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Easy Way to Copy Account Settings to A New Account

I have used the search function and came up with nada. I have been looking to copy the my administrator account settings to a limited user account as a way to improve security. However, I have spent a long time configuring everything. Is there an easy way to copy everything - windows settings...
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- Dec 21, 2006
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Spyware Doctor - DON'T BUY ! Important Read!

I just gave spyware doctor (free 3.2 version) a spin on a freshly installed copy of Windows XP. It came up with 6 results of Trojan.StartPage.GEN. However, it looks like it is being very over zealous as a quick google result shows - Site 1 - Site 2 - Site 3. This I'm assuming has been...
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- Post #43
- Jul 23, 2006
- Forum: Windows
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What games for Intel Integrated 950 GMA

Mark Rein vice president of Epic recently criticized Intel integarted graphics. I don't think anyone would disagree... However, let's try and look on the bright side... what games (classic/oldies etc) could you play on it? This is especially for those stuck on laptops ...or soon to be
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- Jul 13, 2006
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Windows
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Options for a portable laptop - Looking for good 14" WS, solid build at low cost

The other thing that's more tempting about the Dell is the larger desktop area it provides with the higher resolution ...which could be very useful for photography stuff. Does anyone know anything more about the screen specifically eg viewing angles in comparison etc? One thing I've picked up...
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- Post #14
- Jul 6, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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Options for a portable laptop - Looking for good 14" WS, solid build at low cost

Ah! You're right it is the 950 they use - Thanks. Hmm, even though I'm not planning to migrate to Vista that does make it a bit better. I'd be leaning towards the Fujitsu with its quality and looks but thinking about the dual-core and better battery life of the Dell I'm not so sure... also...
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- Post #13
- Jul 5, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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Options for a portable laptop - Looking for good 14" WS, solid build at low cost

I guess everyone's own experiences will vary and vary according to model. I'm sure most experiences are good. However, I think it'd be wrong to disregard significant negative comments or statistically higher repair rates. That said reviews of the DV1000 were good while the 1500 and 1600...
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- Post #11
- Jul 5, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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Options for a portable laptop - Looking for good 14" WS, solid build at low cost

I found a rather good review of desktop/notebook reliabilityon various manufacturers at PCmag that's worth a look. I think I'll go with the Fujitsu.
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- Post #9
- Jul 5, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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Best spyware remover

Also an addition I would make is using the 'No Script' plug-in for Firefox. Basically you can easily control when, what pages or what particular scripts on a page you are willing to allow. Its a great tool. Together with a limited account it should make picking up anything while browsing very...
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- Post #16
- Jul 3, 2006
- Forum: Windows
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Options for a portable laptop - Looking for good 14" WS, solid build at low cost

Thanks for the link. I've tried to look into some of them. What seems to be the case: The Dell D620 is something I looked into before nicer than the 640m (bit smaller etc) but it's also another £200 or so - not really viable. The Lenovo 3000 N100 suffers from poor battery life. It's also...
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- Post #7
- Jul 3, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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Options for a portable laptop - Looking for good 14" WS, solid build at low cost

Unfortunately, I'm not much of a fan of the styling/feel of the Thinkpad series. Also options seem limited regards prices/battery life. Options seem pretty few on 14" laptops. The best options I've found so far is the Fujitsu Amilo M6450G vs the Dell 640M. Positives of Fujitsu: Great...
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- Post #5
- Jul 3, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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Options for a portable laptop - Looking for good 14" WS, solid build at low cost

Sorry I should have said. It'll be for general use - broadly that's office apps, encoding and some photo manipulation. While I'm not too interested in games if I can play some older ones that'd be a bonus. Recently I was looking at the Acer Aspire 5622WLMI which I liked the look off before...
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- Post #3
- Jul 2, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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Options for a portable laptop - Looking for good 14" WS, solid build at low cost

Sorry for this typical thread but I need help with choosing a laptop. I'm looking for a laptop for potential travel and so needs to be very portable. 14" seems to be the perfect size but options seem more limited. Order of priority is: Size - eg. 14" widescreen for portability...
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- Jul 2, 2006
- Replies: 13
- Forum: Laptops
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AT Benches Core 2 X6800 (2.93 Ghz Conroe) vs FX-62

I also think there needs to be some more real world testing at high graphical settings - as others have said the firingsquad results are interesting. However, (as I understand it) if that's just due to being GPU limited as opposed to anything relating to FSB, then Conroe is an excellent and...
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- Post #57
- Jun 7, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Anyone have a widescreen 19" or 20" lcd?

