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    Display problem

    I'm having a hard time putting this issue into the correct terminology. But my problem lies with graphic quality on my display. When I'm watching a video or playing a game, certain colors will appear along the edge of objects/faces etc. Sometimes its a rainbow effect. Other times its a specific...
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    Display problem

    I'm having a hard time putting this issue into the correct terminology. But my problem lies with graphic quality on my display. When I'm watching a video or playing a game, certain colors will appear along the edge of objects/faces etc. Sometimes its a rainbow effect. Other times its a...
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    Powerpoint problem

    The text on my powerpoint presentations is stretched. I haven't made any updates or changes to my computer. Every single file I open, shows the text incorrectly. When the files are opened on other computers, the text is correctly scaled. Web pages and other software show the text normally...
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    Deleted Partition

    I am formating my hard drive and installing xp on my system, but accidentally had my external hard drive connected. When asked which partitions to delete, I deleted them all, including the partition(s) on my external drive. OH NO Now I cannot access any of my backed up...
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    lexmark z55 printer spitting out blank pages

    Lexmark z55 printer Windows XP USB connected to single computer I've tried rebooting computer, turning printer off, uninstalling software/drivers and reinstalling, cleaning print heads, new ink cartridges.... Test print pages perfectly fine. When I tried to print a document, all I get...
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    Ethernet card acting strange

    AFter some badly needed cable management and installation of shelving system, I plugged my computers back into the network, but now my desktop isn't connecting correctly. When I used 192.168.1.1 to check modem settings, I would get no connection detected. I then looked at IP address which...
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    Upgrading old monitor to LCD

    My husband's Dell Dimension 4500 has a Geoforce 4 MX 420 and I was wondering if this LCD monitor would be compatible. BenQ FP202W Black 20.1" 8ms Widescreen LCD Monitor Recommended Resolution 1680x1050 *Please verify your video card can support the recommended resolution of...
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    Just what you wanted! Another newbie asking for build advice.

    Purpose for system 1. World of Warcraft - I play about 20+ hours a week 2. Photo editing and storage - When I do get out of the house (lol) I love to take pictures! 3. HTML Editing/Composing 4. Audiobook and Music ripping and storage. 4. Email and internet browsing. Buying...
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    Having problems choosing a motherboard

    Building my first desktop for playing WoW. Not particular about having a top performing system but here's what I've decided so far. eVGA 512-P2-N573-AR Geforce 7900GTO 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card AMD Athlon 64 FX-55 San Diego 2.6GHz 1MB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor...
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    replacing fans on laptop

    I have a Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop whose fans are becoming unbelievably noisy. I've tried to blast them with air to unlodge dust bunnies, but the noise still persists. I think the system is overheating because the fans are not working at an optimum lvl. Is it possible to replace these two...
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    Maintaining three computers on home network

    It's tedious to maintain three computers, what methods do you implement for updating software programs and such. I'm interested in the computers being exactly the same in terms of settings.
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    Upgrading Windows 98 to Xp Home on new hardware

    I'm taking the DVD/CD, HD and NVIDIA video card out of my son's computer and installing on new motherboard, CPU, PSU and case. Is it possible to upgrade the Windows '98 to XP Home without alot of glitches? Would I be better off (might have hard time troubleshooting) to simply buy a new OS...
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    Upgrading an old HP Pavilion 8770C

    My 8 year old son uses this computer for gaming (WOW, internet games) and it needs to be severely overhauled. I've already upgraded to a GeoForce FX 5500, but the memory cannot be upgraded past 256 MB Its got an AMD Athelon 856 Mhz, I dont know what kind of motherboard. How do I go...
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    Old 98 Windows desktop computer keeps freezing up. Should I throw it in the trash?

    I'm not sure what to do with this system. I can't keep it stable, it freezes with the most simplest of tasks. Will updating memory help this freezing problem? here are the system specs Operating System System Model Windows 98 SE (build 4.10.2222) Processor a Main Circuit Board b 850...
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    Need to upgrade video card to play World of Warcraft. Please advise

    This is my motherboard: Board: Asus K7M 1.04 BIOS: Phoenix Technologies LTD 1.04 03/27/00 Running Windows 98 VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA VANTA PROCESSOR: 850 megahertz AMD Athlon What are my options?
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    Which is the best partition type for my external 250GB HD?

    I've read till my eyes are blurry. I still don't understand which partiiton type is best suitable for my external HItachi 250 GB HD I've read that I should transfer my pagefile.sys to this drive, fomat it with Fat 32 and allocated 4 GB, but which do I choose? Primary or logical. Can...
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    Why was my thread deleted?

    I'm getting IE popups, and the last thread posted regarding these popups was removed.
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    Why do I get this IE popup everytime I log into this website?

    http://www.winfixer.com/pages/scanner/i...php?aid=mgkron2&lid=RON&ed=2&ex=1&ax=1
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    why would a computer not assign a network address?

    This might be the wrong forum, but I have spent several hours assisting my friend. He purchased a new Gateway laptop. (please dont stone me) My network is stable with two wired and one wireless computers. We spent upteen hours online talking to technical support trying to identify why his...
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    Hard drive and compatible casing

    Looking at buying a hard drive from newegg. The choices are somewhat mind boggling. I have limited knowledge of hardware components and wondering if this particular drive would work in this particular case. Primary purpose will be to house my growing mp3, audiobooks and digital...