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    windows explorer keeps 'flickering' !!!

    i had checked the DMA, and they were ok there. i turned indexing to disabled. (which was set to manual anyways) it seemed to help but only after i rebooted. so im not sure thats what did the trick. as i said, it doesnt always do this, so i hope its actually fixed and not just deceiving me...
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    windows explorer keeps 'flickering' !!!

    dcom is set to start autommatically already, thanks though. i would guess my flicker doesnt have to do with the dcom error, but what do i know :P
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    windows explorer keeps 'flickering' !!!

    there is a whole bunch of errors from when i booted a couple hours ago, but not anything since. those are: Event Type: Error Event Source: DCOM Event Category: None Event ID: 10005 Date: 4/30/2005 Time: 6:06:09 PM Description: DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either...
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    windows explorer keeps 'flickering' !!!

    when i am browsing my files, often lately, i'll be in a folder, and the window will seem like it is in some sort of constant activity and it will flicker every other second. this interrupts whatever action i am performing. if i am renaming a file, it will deselect the file, for instance...
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    Hotmail is really trying to get rid of me...

    im really surprised no one else had anything to say about this but just in case i found this crock of an explanation on the hotmail help website: To protect our users from the increasing amount of unsolicited junk e-mail or spam sent from MSN HotmailSympatico Mail accounts through Outlook and...
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    Hotmail is really trying to get rid of me...

    Both a friend and i who are on the same ISP and have been non-paying Outlook Express Hotmail users for years, are now getting our logins rejected and mailbox emptied sporadically every day (sometimes within a matter of minutes). When I try to send mail with my hotmail account in OE, or even...
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    ~~~ The Even Newer Official Gmail Thread ~~~

    Looking for 2 invites please, don't have any yet. GOT THEM! THANK YOU!
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    6 Gmail openings!

    can someone PM me a gmail invite? im not on gmail yet and need a new address with POP :(
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    Renamer with Explorer Shell Integration ???

    I have a huge mp3 collection. Its very annoying to be browsing my colleciton in Windows Explorer and to find an album (folder) of songs that I need renamed before I move them to my Mp3 Player, then to have to open up my Renamer Program and navigate through my dense filetree AGAIN to rename that...
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    MP3 Management

    i really need a renamer with EXPLORER INTEGRATION. its very annoying when im browsing my mp3 colletion and i notice an album i want to change all the file names for, then i have to open my renamer program seperately and locate that folder AGAIN, then rename. i want to right click on my folder...
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    friendster: blurry photos

    umm i apologize about the double post. i know about bumping DUH, the double post was an accident because i didnt think the first one when through when my browser crashed. i still dont understand what the deal with the blurry photos is. and i also dont understand what is so bad about asking...
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    friendster: blurry photos

    wow, i didnt realize this place was so vicious.... i thought it would be a fine place to ask such a question. the photos look fine at 72dpi, i edit them in photoshop then once they are on the friendster server they get all blurry :\
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    friendster: blurry photos

    does anyone know why when i upload a photo to friendster and then view my own 'full photo' it looks all JPG compressed and blurry whereas everyone else's looks very crisp still? thanks :]
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    friendster: blurry photos

    anyone know why when i try to upload a photo to friendster and then view the 'full photo' mine always look really JPG compressed and blurry whereas everyone elses looks nice and crisp?
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    Drag + Drop : Win XP : ANNOYING!!!

    WOW! It worked! THANK YOU! How in the heck does that option pertain to that? One would never guess by how the option actually reads.
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    Drag + Drop : Win XP : ANNOYING!!!

    Tell me if you've ever noticed this.... You have a HUGE mp3 collection or something like that with 100s of folders within folder and you are trying to sort things out in 'Windows Explorer' by dragging and dropping the folders around, or even by using CTRL-C/CTRL-V. And everytime you just try...
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    I need that unclaimed 2 gigabytes!!! How?

    WOW, the past few days sucked. ill make it simple. 1) Partition Magic = this is the second time ive tried it for something with my systems. both times it completely didnt work. stay away! 2) Acronis Partition - this program is EASY to use, however, it is deceptively easy. in my case, it...
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    I need that unclaimed 2 gigabytes!!! How?

    I have been looking that up and maybe the old FAT16 500 meg partition might be causing the Partition Magic Init error. Can you at least tell me how to safely delete that partition? I thought I could doing it through XP Disk Management. But it the extra F: partition and that little 500 meg E...
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    I need that unclaimed 2 gigabytes!!! How?

