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    How to remove Malware

    A friend of mine thinks they may have a piece of snooping software or App installed on their phone. Things are happening like information that may be from recorded calls, broken passwords etc. What software would you recommend to find and remove it?
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    Running Excel Macro from Task Scheduler

    I need to run an Excel VBA Macro from a batch file fired off by Task Scheduler, and it creates a BUNCH of new spreadsheets. I've got a really big nightly project that is split between a bunch of Virtual Machines across a couple hosts. Excel works best for formatting and producing PDF's. It's...
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    New Office - Custom Desk

    This is my 5th desk / office project. As you get older, you begin to appreciate what is most important to you. First versions were in college, not going to cover those here. V.4 was the conversion of a room in my house to an office. The was great for me, before I got married of course. My...
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    Consultant / Developer in DFW

    Not sure if this is the right place, but.. I'm looking for a reputable, relatively large (more than a couple programmers in subleased space) software consulting / development firm to hire for an enterprise mobile app. I've hired freelancers and independent consultants; local, US and...
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    PSA - Repeating a "field" in Word

    Good evening. I've spent 2 days figuring this thing out, figured I would go ahead and share it seem as though it started out as a trivial task when I dreamed it up a couple days ago, and had such a hard time finding a solution that did not involve macros, that uses modern controls and such in...
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    Batch files and VB / Access

    I have an old Access MDE that I don't have the current source for that I need a button clicked automatically from a batch file. Can you call a VB sub from the command line? I know the sub name. The button simply updates the data source automatically and our users always forget to click the...
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    Logitech MX5500

    Did they discontinue this model? If so, any recommendations on a comparable replacement?
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    Best External Drive

    What's your favorite external drive- and what are the best features all of us need to know about?
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    OCZ SSD's

    I bought into OCZ bigtime a while ago. Hey- RAID 50 with 12 drives. I need big problems before I need to worry- like a 33% failure rate before I need to sweat. (of course an 8% rate in RAID 50 and 16% in RAID60 if you are really paranoid) I bought 1 x OCX Vertex 3 Series MAX IOPS on...
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    Adaptec 51645 Failure / New LSI Controllers

    I need some second and third opinions from the [H]. (Not of my lack of a good backup either- I've heard enough of that crap on the homefront..) I sent this question to LSI Sales- I'll post their response when I get it back from them. A little background- I had a 9TB array on an Adaptec...
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    House puzzle game from 1990's

    Does anyone remember that game from the 1990's (IIRC) that was in a house and had all sorts of puzzles that you had to work thru?
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    RAID and SSD Benchmarks

    I figured it's been a while since I contributed something meaningful other than the Soapbox, so here are some stats. :D So- I've been busy on the hardware front recently. I run my own business and handle all of the IT, so naturally I need to test out platforms ;) Both machines are clean...
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    SpiceWorks

    Does anyone have any experience with SpiceWorks? I'm considering implementing it at work per my consultant's recommendation- looking for some feedback or competing products.
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    RAID Array Recovery from failed controller

    Here's a relatively simple question. Say I've got an Adaptec 51645 SAS RAID card with 6 256GB SSD's in RAID 10 (OS) and 6 2TB WD RE4 drives in RAID5 (Data). With those two arrays, what happens if the controller card drops dead? Is the configuration info stored on the card, or is it stored...
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    Passing variables between ASP Include files

    I am trying to make my site easier to maintain, and want to use include files. The idea here is have each segment of code in an include file, and select what page it is for navigation etc. with a simple index number. I have the sitemap in a spreadsheet that exports the case function in ASP, so...
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    New Layout, and need some help with Validation and Safari

    I'm working on a new layout for my company's website- figured I'd throw it to the wolves for a critique. You can click most of the links to see the old layout and color scheme. I know how you guys are, so here is what I am working on -> :D I'm going to have a status bar with navigation...
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    Online Payment Calculator

    I have been working on a calculator for our company for a while off and on. http://vacorp.com/calculators We serve a relatively niche market with a great deal of flexibility in the terms. And we provide the credit app and contract forms- so it made sense to make a free calculator to fill...
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    Simple AJAX Error

    I've got a simple little AJAX snippet that I'm trying to get to work.. http://vacorp.com/Practice/testAjax.htm And I am getting an error, "Object Expected" It's a real simple thing I'm sure, but I'm missing it. Any ideas? testAjax.htm: <script type="text/javascript">function...
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    Retain entered fields on form with errors - ASP

