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Why this mania for widescreen monitors? by Walter R.[_2_]
I am using Win XP sp3 with a 19" 4:3 aspect ratio flatscreen monitor. They do not seem to make 4:3 monitors any more, only widescreen monitors. I was...
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March 13th 10 04:34 PM
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How does hibernate work by njem[_2_]
I have a question on the details of how hibernate works. I know it's saving everything in memory to the hiber file. Since power seems to be truly off at...
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January 25th 10 03:43 PM
by M.I.5¾ Go to last post
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How can I reinstall my mouse by keyboard? by Barry_M
Windows XP Pro. SP3 My mouse stopped working for no apparent reason. Device Manager - PS/2 Compatible Mouse Properties - General - Device Status says,...
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April 29th 10 03:50 AM
by Paul Go to last post
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Anybody Know How to Clean a Mouse? by Rick
I'm talking about the outside shell, not the innards. You know, the yellowish tint that develops over time, at least on my MS Intellimouse? Any ideas or...
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April 14th 04 03:15 PM
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printing pdf by Maximus
When i try printing a pdf file it takes forever(literally). I check the printer spool and see that the document size shown as 120MB. now i know that the pdf...
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April 9th 04 10:18 AM
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USB Serial Adapter by caliyo
I do not have a serial port on my laptop, so i bought a USB serial adapter. I can't get it to work. Is there drivers out there that I need to install for...
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April 14th 04 02:31 PM
by Jim Macklin Go to last post
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cd writer does not recognize blank cd by Snap
i've problem with my sony cd writer.....it does not recognize blank cd.....its just assuming it full..... i've tried two different brands.....but still having...
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March 10th 06 06:29 AM
by Jaymon Go to last post
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Windows XP not starting after extra RAM added by Benny
Bought a new PC in January. Specs a Windows XP Pro SP3 Gigabyte mobo (GA-EP45T-UD3R) with 4 slots (2 channels) for DDR3 RAM. I bought the PC with 2 x 1Gb...
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June 18th 09 11:56 PM
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Ever a limit on hard-drives? by Brian V[_2_]
Is there ever a limit to how many hard-drives you want to internally install into a computer? I understand you need a certain amount or ports on your...
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January 14th 10 04:05 AM
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Thinking of upgrading CPU from 2.53 GHz to ???? by Jim Macklin
The CPU is very fast. You should add memory to 512 or even 1 GB. If your grandson plays games, ask him what graphics card he would like to have. The D845GBV...
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April 7th 04 08:30 AM
by Jim Macklin Go to last post
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XP or 2000? by Peter
I am about to set up an old spare machine for someone else. Would it run better with Windows 2000 or Windows XP? Is XP too "heavy" for it? The spec is: AMD...
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December 31st 04 10:26 PM
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Cleaning a mobo by Bradley Dick
I read in a PC magazine that it is normal to clean a mobo filled with dust with plain tap water. Can anyone confirm this?
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November 27th 04 09:57 AM
by Nathan McNulty Go to last post
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Configuration of 2 HDD's by yabbadoo
My pc currently has 1 HDD, a CD-RW and DVD drive. Am about to get a second HDD. Using XP Home. Configuration suggested to me is to have the C: drive on IDE 0,...
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February 25th 05 08:45 AM
by Timothy Daniels Go to last post
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USB mass storage device not getting drive letter by ykhan
I got an external USB hard disk enclosure. It works fine on my laptop, it gets detected, drivers get loaded, and everything shows up fine in Device Manager,...
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December 21st 07 07:21 PM
by oldreb Go to last post
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HD can not be reactivated by Disk Management by Dimson
I'd appreciate any help on this matter. History: I had 4 HDs connected through the IDE Controller card. No Raid was set up - just 4 additional HDs. They were...
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July 11th 05 10:58 PM
by Jungle Jim Go to last post
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Boot from a External Drive - Possible? by Richard Lionheart
Hi, I was running a three-computer workgroup: Win2kPro, Win2kAS and WinXP-Pro. I stupidly hosed the latter two machines. I wrecked the XP machine by making...
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August 13th 05 05:11 PM
by RLMuller Go to last post
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Maxtor 200gb HDD won't show capacity over 128gb by Moonlight Graham
(I've got Win XP Pro w/ service pack 2) Hi i recently bought a new Maxtor 200gb hard drive (DiamondMax 10 ATA/133) to be my back-up Slave drive, but Windows...
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March 20th 06 08:10 AM
by Andy Go to last post
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Is this a good computer? by Gator
Is this a good computer? Emachine T3302 Desktop AMD 3300, 1GB RAM ,160 GB Hard drive capacity ,2 GHz Processor speed, Processor type AMD sempron. Just wanted...
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May 30th 06 09:28 PM
by [email protected] Go to last post
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changing the fan cooler on my video card by attilathehun1
I want to change the fan on my model ATI FireGL X2 AGP Pro graphics card, and I want know if it's possible to take off the existing fan cooler and sticking...
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June 22nd 08 09:41 PM
by Paul Go to last post
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best protocol for carging a Laptop Battery by Rahul
I just bought a new LiIon Laptop battery for my Dell Inspirion E1505 (dual boot WinXP and Fedora). I gave it my initial 10 hour charge. Now what? I started...
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July 10th 08 08:31 AM
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