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    Facebook is Reportedly Very Serious About Launching its Own Cryptocurrency

    I love those.... oh you said bucks... nevermind..
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    What is popular for password management?

    Ironically enough, I had to reset my password to log in to post this... But as with many other people, my password situation is a mess. Between tons of websites, some frequently visited, some rarely visited, all with different password rules, and the breaches and all of late, I want a...
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    the right operating system for me

    Win ME by all means!!!
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    HTPC New TV madness

    I did the cardinal sin... not replacing cables. Tried a new one, it didnt work immediately, went off to do something else came back and viola the hdcp problem went away but still no sound. Turned off the power strip to everything there and restarted the xbox and tv and sound was there... so...
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    HTPC New TV madness

    Ok, so I HTPC with media extenders. I get a new sony 40 inch tv for my bedroom (which uses a 360 as an extender, had a 32 inch vizio flat screen tv in there I moved elsewhere which was working perfectly via hdmi). I plug everything in (hdmi as well) power up the new tv and notice right away no...
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    Duplicate Recordings?

    Ok, after further research and asking on some other forums, I came to a passable solution, thought I would share it here for anyone else reading this... http://www.fourteenminutes.com/code/wmc-dedupe/ Its just a script someone has written that you can schedule (mine runs around 3am every...
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    Duplicate Recordings?

    Yes, as a new user though, nearly everythign I want to record is not "new", recording some older shows and the kids shows as I mentioned, rarely if ever are any of those new, so I must deal with this "bug"....
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    Duplicate Recordings?

    I'm new to the HTPC world, been using windows 7 and extenders as a whole home dvr for about a month now and I love it. One issue, I'm getting duplicate recordings of shows I record for my girls (like Dora and Spongebob)... Reading up it does not seem uncommon, channels, especially Nick seem...
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    Flashback...

    Lol, yea, I moved recently and found a box of old processors, pci graphics, EDO memory etc.... Ah the memories!!
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    Need Help fixing Cable Modem net, after Vonage removal.

    You may have to just clone the mac address of the vonage adapter. Resetting everything *SHOULD* work, but not always. A year ago I got setup with Time Warner cable, I had my laptop there at the install. It worked fine. I plugged my router in, nothing. I tried resetting everything, even...
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    Used video card suggestion

    Ok, so I upgraded my system to a core I5 3570 and 8 gigs memory after christmas. At the time I was using an old Geforce 9600, which began crapping out on me apparently. I dont play any really intensive games so the 9600 was ok, but I replaced it with an older 7600 I had laying around, which is...
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    Quake 5 - What would YOU want?

    A revisit of QuakeII would be awesome, it was the perfect speed, simple, fun, moddable. Oh man the memories!
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    Stock Intel HSF making loud noise

    I'm embarassed to admit it... but bingo! that was it, the way the cable wraps around, i had it plugged into the nearest fan header, so I did not unwrap much of it, and a small section got pulled in and the fan blades were brushing it!
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    Intel Extreme Tuning Utility

    Its the DZ77SL-50K
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    Intel Extreme Tuning Utility

    Ah, one more bit of info, this is in Windows 7 64 bit btw... right cliking on my computer and manage, then going to services, it does indeed show up there, however when I try to start I get the message "The Intel Extreme Tuning Utility Service service on Local Computer started and then stopped...
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