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    New build, need some advice - nVidia card

    It is always better to read the stickies before posting: 1. What YOUR PC will be used for. General desktop. Lots of terminal windows. Linux + Compiz-Fusion 2. What YOUR budget is. $600 - $800 3. What country : US 4. brand preference. Intel CPU, AMD or Nvidia - so long as well supported...
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    2 (web)Server's connected to two different ISPs at the same time for redundancy - ok spidey, bad idea!

    I may be over complicating this but I want to make sure I'm not "dreaming up" something that can't actually happen. We've been plauged by network connectivity troubles over the past year off and on with our current host due to other servers on the same network under DOS attacks. We fully intend...
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    Critique my potential MythTV box

    Thanks for looking, this is going to be my 1st MythTV box. I'm no Linux newbie but I have never put together the hardware for this type of setup and want to make sure I'm not missing anything or getting incompatible components. Motherboard ECS 661FX-M v1.0 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard...
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    Ski / Snowboard trips this year?

    I was picking out some gear for my trip to Steamboat, CO the 2nd week in Feb and was wondering where the ATOT crew went or is going this year? Edit: :camera:'s added!!! I'm just getting used to shooting in the snow, that's me in the yellow/grey in some of the group shots. 1 2 3 4...
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    Skype in (or other VOIP service) forward to Cell Phone

    Here is my situation: I have a Cingular cell phone with a family plan (Memphis area). I've been told the stupidest thing by their customer service. I want to add a 4th line with a number local to Little Rock - 2 hrs away. I'm told that because of the location difference they cannot do that...
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    XML database import into MySQL with XSD Schema

    I must admit I have no clue on how the ? I'm supposed to get this to work. I have a large .xml file that is a dump from M$SQL and a .xsd "schema" to go along with it. I have no clue how to get this into my MySQL database. I have been STFW for the past 2 hours and nothing even remotely...
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    SSL Certificates from Godaddy

    I've never purchased a SSL certificate before and Godaddy's options were quite daunting. They have two types - Turbo and High-Assurnace, plus to compound that, they have Wildcard SSL. Apparently if I go for a Wildcard SSL, I can use the cert for all subdomains (which is a big advantage for...
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    Crappy carrier or crappy shipper/packing?

    Recently I bought a G5 Mac of eBay. As a 1st time mac owner, I was fairly excited to get my new (to me) G5. My excitement was quickly squashed when I opened the box to find my G5 had a nice buckled case. I did my best to bend it back, but the G5 still sits funny.. I sent an e-mail to the...
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    Multiple Thunderbird users on 1 IMAP account

    In a work environment we are using 1 IMAP box as a shared box for 10 users. All users are running the Thunderbird client. They all should be able to mark messages as read (which they can) but I want them to have to right click on the message and Mark->As Read before the message shows up as...
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    Cisco VPN slow for smb shares and sftp but fast for ftp. Need advice

    I'm fairly confused and it may help by me stating that I'm not a network expert, I'm a Linux System Admin. We have 2-T1's bonded for 300KB/sec + transfer rates. Our ISP is providing the connection and VOIP phones. They also agreed to put us on their Cisco VPN concentrator and give us the...
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    Is it me or is my new dell 9100 Seagate HD noisy?

    I just picked up a new 9100 w/an 80GB Hard disk. From what I could find it is a Seagate ST380013AS. I thought Seagate disks were supposed to be quiet. It may be that this computer is so quiet that I now hear hard disk noise. What do you think?
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    Southern Decadence

    Several sites I've seen have linked the "Southern Decadence" 'celebration' to part of the cause of Katrina. Coincidence? I find it unsettling how the US is forcing Israel out of their rightful land and homes and almost at the same time some 'force' has just caused an entire city in the US...
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    Do VOIP phones require all workstations/servers to have NAT'd IPs?

