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    Motherboard?

    My dad brought home a computer that belongs to a man he works with. It is a gateway GT series, i can't recall the exact specs but it's got an AMD 64, 200GB HD, 1 (maybe 2) gigs of RAM, 300W PSU. The problem was that it wouldn't always come on, or sometimes it would turn off (after it hadn't...
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    Looking to buy a Monitor

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824009108 There's the link, I'm looking at it for my college apartment to save space from the CRT. It will be used for gaming, but nothing hardcore. Anything about this I need to hesitate about? Thanks for the help. Specs: 20 inch Widescreen...
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    Looking to buy a Monitor

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824009108 There's the link, I'm looking at it for my college apartment to save space from the CRT. It will be used for gaming, but nothing hardcore. Anything about this I need to hesitate about? Thanks for the help. Specs: 20 inch Widescreen...
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    Proxy settings

    I have a computer that was effected by lightening and fried the modem. The modem was replaced and worked fine. One day Internet explorer wouldnt load any pages, nor would firefox, i disabled Zone alarm and firefox worked but not internet explorer. In internet explorer i unchecked "use a proxy...
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    Outlook Express/Internet Problem

    This might belong in the Networking section, I'm not sure, forgive me if it does. A friend of mine asked me to come over to his house today becaue he could not connect to the internet. He has dial-up on a Sony Vaio that was recently effected by a lightening strike that burnt his old modem, but...
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    TV Tuner for laptop

    I'm a freshman at college so I get the worst/smallest dorm there is. I don't have room for my TV so I need a way to watch it on my laptop. I get standard cable through a coaxial cable. My laptop is an IBM T60:XP Pro, 1 GB of RAM, Dual Core 2.0GHz, ATI Mobility X1400 with 512 MB of RAM. I want...
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    Laptop for college

    ok, im going to Clemson University in south carolina,Majoring in Computer Science/Engineering, but that doesn't matter. Clemson recommends IBM's Thinkpads, the X41, Z61T, T60, or the more expensive T60. I personally don't like the way they look, and would prefer a different brand. I mainly need...
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    dsl setup (two computers)

    so, i have two computers to connect to dsl. one has been connected, and just got the other one. so i have a modem already. but from what ive read, you cant have two connected to a modem. so im guessing i need to get a router, and just plug in the dsl, to split to the two computers? how do i set...
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    Hooking up a dsl modem

    So, i'm going to a friends house to hook up a dsl modem on a computer. Is there a really good guide out there to help me. I'm pretty sure i can figure it out, but i don't want to get there and look stupid. thanks.
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    error message on start up

    After a fresh install of Windows XP Pro SP2, and the installation of a few programs i get this error message: Run a DLL as an App has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. It's one of the kind that asks you if you wish to send it to Microsoft or...
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    XP Problem

    so, when i boot the computer, it looks like someone took a screenshot of the background and set it as the background because none of the icons or buttons work. the start button on the keyboard doesnt work, right click on the desktop doesnt work, and the rightclick button doesnt work either...
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    Is this legal?

    so, at my highchool cell phones are not allowed on campus for anyreason, your supposed to leave them in your car(i guess your screwed if you dont drive, and have to stay). so anyway, if your caught before like 4:30, you get it taken away. also when they do drug searches with the dogs, if the...
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    best steering wheel

    i have around 100 to spend, what the best steering wheel for computer i can get. id like to have pedals, be used on need for speed and others too
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    excel help

    i have two excel sheets with about 400 names each(along with other categories) is there anyway i can merge the two by first and last name and have it cancel out the duplicates
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    administrator is blocking me

    i need to see the icons that are in the sys tray(the one in the bottom right corner). im not trying to hack, just use a virtual drive manager so i dont have to put in a cd to play a game. where do i go to get to see that. i can see the time but none of the icons come up. thanks
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    just bought a cheap computer

    i just bought an old dell for 50 bucks, and the specs are as follows intel p3 800 Mhz processor (socket 370) onboard intel graphics 37mb ram 2 dimm slots with 1 stick of 128 (i think i have another 128 mb stick for it) 5 free pci slots 6 gb hard drive (i have a 40 im gonna use for it) im...
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    Word takes forever to load

    ok, i was over fixin a friends comp and she was complaining of word taking a long time to load, i mean 2-3 full mins. so i went into msconfig and took out all the uneeded things out of the system tray and eliminated down to just 1 or two (thinking they were uses memory). she has an emachines...
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    function key is going hay-wire

    on my laptop my function key is not pressed but all the buttons that use the function key use it as it were. when i press the function key down it works like it wasnt pressed. i have no idea whats wrong.
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    explore.exe not working

