Well, as goes the thread titles, I just acquired myself a rather nice dell d630 laptop (college issue.. still, an excuse to get a lappy! ), and I want to customize it, make it mine, and make sure nobody else makes it theirs. So, I was wondering if any playgroundian techies can help me:
Make my (xp powered) laptop ask for a password when I log in?
Find an awesome fire theme for my laptop? (or at least turn the toolbar and window things red?)
Find some nifty games/programs/firefox plugins? This thing's a bit boring..
Also, I keep losing my connection to my wireless... connection. thing. I tend to give it a quick-fix by clicking that 'repair' button on the window after I click the balloon that says "your connection died, fix it, dood.", but that only lasts so long.. Anyone know what to do?
I'd -really- appreciate the help. I grew up playing games run on DOS. I consider myself computer savvy, bu I've never really used XP before..
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we'll need more info on the wireless. I just set up a wireless in my home and it was a P.I.T.A. yeah.
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Final Fantasy games are meant to be single player, epically deep stories, massive character depth, AND A GOD DAMN LINEUP BATTLE! I hate that free roam ****... There needs to be a world map, and an airship. Those are the basics that should never be abandoned in a FF game... Otherwise, it's just not a final fantasy, it's something else.
Start, Control Panel, User Accounts. Click your user name, then "Create a Password". Fill in the following page, and hit the "Create Password" button. If you have more than one account on the laptop, hit back, click another user name, and repeat, until every user has a password.
Start, Control Panel, User Accounts. Click your user name, then "Create a Password". Fill in the following page, and hit the "Create Password" button. If you have more than one account on the laptop, hit back, click another user name, and repeat, until every user has a password.
Oh, thank you kindly. I feel safer already.
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Secondly, to be even safer... What's your antivirus situation looking like? If you don't have a decent one already, the free version of AVG is actually a really strong piece of software.
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"I'll make you party at my funeral
'Cause mourning is for suckers.
I'll rent a ferris wheel and
cotton candy machine and have open bar
with all the Pabst that you can drink
the PA blasting my Clash records.
You'll finally know that life's okay
Even when bad things happen" Stand There Until You're Sober, Bomb the Music Industry!
Well I've never used it, but looking around the internet, it sounds to be fairly solid as well. You should be just fine!
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"I'll make you party at my funeral
'Cause mourning is for suckers.
I'll rent a ferris wheel and
cotton candy machine and have open bar
with all the Pabst that you can drink
the PA blasting my Clash records.
You'll finally know that life's okay
Even when bad things happen" Stand There Until You're Sober, Bomb the Music Industry!
Sidenote: scrolling with this thing is a literal pain. there's no scroll bar thing at the edge of the touchpad.. mouse.. thing. Anyone have any idea how to make things scroll better?
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Try not to take me too seriously. I tend to attempt being humorous.
Sidenote: scrolling with this thing is a literal pain. there's no scroll bar thing at the edge of the touchpad.. mouse.. thing. Anyone have any idea how to make things scroll better?
Buy a USB/Wireless mouse. Easy to buy a cheap cordless USB, can get one for $10-20.
There`s a thread on firefox already, and googling Windows XP fire theme would not be a bad start.
Here are some examples of rodents, I got a logitech, quite happy with it. If you just need to scrool get something cheap. If you plan on gaming/other uses, upgrade. Shop for your needs, BestBuy, Circuit City, WalMart, or any major retailer that carries electronics should have what you need.
Here is the firefox thread. Many people listed their favorite addons/extensions/themes.
Just googling XP themes, and finding forums/despositories, is probably the best way to find it. My first search brought me to some decent sites, though I did not look at any, so, cant give ya too much here.
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New Laptop! ... Help?
), and I want to customize it, make it mine, and make sure nobody else makes it theirs. So, I was wondering if any playgroundian techies can help me:
I tend to give it a quick-fix by clicking that 'repair' button on the window after I click the balloon that says "your connection died, fix it, dood.", but that only lasts so long.. Anyone know what to do?
Re: New Laptop! ... Help?
I got distracted by the firefox thread and just downloaded search and destroy. ^^; eheh, thank you kindly!
