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    Cat 5 splitting?

    My in-laws are moving into our basement and they have finished it. The contractor seems to have gotten confused and put a phone jack and coaxail jack by where the computer should be. The coaxial should have been a ethernet connection. I talked to the contractor and the wire is a CAT 5. My...
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    Rebuilding after computer died

    Thanks for all the help. I ended up installing Windows on a new SATA drive by attaching the DVD/CD to the IDE connector. After that, I moved the IDE cable to the two old IDE drives and copied over what I needed. I was able to find the pst files for Outlook and the favorites for Explorer so...
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    Rebuilding after computer died

    Here's the other wrinkle. The old drives are all IDE and so are the DVD/CD drives. The new motherboard only has one IDE connector whereas the old one had two. Would it be possible to connect her old primary drive and the DVD/CD as the slave on the same channel and try to fix it that way?
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    Rebuilding after computer died

    Ok, my wife's computer died two days ago. It was an old SINXP motherboard. I have replaced it with a GA-EP4-UD3L with new processor, video card, etc. The trouble I'm having is getting Windows to load up. It gets through the BIOS screen and to the Windows screen to start in Safe Mode. When I...
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    Trouble with "Send To" Mail Receipent

    On my wife's computer, it tries to send things through Outlook Express instead of Outlook. How can I fix it so this option uses Outlook instead?
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    Two questions about playing video files

    Is there any program that will allow me to play iso files without burning them to a dvd or cd? Also, Windows Media Player does not seem to like to play some video to the secondary monitor. Is there a fix for this? Thanks, Rich
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    Burned DVD's not working properly

    I had some Fugifilm DVD-R's and they work fine when burned. Thanks for the tip.
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    Burned DVD's not working properly

    I have a Toshiba DVD player and I'm burning a DVD using Memorex DVD-R. The DVD will play for about three to five minutes and then it starts sputtering until it finally just freezes up. Is this a signal of a bad DVD player or just bad DVD media?
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    New TV and my cable box

    Cable box is a DCT6200 Motorola. It has DVI out, component video out, s-video out, a/v out, rf out.
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    New TV and my cable box

    I have a Samsung LN52a650 and a Comcast Motorala HD box. The cable box has coaxial or dvi connections. The TV has HDMI and ANT IN (coaxial). I bought a HDMI cable, but then found the cable box did not have a HDMI port. Should I continue to use Coaxial or get a DVI to HDMI adapter?
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    Any listing that shows cable connector types?

    Hopefully, someone can help me with this. I have a collection of 15 or so years of various cables. There are some connectors on them that I just don't know what they are. Is there any website that will show connectors and what they go to?
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    Media Player not showing video only sound

    Windows Media Audio/Video file In addition, some files play fine. Most just play sound with no video. A few play sound but if I try to change the place in the file timewise, I generate an error.
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    Media Player not showing video only sound

    For some reason, Media Player is playing video and doing the sound, but showing no picture. I have media player 11 and would appreciate any assistance. I have tried to update it, but it is at the latest update. I used to be able to play these videos and all of a sudden, it doesn't play the...
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    Wife's computer can not connect to internet

    I had tried to restart the computer in safe mode, but her new USB keyboard doesn't seem to work unless it is in Windows. I got out an old Keyboard port keyboard and restarted in Safe Mode. I blanked out the network settings and restarted into normal mode. I reset the network settings and it...
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    Wife's computer can not connect to internet

    IE is the only browser installed and the computer will not connect to any web sites. It goes through a list adding .com, .org, .gov. and .edu to whatever I put in the address field with an additional www.. I reset the settings in tools but that did not help.
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    Wife's computer can not connect to internet

    My wife fell victim to a virus attack when using facebook. I have removed the virus, at least I think, using Norton and Spyware Doctor with AV. The trouble is Internet Explorer will not connect to any websites. It goes to 127.0.0.1 which my understanding is just her computer. IE then tries...
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    Have an old program that gives me an error that it can't find ctl3d.dll

    Anyone know where to find a legit copy of this file?
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    Corrupt Master File Table - Need Help

    Ok, I got my data off the drive. I am now trying to format it, but I get "The Format did not complete successfully." Any idea why I can't reformat the drive?
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    Corrupt Master File Table - Need Help

    Just for more comic relief, Ghost 14 has a feature to give feedback to Symantec. I just filled it out and hit submit. It froze the program. Nice software, not.
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    Corrupt Master File Table - Need Help

    There's nothing like that in this version. I also found out that I don't have disk doctor as Internet Security doesn't include it anymore. I tell you, if some other company made good products that competed with Symantec's I'd switch. God I miss competitive upgrades when you could switch...
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    Corrupt Master File Table - Need Help

