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    Change Win XP SP2 Kernel to support Hyper-Threading - How to?

    Hello everyone, I have a bit of a problem here and not sure how to go about fixing it. I re-installed my Win XP box a few weeks ago. That was right after I was finished playing around with Ubuntu on it, and that thing had major problems with my hardware. What I did was disable half the stuff in...
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    Windows Server -> Disable "Other users logged-on" warning on shutdown

    As per my thread here, I've been having some shutdown problems with my server. Right now it seems to be only able to actually shutdown when done from the physical side, can't do it remotely. This solution would be fine for me with the exception that eventually I won't have a monitor...
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    Win 2k3 Shutdown Problem - Application Error

    Hi guys, would really appreciate some help on this because I've spent hours on google and come up with nothing on this issue. I've got a dual Xeon Windows 2003 Standard Server at home that I'm just finishing setting up. Everything has been running fine for the past couple days with one...
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    Help choose a server board

    Hi guys, even though I thought I was already past this stage, I once again find myself questioning the decision since it was made a few months ago. So here's the deal... I'm building a server for myself, nothing too advanced, but not cheap either. The current cost as I estimate it will be around...
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    RAID 5: Hardware vs. Semi-Hardware

    (Long post ahead, you?ve been warned :)) I have this problem - I'm building a file server which will need to be very reliable and be able to serve over 2T of data at fairly high rates (not all at once of course :P). I have already decided on most of the components, but when it comes to the...
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    Backup of Windows workgroup user accounts

    Hi guys, have a question and was hoping someone here knows the answer. Been not very successful on google so far... At our company we have a number of servers that have a few hundred windows user accounts on them (Win 2000 Advanced Server mostly). Now if a server was to die we'd be in a...
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    PCIe network cards?

    Hello, I've been searching for a while now, but so far no real luck. Does anyone know if there are PCIe 1x network cards out there? I just ordered myself an SC420 dell server that I'm planning on using as my firewall and I'll need to add 2 more nics to it. Would very much like to make one sit on...
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    Some advice on hardware RAID and planning for future

    Hi there, I'm currently in the final planning stages for my home file server and I wanted to ask some things I recently thought of. First of all, my file server will be running on hardware RAID5 implementation, most likely using 3ware 9500S-8 controller. Now this will be the first time that...
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    MP3 vs. OGG

    Hi there guys, I'm currently trying to get my music collection up to date a bit (currently most of it is in mp3 128kbps format). So I wanted to ask which of those 2 formats is regarded to yield the best quality at the 320kbps range? The size doesn't really matter, but it has to be one of those 2...
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    Nocona Xeons vs. Prestonia

    I'm picking out a motherboard for a server and need some advice as far as the CPU goes. How big of an advantage is the Nocona core (800FSB) versus Prestonia (533FSB)? The price is the same, but variety of motherboards for Nocona right now is pretty bad, at least for what I need. If the...
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    Need suggestions for a server board

    I'm building a server for myself and could use some feedback on the choice of motherboard. First of all this has to be Dual-Xeon board and must support PCI-X preferably with at least one 133 MHz. I've been really wanting to get an 800FSB system because for the price of 2.4 GHz 533 Xeon I can get...
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    Advantages of Dual-Xeon over P4 for a server?

    Hi guys, when talking about just a small server, but one that is running quiet a few services, what are the advantages of dual-Xeon over P4. Say dual 2.0 GHz or 1.6 GHz Xeons vs. 3.0 GHz P4. Is there a significant improvement and in what areas? PLEASE do not comment on speeds, just answer the...
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    Anyone know anything about this case?

    Take a look: http://www.newegg.com/app/view...=11-116-174&DEPA=0 Does anyone know what this case is like up close? Esspecially what is under the front door since there's no picture of that.
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    Problems with domain-controller

    Have this problem and not sure what to do to solve it. We have a Win 2000 domain controller. The machine itself works fine, but when one of the client computers tries to log-on or log-off it takes literally 20-30 minuets. Every step like loading profile, running log-on scripts, etc. is really...
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    Need some feedback on a router and general network config.

