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    getting old version of norton off of a pc?

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    Tv tuner help

    Hey guys I've been thinking about getting a tv tuner for my computer for a long time, and i finally decided to buy one when my dad decides to get satelite tv....Does anyone know of a tuner or 2 that work with satelite? I guess they'd need to be like an internal receiver, if thats even possible...
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    itunes dilemas....

    Hello I live in Canada and have just signed up for an itunes account hoping that it would allow me to download tv shows via itunes. But none of them are available in the canadian store, I was wondering if anybody either knew how i can make myself able to download from the american store, or how...
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    Last minute monitor choices

    Hello, the title says it all. The LG has it all on paper, and the samsung and viewsonics are tied. I would just like someone to let me know anything they think may be useful in this situation to help me decide which one i want LG Viewsonic Samsung Something to keep in mind is that...
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    Xbox lightgun question

    I've been wanting to get a lightgun and house of the dead 3 for my xbox for some time now. Since they are cheap I've decided now is the time. My question is do lightguns work properly with all kinds of tv's? I think I remember reading an article a while ago about them not working with LCD tv's...
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    A Few last minute questons

    Hey guys/gals, I'm looking to put an order through shortly for a few new computer parts. I need a new mobo, cpu and vid card. For CPU I'm tihnking a venice 3200+ For MOBO I want an ASUS a8n sli premium -I heard ASUS was good and I like the heatpipe for the NB For Vid Card I want a...
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    14 inch laptops.....

    I've decided that a laptop would be a great deal of help with my studies, so I went online and "built" a few just to guage the prices. Now as far as I'm concerned I have to decide between a Dell and Alienware. I've heard that alienware is very good but slightly over priced, wereas dell has...
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    30gb ipod photo

    its in the title......i just wanna know, .mov, .avi, divx? and if it is .mov does anybody know of a good free converting program? because I've been considering getting an ipod Thank you very much, Graeme
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    dual display help?

    Hey. I have a 9800 pro. It has 1 dvi, 1 rgb vga and 1 s-video. I've tried dual monitors before but they've both had to run at the same resolution. I'm just curious if I bought This would I be able to run it at the same time via the s-video input on my video card and just move media player over...
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    pc remote controls

    i moved my computer to my room, so now it is this rooms only dvd player, and its really annoying having to get out of bed to pause the dvd, or turn the volume up/down. Every remote ive found says compatible with mce onyl. I dont care about all of the features and stuff, i just want to...
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    laptop help please

    It's my moms laptop, and she claims she did nothing, i tend to believe her because she would really know where to start to screw anything up. But anyways, on with the problem: When she tried to watch a dvd using nero showtime, the sound and video both worked, but both were so pixalated that...
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    PSU silencing question?

    I'm in the market for a new PSU, and ever since I've moved my computer to my room noise has been a very serious issue. I've purchased quiet compnents, suspended my hard drives and even made my own make shift fan switch, but no matter what I do my PSU is still the loudest compnent in my pc. My...
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    Need Help

    Hi, first off I should explain that my brothers computer is hooked up to the router with an ethernet cord.....so i guess its the access point? And then mine, my moms and my dads are hooked up using wifi cards(mine and my dads are linksys pci cards and my moms is a laptop[ card). So i started the...
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    Burning a DVD

    I keep trying to burn DVD's. I just bought a new benq 1625 burner, it came with nero software. It goes the whole way through burning a movie to dvd and then and the very end it says unable to create dvd structure....burn failed. I tried just playing this in my dvd player and it doesn't...
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    CPU hsf fitting

    My mobo is broken, so im ordering another. I plan on getting the DFI nforce2 ultra infinity. I checked the zalman site to see if the 7000b alcu would fit on this mobo, and it says yes aslong as the psu doesn't get in the way. So now I have that mobo and cpu hsf, I'm wondering if it will fit in...
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    Socket A mobo

    I know this probably been asked a ton of times but please bear with me... Theres something wrong with my mobo, and my freind thinks its done. The warranty is up, so thats out of the question, and my parents won't let me upgrade. They see a mobo as needed rather than wanted. So my question is...
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    Hard drive mounting

    Simple question, is it safe to mount hard drives sideways?
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    MP3 player

    I'm sorry but AT is usually very busy, but I usually just post in this forum. I posted in the Tech support Forum and the post hasn't even gotten any views yet and it's been about 30 mins. So I appologize but please don't let this defer you from trying to help me... Here is a link to the OP...
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    MP3 player

    Hey guys. I've had 2 MP3 players now. The first one my girlfreind bought me for christmas, the cord was faulty so I called the company and they sent me a new one, still no go. I didn't want to hurt her feelings and tell her it didn't work, so I bought myself one that looked kindof like it. I...
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    xbox

    can x-boxes play vcd and/or s-vcd formats without any modding?
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    6800 gt pci-e

    www.tigerdirect.com has 3 companies 6800 gt's in stock right now!!!! just thought id let you all know. I know the majority of you don't like them, but you like 6800gt's don't you?
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    Ghosting a clean install?

