Recent content by tart666

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    need program to play video on TV attached as 2nd monitor

    I've seen people use a dedicated player on apples, with the controler window on the main PC screen, you can direct the video to go the TV, via S-video... is anyone aware of a dedicated reasonably well-featured program to play video on the attached TV? Edit: a helper program like TVTool...
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    setting up home network with roaming profiles, need win server, or just xp pro?

    hokay, thanks a lot, i will start looking into it.
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    setting up home network with roaming profiles, need win server, or just xp pro?

    k, so, you are saying having a domain wouldn't really help setting up roaming profiles, so might as well just use folder sharing? I was under the impression the domain setup had some functionality built-in to cache the profile information on the client, for the times when a laptop is not...
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    setting up home network with roaming profiles, need win server, or just xp pro?

    i have been getting requests from the GF to get her 3 pc's to sync with each other. AFAIK, this means desktop settings, login passwords, email settings, favorites, and "my documents". I know this is possible with a win server, but that would mean a dedicated domain controller machine. Is...
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    possible to convert DVI to HDMI?

    the newer LCD HDTV's seem to have HDMI ports instead of DVI, is it still possible to get a converter so I can hook up my PC to one of these TV's?
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    Water is good for your CPU!

    heh, just saw this thread when did a search on "immersion". I almost got my picture taken for the article, but got a phone call when the photographer was there...
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    assign COM port numbers?

    I have a 4-port RS232 card, that gets assigned COM port numbers 5-8. I had the onboard port disabled, hoping it would then assign the 1-4 numbers The software I am using can only see 1-4, is there a way to re-assign the COM port numbers?
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    Dell 1905FP question

    yes you can
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    Dell 1905FP question

    got my 1905 last night, no ghost. I am on dvi at 70Hz... try different refresh?
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    creative labs or ipod?

    why no ipod photo 30gb for $349? seems like bets option right now
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    [FIXED] get rid of "ATI catalyst control center" in all menus?

    it worked! thx a lot (didn't run it this morning, cause this was afflicting my work computer, and not homo)
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    [FIXED] get rid of "ATI catalyst control center" in all menus?

    i no mind the ccc, i just don't need the extra links to it in the many menus around OS... the context menu on the desktop has a link to the ccc, bloody hell! I understand how to get to it without all the extra links cluttering my menus. with that in mind, any ideas how to remove extra...
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    [FIXED] get rid of "ATI catalyst control center" in all menus?

    installed the latest ati drivers, now I have links to "ATI catalyst control center" in all sorts of right-click menus, including the one on the desktop! also, in windows explorer, this thing got added to the top of the File menu! wtf! any ideas how to get rid of this?
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    nicest 2.1 speakers for $50

    anyone?
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    nicest 2.1 speakers for $50

    upgrading GF's monitor to a 1905, now she demands matching speakers... Does anyone care to recommend a nice set of 2.1's that is good for music? (right now she has BA735 that she loves, but they are white and don't match the new monitor)