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    More $ for more MHz.. Is it worth it?

    I agree with Matt. The processor speed difference will not be noticeable. But the harddrive speed of 7200 RPM definitely will speed up your boot time and data retreival. 2GB of memory won't necessarily speed up your system. Vista uses about 350MB which leaves you the rest for apps (usually...
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    DVD-Ram drive won't close

    I had a similar problem once with a Toshiba Sattelite 440CDT (that was an old model). The CD-ROM drive sometimes just wouldn't shut. It usually took me a good 10 minutes fiddeling with the drive. I had to wiggle it just right and put just the right amount of pressure on it to close. It was a...
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    USB Printer not detected

    derick, I did some looking in the reg on a working machine and I think you'll actually have to have it in all three (or however many ControlSets you have). For each ControlSet go to the place that funk has described /control/print/monitors and add a new key and call it 'USB Monitor'. Then click...
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    No Shut Down Menu in Task Manager

    Or when you're logged in remotely you can go to the run command and type in: shutdown -r -f -t 00 That'll do it as well.
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    NO SOUND IN VISTA!!

    I've actually had the same problem. When I installed Vista on my Desktop, I had onboard, but I had it disabled in the bios and was using a CreativeLabs soundcard -- one of those generic ones you find all over the place -- I tried rebooting, I even tried going to driverguide.com and downloading...
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