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Microsoft chairman architect Bill Gates is still the wealthiest person in America with a total of $51 billion, according to Forbes' annual list. Four out the top five richest Americans represent the technology industry, with fellow Microsoft founder Paul Allen, Michael Dell and Larry Ellison trailing Warren Buffett. Larry Page and Sergey Brin were the big movers on the 2005 Forbes 400 list. The Google founders vaulted to number 16 and 17 with $11 billion each. Google CEO Eric Schmidt followed at number 52. Meanwhile, Steve Jobs took position 67 on the list with $3.3 billion, while Amazon's Jeff Bezos dropped from number 38 to 42. Forbes' annual list - The 400 Richest Americans

Word is that the PS3 demo/trailers were enhanced to look better than what they really are. All those cell processors aren't going to improve anything. The Xbox 360's processor has more than enough power to operate any game flawlessly. I don't think the PS3 will up to expectations.

About Adware VirtuMonde VirtuMonde is an adware that monitors your browsing habits and brings targeted advertisements to your computer. The program runs in the backgorund when the sytem starts up. How to Remove VirtuMonde? Follow these removal steps to remove this adware from your computer: 1.) Click Start > Run, type 'regedit', and click Ok to open the Registry eidtor. 2.) Navigate to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionRun. In the right pane find and delete the entries with the value 'WindowsUpd' or ' SysUpd ' . 3.) Navigate to and delete the following registry keys: HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftWindowsUpd HKEY_CURRENT_USERSoftwareMicrosoftSysUpd 4.) Exit Registry Editor. 5.) Open a DOS command prompt window ( Start > Run , type 'cmd' (on Windows NT/2000/XP ) or 'command' (on Windows 95/98/Me)) and enter the following command: regsvr32 /u %WinDir%system32cidrules.dll 6.) Reboot the computer. 7.) Search for and delete the following files from System directory ( by default this is C:WindowsSystem32 ): windowsupd2.exe cidrules.dll I hope this helps with the VirtuMonde. I'm searching for manual WINFIXER removal steps. EDIT: OK. Read this thread for removal of Winfixer: Help me...WinFixer virus victim

I haven't see any updated pics for the Nintendo Revolution, so I wanted to show these. Here is a video of it in action: Nintendo Revolution Controller

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Read the first two threads here: testmy.net broadband community | Main Forum | HELP! | Overclocking

OMG...I don't know what to say. That's ugly.

Hyperthreading is a technology which allows the computer to be working on more than one program (called a thread) at the same time. This differs from the traditional concept of "multi-tasking" because of the following: whereas in a multi-tasking operating system (Windows, Linux, etc.) it appears that multiple programs are running at the same time, they're really not. What's happening is the computer is working on one program for 1/1,000th of a second, then it switches to another and runs it for 1/1,000th of a second, then it switches to the third, etc. So, typically only a few dozen programs are running so each of them receive a large amount of the timeslice per unit time. That makes it appear like they're all running at the same time. What HyperThreading does is actually run more than one thread at the same time. This has an advantage over single-thread machines (ones without HyperThreading--including AMD's chips), because it is recognized that even in running the most optimized bits of code using all of the resources today's out-of-order execution engines can throw at the it, there are still unused functional units within the processor core. These unused functional units could potentially be used by a second thread. Not always, but potentially. Even if the leftover units are only able to be used 10% of the time, that's a 10% increase in performance. HyperThreading typically doesn't add much to most code, and it usually eats some overhead to maintain (internally, the operating system must keep track of where each thread is, where it's running, how long to schedule, etc.). It's generally a wash. But, there are instances where it provides significant performance increases (70%+ increase), and other instances where it hurts performance (by 30% or more). HyperTransport is a bus technology. It is used to transfer data from a chip to other chips or other parts on the motherboard. HyperTransport is multi-ported, meaning that it can be operating several buses simultaneously at full bandwidth. Generally speaking, a faster FSB speeds up everything. Faster processors only take you so far because nearly everything processor does is fed by external sources, thereby requiring the bus. Both AMD and Intel have merits. Intel is generally accepted as the industry leader in sales volume. And historically Intel has directed the industry. However, with AMD's AMD64 technology (Athlon FX, Opteron, and X2), that has changed. Now AMD is guiding Intel (Intel implemented AMD64-compatible technology in their hybrid 32-bit/64-bit chips). - Rick C. Hodgin Hyperthreading is a latency hiding technique. While you may have a bunch of different programs open at once, the processor executes them one at a time. The scheduling is done very rapidly and the processor switches from task to task very quickly, so it looks like all of those programs are running at once when the processor is actually working on only one at a time. Hyperthreading allows the processor to work on two at a time, by allowing portions of the processor that would otherwise be idle to work on the second thread. That sounds good in theory, but for a number of reasons (contention caused by shared resources, and lack of software support mostly), it hasn't really worked out in practice. Lastly, Hyperthreading is the ONLY thing that saved Prescott from making it obvious that it was a horrible CPU. If HT was not implemented in the Pentium 4, even Dell users would realize that the GHz idea is a myth and that their 3GHz Intel is slower than a 1.8 GHz AMD64 3000+.

The 1394 Connection is a firewire connection and it's not generally used for internet in common setups. You can disable it through your bios if you are not connecting using it for any other devices. See here: How does a FireWire (IEEE-1394) connection work? See here: Description of 1394 Connection in Windows XP

Try here: Dual Cable modem with Vicomsoft InterGate Software.... Or here: Dual Cable modem with MidPoint Software....

Yeah, that was offered with the Pro Package. I had that setup for 2 years. I dropped it once the Enhanced Speed Package came out as it offered the exact same speed for a lower price (minus the additional ip addresses). The Enhanced Speed Package went from 4000/384 to 6000/768 after the first upgrade, and now from 6000/768 to 8000/768. The Pro Package (which is now classified as a business package) went from 4000/384 to 5000/512 after the first upgrade, and now from 5000/512 to 6000/768. See here: Comcast Pro Info

It would be nice if Microsoft figured out a way to stop other browsers from being used on its OS. That way, Mozilla would have to rely on another source to gets its name out there. Everything that Mozilla has accomplished is owed to MS. Without Windows, Mozilla (as well as all other 3rd party browsers designed to run on MS products) would be nothing.

That's correct. Nextel was bought by Sprint. Why not? Sprint is better all around now (with the addition of 2 way connect).

Just go to a speedy site in your region and download a pretty large file. That will tell you if you are getting those speeds or not. Uncheck the box that closes the window after the download has finished. Your average download results should be accurate as long as it was a fast server.

That's it exactly. You can set the jumper to slave or cable select. Cable select will decide whether it's the slave or master after determining which cable end is plugged into it. After that, insert the Win2000 disc and go from there. All partitioning and such actions will be taken care of through setup.

Wise choice.

Yes, the program itself will allow you to create a bootscreen out of your own pics.

29... B-Day is October 5th. (Libra) The big 30 is breathing down my neck.

Well, I left BitTornado open all night. Those who use it knows that it can be a memory hog if left running for several hours.

System has been running for 24hrs +. Need to reboot.

amc11890 is correct. I went and got BootSkin from Stardock. Here: Bootskin It's free. After that, I download as many as I wanted from here: Wincustomize I have the program setup to change on every reboot. It looks awesome, and there isn't any slow down to speak of. What I've attached is a pic of the program itself, an example skin, and a .rar file which contains several good skins to use.

I use the exact same program. It's very thorough in doing it's job.

How are the speeds looking now Inferno1424? I see from your tweak url that "Path MTU Discovery" is not on, but it should be. Did you try cablenut yet? Let us know if you're making progress.