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It really depends what you want out of a separate video card. Gaming? Video Acceleration only (for example, HD content).

For low-profile, I think the best options right now are the ATI Radeon 5450 and 5570. Anything better is only available in full-size brackets.

1) Press WIN+Pause/Break key to open up system properties (WIN = the key with the Windows logo). Or, you could right-click on “My Computer” and select “Properties”
2) Click “Advanced System Settings” (Vista/Win7), or the “Advanced” tab (WinXP)
3) Click the “Settings” button under “Startup & Recovery”
4) Uncheck “Automatically restart”
5) Click “OK”

That will allow you to see what the BSOD actually says, and hopefully give a clue as to which driver is causing the issue. Feel free to let us know which driver is listed, and we may be able to help troubleshoot further.

I’m guessing the motherboard doesn’t want to play nice with the 12GB of Patriot memory you have.

I am presuming that you are using 6 x 2GB modules. This kind of configuration can sometimes push boards to their limit, and can cause various compatibility issues depending on the memory used. According to the ASUS P6T Memory Support List, there is no Patriot memory that is certified for working with all 6 memory sockets filled.

I’d suggest having them try some modules from Corsair or OCZ and see if that improves things (I’m a fan of the Corsair DOMINATOR DDR3-1600 modules myself)). If the BIOS hasn’t been updated in a while, they may want to do that too, as that sometimes helps with memory incompatibility issues.

It’s not nearly as easy to do so, as the installer for WHS is based around Server 2003 (which is similar to an XP-type install). Back when I had an old EeePC 701, I know I had a fairly hard time getting an XP install to work from a USB stick (I think I used an SD card as well, but the process definitely wasn’t what I’d call simple).

Once the new version of WHS comes out though, it’ll probably install fine off a USB stick (as it’s going to based on Server 2008 R2).

Installing Opera Mobile 10 beta will not overwrite the existing installation (you’ll see 2 Opera icons in your Start menu), and AFAIK it won’t transfer bookmarks over.

If the version of Opera you have supports Opera Link though, you could backup your bookmarks to the cloud, and then restore them upon installing Opera Mobile 10. Not sure if that was a feature they just added, or if it’s been there for a while.

I’m liking the new build quite a lot actually. They finally added smooth scrolling which makes it feel more iPhone-like.

Here’s a link to an article that gives a few tools that may help:

http://www.pcworld.com/article/181651/enlarge_your_photos_without_sacrificing_quality.html

The article title is a bit misleading, since you will obviously lose some quality when enlarging – but the recommendations they give would be better than using the Resize option in your current image editor. Yes, one of the options they recommend is quite expensive, but if you only need to resize a small bit, the free software may be all you need.

May want to download and burn a copy of UBCD4WIN (Ultimate Boot CD For Windows).

Download mirrors

How to Burn the .ISO

UBCD4WIN is a basic Windows install that runs off a bootable CD, and will let you access several diagnostic utilities to see what the status of your hard drive is (among lots of other things).

What is your current hard drive setup in your system now? (i.e. how many drives do you have, which ports does the BIOS see hard drives on, and what drive are you trying to install Win7 on?).

Also, just to confirm; are you installing Windows 7 from an actual install disc, or doing some sort of restore operation from a disc image?

HP printers can be extremely finicky when it comes to their software.

One thing I find that tends to help is to uninstall the software completely from the computer, and then remove all traces of the printer in Device Manager. The trick is however, that you also want to remove “hidden” entries in Device Manager that relate to the printer. I may have posted this in another thread, but what you’ll want to do is open a command prompt, and type the following (as referenced in THIS KBase article:

set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
start devmgmt.msc

I had to do this when I goofed up while installing an older HP Photosmart P1100 printer (plugging in printer before installing drivers) and this was the only way to clean things up.

You could try going into Disk Management (Start > Run > diskmgmt.msc) and see if the drive shows up there (and has a drive letter attached to it).

If that doesn’t work, I’d uninstall the Kindle software, unplug the Kindle from your PC and then do the following:

1) Click Start > Run, then type cmd. You should see the icon appear in the Start menu.

2) Right-click the icon and select “Run as Administrator”

3) In the command prompt, type the following commands:
set devmgr_show_nonpresent_devices=1
cd&systemRoot%System32
start devmgmt.msc

4) If you find the Kindle in this list now, right-click it and select “Uninstall”

This trick also works when you plug a device in right away that usually requires the driver software to be installed beforehand (HP printers, for example).

iTunes does it as well. You’ll see previous track, play/pause, and next track indicators underneath the thumbnail.

I was recently due for a hardware upgrade through my cellular provider, and after tossing the idea of grabbing an iPhone or a different smartphone, Windows Mobile won.. I’ve technically been using Windows Mobile devices ever since they were released (remember the old WinCE H/PC units?)

Yes, they are quirky little devices that can crash, or otherwise be slow, but I like these devices because of how customizable they are. You can easily swap out completely new Today screens/shells and pretty much tweak any aspect of th phone to your liking. If you are really adventerous (like me), you can even try installing a custom ROM file which generally adds software features/user interfaces that don’t come standard on your device.

My new phone is a Samsung Omnia II. I’ve had it for about 2 weeks now, and I absolutely love this phone. It’s quite fast from a Windows Mobile point of view, and replacing Samsung’s TouchWIZ interface with SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 has made this an amazing device.