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    YACT: Clicking noise while driving

    I've recently been hearing a clicking noise coming from around my tires. It seems to only occur when the vehicle is in motion and going forward. It doesn't seem to produce the clicking sound when my car is in reverse. The clicking sound gets faster as my car is moving faster and the sound is...
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    Website Coding: Forcing links to download instead of opening in browser

    How can you code a website so that if you have a link to a word doc or pdf file it downloads instead of attempting to view the file in your browser? Is there a way to force a download dialogue box to show up? Thanks.
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    Terminating a lease - written notice

    I was wondering if anyone had any templates on written notice to terminate a lease? Also should I send it certified mail to ensure they get it?
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    Networking Books

    Can anyone recommend me some good books to study for the CCNA(to refresh my outdated knowledge)? Or any other literature that you may use in the field (doesn't necessarily have to be for the CCNA). Also know of any books on the subject of Network Security, vulnerability analysis? Someone...
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    FireFox and Shockwave Flash

    I recently reinstalled FireFox 1.5 and Macromedia Shockwave and Flash. However when running Firefox on my non-admin account in Windows pages with Flash or Shockwave don't load. Any suggestions on how to correct this? I've already uninstalled and reinstalled a few times to try to fix this.
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    Car Battery Cable

    I was trying to give my friend's car a jump start yesterday, however when I popped the hood of the car I noticed the car had a battery with side terminals. I noticed the positive terminal of the battery was covered with a cap. The problem is I don't know how to remove the cap. I tried...
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    Parking tickets

    On what basis can you appeal a parking ticket? The reason I'm asking is cause I *may* have received a parking ticket today. And I say may, because my roommate told me there was a cop ticketting cars on my block today. I was unaware there was some city ordinance stating alternate side parking...
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    normal for Firefox or some spyware??

    I was checking netstat for a list of open connections and I see the following entries TCP 127.0.0.1:1517 127.0.0.1:1518 ESTABLISHED 2864 [firefox.exe] TCP 127.0.0.1:1518 127.0.0.1:1517 ESTABLISHED 2864 [firefox.exe] Can someone explain why...
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    weight of radeon 9800 pro card

    Can anyone here approximate the weight of a Radeon 9800 Pro card? I'm RMAing it back to ATI, and I just wanna know the weight so I can print out a shipping label on USPS.com
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    PC crashes/freezes after being on for a few minutes

    My problem currently is my pc freezes after 8-10 minutes after me turning it on. I am able to get into Windows, but after a few minutes of use, the entire machine freezes and I get some abnormalities appear on the screen. (sometimes its random characters appearing). I tried running a chkdsk...
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    ECC RAM

    Can you mix non ECCRAM with ECC RAM? and have everything run in dual channel?
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    Programming or PC/Network Certification

    Is it worth it to get a certification in either programming or computer networking? As as recent college grad, will it provide me with the edge I need to get a job? Or is it simply just a waste of time and money? Currently the only certification I think is worth getting are the Cisco...
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    CIA or NSA jobs

    Has anyone here been hired or interviewed with the CIA or NSA? I'm trying to find out a bit more about the application process. The type of interviews they give to recent grads in the CS field, stuff like that. Thanks
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    Wireless Connection Issues

    I'm trying to connect into my school's wireless APs. I am able to get a signal and get a valid IP address, however after that I still don't have a connection. I tried to ping my default gateway and I didn't receive any response. My school uses 802.11b and my wireless card is 802.11g (but its...
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    Wireless connection

    ok, here's the setup. I have a few computers connected with ethernet cables to a switch in one room and a cable modem connected to a router in another room. how do I wirelessly get the switch (and thus the computers connected to it) connected with the cable modem or router without installing...
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    WordPerfect to MS Word document conversion

    Does anyone know of a tool that will properly convert a Word Perfect document with a bunch of equations and symbols into a MS Word document? MS Word fails to convert the entire document, it fails when it reaches the first integral symbol. And a WP save as Word 97 format kinda works, but all...
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    Changing Outlook 2003 Appearance

    Is there a way to change the theme of Outlook 2003 to look like the previous versions, like Outlook 2000? One of my clients doesn't like the way the new outlook appears, I just wanted to know if there was a way to change the appearance to the one in outlook 2000, otherwise i'd just remove...
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    DVD/CDRW Combo Drive Problems

    I'm trying to help a friend of mine with an issue with their DVD/CDRW combo drive. It can't read a specific CDR. I was able to read that disk correctly with 3 other computers. The only idea I have to fix this is by updating the drivers and firmware. The drive is a Toshiba SD-R2312. The only...
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    How to get a website to the top of a search engine query

    I'm working on a class project that involved making a website. I want to know if there is a way to make your page come up as the first listing when you perform a search on a search engine. Lets say the class website is called Internet Programming and you do a search for Internet Programming on...
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    Recommend a good software firewall

    Could anyone recommend a good software firewall for Windows? I'm planning on using this computer as a web server using IIS for creating ASP.NET apps. I've tried ZoneAlarm but the latest version messes up communication between Visual Studio and IIS. And most personal firewall programs aren't...
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    Dual Channel RAM

    I'm really kinda new to the whole dual channel RAM thing. I know that dual channel is supposed to be faster than non dual channel RAM, but really how much faster is it?? I have 2 sticks of PC3200 256 MB ram that can run at dual channel, and another stick of PC3200 128MB ram and havg another...