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    Advise on Backup Software

    On our external hard drive we have about 60 GB of family photos that I don't want to lose if the hard drive decides to quit working. I have a bunch of single layer DVD-r's (4.7 gb capacity). I'm looking for a software that will automatically allocate the files to each dvd, so i can just sit and...
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    Need recommendation on used SUV

    I have a family of 4, soon to be 5 in about a month. Right now we have a Kia Sedona minivan and I've decided that we need MORE room. I've been looking around and have really been leaning toward a suburban. I want something with 3 rows of seats and quite a bit of storage room in the back...
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    Any thoughts about this battery question..

    I have an ASUS EEE PC 1005, and will be taking it on a trip and am planning on using it to let the kids watch movies on it. How much battery life would it save if instead of backing up movies to the hard drive, I put them on a flash drive? (movies we already own, but since the netbook doesn't...
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    Question about shadowing users on server

    At work, we use a dev. server to do our work on. We use TSAdmin to shadow users who are using our software. The other day I was going to mess with another employee so I found him on the server and selected "remote control" so I could watch/interfere with what he was doing. Well when...
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    Need help choosing a *nix system.

    I am going to get an old computer, and use it to hook up my printers to, because i have 2 desktops (1 box XP, other box vista dual booted with Ubuntu 8.04) and a vista laptop and i want to be able to use the new cheap linux box as a dedicated print server, connect to the router. What version...
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    Question about Icons

    When looking at my 'computer' screen, I have 3 hard drives. My main hard drive with most of my programs, which is the C: drive. I have another internal drive E:, and an external hard drive that is permanently connected to the computer, the F: drive. I want to change icon of the F: to an...
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    Looking for a decent headset

    I was looking at a turtle beach hpa2 headset, is that a decent one? I'm looking to spend less than $100. Any suggestions
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    Jericho Cancelled

    CBS cancelled Jericho after one season, with so many questions left unanswered. It was an awesome show. I can't believe it. What fools!
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    Forecast fox v 0.9.5.2

    I use forcast fox in my firefox browser. In the current conditions tab i have the forcast summary, temperature short (which just doesn't show the 'F') and the time of sunset the label looks like this [t] [tmp+short]- Sunset at [suns] However when it displays the sunset time, its in 24 hr...
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    Is this HOT???

    Doing price changes today at OfficeMax, and I saw that the Logitech mouse MX 1000, went down to 29.00. Originally it was 79.99, is this a hot deal? Right now i'm using microsoft bluetooth elite mouse, should i upgrade to the laser mouse, I play a lot of fps games.
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    Selling our family car

    We're selling our 2003 Ford Focus SE, it has 69000 miles on it. I'm hoping to get at least $7500 for it. http://alarson82.tripod.com/ford_focus/ There is the link to pictures, the car runs like new and is very good condition. Do you think I'll get what I want for it?
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    How does this work

    Saw this video http://www.negativezen.com/media/1175310771/Cool_Anti_Gravity_Trick anyone know how the heck that works, or is it a scam?
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    Curveball for 2....

    I found this fun little game to play online http://allthingsflash.com/files/games/curveball.swf Does anyone know of a game with the same layout , only where you can play against someone instead of a computer?
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    Help

    I work at a retail store and a member of management *me* has to stay after tonight while they buff and re-wax the floors. I'm so bored, and the wax stinks. My lord, its going to be a long night.
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    My retarded Dog

    I own about 1 year old lab mutt. Tonight after he came in he had a round (think donut) shaped bone in his mouth that he found in the woods. I didn't think much of it. Well an hour later, he still had it in his mouth. Upon further inspection i realized that it was caught on the inside of his...
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    Odd question

    I have a 2gb jump drive thats normally connected to the computer. I put a copied dvd into the drive (a backup, i own the original) and when it started playing (using windows media player) the activity light on the jump drive started flashing, for about 1 minute, until i unplugged it...
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    Video chat software

    My family is getting into calling each other using skype. Recently we all got webcams so that the grandparents could see the grandchildren on a regular basis. However we have only been able to do the video chats 1 on 1. Is there any free software out there that allows you to have a video...
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    computer related career?

    Well I've decided I need to get a degree to get out of the retail hell I'm stuck in now. However my boss is a total jerk and will not let me have a particular night off for night classes, I need to be 100% open for him to schedual me. I've decided that I want some sort of computer related...
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    Help finding perfect MOBO

    This is the current motherboard i'm running now http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/docu...en&cc=us&dlc=en&product=471645&lang=en It came 'stock' with my compaq computer. I use the front USB ports and audio ports on a regular basis, as well as the media card reader in the 5.25" drive bay...
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    printer sharing, please help

    we have 2 computers sharing a wireless connection in our house. One is a pc, running windows xp home, with 2 printers hooked up, laser and a canon inkjet. Is there anyway i can set up a printer sharing network to print from the laptop, over the network? The catch is the laptop is a mac...
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    Question about printer sharing

    we have 2 computers sharing a wireless connection in our house. One is a pc, running windows xp home, with 2 printers hooked up, laser and a canon inkjet. Is there anyway i can set up a printer sharing network to print from the laptop, over the network? The catch is the laptop is a mac...
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    Get back at credit card companys

    You know how you get credit card apps in the mail every day. Capital One sends like 4 to my address everyday, addressed to the people who've lived in this house up to like 5 or 6 years ago. I used to just throw them away, and complain about all the junk mail I got. Now I repackage...
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    Need help deciding about upgrade.

    I am currently running a Compaq Presario SR 1538x with an AMD Athlon 64 3300+. I am a supervisor at OfficeMax and am able to get these components for around $220 from intel - Intel Core 2 duo E6300 Processor - Intel® Desktop Board DG965WH - Microsoft Windows Vista Ultimate. My...