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    Is it worth upgrading from SyncBackSE v6 to v7?

    I am evaluating a fresh copy of SynchBackSE v7 on my new Win10 machine. I have been happily using v6 for backing up data to external drives under previous versions of Windows. I am not noticing any major differences with v7. Does anyone have an opinion as to whether or not it is worth spending...
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    Help selecting Comcast internet/voip modem

    Thanks. I was afraid of that.
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    Help selecting Comcast internet/voip modem

    Discovered my friend is renting an SBV5220 for $10/month from Comcast and would like to purchase a replacement. Can anyone recommend a model that is as fast and future proof as possible? Thanks in advance for the help.
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    Help improving WiFi coverage

    Thanks Jack. This worked perfectly!
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    Help improving WiFi coverage

    Thanks to you both... away for a few days, will post here with my results.
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    Help improving WiFi coverage

    Hey thanks. Yeah, there is a wired LAN here with a switch...still have the WNDR 3700, I will give it a try with that. Sounds simple. Let's see if it works.
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    Help improving WiFi coverage

    Wifi is not covering entire large house with Netgear WNDR 3300 wireless router. Tried setting up a WNDR 3700 as a repeater bridge but had various problems getting that to work. The house has wired LAN with ethernet connections throughout. What would be the most simple and cost effective solution...
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    (Edit: Yonkers only) 1TB Hitachi drive - $29.99 ($19.99AR) AC + tax. MicroCenter B&M

    The palette near the door was still looking health this afternoon when I stopped in to pick one up. Thanks again, op!
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    Any reason not to uninstall all bloatware from new HP laptop?

    Thanks for the replies. I did make the restore disks right out of the box. I have backed up the SwSetup folder (found at root of C partition) uninstalled everything I could find, run CCLeaner, stopped background start ups with AutoRuns and defragged. I am thinking I will make an image of what is...
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    Any reason not to uninstall all bloatware from new HP laptop?

    Thanks for the reply... I have not seen HP Tools do anything so great and I have a sneaking suspicion it is slowing things down at least a little bit.
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    Any reason not to uninstall all bloatware from new HP laptop?

    I am setting up an HP G72-261US laptop running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit and just wanted to be sure there is nothing worth keeping before I started uninstalling everything. I have created the restore disks with HP Tools but was planning to use Acronis True Image from now on, so was...
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    ABS M1 Mechanical Keyboard $20 Newegg

    Mine came today... I have never had an IBM model M so I cannot compare.. but I can say that I like the feel of this one a whole lot! Thanks again OP!
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    Faster Processor for my Laptop

    Thanks for the input.. I should have mentioned that I had that processor already, not that I was considering purchasing it... Alas, it has found a new home altogether in an old S1 machine after all. Thanks again to everyone who posted!
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    Win 7: Cannot Move Page file off of Boot Partition

    It is big enough for Windows 7 x64 and my programs. I maintain an imaging schedule and have disabled creation of restore points. Even with hibernation enabled, I have enough room.