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    Backup/Restore that deletes new files

    Basically, the people using this computer keep breaking a peice of software. Not really their fault, its just that it keeps temporary files and has quite a memory for what has been done with it. I have thus far been repairing this by periodically deleting the whole folder and copying it and...
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    Fastest single core processor

    I'm trying to run an application written a while ago which is only a single thread. This is also a program which needs an immense amount of power to run well. My colleague made the mistake of upgrading to a xeon quad core and sure enough, the program maxes out at 25% cpu speed (one core just...
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    Probably really easy problem with WMP

    My friend want to use Virtual DJ to dj a party, is there a way to use visualizers from WMP even though the audio is going to be played by this other program? I can spit out the audio to another computers mic in or something if that would help (I can imagine the quality lost wont effec tthe...
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    motherboard\chip that supports registered RAM

    I dunno what part of, but my friends FX-53 +SK8n is toast, chips pins are all bent up (perhaps the mobo still works but just considering the thermal paste on the board I don't have much faith in it, yea I have decided that recomending he bring it to a computer shop was a bad choice) So now...
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    How would you control lamps

    My current plan is to use like 8 relays to control power to 8 outlets in turn controlled by a d-type flip-flop in turn controled by the parallel port. I wasn't sure I wanted to pull all the current to operate the relays from the parallel port is the only reason I'm using the flip-flop. I want...
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    ATA password

    A friend of mine has an HP laptop that just won't behave. Though the BIOS recognizes the hard drive, I cannot see any partitions. Similarly, when I run an NTFS reader or really just about everything on the EBCD (emergency boot cd, its deffinetly a reccomended download, lots of very helpful...
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    Friends computer doesn't make a sounds

    I built a computer for a friends a couple years ago and recently he decided to rearrage the mess of cables comming out the back. Now, I've always thought that nothing really bad could come about because of such actions but then again he also said he "cleaned some dust from the inside" though...