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    are OEMs legal??

    I am working for a company that wants to buy a copy of Office Project, which costs $500 new in box, but costs $290 as an OEM. However the office manager is telling me that OEM's are for distribution with new PC's only, and are illegal for us to buy. So what's the story? is everything I...
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    Outlook Help please

    Hoe do I transfer all of my old contacts/ emails from one computer to another? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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    Ordered an Asus a8V rev 2, yet

    As I said in the title, I ordered an asus A8V Deluxe rev 2 mainboard from Monarch coputer about a month and a half ago. Everything is fine, but when I recently downloaded cpu-z, it says that it is a revision 1.xx. Is this a problem? Is there any way to tell the difference between a revision 1...
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    USB Wire Question

    My GF picked up a Monster Cable Gold PLated usb cable for $29 at radio shack. After getting over my initial shock that a gold plated usb cable was ever purchased, the little fiend inside of me which always wants the best of anything on the market spoke up, trying to convince me that I should...
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    Can I use my Stereo Speakers w/ my computer?

    I have a really nice pair of Klipsh Stereo speakers and I was wondering if I would be able to connect those to my computer (I also have a nice front channel speaker, a klipsh Sub, and another set of Logitech z-3's 2.1's) So IF I can use all this other equipment, how would I do it? I have a...
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    LOW LOW SCORE!

    I'm getting a score of 4550 in 3dMark05 on a brand new build with a 6800GT. Should I be getting ready to RMA? Everything seems a little whacky with some games to (far cry graphics look awefull, to put it plainly) and graphics are choppy in medium res mode. System AThlon 64 3500+ Winnie A8V...
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    IRQL_LESS_THAN_EQUAL

    Good I hate Microsoft!!!!!!!! I keep on getting random BSOD's with IRQL_LESS THAN_EQUAL. Or if I'm futzing with intensive 3d stuff- MEMORY_MANAGEMENT error messages. At first I though I had a bad stick of RAM, and ran memtest, and all sort's of errors came up. Then I realized that I was running...
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    How do I......

    I have just completed my build and have installed a bunch of my drivers, when a friend of mine gave a a 36gig raptor that h wasn't going to use for free (I just love free!!). My question is how do I install xp on this drive and have it so it is renamed C:? I really don't mind erasing...
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    Sounblaster 2zs

    My brand new build has been gnawing away at installing the software/apps disk for the 2zs, it's been about ohhh 40mins and it's still only 20% done, is this normal? Or should I be getting ready to freak? specs: 3500+ winchester asus a8v deluxe 1 gig ram 6800 gt 200 gig 7200 sata...
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    Just one final question

    Does anyone know how to connect the headphone jacks from a thermaltake tsunami to an Asus A8V Deluxe? Do they go through the Audigy 2zs? All the cords are marked didfferently than the connection points on the mobo, so I'm just a bit completely lost...
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    SATA help

    I have an asus mobo a8v del, and it's not recocgnizing my hard drive (seagate 200gigabyte) what's the deal? If someone can please help, it would be greatly appreciated!!
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    SATA help please

    How do I get the BIOS to recognize the SATA drive? It tells me to hit tab to get to the screen, i did that, and nothing else happens It tells me to move the arrows up and down to select the options, but nothing happens. I'm not sure how to change things because it won't let me, and it's pissing...
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    ???help with connections of new build???

    Two quick questions. How the hell do I plug in the usb2/firewire/audio jacks on the top of a Thermaltake tsunami in an asus A8v deluxe??? Also, My audigy 2 zs sound card didn't cd wires, is this okay?? do I need to buy some, or is it allright just seated in pci slot? Thanks for the help.
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    Best online Building Guide

    Just got all my parts!! YEAH!! and so I's absolutely certain that I do everything right, does anyone know what the best online guides are? I have the MaxPC build issue mag, but something a little more comprehensive would be great, thanks for all the help you guys have given so far, it's been...
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    Partitioning Question

    I bought a single 200gig seagate Sata hdd, and was wondering what size partition to make for xppro. And should I just make 2 partitions- one for the OS and the other for everything else, or three for OS/Programs/Data,mp3s,photos etc?
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    Quick Question

    Can anyone tell me why dvd-rom/cdrw combo drives are comparable in price to cd-dvdrw drives? It seems to me that I'm about to buy a POS optical and I don't want to do that!
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    LCD Monitors

    I'm about to purchase a new monitor for my desktop, and since my GF and I are constrained to living in a shoebox in Boston, I wanted to get an LCD (I'm telling myself it's worth the extra cash because it might make our apartment look bigger, isn't great how we justify these things to...
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    Opinions? Thoughts? Insults?

    Anyone have an opinion on the 400 watt Power supply that comes with the Thermaltake tsunami case??
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    Antec Sonata w/ 380 w PSU okay?

    I'm about to buy a barebones system from Monarch, I was wondering if the Sonata's 380w power supple would be sufficcient with a 3500+ (winchester) 6800GT, audigy 2zs and 0ne 200 gb HDD?
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    Mobile athlon 64 vs Pentium M?

    Looking at laptops to use as a sesktop replacement. Does anybody know anything about these two CPUs?? 2 mbs lv2 cache vs 64 bit compatibility?
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    advice, please!

    Howdy! About a month ago, my apartment was broken into, and my baby (laptop) was stolen, along with my xbox, ps2 and gamecube controllers (interestingly enough, the guy left the gamecube itself untouched). Since then, I?ve been scouring tech forums learning about the hardware, determined to...
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    Laptop vs Desktop?

    Howdy! About a month ago, my apartment was broken into, and my baby (laptop) was stolen, along with my xbox, ps2 and gamecube controllers (interestingly enough, the guy left the gamecube itself untouched). Since then, I?ve been scouring tech forums learning about the hardware, determined to...