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    Sony KDL-32EX50 32" 120Hz 1080p HDTV $400

    I don't rightly know, but it appears the deal is dead now anyway - Tiger lists it as "currently unavailable."
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    Sony KDL-32EX50 32" 120Hz 1080p HDTV $400

    Tiger Direct carrying it at about $180 less than other places. Basically 1/3 off compared to other retailers - $584 with a $184 coupon code "IFR21124" at checkout. Complete flyer here.
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    MacBook Pro vs. Thinkpad T-series?

    Two-finger scrolling is the bomb-diggity, and I don't even really know what that means. Try it for a little bit and it will change your portable computing the same way scrolly-wheels on mice changed desktop computing. As far as I know there's no software offering that ability on the Thinkpad...
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    Weird beeping from HD area

    If you don't have a current backup, then take care of that. It may be something else beeping, but generally any sound coming from an HD that isn't "normal" is a sign of potential failure. I might suggest running a utility that does a bad block scan (after you back up your data) to see if...
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    Wiimotes available online NOW

    Shows up as still in-stock for me
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    WOOTOFF Tonight!

    Speaking of "killer gag gift," I pity the poor artist that has to add the digital brushstrokes to the goatse image.
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    Wiimotes available online NOW

    Sweet indeed. Sill don't have the console, but at least now I'll have the controllers to enjoy it when I can get my hands on one. It limited me to a single remote and nunchuk too, but let me place another order. Hopefully they won't both get cancelled or something for trying to "game" the...
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    Shelf life of NiMH batteries - OR - What to do with my new electric shaver?

    Pretty much any battery will have a long shelf-life; they don't really change much chemically except for when they are charged and discharged. The reason alkaline batteries have a "best before" date is the normal self-discharge; rechargeables should retain most of their useful service life when...
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    My first! Evanescence Album "Fallen" - $9.99 at CC!

    I feel all sorts of special since I'm not even from around AR and I heard of the band a year ago or so, since one of my acquaintances online produced the Origin album. Unfortunately, I wasn't smart enough to purchase it when I had the chance...
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    Windows 2000 and gaming?

    Rebooting saves you nothing - pullling stuff out of the pagefile takes on hell of a lot less time than a full reboot. Yes, it does take Mozilla a fem more moments to come up than it normally would if it is paged, but what's five secods of lag compared to a full reboot? After it's read back...
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    Windows XP has a boot menu now! How do I get rid of it?

    Better yet, go to the screen dbwillis mentioned, then click the "Edit" button. This will open Notepad with the Boot.ini file. Make sure Word Wrap is off, then delete the line that mentions the "Test" startup option. You should be left with a file that looks something like: As long as...
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    WinXP Log On Screen

    Thew option changes names depending on whether you are using XP with fast user switching/welcome screen or not. If you are using 2000 or XP without the welcome screen, the option is labelled password protect, otherwise it says "On resume, display Welcome screen." That's the option you need to...
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    Which Operating System. Win 2K or XP

    Like...? Most of the advances in XP were targetted at bringing the NT world of joy to the home user. The Welcome screen (with it's attendant multiple logins) and CD burning are a few examples of this. The Welcome screen is entirely non-functionel in a domain environment, and CD burning is...
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    Windows 2000 and gaming?

    As has been covered, the speed differences between NTFS and FAT32 are negligible, and may work out in your favor with a large enough drive. Win2k should give similar performance to XP once you get DirectX and your drivers up-to-date. If you have 2k, then there's not much reason to XP unless...
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    Windows 2000 : Deny users access to logon

    Are you using an NT domain? Active Directory? Details are always nice to have... Anyhow, as I understand permissions in Windows, deny records take precedence. So, give all users blanket login rights to every machine in the domain, then create deny entries for those ten machines that you...
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    Formatting & Partitioning Hard Disks in Windows XP

    As was said, go to "Computer Management" in the Administrative Tools portion of Control Panel. Even simpler, right-click on "My Computer" and choose "Manage." Once there, use the Disk Management tool to do everything you need. You can format, partition, change drive letters, all the good stuff.
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    3Com USB 10/100 Ethernet Adapter $4.99

    It works with XP, as has been mentioned. MORE important, though, is that TiVo v. 3.0 supports these connectors. Oh happy day...
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    Any Free Tax Preparation & E-filing Sites?

