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    All of a sudden, network card not working

    Hi All, Im currently having issues on one of my computers. It just all of a sudden stopped connecting to my router. It has been running great, until now, BAM! The Problem/situation: - On board network adapter - Direct wired connection to router (NETGEAR WGT624) - One more computer...
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    Types of DVD's

    Whats the difference between DVD-R and DVD+R discs? I forgot which one I normally use, and I'm running out --- I know my burner supports both formats, but I confused on what each does.
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    MOBO Prob

    Bought this MOBO a little over a year ago... and it has been somewhat unstable from the start, I just havnt done anything about it. ECS PT800CE-A It is kinda unstable, and sometimes crashes, and crashes more frequently when I use devices that are hooked up to the PCI slots (like firewire...
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    Need Video Card

    I just bought a new widescreen LCD monitor from newegg... and I think it is time to upgrade my existing video card, which is crap. There are so many video cards out there, and I dont know which to choose from. I dont game much, if any at all... mostly for multimedia tasks like watching DVD...
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    office picture manager

    so lately all the pictures that i want to open have been opeing with microsoft's picture manager, and not the wndows pciture/fax viewer, how do i make it so ALL pics dont open with pic manager and the standard windows viewer instead, it is a pain to use manager becuase you cant scroll through...
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    new rig for parents.

    hi all, im thinking of getting a computer system for my parents for christmas, i looked online for some pre built ones, but i think ill save some money and build my own. could someone help me set up a system, i really have no clue what to buy - all they need is a basic basic system, since...
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    laptop power problems

    i have a ze4325US laptop, and recently, the power button hasnt been working to turn on the laptop, i have to push and hold it or keep pressing it for it to turn on, but using it to turn off is no problem, it goes to the shut down prompt with one press. i dont think it is a hardware problem...
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    opening a protected folder

    so i acidentally dragged someting into this one folder in my C: drive, i dont know what the name of it is, its has a bunch of random numbers and letters, now when i open it to try and drag the files i dragged in there, it wont let me, it says C:/_ _ _____ is not acessible ... Access is denied"...
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    sony dvd-rom AND dvd-rw drives not working

    i have a sony dvd-rom drive and a sony dvd-rw drive on my system, theyve worked great, but now my computer doesnt even detect them in "My Computer", i checked in device manager and it shows its there, but says that "windows is unable to locate drivers for this device..." for both drives. the...
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    network cable

    hi all, there are so many different types of network cables out there and im confused on which one to get... they have teh cat5 cable, cat6, crossover... and im really overwhelmed on picking one since i want to buy it online because it is much cheaper. all i want to do is connect it from...
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    system unstable

    hey all, ive recently built a new rig and im having some problems with it. it seems to be very unstable... either freezes or a blue screen pops up saying something like a "hardware malfunction" Intel Pentium 4 3.2GHz E (800FSB) ECS PT800CE-A Socket 478 Motherboard DDRAM PC3200 MUSKIN...
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    new computer

    im thinking of building a new computer for a project i have to do and im not sure which types of componenets to buy. i know i want to spend 600 max for the computer (plus or minus some okay). it would be great if you could help me select the components. to help you out, heres what i know for...