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    Exchange 2003, a few emails just disappeared?

    I have an SBS 2003 server with Symantec Mail Security and one of our users is missing some emails from last week. They do not show up in the user's Deleted Items folder (in outlook or outlook web access), nor in the Recover Deleted Items. Item/mailbox retention is set to the default of 30...
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    Reducing memory for SQL Server 2005

    My understanding of SQL server is that it's supposed to suck up as much memory as it can, then give it back to the OS as needed, but that this might be slow to react. It's currently using almost 1GB (according to task manager) on a server with 4GB of physical RAM. We only have one database...
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    motorola defy...

    gorilla glass, dustproof, water resistant (3 feet) up to 30 minutes... this looks nice to me. It's running android 2.1 though... 2.1 vs. 2.2 link In a demo video, they were very dodgy on the "when will it get 2.2" question. To update from my earlier thread, I dumped the iPhone4 and...
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    need a crash course in smart phones...

    I lost my old phone on saturday and didn't have time to fully research things. In a possibly stupid, spur of the moment decision, I stayed with AT&T and got an iPhone4 with a 2yr contract. I have 30 days to return/exchange. I also liked the samsung captivate but I only spent a couple hours in...
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    winxp home boot failure, windows logon process BSOD

    My co-workers Dell computer keeps BSOD'ing on the windows logon process. Its possible it was deliberately sabotaged by her son... She couldnt remember the admin password, so I cleared it with a boot CD. I was then able to do a repair installation off the OEM install CD and it still fails in...
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    winXP, idiot-proof the OS/application interface?

    My boss seems to break things on his computer quite often. Things like accidentally removing toolbars in Word, turning off the "preview pane" window in Outlook, etc. Is there a 3rd party program or some other way of locking all these custom configuration things down?
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    winXP: windows desktop search?

    I'm running XP pro SP3 on my work computer and installed windows desktop search so I could search emails thru Outlook and also a large number of files on a network share. It took a long time to index (not surprising, 29,000 files, lots of word documents) but now that its done, it seems to want...
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    win2k3 server, logs flooding with logon/logoff events

    We just installed a brand new server with small business server 2003 on it. The security log is getting loaded up with event IDs: 576 - Special privileges assigned to new logon 540 - Successful Network Logon 538 - User Logoff I've searched google a bit and its not an uncommon problem...
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    help with zerotherm NV120 install

    I just got my system together and might be having a problem. The metal backing plate had a sticky adhesive piece on it. You're supposed to remove the paper piece to reveal the sticky adhesive, but my adhesive just stayed stuck to the paper and pulled straight off the backing plate. is the...
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    another build review

    8800 GTS (g92) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130312 GIGABYTE GA-P35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128059 E8400 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115037 2x2GB corsair ddr2...
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    eVGA step-up, voided if i use MIR?

    I can get the eVGA 8800 GTS (g92) from newegg for $280 shipped with a newegg coupon code and mail-in rebate. could i apply all those and still use the step-up program? or should i just wait until the 9xxx cards are out since that should drop prices. I'm well overdue for a new PC though (A64...
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    server build for work, remote access and exchange

    i'm out of the loop on server configurations. We need something to handle file sharing and Outlook email for 5-10 people. It'd be nice to import the old PST files for the users so they can still access it, probably around 16-20GB worth of email. They also want to be able to access their email...
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    ideas for re-using the old setup

    Built my first WC setup 3 years ago, trying to decide where to go for my next build and would like comments on the layout. Coolermaster Stacker case Danger den D4 pump (older noisier one) DD dual radiator with DD shroud and extra cardboard standoff RBX waterblock, drilled to fit an evga...
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    power supply blown? need a new one

    Having some issues lately, first thought it was the motherboard, but now it doesn't start up at all. It ran a few times and just shut down after 10 min, no loud pops or anything. Now it doesn't even turn on so I'm assuming the PSU is dead (tried to short the green/black wires on mobo connector...
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    hardware failure, motherboard died?

    I just moved this weekend and now the PC won't boot. Press the power button, fans spin for 1/2 a second then everything shuts down and the power light just blinks slowly. Tried a different video card from an older computer, same thing. Took out everything but the video card and the fans spin...
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    did i just hose my motherboard? wrong bios

    Just tried to "update" my bios but wasn't thinking clearly. I used the gigabyte utility to install the latest bios for the GA-7VTXE... and put it onto my MSI Neo Platinum. Now it won't boot, just shuts off after a few seconds. is there any way around this or did i just hose that computer...
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    acrobat alternative for business

    I can't stand that Adobe charges as much as an operating system for their crap, but we need to use something at work to be able to edit and save PDFs (mostly adding text, white-out boxes, filling in forms and saving them) without any "watermarks". I did a search, looks like Foxit and...
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    ideas for replacement, cheap reliable 754 board

    No overclocking, A64 2800+, SATA, preferably 3 DDR slots at DDR400, onboard sound. Gigabyte is out. Lower cost is better if its still reliable. Looking at Asus K8N http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131512 and K8N-E...
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    GA-K8NS crashing, memory?

    Built this computer january of last year. K8NS (socket 754), AMD 2800+ (1.8GHz), two sticks of 256MB Corsair valueselect (these are single sided), eVGA 6600gt, 350W PSU (Antec truepower i think), sony CDRW. Ran great at first, last month or so its been crashing. First they noticed it when...
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    GB K8NS, on its way out?

    I tried adding some memory and got some weird problems. Mobo has 3 slots, previously had 2 single-sided sticks of 256MB (Corsair ValueSelect DDR400). I upgraded the BIOS to the latest F18. I got a new stick of 512MB Corsair ValueSelect DDR400, it is dual-sided. I can't get them to work...
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    script to start IE, then kill it?

