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If there is a tiny hole in the front panel of the drive push a strong pin or needle in there and push (it will take a fair bit of effort),that will start it opening enough to get hold of and pull,there may be something jammed in it stopping it opening. If it is a pc a replacement wont be much more than a tenner.

If you are using the ip as on the website leave out the :0 on the end .

1.72e not installed/working

If they are windows messenger popups try shoot the messenger

Try running a different virus scan like this one

If you are in a sky exchange area then the broadband is fine, if all you can get is connect broadband then it is usually rubbish.

Convert the tex's from the game into tga and repaint them.

If the UI.Res in your run folder is not there or is 0kb then copy the F1 one to the run folder and reinstall the F2 mod,that way you will get F2 menu screens and music not F1.

Hi If all you want the card for is internet then any speed card should be quick enough,if you want to transfer files between the computers then the fastest you can get that is compatable with the speed of the home hub.

Hi 1.150 is not the latest version Trav.Download the latest patch from rFactor Central

30-40 is quite normal for a line with interleaving applied,a great deal of UK isp's are applying interleaving by default to save some customer service time on unstable lines.You may be able to get it turned of "if" the average cs bod understands what you are talking about,most wont. The main problem for the non techie is even finding out if it is applied in the first place. Kitz is a great site for adsl troubleshooting and information.

One small thing MC, anyone with a speedtouch router will see a first hop of 90 or so,this is because the box does not answer internal ping request very well and is not anything which will effect the connection.

You need the visual basic runtime files, but I cant remember which version, try these

Can you use my skins from October please MoR if that is possible.

Assuming it is not a laptop one of these I do have a laptop which runs an external drive very slowly if the drive is already plugged in when the computer is turned on,but runs fine if the drive is plugged in after windows has started.