Re: [H] Santa bringing me a tablet PC for the new year
I have a Latitude XT. To be honest, I've found it a bit cumbersome. I wish it had a better screen resolution. 1280x800 is just way too small for me. Brian Weeden wrote: Well not Santa, more precisely my boss. Here's my new work computer: https://www.alltp.com/shop/pc/viewPrd.asp?idcategory=idproduct=1263 Can't wait. I've wanted a tablet for a while but was waiting for the technology to mature. I travel a significant amount (at least a dozen times a year) with lots of conferences and presentations so getting work done on the go is a must. From the reviews and user feedback, the X200T seems to be a great product. Tips and suggestions from the horde on software and mods are welcome - right now I think the debate is over Evernote or Onenote. I used Evernote right now and love it (especially the iPhone app) but hear it isn't so hot for inking. Onenote has better inking but lacks the syncing capabilities. --- Brian
Re: [H] Seagate changes Warranty
Didn't Hitachi just sell out to WD? Or was that just their enterprise lines? Thane Sherrington wrote: At 08:15 PM 03/01/2009, maccrawj wrote: Are Hitachi's still good? I ordered a D7K1000 instead of the Seagate 7200.11 1TB after reading about BIOS issues with the 1.5GB models. They seem to be (I don't sell them, but I see them fairly regularly in machines brought in for repair.) T
Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?
My friend has one and likes it, but he's using it more for displaying images from Flickr than anything. Browsing through the plugins directory for the Chumby I can see that people have made plugins for various radio streams as well as made a way for you to listen to Sirius/XM streams through the Chumby. It also has support for Pandora which is nice. Joe User wrote: Hello Ben, Monday, December 29, 2008, 6:23:52 PM, you wrote: Well, this doesn't fall into the cheap category, but a Chumby would do what you want to do. Maybe you could find a used one. http://www.chumby.com/ Well, I am just a tight wad - if I have to spend I will but I hate to pay for something that I can get for free or at least a lot cheaper. Like anyone I guess. Wow, this looks awesome. I have concern with Brians mention of issues with shoutcast streams. There are other avenues of radio that this could get though correct? Really a neat little product... Thanks, going to look at this hard.
Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?
Well, this doesn't fall into the cheap category, but a Chumby would do what you want to do. Maybe you could find a used one. http://www.chumby.com/ Joe User wrote: Hello HWG, I just can't settle on a solution to an issue I have. See, I live out in the sticks. AM radio is a nightmare in the evenings. I want to listen to talk radio when I go to sleep. The bedroom is upstairs and I have no network connections up there. I have the ability to do wireless networking. The bedroom is on the top floor of the home and my bed is near a window. I have considered Internet radio but don't know anything more about it then that it exists and I have considered satellite radio service (xm/siris/other?). When I lived in upstate NY I used to listen to 81 WGY (810 AM) because in the evening was a talk radio show that discussed daily events and random chat basically. They had call-ins and what-not. It doesn't have to be theme based like gardening but I am open to options. As this is probably no surprise - I want to do this as cheap as possible. I will listen to whatever it is through a headphone jacked pillow speaker as to not disturb the wife. I have seen Wi-Fi Net radios but never seen a home install satellite radio. Just need a little advice and help if someone knows more about this stuff. Thanks.
Re: [H] Is a gigabit switch worth it?
Yes, you will see a notable speed increase from going to gigabit from fast ethernet. JRS wrote: I have 2 PC's and 2 one Terabyte NAS boxen, all using wired connections to my router's switch, which only has 10/100 ports. All are currently connected at 100 mbits per second. All 4 devices are 10/100/1000 capable, so would connecting them to a standalone gig switch and then connecting the gig switch to the router be worth doing? ie, would I see any noticeable speedup when the PC's and NAS's talk together in transferring files, watching movies, or doing backups and such to and from the NAS's.? I realize the connection to the router and the internet would still only be 100 megs. :) -- JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please remove **X** to reply... Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
Re: [H] Thunderbird stand alone?
No, it's a Mac/Linux/Windows email client, totally separate from Eudora. Eudora is now more or less Thunderbird with old Eudora features added in. Winterlight wrote: Is it mobile? Is it Eudora turned into something else?
[H] For Sale: Asus EEEpc 701 4G
I have a Asus EEEpc 4G netbook that I really don't have much use for. I've upgraded the RAM to 1GB and added a 16GB SD card for extra storage. Currently running XP pro but I have the media for the Linux distro that it comes with from Asus. It's got a few scuff marks on the hinge but otherwise it's in flawless condition. I now have three laptops and only use one so I'd like this one to go to thin out the herd a bit. Contact me back channel.
Re: [H] Laptop power issue.
