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    force clearspot 4g to connect to a certain tower?

    I am trying to get better performance out of my clearspot 4g router. I live in Chicago which has a dense network of 4g towers near me. Unfortunately, the tower closest to me is constantly overburdened and I only can get about 50 kB/sec out of it. If I walk down the street to a different tower I...
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    output only to projector in windows 7.

    Hi Everyone, I bought a benq w1070 projector that I am hooking up to a macbook pro with a wireless hdmi connection via a nyrius prime wireless transmitter. I am having some issues in windows 7 that I wanted some help with. 1) The transmitter works fine in windows 7 with the duplicate...
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    force windows nt to use different aspect ratio resolution

    Hi Everyone, I have a computer running windows nt 4.0. My monitor died and I bought a lcd screen that is wide screen. It has a resolution of 1920 x 1080 which my card can't handle so I was using a lower resolution which works but everything is stretched in the X direction because windows NT...
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    Edit a device name in registry?

    Hi Everyone, Can anyone help me in changing the device description (ie name) of a driver in windows 7? I need to rename a DAC pci card in order for a piece of software to recognize it (DT322->HJDT322). The instructions make it seem straightforward in XP, but I am having issues in windows 7...
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    Menu options lingering on screen in win 7

    Hi everyone, I have windows 7 enterprise 64 bit and when I click on menus certain options stay up indefinitely. For example, several hours ago I selected a new window in chrome and the menu option is still lingering and it persists while going to other programs. The only way I can seem to get...
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    Computer dead to world

    Hi Everyone, I realize this is a vague question, but I built a i5 computer about 1.5 years ago and a few days ago when removing a dvi cable while running (switching monitors) the computer shut off and won't turn back on. I bought a nice PSU to see if that was it but it still doesn't turn on...
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    Legality switching DVD to other formats

    Hi everyone, I was curious about the legal rights that come along with purchasing digital media. Specifically, if you purchase a DVD, from what I've heard I believe that it is within your right to either create or download a copy. How does this apply to other forms of media? I think that if...
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    Passthrough feature on a SA 3250 cable box

    Hi everyone, I just bought a Samsung 3d TV that I am trying to set up. I have digital cable from Time Warner and use a Scientific Atlanta 3250 cable box. (not the HD kind) Do any of you know if it has a passthrough feature where it can just do the descrambling and send all the data via a...
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    Projector Advice (3D)

    Hi Everyone, I am considering getting a projector to watch TV/ do stuff on the computer and I wanted to get your advice. I was looking into getting one of the 3D projectors like this: http://www.amazon.com/Acer-X1161-3D-.../dp/B002MUWOXC I have a current generation Macbook Pro with a 330M...
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    Problem installing XP

    Hi everyone, I was curious if I could get some advice. I recently built a core i5 based system with a GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD4 motherboard. I would like to run Windows XP because I have some older software that have been having issues with Windows 7. Even when turning off SATA in the bios, I get...
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    Serial Port Peripheral Problems

    Hi Everyone, So I know this will take you all back, but I want to configure a computer with two different serial port peripherals. The computer itself only has 1 port so I bought a PCI 2 serial port card and installed the software. In windows xp sp3 it sees the ports under the device manager...
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    data throughput of serial ports?

    I have a computer that is a few years old. I think that it might be a pentium 4. I want to hook up three things that use serial ports. The computer only has one serial port so I was thinking about getting a two serial port pci card. I think that the data throughput of modern computers is...
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    Setting up a Beowolf Cluster?

    Has anyone had luck setting up a cluster? I do a lot of computational chemistry and the server we have at school is kind of wimpy and very busy. I came across this article from a guy from Calvin College who built a 8 core/ 4 processor beowolf cluster for $2500 in early 2007. Using newegg I...
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    backing up windows?

    I have a usb external hard drive that I'm trying to use to backup a windows xp computer. It loads alright, but I can't transfer information to it using windows backup or syncback because it says that it is full. I can however manually transfer files to it. The disk is empty because I just...
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    esata hot swappability?

    I am about to buy an external case for a hard drive that has an esata port. I run os x and I am curious if I can hot swap esata external drives.
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    Good newbie open source os?

    I currently run os x, which is great, but I'd really like to try out some open source operating system like linux, haiku, or other kinds. I've played around a little with ubuntu, but I was just curious if you guys had suggestions for the best operating system like this to play around with...
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    determine ip address of router w/o dhcp server on

    I have a linksys wireless router that has a dhcp server turned off, but I'd like to know its ip address so I could turn off the broadcast ssid setting on it. Since it is not the ip address giving router for any computer connected to it, is there a way to change this setting while connected to it?
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    2.5" sata in a 3.5" case?

    I was curious if I could use a 2.5" sata hard drive in a 3.5" sata case. It wouldn't be for a long time, just to clone a hard drive, but I'm trying to get out of buying a 2.5" case just to do this process. Are the hookups the same for the two different sized drives?
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    picking primary monitor

    I have a macbook pro and I installed windows xp sp2. I have an external monitor and I want to make that my primary monitor but the option is grayed out in the display properties screen. For what it's worth, I am able to switch it using the ati software under advanced, but it forces both...
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    corrupt profile in xp?

