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    Pagefile use when having lots of ram

    got 4 gigs of ram, Vista makes a pagefile 1.5x's the rams size? advantage? necessary or what size should i make it?
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    Quicklaunch question

    is there a way to expand qucklaunch to show more icons in the system bar without having to click the arrow to display that little menu? its a picky thing, but would be far less annoying for me
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    X-fi Fatlity Pro

    vista x64. install latest fatality drivers, works great. i can reboot all i want and still works fine however, if i click shutdown, upon reboot, i suddenly have no audio device installed. i have to manually remove the driver and reinstall it. what is happening during shutdown that...
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    Does anyone think Superfetch is necessary on SSD drives?

    ordered a samsung 64gig SLC ssd. naturally, i'm trying to cut back on non necessities to save space for my games plus i used Vlite and no system restore which helped alot. anyway, with the speed of SSD, does superfetch even have any benefit? even with my velociraptor now, i dont usually...
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    how do i limit bandwidth?

    i want to limit bandwidth to a wireless computer downstairs. so can someone tell me how to set it up to limit the wireless outgoing bandwidth? here is a PDF of my router's manual...its pretty generic but shows theres no info on any router settings its an RNX G400 Rosewill router...
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    GTX 280, how long is the card exactly?

    my case is tight, i have exactly 10 1/8 inches for video card length i read once it was 10.5 inches...can anyone confirm for sure?
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    How do i secure my wireless router?

    rosewill router, i have no clue how to lock out others from using it. i can access it easy with my PSP how do i secure it and yet still access it with my PSP and how do i access the settings. the manual it came with is like a small 1 page crapola of worthless info.
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    Car audio

    if anyone wants to share, heres mine in a 2005 honda civic http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/9520/dscf0226xa0.jpg http://img393.imageshack.us/img393/6138/dscf0227ub2.jpg http://img516.imageshack.us/img516/7883/dscf0228zv5.jpg Anyway, i just got back into car audio recently and been...
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    Old pc case mod

    went to my garage and snaped some pics of these old computers i obtained for free (were used at a college). my current one is sleek but has cooling issues. i'm thinking of taking one of these, sanding it down, repaint and maybe put a window kit in it or some other mod work to make it look a...
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    probably a stupid question

    watching leapord vids, i think it looks very nice and intuitive. i'm just curious how come Apple doesnt make it for all hardware? i mean i know you can illegally patch it and make it work but without proper drivers its worthless. i'm gonna guess some answers would be to sell more apple...
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    Need best freeware to replace Vista's default applications

    i'm using Vlite to remove pretty much everything from defragger to media center to cut it back to a raw'er OS. i'll likely remove superfetch/readyboost but not sure if that will help or hurt. i have 6 gigs of ram so i dont really need a pagefile, therefore i assume i dont need superfetch...
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    Computer is R.I.P.

    First the keyboard wouldnt work, i rebooted, it still didnt work. so i turned off I/O and reset the CMOS. when i pressed the power button....nothing the mobo LED was still lit however. so i took it apart, cleaned, redid cpu thermal grease......nothing. so i did a test on both mobo and PSU...
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    microsofts Virtual pc help

    i have 32 bit vista in virtual pc on my 64bit vista i'm trying to install a program (only works on 32bit vista) i have this program on my drive but i cant figure out how to access it within virtual pc...it only sees the virtual disk, it wont even show my usb hard drive, it wont connect to...
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    My PC mod idea....seperate into 2 parts

    trying this idea in a few forums to get some general insight. alright heres my idea....sorry long post, feel free to knock any holes in it or apply suggestions so i know how worth while the idea is. a 2 part PC consisting of what i call a PC station (housing all the main components) and a...
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    system temps question

    whats a dangerous level for temps of e6600's? when i run orthos to stress test, cpu goes up to 129F/54C system temps reaches 105F/41C thats at stock speeds without any kind of oc'ing...how good or bad is that?
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    Vista: how do i.....

    in vista how do i or can i disable viewing of files that are not executable type? i prefer a minimalist look, like in mac i want to only see certain file types like .zip,.exe, or .txt...etc but have no need in seeing all the dozens of .dll...etc in every program folder. surely there must be a...
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    64 bit vista--only 1 single problem

    after extensive testing with 32 and 64bit, i much prefer the 64 bit version for my pc as its very stable and rock solid except for one specific weird thing. now this is the 3rd fresh install i've tested, 2 standard (full) and 1 *vlited (stripped of stuff i dont use and tweaked) same problem...
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    LCD speeds for gaming

    i currently have 19" 8ms lcd, if theres ghosting i dont notice it. i want to upgrade to a 27 or 30 inch this summer, most are 12ms or slower how is 12-16ms speeds for gaming? is ghosting/blurring a problem or not
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    aol in2tv

    when i heard of it and checked out the listings, i was interested in watching a couple of old sitcoms i watched as kid, like welcome back kotter..etc but it never plays anything, always says loading i let it sit for 20 minutes on my 6mb connection..still loading i have the latest klite...
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    Car Audio Help Needed

    stock 2005 honda civic, i just wanted to beef up sound a bit without spending much money. bought 2 infinity reference 6x9's and an alpine t220 amp (50w rms pch) i'm keeping stock headunit but only has 2 speaker outputs for rear, so i used the high input connections in the amp. i have...
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    Virtual Drive 11 OR Alcohol 120% ???

