My kid wants me to install a bunch of mods to minecraft, I'm confused about the process. Installing mods seems much different then say on Steam games where its integrated into the application. I'm uncomfortable just following sketchy links on message boards to download and install jars/executables, but thats the process as I've seen it described. Is there a more obvious way to do this?
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posted by H. Roark
on May 20, 2013 -
7 answers
I used to play a FPS on my PC back in the 90's. I can't remember the title of it, however I remember one of the weapons.
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posted by madcow20
on May 9, 2013 -
11 answers
In the 90's I borrowed a demo-CD from a friend, who had a car combat-like game, where you drove around in a futuristic environment. The game was a demo, so it only had one level and only one car. The only mission that was available was where one had to collect two pieces of a device located in two different parts of the map. Most of the stuff was blue.
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posted by madcow20
on Apr 28, 2013 -
18 answers
I am translating a text which contains a sentence about someone who is "coloured". People in the US: what is an acceptable way to translate this?
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posted by miorita
on Apr 22, 2013 -
31 answers
PC game suggestions only, please. I'm a stay at home mom, and my laptop is pretty much glued to my side.
Civ IV is my all-time favorite game. I usually play the Rise of Mankind/A New Dawn mods. I'm not great at it, as I find it hard to beat on Noble level, but I can consistently beat it on Warlord level.
So what else would I love? I like turn-based games because I have little kids. I need to be able to drop my game whenever and come back to it as I left it. I've always enjoyed the exploration aspect of Civ, and I've liked playing Sim City in the past.
Fire away!
posted by wwartorff
on Feb 17, 2013 -
17 answers
What's the word for words that have more-or-less stopped being pollitcally correct?
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posted by aniola
on Feb 1, 2013 -
19 answers
I want an app that I install on my Droid 3 phone that'll find my computer on my home wireless network and which I can point to my music folder and stream.
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posted by cthuljew
on Jan 11, 2013 -
9 answers
I'm reformatting the hard drive of my parent's Windows 7 PC to give to somebody. That's all well and good--software is reinstalled, drivers are updated, Windows Update looks happy. When I started the machine for the first time after Windows 7 installation was complete, it did it's standard thing where it asked what the user name was, what the PC name was, basic settings, etc. Is there any way to redo that setup for the new owner when they turn it on for the first time?
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posted by jroybal
on Jan 10, 2013 -
5 answers
I moved an SSD to a new system. Now I can't access files on the old hdd that were created during the time the SSD was a part of that old system. Can they be brought back to life?
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posted by peacay
on Jan 9, 2013 -
15 answers
How can I tweak the Windows 7 search index so that I can find all files on both the SSD and the hdd?
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posted by peacay
on Jan 1, 2013 -
6 answers
Help me name my new product, which combines the functionality of popular existing apps, but is specialized with high-security features.
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posted by bfu
on Dec 26, 2012 -
21 answers
How might I recover an Office 2010 product key from a Windows install now located on an external hard drive?
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posted by dumbland
on Dec 19, 2012 -
4 answers
Can you recommend a desktop PC that will be durable, do basic surfing, and run two monitors? I'd like to avoid Dell. Cost is an issue, but it does not need to be cheap.
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posted by OrangeDisk
on Dec 18, 2012 -
15 answers
I just switched to an iPhone 5 after years with an Android phone. My carefully constructed sync setup between my work Win 7 PC, my home Mac and my phone is no longer as useful. Details of my current setup within.
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posted by tommasz
on Nov 21, 2012 -
3 answers
Recommendations for desktop diagnosis/repair in (North) Seattle? My newly-(self)built box will not POST.
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posted by skyscraper
on Oct 29, 2012 -
5 answers
I need someone to fix my pc! I am so sick of windows. My Display adapter causes my screen to go blank at random times and I loaded windows 8 and now my internet connection is at a crawl.
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posted by kmurray24
on Sep 9, 2012 -
7 answers
PC Tech filter: What's a common disk-image format that I can use for storing images of bootable flash media? Sending new media to customers so slow and expensive.
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posted by Sunburnt
on Jul 4, 2012 -
9 answers
I'n seriously thinking of upgrading my 7-yr old Sony Vaio Notebook for the new MacBook Pro with retina display. Unless you think it's a really bad idea? Details of my computer usage and a question or three within.
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posted by Kronur
on Jun 29, 2012 -
22 answers
Looking for the name of a game with numbered cubes and soothing music. Scant details inside.
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posted by bunny hugger
on Jun 21, 2012 -
1 answer
Newbie video person here, having loads of trouble. I have some video files in .mts that I would like to edit in Windows Movie Maker (or, if I must, in iMovie) and then publish on YouTube or Vimeo. I need to convert them first, since they won't import correctly into either program. What free program do I use to do that, and what should I convert them into to make the editing and then uploading as pain-free as possible?
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posted by vegartanipla
on May 3, 2012 -
10 answers
Help me delete duplicate files on an an eternal HD used to back up a Windows 7 laptop.
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posted by lulu68
on Apr 29, 2012 -
5 answers
Argh - Wrong Monitor (Secondary) displayed at start-up; can't therefore access any settings! How can I reset?
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posted by DrtyBlvd
on Mar 30, 2012 -
6 answers
Pretend I've been in a coma since 2002. What are the absolute best, classic PC games I've missed?
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posted by andromache
on Mar 7, 2012 -
50 answers
I have Deus Ex: Human Revolution installed via Steam. It runs perfectly... at 800x600. Any higher and it gets choppy. I can run higher resolutions with the lighting effects turned off. Does that mean I can make it better with a new graphics card, with more shading units or whatever you call it? Or is my old-ass Athlon X2 CPU more to blame?
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posted by LogicalDash
on Mar 3, 2012 -
8 answers
My IT Help Desk is stumped - can you help me? My computer is making what I can only describe as a
hardware beep that I can't turn off. Muting Windows and disabling all system sounds doesn't work. Yet the beep only happens when I do certain things with the software - at first, it was only when trying to save a document into my virtual system in Word, but recently it's every time an email arrives in Outlook, which is just awful. This didn't used to happen, but once, many months ago, I accidentally pressed a random combination of keys and it started. I have no idea how to turn it off - and neither do the IT people. System details inside.
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posted by Dasein
on Feb 17, 2012 -
10 answers
Broken laptop hinge in NYC. Where can I get this repaired without paying one hundred million dollars?
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posted by showbiz_liz
on Jan 31, 2012 -
8 answers
I am looking for the right router. Difficulty: two-story house, MacBook plus PC, with WP2 desired. Suggestions?
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posted by Riverine
on Jan 26, 2012 -
6 answers
Help me remember a video game from my youth, part the Nth.
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posted by LN
on Jan 1, 2012 -
6 answers
I have some RAM that is (apparently) bad. However, it passes a memory test just fine. Why?
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posted by neckro23
on Dec 27, 2011 -
14 answers
I'm trying to prep a PC for donation/craigslist by wiping the drive. DBAN won't boot from the CD drive, and neither will KillDisk.
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posted by lvanshima
on Nov 13, 2011 -
12 answers
