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"Copy Of" File Annoyance

Hello, Recently I been finding copies of files ( word docs, pdf's, etc.) titled "Copy of" and then the file name. It seems to be happening in many of the folders where I keep my documents. I do not know what is causing this. Sometimes when I attach files to e-mail messages via outlook, I will...
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- Apr 30, 2009
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Network Drive Access Problems

Hello, I checked the event log and found this error. "The server was unable to find a free connection 9 times in the last 60 seconds. This indicates a spike in network traffic. If this is happening frequently, you should consider increasing the minimum number of free connections to add...
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- Post #3
- Feb 27, 2009
- Forum: Networking
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Network Drive Access Problems

Hello, Currently, I have a small network that has five computers. One computer acts as a server and shares its harddrive for the other computers to access files. All of these computers are XP ( 4 of them are SP3, 1 of them is sp2) and all have Norton AntiVirus 2009. Once a week, usually...
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- Feb 26, 2009
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Networking
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www.killdisk.com

I currently have some old computers I was planning on selling or donating. At one point they may have had some important information on them. I was planning on reformating them but I have lost the OS cd ( Dell Windows XP) and the driver disc ( dont want to hunt dell.com to get them all, I have 4...
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- Feb 24, 2009
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Security
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Dead: Asus Radeon HD 4830 512MB......$68.99 after rebates!

On newegg it says it needs a 450 watt PS, I only have a 400 watt. Is there anyway I could get this to work on a 400 watt? or is it not worth it?
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- Post #32
- Feb 2, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Videocard Upgrade Question

Hello, Currently my gaming setup is starting to show its age. I have a 7800 gt (256 megs of ram) for my video card and would like to upgrade it without buying a new PS (currently have a 400w). On Hot Deals, I found this card My question is, is this card overkill for my setup? I currently...
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- Jan 12, 2009
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Graphics Cards
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ASUS GeForce 8800GS 550MHZ 384MB for $38.24 AR+$17ship

Anyone know the PS requirements for this card? Will it work with a 400 watt PS?
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- Post #15
- Jan 12, 2009
- Forum: Hot Deals and Giveaways
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Windows XP Question

Hello, I want to reformat my Dell laptop which currently has XP home SP2 (from the factory), but I have lost my XP home SP 2 disc. Can I use a XP home SP 1 disc (OEM) with the XP key on the Dell laptop and then update to SP2? Will this work? Or will the key on the laptop only work with a SP2...
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- Aug 9, 2008
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Monitor Question

Hello! Can a computer that has an analog video output (VGA) work with a monitor that only uses DVI? I was going to try a converter to get the DVI male from the monitor to be a VGA male and plug into the computer. Will this work? The video card is built into the motherboard if it makes a...
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- Nov 10, 2007
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Displays
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Cannot get XP to update.

The computer is XP home, I do not think it is even SP1. Automatic updates are checked on, but it still has not updated. I went to the update center via I.E. and it would not work. I dunno if I can update I.E. since the computer is not SP1 ( it could be, but when I check the description of the...
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- Aug 3, 2007
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Lost Windows Password

My friend lost his password to his XP computer. I stumbled upon this site, http://www.loginrecovery.com and thought to give it a shot. Has anyone tried this service or knows about it? I was thinking about reseting the password, but there may be encrypted files on the computer. Thanks
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- Jul 10, 2007
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Operating Systems
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IE not working on Vista

Jack- I hooked the cable modem to my laptop and the internet worked fine. His computer is connected directly to the cable modem and the cable company (TW) stated that on their side, the internet connection was fine. Hamham
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- Post #6
- Jun 1, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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IE not working on Vista

I will try that. It is just weird that windows defender could not update.
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- Post #4
- Jun 1, 2007
- Forum: Networking
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IE not working on Vista

My friend recently purchased a gateway with Vista on it. He has the computer connected directly to the cable modem and has windows firewall on as well as mcfee spyware blocker. When I was setting it up for him, the internet and IE worked fine. Just the other day, internet explorer stopped...
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- May 31, 2007
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Networking
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Gmail Question

Does anyone know how to seperate a gmail inbox by sender's email addresses? For example, under inbox, it would list all the email addresses that all the messages were from in my inbox. Thanks Ham
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- Jan 17, 2007
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Windows

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