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    I can' t get online!! Help!!

    Everytime I get connected to a wireless connection my computer would show a blue page that says I have an error and shut down on me. I can' t read what the blue page says because it only stays open for about 1 second before shutting down. I did get infected with the bloodhound.exploit.6...
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    anybody ever heard of TVMAX?

    I'm moving to a new apartment in June and they have TVMAX as the cable provider so I'm curious whether they're pretty good or not? Anybody has any experience with them? And also, does anybody here use AllTell for their local phone service? or DSL? Comments please. I don't really need a...
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    want to upgrade my video card

    I haven't been looking at graphic cards since I bought my 9700 pro so I'm really out of it. In terms of the X800 series, what's the lowest performing class? is it the XL or the Pro? As for the 6800 series or 6600 series, what's the order of performance? Between ATi and NVidia, which one...
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    Dell's exchange question

    So I purchased a 2405fpw and the one that I got was defective (kept on blinking,) I called in and was offered an exchange. Two weeks later, my replacement comes in but there's no instruction on how to ship the old monitor back, no return shipping label, no packing list, nothing. I thought...
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    LCD question

    I have a dell 2405FPW. I love this monitor, but every so often, the screen will just turn black for a second or so and then returns to its previous state. Does anybody else with 2405 have this problem? Is this something serious? I've had 1800FP and 2 1901FPs before and never had this problem...
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    stupid question

    So I connected my gamecube to the 2405fpw composite connection and of course it doesn't have any speaker and hence, no sound. What do I need to do to get the sound coming out of my computer speakers? The connection? I use radeon 9700 pro and audigy 2zs if that's any help. Again, I kow it's...
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    help please

    but my cpu only runs at 1.9GHz. I have a 2.53GHz P4. How do I get it to run at max? not overclock it, just at what it's supposed to be running at. I know this is a piece of cake for most of you :) Thanks!!
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    Help, java problem.

    I can't view any webpage that uses java. It just gives me a big grey box with a stupid little red x on the top left side. I've downloaded and installed the latest java but still nothing. Can anyone tell me what I need to do? Oh, I can't view java with both firefox and IE. HELP please...
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    dual monitor question

    Well I have a dell 1901fp which is plugged into my radeon 9700 via dvi. I just purchased a 2nd 1901fp and I wanna have a dual monitor set up. The thing is, the video card only has 1 dvi port. Does this mean that I have to plug the other FP to the analog port? or is there any way I can plug...
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    d-Link di-624 question

    I just replaced my linksys b wireless router with d-link di-624 g router. Now everyday my connection will alwas get cut off and I will have to restart the router for the wireless connection to be available again. What I mean with cut-off is that I get full signal but I can't connect to the...
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    can't delete files? can't cut, can't copy, can't move??

    My roomate has been using my computer for a couple of days now and he's been using limewire. He tried to downlaod porn (DUH) and well.... I guess he downloaded some stuff that he shouldn't have. Now in my "incomplete" folder I have a bunch of files that has .jpg and .mpg extension but I...
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    Battery backup question

    So I just purchased a belkin 500va emergency battery backup and I plugged it in. The manual said I needed to charge it for at least 6 hours so I left the thing plugged in all night. Now when I try to turn it on, it won't even turn on (the lights are dead, no juice to my computer and monitor)...
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    Can I use 2 access points for 1 connection?

    Okay, so I currently have a linksys B access point and I'm thinking about getting a D-Link G access point. Can I use the two togehter? I guess the connection will be something like wall phoine jack -> dsl modem -> G access point which will connect to both the computer and B access point.
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    browsers problem

    When I try to open a website such as www.download.com, the browser won't load completely. The background will be grey colored, lots of Xs for images. I don't know what' s wrong. This never happened before. This happens when I use both firefox and IE. Also, when I use tracking system on my...
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    35% sales tax????

    I was checking my t-mobile bill and I found out that I was being charged a one time equipment sale sales tax for $12.37! The thing is, the handset was onl $34.99!!! I called in customer service asking them regarding the sales tax, and I was told the government calculated the sales tax for the...
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    Question regarding selling a HDD

    I'm trying to sell the HDD on the FS/FT forum. The drive was taken out of my dell i8600 as soon as I opened the box. So, this means that I never activated windows xp home that's installed. I never did reinstall xp home on the new drive because I installed xp pro. I did however installed the...
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    Can't open fatcash or ebates link. Help!!

    Well, like the title says. Everytime I try to click on a link from ebates.com or fatwallet.com, the link just won't open. If I use firefox, it will just open a new blank window. If I use IE, a window saying that "S&D resident shows that this page is trying to download "fill in the...
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    is this memory compatible with my inspiron 8600?

    Well, so I'm waiting for my i8600 to get here on tuesday and I want to upgrade the memory. I have 2 x 256mn memory from dell and i just want to add another 512mb. Should I get 2 x 256mb or can I just get 1 x 512mb stick? I'm thinking about getting This from newegg. Will this be compatible...
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    CD & DVD drives not working?

    Everytime I turn on my computer, my optical drives will not work. I go to My Computer and both drives don't show. So basically I can't play or burn CDs and DVDs I went to device manager and both drives are showing with the following message: Windows cannot start this hardware device because its...
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    How do I burn copyrighted DVDs?

    I bought "friends" dvds seasons 1-5 DVDs and I wanna make backup copies so I don't actually have to use the original DVDs to watch them. However, I can't seem to burn the DVDs since they are copyrighted. I'm new with DVDs burning so I have no clue what to do. I've heard of DVD decrypter but to...
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    is this a scam - citibank?

