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    Realtek Audio Drivers won't stay loaded

    Suddenly this weekend, every time I turn the computer on, my onboard Realtek AC'97 drivers apparently get lost, and I need to reinstall them and reselect my speakers as playback device. Running Vista 64-bit Ultimate on an ASUS A8-N mobo with an AMD 64X2 4200+ CPU. Haven't changed any...
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    Monitor USB Hubs Don't Reinitialize After Hibernation

    When my computer goes into hibernate mode (i.e., when I click the Vista power icon each evening), it comes out just fine the next morning--except for the USB hubs on each monitor (Dell 24"; Gateway 21"). The Dell has my ReadyBoost flash drive plugged in, and (for convenience sake) the Gateway...
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    64-bit Vista Ultimate hangs on "Restart"

    Invariably of late (last week or two), when Vista has to be restarted (e.g., OS patch, of which there have been several lately, or after installing an app), I get the "Starting Windows" graphic, then a blank screen. Shutting down and rebooting always works fine. Any suggestions on where/how...
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    Windows Sounds are scratchy, static filled (Vista 64-bit)

    In the past 2-3 days, my Windows sounds (X-Fi Platinum, ASUS A8N-E, Vista Ultimate 64-bit w/latest Creative driver) are very tinny/scratch/static filled. I've checked the connection for the speakers at both the sub-woofer (Bose 2.1 system) and sound card, and everything is fine, as far as I...
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    Suggestions for TV Tuner Card?

    Has to run under 64-bit Vista. External (USB 2.0) is preferred, since my video card takes up a LOT of room under the hood. Anyone have such a card that is working well in 64-bit Vista?
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    Cannot directly boot into Vista64 partition

    First, my hardware configuration: Athlon 64-bit (dual core) CPU with 2GB of Corsair memory on an Asus A8N-E mobo. On IDE 0 is a 130MB drive, formatted, bootable, Primary, Active, no other files. IDE 1 has a NEC CDRW/DVD-RW drive attached. The BIOS sees these as C: and H:, respectively. Two...
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    Hauppage WinTV PVR2-USB -- IR Remote s/w won't start

    I just reinstalled my WinTV PVR2-USB (or is it PVR-USB2?). My WinXP Pro SP2 installation is fairly recent; just hadn't gotten round to setting up the PVR until yesterday. The IR remote worked fine last night; today on boot-up, I get an error that there is an error loading the software...
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    Bluetooth heaset for gaming?

    Has anyone tried using a Bluetooth headset for gaming (Skype, Ventrilo, Teamspeak)? Good idea? Bad? Impossible? Thanks in advance.
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    Vista32 on Laptop: How to add printers on a print server?

    I have Vista32 RC1 installed on my laptop. I have a Canon inkjet and an HP LaserJet 6P on the network, via a Linksys print server. The laptop can see the print server on the network, and P1 and P2 below the print server, but I can't add either printer so it's recognized as such (even though...
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    Ventrilo or TeamSpeak?

    Our gaming group has outgrown Skype's 5-person limit, so we're looking to expand to either Vent or TS. Chat group will be 6-10 people--covering 4 US/Canadian timezones, plus an Aussie. I can host a server if necessary--although I'm pretty unfamiliar with the software and whatever requirements...
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    Disk imaging software recommendations?

    I want to get a good disk imaging program, preferably one that will save to HD, CD, and DVD. I'm aware of Ghost, but I'd like to know what other options are out there. I don't mind paying for my software, but if there's a freeware product that is outstanding, I'm willing to try that as well...
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    Trying to repartition IDE drive

    I want to repartition one of my hard drives. I have a 120GB IDE drive as C: and 2 160GB HDs on SATA 1 & 2. The SATA 1 drive is D: (at least XP thinks it is) and contains the OS. The computer boots normally, although boot.ini pops up 2 choices; I have the default set to the second and...
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    Can't Run Partition Commander (boot drive = SATA D:)

    I want to repartition a couple of my hard drives. I have a 120GB IDE drive as C: and 2 80GB HDs on SATA 1 & 2. The SATA 1 drive is D: (at least XP thinks it is) and contains the OS. The computer boots normally, although boot.ini pops up 2 choices; I have the default set to the second and...