Do you mean hibernation or suspend? Because when the laptop is hibernating, it's power is off. When it's in suspend mode it's still powered up, albeit only enough to keep the contents of RAM active. Bobby Heid wrote: IIRC, he can hold the power button down and shut it down. It just won't come out of hibernation many times. Bobby Check if there is a reset button on the bottom of the unit... pauls
Re: [H] Laptop power issue.
Fairly common problem. Usually the result of a dodgy driver. If it were me, I'd look to update the video driver first. I seem to remember having similar problems with older Dell laptops and the video driver having something to do with it. Bobby Heid wrote: The kid said hibernate, but now that you mention it, I think he meant suspend. It is when he closes the cover of the laptop that he can't get it to come back on most of the time. Thanks, Bobby
Re: [H] Vista 64 partitioner
I am a big fan of the gparted CD. I've used it successfully on many Red Hat boxes. maccrawj wrote: Depending on the version of PM you should not be using it period. Assuming your's is not one of the versions that screws up, I'd imagine it does not matter what the OS is as long as it supports the filesystem type version. Doesn't ADD allow you to make a boot cd? Could have sworn I have a TI ADD on the same boot cd. There are also OSS live cd's to do the same: http://gparted.sourceforge.net/livecd.php
Re: [H] need iPod help ?
Well, like I said, back when I had my Creative Zen the number one reason why I ditched it was because I preferred to use iTunes. iTunes, even outside of the scope of my iPod is great for managing my music, tagging things, adding album artwork, and streaming music around my house. I can appreciate why other people may not like it. It's too easy to use. maccrawj wrote: You buy the player = they get you money! iTunes is just an additional insult. Can't say MM is or not a clone of iTunes, but not being iTunes is a great start. MM is a library program supports export using playlist methodolgy. Drag Drop is already available wih the Creative Explorer which I use in a pinch,
Re: [H] need iPod help ?
1. What do you mean? How is it getting into my wallet if I can use my own ripped MP3's, or buy them from Amazon and have them show up in iTunes automatically? And what do you mean getting it's mits into my machine? 2. I can't speak for the Vision W, but the Vision M I had was atrocious. The controls were horrible, and the one thing that it had over the iPod that I wanted - the FM radio - was so bad that it couldn't get a clear FM signal from New York stations while actually in Manhattan. 3. and 4. don't really apply to me since, even when I ran Windows, I had no burning desire to drag and drop MP3's to my iPod via Explorer, and Mediamonkey just seemed like a clone of iTunes. maccrawj wrote: 1. FUD, iTunes is garbage BECAUSE it is apples product getting it's mits into your wallet machine. 2. Nothing wrong with Creative Zen Vision W vs. iPod, better IMO since ZVW has bigger screen and most certainly is not crap. 3. It can be managed simply with Explorer or MediaMonkey, likely just like iPod can be. 4. MediaMonkey is a damn good app that leaves me wanting nothing more
Re: [H] need iPod help ?
I don't get why people hate on iTunes so much. The interface is dead easy to use and the software works great. If you don't want to buy media with Apple DRM then either buy DRM free stuff from iTunes or buy from Amazon. When you buy from Amazon it automatically ends up in your iTunes library. iTunes is *not* *bad* *software.* If you absolutely HATE it and CAN NOT USE iTunes then use MediaMonkey which is free and does what iTunes does, just not as well (imho.) Or, don't buy an iPod. I had a Creative Zen Vision:M and besides it being a complete piece of crap, using Windows Media to manage it was terrible. Ugh! Brian Weeden wrote: Welcome to the wonderful world of DRM and competing monopolies. You only solution is to live in Apple's world (ie use iTunes) or go with another program (like Poddox http://www.poddox.com/). But either way I'm pretty sure you can't use windows media player, and positive that if you buy anything from the iTunes store you can't play it outside of iTunes (unless you do some illegal stuff).
Re: [H] need iPod help ?
I mean, why would I not care to play in Apple's universe? I have an iPhone, the iTunes software plays nice with it. It's easy to use. Does a damn good job of organizing my media, makes tagging very easy, makes ripping a CD very easy, and generally is so simple even my wife and her parents can use it. As for it being bloated, well, again it only runs if I am listening to a MP3 or syncing my phone. I have 4GB of RAM in my Macbook Pro, and to be honest it ran just as good when I had 2GB in it, and also just as good as when I was running it in Windows. As for the Safari on Windows fiasco, sure, I'll give you that but if we're just talking about our personal media player user experience, it's not bad at all. Brian Weeden wrote: I use iTunes with my iPhone and don't consider it that bad, as long as you play in Apple's universe. And microsoft is just as bad with the Zune and the whole PlaysForSure crap. iTunes has gotten worse and more bloated over the years. And Apple is adopting some microsoft tactics like auto-selecting Safari for install everytime the little iTunes updater pops up.
Re: [H] need iPod help ?