    I got an email with this statement in it: Dear Citibank customer, We are letting you know, that you, as a Citibank checking account holder, must become acquainted with our new Terms & Conditions and agree to it. Please, carefully read all the parts of our new Terms & Conditions and post your...
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    *Rant* People are so ignorant - work related

    So I'm working as a loan officer and I get most of my leads from lendingtree.com What I do is I call them back to discuss their options and save them money so they don't get burned during closing, but a lot of these people think that they know everything and they assume that I'm just some...
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    Help with maxtor drive

    Okay, here's the problem I have 2 drives installed on my computer. 160GB 8MB for my master and 200GB 8MB for slave. I never used my slave drive but in my computer it always had the icon (Drive F) Well, today I wanted to move all my music and videos to that drive and the icon was gone. I went to...
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    I got a job :)

    FINALLY!!!! I got a job as a loan officer :) I know it's hard to get a job in today's economy but it was even harder for me because i'm not a permanent resident or a citizen. Now.... I'm just happy, happy, happy!!! And oh, for you guys who have mortgage questions, feel free to pm me. I'll try to...
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    Speaker/Soundcard question

    I have the audigy 2 soundcard and klipsch promedia 5.1 speakers. Right now when I'm playing music or video I'll hear static noise in the background. It doesn't matter whether I use winamp, media player, or intervideo dvd player. This happened to me before and I uninstalled and reinstalled the...
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    Question about XP professional

    When I go to manage account page, there are 3 accounts: 1. My account (computer administrator) 2. Guest account (turned off) 3. ASP.NET machine A.... account My question is, is the ASP.NET machine A supposed to exist? What is it? I didn't create it, and I'm the only user of this computer so I...
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    Help please.... wireless networking problem

    I've been using wireless networking for the past couple of months with not problem. Yesterday, however, everything went terribly wrong. I would be able to see all the available networks but I COULDN'T connect to any of them. Everytime I tried to connect the network icon would keep popping up...
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    will hyperX pc3200 or pc3500 work with P4G8X deluxe?

    Well, will it? Thanks a lot guys :)
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    HP printer help (1200SE Laserjet)

    The lower left is blinking which supposed to mean that it's a general error (paper jam, open cartridge door, etc). However, no matter what I do, it won't go away. And everytime I'm opening the cartridge door and closing it, it's always making some weird noise. What do I do? Can anyone tell me...
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    Recommend me a TV tuner please :)

    I'm thinking about purchasing a tv tuner but I really don't know what is good. It has to let me watch tv on a separate window and preferrably it will let me connect my PS2 to the computer so I can play it on my computer :) Thank you guys :)
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    Different brands DDR on a motherboard?

    Right now I have 2 x 512MB PC2700 HyperX on my P4G8X-DLX and I'm thinking about getting 2 more sticks for the mobo. A friend of mine told me that he could get me a pair of XMS or maybe Mushkin black DDR sticks. Will these sticks work with my HyperX? Thanks a lot :)
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    can't start outlook?

    Everytime i try to open outlook application, I always get a mesage telling me "Outlook failed to start correctly last time. Starting Outlook in safe mode will help you correct or isolate the problem in order to successfully start the program. Some functionality may be disabled in this mode. Do...
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    HELP! error message...

    I just finished building my computer this morning and about 6-7 times I've received an error message saying something like "Windows has discovered and recovered a device failure. Please reboot your computer." This happened mostly when I have a cd in the cd-rom. And, before the message appears...
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    Just finished building my first PC, EVER!!!

    I'm happy :) And I would like to express my extreme gratitude to the members here who'd helped me by replying to my noobie's threads about building my PC. Most notable are Thugsrook and EeyoreX. So, without further ado, here' my new rig: Antec Performace 1080AMG with 430W PS Asus P4G8X Deluxe...
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    HELP with building PC - P4G8X-DLX

    First Question I'm building a pc right now and I put in 2 hard drives: 200GB maxtor + 160GB maxtor I did use the mobo's primary IDE because I was told that I didn't need to put in the ultra 133 card since there shouldn't be too much differences between the 100 and 133. Now after I installed XP...
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    my pc doesn't have restart capability. Why?

    I'm trying to install windows XP to my just built PC. But everytime it says that it will automatically restart, my computer just shuts down and won't restart. Even my monitor will go into idle mode. What should I check? Thanks a lot :)
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    Is it possible to boot windows from ATA PCI card?

    Well?? I have P4G8X which doesn't support ATA 133, and I'm gonna have 200GB + 160Gb HDDs. I'm gonna connect these HDDs from the included Ultra ATA 133 PCI card. Is is possible to boot up windows from here instead of the primary IDE on the mobo? I'm using the secondary IDE on the mobo for my cd...
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    Booting PC from ATA PCI card??

    So I'm building my first PC ever, and i'm gonna be installing 200GB + 160GB HDDs. I'm using P4G8X-DLX which doesn't support ATA 133, so I'm gonna be running the HDDs from the PCI card. Is it possible to boot windows from the PCI card and not the primary IDE on the mobo? I'm using the secondary...
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    P4 2.53 only performs at 1.9??

    I purchased a retail boxed P4 2.53Ghz but during startup, The startup window claims that my CPU is 1900MHz. Why is this? I'm using P4G8X-DLX motherboard if this matters. I'm currently building my PC for the first time in my life, so I don't really know too much technical stuff. Any kind of...
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    Need help, building my first PC ever!!

    So I have the p4g8x deluxe and plusview 1080AMG case. Questions: 1. Do I break off the metal thingies that are sticking out on the I/O panel? 2. I have the radeon 9700pro so do I install this right now? or do I actually have to d/l the drivers? Sorry if i'm posting this on the wrong forum, I...