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    BF3 accidentally removed the ammo/health & chat window

    No its not hardcore server. I was pressing a bunch of buttons and all of a sudden it disappeared and so did my chat window. My chat window appears when I type to other players but when they type stuff the window won't show unless I press the J/K/L buttons, any ideas?
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    ATI Drivers for Windows 7 X1600 mobility. Any suggestions?

    I downloaded the Windows 7 Beta however the card I got is a X1600 mobility radeon. The drivers that ATI currently have for Windows 7 are for HD series 2000 and up. Anyone got a suggestion or were successful in using other display drivers? i tried a couple but none were a success...
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    English learning software

    I have a friend who is from Hong Kong. She came to the US not too long ago and she asked me if I know of any software out there that she can use on her computer that can teach English to Chinese people. The ones I found are mainly dictionary type software that doesn't really help much. I...
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    I get an error message after installing new motherboard

    My friends old motherboard died and I helped him install this new motherboard. Booted up the pc. Everthing read fine. Ram showed right amount, Detected IDE Drives and showed the right processor. Then shortly afterwards, I get the error message saying "Disk Boot Failure Insert System Disk and...
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    Mouse & Keyboard not working in BF2

    Mouse and Keyboard works fine and dandy in BF2 during the login and server selection area, everything works great but when the game begins the part that shows you the map and gun selection, thats where the mouse stops moving and the keyboard doesnt work. This happened after I updated zone...
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    Trying to install XP home on new computer but it says "Windows root\system32\hal.dll missing"

    I formatted the Seagate hard drive and proceeded to load the necessary files before installaion of XP home, after the required reboot I got this message "Windows root\system32\hal.dll missing" How can I get this resolved? I checked google and in general I found it to be a problem with the...
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    Zone alarm is great for windows, which firewall is great for linux?

    I need a firewall as good as zone alarm what do u think of "Smoothwall"? I'm also looking for antivirus and anti-spyware. Im using Ubuntu if that matters Thanks
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    How come I can't see disk defragmenter in system tools?

    I'm trying to clean up my friends laptop and when I wanted to defrag his hard drive, all the programs that are suppose to be in the system tools are gone except for one but that was irrelavent. Is there an option to show all the tools again especially disk defrag. Thanks a bunch
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    about WoW 10 day free trial

    Like the topic says, after I submit my info before being allowed to download, I get this message "Server Error in '/betas' Application." followed by debugging info steps and few html lines. The website is fileplanet.com they are promoting the Wow 10 day free trial but i just can't seem to...
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    Desktop icons & start menu icons acting strange

    check the link to see what im talking about http://img211.imageshack.us/my.php?image=icon4ck.jpg The thing is, this happened after I played through FEAR's demo. I ran 2 antivirus checks, lavasoft and spybot and all came clean. I'm puzzled by this and can't think of a reason how to fix...
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    How do I uninstall Sun Java, i can't find the uninstall option anywhere

    So I want to uninstall the program completely. I already uninstalled the Java Runtime, but the virus is in the sun's folder. I dont want to have to select the folder and hit the delete key , I want to properly uninstall it but I can't seem to find a way to do that. Does anyone have any...
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    Which one would be right?

    Im new at webhosting and don't know much but i've read a alot of posts and it seems like most people like sonataweb.net. I just don't know the difference can between shared and reseller can anyone explain. What im trying to do is to put my family's business onto the internet. It's not going...
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    No audio when playing dvds

    I'm using both cyberlink powerdvd and wmp10 and both plays the video portion but no audio to go along with it. whats the problem?
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    After installing xp pro, zonealarm the free version wont install......why?

    I've never had this problem before, can anyone help me resolve this issue. thanks
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    Is my monitor showing symtoms of its potential death?

    Its making a loud hissing sound, not coming from the speakers but from the monitor itself (the hissing noise sounds alot like when you turn your radio speakers on to the loudest but with no music just a loud hiss). Also there are lines that are shaking visibly on the screen? Making things...
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    Is PSP suppose to be a portable version of the PS1/PS2? or is it something of its own?

