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Ask Ars: FSB and memory speeds

Confused about what the FSB is and how fast your RAM is? Ask Ars clears up the mystery.

July 10, 2004 - 11:40AM CT - by Alexander Kamilewicz

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Ask Ars: spontaneously-rebooting Athlon XP 1700+

Pharmacy Doc writes in with this question: "I have an AMD Athlon 1700+ with a MSI K7T266 Pro2 motherboard. It has been spontaneously rebooting after the computer has been running for a period of time. It will reboot, run for a while, then reboot again."

June 15, 2004 - 11:20AM CT - by Alexander Kamilewicz

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Ask Ars: Internet Explorer saving all images as .BMP

Today's problem sent in by Ben is as old as the hills, and while many people know of the fix, many don't (at Ars we have a rule: if more than 10 people ask, answer it). So without further ado, let's nip that annoying problem where right-clicking on an image brings up the option in Internet Explorer to (only) save that image as a Bitmap file, aka .bmp.

June 07, 2004 - 07:00PM CT - by Ken Fisher

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Ask Ars: Synchronizing Windows Mobile 2003 over the Internet

A reader says: What I'm wanting to do is synchronize with my home computer (where I normally sync) when I'm out on the road. Right now I can sync in the cradle, I can sync with Bluetooth (man is it slow), but I cannot sync over the Internet.

March 30, 2004 - 07:40PM CT - by Ken Fisher

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Ask Ars: Routinely dropping WiFi connectivity

A reader wrote in with a question the answer to which I, too, sought the anwer. The question concerns 802.11 wireless connectivity, and persistent connection drops in Windows. If your connection dies for unexplained reasons, look here.

March 25, 2004 - 07:00PM CT - by Ken Fisher

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Ask Ars: The best anti-spam solutions for Windows

Ask Ars looks at the best anti-spam solutions for Windows

August 05, 2003 - 09:25PM CT - by Rian Stockbower

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