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[AC9breaker]

So now I can finally say, I'm totally done. My 750i FTW model mobo came in today. Got it set-up. Put in the CPU, did a little prayer and jumped with joy when all signs where go. Hopped on Dawn of War 2 and was totally floored how great the improvement was. Batman Arkham Asylum ran fantastic, and overall it's just been screaming with all applications I've been doing granted I haven't been doing much. I'm sure I still have a copy of Illustrator, Photoshoop, Go Live and a bunch of other adobe programs somewhere, so looking forward to get back into that too.

Now for some Misc. questions. Overclocking, what should I know?

Sli, do I need two videocards of the model?


Thinking of using my old PC as back up, any one have anything more interesting I could try doing with it?.

[Crushinator]

You need 2 of the same video card, both manufacturer and model, for SLI to work properly.

As far as your 2nd computer, a great use for an older machine is setting it up as a media server. Toss in a big hard drive and load it up with movies, music, porn, whatever. You can access all that from your main computer, xbox, ps3. If you're feeling froggy you can install linux on it to fool around and learn new things, or even run a dedicated game server for like Battlefield or Team Fortress 2 or something.

[AC9breaker]

So I was trying to install some cracked versions of Adobe CS2 programs on this PC however I've been running into the same problem. I've only tried Adobe Golive and Adobe Illustrator but I'm sure I'll get the same problems with the programs. After you've finished installing the program your suppose to activate it so you can use it. The problem is that I keep getting the same error message saying that I need to be logged in to an account that has Administrator privileges. Of course my account is the only one on this PC and of course it has administrator privileges. So I'm assuming it's a conflicting issue with Vista and the programs. I know that every time I install a program or make a change or run a program that connects to the internet like Warhammer for example, I get a message asking me if I would like to allow the action. I'm assuming that program in particular, is the cause of my trouble. I'm Wondering if it was possible to disable it, or could it possibly be something else?

[Crushinator]

Did you try running the programs as administrator? (right click on the application and pick "run as administrator").

Adobe CS2 has known compatibility problems with Vista and AFIAK Adobe doesn't officially support it on that OS. If you're using Vista 64 then this might work:

There is a hard to find trick to get install to work correctly.

Creative Suite installer doesn't support Vista file naming convention, however, if you install anywhere but C:\Program Files (x86)\ CS programs WILL CRASH ON LOAD.

You must instead using legacy naming scheme.

Install to C:\progra~2\Adobe\

note, ~1 directs to \Program Files\

you must use ~2 for \Program Files (x86)\

The pop up asking your permission to run thing is called "User Account Control (UAC)", and you can disable it in the security control panel. Doing so does open your computer to vulnerability from malware though, so be careful.