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The motherboard has a built-in graphics card and it uses shared RAM. It uses part of the main RAM memory and the main computer memory is reduced by the amount of RAM the graphics card grabs.
You can limit the amount of RAM the graphics card used by configuring the graphics RAM in the BIOS configuration.

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  Follow these steps in order to recover your password:
  
  1. Attach a terminal or PC with terminal emulation to the console port of the router.
     Use these terminal settings:
     
     • 9600 baud rate
       
     • No parity
       
     • 8 data bits
       
     • 1 stop bit
       
     • No flow control
       
  2. If you can access the router, type show version at the prompt, and record the configuration register setting.
     Note: The configuration register is usually set to 0x2102 or 0x102. If you can no longer access the router (because of a lost login or TACACS password), you can safely assume that your configuration register is set to 0x2102.
     
  3. Use the power switch in order to turn off the router, and then turn the router back on.
     Important Notes:
     
     • In order to simulate this step on a Cisco 6400, pull out and then plug in the Node Route Processor (NRP) or Node Switch Processor (NSP) card.
       
     • In order to simulate this step on a Cisco 6x00 with NI-2, pull out and then plug in the NI-2 card.
       
  4. Press Break on the terminal keyboard within 60 seconds of power up in order to put the router into ROMMON.
     If the break sequence does not work, refer to Standard Break Key Sequence Combinations During Password Recovery for other key combinations.
     
  5. Type confreg 0x2142 at the rommon 1> prompt in order to boot from Flash.
     This step bypasses the startup configuration where the passwords are stored.
     
  6. Type reset at the rommon 2> prompt.
     The router reboots, but ignores the saved configuration.
     
  7. Type no after each setup question, or press Ctrl-C in order to skip the initial setup procedure.
     
  8. Type enable at the Router> prompt.
     You are in enable mode and should see the Router# prompt.
     
  9. Type configure memory or copy startup-config running-config in order to copy the nonvolatile RAM (NVRAM) into memory.
     Important: Do not type copy running-config startup-config or write. These commands erase your startup configuration.
     
  10. Type show running-config.
      The show running-config command shows the configuration of the router. In this configuration, the shutdown command appears under all interfaces, which indicates all interfaces are currently shut down. In addition, the passwords (enable password, enable secret, vty, console passwords) are in either an encrypted or unencrypted format. You can reuse unencrypted passwords. You must change encrypted passwords to a new password.
      
  11. Type configure terminal.
      The hostname(config)# prompt appears.
      
  12. Type enable secret password> in order to change the enable secret password. For example:
      hostname(config)#enable secret cisco
  13. Issue the no shutdown command on every interface that you use.
      If you issue a show ip interface brief command in privilege EXEC mode, every interface that you want to use should display up up. For example:
      Router#show ip interface brief
      
  14. Type config-register configuration_register_setting>. Where configuration_register_setting is either the value you recorded in step 2 or0x2102 . For example:
      hostname(config)#config-register 0x2102
  15. Press Ctrl-z or end in order to leave the configuration mode.
      The hostname# prompt appears.
      
  16. Type write memory or copy running-config startup-config in order to commit the changes.
      
  
  

This problem is common
Because the Skype server is in the UK, all VoIP transmission travel to and from each party goes via UK and depending upon the time of day and Internet traffic (there are millions of Skype users), it affects video and audio quality.
You can improve but not entirely eliminate this problem because video data uses a lot of available bandwith and your boyfriend may also experiencing the same problem with your video.
1. To reduce the amount of video data being transmitted, set the both of your cameras to e-mail size resolution 320X240.
2. If the video and audio quality are still bad, then both of you should turn off the video and just communicate using the voice. The voice quality will improve and not break up.
I know it is nice to see the other person, if possible then try other times of the day when the video and voice quality maybe OK and try to communicate during these times.

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