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    Windows XP home Dynamic Disk?

    Does anyone know if there are ANY hacks to make Windows XP Home SP2 support dynamic disks? I know Tom's hardware has a hack to allow Software RAID5 on XP Pro, but any for XP Home?
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    Fedora Core 5 released

    Everyone fire up your favorite torrent program.. Official Torrent Site FC5 DVD Labels
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    Test PCI laitency/busmastering?

    I have an Nforce 6100 motherboard and I have problems (tv will work but eventually get slower and notichier until software reports signal failure) with TV tuners plugged into either of the PCI slots. I fear this is a bus-mastering problem. What tools (software/hardware) can I use to test the...
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    Win MCE 2005 + Sempron + Nforce 6100 Incompatibilities?

    I recently just upgrade my Windows MCE 2005 box and have run into some issues.. Here is the old setup Mobile Athlon 800 @ 1266 (133 FSB) - Athlon 1400+ equiv SiS based motherboard Geforce 4MX 64 MB AGP Video ATI eHome Wonder PCI TV tuner 512mb 2700 Nvidia Purevideo This setup could...
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    Join 2 networks with Win2k Server w/ domain support?

    Is it possible to join 2 private networks (both connected to internet via broadband) with win2k server so they are VLANd (same network via vpn) so the network is seamless at both locations? Mainly want to merge a 2 seperate AD domains into one AD domain with both sites having a AD Server and...
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    The P4 should actually be called the P3

    This is just a rant about Intel's CPU naming practices in the past. The only difference between the P2 and the P3 is the fact intel added SSE (SSE v1.0) to the Pentium 2 CPU and renamed it the Pentium 3. On the Pentium 4, Intel has gone through 3 major chip revisions (Willamette...
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    MCE 2005 won't respond to remote commands

    I have a built a MCE 2005 machine and while playing XVID movies the forward and rewind skip function sometimes will sometimes respond and skip 30 something seconds, but most time will not do anything. I know the battery isn't dead cause the LED in the USB IR Reciever lights up when I hit the...
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    How to force OEM setup in 98/ME

    I am trying to make a ghost image of 98 and ME that will automatically redect all hardware on next boot after I have ran all the updates in windows and such.. I have seen OEM's with 98 and ME where on first boot it goes through the autodetect wizard and then the time zone and network...
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    Looking for mATX A64 board that Overclocks

    Looking for mATX A64 board that Overclocks,. I liked the Abit KV-80, but I don't know if it will overclock.... Do they exist? KMF PS. Are there any mATX board thats support Mobile Athlong 64s?
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    mATX P4 Overclocking board?

    I am looking to get a Prescott 2.4 (533fsb) and getting some sort of mATX motherboard (preferably i865) and try to get the CPU running around 3.0-3.2 ghz. Anyone have any suggestions or experience with doing this? foxkm
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    .09 u Athlon 64 CPUs WHEN?

    When will the .09 micron Athlon 64's hit the market?
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    Bowling Simulation and making it distrubuted

    I had the crazy Idea to see how many iterations of bowling scores there are (its obvious there is 1 way to get a score of 0, 1 way to get a score of 300...) I have written a preliminary simulation which if you are interested, you can download HERE and play with. Unfortunately, I have...
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    Performance Problem with FX 5600 Ultra and 3200+

    Here is my setup: Chaintech 7NIL1 mATX Nforce 2 Ultra Motherboard latest nforce drivers. Barton 2500+ @ 3200+ (2230mhz) 1 GB of PC3200 @ 200mhz dual channel Chaintech Geforce FX 5600 Ultra 400/800 AGP 8X Sb Audigy Windows XP SP2 RC2 I have this setup and I have severe problems with certain...
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    Hack Bios

    I have a Chaintec 7NIL1 motherboard and I would like to hack the boot logo screen. How is this done? Is there a utility to update the bios image to add a boot logo? ThX foxkm
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    Whats the easies way to set up a VPN?

