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    House network home run placement-related questions

    I want to run network wire in a single story house built in '89; it has fire blocks unfortunately. Monoprice cat6 cable (Product # 40669) seems to be the best deal right now, so I'm likely to use that. I'm trying to decide where to bring all of them wires together - aka where to have my...
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    New desk shelf mod?

    I partially moved to a new place, picked up a desk on CG and now I'm trying to fit everything in. As you can see, the receiver and speakers pose a problem. Initially I was thinking of finding some shelves/cabinet combos where I would fit the receiver and printer (not pictured) and have the...
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    Current 8TB drive recommendations

    I want to buy a new 8TB drive, it will be installed in a removable caddy and used for large backups in a Windows machine; single drive, no raid. So far I see: Toshiba X300 HDWF180XZSTA for $178 Seagate BarraCuda ST8000DM004 for $150 WD Red WD80EFAX for $219 I'm trying to avoid a junk drive...
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    Installing w10pro when bios has w8home license

    I'm having trouble fresh installing w10 pro v1703 on a lenovo PC with a w8home key embedded in the bios. I never get asked if I want to install the home or pro version, and it just installs the home. Tips please?
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    Cheap rate limiting switch reccomendation

    Please recommend a fanless, inexpensive switch than can do rate limiting per port. I'm interested in rate limiting options bellow 10Mbps. Small size is preferred (5 ports is sufficient). Switch can be used, and can be 10/100. I must not power cycle it every week to keep it working.
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    Where to buy legit Office 2013 Home & Business?

    I need to purchase said software - 1 retail copy. Newegg, CDW are out. Do you have any suggestions for reputable sellers?
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    W10 - renaming folder takes 3 seconds

    I'm having this problem with renaming folders with w explorer. I type, press enter, and then have to wait about 3 seconds. W10 64 bit home. Folders can have no contents, no difference. Renaming with something like total commander works as expected. Any clues? Thanks.
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    block w10 on domain computers; who installed KB3065988 on server 2012?

    I'm wondering if someone here tried to install KB3065988 on server 2012 (non R2)? I'm trying to get the relevant domain group policy items (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/3080351).
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    W10 firewall not allowing windows update

    On my computer running w10 home, I enabled the outbound part of the windows firewall - block all outbound traffic not specified in a rule. I created 2 custom rules: 1. allow all for program path svchost, apply to service wupdate 2. allow all for program path svchost, apply to service bits...
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    Promoting a 2012r2 dc in an existing 2003 domain

    -Existing domain.local with a single 2003 DC -Trying to replace the above with a new server running 2012r2 I've run into an issue when trying to promote the new DC using the wizard in 2012r2 at the Prerequisites Check section: "Verification of prerequisites for Active Directory preparation...
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    Large freezer Wifi setup

    I hope to get some pointers about wifi installation in a large freezer warehouse, hopefully others here had to deal with a situation like this. The freezer is rectangular with about 400ft in both length and width and about 60ft in height. It has steel shelving for supporting pallets which can...
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    need bios backup file for ECS P67H2-A3 v1.0

    Hello, I'm trying to get my mobo to post again, please help if you have this board. I need the full 4MB bios rom image, not the update on their website. Thanks.
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    Seagate Momentus 5400.3 2.5" pata reliability

    Hi, I might have to buy a replacement 2.5" laptop PATA hdd, but don't know anything about the reliability of laptop hdds. The commonly found are Western Digital Scorpio Blue and SAMSUNG Spinpoint M5 at about $80. I also found a SEAGATE MOMENTUS 5400.3 - 80GB at about $40. Do any of you...
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    Powering/booting problem: PSU or mobo?

    Hi folks. I finally upgraded my computer, and got a i5-2500k, ECS P67H2-A3 and 2x4GB PNY optima 1333. I kept the rest: PSU: Antec Neo HE 500W, made by Seasonic AFAIK; bought it in 5/2007, and it has seen a lot of use. Graphic card: GF 7800 GTX 256 MB Harddrives, sound card, low power sata...
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    cheap ebay JMB363 sata controlers any good?

    I'm thinking of adding one of these $7 cards, just for extra sata ports, no raid. http://cgi.ebay.com/PCI-E-PCIE-RAID-Express-Card-SATA-II-Controller-A24-/320613198354?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4aa6092a12 Does any one have experience with them? They are kind of weird, I can't actually...
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