    I'm trying to determine the WAN address on our router at work, which is dynamic. I figured I could just have the server access a page on our website every few hours, where the IP address would be logged. I don't see how to kill the IE process once its been started though. I don't want to log...
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    quick help: 19" LCD for gaming

    Purchasing this today, stuck between these. Gaming (especially FPS) and some text reading (black text on light beige, white on black as well for the [H]) Samsung 940B $345 shipped, 300 brightness, 700:1, 8ms Samsung 930BF $380 shipped, 270, 700:1, 4ms ViewSonic VX924 $375 shipped, 270...
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    suggestions for outside file transfer

    a coworker is interested in working from home. Most of this would be access to Word files, might be nice to do some remote applications as well (that would only be installed on one of the PC's in the office). I'm usually against opening things up to the outside, so I'm looking for the safest...
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    power issue, or mobo going out?

    Lately I've been having problems with my PC. symptoms: I've had problems with it booting up in general, last week or 2?. sometimes it freezes during POST, right after it displays the CPU info. twice now I've been playing CoD2 (just installed yesterday) and my controls lock up. keyboard...
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    mouse guts transplant?

    My 4 year old logitech wheel mouse (like this except blue and grey) is starting to die. It double-clicks on a single-click every so often, which gets a bit annoying when gaming. I was at BB and CC a couple weeks ago and did not like the feel of anything there. Would it be possible to...
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    MS exchange won't delete its log files?

    Running exchange 2000 on win2k server, for some reason exchange seems to have stopped deleting its log files. I've heard that the original version of NTbackup that shipped with win2k didnt back up exchange, but we should have a sufficiently updated version (checked the file versions). I ran...
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    help understanding delayed email receipt

    The last few months, we've been having problems at work with emails that are being delivered well after their "send" date, in some cases as bad as several weeks and nearly one month. The reason that the tech support people gave was that there were lockfiles placed on the email account which...
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    PHP/IIS: include() .rtf files doesn't work in IE on XP?

    original post was incorrect... lets try this again: Using readfile() to send an RTF to the user. The header being sent is "application/msword" I also tried text/rtf. In IE6 on winXP, it opens a new window as it should, then either prompts you for a network password or just displays an...
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    shared hosting plan vs. spam

    The web/email host for the company I work for is currently on www.cwihosting.com econo plan, which is shared hosting. Every so often we get blocked from sending email to AOL accounts, and some others, because we are IP blocked due to spam. I don't think its our users that are doing it, my...
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    mysql won't start on xeon/win2k server

    Is this a problem with mysql? I've tried several versions and can't get any of them to start up. I get an error 1067, process terminated unexpectedly. Event viewer says: E:\MySQL\bin\mysqld-nt: Got signal 11. Aborting! Another message was: Can't find messagefile...
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    quick ? on port types, anything use a centronics type connector?

    Are these port formats used today? I believe it was used in SCSI-1 and also old printers, but does anything current use this connector format? So instead of a bunch of individual pins, its like one big connector with the pins in the outside of the central shaft (for the male connector)...
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    pic/info request: port covers, i.e. dust/shipping cover for scsi/vga/etc

    posting this here because theres a lot more scsi guys... doing a project for work, and would like to know what style of dust covers you guys have seen. I know I've seen the plastic caps that fit over/around the port itself (came on my DVI/vga adapter), has anyone seen another style of...
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    might have smoked my memory, lockups on 6800U

    So lately when I run the RTLHDR thingie, it locks up the whole computer for a moment between 0.5 to 2 seconds after starting it. Sometimes it recovers after that, sometimes it dumps, and I have artifacting afterwards. I think F1 2002 dumps on me, haven't tried lately, but I've run FarCry for a...
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    6800u locking up on 3d apps

    I'm not sure what I did here, it was working fine for a while, even running Doom3, farcry, and the crazy HDR demo. Now after I start up the HDR demo, it loads and runs for 1/2-1 second then locks up. At first its just the demo, then the mouse freezes too. I've found if I click the X to close...
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    need a good document scanner for work

    We've been using an HP 3330 multi/printer/fax/scanner for everything, and are looking to buy a dedicated scanner. Anyone know of a good value? It must have a document feeder, support standard/A4, and possibly legal sizes. We don't really need color, just black and white. OCR would be nice...
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    where is the ambient temp sensor on 6800U, and what temps?

    Just curious where the sensor for this is located. I've seen an ambient as high as 42C in a steady state stress test (using the Far Cry Sandbox editor, runs nicely in a resizable window). Highest core temp has been 70C I think, this is with a modified maze4 block and the stock heatsink (with...
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    single drive raptor performance on K8N neo 754

    Using sandra 2k4, I get a file system benchmark of 56MB/s, is that normal? For those without Sandra, you can go into device manager, IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers, and Serial ATA controller, then go into the primary or secondary tab (whichever your drive is plugged into) and run the speed test...
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    3200+/K8N neoPlat: whats holding me back / RAM cooling options

    System: MSI K8N Neo plat. bios 1.3 w/ HT @ 3x 3200+ Clawhammer @ 1.65V (revision SH7-CG if that matters) / TDX waterblock 2x512 Crucial ballistix PC3200 in slots 1 and 3 @ 2.7V (rated for 2.8) 74GB raptor on SATA 4 AGP set to 68 for the PCA/AGP lock Fortron 550 PSU: shows 1.65 / 3.33...
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    K8N neo plat, CPU voltage issues on cold startup?

    I've started overclocking, and bumped the CPU voltage to 1.6V. Not sure if this is consistent yet, but a couple times I've booted into windows (from being off overnight) and MBM5 says my CPU is at much higher voltage, nearly 3V the last time. I also started Sandra and it registered 3.14V. I...
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