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    password on windows removal

    http://pogostick.net/~pnh/ntpasswd/ NT Password Reset will remove the password from your local administrator account (or any other account). Quite easy and straight forward to use.
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    Good earphone?

    Why just trademe? Trademe is great normally but there are quite a few traders who sell knock offs, especially when it comes to stuff like headphones. Are you wanting earphones (in ear) or headphones (over ear). And as Fourstaff said budget would good to give better advice.
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    A Simple Thank You: Orange Box Giveaway

    I chose an e7400 because at the time I got for very cheap through my work and OCs fairly well (like pretty much all of the core2 series)
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    Windows 7 Starter

    Quick google search reveals this http://www.withinwindows.com/2009/03/31/correction-starter-wallpaper-more-secure-than-i-thought/ all though I saw on another forum that Stardock MyColors can change the background
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    best free anti-virus poll

    Of the free AVs I've found Avira is the best as it has good detection and a fairly small foot print. Only downside is a daily pop-up asking you to upgrade to the premium version
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    What apps do you use?

    Anti-Virus: Avira Web Browsing: Firefox Email: GMail, Hotmail Music & Video: Songbird, Winamp and VLC Office Suite: Office 03 Graphics suite: Paint (lol) Image Browser: Default Win7 Image viewer Web Authoring: EditPlus or Sublime Text Defragging: Auslogics Defrag System tools (File & Registry...
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    Nettop OS

    I run 7 Pro on my msi wind (n270 + gma 950) and it runs fine (including aero) just as well as XP does only I have 2gig of ram vs your 1. 7 is vastly better than XP imo so if you can get an extra gig of ram do so and run 7
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    XP Media Center Edition installed with XP Pro CD

    I'm reinstalling XP on a friends PC. The CD key is for Media Center Edition but I only have a XP Pro CD. Can I reinstall windows with their key using and XP Pro CD?
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    PLEASE HELP with this XP question...

    For the login issue go start->run and enter in "control userpasswords2" and take the check out of the box beside users must enter a password to login.
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    I need a good 1920 x 1080 Windows 7 wallpaper

    www.4walled.org Not necessarily windows 7 related but a good source for wallpapers in general
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    Help recovering ISO image from fomatted USB!

    Never used it myself but i've heard that recuva http://www.piriform.com/recuva works well
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    Help getting password from firefox

    Down the side bar, Software->Secrets
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    Help getting password from firefox

    There's a program called System info for windows (just google siw) and there is a section that lists all your saved passwords across all programs in windows
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    MSN messenger live issue

    I had this problem as well. Install flash in internet explorer rather than firefox/chrome/opera/safari and it should fix the problem
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    Installing Windows Vista/7 Via flash drive (Mussels Method)

    for people completely comand line phobic, ultra iso can also be used to make bootable flash drives from any bootable iso
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