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    Creating and joining a domain in VM

    Let me start off my saying that i'm fairly new to this and I'm trying it myself so we might need to drop to basics. So I'm trying to set up a VM with Server 2012 R2 as a domain controller and then have a Win7 Pro VM connect to it. First off, both VMs are set up with an internal network in the...
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    Asus Technical Support Privacy Breach!!!

    So chatting with Asus Tech support when I typed something however I retracted it because I felt like it did not add to the conversation. What do you know, the agent asks me about what I had typed. Apparently they can see everything you are typing even before you hit enter! I find this a huge...
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    Random BSODs 1E, IDE DVD-RW not detected, Freezing on Welcome/Loading screen

    I'm completely lost here guys. Recently I had a problem where my IDE CD Drive would open on return from Standby. Used a new IDE cable to fix that problem but I now have so many others: Specs: Asus P5Q-E|Q9550|4GB DDR2|9800GTX+|1TB SATA HD|IDE CD/DVD-RW|SATA DVD-RAM|Media card reader|650W Cooler...
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    PS3 Cooling

    So I know it's not anything PC related but hopefully you guys can help me out here. I'm having trouble cooling off a CECHA01 60GB Backwards Compatible PS3. No matter what I do, fans ramp up quite fast. I've already replaced the heatsink thinking that the old heatsink wasn't smooth. The...
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    How do I edit my signature?

    Well title says it all. How do I edit my signature? I don't see the pencil icon next to signature in User CP.
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    WRT160N Custom repeater Ebay mlee2_1998 seller

    I have a WRT160N and I was looking to turn it into a repeater. While looking on Ebay for custom antennas, I came across this router which claims to make repeating easy...
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    HP Laserjet 2200 Toner Residue on page

    I have a pretty old Laserjet 2200 that was given to me after being retired from an office. After I got it, there was a leaking toner that I replaced and it seems to be working fine however theres a problem where the right middle of the paper has toner residue which is basically an overlap of...
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    Netgear WNR3500L USB Device sharing password

    I just set up my Netgear WNR3500L so I can access the 512MB flash drive plugged into the back from anywhere on the internet. My problem is that is there any way to set a password on it? So far I've been able to connect from different networks without a password. It's a nice concept but if...
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    Verify if laptop is in Wireless N

    I just reinstalled drivers to my Centrino 6200 wireless card because it kept dropping signals within seconds of connecting. After reinstalling updated drivers, Windows reports that I am going anywhere up to 54Mbps but never higher. Does this mean I am running in Wireless G mode? My router is...
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    Macbook A1181 Battery only charges to 85%

    Just bought a new generic battery for my MacBook since my old battery didn't hold a charge at all. First new battery charged to around 82% and didn't go any higher after 12 hours of charging. Replacement battery charged to 85% and isn't going any higher after an overnight charge. The laptop...
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    Should I upgrade my Intel Mac?

    I have one of the first Intel Macbooks. A1181 with a Core Duo at 2GHz, 2GB DDR2 RAM at 667MHz, 250GB 7200RPM HD, Intel GMA950 GPU, AirPort, Bluetooth, SuperDrive and OS X Snow Leopard 10.6.5. The processor inside isn't 64 bit compatible and I've noticed that sometimes on Facebook, typing in...
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    2006 Macbook only turns on when KB is plugged in

    My 2006 Macbook 13" won't turn on when I hit the power button. The Keyboard and mouse do work fine though. It will only turn on if I hold the palmrest cable into the connector on the motherboard for a second and then push it in all the way after I hear the chime. Do you think this is a bad power...
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    DDR3 RAM - Match brands?

