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    Anybody created a MSDART 10 Disc?

    I have been trying for months now and constantly error out. I have the Desktop Optimization pack 2015 and everytime I run it this is what I get: Generating DaRT image Installing and configuring DaRT tools... The running command stopped because the preference variable...
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    RAID Card Died, HELP!

    My friend is a dentist and they have an old PowerEdge 1900. They had a power outage recently and it stopped booting. I am pretty savvy but minimal server experience. Upon booting it the RAID controller was reading no logical drives. (There are 3 in there, RAID 5). We ordered an exact make...
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    Random BSOD/Shutdowns. Error log all over the place

    I have a friend's laptop. It's a toshiba satellite. Turion 64 X2, 2GB RAM, running Vista Home Prem 32 Bit. It was just recently reflown for no video. I don't think this is related but figured I would mention it. He says it has been randomly shutting down on him. When I check the windows...
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    BSOD, not boot, HELP!

    A friend of mine has a Dell XPS 720. He said it was having random BSOD's etc. I told him to check the error logs and see what the cause was, if it was driver related, do some updating. Well I am not sure what he saw in the log, but he apparently went to Dell's website and updated every driver...
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    "Error loading operating system" HELP!

    Ok a friend of mine owns a store and his POS PC went down. It had no power what-so-ever. The PSU tested fine, so we through a new motherboard in it. We couldnt find the exact original board as this is a Socket 462 antique board. (He will be upgrading the whole system soon we just need the...
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    Anybody experienced with Paragon Adaptive Restore?

    Hey I am the go to tech for most of my friends and have read really good things about Paragons adaptive restore technology. The only purpose I really have for it, is the occasional motherboard swap where hardware isnt identical. It seems like some form of the adaptive technology is wrapped...
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    Windows XP MCE 2005 Issues

    I work on computers for all my friends and family and have come to truly hate Windows XP MCE 2005. I have a copy of OEM discs, the 3 disc set. My question is does anybody make/sell MCE as 1 single DVD disc, that isnt a hacked/cracked/modified disc at all. I currently have a Sony Vaio Media PC...
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    Win XP MCE Activation Issues After Virus

    Friend of mine brought in a PC with malware issues. I booted in safemode, ran MBAM, rebooted in safemode and ran super anti spyware. After that I rebooted and the PC was boot cycling. I did a chkdsk/r from recov console. Then I did a full repair install. Now when I boot it up it says it...
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    Cant find replacement screen for my Lenovo laptop

    I have a friends Lenovo T410 laptop. It has a 14.1" LED LCD, I typically have a few good sellers on ebay I get screens from. But this one, NOBODY seems to have. I found one seller in the UK, and I was hoping to find someone cheaper, closer, quicker. Does anybody have any other...
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    Windows 7 Version Issues

    So I am fairly tech savvy been tinkering for years, and excuse me for asking such a newb issue but I could not find a simple answer on google or here pre existing. I am finally getting a fair amount of friends with Windows 7 machines that want to F&R. Well 99% of pcs sold now do not come with...
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    High Gain Wifi Antennas, Im Confused

    I have a store, and we are opening another store across the street, approx 1/8 mile away. There is a somewhat big building in between. I am shopping high gain antenna's but do not know what is necessarily more important, the MW rating or, what dbm antenna I use, should it be omni directional...
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    Internet only works in safe mode after virus

    I have a friends PC running Windows XP SP3, and it had some major virus infections. I ran MBAM and got 14000+, Spybot found 99 More, then I ran Combofix, I am currently running Super Anti Spyware. The machine seems to be virus clean, but it will connect in safemode w/ networking but not regular...
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    Internet only works in safe mode after virus

    I have a friends PC running Windows XP SP3, and it had some major virus infections. I ran MBAM and got 14000+, Spybot found 99 More, then I ran Combofix, I am currently running Super Anti Spyware. The machine seems to be virus clean, but it will connect in safemode w/ networking but not...
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    What is this connector???

    friend of mine brought over a dell precision t3400 with this video card. What is this connection? Sorry for the dumb question.... I googled video ports, and went through everything I could find before resolving to this post. http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2008-8/1320555/vidcard.jpg
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    MacBook Pro won't boot! Help!

    I am pretty tech savvy with pc's but my friend brought me a MacBook Pro A1211 that isn't booting. When I turn it on I get the apple logo, no chime or anything, then a blue wallpaper with a frozen mouse cursor in the top left corner. Absolutely nothing else. Any suggestions?
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    Does XP MCE with SP3 integrated exist?

    Is there a XP Media Center Disc with Service pack 3 integrated??? I dont want a hacked up garbage disc from torrents. Just OEM MCE with SP3. I keep having crazy issues with repair installs on MCE machines that have downloaded SP3.
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    My dig camera shuts my PC off

    My friend has a Dell Dimension E310 PC. It had a bad hard drive so I put a new 320GB SATA drive in it. Loaded a fresh install of XP MCE. Loaded SP3 and all available updates. PC runs great, EXCEPT.... if I plug either of his Digital Cameras into it via USB cable the PC immediately reboots...
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    Anybody familiar with guardian edge encryption?

    I have a friend who brought me a crashed laptop hard drive. It is his laptop from when he was in the airforce. It has Guardian Edge encryption on it. All he want is his outlook .pst files. Anybody have experience with this or any ideas on how to go about getting data off it.
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    How to recover iBook HD data using PC

    My friend has a dead iBook G4. We pulled the hard drive it. Now how can I get the data off of it without using another mac, because we only have access to PCs.
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    Do 3GB DDR2 Laptop Single Sticks exist?

