Recent content by JohnGalt

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    what's the best and cheapest firewire enclosure for CDRW?

    and what's the best price and brand for a pcmcia firewire card that doesn't stick out (the connector I mean)
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    where to get region unlocked dvd drive

    the rom version is 1127
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    where to get region unlocked dvd drive

    it didn't show what firewire version when i go to the settings. it tells me to pick a region. I can change the region 5 times.
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    where to get region unlocked dvd drive

    i am going to paris soon for college but would like to play my dvds from here(us) and the new ones there. Is there a particularly dvd drive that is not locked or can be made unlocked? Thanks Also for my notebook i have a toshiba sd-c2302 dvd, is that region locked or can it be unlocked in anyway?
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    Thinkpad T20 users help me!

    Can someone show me a link to the online manual which explains how to remove the DVD?
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    best way to transfer data from pc to notebook?

    my friend told me that i can make a crossover cable from a CAT5. Does anyone know how to do this?
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    firewire/usb enclosure question

    anybody ever done this?
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    firewire/usb enclosure question

    I have an ide burner (plextor 12x/10x) and I'm getting a notebook soon. Is it possible to buy one of these firewire or usb enclosures and make my burner notebook usable? If so, how is the performance?
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    how do you name your digital camera files?

    I take about a hundred pictures a day on my digital camera and it's a pain when I name them. I basically right click on each file --> rename file--> and type in the name i want after I click on the file to see what it looks like. Is there a good program that displays the picture, prompts for a...
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    cell phone plans, i'm a newbie

    Hello all. I live in Rhode Island and would like to get a cell phone now. In 4 months I will be in Chicago for college. I am in need of a cheap and flexible plan. Can someone help me out? Thanks Paul
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    Lexar USB Universal Media Reader flaky in Windows 2000?

    hi eug, did you download the w2k drivers from lexar? the ones with the cd don't work.
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    for people who use MSN as their isp

    I don't know why but a few weeks ago none of my SMTP servers would connect. I've tried gmx and yahoo and can never get mail sent via Eudora or Outlook. However my msn email account works. Has anyone else encountered this problem and know a solution to it? I really need more than one email and...
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    gmx.net not working?

    Hi ever since last week of March, I can never send any emails through smtp through gmx.net. I can still get pop but I have to manually log on the site to write emails; i can't do it through eudora+msn anymore. Does anyone have any idea why? Did the name of the smtp server change? I thought it's...
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    want to go on road trip but where?

    My friends and I (4 total) want to go on a road trip next week but don't know where. We're all in Rhode Island and have 2-4 days of free time. Any suggestions? We were thinking of Maine, New York, or Washington DC. Thanks!! Please think of clever places we could go to.