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Well I started a new job recently and I'm a subcontractor going around doing network equipment, cable and misc installations. I'm required to carry a laptop just in case I need to configure a router / switch or test if the equipment is functioning properly, ping test, tracert, speed tests...

My professor asked me to burn some pictures to a CD and it turns out he wants them in a slide show type format that he can play on the DVD player. He wants a custom like title that is 3 lines. Does anyone have any advice on some good software pref free?

Long story short, I purchased a symantec 1620 to turn into a spare pfSense firewall and I need a PCI graphics card so I can begin the installation of pfSense. If anyone has one they are willing to part with for cheap or is willing to donate to my project, I would be very grateful. I have...

My desktop is starting to get long in the tooth and I feel it's time for an upgrade. I would like to upgrade the Motherboard and CPU to something newer with a higher clock speed. I have Corsair XMS2 4GB (4x1GB of DDR2 800) & OCZ Gold 4GB (2x2GB of DDR3 1600) ram to work with. I do a little...

I've been playing around with python and was trying to make it so that I could run them from the command line. The windows faq on the python website said something about adding PATH C:\Python23;%PATH% to the AUTOEXEC.BAT, so I did run>>sysedit and added the PATH C:\Python26;%PATH%, 26 because...

I recently reformatted my computer which I was using Vista Ultimate x64 but I just couldn't get used to Vista and its wierd quirks and some of my hardware didn't play nice with it so I'm reverting back to a dual partition of x86 & x64 of windows xp. Well i have the x86 version of windows all...

im looking for a program to join .avi files into one, i usually search google but quite a bit of time a member has a nice one he/she can give good feedback and alot of the top google results are ridden with spyware and extra crap. very much appreciated! thnx!

alright so my friends laptop wont boot into windows n gives the missing or corrupt file windows \ system32 \ config \ system I know about the repairing using the windows xp disk, but once im in the console what commands do I use. I've only fixed a MBR and some other stuff before.

So a client brought me a laptop that they wanted to retrieve some data from because they had it evaluated at a few computer places and they all told her the motherboard had went south. So I opened up the laptop and retrieved the hardrive and lo & behold its a 1.8" Toshiba MK series hardrive...

FS: iPod Nano 2GB (Silver) :: $76 Shipped **8.5/10 condition wise, scratch on back looks like a piece of long hair on it, some small nicks on the top of the ipod, some minor 2-3 TINY scratches on the screen. EVGA 7600 GS w/ Passive Cooling :: $70 Shipped **NEVER OVERCLOCKED, 256MB - 400/800...

I used to work for taco bell (im 19 so it's ok) and when they finished building a new taco bell a guy i worked with said that the builders left a bunch of ethernet cables and these SUPER long monitor extension cables which come in handy quite often. Getting to the point the cat5e cable...

ok I just got my artic freezer pro 64 in the mail today so i can finish putting my system together. I cleaned the gunk off and the processor with isopropyl alchohol and now I am mounting the heatsink onto the CPU. I've got both clips on but the little black bar which way does it go!? in the...

so i traded a 2gb flash drive for a dell dimension 2100 (1.1GHz Celeron, 128MB Ram, 20GB hardrive, intel onboard graphics, etc.. ) I Decided to turn the thing into a NAS by using FreeNAS. It's All setup pretty much, I bought a cf to ide adapter on ebay for $3.99 and a 64mb cf card on the FS/T...

Ok i have 2 hardrives for my main desktop, they are WD 80GB @ 7200RPM w/8MB - Sata Seagate 250GB @ 7200RPM w/8MB - Sata II I was wondering which I should make the main hardrive for the OS and all that jazz and which I should for the slave for storage of files like music and videos.

I'm looking for a cheap CF card for my freenas, maybe a few bucks ($2-3). Maybe somebody has one laying around that there not using, I'll pay shipping if somebody just wants to get rid of one. Just looking for a small one like 32MB or 64MB nothing big. heat: I3roknI3ottle ebay: ab3rcrombie...

welp i was o/cing and i hadnt even set it very high and welp i smelt something and then the computer turned off and now it wont turn back on, the heatsink is real hot.. i only had it clocked at like 2.2GHz from 2.0. god damnit

Ok my proc is a X2 3800+ with the Windsor core, I've seen people post about a certain one thats F3? I'm not sure if mine is that one, under SIW it shows: CPU Family / Model / Stepping - F / 3 / 2 Now I want to O/C my proc and do it right, I have the stock heatsink with the stock pad it...

Whenever I tell my computer too shutdown after using Vista, it seems like it trys to shut down 3 times before its able to. It kinda sounds like the stuff is powering down but powers back up, until the 3rd time it shuts off. Now I dual boot XP with this machine and it doesn't do it and it just...

Ok so I just upgraded some parts in my computer, cpu, mobo, ram, & video card. Well I got it all together and I can definitely tell a difference from my old setup, but there are some things I noticed. First the ram I purchased was the Corsair XMS2 with timings of 4-4-4-12 and 2T I believe...

