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    directx games minimize randomly

    Ok, here's something I can't figure out. Recently, full screen directx games have been minimizing on their own every few minutes. It's really annoying as games become unplayable. I run WinXP Pro on a Compaq Evo N600c. The directx diagnostic tool reports that everything is ok. I have 384 mb RAM...
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    KVM switch w/ cordless desktop and laptop?

    Here's my setup: A Dell laptop with extended monitor. A random desktop to run off the single external monitor connected to the laptop. Cordless Logitech Elite Duo. It's connector is a Y-plug of one usb, one ps/2 (labeled mouse). I have an adapter to convert the usb to ps/2. I need a KVM that...
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    vpr matrix powebook clone laptop $1700 AR(s)

    Seems to be a good deal to me and I just might jump... LINK LINK Sweet powebook clone notebook. Caveat is that it's store brand, but somehow I'm not too worried. 2400 original -100 instant (don't know how long this price lasts) -200 MIR (exp 12/14) -400 MIR (exp in '03) =1700 + tax Anyway...
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    cycling stuff

    I need to pick up a new helmet, some cheap lights and some other miscellaneous stuff for my bike. What's the cheapest place that I can find this stuff? The 'net? Somewhere in New York City (where I'm located)? I just commute with my bike, so I'm not looking for hi-end racing stuff. If anyone...
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    rdram question

    I need a quick answer. I have an IBM netvista machine (model 6833) w/ 128 mb of RDRAM, which I need to use as a server (emergency). The RAM doesn't cut it so I need to upgrade it. Please don't bitch about the machine, I hate it myself and would have loved to be working with anything else. Of...
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    What's in your wallet?

    Have to go off topic here. I'm looking for a no fee card with cash back or other rewards. I don't care about rates, aprs, etc...I pay everything off each month or don't buy it. Work pays for me to fly and I don't go with one airline, so paying for a miles card doesn't make sense. As a city rat...
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    buy now or in a week?

    Hi, I'm going to buy a sis735 board along with an athlon that is somewhere between 1.2 and 1.4. Will it be worth it to wait for the planned day of Intel price cuts? Any thoughts on what waiting a week or two would do in terms of prices and available motherboards?
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    free way to send faxes online?

    Hi, I used to have a fax4free account when it existed so I could send all kinds of faxes through their web site. Does anything like that still exist? Thanks.
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    psu recommendation please

    Hi, I'm going to get the jet-black version of the sx1030 from directron sometime soon. Of course, it comes without a psu, fans and everything else. I was thinking of getting this psu from the hot deals forum. The comments seem decent. More than anything, I want something really quiet. Does...
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    how do I split an @home connection 5 ways

    Hi, I'm moving in to a house in two weeks that will be hooked up with a cable modem. Cox@home supports up to 3 computers, but I have 5 that need to be hooked up. What do I need to do? I'm going to first be running this mainly from an old win95 laptop (p-133) and then a win2k box. So, I think...
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    scanner software question

    Hi, Quick question, I just got myself a scanner and I like it very much. I just want to know if there's some software that I can get (hopefully small and not too memory intensive) that would let me use the scanner like a photocopier so I can either run a program or hit prt-scrn or something to...
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    usb audio connector?

    Hey, I was wondering if anyone knows if there's a device to make a usb port an audio port for my headphones (got a handy usb port on my keyboard...)? Let me know if anyone has something that can do that for me...
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    Poll: Poll: What's the best mp3 player?

    I just want to see what people think on this one. Any OS (mainly win since that's the most popular) and what's the best one? I've used a ton trying to find one that's efficient, small and not a POS. I liked kjofol, but it seems to have disappeared...I'm shopping for a new one and I'd like to...
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    Installing Win2K, need some help with a roadmap

    I have a question here...I've got a win98se machine whose crashing is pissing the stuffing out of me. So, I'm going to put win2k on it to see if that can help. What's the best way to do it and causing the least pain to my system? I currently have my hard drive partitioned up so win98 is on C...