jpmurph1

jpmurph1

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Reply to Skinning your bathroom in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

When i was a teenager, around 18 or so, i decided to try skiing, so off we went to Killington VT, got all the stuff i thought i needed (just forgot about taking lessons) so down the mountain i go, right into the first pine tree on the slope, so i had to be taken off in that stretcher thing for a broken leg, and gallons of pine sap that took months to get off my body, that ended my skiing career, i beat Sonny Bono to the punch but i survived

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Reply to Power supply-Graphics Card compatibility in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I use the HIS Radeon ICEQ turbo 4850 video card, and it does everything i need it to, very reasonable in price, i do a lot of graphics/photo work on mine and this card handles it without a problem at all, one thing i did invest in for 60 dollars is a temp/fan control system, it goes in a 5 1/2 drive bay, with 4 temperature sensors you place where you want, and you can also adjust the fan speeds, it gives a nice digital readout of the 4 temp sensors, plus it makes your rig look really good as

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Reply to Vista SP2 Release Candidate available to the public in New Releases WinCustomize Forums

Well i made the jump to SP2, and it installed without a hitch, is there a difference? well maybe a tiny performance increase, but no problems whatsoever, then again i am always messing with settings and such, that if the worst happens i just reformat and reinstall, and that keeps me busy and out of trouble messing something else up, only way to learn is by mistakes

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Reply to Need help with cpu/gpu overheating and shutdown in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

Had the exact same problem with the same processor on a friends machine, and the culprit was the cpu heatsink, i took it off cleaned it up, and remounted it, i think it was never mounted properly to begin with, he has never had a problem since, although the pc made an audible siren sound after it shut down and he tried to reboot

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Reply to Time to quit... in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Not to bring you down, but i feel no one, absolutely no one was a more dedicated smoker than me, i tried nicoderm patches lozenges, you name it, but Chantix came along (insurance wouldnt cover) its about 120 bucks for it, 2 packs a day here in MA in 14.50 so it doesnt take long to equal out, well the only side affects i had with it, were a lot of heavy duty dreaming, but i will say the desire to light up in the morning with my coffee and pc were gone, the only thing left was the habit part no

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Reply to So What's Your Nickname? in Community WinCustomize Forums

jpmurph1, the jp are my first two initials, and the murph1 well my last name and a 1 cause somebody was already using it way back when i was a customer of Netcom, back in 93-95 i believe, and have kept it ever since

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Reply to Speed Up Your Vista Machine in TweakVista & 7 WinCustomize Forums

Vista SP2 (Beta) was released thursday i believe, i did dual boot vista/xp on my system, and vista is noticeably faster, then again, it is a new system with new hardware, i think vista handles the newer hardware better than XP, and i was a die hard XP fan for years, once i built this system i havent looked back at XP,

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Reply to Fav wireless keyboard? in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

I use Microsoft Natural Wireless Ergonomic Keyboard 7000, which i purchased about 2 months ago, and i love it, i had previously used the 3000, but i like the ergonomic, it tends to help the wrists, the 3000 my wrists would burn after typing for a long time, not with this one though, little time to get used to it, but well worth it

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Reply to Dual booting Vista onto an XP machine? in Windows Vista WinCustomize Forums

I used Vista to create the second partition,(administrative tools-computer management) then booted off win7 dvd, and installed it without a hitch to the partition that i had created using vista, it actually took less time to install win7 than vista

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Reply to Greetings Earthings! in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

I saw a mention of "cane toads" arent they those giant toads in australia, i think i saw something on National Geographic channel about them, and they hide in the mud and only come out once a year or something like that???

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Reply to "Verify Installation" unreliable in Object Desktop WinCustomize Forums

I had some problems with Theme manager, so when i did a format/reinstall of vista, i only installed MyColors and Windowblinds, and skipped thememanager, and i have had very few problems with the exception of Soundpackager (removed)

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Reply to Come on People!! in Community WinCustomize Forums

We do have a worldwide recession kinda going on, when you see police and fire department laying men/women off, that is a good sign that the outlook is bleak , yes i will renew shortly as i do spend a lot of time here, and to me it is well worth it, i do spend a lot of time here and on my pc as it is cheaper than doing other things

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Reply to soundpackager keeps crashing when opened in Stardock Support General WinCustomize Forums

I recently installed it, just for the heck of it, as i am not really a sound effects type of person, anyways, it ran ok for a couple of days, but my pc acted "weird" at times, well on the 3rd day, the sounds were extremely distorted, and then stopped working all together, so the uninstall etc, and i am back to normal,I agree with Lantec, some type of driver/software conflict, now i have reached the stage where i am really curious as to why it behaved like it did, Oh i am running windows vista

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