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    Windows 7 BSOD Alienware M11x R2 Help

    Link Removed This is the minidump files compressed. I Have had this BSOD happen twice yesterday and once today. I do not think that the things that I was doing on the computer to cause the BSOD is related. Once was when I was on a web page, one happened when I shut the laptop lid for a few...
  2. Sex and the Faction

    Let’s talk about that friend of yours; you know that one, everyone has one. I’m talking about that friend that meet their one and only on the internet. No matter if it was over a Massively Multiplayer Online game (such as World of Warcraft, Perfect World International or Diablo II) or some...
  3. Windows 7 Star Trek Online

    I start playing Star Trek Online not long ago. For the first day or so I could not log on with my Perfect World Entertainment account. I could not understand why, I keep getting invalid password, when I can log on to Perfect World Internatinal just fine. I started thinking that it could be my...
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    Windows 7 Computer crashes when loading Battle field 3

    Hi, when I'm loading BF3 to play online, my computer suddenly crashes to black screen. Sometimes when it crashes the cpu fan goes so loud so I checked the temperature as I load the game. The temp hits 50 Celsius and crash to black screen again. I have no clue what is going on. Please...
  5. Windows 8 Call Of Duty WaW

    COD WaW runs perfectly fine. Of course punkbuster doesn't recognize the OS, just like with the Windows 7 beta.
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    Windows 7 Windows 7 BSOD with NTOSKRNL.EXE from Ultimate Noob :)

    Report Post 1 Minute Ago Hello experts ! i really need your help...my laptop keeps crashing everytime i play my online game called battlefield heroes and yesterday it crashed while i was recording my training session using Camtasia. Now this happens a lot...... I tried to read the...
  7. Windows 7 How to Get Rid of Lag

    Koroush Ghazi, the author and owner of the web site Tweakguides.com has written an excellent article on how to reduce lag in games. As well as explaining the various forms he also gives you the various options to reduce them: Link Removed
  8. Chinese Couple Sells Their Kids for Online Gaming Money

    As reported by Link Removed - Invalid URL, Chinese couple Li Lin and Li Juan has been apprehended by authorities after, yes, selling their three children to pay for online games. Parenting. Read Full Story: Link Removed
  9. Windows 7 Tankster, a Social Game Built for Windows Azure

    Tankster is social game built using the Link Removed. Tankster uses HTML5 and comes complete with reusable server side code and documentation. It also supports a variety of social interactions including messaging, wall posts, and comments; additionally, player achievements and game stats are...
  10. Windows 8 to incorporate Xbox Live

    Microsoft's Xbox Live online gaming platform will be built into Windows 8, and will work across PC and tablets, according to a report ( ZDNet UK - Application Development ) Link Removed
  11. Windows 8 will contain Xbox Live

    Software king of the world, Microsoft is planning to jack its Xbox Live online gaming and entertainment service under the bonnet of its Windows 8 operating system. Source: Yahoo! News
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    Windows 7 ventrilo doesnt work when minimized

    i play cabal online and i use Ventrilo but has to be an open window to work how can i make it work while minimized
  13. Shed a Tear: The Age of Broadband Caps Begins Monday

    Link Removed due to 404 Error Come Monday, AT&T will begin restricting more than 16 million broadband users based on the amount of data they use in a month. The No. 2 carrier’s entry into the broadband-cap club means that a majority of U.S. broadband users will now be subject to limits on how...
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    Windows 7 How to set a process automatically to priority "lower than normal" on its start?

    Hi, I have a game (Battlefield 2) that has certain issues under Windows 7. In online gaming, apparently the punkbuster fails to communicate in the right way until the process bf2.exe is set to priority "lower than normal" in the task manager. this means you have to start the game, alt+tab back...
  15. Windows 7 What was your first computer?

    Hi Guys Since this is Windows discussion I'm interested in what everyone had for their first computer, and when and why you got it. My first computer was a Radio Shack Model 100 or something like that, running Windows 3.1. I had previously worked on one barrowed for the summer from the...
  16. China's Baidu is going social

    China's Baidu is going social Baidu, China’s “Google” so to speak, has announced the development and expansion for more social networking services to keep its strong momentum and dominance in the Chinese Internet landscape. Link Removed According to Chinese blog Techweb, Baidu CEO...
  17. Windows 7 I'm Furious

    I'm Furious as to why Game company's like EA and Activision are allowed to release Game patches that are 2.5GB every month and force us to download them. I dunno why this BFBC2 patch is huuuuge when it contains half a dozen patches. It doesn't help with Australia having the rubishest internet in...
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    Windows 7 BSOD running anything graphics-based while connected to uni network

    Hi everyone, This BSOD occurs when I'm connected via ethernet to my university's residence network, however I seem to be the only one with this problem and their tech support is lacking, so I was hoping you could help. Both of my Dell W7 x64 comps crash when trying to play both online and...
  19. Windows 7 Steam Sale day Final offers (1st to 2nd Jan)

    Final 24 hour xmas sale on Steam just started.. not bad deals though savings could have been bigger on some. 1. Divinity 2 £14.99 (50% off) 2. Mafia 2 £4.99 (75% off) Deal of the day :D 3. Aaaah! Reckless disregard for gravity £1.75 (75% off) 4. Zeno Clash £2.81 (75% off) 5. Half-Life series...
  20. Windows 7 Steam Sale day #8 (6pm 27th to 6pm 28th December)

    Sorry I skipped yesterday's post, was mainly a 2nd chance offer on previous sale days, anyway here's today's batch: 1. Machinarium £2.24 2. EVE online incursion addon (Requires monthly fees to play) £3.74 3. Victoria 1 & 2 Vic #1 is £2.10, Vic2 is £7.50 and the expansion for it is £0.54 4...