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This is a stellar buy on a good quality All-in-One that really is $99 elsewhere. For fast, affordable and high-performance printing all within a compact design Speedy printing — 9 pages per minute black, 4.7 color (ISO standard). Affordable ink cartridges — replace as you go. Built-in wireless networking lets the whole workgroup share. 30-sheet auto document feeder for drop-and-go scanning and faxing. EPSON Connect lets you print and scan from virtually anywhere. http://www.officedepot.com/a/products/866842/Epson-WorkForce-WF-2530-All-in/

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Rich-M replied December 4, 201410 yr

Cyberweekend only: 1-year of protection for $14.99 http://app.response.esetprotects.com/e/es.aspx?s=2208&e=348634&elq=a34345000535447e8731d5fa943b2724

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Rich-M replied December 3, 201410 yr

It's always exciting when a build of a pre-release version of Windows leaks out of Redmond. And so it is with Windows 10 build 9888, a post-Windows Technical Preview build of Microsoft's next desktop OS. Cautiously installing it in a virtual machine—yeah, I'm still a bit burned by build 9879—what I see, unfortunately, is not a heck of a lot of difference. This is no Consumer Preview build. Given that lowering of expectations, what is new? First of all, the version number is indeed 10, as previously reported. In the final Windows Technical Preview build, 9879, this version number is reported as 6.4, which is consistent with all Windows versions dating back to Wind…

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User Friendly replied December 3, 201410 yr

I have a Dell All-in-One 2030 with Windows 8.1 and lately I have been finding the bootup taking longer and longer with occasional freezes and began to think I have a hard drive problem. The unit has a 1Tb Seagate 7200 RPM hard drive which I replaced with a 240 gb Ssd drive only the drive only shows about 120 Gb. I have looked in Disk Management and Easeus Partition Manager and I cannot see any unallocated space. The drive is setup as a GPT drive and this one has me really puzzled. The speed is absolutely awesome but where did my 100 gb go? Anyone with any ideas?

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allheart55 Cindy E replied December 1, 201410 yr

As stated in another thread this client is one I have had many infection issues with and her husband is a heavy duty gamer with a hot Amd 8 core pc that it shares a network with so I decided this would be a good test for my new Emsisoft relationship. Installed on the Dell Inspiron 2020 I was a little concerned with the length of time to update the new install because while on Comcast everything is quick, I have still many Verizon Dsl clients with very slow service and this software updates fully after install. A call to my contact provided me with a better site to download the install from. A site that has the updates included as Emsisoft.com seems it does not do. I…

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Rich-M replied November 30, 201410 yr

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/120G 2.5" 120GB SATA III Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $49.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820721107&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL112814&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL112814&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL112814-_-EMC-112814-Index-_-InternalSSDs-_-20721107-S1A0C

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Rich-M replied November 29, 201410 yr

Kingston SSDNow V300 Series SV300S37A/480G 2.5" Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $179.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820239757&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL112814&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL112814&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL112814-_-EMC-112814-Index-_-InternalSSDs-_-20239757-S1A1A

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Rich-M replied November 29, 201410 yr

WD My Passport Ultra 2TB USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive - Black $79.99 http://www.ebay.com/itm/WD-My-Passport-Ultra-2TB-USB-3-0-Portable-Hard-Drive-Black/361133438697

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Rich-M replied November 29, 201410 yr

AMD FX-8310 3.4GHz Eight Core Product Details AMD FX-Series FX-8310 3.4GHz Take your PC’s megatasking abilities to extreme levels with AMD FX-Series FX 8310. It is the first native 8-core desktop processor built with dynamic, tuneable performance to handle multiple intensive apps without breaking a sweat. Plus, it comes with unlocked capabilities to give a higher boost in your system's overall performance. Pick up the AMD FX-Series FX 8310 today to give your PC the roar it needs! What It Is And Why You Need It Unlocked, maximum performance for all desktop gaming Ideal for advanced 3D gaming and complex 3D modeling Perfect for HD video editing AM3+ interface…

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Rich-M replied November 28, 201410 yr

OCZ VTX460-25SAT3-240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Flash Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) $79.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820228106&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=IGNEFL112814&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL112814&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL112814-_-EMC-112814-Index-_-InternalSSDs-_-20228106-S1A1C

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Rich-M replied November 28, 201410 yr

Hello, after getting too many viruses on this EeePc 1001PX Netbook I am trying to do a recovery but not seeing an English language option and even now when I try to go back to the original windows 7 I am still getting the recovery screen to select the language, what can I do here please? I have a win7 disk with Home Premium but this netbook came with "Starter" edition.

