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    Gateway 500SE

    I have a friend in USA, She got robbed...everything. She has a Gateway 500SE special. She needs a Blue system restore disk apparently. I have have no experience with Gateway so would appreciate any comments. If your unsure....Dont do it!
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    VOB files

    I got a damaged dvd which contains 5 episodes of a serial I have manage to extract and watch 3. Anyone any idea how I can put the 3 vob files together so I can burn a video dvd that will play on a house dvd player? If your unsure....Dont do it!
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    Saving Page

    I have just bought a game (Star Trek Elite force) and I want to save the walkthrough from a game site so I can see it without having to go online. I`m pretty sure I have saved whole thing before but can`t remeber how to do it. Help? If your unsure....Dont do it!
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    Hard disk problem

    My friend has a 400mhz Pentium, which he has just bought. The problem is after partitioning and formatting the drive(Samsung 4.3gb) while trying to install windows 98se an error message comes up saying "Change the stacks setting in your config.sys file, and then try again". I took out the drive...
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    Messenger

    Anyone know the score with messenger running all the time after installing msn6.1. Seems to cut in at random.I have tried removing it from windows components. logiing in to messenger tells me I`m already logged in...I DONT WANT TO BE F*&*&ing logged in. I`d like to choose when. any help would be...
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    Pc Chips ID version

    I built a computer recently based on a PC Chips M810LR board. Now I need to update the BIOS due to fitting a new CPU. Problem I have is that I`m not sure of the Version of this board. (v1.3-.8.0). I have the BIOS ID string from boot up. Dont want to mess it up with wrong update as there is 2...
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    Jetway V400DBL error beep

    Jetway v400dbl Amd xp2400+ (@266) 256mb @133ddr (2100 compliant) 40Gb Maxtor HDD Lite-on DVD 103s lite-on cdrw pioneer dvdrw 106d I have recently bought a V400DBL board and some times when I start it I get a high then low beep tone continuos (Sounds like an old police car,,,,Meeee\mawwww) lol...
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    creative 5.1 speakers

    I think may have a problem with my Inspiron 5130 speaker sytem. can someone tell me If i have all balance controls set to central should i be getting the same volume from front speakers as the back ones? reason im asking is my rear speakers seem at normal volume but front speakers are very low...
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    I have just bought a 19" GNR monito

    I have just bought a 19" GNR monitor and it`s fine apart from the fact that it won`t start till Windows XP pro starts. Not a real problem. But its starts up at boot then goes to standby till windows boots up then it starts. So I have no access to BIOS at boot. I can get to bios using old...
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    PAL to NTSC

    Hi there, I was wondering if anyone could tell me if I have a movie on VCD, copied for the UK in PAL format, would someone using NTSC tv (Canadian) be able to play it. I want to send my girlfriend some PAL format VCD`s and wondered if it was possible. Thanks in advance. John If your...
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    Power DVD very dark

    Hi all, I have built 2 identicle machines. almost PC Chips M810LMR (:$) Athlon 900mhz 40gb HD 256mb ram Liteon dvd Problem with one machine is that Power DVD will play but it plays very dark. Other machine works fine. WinDVD will play DVD`s fine....so...Software problem? Just wondered if anyone...
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    PNP or not

    I have been meaning to look in to this for a while now, Can anyone tell me what i should set my BIOS to in the part that says PNP O\S Aware. Some people have been saying to keep it at NO when installing windows and others are saying I should select YES. I know its something to do with allocating...
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    Hard disk speed

    My present system has a 40Gb Maxtor (ATA100 5400rpm)as primary master on a Jetway V266A board (133). I was thinking of getting a 80Gb (7200rpm) ATA133 drive. Now If I put both on the same Primary IDE channel will the fact that one is ATA100 will this slow down my new ATA133 drive to ATA100? keep...
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    Blocking access to messenger

    I am new to Win XP and going away on holiday. I want to stop the girl thats taking care of our house from using messenger. As the administrator can anyone tell me how do this? or even any other suggestions that might help. thanks in advance. If your unsure....Dont do it!
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    DVD copying

    Can anyone suggest some good DVD copying software. I have tried DUP-dvd (copies 1 disk but not second)also tried DVD copy plus, which works with some DVD`s. I own these DVD`s and want to back them up. Thanks for your sugesstions in advance. If your unsure....Dont do it!
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    XP Internet sharing

    My friend has recently upgraded from windows 98se to Xp. he has another computer which dials up the internet through his modem (ICS). Now when ever he boots his xp computer it continually tries to connect to the internet every 5 secs. This never happened before with both computers running 98se...
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    MSN Messenger text

    I use MSN Messenger a lot and I also Use a computer TV guide(Digiguide). Using digiguide I can copy the description of a movie, How ever when I paste it in to messenger I only get so much of the description. If I paste it in to note pad its fine. So there would seem to be some type of limitation...
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    XP Secure

    I will be doing a reinstall I think soon,,,I want to wipe the hard disk...totally...not that I have anything to hide. I have heard norton will write zeros on it. But that can still be re enabled....even after that. I`m a privacy guy..Want to take care of it. anyone suggest what I could use on my...
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    Canon bjc 4000

    I`m having probs with this printer..I have proper driver and its installed...but I can`t get printer go online..I know this thing worked...used it many time has anyone any suggestions? It wont even print a self test page out. I`m not very um on printers and any help suggestions would be...
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    Raid help

    A friend of mine has the possibillity of buying a second hand board and Celeron processor(866). It`s abit raid board from what I can find out. Can anyone tell me what raid is?,what hardware is required to run it?, can I run it normally? Or perhaps someone can give me a link to further enlighten...

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