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    MBP Freezing Problem?

    Hello, I just ordered a 15in Core i7 Macbook Pro. Im pretty excited about it. However, just yesterday i decided to go look over the forums at apple, and it seems like a lot of people are having a problem where their MBPs are freezing, to the point of requiring a hard reboot. Im am just trying to...
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    Cell Phone Video

    Im sorry if this has been asked before. I have a Nokia 6085. It does record video, but only like 6 seconds. I heard there is a way to make cell phones record for longer than they were initially meant to. I think that is other than buying a larger memory stick. so can anyone tell me how i can...
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    Zlob(puresafteyhere.com)

    I got this computer about a year ago. My last one was completely destroyed by viruses so i made it my goal to be extra careful with this one. No sktchy sights, scanning ALL applications before executing them, etc. But it seems that today they finally got me. I slipped up and this is what i get...
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    Surround Sound not working in half life 2

    I have noticed that i cant get surround sound in any of my source games including the half life 2 episodes counter strike, and day of defeat. This is kindof annoying and i am wondering if there is a fix available for this. I am running vista and im pretty sure that is the culprit, i just need a...
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    SDTV has both Composite and YCb/Pb, Cr/Pr inputs

    I wasnt sure which forum in particular to post this in since it is related to the Xbox 360, but it isnt really about gaming with it exactly. Please move this if it isnt in the right place or direct me to a link if it has been asked before. I have a standard definition TV. I am not...
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    Red ring of death but...

    So i tried to turn on my brand new 360 to dat, and i get the red ring of death. im pissed because i think i have falcon (next to output on the power brick it says 175 watts). But then i redid all the power connections and it worked fine. wasnt the ring of death supposed to mean it was shot. Just...
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    Xbox 360 Wireless network adapter

    I want to hook my new 360 up to xbox live but i dont have an ethernet connection in the living room where it is. i do have a wireless network in my house though so it seems like the easyest way to go about it would be to get a wireless network adaper. but the one microsoft maked specificlly for...
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    Doesnt say "Go Pro"

    I just got an Xbox 360 today and im loving it so far, but i couldnt help but notice in the store some of boxes for the pro system say "go pro" on them but mine doesnt. Mine came with all the same stuff, i think, and the two free games. I also checked the back of the console apon getting home and...
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    DX10 game/project/cool thing

    Months ago i remember following a link that i think was posted here to a website with info on some dx10 relaated thing that i think was a game. i remeber thinking that it seemed really cool and that i believe it was also free. I THINK it was an action game but i am not sure. At the time i didnt...
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    Ntune Overclocking

    I have had to overclock my graphics cxard several times now because everytime i rebbot the computer it goes back down to stock speeds. this is veryannoying. is it possible to make it so the overclock is kept all the time, even when i reboot? I cant use atitool right now because there seems to be...
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    8800GTS overclocking

    I just got an MSI NX8800GTS HD OC 640Mb graphics card. I have heard that 8800 cards are good overclockers and i am assuming they can be overclocked far beyond what mine is. In fact there is an XFX card woth a core clock of 650MHz and Memory at 1900MHz and it appears to have stock cooling. My...
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    MSI DualCoreCenter

    I just got a new MSI NX8800GTS HD OC 640mb. I want to use DualCoreCenter because of the dynamic overclocking technology thing as well as the other controls it apperently has. But when i try to start it, i get the error message telling me that it has stopped working. Is there a solution to this...
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    Ok to disable windows defender?

    I have Norton 2007. this has virus, span, adware/spyware, and protection for the other stuff. Since i have this, is ok to disable Windows Defender? do they do the smae thing? I am trying to eliminate unnecessary proccesses as well as start up programs and i am going to start with the ones that...
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    Transfering stuff to new account.

    I have figured out a way to fix the "media Center has stopped working" problem. you just have to create a new account. I want to move all of the things on the old, slightly disfuntional account to the new account and then delete the old one, but i dont know how. it also appears that Steam (the...
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    "Media Center has stopped working"

    I took the plunge and upgraded to Vista last night. The upgrade didnt finish until late and i was to tired to really mess with it. This morning i wanted to go to Media Center to see changes. A second after i double clicked the shortcut, i remembered that I hadnt yet applied the Vista driver to...
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    2Gb DDR2-800 or 2Gb DDR2-533

    I have 1gb of 533MHz RAM in my computer. I want to upgrade to 2 gigs. Should i buy one more stick of 533, or trash the 533 altogether and just go with 2 new stick of 800. I dont want to go any higher than 800, to pricy. I play games mostly. How much of a performance increase would i actually see...
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    X1950XT vista issues Resolved?

    I heard that there is an issue with X1950XTs and vista related to the cards adaptive clock speeds, like that it would cause your computer to crash when you tried to launch a game. Has this been resolved yet? I also have been wondering something else for a while. If Aero is 3D, does that mean...
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    Cant upgrade hardware with Vista

    I heard today that once you install Vista, it does some sort of optimization or something for the hardware that you have and that after you install vista you cant upgrade your computer or it will sevearly screw everything up. This sounds like total BS to me but i just wanted to check. Thanks.
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    PSP always detecting button press/nub movement

    First off i would like to say that i know that this is a kindof strange place to post something like this but hte official PSP boards wount work for me for some reason. I was walking into my house the other day with my PSP, iPod, and other stuff in a bag. I slipped on some ice and hit the ground...
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    Which proccesses are neccessary?

    I have 61 processes running at any given time in the background. I was wonering which ones it would be OK for me to stop, and how to stop tyhem permanantly. The links below are to pictures showing my running proccesses. 1 2 3 4 I know this kind of question has probably been posted vefore...
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    Certain Games dont go to right resolution.

    I have a Radeon X1950XT. My moniter's max supported resoulution is 128x1024. But in the Battlefield 2 Demo as well as the FEAR demo, i can only set it up to 1280x960. I think this is a widescreen resolution so the image looks kindof funny on this resolution. I know my graphics card is more than...
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    X1950XT Vs. X1950 Pro

    How does the X1950XT compare to the X1950 Pro? Based on specs, it appears that the XT is better but the XT dosnt seem to be geting alot of coverage by variouse forms of press and media. I know there had been driver issues with the XT but that is apparently fixed in catalyst 6.12 so i dont care...
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    Media center edition :Extreme screen distortion upon exit

    I have Media Center Edition 2005. It came with my computer. it isnt hooked up to a tv or anything, just a 19 inch flat panel display. when ever i exit the actual media center, the screen becomes horribly distorted. the computer remains totaly responsive, im always able to restart my computer...