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    What would you say?

    I just got my first multi-core desktop. It already has 2 video cards in it. Neither of which are built in. There is no on-board video on this multi-core desktop. I also already have a pretty good video card in my single core desktop so I'm thinking I'd like the best video card in my best...
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    XP chokes but not Windows 7 during install...

    I have been tasked with reworking an old Dell Inspiron1150 laptop. I was putting Windows XP Pro on it but each time, during the intitial setup at 34 minutes remaining during the Installing Drivers portion of the install, the laptop would blue screen. usually with a paging a non page area type...
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    Best processor for my Intel D945GTP mobo?

    I have this Intel D945GTP motherboard running WIN 7 Ultimate 64bit with the maximum of 4gb of ram. I currently have a Pentium IV 3.0Ghz W/HT processor in it. I'd like to upgrade it to the best there is if it isn't cost prohibitive. I checked on the FAQ page for my board to see what it said I...
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    chkdsk e: /r with WIN 7 nuked my drives...

    I'm at work. The HR Director's PC started rebooting over and over. All cooling fans are on and the room is cool so I suspect the HDD or the the OS. I took the drive out and hooked it up to my PC through a univeral adaptor that plugs into my PC via a USB port. I started up my PC and I see the...
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    Script for clearing inactive PC accounts?

    This is work related and I'm sorry for that but this is best place I know of to get the best answers fast. At work we have several inactive computer accounts in our domain. I'm looking for a tool to run through or against our Active Directory that will identify and remove these computer accounts...
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    Outlook 2003 PST to Outlook 2007 PST?

    I'm sure someone here knows the quick answer so I'll be short with the description of the issue I face. I had Outlook 2000 back then and have always kept all of my email. When I upgraded to Outlook 2003, I simply copied my .PST file from the old install and pointed the new Outlook to it...
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    Old School Stuff

    Greetings! I have an old IBM in my garage that I have set up to dual boot WIN 98 SE and WIN XP Pro. The hard drive was only 10gb in size. This worked fine for me for years but after getting updates and adding games my XP partition finally started running out of room. I could see that my...
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    How to lock down my PC for kids to use

    Hello folks. Here is what I'm trying to do exactly: I have a PC that I want my son to be able to use and not destroy. This PC is running Windows XP Professional. I have an administrator account on it and he has a seperate one too. I want my account to continue to have full administrative...
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    Disk testing tools?

    I have a couple of questions about testing hard drives to make sure they are good. There is nothing worse than using a old hard drive from somewhere and installing to it like an operating system just to find out the drive has bad sectors. Windows XP has the Error-checking tool built into it...
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    Vista and Audigy 2 sound...

    I have a older PC running Vista Business and a SoundBlaster Audigy2 sound card. I played a song on Windows Media Player and the sound is garbled and glithy with tickings ounds too. The song sounded better than worse but not good enough to keep listening to. I tried sevral songs all with the same...
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    Only sees half of it

    I have a buddy who has an old Pentium III 8mhz system he is using as a backup system while his main box is dead. He said that he has had 512mb of PC100 ram in it before. He said recently when he turned it on, the bios and the OS only 1/2 of the total of ram he has in it. I gave him 2 sticks of...
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    On a server mobo

    I was given an old Compaq server about a month ago from a guy who upgraded the PC that runs his business. It's from about 1999 as near as I can tell. It has two seperate processors on it and two Scuzzi drives. It has Windows 2000 Server running on it now. I'm thinking about using it as a game...
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    I have $500 and a question.

    Money isn't so much the issue here but I want to keep it down if possible to around $500. Here are the givens to this word problem. I already have a case, power supply, sound card, network card, usb bay, floppy drive, DVD player, CD/RW drive and TV tuner card. I need a new mobo that...
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    XP2600 vs Sempron 3000MP vs XP-M 3000+

    I have a ASUS A7V8X mobo. It has the KT400 chipset on it but the FSB runs at 333. I have a Sempron 3000/MP in it right now but I wonder if a XP2600 I have laying would be faster. Any ideas? I also have a XP-M 3000+ that is the 266fsb flavor. How would it do in this comparison against both...
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    Not so easy Scandisk question........

    I'm running Windows XP Pro. I have a single hard drive in the machine and I completely know how to run a chkdsk on it and go into the event viewer and see the results of scandisk whenever I run it. Here is the tricky question. I have another drive that I want to start to use in a different...
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    Multipliers?

    I have a XP-M 3000+ that I'm running on a ABIT KT7A using a modified BIOS. It is usually running at the default 16.5 X 133FSB = 2200mhz. It is a mobil processor so the multipliers are unlocked. My question is this: Can I use a higher multiplier than it's default highest one being 16.5...
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    XP-M 3000+ on a ABIT KT7A ver 1.3 motherboard?

