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OT - Humorous Factoids [View all]
From today's Lockergnome. Some strange and funny things you didn't really know. Those factoids were so popular a few
SonnyJan-26-02 03:28 AM
by Crunk
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Laptop hung @Win98 Shutdown [View all]
I have a Digital HiNote VP Model TS31D Laptop that is hung at Win98 Shutdown screen and I cannot turn off/reboot. Control- Alt-Del has no effect, I can
wlbandyJan-26-02 02:31 AM
by wlbandy
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RE: Laptop hung @Win98 Shutdown
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RE: Laptop hung @Win98 Shutdown
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RE: Laptop hung @Win98 Shutdown
Jan 26th 2002
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PC booting to safe mode [View all]
A while back , i posted that i had a friend havin troubles with a pc that keeps wanting to boot into safe mode. Thanks to the responses i got, we unch
t_bareJan-26-02 02:26 AM
by t_bare
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Jan 25th 2002
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Compacting The Registry [View all]
I followed the Directions below from : http://aumha.org/a/r egpak.htm To compact my registry. I downloaded "Registry Compaction Batch File" ----------
jkitcJan-26-02 02:05 AM
by WhitPhil
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RE: Compacting The Registry
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odd windows install problem [View all]
Help, I have a very wierd problem with my project pc. I have an Asus P55TVP4 motherboard, running a single number nine (way old ) graphics card. I'm
ma_137Jan-26-02 01:13 AM
by Another failed tech
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RE: odd windows install problem
Another failed tech
Jan 26th 2002
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Windows 98 shutdown issue [View all]
I was just wondering if anybody has heard of a weird problem for Windows 98 First Edition. After I click start>shutdown and go through all that, the s
CivisJan-26-02 01:00 AM
by jmatt
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RE: Windows 98 shutdown issue
Jan 26th 2002
1

Recommended monitor? [View all]
What monitor do you recommend for around $300?
CrunkJan-26-02 12:43 AM
by tugger25
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RE: Recommended monitor?
Jan 26th 2002
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Debugging message [View all]
i am having a problem with aol 7.0 at sign on and aol great tech staff has been unable to help. when i go to sign on it gets to the point of checking
Garold99Jan-26-02 12:24 AM
by Garold99
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RE: Debugging message
Jan 25th 2002
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copy an X-Box game?? [View all]
Does anyone know if it's possible to make a backup of an X-Box game?? I am not trying to steal anything, but at $50.00 a copy I would like to make BU
John M.Jan-26-02 12:18 AM
by John M.
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RE: copy an X-Box game??
Jul 25th 2004
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RE: copy an X-Box game??
Jan 26th 2002
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Problems with MSN Messenger [View all]
I have used this program for quite a while now and never had this happen before. It keeps shutting down on me all the time, and I have to relog back i
SapphireJan-25-02 11:47 PM
by Sapphire
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Bad Power Supply Or Bad Installer?? [View all]
Is it the power supply or is it the dumb A-- putting it in? For a long time I have noticed that something was a little noisy in my PC but had no idea
bbutlerJan-25-02 11:30 PM
by ma_137
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RE: Bad Power Supply Or Bad Installer??
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Icons gone? [View all]
Hi everyone, First, I just wanted to thank all who helped me lately with my questions/problems. Unfortunately,:-( I have another question! I ran
LulieJan-25-02 11:22 PM
by Lulie
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RE: Icons gone?
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Is the a "quick paste" equivalent to "quick edit" [View all]
Hello, In DOS sessions, you can drag the mouse over text to hilite it and hit enter to copy it to the clipboard. To paste it into another DOS sessio
wcchambersJan-25-02 10:54 PM
by Sonny
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RE: Is the a
Jan 25th 2002
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Another scandisk issue.... [View all]
Congratulations for this good forum! I know that there is a lot of answers related to scandisk problems, but I never read a post helping me about fix
ginoJan-25-02 10:47 PM
by Shelly
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RE: Another scandisk issue....
