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    From the BBC. Now you can buy 2 laptops and give one away

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6994957.stm
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    Cant even connect directly to cable.

    Hi all, Friend just called me. He had to make a quick exit from his house to his parents. (divorce sucks) They have no wireless stuff. His laptop has always run wirelessly from his router. When he plugs in directly at his parents house to cable he is not getting online. I have...
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    DEAD SMOKING HOT!!! OUTPOST ANTEC SOLO CASE $19.99 A/R plus shipping

    http://shop3.outpost.com/product/4895610 Rebate: http://image.ak.outpost.com/ar...pdf/4895610_091207.pdf
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    Compaq Presario C560US Notebook $399.00 a/r plus shipping

    http://shop2.outpost.com/produ...sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG Seems ok for a cheap laptop. Only 512 ram so with vista basic you have to upgrade. Scream and yell at me if the deal sucks
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    Nice price of Freezer 7 pro for 775 $22.00 shipped

    http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?name=FAN-AC7PRO
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    Is there a product that can remotely "buzz" someone if an airconditioning system shuts down?

    I do not know if this is appropriate here. So yell if it isnt. Googling has not helped me.................. My brother in law's IT guy at his office building has his computers in, obviously, an air conditioned room. This is an older office building and they do have some electrical...
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    Need some tech fixing advice. Computer dead.

    Hi all, Ok here it goes. Friend had an emachines desktop. Power supply fried the mobo a year ago. I replaced it with a new mobo and power supply and reused everything else. It worked fine until last week. 1. When turned on all fans spin (ps, hsf) THE HARD DRIVE DOES NOT...
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    Can someone help me in determining what kind of video card this is?

    Hi all, To make a long story short. A friend ended up suing the company that put in his security system. 8 cameras total. The computer that was used kept on crashing. The settlement was he would return the computer for a partial refund and I am now stuck trying to duplicate the system...
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    Can I install a pcmcia card without software?

    Hi all, Here is the situation. I just got a compaq 1700 laptop. It does not have an optical drive. (the guy lost it). Can I install a pcmcia card without having to find an external drive? Thanks, Leigh
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    Cant uninstall WOW. System totally borked.

    Hi all, System I built a while ago Epox nforce 4 venice 3200 6600gt Is being used just for gaming by my friend for WOW. Everything seems corrupt. Wow doesnt work...Cant uninstall it. All the anti virus stuff (Anti vir, spybot, spyware blaster) are gone or have been moved to...
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    (DEAD) Antec Tp-11-480 Blue Power Supply $39.00 plsu shipping-Directron

    http://www.directron.com/tpii480blue.html Seems like a nice price.
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    Have never used acronis or any cloning software. Need help.

    Hi all, Thanks for looking. I just build a new system for a friend. She has a proprietary photo editing program on her old computer and I need to transfer it to the new system. I installed Acronis 7 (Free from internet). How do I actually transfer it. 1. It is in a partition that...
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    Adobe Reader totally corrupt. I CANT UNINSTALL IT!! HELP!!!

    Hi all, My adobe reader 7 is totally corrupt. Everytime a pdf file is clicked on my whole system freezes. When I try to uninstall through control panel add/remove this is what comes up on a repair or an uninstall. When I do the Add/Remove thing it comes up "This patch could not be...
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    My dumb question of the month

    Hi all, I am about to build a new system for a friend using a Sata Hard Drive. She has Photographic software that is licensed on her old Pata Drive. I need to transfer the files over. 1. Using a Gigabyte DS3 with only 1 ide connection 2. What is the best sequence for the build...
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    Can someone recommend an internal usb 2.0 card reader

    For a new system. NEED a good one. She does a lot of photo stuff. Thanks, Leigh
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    (DEAD) NEC 3550A DVD BURNER BEIGE $24.99 SHIPPED OUTPOST

    http://shop4.outpost.com/product/4856220?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG BEIGE
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    Is there a way to get rid of the clicking sound while going back and forth while browsing using IE

    This is a new build for a friend. I know I can use Firefox instead of IE. But right now Firefox has casalemedia crap on it and I cant get rid of it so I uninstalled it. I know I can disable sound but that disables ALL sound coming from windows. Obviously can lower the volume on the...
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    HELP!! I cant uninstall macromedia flash player and friend wants to kill me!!!

    Hi all, Built a system for someone who goes to math.com a lot. I mistakenly downloaded macromedia flash player. Stupid ads all over the place on that site. I tried a system restore. The flash uninstaller doesnt work!!!! Tried it 15 times. HELP!!!!!!!!!!!! Thanks , Leigh
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    This is driving me nuts. Opticals drives only power up if ata cable is disconnected

    Hi all, In the middle of building a new system. ECS nforce 3 Sempron 3100 Seagate 120 pata benq 3550 lite on cdrom corsair 512 value ti 4200 The mobo/cpu vid memory combo came from a working system. Beng is new (tested) Memory is testeor HD is new cdrom is new I cant...
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    Bios is all messed up. I am clueless

    Hi all, Have a p4p800 deluxe and a p4 2.4c. Was going to play with this about a year ago and never got around to it. Needed a basic system for an office lobby and put a system together with this. It has run fine at stock for 2 months, I got bored and was gonna do some o'clocking...
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    Lost my mind. I cant get to google.

