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    Vista Ultimate OEM license transfer

    I am a little confused about how licensing works for hardware that comes with an OEM license. Say I have a laptop, and I move it to XP because I don't want to use Vista on it, am I then allowed to use the OEM license from the bottom of the machine on another machine? I am curious, I have one...
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    boot drive choices

    I have these two drives available to use as my boot drive and I'm trying to figure out which of the two will be faster. I hesitate to use such a large drive for my OS, but if it is faster, I will do it. My last alternative is to get a 74 GB raptor, but I'm not sure if I can justify the cost.
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    a64 3200 w. NF3 DFI board, or 6800 gt?

    So I have just basically had someone tell me they will give me either their socket 754 a64 3200 (not winchester) and a DFI Lanparty Nf3 ultra board, or their pny 6800 gt for $50 more. My current rig looks like this: Mobile XP 2400+ @ 2.2 (2.4 on water which I have sitting next to me awaiting...
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    Did I lead my friend astray?

    I just convinced my friend to get this combo instead of an ECS + a64 3200 for $220. I figured the extra price was worth it for this amazing board. I haven't been keeping up with current prices, though, and I am not sure if I just led him to a good or horrible price? What do you guys think?
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    WoW Owners, I need help about accounts before I buy

    I found someone selling a used copy of the game who told me they would cancel their account so I could make a new one on that CD key. I was wondering if this is possible or does blizzard make it so that ONLY that person can ever use that cd key. I really want the game but don't want to pay the...
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    Noise cancelling microphone

    The head of our lab travels a lot on airplanes and using the built in mic on the tape recorders we have picks up WAY too much background noise and our software can't even recognize someone is talking. So we are looking into noise cancelling microphone options and I was curious if anyone knew...
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    MX 510 making a high pitched noise

    Okay, so I sold my razer viper to a coworker and got an mx510 (I prefer putting the sensitivity of the mouse really low and I use the extra buttons). I have the mouse plugged into the ps/2 port right now and am using ps2rate to jack it up to 200Hz. Well, the mouse makes this high pitched noise...
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    Ice Probe for aquariums?

    My friend just killed off his fish and is selling off his aquarium equipment. He has this thing called the ice probe which I found here: http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=CW1111&ast=&key= I was wondering if anyone knew if this would be good for a watercooling system...
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    Deus Ex: Invisible War Soundtrack Free Download

    The soundtrack is being offered as a free download at www.dxinvisiblewar.com You just click downloads and soundtrack and it has the 14 tracks they composed for the game for download!
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    SCSI-1 centronics style SCSI card

    Does anyone know where I can purchase a SCSI-I style SCSI PCI or ISA card with the centronics connector (external)? We have this old scanner that a Doctor at our lab wants to use and I can't seem to find a card for this monster. Preferably something $50 or less. Thanks!
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    Fry's retail 2800+DFI NFII $169.99 and other bundles

    They have these processor mobo combos this week: retail 2600 + matsonic MS8177C mobo for 139.99 retail 2800 + DFI NFII 400-AL mobo (nforce 2 ultra) 169.99 bare 3 ghz P4 (a C I believe) w/800 mhz fsb + FIC VL13PE 865PE mobo for 284.99 p4 2.8 ghz (533 fsb) + ECS l4VXA2 mobo for 169.99 Also of...
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    help! Time to start out with a new HD

    I am a big dork, but I am trying to weigh my options at this point. I just got the 160 GB maxtor drive from staples and I am planning to start a brand new fresh XP image for a couple of reasons: 1) I reformat every 6 months or so anyways because I like the speed and optimizations I can only...