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Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ExplorerPS/2" Option "Buttons" "7" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "false"...

Joking huh? Too bad for us, because if the telecommunications companies did what they were supposed to do in the mid nineties we'd have fiber optic lines to most homes and businesses in the country by now. (Note: Agreed to build fiber network for tax breaks and deregulation). I hear the Japanese...

That's exactly what I wanted to know. Seems I have to change my plans. I want this drive for 2-3 years and I don't want to partition it more than once, so maybe I will get a bigger drive. $220 for a 150 raptor is a bit much though, maybe I could do with a cheaper drive like a 320 Caviar SE16...

The only reason I would create a separate windows partition would for data security. I've done it since win 98 so that if I have to reinstall I don't lose anything. You may be surprised at how many apps don't need the registry, and keeping games separate means I can restore the settings and save...

Shoot, I thought I was in the OS forum. Must have forgot I hit a thread link or something. I'd welcome a mod to move this.

I know that MS claims that Vista absolutely requires 15 GB in order to install, but read that it only takes up about 6. I'm buying a new hard drive soon and will partition with Vista in mind. However, I would rather not make a 15 gig windows partition if I don't need to ( to maximize space usage...

I would venture to say that in the future there will be a Chinese OS company dominating the Asian world, or at least parts of it. Remember that the Chinese have 1 billion people alone, and as a semi-communist government and an economy growing at a huge pace, they will want to make sure that...

Well said, Catweazle. OEM licenses are OEM for a reason. With XP, OEM license transfer was a bit more lenient than Vista. I have successfully changed mainboards on one system with XP OEM home, but the rest of the components stayed the same. With Vista MS has cracked down (to my knowledge). I...

I don't understand you. "2.5 year mb lifespan," wtf are you talking about? I buy one copy of an OS for 4-5 years. In that span I may upgrade my entire system many times, including the mainboard. Four motherboards in 4-5 years is not outrageous for me, nor for many on these forums. Since the OEM...

Why do people on this forum still recommend an OEM license to power users when it is well known that it is tied to the mainboard? Excuse me, but changing my mainboard four or five times while running Vista, and having to call MS up each time to see if they'll activate my copy again, is a pain...

It's really a throw of the dice. They aren't the best psu's but not all fail. People who have had one die complain about it on the forums, people with no problems say nothing. I have one in my system going strong for one and a half years now. Nevertheless, I am going to replace it with a...

Ha! I got it. You have to run "attrib +s 'path to file'" to get it to work. This makes the folder a system file and activates the desktop.ini or something. South Park is rocking my flash drive now. :)

If you go to C:\Documents and Settings\name\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox it has backups of your favorites you can copy. Not sure about accounts and passwords, since I don't use that feature.

I've been wondering this for a while, but have never been able to find an answer. What I want to do is put a background image to a folder (say my flash drive) so that when I open it an image is displayed behind the icons instead of the white background. I know there is something on Kelly's...

Well it seems to me that at least you've gained the confidence to diagnose and repair it yourself. Now you shouldn't ever have to buy a pre-built machine again. You can blame the heat for all of the components failing.