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    Every port is blocked at work

    I have a problem where I want to RDP to my windows box at home from my work computer. I can get it to work fine using Hamachi, except that Hamachi keeps disconnecting/reconnecting every 30 minutes or so. I want to use ssh, but I'm stuck for a few reasons. I can configure putty to use my...
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    Home Network Planning!

    Hey all, So I've fallen into a some $$ recently and am about to move into a new house with a few friends of mine at school. I plan on building a new gaming rig and turning my current rig into a firewall/server. Being the way that I am, I want this to be an over-the-top project. So here's...
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    Any Recommendations for Amplifiers?

    Any recommendations for dedicaded Hi-Fi amplifiers under $1000? Right now I'm looking at either the Outlaw 7075 or 7125. Admittingly, I'm only driving a pair of Polk RT225i with a Pioneer VSX-D514 at the moment, so either model will do fine, I know. I am currently looking into DIY projects...
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    Who should decode the sound??

    Hey all, Let's say I have a ASUS Xonar HDMI sound card hooked up via HDMI to a decent pre/pro, like the Marantz AV8003. Okay, now let's say I'm playing a movie that uses DTS-HD MA, should the sound card or the pre/pro be doing the decoding? What about with much cheaper pre/pros...
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    Anyone have a list of audio codecs for motherboards?

    Hey all, I'm trying to find a known list of audio codecs for motherboards. Basically I'm just looking for an SLI capable board with a Realtek ALC885 of ALC889 codec (I want something better than just an ALC888). I don't want a 790i board because I don't have DDR3 RAM. Any help would...
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    Windows Telnet

    Hey all, I'm trying to find a built-in Windows utility that will connect directly through a serial COM port to a Cisco switch. The catch: NOT hyperterminal. I know about teraterm and the like, but I just don't feel like loading that on a bunch of programming computers if I can just find out...
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    what microcontrollers can I program just for fun?

    I want to do some microcontroller programming just for fun. At the time I don't really have any cool ideas for projects, I was wondering if there are any PICs out there that have only the hardware cost (programming software is free/very cheap). To date, I've programmed Atmel AVR 8-bit PICs...
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    Space handling in batch files

    I'm creating a batch file that will add certain values to the registry and I run into problems with spaces with the following command REG ADD HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\... /v ... (etc) What do I replace "Windows NT" with? Any ideas? Thanks
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    severely cooked heat pad

    Hey all, I was taking apart my compy to clean it yesterday and when taking off the NB hsf of my DFI nf4 Ultra-d mobo I realized that the original heatpad was still there (I guess I failed to replace it with something better T_T). What's great is the fact that there is now a very stubborn...
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    Where is "Computer Configuration"?

    Hey everyone, I'm pretty new at servers, and as I'm looking through the help and support for how to do something, it always directs me to "Computer Configuration/.../... etc". I feel like an idiot for asking, but where is it?? Thanks
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    4gigs of ram possible w/ NF4?

    Hey all, I built a rig 3 years ago that included a DFI lanparty ut nf4 ultra-d and 2x1 sticks of OCZ OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K RAM. This week I bought the same sticks of ram, (and ironically, for 1/4 the price I paid 3 years ago) and I can't get all 4 sticks to boot. I get the long repeated memory...
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    Care to share your Computer Engineering internship experiences?

    Hey all, Just for fun, I want to know what kinds of experiences all of you have had in regards to Computer Engineering internships/coops - good or bad. Care to share your experiences? Here would be a good place. Be sure to include where you worked, how you liked it, how it helped your...
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    Win2k Stored User Names and Passwords

    You know how Windows XP has that really nice Stored User Names and Passwords thing that will save login credentials (Control Panel... User Accounts -> Advanced -> Manage Passwords)? I'm trying to get access to a locally-attached printer on a remote computer (WinXP SP2) that is hooked up to a...
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    domain printers

    I have a printer that is hooked up to an WinXP SP2 box and connected on a domain. I have another Win2k SP4 box that is also hooked up to this domain. This Win2k box wants to print to the XP box printer. I can do it if the Win2k box is logged in to the domain (the XP box is irrelevant, as it...
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    Remote access from internet to router-based lan client

    Hey guys, I'm trying to access my windows/linux system from the internet. The setup is as follows: me | | <-- interwebs | Router | |<-- wired lan | client to be accessed My...
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    Help with PING batch

    Hey folks, My goal is to put in an IP range from say 1.2.w.x to 1.2.y.z, and have it return all of the results in a log file. All I need is a "success" or "fail". Preferrably I want all the successful pings to go in a success.txt and all the failures go in fail.txt. I don't care about...
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    Dell Precision M60 WLAN Driver?

    Hey dudes, I've just spent my whole day at work trying to find a wireless driver for a Dell Precision M60 notebook. I've tried *all* options available to me, and I'm at wit's end. After 4 hours of searching, I've discovered that these wireless devices are discovered as Broadcom BCM4306...
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    NetBIOS

    Hey everyone I need to know something about NetBIOS. NetBIOS has a limit of 15 character naming scheme for workstations on a domain. I absolutely need something that accepts longer names for workstations. Why would I need NetBIOS? Is there anything I can use as a substitute? Feel free...
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    winxp x64 won't let me install NFS:MW

    Hey guys, I'm trying to install Need for Speed: Most Wanted on Windows XP x64. The first thing I have to do is set AutoRun.exe to win2k compatibility mode just to get the installer to run correctly. My problem is that the install wants to update directx (which I've already done manually)...
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    XAudio2???

    Check this out... Does anyone know about XAudio2? How about XAudio? I know it says that XAudio(1) is in the 360, but I've never heard about it. So what does this mean to consumers? EAX type stuff? I'm really excited about hardware sound in windows vista, because to be quite honest, since...
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    Programming an ATMega324P without a dev board??

    Hey guys, I recently fried an STK-500 by putting in a ATMega324P... T_T I'm beginning to think that that chip isn't supposed to work in the STK-500. However, now I'm out of dev boards and am looking into programming without one. Does anyone know how to do this using AVRStudio 4 with C...
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    Convert from 16bit INT to 8bit CHARs

    Hey guys, I am trying to send data to a kestrel autopilot using an ATmega16. Basically, you feed the autopilot serial data written in arbitrary packets that are well-documented. However, there is a checksum value (of type INT) that needs to be sent (as 2 CHARs) in everyone of these packets...
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    VERY stubborn browser hijack

    I got a virus last week, and have been cleaning up the remnants of it for a while. I've run dozens of spyware and antivirus scans. Finally, when I run the scans, and they turn up nothing, I think that the stuff is gone. Well, it doesn't end there. For some reason, if I open up firefox...
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    Windows XP Song Tag Editing

    I'm trying to edit all of my music tags in XP (by right clicking -> Properties -> Summary -> Advanced) and I got to AC/DC, and it won't let me add a / for some reason. I do know that / is a reserved character in many instances. I'm not sure what to do. I can do AC\DC just fine. How do I...
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    Very First Windows XP Patch

    Hey guys, I was just curious as to what the VERY first windows xp patch that was released, when it was released, and what it fixed. Thanks
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    Vista 5308 won't install

    I've been having a real problem with installing the last 2 major CTPs of Vista on my machine. Before you ask if the images are good, the MD5 checks pass and they will install without any trouble on my friend's machine. Here's what happens... both x86 5270 and x86 5308 refuse to install. On...
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    How does SMP work?

    Hey all, For all of you code buffs out there, I was just wondering how a chunk of code (or whole program for that matter) can be coded for SMP. Thanks