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    Tax Question about COBRA Reimbursement

    I have a question about the tax implications of a new employer (who doesn't yet offer health insurance) paying COBRA insurance premiums for someone to maintain his old employer's insurance benefits until a plan is established. Some internet research seems to indicate that this arrangement...
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    Going to Zurich

    I'll be heading to ZRH this week for work, Mon-Thurs, then taking Fri & Sat to do some stuff on my own. I'll be staying right near the airport because I'll be working there, and because of the discount, decided to stay there on my days off. I won't have a car but I understand the transit is very...
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    TBS wtf?

    I'm getting a Steve Harvey show? Anyone else?
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    Jay Leno headlines

    I find the headlines mildly amusing even though I kinda suspected they were made up in some cases. Well, now I see that they just change ordinary articles to suit their needs. They just changed this (page 2, right side) to this.
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    Anyone been to Dublin?

    I'll be traveling to Dublin next week for work and then taking a few days afterward for myself. I'm curious if anyone has recommendations on places to see, stay, eat, etc. I'll be by the airport during the week and will have a rental car, and will probably move down s/sw of the city centre on...
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    Web Streams to Xbox360 using tversity?

    Does anyone know if its possible to stream mlb.tv to an xbox 360 for playback on a tv? I've done a little research and can't seem to find much help on the subject.
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    Quick question about wall speaker mounting

    I'm trying to wall mount a pair of surround speaker above/behind my couch and am not really sure what I need to do this. The couch is against the wall without much room on the sides, so speaker stands probably aren't an option. For reference, this is what I'm working with: Speaker pic I...
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    Configuring HT setup

    I moved into a new apt a few months back and am finally getting around to setting up my new HT system, but I'm looking for some advice as I'm rather clueless. My current setup involves a 20" crt and nothing else, so I'm pretty excited for the upgrade. I believe I have everything I should need...
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    Xbox 360 controller batteries

    I'm going to be buying an xbox 360 soon and just wanted to get a feel for what controller battery system most users prefer or currently employ.
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    Help picking new gpu

    My old 6800gt bit the dust recently (sort of) and I can only run windows using default vga drivers, any attempt to use real drivers won't load, so I'd like to get a replacement fairly quickly. Right now I'm eyeing either the evga superclocked 8600GT for 90 bucks or the evga 8600GTS for 150...
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    No video when starting windows

    I'm not entirely sure what is relevant, so I'll just run through a recap of my problem. I had been having problems recently with my 6800gt running too hot and locking up during 3d apps. I took it apart yesterday and applied as5 and reset the hsf and it dropped the temps about 20C. Everything...
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    Good place for affordable furniture

    I just moved into a new apt and am looking for some decent furniture. The big need right now is a couch. I've done a fair bit of looking at some stores in the city and online as well. I've kinda ruled out craigslist as I'm not a fan of used couches or mattresses (pretty much anything else I'll...
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    Drive sharing b/w XP and Vista

    I just installed Vista in addition to XP and everything works ok so far in dual boot. I had 2 HDDs, 3 Partions as follows: 1 80GB HD1- XP Drive with winxp and all xp apps installed 1 80GB Partition on HD2- Vista Drive with windows Vista installed 1 170GB Partition on HD2- Media Drive with...
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    Combine ISOs?

    I'm downloading Vista Business from MSDN academic alliance and it is only available in the form of 5 cds right now. Is it possible to somehow combine these ISOs into one image to burn on a single DVD? Thanks.
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    Sacramento visit

    I'll be visiting Sacramento in a few weeks for a wedding and was looking for some advice from anyone familiar with the area. I'll be flying in around 3pm on friday afternoon, checking into my hotel and then heading out for the day/night to see whats around. The two hotels I'm looking at are...
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    Santa Cruz sound card vs. onboard

    I recently installed a new motherboard: epox 9npa3 ultra that has onboard Realtek ALC850 audio. I disabled the onboard like I always do and then installed my ~5 year old turtle beach santa cruz card that I've always used. I've never had any problems with the card and love the way it sounds for...
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    Nforce 4 ultra switch

    My chaintech VNF4 Ultra died and newegg no longer carries it. I'm looking at the epox EP-9NPA3ultra as a replacement. Does anyone know if, because they both use the NF4 chipset, I can simply hook all my components up to the new board and keep on chugging without windows or my drivers getting...
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    Motherboard/PCIe slot problems?

    :confused:Recently I've been having some problems with my computer. It began 2 weeks ago when I was locking up from ram problems (this computer has been running for a year more or less trouble free). The computer restarted and refused to boot with 2 ram sticks in dual channel, which it had done...
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    Odd Problem with IM program

    About 2 days ago I started getting the following message while signed onto instant messanger: AOL System Msg: Your screen name (xXxXx) has signed in from another location. This screen name is currently signed in at 2 locations. To sign off the other location(s), reply to this message with...
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    Bad Windows Reinstall

    I was just going through a reinstall minutes ago and it turned out to be very bad. I have a 250gb HD with all my media and files on a 75gb partition- D, and all my programs and OS on a 75gb partition- C. I booted from The install CD and wanted to reinstall the OS (WinXP pro) on the C: partition...
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    Rebate resubmission?

    I havent done too many rebates before and just had my first one rejected. eVGA sent me back a postcard notifying me the 30$ rebate on my 6800gt couldnt be honored due to the following reason(s): Missing original UPC, Missing Purchase Date, Missing Purchase Location, Missing reciept, invalid...
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    dell or other simple machine?

