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Bsod Help Disk Defragmenter wont finish Hey guys. I got a BSOD yesterday and I'm trying to fix it. On a page in yahoo answers some guy said to disk defrag and it'll fix it. I disk defragged yesterday, but I stopped it at 52% since my fan was blowing like crazy and I was going to sleep. (Cleaned the inside of the case out earlier, but it was still blowing loud) Anyways this morning I turned it on and it couldn't defrag anymore, like it would stop midway through. I grew pretty annoyed of the fan so I cleaned it out again and realized I didn't clean the fan right over the CPU. After that, the fan stopped blowing as loud. ANYWAYS, here's the message I keep getting that stops it from defragmenting all the way Defragmentation is complete for : (C

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Dead Computer Screen Hey, my computer screen suddenly turned all pixely / blurry / black / color-distorted (lol, sorry if that doesn't describe it well). I just want to know if I can fix this or is the monitor just too old / broken. I'm not sure how long I've had it but I can say it's probably 5 years or older. My computer is hooked up to my tv also and it appears fine there so i'm thinking it's probably just time for a new monitor? Any help would be appreciated, thanks! edit : erh this ended up in the wrong forum for some reason >_< sorry, should go in non-ms tech

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Learning To Play Guitar Hey. I'm thinking about learning to play the guitar over the summer. I'm mostly interested in playing fingerstyle guitar which i think is playing like [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PFF0eh_lu8c]this[/url] compared to [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsZcNVjijkg]this[/url](just strumming?) I have a few questions though. -What are some good guitar brands? I'm willing to spend maybe $150-200 max on a guitar (acoustic). -How do I go about finding a guitar teacher? Do I just go to craigslist or something(lol?)? Do you think I can find lessons for $20-$30 / hr? -If I can't find a teacher, I heard self teaching yourself guitar isn't too hard (although it would be beneficial to get a teacher to develop good habits).

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Java Hangman Game Hey. I'm currently taking comp sci 1-2 at my school and my teacher assigned us to create a game using graphics but he barely taught us anything. He already left for a meeting and we have to email him our code. However, I hardly know anything about java graphics and am having trouble making a Hangman game. If anyone is experienced in java and could help me, that would really be appreciated. Message me or post here. I have aim and msn. Current problem: [quote=java] /** fail java docs... i'm trying to get this method to check if the letter guessed is contained in the Winning Hangman word. (i have this part working) then how do i draw a head / body / arm / leg if the letter guessed is not contained within the winning word (Str

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Str Equips Help Hey, I'm having trouble on how to get enough str to wear a nisrock. I'm going to cap my str at 50 so I need 55 more str. The only thing I can think of is to maker my stuff for more strength, but it'll be a bit expensive or getting +str on potential. I'd prefer to get %dex for potential so can anyone offer suggestions for more str? What I can get / have Clean / Avg Zhelm (or str scarlion) +17 lvl 17 II ring +7 2 zombie rings +2 lillin's ring +2 MoN / deputy +5 a level 100 overall +5 shoes +2 earrings 3%dex +6dex :: 0 str on these 6dex 3atk pac :: 0 str on these 10atk wg So total I can easily get ~40 str and I'm missing 15, which I could get if i use an ADV Str crystal on overall / shoes / a glove? + potential scrolls, but tha

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I got a BSOD (Stop 00x00000024) I got a BSOD, and I tried looking stuff up, but none of them work. Anyway, so the computer just automatically restarts after the Windows XP screen, and quickly goes into BSOD. The only way to see the BSOD is if i go to the option Disable Automatic restart if system failure... and yeah. Here's a video I took on what's happening. And some pictures (Camera broke too, and my iPod internet is broken or something). My luck with electronics these days ._. Oh it tells me to go to hardware configuration or something for Chkdsk /F, and the only way to go into check disk is if i log in (well that's all i found by googling o:) Thanks if you can help xP

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New Computer Questions Hey. I'm planning to get a new computer (desktop) and just have some questions. My budget is around $500 (600 with tax). I'm not really going to be using it for gaming much, mostly just surfing the internet, music, etc. I cannot build a computer so please don't suggest. I'm looking for a reliable brand(?) that will last me atleast 5 years. (brands as in HP dell lenovo etc) -Which brand is the most reliable / durable (I know that could be an opinionated question so what's [i]your[/i] opinion on which is the most durable / reliable?) I know most of the computers <$500 come with graphics card that are something like intel XXXX HD which I think is integrated graphics? I know integrated graphics is pretty bad but how wi

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