Ok so my current computer is a P4 2.8GHz, 1GB, 80GB, 250GB, FX5200, AV-710, Corsair PSU. So i figure its time for an upgrade into the dual core realm and I wanted to try AMD since they were more into my budget. Here's what I got AMD A64 X2 3800+ AM2 2x512K Retail CPU, $82.99 - $10 COMBO...

Ok so i have a latitude D610, 1.86GHz, 768MB, 40GB, etc.. well i had it on but the lid closed on the thing and I had it to where it wouldnt goto sleep so I could have it bridge my xbox360 to my router when I lived with my mom and dad. Well one day I was doing something on the laptop when I...

Ok so I have some stuff and I would like to have my own home network thats very small so I can learn some stuff and practice. Heres what I have, Computers: Desktop P4 2.8GHz, etc.. (Dual Boot XP Pro & Ubuntu 6.10) Dell D610 Laptop Apple iBook G4 Misc: Xbox w/ Xbox Media Center Xbox 360...

I have 2 hardrives hooked up too my computer both thru sata, one is a WD 80GB and the other is a Seagate 250GB for storage. The hardrive is listed under the BIOS and its also listed under when I click on my computer the hardrive doesn't show up under it, its a 7200.9 250GB Seagate. I have...

My friend bought a Maxtor 500GB hardrive and we installed XP onto it the other day. After he installed a few games and played some, he went to turn the computer on today and its giving him the error DISK BOOT FAILURE Does anyone know any ways to fix this? Is this because he has gotten a bad...

Ok, I have the chaintech av-710 sound card installed in my computer and the latest drivers from via's website the one dated for feb 22 2006, Envy24 Family Drivers Package Release Version 1.40. I just bought some X-530's from a friend and they worked fine at his house, and they work fine when i...

ok the cable line in my room is fine for watching tv, but as soon as I hook up my cable modem and get some hefty load going on it totally craps out. So I have the wireless modem in my upstairs. The thing is I have 2xLaptops, Desktop, Xbox360, Xbox Media Center, and small project computer in my...

I'm looking for a AGP graphics card between $50-100, something like a 9800PRO, 6600GT, 6800, 6800GT, X800GTO. etc.. I am verified paypal and have 100% (9) feedback on ebay. Just PM or leave your offers here.

Ok, so I just got my desktop up and running and was transfering some stuff from my Latitude D610 too my desktop over wifi. Well the screen went black because it was being used and when I hit a few keys to get the screen to come back up it came up blue the same color as my background and no...

Ok my girlfriend has a Dell Inspirion b130 laptop, the most basic version except hers has 512MB or ram. She got this desperate housewives game for Christmas and it wont let her install it on her computer. The game doesn't look demanding and doesn't require a lot of hardware. before it install...

Ok I bought my Xbox 360 premium pack / bundle of Moto GP 06 at Walmart for 399.99 and have 90 days to return it even if it's been opened. The Xbox has the drive with the hole in the right I believe so it's a hitachi-something drive. Well So far it has froze twice, well not completely it was...

I opened up my parents computer case and installed my chaintech av-710 soundcard, after it was installed i turned on the computer it displayed: Award Bios Lock Scanning Hardrive for Bios Image.... Then it restarted. It kept doing that and now i finally got it too boot too the BIOS but it...

I uninstalled acronis disk director suite, and its OS Selector. Which I had installed but disabled. Well once i unistalled it removed the os selector and now when my laptop boots up its goes directly in windows, and doesnt boot too grub, which allowed for me too choose ubuntu or windows. How...

Ok so I bought a 20" LCD TV on black friday for $99 bucks after MIR, which I thnk it serves its purpose quite well as I don't have digital cable or anything HD and it does have component so my xbox at 480p looks pretty damn good coming from s-video on my 13" RCA truflat tv. My last project...

I know i start the computer with the windows disk in the computer and choose repair, but i can't remember wut to type in to repair the boot so that 2 things do show up when he boots, he reinstalled windows and the preinstalled mce is in a list with windows xp pro when it boots up.

ok i've been kinda interested in this whole HTPC thing after going to my managers house from work and helping him setup his tivo to work with his network. I have some extra parts laying around, which I think would make for a descent htpc. athlon xp 2500+ 512mb ddr pc3200 geforce fx5200 (no...

those whiteboxes around the words!! what are they from i cant figure it out!! it annoys me so much! also does anyone know how to get rid of that sony ericsson icon?? when i right click on it all it says is Open Explore Create Shorcut Rename

Ok, so I am at my freinds house and he only has one ethernet cable and last time we connected it to my ibook and it was easy to share the through the wireless connection. I can't figure it out in windows though, i've done it before I thought.. but this is a little tricky. I have a Broadcom...

Ok So have my 40gb hardrive setup like this 28GB = Windows 1GB = Linux Swap 4GB = Ubuntu 4GB = Backup I have Acronis OS Selector installed on this laptop I installed ubuntu on the 4gb partition thinking I could use Acronis OS Selector to select Ubuntu when I wanted to use it. Little...