Jan 25th 2002
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Another Drop-down problem!!! [View all]
OK. I got my "Send To"/"Mail Recipient" problem solved. :-) Now I have another one, not as bad, but it bugs the heck out of me. When I right-click
Mooman56Jan-25-02 10:36 PM
by mgorinstein
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RE: Another Drop-down problem!!!
Jan 25th 2002
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"Direct X Initialization Failed" message. [View all]
I purchased home-design software but when it tries to install it only gets so far then above message keeps appearing followed by "A required setup DLL
LoracthimsJan-25-02 10:33 PM
by Loracthims
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RE: "Direct X Initialization Failed" message.
Jan 24th 2002
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RE: "Direct X Initialization Failed" message.
Jan 25th 2002
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How do I clone/backup a hard disk under Windows? [View all]
I have recently gone through PC Hell, trying to fix my dad's system... he is not very PC literate (but pretty darn good for an 80+ year old!!!) and he
KevinRJan-25-02 10:30 PM
by KevinR
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OT; What do you read [View all]
1. The Wall Street Journal is read by the people who run the country. 2. The New York Times is read by people who think they run the country. 3.
ShellyJan-25-02 10:25 PM
by JoeP
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RE: OT; What do you read
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and Houston Chronicle?
Jan 22nd 2002
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a quickie question [View all]
is Windows ME based on Win95 or WinNT? Thanks.
earthmoverJan-25-02 10:09 PM
by earthmover
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RE: a quickie question
Jul 25th 2004
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RE: a quickie question
Jan 25th 2002
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Norton AV screws up Outlook and Eudora [View all]
My Outlook suddenly didn't want to receive or send mail and my wife's Express was starting to act the same. Then I decided to just change to Eudora. T
GomaJan-25-02 09:53 PM
by Goma
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RE: Norton AV screws up Outlook and Eudora
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FAT 32 to NTFS ? [View all]
Will this destroy all my files ? :o
Mike1Jan-25-02 09:46 PM
by Grogan
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Will my older computer be able to run a faster Hard Dri... [View all]
I'm going to be buying a new HD soon and have already been shopping around. I would really like to buy a faster one but is this something I'll be abl
brpeters40Jan-25-02 09:14 PM
by Sid
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trouble with printing [View all]
when on the web and I try to print, I receive an error box entitled Internet Explorer Script Error with the following information in it: An error has
sparkie26Jan-25-02 09:11 PM
by sparkie26
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RE: trouble with printing
Jan 25th 2002
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Mandrake [View all]
How to download Mandrake? The website seems to offer Mandrake broken up into folders to be downloaded 1 at a time and from the page they show it on I
old dudeJan-25-02 08:56 PM
by mickster
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RE: Mandrake
Jan 24th 2002
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Cleaning the PC. [View all]
hiya!! Can I use a vacuum cleaner to clean & suck all the dust??? [i
PCExpertJan-25-02 08:41 PM
by Shelly
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ddr 2700? [View all]
at work today we received DDR PC 2700 and it's RED not green/black...looks really sweet...but anyways would that be considered 333mhz?......what is th
dmx11523Jan-25-02 07:56 PM
by Shelly
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Jan 25th 2002
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Freezes [View all]
I built an 800tbird 786mbpc133 20ghdd gforce2pro sb live intel nic on a epox ep-7kxa+ new bios as of 8 2001 win98. I mostly game with the kids I have
SamBJan-25-02 07:01 PM
by SamB
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Jan 24th 2002
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Need tweaks for WinXP [View all]
I have just reinstalled WinXP Home and am trying to find some tweaks that I used to have. 1. Need the Tweak UI for XP,... can't find it in my files
bobboJan-25-02 06:51 PM
by mickster
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ZA splash
Jan 25th 2002
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URL misdirection [View all]
Trying to help out a user on an organization's website I help run. User clicks on a link to www.tug2.net/ads/buy ads.html but instead gets taken to
makaiguyJan-25-02 06:44 PM
by makaiguy
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RE: URL misdirection
Jan 25th 2002
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Jan 25th 2002
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Another XP question [View all]
Which firewall is best in XP Pro? The one that is built into XP or ZoneAlarm?
pakoJan-25-02 05:32 PM
by Sonny
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RE: Another XP question
Jan 25th 2002
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