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    reinatall windows networking?

    I'm having trouble setting up a computer to connect to a wireless WPA TKIP network that uses PEAP. When I go to the authorization tab of the wirless network properties box the EAP option is blank where i should be able to choose PEAP. The computer has service pack 2 and the latest windows...
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    Upgrade Macbook Pro to Core Duo 2

    Just wondering if it will be possible to update the processor in a macbook pro. The new ones are supposed be be much better at battery life.
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    windows problems using bootcamp

    From what I can tell this only happens when I have an active network connection. macbook pro Periodically I will hear "bu-doo" (you know the sound xp makes when it unmounts a device) and the touchpad and mouse will stop working then i'll hear "bu-dink" (sound when i mounts device) and they...
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    Weird Problems on Windows XP via boot camp

    From what I can tell this only happens when I have an active network connection. macbook pro Periodically I will hear "bu-doo" (you know the sound xp makes when it unmounts a device) and the touchpad and mouse will stop working then i'll hear "bu-dink" (sound when i mounts device) and...
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    intel price drops...

    So it seems that intel is releasing the 2700 and dropping prices on the 2600 and below. Is apple going to drop prices on the MBP or slide all the processors over, make 2.16 standard in the 15.4 and the upgrade be the 2700? any thoughts on this?
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    odd networking probelm

    I have a home network with several computers. My computer can see and access the shared drives on any of the other computers Windows XP home and Windows 2000 Pro the other computers can see me, but access is denied when they try to open up my computer to view the icons. There error is...
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    Why is Apple the only company that tries to make a sleek notebook?

    So i'm about to buy a new notebook, and I've done the research. I want 15.4" Widescreen, Core duo, and portablility. I've looked into dell, hp, toshiba, acer, asus and apple. And nobody execpt apple has a duo core close to 5.5lbs. and 1.0" thick. I've been a windows user, and it's not that I...
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    Zenworks experience anybody? (solved!)

    I hope this is the right forum to try. I have a zen boot cd, which if you are familiar with you will know, boots automatically after about 20 seconds to automatic mode. is there anyway to change this to manual? thanks
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    Get around a firewall

    I don't know if this is the place to go with this question, but i'm hoping that if y'all can't help somebody could point me in the right direction.... my situation is. I work at a school and the just cracked down on the internet. used to be a proxy setting that i could turn off, now it's by...
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    Yellow Dog Linux Trouble X server crashes

    This is a pre-release version of the X.org Foundation's X11. Portions of this release are based on XFree86 4.4RC2 and selected files from XFree86 4.4RC3. It is not supported in any way. Bugs may be filed in the bugzilla at http://bugs.freedesktop.org/. Select the "xorg" product for bugs you...
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    What is it??? spyware? adware

    I'm working on a dell labtop, new enough, xp sp2. Everytime I open up a IE browser I get a pop up, then i get 2 pop ups and then 3, etc. I've ran spybot and ad-aware both find nothing. I have no idea were it's coming from. If you could help me or give some suggestions I'd appreciate it alot...
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    looking for software to see the temp of my video card

    I have a msi 6600gt. I managed to overclock it to 579/1125. but i want to be sure that it's not overeheating. How would I go about this? and how hot is too hot? Thanks
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    i have riva tuner now what

    I here about riva tuner alot, and now i have it. but i have no idea what to do next.
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    Overclocking a 6600gt

    this is the card i just bought: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127150 It's a 6600gt So where do I start. If you guys could walk me through this I'd be so grateful. Thanks!!!
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    Old mac users?

    I'm refurbing a bunch of old 5200 for donation and just learned that cds i burn on a pc aren't readable by machines this old. Is there any way that I could burn a cd (with like update 8.5 to 8.6) that will work. ideally I'd like to take the iso of 8.5 and add the 8.6 update to it, and then...
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    what do nu mean

    if somebody could help me out I'd really appreciate it. What does the nu mean in 6800nu and how about vanilla card, i assume that's just a plain 6800 as opposed to a gt? What are "artifacts" that you're supposed to look for when you oc the video card? thanks
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    Suggested card on buget that will run Half-life 2 and other games

    Can anybody suggest a good video card for between 100 and 200 dollars that will do a decent job on Half-Life 2, Battlefeild 1942, some other recent games. Even video cards that are a little pricer that I might be able to find for below 200 dollars. I'd really appreciate any suggestions. Thanks
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    dsl, plug modem into switch but only 1 computer can get internet at a time

    okay, so i told the sbc people i need dsl for one computer...i planned to, as i have, connected the modem into the hub which is then connected to 4 computers on my home network. i set up one computer just fine, and got internet and everything, but i turned on the second and they both came up...
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    Can you log in to your files through the lan

    Is it possible to make users log in to your computer if they want access through the lan?...is there a way to log into your own files throught the lan? When i try to connect to a windows 2000 machine I'm asked to log in...i do so as adminstrator or another account, i was wondering if that's...
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    Gaming, joystick or no?

    I'm just wondering if people who play first person shooters (or other games) use a joystick or the keyboard/mouse....
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    Raise your hand if you think Dell is s***

    I just want to know if people are with me on this one. Dell is so popular and any average person that needs a computer automatically thinks Dell. I've worked with a bunch of Dell computers for friends, and found them to be terrible. They mess with windows and fill it up with so many Dell...
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    I'm trying to grasp the linux idea, but having trouble

    Okay, so.....There are lots of different distros, and lots of different X. KDE,GNOME, etc. But those X's run on all distros...so what's the real difference. I installed Slackware liked it but couldn't get the modem working, so i unistalled cause a computer not worth to much without the internet...
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    So Stuck

    Omg....I'm going crazy and having a hell of time setting this up! It took forever to set up, all sorts of problems, but i got through that. Now i can't connect to the internet, can't set up the video.....or really do anything....I tryed using pppsetup, and kppp dial up program, but nothings...
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    slackware partitioning question

    I have norton partition magic and it has a wizard for setting up your computer to boot with to operating systems. i ran it and it sets up a primary partition for the linux and a swap partition. i've read other places that you want like other partitions /usr and /opt for example, what are these...
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    potential new linux user- need help

    I'm interested in trying out linux. I've read some basic stuff but i need to find a distribution to get started on, and i'm not sure which one's will run with my hardware. I have an asus a7n8x-e deluxe motherboard (nvidia nforce 2 chipset), and an athlon xp 2600 cpu. I've looked at alot of...