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    Help, what have I done?

    Modelworks: Nice Idea!
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    Optical drives & XP

    Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. I went to the movies and said to myself when I returned home if I did not get a result or find a solution from here I was going to reinstall XP.. The link to Mr. Bills site worked great. really this place is such a fine resource to the community...
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    Optical drives & XP

    Anyone - Please
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    Optical drives & XP

    Hi, Something has gone really bad in my system. No optical drive is seen by XP Pro. I have an onboard ata drive, a firewire drive, and I tried a virtual drive. Things I have done to try and fix this is: Reload drivers boot into save mode uninstall drivers allowing xp to reload...
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    Agp X8 Dual vga card suggestions

    I just lost a AIW 9600 card, I put in a spare card. The card doesnt support dual monitors. Can folks suggest a card that is inexpensive that will support dual VGA. I dont wish to spend alot, I plan to rebuil this machine in less than 6 months. Thanks for all the help
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    Core 2 Duo Photoshop test

    1:52 with a stock 3.0 Northwood with a Intel motherboard. 2007 is my upgrade year.
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    REply pliz Building my first computer NEED HELP!! somewhat a gaming rig for 900

    Ebay is risky.. but if you buy someone that has a good selling history, been around for a good long time and has some sort of warentry you up your chances of getting good working components. I recently rebuilt on of my systems with ebay components. only thing that I did buy at the Fry's was...
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    Dual Channel memory

    I am set to put together a new system this coming weekend. I bought two sticks of 512 Mushkin green memory on ebay.. I assumed it would be a matching set.. lol.. they are not. they are both Mushkin but the acutal chips are different. What are the chances that I will be able to go into dual...
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    Loss of Data after defrag

    Anyone have any ideas on this problem?
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    Loss of Data after defrag

    Last night I did a defrag on a "D" drive. Today I get home and found that one entire directory is missing all of its contents, the loss of about 600 files of various sizes. My system is Win2k, the drive is Fat32. is there any way to reterive the files, and any ideas on how this happened?
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    Removing win2k user accounts?

    HI, When I installed W2k server, it put some useraccount on this system I dont want.. IUSR_***-xbsgmt IWAM_***-xbsgmt Guest TsInternetuser (***=maching name) can I delete these acount with no problems, do they have to be on my system? Thanks
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    Antec 1030

    Thanks for the quick responce :) I plan on putting a VP6 in it :)
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    Antec 1030

    I bought a 1030 recently.. and it says SOHO in the title of the case.. What does SOHO mean? Thanks
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    AIW-128 question

    Hi, I have a AIW-128, I did a upgrade on the video drivers recently. sometime after I did the upgrade I installed ATI's Dvd software, now I'm unable to record from the TV in anything except in the AVI format. When I try and go to MPG-1 or MPG-2 the TV blinks twice and doesn't record anything...
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    Poll: Tax refund coming...what will you buy ?

    As I understand it, Single filers get aprox 300 back, Joint filers get 600 or so.. I am going to spend about half of it on my home, and the rest on a weekend vacation with my dog.
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    standard pc--> standard PC hal

    I tried to do something like that, it installed the new driver with a warning.. I said to myself no problem. when I restarted, win2k didn't. I had to boot into the win2k cdrom and use a feature like a resque or something like, it reinstalled the system files. So no, I think you have to...
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    Will Win2k Die?

    The CPU is a 800E, and I have clocked this 450 with 133 bus.. it isnt very easy and I dont keep it there.. I dobut I will clock the 800E that high. I kinda fear flashing my bios, weird things can happen when one does that sometimes... So I figure that I Can drop my voltage as low as it can go...
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    Will Win2k Die?

    I am planing on upgrading my p3-450 to a p3-800 with a slocket. Will Win2k fire right up once I have installed the new chip? What are my chances? I have this system working perfectly for me and I really would hate to have to scram everything and start over.. On a side note, will I need to...
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    where to buy MSI 6905 slocket?

    Thank you so so much.. they have it. and it is on its way :)
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    where to buy MSI 6905 slocket?

    Hi, again a dumb question, but for the life of me I cant find a site selling this slocket.. What I am looking for is a MSI 6905 Master slocket.. Would some kind person please give me a URL to this fine slocket?
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    Rename Computer

    Thanks, I knew where to change the name, just wasn't sure if it would mess up any connections.. I would assume by your not saying it would, that it wont harm anything. btw, how on earth does one graduate from a junior member to normal member dude.
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    Rename Computer

    This is prob a stupid question, but here goes.. When I installed Win2k-server it gave me a defalt name for the computer. I dont care for it and wish to change the name.. Can I do that without messing up my dialup connection or other stuff?
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    Anyone get ATI-TVWonder to run under WIN2K??

    When I first installed Win2k on here my AIW-128 would not work.. I went to google groups and found someone saying that there are new drvers for the AIW, but before you can install the new drivers you must installed DirectX-8. then install the new drivers for the card.. it should work fine.. at...
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    Poll: What chipset do you use on your primary rig?

    BX440 Abit BX6-2 This board has treated me very well, its my first baby :) I am planing a new baby. Abit KG7 baced.
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    Win2K Shutdown Prob

    I checked to see if ACPI was there and I did not see it.. What driver would I update to install ACPI?(prob a stupid question) This board does support Advanced power managment.
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    Win2K Shutdown Prob

    I have a problem trying to shut down W2k.. when I do try and shut it down. I goes through everything and pops up a window like it is trying to shutdown a AT board. (Your computer can be safely shutdown) I guess my question is, why doesnt it shut down like a ATX system? how can I make it shut...