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*I gotta note that you can find your system information just as easily by going in through 'Help and Support,' but this is just cooler to do when sitting at someone elses computer, and you don't have to even touch the start button. it's easy. from the desktop, right-click and …

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*Taken from the ATOS website, [url]http://www.g4tv.com/attackoftheshow/index.html*[/url] If there's one thing i hate, it's the windows XP logo. I CAN'T STAND IT! so like, wavy and multicolored... so, i'm posting this little tweak for your collective benefit: first, get a program like regedit (google it, i'm getting lazy and don't want …

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Everybody has been going crazy about how teh hax0rz have cracked vista registration, and throughout the whole process, Microsoft has been promising to shore up every last one. The problem with shoring up cracks and ensuring security, is the reduction in service. If the KVL server crack is shored up, …

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A group of internet pirates have generated a workaround for registration for some specific versions of Vista. Specifically, Business and Enterprise. The secret lies in Microsoft's new key management service (KMS) that allows companies (organizations, etc.) that have a lot of computers running vista, set up a local server for …

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If you have installed 'anything' in vista, you have encountered one of these 'This program is trying to run 'blah blah blah' and windows needs your authorization to do this.' And you need to click to respond. You have just encountered the User Account Control. It is a new 'feature' …

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here's a quick little practical joke that you can do to your friend, (or computer illiterate enemy) close all windows and everything on the screen, so all that is seen is the icons on the desktop. move the mouse off the screen, and hit 'print screen'. open paint, and paste …

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Home Basic: Home Basic is intended for budget users not requiring advanced media support for home use. The Windows Aero theme with translucent effects will not be included with this edition. Home Basic will support up to 8 GB of physical memory. Price: 200$, upgrade: 100$ Home Premium: Containing all …

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I am working with a client who brought her computer home for the holidays, and now the sound won't work properly. When the user tries to play a sound file in any media player (i tried WMP and creative media jukebox) an alert comes up saying that the audio device …

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Setting a static page file is mainly a tip that should be reserved for the computer user who has forsaken friends and family for the realm of PC gaming, but anyone can do it, especially if you do video editing, or are a power user of any kind. the premise …

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I'm running kubuntu 5.04, and I am having lots of trouble setting my scroll wheel to work. specifically, in Konqueror or other web browsers. The mouse is a standard, two button and scroll wheel mouse. the applicable portion of my xorg.conf file follows: [CODE]Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Mouse1" Driver "mouse" Option …

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I'm having some serious-sounding trouble using a fat32 partition with linux. here are all (i think) the important stats: Distro: Kubuntu 5.04 fstab: ... /dev/hdb5 /home/../storage FAT32 user,gir=users,chmod=7777 0 0 ... command: mount -t vfat /dev/hdb5 /home/../storage after it is mounted properly, (I'm working on my XP boot right now, …

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*You can probably find different methods of doing this somewhere online, but this is the way that has always worked for me* *NOTE: This hack might not work 100% all the time, i'm not exactly sure why, but I know that after you re-start having installed a program that puts …

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This problem is driving me crazy. i know there's something out there for a winamp-like window-snap effect. Example: bring one window border to the side of the screen or the border of another window, and in the last ten pixles, they will 'snap' together for just a 'whoa, cool' factor …

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