    I unplugged my desktop for use on a different set of monitor, mouse and keyboard and now when switched it back and I log in with either username windows gives me an error that either I don't have enough privilege or the profile is corrupt. It then logs into this generic profile where all my...
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    converting a router to a switch?

    I have a linksys wrt150N wireless N router and I would like to turn it into a switch. Said differently, I would like to set it up so that the network it is plugging into will assign ip addresses and everything. When I just simply turn off the assigning ip addresses in the router configuration...
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    make a soho server visible everywhere?

    I am in a laboratory that has a few ethernet ports in the walls (these are on the same network). I need more ports so I bought a router. The problem is that I have a sho server for printing and file sharing. I want computers connected via the router and also directly into the wall to have...
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    networking problems

    I am trying to set up 2 laboratories and I have a question about networking. I do not have enough ethernet ports to supply all of the computers in one lab so I purchased a wireless router. The problem is that I want to share a printer to the computers in all labs but computers plugged into the...
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    USB drive stops working in XP

    I have a computer running windows xp and for some reason it only recognizes usb drives immediately after it is restarted but then over time it just stops recognizing them. What could I do to try and fix this? Thanks for your help!
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    dual booting xp and ubuntu

    So this has probably been discussed before but I couldn't find it using the search function. I have a windows computer with a 40 gig hd. i have it about half full and I want to dual boot ubuntu. When I go to install it however it asks me to resize the partition but the default size that it...
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    file recovery

    I was installing a new version of a program that hooks up to an instrument I use and it over write the data results folder with an empty version. Is there a way to retrieve it? I know about certain recovery programs out there but the ones that I've tried can only find jpeg, movie, or files...
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    effective way to printer share in mixed network?

    Is there a really effective software way of sharing a usb printer across 8 computers in a mixed mac/pc environment? It is hooked up to a pc running xp and I am constantly running into problems where I search for the computer and it isn't there. Even when I type in the location...
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    excel problems

    I'm trying to set up a game of assassins which requires everyone on a list to be given a person to go after with a sock. There is a one to one pairing with no repeats but if i have someone they don't necessarily have me. I'm trying to make an excel spread sheet to give me a randomly generated...
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    xp computer restarting

    I have a custom built computer that I use to run a microscope. I have had it for about 9 months without a problem but the last two nights it has restarted so that when I came in instead of scanning, it was on the logon screen. It runs windows xp sp1 and the only thing that I've changed is that...
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    computer randomly shutting off

    I have a dell that I installed 2 gigs of memory in a few months ago. Every 2-3 weeks the computer will randomly/abruptly shut off and then turn back on to give a blue screen of death. I recorded some of what it said this last time: L_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL bla, bla, bla STOP 0x0000000A...
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    cheap rig suggestions

    I would really like to build a two computers total for like $500 each. (Including monitor). I've had a lot of problems with dells so that is why I am going the diy path but do you think that I could get a decent one for such a cheap price of similar or better specs than a dell? (I know that...
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    problems printing from word (spooling error)

    I have a computer that has been printing very well to a laser printer via usb but recently when I try to print a word document of any size it just stays stuck on "spooling." I tried reinstalling the printer, restarting and other fixes like that but it doesn't work. It can print from excel...
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    japanese version to english win xp

    I have a jananese version of windows xp. Is there a way once it is installed to make it back into english or do I need to format and start again?
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    making a basic server

    I have an old dell 350 mhz that I would like to add a 250gb hard drive to and make a server for files, printing, and maybe even a website. I'd like to use linux but I'm not sure which version would run nicely on it (I have a little over 256mb of ram I think) and I would really like to control...
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    win2k remote printing woes

    I have a computer running windows 2000 and I would really like to remotely print to a computer running xp. The problem is that even though they are in the same workgroup & network, the win2k computer can't see the fact that the xp computer exists. Is there an easier way to link them up? Can I...
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    overclocking a core duo?

    I was just curious if it is possible to overclock a core duo. I heard that there is a windows program that can do it. I have a 1.83 and I'm curious if I could bump it up to a 2.0 or higher. For what it is worth I have a macbook pro but I have windows installed.
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    type of processor to get?

    I'm interested in upgrading a dell I have with a new motherboard and processor. I do lots of image processing with a particular program and I'm curious which would the best type of processor to look for. I would like to spend maybe $300 in total for the processor and motherboard, would I see a...
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    back up automatically?

    Is there a way to make all things added into a particular file automatically saved to a place on an ethernet network? Said differently, can I have two folders automatically synched with each other so I can have a backup if something goes wrong with one? I run windows xp on all the computers...
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    video card/lcd woes

    I recently bought a 20.1 lcd for a computer that has a geforce 5200 fx. There are two outputs on the back and I wanted to do the dual monitor thing but when I try to go to a resolution above 1200x1024 the video gets all screwed up and I can't see anything. Why is this and how can I fix it...
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    help automating a cleaning protocol

    I work in a chemistry lab and I have an instrument that I am working on. It requires very clean metal surfaces so the samples we work with need to be cleaned by doing a series of steps many times that consists of turning a few dials and then after say 20 minutes turning a few more. It is very...