    We're getting new phone service and with that comes new internet service. Currently we're on a T-1 with 4 lines split off for voice. Nice thing about it is we can assign public IPs to our workstations/servers. We're getting new phone service (VOIP) in the office w/a pair of bonded T-1s...
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    Subversion in a Web programming shop

    I moonlight as a System Administrator for a small web programming shop (Linux/Apache/MySQL/PHP). They needed a way to track changes and work three or four on the same project at one time. I immediately thought of Subversion and started to read up on it. We've been using it for the past 3...
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    Dell SB Servers - free RAM upgrade, Free RAID Controller other Discounts

    I just picked up a PowerEdge 1800 for right at $1200 after shipping+tax. Here are the specs on mine: Xeon 2.8Ghz 1MB 800Mhz FSB Free Quadrupal upgrade to 2GB DDR2 400MHz (from 256MB) Free CERC 6 Channel SATA RAID Controller ($350 value) - not your el-chepo software RAID card 2-40GB SATA...
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    Dell CERC SATA Raid card w/RAID 5

    The current Dell promotion with the PowerEdge 1800 comes with a Free CERC 6 channel SATA Raid card. There is one other type they offer on the higher end servers (PERC). My plan for this box is CentOS (RedHate Enterprise Linux 4) with 2-40GB system disks in RAID 0 and 4-320GB disks in RAID...
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    Windows XP resolution changes specific to profile

    Title/topic The problem we are having is when a user changes the resolution for desktopA, it is system wide. I would like for it to be a user preference. Does XP have this capability?
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    NetDisk 120GB USB/LAN external hard drive at OM $39 6/19-6/25

    Looking at their upcomming ad, the NetDisk 120GB Network Attached Storage device for $39 looks pretty hot. I've seen some enclosures go for about this price, this one adds NAS and a 120GB disk. Has anyone used one of these and do they work with Linux boxes? edit: Better pics and more...
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    Software to watch widescreen on 20.1" dell

    I got my Dell 20.1" LCD and was dissapointed when I watched a WideScreen movie. There were the (all too familiar) black lines on the top and bottom of the movie. Is this the software player, my video card, the LCD, or is it supposed to be that way? I'm guessing software.
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    Apartment complex "lost" my rent check

    I always pay my rent on (sometimes before) the 1st. They have a grace period 'till the 4th. I left my check in an envelope with a fill in for our regular office manager on 6/1. Just last night I got a notice of late payment and impending eviction if not paid. I'm sure they will accept a...
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    Remote Desktop Connection Printer redirection not working XP/2003svr

    I've got 3 boxes I connect to remotely, 2 are Windows Server 2003, 1 is Windows 2000 Server. I need the ability to print locally to a printer connected to my Windows XP workstation. I have an HP PSC 2410v printer (no postscript drivers installed). I cannot see this printer on any of the...
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    Outlook 2003 - Delete profile

    Due to how this POS program handles profiles, and the fact that I'm still stuck on IMAP mail while everyone else has moved to Exchange (long story - don't ask), I've managed to make my outlook .pst files fubar. As hard as I try to kill my outlook profile, I can't. How do I kill everything...
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    Print server for All-in-one HP PSC2410

    So far, the only print server I've found that supports USB 2.0 is the Zonet ZPS2102. Will I still be able to scan documents and use the on printer card reader to transfer pics to my computer? If not, is there a USB print server that will?
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    Outlook 2003 -> Move a .psd calendar into Exchange calendar

    So {major shipping co} migrated most of its IT employees to Exchange. What was wrong with Iplanet/Imap and Thunderbird??? - that is the topic for an OT rant... I have a user with a .psd file storing all his contacts, calendar and old emails. The old e-mails are not a problem to migrate...
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    How to store Active Directory login script on member server

    The situation is this: I have a member server setup to map home drives and roaming profiles for our OU. I have management rights for users in our OU. I would like to have a share on the member server map to Q: for each user on login. I'm assuming the proper way to do this is create a...
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    Roaming profiles with Lotus Notes 6

    We're using Lotus Notes 6 (not for email but for an application) on 10 workstations and using roaming Windows profiles. As it stands, each user has to set their Notes up on each workstation they want to use. Since the user's .id file is stored in C:\Documents and Settings\Local Settings\...
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    Is this the correct way to setup 1 domain in BIND

    I am working on running my own DNS server. Is this the correct way to setup BIND for a single domain? Anything I should do differently? I have a CNAME setup to point offsite.mynewdomain.com to a completely different site, is this acceptable? *** sorry, no nice way to attach code...
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    can a HKEY_CURRENT_USER registry hack be applied system wide?

