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    New Rendering Rig

    I need to spec a machine for rendering (Accu-render) and CAD (AutoCAD 2007) purposes. I'd like the machine to last a good 3 years, so let's beef it up. I've been away from things for too long and would appreciate your input. I'm thinking I'll need dual processors and at least 2 GB of RAM...
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    Help getting new rig to work

    System Specs: Asus A8N SLI Deluxe A64 3500+ (Winchester) 1 gig Corsair PC3200 Hitachi 250 gig sata 7200 rpm X2 ATI X850XT PE 256 MB Thermaltake 420W (HPC-420-102 DF) I'm having trouble with the video card in this setup. I'm running WinXP Pro with SP2. I've tried it with and without...
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    Good Video Card for CAD

    I'm looking for a good video card for a CAD machine. I'd like to spend less than $600 on it. I will be running 2 monitors (dvi) on a pci-express platform. I'll be running a P4 3.2 with 2GB mushkin pc 3200 and a raid5 configuration with 7200 rpm sata hdd's. Please include any personal...
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    Weird Behavior - Monitor Power Setting

    I'm running WinXP Pro on my main rig. P4 3.2, Abit AG8 mobo, XFX 6600GT, 2 17" Viewsonic LCD's. I've got the power settings in Windows set to turn off the monitors after 15 minutes of idle time. From time to time this setting gets changed to never turn off the monitors. I've tried everything...
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    Video Editing Rig - Need to Cut $200

    I'm building a video editing rig for someone. She's already got the editing software - using Adobe products such as Premiere mostly. As the title says, I need to cut about $200 from the total to meet the budget. Here's what I have so far. Please make suggestions to help me meet the budget...
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    Monitor Degaussing Problems

    I use an aging ViewSonic G810 for CAD purposes at work. The monitor has a little bit of burn-in because the previous user was a moron and left it on all the time. My main issue is this: the monitor gets somewhat fuzzy and requires a degaussing every hour or so. The monitor sits near a...
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    Cable Internet and TV

    Can I splice the connection to my cable modem and plug in a TV also? Do I need some sort of a line filter? If so, roughly how much would it cost me? Thanks in advance.
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    DCPromo - 2000 Server

    I have a Win2k server box that was in a domain as a secondary DC / replication partner with another 2k server box. I tried to run DCPromo to promote it to the PDC unsuccessfully. It tells me that the "operation failed because this server is not the last domain controller in the domain. The...
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    IP problem

    Linksys BEFSR41 router DHCP enabled No filtering is activated on the router WinXP machine with realtek NIC This machine worked fine for several months. Suddenly, it had no internet access. If I assign it an IP out of the DHCP pool, all works great. It will not receive an IP from the router...
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    First Linux Box

    Hi all. I've recently acquired an old machine and want to set up my first Linux box. I want to set the box up as a proxy for my network. The basic point will be to filter internet content. I have a reasonably small network (<20 machines) on an Active Directory domain sharing a DSL account...
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    Weird Domain Issue

    I have a rather odd problem regarding a computer that couldn't log in to my AD domain. I have 2 DCs running as replication partners on a fairly small domain. Earlier this week, a particular computer (that hadn't been experiencing any problems for some time) received an error when logging in to...
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    Bandwidth Limiting

    I maintain a small wired and wireless network (+/- 16 computers) that shares a single DSL connection. I have a Linksys BEFSR41 router between the network and the DSL modem. The wireless is all limited by MAC address filtering and my DHCP pool doesn't show anything unusual, so I don't think...
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    Multiple Domains - Dumb Question

    I regularly go between 2 different domains and a third workgroup with my laptop. I also alternate between my wireless card and a wired connection. I would like Windows (XP Pro) to appear unaffected (ie. keep the same user profile) for all 3 network conditions. What is the cheapest way to...
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    Random System Freezes

    I built a PC for my parents that is randomly freezing. I can't pinpoint it to a particular application or piece of hardware. The temps appear fairly normal (35 sys, 49 cpu). I have flashed the BIOS to the current version, run memtest on the RAM, and formatted and completely reinstalled Win2k...
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    Streaming Media Server and Gateway

    I need to build a server to run pr0n-filtering software for my small network (+/- 16 computers depending). I also want the machine to run a streaming media server that will output to 2 400W amps and on to 4 large DJ-quality speaker cabinets. (I love living in a fraternity house!) The system...
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    New 21" CRT

    I'm looking to replace a 21" CRT monitor that got fried from the recent power outage. I have +/- $700 to spend. I would like to get a reliable brand with at least a .22mm dot pitch. I also would prefer as flat a screen as can be had. I do CAD work all day, so a good monitor is very important...
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    HP XU800 Workstation RAM

    I have an HP XU800 Workstation at work. It currently has 256 MB (4 sticks x 64MB) of PC600 ECC RDRAM. We are considering converting this machine into a server for the office as it has SCSI drives in it already with most of our data already on it. I ordered 4x 256MB sticks of Samsung PC600 ECC...
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    Limiting Web Access by Keyword

    Not really sure where to put this topic or if such a request is even possible. I have a Win2k server box running my AD and (obviously) primary DNS. Does anyone know of a program that I can install on my server that will block web access to sites with certain keywords in the URL? I'm hoping to...
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    Dual DVI Vid Card

    I have 2 Viewsonic VG171b LCDs and an Asus V9280 Vid card right now. It has 1 DVI and 1 analog head on the card. I'm currently running one monitor on dvi and one analog and the differences are WAY too noticeable. I need a dual DVI card. I'm looking at the Asus V9520 VS model- currently 110...
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    VPN Problems

    I'm running Win2k server and trying to set up a VPN. I have a DSL connection behind a Linksys router. I'm forwarding port 1733 to the server box. I have the R&RAS server running as a remote access server. I have the active directory installed and working to authenticate. I have given the...
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    Building a college computer

    I'm building a computer for a friend's daughter to take to college. She won't be doing much heavy computing, but they want something that will last a few years. Most of her needs will be typical college stuff- music, papers, e-mail, internet, with possibly a bit of gaming (but unlikely). Any...
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    HP Laserjet 4MV Networking

    I recently bought a used HP Laserjet 4MV printer. It has the Jetdirect J2552B 10 Mbps network card in it (Firmware Revision A.05.05). The printer works fine with the parallel port, but I want to set it up to use the network interface because I send large CAD files fairly regularly. I have...