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Archive for September, 2008

Download Manager

I ‘m looking for a download manager like so:
Site 1 gives me 100 kbps
Site 2 gives me 50 kbps
Most download managers open multiple threads to Site 1. I want a download manager that can download from both sites at the same time thus giving me a 150 kbps download speed. Support for torrents [...]

Monitor brand suggestions?

My Samsung 245BW has broken twice now and I am sick of exchanging it with the manufacturer.
Any reccomendations on a new monitor? Looking for something in the 22" range without built in speakers
thanks in advanceViewsonic, I have been buying their monitors, mainly the VG models for the last 8 years and never had a problem [...]

building a PC

what processor would you recommend me to go with an ASUS M2N32 ws professional motherboard, the main use of the pc will be for gameing, ive got a graphics card from my old pc which just recently craped out on me so i will be salvaging shit from that but the main thing i need [...]

Default install path in registry, Where?

I need to change the default drive on this computer and I can’t quite remember where it is in the registry. Anyone know where its at?
edit: I want to edit the default install to drive.

OT computer crew halp me

I just moved into a new place and I need a new router. whats the best router for say a small condo with 2 PC’s having a wired connection and maybe 1 or 2 laptops with a wireless connection + and Xbox 360/PS3. the PC’s are used for gaming and the laptops for school/work/business I [...]

can i move my raid 0 drives to another computer?

my power supply crapped out on my old computer with a striped raid array using an pci raid controller and i was wondering if i could put that raid card on my new computer and it would read the drives fine? my current board has an onboard raid controller but im guessing probably wont work.. [...]

help formatting external hdd to FAT32

I just bought a 500gb Verbatim external while it was with the intention of using it with my dvd player.
However, I am having a shitload of problems trying to format it to Fat32.
I tried on both vista and XP by running the cmd prompt. format /FS:FAT32 x:
and it runs to at least 85% (when [...]

Apple Student Developer connection

So I here about this developer connection through apple where a student pays $99.99 and he/she gets a hardware discount. I was going to purchase this happy shit if it were worth it…Does anyone know what the cost of a MacBook Pro would be?!?
You get a $100 discount just for being a student, and [...]

Linux USB External HD ? v.Ubuntu & Kubuntu

So my friend’s computer had Vista and won’t boot now. I’m not sure what exactly is going on but figured it would be best to backup their hard drive before doing anything. I downloaded a Live ISO of Ubuntu and Kubuntu and am trying them out before going over there. In both *Nix flavors I [...]

when redoing a system install, always install antivirus first

dammit, hour and a half worth of work down the drain
didn’t install antivirus first…then got hit with xp antivirus - which is not an antivirus program, it just looks like one
i learned my lesson
1) antivirus + newest updates (turn on firewall first also)
2) windows updates
3) then install your software etcFunny that, I always install the [...]