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    Monitor Dying?

    A friend's HP LCD monitor is showing black dots the size of various coins. They are randomly placed, stationary and ever present. What do you guys think? Leprosy? No takers, huh. Do you guys think a screen could be damaged and look like this if someone were to abuse it? Like poke it with a...
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    Drive Identity

    Hi. I would like to identify this drive (CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-Rom, etc.) I'd like to see if I can find the drivers for it and install it in an older computer. It was given to me by a guy who said it was a brand new Sony CD-RW and had been replaced under warranty and turned out not to have been the...
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    File Transfer

    In the forum, addressing a networking issue, someone suggested connecting two computers together directly (i.e; bypass the router) to see if they would communicate. My question is; Can I connect two XP SP2 computers at the ethernet ports, eliminating the hub, for file transfer using Windows...