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    Pandas Tru Prevent software?

    I hope to hear from other Panda users, I have posted in other forums and no responses. The other posters issue regarding proximity in time with my issue of updates and his with another Panda program could be a coincidence, however, I note that the member also had an issue with user id just like...
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    Pandas Tru Prevent software?

    I tried the Panda Tru Prevent trial offer at the beginning of April and read reviews and found that I liked what I saw and it was compatible with my computer and so I subscribed to it in mid april. on april 28th the program had a problem with my user id and thus i sent an email to Panda as it...
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    Google Web Accelerator

    I was surfing and I believe that it was in the Major Geeks forum that this accelerator was being removed as recommended for two fold reasons. One that it actually appeared to slowdown things and the other issue was "privacy" concerns. i didn't see the earlier posts so i apologize if i am...
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    usb 2 vs firewire

    Interested in this post. I have a notebook with a PC card for 2.0 usb conncection. Just wondering if this card could be changed to one with firewire and what about a hookup to an external hard drive? Our office tech told me usb 2 was faster, obviously he does not really know what you...
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    One Touch back up Feature Western Digital Ext Hard Drive

    Well, due to the fact that i want to get a very user friendly backup, and after all my surfing and reading at various forums I have zeroed in on the Western Digital 160 gigs USB external hard drive. I spoke to Western Digital and they advise that the back up will do what I want it to do, that...
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    External hard drive & Security

    Thankyou for the reply, as that sounded like a good idea regarding the partitions I searched the net and it came up with Steganos as a virus program? Perhaps there is another name for the program you used? the password protection of the partition seems to make sense. Thx for the reply and...
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    External hard drive & Security

    I am encountering a very problematic time in buying an external hard drive. i have a notebook, pentium 4, 40 gigs, xp, 1.9ghz, and I want to purchase an external hard drive, the content of the hard drive will be work and personal files that would be on my Ghost Image that I would create from...
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    cd burner program with alternative to drag n drop?

    I have a new external burner for my notebook which has a cd/rw. The burner is a 16X+R16X-R, usb 2.0, 8.5 gb and I use a very good program to burn dvd's on maxcell 4.75 R+, so i don't need a dvd program the program i use is 1 Clcik dvd copy and it is great. What i want to do is use my...
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    Recommendations?? External DVD burner???

    What is the problem with these external burners? I am not going to be doing a lot of burning, just occasional. talked to my techie and he is not interested in putting together an NEC into a case. Just wondered if the answers to my questions were from the US or Canada. I have spoken to...
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    Recommendations?? External DVD burner???

    i am looking at purchasing an external dvd burner. Have looked at the BenQ Ew162I and the LG GSA-516OB. does anyone have experience with these or other models that are good?? Both are 16X+R and 16X-R DVD+- RW/R Looking for comments, Thankyou.
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    Best DVD Burner for Notebook

    What model in users opinion is the best external dvd burner for a notebook, am presently looking at a BenQ 16X Ext DVD+/-RW USB 2.0, 8.5GB data. There are other models Sony, HP. However, sales reps say it is simply a matter of model. Wanted to get Users opinions. Regards
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    toshiba satellite 2410 and sp2

    Hi Wobble Wobble, I appreciate very much your interest. Did you look at the support site with the list of issues. The one that toshiba mentioned in particular was the yamahao drivers. You mentioned that you did a clean start in your earlier post so I gather that you go rid of the watered down...
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    toshiba satellite 2410 and sp2

    Thanx Wobble Wobble for the reply. Just wondering if you are from the USA as the models and their components are different than the toshiba 2410 that were shipped to Canada and that is where the problems are for us as the boxes had parts from another country according to Toshiba support here and...
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    toshiba satellite 2410 and sp2

    Toshiba has finally posted all the reasons not to install sp2 yet on their laptops...some reasons are incompatability with yamaha drivers, video card, usb devices are not recognized and on and on. My colleagues jumped the gun and are so regretful. If anyone has a Toshiba notebook and is...
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    Are DVD/CD burners a standard size for laptops?

    I am new to all of this and wondered if i have a cd that I wish to copy and my notebook...toshiba has a Cd, floppy and of course a hard drive, I presume that I will have to use the cd on my notebookd to playback the cd that I wish to copy and then by an external burner to do so. Is that how it...