    I have a Slackware 9.1 box up and running @ my fathers place behind a DSL/Router on cable acting as a web server. I would like to be able to have that linux machine act as a VPN Host so I can use my home Windows machine to become just another node on the remote network through the Slackware...
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    Network throughput between 2 sound cards?

    I am curious, what if we were to take 2 say SB Audigy's and develop some special software which turns the sound cards into some sort of network modular/demodulator tap? This would of course be done by taking 2 sets of male to male 3 wire headphone jack and going from Speaker out to Line in o...
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    Networking bridging via VPN over LAN

    I was wondering what it takes to have 2 private networks both hooked to the internet say via Road Runner and bridge them together with a VPN so they have the same IP subnet and IP range? Even only have 1 DHCP server at one location that feeds the IP's to the computers on the private LAN at the...
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    Network bridging 2 private networks via VPN

    I was wondering what it takes to have 2 private networks both hooked to the internet say via Road Runner and bridge them together with a VPN so they have the same IP subnet and IP range? Even only have 1 DHCP server at one location that feeds the IP's to the computers on the private LAN at the...
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    Athlon 4 chip in Desktop

    I have seen some cheap 850-900mhz Athlon 4 chips on ebay. I was wondering if anyone has any experience or suggenstions about using these in desktop boards. Can these be overclocked any higher since they are Palimino chips and athlon XP (palimino) chips start at like 1266 (1500+) real mhz and...
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    Force Windows 98/ME to redetect all hardware on Startup

    I am trying to make a generic image of Windows 98/ME to be able to ghost over to machines. I would like to be able to load the image, and then have it come up with a redect all hardware (no prompts or anything) and then if possible, come up with the form to regenerate the Netbios name, and the...
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    A7N8X-X USB Problems?

    I have a couple month old A7N8X-X board.. Runs flawlessly except for 1 thing.. My HID devices (USB Key,Mouse) keep becomming undetected in windows and will redetect in a few seconds.. this happends every 10-20 minutes. Its annoying cause I'll be typing and all the sudden my keyboard stops...
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    Setting up Kismet, Linux and Orinoco Wireless

    Anyone have any experience setting up Kismet to work in Linux with Orinoco/WaveLAN wireless card? I need someone to explain what steps I should take. www.kismetwireless.net is useless for documentation. Thanks Kyle
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    Finally USB HID and storage support for NT4

    Looks like Dell has put out a supplemental update for NT4 which allows a number of USB devices to "just" work as you would expect. Considering the source (dell), I would amagine that this only works with Intel chipsets as its hard to add drivers for every type of USB controller out there. Nice...
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    Utility to control Internet Connection Sharing?

    ICS is nice with Windows 2000/XP but very limited.. Is there any 3rd party utility to have a little more control of what ICS is doing? foxkm
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    All OSes need a usage meter!

    Ever looked at piece of machinery and seen a counter on the engine to know how many hours of use the machine has got. They do this for a few reasons.. 1. To keep track of how long the fluids need to be changed 2. To determine the value of the equpitment with depreciation. 3. To figure out how...
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    Changing HAL layer in XP by swapping Files?

    I am making an image of XP pro which was installed with a "Standard PC" machine type. Is it possible to change the HAL layer type to something like "Uniprocessor APIC PC" by swapping out system files? I know that one of them would be HAL.dll in the system32 directory, but what are the other...
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    Lindows Machines - to Lin or not to Lin -POLL-

    I'm wondering if people actually really use Lindows Machines for Lindows, or just format and put on another distro of Linux or Windows?
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    Slackware: What are good log files to examine..

    For some reason my linux box just keeps ending up off. I'm not around it 24/7 (actually maybe an hour per week) and i keep finding it off. What logs should I look at to see what system/user events are going on during this time span. I think someone might have root and be remotely turning it...
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    Apple: G5's FSB really 1GHZ?

