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    True Color in Windows 3.1?

    First some background: I've got an old WinBook FX laptop (Pentium 133mhz, 32mb ram, 2gb harddrive) and I've installed Windows 3.1 on it in an attempt to make myself a digital picture frame. I found a piece of software that runs a slideshow beautifully and everything is great... except it...
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    Drive will not boot.....?

    For some reason, one of my computers just will not boot off of it's main harddrive. One day my father was using Photoshop and closed it, and when he did, the machine completely shut down. He rebooted it and it would not boot. I had an old drive just sitting in the case with Windows on it, so...
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    Setting up wireless access points?

    So I've got a D-Link DI-624 802.11g router that I've been using for a while. All 4 of the wired ports are currently being used on it by desktop computers. Right now only 2 laptops are being used on the wireless portion of it, but they have integrated 802.11b capability. I'm not sure if it's...
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    4-port KVM switch issues

    Last week I bought this KVM switch from Newegg, and it came this week, so I set it up this weekend. I've got 3 computers running on it right now (my main Windows XP Pro machine, a shuttle PC running XP Pro, and a computer running Red Hat 9) and everything seems fine for the most part. However...
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    Song lyrics... anyone got em?

    A friend of mine was letting me listen to the song The Crown by Ja Rule ft Sizzla. I'm not generally a big rap fan, but this song has a decent beat to it... further, at one point I think he mentions something about "russian wives"... I can't really understand what all he's saying right there...
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    Font issues....?

    A guy at work emailed us all asking this question... no one's come up with an answer yet, and I was wondering if anyone here might know something.... this is the email he sent: _______________ Hello Everyone, I have a user with a font problem that I can solve. I am looking for anyone who...
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    Java Compiler?

    I don't do programming (I started doing Java in college and my professor taught it in such a screwed up manner myself and about a dozen other people were completely lost so some of us dropped it rather than fail it). Anyway, a friend of mine is looking for a java compiler (and I'd like to use it...
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    Can Samurize show your MAC address?

    I've been running Samurize on my machine for quite a while, but I just have text on the right side showing a few things, nothing very special.... it does what I like to see, and nothing more. However, I have a friend who would like to use it.... he's working on figuring out how to configure it...
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    Suggestions for new environment under RedHat 9?

    Last night I got RedHat 9 up and running on a Workstation insatll with me adding a few other things here and there... it seems that it's a bit bloated or something, I'm not really sure... it runs ok, but KDE and Gnome aren't as responsive as I'd like as far as loading programs. I'm thinking...
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    Testing harddrive that might be going bad

    I have an IBM laptop (T30) that I've bought through my university for school (UNC Chapel Hill). For the past month or so I've noticed sometimes that the harddrive will make a metallic scratching sound when the harddrive is first getting accessed, but it doesn't do it all of the time. Also...
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    Road Runner Icon in IE?

    A friend of mine just got Road Runner, and after using the installation CD that came with it, she's got a Road Runner icon in Internet Explorer instead of the usual XP flag thing. She wants it to be back to the usual IE icon rather than the Road Runner, and I can't seem to figure out how to...
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    Free Pic Hosting place?

    I was wondering if there are any places online that offer free picture hosting. I've seen a few places used by people here who link to pictures, but those usually just offer only 10MB free, then you have to pay for more. I don't really care much for having to pay for extra space, so is there...
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    New digicam... question of a different kind...

    I finally received my Canon PowerShot G3 today, and I love it so far. My question isn't about the camera itself really... rather, it's about what's ON the camera.... the little sticker that's placed on front of it showing the megapixels, zoom, etc... What's the best way to remove that...
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    LED Fans.... can the lights be turned off?

    Not entirely sure this belongs here, but it's dealing with fans (thus cooling) so I'll give it a shot. Anyway, I have a Chieftec X-Pider case (with a side window). I have 5 blue LED fans in it (2 front, 2 back, 1 side). The PSU also has tri-colored LEDS (orange, purple, red) and my Volcano 9...
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    Need suggestions on external CF Reader

    I finally got around to ordering my Canon PowerShot G3 the other day and it's supposed to be here Tuesday. I've already got a 256MB Compact Flash card for it, but I want to get an external reader for it so I won't use up the battery power transferring pictures. I would prefer to get one under...
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    Should I go wireless?

    Ok, currently in my house we've got a Netgear router setup splitting our cable connection (Road Runner) among 3 desktop computers, and sometimes a 4th computer (a laptop). All 3 desktop computers are in separate rooms of the house and we've got cables running across the ceiling, which we would...
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    Firewire AND USB2.0 media reader?

    Since this hooks up to your computer I figure it's a general hardware question. If it needs to be elsewhere, I'd appreciate if a mod can move/delete it. Anyway, I've ordered myself a Canon Powershot G3 camera... waiting on its delivery. Also ordered a 256mb CF card for it so I won't be...
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    Overclocking 2500+ Barton?

    I built myself a new system (the one in my sig) just under a month ago or so. As you may know, the stock speed is 1830mhz (or 1833...). Anyway, I went into the BIOS and upped the FSB a bit in various intervals (I think it's like 180 now or so, not sure off the top of my head, cause I won't be...
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    MSI K7N2-L mobo not recognizing 2500+ Barton?

    I finished building my system a couple days ago, and while everything seems to be running fine, I noticed a few things... First my temps were reading really high (like around 60C at idle). As per discussion on these forums and some input, I flashed the BIOS to the most recent version and now...
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    Need help cooling XP 2500+

    I just built my new computer and it's running an AMD Athlon XP 2500+ Barton cpu, on an MSI K7N2-L (nforce2) motherboard. I didn't want to use the stock heatsink/fan that came with it, so I had gotten a Thermaltake Volcano 9 coolmod, as I had heard that this will sufficiently cool it (as long as...