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    windows 8.1 malware and safemode help please

    My mostly computer illiterate mother got sucked in by Windows Advanced Security Center. (http://malwaretips.com/blogs/windows-advanced-security-center/) She used to call me every time windows firewall warned about outgoing connections, and they were always safe, so on her new computer, she...
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    Help choosing a new camera

    Massachusetts is having a tax free weekend coming up, and I am hoping to buy a camera to take advantage of the savings. I don't have a hard budget, but looking at DSLRs, $1000ish for the Nikon D5200 kit or the Canon EOS Rebel T5i kit at Costco is what I was looking at. Both cameras seem...
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    2001 Civic repair parts help

    Driving home last night, I smelt some burning plastic, the noticed wisps of smoke coming up from the steering wheel. (no pics, i was driving) It stopped by the time I got to the dealer, but theyr'e charging me $400+ for labor and parts. Aparently It's not just a harness, so the pins need to...
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    Coolant disappearing

    My parents have an old 95 Nissan Quest minivan that is consuming coolant. I visited them back in March, and was surprised at how loud the radiator fan was once we got off the freeway. Took a look, and the coolant reservoir was empty. I refilled it, it emptied into the radiator after about a...
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    Need some help picking parts for a new gaming computer

    Hi there! I have permission from the wife to build a new computer! YAY! My old laptop is struggling to keep up with current web videos (hulu, NBC, ABC, etc.) I'm planning on splurging and getting something that can play games. Questions answered below. I like mfenn's suggested builds as a...
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    lauren graham on law and order!

    Lauren Graham on Law and Order! 6 - 9 PM on Sunday. 3 episode story about some murder of an actress or something. I always love seeing old TV shows where she'd make cameos before she got really famous.
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    HUGE pipe going down the street

    No pictures, phone was out of batteries. :( If anyone lives in southern california, they probably know where this is. Thursday night I left Benihanas in Torrance and turned onto Hawthorne across from Del Amo, there was a flat bed truck with a police escort, and maitenance crew escort going...
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    BIOS can't see both hard drives

    My parent's computer has some wierd NTFS.SYS file corrupt error, and I can't remember the password I used when I first installed the computer, so I ended up pulling the hard drive and installing in my computer, then copying NTFS.SYS off the XP CD into c:\windows\system32\drivers After...
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    any way to silence my hard drive?

    My hard drive seek noise is driving me crazy. My mid-tower case only has 2 5.25 bays, one is used by my cdrw, the other my DVD. Are there any solutions to silence the clicking of my drive that don't involve turning my case upright and/or removing one of my CD drives for a HD enclosure? I can...
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    I can't get both sticks of ram to work

    I recently upgraded motherboards, and my 2 sticks of 2100 ram don't work together any more. Before I got the new motherboard, they were working fine as an ultra pair in a gigabyte board. Before that motherboard they were working fine in a soyo board. Over this past weekend, I upgraded to an...