Recent content by scooter1

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    HP printers any good?

    Thanks for the tips. This is what I was talking about regarding printers and spyware Lexmark accused of installing spyware
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    HP printers any good?

    I'm thinking about getting an HP OfficeJet printer and I'm wondering if there are any pitfalls with HP printers. Do HP printers transmit identifiable info about you to HP whenver you print something? I think I remember reading something like that, or maybe it was for a different manurfacturer...
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    DVDDecrypter - end of life!

    what's a good application for ripping DVDs that don't contain encryption...like if a friend gives me a DVD containing home video?
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    Internet Explorer hangs for 30+ seconds when going to first url typed in the address bar

    I had this problem once and as strange as it sounds I think the thing that was causing it was that I had a drive letter mapped to another server that was very slow to respond. If you open Windows Explorer and click on any drives mapped to other servers do any take a long time to respond?
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    Why is it that Clear CMOS is still a JUMPER?

    I can understand the benefits of having a switch or a button for clearing cmos. When I first built my pc I had to clear cmos several times while doing some troubleshooting and it would have been a lot more convenient to have a switch than a jumper especially considering how difficult it is to...
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    Completely erase a HDD

    Has anyone physically taken apart a hard drive and exposed the platters and then destroyed them?
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    Random Shutdown Annoyance

    check all the cable connections inside your pc to make sure none of them are loose.
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    Laser printer warm up times...

    Did you go to start menu then settings then printers and then right click the printer icon and select properties
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    Laser printer warm up times...

    If you're using Windows I think there's a setting that lets you set the time delay until the printer goes into standby or sleep mode. You can set that to a very high value.
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    are ink jet printers good for text?

    I want to buy a new printer that will mainly be used for personal documents but sometimes for business text documents. I'd like to get an ink jet printer for the cheap color capability, but I also want it to be able to produce sharp text for business documents. Can ink jet printers produce...
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    Media Player - other than WMP?

    That VLC looks pretty cool. I didn't see anything about prices. Is it freeware? BTW to the original poster, you can also use PowerDVD.
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    What's a good video editor?

    I want to be able to edit video clips like mpeg and be able to cut out scenes in the middle not just at the beginning and end.
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    Just when i was set to upgrade to straight A64 939

    My understanding is that an application or game has to be multithreaded to see a performance boost from dual core cpu's. I think most games today are designed to be single threaded.
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    Rome: Total War Tips?

    why would a larger campaign map put a strain on resources. It's not like the map has a bunch of high quality graphics and shaders.
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    Rome: Total War Tips?

    I think profit also depends a lot on geography. I made a lot more money when I occupied the Greek cities than when I occupied Gaul.