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    Shadow Copies

    Does anyone have any experience with this service in a large scale network? I'm talking 200+ users...so semi large? How well does it work?
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    Clustering with Windows 2003 Server Enterprise

    Anyone here tried clustering 2 Servers? Which is the better way to go...active-passive or active-active? What are the differences?
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    Windows XP Pro

    Does anyone know where XP gets the information from in order to put your name on the start menu? Is it just %USERNAME%? If so, then does it hide this command in the registry somewhere?
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    External Hard Drive vs Tape Drive Back-Up

    Does anyone have any preferences?? Any stories to tell about using each technology? I have a few servers at work that requires a back-up device and I am trying to decide which is better to use. There is probably around 400 GB of data to back-up.
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    Help...PC randomly reboots

    I am running windows XP and I have automatically reboot on blue screens disabled...but I am getting random reboots and for the life of me I can't figure it out. Any clues on what I should be looking for? I have a 300W PS running a Celeron 1.2, 2 Hard Drives, DVD burner, video, sound and NIC...
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    Intel Celeron 2.0+Ghz

    Is there anything wrong with the new intel celerons? I know that before they were not great but I they a good cheap alternative to the Pentium 4? Anyone got a link that shows benchmark tests?
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    Dual Display Video card

    looking for an AGP dual display card that is relatively cheap. anyone have any ideas?
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    HP 612 Camera W2K Drivers Anyone?

    Does anyone have a link to where I can find Windows 2000 Drivers for the HP 612 Camera? HP wants me to give them money for the CD. You can't download them from HPs website. The camera is not new so I didn't get any software with it. Help plz.
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    laptop to projector problems

    I have a toshiba laptop and a newer projector. I can see windows 2000 fine, but as soon as I play a quicktime or real player clip, it only shows the window. It doesn't play the clip. It shows a black screen. I tried changing the resolution to 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 at a standard 60HZ but...
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    Recommended 15" LCD.

    Anyone got any LCDs that they would recommend? If you have one or know about what is good please let me know. Thanks
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    power supply fan

    I just replaced my power supply fan...but the thing is so loud now. Is there anything I can do to change the volts on it to make it quieter! There are only 2 wires. Black and red. Can I put a diode in series with it to clamp the voltage down?
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    AA/AF question

    How do I turn these features on? I mostly play neverwinter nights and warcraft3. I looked under the display-advanced settings but there is nothing about AA or AF there. Is this something supported by the game? Or driver setting related?
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    calculating hard drive size

    anyone know you need to calculate the hard drive size? is it cylinders x sectors x 1024?
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    mixed environment...networking problems

    Running windows 2000 server and mostly xp machines. Accessing the files on our server is extremely slow. Peer-to-peer between the machines is fine, just from the server...any thoughts?
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    cpu identifier program?

    Anyone know of a small program that will identify the speed of your CPU? We have a lot of machines here and I just want to run a program to let me know the CPU speed. Thanks
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    RAM question

    PC2100, PC2700 and now PC3200. How do they come up with these? 2100? 2700? 3200? is that the bandwidth it can handle?
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    Digital Camera basics??

    Anyone know any good sites that explain some of the specs of digital cameras? Like Aperture Range? What is a good range to have? What is a good shutter speed to have?
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    A7V motherboard question

    What is the highest CPU that you put in your board? The website only says the A7V will goto 1 Ghz. But judging by the jumpers, I should be able to put in a Duron 1.2 easy?? BTW it is only rev 1.02 board. It doesn't have the extra DIP switch.
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    ATI Radeon question

    I have a Radeon 9000 Pro and there is an option for fast write? What is this? Also when I enable it, it disables after it asks to reboot, does this mean it can't handle this feature?
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    video card benchmark programs

    I just got myself a radeon 9000 pro. I want to run some benchmarks on it, but I don't know what and where some programs are located. Can someone enlighten me please? Thanks
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    Which is better? 9000 or 8500LE

    the ATI 9000 has 64mb DDR and the 8500LE has 128mb DDR? what does the 9000 have over the 8500LE? They are about the same price. thanks in advance.
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    EAX® ADVANCED HD? GAMING feature...feedbacks plz

    I am looking for a cheap sound card that supports EAX and I see this one had EAX 1.0 and 2.0 support. Does anyone have any feedback on it? I would go for audigy 2 but I am not spending $200Can on it. The Live is 100 bucks and the Audigy is 150. This card I can get for 75 bucks. I only got 2...