    well now that gamejackal is no longer with us (RIP) i'm forced to convert. so i really need some help here. i have Vista, so i see VD 11 supports it, it also says they have updates & support. while A120 doesnt look like its been updated since i last used it some 2 yrs ago. which is better...
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    healthy living through raw and rotting meat

    i just saw that wives swap show where a city family swapped with a country family who believed eating raw and rotten meat, non clean living was healthier lifestyle. they also ate aged 4 month old meat, raw eggs for the most part i dont doubt that once your body is used to those kinds of...
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    Gamejackal....gone forever

    i probably missed the memo but just found out the hardway that my beloved www.gamejackal.com software is now terminated, they didnt give a reason sucks cause not a month ago i resubscribed and got the lifetime pro version, looks like i'm back to inserting discs constantly watching them slowly...
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    Wintv-pvr250 and Vista

    has anyone tested wintv's 250 or 350 with vista? does the latest drivers work ok on it cause they dont mention vista yet when i search for vista drivers it takes me there and anyone know what the middleware driver is for?
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    converting vob dvd to a .wmv format??

    i used clonedvd 2 to drive so its same vob format, i want to get it to .wmv, but the encoder wants something like a .avi file so how can i do that. i also have movie maker and cyberlink power director 3, will either of those let me edit the vob file and transfer it to .wmv or at least avi??
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    help with download offline files

    ordered a pda, one of the things i wanted to do with it is to browse websites offline how do i download just the text from an entire website, preferably without pics n stuff so i can keep size down and without saving each webpage manually
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    need advice on selecting a PDA handheld

    i'm interested in getting a pda, never had one before, mostly use for the following games/emulation html pages/pdf..other text files music/video what the difference between windows mobile 5 or windows ce? any advice on processor speed or anything else i should know about
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    any fans of Another World parts 1&2 here?

    i recently started to play the new high resolution version and its orginal sequal Heart of the Alien which no doubt few have played it since it was only for sega cd but i never beat the sequal back when it came out so just now, after all these years i see part 2's ending and am like wtf...
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    Standbye mode help

    built a new pc..specs in sig when i press standbye, it goes into standbye just fine but it wont come out of stanbye..well no video anyway the pc fans turn back on, but nothing onscreen and my mouse/keyboard doenst light up so what exactly effects this...is it the mobo? i switched my...
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    Bios help

    on the asus pb5 deluxe bios, i prefer to set the cpu q fan to silent mode...however when i do, after post i get fan speed error alert forcing me to press F1 to continue which is very annoying its just over 600rpm and on heavy load my core2 duo only reaches 43C so its no biggie but i just want...
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    low resource firewall?

    anyone know what firewall consumes the least resources? been using zonealarm for quite a while and figure theres something probably better out there
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    looking for a silent DVD dl r+/-

    i've had a few standard dvd's before, after inserting a disc or after bootup they get extremely loud and annoys me to death last one was a min dvd and it was very quiet and loved it but now i need a standard size one i dont care about speed, just as long as its always silent....any help...
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    multithreading and multicore

    i'm thinking about upgrading to core 2 duo, theres alot more multithreaded apps and games comming this year. since amd's 4x4 is comming next year, i wanted to know, does say a game or app thats multithreaded have to be designed specifically for a certain number of cpu's? like if say the...
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    braudband modem question

    have this D-link cable modem, i installed drivers that came with it recently i renstalled XP, first thing i did was install latest Nforce 4 drivers now my network adapter says nforce networking controller instead of d-link as it would if i installed its drivers my question is, would i be...
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    8 viruses found

    za security suite found 8 viruses after visiting a website but it says "no treatment available" java.byteverify!exploit java.shinwow.az ........etc
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    help getting older pc game to work

    i have drakan: order of the flame, i cant get the game itself to run, the intro plays, i can select new game but after i select difficulty it immediatly goes back to desktop, it lets me view credits but thats about it. my pc is rather high end and likely its not co operating with the newer...
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    Download Managers

    hey all, i'm currently using flashget and its ok but i like the interface of DAP better..but i need to know, which is the fastest or are they all about the same in that respect if all the same then i might go with DAP blut which one? plus 2.1 or plus 8..i dont understand the differences...
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    thinkn bout getting braudband

    never seen high speed before,only dialup available here but i'll be moving in a month to an area with cable. i was thinking of getting comcast, $19 for 4 months "Comcast offers speed tiers of up to: 4.0 and 6.0 Mbps download speed (maximum upload speed of 384Kbps). "----is that good? before...
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    NFS: most wanted

    is it possible to use mouse for steering in most wanted and perhaps other racing games
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    freeware antispyware

    which is best, all i know of is adaware and spybot, i only want 1 installed, i'm not big into having lots of stuff installed nor am i paranoid, i also dont want any of the ones that needs or forces to run at startup