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    Remote Desktop

    I would like to remote desktop into my computer from outside of my network. I know that i need to set up the firewall and port forwarding on my router, but how do i tell what my ip address is for my computer? like i can tell what it is when i go to myip websites thru Google, but its the same...
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    New Queiet and Cool Processor and Motherboard

    hey, I just picked up a microfly case and i am planning on building hopefully the quietest and coolest (temperature wise) computer possible, so again i come to my friends at the silentpc review with a few questions. CPU Stipulations: I was going to go with AMD Athlon X2 processor...
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    Vista Wont Load

    hey everyone, I have been having some trouble with my computer lately, but last night it went crazy. Lately if i use it too much or too long, it would put itself in sleep mode, I have no idea why, i thought it was just something that Lenovo built into the laptop so that it doesn't over heat...
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    Multiple router help

    hey, I am at home, and my parents have a wireless router that is 100mbs for wired, but is only 11mbs for wireless, i have a 108mbs router that i use for school. I wanna wire in my wireless router into his router and use my wireless. he has to keep his router going for his computer. I wanna...
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    Aim on Vista

    hey, I am trying to get any version of aim to work on vista. I hate version 6.0 and higher. they take up a shit ton of ram and use no features that i enjoy. I would like to use 5.9 if possible but i installed it and after a few restarts it stopped being able to load. I started to use...
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    Windows Vista Questions

    Hi i just got a new T61 laptop by lenovo. I have a version of Windows XP Pro edition as well as the vista home basic as well as the vista business addition and i was wanting input on what operating system i should use. I dont really care about the added security in windows vista. I have 2...
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    New Laptop

    I currently have a 2 year old dell inspiron 1150 (768 MB ram, 2.6 GHz Celeron CPU, basic crappy laptop graphics) and when i try to watch movies on it, I the video always slows down and the audio keeps going normal, then the video will occasionally go really fast. Its the most annoying thing...
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    Network Bridge Help

    hi, I have this network bridge that i use to hook my xbox up to my wireless network. i got it for this past Christmas. It had worked perfectly till about a week ago when it stopped working. so i took it off and plugged it into my laptop and its a no go. I tried resetting it and still no go...
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    Purchasing Items

    hi, I was wondering if anyone knew anything about this. I am trying to build a new computer and i wanted to get 2 gb of patriot ram. the price keeps going down and down on new egg and there is a 50 dollar mail in rebate. how long do i wait to buy it? at some point there going to take away...
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    Vista?

    hey, I just got windows vista business edition. Right now i have a Dell laptop with a celeron 2.2 ghz processor with 768 gb of ram. Do you think that i will get better performance if i upgrade to vista or will i get better performance from staying with xp? I heard that vista is faster...
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    Processor Choice

    hey i was wondering what everyone out there thats a little smarter then me thought i should do. I want to build a computer for like 500ish so i was looking at processors in the 150 dollar range. I want to get a processor where i am going to get some good performance. I was thinking of...
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    Figuring out an ip address

    hey, I was wondering if anyone could help me out. I have a computer at home but when i go to school i bring my laptop to school and i was wondering if anyone knows how to figure out what my computers ip address is so that ftp into it to get files off it. if anyone knows how i could figure...
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    lcd cleaner

    hey, I just got a new lcd tv, I was wondering if anyone out there knows of something good to buy to clean it so i dun have streaks and so i dun ruin the tv. if anyone knows of anything good please let me know. thanks for your help.
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    Better Graphics Card

    hey, I am trying to buy a graphics card for around 120ish. I found these 2 cards on newegg. let me know which one you think is better and which one i should get. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814127210 or...
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    PSU Cooling

    hey I was wondering if anyone knew of any power supplies that dun produce as much heat as others. I would have to guess the more watts the more heat produced but just wondering if any companies are better then others and stuff like that. thanks for your help. I currently use an ultra x...
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    Patriot Memory

    hey i was wondering if anyone who is really technical out there can tell me the differences between these different rams and which one i should get. Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory - Retail...
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    7600 Diff

    hey, I was wondering if anyone knows the differences between the Nvidia 7600 GT and the Nvidia 7600 GS. The GT is 50 dollars more expensive so i was wondering what you are getting for your 50 dollars. thanks for anybodies help.
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    PSU with PCI Express

    hey, I know this is probably either a easy question or a very newbie question, but i read somewhere something about having to have a certain thing on your power supply to use pci express. is this true? anyone who knows please help me out. thanks
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    Micro atx Case

    hey i was wondering if anyone knows of a good micro atx case. I am trying not to spend too much money but i want it to be aluminum, be able to keep the noise and heat down and come with a 400+ watt power supply. thanks for anyones help.
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    better cpu?

    hey, I am looking at buying a cpu to build a decent computer, but not a great one and i was wondering, which one of these cpus would be better for me. Intel Pentium D 820 Smithfield http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819116213 or AMD 64 4000+ San Diego...
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    AGP or PCIx

    hey, I am looking at getting a replacement for my broken ati x800 256 mb. I wanted to get a nvidia because i have never had one before i heard good things, and this is my second ati to break in less then a year. I dont want to spend too much because i dun play that many games. I was...
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    external enclosure sugestions

    I am looking to get 2 external enclosures to plug into my laptop. I was one that will house a 200 gb hard disk and one that will hold a dvd burner. I want them to be as quite as possible and i would also prefer to be able to stack them for desk space. I am looking for some sugestions please...
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    media pc

    I am creating a media pc and i have a ati wonder pro remote control edition. I am looking to get a media pc going and so i was going to add a second card so that i can watch tv while i record something or record more then one thing at i time. I am getting beyond tv by the snapstream company...
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    what motherboard can i get?

    I currently have a out dated pc and i am looking to upgrade my motherboard and processor. I currently have a ati radeon x800 video card, agp version. I also have 2 sticks or patriot ddr ram that add up to 2 gigs. I am not looking to get rid of either of those at the moment. They were very...
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    Computer Heat issues

    I built my own computer a couple years ago and it has always gotten so so hot when i used it. i have very good heatsinks for the computer so that actual components inside the computer dont get too hot it just dispells so much hot air that i cant leave it on all the time. this wasnt an issue...