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    Battlefield 2 unlocking weapons

    Ok, so I got a rank, and chose to unlock my weapon later; now I can't seem to figure out how to unlock any weapons. Anybody know how?
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    BF2 on non-Admin accounts

    I have been playing BF2 on my admin account, and now I've set up non-admin accounts for everybody in the house. When I run BF2 it always asks me for admin p/w, even though it's set to run as admin for all users. When I check properties, the run as admin option is unchecked, but if i check...
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    VC++ 2005

    Ok, so I learned VStudio 6.0 in college, went and bought VS05 lateley and I'm trying to come to terms with the subtle and not-so-subtle differences. I created a simple console application in C++ that prints a line of text to the console. It went a little something like this I got a build...
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    Audigy 2 in Vista FYI

    Installing Audigy 2 ZS in Vista, you need to check your sound settings and make sure it's set to 24 bit instead of 16 bit. For some reason it defaults to 16 bit and on my system it kept dropping sound in half the applications I ran.
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    Vista Dreamscene

    Ok, I was getting constant "display driver has crashed and recovered" errors, 26 in the last 2 weeks. I couldn't get any reason for it from event viewer, but kind of traced it back to putting a Dreamscene on my background. I changed the background to a normal one, and the errors have stopped...
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    VS2005

    So I just recently purchased VS2005, and I'm reading about the changes in VB2005 from 6.0. It seems that they took everything that makes VC++ 6.0 so good and implemented it into VB. Is VS going to eventually be just one language?
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    Vista printer sharing

    Ok, so I'm setting up my printer to be shared on my wireless network, through my anchor pc running vista 64. I don't want to have to unhook my printer from my anchor and hook it up to my laptop to print from my laptop. Laptop is running XP 32 bit. When I try to print to the printer, I get an...
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    Mushkin RAM

    I don't see much mention of Mushkin memory on here, just wondering what the general consensus is, as I've used Mushkin in the past and thought it was pretty good RAM.
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    Complete backup

    What is the best situation for backup up my entire hard drive? I have 2 250GB Sata II drives in Raid 0, so it's obvious that DVDs won't cut it. Do I want to do a complete drive image, or is it more practical to just back up the files/heirarchy? I want to use a usb hard drive, so should I get...
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    Office alternatives

    I've sort of used Openoffice, but I'm looking at StarOffice since it's "only" 70 bucks. How does Star Office compare to Openoffice and MS Office? I notice Star Office supports pdf creation.
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    Driver update thread

    I didn't know where to post this really, but I think it'd be a good idea to have a sticky thread where people can post when they see new drivers from manufacturers. But then, it may be too much maintenance to keep it "cleaned up".
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    College

    Anybody else here spend 30k+ to find out that what they went to school for just isn't what they want to do? I'm on the verge of graduating with an associates degree in programming, and I think what I want to do is be a chemist instead. What should I do? Work a programming job for a couple of...
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    Tri-booting

    Ok, i want to run Vista, XP Pro, and Ubuntu. Other than the obvious needing 3 partitions, etc, how would I go about this. Install Vista first, then XP, then Ubuntu. Will it work? Does Ubuntu use grub2 or something else?
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    Visual Studio License agreement

    If I'm understanding the license agreement, since it says: and: then this means I can install on more than one computer, correct?
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    VS 2005

    Ok, in school, we learned programming on VS 6.0. I just bought VS 2005, and it is quite a bit different. I am starting my capstone project this week, and I'm having to learn all the nuances with .NET programming. Can anybody recommend a book that will help me get up to speed quickly, like a...
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    Nvidia trade-up

    I keep hearing people talk about an Nvidia trade-up program, but I can't seem to find any info about it on Nvidia's website. Is there a specific company that is doing this? And do they only trade-up their own cards?
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    Vista SP1??

    This has to be an error, right?
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    HP color laserjet printers

    So I'm looking at the HP Color Laserjet 1600 and 2600n printers at Staples, $300 and $400 respectively. I currently have an Epson Stylus Photo printer, and I'm wondering if the color laserjet is worth the money. The 2600n I can connect directly to my wireless router, whereas the 1600 I will...
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    WD SE16

    What is the difference between the 2 hard drive versions? I've tried to find some info on Western Digitals website, but I'm having no luck.
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    Wireless mouse

    Ok, I have a Logitech MX600 wireless mouse that I got for Christmas. It's been working fine until the last day or so. Now, it's acting sluggish and doing weird things like completely not working for several seconds, minimizing open windows when all I did was click in the open window, and...
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    Visual Studio replacement

    I'm thinking of buying Visual Studio 2005 standard; Newegg has it for $250. I've tried to find something comparable for cheaper, found gcc++ but it's not exactly a suite. Also, I never have been able to figure out what I need to download from the gnu website for gcc++, they just throw this...
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    Farcry, Vista Ultimate 64, and striped raid.

    Ok, so I built my computer, and had to RMA one of my SATA drives. So while I'm waiting for the replacement to arrive, I install Vista on a single drive to test out what programs will work and what won't. Farcry installed no problem and ran no problem. I get my replacement drive, set up my...
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    Nero and Vista

    I bought a Liteon dvd super-multi drive for my new pc, running Vista Ultimate 64 bit. It came with Nero 7 Essentials, but it won't load on Vista. Nero's website claims that Nero 7 is Vista compatible, but obviously not Vista 64 bit compatible. Is there a comparable software suite that I can...
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    Serial cable

    I'm looking for a regular serial cable, the kind that modems used to use before usb. I've looked at several places, newegg, compusa, even walmart, but nobody carries them. Closest I could find was a cable with serial on one end and something else on the other. My UPS uses serial to connect...
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    Vista Ultimate

    On Microsofts website, it says that Vista Ultimate contains both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Vista...or maybe it's just something I read somewhere else. Newegg.com has both a Vista Ultimate 32 bit and a Vista Ultimate 64 bit listed, and for the same price. At the time, the 64 bit was out of...