I love mine personally. I originally got it for the advantageous multimedia aspects but its made a very good work PC. I often run two windows of office next to eachother which helps speed things up no end when you've got an enormous amount of informaton and need to keep referring to it. As...
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- Post #10
- May 11, 2006
- Forum: Displays
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I just bought the Aspire Qpack. I now want a s939 matx mobo. Plz give recs.

Unknown quantity - and knowing DFI they'll be compatability issues. There already seems to be one with the DFI RS482 and the Enermax Liberty (modular PSUs in general perhaps) with random rebooting - no BSODs - just rebooting. While not everyone is suffering from this a good amount are - check...
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- Post #17
- May 3, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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CPU Selection

Xbox 360 + renting/borrowing is probably a very good recommendation. However, can I ask if this is your family PC you're trying to build here and want a little oomph for some gaming? In which case just go for sale/trade in these forums - people tend to be nice and prices lower than...
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- Post #5
- May 2, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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CPU Selection

First, welcome to the forums :) I suspect the answer is not very well at all. The inetrated graphics are really only suitable for office and general stuff. Still you might be able to play at the very lowest settings and get something. I might suggest the Jetway board using the ATI chipset...
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- Post #2
- May 2, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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I just bought the Aspire Qpack. I now want a s939 matx mobo. Plz give recs.

If not overclocking models I'd look at as they have HD Sound and SATA 2 etc I can't remember the models numbers but you can do a quick google search for: brand + mATX + S939 Using the 6150 got the: Asus MSI Using ATI: Jetway I'd go find reviews or rather head over to the SFF...
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- Post #12
- May 1, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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I just bought the Aspire Qpack. I now want a s939 matx mobo. Plz give recs.

Ok, this isn't nforce 4 but I'd say like others already have to a look at the Jetway A210GDMS Pro. The ATI chipset is actually decent and actually seems more reliable with overclocking than nforce chipsets. Meant to be decent overclocker ~300mhz seems quite common - but it has no special...
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- Post #8
- Apr 29, 2006
- Forum: Laptops
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Need a Small Cute PC for everyday Computing

Yeah they're all the same QPack - the only difference is what colour it is and whether it has a window. You can see what they are in the photos. There's also the Chenming mATX-118 (and variants) which is exactly the same but perhaps with better PSU (talking primarily rail stability here not...
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- Post #18
- Apr 23, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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The crappiest rig of anandtech forums

I suspect I've got the slowest 'regular used everyday' PC. It runs Win 2k, Office, burns CDs and even basic photo-editing... P2 266mhz 256MB Voodoo 3 6Gb hardrive ...*Ok* it isn't actually mine, it's my father's ...but I get to keep the old knackerty workhorse up and running. It runs...
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- Post #32
- Apr 22, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need a Small Cute PC for everyday Computing

What I might question about that is its audio quality - it's using S754 and so the poor AC97 codec. While you could upgrade this you'll be using your last and only PCI slot - also if you did so you'd need to check size compatability with the shuttle. Otherwise the Shuttle is: - Slower CPU...
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- Post #15
- Apr 22, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need a Small Cute PC for everyday Computing

I think if the focus is on anything other than being cute as a top priority a setup like I've suggested is alot better. - Cheaper - Faster (the most criminal being the slow (small) hardrive and only 512MB of RAM) - Upgradeable if you want (2GB RAM, video card, better audio card, dual-core...
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- Post #13
- Apr 22, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Need a Small Cute PC for everyday Computing

I'd suggesting building it yourself - you've already got a few of the parts. Costwise, it should compare well with the dell (inc if going dual-core). Otherwise, it'll run cooler and quieter than the dell (prob very important), will use higher quality parts (save PSU depending?) and it'll allow...
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- Post #11
- Apr 22, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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AMD and Intel

