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    Tool Set Recommendations?

    Just looking for recommendations on a tool set for general IT work. No meters or anything needed, just basic tools for dealing with hardware. Looking to spend around $100 or so. Thanks!
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    Move Bootmgr in Vista

    I've got a PC that has two partitions (C & D) on the drive. My previous XP installation needed to be wiped so moved some of my documents onto D, booted from a Vista DVD, formatted C, and then installed Vista. Now that I've done that I think I need more room on C and wanted to delete D and...
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    Color schemes or themes?

    Will we eventually be able to adjust the look of these forums? Or do we already have this option and I'm simply missing it? I really don't care for the default look.
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    Wii Motion Plus Question

    I picked up a WM+ yesterday. I haven't used it yet, but I did take it out of the box to take a look it. The main connector that plugs into the Wiimote wobbles around and can even be pushed in. I'm guessing that's how it is supposed to be, but wanted to make sure because it certainly has the...
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    Wireless Networking Question

    What type of device would you guys recommend for connecting a desktop to a wireless router? Internal card, USB adapter, or Wireless Bridge? Any advantages for going one way over the others?
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    Outlook 2003 hangs when launched

    When I launch Outlook the splash screen appear as does a blank program window and then it just hangs there for 3 or so minutes after which point it fully loads and operates normally. This happens 100% of the time, even when launching into Outlook's safe mode. I've tried quite a few fixes I...
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    Remote Desktop

    How would I go about accessing computers on a LAN (behind a modem and router) using something similar to remote desktop or VNC? For example, assuming I know the external IP, how would I direct an incoming RD connection to a PC with a local IP behind a router?
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    LittleBigPlanet videos

    These videos are making the rounds on the gaming sites. Both are amazing in their own way: Little Big Computer To Zanarkand And this is just the beta. I can't wait to see what people come up with when the game is available to everyone.
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    Intranet Form Error

    I'm experimenting with a signature pad from Topaz Systems. I'm trying to figure out how to get it to create an image file of a person's signature via a web form. I've got the software installed and Topaz Systems sent me an example that should work. But when I run the form on the web server I...
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    Advice Needed: Hosting a Web Site Yourself

    I wasn't sure if this should go here or in general hardware... Anyway, I work for a somewhat small machine shop and the owner if the shop is about to spin off a separate business. He is apparently considering hosting the web site for the business on site and has asked me to research what...
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    Batch file question

    Is there a way to perform an action based on IP in a batch file? For example, if a computer's IP is 192.168.0.X then do some action.
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    Shipping a PC

    First , how safe do you think it is to ship a computer with large aftermarket heatsink? Second, what shipping company would you recommend?
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    Home File Server

    Right now I've got an old P4 based Dell that I'm using as media file server. It's not very powerful, but it doesn't really need to be. I've got networked via hardwire to my PS3 and 360 which do the actual playing of the media. Streaming 1080p video works just fine. The problem is that I'm...
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    IR2BT and PS3

    I don't know how many of you use Harmony's and the like, but there's a new device on sale that converts IR signals to Bluetooth for the PS3. The guy making these sold out of the first 200 units on the first day and today put 300 more up for pre-order. They are going fast. Just a heads up: Link
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    Look for a switch recommendation

    I'm in need of a 8+ port switch for my home network. I looked at the DLink DGS-2208, but some of the reviews indicated that connecting mixed speed devices will cause every port to run at the speed of the slowest device. I don't want that since I know I will indeed have a mix of 100 Mb and 1...
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    Can't Install External Hard Drive

    I have a new WD external hard drive that I'm trying use with Vista Ultimate, but when I connect the drive I get an error message saying, "Windows found driver software for your device but encountered an error while attempting to install it. USB Mass Storage Device Access is denied"...
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    UT3/BioShock won't launch after audio card install...

    I have a 64-bit Vista Q6600 based PC and UT3/BioShock had been running fine up until I installed a Soundblaster X-Fi sound card (switched over from using the on-board audio). Now when I try to launch the game I get the initial pop-up but then nothing else. That screen just stays there and all...
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    Is my motherboard screwed?

    I built a new PC about a week ago and after some initial issues (had to RMA a bad video card), things have been running smoothly for the last 5-6 days. Well, yesterday evening I come to my computer, which has been running fine all day, and turn on the monitor and am welcomed by a BSoD. A bit...
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    Help needed. Video card and display issues...

