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    Skype alternative for older PCs -- do any exist?

    My wife would like to chat with family in India, has what I think is a good webcam (Philips 900NC) but her desktop PC is only an e-Machine with an Intel Celeron D Processor 330 which, despite having 768 kbps DSL, is way below what Skype recommends for video calls (CoreDuo only, apparently). Her...
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    How to burn subtitle .srt files into DVD?

    Anybody...?
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    How to burn subtitle .srt files into DVD?

    I have a few DVDs without subtitles that I'd like to modify - that is burn downloaded subtitle files into them. For example, the Merchant of Venice with Al Pacino (not to sound like an idiot but Shakespeare without subtitles can be a bit taxing) is a dvd someone gave me, which I ripped to my...
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    Will standard ATI display driver (NOT Catalyst Control Center) notify me if card overheats...?

    Thanks for the info...guess I should just install the Catalyst Control Center. BTW, do you know if the Catalyst Control Center would let me know if the card got too hot? I assumed that it would, but I actually don't know for sure..
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    Will standard ATI display driver (NOT Catalyst Control Center) notify me if card overheats...?

    Although I don't have a problem with my card overheating YET, I wanted to know if the standard ATI Display Driver - NOT the Catalyst Control Center - will inform me if my card gets too hot while gaming. I don't use the Catalyst Control Center because upon startup it conflicts with a...
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    Want to stop using ATI Tool - will Catalyst 7.8 drivers tell me if card is too hot?

    I was using ATITool for my x1900 XTX for about a year now, basically just to raise the fan speed whenever card got too hot, above 80 degrees F. But I started to experience performance glitches with the Cat. 7 series which, I recently, discovered, disappeared completely when I uninstalled...
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    What is the Nvidia equivalent of an ATI x1900 XTX with 512MB?

    Good to know, guess I'll just stick with my x1900xtx for now, see if a system format will take care of these issues....thanks a lot:)
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    What is the Nvidia equivalent of an ATI x1900 XTX with 512MB?

    I've been experiencing a lot of glitchiness with ATI's most recent drivers and was wondering what the Nvidia equivalent would be, maybe give them a try for the first time in several years. Thanks!
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    Games taking looong time to load up after complete system restore?!

    Gotcha, will do that as soon as I get home...thanks a lot:)
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    Games taking looong time to load up after complete system restore?!

    Sorry for being such a noobie moron but I thought Intel CPU chipsets were part of the operating system...? Or something that would be among MS Windows updates...?
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    Games taking looong time to load up after complete system restore?!

    I recently did a complete format and restore of my 4 year-old pc (been about a year and a half since I did it last) and for some reason certain games, Call of Duty 2 (not Call of Duty 1 but the expansion pack for it - United Offensive - also takes ridiculously long, each level almost three...
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    Looking for simple, reliable folder-locking program?

    Tried FolderGuard, but was annoyed at how, once a locked folder was accessed, it stayed accessible until computer was restarted. Tried a few others but they didn't seem to work at all. Working from home, need certain folders with financial data to auto lock, and to always require a password...
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    Looking for vocal remover app for music files? Any suggestions?

    Thanks, that makes total sense actually; since I was talking about commercial music, I'll stop wasting time looking...
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    Looking for vocal remover app for music files? Any suggestions?

    I've run through several standalone apps as well as plug-ins for WMP and Winamp - and NONE of them actually remove vocals, although most do remove some other higher-pitched sounds.... Anyone know of an app or plug-in that actually CAN remove vocals? Thanks in advance:)
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    Looking for good slideshow software (doesn't have to be free)

    I'm currently using something called PicturestoExe, which is okay except it only gives you the choice to create a slideshow in a fixed Window or Fullscreen - no resizable window option unless you create an avi video file which takes a really long time. The normal slideshow creation never takes...
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    How do I enable PERMANENT tree-view in windows explorer in XPPro?

    You didn't miss anything, that did it -- thank you very much!!!:)
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    How do I enable PERMANENT tree-view in windows explorer in XPPro?

    Actually, it turns out the that the only way to do that was to install a plugin called Finderbar, then use a registry hack to enable it permanently. When I first activated the registry hack, it brought up the explorer tree automatically -- BUT when I restarted, the explorer tree was gone. Turns...
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    How do I enable PERMANENT tree-view in windows explorer in XPPro?

    Nevermind, I got it!! It is a registry hack, turns out a friend of mine knew it by heart and just wrote it down for me...next time I'll just ask:roll:
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    How do I enable PERMANENT tree-view in windows explorer in XPPro?

    Anybody? I really don't want to get an explorer replacement, since I'm only looking to permanently enable the tree-view in Windows Explorer... Tried Directory Opus which is a very feature-rich explorer replacement but also very crash-rich; three times in under half an hour. Again if...
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    How do I enable PERMANENT tree-view in windows explorer in XPPro?

    No, I downloaded it and looked over the options under Windows Explorer - nothing about setting a default tree-view or anything like that... I'm thinking there's a registry hack that would do this - would anyone know what it is? thanks:)
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    How do I enable PERMANENT tree-view in windows explorer in XPPro?

    Darnit, I got excited, it seemed that should work...but it didn't. Tree-view was disabled next time I opened the window... maybe there's a registry hack that makes tree-view permanent?
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    How do I enable PERMANENT tree-view in windows explorer in XPPro?

    Just recently I started using tree-view more often in explorer, and have noticed that whenever I close, then open the window again, the view has changed back -- so is there a way to enable tree view in explorer permanently? Thanks in advance..!
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    How do I enable mpg thumbnail preview?

    sorry... XP Pro...
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    How do I enable mpg thumbnail preview?

    Have Nero Showtime and WinDVD so I know the mpg codecs are installed somewhere. I have a bunch of video files that I'd like to see thumbnail previews for but I can seem to get them enabled... Any third-party software or fixes that will give me mpg thumbnail previews? Thanks in advance...!