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    U2410 vs. U2412M; also, SALE price now vs. Labor Day

    Hi all, Have decided I'll buy either the U2410 or U2412M. I do no graphics work, don't need the extended color gamut. I like to game, but don't do a lot of FPS games. I read the reviews of both on http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/reviews.htm Both monitors got very good reviews. For my...
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    U2410

    Hi all, I need a new monitor. The U2410 (ordinarily ~$600) was just on sale for $449. (I just missed that, but perhaps with Presidents' Day coming, it will be back on sale.) What's the best recent price you've seen? I have read so many disparaging comments about 16:9. I do NO video editing...
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    User critiques of Win7 64 bit backup tools? Other options?

    Hello, I am a new user of Windows 7, 64 bit Home edition. I would like to be able to do periodic backups (both data differential and full disk image) of my 1 TB (64 MB cache) C drive using an e-sata 1 TB external HD (with a 32 MB cache). I am concerned with not only HD failure, but also...
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    Need help with BAD infection

    I am in desperate need of help. Although I can occasionally reach my desktop (WinXP Pro SP3) -- most of the time, the computer shows a perpetual hour glass before I reach the desktop. Even when I do reach the desktop, I can do nothing from there. The machine simply shows a perpetual hour glass...
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    Dell 1905 FP with line across screen

    Hello all, I have a Dell 1905 FP, which has seen moderate use for perhpas six years. About a week ago, it suddenly developed a line across the screen, a bit below the middle. The line is not uniformly colored, and seems to vary according to the image displayed on the screen. It is strongly...
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    Win XP SP2 Data Execution Prevention

    When Windows starts, I get a notice that Data Execution Prevention is closing Generic Host Process for Win32 Services. I am running Win XP SP2, Comodo Firewall, Avira AntiVir Pers Ed. Classic, Spybot, and Ad-Aware 2007. Other than this DEP noti8ce, I have not received any other indication of...
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    ?? re on-board LAN, 1394 and wifi on A5B Wifi Deluxe

    Help an ignorant guy! I got a new A5B Wifi Deluxe (E6600 -- no OC, 4G Crucial Balistix CL3 DDR2-667, Asus 8800GTX, Seagate 320G SATA-2 16mb cache HD). Everytime I boot up, my desktop (on the lower right) shows an icon with the message, 'wireless network connection not connected'. I am not...
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    Problem with screen shot in Win XP SP2

    :o I admit this is a very elementary matter, and I'm embarrassed to have to ask, BUT I don't seem able to get a screen shot. I looked at Help for MS Windows, and tried hitting <Print Screen>. Also tried <Alt> + <Print Screen>. Nothing happens. When I right-click within the message I'm...
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    DDR2-533 vs. 667 vs. 800 memory and 680i mobo

    I am about to put together a new machine. I have already decided on an E6600 processor. I have a friend who advises that since DDR3 memory will be on the scene in only a year or less, it's a waste of money to go for EXPENSIVE DDR2-800, and that the difference in performance between DDR2-533...
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    Best way to transfer files from old computer to new?

    I am getting a new computer and will keep the old, as well. I want to transfer files from the old to the new. Both run XP Pro. Last time I got a new computer, I tried this using a null modem cable, but could not make it work. I also tried the method suggested in the Windows OS I was using at the...
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    Best way to interconnect 2 computers and one cable modem?

    I will have two computers located in different parts of the house. Both will run XP Pro. Both will have NIC built onto the mobos. Right now there is a CAT5 cable running from one room to the other. One of the computers is presently connected to the internet via a cable modem. The cable also runs...
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    WinXP Remote Assistance

    I am trying to use Remote Assistance to help my elderly mother with her computer. On her computer (WinXP home), using Outlook Express, I sent my computer (Win XP Pro) an invitation to render Remote Assistance. Using Outlook (on my computer) I opened the invitation and tried to accept the...
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    WinXP Pro Remote Assistance

    I am moving away from the town where my 80+ year old mother and her computer live. I was going to put Win XP on her computer (I've now got Win XP Home on her machine) so I can use Remote Assistance to help her. I've got AVG free and Kerio free on her machine. She's got a cable modem and NIC...
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    How to boot into safe mode in Win XP Pro?

    Sorry for the stupid question, but I'm having trouble booting into safe mode. I press F8 as the machine boots and get a screen which asks what device do I want to use to boot. I select HD1 (which has Win XP Pro OS on it), the HD I usually boot from, and the machine boots into full mode...
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    Can't delete BTK bakpat.exe

    I downloaded bakpat.exe for Betrayal @ Krondor (which I run in DOSBox 0.63) and am now unable to delete it from either my desktop or from the dynamix/bakcd directory to which I had copied it. I get a message that it cannot be deleted inasmuch as it is being used by another person or program. I...
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    MS Outlook 2000 -- lost e-mail for the last month

    I am using MS Outlook from Office 2000. Today I lost all e-mail sent or received from 12/17/05 to 1/17/06. I have done numerous searches using every parameter I can think of, to no avail. I checked the recycle bin and found it empty. I think maybe Outlook auto archived or did auto backup, but...
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    help please: connection to stereo amp & sharing printer

