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Hi everyone, I've had an EeePC 900 for a while now and was searching high and low for a distro that would work properly and I came across Eeebuntu. I was using Eeebuntu 1.0 for months and just recently Eeebuntu 2.0 based on Intrepid Ibex was released and I installed that. Windows didn't even...

I've been back for a week and there has been like 20 new or replied to threads. There used to be 30 or so a day when I was a regular. Where is everyone?

Hello everyone, Just thought I'd pop in to say Hi. I have been inactive for a long time due to work and other stuff but I'm back now and I hope to be able to participate like I used to. I see everyone has been doing well. Lots of helpful points I see :D I'm surprised I'm still news crew...

Hi all, long time no post. I have a boring life so I decided to let everyone know that I just upgraded my ADSL to an 8Mb plan from a 512K plan. Although it took 8 days to get conected, it's all sorted now. I just can't believe how fast it is compared to 512. My old 512K seems like dialup now...

Probably for the first time ever, I purchased something for use with something else. Today, I bought a new 26 inch Teac LCD television for AU$1599. Fully High Definition compatible with DVI, Component, HDMI (v1.3 I assume) and everything else. Along with the TV, for good measure I threw in a...

Not all discs are good. In fact, most of the cheap media you see on the shelves are from Taiwan, China and Hong Kong, I'd be confident in saying most media is bad. This short guide is meant to help you determine who manufactures the discs you buy and whats brands are good, and what brands to...

I don't remember where I saw this feature, but it sums up the average response time over, say the last 30 threads or so. Is it possible to integrate this feature? Do you think it's a good statistic to have? I don't know where in the index it could be placed, though.

Hi all, In the near future, I plan to build myself an IPCop firewall running on a VIA EPIA board. VIA make very cool processors (in both senses) and dead silent to boot. What I'm asking if anybody has actually had any real experience with these l33t Mini-ITX systems? I mean, a 17x17cm...

In its first introduction to Microsoft's new operating system, Kaspersky Lab has announced support for Windows Vista in its Anti-Virus 6.0 and Internet Security 6.0 personal software products. Kaspersky today introduced the beta version of Maintenance Pack 2 for the two software titles, which...

Just a few days before the official release of Windows Vista, which many consider an important factor to convince PC users to upgrade to better graphics hardware, a market research firm says that graphics cards sales have slowed significantly in the first three quarters of the year. According...

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I'm getting a new motherboard for my linux machine as the previous one died. Just wondering if i can swap out the boards without having to re-install. The boards use different chipsets. Thanks.

Where should i start? My father asked me the other day to biuld him a computer so he can surf the net and listen to music and what not. I thought, Ok, easily done. Built the computer , installed windows and all the crap that is required for windows. After three days of windows giving me the...

You guys want to give a quick look over these and make sure everything is sweet please? They're for my new rig. I was unsure about the Antec PSU. Better to be safe than sorry :) =AL-HIS-X1800GTO-D3D&input[category_id]=1393"]X1800GTO =MB-ASA8NSLI-SE&input[category_id]=1284"]A8N-SLi SE...

Hi all, I woke up this morning to a computer that won't load any startup programs such as my anitvirus, firewall etc..... I went to msconfig and the entries are not there nor are they in the registry. For the meantime, i'm using Tuneup Utilites Startup Manager for the necessities but would...

What are three things you would eliminate in the world if you could? Mine are as follows: 1. War 2. Bosses 3. Politicians Don't be shy!

Just continuing on from megamaced's Thread, this article explains how a private folder that has been created can be accessed and viewed in Windows SAFE mode. That data within the folder still remains encrypted but files are visible. You can view the article Here.

Hi all, In Mandriva 2006 (that i just re-installed), my mouse won't scroll correctly. In Firefox, scrolling back goes forward a page and scrolling forward goes back a page. In any other program, it will only scroll sideways. I've used all the configurations available and have confirmed the...

Hi, Well, my recently purchased Antec PSU has a crapped out fan. This is actually causing some stability problems so i took it back to the computer shop only to be told they can't replace it due to me sleeviing the cabling. Go figure. Since the warranty is now void, i had a look at the fan...

For all you Windows users that have tasted Linux or even use it on a full time basis, give Windows that KDE touch with Litestep. I recently stumbled across it and installed it on my second machine. It works pretty good as a whole, with some minor incompatibility issues. See the screenshot...