    Anyone know what kind of data bus the G5 system has? The top of the line supposedly has 1ghz speed, but we know how companies (amd/intel) distort that with DDR and QDR technology. If Apple is using QDR technology, then they are actually using a 250mhz FSB, which is impressive... Anyone have...
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    ***Official*** T3 Dissussion Forum (Warning: Spoilage)

    what did everyone think of the logic behind the movie, besides that it was damn cool.
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    Linux kernel 2.4.21 + Software ATARAID

    I have had problems with getting Slackware 9 working enough to boot it off of a stripped software ATA raid setup. I have had problems posted HERE and nobody can seem to help. I finally used a test drive last night to install slack 9 and compile up 2.4.21 with ATARAID support for my Promise...
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    ATI 7200, Dual display, Windows 2000 HELP!

    I bought 2 Made By ATI Radeon 7200s (64mb/AGP/TV/VGA/DVI) for a friend of mine who uses 2 computers (1 with 2 mointors) and is running Windows 2000. I also had to purchase a separate DVI->VGA adaptor in order to hook 1 of the machines with with dual monitors up. After hooking everything up, I...
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    Showing unused Devices in XP/2K Dev Manager

    I found a nice utility which will run the XP/2000 device manager in a special mode which will show old/duplicate drivers. You can download the script HERE Good luck cleaning out all the crap in your device manager.
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    Linux: Slackware + Promise ATA Raid?

    I have an Nforce2 motherboard and a Promise Fastrack 100 with 2 80 gb drives set up on a performance raid (0) and I have XP installed I wanna repartition and install Slackware 9 on the system, but I know that slackware 9 doesn't have BIOS RAID support for the Fastrack drive. I can't even get...
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    A7N8X and Dual Channel no workey?

    I am concerned that Dual chanel may not work with this motherboard properly. Here is my curent setting: A7N8X Standard (1002A bios) AMD XP 1700+ Running 1985mhz (10.5 multiplier/190mhz FSB) Geforce 4 Ti4200 320 Watt Vantec PSU 2x PC3200 Sticks (512mb) Generic I originally purchased my system...
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    OLDEST HARDWARE YOU HAVE RUN XP ON?

    I installed XP on a 5 year old sony laptop Here are the SPECS: 150mhz Pentium MMX CPU 80 MB Ram 2GB Toshiba Hard drive Neo Magic 2 MB Video Card Onboard Sound (ESS) IR Device Boot time: ~35 seconds Everything works and is detected in XP . Its not the fastest thing in the world, but the...
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    Lindows OS Media Computer: Your thoughts

    Well, it looks like the linux world just got a bit grimmer: Lindows Media Computer Screenshots & Info I am sorry to say but this thing is just sad. Who would pay over 300 dollars for a 900mhz C3 processor machine with 128 mb of ram? Its sorry to say that the machine is a media machine, yet it...
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    A7N8X 233mhz FSB

    It can be done. I have a screenshot of wcpuid HERE Here are my specs: A7N8X Standard - Betabios 001.c Unlocked Athlon 1800+ (Palamino) running at 1624mhz FSB: 233mhz (466mhz ddr) Clock Multiplier: 7 Memory : 2 x Low Quality PC3200 - only will run up to 160mhz stabilly so I set the memory...
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    DFI AD77 Infinity Memory Problems?

    I have a DFI AD77 Inf (KT400) and a stick of Micron PC3200 with my Athlon 1800+. In Sandra 2003, the memory benchmarks are roughly the same no matter what speed I set the memory to (266,333,400). The benchmark it it gives is like 1900 and 1780 mByte/Sec for int/float respectively. That is...
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    DFI AD77 Infinity Overclocking?

    I have a DFI Infinity and an XP1800+ unlocked. I currently have the chip running 1900+, but thats all I can do. I wanna get the board running 166fsb, but when I set the bios to set the multipler to 9.5 or lower, and then power down to jumper to 166. It won't post. I have tried increasing the...