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    Xp fails to boot

    Basically I woke up and my computer was in a restart, and boot window screen cycle. Starts in safe mode, and system restore does nothing. Checked for spyware, had a couple of things, deleted and same problem. Started windows with boot log and heres what came up: Service Pack 1 4 25 2006...
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    Recover software raid?

    Here's the problem. I had an alpha 21264 server with 4 scsi drives that were set up in a software raid. I hadnt used the thing in a while, but I guess the os drive died. I can;t get a copy of NT4 alpha anytime soon. I took the disks out, and need to remount them to recover the data somehow...
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    Reliable wireless router

    Our linksys wrt54g died today, had been cutting out over the past few weeks and would not power back up sucessfully. Before that was a netgear and a d-link. Basically I need a reliable wireless router that can handle on average 5 gigbytes of traffic a day, some days up to 30. Has to be...
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    Xp hangs on boot

    I've been working on a clients computer that hangs on the windows xp boot screeb, the bar just keeps going for five minutes before it finally loads. I decided to log it: Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\ntkrnlpa.exe Loaded driver \WINDOWS\system32\hal.dll Loaded driver...
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    ADF Scanner- need to scan various sized prints for slideshow

    A friend and I are doing the senior slideshow for school, and while a number of the submitted images are digital, a lot are film prints. I need a relativly inexpensive adf scanner that can handle scanning numerous prints without any user intervention. I don't care if theyve been discontinued as...
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    Alpha 21264

    I have a Siemens computer with an Alpha 21264 that I picked up a while ago for free. It has windows nt 4 on it at the moment. I was wondering what kind of operating system this thing will run that is more today mainstream. Will xp-64 work? Or some variation of linux?
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    Burn in on 2005fpw?

    I have a 2005fpw thats probaly under a year old, and I usually always have a pip window in my top right hand corner. I turned it off today to check the time on my mac, and I noticed theres a faint outline of where the window was. I thought that burn in was impossible on an lcd?
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    Block 'net, keep local network?

    I have a customer who wants me to block all internet/aim acess from their sons, computer, yet keep local file sharing and network printing. I can do this with a firewall like zonealarm, but then the settings can be tampered with. Any password-protected programs that can do this?
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    Is New Orleans communication infrastructure totally destroyed?

    I know there are more important things going on down south at the moment, but i coudn't stop to think that there are hundreds of corporations and businesses located in that area. So my question is- are all the fiber optic backbones and networking totally destroyed, and how do companies deal...
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    Curious about this server I picked up....

    I picked up a server from one of my firends for free, his dad got it from some system upgrades. Anyways, it has dual P3 550's, 2 gigs of pc133 Ecc ram, hot swappable scsi drives and a burner. Basically what I'm asking is what is this capable of, and how much would resale be...
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    A64 3400+ Temps w/ stock cooler

    I just put together a system for a friend, right now it's here for 24 hours to iron out the bugs. Temp at full load is 56-61C. It's using the stock coooler, and the Case is a Thermaltake Shark. It seems to me like something is a bit wrong here-the temp seems too high. ANy suggestions? There...
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    Min Divx Playback Requirements??

    I know on the website they state that the minimum requirements is a P2 450, but I'm annoyed by the fact that my athlon 650 nor by p3 733 can playback divx movies without stuttering. Sadly enough, my 400mhz imac has flwaless playback. Are there any suggestions on how to optimize the performace...
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    New AMD 64 Build for friend

    Thermaltake SHARK Black ATX Full Tower Case, Model "VA7000BWA" -RETAIL Specifications: Case Type: ATX Full Tower Color: Black Material: Chassis: 1.0 mm All aluminum; Front Door: Aluminum Drive Bays: 5.25" x 5/0, 3.5" x 2/5 (external/internal) Expansion Slots: 7 Front Ports: 2 x USB2.0, 1...
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    Covert Laptop lcd to VGA

    I just got an older laptop from a nieghbor, and since the battery was shit, I decided to take it apart. I want to use the screen for applications or just an info display. There seems to be a 15 pin interface on the screen, and it was hooked up to a parer thin ribon cable. How do I output this...
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    Overclocking 2500+

    I bought a 2500+ about a year ago, and I was planning to overclock it to a 3200+. My board is an Asus A7V8X, and the heatsink is an aerocool deep impact. The temp is about 43 idle, and 53 under load. Are these tems normal?? I'm buying 1gb of pc3200- is there any brand in particular, I'm...
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    19" Samsung or 20" Dell?

    I had expected to be using a 24" Wide Sony, but like most of the deals on ebay nowadays, it was DOA. I'm looking to buy a smaller lcd. I'm not primarily a gamer, although I will occasionaly play halo. I do a decent amount of work in Photoshop and Premiere. I want it to look nice-thats the...
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    LACIE ELECTRON 22 BLUE II

    Are these decent monitors? I have a dying viewsonic 17", so I'd like to replace. They've beeen going for $190 +5- fpr shipping on ebay. I know this is a good price, since most other monitors in this size range start at 350 or so.
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    Speeze 80mm DC Case fan, 15@$.99 each free ship

    Not as good as 10 fan min purchase for $.99, but is still pretty cheap. Free shipping on orders above 15 also. Compatibility: Case, Power Supply Dimensions: 80 x 80 x 25 mm Bearing Type: Sleeve Nominal Speed(RPM): 2500+/-10% Max Air Flow:(CFM): 31.73 Max Pressure: Not Specified Heat...
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    Which Processor and Motherboard for HTPC?

    I bought a Via motherboard with a soldered on 1.2 gigapro, with intentions to use it in an htpc that I'm building into a stereo reciever. The only problem is that Divx playback stutters on fast motion scenes. I also have a 733mhz P3, which was pulled with a motherboard from a dell. I also...
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    Ati 9500 Pro Refurb@ Newegg $100

    These are becoming more and more rare, and some may get lucky and get a card with L shape memory. That means for $100 you could have a 9700 pro. Get it while they last, these deals tend to go OOS pretty soon. Link-...
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    ICS

    I want to set up an ICS server, I do have a 4 port router/switch, and I was wondering if Zone Alarm Pro would be good for it for a firewall. I have ZA on all my computers in my house already, excpet if I didn't have to have ZA on them, it would reduce boot times on all the computers. So mainly...
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    Wireless Connection Problems

    I just got my Emachines laptop in the mail today, and it won't connect to our wireless network. It see it, but it says it's not secrure, and won't connect to it. Our router is a Netgear MR814, and the emachines had built in 802.11g. Any suggestions would be great, as I need to acsess the...
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    Ati Driver Problems

    After installing a new set of ati drivers, my computer kept saying that it has recovered from a software-hardware deadlock, etc. So I reintsalled the drivers, and it seems like the rendering s all software now, not hardware. When I scroll down a web page it's very slow, and you can see itslef...
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    Emachines

    My mom is buying a latop for her bussiness, and I've decided that the Emachines M5312 is the best for the money. It comes with a mobile athlon 2400+, 512mb of ram, a 60gb hd, dvd and cd burner, 15inch widescreen and it 802.11g, for the price of $1000. A comparibly priced dell cost about 1500...
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    Software VPN?

    I've been researching VPN's, and I was wondering hoe to set one up without expensive hardware. The VPN will be used to connect less than 4 people to the network at work. I would like to be able to let them acsess the network from anywhere in the country. I've seen OmniVPN, but I was wondering...