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Microsoft to declare Win XP a failure on June 8 by
Davej
On June 8, 2014 Microsoft will publicly admit that Windows XP was a technical fiasco and that the product still contains a nearly infinite number of remaining bugs and security holes -- even after more than twelve years of continuous patching efforts by all of the geniuses who work at Microsoft....
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Time to switch the CD/DVD player--easy right? by
RayLopez99
Symptoms: it will occasionally not show up in a Windows Explorer Win 7, modern hardware system.
It seems "weak" like it is underpowered, but power supply is adequate.
I saw the usual fixes on the net (update driver, play with Registry settings etc, etc) and none work.
What did work temporarily...
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Laptop power connector by
Malcolm Hind
Can anyone tell me - when you put the plug into a laptop does the connector
switch power from battery to mains by means of a mechanical part or does it
switch via some clever sensor on the board itself ?
I have a socket tht is misbehaving (intermittent problem) - I think that
rather than...
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February 10th 14 12:07 PM
by Paul
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How long does a case fan last before it becomes noisy? Any "goldplated" fan? by
RayLopez99
We all know that "on average" a hard drive will fail in the first 30 days or then after five years, but what about a fan for your case? When does it become noisy from all the dust accumulated? And is there a 'gold plated' fan that's super expensive and uses some sort of special ball bearings, that...
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Ram for Toshiba notebook A100-331 by
freejazz[_2_]
Hi, the differents sites for detection and the purchasing of
memories for
notebook say that you can install 2Gb a
slot for 4GB maximum (2slot) and instead *some rather 1Gb per slot..
Which one is reliable?
Answer: that of Toshiba.
But you cannot find my model because maybe now too outdated.
Maybe...
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Internet Explorer 8 went flaky by
John B. Smith
I run IE8 and XP. I do most browsing in Firefox but for Windows
Updates and a few other things I must use IE. Today IE8 refuses to
initialize unless I right-click choose Start Without Addons. At one
point I would get a message about some Reminder failing with what
looked like a memory address. The...
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Your wide monitor requires "Disable display scaling"? by
John Doe
Does your widescreen monitor require compatibility mode setting
"Disable display scaling on high DPI settings"? Using Windows 8
with lots of scripting/macroring, many of my programs including
Dragon NaturallySpeaking (DNS) with Advanced Scripting require
that compatibility mode setting. Seems kinda...
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Help on max number of hard drives by
Jim[_38_]
I'm running a straight forward Win 7 U x64 machine allbeit with now 10
hard drives I have tried to initialize and partition a couple of new
drives but it just comes up with errors saying i need to convert to gpt
or gpd (sorry can't remember what one) i rebooted with a bootcd for an
app called...
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PS/2 KVM switch by
NestorK
Hi. This is my first post on this board.
I have a two computers (both Pentium IV's running Windows XP) and an IOGear KVM switch. The KVM switch has PS/2 ports for keyboard and mouse, and I'm finding that most new computers don't have PS/2 ports. I'm hoping to find a reliable way to add PS/2...
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February 5th 14 05:08 AM
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Do IDE cable that are cable select make a difference? by
DJW
I have a M848AL U Rev. 2.1 motherboard with an AMD Athlon XP CPU. I assume my IDE ribbon cables are cable select due to black, End (master) gray (mid connector) and blue (mother B) colors of the connectors. In the documentation of the mother board there is absolutely no mention of Cable select....
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Virus prevents keyboard from working by
Rebel1
I had a scary situation where none of the keys worked, including the Del
key so I couldn't enter the Safe Mode. The green lights at the top right
of the keyboard all flashed for a second during boot, so everything was
connected okay.
I ran a quick scan with Malawarebytes, which found nothing. I...
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February 1st 14 04:39 PM
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Mouse priority by
Rebel1
Sometimes the movement of the cursor on the screen in response to my
moving the mouse (wireless, USB, Logitech) is erratic or jumpy. Usually
the hard drive activity light is on, so it seems like some other task is
being given higher priority than the mouse.
How can I elevate the priority of the...
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Firefox constantly uploading data by
John Doe
For some strange reason, whenever Firefox is open and after visiting
ordinary websites (like ESPN), Firefox continuously uploads data.
This last time, it was stuck at almost three kilobytes per second.
I'm sure it's nothing, but it's troublesome.
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[fw] Backblaze lists most reliable hard drives based on its massivecloud study by
Mr. Man-wai Chang
The results from three years of use were revealing: Western Digital's
drives lasted an average of 2.5 years, while Hitachi's and Seagate's
lasted 2 and 1.4 years, respectively. Even so, some of the individual
Hitachi models topped the reliability charts.
"Hitachi does really well. There is an...
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USB Thumbdrives & Malware? by
Davej
Ok, last night I ended up with a load of malware after downloading a few cpu temperature utilities. Another great waste of time. But this reminded me of a question I have been wondering about -- what methods of infection are used with USB thumbdrives? Am I safe transferring non-executable files...
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January 23rd 14 08:39 AM
by Davej
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Matching a COA to a re-install DVD? by
Davej
Dell COA says "Windows 7 Pro OA" and has several numbers on it that might be part numbers. How can I get the correct DVD? People sell them on Ebay but maybe there are different flavors? I hope OA means 64-bit. Thanks.
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January 23rd 14 08:32 AM
by Paul
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Can I Video Capture? by
Don[_23_]
I have a Windows 7 Pro 64 box with 16 GIG of RAM and 8 core AMD
processor and nVidia card. And the machine has lots of disk space. I
also have a Motorola DCT 6416 PVR which has both component and HDMI
outputs.
I'd like to record live HD television or recorded content to my PC. Can
it be...
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NAS by
Metspitzer
Anyone know how the speed of a stand alone NAS compares to an external
drive plugged into a WDTV player?
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January 20th 14 05:17 AM
by Paul
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January 19th 14 02:09 AM
by Paul
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