03.24.06 - Optimal Page File Size

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VIRTUALDr Rx: This Week's Spotlight Discussions

Optimal Page File Size Seeing Anything But Red Forsaking SSID Labeling DVDs (and CDs) After All These Years

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- - - - Optimal Page File Size - - - -

This topic has stirred a lot of debate in the past. But now that it's not unusual to have 1 GB of RAM (and more), what are the optimal settings?

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- - - - Seeing Anything But Red - - - -

If your monitor suddenly drops one of your favorite hues, like red for instance, it can make for a very disconcerting if not drab computing experience. The first rule is to not panic. Next, check your connections!

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When researching the topic of securing your wireless network, you may be advised to disable SSID. At first blush, the thought of *not* alerting others to the presence of your network seems like a good way to stay safe. But not everyone agrees...

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- - - - Labeling DVDs (and CDs) - - - -

A Sharpie? Certainly, but there are other high-tech alternatives available to you. Though there's one method that our members universally avoid: stick-on labels!

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- - - - After All These Years - - - -

Believe it or not, some of our members have been around since Windows 98 was brand new and iMacs were bulbous candy-colored machines. Sure, it's an eternity in Internet time, but like wine, our top "surgeons" only get better with age...

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Hardware Central

Platform Trends: The Pentium D Goes Downtown Intel's Pentium D and AMD's Athlon 64 X2 are the dual-core darlings of the enthusiast set, with the chipmakers' Core Duo and Opteron tearing up the mobile and server markets respectively. http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2bnu,1,8bye,6xh3,2ezm,3q9m

SysOpt.com

Drive Coolers Compared: Cooler Master CoolDrive Lite Takes on Vantec's Vortex and Vortex2 We all know heat and noise are things generally best avoided in your PC. But with systems boasting ever-increasing numbers of drives, both are bound to be an issue. We take a look at two vendors' solutions to the problem. http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2bnu,1,ho25,ier9,2ezm,3q9m

Review: Six Small Sinks Solve Chipset Cooling Calamities Chipset and graphics fans rank among the fastest-failing devices in modern computing systems. Sooner or later, you or your IT person will have to find a replacement -- or shell out for entirely new equipment. We look at six candidates. http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2bnu,1,j0j9,3b12,2ezm,3q9m

Sharky Extreme

High-End Memory Prices - Week of March 20, 2006 This week's High-End DDR/DDR2 guide continues to show overall memory prices dropping, but DDR2 is definitely the place to be, especially the dual channel kits. http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2bnu,1,6iia,78j9,2ezm,3q9m

PNY Verto GeForce 6800 GS 256MB Review The mainstream video card market is becoming very crowded lately, with new designs entering and older high-end cards dropping down, but the GeForce 6800 GS continues to stand out as a great value. http://nl.internet.com/ct.html?rtr=on&s=1,2bnu,1,62bd,4f9o,2ezm,3q9m

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