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    Strange OS & HDD problem

    Before I replaced the motherboard in an XP Pro computer, I knew there was something strange going on with one of my hard drives (H). First, there were sporadic inability to write to the drive by the XP (as part of its normal writes). Anyway, I replaced the motherboard, installed XP Pro, and...
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    What the heck is up with NewEgg?

    I buy computer-related stuff from NewEgg about every six months or so. Recently, I changed Internet Service Providers and yesterday I went onto their website, logged in, and updated my account to reflect that change. Now, I realize that the NewEgg ID is my email address, which is fine, but now I...
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    Wireless & Wired PCs cannot see each other's shares

    Morning All, At home, I have three computers all running Microsoft Windows XP Professional with SP2 and all CU's. All three of these computers are on the same workgroup, and let's call it AAAA. Two of the computers are wired directly to the Linksys WRT54G wireless router, and the third...
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    [XPpro] Bad File Record Signature. Anyone run into this?

    Trying to solve a mystery. Data drive which is one of a paired set of identical drives in M+S configuration on a Highpoint HPT374-based controller. Windows XP Professional (w/SP2 & all CUs) now only reports drive Healthy in Diskmanager, but without a file system. The disk had been formatted NTFS...
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    Pizza Hut moving away from Coupons?

    I know they are still offering them via their website, but they have been offering less and less traditional coupons. For instance, for several years I would buy the 'Two Medium Pizzas any way you want it for $xx.yy' a couple of times a month. About 10-days ago I looked on their website and...
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    Connected to the access point but cannot find the Internet

    Linksys WRT54G (v.2) Wireless-G router w/192.168.1.1 LAN-IP (gateway) Linksys Wireless-G PCI adapter in PC#2 w/192.168.1.10 static IP. MAC filtering for the Wireless-G PCI adapter & WEP shared key Wired PC#1 w/192.168.1.5 and PC#3 w/192.168.1.15 static IPs. All PCs have 255.255.255.0...
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    XPpro users: What wireless PCI NIC are you using?

    I am trying to find a more compatible network card for a PC downstairs. Currently, I was using a POS Netgear MA111 USB worthless NIC to connect to a WRT54G wireless router. I've decided not to fight that battle any more and seek out a PCI-based wireless NIC. Unfortunately, I have nothing to...
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    What is reserving this disk space?

    I originally posted this in the General Hardware forum and quickly got no where. When I setup a PC I typically configure the Pagefile (swap/virtual memory) to use only the boot drive. I set the Recycle Bin to 0%, and disable System Restore. I also set Temp Internet Files folder to minimum...
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    What is reserving this disk space?

    One of my computers has an 80GB boot drive (single Primary partition formatted NTFS) and two indentical 200GB data drive (both primary partitions formatted NTFS). All three drives are on separate IDE controller channels (boot drive on enbedded Intel controller, data drives on a Promise...
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    Wal-Mart, the evil moves closer to me.

    So, today I heard from another individual that the county commissioners have had their souls bought and eaten by the great and mighty evil known as Wal-Mart. The county commissioners have approved for a Wal-Mart to be built at my exit of the interstate that also happens to have a country club...
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    Price-fixing or collusion?

    I know many that would like to voice a hatred for Monster Cable. I am right along with them. Three years ago I bought a Monster HTS-2500 power stripe. On the box Monster had stamped $249.95. You can buy this product in retail for exactly that price at Bad Buy (aka Best Buy) and not a penny less...
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    Which is more Evil: Wal-Mart of Microsoft?

    Recently, there was a news bit on CNN's website about Wal-Mart trying to lobby the appropriate people to increase OTR (over the road) drver driving allowances from whatever it is now (eight or ten hours I think) to being able to drive tractor trailers for up to 16-hours per day. I have a...
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    Amex Blue & Card reader = secure purchase?

    Later this afternoon I will call American Express and hopefully they'll be able to better explain this to me. Recently, I opened an account with Amex in order to take advantage of their extended warranty on a major purchase. Before I actually use it for that major purchase, I thought about...
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    Altavista Babelfish not working?

    I've been trying to get a german webpage translated for several days now and each time I drop the URL into the Babelfish translator on Altavista's website it give me the following message: Translation Service not available at this time. Please retry later. (c: 28) I've previously had this...
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    Finding cheap employees: Minimum Wage vs. Foreign-Worker Minimum Wages

    A while back I did a little research on what it would take to bring some workers into the United States from the Philippines. The work was labor and low-tech, but not working in fields like a migrant worker. Because the job was long-term (permanent) in design and not migrant-work in...
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    Merry Xmas from BellSouth: You Are Fired!

    Yes, the officiers at BellSouth certainly know how to ring in the holidays by announcing 10-days before Xmas that 338 people will lose their job. While I am sure BellSouth is not alone in this kind of December activity, I really have to wonder some companies think they will ever be portrayed as...
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    16:9 resolutions on a 4:3 computer monitor

    Morning All, When I select a 16:9 resolution, either from Windows' Display Properties or in using PowerStrip, the displayed results are not what I expect at all. What I expect is a 16:9 image contained within the 4:3 physical screen of my monitor. Instead, what I get as a result is what...
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    XP Professional Can't Run in VGA mode?

