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Here is something odd, that I'm fairly sure is a DNS issue and can't explain. Of course, neither can Windstream, formally Verizon and who for me is Verizon in everything but name. My test case was trying to resolve www.google.com, but no other domain would resolve (at least Hardocp, Slashdot...

Venting some frustrations, that I think a lot of people here can relate to. Over the weekend, I reformatted an old box, ran updates, installed Antivirus and Spybot and setup weekly automated tasks for backup and virus checking. That's my bare bones setup, which has worked great for our house...

So, I was talking with some family down in central Ohio and learned that their, and my old, ISP have been awarded a broadband stimulus for fiber optic. Nobody really knows what this means, as even though this is an Electric Co-Op it's sure operates like a private business. (meaning you don't...

Question for all you IT gurus. Can you explain to me why residential uploads are relatively slow? I ask because after talking with our IT guy, he said our internet connections are completely symmetrical... which got me thinking, If the backbone and large ISP pipes are symmetrical, why do I...

Hey gang, I've DSL has just become available in my area, so I added a line to my house as a backup for my cable internet. To go with that new connection, I've purchased a Cisco RV042 router for it's dual WANs. This little guy seems to be very speedy, and also has a built in support for up...

I have been tasked with installing a new, used, motherboard on a family-friend's Frankenstein computer. This is an old Socket 939 system. Everything is legit, I'm staring at the OEM XP cd they got off Newegg. Now, their old motherboard was a DFI Lanparty something something, and they...

So I'm helping a friend repair a somewhat older socket 939 PC by replacing the burned out motherboard with a new one she ordered on eBay. Everything works great, but, there are 2 extra power connectors on the motherboard (5pin floppy and 5pin Molex), and I have no clue what they do. The...

As the title suggests, is there a way in Windows to disable the 'idle' timer, or whatever it is, while an application is full-screen. I'd really like to keep listening to music while AFK, but the dawg-gone computer goes to sleep at 20 minutes. I know I can just disable sleep or create a...

Curious question or the [H]ard dudes and dude-ets, out there... What do you do when you discover pirated software while working on a friend/family computer. I just got a box dropped off by a cousin who needed help with his girlfriend's computer. It was totally fragged. Full of viruses...

Anyone have any experience with this? I've got a spare box, Opteron 180, that I'm thinking of turning into a little server to run alongside my VOIP box. I'm mostly interested in the automated backup, as I'd like to have our 4 local computers (1 media computer, 1 desktop and 2 notebooks)...

Does anyone know if there is a way to adjust the PCI Latency on an Asus P6T MB? The problem is on this MB I can't seem to find the option in BIOS. I know some boards have a hidden key combination to enable extra bios features, but I don't think it is the case with this one. I've tried...

Ok [H]-er's, here's a funky problem I'm having. A family friend wanted a gaming rig for their son. They got their hands on a X2 4800+ but didn't have much cash for anything else. I had a spare 939 MB, CD-drive and HDD, so I advised them to get themselves some RAM, a decent budget Video-card...

As the topic asks, do I really need that stuff? The reason I ask? I've been plugging away happily on my HP notebook for about a year now. Only thing I did when I got it was to format the HDD and reinstall with a clean OEM DVD from a different computer. Today I was advised by a family...