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    Need a new 12" Notebook, recommendations?

    Good day everybody, Although I am a bit of a lurker, I have been using AT for some time and appreciate all of the expertise that posts here. I currently have a Dell Inspiron 700m that has served me very well for almost 4 years. I have never had a problem with it until recently the PCIe...
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    Looking for a decent used photo printer

    Hi there, I am looking for a few recommendations for decent-quality photo printers that are out there. I am looking to buy used from the FS forum on this site, so if you're going to suggest a model, something not "just released" is what I'm looking for. I am just a Joe Blow looking to print...
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    eMachines Drivers?

    I am trying to find a good CDROM/CDRW driver for my eMachines desktop computer, T2385. The CDROM is a LG CED-8080B and it won't pick up any CD's I put in it. The eMachines website does not have a CDROM driver listed for my model... any ideas as to where I can get a good CDROM driver for...
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    Older PC, USB/PS2 ports via MB add-on card

    I have an older PC (366MHz Celeron, 256MB of RAM) that I managed to install Windows XP on and I have some driver issues. I figured that XP would automatically recognize the USB 1.1 ports, but no-go. I just want to be able to use an optical mouse, can't imagine going back to a roller ball. I...
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    Program to access flaky HDD?

    As the title suggests, I have a Maxtor 160GB HDD in a 3.25" USD 2.0 enclosure that is making some noise and certainly not so healthy. Once I plug it in to my PC, it seems OK and XP picks it up, but then it locks up my PC when I try to access it and/or manipulate any files on it. I know that...
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    XP not searching online for new drivers?

    Weird issue... I re-installed XP a couple of nights ago on a fresh system with an ASUS P4P800 motherboard and when I did the usual "Device Manager" check, I had flags on the following items: -Ethernet Controller -Multimedia Audio Controller -SM Bus Controller -USB Controller -Video...
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    Won't let me past the logon screen?!?

    OK, I have been enlisted to fix my aunt's family computer...yay! Her kids use this thing all the time, download tons of music, etc. so no doubt it's chock full of spyware and probably has a virus. Basically, when the PC gets to the logon screen, you can enter either of the passwds for the...
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    Paperport alternatives?

    Don't know if any of you have used Paperport before, but basically, it has a feature which allows you to open a .pdf document (say for example, a standard gov't form with blanks & checkboxes to fill in) and you could basically start typing directly in the fields that require filling. Very clean...
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    Busted my Garmin eTrex Legend GPS

    The screen of my GPS recently became scratched badly and I want to repair it. I will assume that it's just the front face cover - not the actual LCD screen - that is scratched since it is a sealed, waterproof unit. I really do not want to send my unit to a repair center since the one here...
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    Windows XP on older machine

    I'm trying to install Windows XP Pro on an older Celeron 366 with 128MB of RAM. It's working reasonably well, even the actual install itself is fairly quick via the XP CD, but once I have it fully installed and try to install additional programs (like Office 2k), the CD-ROM just bugs out...
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    Win XP Pro system continually loops

    No idea as to why this is happening, but I'm going to try booting in safe mode and see what happens. The only thing I did differently is that I hooked up a DSL service to it about a week ago. Yes, it's firewalled and locked up with Norton Antivirus, so it should be OK woth regards to an...
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    Hard drive clone?

    OK, I have a laptop set-up wonderfully to my liking and now I am in the process of getting a new laptop. I want to transfer everything to my new laptop - including all of my settings and appearance files - but I really don't know how this is possible. I'd prefer to not use a floppy disk to...
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    Dell Laptop not picking up printers anymore?

    I do not know what setting I tweaked to do this, but for some reason, my laptop will not recognize any printers when I plug them into any of my USB ports anymore. I used to be able to plug in just about any printer and they would be instantly recognized, but lately when I plug in a printer...
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    Disabled print spooling, now no printer?

