Rhys

MSN 7.5 was released about a month ago now. :P If Windows Messenger is working fine, I can only assume it's something to do with your MSN. A virus maybe? Could be corrupting your installation or something, so everytime you reinstall, it still doesn't work. Try scanning for viruses and spyware. I'd also check your connection settings in MSN (I'd tell you how but I'm not using MSN). Could be something to do with that. Edit: Post a Hijackthis Log. Another edit: Can you log into their website? (http://www.hotmail.com) and do you get any error messages?

I believe some poeple have had problems with typing in FF while rs was running. Take... erm... me for example. :lol:

Update on the situation..? Try connecting the laptop through an Ethernet cable, if that works, it may be a problem with WEP or some other wireless security feature.

omg omg omg omg omg People like you piss other people off omg omg etc. etc. I'll probably buy it at some point. Depends if I have enough money... Looks alright to me. I think the Jedi thing is done on point for killing people? You get to play as the Jedi for a short period of time when you have enough points or something. omg omg omg funny man omg no :roll: im excited because it looks AWESOME and i can play it online :) Why yes, yes I am. Online play > Earth.

omg omg omg omg omg People like you piss other people off omg omg etc. etc. I'll probably buy it at some point. Depends if I have enough money... Looks alright to me. I think the Jedi thing is done on points for killing people? You get to play as the Jedi for a short period of time when you have enough points or something.

I think you are the one looking for attention actually. :lol: TJ is a highly respected member of the RS community. Youre not. ... Who cares? Therefore he has fans. You dont. How2PK has fans, you just don't know them. He has tallent wich makes him popular and rich. You dont. Again, How2PK has talent, just not in the same way as TJ. Makes him popular, maybe not rich but who cares? Money leads to baaaad things. People like him. Not you. I like How2PK, so do alot of other people. Just because you're on the TJ bandwagon and think he's your metaphorical god, doesn't mean everyone else does. Reality check? Anyone? Daan > j00.

Ahh, good try you lot... I think this thread was fairly successful. A bit dead now, but during Half Term it should spice up. //Mitch

I'm guessing your using a soundcard and not onboard sound? Reinstall the drivers for your sound card, should be on a CD which you had with the sound card. Failing that, give the name of the soundcard and hopefully, we can find you the drivers online. If it's onboard then look for your motherboard CD... Don't use system restore unless it's really necessary.

I'm guessing the monitor problem may be a faulty lead that's been damaged in small space. Tried plugging it into a different computer to check? The fan could be dust, a lead or failure. Make sure there are no leads touching the fan and clean it up a bit, if that doesn't fix it, consider getting a new one. The laptop problem, does the battery get any charge at all and run flat very quickly? If so, just charge the battery as much as possible, let it go flat, charge again, let it run down, etc. This method usually works if the battery can be charged but loses its charge quickly. If it won't charge at all, I think a new battery is in order. :wink:

I think Ryan, and Celest... but it seems those two dissapear at times. I used to have it... but my xbox broke... im getting 360 though! Yeah.. I have it :P .. Ryan.. wasn't he that crazy brit?.. :P played him a few times on BA*..but he disappeared.. so I removed him :( .. and yes, I have halo 2 aswell.. BUT.. I don't really play it much (heh.. i'm only level 2 on there :lol: ).. but if you have BA, I'll galdy "own" you in it.. :wink: and yeah lion.. I haven't been home much since school has started.. hence why I offen disppear for awhile :P *Rainbow Six 3: Black Arrow.. Since when did you play BA!?!? Meh, I'd play you if I could be bothered with that piece of junk that is Halo 2. I stopped playing when my headset packed in. :D

Words of advice, don't bother. Chances are, you won't get anywhere with the game and just waste your time unless you're some sort of God with Perl and C++. :wink:

omggg liek that suckz0rrzrzrzr11!!1!!!ONE!!1!!! Constructive critiscm, idiot? Yeah, mostly what Terley said. It could be improved a fair bit, I kinda' liked the hilt even though the shading could have been blended a teeny bit more. The blade is nice but needs more shading. 5/10.

