Newly built computer, Windows 7 Installs slow

So just finished building a computer, everything worked fine, until we ran into the slowest windows 7 install possible, which resulted in crashing eventually. Honestly there was a point where it got to the "pretty" background screen with a movable cursor and we had to wait for about 15 minutes for that to even progress to the next part.

The solution?

DISABLE FLOPPY SUPPORT IN THE BIOS.

For us, this involved just setting the floppy setting to not present. An aggravating, terrifying, problem. Damn floppies.

Lockerz.com

So the new rage spreading over the internet today is a site called Lockerz.com. Run by Liberty Media and the previous head of Amazon.com, you answer a question, you get points (called PTZ cause they're so hip), and apparently you get prizes at the end of it. A question is worth about 2 PTZ. One question per day, you also get points for inviting friends. A brand new Xbox 360 game is about 100 PTZ. So, why not? 50 days till a videogame, at minimum. You get 2 PTZ for logging in to. I think it works off ads and the question is basically a survey. So expose yourself to more ads for 30 seconds a day, and get a videogame in about a month and a half. Why not? If you want an invite, email me. Purely selfish, cause I get points for inviting you.

How To Set Up An Internet Radio Station From Your Computer Which Your Friends Can Listen To, Free!

What this article will do is teach you how to set up your computer so that whatever you hear from your speakers, your friends can also hear over the internet! It's a great way to share new music without file transfers. Be forewarned, however, as there IS a lag of about (in my experience) 30 seconds from what you hear, and what anyone else listening in will hear. Still, a great thing to do.

The first thing you'll need to download is Windows Media Encoder (Here, or Google it, there's a search bar conveniently placed at the top of the page). What this program allows you to do is broadcast the sounds being directed to your soundcard. The problem now, is that we need to push the sound to a server which will broadcast this to your friends, and give us a free url to give to them. For this, I will be using the free streamwebtown.com servers. They're free because they're a trial version of sorts, the only limitation being that every two hours, they go down for 10 minutes. So don't set this up during an even hour in the first 10 minutes : not 8:00-8:10. Anyway, to set this up, start up Windows Media Encoder, and choose Broadcast a Live Event. Press next, and make sure only audio is checked. Press next, and choose "Push to a Windows Media Server (the connection is initiated by the encoder)". Press next, and in the server name field, type in "streamwebtown.com", w/o quotes. For the publishing point, choose a unique name for yourself, this will be part of the url you give to your friends. Make sure it is unique, because if you choose something generic (aka bob), it might conflict with someone else. Leave everything else default. Press next, and select 135 and 70. Press next, and leave everything as is, it should NOT be saving an archive file (this will just take up space on your computer saving a sound file of what you're listening to). Press next and input whatever you want for these fields, aka for author, title, etc. Finally press next and finish. After this, it will ask you for a username and password. For username, type in User, and for password, type in Stream. It might lag for a good bit, but eventually it will pop up with a warning, just press okay. After all this, press start encoding at the top of the window. You are now broadcasting! Your friends can listen to your stream, live, at mms://streamwebtown.com/nameyouchosehere or http://streamwebtown.com/nameyouchosehere. (Warning: Works fine on Windows, Macs will need to use VLC to listen to it). Enjoy!

Dell Studio 17 / 15 Touch Buttons Fix

For anyone who has a Dell Studio 17 / 15, if the touch buttons close to the screen, (Media Direct, back, stop, play/pause, forward, mute, softer, louder, and eject) ever stop working. You can try this. My problem was that one of the buttons stayed lit up, even upon restarting and reinstalling QuickSet (try that first). If you still have problems, try the following. Shut down your computer, remove the ac cord, and the battery, and then hold the power button for about 30 seconds. This drains residual power from the motherboard, which in my case, fixed it.

How to Host Warcraft III Games With My New Router - Linksys WRT54G

So, I haven't updated this site in a while, and I have seen that people actually read it :O !. So, I decided to help you guys out with Linksys Routers - very popular (but in my experience, very unreliable since it keeps d/cing me.) Before you start, make sure you know your routers ip address. (Look at previous WC3 Hosting post). Anyway, instead of the DHCP mumbo jumbo I had with my old D-link model, the Linksys setup is very simple, by the book (book being www.portforward.com). K so go to Start> Control Panel> Network Connections. Select the connection that is your PHYSICAL internet connection. For example, I have Verizon and one of my options is called "Internet Connection" but I access that through my "Local Area Connection". If you have broadband/cable/fios its almost definitely "Local Area Connection", with maybe a number after it. If you're really unsure, disable that connection. If your net no longer works, its the right one. Anyway, now that you figured out which one it is, right click it and go to Properties. Under the general tab, scroll down in the middle box and highlight Internet Protocol [TCP/IP]. Click properties. Select the radio button for "Use the following IP address". In the first of the 3 lines, make the first 3 sections the same as your router, and the last one a number with a difference. For example, my router IP is 192.168.0.1. For my IP in this box i use 192.168.0.107. Remember this number. For Subnet Mask use 255.255.255.0. For default gateway use your router's ip, in my case 192.168.0.1 . For the DNS servers, only enter 1, the ip address of your router, e.g. 192.168.0.1 for me. Press Ok, close everything. Open up your favorite browser (FIREFOX FIREFOX FIREFOX) and type in your router's ip. Enter the username and password. (For help refer to old post). On my model I then go to the tab called applications and gaming, where I named the application Warcraft, start = 6112, end = 6119, Protocol is Both, and the ip address ending should be the same as the one you remembered. Check the enable box, and Save settings. You should be all set!

Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars

So... I am into a new game now... Command and Conquer 3. Fast paced action, along with the classic strategy of the award winning RTS makes it a must have. Personally I favor the Scrin, and some of my strategies can be seen on the following links.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8c0VIVW98-M

Thinking about buying a honda civic? Look at these pictures to see what it really looks like!

If your thinking about buying a 2006-2007 Honda Civic, here are some pictures to help you decide. This is a Nighthawk Black Civic, which came with the appearance package for free. Appearance package includes pinstripe ( look above door handles), wheel locks, mud guards, door edge guards, and fender trim. Got this beauty from Koons of Manassas during their Credit Union Sale.