    I have a Studio 1558 where I had to swap one of the RAM sticks. I originally had 2 x 2GB 1333MHz Hynix RAM sticks. The replacement Dell sent me was a Samsung RAM stick at 1333MHz. Should I request them to send me the same brand? Does it matter performance wise?
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    Printer takes several minutes to print a page

    I have an HP Deskjet 855Cse (yes, it is old). Suddenly it stopped printing. It won't print from the computer, and it won't run it's self test 2 pages thing. It will either print a blank page after 10 minutes or print fine but take 20 minutes to print. The heads will sweep the page once, it will...
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    Backing up partition automatically

    I had 3 seperate drives which I all combined into a 1TB drive. I have left a 2x250B SATA, 1x160GB SATA, 1x80GB IDE, 1x100GB IDE. I want to be able to back up my primary Windows XP partition with a regularly scheduled backup. Basically like a clone drive. 1. Is this necessary? I hear these...
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    iPod Touch 2G white screen (Restore didn't fix)

    I had a water damaged iPod touch that I fixed up. I replaced the battery, digitizer and volume lock button flex cable. It worked fine. Suddenly yesterday I started getting the white screen of death. I can hear the iPod click to unlock, the computer recognizes it fine. Is this a motherboard...
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    Clone 3 separate hard drives to partition 1TB drive

    I have 2 x 200GB and 1 250GB drives. I want to clone the contents to a 1TB drive that is partitioned into 300, 300, 400GB partitions. What software can I use to do it? I've tried Acronis and it requires me to erase the destination hard drive first.
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    Windows 7 doesn't print to Wireless Printer

    *I have 10 other XP computers that work fine so I know it's not the printserver* On Windows 7, I can set up the printserver and right after I set it up, it will work perfectly fine. After a reboot, printing to the printserver will keep telling me that the printer is offline when it is not. If...
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    ATI Mobility HD4570 vs HD5470

    I had a Dell Studio 15 laptop where the motherboard failed twice. Dell replaced the system with another Studio 15. The previous one had an HD4570 and the new one has an HD5470. Which one is better? The Windows Rating is the same for Gaming Graphics but is 0.1 lower for Desktop performance for...
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    DV7 Backlight failure after GPU Reflow

    I reflowed a DV7 ATI GPU and now the laptop works fine but I don't get a backlight on the screen. I just plugged in the cable, never actually mounted the whole laptop back together. Is this a problem when I reflowed, a backlight failure, loose cable or should I just reassemble and see?
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    Which AMD processor is better

    I have a broken laptop with a bad motherboard (Acer 5100 series model BL51) that has an AMD Turion 64 TMDMK36HAX4CM processor (writing taken off processor) and another laptop (HP DV2000 series model DV2125nr) that has a AMD Turion 64 X2 Mobile TL-50 (reported by CPU-Z). I was wondering which one...
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    Portable External Hard Drive cannot be powered

    I have a P5Q-E motherboard with a 650w power supply that won't power my external 320GB portable hard drive. I have tried front USB, rear USB and a USB hub on the monitor. All ports produce a clicking sound except the USB hub which poweres it fine. It is also only my custom built computers. My...
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    Cooling a Q9550

    I had a Blue Orb II CPU cooler that just broke so I replaced it with the stock Intel heatsink. I loaded the computer and it idles at 30-37C depending on my room temp. Is it safe to continue to use this heatsink? I am not overclocking the CPU, only my RAM. Also would an airduct going to the rear...
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    Windows 7 x64 CPU constant 25+%

    I just got a new laptop with Windows 7 x64. My CPU Usage is constantly above 25%. I have Avast as my antivirus and basically nothing else on startup I have about 55 processes on startup. Why is this? Where are all these processes coming from?
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    Windows freezes when loading on cold boot

    I have a PC with XP and Windows 7 ultimate x64 dual booted. My problem is that whenever you turn it on, XP or 7, it freezes when loading. On XP, the XP boot screen is dim and on Windows 7, it freezes with the moving logo. If I reboot it when it freezes, XP will ask if I want to start in safemode...
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    Need HP DV2000 Recovery Disc!