    I'd appreciate help on a pair of what I know are simple questions (sorry for my ignorance!). I will soon have two computers (located in different rooms) that I do not presently want to network for internet access purposes, but for which I DO want to share two printers (an HP Laserjet 5P and...
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    problems with SK8V bios after hooking up new USB hub

    I have an SK8V and FX-53. I just got a new Dell 1905FP. It is beautiful, BUT . . . the monitor has a USB hub built in which I'd find convenient to use. I hooked it up with the included USB cable, trying each of the six USB jacks on my computer (two on the front of my Antec SLK 3700 AMB, and...
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    'CPU fan error' upon boot-up

    I'd sure appreciate some help! :confused: I am running a socket 940 FX-53 and an ASUS SK8V. 'Everest' told me (under 'Sensor') that the CPU was running at an idling temp of about 48 degrees C., and 60C. under load (Baldur's Gate/ Sword Coast). I decided this was too hot, and went for a...
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    My HP Officejet 7310xi print smears when touched with damp finger

    I thought I had read that inkjet printer makers had solved the water smearing problems, but find that my brand new HP Officejet 7310xi print smears easily when gotten even slightly damp (as when you lick you finger lightly to sort pages of a printed document). Any solutions? Any other brand...
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    Old Game (Magic the Gathering) runs too fast

    I have had this problem on both my old Pentium III and the new FX-53 machines: I am running Magic the Gathering in Win 95 (in the new machine, I am running a virtual machine running Win 95 in my XP Pro machine). In both the PIII and the FX-53, the game runs, but way too fast to control the...
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    "Insufficient memory to initialize Windows 98SE" -- clean load on newly partitioned HD

    I can't get WIN 98SE to start up the first time after running setup to the point of the first boot off the HD. I keep getting the error message "Insufficient memory to initialize Windows", together with the suggestion that I close some memory resident programs and/ or alter the autoexec.bat and...
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    HELP please: problems loading OS in multi-OS boot system - DOS 6.2; Win 98SE; Win XP Pro

    I am trying to put together a multi-OS boot system. I've got DOS loaded in the C: drive/ active partition (47MB). I've used DOS fdisk to create extended partition. I've used DOS fdisk to create logical DOS partition in the extended partition (2GB for files to be shared by DOS and Win 98SE)...
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    Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0

    I am completing first DIY -- want to set up my dual Raptors (not RAIDED) for multi-OS boot capability. I had found a guide to this on Black Viper's web site, and was about to do it that way. A friend has e-mailed to me a link to a web site describing what I guess is new software from Acronis...
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    Multimple OS boot -- Acronis Disk Director Suite 9.0

    I am completing first DIY -- want to set up my dual Raptors (not RAIDED) for multi-OS boot capability. I had found a guide to this on Black Viper's web site, and was about to do it that way. A friend has e-mailed to me a link to a web site describing what I guess is new software from Acronis...
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    Best Hardware Firewall? Must be EASY to configure

    I want to buy a hardware firewall for under $150 (US). It must be EASY to configure. I want to avoid configuration problems with the firewall. I am running Norton Inernet Security now, and I have a heckuva time configuring the firewall rules because some of the time I cannot tell which...
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    Need Help configuring NIS 2004 firewall

    I am running Norton Inernet Security 2004, and I have a heckuva time configuring the firewall rules because a large part of the time I cannot tell which applications I should be allowing to access the internet, which are optional (but best NOT allowed, e.g., MSN Messenger), and which are worms...
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    HELP -- On-board LAN problem -- SK8V

    I'm working on my first DIY (FX-53 and SK8V; Win XP Pro SP1), and trying to work through the problems I'm encountering. Thanks to much help from some good people on these forums (mechBgon deserves special mention), I'm getting there (though slowly, one stop at a time). The latest: my Verizon...
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    Win XP compatibility questions -- HELP, please

    I'm loading Win XP Pro onto a new DIY (FX-53, SK89V). I've not used XP before. I'm wondering if I need to go dual system boot route, or if XP will run all the old games I love so much (Sid Meier's RR Tycoon; Colonization; MOO2; Rogue; Alpha Centauri, etc.) What about those DOS games that require...
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    HELP please w/ WinXP Pro install problem - SATA

    I sure could use some help, please! First time DIY -- ASUS SK8V; FX53; 2 x 74GB Raptors I've booted off the Windows CD, and have loaded Promise 378 ATA Drivers (using floppy I created using the MB CD). Then, WinXP says it cannot continue setup because it cannot find HD. I've tried both the...
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    Mech's Guide for First-time Builders

    I'm assembling my first DYI computer -- mechBgon's Guide has been tremendously helpful! I've gotten down to his 'serious' warning about the dangers of connecting the new computer to the internet without a fully-updated software firewall plus virus scanner OR at least a hardware firewall (e.g...
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    First-time builder needs advice on MB & memory selection

    I'm about to build my first system. Anyone know when the MSI K8N Socket 754 MB will be available? Is this a good choice for a first-time builder? (I see other threads below with builders going crazy with BIOS settings on other nVidia 3-250 boards, trying to get SATA HD's recognized/ working.) I...
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    Which case?

    I am going to assemble my first DIY machine once the 939 mb's and socket 939 FX-53's come out. I plan to use two Raptor 74G 10K rpm HDs, and probably a vid card which generates plenty of heat. I have no plans to overclock, and don't care whether the case has a side window or led fans, but would...