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    Microsoft Office Server

    I took a peek at the MS website but couldn't find much on this... Is there a Office suite that I can install on an applications server and only have so many users access it at a time? Say, a 10 user license?
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    Keeping my music close

    (Hey guys, I dropped of the tech bandwagon just before 64-bit was dropped and I've been trying to catch up the past few years in a few days.... haha) I'm going to college in a few months and i'm trying to figure out a way to keep my music collection, 120gb and growing, close and still be able...
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    XP Pro x64?

    Can I install XP Pro x64 on my Macbook Intel Core 2 Duo? I'm a relative mac newbie only having owned mine for a year now but I'm going after Leopard with Boot Camp and would like to know what architecture of XP Pro I need to install? Will I notice a difference between 32 and 64 bit XP? Will Boot...
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    Question on 1&1 Web hosting

    Hey guys... I'm getting back into designing webpages for myself and a select other few and I'm looking into webhosting, specificly with 1&1 Web hosting - 1and1.com. I did some bouncing around for the past few days and I keep coming back to these cats. (If anyone can suggest better or different...
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    Investing into a laptop for X-mas

    For Christmas I have plans on investing into a laptop... my folks are pulling a "For every dollar you raise, we'll toss in $1 too," so for the time being budgets not a real big issue. This is just curiosity.... In a quick rundown of specs: 15 or 17 inch monitor Dual monitor compatible Dual...
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    Installing FF2 on Ubuntu

    I've kept with "stock" ubuntu software since i installed it and never have used ubuntu past what came on with it and never played around with installing anything but I want to install FireFox 2 How on earth do I do this? I already downloaded the tar.gz from Mozilla.com and have done a quick...
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    High School getting rid of linux lab

    So my high school dropped their linux lab project last year and is now giving away all those computers, monitors, keyboards, mice... mostly old ibms, compaqs and toshibas..... I have first dibs on them and plan on sorting through them and keeping a dozen+ good one and starting a small farm...
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    New rig for around 600

    I gotta buddy coming to me for computer advice and wants me to build him a rig for around 600 dollars.... Last time I was up with computers, the AMD 64's just started comming out.... He doesn't need anything mighty... It's going to be for his dad and he's goign to do a bit of gaming on...
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    iTunes Music Store downloads

    I have about 45 dollars worth of downloaded iTunes Music Store songs, shows and vidoes, and I dont really want to lose them when i format..... IF I just back these up to a network computer, can I use them again? Can I put them on my iPod again?
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    Dad and I switching Cards

    I have a Radeon 9000 Pro and he has a Radeon 9600SE What's the quickest and cleanest way to switch these? What all needs to go into clearing out the drivers and reloading them? Can we each safely just boot back up after switching and uninstall the old drivers and reinstall them? I'll be...
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    Folding in Ubuntu

    While I'm learning how to use Ubuntu, Instead of having this PC idle when I'm not using it, I'd like it to fold with the rest of my systems - mainly downright now after a move..... how in the world do I do this? Can I even fold on Ubuntu?
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    Looking to learn a distro

    I've been using Windows ever since I can remember (I started out on DOS and moved to a Win 3.1 machine) and I'd like to broaden my knowledge diving into a distro. I baught a now now outdated book - SAMS Teach Yourself Red Hat Linux 8 a few years ago and installed it but never got much past that...
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    About to purchase my first LCD

    I've been running two Gateway 2000 Vivitron 17 inch monitors for the past 6 years on my computer(s) and they're very close to dieing and I'm about to dive into my first LCD Purchase. I do have a few concern's though..... 1) What are the chances of dead pixels? Are they common? I'm buying from...
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    New Dedicated Gaming Rig Build

    So I'm building a new computer to be my dedicated gaming rig. I'll be playing games from BattleField2 - Star Craft - Steam - World of Warcraft - and looking to the future abit as well I'm not interested in SLI at all and actually partial to ATI rather than nVidia just because I've used ATI in...
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    Comments on my possible purchse - dell 9300

    I've recently been looking into laptops due to circumstances - divorce, school, music - and need a decent priced - 2000 or under - and well powered system..... I'm looking into getting the Dell Inspiron 9300 with this setup...... Intel® Pentium® M Processor 750 (1.86 GHz/2MB Cache/533MHz FSB)...
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    Studio / Musicians laptop and gear

    I'm looking into purchasing a laptop - among otherthings - this summer. Right now I've been poking int Macs, IBMs and Dells but nothing has caught my eye..... I'm a musician and every other weekend I'm at someone's place recording and writing music. I need something thats portable but has power...
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    Monster Server Build

    I've taken on the task of building a monster server for my company. They moved sunday from their old office with a DSL line into a bigger facility and a T1 line. They want a semi-future proof server and it needs to be able to take something of a beating.... The current list of things this...
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    DVD-Rom troubles

    I'll get straight to the point..... all my Music DVD's and audio CD's are lagging in any players I've used on my machine..... I have no clue what the problem is... it started happening out of the blue.... i play all my cd's in my rw drive and it works fine.....its like it's buffereing the stuff...
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    cannot play music over network

    i have recently ripped some cd's onto my 2ndary computer. now when I try to play those files, ripped in musicmatch jukebox, with winamp i cant. i don't even get the time.... when i go to the properties of one of the newly ripped files, it has nothing except some generic stuff - size, file...
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    How do people get farms of PCs?

