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Tech Clinic / Nero 7 and Vista
« on: September 22, 2007, 08:16:13 AM »
No - couldn't find a solution to it so did a clean install
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Tech Clinic / Nero 7 and Vista
« on: September 14, 2007, 11:48:11 AM »
Please help - I made the mistake of purchasing a laptop running vista ultimate edition and trying to install Nero 7 essentials on it. The installer stopped working saying the version I was trying to install was not compatible with vista, suggested I look on ahead website for a solution and surprise surprise, no solution forthcoming. Windows then closed the installer. It appears that the installer didn't exit completly as when I now go into add/remove programmes nero essentials is listed, but wont unistall (error message saying installer needs to exit and then a dll error). Went for the fall back position of running ccleaner and now essenatials doesn't show in its add remove but does in windows add/remove still. Bought Nero 7 premium reloaded to try and use that to uninstall (this was suggested by a friend) but that gets stuck as well. I am really stuck as to possible solutions - have run the nero unistaller as well but still no joy. Can't unistall in safe mode. Although computer only 2 weeks old dont want to do a clean install as I am now 12000 miles from home and didn't think to bring install dvd with me.
Having beta tested vista previously I must say I am surprised this problem occured as I am sure that I had a different version of Nero 7 essential installed on that computer without any issues.
Having beta tested vista previously I must say I am surprised this problem occured as I am sure that I had a different version of Nero 7 essential installed on that computer without any issues.
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Software / Its all about ... Vista
« on: February 15, 2007, 05:49:37 AM »
[quote name=\'JBLee / Jason\' post=\'277522\' date=\'Jan 24 2007, 10:10 AM\']aww that sucks...my friend lied...ill just stay with XP until some1 comes up with a solution[/quote]
Apparently easy to dual boot vista and linux if you install vista first, or set linux partitions to inactive. See www.apcmag.com/dualboot for more info
Apparently easy to dual boot vista and linux if you install vista first, or set linux partitions to inactive. See www.apcmag.com/dualboot for more info
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Software / CPU temp program?
« on: February 06, 2007, 05:14:36 PM »
[quote name=\'splinter\' post=\'281489\' date=\'Feb 2 2007, 04:28 PM\']Is there a program that see my cpu temperture with out reseting and looking in bios? because my computer is heating up fast than expected and must keep a good watch on it.[/quote]
Use motherboard monitor - its free and works well but may need some time to set up
Use motherboard monitor - its free and works well but may need some time to set up
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Software / Its all about ... Vista
« on: January 24, 2007, 11:38:48 AM »
I havent had a problem dual booting vista - running XP on one disk and Vista on second hard disk seems to work well, so I cant see why partioning a drive wouldnt work the same way with Linux as well. At boot presents usual type of screen for what you want to boot to and just select it, however it does make Vista the default option
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Software / Its all about ... Vista
« on: January 08, 2007, 02:02:52 AM »
There are a couple of things to remember about upgrading to Vista possibly the most important one being that hardware needs to be up to date to use all the new features - imagine my shock with a 4 month old video card not being able to run the "aero glass" desktop in vista RC1. Also as soon as it hits the streets there are going to be people writing viruses etc for it (if they havent started already) and there is wailing and gnashing of teeth from 3rd party AV companies about how their programmes are going to integrate with vista.
Also although Microsoft claim 512MB of ram and a P3 (800?Mhz) processor will work fine, I am sure they are talking about Home Basic edition as with a overclocked 3.0 and 1 gig ram it is proving to be a resource hog with all the Vista Ultimate features turned on.
Having said that I do find it is a worthwhile upgrade and am waiting to be able to get a version running that wont expire in July
Also although Microsoft claim 512MB of ram and a P3 (800?Mhz) processor will work fine, I am sure they are talking about Home Basic edition as with a overclocked 3.0 and 1 gig ram it is proving to be a resource hog with all the Vista Ultimate features turned on.
Having said that I do find it is a worthwhile upgrade and am waiting to be able to get a version running that wont expire in July
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Software / What is the Best Antivirus Software?
« on: December 28, 2006, 02:17:18 PM »
Forgot to say, in spite of wailing and gnashing of teeth from eg Symantec, avast also appears to integrate with Vista ok so if you are thinking of upgrading this may be the way to go
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Software / What is the Best Antivirus Software?
« on: December 28, 2006, 11:15:52 AM »
Currrently on different computers I am running Norton, Nod32, avast, AVG free and MacAfee. Of the 3 paid ones I find that Nod32 is the best as Norton is a resource hog, MacAfee is a bit clunky. Avast is excellent for free av (and registration process is painless), and AVG I think is also good however I have installed other av's on computers that have AVG and they have found viruses. Hope this helps.
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