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    CHKDSK takes hours and hangs on the free space part

    I set chkdsk to run on next bootup on my XP and now it runs but takes about 2.5 hours to complete on a Samsung Spinpoint 512Gb SATA2 on an MSI P35 NEO2 motherboard. It then hangs on the free space part. If I then reboot again It starts the process all over again. I have since run the disk...
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    Funny Font Problem

    Please can anybody shed any light as to why all my arrors/ticks and drop box symbols have disappeared ? Here a screenshot http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/6477/noarrow.jpg See in the marked RED area, them 8's are supposed to be triangles/arrowrs pointing RIGHT. I have tried a system...
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    separators missing in 'My Computer' In tile view

    I'm running XP SP2 X64 and for some reason when 'My coputer' is viewed as tiles the separators are missing from the drives. I mean C: (hard drive) is right next to A: (Floppy drive) and D: (hard drive) is right next to E: (DVD drive) and so on for my USB drives. Now if I log on as administrator...
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    winrar Vs 7zip

    I use winrar for all my compression needs. Now my question is, What is 7zip like for a COMPLETE solution at handling rar's, zip's,7zip's ? I know that 7zips are smaller, thats not what I'm asking, I want to know what 7zip is like instead of winrar. I used 7zip in the past but that was a few...
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    uninstall netintelligence business edition WITHOUT the password

    We have this toshiba laptop from my daughters school and it has netintelligence business edition. how do I uninstall netintelligence business edition WITHOUT the password. We have this on a pc that was given to us. It seem stupid to have to install windows again (as it's a low/mediocor laptop)...
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    need notepad from system32 and sysWOW64 for XP

    I STUPIDLY replaced my notepad.exe's from system32 and syswow64 with Flo's notepad2 and now everytime I rightclick and edit something with a space in the name it ask if i want to creat the file. If I then click the close button it opens another notepad. So can anybody send me thier notepad.exe's...
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    Can't install Epson Easy Print Module for R285

    I got my selft an Epson R285 to replace a broken IP4500 as the IP4600 IS slower/poorer print quality(I have identical pictures printed on BOTH and the epson is sharper and more detailed and the colour looks closer to the original) I'm having a problem getting the Easy CD print to work. It kept...
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    epson r285 vs Canon ip4600 vs HP D5460

    My IP4500 has stopped printing properly :( Now I have a 3 year old for new with PC world that is only just over a year old. The only thing is that canon have erplaced this printer with the IP4600 that cost a heap more to run (smaller carts, higher running cost). Now I've been trying to find a...
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    MSI P35 NEO2, heavy disk usage reners the machine unusable

    I have an MSI P35 Neo2 and a samsung spinpoint 512Gig hard drive connected to the intel SATA port (the marvell sata controller is OFF in the bios) in AHCI mode with Intel AHCI 8.7 drivers. Now when ever there is big/lots disk activity (creating a 16gig file in VMware) the machine becomes almost...
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    Can't get Belking keybaords extra keys to work.

    I wonder if anybody could help me ? I have a Belkin F8E830-KBD keyboard part of the F8E829-BNLD keyboard/mouse bundle. I have installed the software that came on the CD in the hope of getting the extra media key's to work, but they don't. I have tried this keyboard on both XP and Vista and it...
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    mSI P35 Neo2FR and SI3112 drivers loaded

    I have just done a FRESH install of windows XP with SP3 slipstreamed into it and noticed that in Non plug and play drivers in the device manager I have a SI3112 driver loaded and it says in the properties that this device is working correctly. Now If I remove the driver and reboot iy just comes...
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    Few Questions about MSI P35 Neo2 FR

    I've just installed an MSI P35 NEO2FR and I have 2 questions. 1. I can't seem to find anywhere in the cell menu to change the Command Rate of my memory, I had my G.Skill DDR2-800 2X1mb running at 4-4-4-11-1T on my old ASRock 4CoreDual-VSTA and I can get my memory to run at 4-4-4-14-2T on this...
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    MSI MSI Neo2-FR power supply

    I'm about to upgrade my mobo from asrock 4coredual-vsta to an MSI MSI Neo2-FR. My power supply is 550W with a 24pin ATX and 4pin CPU. I have noticed that the MSI has an 8 pin CPU socket but in all the pics I see that 4 of the 8 holes have a little sticker/tape over them. I was just wondering if...
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    Change a Hard drive from CHS to LBA

    I once installed linux on a Maxtor 160gig hard drive, it is now seen as CHS and the read times have almost HALVED. I'm after converting it back to LBA like it was before but What do I use as linux changed it from LBA to CHS. All I have in my bios is LBA/Large Mode (auto, or Disabled) NO enabled...
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    HD read speeds take a hit since installing linux

    I installed linux (can't remember which release) on a spare 160 gig maxtor hard drive but didn't get on with it so reused the hard drive for storring stuff on. The strange thing is since this the read speed max's out at about 38 meg, it used to easily be over 90. The write speed is over TWICE...