Well i just got a new comp and havent been on one since start of feb and so i just bought this new comp which specs are

 

2.5 ghz dual core

 

2gb ram

 

512mb nvidia video

 

160 gb hd

 

8 channel sound

 

 

 

first of i need help with how my comp starts, when i turn it on it automatically logs in now the problem i have is i dont know how to make it so you actually need to type the password in which i already made one. the reason i want to do this is coz my cousins will stuff my comp up and they're sneaky and go on it when im at work, so far i have made 2 other users but ti still logs on to the main account

 

 

 

the next thing is i wanna test my comps full power, the most ive ever had was a

 

1gb

 

2.8 ghz amd

 

256mb video

 

and that was about 4 year old comp and i havent played really any game

 

that has come out since sims 2

 

 

 

so what is a good game thats out and requires decent specs

 

pref not sports or racing

Crysis.

 

 

 

No PC in the world has EVER maxed it out. NO SINGLE ONE.

 

See how good it runs on medium-high.

Crysis.

 

 

 

No PC in the world has EVER maxed it out. NO SINGLE ONE.

 

 

 

If you mean max settings, then yes even my computer can do that.

 

What do you define as 'maxed out'?

um i don't mean lag my comp but like eg sims 2 always took ages to load and was rather slow so i wanna see what some high end games are like on my new system and was wondering some good games

(XP)Start - controlpanel - user accounts - change an account - you - create a password.

 

Vista - same principal.

 

 

 

Could you tell me what components you got? 2.5ghz dual, 512mb graphics card doesn't tell me much. Tell me the names of them.

 

(start button+r - "dxdiag" - copy what it says at system - cpu, screen - name).

You need to post what the actual specs are.

 

2.5 ghz dual core

 

2gb ram

 

512mb nvidia video

 

160 gb hd

 

8 channel sound

 

 

 

 

Any of those parts could be atleast 5 different actual parts.

(XP)Start - controlpanel - user accounts - change an account - you - create a password.

 

Vista - same principal.

 

 

 

Could you tell me what components you got? 2.5ghz dual, 512mb graphics card doesn't tell me much. Tell me the names of them.

 

(start button+r - "dxdiag" - copy what it says at system - cpu, screen - name).

 

 

 

yeah it thought this would would so i tried it and it didn't do anything really

 

 

 

and this i couldnt be bothered typing it so heres a picture

 

 

 

RSHD won't be a problem, and some older games should be playable too on lower resolution.

 

The biggest problem is your gpu, it's too weak for any new games. So if you'd like to play some newer games, a new graphics card is your only choice.

um whats a GPU and uh why wont my graphics work on newer games my comp is 3 days old and nvidias good right?

Graphics processing unit. Your pc might be 3 days old, and yes Nvidia is a good brand, but the graphics chip is too weak. I.E., it doesn't have enough power to play a game like COD4 at a decent frame rate. The chip is about 20months old (7900gtx is even older (march 06) but is much more powerful and still able to play new games at a decent fps).

 

So, if you had planned to play COD4 and other games, your only choice is a new graphics card. Otherwise, you won't have to do anything.

I can't remember which country your from, but you should be able to get a decent graphics card for about £100 [$130USD] (over kill for runescape, but enough to play every game you could want at the moment)

Uh? They still sell old Pentium cpus?

 

 

 

if you paid more than $400 for that computer, that's a ripoff.

Uh? They still sell old Pentium cpus?

 

 

 

if you paid more than $400 for that computer, that's a ripoff.

Its a E5200 #-o

 

They're only a few years old and if I remember rightly just a low grade Core 2 Duo.

i'm from australia

 

 

 

and i paid 615 dollars for it.

 

 

 

in comparison i would be paying about 700 dollars from any big store and with about 1gb less ram and half the video ram

still need help with the auto login thing

Start-> Control Panel -> Users

 

 

 

Set up a password and another user account for your cousins if you wish.

yeah ive tried that ill make a 3rd account

ok i've made a limited and an admin and it still goes auto login

As always back up your registry before making any changes - you CAN damage stuff if you don't follow my instructions correctly.

 

 

 

Start -> Run -> regedit

 

 

 

Navigate to:

 

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon

 

 

 

On the right you should see a key called DefaultPassword, right click it and delete it.

 

 

 

You should also see one called AutoAdminLogon, double click it and change the value to 0 if it's not already 0.

 

 

 

Make sure you know your account password before you restart.

 

 

 

Reboot.

hmmm i can get upto current version but it doesnt hav winlogin

 

 

 

i have windows xp home service pack 3 if it helps