    lol i've been wondering how people get these massive ammounts of PC's folding.... 20+ ish..... I mean jeez! how's that work? lol
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    "On resume, display Welcome screen" Now password protect

    so i formated a new pc and i installed xp pro, sp1, and sp2, and ran all the updates. It's an old gateway machine and im just going to use it as an intranet / file server so i dont have any mobo driver disks or anything..... I normally have the windows xp screensaver on at 14 minutes, monitor...
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    Server building

    i'm once again making a pc for my dad's business. this time its a server... mysql, exchange server, file server, and some other "stuff" - probably meaning near future proof and the ability to add more 'stuff' for it to do.... what are some ideas that you guys have for this server...... i dont...
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    Worklog: First Mod Ever

    Howdy Fellah's. I'm about to start my first mod ever and I want it to be pretty nice. I just inherited my dad's old 500mhz Gateway and I'm going to use the guts for a LAN intranet server. I thought the case was neat and would be prime to mod so I went out and bought another case to store the...
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    Whut to do with all my stuff when college comes?

    So I'll be approaching college shortly.... 4 years.... and I'm curious as to what to do with all my stuff! lol - Right now I have a collection of 5 computers and 2 monitors.... I plan on getting more just for my LAN Party (Servers and such) and even then expand into more areas, I'm getting a...
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    Program to view exact mhz of my proc

    My ABIT nf7's utility won't work for some reason so i need a something that tells me the exact speed of my processor. I am overclocking right now and i want to know how far i can get, I'm already at 3200+ preset settings..... 2500+ ocz ddr400 512x2 dual channel (dont know if i have it setup...
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    how to test for a good oc?

    what programs do i test my pc with to tell if i get a good stable oc? I've only heard some short bursts of info on Prime95? and some memory test... its a new pc that im building today and i want to oc it and i need to test it to "the max" - i want to test just about everything on it.
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    Electron Microscope monitoring other pcs on the network

    How exactly do I go about doing this..... I would read the manual but right now I don't have access to a PC with word on it. I remember reading something somewhere about sharing the folder on the network but thats about all I can remember..... How Do I Monitor FAH On Other Computers On My...
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    Would 2x512mb sticks of ram be better than 1 stick - Gig?

    I am just curious if 2 sticks of 512mb ram would be better or worse than a stick of 1gb.... assume they'd be of the same properties..... I'm asking this cause I might not be needing 2 sticks of 1gb pc2700 Kingston Valueram. I am trying to find a use for them if I could find the FSB of them...
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    Best AMD overclocker + mobo + ram + setup

    So i'm going to build a CAD computer soon and i have something of a limited budget - I have heard that the 2500+ is a great oc'er so i think im going to use that. What are your reccomendations on setup, ram, and motherboards, and processor if 2500+ is obsol337 now..... Thanks //Bio.89
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    3 Questions

    1) Whats a gromac? 2) whats a Tinker? 3) Can I fold on gentoo? if so - how?
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    A7N8X-E Deluxe + 2500+

    looking to overclock this the best I can.... How exactly should I start, I am a newbie overclocker and as stated in a similar newbie thread looking for an answer... the only thing I know is 1) It exists. I've noticed people talkng about right ram with OCing..... huh? i need an explination...
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    Best distro for learning the most

    I am looking for the "Best" distro that will allow me to learn as much as I can from Linux. I am trying to dive into this OS and I rather do it and learn the most I can with it, as I know windows like the back of my hand.... I don't really know what else to say.... I want to completely get a...
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    Red Hat Linux 8 Questions

    ASUS a7n8x-e deluxe nForce3 Ultra 400 chipset AMD Athlon XP 2500+ @ stock - soon to be 3200+ 512mb RAM **Don't really know where to put the following note but it is semi important to this thread** ** The idea for this box is to have it be my development computer and everything else besides a...
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    LCD monitors and gaming

    I am looking to buy one to relive some deskspace and to move one of my CRTs to another desk but I do game alot and I'm wondering if they compare with a CRT? I know a buddy of mine has one and says it bites the big one so i'm hesatant to buy one. Right now I have 2 CRTs connected to my main...
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    Linux Intranet / File Server - Where to start with what distro

    I run a LAN party and I need to start an intranet / file server soon. I have something of an idea of how to start the server part of it, but how exactly to make it work with a windows network and how to access everything, I have no clue about... right now the server specs are MSI KM2M m-ATX...
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    XP Pro Turn off pc = automatic reboot?

    well i just upgraded my pc and installed some of its components into a new pc i was building....I'm running XP Pro and every time I "Turn of the computer" it turns of, black screen for 1 second (almost exactly) and then boots back up again..... I am confused and don't even know where to start...
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    bout to start work on a new pc, VC question

    I just bought parts for a new pc that i am building soon - within the next two weeks. I will be using a nvidia card in it but don't know what yet. I need to start looking at it right now though.... what issues will come up if i use one of my old ATI Rage 3d PCI cards and then move to a new AGP...
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    Looking to upgrade to 64

    well I am a current AMD user and I just upgraded my 2200+ to a 2500+ thats going to oc at a 3200+ I was thinking though about 64 bit and I know a few of my friends are going to upgrade when Intel / pentium comes out with it...... just curious what you Intel guys would say..... I also run...
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