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    simple networking

    hi, can anyone help me with this simple question please. which makes more sense/what is the difference between? (2 computers, 1 modem, 1 switch) modem to switch, then both computers will connect to this switch or modem to the host(USB), host to switch and the other puter connects to...
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    upgrading hard drive

    i lent my friend a 40 gb maxtor hard drive. The drive cables i have, have a space missing for the centre space in the pins. His motherboard (i cant tell what it is but its old) doesn't have the same connections (the pins are in complete rows) and i cant plug my drive in using my cable. when i...
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    sharing a cable modem

    hi all - can anyone help me with this one pls? i want to share my cable modem with another computer in the house. There are 2 connections on the modem (USB and ethernet) i take the USB out from the modem and i figure it should be cool for the other computer to take the ethernet out which...
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    make a start up disc with winxp

    formatting hard disc hello, can anyone help? if i make a ms dos startup disc with win xp can i use it to boot my computer before formatting the hard drive for win 2000 and then to install win 2000? i know u can download boot discs for win 2000 but this startup disc with xp is only one floppy...
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    Windows XP

    Can't boot up in any mode, and i get the blue screen - problem detected, check for viruses, remove any newly installed hard drives, run chkdsk/f. blah blah So after i try recovery console and chkdsk /p and fixboot. Still not booting. When i type chkdsk /f i get an invalid response message...
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    Task Manager

    I am trying to use task manager to close a specific process but it doesn't respond and the process executes. The name of the process is different to its name in reg edit!! Any ideas? :confused:
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    ide slots

    i have an epox 8k5a motherboard, 2 hard drives, a DVD drive and a CD writer. My primary hard drive is connected to IDE 1. I connect my secondary drive to IDE 2. The other 2 drives are on the same cable which is connected to IDE 3. I don't want to use the same cable for both hard drives but...
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