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    Help me with memory compatibility issue please

    the pc won't boot, how would i run everest?
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    Help me with memory compatibility issue please

    the emachines oem replacement says "PC133" ram. so i think it came with pc133
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    Help me with memory compatibility issue please

    The machine I want to upgrade is as follows: it's a T1115 1.0GHz with winXP The book says; SyncDIMM sockets up to 512MB (2x256) 168-pin 3.3 V DIMMs with gold-plated contacts 100/100 MHz Non-ECC unbuffered SDRAM 256MB 32x64 I am trying to add the following ram: Samsung PC133 memory...
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    Best 2.1 speakers

    A blast from the past that I still to this day think are one of the best bargains around: Altec Lansing ADA880 or 885's are incredible. If you can find them somewhere they are outstanding. My brother has my old ones and everytime I hear them I want them back. FYI I've switched to a separate...
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    Forcing Icon View via desktop.ini

    I already have a custom desktop.ini file in a folder, and it correctly sets the background of that folder to be a tiled bmp. I also want the folder to open up in icon view. Is there line I can insert for this? Thanks
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    How to install terminal server access to WinXP home edition?

    are you talking about bigfix or something similar? I would really like to add it without purchasing a win xp pro license and upgrade disk for this machine
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    Win2k problem

    Link to that hotfix?
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    Win2k problem

    Solution is to ctrl-alt-del and log off then log back in , often the next attempt goes in just fine, but sometimes it takes more than one try. Also end task explorer.exe and start it again also pushes thru to the desktop. Machine has no spyware on it, no virus, msconfig used to clean startup...
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    How to install terminal server access to WinXP home edition?

    Thanks for any help with this. I think it is possible but i don't know how. I'd basicaly like to use Remote Desktop Client (or mstsc) to access a winxp home machine.
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    Force NumLock from boot-on

    Clarification. HKEY_USERS>.DEFAULT>CONTROL PANEL>KEYBOARD. Initial keyboard indicators needs to be set to 2 0 = nothing 1 = caps lock ON 2 = num lock ON 3 = CAPS AND NUM
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    Force NumLock from boot-on

    regedit>HKEY USER>.default>control panel>keyboard> there is a setting in here that needs to be set to 2. This solved the problem.
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    Force NumLock from boot-on

    it is on in bios and it comes on after login, but not during novell login prompt.
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    Force NumLock from boot-on

    I need numlock to be on BEFORE log in, during novell login, i want to have numblock on, i have the reg hack you mentioned but it doesnt effect the before login part. Thanks
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    Force NumLock from boot-on

    Looking for some kind of reg hack to turn on numlock from boot.
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    Icon view sticking to specific folders after joining domain

    Everything works as intended before I join the pc to the domain. I have 2 folders on the desktop that I want to open in Icon view. The rest of the machine should be in list view for default folder view. this works fine. New user logs into the machine, everything is fine. Later , I join the pc...
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    Looking for small windows app to auto-fill a reg key and import it.

    I have a reg key(previously exported from another machine, that I manually open, change 4 numbers in it (always same # of digits) then save it, then import into registry. Is there a small little app or can someone write one (would be much appreciated) that can simply look for one file named...
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    New system advice (crunching mpeg)

    What if I used an ultra-wide scsi drive (my current system that i built a long time ago is all scsi, including a plextor ultra-wide cdrom drive) I thought I could move away from scsi with invention of SATA, but maybe a scsi dvd-rom drive could speed up ripping? p.s. i have a pioneer scsi...
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    New system advice (crunching mpeg)

    I realize that, that is why I wrote that, as many boards, there are people that would rather flame someone for talking about a topic that (could be pirating) I figured i would explain my reasons for ripping to avoid any such waste of text and time. Others who don't really care why I am copying...
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    New system advice (crunching mpeg)

    To Ribbon13 Thankyou for the detailed example of a killer machine!!! I really appreciate the time it took you to do that. However, I forgot to mention (as i didnt know it would matter) that the case I build it in has to be no taller than 17.5 inches and I am leaning towards the antec...
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    New system advice (crunching mpeg)

    So if I were to build this monster machine so that It can tear through all 3 steps of the burn and rip process..... If i process just one movie at a time, 2 processors will still make a difference? If i were to config this, where is the bottleneck? the ripping speed of the drives? are...
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    Changing windows folder background

