Recent content by David 617

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    good base laptop for gaming?

    To echo i7Baby, 740m is very weak. The most important component for gaming is the gpu. I'd get an 860 or 870. (880 if you can afford it..)
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    To Purchase or to Wait

    Hey, I'm a developer/gamer and I use my laptop heavily. My current specs are: i7-2820QM 16gb ram 120gb ssd / 500gb hdd nvidia 540m The gpu is starting to show its age and I want to buy a new laptop to play watch dogs and gta5 (if it ever comes out on pc..lol) I am hesitant to spend +$2000 on a...
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    [Q] Advanced Excel Mail-Merge

    Never mind, found my answer over here- http://www.excelforum.com/excel-general/712510-make-a-raffle-list-in-excel.html
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    Wiped my hard drive now I lost office 2010 how do I recover

    you can use this http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/pst-viewer.html to browse the PST (outlook) file and get the key
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    [Q] Advanced Excel Mail-Merge

    Hi, I'm running a raffle and need to print out the tickets for the drawing. Can I use a Mail-Merge to print labels w/ the names on it using a value from a column to determine the amount of labels per person? Basically I need excel to look at column 'C' (which holds the amount of tickets the...
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    Wifi issues, HP Pavillion dv6

    i'd second that^. sounds like a hardware issue. he might have to buy a usb wifi card.
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    Disguising Games on College Network

    basically you want to redirect all traffic from the games port, to port 80. you can try this.. not sure if itll work. il poke around later http://www.steelbytes.com/?mid=18
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    Chrome14 vs Firefox 7 PLEASE COMMENT

    thanks for the input. it seems as though ffox 7 is faster. but my chrome speeds are way too slow.
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    Chrome14 vs Firefox 7 PLEASE COMMENT

    Hi y'all, I just downloaded Firefox 7 and figured I'd give it a spin. I use Chrome, but I wanted to see what Mozilla did in their latest release. All I can say is, Wow. The speeds I'm getting are so much faster than Chrome's that I think my Chrome is unnaturally slow. Granted, that this isn't a...
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    Install ram in my A135-S4467

    underneath the laptop there is a compartment w/ ur ram in it. just unscrew the flap and replace what u want. google is helpful http://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1CHFX_enUS441US441&gcx=w&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=upgrade+ram+on+a+laptop youtube has videos also
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    Anonymous Declares Sept 24 as "Day of Vengence"

    prob not going to b 2 crazy. their ranks are thinning.
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    My kodak photos are showing a big crack down the middle of them so when I double

    just to clarify, you took the pictures on a kodak camera. successfully transferred them to ur pc. now they wont open on your pc. correct? windows xp or 7?
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    Will formatting a disk erase it

    YES!!! Formatting resets the drive and wipes everything. it sound like your card is corrupted. you might not be able to get the pictures off. try plugging it into a different pc. (i had this problem once and lost alot of family pics. lesson, always back up frequently.)
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    Solved! How to view digital camera on my laptop

    just plug the camera in using the included usb cable. open my computer and it will be there as a camera icon. double click on it and it will open to ur pics.
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    Solved! SD Card Reader says the card is write-protected

    is this an sd card? if it is, make sure the little tab on the side is in the 'unlock' position.