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    LCD went blank

    Booted up my PC... nothing but a black screen. Exchanged my Acer LCD for old CRT monitor and everything works. If i turn the power off and back on with the Acer the logo comes up, then it goes black. Even with the cable unhooked it doesn't give me the "check video cable" message.. just blank. Is...
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    Possible Virus or spyware?

    Hi. I got home and logged onto my personal computer. Zone Alarm starts going off imediately saying 3848747.exe is trying to access the internet. I click "deny" and then 30 second later another one pops up. I go to look where it's originating and find that there are exe files be...
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    XP on multiple computers

    I want to upgrade all six of our PC's at work from 2000 PRO to XP but I can't find a "corporate edition" version to purchase. Is there such a beast? If so, where can I purchase? I looked on New Egg but didn't see it.
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    Frozen IE6.0

    I'm running 2000 PRO service pack 4... IE6.0.2800 When I pull up the browser it will freeze up for about 1.5- 2 minutes then it runs fine. If i open another window... same thing. I reinstalled IE but no luck.. any ideas?
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    XP can't make changes

    My daughter got a used computer with XP operating system. When ever she makes changes (removes shortcuts from the desktop, etc) and reboots they come back. I went in under Administrator and the same thing happened. Any ideas?
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    No power

    My mom called me about her Computer. She says she started to turn it on, the keyboard light would flicker... but nothing else. I figured Power Supply so I had it send it to me, replaced the supply... nothing. When you turn it on, keyboard light clickers once... sometimes the process fan will...
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    No extended desktop option with this card

    Here's a link to the card: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102404#sctNav I installed, run the lastest drivers, but cannot get it to do extended desktop. I've tried through catalyst and desktop options, but no good. It will clone, but not extend. Any ideas?
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    Dual Monitor- Extended desktop

    installed a Sapphire (ATI) 9200 with dual monitor. There isn't a option when I open display control panel to extend my desktop. If i use the catalyst i can clone but not extend. Any ideas?
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    No "extend my desktop" option with ATI 9200

    installed a Sapphire (ATI) 9200 with dual monitor. There isn't a option when I open display control panel to extend my desktop. If i use the catalyst i can clone but not extend. Any ideas?
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    Powerpoint

    Hey, I'm trying to run a slide show off my secondary monitor (LCD Projector) while running a access database at the same time. Example: I want a music video to be playing off of powerpoint while I use my access database to be log students in as they come into the room. Everytime I pull...
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    No Dual monitor

    I have a AIT AIW Radeon 7500 and Gigabyte GA-7VKML. I use the ATI card for my video instead of the video on my motherboard but I'd like to dual monitor by hooking one monitor to my onboard and one monitor to my ATI card. It won't let me do it. I can hook a TV to the ATI card and a monitor to the...
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    Building a CD and/or DVD Duplicator

    I need to build a CD duplicator. I know I need a tower that would hold all the drives, and a controller. What brand/parts are recommend as far as the controller, and is it standalone ONLY or can I build one PC based? Any and all information is appreciated.
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    unable to log onto hotmail account

    I get to the login page, add my username and password and it just sits there and then says the usual "page cannot be displayed". I know my login and password are right (hotmail works fine at my work) I've reinstalled IE and my modem drivers. I'm on dialup. It's like some port is being blocked. I...
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    Won't reconize CD in drive

    Windows XP Pro. Won't reconize any CD's... music or media or even a bootable CD. When you click on my computer it shows the CD as E: drive, but when you click on it, it acts like nothing is there. I tried a couple different drives, same things. Cable and power to the drives are good. Don't see...
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    XP won't boot to CD

    Got a PC with XP from a auction that has XP but I don't have a password to log on. So i want to install my OP (windows2000 Pro). I went into setup and changed the boot sequence to first boot CD, put in my 2000 pro and it still boots to XP. Any one know how I can get it to boot from the 2000 pro...
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    No "administrator" user

    A person tried to install a program on one of our PC's at work and it said it wouldn't because the use wasn't in the "admin group". I went to control panel-users and passowords and it wouldn't let me in. I tried to reboot and log in as admin on the log in screen but it don't give me a option...
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    modem help

    Due to living in a rural area I'm at the mercy of dialup. I've got a USR 5699b 56k/v.92 modem. Newest drivers, new phone line directly from my PC to the outside box. I can only manage 28.8 or 31200 connect rate. I've tinkered about much as a I can. Here are the ATI6 commands: ati6...
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    Trojan, virus ???

