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My mobo died :wtc:

One day when rebooting a windows update it all went to BSOD hell (random errors, never the same each time). Linux will not boot with random IRQ sync errors. Bootable OS on CD will only boot to completion 5% of the time, and then just halt. I managed to run memtest with [...]

syncing laptop/desktop?

You mean general document syncing? Apply for the live mesh tech preview, I’ve been using it for a while and it works great.

don’t use windows, looks like something to play with tho.
those of you that work on a desktop and a laptop, how do you keep your work in sync?

Data Backup(RAID): Build new system or Raid card

Ok, itunes fucked up my music again. I have backed up all my music but all my ratings and etc are gone. So I am done with the nvidia raid that I have previously used. So I have two options. I’ll be reusing my 2 320gb hd
Build a seperate system, run windows server or linux [...]

*help* getting my PC to reconize my PS3 hard drive via USB

so my PS3 had a overheating/fan failure and now it wont boot up ..
more on that here, if your the type that needs a back story
i tried putting my hard drive into my buddys PS3 to back up my data but sony was smarter then that…
so i bought this
and now im [...]

HTPC Upgarde

So, I should be getting around $5,500 in a subsidized tuition loan that I do not need. I was thinking about selling my current (highly outdated) HTPC and building a new one when the money comes in.
I can’t really reuse any of my current parts other than my PCI Wireless-G card. I also will be [...]

Reiser – Trades Body For Lighter Sentence

CLIFFS: Reiser sent his wife to /dev/null

(07-07) 20:11 PDT OAKLAND — Convicted killer Hans Reiser led police Monday to what he said was the body of his wife in the Oakland hills, just two days before he was to be sentenced for first-degree murder, authorities said.
Reiser, who had proclaimed his innocence from the day [...]

Ordered a New Asus eeePC 900…what OS should i install?

have a 20gb linux eeePC arriving on monday
anybody else out there with an eeePC that could make OS recommendations?
edit: pic added
why?
i mean I really do NOT understand the eeePC fad. I’d much rather get a cheapie notebook.i’m a junkie for toys, i’ve had 5 laptops in the past 6 months
from ibooks to [...]

A couple of VPN questions.

1. Does anyone know, or know of a good explanation of, how to set up a L2TP VPN based on a Windows Server 2003 machine? I’m tired of dicking around with little metal boxes running proprietary OSes that are impossible to configure without a special training class offered by the manufacturer.
2. Why do IPSEC VPNs [...]

stop 0×00000024 ntfs.sys

so it seems that my ntfs.sys on my boot disk is corrupted.
i’m running winxp.
searching google, everything seems to indicate that i need to figure out a way to boot from another disk, remove the ntfs.sys and run chkdsk on the corrupted disk.
however, what they fail to mention is how to avoid the bsod that [...]

Unpatched Windows PCs own3d in less than four minutes

An unpatched PC is likely to last just four minutes on the internet before been attacked and compromised.
The time it takes for a PC to get itself owned varies by operating system and what activities a user engages in – but even allowing for this, putting an unpatched Windows PC directly onto the [...]