    Recently I tried to minimize the background services that were running while using Windows XP Pro. For some reason, now my PC will not support Plug-N-Play printers and if I try to "Add a New Printer", I get an error message saying that "Print Spooler is not running" and it refuses to let me...
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    Choppy DVD playback on Dell Inspiron 8200

    Hi there, Playing DVD's on my laptop is not something I do very often, but this past week I had to do some travelling and had the chance to give it a shot. I was really not impressed with the choppy-ness that my laptop delivered while playing the DVD through VLC media player. I have a...
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    Partition Magic + USB HDD = No go?

    OK, I recently bought a remote HDD enclosure (c/w 160 HDD) and connected it to my Inspiron 8200 laptop. It worked fine for a little while, but it was divided into two partitions, so I decided to try and run Partition Magic 8.0 on it to make the entire contents of the drive into one volume...
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    Style XP + Windows XP SP2 ???

    Anybody have any ideas? I have run the Neowin patch to allow theme programs to work with XP SP1 & SP2 but it still won't work for me worth crap. It says that Style XP will only work with versions 2600 etc... but apparently not on mine. Any suggestions?
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    Trying to add an XP machine to a W98 network...

    As the title says, I am trying to add a brand new Windows XP Home (SP2) PC to a mainly Windows 98 based network here at work. This computer is to replace the current machine I have, which is a W98 PC. For some reason, I just cannot get access to the network drives or network printers. The...
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    Windows XP on old Laptop?

    Can she possibly handle it, or will she just go unbelievably slow once I put it on there? What is the minimum RAM req'd (bare essentials) to run XP anyhow? -Rob robpilgrim@gmail.com
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    Windows XP Home -2- Windows XP Pro?

    I know, very noob question, but I have yet to find a proper write-up on how you can cleanly replace Windows XP Home with Windows XP Pro. I tried it once on my own, and I got the darn dual-boot screen once I was finished, so I'm asking how to do it right now. Does anyboy have a convenient...
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    PC100 -to- PC133 RAM in Dell Dimension L700cx?

    The title should say it all I guess... I am trying to upgrade thee RAM in a Dell Dimension L700cx desktop computer. The current RAM is PC100 128MB each (two sticks), the RAM I am trying to install is PC133 256MB each (two sticks) but it appears that the MB will not recognize the new RAM...
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    Changing Desktop Icon Text/Font in XP

    Hi guys, Another quick question with rtegards to customizing the desktop area of Windows XP SP2 RC2. I am trying to change the font and color of my desktop icon names (or maybe even remove the titles altogether!) but I am not having much luck. Does Windows XP have a built-in editor that...
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    Trying to disassemble a Sager Notebook...

    Hi there, I am trying to change out the HDD in an older Sager laptop that I have here. Everything is going good expect there appears to be a screw or two under the keyboard that is holding the lower plastic and upper plastic halves together. I have not yet discovered how to remove the...
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    ADSL modems and ADSL providers.....

    Guys, I am about to subscribe to high speed internet service at my home and I have a few Q's regarding ADSL modems and their compatibility with different ADSL providers. The local counter gimp for the provider I am considering is telling me that a "Comtrend" brand, model # CT-301 ADSL modem...
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    Cleaning out work computer for new employee....

    Just wondering if there is a step-by-step outline of how to clean out Windows XP in preparation for a new employee to take my computer, without having to totally re-install Window XP. Basically, I want to wipe out my favorites (and import them into my new PC), my website cookies, etc. All of...
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    Need to D/L WinXP Pro SP1 and SP2!

    Can I do this without going through IE or Windows Update? I need to install SP2 on a PC that is not currently connected to the internet, I just want to D/L the service pack, burn it to CD then transfer it over. I know there's a way to do it but I completley forget how! Any ideas/help? -Rob...
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    XP + 160GB HDD = 125GB recognized?

