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    Suggestion for gaming monitor

    From what I thought I understood, Hz does not matter in the LCD world. It is only about response time. However I see newegg has this monitor that talks about 120 HZ and 5ms response time. http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16824001311 The question is, does that mean all 5ms...
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    Good wireless adapter for gaming?

    I have a desktop computer and because of the setup I do not have a way to hook it up through the lan port. I want to go through a wireless adapter on the desktop and I want the ability to play games without an issue. I have read some reviews, the Zonet ZEW2500P seems to be good but I have read...
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    Turn off request response by default in outlook?

    Is there a way to do this? Every time you create a new meeting request by default request response is on. Is there a way to turn that off in the settings?
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    Outlook issue

    Dragged a folder from one to the other, outlook is not responding but the pst keeps getting bigger if I end outlook will the file I drug still be there or will it be messed up? Does outlook make sure it copies everything before it would delete the original?
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    Issue with gateway GM5089E

    I'm helping someone with their computer. I'm installing a new video card for them, up until this point they have been using onboard. I bought new PCI-E VIDEO card and stuck it in the machine and when I boot windows will boot up like normal, I still use the onboard but it will not recognize...
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    Windows vista, disappearing local ports

    I installed a printer, added local port \\computer\printer it printed fine. Reboot vista, printer is offline and when you go into ports the port I just added \\computer\printer is totally gone and no ports are checked for the printer. I tried adding a different printer, different drivers...
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    e100b325.sys problem

    When I boot up a get a blue screen in normal mode. When I boot into safe mode with networking, the computer seems to work fine. I have analysed the dumb files and they all point to this Use !analyze -v to get detailed debugging information. BugCheck 100000D1, {0, 2, 8, 0}...
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    Accessing shared printer with vista

    Nevermind, got it working. I had to add a local port and the specify the location \\computer\printer
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    Freezer trick

    This hard drive had a file system, I could not copy a lot of the files I tried to copy. It has smart failure on it. One time while booting windows, windows decided it would be nice and start a chkdsk without a countdown for me to stop it. Well, now the file system is gone. I know data...
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    stop: 0000135 {unable to located component}

    stop: 0000135 {unable to located component} Ok so I was cleaning spyware and adware out of a computer. It had some rootkits that I got rid of. I was scanning with super anti spyware and it found a trojan.dropper/base. The file was located in c:\windows\system32 it was a dll file. I clicked...
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    Data recovery for windows vista.

    What is the best program for getting deleted files back from a system running vista? Prefereably a program that can obtain the directory structure of the deleted file.
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    Disk errors

    So Put in a new sata hd in, formatted it, when I'm copying things over it is very slow and when I check the error log, it says there was an issue with \hardisk1\d. Yet when I check disk management harddisk1 has a J partition attached to it (the new drive). Anyway, I plugged this hd into...
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    Hard drive error question

    My windows stopped booting. I ran seatools on the seagate hard drive, it went through the long scan and found 1 error. Would it be safe to try to fix the error and then reinstall windows or am I asking for my windows to crash again? Is 1 error enough to justify replacing the drive?
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    NTFS differ for windows 2000 and XP?

    I formatted a drive in windows XP with NTFS quick format, then booted off windows 2000 install disc. Tried to install and it copied files to the hd then would not start the rest of the windows setup. I'm currently doing the long format required by windows 2000, is that normal? Did the ntfs...
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    Windows XP network issue

    I can connect to wifi just fine, when I ping websites it's nice and responsive, low ms good stuff. When I try to browse to websites sometimes it's fast, sometimes it's slow. Usually it will work fine then start going slow. I ran hijackthis and there is not that much in there. I ran...
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    HP software freezing computer help.

    Have an HP printer connected through the network with ethernet, if I boot the computer with the printer on and connected the computer becomes unresponsive and very very slow. I found that the culprit is hpqtra08.exe, takes 100 percent of the CPU and the computer is extremely slow and...
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    Get the temp for Celeron CPU?

    This is an older machine, emachine etower 500ix. Has a celeron 500 mhz cpu. I installed speedfan, I'm a bit confused not sure if it's even showing me the temp of the cpu or if it even can. On my new machine shows temp1 -128c temp2 -128c temp3 25c Then below that it says temp1: 30c...
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    Resolution issue.

    I had to reinstall windows, before I did that I was able to set my resolution to 1280x960 at 85 hz which is the correct ratio for non widescreen monitor. Now that I've reinstalled windows and the video drivers when I set it to this setting for some stupid reason I have to scroll the screen...
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    VPN issue.

    Couple of issues, first is I setup the vpn connection, setup port forwarding for 1723, I tested it and I was able to connect to it no problem, I just setup windows xp home to do this. I was able to ping the IP's on the local network without a problem, I even brought up a share and saw the...
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    Resoure conflict pci network controller on motherboard

    Toshiba satellite m35x s149. So this laptop was working fine, all of the sudden would not boot up anymore, would boot to blue screens. Checked the HD and it found a problem so I got another HD reinstalled windows and then this error started popping up at boot. Resource Conflict-PCI...
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    Setup TV as second monitor with 8800GT?