    a friend of mine just got a new comp from office depot and had it working fine until she installed bellsouth on it from the disk. know when she boots windows loads then the icons pop up for a second and the go away leaving nothing but the background. the start menu isnt there either. explore.exe...
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    Internet Connection Sharing

    ive read countless websites on how to do it, and they say the host computer must be set to 192.168.0.1, but i have a d-link router, and its ip address is already that. how do i change its ip address. i have 3 computers, 2, xp that need the internet, one of them being the host. the third doesnt...
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    Dumb Frontpage Question

    im making/updating a website for one of my classes at school. im gonna make it on frontpage and then put it all on a disk and take it to my librarian/internet lady. my links will be to the files, which are in the folders on my computer, when i burn a disc it will change the root directory and...
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    Norton probs

    i just bought a dell, and have a dial up connection, when internet security is disabled the internet works fine, when enabled it connects transfers a couple of bytes, and the stops and wont do anything? how do i fix it, thanks --- 68falcon, Please repost your question in the appropriate...
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    windows xp booting probs

    ok, heres the prob, i had a mulitboot harddrive with server 2000, server 2003, and then xp. i used partition magic to delete server 2000, and 2003, and extended the xp partition to the whole hard drive. when i rebooted i got "ntldr is missing" i understand this know cause i deleted the first...
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    $700 to spend

    okay, as the title says i have 700 dollars to spend on a complete(OS included) system. Its for my mom so i dont need it to game. Heres what it needs to do: -Basic computer functions(fast, smooth, run microsoft office, so 512 at the bare minimum) -Internet(again smooth and fast, and we have...
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    A+

    i just took the core hardware portion of the test today, and thought it was incredibly easy, but i didnt make a very high score. what can i do to prevent this when i take the os part of the test?
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    multi-boot cd

    can i manually or through a freeware program to make a multiboot cd to use like bart pe, ultimate bood cd or anything else.
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    windows server 2000 permissions

    how do i setup it up for certian user to have limited access to say games and my computer and stuff? im running 3 servers as domain controllers and an xp machine used for the users. i have dns, dhcp, active directory and home folders any thing else i need?
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    HL2-Lost Coast

    i know that my x800xl doesnt support SM 3.0, and that lost coast utilizes it so will i be able to play it at all?
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    user profiles and home folders

    ok, i have 3 domain controllers(windows server 2000) and 1 xp machine. i need to setup user profiles and have them use homefolders, i have a book and followed the folowing steps: -created a home folders under c: and shared it name homedir -went to active directory snap in, users and created a...
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    how to-algorithms

    is there an online page or something that i can get a basic understanding of algorithms. i was looking at the college i was planning on going to and under computer science and engineering that came up a lot.
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    xp and 98se

    is there anyway from the xp machine i can take control of the 98se machine, and from both computers explore the other, using just windows. if not what is some freeware to do it?
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    windows server 2000

    ive got 4 of the same computers, one is an xp machine (pro i believe) and the other 3 are using windows server 2000. i have dns, active directory and dhcp all set up completely(at least i think they are) i need to setup a network printer to be used by all the computers, make home folders for...
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    hl2 problems

    when i play hl2 it takes it a while to load to begin with, not sure how long its supposed to take. but when loading in the level right after it loads it is choppy and sometimes freezes for a second if i try to do anything. no other game does this but hl2 is the only game i have that puts much...
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    sound problem

    when i play halflife two i can only hear the sound when i am looking away from whats talking or making sound. if i look at it or if its directly behind me it real quiet. i cant hear my guns unless i turn away. the specs are in the sig, its onboard audio, in the green jack, set to 2 speakers...
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    out of office assistant

    i know what its called and what it does i just cant get to it. its not under tools, i went to options, other, advanced, addins, and the thing for it is allready selected, how do i get it?
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    help

    i dont know if this post belongs here but too late now. ive had some expierence with computers in the past, taken some classes built my own, and repaired a few, but i need to learn everything, who cpus work, how video cards work, everything hardware and software, im about to get my A+ so i know...
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    hl2 questions

    while playing halflife 2 when i look directly at someone talking i can hardly hear them, if i look to the left or the right of them i can hear them fine. i tried setting it to headphones and 2 speakers and it does it on both, another question is there a freeware defrag tool thats better than the...
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    netzero 3g

    anybody try it , it says instant access for dial-up and higher speeds. im a dial up user and hate it so would it be worth my while
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    anybody ever read these

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    i need an online place to buy college textbooks

    i need to find a cheap place to buy college text books