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Deleting the idstore.sst worked! I am now on the homegroup. Thanks for your assistance Metraon!

Unfortunately they were already set to automatic. I cannot manually start them either.

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I setup a Homegroup on my laptop a year ago. I have three PCs on my home network. Yesterday I noticed that the laptop was not on the Homegroup, but the other two were. When I tried to rejoin the Homegroup I get the message "Windows cannot setup a Homegroup on this computer". In services.msc...

Reused and updated an old X-Qpack from 2005. It is a quiet gaming rig for my son: Mobo: EVGA Z68 SLI Micro CPU: i5 2500 Heatsink: Scythe Big Shuriken 2 (replaced the 120mm x 15mm fan with a Scythe 120mm x 25mm PWM fan) Case fan: 120mm x 25mm NB PL-PS PWM fan Memory: 8gb Corsair DDR3...

i use pwm fans and really like them. you should be able to set a fan speed profile in the motherboard bios to keep the temps and noise to your liking.

Playing in 3d is cool in concept, but tiring in reality.

Yeah! good choice.

What program are you using? I've used Afterburner and haven't had the issue you are describing. You may want to give that a shot.

Another option is to get [H]ard and ghetto-mod that case if you want to have some fun. A dremel, a drill, some ingenuity, and some time can add some airflow to that case (just make sure you measure twice before you cut). 120mm intake fans on the side and a top mounted H60/70/80 are all options...

easiest option if you don't want a fan controller is to install an in-line resistor that reduces the fan voltage to 7v or 9v, lowering the fan rpm. (check frozencpu). speedfan is a software option that may work. also, your BIOS may enable you to lower the fan speed.

ohhhh...

Life is pretty good when your PC boots up too fast! Maybe you can enable some functions in the BIOS that you currently are not using? That may gain you some time before the OS starts, or introduce an "error" (i.e. RAID array not detected) that will pause the boot up.

In four years HP will introduce bubble like memory, cheap OLED will be everywhere, and male pattern baldness will be cured. Instant on sounds like a pipe dream.

My Yamaha receiver is not 1.4 HDMI compliant, but it's not an issue. I run the video direct from the Blu-ray, HTPC and cable box to the HDTV with HDMI, and run the audio thru the receiver with optical/digital audio. Works great and I can watch 3d from all three components.