Recent content by ValuedCustomer

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    looking for a 3rd party command-prompt utility

    I'm looking for an app that can replace the Windows command-prompt. something I can right-click/cut-paste in and possibly other convenient features. - kinda like Textpad is to Notepad as _______ is to the Windows command-prompt in terms of convenience. - anyone have any ideas?
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    command prompt question

    Thanks for the replies, all - problem solved :beer:
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    command prompt question

    Right now mine's set to C:\> but I'd like it to be set to default to: C:\WINNT\system32> - how do I do this?
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    new motherboard

    so, you have a new hdd that's currently configured and running w/ your old mainboard, right? and you have a new mainboard that you haven't setup yet, right? are you wanting to pair your new HDD (that's currently up and running w/ the old mainboard) w/ the new mainboard? if so, you're gonna have...
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    How do I get the bluescreen of death to stay?

    if you have another machine see if you can mount the drive as a secondary and run diagnostics on the bad drive - you may just have a few bad sectors causing the bsod. chkdsk may take care that -- good luck
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    Who do you Sys Admins use for Vendors?

    you can certainly find cheaper prices than CDW (understatement) but the problem is do you really wanna spend x-amount of dollars to have someone take the time to shop around? I can think of a few other uses for someone being paid 75k+ a year other than shopping around for a printer in the hopes...
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    Who do you Sys Admins use for Vendors?

    IBM for laptops. HP for Desktops/Dev boxes. IBM, HP, EMC & Sun for the raised floor.
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    AMD 64 X2 - what's the "best" core?

    not gonna overclock - thanks very much for yall's advice! :beer:
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    AMD 64 X2 - what's the "best" core?

    I'm sure this has been covered before but after scanning 8 pages and using the search function I don't see another thread. anywho.. I'm starting to put together a system for moderate+ gaming, surfing, music, etc.. not building a hot-rod mind you but I'd like it to be robust and I don't...
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    Isn't a good firewall, good AV, firefox (instead of IE), etc enough?

    there are 254,908(+/-) other good reasons to install SP2 -- security features or not, XP SP2 is MUCH more stable than XP SP1
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    serial on laptops?

    w/ what kinda laptop? our T-4X's at work don't like the adapter solution a bit
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    BIOS password removal help

    from the sounds of it it is the ultimate security. ;) anywho, I had a T-42 w/ the same problem a few months back. I called IBM and was told that the only way around the problem is to replace the planar chip. to the tune of $800+ - that machine has been working very well at it's new...
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    Slow PC UPDATE

    I'll 3rd or 4th the vote for reformattin' that bad-boy.. once a machine is that inundated w/ garbage it'll never be the same. to "fix" it is prolly gonna take you twice as long as if you just start over and in the end it likely won't be "fixed".
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    Help! Trojan that can't be deleted

    format c: -- works everytime
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    options for sharing a printer at home?

    sweet! - thanks for the advice all - :thumbsup: