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    Want to stream H.264 files to my TV

    I am working on haivng all my DVD's backed up to a Win 2k8 Server box downstairs. All are in the process of being converted to H.264/AVI format. I am getting a nicer LCD TV soon and want to be able to watch the movies off the server and avoid messing with DVD's (already have a 5 DVD player for...
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    How legal is this?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kpjn2eexE38 Long story short, this guy has an agenda to prove his firearm rights. He also likes attention so he posted this video on another forum and got flamed for it. I am mainly wondering if it was lawful to tape it as he did. He refuses to edit the faces...
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    USB2/Firewire card for server

    I need to add Firewire and USB2 capabilities to this server (HP DL380 G2). It has 3 PCI slots with only one left. This is what I have found so far: http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16815203001 I don't recognize the brand and am unsure if it will work in this server. Any...
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    Email Form Field

    Title says most of it. Right now I have a direct email link as a "Contact Us" on my web site. I would like to make a form field where the sender enters their information and it gets sent to us. I have searched it and found literally thousands of ways of doing it. I'm not good with CGI and only...
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    IE6 not loading site properly

    I knew about the issue from the start of the new web site design but ignored it since it worked with all of the other browsers. The right menu gets shoved down to below the content section due to a sizing conflict. Each menu is 150px wide and the content container is 600px wide. My web site is...
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    Computer reboots while playing game

    Intel E7200 Crucial 2GB DDR2 800 Gigabyte GA-EG31M-S2 Sapphire 1010 ATI Radeon HD 2600XT GDDR2 PCI-X16 Seagate SV35.3 ST3250310SV Windows XP SP3 Just built this budget computer for my wife. She plays The Sims 2. Now the game randomly reboots the computer. She only has this problem while...
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    Need software to convert CRW files to JPG

    My friend took several hundred photos and saved them to CRW (Canon RAW Format). I don't want to install software on every computer I own to view them and would rather convert them to something more common. Are there any programs out there than can mass convert these to something more common...
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    Need to get Firefox3 Bookmarks

    How does one remove the bookmarks from a a firefox installation. Long story short my wife's computer crashed but her hard drive was not harmed. She had FF3 installed and I can't find anything with her bookmarks in there. Also once these are extracted, how are they loaded into the new computer...
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    Good budget PCI-E x16 card?

    This is going in my wife's computer who plays at most, The Sims 2. She was using a Radeon X700 but it is AGP and due to unforeseen problems I am upgrading her computer to a Gigabyte GA-EG31M-S2 with a Core 2 Duo E7200 and Crucial 2GB DDR2 800 RAM. Anyways, I'm down to finding a video card...
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    Some Bootable CD's not booting

    My wife's computer booted up to a corrupt file in windows XP. So I tried booting off of the original XP cd to get to the recovery/repair console and it wouldn't boot off of it. So I try a backup CDR I had, same thing. I replaced the optical drive and no change. I tried it with a memtest86...
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    Mirroring a folder over network

    I have a Windows 2003 Server in the basement with all of my stuff on it include my main folder with information I use daily. For about a year now I keep the main use folder on the server and use it through a mapped drive on the local PC. I copy that folder to my computer (XP SP3) once a week as...
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    Random Image Rotation

    I have about 10 banner images I want to use in some type of rotation on my web page. They are all JPG. They can rotate in a random or listed/ordered way. I want them to change with each page load if possible. My web page is HTML/CSS at the moment but willing to try other routes that are simple...
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    Is this worth using?

    http://www.microsoft.com/express/vwd/ I have been using various sub-par freeware web editors. I was directed to Microsoft Visual Studio Express Edition at work and played with it a little (edited one web page, 5 minutes). I gathered after you register it that it's free. Is this worth my time...
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    Need RSS feed displayer in html/java

    I am looking for a way to display RSS feeds from my forums into a box on my web site. I am going to put it in the side menu bar as a filler and need it to be a fixed width. I did some internet searching but only found ones I needed to pay for. I prefer free at this point. Web site is in...
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    FF vs. IE7 woes

    This is my mockup for my new site layout. I was fine until last night when I started putting some of the current content into the new layout. This is my current CSS. All works fine in FF(3) but I found my articles with longer links are screwing up the page in IE7. Basically the center section...
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    Alternative to "php include" code

    I currently use the <?php include 'file/path' ;?> to insert other files into my web pages to make them act as one for the client. Is there an alternative to using any php for doing the same task with the same results? I'm ok with CSS and decent with HTML but otherwise new to the arena as far...
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    Disabling user log off in Kubuntu

    We have a public access machine for internet usage. Right now the user is in a limited account where only has access to firefox. Occasionally we have savvy users who try to log off the limited account to see what else they can log into. There is only the root and the user's account and both...
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    Looking for a legal type book.

