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Good XP website?

I'm about to upgrade from Windows 98SE to XP, but I'm a nervous about it. I am decently savvy with installing/configuring/troubleshooting on 95/98, but have no experience at all in NT/2000/XP. I figure that instead of having to come here with each and every one of my questions, there has to be...
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- Feb 20, 2002
- Replies: 7
- Forum: Operating Systems
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I'm stumped.

I have a mystifying computer problem I hoped I could get some help with. It started last friday when I got a phone call from my stepfather. His E: drive had started making thumping noises and he could no longer access it. I told him it was almost certainly a dead drive, and that he should...
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- Oct 22, 2001
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Computer Building
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Quicktime Question

I've got a friend I wanted to show the new LOTR trailer, but unfortunately his version of quicktime is not up to date and he has no net access. Does anyone know where I can find a fully downloadable version of the quicktime installer so that I can pass it to him on CDRW?
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- Oct 3, 2001
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows
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LiteStep Question

Is there any way to issue the Internet Explorer back and forward commands using a LiteStep !Bang command? Thanks in advance for any help
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- Apr 3, 2001
- Replies: 0
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Audio CD recognition.

I am having trouble with an audio CD on my computer. Whenever I insert it, the drive (Plexwriter 8/4/32A) LED only blinks, as the computer tries to recognize it. Attempting to access the disk results in a "Drive not ready" error. The CD plays fine on a normal CD player so the...
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- Mar 24, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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Nvidia Drivers Question

I am in the process of a fresh install of Windows and was about to install the drivers for my video card (an Asus v7700 GeForce 2 GTS). However, I must admit I am confused on the issue of the Nvidia Detonator drivers versus the manufacturers drivers. Are the detonator drivers a true...
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- Mar 2, 2001
- Replies: 1
- Forum: Computer Building
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RAID Confusion

Thanks! That is exactly the info I needed!
- Kenneth
- Post #7
- Mar 1, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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RAID Confusion

Would the drivers make any difference at this point? I have'nt installed any operating system at all yet. (I don't want to do any work that I would just have to wipe out and repeat.)
- Kenneth
- Post #5
- Mar 1, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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RAID Confusion

OK, so I should actually have 90 GB available, and the thing is cheating me out of 3/4 of my disk space. I'll go hunting for a promise RAID bios. Does anyone have any other suggestions?
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- Post #3
- Mar 1, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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RAID Confusion

I was hoping I could get a quick answer to something that is perplexing me. I am building a system using the Asus A7V133 mb and two 45 gig IBM 75gxp's in a raid array. After auto configuring the array in the RAID bios, I went to partition it. I was surprised to see that Fdisk reported the...
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- Mar 1, 2001
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Computer Building
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WinME: How bad is it?

Just one clarification: They currently are using Win95, not Win98SE. Thus my reason for looking for a new OS in the first place.
- Kenneth
- Post #6
- Feb 20, 2001
- Forum: Operating Systems
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WinME: How bad is it?

I was hoping that someone could clear up some questions regarding WinMe. Here is the situation: The computer belonging to my sister and her husband is in the process of dying, and I was getting ready to build a new one for them. They use their computer for e-mail, web surfing, Microsoft...
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- Feb 20, 2001
- Replies: 12
- Forum: Operating Systems
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KT133A chipset temperature monitor!

"The heatsink will most likely be hotter than the chip if it is doing its job properly (transfering the heat)." This isn't thermodynamically possible, since heat exchange is always from an area of higher temperature to an area of lower temperature. Since the heatsink is absorbing...
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- Post #14
- Feb 17, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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A good Fire wall

"Where did you find out about this stuff?" Here: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article.asp?aid=36418 and here: http://grc.com/lt/leaktest.htm
- Kenneth
- Post #27
- Feb 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building
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A good Fire wall

"I didn't know that. That's a great feature! However, what if the TH clones that checksum?" ZA uses a cryptographic method called a MD5 checksum. I know very little about it, but I understand it is virtually impossible to get a different program to produce the same result. You can...
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- Post #24
- Feb 3, 2001
- Forum: Computer Building

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