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    notepad defaults to cmd prompt

    I changed notepad a while ago to open into cmd prompt when trying to make batch files, and thus I accidentally made .txt files default into cmd prompt, but now when I try to change it back to Notepad it won't change. I click on the default programs part and i double click notepad and click ok...
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    Hard Drive mystery

    I have two hard drives both 500 GB, #1 partitioned into C:\ and F:\, and #2 partitioned into D and E. Every so often Windows will diskcheck my #1 F:\ partition and say there are no bad sectors. However sometimes when I look at the POSTing screen my hard drive #2 with D and E does not show up at...
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    Dual display causes green screen and freezes

    My computer broke down a week ago and I decided to take out working parts and put them in an older computer. My Sapphire HD4850 is a few years old now (I bought it not too long after it came out) and when only using one monitor the system runs perfectly fine and I can change resolution and...
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    ECS VIA P4M226A Mobo and ATA/133 PCI adapter

    On my ECS VIA P4VMM2 motherboard, I put in another hard drive for storage, yet my Maxtor 80GB (it's old now) only showed up as 1.78 (around there) gigabytes, so I tried using a Maxtor ATA/133 PCI adapter, the adapter has a screen when booting the computer up and shows the HD to be around 79GB...
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    HTPC Help?

    I just put together a crappy HTPC, with leftover parts: some old ECS mobo, a 2.8GHz Pentium 4, 512 MB DDR RAM, a FX 5900XT, and an old IDE hard drive I've had lying around. Though for certain high-quality rips it looks great, at certain parts of movies it gets choppy and freezes up, what could...
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    New System Doesn't Post and Can't Enter BIOS

    I recently built my first new computer and after assembling it I tried to power iton, but it didnt power on. Then I use the CMOS switch and it turns it on, and it shows an image on the screen. Once in a while the power switch will turn the sytem on, but it doesnt show anything on the monitor. im...