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    Network does not allow two connections on the same plug?

    Hi I work in a small subsidiary of a large corporation. Locally we are not allowed to have IT resources, so we have to try and fix things for ourselves. I'm having an issue just connecting a new hire to the network. There is a plug (RJ45) in the wall that connects to the server, which is...
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    Guide: How to install Windows 8 with 2012 iMac and BootCamp

    I've been trying to install windows 8 on my late 2012 iMac for a couple of weeks, and finally succeeded. I could not find any definitive guide even after many hours googling, so here is a forum post to help people who come after me. The main issue was that the bootcamp assistant only formats the...
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    I cannot turn off mouse acceleration?

    I've just brought home a gorgeous new imac 27. Up to this point I've been using windows, and have had the mouse set to 0 acceleration. Now I can google the fact that Mac forces mouse acceleration, which gives me cramps in my hand that transplants up to my neck, so I have been looking for...
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    Suddenly wireless stops working

    As many times before, when a problem stumps me, I turn to Anandtech. I have a desktop pc, with an Asus PCE-N13 (PCIe) wireless card inserted. It connects to my wireless netgear router. It's been running fine for years. Yesterday it ran fine. Today though, it just says "no connections...
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    Can I lock the CPU fan ? (AsRock)

    Hi I have an X58 SuperComputer + i7 920. My issue is the CPU temperature - as soon as I boot up the pc, it climbs to around 60 degrees celcius. When it hits 65 degrees, the CPU fan automatically goes to the max level and makes a hell of a noise. I have enabled cool n quiet etc. in the...
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    Suggestions for a nice AV gadget?

    Hi I'm looking for suggestions for a video gadget, to play my movies and tv shows. I have a lot of 720p files on my pc, that I want to show on my tv. My current practice is to convert the files to mpeg, transfer them to a harddrive, and play them via my PS3 on the tv. Then I saw the apple...
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    Software for keylogging ?

    Hi. I am looking for some suggestions to a key tracking/logger tool. I've been unable to find anything useful at all, and normally I am quite good at googling. All I can find is "spysoftware". I am curious to measure my keyboard activity over time - to see when I am the most active, if there...
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    My PC is making too much noise.. help

    When I bought my PC; I thought this time - this time I will get a silent pc. So I bought a silent cabinet (expensive). I bought a silent video card (expensive). Bought a silent chassis fan. Bought an Asrock x58 Supercomputer motherboard + core i7-920 with box cooler. Now the issue is that it...
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    New quality 24"-27" ,, suggestions?

    Hi I have around $800 to spend on a new quality monitor. It's $800 in Europe mind you where prices are somewhat higher than US. I need something with at least 1080p resolution and 24" - I will use it for surfing, a bit of movies and tv and some world of warcraft. So pretty much alround. I...
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    do netbooks have modem connection?

    My parents need a new pc - for emails etc. I've suggested a netbook (with ext. monitor). A critical point though, is that it needs to have a 56.6 k modem - because in their summer residence, that's the only connection there is. Do all new netbooks have a 56k modem built in? How do I check...
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    Hard drive is unrecognizable after reinstalling windows

    I've bought a new hard drive, and installed windows 7 on it. I had two hard drives previously, so that makes three total now. The two old ones are 320gb and 250gb western digital. The 320 works fine, has worked since booting up for the first time. But the second one won't work. When I go into...
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    Bought new pc, nothing seems to work

    If somebody can help me get my new pc up and running, I'll promise never to try and assemble one again myself!! I bought some parts for it used, and some new. The specs are as follows: corsair TX650 (new) i7 920 (new) asrock supercomputer x58 (used) 3x2gb mushkin ram (used) sapphire...
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    The activity light on my inactive drive keeps flashing..

    I just bought a WD external drive (my book 1 tb). So far things are fine. What worries me, is that the blue activity light flashes every 10 seconds - and a not so loud cracking noise accompanies it. If I were to measure the time between, I'm sure it would be the same all the time...
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    Unecessary clicks

    I couldnt find a web category, so posting here instead. - I have a friendly discussion with a co-worker. On our company's global homepage, there are several clicks that I perceive as being irrelevant, and that we could remove. My thesis is that just a few irrelevant clicks for the user...
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    Photoshop colour is different from Illustrator colour

    If I save a picture of a certain colour in illustrator, like RGB 50:50:50, and subsequently open the same image in photoshop, the colour shows up as 32:58:40 for instance. How do I make sure the colour stays the same in my Adobe programs ?
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    1.5 or 2.5 gb ram for Photoshop?

    I have 1GB ram in my current laptop. Going to be working a lot with adobe photoshop, illustrator and indesign, and want more ram to ease that. Since the laptop already has 2x512 mb installed memory, I will have to throw one of them out. This means I have to options: A) Buy a 1GB stick...
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    windows xp control panel crashes

    Everytime I try to open my control panel, explorer crashes. I have googled, and found a possible solution - to move all .cpl files, and then locate the one that causes the problem. Trying that; I found that even if I delete all .cpl files in \system32, control panel still crashes...
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    PDF Printer

    Hi I am trying to print my final paper to pdf. Problem is, that the pdf printers I have tried, all compress the pictures inside the paper, to the point where they look hideous. They leave vector images alone, but bitmap images get the treatment. Do any of you know a pdf printer that...
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    Thumbnail Creator

    I'm trying to create a local picture portal for our company employees. It should be a html site that they load, and from there they can browse pictures in folder E:\Folder for instance. Are there any thumbnail creators or other programs out there, that can update the .html automatically...
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    My windows clock is always 3 minutes late!

    I've been having this problem for some time on my company laptop. Matter of fact, it's always been that way. It's a Dell D420 - and the windows clock keeps running 3 minutes late. I can correct it, but invariably it's back to running 3 minutes late some time after - sometimes after as little...
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    Messed up my company-laptop!