Is the problem that you already had your library in Windows Media player? Because Media Monkey would have worked fine for syncing your ipod and is free. FORC5 wrote: downloaded a 30 day trial plug in http://www.mgtek.com/dopisp/ works perfectly worth $20 I think time will tell, right now everything in the puter has been in sync , thanks fp
Re: [H] PST File
Are they in the contacts part of the PST, or in the emails themselves? Gary wrote: Can someone tell me how to extract email address's from a outlook PST file?
Re: [H] PST File
Click on export, then export to a CSV, XLS, etc., then select contacts and let it run. Gary wrote: Contacts ---Original Message--- From: Ben Ruset Date: 17-Oct-2008 8:07:32 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] PST File Are they in the contacts part of the PST, or in the emails themselves? Gary wrote: Can someone tell me how to extract email address's from a outlook PST file?
Re: [H] PST File
Yeah. Open the PST, it will show up in the left hand column. Then go to Export and you can access it from there. Not hard at all. Gary wrote: Not current outlook file but a old file ---Original Message--- From: Ben Ruset Date: 17-Oct-2008 8:54:19 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] PST File Click on export, then export to a CSV, XLS, etc., then select contacts And let it run. Gary wrote: Contacts ---Original Message--- From: Ben Ruset Date: 17-Oct-2008 8:07:32 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] PST File Are they in the contacts part of the PST, or in the emails themselves? Gary wrote: Can someone tell me how to extract email address's from a outlook PST file?
Re: [H] New laptop drive?
I think the GParted Live CD will do what Ghost does, for free. You should be able to put the new drive in a USB to SATA enclosure and clone the old drive on the new. Gary Udstrand wrote: Really two questions here. First, I have a new laptop which came with a 160G drive. Since I cannot add a second drive I am planning on replacing it with a larger (hopefully faster) drive. The Seagate Momentus 320G/7200RPM would give me the space I need and it appears to be a very fast drive. The Hitachi and WD Scorpio also get decent reviews, any of these head shoulders above the others or are they all about the same? Secondly, I would like to avoid re-installing all my apps (again) and moving data. What is the best way to clone my current drive to the new drive? xcopy? Ghost? Free alternatives? I would like to be able to clone the drive, and then simply pop it into the laptop and have it boot up and be ready to go. :-) Oh, and I am running Windows XP Pro if it makes any difference. Thanks!
Re: [H] Comcast
With the exception of Comcast being evil, no. It should be plug and play like that. Winterlight wrote: My sister is signing up with Comcast broadband, and she is renting the modem from them. I have COX. Is there anything about Comcast that is different or propriety? Or is this as easy as COX is ...plug the router I set up and sent her in DHCP, and go? thanks
Re: [H] Windows 98 Se and USB Printer problem
That printer is a WinPrinter. Even if you had it connected via the parallel port, even a real one, it's not going to work without Windows 98 drivers. -ben Harvey Best wrote: I have a friend going through a divorce. He needed a computer and I had an old W98 SE box that was sitting in a closet I gave him to use till he gets stuff straigtened out. He bought a little cheap HP USB printer. Well when I hooked it up and out in the HP disk there is no W98 drivers. (Should have thought of that) No drivers are availible at HP's site. The rub is I can't use the W98 generic drivers as when I do, it still doesn't see the printer. Though sometimes, not all the time, I get a message unknown usb device message. Is there a work around? I will be him a USB to LPT 1 adapter if such a thing exists. I am not sure if this system was upgraded from W95 as I seem to remember that being a cause of some USB problems back in the early days of USB. I guess I could upgrade it to XP but that will really be a strain on that old box. Any help appreciated. Harvey hbest _ See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on the go. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/msnnkwxp1020093182mrt/direct/01/
Re: [H] Nifty OS X trick
That is pretty cool! Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: If you are using OS X, try this out. Command - Shift - 3 (number 3 on keyboard) Then look at your desktop. Pretty sweet!!!
Re: [H] FS: 40GB AppleTV Take Two
Yes. So you should buy mine. :) Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: You do know that you can hack the Apple TV to put XBMC on it and make it the ultimate media player? :)
[H] FS: 40GB AppleTV Take Two
Sorry to spam the list. I have decided that I want to go with a dedicated HTPC rather than an AppleTV. So, I'm looking to sell it for $200 including shipping to the USA. It's a 40GB model. Comes with the unit, power supply, and remote. I've had it for a few months and honestly didn't do much with it. Thanks, -ben
Re: [H] Winfax 10 Bug ?
