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    RAID configured high performance PC

    We are planning to buy a high end system for our office... We are not interested in a server, but the purpose is almost that required of a server. Around 20 computers will be connected to this system. A lot of storage space is required for storing a lot of files. A tailor made web based content...
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    Beep sound during startup and weird keyboard issue

    1) Recently all of a sudden, my cpu started producing a continuous beep sound during startup which lasts about 10 seconds. There is no problem in booting up but this shrill voice causes annoyance. 2) Also recently certain keys on my keyboard ceased working (left ctrl, f2, tilde...etc...
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    Certain keyboard keys not working

    I bought an acer net book almost an year back. Some day back some of its keys ceased working. I googled for an immediate solution but couldn't find anything useful to me. Then I turned to this forum. I access net via my galaxy note & use the default browser as well as one browser. In both...
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    Files missing from pendrive

    Of late i'd two back to back cases of files missing from my pendrive..in the latest case i copied 2 folders both together having size 13.4gb and when i plugged in that after a day, alas! there were no folders or files in that... but the capacity of pendrive shows that it is 13.4gb occupied...
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    flickering monitor

    when I start my pc some times, though the system boots up & runs normally, screen flickers heavily forcing me to shut it down or restart it. when it is revved up again it works normally... it's like this for the past one month... what's going wrong
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    internal modem - fax issues

    * recently I started using my old internal dial up modem as a *faxing machine through Windows XP. *After configuring it, *it worked correctly for one or two times. *But now I'm unable to send & *receive fax. *it tells ' no dial tone' *or at times 'no *answer' . *when I *picked up & *listened the...
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    ubuntu not booting up

    I've been using ubuntu 11.10 with both kde and gnome desktop environments and was trying to install (not physical) one of my old pci dialup modems to enable me to fax from my computer without a dedicated fax machine...(...
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    System Volume at the toppest level at startup

    My home pc running win7 is having a strange issue since last two days... Just after the moment i log in, system start up sound is heard at the top volume. When i click the volume icon at the notification area the slider is found at the top level. Even though i mute my volume level and shut off...
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    how to install internal dial up modem in ubuntu 11.10

    i would be much pleased if somebody could tell me how to install internal dial up modem in ubuntu 11.10
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    16gb sony pendrive not detected in win7

    Of late i bought a 16gb sony pen drive (model: USM16GM/GC2 IN 31300356). It worked fine with my office computer running win7 and ubuntu 11.10 (runs fine in both os). My home pc is loaded with win7, winxp & ubuntu 11.10 - here the pen drive is detected in xp and ubuntu; but when i plug the pen...
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    'Windows fax and scan' in ubuntu 11.10

    Hi friends i would like to know is there something equivalent to 'windows fax and scan' facility available in win7.? My intention is to fax without a fax machine
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    2 unique ip address in a network

    Is it possible that more than one device have same ip address in a network (lan)? last day at my office incidentally i turned on wifi of my samsung galaxy note and as i saw the wifi signals of the local network popping up. i just configured it exactly as my desktop pc is... but...
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    Unable to erase DVD-RW

    I've been using a Sony DVD-RW for quite some time without any problem. I've erased & wrote more than 10 times. But last day i could not erase the disc. I use power iso. But i tried with nero too. Even the context menu 'erase disc' is missing. Nero says the disc is not rewritable.
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    installing ubuntu in laptop

    my laptop hp pavilion dv6 1110ax crashed a few days back and began behaving weirdly and i decided to format the hard disk completely and install ubuntu 12.04 on it.. first i used a bootable sdxc card and then a dvd. During both instances after a few minutes into the installation i received the...
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    old internal dial up modem

    Once upon a time i was using dial up internet connection by means of an internal modem in my desktop pc loaded with winxp.... In course of time i upgraded my pc and presently i'm using a broadband internet connection by means of an external wifi modem in my win7 os... I want to setup a faxing...
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    removing read only option from word 2010

    I've created a document using office 2003 & set a password to open it as well as another password for allowing editing. Now I'm using office 2010. I wanted to remove both the passwords. But could only remove the first one. How to remove the password for editing
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    Hyperlink in excel

    I'm using microsoft excel 2010 I've a workbook with 5 sheets... in sheet 5 i want to create a hyperlink... the link goes to a cell, say A50 in sheet 1..... but i may delete a row in sheet 1... now the hyperlink goes wrong.... i want my hyperlink created in sheet 5 to get updated in...
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    ERROR 734 - PPP link control protocol was terminated

    I was using internet in my laptop - a connection shared from my nokia c7 using bluetooth... . i was not using nokia pc suite... but just connected it through windows' bluetooth wizard... now all of a sudden when i tried to connect it the same way, i failed with an error code 734 - ppp link...
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    Windows wireless service not running

    I've been accessing internet on my laptop using wifi... now all of a sudden my notification area icon shows 'not connected - no connections are available'. when i did the troubleshooting shown right there, it came out like this 'the windows wireless service is not running on this computer'...
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    Formattting in word 2010

    I have a big document running down to several hundred pages. I want to select text of a particular font from the document and mark strikethrough. how to do that
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