Recent content by kaa0653

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    Dell optiplex gx260 problem!

    Not all GX260's supported HT out of the box. It may require a bios update to work with that CPU. That might explain the indicator lights.
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    Changing the default My Documents from SSD to HDD

    In Windows Explorer expand Documents, right click My Documents, select Properties, go to location tab, select move and pick your new location. That should handle most applications. Many applications also have the ability to set their own default save location. This would need to be changed...
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    Overclocking Q9550 with 8 G.B. Ram on Ep45T-UD3R

    hmm, I unlinked them and ran my Q9550 stable at 3.8GHz for a couple years. When I upgraded to Win 7 I had to drop it down to 3.7 to keep it stable. Not sure why but it just didn't like 3.8...
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    First time PC Builder Going With Water Cooling

    First check for air like rubix stated.
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    Starting remote assistance w/o admin PW

    She wouldn't need the admin password to establish a remote assistance session. Create her a user account. Create yourself an admin account. Once the remote session is established you can install applications by running as a different user (your admin account). Shift+right click on the...
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    W7 HDD and Partition config

    To simplify things, unplug the data drive before you try to reformat. After you reinstall Windows you can plug it back in. The E: Partition2 [NTFS] 476838 MB ( 419213 MB free) should be the drive with Windows 7. It is listed as Partition2, the 100 MB system reserve partition is always the...
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    A few questions...

    Remote access is an option with almost any type of connection. How it performs will depend mostly on the speed of the connection you have and how much data is being transfered. Dedicated internet access is one of the benefits of using leased lines. These lines are only used by the customer...
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    HOW to connect laptop to desktop computer using simple cable

    Not sure what a "simple cores cable" is but there are ways to do this. It depends on what OS you are using. Different cables are required for different methods. If Win XP or before: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_cable_connection for Vista/7...
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    Dual networks

    Here are a few reasons: Link aggregation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link_aggregation Internet connection sharing: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306126 Router: http://www.techrepublic.com/article/configure-windows-server-2003-to-act-as-a-router/5844624
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    Download speed vs speed test results

    ISPs advertise speeds in megabits per second (Mbps) or kilobits per second (Kbps) Usually when you download it is listed as megabytes (MBps) or kilobytes per second (KBps) 6.5 Mbps = .8125 MBps = 812.5 KBps You usually never get 100% of that for downloads, it's closer to 80%. On top of that...
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    How to clone monitors windows 7

    Ah, you learn something new every day. I'll have to try that out. Sadly I'm on XP until I get home...
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    Starting remote assistance w/o admin PW

    If you are doing this for your child like it appears, or even for yourself, create a seperate user account for them. This way you use the admin account / password to install things and they user the user account / password to use the computer. Some more information here...
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    How to clone monitors windows 7

    This is done differently based on what type of graphics card you have. Please state if this is for Nvidia, AMD/ATI, Intel...
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    Linksys

    You can reach the web management console by typing 192.168.1.254 into your browser. You will be prompted for a username and password. If it still has the default configuration, leave the username blank and the password is admin. This information is all in the user guide which you can access...
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    Mobile phones take over computer world?

    This is probably in the wrong forum but... I don't care how fast it runs or how great it looks, there is no way I'm doing serious gaming on a 3 to 10 inch screen.