    On my newest computer I decided to re-install Windows XP Professional. It wasn't until I decided that after installing the SP2 that ever attempting to install the NVidia drivers for the PCI-Express/Detonator drivers would undo what I was attempting not to do: run in a mode above VGA. I am...
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    Political thread not in the Politics & News forum

    Wy can we not keep the American election-related politics topics in the appropriate forum and not Spam the Off Topic forum? Just curious.
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    AnandGambling?

    Gosh, I didn't know Anandtech just went and became a gambling website. Now there is a giant loss in respect.
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    Removing Information from registered domain

    How do some people remove some or all of their information from registered domains? I've seen this and wonder how it can be done.
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    Firefox and Flash plugin

    Morning Folks, I am testing Firefox 1.0PR. The first thing I notced (realized) and this website uses a tremendous amount of flash-based advertising. Initially, I just ignored the repeated 'install this plugin' banner, but finally got tired of it and tried to install the required plugin. Of...
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    Iran to continue Uranium enrichment testing

    So, this was reported on CNN's website today as an Iranian official announced to the west that Iran plans to move forward with continued testing of Uranium enrichment regardless of the UN consequences. Is it me, or is this like a bragging right for middle eastern nations? "I've got a nuke...
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    Any use these IOGEAR KVM products?

    Anyone use the IOGear GCS102U or GCS52U KVM products? These are for supporting USB at the computers.
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    Which should be done: Warm Up or Cool Down (a planet)

    Venus is too hot because its a lot closer to the sun and has a natural greenhouse condition holding heat in. Mars is farther away with little atmosphere and can't hold in what little heat it can get from the sun. Should we as humans on an epoch scale try to terraform Mars or Venus? Let's...
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    Non-Music benefits of Windows Media Player 10?

    Can someone summerize what the benefits are, if any, of Windows Media Player version 10? I just downloaded a bunch of high-definition WMV (WM9) clips from Microsoft's website, and while they list WMP ver.9 as a minimum, their recommended setup is version 10.
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    Windows XP Guest Account

    Curious, does anyone know what the Windows Guest account is used for, and why I keep seeing it routinely re-enabled even though I have repeatedly disabled it? This is on a new PC with XPpro w/SP2, and the only software installed is some DVD writer software and nothing else. Because it is a...
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    Ulead Software install problems

    I recently purchased a Pioneer PC-based internal DVD Writer model DVR-A07XLA from Fry's Electronics. I physically installed the drive and it had no problems being recognized by my Microsoft Windows XP Professional (w/SP2) install, and was also recognized by the system BIOS at bootup. I then...
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    Voting at ATM (like) devices. Would you do it?

    I am not sure if this has ben talked about before, but I am a little curious about the idea of voting at an ATM, or ATM-like device. I remember thinking the last time i voted the inconvenience almost made me not vote. I went to what I thought was the proper location and was pleased to see few...
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    Strange XP Message

    The procedure entry point GetDllDirectoryW could not be located in the dynamic link library KERNEL32.dll. This resulted from the following activity: Took an old barebones PII400 PC, nuked and paved the 20GB disk, installed XPpro on it, installed a couple of IIS components, and then tried...
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    XPpro hangs on Boot when USB memory stick inserted

    I know this seems a little strange, but its just as strange to me. While trying to resolve a Norton AV issue with a loaded USB memory stick, I decided to test this memory stick on a PC that didn't have Norton. This Norton-less PC was already booted and running XPpro+SP2. I inserted the memory...
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    Measuring X-Box Live bandwidth Consumption

    Morning Everyone, I was wondering if anyone has labored into trying to measure the bandwidth being consumed (both downstream from the Internet, and upstream to the Internet) when playing games on X-Box Live? Specifically, has anyone measured bandwidth consumption during gameplay when playing...
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    Norton AV treats postable USB memory as loaded FDD?

    A wierd thing happened yesterday. Recently bought a USB memory stick and left it plugged into a USB hub when the PC was powered down. Norton Anti-Virus (Cirpirate, version 8) treated this as a loaded floppy drive, and it reacted in a not so nice manner. Is this normal? Also, does anyone know of...
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    Anyone else using the Abit AA8 motherboard?

    This past Friday I bought the Abit AA8 motherboard. So far so good, but I need the video card manufactures to speed up deployment of video cards for PCI-Express. The only cards they had at Fry's were Albatron's, and so far my initial experience is not good. Otherwise, the AA8 seems like a...
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    Albatron PCX5300 will not load WDM drivers (XPpro)

    I just built a new PC using the Abit AA8 motherboard and installed an Albatron PCX5300 PCI-Express video card. For some odd reason when installing the driver the WDM driver(s) will not load successfully. Now, I am also having a problem with the TVTuner driver as well. Ablatron ships only the...