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    Big Props to Whoever Created this NASTY virus -never seen anything like it. Help plz

    Hey everyone - Long time reader, used to post often under the name Niwi7 but unfortunately I don't remember my password or my e-mail address I was registered on. ANYWAY I'm a pretty computer saavy guy having built many systems, but this bug has stumped me! I'm running Windows Vista and got...
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    Files delete themselves immediately after downloading

    Hey thanks for reading my topic! Starting several months ago, I noticed that my downloads seemed to not be downloading. When I looked further into it I could not find any articles that fixed my problem by doing a google search. What exactly happens is- I download a file...doesn't matter...
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    Excel Problem

    I have come across a worksheet in excel, where if I type something in and it is the desired value, nothing happens, but if it is wrong an asterik (*) appears next to the cell. How do I reveal the value that the cell "knows", to give me this asterik or not? When I click the cell it appears blank...
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    Is it possible in COD4 to play live with multiple local players?

    While playing Call of Duty 4 Modern Warfare I was wondering if they offer nonranked matches on live on XBOX 360 so that my friends can sign in as guests on my xbox and play live with me so we do not have to switch off. Similar to Halo 3. Is this possible and I am just missing something? Thanks!
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    Can you boil water on a griddle?

    I bought a griddle for my dorm room which is quite amazing and I was wondering if I put a pot with water on it would the water boil so that I could make soup or pasta? Would it taste the same as if it was on a regular stove? I'm Hungry. It's your basic electric black and decker griddle that goes...
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    Dell CompleteCare - Sends me new Laptop but can't connect my old hard drive to it

    About 2 weeks ago my buddy spilled beer on my laptop, breaking it. I called dell and they told me it was covered on my completecare warranty and to take out the battery and hard drive and send them the computer. Finally after calling countless times to figure out what was taking so long I...
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    Grandpa in hospital....

    My grandpa was perfectly coherent and normal two days ago. He then fell down and sprained his ankle so we took him to the hospital. We went to visit him tonight and he was a totally different person. He had a fever and kept telling us all that the FBI was coming and that they were trying to...
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    JetBlue sucks

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    Any websites where I can pay to watch a movie?

    ill make this short 1- I need to do a sociology project on lord of war 2- lord of war is not in our school library, nor on peekvid, nor itunes and as I am in college It is hard for me to find transportation to blockbuster are there any websites where I can pay to download a movie or...
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    Hmmm looking for a video camera for my girlfriend

    title says allll thanks
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    What car should I get- selling my mitsubishi eclipse

    My grandpa gave me his 2001 mitsubishi eclipse as a first car present back last year. After a year of driving it I enjoy it but I am so sick of everyone hating on me and the car. Plus...I never was really in love with it in the first place.. I can get like 11 grand for it it only has 29k miles...
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    Any app to download that will let me use my IPOD as an external HDD?

    I purchased a Macbook but it only has an 80 gig HDD with about 50 gigs left. I have 40 gigs of music on my desktop computer. Is it possible as a temporary solution to hook my ipod up to my computer and listen to music off of it, and download new music onto it...almost the same thing I woudl do...
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    Just got a macbook...whats up with aim?

    One of the top three things I do on my computer is talk to my freinds on AIM. I turn oin my new macbook and ichat is absolutely rediculous....it gets rid of all of your buddy lists! so its just like one big list...cant deal with that. Then i download AIM...its nice and good...except that u hafta...
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    Can installing a new video card break my internet connection?

    My internet is connected through a cable to a belkin pre-n router. Always worked perfectly. A few days ago I install a Geforce 6200 video card because I got it cheap on buy.com (39 bucks) and because my ti4200 fan died. Ever since then I have been getting random 5 minute splotches of no internet...
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    Considering getting a Macbook....would i be able to play counterstrike?

    The only computer game I really play is counterstrike. If I got a macbook would I be able to play it on there? I know i can always use bootcamp and do it on windows xp but im just talking about on mac.
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    I need a laptop reccomendation for College

    Ever since ive been in 6th grade i've dealt with Desktops - building them, upgrading them etc etc...now I need to buy a laptop for college and I'm new to the whole go out and spend 1000 bucks and have a computer for you that takes no effort to...create lol Anyway I don't know where to start...
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    Insane ghost story of a sailor my mom has...now backed up by MSNBC..very strange

    About 3-4 years ago we took a family trip to Mystic, Connecticut...an old seaport. We took a tour of an old whaling boat...and when we went into the basement of the ship, my mom shrieked. We asked her whats wrong and she said right after i went down the stairs, this sailor dressed in an old...
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    Help me make the sickest beer pong tabletop ever

    My friend collects skoal tins from his friends that dip. yea yea dippings bad lets not make this a you shouldn't dip thread...however Skoal tins are pretty cool looking so we thought of the best idea to make a beer pong tabletop. Our rough plans are to take plywood and coat it with a clear...
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    Is it possible to 1800 Flower to a hotel?

