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    Ok, can disable windows defender and UAC, but...

    Ok, so got Vista Busniess 64-bit - Now that I am playing with it, Vista really ins't very inspiring.... anyway.... When I disable either, or both, of these services, I can no longer connect to my wireless network. I can see the router listed, but it will not let me connec to it. If I...
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    Windows Vsita Business OEM or Home Basic Full for £58?

    Was browsing on a site where I buy most of my stuff, and came across Vista Business 64-bit OEM for £58, and Vista Home Basic 32-bit with info to obtain 64-bit for the same price. Had no intention of upgrading to Vista any time soon, but these both seem like really good prices to me. I am...
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    Whats the point of half-caf coffee?

    Every time the ad for half-caf coffee comes on the tele, I just keep wondering what the hell the point of it is. Surely people who want to cut caffeine intake would simply use decaf, and those who are not worried about caffeine, or indeed want it, will go for full caf... Are there people...
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    New card advice

    This upgrade will be for the other halfs pc. Currently it is using an x800xl and it used strictly for Flight Sim 2004. Now, please don't think "It's FS2004, anything can run it!" as it is a HEAVILY modded FS2004 and would probably make my system struggle a bit. So I am looking ot replace...
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    Brief 2900 xt review - no bench results, but pricing and info

    PC Advisor 2900 XT PS - am I allowed to place the entire (or any) article contents like this?
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    Drive setup for Flight Sim 2004

    The other half plays FS2004 religiously and has MANY add-ons which pretty much bring the rig to it's knees. The system currently has an Asrock Dual Sata2, Athlon 64 3000 oced to 2.2GHz, 2GB DDR400, 256MB x800xl, and 2 x 80GB PATA drives which I think only have 2MB cache. Despite the 2...
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    Question about DDr2 memory speeds

    Is there a noticeable improvement between say 667MHz and 800MHz memory? I currently have 2 x 1GB 800MHz but was thinking of just getting something like This Apparently my board does not like 4 x 1GB modules and can not run them at 800MHz anyway... but I am just wondering if there is a...
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    NVidia 8 series card performance levels

    I know there is plenty of chat going on about the new 8600 series cards, and I like many think they are a little underpowered... but is it possible that NVidia is meaning for these to be the new low-end gaming cards, while cards lower than the 8600's are not meant for gaming but more multimedia...
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    RMA on dead hardware and mods

    Well, my mobo died couple of nights ago (well, right now I can only think it is mobo, but possibly CPU) and I was wondering, if I have attached a heatsink to the southbridge and put a better than stock cooler on the northbridge, would that void the warranty? I know those are not really "mods"...
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    Rant - Bloody Ebay sellers obscuring VAT charges

    It just annoys me when they try and hide the bloody VAT added during payment... Ok, yes, I really should read a lot more carefully, but a) I am so used to sellers charging at the displayed rate, and b) they sometimes have so much bloody text on the page that it takes forever to go through...
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    Second pci-e slot on sli board...

    And what would the link speed be? Just can't seem to find anything.
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    Direct2drive purchases - annoying North American licences

    And is there a way to bypass. I would like to buy the game to keep me going over the next couple of weeks as just had surgey and going to be house bound. So, going out to the store is a problem, so I thought would look it up on Direct2drive. But it's only for North America (Although I can...
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    How long do you think a GPU should run well for?

    Was just looking up the time between release dates for consoles. there seems to be a 5 to 6 year gap between one generation and the next. That really does seem to make Consoles a good choice for gaming as you are gauranteed to be playing games on that system for some time. However, i just...
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    8800 Owners with XP - Seems there may be new drivers - 100.87

    Someone on Nvidia forums posted link to modded drivers, but when I went to the page for those drivers it stated the drivers came from the leadtek site. I went and looked and there they were - 100.87 XP drivers... Am not home at the moment, so can't try them out just yet. I just find it...
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    What scomparable to an x800xl?

    Think the other half's X800 is on its way out, so what is a comparable card that I can replace it with? The card will only be used for flight sim 2004. Obviously all the other x800's will work, but how does something like a 7500gt compare? I don't want to be spending a lot of money on...
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    8800gtx actually a little better than expected :-)

    Well, my card arrived today and got it installed - it's the Leadtek one. I had a 7900gs SLI setup in before, and to be honest I was not expecting a huge improvement, but the difference is very noticeable. Not had much time for testing many games so far, but no problems yet. Got 11769...
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    Any idea how to remove bracket on Tuniq?

    I would like to put my stock cooler back on to compare differences between the Tuniq and the stock cooler, but the sticky pad they give sticks a little better than I ever would have imagined. I am a little worried that if I pull too hard that I will somehow damage my board.
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    core 2 system and temp references

    Having recently purchased what is supposed to be probably the best air cooler around, I am less than happy with the results, however I have realised I have no idea what temps are normal for different setups, and have nothing to use as a reference. So I would like for all to share their setup...
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    Home premium really necessary for me?

    Well, am been pondering this for a little while now. The only major diff's are the Aero interface and the media center, correct? Well, as I tend to overclock my GPU's I would not really want to be running at 3D clocks all the time, hence I am not sure Aero wuld be a good idea - unless there...