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Welcome to the new Capital Tech M.D. free support forum. Feel free to discuss any technology related topic, or topics relevant to the Ottawa community.

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About this Forum
General information and rules about this forum. Place your comments and request about our website and forum here.

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 For security reasons, in order to read all the content and be able to post on the forum, we ask that you register (see Site Login on the left menu). This prevents robots and many spammer from posting on the forum. When you register, you will... Why do I need to register to post on the Forum?
2008-12-15 04:21:10
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Member Chit Chat
Introduce yourselves if you like, and get to know the CTMD family.

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Technology Deals
Post you Greatest Deals, Favourite Tech Stores, and Coolest Tech Stuff

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 I get as frustrated as everyone else buying ink jet printer ink, and cartridges that have been refilled too many times can damage your printer. The answer is new non-brand printer ink. I recently purchased 2 sets of color cartridges, and 4... Save money on printer ink!
2010-02-02 00:42:28
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Deals Deals Deals
Post your Greatest Ottawa Deals, and Favourite Ottawa Stores

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 great deals, thanks! Factory Direct - New and Refurbished Items
2009-12-04 12:12:22
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Community News
Discuss current events in the Ottawa Community

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Fun and Games
Family friendly ways to waste time, or fun and nice places to visit or day trip to.

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Internet Security for Family and Kids
Advice for families to keep their children safe on the Internet

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 A great free way to control the internet for your family. Here is one of the features that the future Windows 7 will have, but that is already available for download from Microsoft for Windows XP, Vista 32 and 64 bit, Windows 7 beta and Server... Free Windows Live Family Safety Software
2009-02-02 12:42:07
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General Security
Discussion about best practices and security setup.

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 Why is it a good idea to Google your own email account? You or someone else may have posted your email account in a forum or on some website. Spammers crawl the internet for such accounts to send spam to. If you do find your email account... Google your email account
2009-01-13 16:41:36
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Malware Help
Post your virus, spyware and malware issues here.

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 [b]What is the Conficker Eye Chart[/b] This is a strange and easy test to see if you are infected. How Does it work, this is too easy! It is very simple really. One thing Conficker does, is block certain sites. This page automatically pulls some... A quick test to detect Conficker - Eye Chart
2009-04-14 20:51:38
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Security Suites and Software
Help with Antivirus, Anti-Spyware, firewall and other security applications.

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 An easy way to fix this is to perform a repair install of AVG 1. download AVG (for free edition see [url]free.avg.com[/url] 2. Run Installer 3. Select Repair Installation 4. Update AVG Good Luck AVG - Invalid Update Control CTF File
2008-12-23 16:50:20
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Virus Email, Hoaxes, Phishing Attempts
Some common threats that you may receive, or have received.

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 This is an obvious phishing email, NEVER provide info like requested in the following email to ANYONE using email. [quote] Greetings! It has come to our attention that you are trying to sell/trade your personal World of Warcraft account(s).... Blizzard WoW - World of Warcraft Phising Attempt
2009-12-04 12:31:45
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Bluescreen Troubleshooting
The Dreaded Blue Screen of Death

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 Windows Debugger is a tool from Microsoft that can be used to read and analyse the Memory Dump that is often created during a Bluescreen error. It is most useful in troubleshooting intermittent bluescreens. NOTE: You must be able to log into... How to install and Run Windows Debugger
2008-12-09 21:12:38
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General Software
General discussions about software

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 [b][size=12]Microsoft Windows Live Safety Center[/size][/b] Windows Live Safety Center is the free service designed to help ensure the health of a PC, it incorporates most if not all procedures required to keep a PC safe and performing properly.... Windows Computer Maintenance for Dummies, Noobs and other non techs
2009-02-25 00:27:38
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Office Suites
Discuss Office suites, Microsoft and others

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 Microsoft Office is the defacto standard in Office Suites today. There are however alternatives that are free, and largely compatible with the files created by MS Office 2003 and earlier. [b]Open Office[/b] The most well known Open Source... Free Alternative Office Suites
2008-12-20 18:43:38
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Favourite Software
Discuss your favourite software

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 You may find that Windows XP cannot burn DVDs, and Vista does not burn BluRay or HD-DVD. CDBurnerXP will burn CDs in all versions of Windows from Win2000 forward (some say it works on Win98SE, but I have not tested this). Some highlights: [ul]*... Free open Source CD DVD Bluray Burner
2009-02-02 11:27:23
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Imaging and Photography
Discussions on imaging software and image support

