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    How to fully install cygwin, and how to install gcc so it runs without cygwin

    OK I'll take a look at that then. But does anybody know how to install cygwin? I just can't seem to figure it out - it would seem easy - but it isn't. It's some wierd option, I just don't remember where that option is.
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    How to fully install cygwin, and how to install gcc so it runs without cygwin

    Is that what is needed? I'd like to be able to do two things: A. compile really basic programs that run under dos and B. compile programs that come complete with header files and all that stuff
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    How to fully install cygwin, and how to install gcc so it runs without cygwin

    Hi - I battled with this a year ago and somebody finally showed me how - and now my cygwin install is both out of date and is crashing occasionally, so it's time for a reinstall. Can somebody remind me how to do a *full* cygwin install? I get to the screen where you're supposed to choose...
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    Ipod/Itunes crashing

    Tried it on another computer - same results - drive not ready. So - the hard drive is bad maybe?
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    Ipod/Itunes crashing

    Is that somehow different from using ipod updater to restore it? I have tried restarting it many times - and it hasn't helped. Haven't tried the ipodlounge forums. (I didn't know about them)
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    Ipod/Itunes crashing

    I don't particuarly like Itunes - hell I still use Winamp alot instead of it - the only reason I have it installed is for my Ipod. Anyways - I tried Ephpod - and it locked up after about 2000 songs. any other ideas?
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    Ipod/Itunes crashing

    So a couple days ago I connected my Ipod (3g 40gB) to my computer (running windows xp pro w/sp2) through USB 2.0 to sync it with Itunes. There were about 50 tracks that needed to be synced. After maybe 25 or so everything just completely locked up. I let it sit there for a couple minutes - and...
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    any way to make complete backup of hard disk?

    Hi - I'm having some fairly serious problems with my computer. I believe they're due to something wrong with XP, and not the hardware itself. All the problems are related to USB - lots and lots of crashing when various usb devices are connected. Anyways - I'd like to do a clean format of XP and...
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    Ideal linux distro for laptops?

    Dell D600 - Pm 1.6, 1GB ram, Truemobile 1400 (802.11 A,B,G), 40GB 5400 RPM 8mb cache hard drive (I left 10gb of unpartitioned space after my windows partition for linux), radeon 9000 64mb video card. Not sure what other specs would be important...
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    Ideal linux distro for laptops?

    A laptop is nothing like an ordinary computer.
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    Ideal linux distro for laptops?

    I'm trying to choose a distro of linux for my laptop. I've heard Ubuntu is very good for laptops? What do yall think? Any others I should look at? Thanks!
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    Sound skips with Audigy 2 NX (USB)

    I tried using the included creative labs software - and still the skipping persists. Any ideas at all?
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    USB 2.0 hubs are ridiculously slow

    any idea which models are the best?
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    got usb 2.0 hub - now external hard drive is crashing

    Will try to answer all questions: ports on laptop are usb 2.0. Power cycling means to turn off then turn on. Operating system is on internal hard drive. I doubt the hub is underpowered - as the only device I have connected to it that doesn't have an external power supply is the mouse - both...
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    got usb 2.0 hub - now external hard drive is crashing

    yes Also forgot to mention I'm running Windows XP SP2. I've been using all of these usb devices (besides the hub) for at least 3 months with no problems whatsoever.
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    got usb 2.0 hub - now external hard drive is crashing

    So I have a laptop and thus only 2 usb ports. I have a usb 2.0 sound card, usb 2.0 external hard drive, usb 2.0 ipod, and usb 1.1 mouse, so I decided to get a usb 2.0 hub. My plan was to put the external hard drive on one of my computer's usb ports, and the hub on the other. So I set that up -...
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    Sound skips with Audigy 2 NX (USB)

    bump - any ideas whatsoever?
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    Sound skips with Audigy 2 NX (USB)

    Hi - I just recently got an Audigy2 NX (the USB 2.0 Audigy). Anyways - sound skips occasionally with it. Well I dunno if you'd say skips, or stutters, or what. But you get the idea... I don't know what could be causing it though - it's connected to one of my laptop's two usb 2.0 ports. My...
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    itunes not reading tags correctly

    Every track. Just finally figured out what was going on though - there's an extra ID3 field called "orchestra or band" which sometimes was being written as various. Not quite sure why it was doing that - but once I removed that part of the tag itunes was able to read the id3 tags properly.
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    itunes not reading tags correctly

    Hi - recently I've had a very annoying problem with Itunes. With just a couple albums (I've counted 2 so far, out of maybe 500 or so on my computer) it lists the artist as "various" for each track. Both of these are soundtrack albums. Before you say that I need to have the correct artist in the...
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    What USB soundcard to get?