    http://www.quicken.com/freedom/
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    someone find the gainward cardexpert geforce3 powerpack III for a good price and in stock

    use the IWANNA thread, it's for this sort of thing. Only post a new thread if you have a hot deal ALREADY.
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    Updated: 512MB Memory for $59.99 & 256MB for $39.99

    Yeah, why is this not good if you're not an AMD person?
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    watch "fists of fury" for free on your computer

    MisterE So I'm not the only person who had that problem? I hated MP7 mostly for that reason...
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    watch "fists of fury" for free on your computer

    Yeah Mustang, lots more at http://www.filmspeed.com/windowsmedia/. So has anyone sucessfully recorded the 750K stream? Not me, so far...
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    hot? buy.com DOTD: Kingston ValueRam 128mb PC133 for $44.95

    Linkified This is a decent deal, IMHO, but a better deal was the same RAM $53 - $20 rebate that ended Jan 31.
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    DVD DEALS! Office Depot is going out of the DVD Buisness!!

    << I was hoping I'd scroll down to see &quot;into the garbage bin&quot; instead of clearance bin so that I would have an excuse to go dumpster diving. >> Hehe, you need a reason? ;) -Smitty
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    Imation 50pack 700mb CDRs. . . $20

    Well amnesiac 2.0, we (or at least I) respect your EE knowledge but cremefilled is right. The spiral is more tightly &quot;wound&quot; if you want to think about it that way. cdrecordable.com has info on their page, that's the best I could find in a few minutes. I knew I read this info...
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    Keep your order on backorder for FREE at Outpost

    Well, I did a search for anything between $0 and $0.50 and that came up, along with a rebate form for some other item. I thought it was just something nifty...spreadin' the joy. You know ;) -Smitty
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    Keep your order on backorder for FREE at Outpost

    Clisk Here!!! I have no idea what this is, but it's FREE and ships in 1-2 weeks ;) Anyways...this is not quite serious...but I find it hilarious. :D -Smitty
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    New CD-R Drive = No Drive Letters

    Well, it seems somehow my registry got messed up. I dug down into it and deleted some keys, cleaned up some others, and in general made my registry look a lot more like that of my roommate. After rebooting, I could magically see my CD icons. Weird, but it worked. Thanks for all the...
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    New CD-R Drive = No Drive Letters

    If you could walk me through what you're saying, I would much appreciate it. I have tried everything I can think of inside the &quot;Computer Management&quot; applet and nothing works.
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    New CD-R Drive = No Drive Letters

    Okay, time for some more detail. The cables are all firmy seated, in fact, the drives still work. More accurately, the CD-R drive still works. DiscJuggler finds it and burns CDs to it. It will also make an image from my CD-ROM drive - they physically work. Win2K just doesn't want to give the...
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    New CD-R Drive = No Drive Letters

    After installing my new PlexWriter 8/4/32A, both of my CD drives (the Plextor and my reader) have no drive letter under My Computer. Has anyone else experienced this? I'm running Win2K and using the onboard (BX chipset) IDE controller. I would appreciate any suggestions.
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    20 pack 8X CDR media $4.95 shipped free overnight

    Well, I've used theses before...but never ran them though CDID. If I had a sample handy, I would. Tell you what, I'll run them by CDID when I get them in on Friday (just ordered tonight, after their overnight shipping deadline.) -Smitty EDIT: err...sorry, I forgot that it was a '1-2 week...
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    Amazon noon pacific for PS2

    This discussion remids me of this Penny Arcade strip. Yeah, Sony was supposed to ship a million but they then toned down the estimate to 500,000 or so, getting up to a mil by the end of the year. They attribute the problem to a shortage of components they need, but that's all I know. -Smitty
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    Hot Deal for us people who browse and do deal shopping at work.

    What about those of us that are in the IT group? :D Anyway...back to deal browsin' -Smitty
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    Is there any way to restore a lost partition map?

    My roommate appears to have lost the partition map on his sytem, due to a little tweakign he was doing in win2k's disk manager. None of his 3 OSes (win2k, BeOS, and QNX) will boot, and when we load up the partiton magic emergency disks; PM just says that the entire drive is unallocated. The...