Recent content by jklesel

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    strange MSN messenger DNS problem

    whenever i go turn my cam with someone else on in msn messenger neither end can load webpages. yet, i still have IP functionality. any body else having problems like this or can tell me why it seems both parties seemly loose DNS functionality? thanks.
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    any good reads about setting up win2k domain?

    im looking for some good books concerning win2k domain, DNS, active directory and figure some of you experts out there have got to have some recommendations. thanks in advance.
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    Transfer W2K server user/pass list to other server?

    bump-cmon, somebody has to know something about this, or at least enough to tell me it cant be done.
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    Transfer W2K server user/pass list to other server?

    The title basically says it all. i am transferring dial-up routing to another server, and want to be able to transfer all the users and their passwords to the new server. possible? thanks in advance for the help, experts on anandtech are such incredible resources.
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    very very strange

    consider yourself lucky sniper, i have had 3 DEER power supplies go bad, two of which have taken the MOBO with them. Stay away from DEER power supplies!
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    RAID 0 - is it secure enough?? Need advice.

    amusedone-- ever heard of MTTF? having a raid 0 cuts your MTTF(mean time to failure) in half, doubling the chance one of the two drives will fail.
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    Alec Baldwin Says 2000 Election Did 'As Much Damage To Our Country As Any Terrorist Attack': Is He Right?

    to who ever thinks that the economy was clintons doing is a complete idiot. pick up and economics book and youll find a little thing called the economic cycle. for as long as there has been serious records of our economy, there has been ups and downs in the economy, completly independent of...
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    Computer stopped recognizing cd-rom drive HELP!!

    did she just uninstall burning software by chance?
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    Testing electrical damaged parts?

    i HAVE had a computer come to me for repair with the exact same symptoms. so i did what u did, tried every part separately to make sure it is indeed dead. when i replaced the motherboard in the case with my own own (to give them a loner while i ordered new parts) the PSU sparked and fried MY...
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    I will NEVER buy IBM HD's EVER AGAIN.

    i agree completely. ive built > 40 computers for my customers. if they want a nice computer, they get an IBM hard drive. Ive only had problems with ONE 75GXP. The new 120GXP's are outstanding.
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    Need some insight on the a Dell 8200 I ordered

    they DO know what they are doing. the power supply will work with no problems. the only way you MAY get into trouble is if you try to change or add things to the system that take more power. OEMs (Dell, Gateway, etc) make computers that work perfectly(most of the time) with there factory configs...
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    Help deciding on a GeForce 2 PRO Version

    there seem to be a lot of different versions made by motherboard manufacturers. i was wondering, is there any difference between them? i was looking at this version of the PRO by Velo City. Do any of you experts on this have any info on this card. oh and i dont plan on overclocking. thanks for...
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    help! video card doesnt work

    i mistakenly purchased a matrox g200 from geeksand i didnt notice it was for a flat panel monitor. is there any adapter that anyone knows about to turn the output into the standard SVGA, or am i just screwed? thanks in advance. jklesel
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    Cool new LS-240 drive that uses 240 MB disks and reformats standard floppies to 32 MB's !

    ive actually had really bad luck with ls-120 drives. i tested them compared to a regular floppy drive on identical machines. to transfer a 1.2mb file, the ls120 took 1:15 while the standard floppy only took 30 seconds. i used a standard floppy disk for the test. i might have the first version of...
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    Is the IBM Deskstar 60GXP a good drive?

    your right thorin, man your right. you just proved my point by your rebuttal. thanks for making anandtech forums all they can be! i wonder if it would have made a difference, in this exchange, if i wasnt a junior member?