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Hi HTF computer friends, I had some relatives in town last week who used my PC and got it infected with all sorts of crud that caused random pop-ups and other adware nasties to take place. I downloaded a tool call SuperSpywareRemove (or something like that) and managed to clean up everything...

Weird Al Yankovic's new album was supposed to come out last month, but his song "You're Pitiful" (spoof of "You're Beautiful") got squashed not by James Blunt, but his record label (Atlantic). In protest, Al made the song available for free download at his website (http://www.weirdal.com, which...

Hi knowledgable HTF'ers, I am trying to caputure old videos on my PC for DVD conversion. Technically I'm pretty sure that I'm doing everything right, but I'm still having a problem with audio clipping going from my VCR to my sound card. I use Virtualdub to capture and it works fine, but the...

Hey all, I'm trying to help my manager troubleshoot a problem he's having on his new HT setup. He bought a new Sony STRDE697 7.1 receiver and Bose 301 speakers (against my advice I might add). The problem is that when he tested a DVD last night he said that the right side audio (front AND...

Hey all-- The good news is that Amazon has TTT:EE (plain and gift set) available for pre-order. I'm going for the "plain" version, which is currently priced at $25.99, making it eligble all by itself for "Free Super Saver Shipping." As I recall, the lowest street date price I found on...

Question for you Best Buy experts: I used a $10 digital coupon from bestbuy.com (the FOTR 2-disc preorder deal) to preorder the FOTR 4-disc EE. The final cost with tax was $16.24-- great deal. It shipped on the 7th, but had not yet arrived as of yesterday. That's annoying, but I haven't had a...

Hello fellow HTF'ers-- I'm hoping a few of you PC experts can lend a little advice on a new hard drive install I did last night. I'm not a PC novice by any means but this is the first time I've ever had to replace a HD and reinstall an OS. My system is 3 years old, HP Pavilion 8575C, PIII 550...