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    Dual boot partition problem

    Guys, I have a AMD 64bit running xp64, 2 x 120gig drives set up in raid0. I originally has the drives partitioned into 3, 1st partition 30g holding my OS, 2nd had all programs & 3rd all my own data. I then decided to mess things up by doing a dual boot with linux. Firstly I tried PartitionMagic...
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    MS Windows Installation

    They used to say if you play the old vinyl records backwards you would hear evil voices, apparently, if you play the Windows OS disk backwards you will also hear an evil message, but what’s worse, if you play it forward it installs windows!!
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    "System Idle Process" Explained

    Liked the explination
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    Windows XP Pro 64

    Hi, I'm thinking of building AMD 64 pc. I am hoping some people already have tested XP 64bit OS, it would be great if any comments on stability, speed etc could be posted
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    Married Life

    A man and a woman, who have never met before, but are both married to other people, found them selves assigned to the same sleeping room on a transcontinental train. Though initially embarrassed and uneasy over sharing a room, they were both very tired and fell asleep quickly...he in the...
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    Wholly PC implosion batman!!!

    Stevo is correct, a surge protector only kicks in when it picks up the surge, some of the spike is allowed through to the pc before it stops it, where as a UPS really is in between the supply & the pc there is no delay. Apart from stopping spikes & dips, it also acts as a conditioner and...
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    Computer Pranks

    Just put the tape on the receptionests optical mouse, (clear, not coloured) now that is a brilliant prank, I guess I will be getting a call tomorrow morning early!! I have installed an app that opens the cd tray every minute for 5 minutes after every boot - drives people mad!
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    eTrust whitelist

    Anyone use Computer Associates eTrust Secure Content Manager? We have just installed it at work & I am having trouble allowing some uses access to blocked sites. There is a white list for smtp, I cannot find anything under http or url rules. Can anyone point me in the right direction?? I have...
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    Anyone heard of Soltek

    I have a soltek mobo at the moment on one of my pc's, had no trouble with it either. Soltek also get good reviews from what I have read at on other sites.
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    I thought it was funny

    Well - What can I say
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    Ooops..... I killed someones pictures....

    NetRyder, whats the odds of both posting GetBack at the same time!
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    Ooops..... I killed someones pictures....

    I also learnt the hard way, I now make sure the person is there while I backup their data, then ask "Are you sure ...." Anyway there is software that you can use to recover after a format. I believe that certain government agencies can recover data after several formats, but that software is...
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    New Power Supply

    Saw this new fan for PC's, ordered one for my PDA !
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    New Power Supply

    Sorry themafia.69, can you repeat, can't quite hear what you said over the noise :cheeky:
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    Unable to allocate memory

    Ok people, It seems that things are working, I haven't decided what seems to have fixed the problem. Things I did. Re-seat the RAM Increase switch file Update the Northbridge chip So far I have not had the problem again ..... thankx for all your suggestions.
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    I thought it was funny

    A joke I just heard on the radio…:cool: A woman says to her friend “every time I sneeze I get this wonderful sexual feeling!” Her friend asks “Are you taking anything for it?” She replies “Pepper” :up: or :down:
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    Unable to allocate memory

    Ok, I am using XP pro on a stand alone machine, not a server, at first I thought that the warning was happening when a I was using a graphic intense & Ram hungry program, but this is not the case. The program I was using at the time was Surpac, a 3D mining package, the last time I had just...
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    Leaving PC on 24/7(healthy or not)

    To me it seems is better to leave it on 24/7, (not laptops) a few reason is that everytime you pust any power switch, you get a slight surge in power, although not enough to start frying everything in sight, but in time you might get the classic avalanch effect - starts small & builds. The...
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    Unable to allocate memory

    Memtest finished & no errors! any other ideas?
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    Unable to allocate memory

    I have run the basic test, no errors, I left the extended test, which is still running. The last I checked there were no errors & 46 passes.
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