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For the last 4 hours I have been trying to setup pptpd on a debian vps from vpscrazy.com. Well no matter what I try I can no get it to connect but I can connect to itshidden.com fine. The error I was getting from a windows xp box was error 800 and error 619. If your the one who has the winning...

I have always wanted to make my aspire one into a tablet well today I got my ass in gear and got it started. So far the tools I used were a dremel, nail clippers (they are great for cutting plastic pieces off), plyers, knife, screw driver and some tape. I still need use bondo and jb weld to hold...

Over the last few days whenever I try to play a movie from my 1TB drive it stutters but the same movie from a different drive plays fine. What do you think it could be? Here is a bit of info about the drive: Fileystem: ext3 Timing cached reads: 1174 MB in 2.00 seconds = 586.93 MB/sec...

One of my co-workers came to me asking if I could fix his laptop so I said yes. I received it and turned it on to find that it starts to boot into Vista Home Premium but then shows Configuring Update Stage 3 of 3 0% then it just reboots and keeps doing that until it is turned off. Here are the...

Recently my friend got a black berry so his iphone 3g was sitting in his room and he came back to it one day and its locked and he cant take another guess for 7 years. There is nothing on google about that only for unlocking for a different carrier. Is there any way to unlock it? Would restoring...

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I was on Newegg Canada and found the 4020 is Deactivated so I checked for the 4220 and they don't even have that either but they have both on the us site. :mad:

I found it on the Ubuntu Site while looking at Server 9.04, its pretty much a web based control for KVM and Xen. It can run on Ubuntu, OpenSuse, Debian, and CentOS. Has anyone tried it?

Im looking to start a web hosting company. But I don't want to dish out over $1000 for a Plesk License. So im looking for a good cheap or free web hosting control panel to use on linux. What are some that you guys and or gals recommend? The more features the better.

I have a ubuntu 8.10 server (check sig) that I want to load a XP VM onto because torrentflux sucks and I want to use utorrent. It has a old socket 939 Sempron 1.8ghz single core which doesn't have VT so virtual box won't work. Since it has no GUI installed I was thinking id load the VM software...

Im looking for a cheap mini PCI-E wireless card for a notebook to replace my crappy Acer Aspire One wifi card. If you have one sitting around and willing to sell it, pm me with the make, model and price and I will get back to you. I pay with paypal and I am locted in Manitoba, Canada.

Well my Seagate 1TB has 12 reallocated sectors and I can't trust my data on it anymore. So im going to get a new drive while this one is out for RMA, I was going to get a WD Caviar GP 1TB but there out of stock localy and I don't want to order one online. I read all the problems with the...

I picked up a Acer Aspire One (check sig) last night. But for the life of me I cant get wifi working. Wifi worked fine in eee-ubuntu but I didn't like it so I put Ubuntu 8.10 and sorta got it working, it could see the AP point but couldn't connect to it. I tried like all the guides for Ubuntu on...

I got enough money for my birthday (24th) and Christmas (25th) to upgrade my server, I will use my Western Digital 500GB and my Seagate 1TB and CM Elite 330 from my old server and I will be picking up a Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L, Intel E5200 (I will overclock) and 4GB PC-6400. Is the GA-EP43-DS3L...

I just brought it home and put in in my new case and swapped parts from my old case to the new one. I fired up hdtune and benchmarked it and make sure it was healthy. Well it doesn't look healthy. ID (01) and (07) and (C3). I have tried swapping cables still doing the same thing. This is my...

I have a WD 500GB sata, and my friend let me borrow his WD 320GB to fill with files and stuff. I bench marked both drives but they are about the same speed, and these 320GB's are known for speed. What is going on here? Here is the board and the chipsets are GeForce 6150 LE and nForce 430 (also...

I came across a new computer store that is pretty close by, and they have 1TB hard drives for good prices. The Samsung SpinPoint F1 1TB is one of them at $119.95. Im tempted to pick one up, but I have never dealt with Samsung hard drives. I have read that they are fast, and here is a picture...

Im looking for the Hp Mediasmart Server model EX470 or EX475 without hard drives I live in Manitoba Canada, but I go to North Dakota often, and i can pick it up. I will be in North Dakota within the next week for 2 or 3 days. I would like it to be a cheap as possible. Thanks in advance...

I searched and there wasnt a thread like this so i made one. Rules: Post MULTI monitor setups, no single monitors.

I put Ubuntu 8.04 on my laptop, and i hate gnome so i tried to put KDE 3 on so i put this in terminal: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop but once it finished (over an hour later) I booted up KDE and it was stupid KDE 4 but i want KDE 3, so i reinstalled and im on it now...

Im in the states (Grand Forks) till tommorow night (friday, 18th), and we are gonna buy a bunch of stuff and a new camera is one of the things that were gonna buy, I have been looking on walmart.com for the last hour or two and found a few nice cameras but im a n00b when it comes to this so...

Hello, Im using a Compaq M2000 but its just to damn slow (Turion ML-37 2Ghz), so I want to build a Q6600 System. By budget is around $800 but the cheaper the better, Im located in Canada so im limited to places to buy from. These are the parts I have found. Logitech G5 Laser Gaming Mouse =...

My auntie has a Medion Pc (p4 515, 2.93ghz, 533mhz fsb, 512mb ddr pc 3200, dl-dvd burner, seagate .7 80gb sata) and she got a virus so she took it to a local pc repair place. They opened it up and found 2 leaking caps and it has a virus, so they wanted $450 to to fix it, and instead of fixing it...

Well its pretty late and I was thinking what to do for my server so it hit me, Intel Atom!, So i checked the prices and there damn cheap ($66). So I made a parts list. Intel Atom 1.6GHz M-ITX Crucial Rendition 1X1GB Syba 4 Port Sata PCI Card 4x WD5000AAKS Corsair 450VX I will try to use my...

Hi, my friend just bought a new Ipod Classic 80GB, but he cant really find a good .avi to ipod converter that. He would like it to have a target file size. And also what would be a size of a ipod video (dvd rip) thats still good quality? Also what are some good podcasts (computer related)...

I live In Canada with shitty internet (i live in the country), so i have the 2nd best package is can get from my isp (4Mb/700Kb). But every year it just has to get screwed up. My friend has the same package (lives 20 minutes away) and gets 4.7Mb/715Kb with the same router model and version...

Right now i have a Windows Server with a 500GB Hdd, but ill be upgrading it to about 2GB Ram, Corsair 450W PSU, New Case, And 5x 500GB Hdds. But im not sure what OS to use, I was gonna use Solaris 10 and run the 5x 500GB Hdds in raid-z but Solaris is a b!tch to get working. I hope to stay away...

I just noticed this while looking at my SMART on my Seagate Barracuda .9 120GB, What does it mean? I haven't noticed any odd noises or anything from the drive. EDIT: BTW this drive is about 2 years old and has been on for 1.55 years.

Hi, i just bought a bay network baystack 350t for my home network but i want to set it up but i cant get the serial to connect and i cant telnet because i dont know the ip. Is there a way to check if the serial cable is straight through or null modem? When i use putty to connect with serial it...