    I would like to know, thats all
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    How do i show the screenshots that i took in hl2

    where do they store the screenshots after u hit f5?
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    Win XP the word "Professional" went away

    During the boot up sequence, did anyone notice on the winxp logo that the word professional is not there anymore? Is there a reason for that? or is it just me?
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    I have a question about the United Nations

    I need to talk to my professor about a this topic and I was wondering what your guys thoughts were Does anyone know what the relationship between member states and non governmental organizations are in creating UN resolutions? Also could anyone recommend a good NGO website that has forums...
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    This would be scary if they made it mandatory

    I'm definately against this idea for us humans, it may be ok for certain medical reasons and a few others but just think of all the technology that aren't perfect. People will always find a way to break into computers sensitive info be it social engineering or pure hacking. Imagine what they...
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    What is Remote Procedure Call (RPC)?

    I dont know if it is someone trying to log onto my pc remotely or if it is a necessary service. Please advise thanks
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    Setting my memory correctly

    I have and asus a7n8x deluxe board with rev2.0 when I boot up it says memory is at 200mhz frequency in single channel mode. Is this correct, am I not suppose to have 400mhz in dual channel mode? My memory is kensington pc 3200 1 gig of it. I think I have to mess around in the bios to set this...
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    I really love Arctic Silver

    My original temperature for my athlon xp 2800 was 140's Farenheit and after applying Arctic Silver 5, I monitored the temperature and it stayed at the low 100's max was 102 :). I think it also helped with performance because 3dmark2003 was always around 5350ish and I just ran another test...
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    Do Hp, Dell, Alienware and Gateway ever ship pc's with partitioned hard drives?

    I just want to know if they leave windows xp on its own partition and then let you install games and apps on another?
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    Will Call of Duty run on a nVidia TnT2 32mb video card?

    I know its an ancient card but if my buddy turns down all the fancy options, will he at least get the damn thing running? the processor is a 1.6ghz but he has an ancient card and I just wanna know if it is possible to run with the card or does he need an upgrade?
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    Having sound issues with far cry plz help

    I don't understand what happened! I installed Far Cry and all of a sudden, my audio didn't want to work. I then fired up winamp and thought that maybe the issue is just with the game, instead winamp didn't have audio too. I checked all cable connections and eveything seems fine. Still no...
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    my 9800pro256mb memory is 351mhz/engine is 378mhz but box says 700/380, help plz

    Why is there such a huge difference in my memory mhz, its only half of where its meant to be. Plz help thanks
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    Anyone know where I can download the 580meg HL2 file other than gamespy?

    They want money and their free servers are clogged up and have to wait a long time
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    how much would it cost to replace or fix a water pump on a car?

    its a 2001 camry thanks for any info
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    why does my pc freeze only when i play moh?

    I have 2ghz, 1 gig of ram, 9800pro. Whenever I play medal of honor, the freakin game freezes my comp....why? I play unreal 2003, battlefield1942, tons of other games with no problems, but with a good game like moh, i don't like how it freezes most of the time. I checked Electronic Arts...
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    need help regarding the 3.9 catalyst drivers from ati

    I removed my old 3.7 catalyst drivers and installed the new 3.9 catalyst and 3dmark03 shows scores dropping 75pts and i ran the test again to make sure and sure enough it dropped 75pts. Isn't the new 3.9 supppose to improve performance or am i doing something wrong? thanks for any info
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    need help on keeping my programs menu expanded

    when i click on start then programs, the programs menu are always compressed to the programs that i use the most, i find it annoying to have to click on the double arrows to expand the menu, can someone tell me how to keep it expanded plz thanks. oh im using windows xp pro
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    can i hook up a vcr to a 9800 pro? its not an aiw, i still kinda trying to understand computers!

    maybe it just requires a special cable? or maybe it aint possible at all, but i would hate it if it had that possibility and i didn't know about it again im just learning comps at a slow pace
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    how do i setup windows XP pro so that when i boot up my comp it automatically signs into a specific user account?

    just so that i don't have to select a user account thanks
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    Is there a pc alarm clock?

    Is there a program freeware for download where it tells my comp to boot up at a certain time?
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    help me understand something

    There is this girl i really like, and i think she does like me too. We spoke several times in class and she decided to sit next to me. But did i do the wrong thing by asking her out for a drink? i gave her my number and she hasn't called (it has been almost a week). shes driving me...
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    how do you add a font into photoshop's font library?

    gracius in advance
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    where did you take your first date?

    im thinking about asking this girl out only not sure where to go, definately not to the movies
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    how do i access my ati control panel?

    I got a fabricated pc and when i go into control panel i don't see anything to do with ati's control panel, i need to adjust some video options plz help tks ......yes i am a newbie......