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HI I'm a youth worker and I've been given a server and 10 desktop PC's that I want to network. I was thinking of using linux or win NT as the machines are not new. The main purpose for doing this network is for young people to use for homework. …

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I am trying to install BOOST software. The first thing I need to do is do a BJAM build. I get losts of errors on an OSX 3.9 system. I am using the code suppllied by tjhe BOOST web site. I do not know much about BJAM but I would …

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Ok I have 2 macs. One was given to me so I gave it to my brother. It is a powermac g4 455mhz, 40gig HD, 256 RAM and dvd rom reader. It currently has both OS9 version 9.2 (I think) and OSX version 10.2.2 on it. I am trying to …

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Ok Here is a toughie. Just yesterday i installed Reservoir Dogs for the PC onto the computer and all went well. I started up the game and everything going well until on second level the computer receives a blue screen with STOP : 00000000...i dont remember the command alltogether. It …

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I have an AMD Athlon XP machine. The computer was not maintaining time nowadays, but I never bothered to look into it. I switched off my comp day be fore yesterday and when I tried to boot it yesterday, the red light on the CPU turned on , but the …

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Hello All, I'm running Windows XP with SP2, connected directly to the modem and have been having a problem for a while now of the internet connection dropping ramdonly and I need to reboot to get it started again. I can be downloading or not downloading (Heavy or light use) …

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Hi... I came across this place while lookin for a solution for my current problem... In the hope that someone here can help me... Ok, i won't beat about the bush i'll just tell you what went wrong... When i had a play with my speaker setup yesterday everthing was …

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XP cant do domain controller etc.... and home has no passwords or ACLs so how about a windows port of samba? It would basically turn an xp home machine into a 2k3 server

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I replaced the hard drive on a 5 yr old Dell laptop, partioned and formated, which I think worked as far as I can tell. Now I need to install windows ME, but I the laptop can only have cd-rom OR floppy in at a time so I have to …

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Should memory cards match? For example, let's say you have 768 MB RAM installed in your computer (one being 256 and the other 512). Isn't that wrong? And, if they don't match, what effect does this have on the PC's performance? Thank you =)

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Hi everyone. This is my first post. I have a problem with Windows 2000, sp4. When it starts up, sometimes it proceeds ok and then stops at a blue screen. I do not mean a bsod, just a blank blue screen - no text, no error messages, nothing - just …

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Can I use a cable with an ethernet connection on my Wxp and a usb connection on my W98se computer to link then together, and is such a cable available? :confused:

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When i turn on my Gateway 400VTX notebook the screen is blank but if you look very close you can see it but its very dim. I have a regular CRT Monitor pluged in right now. Its done this once before and it fixed its self. anyway any suggestions?? Could …

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I go to a site that has a video that uses Windows Media Player and I click play and it is stuck on "Open Media...." Nothing happens, the video doesn't stream. I tried reinstalling Windows Media Player, but that doesn't work. I'm pretty sure it's not the site itself because …

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I inherited my wifes old pc and I am trying to upgrade it for a new video card so I can use it for new games. Before I invest in a good card I am trying to determine the motherboard's bus type. I need a minimum card compatiable to ATI …

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Everytime I type in a url in the address bar it won't go to the page. It will have [url]http:///?%20www.web[/url] page name. I'm unable to go to any webpage at all. I have downloaded IE 6.0 and reloaded with no change. I'm a novice and I'm lost. Thanks in advance …

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Hey gang whats up? Here's my problem. Ever since i loaded win xp i have not had any audio through my speakers. i checked the driver in my sound and audio devices and it was installed but not working properly. So i uninstalled it, and downloaded again from the c-media …

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started w/ the amber light blinking and would not power up just the amber light blinked then undid all the cords and held the power buttons in to reduce residual power waited about 30 minutes and then the dagone thing came on BUT no video to the moniter :eek: ok …

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Hi all, I am a novice and I am struggling hard to get to the root of my display problem. Whenever I start my laptop Dell Inspiron 8100 , the screen start behaving oddly . It shows random lines all over the screen and I can not do anything . …

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I hope I am posting in the right forum...if not, I apologize ahead of time. I just bought a new computer. My old computer did not have a cd burner on it, just your normal cd-rom drive and what I call a "floppy drive." The new computer only has the …

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Hi I'll start from the beginning here and maybe you guys can help me unravel the puzzle here. Machine Specs Packard Bell I MEDIA 5069 Intel P4 1.6GHz 512MB RAM 40 GB HDD PHILIPS 5.1 SURROUND SOUND CARD ABIT GRAPHICS CARD Windows XP Home (AVG antivirus) Ok theres the specs …

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hi im looking to hook my computer up with two screens but my graphics card has a vga and dvi output, can i run two monitors on this?, 1 screen on the vga output (analogue monitor) and 1 on the dvi (digital monitor) output? Or do i have to buy …

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hi i just got my pc fixed(had black screen). i can download stuff on bittorrent as it seems to be working well but i cant connect MSN messenger and websites dont load, tried on IE 5 (i think?) aol explorer mozilla fire fox none worked... how can i fix this? …

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Hi all , i hope i 'am writing this thread into right section. Here is my problem. 2 days ago i bought Nec DVD_RW ND-3750A SCSI when i put a empty dvd into it this error comes Disk is not formatted Windows cannot read from this disk. The disk might …

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Okay, I have been busy reading all these posts, but it seems there is a load of potential problems. I just bought a new lcd monitor (a Viewsonic VA721), my computer is about 4 years old, an HP 512n. Got everything connected and working okay, but the monitor goes black …

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not really a technical person, so not very sure how to explain this and please remember that when replying. I was using my laptop to watch a DVD when my one yr old decided it would be fun to turn it off:mad: , when I hit the restart button it …

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What FireFox extensions do u use? I use: adblock google bar tab browser faster fox flash got wml browser

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Hi all, Having yet more problems with my New Mobo and Win XP. I have now successfully installed SP2. But my PC crashes randomly. I suspected this to be due to me trying to Overclock the processor via the BIOS but having reset the values to default. The problem still …

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i do have my mp3 player.. when i insert the cable which is the serial port... the computer itself dosnt recognize it... I doubt coz there is "No found new hardware" message shown below with the task bar.. Wy is this so? Pls help.