    I have 2 80 gig hard drive, one maxtor diamond max plus 9 and a samsung spin point. I use the samsung as a backup(files, games, documents, etc.....). Anyways back to my question, I've been hearing alot about keeping a clean image file of a clean install. I got a copy of Norton Ghsot when I...
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    dvds

    just curious...what resolution are DVD's?
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    A64 final choices

    I have 2 choices, if it's not too much trouble I would like no bs facts about what will perform better in the real world of gaming. I may overclock slightly in the future, but i don't want my buy to be based on that. ABIT Av8+AMD64 3200+ winchester or MSI K8N Neo...
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    New cpu+mobo

    so i decided to buy the dfi lan party ut 250gb. But I've been reading a bunch about the s754 having problems running 2 sticks in DDR400. So as of right now I have 1 stick of nanya ddr400(512), and one stick of corsair value select(256) which is also DDR 400. I plan on buying another...
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    LCD's

    does anybody have this, I am thinking about asking for it for christmas, but I'm not really sure. If you do have it, what are your thoughts? how does it scale resolutions, dead pixel's, any ghosting? Thanks Graeme
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    monitors

    does anybody know of any lcd monitors that are 17 inch's about 450 canadian and don't suck for gaming? I will be playing mostly at 1024x768 res, but i want my desktop to be at 1280x1024 res Thanks Graeme
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    cpu fans

    is a socket 754/940 cpu hsf compatible with a 939 socket?
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    New computer

    We are buying a new pc for my bro who is away at school, and we are getting it from radioshack, because my parents don't trust me too build it, so this computer is an HP. My dilema is that it says it has an AMD Athlon 3200+(32bit)@ 2.2ghz w/ 512k L2 cache and 400mhz FSB<which is more than...
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    Video Card

    Hey, I've been talking to a friend of mine who keeps having the same problem that you guys are explaining, he'll be playing a game, and his system will freeze, it starts with video stopping, followed by loss of sound, and finally, the num lock key won't go on and off anymore which is the...
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    AMD and Intel

    At the moment i have an athlon 2500+ oc'ed a little but I don't care if I go AMD or Intel, and i realize that it's a bit early, but for christmas i was thinking about getting a new cpu. Now I've heard the story AMD for gaming, Intel for multi tasking>> the multi tasking part is what confuses...
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    overclocking

    i have an athlon 2500+ barton, if my cooling is good enough, can i easily overclock by just changing my fsb too 200 instead of 133?, my ram is DDR3200(400mhz)
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    speakers

    Hi you may not think this is highly technical, but i don't know were else to ask.....so its all on you guys I have an old 3 peice set of amplified speakers that I no longer use, I would like to add some cold cathodes to these speakers and remake the boxes in order to make the light amplify...
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    tft and lcd

    whats the difference between TFT and LCD? does one scales better, because i really want a flatscreen monitor, but i have my desktop resolution on 1280, but i play games at 1024.............. I also read about something called OLED i think coming soon from philips, has anyone heard of these...
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    9800 pro and cpu

    am i severely cpu bound having an athlon 2500+ not overclocked and a 9800 pro?, i dont get the fps i expected when i bought this card, i have the 4.9 cats, 768 mb's ddr 3200, 20 gig hard drive(planning on a new one sometime) when i play really high level of detail maps in americas army with...
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    dual channel memory

    im want to buy an asus k8v mobo, but i want to buy 2 512 sticks of ram, its cheaper to buy 2 512's of ddr ram than it is to buy 2 512's of single channel, and i figure if it works why not, then its more future proof right? but i know that my mobo only supports single channel ram, so im wondering...
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    AMD 64's

    is it true that you need a copy that comes with service pack 1 in order to install one?
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    Hard drive in quiet mode?

    i ran the performance tweak utility, and it tells me in order to increase performance i should disable this function, only problem is that I don't think I enabled it, thus i have no idea how to disable it, anybody have experience with this? Thanks Graeme
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    Hard drive

    internal separate HD for windows system cache, having the pagefile and temp files on your OS HD sloooowws the slowest mechanical part of your computer even SLOWER! so obviously separate HD for cache. <<quoted from maximumpc.com, about the 2004 dream machine Im curious is it even possible to...
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    9800 Pro

    Hi I've recently bought an ATI radeon 9800 pro 128mb, since I've been using it I've reformatted once. I updated my mobo chipset drivers and my video card drivers, yet i still have this problem. Every 3 seconds or so, my graphics seem too jerk, for 1-2 seconds, it is really frustrating, however...