    Being that the ABIT KT7A was one of the most popular overclocking boards of all time, I'm sure several of you here have owned one before and know them inside and out. I'll start by explaining what I'm trying to do. I have purchased a XP-M 3000+ processor. I have a fully functional ABIT KT7A...
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    Windows ME Update issue

    Yes, I know it's old and not supported anymore. Here is the situation. I got a PC from a buddy. It was a HP XE-748 that came with the recover disks. I used them to format and to reinstall which it did perfectly. I went straight to the windows update where I always install everything they...
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    Processor questions

    I've always been an AMD guy so I don't know squat about Intel processors. I'm working on 2 machines for a friend right now. One is the HP Omnibook 6000 laptop and the other is a HP Pavilion XE748 desktop. Each of these have a Pentium III chip-set. One runs a Pentium 700 and the other runs a...
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    XP-TMC

    There is a device called an XP-TMC made by a company named upgradeware that allows you to run newer processors in older boards. Someone once mentioned to me that a company called PowerLeap makes an adaptor that does the same thing. Both companies no longer produce either of these devices. I'm...
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    Did all AMD XP Mobil Processors come unlocked?

    That is the question. I know AMD XP Mobil Processors used to all come unlocked up to the XP-M 2600 but I know that AMD at some point started locking all of their chips. So now you know why I'm asking. I need to confirm before buying a XP-M 3000 processor. Thank you.
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    How much ram can XP address>

    There it is. Straight and simple. How much ram can Microsoft XP Home and Pro edition actually utilize? I have heard the answer to be 4gb from people I work with. I have a friend that has 4 gig installed on a very modern mobo but he says it can only see 2.5gb of the total 4gb he has installed...
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    IE7 Issue

    I have 2 computers sitting right next to each other. Each has an identical shortcut to the login for my ftp server web space. 1 machine has IE6 1 machine has IE7 On the IE6 box I launch the shortcut and the login box appears. I put my username and password and hit OK. My web space opens...
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    Memory Question

    There is no MEMORY section here and I know all MOBO's require it so I guessed this might be the best place to ask this MEMORY question. I'm looking to buy some upgrade memory and came across this question. While reviewing memory prices at Newegg and at Crucial I came across a couple different...
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    I know it's old but...

    I have an old EPoX 8K3A+ Mobo that has the Via KT333 chipset on it as is only AGP 4X compliant. I currently run a G-Force 4 t14200 128mb DDR video card in it and all I play is UT and UT2004. My card does very well with both but I have simply always wanted a ATI 9700 Pro and they are cheap now...
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    Overheated PC locks up entire network. How?

    The subject says it all. I have PC that I use as a game server. Here are it's specs: ABIT KT7A Ver. 1.3 XP2100 512MB Crucial PC 133 CAS2 Ram Hitachi 120GB HDD I access the internet through my Time Warner High Speed Cable Modem that connects to my Linksys WRT54G Wireless-G Broadband...
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    How about this combo?

    I learned about the ASROCK 939DUAL-SATA2 a long time ago and just wanted the BIOS bugs worked out before I got one. Now it's time to pick the chip to run in it. Here is what I'm looking at: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Windsor 2.0GHz Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4000CSBOX - Retail 64...
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    What do you think about this combo?

    I learned about the ASROCK 939DUAL-SATA2 a long time ago and just wanted the BIOS bugs worked out before I got one. Now it's time to pick the chip to run in it. Here is what I'm looking at: AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ Windsor 2.0GHz Socket AM2 Dual Core Processor Model ADA4000CSBOX - Retail 64...
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    ATI All In Wonder 7500

    Someone gave me one of these cards lately and I am curious to know what it it equal to. I read a review on a strait 7500 without the TV add on and it scored about between a ti500 and ti200 which tells me nothing. I'm considering using it in a server that I never use except to serve. The server...
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    Suggestion for a friend

    I have a buddy who is actively searching for a new video card. His system is a Pentium IV 1.8ghz on a DirectX 8 mobo which supports AGP 4X 2.0 . His current video card is one of those TNT2 M64 video cards that really has no power at all. He only expects to play Unreal Tournament with this card...
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    Maybe an easy question

    I type this question to you now from an IMB Personal Computer 300PL. This PC has a Pentium III 733mhz processor that runs with a 133FSB as near as I can tell. I'm wondering what the fastest processor is that I can put into this PC. I have a much faster main system that I use but I want this one...
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    Teach me quick!

    I'm about to buy a laptop for my wife. I'm up to speed on full size desktop CPUs but I don't know a thing about how to compare the mobil chips that come in laptops like Centrinos vs AMD vs Pentium M chips and all. I tend to lean towards AMD but not if Pentium has a better laptop chip in it for...
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    Oh brother...

    My nephew bought a new video card for his PC. Rather than foloow the directions for the install, he went to the device manager and disabled his current G-Force card. Then he turned of the computer, pulled out the old card and put in the new card. It shows the new cards bios info and all of the...
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    AGP Question

    I am working on a friends old AMD 400 computer. I think the processor is actaull a an AMD K6 2-400 which I have clocked up to run at 500mhz right now. It had Windows 98 running on it with a VooDoo 3 3000 AGP. The motherboard is a EPoX MVP3C. I know there are two different AGP ports on...
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    Upgrading question

    Here is the problem: I have a EPoX 8K3A+ mobo right now. It's capacitors are LEAKING for the 2ND TIME so I'm going to go ahead and upgrade. The upgrade will not include a EPoX motherboard period. I have a AGP video card that does everything I need it to so I don't need PCI-Express. I only...