    I am in desperate need of a recovery disc that came with the HP DV2000 Notebook. My hard drive just crashed and my burned discs also took a dump. Please, if anybody has it let me know. It would be awesome if you could send me an ISO of your discs. I don't mind paying for your time.
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    ASUS P5Q-E Questions

    I hope somebody can help me here: I got an Asus P5Q-E board from a friend and I never actually got a CD, manual or box for it. I am wondering if anybody can upload an ISO image of their CD for me and if any of you have a box if you are willing to ship it out to me. I like to keep the boxes just...
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    Computer Hard Drive keeps resetting

    I'm running a Cooler Master 650w Power supply and the hard drive in my computer keeps shutting down and restarting. freezing up my computer for about 5 seconds and it happens quire frequently, about every 5 seconds. My Computer Specs: Corsair 650w Power Supply Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP Edition...
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    Overclocking Temps

    I'm running a Q6600 @ 3.0 GHz, stepspeed disabled with 4GB (2 x 2GB) OCZ SLI RAM @ 1002 MHz. Speedfan says: CPU 36C Core0 51C Core1 49C Core2 46C Core3 62C Why is my CPU temp so much lower than the Core temps and why is my Core3 so much higher? Do you think my fan isn't sufficient...
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    What OS for my eMac?

    I just got an eMac from someone on Craigslist. It's a 1.25GHz Power PC with 256 RAM (I'll upgrade if needed) and 40GB HD. I want to know what's the latest version of Mac OSX I can run on the system. I don't care about formatting.
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    Combine 2 hard drives as 1

    I have my primary hard drive as a C: and D: partitioned. Then I have a secondary drive as E:. My D: and E: drives are my media drives and I would like to combine them to become 1 D: drive. Is that possible to do without losing data? If not I can copy all data to another drive as backup. I have...
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    HDD Transfer rate question

    I have a 500GB WD5000AAVS external drive that I took out of the case and made internal. I benchmarked it as a secondary drive and got a 78.1MB/s transfer rate. I then benchmarked my 250GB WD2500JS drive and got 58.4MB/s transfer rate. My question is, why is the 250GB drive significantly slower...
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    HDD Access very slow

    Recently my comptuer randomly started to show sluggish performance. I thought it was due to me holding backups of my other computer (70GB) on my primary C drive making the free space down to 2GB. I moved it over to my secondary D drive making that have 2GB free space but the C drive having over...
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    Old computer needed for online games

    I aqquired an old HP Pavilion 8760c with a 733MHz processor, 384MB RAM and 40GB HDD. I need it in my brothers room who will use it for games on websites such as addictinggames.com, nick.com, cartoonnetwork.com and other sites that have flash based games. As of now I use Google Chrome and...
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    Overclocking issue

    I'm overclocking a Q6600 G0 on a Asus P5K-E Wifi/AP Board. I have The Thermaltake Blue Orb II fan http://www.bigbruin.com/review...?item=blueorbii&file=1 I'm currently at 3GHz with a CPU temp of 58C. My core temps on the other hand are: Core0: 75C Core1: 73C Core2: 69C Core3: 70C Is...
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    Adjusting video card power in laptop

    I would like to run ATI Catalyst Control Center for the powerplay option where I can control the power of my video card. I have an ATI x1400. Is there a Catalyst Control Center for this OS or any alternative? My battery life is horrible without the management.
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    New CPU Fan Recommendations

    I'm looking for a new CPU fan for my Q6600. Right now I have a fan that has the CPU idling at around 45C and I can hear it from 10 feet away. I'm looking for something that's close to silent and would allow me to overclock my CPU in the future if I want to. I was looking at the following...
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    Safely Remove Hardware missing

    Recently I noticed that the safely remove hardware icon from the task bar by the clock is missing. I tried several reboots which didn't solve the problem and I tried a system restore which failed. I tried running the command RunDll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL hotplug.dll which brought up...
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    ATI x1400 Getting Extremely Hot

    I have a Dell Inspiron E1505 with an ATI x1400 GPU. I recently put AS5 on my video card and CPU and have seen mixed results. My CPU is idling at about 32C. My ATI x1400 is idling at 65C. Is this normal? I am monitoring temps with I8KFanGUI E1505/6400 with x1400 Owners: Please do me a big...
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    Asus P5K-E not POSTing

    I have the Asus P5K-E that at random times will not POST. The computer will turn on and the fans will hit high speed and just freeze. No picture on the screen. I have to hold down the power or reset button until the computer turns off and turns back on to clear the CMOS and load default settings...