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Low End Sound Card that is Stable in VISTA 32

Well, if you want stable drivers then you're best off with on-board sound. Creative is the best-known maker of 3rd-party sound cards, but they've basically chosen to stop writing drivers and instead rely on their incredible good looks...
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- Post #4
- Apr 4, 2008
- Forum: Audio Components
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Why aren't there hard drives bigger than 3.5"

Because drive bays are only 3.5". Ask me why DVD discs aren't smaller...
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- Post #4
- Apr 3, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Bizarre Hard Drive Issue

I'll essentially recommend something similar to or the same to Harvey. I would backup all data on D:, delete the partition, then use a program like PQMagic to grow the system partition to use all available disk space. Then restore the files from D: to your newly-resized C: drive. Your...
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- Post #6
- Mar 19, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Does a CRT Flatscreen exist?

Although technically even those are still curved, it's just that manufacturers got smart and the curvature is inside the tube, the external glass is flat. And Trinitrons don't have vertical curvature, only horizontal.
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- Post #5
- Mar 19, 2008
- Forum: Audio Components
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Clone laptop HD onto PC HD

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- Post #4
- Mar 11, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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extrernal hard drives

I bought a Fantom G-Force MegaDisk 1TB External. Cheaper storage you won't find. Failed after about a month and took 500 gigs of data with it. Cracked the case open and found two 500 Gb Seagate drives inside, so it's certainly not awful components. Maybe I just got (un)lucky. (As an...
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- Post #3
- Feb 25, 2008
- Forum: Memory and Storage
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Remote control woes with Xbox and Media Center

Yes, it lets the 360 ignore a Media Center remote and only respond to a 360 remote. However since my remote is a 360 remote, I'm stuck with two devices that "listen" to the same remote and no way (yet) to make one of them stop.
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- Post #3
- Feb 25, 2008
- Forum: Audio Components
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Remote control woes with Xbox and Media Center

I've got an Xbox 360 and a Vista Media Center in my TV room and bought an Xbox 360 Universal Media Remote. The problem I've got is that both my media center and the Xbox receive the signals from the remote, so if I hit "Power" both turn off, "Play" and they both start to play etc. Is there a...
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- Thread
- Feb 25, 2008
- Replies: 4
- Forum: Audio Components
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Vista RTM already on filesharing networks

I assume he means Pro vs Home, as opposed to "Corp" vs. Home.
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- Post #78
- Nov 14, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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I hate Microsoft. Vista release is a debacle.

Well, there was a MASSIVE improvement between Beta 2 and RC1, an incremental improvement in RC2, and I'm sure RTM is improved as well. To be honest with you, 90% of the problems I've had with Vista were driver-related. I'd love to say they were tiny glitches but I've found some big-name...
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- Post #7
- Nov 10, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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I hate Microsoft. Vista release is a debacle.

Ahem. Nobody *inside* Microsoft has access to it, either. As stash says, it just RTMed. RTM != release so I'm not sure it's appropriate to call it a debacle. Chill, I'm sure the bits will be available shortly.
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- Post #4
- Nov 10, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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HELP! My computer keeps randomly shutting down!

It's almost certainly overheating. My machine had a problem where the CPU fan wasn't quite placed properly and when the system detected the CPU temp exceed a threshold it would do a hard shutdown, like someone flipped off the PSU switch. Re-seated the fan properly, no more shutdowns.
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- Post #2
- Nov 10, 2006
- Forum: Computer Building
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XP pro boot problems- pauses before desktop for 90 seconds

Sounds like network to me too. Any mapped network drives that can't reconnect? Massive group policies coming down from a domain controller? Roaming profiles? Everything could be working just fine and it could still be network-related while your system is trying to access a resource that's...
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- Post #6
- Nov 10, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems
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Can W2K3 be installed in a VPC

So, I don't have access to a W2K3 bootable disk, all I have is the install source. I'm trying to install in VPC2007 without any luck. I tried using a WinPE boot disk, but setup.exe squawks that there's no valid system partitions, presumably since there is no existing OS on the VHD. Thanks in...
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- Thread
- Nov 10, 2006
- Replies: 2
- Forum: Operating Systems
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When Vista Comes - And It Will

For the record, *all* Vista installs are fresh. When you upgrade it simply backs up select settings, does a fresh install, then migrates your settings back. I upgraded my XP machine to Beta 2 with no issues, although I'll grant the system had only been running XP for a couple months. I tend...
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- Post #11
- Nov 10, 2006
- Forum: Operating Systems

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