    Hi all, Firefox is working fine but I cant get to www.google.com. This is driving me crazy. I cant get there using internet explorer either. What on earth happened? Leigh
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    Have a problem with getting on internet HP wants $60.00 for new IP address

    Hi all, A friends HP computer was loaded with spyware and such and she did a total reinstallation. Out of Warranty. She now cant get on the internet (Verizon online) and it is saying they have an invalid IP address. I am lost. Verizon has not been able to help and HP says they will...
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    e6600 oem outpost.com pre-order $319.00 shipped (warm?)

    http://shop1.outpost.com/product/4953791?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PG
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    E6600 Core 2 BUY.COM $339.00 shipped Pre-order

    Dont know if it is hot but it is the cheapest I have seen: http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=202730357&loc=101&sp=1
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    I am a moron. So need help

    Ok. So I bought 3 copies of Windows XP over the last 2 months for some builds. One was a 64 bit version. And it says 64 bit on it. The other 2. Here is my problem. 1 is OEM 1 is Retail. I THREW OUT THE BOX!!!!!!!!!!!!! Is there a way to figure out from the product key which one...
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    System just goes black. Cant figure out what it is.

    Hi all, My trusty 1 1/2 year old system is getting its first hiccup. Msi Neo F Socket 939 3800 6600gt (Now 9800 flashed to 9800 pro) 1g 2x512 tccd samsung corsair I have crashed 5 times today. Each time the screen goes black and that is it. No blue screen. Nothing. It just...
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    No video, No boot (I think), on a dell precision 340

    Hi all, Just got a friends workstation computer sent over here and I am lost. I am getting no video at all. And it sound like it is not booting. Lights go on on motherboard. Hard drive spins. I cant tell you all the specs but this is what I know. 2x256 Rdram 800-45 40gb wd...
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    Benq DQ-60 DVD BURNER $32.99 shipped Newegg

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16827101002 Havent used it so cant give a review.
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    Just lost all color on the taskbar.

    It now looks like windows me. Any suggestions as to why this would be?
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    Just a question about dell xp software

    Hi all, An employee of my brother in law was given a dell dimension 4300 without a hard drive and no software. (I know, I know). I borrowed a friends Reinstallation disk. Installed a new hard drive and started running the disk. I forgot to grab the product key which was on the side...
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    Newegg: Coolermaster Centurion 5 Silver Bezel $50.00 shipped

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811119068 It looks like Cooler Master is replacing this line of Centurion 5. Easy to work with, decent cooling, EXTREMELY well built. You simply can't get a comparable case for this price. PERIOD. Rebate...
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    System crashes after clicking on a program. Tried everything. NEED HELP

    Hi all, I built a system for a friend last summer. Just recently it has SERIOUS problems. System specs: MSI Neo F Socket 754 (6702) Athlon 2800 Antec 500 watt ps Asus ti 4200 Corsair Value Ram (1x512 pc3200) Windows XP Pro System temps are all fine. 1. After it boots it...
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    (DEAD) Directron: Super Flower TT-450 PSU $16.99 plus shipping-Limit 2

    http://www.directron.com/tt520ssal.html 18 amps on the 12v rail No Sata No PCI-x Have used a couple of their PS's before. (The 520 model) None have given me any problems.
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    Outpost: Sempron 3100 Retail Boxed CPU $59.90 plus shipping

    http://shop2.outpost.com/product/4131673#detailed In my opinion the best budget chip around. Perfect if you have a Socket 754 board laying around. Their combos with the ECS board is with an OEM chip so this deal is pretty good.
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    Moron here. I cant seem to lock a template in Microsoft Word

    Trying to set up a template for a friends new business. When I "lock the template" it doesnt lock. For ex. The first line is: Name: "This is browned out to put in name" Phone: "Browned out" When I type in the name the right side with the Phone: "Brownd out"...
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    FIXED!!! Computer is running like a dog. Cant figure it out.

    First my specs: MSI K8T-Neo 2 FSR Athlon 3800 venice 2 x 1g ocz performance pc3200 running at stock 1t and dual channel Radeon 7000 (Put this in to test it 2 weeks ago. SYstem ran fine until yesterday) Antec 400 w ps 21 a on the 12v rail SB Live 5.1 (I disabled it to see if that was a...
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    Having trouble loading windows

    Hi all, Just built a system. When I go to install Windows and format the hard drive using quick format it goes through the formatting procedure, completes it. Then it goes back to startup bios screen and starts it all again. Press F1 to continue and then it starts the windows...
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    New build problem. System just shuts down.

    Hi all, Just finished a build and trying to install windows. Havent gotten past the bios at any time yet so windows not close to being installed. ECS 755 Sempron 3100 Cooler Master 380w (Only 16a on the 12v rail) Now 4 different sticks of ram Now 3 different video cards. I checked...
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    Mexico legalizes personal possesion of drugs. They have joined the 21st century. Where the heck is the US???

    http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/world/A...html?_r=1&oref=slogin&pagewanted=print