    I've seen that. But you do realize that's tomshardware that you linked to, right? You pay them enough and they'll say anything is the new best thing. They haven't been a reliable source for information for a good couple of years now.
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    What USB soundcard to get?

    In that review they use the zalman 5.1 headphones as a way of testing the sound card. Needless to say I don't give much weight to that review.
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    What USB soundcard to get?

    Yes they will be - but I just remember my friend who had the Sonica Theatre tried connecting his Logitech ZE-5500 speakers to it and he said it was overly quiet. Like he could turn up the volume to get it to the right volume, but I just don't like that solution. I've also heard that the Theatre...
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    What USB soundcard to get?

    Yes - 7.1 would be AOK - but I've heard from a couple people that own those Sonica Theatres that they are super quiet and start to clip if you being them up too loud. I expect this is due to being powered entirely off of the USB.
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    What USB soundcard to get?

    I need analog 5.1 output though.
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    What USB soundcard to get?

    You do understand I'm looking for a USB card, right? This is for a laptop.
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    are all powered usb 2.0 hubs the same?

    Hi - I need to get a powered usb 2.0 hub. I'll have my mouse (mx500) and my ipod on it, and various other usb devices as well. Will it matter that the mouse is usb 1.1 and the ipod is usb 2.0? I mean like will the ipod just operate at usb 1.1 speeds? Also - are all usb 2.0 hubs just as good? Or...
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    What USB soundcard to get?

    I need to get a good 5.1 usb soundcard. I've heard some good things about this Philips: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obi...s=electronics&n=507846, but then Iv'e also heard that it's underpowered, so I'm not too sure. The Audigy2 NX (http://www.newegg.com/app/View...ion=29-102-167&depa=0) looks...
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    How to delete corrupted folder?

    That worked!!! Thanks so much!
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    How to delete corrupted folder?

    I scanned it with chkdsk. Found nothing. Not sure how to run scandisk in xp.
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    How to delete corrupted folder?

    Any ideas? This is a really annoying problem...
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    How to delete corrupted folder?

    Well - I tried deleting it in safe mode and experienced identical symptoms to before. Any other thoughts? By the way - how do you delete folders in dos? I had been thinking it was deltree but that doesn't seem to be working.
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    How to delete corrupted folder?

    It's been there for a couple months - so I don't think it's going away. I'll try deleting it in safe mode though.
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    How to delete corrupted folder?

    Hi - I have this folder that is really bothering me. When I try to delete it with windows explorer I get a "cannote delete file: cannot read from the source file or disk" message. Nero, which has always been my best friend when it comes to deleting/moving messed up files, doesn't even display a...
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    How to rip/copy password protected website?

    argh - yall misunderstood me - I already have an account. Thus I already have a valid user name and password. Anyways - I figured it out on my own - I replaced the www in the url with username:Password@. Worked like a charm! :D edit: obviously replacing the username and password with the real...
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    How to rip/copy password protected website?

    Hi - how does one rip a password protected website? It's the kind of password that you enter in a message box that pops up. I always use winhttrack to rip websites - but it doesn't seem to have an option to enter the password. Thanks for your help!
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    American Eagle, everything is 15% off

    Seven jeans >>>>>>>>>>> AE jeans Though if you want some inexpensive jeans they aren't too bad. They're annoyingly common though - so be prepared to be wearing what every other college student is wearing...
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    How to switch output between two sound cards?

    ah I just figured it out - there's an option in winamp (completely buried - took like 10 clicks to get to) that lets you switch sound cards.
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    Is there an email program that will check both pop3 and web based email ?

    what web based e-mail? I mean like there are programs to check gmail (though now since gmail has pop3 they're pointless), and I've seen programs floating around for other web based e-mail websites, but I have yet to see anything that works on everything.
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    How to switch output between two sound cards?

    Hi - I was hoping to test a M-Audio Revolution 5.1 card in my computer. I already have a Creative Labs Audigy installed in that computer. I installed the Revolution next to the Audigy and there were no problems whatsoever in loading drivers for it, but I can't seem to get any sound to come from...