    OK, I've been through some very frustrating issues with a new build of mine. The card is an EVGA 8800GT. Here's a quick summary I posted on another forum earlier: So I went through all that BS and was basically about the write card off and RMA it. I started the RMA process through...
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    Vista Ultimate 64-bit OEM Install Problem

    OK, I'm trying to get a new computer up and running. It's got a Q6600 on an ASUS P5E motherboard with an EVGA 8800GT video card. I also have a single stick of 2 GB of RAM currently in the system. I have a second 2 GB stick, but only put one in for now until I got the problems ironed out. The...
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    Microsoft Project viewer

    I'm just looking for a free program to view Microsoft Project files. If a decent free one doesn't exist, what would be a good viewer to purchase? Thanks!
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    Regex question

    This is likely very easy, but I don't use regex very often and I'm obviously unclear on how to use wildcards in regex. How do I trim everything starting with a specific match? In other words, say I have a string and in that string I want to trim everything starting from the first instance of...
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    ColdFusion Question

    I've got a form that allows files to be uploaded, but I've limited the files that can be uploaded based on the MIME type. Right now I check the MIME type upon upload using the "accept=" parameter in the "cffile" tag. This works except when an improper file type is uploaded the user gets an...
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    Need help with ColdFusion

    OK, I'm working on an online job application form. Once the form is completed a copy of the form is e-mailed to the appropriate address. The form also includes the ability for the user to browse for a file (resume) on their local machine and have it uploaded and attached to the e-mail...
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    Need utility to convert PowerPoint to Flash

    As the title says, I need a program that can convert a PowerPoint presentation to Flash. Something free/cheap is preferred, but something that works is the most important. Thanks!
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    Wireless Print Server

    My wife has a laptop and a standard USB printer. The printer stays in her office while the laptop, obviously, moves around. So I need to get it set-up to where she can print to it from anywhere in the house. I just need some recommendations on a good reliable wireless printer server. The...
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    Any Cold Fusion gurus here?

    I posted this before the forum layout change in the tech support forum and didn't get any responses. Anyway, if anyone here is good with CF please let me know and I'll either post the code here or send it via PM. It should be a fairly simply task, I'm just completely new to CF and not sure...
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    Any Cold Fusion gurus here?

    I basically know next to nothing about CF, but I need to combine a couple of forms. I have one form that submits some information to a database and another very basic form that can upload files to a network directory. I need to know how to combine these forms so that both tasks can be...
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    Can't access Event Viewer Remotely

    We have a Windows 2003 server whose Event Viewer can't be accessed remotely via MMC. When attempting to connect you are given an error stating that "The network path was not found". A search on Microsoft.com turned up an article relating to XP SP2 saying that this could be caused by...
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    Need help resolving DNS Event ID 4515

    I've been doing some reading on this event ID, but I'm a bit confused on how to go about resolving this. I want to make sure I'm deleting the correct zone. We have a couple of different sites connected via VPN (24/7). Each site has its own DC running DNS. Each site is part of the...
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    Print preview for Excel docs opened in IE

    Print Preview doesn't work if an Excel document is opened in IE. If you select that option nothing at all happens. I know the PC can be set to open the documents in an actual Excel window, but I'd prefer to figure out a way to get print preview working (if at all possible). Anyone know...
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    Dual Monitor Issue

    We have a guy here at work that has a workstation with a video card that has dual DVI outputs. He was using a single large Apple flat panel monitor, but at the end of last week decided he wanted to have dual monitors. The boss didn't want to spring for a new flat panel right now so we brought...
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    WinServer2k3 Problem

    We have a server here that is running Windows Server 2003 SE w/ SP1. It is our VPN server. After it has been running for a while with no one using it there are often issues when trying to log in. If you actually go to the server and log into the console you will often just get a blank...
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    Need help with Linux

    I've been trying to run an application on the XBox that runs on Linux. It runs fine except it doesn't recognize the additional memory (the XBox has 128 MB instead of the normal 64 MB). I think it's running on a version of DSL (xDSL). Anyway, when it boots it, during the hardware...
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    Domain Controller / Exchange Issue

    We have a couple of DCs in our site along with an Exchange Server. We would like to be able to take down the first-in-site DC when some sort of maintenance is needed and have the other DC simply take over. But each time we take down the PDC Exchange throws a fit and we get dozens of errors in...
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    HTML Question

    What I need to do is set up a form where certain layers appear when certain checkboxes are checked and then disappear if the same boxes are unchecked. I can get the layer to appear when the boxes are checked (******), but can't get them to hide again when the box is unchecked. I need someone...
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    XP Upgrade Gone Wrong

    OK, I have a PC which was running Windows 2000 that I attempted to upgrade to XP using the "Upgrade" option after inserting the WinXP disk. The install appeared to go smoothly and finished. Now when the PC boots it will get just past the point of detecting the SATA drive and then the...
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    Permissions question...

    OK, say you have a directory on a network drive. There is a folder two levels down to which you need to grant some people access (edit rights), but they don't need to edit rights to any of the files above that folder. What is the most efficient (quickest) way to set this up so that the users...
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    One PC -> Multiple displays over a large area

    What would be the best way to have a computer's video output displayed on multiple screens throughout a building? Sort of similar to what you see in airports with the schedules being displayed. What sort of equipment would be required? This isn't a huge building... it would be one small...
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    "Help Desk" type software...

    I'm just looking for any recommendations on Help Desk software. The only one I've used before is Remedy (at another company). The company I am currently working for is fairly small (maybe ~150 employees), but has reached a point where they would like a better system for tracking help IS...