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Does it give you the option of doing a repair install instead of a complete install? This should only reinstall all essential windows components without deleting your other programs or settings. You'll have to reinstall all your new drivers, but it shouldn't impact important files. If you...

Many video cards (especially ATI's wonderful ALL-In-Wonder series) have alternate outputs like s-video or even composite, which you could use to send the signal to your television. But you can lose a lot of image quality with this method, so experiment to see what works best for you. Good...

The item that will make the most difference will be a new video card, especially for gaming. Check sites like www.pricewatch.com to find an inexpensive but quality card. The two you mentioned are great, and yes, either will give you the boost in performance you are looking for. After the...

Another possible source of slowdown: If your DVD drive is on the same channel as your hard drive and you have something running in the background.

One tip that I've used when burning vcd's: When you compress your video file, use the least amount of compression possible to fir on your CD. For example, if you're using a 700 MB CD-R, then set the compression scheme to as little as possible. This may take some trial and error to get an m-peg...

Hello, I have a similar set up. I am running two 40 GB Western Digital 133 drives on a IDE RAID 0 config. (In which the data is broken down into blocks and each block is written to a separate disk drive, thus improving performance). I love this set-up, and although it's a little excessive for a...

1. Update Windows (don't install 2000 or ME if you don't want to, just use "Windows Update" to get the latest patches for 98) 2. Check for motherboard updates. 3. Clean out programs you don't use, or format and reinstall. Just a few possible suggestions. Good luck.