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    Am I the only one having problems with Vista Mail?

    I am using Vista Mail and until recently was pleased. Now I have a message stuck in my Inbox that cannot be deleted or moved. I am sure I am not the only one but eventually I found a cure with the help from a nice guy at Microsoft named Manfred. I just accomplished the fix this afternoon after...
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    I will never build again without RAID!

    I just finished my new build, P180 case, E6600 CPU, 2 gigs Crucial Ballistix, Badaxe2 board, EVGA 7900GS KO card, Artic 7 pro cooler....and 2 Western Digital 400 gb hard drives arranged in a Raid 1 Array. Much to my surprise it boots right up! That's always a hold your breath moment. So I...
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    Tell me about "steppings" with my new E6600

    I have been reading about this processor and the various overclocking results people have been getting with different "steppings" I just got mine from Newegg this morning. Pretty fast considering I ordered on Saturday. It is going into a BadAxe2. Anyway it is an E6600 and the batch number is...
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    I need some advice with RAID and the Badaxe2

    I am going to build a new computer using Intel's BadAxe2 board which is RAID capable. I would like the security of mirroring two drives in a Raid 1 configuration. The question being do these drives have to be identical and if not what are the pitfalls? Also when paging through the manual...
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    In order to do Raid 1 do you need identical drives?

    I am going to build a new computer using Intel's BadAxe2 board which is RAID capable. I would like the security of mirroring two drives in a Raid 1 configuration. The question being do these drives have ti be identical and if not what are the pitfalls? TIA, Jerry
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    Need some advice with Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro

    I'm about to use this cooler on my new build, hopefully this weekend, and I have a question. The cooler has a pad of gray thermal compound already in place so the question is should I use it as is or scrape off the stock compound and substitute Artic Silver 5? I don't have any artic silver 5...
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    Antec P180 case, Newegg, 74.99 AR +Shipping

    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129154 Yet another deal on this case.:) Price is after $50 rebate. Shipping was $18.99 for me. The case is the silver and black one. Decent deal for your new build. Ops, sorry for the double post. I swear I did a search.
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    Could it be the Power Supply?

    My system has been spontaneously rebooting lately and has been having trouble cold booting. I have an Asus motherboard, 2800Barton chip, 1GB RAM, 2 burners, two 7200RPM Maxtor hard drives, an ATI 9600XT video card, 3 case fans, and numerous USB devices. All this in an Antec case with a 330 watt...
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    "Device not accessible due to I/0 error" Say what??

    That's the message I get when trying to use my HP 9900 CD/DVD drive on my Windows XP Pro machine. It worked at one time right after a reformat but was cantakerous before (sometimes it worked but not always). It does show up in device manager as working properly. Also Nero finds it. I do have...
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    Curious, How many people use GoBack?

    I have installed GoBack Pro on my XP machine and have found it invaluable since it operates at the boot level and not in Windows. It has saved my hide many a time. I know ME and XP have roll back features but they often do not work in my experience. I seem to be in an island with GoBack and I'm...
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    Windows98SE keeps asking for a file that exists. Help Appreciated

    I just did a fresh install of win98SE on an older unit and everytime it boots it asks for the file "MSNP32.DLL." Did a search and the file did not exist on the system but did find a copy on driversguide.com. Installed it in the Windows\system directory as instructed and yet the system still asks...
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    Is there a definitive way to get rid of Nvidia video drivers in XP?

    I need help. I did a fresh install of XP. Motherboard is Asus A7n8x. The video gard is a Gainward 4200 Golden Sample. Loaded all my programs and then my games. Everything ran perfectly including UT demo 2003. Naturally I had to use the latest and greatest drivers and upgraded . Now nothing...
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    Can you do a fresh install with XP upgrade?

    Have a new hard drive and would like to do a fresh install of XP Pro using the upgrade version of XP since that is what I own. Is this possible? I do have a full install 98SE disk but would like to avoid installing 98 and then overwritting it with XP. I'm sure I've read that this can be done but...
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    HP 812 4.0 MP camera $310 at Staples after $30instant rebate and $50 coupon

    This seems like a hot deal on a 4.0 MP camera. Has 3x optical zoom and 7x digital zoom. Original price is $399 plus it has a $40 instant rebate. Add in your favorite $50 off $200 coupon that is floating around and the final price is $310 plus tax, etc. Don't know much about the camera but it's...
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    Why does "one of your disks needs to be checked for consistency" keeps showing up?

    Here's the problem. I have a fresh install of XP Pro. My computer has two hard drives and each time I boot I get the message that "One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency." Each time it wants to run chkdsk on my "D" drive and never on the "C" drive which is the boot drive. If I...
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    How to "extract" serial number from Nero

    I need to reformat my hard drive and original Nero Download is no where to be found. Since it was a retail download I need to extract the serial number from the program before I reformat. Any ideas where this is located? Nero 5.5.9.17 BTW. Thanks in advance. Jerry
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    Abit KD7, AMD2100XP, which RAM? 2100 0r Higher?

    Purchased new MB, Abit KD7, and am using an AMD 2100XP processor. I have two sticks of 256 2100DDR RAM from my former board. Been out of the loop a bit so I need to know if there is any advantage to using higher rated RAM. I checked the Crucial site where I have always purchased RAM before and...