    My grandparents 8 year old computer is dying and they need it replaced. They live down in FL and are totally incapable of any kind of setup/installation. They use the computer to browse some web pages and check email, maybe play solitare. The biggest thing for them is having in-home service if...
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    new win2k install on large HD

    When installing win2k on a new 160gb HD, only 130gb is recognized. I formatted the drive and partitioned 60gb for C: and installed windows (left the other ~70GB alone). Now windows is installed on a 60GB partition, how can I get to those other 100GB I havent used and format them to make a D: drive?
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    USB flashdrive + windows ME?

    I have a laptop with windows ME loaded on it and the floppy drive is busted. There is no ethernet and no cd burner. The laptop basically has microsoft office and a dvd player on it. I want to know if winME recognizes usb keys as drives or if I need to install drivers. I just want to be able to...
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    External Sata to USB enclosure?

    I recently mistakenly purchased an 80gb SATA Western Digital HD that I had intended to use in my sisters college computer. Unfortunately her machine doesnt have sata ports so I need to run out and buy an IDE HD for her tomorrow and get everything installed since she's leaving in two days...
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    First bad Newegg experience

    I've purchased tons of equiptment from newegg over the past 3 or 4 years for various people and computers. Everything has always been very good so I've continued to shop from them, even when their prices were slightly higher than other vendors. About a month ago I purchased all the parts for...
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    Logitech customer service

    I have an mx510 mouse that I got at xmas. It started acting funny a few months ago and the scroll wheel would not recognize a downward scroll. Everything else was ok. I dealt with it for awhile but it finally started to bother me after using a different working mouse for awhile then returned to...
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    eVGA 6800gt pci-e runs HOT

    I recently built a machine with an eVGA 6800gt pci-e that is idling around 60-61C with a gpu ambient temp of 44C (according the nvidia display properties monitor). When playing BF2 I get crashes and the video card gets HOTTT. I have alttabed out to find the card running at 86C and it quickly...
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    Cannot OC chaintech vnf4 ultra

    I just put together a new rig: Seasonic S12 430W, VNF4U, 250gb sataII HDD, 3000+ venice, 2x1gb corsair vs, with zalman 7700alcu. Temps have not been a problem, nor has inadeqaute power. I flashed the bios to v4.0 which people says is the best right now. I have the HTT mult set to 3x in the...
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    Ram use question

    I just built a machine with 2gb of corsair vs ram. When it was first up and running I ran the windows version of memtest and everything was fine. Since then I installed some updated drivers and SP2 for winxp. Now when I try and run it is says "your version of windows limits the ammount of memory...
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    Firefox/Thunderbird setting transfer

    I just built a new machine with a new install of windows on a new HD. I want to copy all of my bookmarks, saved passwords, email settings and everything from these two programs on the old system to a cd or something and put them on the new system. What files/directories should I be copying over...
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    new build problems

    I have everything unhooked except the essentials. My mb is chaintech vnf4U, i have 1gb stick or corsair vs ram in, a seasonic 430W psu hooked up, a venice 3000+ cpu, and an evga pci-e 6800gt. Everything powers up just fine but I cannot get any video on my monitor. What are common problems that I...
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    Venice 3000+ retail hsf

    I have all my parts for a new build and I purchased a retail 3000+ so I have a hsf. My Arctic Silver 5 and zalman 7700alcu are on the way, but I dont really want to wait for them. How much of a pain would it be if I used the stock hsf and whatever thermal paste or pad they come with for now and...
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    opening a scottrade account

    I've read alot of the old threads here and it seems most people are happy with Scottrade. I'm in college and have a few thousand dollars stashed away plus earnings from this summer I'd like to do something with. I have money in an ing savings account which I'd like to leave some money in...
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    winflash?

    I have a chaintech vnf4 i need to flash to the latest (or one of the latest) bios versions and am wondering if this program is relaible for flashing in windows or if i should go the traditional route with a floppy or cd (i dont really want to install a floppy drive).
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    eVGA 6800GT pci-e for $310 AR

    6800GT from Monarch $30 MIR form Also comes with a free lego star wars promotion. I just ordered one as its the lowest price on a 6800gt pcie I've seen recently.
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    New Computer Build

    Im in the process of piecing together a new system and need some help in a few areas. I already have keyboard/mouse/speakers/lcd and an 80gb 8mb cache maxtor HD i'm going to use as a seconday drive in the new system and a turtle beach santa cruz sound card as well. I'd like to OC this system to...
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    PC duration

    I guess ive never really thought about since I usually dont keep a computer longer than 3-4 years. My current rig is a p4 1.8A@2.4 on a 845E mobo. It has a ti4200 card, 512 ram, and will be getting a new HD. It has a pioneer dvd rom and liteon cd-rw, plus an enlight 300W psu that came with the...
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    Need Build Advice

    I havent kept up with hardware lately, so I need some advice on parts for a new build. Ive tried to read the other build threads, but am still not totally sure on what I want, so I figured I'd ask for suggestions. I have a keyboard/mouse/speakers/dell 2001fp already, so I wont be needing any...
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    cleaning lcd screen

    there are a bunch of sticky dots on my lcd screen that i think came from someone opening a soda and it spraying onto the screen some. I tried taking a cloth and a tiny bit of water, but it makes kinda smears on the screen, anyone have advice.