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With windows i believe you can only extend a partition if there is free space right after it.. and probably not the system partition either.

i think this is the site i used a while back..

http://www.softwarepatch.com/windows/index.html

you can also use a program like nLite to slipstream the updates into an XP cd.. works out pretty slick if you ask me

Yeah.. that might help..

Somewhere on the laptop there should be a switch or button that turns the wireless card on and off.. it might have an antenna on it or something..

Is the wireless switch on?

Whether the NIC is connected at 10Mbps or 100Mbps doesn't matter if your internet speed is less than 10Mbps..

Do you know if your computer is set to get an ip address automatically?

the computer should come with a disc to reinstall vista..

If the outlet isn't grounded, the surge protector is kinda useless..

it looks like you're already doing quite well to me..

Run services.msc anc check if you have Network Connections and Wireless Zero Configuration running for starters..

well, not really.. that's a very loose use of the term Protestant.. the actual Protestant Reformed denomination is much smaller

I don't like the way it looks and it crashed on me within a couple minutes every time i ran it..

i use 800 x 600.. And using anything over 1152 x 864 for standard use , is ridiculous. squint all you like 

pff.. i don't have to squint in the least..

I think i'm running something along the lines of 2560x1024.. although for a while I has a virtual machine that I had at 800x600...

Nope.. lol.. i was using someone else's this past weekend until dway screwed up the billing and cut it off

Definitely don't miss it, although it does beat dialup (which wasn't even an option there)

You all did notice this is in a satelite section? So lines down is less likely.

He is on direcway.

actually, I would say it's just as likely... and it introduces more potential problems on top of a normal cable connection...

somewhere there's a "save settings as" or something button.. it's been a while since I've used cablenut...

that's for gigabit ethernet.. and i wouldn't recommend setting it anywhere near that high

happy f-day.. hehe

I'm going to haft to disagree here...I see plenty of Hughes systems that average in the 600-700ms range and their satellites are MUCH more congested than Wildblue's.

unless it's changed since I had it a couple months ago, that wasn't what I saw.. I don't recall ever having a ping under 900ms, or seeing anyone else that low for that matter..

Well actually more around the 600-700ms range, but anyway I don't wanna pull your post off topic with my same old sob story Ive had for months lol. Anyway good luck and hope you can get something out of them.

well, 600-700ms is about the minimum that's even physically possible with no congestion whatsoever... 1000 to 1500 is a much more realistic figure for satellite

if you unscrew the plastic part a ways, you will see a hole through the screw towards the base.. stick the (stripped) wire in there and tighten it

Nah I don't want to send you one. 

lol jk Sent!

are you sure you sent it to the right email address?  I haven't gotten anything yet

I think it's used for extra PCI power on some motherboards... used to be the mobo connection with AT form factor