    On my C: primary drive, I only gave 5 gigs for windows and apps. OOPS, NOT ENOUGH SPACE! I have : C: 5 gigs - OS and apps e: 500 megs - some stupid old swap disk partition from windows 98 which i need to get rid of! f: 29 gigs - all my STUFF UNPARTITIONED 2 GIGS - I need this! I am on...
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    Sync Favorites across multiple computers?

    hey guys, im looking for a bookmark synchronizer. the only app ive found that does it is called FavoriteSync but you need an FTP server and it auto uploads them and downloads them on all PCs its set up on. Of course, everyone doesnt have or want to bother with FTP, seems odd that there isnt...
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    How do YOU move 30 GIGS ? (WindowsXp)

    Wow, there must be something wrong here, I tried to start copying the files, and now Windows in basically frozen, the files are still going and the stuff within the web browser is still active (thats how im typing this right now) however, I cannot click anything on the START BAR or start button...
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    How do YOU move 30 GIGS ? (WindowsXp)

    I am reformatting, one of my partitions, I just want to move it to another drive and then move it back when Im done reformatting. Is there any risk in just using windows cut and paste to move that many files at once (30 gigs) ? I know there is programs like Norton Ghost and stuff, Ive...
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    three monitors with two cards?

    Thanks mercenary, you hit the target. The reason im not getting the newer matrox cards is because I dont have any more money to spend. I am going to pick up a 550 and then an extra card for the third monitor and get exactly what i need for a lot cheaper than getting the newer model. Sweet...
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    whats wrong with cheap a$$ monitors?

    85mhz gives you a headache? is that considered low? i dont think ive ever had my refresh rates any higher than that if even that high. i guess i never understood them. they usually look the same to me in all refresh rates
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    three monitors with two cards?

    Hey guys, Anyone know if I get a DualDisplay card like a matrox g400 or 550, and then add another cheap old card in, it will give me three? can i just keep adding video cards and get more monitors? not sure how that works in WindowsXP. Do those cheap old cards for the extra monitors with...
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    whats wrong with cheap a$$ monitors?

    Hey guys, I am looking to pick up a few extra monitors for my multi-view audio recording machines. I see monitors in the papers and stuff for $20 all the time 15s, 17s, etc.... Whats the downside to cheap monitors exactly? The main thing I am concerned with if anything is health issues. If...
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    how do i know what size chipset fan to get?

    My AMD 761 chipset fan went out. I want to replace but find no info in the manual or searching any forum about how i can go about finding out exactly what I need to replace or any sort of size info. Is there just some standard chipset fan or something?
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    EIGHT IDE drives with the Gigabyte 7N400 Pro??

    Ugh, well that all sounds terrible for me. Thanks for the heads up, possibly I should just go with the Asus board and get a Promise Card for the extra drive channel. *sigh*
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    EIGHT IDE drives with the Gigabyte 7N400 Pro??

    I am really confused about the "IDE: 4x UDMA ATA 133/100/66 Max" listing for this board I keep seeing. Is this really 8 independent IDE Controller Ports that I could have 2 drives on each cable? or does it have something to do with RAID? I do not want to overclock, and I do not want to use...
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    Ignore this accidental post. Sorry. :\

    Dont click the button twice!
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    HD Partition "unformatted" only when CD Drive is connected WTF?

    Ok, check this out, Im in Windows XP I have Two maxtor harddrives on IDE 0 and now a new WD 120GB as master on IDE 1. This setup works fine, BUT When I try to hook my CDR drive back up as master on IDE 1 and set the WD as slave on that channel one of the partitions on the master drive on IDE...
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    Windows(XP) Minor Annoyances: hard to describe, easy to resolve

    damn.... i was just playing around with annoyance #2, and it looks like i still dont have a solution. it is not just when im trying to select a sentence. for instance i have this text in outlook express including the quotes: "L/C Test Freq.". and i am just trying to select all the text...
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    Windows(XP) Minor Annoyances: hard to describe, easy to resolve

    merci :] ill rate someone for the first time
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    Windows(XP) Minor Annoyances: hard to describe, easy to resolve

    hey guys, ive had this couple of annoyances with windows xp for a long time but they are hard to explain and search for, so they never get resolved. i finally thought id take a stab. first: windows xp does this thing to the pulldown menus at the top of the screen where it doesnt show you all...
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    RecordNow Max: VERY basic question.

    That was RecordNow DX, and yes, basically they are both pieces of junk..... but unfortunately, NERO 5.5 and 6.0 will not recordnize my Sony DRX500ul USB DVD/CD burner. :( Maybe nero doesnt work with USB? BTW, I finally heard from the people who make RN, and they said believe it or not, you...
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    RecordNow Max: VERY basic question.

    bump :\
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    Is it just me, or is UT2k3 easy?

    I used to wreck the demo people in every game. :] Alas, screw UT, go back to Quake 2!!!!! The best first person shooter EVAR MADE!!!!!!!!!!! (imho) ;)
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    RecordNow Max: VERY basic question.

    I posted this over on the Stomp forums but i feel like im getting nothing but blank and confused stares.... Im trying to do something VERY SIMPLE and VERY BASIC here, that every other recording software ive EVER used has been able to do: when i add a FOLDER to my RNM project from my hard drive...
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    ASUS has the most annoying website EVAR!!!

    I could only use the German one too, by the way :\