    My IT man at work called me and said my computer was trying to send information to a website. The firewall was stopping it, but it continues to hit it. I've ran spybot, Norton AVI, went to MSCONFIG and check what running and can't find anything. It's trying to send to a address called box14.4421...
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    repair/reinstall 2000PRO reboot

    trying to fix a ie problem i thought about doing a repair on 2000pro. everything was going fine, but then it got to the screen where it says "installing devices" and there is a program bar going across the screen. It will get about 1/2 complete and just reboot. I've tried everything I can think...
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    NO IE connection after removing Earthlink accel

    I removed Earthlink acelerator and now when I dial up my ISP the brower just says it can't find the site. My MSN Messenger works, POP mail works, but cant pull up any websites. I've reinstalled IE 6 but no luck. I'm running 2000 PRO and still using dial up. Any ideas? BTW, I can dial up using my...
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    Removing XP

    Got a free PC that has XP. I want to remove it and install 2000 PRO. The PC didn't come with a XP disk and I can't get to the control panel or bios to format the hard drive. How can I remove this from my PC? Will a Win98 startup disk work?? thanks in advance.
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    Reboot during setup

    ASUS A7N8X-X, AMD 2200, Win2000 Pro. Wife complained that sometimes printer wouldn't work and other minor problems so I decided to reinstall Win2000PRO. During the setup I get to a screen that says it's testing installed componets like the mouse, keyboard, etc and the screen may flicker for a...
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    Laptop Video out

    Do i have to enable the "RCA" (yellow port) of my laptop to enable it to send video out? If so, how?
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    formatted HD now smaller?

    I just formatted a 13 gig HD and installed 2000PRO and it's showing it's a 2 gig. Did I reformat wrong? Any ideas what happened?
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    PC just reboots

    ASUS A7N8X-X, ASUS radeon 9600SE video card, AMD Barton 2500, 1 GIG ram, Seagate 80 gig HD. You'll be working on the PC then all of a sudden it just reboots on it's own. It boot right back up and everything works normal. I just build this system a couple weeks ago. I'm thinking powersuppy or...
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    CPU differences

    Concerning AMD... what is the difference between a barton and thorobred? What is the difference between OEM and retail? Sorry for newbie questions.
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    video card pick

    What's your suggestion on video card that has a "dual montior" feature and "capture" feature?
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    which video card(s) for this application

    I'm gettting prepaired to build a system for my local church. We have a mitsubishi projector that we run powerpoint and songshow plus from. I need to build a system with a decent graphic card and also we will need to run dual monitors. Our current setup is a old 133 laptop running from the...
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    building a PC from scraps

    I had a new case, a guy give me a mother board, hard some old ram, processor, etc. I took a hd out of a old pc and installed it. I put everything together, i see the led on the mb light up, but nothing on the monitor. is there a way to format the hd (i think it has win95 on it or something) with...
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    Pick my PDA

    I'm trying to decide what PDA i need. I need something for appointments, word docs and excel spreadsheets. Looking for something really inexpensive. Any suggestions??
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    problem with IsUninst.exe- error 432

    Trying to install a program and a window pops up and says, "Setup has detected that uninstallshield is in use. Please close all windows and restart setup". I've tried that, tried rebooting, trying seeing if it actually was running in the task manager, etc. tried deleting usunist but it...
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    help pick a MB

    I'm currently running a Gigabyte GA-7VKMLS, ATI-AIW 7500 Radeon, and 1800XP. I am thinking about upgrading to a 8X video card but my mB only goes 4X. I capture video, edit, etc alot. What MB would you recommend for around $100.00?
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    USR 5699b modem problems

    installing this modem using the newest drivers, but it continues to say it cannot find the driver when i direct it to the folder that contains them. I downloaded the correct drivers and also tried using the ones from the install disc. No luck. It reconizes the modem but won't load a driver. any...
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    Windows 2000 Pro issues

    Just installed 2000Pro over 98. I'm using IE6.01 and when i log onto the internet through my ISP (dialup) it will show me logged on...but i can't go anywhere. POP3, FTP nothing will "move". My ISP isn't much help on the tech end. Any thoughts??