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Hi all i have this problem İ was playing game in web browser then a massege come and told me that i must upgrade my java 5.0 to 6 and i updgraded that... When i close the browser my pc restarts... When i tried to delete this java it still …

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Hi all! Im new to computers and not very technical. So here goes:When i insert a Cd into the Cd tray of my laptop nothing happens?? When i try to burn a cd through Itunes it says the "Cd Burner or software is missing"?? But i have burned cd'd many …

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Ok so I am a PC user, but my new job requires the use of macs (with os x). With that in mind I am looking for any ascii text editors (that HOPEFULLY) are free. If you are a windows user basically something that is equivalent to the notepad.exe program. …

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Hi, Anyone out there to rescue me??? :) I am working with my new MacBook and suppose that nothing is compatible with OX Tiger. I cannot find a driver so that I can use my scanner which is an Epson Perfection 2450 and I also have $500 worth of software …

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i know the sound card and speakers are good. someone removed programs from my pc and now i can't get the sound to work.:sad:

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Machine Specs: "Unit 2" Dell Optiplex GX270 Running Windows XP SP2 Hello all, Here's my situation - I am a new admin at a small company. One computer started giving me this error: "Limited or no connectivity." Here is what I have tried so far: 1 - Tried to ping …

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hi i was wondering if anyone could give me some advice or solution to this problem i am having with my system, my system was up and running a day before and i came from work yesterday and try to turn it on but it wont come on i change …

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Hi You all. So, strange but true, My Beloved's system (which I put together less than a year ago) was running an Ewido scan, minding it's own biz, when suddenly, the BSOD appeared. No problem I thought, at most we'll do a repair on XP and she'll be up and …

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HELLO EVERY ONE. I have a problem with my xbeat mp3 player. When i plug it into the usb port on my computer my computer picks it up , but i cant put audio files on ass it does not show in MY COMPUTER. This is a big problem for …

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Hi, I'm running on: P4 3.0Ghz ASRock 775i65GV mobo 1 x SATA Maxtor 6L080M0 HDD 1 x IDE DVD Benq Rewriter (Master on Secondary IDE channel) 1 x IDE DVD Samsung Reader (Slave on Secondary IDE channel) Geforce FX5200 Video The BIOS detects all hardware (SATA drive at UDMA 6) …

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Non of the USB ports on an INTEL D865PERL motherboard, or the front panel connector(s) will respond. BIOS settings = enabled XP HE Device Manager indicates all are working. I have: Reinstalled the BIOS (just in case) Disabled then abled the individual ports Reloaded the drivers. I suspect a MB …

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i press on the launchpad that works the online agems where ya put ya password and username and all that and when i do that it frezzs it doz it with ever online game i got it stops at the launchpad for ever on line game i have the net …

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Just recently I upgraded my PC from WIN98 to WinXP SP2. My regular uses of surfing the net, listening to audio (streaming from the internet or from a CD or watching video clips and burning them onto a CD in VCD format or DVD in DVD format) were runni9ng fine …

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I have a toshiba laptop and I've had this problem for a while and just stopped using it for a while because it got to be so annoying and impractacle to even use anymore. The power cable used to work perfectly fine when you plugged and unplugged it, then all …

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I can't watch news on my mac, I try everything, like real player media player.... nothing work I look what to do with firefox but nothing... So I hope you can find my answer. There is the page thank you! [B][url]http://www.abc4.com/mediacenter/default.aspx?videoId=37523[/url][/B]

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Hi, I am running a Windows XP Prof SP2 on a Celeron 2.0 with 640 MB of DDR RAM. I have a S3 Graphics ProSavage DDR built in video card with 32 MB of video ram. I recently migrated to IE 7. I like the many new features which have …

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I'm working on a [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Q_22012912.html#"]Windows[/URL] XP Media Center [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Q_22012912.html#"]computer[/URL] that seems to be having difficulty accessing [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Q_22012912.html#"]web[/URL] pages...specifically scripted pages. As an example, from [URL="http://www.experts-exchange.com/Networking/Q_22012912.html#"]Internet Explorer[/URL] 6.0 if I try to access the webmail from comcast.net: [URL]http://www.comcast.net/qry/goto?app=mail&CM.src=top[/URL] where there is a ? in the address it will immediately go to …

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was recently attacked by the fake critical systems error bug, seems to be gone due to alot of different anti spywares, however i now have a problem where alot when i click something it double clicks, is extremely infuriating, can anyone shed any light on this or a good way …

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Hi, I'm unable to open a file that has videos in it - keep getting a windows explorer error and then it shuts down. Likewise when I try and delete the file and also search for it the explorer error message comes up. Have run McAfee skybot and found nothing. …

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I have a problem with my video editing PC. Although having spent a large amount of time investigating solutions on the web, I consistently find recovery software which is either focused on recovering the boot sector, or alternately, specific data files on the HDD. My problem, however, is the following.-- …

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i connected a laptop by s video cable. the graphics are clear but where ever text is displayed its all blurry can someone halp me?

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