Recent content by funkrocker049

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    Which OS to install?

    Honestly, I think Win2000 or XP would work just fine on that system. I am running XP on an old Dell laptop right now (Pentium III, 192MB RAM) and it's working quite well. Once I up the memory to 512MB it should be just fine. Streaming video on Youtube works fine, though multitasking is...
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    iTunes and AIM - newer versions make my computer eat itself

    You might want to try doing a full uninstall before upgrading either program. You'll want to backup your itunes library file along with anything else you want to save (chat logs, etc.). Honestly, I would suggest ditching the official AIM client and moving to something like pidgin, miranda, or...
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    Best Office replacement for Vista?

    OpenOffice gets my vote. For me, the killer feature is built-in "save to pdf"
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    Budget TV help

    What do people think of the Vizio line? Are they worth a look?
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    GAIM or Miranda for Windows?

    I just recently switched to Miranda from Trillian. It's been a while since I've used gaim, probably about a year or more, but I definitely prefer Miranda. Miranda takes a bit of tweaking to get setup as you prefer, but the experience has been good for me. When I used gaim, I found the file...
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    Best DVD player program thats free?

    Yeah, definitely go with VLC
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    EPoX "EP-9NPA+Ultra" NVIDIA nForce4 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard

    I've had this motherboard for about 8 months now...great performance, no problems. Anyone have any tips for wire management with this board?
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    HP Printer Problem

    Alright, my mother has a cheap HP all-in-one printer, model PSC 1200. It generally works pretty well but just recently she replaced the black ink cartridge and started encountering a strange problem...It'll print fine for a while and then throw an error claiming that the cartridge is...
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    iTunes Library Reader?

    itunes will export a listing of songs containing all the library information in either .txt or .xml format. I don't know how, but I would think that there must be some way to parse the .xml file and get the information needed.
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    Best Game Music

    Advent Rising
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    Gaming Rig recommendation

    It's not a terrible system, by any means. It'll certainly do the job quite nicely, but it definitely does not fall into the 'most bang for your buck' category. Personally, I would go with a cheaper cpu like an Opteron 165 and spend the rest on another video card or a great sound card and...
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    Newegg Wish List -- Please Comment

    What sorts of games are you planning on playing? It looks like a fairly solid setup, but I would probably make a few changes... Either step down to an X2 3800+ or step up to the 4400+. Seems like the premium over the 3800+ isn't really worth it. I'm not sure I would spend a full $500 on a...
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    Suggestion for new LCD monitor

    If you can afford just a bit more money, Dell has a sale on this 20 inch Widescreen LCD. I placed an order a few days ago when it was priced at $396 w/ free shipping. It's up to $423, so you might want to jump on it.
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    Quake 4 Savegames...

    The file I'm trying to load is "Autosave_game_airdefense1.save" located in "C:\Program Files\id Software\Quake 4\savegames" I haven't patched the game at all.
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    Quake 4 Savegames...

    I tried loading through the console to no avail. It looks like it starts to load everything and then just quits. It says something about 'can't open log file' so I have to wonder if there was some other set of files that I should've copied over.