Two newbie questions

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1. When going under msconfig in Windows XP I disabled some of the things that I thought I didn't need. Especially the things that are running at all times in my task bar. I guess I did too much because I couldn't go on the net or anything. Can anyone give me a list of what I can disable and still go on the net and have some other basic operations? My computer is set up to be networked and I plan on taking the network card out when I install my new soundcard, but I guess in trying to disable the network stuff I disabled the internet also.
2. I would like to record a cassette into my computer and clean it up and burn to CD. I know how to hook it up, but do you turn it into a wav file the same as you do with a CD? If so, what software would I use to turn it into a wav file?
 
About the msconfig, I would recommend to only disable things that you are sure you won't be needing, and most importantly, I would only disable things that you are familiar with. Disable things such as Real Player, Instant Messengers, or other pesky programs you don't want to startup. If you are not sure about it, I wouldn't mess with it, cause you could diable something you need (Internet).

As for your second question, I'm not sure.

My two pennies.
 
On question 1, if you remove your network hardware, how do you expect to connect to the internet? Are you using a modem and your PC also has an ethernet card that you don't use?

As to question 2, what you need is recording software (and a sound card or other onboard sound device, but almost any PC you could buy today has at least some minimal sound hardware).

A cassette deck has two RCA jacks labeled Line Out. You would need a cable that has two RCA plus on one end and a single 1/8" stereo miniplug on the other end (the same plug that Walkman-sylhe headphones have). Plug that into the computer's Line In jack and that gets your signal to the computer. To record it, you would start up your recording software, enable the Line In as the recording source, hit play on the cassette deck, then click Record in the recording software's window. And yes, the end result is typically a WAV file, though it could also be saved in a multitude of other forms as well.
 
Alchuck,
As for the network card, on my computer specs it says that it has a PCI ethernet card that I thought was for networking with other computers (like in an office setting). I don't plan to ever do that and it takes up one of the two PCI slots in my computer (keep in mind I'm saying this with my limited knowledge about this stuff).
 
Well, you would also need it if you got broadband, DSL or cable, for your internet connection. And some of those cards are dual purpose ethernet/modem cards. Just checking...
 
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2. This is the simplest way, yet worth to try. Even Sound Recorder comes bundled with your WinXP can be used to recording stereo .wav format file. Plug the tape to line input, set the kernel mixer to record from line input. Set the neccesary things (44 khz, etc...) Do a -tape like- recording. Once you have the .wav file format, save it. Burn it to CD using CD burning software (eg. Nero, Adaptec, etc...). Voila... :D
 
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