    I'm new to ASP, but quickly catching on- I'm running thru "Dreamweaver 8 with ASP, ColdFusion and PHP" by Jefferey Bardzell- pretty decent book. Currently I've got a ficticious form that has some simple validation included that sends the user back to the form with the erroneous fields...
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    Missing HAL.DLL file

    Hey- I think I am up shit creek and need some help; OS forum doesn't get enough traffic. Luckily I have my laptop to work from.. I got the "HAL.DLL file is missing or corrupt" on startup the other day. After panicking a little bit, I unplugged all of the drives in the machine and picked...
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    Renovating Website - Opinions

    Hello all- I'm in the process of starting a major overhaul on a clients website, the majority of it will be on the backend- but they want to see a fresh look first to go with their new logo- (fill in the blanks later..) So here is the old site: http://www.vehicleacceptance.com/index.htm...
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    New Quadro

    Anyone have one of the FX 5500 or FX 5600's? Or at least some dirt on them.. Certainly look sweet..
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    Built-in Office

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    Genetic or Evolutionary Algorithms

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    Sound over a Network?

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    PCP&C Exploded..

    Well crap. PCP&C PSU died Sunday night when I cranked the machine up after being off for 4 days over the vacation. Exploded on startup. Luckily I am within the 5 year warranty, so I will be RMA'ing after my new one comes in (I'm at work right now..) - Replacing it with a 750 version w/...
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    8800 vs. Quadro

    I'm a video card nit- So if (well, when) a G80 based Quadro Card comes out, will there be any instance where a comsumer level 8800 series (G80) card would have an advantage? Do they put any limitations in the Quadros to give the consumer based cards an advantage, or is the Quadro the...
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    Old Fashioned Nuclear War

    Anyone have any recollection of the game? I just found some pics of me playing it waay back... I think it was from around 1965..
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    Mobo with onboard DVI?

    Do they make a modo with onboard DVI in lieu of onboard VGA?
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    Onboard VGA in conjunction with 2 Dual-Link cards?

    Contemplating my new system here.. Planning on 2 30" Dells side by side on a Pair of high-end video cards (Dual Link), and was wandering if I can run my old 19" LCD off the onboard VGA port? Would there be any performance losses etc? The idea is to work off the 2 x 30's and keep IM windows...
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    Greater than 2TB arrays in WinXP 64 bit?

    Does Windows XP 64 Bit supprt arrays/drives greater than 2TB? If so, what's the limit? (And I'm not going with Linux :D)
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    SLI - 2 30" Dells

    Working on my next system, and haven't followed all of the details on SLI, Quad-SLI etc. I do alot of engineering/CAD stuff on my machine- thus the machine pays for it'sself. I'm looking at building a Dual Xeon machine with dual SLI Cards, and long story short, 2 Dell 30" LCD's. So the...
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    Direct Networking

    I don't know much about networking.. so asking and getting told you're stoopid seems like a good idea :D What is the best way to "network" two computers directly? For instance, What I'd like to do is build a Dual-Core Dual XEON and offload the file subsystem on a different machine...
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    Excel Macro - How do I "click a button" automatically

    Hello- Here's the macro: Sub Auto_External_Data_Updater() ' ' Auto_Updater Macro ' Macro recorded 5/1/2006 by J. Neubauer ' ' Range("A4").Select With Selection.QueryTable .Connection = _ Range("C1").Value .TextFilePlatform = 437...
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    Dual Xeon at Work - Need Help

    Hello- I've got a brand spanking new Dual Xeon with HT at work; i.e. I see 4 graphs at the 'pulse window' as I like to call it (task manager). It's easy to see if my model is still running :D I use ETABS for stuctural analysis- and have an absolutely enormous model. a 35MB model in ETABS...
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    Klipsch Amp failure fix - Save your 60 bucks!

    Stop! Save Your 60 Bucks!!!! - Cost of sending it back to the factory for a fix.. Only for the electrically inclined and ambitious! The engineer in me wouldn't let me be content with a broken set of $500 speakers without any real damage. So I opened it up and inspected the situation. If...
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    2TB Limit

    Is the 2TB limit per logical drive gone with a 64bit system- i.e. Windows 64bit? What's the new limit?
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    Vista graphics not in the kernel

    Slashdot: http://www.techworld.com/news/index.cfm?RSS&NewsID=5002 I run ETABS at work- and the GUI kills the machine (Dual Xeon- brand new) with my big model. I see this as a good thing- any comments?
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    Freezing weather and outside spigots

    Probably not in the right section.. but.. It's going to get down to 18 in the next day or two; 20's and 30's don't really worry me but I don't really want a frozen pipe- Northerners, short of draining the outside faucets/spigots, how do you keep them from freezing? I've got two that stick...
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