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    Searching for solid ~$2000 laptop, XPS, Alienware?

    I have been doing a lot of research on laptops. I am not sure which to buy as a result of my deficient knowledge on what is needed. I want a laptop that will survive at least 2-3 years, is great for gaming, is able to do video editing with ease, and is a desktop replacement (with hopefully...
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    Halo 2 XBox - $12.74, B&M, plus more!

    Today's paper had an ad for Circuit City Saturday deals. As the topic states, 25% off any game that is 19.99 and less. I was curious if this worked with Halo 2, a 16.99 game (marked down from 29.99) on sale for Black Friday weekend. The customer service rep, busy from the long lines and...
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    Hard Drive Crashed?

    I been having this veryyyy frustrating problem. My computer does not recognize my OS on my hard drive when booting. I can't get a startup disk to work either... it just freezes. It seems like my hard drive just won't work, and I can't sacrifice formatting it and losing very important stuff...
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    The Shield $19.99 at BB

    Saw someone post the 24 season 1 for $19.99, figured some of you may want to check out The Shield: Season 1. Original price between $45-49 and it's advertised for $19.99 at BB. I went to Circuit City, they price match 110%, got it for $18! Good show, watching it now :). Though 24 issss...
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    Epocrates Essentials $75 for 1-year sub

    There's only ONE day left (until midnight friday) to jump on this deal. It is a special because of Nurse's Week. I am sure there are medical professionals (nurses, doctors, etc.) that browse the forum. I am a nursing student and can say that Epocrates is an excellent resource. Breakdown of...
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    Closing programs using internet bandwith

    I've been getting a lot of lag and packet loss in my online games lately. Is there a program out there that will let me monitor what programs are accessing the internet and a way to let me close them? Maybe some software is running in the backround taking my bandwith up. -Rez
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    Lost password to XP, can't open Windows

    My sister got a business laptop a few months ago, but she forgot her login to get onto the computer. I've tried to do some research on the net, but I found a lot of places that say to use a complicated program to reset the password. Is there an easy way for someone that's not very computer...
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    Books for beginners?

    I have a young friend who's 14 and is looking to learn about the basic's of computers. Like what's a motherboard, processor, memory, etc. and what they do. And how to build them, etc. Any ideas for books he could find in a library, or websites with tutorials? -Jason
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    Dropped hard drive onto floor.

    Heh, I just got a new hard drive and dropped it on the floor (hardwood floor covered by thing carpet). It was only a 3 ft. drop, but I just wonder if there are any long term effects (kinda like a baby being dropped on its head when its a kid, is it gonna be dumb in the future?)? I haven't...
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    Higher ping my computer vs. networked computer in games

    My computer has a higher ping when I play games like Half-Life: Day of Defeat then my roommate's computer in the room across the hall. What's up with that? It's around 96 for him, bout 200+ for me. I am doing ICS with the networked computer next to me, which could be one of the reasons...
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    Worth getting S939 vs. S754?

    Oops, didn't post my msg... editing... Is it worth shelling out the extra $100 or so bucks and get a S939 (I want a soltek board) with an A64 3500+ vs. getting the S754 (soltek board) with an XP 3400+. I'm trying to keep on a budget, but want a computer that's gonna last me a long while...
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    Free subscriptions to: Living Fit, Shape, Ski, and Golf magazines!

    Link After signing up for Living Fit, there will be a Shape sub... after that there will be a Ski and a Golf sub. Enjoy!! -Jason *DEAD*
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    Undetected hard drive in bios and XP

    I installed my Maxtor 120gb just fine yesterday. That night I was in my computer (disk management) and set it up, partitions and all. Today I had to reset because I installed Doom 3. When I turned the computer back on, it was undetected by my bios, undetected in XP, and just plain not seen...
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    HOT! - Kingston 512MB Secure Digital Card - $56.24 AR, Buy.com

    Link $86.24 - $10 (10 off 75+ coupon floating around) = $76.24 (coupon exp. 8/31) Then with the MIR, its $76.24 - $20 MIR = $56.24!! You also get 15 free Ofoto prints and FREE SHIPPING! -Jason
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    Customizable shopping cart

    I am in the process of creating a business site, but we don't want to use PayPal as our payment service. Are there any free/trial places where there's an EASY set up thing that can set up our shopping cart and take payments? My idea is this: We sell custom poker tables... so we want to let...
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    Copy streaming video...

    Are there any easy to use, freeware programs that can copy streaming video through Windows Media Player or Quicktime, etc.? -Jason
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    Which video card is better?

    I'm looking at getting rid of one of them, but don't know which is better nowadays? -Jason
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    ATI Radeon 9800 - 128mb

    ATI Radeon 9800 - 128mb - VI/VO/D 8X AGP(100-435012) I recently acquired it. Never used by previous owner (got a new computer with a better card) so I got it. Just wondering what the going rate is around as I see so many Pro's up for sale, and not just the regular ones like this. -Jason
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    SVCD --> DVD-r

    Since Playstation 2's cannot play SVCD's, is there a way to make one into a DVD? I read the guide at doom9.org and it mentioned something about not being able to convert the audio, but if you have an SVCD player it will be fine. I'm wondering if it would be mute on a PS2 then? -Jason
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    Freeware Karaoke software?

    As the title states, looking for a freeware computer program that will play the karaoke files (CDG and MP3). -Jason
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    Best sound recording software?

    I'm just looking for a simple, useful, and handy program that will record with my microphone. I don't like the Microsoft Sound Recorder's timer so I'm just wonderin if there are any other simple programs that work as well. -Jason
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    Extend internal wireless range on laptop?

    I live 3 blocks from my campus. My whole campus is set for wireless. I am wondering if there is any way to extend the distance of my wireless capabilities and possibly get on the campus network from 3 blocks away. Its an internal card so I couldn't use the famed pringles can, heh.. at least I...
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    Best software to backup DVD's?

    Having troubles backing up a DVD and neither DVD Decrypter nor DVD Shrink will work. Any other freeware type programs out there that get past this? -Jason
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    Extend internal wireless range on laptop?

    I live 3 blocks from my campus. My whole campus is set for wireless. I am wondering if there is any way to extend the distance of my wireless capabilities and possibly get on the campus network from 3 blocks away. Its an internal card so I couldn't use the famed pringles can, heh.. at least I...
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    Software to test failing hard drive?

    I've been having a lot of stalling problems on my computer lately. It would freeze, then I'd hear a "tap... tap.... tap" from one of my hard drives. The problem is is that I have two hard drives. One is my C: (my main with windows) and my secondary D:. I've also had problems and the computer...
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    Some DVD's not backing up?

    I used DVD Shrink on a couple DVD's and it didn't back up. I used DVD Decrypter on the same DVD and as I watched it, it retried 86 times to move past the 10% mark. Oddly, its at 19% right now and its going again. Do I have to worry about it needing to retry that many times? Is there software...
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    Can you backup a DVD backup?

    Is it possible to backup a DVD that was made with DVD Shrink? A backup of a backup essentially. -Jason