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    Everything you need to know about the Windows 8.1 release

    I got mine installed, but one funny thing, when you hit the window key and E to bring up file explorer it will not bring it up at all. and if you click the folder at the bottom on the desktop it does nothing. that is annoying, I was finally able to bring it up by right clicking and checking...
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    WD Velociraptor

    We use Velociraptor drives in our workstations at work, 3 of them, all of the original ones have been replaced. Not sure if it was the way the workstations were build, they are custom, built before I got there. we have nothing but trouble from two of them. Warranty was easy on replacement...
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    Nexus 10 Specs compared to iPad and Surface

    I am leaning toward a real windows 8 surface. I was thinking the Nexus 10 would be nice, but the lack of a MicroSD slot I think was a mistake. Did anyone watch NCIS LA last night, there was a part in it that was an add for a surface tablet. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AOwL5FRMR0
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    Windows 8 OS,Tablet, New Win 8 PCs News Thread

    I have had the preview since the day it came out. Been letting my kids play around with it, 5 and 6 year old. It is easier for them to use. I have not had any issues with it so far and will be buying the upgrade to it for my main machine, and probably my laptop. along with a copy of the new...
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    More Apple v Samsung (This is great)

    This is pretty funny, We need judges like this here. Apple must run "Samsung did not copy iPad" ads: report - Yahoo! News
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    Microsoft's Mystery Monday revealed: Surface Tablets

    Because Windows 8 is not ready for retail sale yet. So how can they sell a tablet running it if the OS is not ready. (I must add, I am using the beta of windows 8, it seems pretty solid. I hated it at first but now that I have gotten used to it, I kind of like it) I must add, as a company...
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    Giving Thanks for System Restore & cursing ......

    I just got a new dell computer, took it out of the box, hooked it to the domain, took about 2 minutes. started to install office 2010. power goes out. Lets just say office did not like the partial install, and it took me two days to get the machine to let me get it installed, after wiping...
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    Server backup- today's best solutions

    We use a Cisco NAS, it is a little overkill for our needs, but it was not too expensive compared to the other ones available. I still think the Synology NAS would have been a good one, but all our other equipment is Cisco. We keep it in another building on our company property. It is...
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    Lytro light field camera: shoot now, focus later!

    I am thinking this would be good for survailance cameras. I had seen this a few months ago on some news site somewhere and thought it would great to get a couple for that purpose. But right now it looks like it is just a still photo camera and not video, hopefully they can make something like...
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    Need suggestions for NAS

    I cannot comment on cheap, as I bought a Cisco NSS300 series with (4) 2 TB drives in it for 2 grand for work. but I must say since it was installed I have not had to touch a thing on it. took about an hour to get up and running, and we run our website on it too.
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    Dell hints at ditching Android in favor of Windows 8

    This does not surprise me at all. Dell might as well be called Microsoft/Dell. They have never really had any alternative but MS products that I can remember.
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    IE 9 Beta

    I am having the same issue, I have tried installing 4 times and cannot get it to install.
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    Widescreen monitor question

    I say go for dual widescreens. I have 2 24" widescreens that I run. Right now I am running 2 Acer P243W screens for the desktop, and on the other leg of the desk I have an 18" laptop(HP mobile workstation) with an acer H243H monitor to run it in dual mode. Only downside is as the day...
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    More work network problems

    I would be fine leaving it the way it is if we can solve the issues we have. like already today I have had to disconnect and reconnect the network drive, and I just got here 10 minutes ago.
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    NEW NETWORK ISSUES

    On mine, I had to disable the wireless in the 2 wire and set it to bridged mode and let the linksys handle all of the routing functions. That may be your issue.
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    More work network problems

    No web filtering, we are a small shop, only 6 people on the network at the moment, adding 2-3 more in a few months when we go under one roof finally. We have an outside IT consultant and they just are not doing what we are wanting at the moment, the boss knows them and had them put everything...
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    More work network problems

    So our problems continue, When going to websites sometimes you have to hit refresh 2-3 times to get the page to load. or else it just takes you to bing when you type in the address completely. Even sites like yahoo, and cnn. running windows server 2008 and several computers with vista...
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    Network Trouble

    Yeah, it seems to have no effect. Trying to find out what all ZoneAlarm changes in the registry.
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    Network Trouble

    I am having an issue at work with my computer losing its mapped network drive. You will go to get on the drive and a popup comes up that says the drive is not connected, the only way to get it back that I have found is to reboot the computer. We are running Vista Business 64, and windows...
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    Help with Vista

    I have been having a similar problem with mine, it would work for a few hours and then blue screen, and reboot and come up with the insert system disk. They had upgraded the memory a few months ago, taking that out solved the problem, so I would try the memory first. I have not had a...
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    Laptop recommendations

    I would go with something similar, now go out and buy it so you can tell me how it is. So I can get one the first of the year. I already spent my computer money this year.
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    Windows & 64Bit Windows 8 or 9 128Bit

    I was at an auction last saturday, and they were selling some old handset modems. The part that shocked me the most, was that people were actually bidding on them. Then there was an old computer looking thing, I have no idea what is was, but it went for just under 300 bucks. The other...
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    Windows & 64Bit Windows 8 or 9 128Bit

    Your first computer had a HDD, man, all I had was a 5 1/4" floppy, and I really do not consider myself to be that old. my second computer had a pair of 3 1/2" floppy drives, still no HDD. I tell you though, I really miss the mid 80's computing. I would still love to be running a BBS.
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    Laptop recommendations

    I had an HP 7-8 years ago and hated it, so I switched to something else, about 4 years ago I went down and bought another one. Loved it, now I have 2 laptops, 2desktops and a server all from HP and could not be happier. (Dell seems to have went downhill the last few years, had a bunch at work...
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    Laptop recommendations

    Try this one. Laptop/Tablet HP Official Store — Buy an HP Pavilion tx2 and tx2z series notebook PC from HP Just at $1,000 with tax and everything. It's what I would have gotten had I not got this HP - Pavilion Elite Desktop with AMD Phenom? II X4 Quad-Core Processor - e9120y...