    Bidding is over now so it doesn't matter but I am curious. I saw a HP DV9000 laptop on ebay boasting 6GB of DDR2. That laptop only has 2 RAM slots, so they would have to be 3GB sticks. I have never seen such a thing.... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290397770858
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    Newb Question - How to move data from Mac to PC

    My friend has an Ibook G4. They want to back up all their pictures and music. When I open the picture program and try to export to a western digital passport, it says it can't do it. Is there a way to format my passport for Mac use, if so how do I then get the data on to a PC. Or is there a...
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    Rouge AV that I can't seem to kill

    I have a rogue AV that I can not seem to kill. I am booting in safemode, and have run MBAM, Spybot S&D, Super Antispyware Portable. I have also run all those programs from UBCD4WIN. Here is a picture of what it looks like: http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2008-8/1320555/virus.jpg...
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    HELP Reloading OS X on Ibook G4

    A friend of mine bought an Apple Ibook G4 used. It boots up and has 3 user accounts all of which are password protected, none of which we know. I 'acquired' a dmg of snow leopard. Converted it to ISO burned to a +R DL and tried to hold option down and make it boot from it. No success. Then...
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    Good system burn in program for Windows 7

    What is a good system burn in program for windows 7? I build alot of PC's for friends etc, and would like to run something on them to test system stability.
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    Virus Removal / Tune up software for mac?

    Hi, sorry for the noob question. I am a PC guy, savvy enough to do anything I want on a pc. A friend just brought me a newer macbook though. Says it seems to be running sluggish. They think it may have a virus? Is there any free software or good tutorials on what to do or look for in the...
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    Can SP3 be Slipstreamed into Media Center Edition

    I have a Windows XP MCE PC I am working on for a friend that needs a windows repair done. But he has SP3 installed and my only OEM MCE discs only have SP2. I checked torrent sites and can not find a good oem not hacked or cracked etc MCE copy w SP3 in it already.
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    BartPE Help! How to add antivirus apps?

    Can anyone walk me through, or link me to a good walk through on how to add apps to a BartPE disc. I have google search and found nothing that helped. I want to be able to add programs like Spybot, MBAM, etc to a BartPE for extremely infected machines.
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    Is it possible to have full, activated Win 7 Ultimate yet?

    Someone on my local craigslist has a laptop for sale that they swear has Windows 7 Ultimate, a full release, activated through windows genuine that will not deactivate in a year like release candidate? Is this possible or is it just a hack copy? Here is the ad...
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    1/2 Laptop Screen is Dim... Inverter? LCD?

    I have a compaq laptop and 1/2 the screen is more dim than the other. Would this be the inverter, or the LCD screen itself, or something else totally? Don't want to waste money on parts I do not need. Laptop was actually under warranty, mailed it back to Compaq, they deemed that they didn't...
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    Reinstalled XP Acer Netbook, and Wifi Disappeared

    I bought a Acer netbook second hand off someone, and the first thing I did was reinstalled Windows XP Home using an OEM disc I had and the COA off the bottom. Foolishly I did not test the wifi prior to this. Now after a clean install and every driver I can find for the netbook being installed...
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    Hardware boot manager?

    I am about to start building a dual boot hackintosh. I saw one somebody else had, and asked him what boot manager he used, and he told me it was a piece of hardware doing the boot management. I have done some google searching and can not find any such device. Anybody know what I am looking...
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    Help, Removed Virus now I can't log in to Windows

    Ok I have 2 computers I am working on for friends with the exact same symptoms. Both had different viruses that had hijacked desktop, homepage, etc. Both PC's had Spybot S&D and MBAM ran on them. Upon rebooting when you get to the Windows Logon Screen you can select any user and it will say...
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    HELP! Can you get Outlook Express Acct Settings from a crashed HD?

    Friends computer crashed and we copied the hard drive to an external. Wiped the original hard drive and reloaded windows. Everything is good, we have access to all the original files and were able to reinsert all vital information except for the outlook express account settings. Is there any...
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    Need Linksys drivers, linksys site down?

    I need drivers for the following Linksys wireless USB adapters. I went to linksys.com found the adapter on the support section, but it offered no drivers. Have been searching on google for 30 minutes. please help! WUSB100 WUSB600N Thanks!!!
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    Good drive cloning software

    I have an old copy of Norton Ghost that boots from floppy and allows you to clone a drive to a dvd. I loved it! I load my machine the way I want drivers, software etc, then make a clone to the dvd. Should my hard drive catch a virus etc, I pop in the DVD its bootable and has my hard drive...
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    Can anyone Walk Me Through SlipStreaming XP?

    Can anyone help me make my first slipstream xp disc? If you live in Brevard I will come to you. I will even pay you for your time. Thanks!
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    NEWB RAID Question

    So I just built a dual core raid machine. Its a intel Core 2 Duo processor in a Asus P5VD2-VM SE motherboard. I have a couple issues. I have 2 80GB HDDs in the RAID array and it seems to be working fine I have it set to clone for security. First off whenever the computer is reset by software...
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    HELP! Invalid partition table

    Ok so a friend just brought me his laptop and this is what he did, and now I can't figure out how to fix it. His laptop had a 20GB HDD partitioned into a 5 and a 15. The 5 was the primary, the 15 had nothing on it. So He tried to used partition magic to delete the 15 and merge it with the...
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    Computer Programmed Christmas Light Controller

    Last year I found a site with a christmas light controller that I really liked. It has like 15-20 plugs on it, was around $300-400 and had the software and everything to program it with your computer. I do not have the time, effort, or know how to build my own, but do not want a cheap $100 or...
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    Problem with my new SATA DVD Burner

    Hey I just recently bought this burner off newegg: http://www.newegg.com/product/...p?item=N82E16827151141 I thought I would be all techy and do away with all my IDE cables. Whenever I go to burn anything with it though using Nero it gives me a DMA-Error CRC error.