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    Help me get the wife and kids off my back! <grin>

    Ah, good find mfenn. I'll have to see if I can make a trip out there this week; nice to have options either way. Man, I miss Fry's from when I lived in Chicago. Crucibelle - Yeah, that is the strange thing, unless I missed it in the Best Buy ad, I remember the box and I think the PSU itself...
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    Help me get the wife and kids off my back! <grin>

    Thanks for the updates guys... LOL, too funny about the PSU and your Dad "Mad Dawg". You are right, I was in the same boat; really no choice with my kids school project due, etc. MicroCenter is a doable drive, but paid the price in convenience with Best <cough> Buy; hope not in longevity!
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    Help me get the wife and kids off my back! <grin>

    Hey mfenn... Thanks for stopping by and taking a look - among the others, I have gleaned a lot of information from many of your posts. I had not thought of Mushkin and I know you have a lot of good things to say on the Samsung F3. Taking a look at all of these options tonight and tomorrow...
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    Help me get the wife and kids off my back! <grin>

    All: Good stuff... Sounds like the trend is ratchet down on board & CPU a bit. Use the money to move into a decent GPU right off the start. Going to review this information and reformulate buying decision. Thanks for the input, my headache thinking on this is slowly fading! LOL
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    Help me get the wife and kids off my back! <grin>

    PSU: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Rocketfi...=psu&amp;cp=1&amp;lp=2 Old one failed and I went local to get quick... Seems ok for what it is though.
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    Help me get the wife and kids off my back! <grin>

    Appreciate the detail on the SSD question. Really helps to have folks familiar with them, knock the specs down coherently. 60GB should be plenty for Win7 64bit install with only Office 2007 and likely a game (~5GB). I could move on to mosox's suggestion of HDD for data then. At this time...
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    Help me get the wife and kids off my back! <grin>

    Do I need to upgrade the current PSU? I just picked it up in the last couple of months (see OP) and unless I am missing it, seems like it would work in mine or your configuration. Couple questions on the suggested memory and board. Is Mushkin <= to G. Skill; same question for ASRock board...
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    Help me get the wife and kids off my back! <grin>

    Looking to upgrade from an older, slower system. First, some answers... PLEASE when you POST threads asking for input on system builds tell us... 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. Primarily light to heavier gaming (Everquest, Guild Wars & TF2 – will be picking up SC2 in near term), MS...
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    Removing or disabling IE for only one user vs. others on one machine....

    Just got back on. Great suggestions & solutions to my ongoing challenge...Thanks to each of you for your time!
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    Removing or disabling IE for only one user vs. others on one machine....

    Can that (folder security) be done at the user level?
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    Removing or disabling IE for only one user vs. others on one machine....

    Just into teens...smart enough to find it in program files to execute it without use of icons, etc. Is there a way to just disable for one user?
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    Removing or disabling IE for only one user vs. others on one machine....

    :confused: XP Home (Dell Machine) IE 6 Looking for a way to disable (uninstall if need be) IE 6 from only one user on a machine with multiple user accounts. If I uninstall it on this users account, will it affect the other users who still need the IE application? Reason being, is that I...
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    Copying files from old IDE XP drive to new SATA Drive

    Thanks Android! I am kind of past this point with the SATA drive up and running as the only drive on the system. If I simply plug in the old IDE which also has XP Pro on it, will I run into any issues immediately or after transfer my files from old to new and disconnect the IDE drive? I...
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    Copying files from old IDE XP drive to new SATA Drive

    take IDE drive from old machine, which also had XP Pro on it to copy the files over before scrubbing the drive clean. Anything I should know prior to hooking up the old IDE drive with XP on it to the new machine with a SATA drive with XP on it? I have heard that it would recognize the 2nd...
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    Upgrade from 98SE to XP Pro or better to do clean full install?

    Guys, thanks again to both of you. Yes it certainly is confusing with them using the word "upgrade", indicating a build on top of an existing OS. I was looking to do this as cost effective as possible without any installation issues now or problems down the road with the file structure...
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    Upgrade from 98SE to XP Pro or better to do clean full install?

    Thanks MrChad. I was thinking of sparing myself the $100 and going with the upgrade after a clean 98SE install, but now am of the understanding that the upgrade does not actually install the 98SE OS, just verifies that you have a valid copy and then proceeds to install the XP Pro. I would...
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    Upgrade from 98SE to XP Pro or better to do clean full install?

    Title and summary above pretty much state the questions. Thanks for your help!
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    Help! Sound / Display Issues w/ DFI LanParty Board

    Experiencing sound stuttering, mouse trails &amp; screen freezing in Games (Rome - Total War &amp; Everquest (Platinum)). I have not had the same experience in Doom3, which runs perfectly. I am also able to run WMP and any audio from CD without issue. I have attempted to run the first two...