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    Share the wires, chillrun

    Do wireless cards act as antenna for both bluetooth and wifi (802.11) in current laptops? I have two Asus and and an HP. Thank you in advance!
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    DISM- what is this image you speak of?

    I went online to find a command (for a Windows config batch file I'm putting together) that will "turn off a windows feature", namely Internet Explorer 11. I guess I don't understand the paradigm, the command doesn't seem to work. If someone could point me in the right direction or explain...
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    Solved Realtek HD Audio Manager resets equalizer after anything..

    I uninstalled that particular version and installed the one for Win 7, works great now. Thanks!
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    Windows Media Players Classic

    Try using a small drive (like a thumb drive) or try converting the file to mp4. If the movie or video file was purchased legitamately, (from iTunes or Amazon, for example) it probably has copy protection written into the file itself.
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    Solved Trustable Checksum Programs?

    Thank You All!
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    changing adapter for a new VPN

    I recently signed up for a VPN, and when the installation was finished, the VP network now uses TAP-Windows Adapter V9. I want it to use my clearspot voyager, which is listed as "connect using" for a different LAN. The VPN won't access the internet unless the network assigned to my Clearspot...
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    Solved Trustable Checksum Programs?

    Thank You Much!
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    Solved Trustable Checksum Programs?

    The first two Hash Calculators I tried to download were both flagged by Avast, what are a couple that are known to be trustworthy? Thanks!
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    Solved Realtek HD Audio Manager resets equalizer after anything..

    If I jump forward or back to a different track, if I start a different video in VLC, if I jump back on youtube to replay a part in a video or click on a different video, anything I do and the graphic equalizer in Realtek HD Audio Manager resets. What gives? Thanks!
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    does VLC have sibilings or cousins?

    Thanks much! may your hens lay AAA eggs and your sheep be wooly
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    does VLC have sibilings or cousins?

    I'm looking for an open source audio converter and video converter (ISO to Mp4, etc.), something like VLC but for media conversion. Anyone? Thanks!
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    Solved 2TB on external drive dangles over a cliff...

    I think I didn't state my question very well, but here's the answer I found last night. When you plug an encrypted drive into windows, it assigns the drive a letter, but doesn't know how to talk to it because of the encryption format. When you mount the drive with the appropriate encryption...
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    Solved 2TB on external drive dangles over a cliff...

    I have an external drive (2TB, my passport ultra) on which the whole disk is encrypted, not just a volume. When I connect it via USB, Windows automatically tells me the drive doesn't contain any known file type, would I like to format the drive? That's one click away from losing 2 TB of data...
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    VPN has no internet access...

    My lan #4 has ipv4 internet access, which comes in through my clearspot voyager (wireless disabled, it's cabled as a modem), but I need my VPN adapter to be the one with internet access. How do I switch over internet access to ipv4 for the VPN adapter instead of lan 4? thanks!
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    Solved Debut Video Capture Software hates Secure Boot?

    Solved So, windows won't let you disable DEP when in Secure Boot mode, so I installed EMET, which will. Now I can configure the arrangement to leave Debut alone (opt out), and voila.
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    Solved Debut Video Capture Software hates Secure Boot?

    I have Debut Video Capture (paid for) that doesn't seem to execute!! or uninstall. Then I get this message whenever I try to run or uninstall it: "The instruction at 0x0041be88 referenced memory at 0x0041be88. The memory could not be written." In one post I read, the person says DEP (Data...
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    COM surrogate sneaking around?

    Is there any legit reason COM Surrogate would be trying to change settings in my firewall (Zone Alarm)?
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    Who still needs NETBios?

    I have two ports (137 and 138) that are listed in cmd prompt with netstat -abn, listed as UDP and listed as "cannot obtain ownership information". These are supposed to be for NETBios over TCP/IP forlegacy software, yes? I have NETBios over TCP/IP disabled, so what gives? I'm confused. Thanks!
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    Is this file legit?

    Avast! seems fishy to me, this popped up: ZoneAlarm ; Suspicious Behavior avast! Emergency Update may be trying to prevent "20131121" from running each time your computer is started by modifying the registry key: HKLM\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\RUN" When I click "show more...
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    Solved Question about Malwarebytes Anti-Malware

    Malwarebytes has a good reputation, I've used it for years (I got a lifetime license just before they stopped issuing them) and I'd say it's responsible for finding 60 to 70 percent of infections I've had. These days, Avast and Malwarebytes, along with the Zone Alarm free firewall (awesome!) I...
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