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    Help building a gamer

    The guy next door has a pentium 2.4 gig with 1 gig of duel channel ram, and a 512 meg video card (I think it's PCI AGP). Anyway, he's running FSX and is having a tough time as it's slow. Can anyone suggest an upgrade (Motherboard, processor, video card, power supply, ram) that will run this game...
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    Music by type

    Have there been any recent surveys on music when it comes to who listens to what? Like "in the US people listen to Rock = 35%, Country = 30%, Pop = 25%, Elevator Music = 10%..." Anyone know where I can get this information?
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    Dell B110

    Just bought my InLaws a new Dell B110 for Christmas. They are 300+ miles away so I needed the support and restore features. Anyway, it came with a Celery D at 2.53GHz. Can anyone tell me what the fastest processor this motherboard can handle? I'd like to upgrade this summer to a P4 if possible...
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    Vista Giveaway

    Guess the final release date of Vista and win... 1st Prize: Live at the Vista launch event in the USA: a full package with entry, flight, and 3 nights in a 4-star hotel. ? 2nd-4th Prize: XBOX 360 ? 5th-10th Prize: XBOX 360 Core System You must be a member, or smash your...
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    Searching for files by author

    Does anyone know of a way to search for files by author, not by name in windows XP? I'm looking for training documents a person wrote. He has since passed away and our common is an absolute mess...
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    "It is now safe to shut down your computer"

    I can't seem to get this computer to shut down without using the power button. I can find nothing in the bios to change that will effect it. I also updated to the latest bios. The computer runs fine, and it's not hanging up, it's just making me use the power button just like an old Windows 95...
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    Media Player for Ubuntu

    I'm new at Linux, and was wondering what Media Player will work with it. It appears to have Totem but it won't open windows media files.
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    MSI K7N2G Drivers

    Just snapped one together and loaded XP pro using a K7N2G and wasn't sure what I should install first, XP Service Pack 2, or the Nvidia drivers? The Nvidia drivers I have came with the board over a year ago, should I download the latest from their site or MSI's?
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    Locking the CD and floppy drives in XP

    Is there a way to lock these drives in Windows XP so that others can't use them? I have an XP machine set up as a process computer and would like to lock down the drives so others don't load software on it.
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    Rosewill RR 521 CD Burner

    Looking for a burning software that will work with a Rosewill RR 521 drive that Newegg sells. It came with Nero Express but the guy I built it for lost the CD and we had to restore the machine. Help...
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    Which Processor to keep

    Got a Palomino AX1700DMT3C 1700 and a Applebred DHD1800DLV1C 1800. One has got to go, which one should I keep. I'm hearing the Duron overclocks real good.
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    Older Intel P4 Processor

    1.8ghz/256/400/1.75v SL5UK Bought this a few years ago and matched it with an Abit BL7Raid Board. The board is toast and I'm looking for a new board that supports DDR memory that this thing will work with. I bought a BioStar 6540 400 but the machine won't boot with this board. Any idea what...
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    Painting a Basketball Backboard

    What type of paint should I use? What the heck is "composite" anyway? Is it like graphite, plastic?
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    Satellite Internet

    Got a friend who lives in the country in Northern Illinois that can't dial up faster than 20k due to bad lines. He's interested in Satellite Internet. He knows it's expensive, but is wanting to give it a shot. Anyone out there using Satellite, or know of a good provider?
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    Thinking about trying SuSE Linux 9.2

    XP2500 512 crucial pc3200 40 gig hard drive CD burner / no DVD burner 256 ATI I want to give it a try, but the download is 3.1gb. Do I need to buy a DVD burner?
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    No licence, no Windows updates

    Dollar Bill is about to collect a lot of money! He'll need it when the lawsuits against his buggy software start rolling in! Linked
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    A Mac keyboard / mouse question

    A guy at work needs a new keyboard for a Mac that his kid has at school (about 1000 miles away). He says the mouse plugs into the keyboard, and the keyboard is USB. Does he have to have this set up for a Mac, or can he buy the keyboard & mouse and connect each to the USB? If he has to have it...
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    Dead Abit P4 board

    About 3 years ago I built a P4 system using an Abit BL7 Raid board for a pal. I installed a Pentium 4 1.8 gig @ 100 on it. Can somone point me in the direction of a plain board (no raid) that will run this processor. The board died yeterday.
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    XP Pro Start Menu

    I can't believe I can't figure this out, but how do I stop the start menu programs and accessories from scrolling up the un-used programs?
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    Virus stealing dialup ISP info?