    Have an 8800GT before I had this I had ati card. I have my monitor and then I used my s video to my tv to expand my desktop. I'm trying to do this with the 8800GT and when I click to extend my desktop to the TV the desktop image will flicker on the TV and then it will go black again...
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    Best tracking mouse pad?

    I've had one of those really big mouse pads I bought at frys, seemed good but I've been having tracking issues with it What color is best to have? Does it make a diff if it's blue or black? What is best for tracking with optical mice?
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    8800GT force refresh rates?

    Where specifically can I go to force a refresh rate at a resolution? Also it seems even though I've set force refresh rate on, prey will not listen, the monitor is at 60 hz and it will not limit the fps there is tearing. I am using the newest drivers from nvidia's website, not beta ones...
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    Strange optical drive issue.

    Have 2 dvd drives hooked up through 1 ide cable, the jumpers are set correctly for slave and master. What happens is the top cd rom drive hardly ever recognizes any dvd/cd that you put in it most of the time it does not work at all. The bottom one will work if you put something in it right...
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    Remote desktop with XP home?

    I know there are programs like ultravnc to use remote desktop, is there anything built into windows XP home that will allow remote connections or is that only for windows XP pro?
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    Overclocking.

    I know I don't have the greatest board for overclocking, it's an ECS G31T-M It does however have an overclocking option in the bios. I tried taking the FSB from 333 to 400 and I stopped getting video. I reset the Cmos and it booted again. Perhaps I could try 375 instead? so it would get...
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    Strange issue.

    I've only had this happen a couple of times, I try to do something on my computer and it won't let me do anything, try to open firefox it says it's not a valid win32 application, try to open the task manager says it failed to initialize. So I log off and log back on and then everything is...
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    Smart failure

    Ok so I have this computer, comes up smart failure backup your data imediately press f1 to continue. Well it's been doing this for at least a year and I haven't had a problem with the computer. Can I disable smart in the bios or on the hard drive somehow?
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    Nvidia configuration question

    Is it possible to set digital vibrance to be a certain level in games and then different level on the desktop?
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    New build will not boot.

    Abit ip35-e motherboard core2 processor. 8800GT 2 GB kingston ram. Ok so I put it together, powered it on I get no video at all, I get no beep codes at all, I get a little red light near the atx power connector. When I turn it on, the fans spin up, about 3 seconds later it shuts off...
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    Dimension 8250 will not turn on.

    The little light on the motherboard turns on, you go to power it on and it will not turn on at all. I did some research and it looks like the dell takes a standard wired PSU, tried another PSU, the light turns on but we get no power when I attempt to turn it on. I tried getting it to power...
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    Max temp for P4 2.8 ghz?

    Looked it up on sites and they say it greatly varies depending on the clock speed of your p4 etc.
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    overclock core2duo E2160

    How much overclocking do you think I could get out of it with this ram and motherboard? http://www.newegg.com/Product/...x?Item=N82E16820134117 http://www.directron.com/ip35e.html Would you recommend different ram? I've heard that ram is good for overclocking.
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    8800GT no video :(

    So I have an A8V-E deluxe motherboard, had an x800 XL video card. Was working fine. Took the x800xl out, placed the 8800GT in, plugged in the molex connectors and, no video at all. I do have an kvm switch, I also used the dvi to vga adapter that came with the card, I don't see how that...
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    8800GT no video.

    I have a A8V-E deluxe motherboard, I had an x800 XL video card, was working fine. I took out the x800 xl, put in the 8800GT, plugged in the molex power connectors, powered on the computer and I get no video at all. BTW, for anyone that is thinking about doing this, the card is so long it...
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    Power hookup for 8800GT?

    Ok so I checked the power usage for the system I have and my 430 Watt psu should be more then enough. I got this power connector with my new 8800GT http://images10.newegg.com/New...mage/14-133-205-09.jpg As far as I can tell the 2 molex type connectors are the same, so I assume that I...
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    What memory would be good with the ip35-e?

    I've read a lot of positive things about this board as far as overclocking. I'm planning on getting Q6600 G0 stepping with this board and I want the best price/performance ram I should get? I'm looking to start off with 2 1 GB sticks of ram. Thanks in advance for the advice.
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    What motherboard do you recommend?

    I'm going to get a q6600 g0 stepping cpu, going to have at least 2 GB of ddr2 ram. I want to be able to overclock well and I'm thinking it would be nice to have the ability to go SLI if I ever wanted to do it. What motherboard would you recomend?
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    Best cpu for UT3?

    I've looked at benchmarks, so far it seems a quad core will be better because it has more cache on it. I've been thinking about getting the Q6600 G0 stepping. Is there anything better for the money that is coming out now or before christmas?
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    What would you recomend for this setup?

    I'm getting an 8800GT, I might want to get another one for SLI, I am going to get a quad core cpu, I will most likely have 1 dvd/cd drive and 4 hard drives, 2 GB of ram. Currently I have 3 hard drives, x800xl video card, 1dvd/cd drive, amd 4000+ single core, 2 GB of ram and a 430 watt psu...