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    Bluetooth audio causing constant unresponsiveness

    In the past week, I started experiencing regular system unresponsiveness when playing almost any online streaming audio or video while my bluetooth speaker was connected to my PC. When my bluetooth audio is on and I start playing some audio from youtube or Stitcher (example...
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    Sony PlayStation credit card: up to $300 in card credit

    http://www.sonystyle.com/webap...=A:404255:10610388::CJ This seems like a good deal, and I'm wondering if I can get $200 in rewards without bothering with the Sonystyle purchases (they say PS3, but you get the $100 as long as you spend at least $299 at sonystyle.com within 45 days of...
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    power management and volume options do not load when windows starts

    Windows XP i have the options to show the power properties and volume control in the taskbar, but they never show up anymore. they are not hidden because i check, and they are setup to "always show" in the taskbar's "Customize" section where you control what icons to hide. i can get the...
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    Microsoft Wireless Optical mouse repair?

    i think i saw a topic a long time ago about Microsoft repairing their mouses for free or for a low fee. i can't find anything on microsoft.com, but does anyone happen to know where to go to find this info?
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    Allow another computer to access internet through my computer?

    I just got internet setup at a new place and don't have a router at the moment. I'm trying to share my ethernet connection with another computer, is this possible? I tried using the Windows Network Setup Wizard to set it up.. it seems like it is supposed to do what I'm trying to do, but after...
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    Seagate 8GB USB 2.0 Pocket External Hard Drive 39.99 @ buy.com

    Is something wrong with this product?! Buy.com is discounting this by ~$120 from market value http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=203266631&adid=17653&dcaid=17653 Free shipping. No tax for shipping to me in NJ. ... and save $10 with Google checkout for new customers.
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    Internet Explorer viewing pages

    i was trying to troubleshoot some problem and had to go through the standard "delete temporary files" BS that support usually tells you to do before figuring out the actual problem, and while almost every site i've been to displays fine, IGN looks all screwy as if the browser is ignoring the...
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    Track my computer's attempts to connect...

    I noticed recently that even when I have almost no programs running, and none that I know of should ever be connecting to the web, there is activity going on and off pretty frequently. I was wondering if there is a free software available that lets me know what addresses my own computer is...
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    Internet connectivity problem

    I have two computers hooked up to a router and one works fine with internet but the other is not receiving data whatsoever. I usually use the ethernet cable, but I also have wireless and tried that, same problem. What are typical router settings and WindowsXP/computer settings that I should...
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    250GB ide hd not being read correctly

    i'm trying to install a 250 gb ide hd i just got today on a computer that's already using a 160 gb. i didn't set it up myself originally, but it reads the 160 perfectly fine. the new drive is being detected as 137 only. can you guys help me out?
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    Mboard runs but monitor no signal

    hey i was trying to install the seagate 200 gb drive (the one with $60 after rebate ^_^) but after i tried running the computer, the monitor wouldn't show anything. i have since put it back to just being my original HD with original settings but the monitor still won't show up, and i've tried...
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    free online picture album site

    for those of you who are dissatisfied with ofoto.com, check out www.fotofinity.com it doesn't offer any "order prints" service but it's a free site that lets you view pictures up to 800x600 compared to ofoto's smaller pics. i heard about it through a friend who knows the creator, who's a PhD...
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    wireless "send to tv" ability?

    is there a decently cheap product that can send A/V to your TV? i was thinking of something that receives the signals and uses AV components or S-Video and Audio..
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    Help support a democracy

    Hello, I have written a petition to the US Administration asking it to recognize and support democracy and self-determination in Taiwan. I went to the Democratic National Convention with 3 friends to pass out information on Taiwan and get the petition signed, and we were only able to come up...
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    Memory problems

    I've been having some problems with my computer memory for a while and can't figure out how to fix it. I suspect that the video card is not allocating its video RAM properly sometimes, causing programs to shut down instantly or close due to the memory error and the computer to go into the blue...
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    impossible to delete?

    i have a file that was in the middle of moving with Total Copy 1.1 when my computer froze. now, this copy/move program claims it can resume moves/copies if the computer froze and stuff, but when i rebooted, a system file was corrupt and i had to reinstall windowsXP. now, i was able to delete the...
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    remap cd-rom drives?

    how can i remap cd/dvd-rom drives (change their associated drive letters) in winXP?
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    prob with GeForce Ti4200

    Athlon XP 1.9+ (1.6 GHz) WinXP 1 GB ram .. GeForce Ti4200 64MB (i got one of the earliest/cheapest releases...) anyway, I'm having problems running games in full screen with my video card. Some games try going into fullscreen and just disappear without even saying "illegal procedure--must...
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    fonts problem

    one day i installed all these fonts i had zipped up from an older computer, but something went wrong, and when i try to access Symbols in Microsoft Word, it crashes. does anyone know how to fix font-reading problems on windows? if i reinstall windows would i lose the fonts?
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    winXP taskbar freezes

    ahtlon xp+ 1900 (1.6 ghz) 1.0 gig ddr sdram winXP Pro SP1 the taskbar freezes less than a second after the Windows interface shows up, and after a long time, the floppy drive (A:\) is checked and then the taskbar works normally. this only happened recently, and i haven't really messed with the...