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    Wireless synchronize XP

    I see yep. do you know what point it saves the p: drive to the local laptop drive ? does it give me a choice of where to put the p: drive (actually a sub directory of p: ) When it says 'make available offline', it's a microsoft way of saying "save files locally, so you can access them when...
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    Wireless synchronize XP

    thanks in start>accessories>synch>setup how do i add something to the list of checked items ? under my LAN connection there is nothing listed and no button to 'add' an item (the item would be the directory i can access thro the p: drive, on the laptop screen)
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    Wireless synchronize XP

    ah, sorry, what it is, on this wired desktop computer i have a physical directory which i have shared on the wireless laptop, i have mapped that physical desktop shared directory, onto the laptops virtual p: drive I want to update a physical directory on the laptop, with whatever is in the...
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    Wireless synchronize XP

    thanks is that on this desktop (wired), or on the laptop wireless basically i just want the laptop to synch its hard drive up with the wireless P: drive (the p: drive is a directory on this desktop (wired) computer
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    Wireless synchronize XP

    may have missed search result Got the wireless connection all set up. The synchronization manager on the laptop lists the LAN connection, but not the wireless, and doesn't list the P: drive i now have mapped to this computers directory Does anyone know how to see that P: wireless entry on my...
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    netbook/notebook for net+vga for movies

    thanks hmm. havent got a clue about the netflix (glossary links welcome), its just your average divx movie borrowed from a mate. probably thinking ebay, happy to get something that someone else is selling on. this will be a third pc so not too much money chucked at it, purely to go in the car...
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    netbook/notebook for net+vga for movies

    looking for a basic portable notebook, for just internet (chrome youtube flash etc), and hooking up to a projector for divx/xvid considering the following so far: netbook 2Tb external hard drive (already own) usb -> vga adaptor (does this exist? i assume netbooks dont have vga)...
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    mouse-ing

    kick me into any other duplicate threads but looking for something corded (usb) and laser optical sensor ( is that the latest ?) will actually be using it with an xbox on the budget side. checked http://www.scan.co.uk/Products...ing-1ms-response-time# but their delivery is £7 i'm not...
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    A new mouse thread...

    kick me into any other duplicate threads :) but looking for something corded (usb) and laser optical sensor ( is that the latest ?) will actually be using it with an xbox on the budget side. checked http://www.scan.co.uk/Products...ing-1ms-response-time# but their delivery is £7 i'm...
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    mouse button presser

    Hi, is there sotware that will cause the button to "double click" (actually need it to click as fast as possible for say 5 seconds)
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    running Firefox and IE

    hmm i usually use different windows for firefox....just tabs when a link opens it up.... is there a diff in performance between FF windows and tabs... ?
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    running Firefox and IE

    any idea.....what effect this would have on the computer? would it slow things down a lot? firefox is my browser of choice, but IE is better for a couple of specific apps....
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    i suppose i could ask this on an xbox forum

    does anyone know if there is a way to use a bog standard PC keyboard+mouse on an xbox? this could swing it for my buying one. i cant use console controllers! Moved from General Hardware General Hardware Moderator -- MarcVenice
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    xp starting to run reeeally slowly recently

    just nortan AV 2003 running on startup, and sweetIM by the looks of it (because, you know, you need photographs of dogs talking in your msn conversations - but i only put that on a couple of days ago) nothing else in startup menu. right now typical userage i have 5-6 IE windows open...
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    xp starting to run reeeally slowly recently

    recently my xp has been really starting to "chug". just basic stuff like a new internet explorer window taking up to 8-10 seconds to draw up the window, etc. i am not entirely sure if this might be because i have facebook open more! (first opened in december) ore i have also just installed...
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    Hauppauge Nova-T usb2 installation prob

    link to my hauppauge post here http://www.hauppauge.co.uk/board/showthread.php?t=11633 has anyone had experience of installing this usb box? it's always been a bit shaky, on my prev installation (i could close the tv, come back to it 8 hours later, and have to unplug/plug the box to get...
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    xp audio extra gain control

    thanks,does this replace winamp/media player, or does it run in the background and boost the audio level?
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    xp audio extra gain control

    does anyone know of a utility/app that will let me increase the gain of sound above what windows mixer can provide? some files i have, have got the sound at a very low volume ;p
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    thunder, lightning, pc's and routers

    well. had a very nearby bolt, i heard something 'click' disconnected stuff. now when i plug my router in, the LAN and WAN lights are on, all the 100MBS led's are on, and the power light isn't ebay.....
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    thunder, lightning, pc's and routers

    after the stories of lightning shooting up your broadband phone line nd into the pc, does anyone know if the rules are different when the line goes into a modem router, then netted into the pc? thanx
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    car amplifiers