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 Microsoft has a site and suite of tools to enhance Windows for imaging and photography. these tools include utilities for controlling your display for accurate color reproduction, as well as Codecs to support RAW files and more. See the... Microsoft tools to enhance Windows for imaging
2009-01-19 11:54:29
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Windows Vista
Help and Discussions about Vista

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 Microsoft realizes that the 32 bit and 64 bit versions of Vista are essentially replacement for one another, and are functionally the same. You can contact Microsoft to get replacement discs to upgrade your 32 Bit version of Vista to a 64 Bit... Upgrade Vista 32-Bit to 64-Bit
2009-04-17 10:41:01
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Windows XP
Help and Discussions about XP

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 This issue can happen for various reason, the most common is an issue with the HP printer driver installation process. The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable disk that is not available. Insert Disk 1. When you click... The feature you are trying to use is on a CD-ROM or other removable
2009-07-08 16:17:52
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Windows Updates Troubleshooting
Windows Updates are a necessary part of keeping a Windows computer operating safely and efficiently. When Windows Updates fail, it can be difficult to get it to work again.

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 These procedure will often take care of a large number of things that may cause Windows Updates to fail. [size=15][b]Method 1. Reset Windows Update[/b][/size] [b]Windows XP:[/b] [ul] 1. Click [b]Start[/b] 2. Right click [b]My Computer[/b] 3.... Procedures to fix common Windows Update issues
2009-02-06 11:54:56
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Windows 95, 98 and ME
Help and Discussions about Windows 98, ME and any other versions

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 Windows 2000 did not come with MSConfig, however you can simply use the Windows XP MSConfig.exe copy windows/system32/msconfig.exe from an XP machine to winnt/system32/msconfig.exe on the Win2000 machine. You may get some errors however the... MSConfig for Windows 2000
2009-06-08 20:24:46
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Other Operating Systems
Linux, MAC, and other OS

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General Hardware
Discuss anything hardware related, this is the place to brag!

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 Cardreaders can be especially sensitive and prone to errors, here are two simple things you can do that will often make them work again. 1. Make sure you have no cards in the card-reader when you start the computer. 2. Clear all power from the... Cardreader has stopped working
2009-02-04 12:10:02
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Video Cards
Card and Driver discussions and troubleshooting

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 This is a difficult question with a hard and an easy answer. Cards change just about every month, you can check all the specs, but even that can be misleading.Since it changes all the time, I reference:... Best Gaming Video Card for the Money
2009-02-14 04:03:33
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Sound Devices
Discussions on Cards, MP3 Players, Speakers, Headsets, Microphones and Drivers.

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RAM - Memory
Advise on upgrades, compatibility and performance of Memory

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Motherboards
The main board on Mainboards

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Processors
Discussion on AMD, Intel and other CPUs

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Hard Drives and Storage Devices
Troubleshooting and maintenance of storage devices

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 In order for the eSATA drive to be supported, the system must have Vista installed, and RAID must be enabled in the BIOS. After making the changes below, restart and all your drives will be redetected by Windows. Once redetected restart again... eSATA drive not detected Dell XPS420 may work for other systems
2008-12-24 13:25:42
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Optical Drives
Discuss, CD, DVD, Blu-Ray and other drives and related software

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 When you start the Roxio software, bold letters are displayed "No Drive Detected". This may be caused by the installation of other software or a new optical drive, it may also be due to changes in audio drivers. Often by simply updating... Roxio - No Drive Detected
2009-03-14 16:14:25
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Peripherals
Discuss printers, keyboards and anything else you plug into your computer

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Displays
Discussions about displays, CRT, LCD, Plasma, LED

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General Internet and Networking
Discuss Internet and network setup and problems, file and printer sharing and more.

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 When you are trying to download files using a torrent client like BitTorrent you continually receive the error: "The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another process" The most common cause of this is the... Torrents: The process cannot access the file
2009-06-15 12:15:13
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Browsers
Discuss issues with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome and other browsers

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 Script error are frequent and often are of no concern, if they only happen on one or two websites. If this is the case you can simply disable script debugging. If it happens on more sites, skip Disable Script Debugging and continue with method 2... Internet Explorer Script Error
2009-02-09 12:05:17
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Internet Service Providers
Comments and Discussions regarding ISPs

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Web Hosting and Site Building
Share your experiences, tips tricks and frustrations building your site

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 Many sites have features that allow you to take HTML code in order to integrate it to your HTML websites. You can use this code to create your own custom modules. [b]1. Disable editor for your account (this will prevent Joomla from altering HTML... Creating Custom Modules for Joomla
2009-02-15 02:55:33
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