    I'm looking for a book for the average joe (me) that goes over laws pertaining to web based blogging, web images, fair use, and web based paperless copyrights. I prefer it to be condensed and easier to read for someone that isn't in law. I'm not looking to buy several books and prefer one. I...
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    Switching phone companies

    I want to move from Verizon to AT&T. I have been a customer with Verizon for 4 years and plan on moving to AT&T next month when my Verizon contract expires. Has anyone had an experience with the same companies? I'm not looking for a "who's better than who" debate, just want to know what trouble...
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    RAID5 vs Tape Backup

    A debate came up between a co-worker and me. I have a smaller network at home with 2 servers and about 1TB of data between both. My original intention in the future was to move all the data to one server running a SATA Raid5 array. The data is a mixed type in various sizes. My co-worker said I...
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    Need an online media host

    I know of someone looking for an online host that can stream a 640MB video file. Of course he prefers cheaper the better but any option will do.
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    Need NIC GB PCI card advice

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16833166002 I'm mainly looking for a sub $20 PCI card that I can use to update my small fleet (5 PC's) to the Gigabit standard. I found the above one. Is it a bad/good card? If bad, are there other suggestions?
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    Scanning/Archiving Old Photographs

    I will undertake a process to digitally archive old photographs I have ran across over the years. A lot but not all of the photos are black and white and from various news papers over the 20th century. My question is what the best settings to scan these in are. I have tried 1200dpi but this...
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    posted it here: http://forums.anandtech.com/me...=2180071&enterthread=y
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    Ferrite Beads

    I just bought a bulk pack of Ferrite Beads at a local rummage sale for a cheap price (ferrite blocks encased in plastic that clamp over cables to reduce interference for those who don't know). Are these just a waste on networking cabling (I have a couple of 50ft patch cable runs in the house)...
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    Easiest way to kill plant life

    We have a patch on our property between the street (no curb) and the fence about 2 feet wide and 100ft long. It has a lot of rocks and other road debris in it (not trash) so it's always been fun mowing. Now this year I want to try and just keep it from growing anything. What is the best legal...
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    Is my AMD XP3000 dead?

    As I was taking my old rig apart to sell it off, I noticed the AMD Barton core was chipped many times. I am at a loss on how it happened as I used a shim and put it on evenly never held the board by the heatsink or bumped the heat sink when it was in use. The computer was working fine when I...
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    CPU won't go full speed on Dell D610 laptop

    I just bought a used Del D610 and installed a fresh copy of Win XP Pro on it. I have adjusted the power settings and have it plugged into the AC adapter. I have also installed all of the Dell drivers and all the Windows XP updates. At this point it is supposed to be running at 1.6ghz and hasn't...
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    New IT facility near Springfield, MO?

    My overheard talk about a new IT underground facility 35 miles from Springfield, MO. I guess it's going to have it's own underground +120,000 square feet area along with possible underground apartments for people working there. It goes online in May. Anyone know who might be behind this? I'm...
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    Looking for decent photo printer

    I am looking for a photo printer to replace our new D5160. As in another thread, the drivers won't go in right and the HP provided work around didn't work so it's being RMA'ed. I prefer something that is easy to use and has the same basic features as the D5160. I prefer to keep the price...
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    HP Photosmart D5160

    I just ordered this printer from newegg for my wife who needed a photo printer. I hook it up and run the driver CD like HP wants, hook it up when told and all the drivers install but this one. I repeated the install four times, two times with the CD and two times with downloaded drivers from HP...
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    What combo is faster

    Due to recent upgrades I need to trim the herd and have the following combo's on the chopping block. 2.66mhz P4 Northwood 512MBx2 Ram (different brands) Asus P4B533 ATI Sapphire X700 Or AMD XP3000 Barton 512MBx2 (forgot the brand, dual channel matched set) Abit NF7-S ATI Sapphire...
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    Intel E6550

    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L CPU: Intel E6550 What are the average stock and "under load" temps for this CPU? It isn't overclocked and all the settings are stock.
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    Monitoring CPU temps

    Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L CPU: Intel E6550 I am looking for a free software or application that can monitor my CPU and possibly system temp from inside of Windows XP. I have a newly built system and would like to see if all of the temps are normal as I also use this unit for DC...
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    Need to set a directory and all files/folders under it to 777

    I need to have a folder on my home directory and all the files under it to all access or "777." I have the interface of cPanel or FTP. I can go through with FTP setting the permissions on everything but I have to do it folder/file by folder/file (using FileZilla). I didn't see an option for...
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    phpMyAdmin issues

    I was given a test account by a web host reseller to try out before I moved my web site. The interface is cPanel, MySQl v5.0.27-standard, phpMyAdmin v2.11.0. My current web server, which is hosted at my house, has phpMyAdmin 2.10.1, MySQL v5.0.45-community-nt. The test database is a SMF...
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    Looking for a cheaper email server

    I tried setting up my own email server but have since given up. I host my own web server and need somewhere to host my emails. I am looking for a cheaper place where I can setup three email accounts with POP access that I can use with most email clients. The email server HAS to be compatible...
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    MX, SMTP, POP, records

    I am trying to setup a email server on my network The server is on a static IP with the SMTP and POP pass through rules set on the router (D-Link DFL-200). Anyways, I installed hMailServer and set it up the best I could with the instructions. I went to my domain name company and had the...
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    Coppermine or Gallery2

    I'm looking to setup my server with a dedicated gallery where I and other users can share photos. I have been torn between these two and went with Coppermine after someone told me about it. I did do a temp install of Coppermine on my server and to be honest, I'm not impressed. It seems like...
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    Setting up online photo album on my web server

    I host my own web site/server here in the house so all of the mods and add ons are done by me. I am currently using WAMP5 for my web server software on a Windows 2003 Server box. Anyways, I decided to go with Coppermine Gallery for my online photo album. I understand setting up a DB for it but...