Recent content by Jake the Dog

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    Despised software, anyone?

    Hi there! Good to be back thank you :) You are using a windows machine right?
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    Windows XP firewall refusing to start.

    so true! (I wish I could claim to have meant that typo!)
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    Despised software, anyone?

    don't mind me, just changing the subject back on topic :P iTunes for Windows. I despise it.
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    Windows XP firewall refusing to start.

    What does the event log say? It shoudl detail a reason for failure to start. Looking at XP-Pro, the firewall is depedant on two RPC services, Network Connections and WMI. Go to the Services Console, check the "Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS)" list of dependance and see if...
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    DRM and AVI files

    Glad you got it sorted Mark. AVI is a relativety simple media container that it doesn't accomadate rights information so I would be more inclined to suggest that the the server's media streaming service had been changed or a global policy enforced that affected the WMS multicast data writer eg...
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    Best movie you've seen

    Hi Buck and P5. Thanks Buck! Sorry, forgot to add IMDB link - V for Vendetta My comment: "True poetic anti-establishment. Natalie Portman is superb as is Stephen Fry. Hugo Weaving's performance using voice and inflection of movement only, is sublime. Despite it being fiction, it does beg...
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    Best movie you've seen

    agreed - Syriana is a recent fave of mine too but my current fave is most definitely "V for Vendetta".
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    XP install woes & the path to frustration, VIA hell.

    Yup, did all of that in steps 7 & 8. I forgot to mention that I updated both the BIOS on both boards and tried the RAM in slots both slots too. A thought, the RAM modules are single sided so I'm gonna give some dbl-sided RAM a go.
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    XP install woes & the path to frustration, VIA hell.

    It's back! My once yearly bastard PC build has reared it's head. I suspect many here know exactly what I mean and have a periodical bastard build of your own. Yes, it's the one where you happily agree to build a PC for a thrift needy friend cuz you like to help them save their money, only to...
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    Digital Camera

    Have you considered the Fuji S5100/5500 which seemingly fits your needs? I have the S5500 and find the following points to be some of it's best points 37-370mm equivalent focal length thus plenty of zooooom (10x) from the quality Fujinon lens RAW image saves. Photoshop CS/CS2 and Elements now...
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    What anti-spyware anti-adware combos do you use nowadays?

    I only use the MS anti-spyware tool nowadays. I've no need for anything else since I started using Firefox & Avast.
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    Unreal P4 cooler

    indeed. it's a marketing model. the actual cooler is on the right.
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    Lookign for an auto-switching digital audio device

    Exactly like that. Thanks! I must embarrassingly confess that Audio Authority was the second mob I went to when searching for a switch. Obviously managed to miss it somehow... The new HTPC I'm building will have an Audigy 2 Value which sports an SPDIF output. I toyed with using my main PC's...
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    Lookign for an auto-switching digital audio device

    Hi all, I'm looking for a device that will auto-switch multiple optical audio inputs when they become active. I've found a few manual switches on the web but what I'm after is one that will auto-switch between two or more sources with one input being a "master" input in that it will always be...
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    Defrag program....does it matter?

    I have been using DK 9.0 for 7-odd months on five PC's, two of which do a lot of disk work with many files that range from <1KB to 5GB is size and total over 200GB. Since installing DK, those five PC's have maintained disk performance better than they ever have in the past. Enabling DK to...
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