is amazing.

here a few more, paid verion: Download Axialis IconWorkshop 6.32 - FileHippo.com free: XnView IrfanView - Official Homepage - one of the most popular viewers worldwide Abobe Photoshop CS4: Plug-ins

looks like a great guide, recently i came across this... Anti-Malware Toolkit 1.03.125 its a neat program to assist in malware cleanup's. also, maybe with some "forum love" it'll be updated a bit faster.

it sounds like your talking about file associations. in which you can change by simply right clicking the item you'd like to open then choose open with.

if you believe your system is slow try using a tweak guide. i should be preparing one in the next few days. but in the mean time.. services tweaks: Windows Vista Service Pack 1 Service Configurations by Black Viper tweak vista: TweakVista.com - Windows Vista Tweaks, Tips and Hacks or some...