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    Folder moved from desktop keeps reappearing

    A folder located on my desktop was moved to another location on a different drive. For some reason, that folder and one if its subfolders reappears no matter how many times it I delete it. I have tried moving the files back and moving them again and copying them, but the folder still reappears...
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    setting up secure file and print sharing over wifi

    my network is running on a lynksys wireless g (v. 2.5) router with up to date firmware installed. i have given both computers a name, run the network wizard on both. i have specified wich folders to share. but the computers don't "see" each other in my network places. why? the computers...
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    setting up secure file and print sharing over wifi

    when i posted this i didn't realize there was a category specifically for networking. i apologize; i'm very new to these forums. could a mod please move this there?
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    setting up secure file and print sharing over wifi

    my network is running on a lynksys wireless g (v. 2.5) router with up to date firmware installed. i have given both computers a name, run the network wizard on both. i have specified wich folders to share. but the computers don't "see" each other in my network places. why? the computers...
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    Help with UPnP

    i was talking about setting up port forwarding in the Windows XP network settings. this can only be done through the advanced settings of your internet conection gateway. port forwarding through the router is done through the router settings which is separate from port forwarding in network...
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    Help with UPnP

    if universal plug and play is installed in network services in Windows XP your network connections box should appear like this. but mine looks like this. The net gateway is missing :confused: i even doubled checked to make sure UPnP and Internet Gateway Device and Control Client is installed...
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    windows works fine, but it takes 10 freakin' minutes to boot up!

    this a wierd problem. . . windows was booting up really fast then after a restart it starting taking 5 minutes to boot. after the xp logo the screen goes blank for about 4 min then after you get to the desktop wallpaper you have to wait another couple minutes. once the icons appear it's super...
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    booting in safe mode with an hp pavillion

    thanks. tapping f8 really fast worked (even though it took a few tries. also anyway to get rid of that logo? i asume there isn't but it's worth asking
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    booting in safe mode with an hp pavillion

    how do you boot an hp pavillion (325c) or any other computer that doesn't let you see the booting process before the windows xp logo appears. i am working on my buddy's hp with which i am not familiar with. the first thing you see when it boots up is the hp logo and the only option available is...
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    questions about 'ghost' program for making images

    well, turning off the comp worked but when i tried to write the image to the new partition i made, it is still trying to write the original image. i cant find a place in ghost to tell it to forget about the first image. how can i cancel the first image?
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    questions about 'ghost' program for making images

    well since i'm really impatient and none of you bastards are replying to my question, i'm just going to go to try turning off the computer off or unplugging the drive. hopefully it won't mess up anything!
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    questions about 'ghost' program for making images

    ok, i have now realized this was a terrible idea to do this through usb! how the hell can i stop this stupid image from being written?!
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    questions about 'ghost' program for making images

    i just fixed my buddy's comp and am currently making a hard drive image just in case he screws up his computer again. there is about 5 gigs of data on the drive, the image is set on medium compression, and the image is being written to an external usb 1.0 hd. My qeustions are: why is this...
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    the best web sites to search for torrents

    some of the sites i've found: http://www.suprnova.org/ http://www.torrentbits.org/ http://www.lokitorrent.com/torrent/torrents-search.php http://www.n4p.com/ anyone else know other good sites or good methods to search for torrents?
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    ==== Post COOL and USEFUL programs here!!! STICKIED ====

    my favorite program lately has been azureus (damn it's a FAST way of getting stuff): http://azureus.sourceforge.net/ to find stuff to dl w/ azureus go to (for example): http://www.suprnova.org/ http://www.torrentbits.org/ http://www.lokitorrent.com/torrent/torrents-search.php...
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    questions about P2P

    just a concern w/ file sharing. everyone has heard of the many people getting busted. MOST people use programs like kazaa . . . but what about if you use emule, dc++, or torrents? i have not yet heard of people getting busted using these, b ut i am curious of the extent of the risk. any insight?
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    what would be the best case to get to make an external hd?

    anyone else with a suggestion?
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    what would be the best case to get to make an external hd?

    since external hds are so expensive, i'm going to make a western digital 180 gb hd a removable hd. what would be the best removable case to buy? also, to hook the hard drive up to a computer w/ usb 2.0 do you just simply need an ide to usb 2.0 cable w/ pwr adapter? such as this one...
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    how do you set up a LDAP server in Outlook to import email contacts?

    never mind, i figured it out!
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    how do you set up a LDAP server in Outlook to import email contacts?

    well i realized i shouldn't have post that in operating system section so i pasted it to the proper section
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    how do you set up a LDAP server in Outlook to import email contacts?

    i'm trying to figure how to do this. the help in outlook 2003 says this: Internet directory services are used to find e-mail addresses that are not in a local address book or a corporate-wide directory such as the Global Address List. An Internet connection is required to view an LDAP...
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    my keyboard can no longer do combination commands

    my keyboard (ms natural pro . . .) is messed up. you cant do alt-tab, alt-f4, ctrl-c, ctrl-alt-del, etc. and when i hold down control and try to select certain files out of a list, i cant select mutiple files- just all of them or one of them. this really starting to bug me so what the heck is...
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    how do you set up a LDAP server in Outlook to import email contacts?

    i'm trying to figure how to do this. the help in outlook 2003 says this: Internet directory services are used to find e-mail addresses that are not in a local address book or a corporate-wide directory such as the Global Address List. An Internet connection is required to view an LDAP...
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    where can you get audio codec 'tag 55' ?

    some music videos that i've downloaded lately require audio codec 'tag 55'. media player can't download it on its own, and i can't find it either. can i just download the single .dll file somewhere? or is there a codec pack i can dl and install JUST that single codec?
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    Is data recoverable after a quick format?

    quick followup for whomever this may help- with ontracks's eazyrecovery pro, 56 gb out of 58 gb were recovered. i am astounded. . . the only thing that it didn't do perfect at was retaining directory names. a bunch of folders in the recovery were labled "dir000" or "dir001" etc, but no bother...
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    Is data recoverable after a quick format?

    Instead of formating my system drive last time i reinstalled windows, i formatted a drive full of music & divx. i didn't notice that the drive letters got switched around after installing some new hardware that same day- or maybe it was just me who screwed up the letters. anyways, I looked...
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    Question concerning the IBM 75GXP (60GB)

    I have had the 60GB 75GXP for a few years and have never lost data stored on it, it just makes weird sounds I went over the article on the 75GXP- I may be hearing, what the article referred to as, the "click of death", but I am not entire sure. The drive will often produce several, rapid...
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    Vulnerability while logged on as an administrator

    I tried to find a similar article somewhere in the faq and past forums but couldn't find anything pertaining to this. My bad if there already is an article about this. While browsing through the various settings in the computer management console I noticed that in addition to local users, there...