How long ago was that? Things are certainly changing in the SFF market. Many more enthusiast boards are coming out (eg DFI RS482 with its obscene amount of memory divider & voltage options)- heck there's even an SLI motherboard now. Also the number of cases with good cooling are increasing and...
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- Post #10
- Mar 28, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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AMD and Intel

What I'd do is spend about half of that now and save the rest for later - there is *always* better stuff coming out within a short period of time. This is no more true than with GPUs where there is just no point spending so much now when in a little over a year you can probably get double the...
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- Post #7
- Mar 28, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Next-gen chips and DRM

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- Post #5
- Mar 27, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Next-gen chips and DRM

hah, well, as I understand it, it will follow the TC protocols. However, regards end user control it seems Intel and AMD have been proposing it as something that can be switched off or is opt-in. This makes obvious sense as neither wants to jump full in and receive the bad PR while they want to...
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- Post #4
- Mar 27, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Next-gen chips and DRM

As the title; What's the DRM implementations going to be with the future chips - Conroe and AM2?
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- Mar 26, 2006
- Replies: 9
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Software to resize mpeg from (to fit on a DVD)

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- Post #4
- Mar 13, 2006
- Forum: Windows
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Software to resize mpeg from (to fit on a DVD)

Thanks. But is VirtualDub only for AVI stuff? From it's website it says: Source: http://www.virtualdub.org/ If so is there anything for MPEG?
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- Post #3
- Mar 12, 2006
- Forum: Windows
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Software to resize mpeg from (to fit on a DVD)

Just wondering for videos taken with a digital video camera what is the best /easiest to use software to shrink down the video to fit on a DVD if its longer. This is similiar to how DVD Shrink might shrink VOB stuff down to fit on a single DVD-R
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- Mar 12, 2006
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows
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Foxconn 6150K8MA

JETWAY SOCKET 939 A210GDMS PRO Specifications: Package Type : Retail BIOS : AWARD Chipset : ATI Radeon Express 200 (RS480) + ULI M1573 CPU Interface : Socket 939 Max. CPU Support : AMD Athlon X2 Dual-Core 4800+, AMD Athlon 64 FX-57, AMD Athlon 64 4000+, AMD Sempron 3800+ Front Side Bus...
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- Post #16
- Mar 10, 2006
- Forum: Motherboards
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I'm trying to build a computer for my uncle...need some help

If it's for his daughter at a guess it might be worth looking at a smaller, more portable computer, less clunkly looking unit especially if this is for going off to uni etc What I'd look at - Aspire QPack (I'd recommend the all black windowless one - change/undervolt the rear fan for lower...
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- Post #16
- Mar 9, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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Best consumer accounting software - cheap and easy to use

Thanks, anymore?
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- Post #3
- Mar 9, 2006
- Forum: Windows
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Best consumer accounting software - cheap and easy to use

I'm currently helping out a charity organisation to get out of deficit after their funding got cut. After talking with their treasurer, I'm looking for the best solutions for a cheap and easily accessible accounting package to address and centralise all their financial information. The...
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- Mar 9, 2006
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Windows
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Hypothesis on the Conroe benchmarks results [Update]

:thumbsup: for Anand. That's very good he chased it up - good for reputation. Now as for the results a little more sensible and now that they're much more uniform much more believable. I'll take back my sentiments on the test being biased in any way. I'll just say congratulations to the...
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- Post #41
- Mar 9, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Hypothesis on the Conroe benchmarks results [Update]

This is taken from the other thread but is worth evaluating
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- Post #23
- Mar 8, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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IDF 2006 - Conroe Merom and Woodcrest info

One question - what level and nature of DRM will Conroe have? Will you be able to switch it off in the bios like AM2 supposedly will be?
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- Post #150
- Mar 8, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking
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Hypothesis on the Conroe benchmarks results [Update]

That's quite a nice way of putting it. I'm not going to excited at the benchmarks, certainly while they haven't yet been confirmed - as yet it is just marketing. BUT to get anything like those figures even if tweaked means you have a very solid processor behind it which does have some sort of...
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- Post #11
- Mar 8, 2006
- Forum: CPUs and Overclocking

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