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    Cannot Access IBM Recovery Partition After GRUB

    Can anyone help me with this? After creating a new partition with Partition Magic 8.0 and installing Fedora Core 3 with GRUB, I cannot boot up into the IBM Recovery partition. I searched and found that I needed to change the bootloader configs but doing so gives me a session manager BSOD upon...
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    Good NTFS Resizer

    Can anyone recommend me to a reliable NTFS Resizer that works without fault? Are there any free solutions?
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    Is IBM really worth the extra money?

    I'm in the market for a 4-6 pound laptop with Pentium-M and at the very least a 30GB HD. Is this IBM Thinkpad really worth the extra money? For the same price, I can get a decent HP nc6000 at eCost. ThinkPad R51(IBM Think Express Program) 2883ELU $1,034.10* Microsoft Windows XP...
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    Firefox Memory Usage

    Is this a common problem? Does Firefox have a memory freeing problem of any sort?
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    Linux Distro on Notebook

    I'm thinking about wiping out my notebook HDD and installing a linux distro on it good or bad idea ?
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    sliencing my proc fan

    what ways are there to make the proc fan's rpm go lower? everytime i boot up into a non-XP system, the fan screams at full rpms
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    Differences between TCP/IP with and without NAT

    What is the primary difference between those two?
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    SharpDevelop vs. Visual C# Express Edition

    I'm thinking of learning C#, which IDE is the better of the two?
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    Dell Latitude L400 Cannot boot up

    My Latitude L400 can power up but the screen doesn't turn on. The CPU fan is running at full blast, there is no harddrive activity? Any ideas?
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    J# Compiler/Editors (IDE)

    Are there any free J# IDEs out there?
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    Fedora Core 2 Problems

    Everytime I boot up my computer (which was optimized for WinXP) to FC2, my processor fan's RPM will not decrease. It is really getting annoying. Is there anyway I can decrease the RPM's in linux?
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    phpMyAdmin/MySQL Error

    I can't seem to find the databases I created on phpMyAdmin when I use the winsqladmin tool. The error message I get on phpMyAdmin is Can anyone help?
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    Strange Server Binded to localhost:110

    I hope I put this on the right forum. On my computer, localhost:110 (TCP) brings up a strange POP3 server that I did not install. It only prints out the OK READY message and stalls. Can someone show me how I can detect which program uses this port?
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    DNS Server for Home Network

    I was thinking of running a DNS server on my home network. Is this a good choice or is it not worth the hassle?
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    Memory Support on Motherboards

    Are all DDR SDRAM motherboards backward compatiable with PC100/133 SDRAM?
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    WLAN Monitors

    Are there any third party software that can show you detailed aspects of a Wireless network?
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    PC100/PC133 SDRAM Computers

    I have several extra PC133/PC100 SDRAM memory and I was wondering if there were any computers that are still for sale that use those type of generic memory.
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    Headless XP Home

    Is it possible to run an XP Home machine as a headless (no mouse, no keyboard, no monitor) server? I would install a linux distro but some of my hardware isn't supported by linux.
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    Linux (pick a distro) vs. Windows

    Which operating system is the best for running a server (e.g. HTTP, FTP, SQL)? Windows has an excellent compatibility record with a variety of software, but however, Linux is also decent.
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    Dual Pentium III 1Ghz vs Intel Pentium 4 vs AMD Athlon XP 2400+

    Which processor is the best for server related use?