    After reading this, it appears this option only applies to each user. I have 20 roaming profile users and 10 machines that I want to apply this to. We are rolling out a ghostcast image for the 10 machines, but I don't want to have to hack 20 users (at best) or 10*20=200 local profiles (at...
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    Ghost 8, boot disks, and Ghostcast

    I came into this project after someone left our group. I'm not extremely knowledgable with ghost / ghostcast server. The setup is a Windows 2000 server with ghost 8 installed. (Console, server, and other tools). The clients are Dell OptiPlex GX240 w/ 3Com 3C905C cards. I used the Ghost...
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    Polo from Wal-Mart any different than Polo from J.C.Pennys?

    It's been a while since I had some original polo (green bottle). I saw a 4oz bottle at Wal-Marth the other day and decided I'd get some. It doesn't smell like I remember it. It doesn't seem as strong as it used to and it doesn't last near as long. I've always purchased my cologne at...
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    Hibachi chef hat colors

    So the wife and I went to a habachi grill for some sushi and other good stuff. The chef who cooked for us had a black hat on. It was a Tuesday night and one of the patrons told us the hat color indicates skill level : black being 'newbie' and red being 'leet' with several colors in between...
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    Is my motherboard a gonner?

    : I ended up purchasing a new replacement (identical) motherboard on eBay for $41 - $50 w/s&h. A $50 moment of stupidity. Glad I don't think like this on the job... This is what happens after a long day of work and too many calls... I wanted to get started on my new case...
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    Installing firefox extensions system wide

    There are about 6 extensions that I want to install system wide as every user on the workstation needs them installed and it's pointless to maintain each user's extensions. In addition, when an update comes around, I only have to update extensions in one place and all users are fixed. How do...
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    Two macs, one W2k Server

    Setup is 2 macs running OS X (10.35 - refered to as "mac a" and "mac b") and one W2k server. There is a network shared folder on the server. When I place an file (especially fonts) from mac a on the server, then try and view it on mac b, they appear as text or unix files and loose their type...
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    Acard ARS-2030D controller error

    I have a home build CD Duplicator that was built about 7 months ago. It burns 200-300 CDs a month. When I boot it up, select 'Copy', and press [ENT] I get the following alternating messages: "Target Drive -F >" and "Source Drive -F >" The target and source disks are Lite-On CD-ROM and...
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    Another spammer?

    It appears that mosho has quietly crapped his spam in the forums: Cool Deal I just bought one for my "daughter" Spam {hijacked another thread} "You can get it at OnSale.com for $xx.xx plus $xx shipping" about 1/3 of the way down. I haven't seen anything but spam to "onsale.com"...
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    This thread needs locked

    http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=1497661&enterthread=y Gotta love some of his quotes: When confronted....
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    Sewing machine for a case.

    A co-worker put this together as a project for a demonstration box. This is a work in progress so suggestions are always welcome. Sewing Machine Server Closed Sewing Machine Server Top Flap Open Sewing Machine Server LCD Up Sewing Machine Server Guts Sewing Machine Server Bigger Guts...
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    DVD-RAM or DVD-RW for backup

    I'm finding a few SCSI DVD-RAM drives on eBay for cheap and considering getting one for my PII Linux (dev) server for weekly backups. I've also got a Pioneer DVD-RW in my workstation that I'm considering replacing with a DL DVD-RW but it is not really a priority. Two options: 1.) Purchase a...