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    What affects the default directory that opens up for cmd.exe?

    Sort of hard to describe, but when you go to Start -> Run -> cmd.exe (enter), the command line that pops up is set in a specific directory. Typically it is situated in your My Documents directory (c:\document and setting\<user name>\my documents. For some reason, mine has been trying to...
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    A USB Powered Wireless Ethernet Bridge...

    At the office I work at, we have vistors who require wireless access on a regular basis. The problem is that while almost every person brings a laptop with wireless, only a handful know how to use it. A wireless ethernet bridge that is preconfigured with a WPA key, and powered by the USB bus...
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    Recommendations on Auditing NTFS?

    I have a community file server I share with about 15 people that I'd like to get a quick run down on permissions. I figure there must be utilities out there for admins running Windows 2003 Servers, but I haven't had much luck. I'm not sure if I'm just not using the right language in my search...
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    Utilizing a Wireless Router as a Wireless Access Point

    I've got a network I'd like to add a Belkin Pre-N router to, but I don't want/need any routing done by the unit, I just want it to act like a dedicated access point. Is this possible?
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    Anyone with Experience with SATA Cardbus Adapters?

    I support quite a few people with laptops, and I find myself wasting an immense amount of time backing up data through USB 1.1 connections. I've looked into USB 2.0/Firewire Cardbus adapters as one option, but in doing a little research I've come across a SATA Cardbus adapter, with considerably...
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    Sharing a net connection

    I'm looking into sharing my cable connection with a few close neighbors who I trust for the most part, but I'd like to know what kind of equipment, software, etc to limit the amount of bandwidth they can use. Any recommendations? Managed switches, etc?
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    Point to Point Networking (1-2 miles)

    I'm looking at purchasing a property that is on a spit of land about 1-2 miles from the local town area (where DSL is readily available), however it isn't possible to get it to my current location. I've looked at satellite but it has an awful upload speed. Can anyone recommend the following...
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    Remove additional Network device profiles?

    For reasons unknown to me, Windows likes to retain the settings of the same network devices after you uninstall and reinstall them, such that in troubleshooting a faulty wireless card, I'm now on "Wireless Network Connection 7". Is there any way to remove them so I can revert back to a...
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    Same chipset required to access data off RAID-0 hard drives?

    Over the weekend, my Asus A7V333-R motherboard bit the dust. The vocal post utility stated that there was a CPU failure. So I threw in my old Athlon 1800+ XP. No go. So I figure the motherboard is toast (or at least the part that the CPU connects to). Problem is, I have been running a RAID...
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    Best forum to discuss rackmount solutions?

    I've searched around for the better part of a day trying to find the best place to talk about rackmount computers with little luck. I'm looking around for 1U Rackmount cases that support FlexATX but do not cost a small fortune (as I found through google). I also want to find out if a FlexATX...
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    DVD-R's/CD-R's that utilize SATA?

    Just curious if anyone knows if there are any plans for DVD writers to utilize Serial ATA. Or does the "limited" bandwidth of IDE sufficient for even say, a 16x DVD-R (due 2004)?
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    Terminology for Half-Width AGP cards?

    For the life of me I can not determine what one calls an AGP card that is speced for small factor case such that it is roughly half the width (not length) of a normal AGP card. This is for Dell that is a little under a year old and I've seen them before so I know it isn't a proprietory...
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    Recent Delay Loading Internet Explorer 6 Windows XP SP1

    One big difference I notice between formatting my hard drive is that over time, Internet Explorer 6 takes maybe 5 seconds to load, as opposed to under 2 seconds or so. Now this delay only happens when opening the first Internet Explorer window, and to me it is a kind of a 'gauge' of sorts on my...
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    Blah....modify how IE handles files? Want to save instead of open zip files by default

    You'd think years of experience dealing with Microsoft products and Internet explorer I'd be able to figure out how it stores the setting for how it deals with different files, but without luck. Anyone got a quick solution?
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    8x ('03) and 16x ('04) DVD readers/writers: Multiple lasers?

    One of the limiting factors with how fast you and read a CD (or DVD for that matter) is how fast it can be spun, in that at a certain point the plastic gives way and blam, no more CD. So I got thinking about how they are going to introduce these even faster DVD drives and I thought "well they...
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    Like looking for a needle in a haystack...buying a single center speaker

    Presently I have two Monsoon speaker systems setup in a 4-speaker 2 subwoofer setup, one in front, one in back. I want to make my system fully 5.1 compatible so I need a center speaker to accomplish this, unfortunately I can't seem to find computer center speakers outside of an entire 6 piece...
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    Athlon 500 + Geforce 3 or Athlon 900 + Geforce 2mx

    I have a MSI K7 Pro (MS-6195) motherboard with an Athlon 500 and 256mb of PC-100 SDRAM and an aging Voodoo 3 3000 and I am debating my next upgrade. The motherboard only supports a max of AGP 2x, not 4x. Essentially I would like some feedback from people with lower end systems like mine on...
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    Geforce 3 + Athlon 500 or Geforce 2 MX + Athlon 800/900?

    I have a MSI K7 Pro (MS-6195) motherboard with an Athlon 500 and 256mb of PC-100 SDRAM and an aging Voodoo 3 3000 and I am debating my next upgrade. The motherboard only supports a max of AGP 2x, not 4x. Essentially I would like some feedback from people with lower end systems like mine on...