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    Blind Man's OS for Pandora

    Good Morning, long time lurker, first time poster(I was one of the classic pre-orderers burned by the old board manufacturer who recently escaped that limbo by upgrading to a 1Ghz unit). Anywasys, I am currently recovering from a detached retina and completely reliant on a screen reader to use...
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    External Dvd Burner Recommendation

    I am in the market for a new DVD Burner. I do not really have any particulars, but I want to spend less than 50 USD if I can. Also, an absence of bundled software is preferred as I would just be paying extra for stuff I do not need. If it matters, I am using Kubuntu 7.04 as my OS.
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    Dvd Player Suggestions

    I'm looking to buy a pair of DVD Players, and I want some recommendations from my fellow geeks. It can be portable or for a Home Theater, but either way RCA Stereo/Composite Video(Red, White, Yellow plugs) outputs are mandatory. Region Free is ideal, but failing that I need to be able to set...
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    Unoffical Backwards Compatibilty

    From my understanding the following are true: The GP32 has a 133 Mhz ARM9 and the GP2X's main processor is a 200 Mhz ARM9. The GP2X uses the same screen as the BLU+. The GP32 has no supporting chips. The GP32 has numberous custom firmwares and even some that serve as a boot-loader for multiple...
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    File Recovery Help

    Okay earlier today I installed partitioned my harddrive and installed Ubuntu Linux. I ultimately want to transfer all my files from the my Windows NTFS partition to the ext2 partition Ubuntu is installed on. The problem: Windows won't boot, and Ubuntu says I don't have the rights to access...
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    Dvd Ripping

    Can anyone recommend an easy to use peice of DVD-ripping software. Perferably that can output in DivX/OGG OGM or Xvid/OGG OGM. Also good bitrates to use would be nice. Thanks in advance.
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    Mp3 Recommendation

    With my music collection having reach a size that mp3 CDs no longer seem convient I looking to buy a Harddrive MP3 player. Some things on my checklist are: 20 GB Capacity Minium(40 or more preferred) No more 200(unless its 40 GB or more) Support for Ogg Vorbis would be nice but not nessisary...
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    Computer Repair Help

    The sound driver on my computer got deleted by accident. I don't know what sound card I have, so I was wondering if their is a peice of software for WinXP that can identify what soundcard I have. Thanks in advance.
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    A Few Questions Regarding Nintendo Handhelds

    Okay I have an old GBC and a GBA that have suffered from the same problem. The screens on both have developed black areas one them and are no longer capable of displaying gameplay. Between the fact that they both operate normally otherwise, and have no indication of damage due to being drop or...
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    Computer Trouble

    I recently reformatted my computer and install XP Pro from scratch. I only had one problem since: the speakers aren't working. I've already tried using the add hardware wizard and the XP installation CD and Google, but I haven't fix the problem. Any help with this would be appreciated. Edit...
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    Installation Help

    I'm running mandrake 9.2 and I want to replace it with Fedora. I've downloaded the iso, and the next step is burning the iso to disk and making a boot floppy. I'd do this in windows, but windows is messed up on my computer and so I have to do it though mandrake. Can anyone provide me with...
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    Computer Trouble

    Here is what happened: I installed SP2 on my copy of XP Home The computer failed to restart automatically after installing SP2 I manually restarted the computer System Mechanic does its usual registry maintence The XP logo displays and the screen goes black Blue screen with error message appears...
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    Maintence Help Please

    I havn't found a topic addressing this and google didn't help so I'll ask here. I have several older cartridge-based systems(including NES, SNES, Megadrive, and N64) and many of the cartridges (and the cartridge slots I'm sure) are in dire need of cleaning. I know that finding a cleaning kit for...
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    Computer Help Requested

    I want to set up a dual boot with Window XP/Gentoo Linux and I want to know how to get the most out of my 40GB harddrive. Current setup is 33GB NTSC parition that houses WinXP and the rest of the drive is a ext2/3 partition containing mandrake. When I installed mandrake I was just learning how...
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    It Sucks To Be A Visually Impaired Student

    I am a student at the Governor Morehead school for the Blind in Raleigh North Carlina. Being a student at this school is a living BEEP. At the following address is a letter written though by a handfull of the Highschool students at GMS. Link: http://thevgas.150m.com/GMS.html It somes up...
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