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    Siemens C2110 ADSL modem connection problem with BSNL

    I have a problem with my Siemens C2110 ADSL modem with BSNL broadband connection. My modem used to work correctly until one bad day I decided to install Linux Mint 9. God knows how I messed up my settings, now whenever I try to run Win XP or Win 7 in my other Harddisk, it does not connect to...
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    Upgradation blues - Phenom X2-550 BE or Intel E7400?

    Hi, I live in a small town of Uttaranchal. I was thinking of upgrading my computer and the vendors here have no clue about upgradation options. They simply sell branded PCs. As I am coming to Delhi tomorrow for some work, I thought why not go to Nehru Place and check for VFM upgradation...
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    Best VFM mobo for Intel C2D E7300/7400??

    Hi Friends, I have an old AMD Sempron 2500 system with MSI K8MVV Mobo. I can't run beryl in Ubuntu, forget Vista. I am into .net, casual gaming, photoshop, ripping/converting videos. I am thinking of getting an Intel solution this time. I need to upgrade mobo+proccy+ram+cabinet...
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    Best mobo+proccy combination under 10K for Intel/AMD !!

    Sorry Folks for Double posting....as nobody seemed to be reading the comment I made on other guys thread...I thought of writing a new thread myself....Sorry again mods.... My query is: I am going to upgrade the motherboard and processor of my system. My budget is strictly 10000/- After...
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    2 or more Live-CDs in ond DVD !!

    Hi friends ! I have collected quite a few of the linux live cd isos over past few months. I was just wondering...is there any way to put those (isos or live cds) together in a DVD so that I can just pop it in my dvd drive and run the live-cd from the distro list.... Wishful thinking ;)...
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    The Tale of Two OSes !

    I have a pretty old system at home. An AMD 2500+ Sempron with 512 mb RAM. I tested both Ubuntu 7.10 and PCLinuxOS 2007 in it. There were mixed results. PCLOS 2007 worked quite fast but Ubuntu Gutsy was very slow. Logic would make me use PCLOS but I opted for Ubuntu which has got wonderful...
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    Ubuntu Gutsy or PCLOS !!

    Hi Friends, I've just come from home installing Ubuntu in my home Desktop. Here AptonCD was a great soul-saver! I tried many distros, out of those PClinuxOS was best. But it did not have APTonCD or any similar software. So, IMHO it is the greatest drawback in that otherwise great distro...
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    Best value for money mobo for C2D E4500 !

    I am a bit tight on budget. I am upgrading my old Sempron 2500+ pc. I have decided to purchase C2D E4500, but am not sure about which motherboard gives best value for money on this proccy. Enlighten me about the kind of RAM also (DDR2 667MHz or DDR2 800Mhz.) ? Alex
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    Converting mkv files to avi format

    I've downloaded some video files using Azureus Java Bittorrent client. Almost all the files available there are in mkv format. I can't play them in my divx capable DVD player. Is there any freeware available to convert mkv to divx? or is there any other method to convert them? ALex
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    Grub confusion !

    I have two hard disks. My $dows hard disk is Primary and Linux is secondary drive.Due to fear of overwriting the MBR of my $indows disk(primary) , I removed this primary Windows Disk physically and installed PCLinuxOS and later Ubuntu Gutsy on my slave Disk. Now Ubuntu's grub runs when I run...
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    Knowing User password from Admin Login.

    In my home PC with Win XP, I have separate logins for myself and my cousin who uses my PC whenever he comes home. I have Admin controls. What I want to know is, is there any method by which I can enter his password protected login without resetting/removing his password? I want to check if he is...
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    Intel C2D E4400 or AMD X2 5000+ ????

    I am having AMD Sempron 2500+ system which is quite outdated in this age, I am considering an upgrade. After lots of reading, surveying and considering my budget, I have zeroed down upon two systems from both Intel & AMD platform in Rs.5000/- range Intel - Core 2 Duo E4300/E4400 or, AMD...
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