    Version 14 Wonder why the dope from Symantec didn't do that? Right now I have demo version for: GetDataBack for NTFS RestorerPro 2000 ActiveFileRecovery Unerase Personal I'm a bit boggled how they work to be honest.
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    Corrupt Master File Table - Need Help

    I bought Norton Ghost since my old backup software only did backups not system restores. Anyway, I loaded Norton Ghost in, and I was able to backup my C drive. My D drive would stop at the end of the backup with an error about LBA. I called Norton and their guy took over my computer and ran...
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    Networking 2 XP home computers

    I have Norton, and set each computer to trust the other. My wife's computer can now access mine, but I still can not see hers. Thoughts? It has to be working since she can get on my computer?
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    Networking 2 XP home computers

    I had to reinstall XP on my computer. My wife also has a computer with XP installed. Here is my trouble: My computer can not see her computer at all. Her computer can see my computer, but can't access it. Both computers are on the same network, and I just don't know where to go from...
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    Rebuilding after fatal crash

    Just got off the phone with Microsoft, so might as well put the solution to the email thing in here. Just find the backup version of the Outlook.pst and import it into your new Outlook. Still don't know how to import the favorites yet as the phone person said she couldn't help with that.
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    Rebuilding after fatal crash

    Is this possible? Can you bring in your old Outlook stuff or am I really screwed?
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    Rebuilding after fatal crash

    I had a fatal computer crash, but luckily I have all my data backed up. Unfortunately, the crappy software I use, BounceBack Express, can't do a disaster recovery and Geek Squad told me I needed to start over. I have but I'd like to import my emails from my old Outlook into the new. Also...
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    Lannet SH E16

    This is going to sound odd, but I was at a yard sale yesterday and bought a Lannet SH E16 for two dollars. I usually don't buy computer stuff like this but for two dollars you can't go wrong. I am finishing my basement and looking to wire up it up with several connections. Can I use the...
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    Final build, suggestions welcome

    Good system, but why not give yourself some extra room and move up to the quad core?
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    Backups

    I don't know, the seagate 500 gb external with backup software is 146 on newegg. Can you do it yourself for a cheaper price?
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    Backups

    Debating whether to use DVD's for it or get one of those Seagate External Esata Hard Drives. I also see that the Seagate comes with software to do the backup whereas for the DVD DL, I'd probably have to get that Acronis software, although I was hoping there was a freeware backup utility. Any...
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    X-FI Fatality and hooking up to a home sound system

    The back ones seem to work as I'm getting sound to my usual computer speakers, but I'd like to have it go to the home sound system as well. Can it do that? Well, heck, looks like those AUX connectors are input only, not output.
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    X-FI Fatality and hooking up to a home sound system

    I have an integrated sound system in my house. Six rooms have 2 speakers in the ceiling. I have a RCA audio cable going the connection on the wall to the front AUX connections on the i/o consol. The trouble is I don't have any sound going to the sound system in the house. What am I doing wrong?
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    Possible Deals, COMPUSA closing 128 stores.

    The few lightscribe cd'r's and dvd +r's are getting competitive with Newegg prices for the media if you include the shipping charges.
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    Exporting Outlook Express Email Messages

    I am almost done setting up my wife's new computer I built. The last thing I need to do is move her email message that she has saved. The trouble I ran into seems to be that you need outlook on the same machine as the outlook express in order to export it. In other words, it does not export...
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    Windows XP Install

    Heck, learned something new. How to use Disk Management To start Disk Management: 1. Log on as administrator or as a member of the Administrators group. 2. Click Start, click Run, type compmgmt.msc, and then click OK. 3. In the console tree, click Disk Management. The Disk Management...
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    Windows XP Install

    I am setting up my wife's computer and have run into a problem. Her computer has a new 160GB harddrive and a old 120GB harddrive. I put it all in the new computer case and started the windows install process. As it started, I noticed the new harddrive was being assigned to H instead of as C...
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    Thoughts on my home network?

    I use the Linksys PSUS4 as a print server for an HP Officejet 7130, and I also have two older laser printers directly plugged into the hub. Hate to be a newb, but where do I find out if I am at full duplex? Also, any recommendation on a switch or any will do?
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    Thoughts on my home network?

    I'd like to see some opinions if my home network setup is good. The reason I ask is I have built my new computer, and I am currently moving data from my old computer to the new. The switch I am using to expand the ports is getting alot of collisons. I have a Linksys WRT54G after the cable...
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    Intel Pentium 4 Extreme Edition 3.4GHz Socket 478 OEM now....$119.99

    So, any idea if this will work with a SINXP?