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    wireless auto negotiation

    When Skyping with my brother, our connection is half duplex. We are both connecting wirelessly. It appears that wired connections auto negotiate in their default configuration and set the connection to half or full duplex according to the results of the negotiation, but how does a wireless...
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    "No connection to the internet is currently available"

    When I click on IE6, instead of getting the Dialup Connection dialog box, it opens offline and opens a dialog box that says, "Work Offline No connection to the internet is currently available. To view content that has been saved on your computer, click Work Offline. Click Try again to attempt to...
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    Dual channel DDR question

    Do both dimms have to be the same size for dual channel to work?
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    Drive remapping freeware?

    Is anyone aware of a freeware app that will remap drives that have been moved or had their letters changed, much like WinDoctor or PM's DriveMapper?
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    No IP in winipcfg

    I was asked to take a look at a small office network in hopes of enabling internet connection sharing. The network consists of 3 win98 (first edition) PCs. They are presently networked for file and printer sharing. When I checked WINIPCFG /all for an IP, all I found was a MAC address and a...
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    Drive image or drive copy?

    Can somebody explain the diffeerence between an "image" and a "copy"? Is there a difference between a boot image and a copy of a boot disk? What is an ISO image? What is the difference between a drive image and a drive copy?
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    How to move pagefile

    I would like to move my pagefile in W2K to another drive. I have 512 MB RAM and am looking to create a 768MB pagefile. I have done some reading on the subject and it was suggested that some of the page file remain on the system partition. How is that possible? All suggestions welcome.
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    %windir%???

    What is the significance of these percentage signs? Are they simply indicating that the term is variable?
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    Stealthing a 56k dialup router

    I recently bought a Webramp 200i 56k dialup router. After updating it with the latest firmware, I took it out for a spin on the internet and paid a visit to www grc.com where I was disappointed to discover that only 10% of ports were stealthed and the rest were closed with the exception of two...
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    Are Linux routers reliable?

    I am considering building a Linux router. In particular, the one that interests me most is the Freesco. Is this a viable alternative?
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    Dialup connection to ICS network?

    Is it possible to create a dialup connection to an ICS network. I was able to do this before I decided to share that internet connection.
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    Is a hub necessary?

    I am setting up my first network and the manual suggests that if I am using twisted pair, that I should be using a hub. I have wired the house such that I have an RJ45 duplex outlet at each of three stations. Is this not the same as a hub? Is there something in a hub besides parallel connections?
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    Is Dell WinXP different?

    I'd like to know if I buy a Dell with WinXP if I would be able to run it (XP) on a non-Dell backup computer. Is there a proprietary difference? In other words, could I switch and run 98SE on the Dell and install the XP that came from Dell on the homebuilt?
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    Privacy Policy?

    Where is AT's privacy policy posted? I can't seem to find it anywhere. I guess, the real question on my mind is, am I going to have any little spybots (like "doubleclick") clinging to me when I leave here? I just picked up one of those parasites at Sysopt so I'm paranoid now.
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    What's the feedback on the K7S5A ?

    I'm looking for a home for a T-bird and these boards seem to be quite popular. I assume this is due, largely, to the low cost but I am curious about it's weaknesses. Is that SiS chipset really going to cut it? I know it's not much of an overclocker . I'm more concerned about quality, stability...