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I can't stand gaming without Vsync on. Tearing really drvies me crazy and I notice it everywhere, even during fast action. I have mine set to 75 and I never really drop below that anytime so it always seems fluid to me.

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mikehodges2 wrote:
I can't find this information anywhere!!

Here you go. Hope it helps.

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I'll be visiting Hong Kong soon for a business trip. I expect to stay there about one week. While there, I was hoping to surprise a mate from my college days. I tried my best to find some info using white pages and such but just hit a dead end. Also, many internal sites are not in English (of course...

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Multiplayer Mode! Sweet!

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Strictly speaking it is "redundancy", not "local" backup. But the term backup, like so many others, have been abused and misused to the point most people don't really know anymore. :roll: Well, if we can't agree on the meaning, of course well butt heads. I worked in data-center backup for Cisco Syt...

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RAID != backup Would that not be: RAID does not equal REMOTE backup? I still consider it an effective local backup solution. Lightning strikes => both your RAID1 volumes are shot => no backup :( Like I said, its can be an effective LOCAL backup solution, not REMOTE. I never said local should be use...

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Flying Fox wrote:
RAID != backup

Would that not be: RAID does not equal REMOTE backup? I still consider it an effective local backup solution.

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Thank you. I appreciate the info.

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Is there any easy way to force the "Welcome to Microsoft Windows" first time setup wizard you get when you install Windows and boot it for the first time? I'm asking because I'm selling a few notebooks and when the buyers get them and power them up, I would like that wizard to start. But I wish to i...

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Thank you everyone for your input and advice. I managed to convince him to drop Vista and keep XP since its mainly a gaming platform.

The CPU and video card will be changed accordingly as well. Thanks again.

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thecoldanddarkone wrote:
What resolution?

Probably 1280x1024.

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Hi Everyone, My brother is putting together a new system but I have been out of the loop so long, I figured I would ask those "up to date" what your opinion is? Any changes you suggest? His budget is $1200 and gaming is his main concern. Also, he is gonna run Vista, so I recommended 2GB of RAM. Here...

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I gotta agree with Splinter. There is NO excuse for piracy, whatever the reason. If you buy a game and you dont like it, tough sh*t. Its like Splinters analogy of a resturant. If you buy some food but then don't like the taste of it, you can't have a refond, or steal the food! NeXus 6 , the reason ...

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I sent an email to toddh@idsoftware.com and johnc@idsoftware.com way back and simply told them, no co-op, no money from me. I'll just play the pirated version till then. If they had co-op, I gladly send them $60 for my copy. Kinda of sad since I can't even remember the last time I pirated a game. An...

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I am running Windows XP and I have had the same problem with the Quick Launch bar disappearing. Today I managed to fix it. Wow . Thanks IanL!! That actually did it. I can't believe after all the things we tried it was as simple as that. It's amazing how changing just one value in Windows registry c...

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Memorex CD-RW media blows chunks The media brand has nothing to do with its quality. The CD's manufacturing code determines where it was originaly produced. This effects quality far more than anything else. Just for comparison, my Memorex CD-R's are manufactured by Taiyo Yuden, a very well known an...

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Hi,

Just read up and follow these directions. Google is your friend.

http://forums.net-integration.net/index.php?&act=ST&f=28&t=15308

Good luck.

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I've noticed this for years, on many different machines but I've never really asked what causes it. When scrolling w/mousewheel, especially though graphically heavy websites, some sort of noise comes out of my tower. Its not a fan noise, it's... not very easy to describe. Any idea why? Not sure if ...

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And we are not serious tech-heads. Some here might find that remark offensive. :evil: My apologies. It's late and that come out the wrong way. I meant perhaps a forum where MS coders and employees (that eat, sleep, and live) Windows OS frequent a lot. I'm sure most people at TR have better things t...

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Ok. I tried the suggestion of creating a third user and setting Quick Launch in its option for that user desktop. Rebooting and selecting the third user as my logon had the same results, Quick Launch is turned off every reboot for the third user as well. So, it does not matter if you logon as Admin...

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Ok. I tried the suggestion of creating a third user and setting Quick Launch in its option for that user desktop. Rebooting and selecting the third user as my logon had the same results, Quick Launch is turned off every reboot for the third user as well. So, it does not matter if you logon as Admin,...

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Hi everyone,

Here is a short but interesting article on what might very well be the future in not just the PC world, but technology in general from food to movies. Good read.

http://www.bit-tech.net/column/14/

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Have you tried creating a new user and seeing if the quick launch settings stick with that user? Well, I tried booting into Admin mode and setting it there. I did not stick with that. I have not tried creating a third user and seeing if it sticks with it. But I will try. Good suggestion. By the way...

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OK. I tried all the suggestions above regarding modifing the value data for both TaskbarSizeMove and TaskbarGlooming. Actually, they were both set as you described. TaskbarSizeMove was at 1, and TaskbarGlooming was at 0. I open the modify window for each attribute and entered the same number anyway ...

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Ok everyone, Now that I'm back, I'm still dealing with this problem. I found the following key as proposed above: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced All permissions are set to "Full Control" as well as "Read". For the heck of it, I even set the Restricted u...

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HAHA! I forgot where I found this on the web or what newspaper's classified add this came from, but it never fails to crack me up. I actually wrote this guy a letter demanding proof of his travels. It was returned from the post office as non-deliverable. http://img75.photobucket.com/albums/v228/mmac...

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ok, I was curious so did a little sniffing around with Regmon... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced Make sure that Permissions are set right in that key...it alters a few values in that key when doing the taskbar quicklaunch shuffle... OK, I'll give it a s...

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Starfalcon wrote:
Does he have administrator rights on the machine when he changes the setting?

Good question. Yes. There is only one user account, his, and it is set to "Computer Administrator"

For a second I thought you might have solved it. Nuts.

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There is a setting on the start menu under settings/ taskbar and start menu. There is a checkbox to show quick launch, is the box checked? In a word, Yes. "Show Quick Launch" option is checked on and a few links are avialable in the quick launch area such as "Show Desktop", "Windows Explorer", etc....

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Hi Everyone, I was hoping someone could give me a little insight into this problem. I was visiting my brother when I noticed everytime his PC boots (with Windows XP Pro) his Quick Launch toolbar within the Task Bar is always turned off. He then has to manually reactivate the Quick Launch tool bar by...

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Anyone Here in Hong Kong? I Could Use Your Help...

How to force the Windows "Welcome" setup screen?

Advice With A New System

Re: Noise coming from inside computer when scroll wheel is u

The future of Longhorn, DRM, and Intellectual Property.

Can't stop laughing.

Windows XP Quick Launch Problem. Need Advice.