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    XP MCE install issues

    Installing XP Media Center Edition version 2005 on a "new" build (long story). OS comes with three cds: disc 1 and 2 of the "original" 2005 version and a third disc labeled "Updates for version 2005" The install goes fine through disc 1 & 2. Then the installer asks me to insert a disc...
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    Problems with a new build

    My new system build isn't going very well. In fact, it's not going at all. Assembled the parts and I get some signs of life: system fan runs, vid card fan runs, but CPU fan does not. It twitches a little, like it wants to move, but can't. Fan spins freely by hand, otherwise. No video or...
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    Is it my Cat-5 cable

    I had comcast cable innernets access installed last week. There's about 150' of technician-made cat-5 cable run from the modem, through the basement, to my machine. It works great when connecting those two. When I put a router (DLink DI-824 VUP) in bewteen them, however, I get a limited...
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    XP Install

    Thanks to everyone that offered their help here. I've given up on recovery and I'm trying to re-install. Here's where I stand. I have a 36gb SATA Raptor that was previously split into two partitions with XP home installed on the first and two logical drives on the second. The first...
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    XP Crash

    Both XP Home and McAfee auto-updated and needed to reboot. So I did. I may have forced a few processes to "end now" rather than wait (I assume this is "bad" but tell me so anyway). When my machine went to reboot, XP wouldn't load because my "windows\[something32]\config\system" was either...
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    Recommend me a mobo and memory

    The forums were very helpful to me a year ago when I built my first rig. Now I'm back building for a friend and would like some mobo recommendations. Here's what I have so far: USES: This will be a home computer, running XP home, doing basic Office stuff, and playing the latest games, but...
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    Help! Browser Hijack (link to software forum)

    I need some help with a browser hijack but I'm not getting responses in the software forum. Click here to see the original thread with a HijackThis log. Many thanks in advance.
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    HELP - Browser Hijack (HJT log included)

    My wife's browser (IE 6.0 on Win98SE) has been hijacked. No matter what's in the browser address bar, she gets a page that looks like a customer service letter titled "Important Message: New Access Numbers" that asks her to key in the phone number from which she dials in (a battle for another...
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    Wireless Router/Print Server combo

    I'm planning to network my cable modem into my desktop (XP Home) and my wife's laptop (Win98SE). I'd like to get a wireless router/print server so that my wife can both surf and print from her laptop. The printer is an HPd130 multifunction printer. 1. Can I keep my hardwire connection...
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    XP Home stalling early in install

    Newbie builder here. Just put together my first computer with: Abit AI7 P4 2.6C Mushkin Level II PC3500 WD 36GB Raptor Liteon 48x24x48x16 combo DVD/CD-R Sapphire Radeon 9600 XT I've gotten past POST and into the Bios to set my Onchip Serial ATA Mode to Raid. I set the boot priority to CD-Rom...
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    Problems with a Newbie Build

    I'm building my first computer and I'm having some issues. I've put together my P4 2.6C Abit AI7 Mushkin Level II PC 3500 (2 x 256) ATI Radeon 9600 XT Antec Sonata Case Samsung Floppy USB 2.0 keyboard with PS2 adapter I've also made the front panel connections between the case and mobo...
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    What little things will I need (newbie build)?

    This is my first time building a computer and I just ordered all my parts from newegg. Do the parts that I ordered contain everything I need or will I have to get an additional cable or two? I'll also take comments on my parts, if you feel like it. What I ordered fits my rough budget, but if...