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    Laptop for $2000 and under

    I want a laptop for music producing(cubase etc. so a dedicated sound card), gaming, and college. suggestions? thanks
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    similar program to windows media center

    For some reason I cannot get past the necessary installation of WMP 11. It says that I need Media Center edition 2005 or later to install it.
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    similar program to windows media center

    I have been having alot of problems with windows media center when I try to watch TV (not very sharp, will desync, become laggy/jittery) and I want to know if there are any other programs that I can watch TV through. thanks
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    Cannot connect to my wireless network...

    I called D-Link and they helped me fix my problem, yahhh!!!! All they told me to do was basically power-cycle my router and modem. So I now have wireless internet... feels good...
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    Cannot connect to my wireless network...

    I found that when I let DHCP assign my IP address it starts with 169, so does that narrow down the problem?
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    Cannot connect to my wireless network...

    I think I am getting a little bit closer to getting the internet to cooperate. In my router settings I added a DHCP reservation for my computer. I still am not recieving packets...
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    Cannot connect to my wireless network...

    Here is something else I found out. When I give my computer a static ip and dns it will connect but I cannot access any website. If I let it auto configure ip and dns then it will go to acquiring network address and then I will get the "limited or no connectivity". I can send but not receive...
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    Cannot connect to my wireless network...

    I changed the channel and set my network to no security/encryption and now I am connected, but... when I go into my browser, I cannot connect to any website. Looking at my network status I see that I am sending packets but not receiving, so how can I resolve this?
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    speakers are noisy: how do I make them quite?

    I have recently connected my stereo system to my computer via the aux function and it sounds a ton better than the crappy built-into-monitor speakers, but they are not silent when they should be. They are noisy (like noise in a photo), white noise. Is there a program or something that can get...
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    Cannot connect to my wireless network...

    I recently bought and installed an EW-7128g PCI wireless card, but I have not been able to connect to any network so far. In hopes of getting it to work I set my network settings to no security and it still won't connect. The weird thing is that it detects my network and I am getting anywhere...
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    XP is not recognizing my network card :(

    Uhh.... I don't think I belong here.... I got it to work... all I had to do was apply a little pressure and it popped right in.... I feel soooo stupid...
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    XP is not recognizing my network card :(

    well, there are multiple unkown devices since I just reformatted my computer so it could be there but I am not sure. So if my card is actually detected, what can I do to enable it since the 'found new hardware wizard' does not pop up?
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    XP is not recognizing my network card :(

    I just tested it on a second computer and once again nothing happened... I think the card may be dead... :(
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    XP is not recognizing my network card :(

    I think it is in the device manager, what shoud I be looking for? Will the card show its name? I jsut did a reformat of my computer so I have a bunch of unknown devices that need drivers... I also tried another PCI slot and nothing different happened...
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