    :thumbsup: someone (somewhere else) mentioned crossover.... do i need to do this to the wire before it gets to the amp stage? or can i have the signal wire just forking off into each amp, and the amp's internal circuit take care of it?
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    car amplifiers

    i've got an amp driving 2 6x9's at the moment i want to add in another amp to drive a bass bin can i just hook up the new amp using the same power supply wiring thats already installed for the 6x9 amp? thx :)
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    new motherboard on router to the net

    ive just replaced my mbd, the new one has onboard lan i can connect to my router& net using the network card i was using before, but not using my onboard LAN ipconfig with the onboard comes up as 255.255.0.0 (class b network?) - dont know if this matters (the network card comes up as...
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    reverse engineer .prn (print) files

    does anyone know if this is possible? we've got the original files in an outdated format that most of our modern software can't see. the old software (label designer, ~2001) generates prn files....does anyone know of a way to reverse engineer these prn files back into a useable format (cd...
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    54MBps wireless going at 11MBps

    any suggestion how to set/force this to 54? trendnet 802.11g router, belkin NIC and a belkin 802.11g wireless usb adaptor the first time i set it up it did get 54 a few times, but now seems to be at 11. signal strength is 'very good'
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    adding the remote desktop user

    awesome, thanks my network-ette is doing everything i want it to (for now :P ) I'm new to the networksecurity side of things....is there a good source of information for securty, whether i should use encryption or not....making sure my wireless doesn't latch on to any other points (is that...
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    adding the remote desktop user

    i'm adding a single user to my host PC for this. i need to add in the user of the wired PC, so that the wireless will only accept the remote desktop request from my wired pc But, the only users that i can access from my wireless are the ones on that pc. i can't see any users on the wired pc...
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    WOL

    ive got a belkin wireless usb adaptor on an xo pro machine - can i WOL this from my main wired xp pro machine?
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    communicating between router'd pc's

    cool many thanx... i've set folders as shared on this pc that my wireless pc can see in the network folders... none of these folders will be visible on the internet? i've set the wireless access as trusted stations only and used the MAC address of the wireless as the only thing that can...
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    communicating between router'd pc's

    soooo.... i have 1 wired pc and one wireless pc succesfully talking to the internet through my new router i want to get the wired to be able to remote access the wireless one. kind of graphical VNC style? (possibly also map the drives on the wireless, into windows explorer on the wired)...
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    logitech momo racing wheel

    i do all the time but i get tired of not being able to handbrake turn or jump :D
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    logitech momo racing wheel

    does anyone know if this pc wheel will basically work with any game, and show as another input controller? eg, colin mcrae 2/3/4, toca 2, sega rally, need for speed series, revolt, destruction derby, and so on!! thanx :)
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    mainboard squeals when powered on

    ok... so i actually _didn't see_ the 12 v socket on the card, waiting for a plug to be connected... ..the socket is black plastic, and it's in a dark corner of the room...ok!!? and no pcb has ever moved that fast from the letterbox to the computer :) thanks :)
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    mainboard squeals when powered on

    the onboard speaker buzzes loudly is this likely to be the board having trouble supporting the geforce, or the psu having trouble supporting everything? thanks!!! :o :s
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    best/preferred driving/steering wheel?

    would like to get a wheel and pedals, maybe a wireless one if they're still around (where you hold the wheel in middair in front of you) cos i won't have a monitor *directly* in front of me :) for stuff like Colin MR 4, NFS underground, gran turismo, toca etc. any opinions ??
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    6600GT and 6800 PSU requirement

    cracking stuff so if I'm considering either of these, say a zalman>>300w? (which is nice and sssh quiet)
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    6600GT and 6800 PSU requirement

    ps, do both of them take more than a 300w? (ok, i know the 6800 does)
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    6600GT and 6800 PSU requirement

    can anyone help? thanx :)
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    best gfx for 800x600?

    good stuff i thought about 6800....but some benchmarks from tech sites suggested £$ for £$ that the 6600 wouldprobably be acceptable... and it's 800x600 max so im also thinking that the extra £50 over £100 on a 6600GT to a 6800 might not really be worth it i'd totally recommend a...
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    best gfx for 800x600?

    it's an old msi via 6390 mbd with an athlon 1ghz cpu (dinosaur!) with 1x dvd rom and 1x 7200rpm hdd connected. I want the doom's and the driving games on it which is why i want the high end graphics, if the mbd turns out to be so badly paired for performance I'm planning to put it in some...