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Rich-M replied November 27, 201410 yr

One of the most intriguing features in Windows 10 is its complex, deeply detailed, surprisingly bland suggestions app. Found a bug? Want something added? You can let Microsoft known from with Windows itself. Users have filled the company’s ears with literally hundreds of wants, but a few stand out from the crowd. Here’s what the people clamor for. A better animation after clicking on the Start menu The return of the Start menu has been a mixed blessing. It’s back (hooray!) which means accessing file and folders, along with desktop search, is easy for desktop users once again. But the early version rolled out in Windows 10 Preview is downright ugly and partially redu…

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Rich-M replied November 27, 201410 yr

Crucial M500 Series 240GB SSD - 2.5" Form Factor, SATA III, Reads 500 MB/s,Writes 400 MB/s, Encryption Technology, Advanced Controller Technology, Adaptive Thermal Protection - CT240M500SSD1 Crucial M500 Series 240GB SSD Product Details Crucial M500 240GB 2.5" SSD Storage technology just got a whole lot better with this M500 SSD from Crucial. Backed up by 30 years of technological expertise, Crucial dedicates this solid state drive for consumers and professionals. Users will experience increased multitasking power, faster boot times, efficient data transfer speeds, and reliable data security. Complying with the standards set by TCG Opal, it is suitable for busine…

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Rich-M replied November 27, 201410 yr

Well I should have my head examined, I had settled in with Ssd drives in both pcs I use the most and everything was running well. I am not quite sure where I read this but I think it was on the LinkedIn business owners forum about a marvelous tweak for Ssd drives called "tweak ssd". The hype about what it does really sounded good too. After a week or so I started getting freezes on most browsers and the unit with Windows 7 was taking forever to boot up. Then even normal open windows such as Control Panel began to freeze. I ran checkdisk and it made no difference. I removed some things from startup to no avail. Needless to say I looked to restore the most recent Macriu…

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Rich-M replied November 27, 201410 yr

..which probably isn't explaining what I want! The situation is this: I have a domain blahblahblah.com and the domains A-records point that and also www.blahblahblah.com to my site, so users can browse using either. However, what I want is that no matter which they use IIS will always return the page www.blahblahblah.com (and all pages on the site, of course.) Hope that's a bit clearer! thanks... PS - of course, if IIS can be so configured it's likely that the same can be done via web.config ..... somehow!

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AWS replied November 26, 201410 yr

Hey Cindy, you around :) [or anyone else], I can't find the correct wireless drive for this windows 7 64-bit machine on dell's site here: http://www.dell.com/support/home/us/en/19/product-support/product/inspiron-one-2320/drivers I searched the net, came across this thread: http://en.community.dell.com/support-forums/network-internet-wireless/f/3324/t/19587503 which suggested to download a driver and gave the link but that driver is not working so in that thread it was suggested to download it direct from the main site here: https://www.atheros.cz/atheros-wireless-drivers.html but I am having trouble figuring out exactly which driver on that page, help p…

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Rich-M replied November 26, 201410 yr

Hey all, I am trying to disable McAfee from Startup but according to my net searches here suggests that win8 does not have the Msconfig? http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/using-system-configuration#1TC=windows-7 I looked at McAfee's setting and not seeing any options to disable from startup, any ideas please?

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Rich-M replied November 26, 201410 yr

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167192&utm_medium=Email&nm_mc=EMC-IGNEFL112114&cm_mmc=EMC-IGNEFL112114-_-EMC-112114-Index-_-InternalSSDs-_-20167192-L0I This is the cheapest I've seem for a SSD this size. I picked up 2 of them. I have a few Intel 530's from 128 to 256 and they are by far the fastest I have.

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allheart55 Cindy E replied November 22, 201410 yr

Wish you could extract all of icons stored on your computer? Have you ever wondered where all those icons you see are actually located? Finding high quality icons on your computer is difficult and mostly because applications store their icons directly in the EXE (executable) file itself, which indirectly hides those icons from you. In this article, I’ll mention a couple of tools you can use to extract icons from the applications already installed on your computer. You can use these programs to save the icon files as images or as ICO files of different sizes. IconsExtract IconsExtract is a freeware application that you can use to automatically find icons that are …

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Rich-M replied November 21, 201410 yr

Just built a new rig and all works excellent but for one issue. I am on cable and all the other computers download speed is around 113MB/S however this new rig the download speed was 42MB/S and with all the tweaks I can think of all I can get is 63 MB/S now. I have swapped ports on the router, bought the best Ethernet cable, set to full Duplex etc. All my other computers are AMD. This one is a Z97 extreme 4 Mobo with an Intel Core i7 4790 @ 3.60GHz Haswell 22nm Technology My question would a seperate Network card help? Last Intel processor I will buy. Thanks for any input.

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Rich-M replied November 15, 201410 yr

Still Spring time here and today was pretty warm. Not even into Summer yet. EDIT.....Now 41c Dam Hot.:eeek:

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Rich-M replied November 15, 201410 yr

It’s a war out there in the world of retail, and having the lowest prices around is a weapon every brick-and-mortar store has been trying to keep in its arsenal. Not so easy when online retailers like Amazon are constantly lowering prices. All that might change for Walmart, as store managers have been told it’s time to officially start price-matching Amazon and others. We’ve known for a few weeks now that Walmart was considering allowing stores to match lower prices found online for customers who walk into the 5,000 or so locations in the country, and today the company’s head of U.S. business says that idea has been given the go ahead. According to a brief report fr…

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Rich-M replied November 15, 201410 yr