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    DVD Burner

    My dad is into making videos and such (he tapes a lot of weddings in the summer). He recnetly got a new PC with a burner, but it doesn't seem to burn disks that work in home units, very irritating. He also has about a million VHS tapes that should be put on DVD (family videos etc). His camcorder...
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    Toshiba laptop media buttons

    On my Toshiba laptop there are media buttons (play/pause, stop etc) but they don't do anything. None of the Toshiba apps make mention of them. How do I activate them and can they be used to control apps like Winamp without having to select it every time? tia
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    Quiet PC on a Budget

    I'm thinking about updating my PC (PII 300) to something more modern and quiet. It's a bit noisy and slow. Price is a consideration, so I can pretty much rule out Pentium-M. Looking at some AMD options, but there's a staggering array of motherboard choices in all sorts of prices. Some factors...
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    Ubuntu stole my hdd

    Thought it'd be fun to slap Ubuntu on my laptop this evening. Well it didn't go quite as smoothly as I had hoped and I didn't really have any time to tinker thanks to school work. So I boot back into Windows, only to find that Ubuntu left me with 42MB free space. Can I merge this back into my C...
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    Good laptop mouse

    I'm looking for a mouse-only unit, one that has the USB receiver without any annoying cords. It's going to be used only for my laptop when I'm away from home or my desk (I have a wireless desktop at my desk and I don't want to lug it across the country). There's a few around, but they're brands...
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    Ubuntu On Older PC

    I have an older PC that we don't really use for much other than web browsing (well my wife does, I hardly use it now). Will Ubuntu install on it or is it too slow/old? I think all my hardware should work, with the exception of maybe the video card--I couldn't locate it on hardware lists, it's a...
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    Folders in \WINNT

    In my \WINNT folder (W2K Pro) there are several folders that begin with $NtUninstallKB#$, $MSI31Uninstall_KB#$ and one called $NtUpdateRollupPackUninstall$ (# replaces a set of numbers). Are these folders important if I delete them or should they just be left alone? They don't consume a ton of...
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    XP Briefcase

    Goin back a ways, but does Windows still have a Briefcase-like utility? I've got two computers (W2K/XP Home) and there's files that I will be working with that I'd like to be able to automatically update/add. Say I'm at school working on an essay, I come home and want a copy on my PC so I can...
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    Wireless cnx slows down/craps out

    Just got the setup yesterday and it worked fine for a while, then the connection between my laptop (Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Net) and the router (DI-524) would all of a sudden stall. I'd check the connection and it would say Speed: 1.0 Mbps. Sometimes it would right itself, but all too often...
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    Toshiba Satellite M60-BK3 & General Q's

    I'm looking at picking up one of these today, what I'm wondering is if this is a good laptop and if there's anything with the same/similar specs that's better or a better deal. Note that I'm in Canada, so all prices are in Monopoly money. :) Btw, I do not want a P4-based lappy, it wouldn't even...
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    USB Hub Specs

    I've got a USB hub (Cicero SU-104 4 port hub, not USB 2.0) but over the last several months we've moved a fair amount. As a result the adapter that came with the hub has gotten mixed in with other adapters. There are a few that will fit it, but all with different power specs. I'm wondering if...