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    Random Background Changes?

    I was just wondering about this. I found a site with a TON of 1920x1200 background images and I was curious to know if there was anyway to have windows randomly set the background like everyday, or if this was possible without me having to set it manually? I've never even tried to do this...
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    Windows Vista - ReadyBoost Technology

    I've been looking around alot of threads and websites that have been discussing Windows Vista Beta 2 (there's almost an endless number of threads on it), but one of the more interesting features that I think is included in Vista is also one of the least talked about. ReadyBoost is basically a...
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    Xbox 360 Controller for use with PC

    Hey everyone, I've known for a while now that the Xbox 360 controller would be PC compatible out of the box. The problem though, is that I have not been able to find any information on any specific details about this feature. I don't know if the wireless Xbox 360 Controller will be PC...
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    Random system lockups, please help

    Hey everyone, I recently started having an issue with the system that I built a few months ago (back in april or may i think). This started this weekend. My system has been locking up randomly for no reason, and I cannot figure out why it is doing it. Sometimes it locks up while i'm using...
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    Which DMA Mode Should I Be Using?

    Hey everyone, I was talking to a friend about burning dvds (initially we were talking about him using -R and me using +R cuz i just got a 100pk spindle of RiData DVD+R's for $29.99 at newegg plus a $10 mail-in rebate). Be anyway, I told him that I can't burn dvd's at 8x even though my drive is...
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    Media Center TV Recording

    This is more like a rant/question combined for those who are experienced with Media Center 2005. Well, Thursday night I decided to record Game 7 of the NBA Finals in HD on my computer (I have the ATI HDTV Wonder). I actually missed the first few seconds of the very beginning (when they showed...
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    Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 TV Recording Format Conversion?

    Hey guys/girls, After no hope the last few months, i've finally gotten my ATI HDTV Wonder tv tuner to work on my MCE2005 box. I just built this box a couple weeks ago, so I was hoping it'd work this time around. I used a trick from the HDTV section on avsforum.com. Well anyway, i've...
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    Several lockups with my new system

    Hey everyone, i built my first athlon 64 system this past weekend, and so far it seems to running pretty good. I preloaded Half Life 2 through steam, and the game makes my system lock up. The first time i tried to run it, it changed the resolution but did not start up, i just saw my desktop...
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    Next version of Media Center Edition

    Has anyone heard anything about the next version of Windows whatever Media Center Edition? Or will there be another version of Media Center Edition? I'm curious, because i'd like to know if there was going to be a Long Horn Media Center Edition or something like that, or maybe even a Long Horn...
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    Help Installing XP Pro on a SATA HDD with Gigabyte K8NXP-SLI *Problem Resolved*

    Hello everyone. I finally got the parts to build my new system on Friday. I started building the system friday night, and didn't finish until last night (it got late, i was tired and had to work). Well, after i finished up everything last night, i set up the BIOS to my liking (for the most...
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    What do you all think of my new system specs?

    Hey everyone. This is my first Athlon64 setup. My other computer died on me (its been down for a week) and i'm not going through withdrawal (literally :( ). So because i cannot fix the problem with my other system, i have decided to scrap it and build an entirely new system from the ground...