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    Please help. Completed a terrible mistake.

    If you can't afford to upgrade, there are some things you can try. You can default it to factory settings. read your manual on how to do that. Secondly many routers run on the warm to hot side. Make sure the router has plenty of ventilation and that nothing is blocking the vents. This can cuase...
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    upgrading to new CPU/RAM/motherboard. Have drive questions

    OK Thanks. That is what I was thinking would have to happen, but was hoping to avoid.
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    upgrading to new CPU/RAM/motherboard. Have drive questions

    I'm going to be upgrading to a new system. I also bought a 500G SSD and Windows 10. My old system had a 500G HDD and is running Vista so I couldn't get the free Win10 upgrade. I want to clone the old HDD to the new SSD but have some questions about the basic process. Basically I would like to...
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    Need to upgrade OS but have some questions

    I was thinking of upgrading the graphics card and adding some memory so I might as well just do the whole thing while I'm at it. Thanks for the help.
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    Need to upgrade OS but have some questions

    I built it myself about 5 years ago. Thanks johnb35. I built it myself a few years back. I just realized I had a few mistakes in my signature line if that is what you were looking at. A few hardware upgrades along the way.
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    Need to upgrade OS but have some questions

    Hi All, I currently am running Vista on my desktop (64 bit Intel 4 core, w/8Gb ram). It really is not too bad. But I've upgraded a few of my other programs that have told me that the upgraded programs won't work on Vista. SO I want to upgrade my OS. Since I will have to pay for whatever version...
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    same cable for USB2 as USB3?

    I added a USB3 card to my desktop. I also purchased a USB 3 hub that I have plugged into the USB3 card. My question is-- can I use the same cable between the hub and say a portable hard drive that is USB3 capable as I would for a USB2 portable drive? The hub is obviously cabled to the new usb3...
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    how to get rid of "Eraem Vire Studaa 2021 virus

    Johnb35 -- thanks for the quick reply. I was just talking to him, and he says he knows how to get rid of the virus, but what he needs to know is how to undo all the damage/encryption that it did. All his business files on his servers were encrypted by this virus. Again, thanks for any help...
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    how to get rid of "Eraem Vire Studaa 2021 virus

    My brother just told me he has this above mentioned virus. I was wondering if anybody has any experience getting rid of this and how to do that. Thanks for your help!
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    2 instances of same OS showing on bootup?

    I installed a new hard drive in a very old machine for some friends of mine. The machine is a gateway and is at least 10 years old. Anyway I formatted the drive as NTFS and installed their old windows OS (XP, Home Edition). Now every time the computer boots, it presents with the choose OS...
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    My laptop won't play videos made by my camera

    I googled "play a mov file on a pc" I googled your problem and this is the link to what came up. Also, I have a Canon EOS T2i which makes .mov files and my PC plays the files with no problem. But it uses QuickTime to do it. But as you'll discover from the answers that came up, there are lots of...
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    Looking For New Printer

    I have an Epson RX 620 printer. It is several years old. I would NEVER buy another one of them again. here's why. It takes 5 color cartridges and 1 black cartridge. It seems like I am CONSTANTLY buying ink at $15/ cartridge. The other thing I don't like is that even if I want to print a strictly...
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    5000MB max save to bluray - age old question I know...

    I just installed an LG BluRay burner and I tried burning some files to disk. The program tried to tell me the same thing - basically that I only had the same amount of space as my DVD burner. I had to go digging thru the menus until I found where I could checkmark a box that tells the program I...
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    Photo Idiotè

    Try turning off your image stabilization (if your camera has a setting for that). It sounds to me like your camera's stabilizer function is not working properly. On a full size DSLR, when you push the shutter button half way, you should see the image stabilize somewhat. By the way, they tell you...
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    PCI Express x1 question

    Thanks for the replies. I was able to find some info on my mobo expansion slots and it only has a transfer speed of 250mb/s (if I remember right) which makes it a rev 1.0. SO to my thinking plugging in a usb 3 card would be wasting my time since it wouldn't be able to take full advantage of the...
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    PCI Express x1 question

    I have an XFX nForce 680iLT motherboard. I want to upgrade my USB to USB 3.0. I was looking at the Buffalo Technology SuperSpeed USB 3.0 PCI Express 2-Port Interface Card IFC-PCIE2U3 on amazon. One of the requirements is that I have a PCI express x1 (rev 2.0) slot. I do have the PCI express x1...
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    xbox360 controller for pc-- not working

    Thanks for the info. That makes sense. I don't think it mentions that in the manual that comes with the controller. But it figures. Appreciate the fast response.
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    xbox360 controller for pc-- not working

    I just bought Shift 2 Unleashed for PC. In order to get started playing it, I also bought the XBox 360 wireless controller (it also has a cord that can plug into USB). I plugged it in to my usb port and the computer recognized it and loaded the drivers right away. But when I look in control...
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    "Apple" ram in a PC?

    thanks thanks for the input. That is what I thought, but I was just trying to make sure that for some reason the architecture wasn't different between the 2 (memory wise).
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    "Apple" ram in a PC?

    I just bought some ram for my son's dell inspiron 1526. Kingston DDR2, 4GB (2x2GB) 667Mhz. On the package that arrived, it says it is for Apple Macbooks and IMAC intel series. Can I still use this in a PC style computer, or will it not work? Is DDR2, 667MHZ the same in either style, or is...
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