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    A64 mb choice suggestions

    What's a good socket 754 board for a system that needs to be stable, won't be used for gaming, probably won't be overclocked? I got authorized at work for about $1K (includes OS and monitor) for a new system, but I have to spend the money soon. So, I thought I'd try an A64 3000 or 3200. But...
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    Disk size problem

    We have had W98 on 30G Maxtor IDE drive for about 2 years. In the process of dealing with another dying drive, W98 was removed - the partition removed - and W2000 installed. We used NTFS for W2000, and the install goes OK except at the end, the OS reads the drive size as 8G instead of 30G...
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    w2k disk I/O error status = 00008001

    Anyone know what causes this message? Disk I/O error: Status = 00008001. It occurs just after BIOS screen at boot up and just before the black and white windows screen. It lasts for about 10 seconds, then Windows starts up OK. I started seeing this after temporarily slaving a nearly dead...
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    Which budget all-in-one board?

    I need a budget box. It will use an available 1.2 GHz tbred and gaming, overclocking are not issues. I need integrated video, audio and LAN and probably will never upgrade these features. I have found ASUS A7N266-VM and A7V8X-MX boards at about $60 (high as I want to go) and am leaning toward...
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    Which Virus Software?

    What do people use/like for virus detection?
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    ECS L7S7A2 - opinions?

    Will soon build a budget system for my daughter. I've had good luck with two modest K7S5A systems - basically worked right out of the box. I've seen some positive comment about the L7S7A2. Overclocking and demanding gaming is not an issue. Any comments on this board?
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    Windows Installer Question

    I'm running W2K. I had a problem with a virus scanner, and the tech help person suggested deleting thier two folders from the registry, uninstalling the product and reinstalling. Stupidly, I didn't backup registry. Now a Windows Installer Service could not be accessed message when I try to...
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    Networking and OS Paging file question

    This may be an Operating sys question - I'm posting there too. I have a 3 computer network through a D-Link DI 604 router. A week or two after setting the network up, the two W2K machines started giving a no paging file error on boot up (on macihine in a week and the other a week or so later)...
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    Dead chipset Fan

    I have a nonfunctioning chipset fan on an Epox 8KHA - the chipset is a KT266. Anyone know where to find a replacement?
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    sharing tab - w2k

    I'm setting up a 3 computer network: two w2k and one w98. One of the w2k boxes (box A) and the w98 seem to be OK, but the other w2k box (box B) doesn't seem to understand about sharing. On box A, I right click on a folder and select properties and get four options: Target, General, Sharing...