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Photo of my new pagefile.

Yeah bwoiee.
I have no idea what possessed me to do this, but I bought a 300x CF card and a CF-to-IDE adaptor to use it with, then I set it to be my Z: drive and put a 1.8GB pagefile on it. I figured it would benefit from the virtually-nonexistent random seek times that FLASH [...]

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 [...]

vista 32/64??

ok i need to know once and for all.. i’m building a gaming rig.. should i go with vista 32-bit or vista 64-bit???yes thats a good idea cuz im a pc nub.. i know the basics and what not but when it comes down to 32-bit and 64-bit (scratches head).. i just dont know

you can [...]

Two XP choices on startup – only one installed

Ok, its now my turn to be called a noob and a dumbass, because I have a stupid problem I cant google.
I just got a laptop, dell 5100 from the parents. its an old 2.4ghz unit that needs a reinstall of windows. I reinstalled XP pro, everything went smoothly. Then when I restarted the dell, [...]

Please help.

well here.

this sounds good, right?
but i dont really understand how this stuff works.

i don’t even know which version to download.
i build basic html websites, and have been using mal’s ecommerce which intergrates with my html website to become a shopping cart. it’s easy to use but has no traditional backend, and also requires a lot [...]

So is my graphics card knackered?

think it probably is but just to confirm..
when I try and load a video my screen goes blank on/off and the CPU hits 100% usage. If I leave the video running the blank screens become more occurent until the PC hangs/reboots.
pretty similar to this guy really
but my PC doesn’t need a better PSU [...]

help me with this god damn trojan

Ok, so my virus scanner (avg) detected a trojan about a week ago. Before I could try removing it or quarantining it, the trojan just shuts off my computer. The wierd thing is, if I press any key the computer turns back on but shuts back off about 5 seconds later. This keeps happening for [...]

Excel Problems

I’m taking an online computer class & I’ll admit upfront that I am not very good with Excel. (Obviously…that’s why I’m posting this thread.) I would appreciate any help someone could give me. I’m stuck on an assignment (the hardest & last assignment for the Excel section) for this class & have been beating my [...]

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 [...]

specific MP3s not being ‘burned’ into my discs?

I have SONIC burning software that i used quite often. but recently as I’ve been making mix cds, some of the "latest" singles arent being recognized by the software or even Windows media player (properties says format = MP3) — VLC player can open them no problem however
so after all the burning is done.. and [...]