    Okay I was trying to transfer some files from my personal laptop to my company laptop today. To do this, I had to switch my work laptop to use "MSHOME" workgroup instead of logging onto a company domain as usual. This worked fine. Problem is - I can't switch back to the domain now!!! When I...
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    MS Outlook pop-ups on email

    Each time I receive an e-mail in MS Outlook (not express), a small rectangle pops up in the lower right side of the screen, detailing the beginning of the received message. How do I disable that? I don't want various people reading the beginning of my emails by chance.
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    MS Outlook distorts images... ?!

    I have big problem. I have an important task at work, formatting an e-mail to some customers. It have it looking just the way I want it - it consists of some text and a couple of images. The problem arises when it arrives at the recipients inbox. Somewhere during the transmission, outlook...
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    Wireless security

    Hi. I am currently interning for a company that values security VERY VERY highly. They have some wired ethernet connections, used for transferring data off the production floor. I suggested using a wireless connection, as that would increase productivity greatly. But the floor manager...
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    MSN handwriting ?

    It doesn't work. MS says to install Journal Viewer 1.5, I've just done that and rebooted, but still it gives me some sort of dll error when I try... can anyone help?
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    Soundcard makes my pc crash !

    Happy times. For the past year I've been switching motherboards, video cards, drivers, OS'es, cables and PSUs in an effort to find out what makes my pc crash while playing newer 3D games. Finally figured it out - it's the soundcard. Today I disabled my pci soundcard (an audiotrak 7.1) and...
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    Audio missing?

    I have an asrock 939dual-sata2 motherboard, which includes an 8 ch audio solution.. which I guess is manufactured by realtek (ac97). Uptil now I've been using a pci-soundcard. It is, however, causing my pc to shut down, so I have disabled it and now I want to use the onboard card. But - I...
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    Macbook Pro 'fullsize keyboard' ?

    http://www.theappleblog.com/wp-content/uploads/macbookpro/09.jpg How can apple call that a full-size keyboard.. half the enter key is missing? I seem to remember typing on such a keyboard once and found it a huge annoyance, never having been used to the necessity of precision in hitting the...
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    Why is the Macbook much slower than the Pro?

    OK I tried out a new macbook and a new macbook pro in the store yesterday. When browsing the objectdock at the bottom of the screen, the macbook was very visiby lagging/choppy. The pro was much quicker, and the animations were 100% smooth. When launching mac:word, it took like 10 seconds...
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    Yonah: Low-voltage vs normal, whats the difference?

    I'm looking at a T2400 and an L2400 cpu. The latter is a low-voltage merom cpu, 1.66ghz, and the former is a normal merom cpu at 1.83 Ghz. They are in the same notebook, but the one with the low-voltage is much more expensive. What is the difference between the two in terms of battery life...
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    Fingerprint readers

    I take it some here have had first-hand experiences with fingerprint readers on laptops... can you tell me a bit about the experience? Are they easy and smooth to use? How long does it take to read your finger? How reliable is it? What can the feature be used for? In the reviews I've read...
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    Logitech G7/G5 software buggy?

    I have the newest version of the setpoint software... but it annoys me greatly - each time I enter windows, my sensitivity is too low. Then I have to press the "+" button on the mouse to increase it. After 5 minutes the sensitivity drops again, without me touching anything, and then I have to...
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    My DVD-RW wants to be single..

    Hmm Finally got my pc up and running again, after exchanging the PSU. My ongoing project is to get my three hard drives, and my dvd-rw, to work, all at the same time. This is proving to be difficult.. If my DVD-RW is attached solely to the IDE cable, it works fine. As soon as I attach a...
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    If my computer doesn't react at all...

    awww shucks! just bought a new cpu + mobo because the computer broke down a month ago. Now there's already trouble again.. I was re-arranging my hard drives, and when I tried to boot up again, nothing happened when I pressed power on. Then I tried again ,and suddenly there was a flash of...
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    DVD as primary master?

    I've got three HDs and one DVD-RW, and I have a hard time making the stupid IDE cables reach.. would this work: primary master: DVD-RW primary slave: primary HD (windows) secondary channel: the other two hds ?
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    Psychedelic thinkpad.. what's wrong?

    Just check out this screenshot: weird Yesterday it was fine, and now 10 minutes ago when I booted it looked like this.. What the h.. is wrong? Never seen anything like this before. The patterns change a bit, at boot they have other colours etc. But if you can see it too, on a screenshot...
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    How do I get my microphone to work with skype?

    I bought a logitech usb microphone, supposedly very good. I want to use it with my VoIP program VoIPbuster ( like skype). Problem is, when I dial someone they can't hear me. With the old microphone I could see the "MIC" volume bar on my soundcards control panel move as I spoke, but with this...
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    Am I making the right decision?

    My old mobo + cpu gave up, so I have to upgrade now, no choice. I don't really need a faster computer than what I had (an 2800 barton), but maybe when Quake Wars comes out sometime this fall I'll need it. So I was thinking of going with this: AsRock s939Dual motherboard - this has both...
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    If my computer won't boot.....

    Ok my computer has been pretty weird for a long time - sometimes it won't find my harddrives at boot, and I have to reboot for it to work. yesterday I was installing a game, and the computer crashed, just as it normally does. But it could not boot back up! I can start it, but it just halts. I...
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    Recommend a good IDE driver please

    I am having lots of trouble with my computer at the moment. Elder Scrolls: Oblivion and warcraft 3 crash and freeze constantly, and when I reboot, most of the times the BIOS can't find any of my IDE drives. I suspect the nVidia IDE driver. Can anyone recommend me a better one? I have found...