    As the tile suggests, I was in the process of doing a fresh Windows XP Pro install and when I formatted it, it would not pick-up the full size, only 125GB. I do believe there is a patch for this problem, does anybody have a link to it? Thanks! -Rob robpilgrim@gmail.com
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    ECS K7S5A MB won't boot at all

    I have a K7S5A mainboard that just won't boot for me. The processor is good, the PSU is good, the power controls from the case to the board are also good. I had no problems starting it up and installing Windows XP on this system about a month ago, but now all of a sudden it just won't boot...
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    Laptop HDD brand/connection compatibility Q's....

    I have a Sager laptop, Model# 2280T and its 10GB HDD is shot. I think I have the know-how to take-on changing a HDD, I just wonder if I can use a Maxtor / Panasonic / Western Digital HDD from a different brand of laptop to replace it, or do I have to use a Sager proprietary HDD? I'm just...
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    Q for those of you using Mozilla Thunderbird

    I can't seem to get mine to work....seems like it just won't import my .PST file from my last Outlook backup. Do you have to have Outlook installed on your PC when you try to import all of your emails into Thunderbird? Maybe it works better if you open Outlook, load up your .PST file there and...
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    Email program that can import Outlook and Express Archives

    I would love to combine my Outlook backup file (.pst) of emails and my Outlook Express backup file of email messages into one program. Right now I have to have two programs open at once to view all of my current and old emails and it's very annoying. I know Eudora couldn't do it, but I know...
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    Anybody here ever try to set-up a wireless dial-up account?

    I have a coworker in the field who is trying to set-up a cell-phone based wireless connection while he's on the road. Basically, he has a cord that runs from his cell phone to a wireless add-on card in his laptop and the laptop should then connect to the internet via the cell phone, as a...
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    Crazy "CSC" Directory in my Windows directory taking up a HUGE amount of space?!?

    OK guys, My work laptop has a HUGE "CSC" directory in my Windows folder (XP) that os taking up something like 13 GB's of space! It's there as a hidden folder and there appears to be nothing of value in it. My laptop did once have an "offline" folder set-up where it would copy files from my...
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    Importing a .pst file into Outlook Express?

    Can this be done easily? I have a set of contacts that I want to import from Outlook into Outlook Express......I hav ethem all saved as a .pst file, but I'm not sure if an import into Outlook Express will work or not? Any ideas or personal experiences? -Rob
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    Changing PC name? Possible?

    Right now, my work Laptop is under the name "Leslie" since it was originally for a my coworker. Is there a way I can change the name of the PC from "Leslie" to another name, without having to re-install Windows XP? Thanks! -Rob
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    Importing messages from Outlook to Outlook Express

    Greetings all, I'm having a helluva time importing all of my messages from Outlook to Outlook Express. I archived all of my email messages from my Outlook Inbox and contructed a nice .pst file of all my emails, but fo rsome reason, Outlook Express won't let me import the .pst file. Is this...
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    Trying to disable the touch pad on my Laptop (Seanote)

    Alright....went to BIOS, advanced set-up....there's a "Touchpad Support" option, the two setting options are "dual" and "single"; dual was the default setting and where it was set in the beginning. I just set it to single, but the same crap is still happening. I figured if I put it to "single"...
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    My PC has the w32.supova.b.worm virus - How to get rid of?

    Hey, my home PC has apparently been infected with the virus in the title. I've been to the Symantec website to read about the virus, what it does and how it manifests itself, went to fnid the files it creates, deleted them, then I went to the registry and deleted the entry that it adds...
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    HDD Not being picked up any more..?!?!?

    I recently installed a 40GB HDD on my secondary IDE channel (as a slave to my CDROM) and as of last night, I rebooted and it is no longer being picked up by my PC. Primary Master = OK (Main HDD) Primary Slave = OK (First Slave HDD) Secondary Master = OK (CDROM) Secondary Slave = Not Detected I...
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    Can you run two copies of MSN Messenger on one PC?

    Hi, My GF is taking over my computer these days (!) and it drives me nuts that she always signs me out of MSN and then logs in as herself all the time. I have buddies that sometimes shoot me a quick message and I hate it when I miss them. Is there a way that I can run two copies of MSN...