    I currently have a D-Link DI-604 router which is ok, but I'd like to get something a little more advanced. I was looking at the Linksys RV0 line and those look very interesting. Made for home use, but on the high-end side. So what I wanted to ask is does anyone here have experience with those...
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    Software Patents

    Just been reading a few articles regarding patenting of software in Europe and thought I'd bring it up as a good debate topic. As a software developer I ma actually a little frightened by the fact that big companies are capable of getting patents such as the one we recently (well... a while back...
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    Server Build Opinion

    Well I posted a few days back asking for help on picking out a case, still haven't resolved that issue 100%, but I found something that I kinda like so that's what I used for this one. Bellow I've posted all the components I'm currently thinking about getting. Would like some opinions on it. I'm...
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    How's this for a server case?

    Want to build a nice file server, but having trouble finding a decent case for this purpose. Found this one, but only one review on it: Here and Here. Does anyone know anything about this case and does anyone have some other suggestions for a nice server case.
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    Current debates in the tech fields?

    Well I won't lie about it... The reason I'm asking is because I've got to write a paper on some current debate/hot issue within areas like software development, computer science, new technologies, etc... Running low on ideas and would appreciate some help. But besides that, I'm really getting...
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    Turning a dell workstation into a decent server...

    Here's my situation and I'd just like to get some opinions from you guys... A friend of mine just gave me a Dell GX260 which he didn't need. I don't really need another workstation either (already have 6 :D ), but what I could use is a better server. My current one, which I use as an e-mail and...
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    6800 cloning image during boot

    This is something strange, and not that it bothers me a lot, I'd rather not have it... I just upgraded from my Ti4400 to Leadtek 6800. Before, whenever I would boot my computer, up until the log-in screen the card would output everything to the primary monitor. The secondary one would either be...
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    Leadtek 6800 problems - confirmed

    Wanted to start another thread about this as in my last one I still wasn't sure of what's going on. So here's the deal... Got a brand new Leadtek 6800 card, the rest of my system specs can be seen below. I've done a complete re-format and re-install of Win XP SP2. Installed all the needed...
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    Problems with new 6800

    Just got my Leadtek 6800 card, first removed the old drivers, restarted, used the driver cleaning tool, shutdown, then installed the new card. Installed drivers 61.77, one more restart, then reconfigured my displays. Now the first thing I did was run 3DMark03 and got a score of around 8400...
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    Help with reverse DNS

    Well I'm kind of in a bad position right now (as in I have no idea what to do :(), so would greatly appreciate some help... I just finished setting up a server for a small local company. It's Windows 2003 running Exchange 2003 for e-mail. E-Mail is the only use for this server besides being a...
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    6800 with 256MB?

    Well I've pretty much given up on trying to find a decent deal on 6800GT. I'm going with 6800 and saving myself over $100. It seems to run Doom III very well, and the only other thing I'll need from it is Half-Life 2, don't think I'll have any problems with that. What I wanted to ask though...
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    Half-Life 2 on 6800?

    So I'm getting so sick of hunting down for a decent deal on 6800 GT (or just finding one that's in stock for that matter) that I thought it maybe a good idea to go down a level and get 6800. Especially since XFX has a dual-dvi version which I would really like. My problem is how well will HL2...
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    Software on your USB flash drive

    I'm assuming that quiet a number of people here probably have a usb flash drive they carry with them, I just got my second one today (Cruzer Micro 512MB - damn that thing is small :D ). So I just wanted to ask, what software do you guys keep on your drives? Always looking for a useful piece of...
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    GigaByte 6800GT Advice

    I was doing a search on buy.com and came up with GeForce 6800 GT,DDR III 256MB,AGP 8X which is manufactured by GigaByte (Part #GV-N68T256D). Earlier this month I also got a coupon for 10% off my next purchase which ends at the end of this month. The total comes out to about $370.79. What I...
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    True Server Cases

    Over the summer I'm hoping to save up some money and finally build a nice server that I've always wanted. I'm still picking out all the components, but my main issue comes in with the server case. So far whenever I'm doing some searches on sites like newegg, most of the things that come up are...