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    Real Estate Websites.

    any other real estate sites other than realtor.com zillow.com yahoo.com I am looking into buying a house and would like to see the prices and amenities around the neighborhood.
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    Larger then 1920x1080

    I connect my media center pc (HP 6177C) to my 46 inch lcd (samsung lnt4661f) but when I adjust the display to 1920x1080 it's larger than my screen...so i can't see the start menu and the bottom bar. The native display on the lcd is 1080p and in the menu system it says it's 1080p. This is...
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    PSP Slim

    I want to get an extra battery for the psp slim but every where I see they are either selling the 1800mah or 2200 mah battery. Will the 1800mah battery fit into the slim without needing a new battery cover?
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    AVIVO HD and Purevideo HD

    I am slightly confused as to the hardware decoding provided by the video cards with these features. Say I download an apple 1080p trailer that is encoded in H264, will these chip help decode the the video or does it only help decode video from a hddvd /bluray source.
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    Wonder Years

    Anyones knows what the final theme being played during the last episode of wonder years is? It's the theme when kevin is at the independence day parade and is narrating about the future. According to tv.com it said "the song that was used in the parade scene and closing fireworks scene is...
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    Is this a scam?

    I bought a Logitech Harmony Remote for 80 dollars from a user on amazon.com, and it seems like a good deal...I receive the package today and it was overnighted to me from Buy.com. I've heard of these type of scams where the person uses a stolen credit card and buys stuff from companies and have...
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    Min Processor to run 1080P

    Looking to upgrade my P4 2.0ghz processor on my media center pc. I want to be able to play the 1080P mov from apple trailer website, but don't want to spend more then 100 bucks on a process. Which one would be the best best for this doing so? A Pentium 4 641 Cedar Mill 3.2GHz or a Pentium D...
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    Help with Speedfan

    I just finished building a new computer with a P5b-e and E6600 chip. I overclocked it to 3.2ghz and it seems to run fine but when I leave it on for a long time (idling) speed fan reports my CPU temp as 86 degrees celsius. When I don't overclock it never gets above 46 degrees at load, running...
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    Benchmark / Burnin Stress Test Apps

    I am getting my new computer this week and was wondering what are the standard stress test applications I should run on it to make sure everything is in working order. I know memtest and superpi, but is there any other apps that you guys recommend ? Also must be compatible with vista.
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    8800GTS +12V Power Supply

    I am on the verge of buying a new computer and have decide on getting the 8800GTS, and in the specs from newegg it says that min requirements are +12V30A rail, but I can't find a power supply that actually has that . I was thinking about getting this Raidmax psu...
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    MP3 Crashes Ipod

    I have a 5th Gen iPod video and for some reason, one particular mp3 crashes my iPod. I have listened to it before the firmware update, but after the lastest update it would crash. I tried reencoding it in itunes and changing the id3 tag version, but nothing has worked. Any suggestions?
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    Need Help Translating a Word to Cantonese

    Anyone know how to say Asthma in cantonse? I need to explain it to my parents and my chinese is very poor. Thanks
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    DDR2-800 or DDR2-1000

    If I put ddr2-1000 5-5-5-15 into a board that supports only ddr2-800, will it be better then putting in ddr2-800?
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    Car Radio Installation

    I've been researching alot on getting a new radio in my car, but I can't seem to find an answer regarding the wireless key entry. Anyone know if i remove the stock radio and put in a new one, will it disable my wireless key entry? I know I need a special wiring harness, but all it says is that...
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    Samba and Windows Share

    Anyone know how to configure samba to connect to a windows box and play the mp3s like a network drive. Currently my SUSE machine can see the server and I can get files, but in order to play movies or mp3s I have to download the files .
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    Compusa Rebadge Return Monitors as New

    So i got a 20 inch lcd monitor online at Compusa, and it has 5 dead pixels, and then I noticed that there are 2 reciepts in the box. Appartently this monitor was originally bought on 8/21 and then return to them on 8/29 and they shipped it to me without removing their reciept. The returns...
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    Temporary Student Health Insurance

    Any suggestions on companies for buying temporary/student health insurance. I still have one more year left in my masters program, and the school's health insurance is expensive. I rarely get sick, so this insurance will be used mainly for extreme emergency cases. Looking something less then...
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    Accident Advice

    So my friend got into a minor accident last night, someone was following him to close and rear ended his car. Minor damages, a busted tail-light, a few dents on the bumper. The guy who rear ended him didn't want to file a police report and report the accident to his insurance company because...
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    Midi Note Conversion

    Does anyone know a good program that can open a midi file and output the sequence of notes. Like the first note would be A4, etc...thanks.
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    Midi Note Conversion

    Does anyone know a good program that can open a midi file and output the sequence of notes. Like the first note would be A4, etc...thanks.
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    Old Wildlife Show

    Need help identifying an Old Wildlife show, I remeber that this past year they released a dvd set and I went to the website, but now I forgot what the title was. It was an american show, not BBC and I know the narrator had a beard and I know it wasn't Jim Fowler and the Mutual of Omaha's Wild...
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    MS Certs or Engineering Degree?

    Which one do you guys think is better for jobs and advancement? Microsoft / Cisco Certification or Bachelors Degree in Engineering and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering?
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    wrong forum sorry

    wrong forum
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    Google Websearch

    Need help registering a University site for the Public Service Search http://services.google.com/publicservice/setup_submit Everytime, i try to register the domain it gives me this error : There are no pages in our index for "universityname.edu"* * We cannot perform SiteSearch on this...
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    MKV, OGM display

    I want to display the duration of a MKV or OGM file in the windows explorer...like when you click on details. I know windows displays avi file's duration...but i want to know if there is patch for windows to display other format's duration. Thanks
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    Id movie

    Okay this is a long shot, but I saw this movie like 5-10 years ago...but i don't remeber it. It was very dark movie, about an angel banished from heaven and is running from enemies that are trying to kill him. Any ideas?
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    POP3 server Windows 2003

    I have a domain registered with Namesecure, and it's currently pointing to my IIS 6.0 server. I started the POP3 service and configured it, but when I tried to send mail to the account it...the server never receives it. Anyone knows how to set it up?
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    Help Identifying quote

    I heard this quote from somewhere, but I don't remeber where. It was something like "pray to whatever god you believe in, and I shall send you to him" or something around those lines. If anyone has any idea where that is from, it would really help...since it's bugging me. Thanks in advance.
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    Pioneer DVR-108 and USB2.0

    I want to buy the Pioneer DVR-108 drive and put it into a usb 2.0 enclosure so I can take between my laptop and my main computer. Both laptop and computer have USB2.0 addon cards, and I was wondering if the USB2.0 Data transfer speed is fast enough to keep up with burning at 16x DVD-R and 4X...
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    Divx and Monitor Resolution

    I posted this on the Video section but this is more a OS question then a Video Card question. This is a little off the topic but I am confused about the resolution of a divx file. I have a 21 inch monitor and my normal resolution is 1600x1200 and I watch divx files in full screen. These divx...
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    OT : Divx and Screen Resolution

    This is a little off the topic but I am confused about the resolution of a divx file. I have a 21 inch monitor and my normal resolution is 1600x1200 and I watch divx files in full screen. These divx are encoded to be 640x480. If I lower my screen resolution to 640x480 when i watch divx files...
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    Dual Monitors XP

    Is there anyway to display 2 different wallpapers on a dual monitor setup and 2 different screensaver and/or have different power features for the monitors. Thanks.