    My girlfriend is in California on vacation (i live in NY), I know what hotel she is staying at but I don't know her room number or anything. Our anniversary is this week do you think its possible to 1800Flower flowers to her hotel? Do they deliver to hotels? Would it get to her room? Don't want...
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    Why can't I access some secure sites like paypal and ebay with my new wireless router?

    im using a belkin MIMO router and using 128 bit WEP security everything works perfectly except when I login to some websites such as ebay and paypal...why is it doing this im thinking something about security or a secure connection? very odd besides that though this router is absolutely...
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    Is there a way to get USB 2.0 without using windows update?

    usb 1.0 is taking FOREVEr to transfer my songs to my new ipod but i botched up my windows update awhile ago and it hasnt worked since...and i dont have time to reinstall windows right now so is there any way to get USB 2.0 support without windows update?
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    Just bought a compaq laptop...how do i transfer AOL files from desktop?

    bought a laptop for my mom for xmas she has all important emails on my desktop computer in her AOL file cabinet where does AOL put these files on the hard drive? where would I find them so that I can copy them to the new computer? thanks
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    Great...Canon ZR60 camcorder doesnt show images as of today

    i take my zr60 canon camcorder out of its bad this morning and NOTHING shows up on the screen... ugh i am so angry i go on canon's website it says if nothing shows up on the screen then it needs to be sent in for service and will cost 160 any ideas of whats wrong? if not... dont buy...
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    My high school, Chaminade High School canceled all senior and junior proms forever

    My high school, Chaminade, is an all boys school on Long Island New York. It's sister school, a co-ed school, Kellenburg canceled their prom in September saying it has turned into a "giant booze filled orgy" and they won't take part of it as a Catholic school. No one thought our school would be...
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    Filling out college applications...grammar question in essay

    My role is to educate the potential student and his parents on the benefits of attending Chaminade, while giving them tours of the facility. ^^^^^^^^^^^ is it ON the benefits of attending or REGARDING the benefits of attending? and I anxiously waited for the pitch, ready to knock the...
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    Is it possible to uninstall internet explorer?

    If I want to use firefox or mozilla instead of internet explorer is there a way to uninstall internet explorer bc i hate it. Because when I use my mozilla or firefox popups keep popping up in IE even though its not even my default browser If its not possible to uninstall what do you reccomend...
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    I got a random popup called like AimWar and now i cant find it again...

    it was a fun thing to do to joke around with my friends about...and i was on vacation when I got the popup..i get home and search on google for aimwar and nothing comes up...but im sure the name was something to do with aim and war lol anyoen know what im talkign about?
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    anyone know if you can hook up a subwoofer to a regular deck in a car?

    i have an eclipse with a pretty good sounding 4 cd changer. Could I buy one of those amplified bass tubes and hook it up to the stock 4 cd changer deck? or is this not possible and i'd need a new deck?
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    Anyone have any good scavenger hunt lists?

    seems like a fun thing to do on a nigth where nothing big is going on.... tried yahoo but didnt come up wtih much... any ideaS?
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    ahhh how do i format a hard drive w.o a floppy drive>?

    please help
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    Are those alpine ipod adapters good?

    I am going to be buying a new head unit and some speakers for my 2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse this summer. On bestbuy.com they have this Alpine reciever and Alpine Ipod connector that connects to both the ipod and the head unit so that you can use the head unit as the interface for the ipod and...
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    Whats the best program to use to make a good looking ebay auction for you?

    any reccomendations?
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    Pretty major problem... no video on screen wit 2 diff cards

    i built a computer 2 summers ago its an AMD all worked perfectly until... until 5 days ago...im on the comp...it just freezes...i turn it off turn it back on and im gettin a lockup at the post screen and 2 lights on the diagnostic thing were on and it was at processor initialization...so...
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    ahhhh Itunes doesnt work on windows ME

    i want a way to download music legally for my rio cali mp3 player on my windows ME computer. Upgrading OS is not an option. Itunes claims it only works with 2000 and XP.... whats my best alternative to go with here? THANKS ALOT BROS
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    Whats that song that goes like this...

    i heard it on the radio the only way to describe it is that its semi techno kinda beat and they say-- dodo dodo dodo aye aye aye dodo dodo dodo aye aye aye (sounds like they keep saying eye like aye aye aye) any ideas? http://www.geocities.com/thebeagwels/thesong.wav i humemd uit lol
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    Whats the best free virus program these days?

    any1 have any ideas? i used to use AVG but now they make u pay for that ish
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    ahhh i just wrote this whole thing in word and now im getting "not responding"

    i wrote this whole resume for school acutally about halfway done i go to save it i cant click anything in the save box like no folders or antyhing and on the top it says Save As (not responding) ive given it about 25 minutes and nothings working...im scared that if I hit the end now...
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    ahhhh i just wrote this whole thing in word and i try to save it and its "not responding"

    WOW im sorry i diint mean to post this! my other topic has the real sotry idk what happened im really sorry mods can delete this one
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    Whats the best FM Transmitter for an IPOD for under 40 bucks?

    i had the IROCK but the battery life was bad and i eventually lost it....my friend has the ITRIP but in his car it comes in all staticy and i don't want that...the thing that is most important to me is clear sound and decent battery so what do you reccomend that I buy?