OK. Here's the problem. Recently, my MSN has started signing me off but I'm still online. As confusing as it is, I'll try and split it up to make it easier. To everyone on my contact list, I'm offline. I can send messages but no one receives them and I can't change my name or block/add people. I've uninstalled any plugins (Plus, etc) and reinstalled MSN three times to no avail. I'm kinda' getting desperate now. I've scanned with Ad-aware, Spybot and AVG and got nothing. I'll post a HJT log even though it looks clean enough to me. Another thing, my messages seem to be lagging too. Sometimes it'll take up to 20 seconds for a message to send. 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Right click on your desktop (not on an icon), select properties, click settings (top right of the box that appears) and make sure the colour quality is set to "Highest (32 bit)".

omgzzz bubsa have mi babies!11!11ONE11! call dem ethel gertrude rhybsa!11!!11 Awesome singing. Seriously, that's some good singing right there. :shock:

Thing is, the media will pick up on this and go on about how games made him do it, yada yada yada. When, in actual fact, it was his own dumb self that made him sit there for so long.

Psst, that was Merc. :wink: I do believe that's a tad extreme though. Sure, I'll sit down and play games for hours and hours but never long enough to do myself damage.

haha :lol: What else could I do? he was feeling so grumpy. ^_^ Matt, no. Please God no.

Hmmmm. Not liking this as much as recent pieces. The weapons are great and the background looks as good as ever. The characters though. The guy on the left isn't too bad but I don't know why but I think the one on the right just seems ... Unnatural. Don't get me wrong, it's a good piece of work but that guy just seems to let it down. I think it's for the reason Ryan stated about the armour having the same texture as the mime legs. I especially like the magic shortbow and the staff thingy about it though. For this, I think I'd rate at 7/10. Not as good as your other works but still good. :wink:

What is this? A shark on land pissing blood? Little or no shading? Is that an ARROW lying next to the shark? (I presume the shark was killed by an arrow?) Funny looking nets that look more like water-wheels? Font on the left that's extremely difficult to read? About the only thing I like about this piece is the shark in the water and that's not exactly superb. You want critiscm, you got it. 2/10.

Erm, no, sorry. Just... no. You want positive feedback on something that is NOTHING like this? Quite the opposite, in fact. "A giant human 'lieing' (if you want critiscm, I'll give you it on your spelling) down", I think not. It's called 'perspective'. You know what that is right? Here, let me help you understand: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=perspective See? He's jumping OFF the cliff and he is closer to the camera. Which means that, because of that funky new word we just learnt about, he seems seem like he is much bigger than he really is. Got that? Good. "A hand that's been hit with a hammer". Personally, I can't see that. The hand doesn't look like it's been hit with a hammer. No mark, no bruising. Hmmm, odd. "Some toffee", what's wrong with toffee? Huh, punk!? "A random grey swirly stupid looking thing in the water". No, that's a shark. Want me to teach you what that is too? Now, if you want me to, I could move over to YOUR thread and give you 'positive feedback'. [/rant] Max, that's an amazing piece of work. I like the shadow of the guy on the ground and, as others have said, the waves on the shore are amazing. Maybe try and add some sort of sparkling effect on the water...? I think the grass needs a bit more texture too. All in all, a darn good piece of work. 8/10. :wink:

Seriously, you can't make a piece like that and NOT expect negative comments. If you can't take critiscm, don't post your work. How do you expect to improve if people don't point out the negative parts of your work? You ask for feedback, expect the worst.

*Crap* Yeah, and that all counts for nothing when it turns out that something it took him a few minutes to do, ends up better than yours. That's the point he was trying to make, I'd imagine. :roll:

I like it. The whole flame/electricity effect thing is quite well done. I presume this is made by yourself than like alot of the other stuff around here that's just taken from Google and tweaked a little? :wink: 10/10.

They're geeks, what do you expect? :lol: