Recent content by lesch2k

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    Google Wave Invites Available

    if you need a wave invite email me. i'll send you one. i have 4 left. post a note here saying you got one of my invites for the sake of everyone else.
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    corresponding with an iphone thief

    i have the serial number and IMEI, but how do i get the guy in possession of a stolen iphone to just give out the serial number. If i scare him away he'll just disappear.
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    corresponding with an iphone thief

    style and color would work... i hope...
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    corresponding with an iphone thief

    i called the local police. they said that without a serial number or identifying mark there was nothing they could do. i'm hoping that the case is the exact style and color of my stolen phone since that is probably sufficient, and that this guy will tell me what the case looks like before we meet.
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    corresponding with an iphone thief

    My iphone was stolen on Sunday. Today i posted a craigs list add looking to buy an iphone. the emails below (in reverse order, start from the bottom) highlight my conversation with an obvious i phone theif. no i will not pay him, but if i can see it to be my phone i need to figure out what...
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    anyone tried to buy an iphone at contract price without a contract

    so if you go to bestbuy or wallmart to buy an iphone and say you'll sign up for a contract how do they know? what if you forget to sign up for service and just unlock the phone accidentally? does that work?
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    Windows 7 only gives 1024x768 resolution

    yeah, showing non-approved modes managed to work out. it just wasn't part of the default settings. cheers
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    Windows 7 only gives 1024x768 resolution

    yea, good call malak, i found a new video card to use. i guess you're not supposed to have 2 gigs of ram and a 2.6 gig P4 with a 16 mb video card...
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    Windows 7 only gives 1024x768 resolution

    thanks for the idea, but it didnt work :( i have AGP, i am using the default windows driver now. i tired uninstalling the driver i had and am now using windows one...
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    Windows 7 only gives 1024x768 resolution

    fixed thanks keithp solution - display modes that are "unsupported" pick a mode that should work. upgraded from Vista Pro to Windows 7 Pro, and now i can only do 1024 resolution, when i was previously able to to 1280 resolution. I know my video card is really old, but windows 7 and...
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    windows xp to vista upgrade error

    windows xp anti-virus disabled internet disconnected. when i put in the vista DVD (i want to do an upgrade) i get an generic various error messages. One of them says setup.exe - bad image. the applicaion or dll is not a valid windows image. please chekc against your isntallation...
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    Copy of Windows XP

    someone on this board should be nice enough to send you a copy. unfortunately my CD burner is broken.
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    fixed thanks

    thanks for those answer so far, i've revised the question.
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    fixed thanks

    edit: firxed via jumper settings. doh. i purchased a new SATA drive, to replace to IDE hard drives (4 year old system, that i will be upgarding) at first i had posted here asking how to convert IDE to SATA but then i realized a much better solution would be to just use the SATA connector...
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    Windows XP freezes with a ZyXEL USB Wireless adapter

    although it might have been the windows utility being better than the ZyXEL utility...