    A person came into the shop the other night and said that CNN was warning people of a virus that is steailing dialup isp numbers and passwords, then the hacker was using them to dial high dollar services on the internet. I guess it was calling toll numbers for $$$ a minute. Has anyone got any...
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    Windows 98SE not seeing RAM upgrade

    My Nephew called last night after upgrading his RAM. He has a Dell desktop that uses pc100. He picked up some PC133 at Best Buy, stuck it in and booted. The bios detects it, but Windows 98SE doesn't. His machine has 2 sticks of PC100 and an open slot. He put the new pc133 in the open slot. Any...
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    XP SP2

    I installed McAfee 8.0 after SP2 and it won't let me download the updates. It says Activ-X has been disabled and I need to download it. I tried and it still doesn't work. This seems to be the only problem I have, and I can't find a fix on McAfee's site. Any ideas?
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    Flight Simulator

    My neighbor just came over, 67 years old, and he's working with Flight Simulator 2004. I don't know much about the game, but he wants to set up 3 views across 3 monitors. Left being left, center - center, and right being right. My questions are, can it be done? What type of video card is needed...
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    Fujitsu Lawsuit

    A guy I work with has an HP Vectra with a Fujitsu Hard drive that has failed. The drive matches one on the list. Is it too late to collect? I'm putting a Seagate in it for him, but it would be nice to collect something.
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    ECS L7S7A2

    Got my 2500 Barton on a L7S7A2 with Windows XP Pro. Do I need to load the IDE & VGA Drivers from the CD? The machine is stable without them, and I have it overclocked to 2.2 gig @ 42c idle. 2500 Barton L7S7A2 Western Digital 40gig 8meg @ 7200 Asus 52X Lite On 52 x 32 x 52 256 meg Crucial...
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    One dead Seagate

    My Niece sent me here Seagate 4.3 gig and asked if I could recover her wedding pictures from it. The drive "clicks" like something is broken. Does Seagate or anyone else repair drives without restoring them?
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    Anyone else having problems with Norton 2003 on boot up?

    Dangit! For some reason my computers seem to be having a problem with Norton. The one with windows 98SE wants to connect to the internet before norton boots up, and the one with xp stops at the point where Norton boots. In both cases Norton doesn't appear in the taskbar for several minutes. On...
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    Thinking about a network. Should I go wireless?

    I have a shop in my garage where my PC is, and my wife's is in the living room. The garage is attached to the house putting the PC's are about 70 feet apart. I'm in line to purchase a Microsoft Router L21-00001 and and two Edimax 802.11b adapters from Newegg. Should I pull the trigger, or should...
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    Walmarket overcharges credit cards

    Look at it as a lone to the needy illegal's. Text
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    Converting music files

    I have some mp3 files that will not play on my van's cd player. I have converted them to wave using cdex, but now they are (obviously) huge. Is there another formet I can convert them to and create a cd that will play on a car stereo? I'm a little new at this... On a side note I used the...
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    Excel problem

    The program runs fine, just the doof trying to use it... I'm getting hourly measurements in 32nds of an inch, how do I convert these to decimals in Excel? In other words, I have a gross measurement of 140.25 in 32nds and I want to subtract 134.29 in 32nds. The answer needs to be in decimals.
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    Do you still use your floppy drive?

    I've had it with people who must have a floppy. With all of the alternatives out there, do you still use yours?
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    Bond for a new city hall

    This may be the wrong forum, but I have a question. I can't link to the story because you have to subscribe to the local news paper, but Ottawa, Illinois refurbished city hall for 1.4 million and the Mayor says don't worry taxpayers, it's covered by a 1 million dollar bond. How do these bonds...
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    Gates says buying e-stamps would solve spamming

    Link I guess since his software can't stop it, he thinks a penny a stamp would. Sounds like the big concern is who would handle the money. Betcha Bill has the answer to that too!
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    US may detain terror suspects for years

    Link Looks like we are going to be fighting the Human Rights Groups for a while on the Guantanamo Bay Prisoners. I see a lot of Lawyers licking their chops over this.
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    Bush Threatens to Veto $318B Highway Bill

    Huh, wonder if he's gonna divert it to Iraq...they could use some new roads too! Text
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    Look forward to paying more for gas this summer

    Those Opec'ers are gonna soak us again! Opec
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    Windows XP SP2 Beta Test

    Link PC World tested the beta and it sounds thumbs up...
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    Double post...please lock

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    All kidding aside, what do we do with Sadam?

    Ok, now that we know King George was wrong about WMD, What is going to happen to Sadam? Where is he anyway? Will he get a chance to voice his opinion?