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    WinXP w/ SP1: Security Updates Fail To Install. Why?

    Been having this problem since September 2004. Every individual security update I try to install fails (KB840987 through KB891711). However, any other update, including cumulative security updates, install just fine. I assume that this is not related to a network/firewall issue. Here is...
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    What Causes a PC to only access certain websites, all else being equal?

    I am pulling my hair out over this. I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this problem, and whether or not I am overlooking something. Three PCs on my home network, running through a single DSL router. One using XP, two others using 98SE. They are network-configured the same. One...
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    RAID-0 and W2K: Anyway to Ghost This and Restore?

    All the backup/restore utilities out there in the affordable range don't support RAID-0, and support for W2K with any backup utility seems to be sketchy at best, esp. for restoring from CD (launched from a bootable floppy). I have switched back to a non-RAID configuration for purposes of...
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    Installing the FOP32-1: Is it supposed to take a LOT of pushing to install?

    An earlier post described my woes with what may be a damaged CPU. Probably happened when installing the FOP32-1. Seems to take a LOT of downward pressure on the fan clip, and therefore the CPU,to get the fan clipped to the socket. Even though the heat sink is flush with the CPU, won't this...
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    Chipped Chip: Would a Damaged T-Bird Cause These Probs?

    Must have happened during a fan install. My 1GHz CPU has two, very tiny chipped edges on the metal core. Would not have noticed them at all if I hadn't isolated a very strange problem to hardware. History: I removed my SuperOrb (which sits offcenter on CPU on a Abit KT7A-RAID m/b) to replace...
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    KT7A-RAID: Do I need to delete/recreate RAID if I reinstall W2K?

    Curious. I need to reinstall Win2000Pro. My RAID-0 is set up and working fine with two partitions. My bootable C: partition is 10GB. Can I just reformat/reinstall Win2000Pro on the C: drive, or do I need to delete and recreate the RAID from scratch, dumping the other partition as well (my D...
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    What's the best way to remove thermal paste from CPU/heatsink?

    I've recently used both the zinc and silver based compounds. Damnable stuff. What's the best way to remove this stuff from a CPU or heat sink? I get it clean eventually, but there are always traces of the stuff stuck in the nooks and crannies... Dumb question, perhaps, but haven't seen this...
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    Help! Overclocking Attempt Causing Weird Problems...

    I was originally overclocking my locked 1GHz CPU at 1150 (10x115) with no problems, but ran into stability problems when pushing the FSB above this (no post). When I unlocked it, I decided to use the multiplier to push the CPU over 1200. I eventually tried 9x136MHz. 1.80v. Everything booted...