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    Random shutdown, now no post: Troubleshooting

    The other night while watching some hulu the computer cut out on me. It rebooted fine. I went to sleep. When I woke up the power was off on the computer again, and it won't post. The fans spin then it shuts itself down. No beeping, not sure if I even have an internal speaker hooked up though...
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    After update win 7 update 2nd monitor analog only

    I recently upgraded to windows 7 64 bit from XP. I have a geforce 8800gts with a two monitor set up. The second monitor is my hdtv, I use the 2nd monitor set up mostly for watching tv shows from hulu/network websites. I have a DVI-I cable going from the computer to the TV. The video card has...
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    Installer pops up on boot

    I'm running XP, and for some reason recently the windows installer pops up during boot. It reads "preparing to install", is up for about 2 seconds, and then disappears. I've been looking around msconfig to try and figure out why this is happening but to know avail. XP, core 2 duo E6600, 2...
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    When I choose turn off my comp restarts

    I'm not sure what's going on. I just reformatted because I was having some weird thing going on from changing versions of norton anti virus from mine to the corpate version from my school. I'm running win xp pro. Now for some reason when I choose turn off, the computer restarts. Any ideas what...
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    Question about Svideo

    This isn't really a computer issue, but I didn't know where else to ask this question. I was just wondering what the difference in video quality is between using an RCA video out, let's say from a dvd player to a tv, vs using svideo to connect the dvd player to the tv (obviously the RGB is the...
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    Having Problem with CD Rom

    When I boot my comp my dvd rom led light starts flashing like crazy. It doesn't get detected by windows. It's been working fine for months and just started doing this without warning. I tried screwing with jumpers, got it to boot correctly somehow switching it to slave and my RW to master. It...
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    CD Rom Problem on boot

    When I boot my computer the light on my DVD rom starts flashing like crazy. I can't open the tray, it's not detected by the bios. It's worked for over a year and I haven't changed anything. I tried unplugging it, then plugging it back in. I tried making it slave and my RW master. Tried switching...
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    XP won't boot

    My friend's computer will not boot. When we turn it on it goes to a screen that says something about either there being a hardware conflict, or windows wasn't shut down properly. THen it asks whether to start in safe mode, safe w/ command, safe w/ networking, last known good config, or start...
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    Question about admin and non admin on XP

    I have XP professional on my PC. My father consistantly hijacks the computer (which I paid for, if he wants to use one he has a nice 400mhz gateway in the other room) and downloads porn and other crap and makes my computer run like crap. I'm getting tired of having to keep undoing what he does...
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    Win XP Limiting User Accesibility

    My father, who knows nothing about computers, has a knack for causing problems on mine. Is there any way I can limit what programs he has access to when he logs on?
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    4x AGP in an AGP 3.0 Slot?

    I am thinking about purchasing the Asus A7N8x, and want to know if my 4x AGP card will work in the 8x AGP slot.
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    Question about wireless routers

    My cousin is considering buying a wireless router because it's obviously more convenient than wiring and drilling. My biggest concern is that the walls in her house are going to cause problems for the connection. how much interference will the walls cause?
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    Question about wireless routers

    For the average DSL user, what is the pro and con to going wireless router instead of cables? My cousin wants to get another computer and network all the ones in her house, and I'm trying to give her advice. Any input would be appreciated
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    Quick Question

    AGP 4x cards will work properly in an AGP 8x slot, right?
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    Question About AGP 8x

    Just double checking. An AGP 4x card will work in an AGP 8x slot?