Recent content by tom42

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    Fell for scam

    Try nomorobo.com. It eliminates a lot of them after the first ring. And for landlines, it's free.
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    antivirus for Win 7

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    antivirus for Win 7

    Looking for recommendations for an antivirus program I can install on a C: drive with windows 7 64 bit pro, that I can use to scan a D: drive (separate drive, not just a partition) that is from a Win XP 64 bit machine. Thanks.
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    can't enter BIOS

    On a Gigabyte M55SLI-S4, I believe I have some sort of BIOS virus. At first I could enter the BIOS by pressing the "del" key, as per the instructions, but when I changed the boot order to "CDROM first" it would still boot from the HDD. Now it won't enter the bios at all, in fact it won't even...
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    Problem installing windows from CD.

    You replied:"Do you have another PC to see if you can boot with that CD?" In my original message, I said "I have an identical machine with the same mobo and it now also has the same problem." You also say: "If your CD disk is bad, you can get a replacement from amazon for cheap." Amazon will...
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    Problem installing windows from CD.

    I can't seem to get my m.b. to boot up from the windows installation CD. I set the bios to "boot from CD" and have a freshly formatted HD in the machine but get a mesage "windows failed to start. A recent h/w or s/w change might be the cause............" Status: 0xc000000f Info: The boot...
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    how to download photos from an LG441G flipphone?

    I can't get anywhere with LG's site. How can I get these photos (about 100 of them) out of this phone and into a Windows XP or Vista laptop??? I can do it by Bluetooth one at a time, but there must be a faster way.
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    Microsoft Tussles With Consumer Reports Over Surface Reliability

    After putting up with the many fixes, patches, etc with Windows over many years, seeing any product with the name Microsoft on it is like seeing the Kiss of Death on it.
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    1 TB, 2 TB flash drives???

    I bought a "2TB" flash drive from China for $16.95 out of curiosity.. I really think I've been bamboozled, but it DOES hold 2 TB, apparently successfully. How do they DO that?
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    Ethanol cooling a ghetto loop.

    Is straight ethylene glycol ( automotive anti-freeze) conductive?