    This does not allow what I want, what OS were you referring to
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    New system advice (crunching mpeg)

    I could afford dualies if it would make a big difference consensous seems to be do one movie at a time, I just want to fly thru this process, as I plan to be doing it VERY often. Right now the way I do it on my mac (for comparison) is rip a movie, sometime or immediately after I compress...
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    New system advice (crunching mpeg)

    Xvid, I'm not familiar with this i was going to use Dvd Shrink/ Decrypter or a combo with dvd2oneX
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    Changing windows folder background

    I am not sure how to do it, but i was under the impression that you can set a background image for a folder and then fill it with icons (in a way re-creating a window that would resemble a desktop. Can anyone tell me how to do this? Thanks!
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    New system advice (crunching mpeg)

    well right now it takes me 10 - 22 min to rip to hd. 35 - 50 min to re-encode (compress) and 25 to burn (2x dvd-r). I'd be interested what kind of times you get for each of these steps. I don't really HAVE to do 2 at a time, but if i'm not using all the systems resources.... and dvd-r drives...
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    buying a router

    I always suggest the Netgear 614, the new v5 is really nice. I reccomend this unit to anyone, I have one at home and I think its an excellent choice (currently 30 dollars after rebate at bestbuy)
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    New system advice (crunching mpeg)

    Thankyou, For the time being I am going DL > SL. To sum up what you said.... I would run 2 dvd burners (SL for now) 2 striped hds.... maybe raptors in a raid setup? which raid would be best for this type of setup. Run the same re-encoding program twice and re-encode each movie...
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    New system advice (crunching mpeg)

    My main goal for this new system is to cut down the time it takes for backing up my movies and for processing video from my DVR... (ignore if you want to) Not copying store movies, i have a big collection and my younger siblings tend to scratch every movie rated under pg-13, so my goal is to...
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    File security in Windows XP?

    I am running a windows home network. All of my files shared are viewable to anyone on my network, is therre a way to password protect them? or Log user access? Thanks
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    Odd Microsoft Word glitch

    Last night, the gf was typing and she calls me in and says "my caps lock is stuck on" So I sit down. Caps lock button was working fine (keyboard light was responding). Plus... it seemed like an odd font situation. Basically every letter typed was CAPITAL but when caps lock was on or shift...
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    Sorting a DVD list in Excel that spans multiple columns?

    Lets say you are making a spreadsheet of your dvd collection for printing purposes and you want 5 movies across on the page, so you make your list of column A row 1 - 40 and then you start again in B 1 - 40 etc. Is there a way to sort this? I don't do this cause I think its a mess, but my boss...
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    Changing Ctrl-Alt-Del sequence to somethinge else

    I am working on a roll-out project of 100+ pcs with 2 images on them. Win xp Hosting Virtual PC. The biggest problem I think will be that the users will accidentally press ctrl-alt-del instead of the host version of it for the virtual pc image. I would like to take the host pc, and make...
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    Help writing batch file (long folder names problem)

    Writing a batch file to copy *.lnk to c:\documents and settings\All Users\Desktop but syntax is not correct I figured out that "copy *.lnk c:\documents~1" works but i am having trouble continuing the syntax of the correct path, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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    Ok so I hit my computer with my fist...

    The Marty McFly trick!
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    Help putting Win2k on Dell Dimension 8100

    looks like it was the button on the front of the case, Dell Solutions Center software installation fixed it!
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    Help putting Win2k on Dell Dimension 8100

    Location says : On Microsoft ACPI compliant system
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    Help putting Win2k on Dell Dimension 8100

    Has anyone run into this? I have a phantom device And i don't know what it is. I have gone through all of the dell drivers that i could download, and every device/chipset feature has been installed. Any suggestions as to what I can do to figure out what this unknown device is?
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    Using a Linksys Wireless G Game adapter for a ReplayTV

    The device sounds like a great idea, wireless net access for devices less smart or less equipt for expansion than a pc. I want to use this to bridge my replay onto my wireless network. All the reviews online seem to say that this product is horrible, but its not the first wireless product, is...
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    Added 512mb of PC133 ram to ASUS p2bs mobo - it sees it as 2 x 128 's.

    As topic says... Not sure why but it only sees the 256mb sticks as 128 each.