I still run UltraEdit 8 in my XP VM. Anything beyond that seemed like bloat. maccrawj wrote: Could it be simply IE7 related? I hit a bug trying re-install an old UltraEdit-32 where if you had IE7 it would just hang during install. Frakkers would not even give me the highest 10.x version they made and were pushing me to pay to upgrade v14, g!. Maybe time to run it in a VM of Win98SE which is what it was written for? ;)
Re: [H] server died again #2
Many providers will cancel you for that, being as that it's a breach of their TOS. They make their money on oversubscribing disk. If you come along and break their business model with 10gb of data that's not web accessible for their $10/yr plan they will shut you down. Winterlight wrote: I can understand why this works for the general public who doesn't understand domains, ftp etc. But why is that a better deal for you then just buying a domain name from Goddady for 7-10 bucks a year and then having a free 10GB website that you can ftp into, and then upload your backup in an encrypted zip file ?
Re: [H] server died again #2
The longer you stick with using trailing edge hardware and software, the harder and harder it will be to support it. DHSinclair wrote: But, at my LAN, I feel I need to evaluate more options.
Re: [H] server died again #2
I have my fair share of old hardware in use, so please don't think I'm coming down on you. What I was getting at is that as hardware and software ages, your resources (driver downloads, updates, etc.) and general pool of knowledge available to help answer questions shrinks. I had to install Win2k for some MS SQL server testing at work the other day. That was the first time in over 5 years that I had logged into a Win2k box. Troubleshooting it would be difficult for me given my rusty skills in that area. $700 is steep for Win2k3. You could get an Action Pack, which would get you Win2k3 (or Win2k8 now) as well as pretty much every other piece of software that Microsoft makes for much, much cheaper. The catch, it has to be for home/demonstration use, which would be perfect for what you're doing. http://www.petri.co.il/ms_action_pack_subscription.htm DHSinclair wrote: Ben, Thank you. This grumbly fact is generating a huge amount of angst at this address. I do get it. Really. I really do. Current problem is that ATM I can not afford W2K-Server 2006. $685.00 is not in the budget. ATM I have to recover the server I own w/the OS it thinks it may still be happy with and still try to run. Still learning. OK, I am an OS fan-boy. OH CRAP! I forgot your point about trailing edge hardware. Yes, I even fully see this also. As soon as I find just who is my banker, I will try and fix this small faux pau also. Please give me several months... :) IT IS SO HARD TO GIVE UP ON STUFF THAT STILL WORKS! I do get it. Really; now, I do! (i could hate technology; but i will not..I grew up in it.) Duncan
Re: [H] server died again!
You don't have a virus, you probably have a bad disk. What RAID level were you running? DHSinclair wrote: Can anyone decode this BSOD, or, point me to which part of it to google for more info? ***Stop: 0x007B (0x88FF2AB0, 0xC032, 0x, 0x0...) Inaccessible_Boot_Device I do expect that I have lost one of my 3 RAID hds. (I have been waiting for my oldest one to die!) Or, perhaps this time, I may have lost 2 of the 3. I have never, ever, seen this BSOD msg ever. The rest of the BSOD screen suggests that I may have a virus. Odd, I use ESET. Still I accept that it is possible. The machine completes POST. A ctrl-A for the RAID confirms that it is in a degraded mode. And yes; this server install is new since 04/08. It is not backed up simply because it will no longer vit on my dds tape, and, I have not yet gotten any suggested NAS app to run properly. Thank you for any how to start suggestions. I am considering calling in paid help. Duncan
Re: [H] server died again!
Wait, you had two drives fail at once? Well, with your setup, you could only survive losing one drive at a time. DHSinclair wrote: Ben, Was running in RAID 5 (?); 2 data drives and a parity drive. With the previous OS install and with the first 2 drive failures, the alarm set and I got a msg at the w2k desktop that the RAID was operating in a degraded mode, but still fully operational. Adaptec SM Pro confirmed which drive was inop. The previous glitches cleared up as soon as I got replacement drives and told SM Pro to rebuild the RAID. This time I can not get to SM Pro. Just my luck. This time, I walked in to a frozen desktop, mouse cursor changed to an UParrow/DWN arrow (never seen this before), a stuck messenger svc window about one of my clients not able to contact the server, and an inop START button - even from kbd commands. I suspect that my 1st mistake was to press the RESET button to reboot. I am not learning server well at all. Thanks for the view of no virus. I will proceed to try and find out which, or, how many of the drives are toast! I have been expecting the oldest of the 3 to fail sometime this year! Thank you. Duncan
Re: [H] WPA2 in Windows 2000SP4
I think both the OS and the card has to support WPA2. It wouldn't surprise me to find out that Win2k wouldn't have any support for WPA2. nobozoz wrote: I don't think WIN2kSP4 has anything to do with wireless security protocols. If your Belkin Wireless Card doesn't support WPA or WPA2 in its firmware and/or drivers then my guess is WEP only. My Belkin 802.11b/g card (F5D7010) has WEP/WPA, but no WPA2. Jim
Re: [H] What the hell is this folder???
Is that 300GB drive the drive with the largest amount of free space on the system? If so that may explain why the MS updates are picking it to unpack their archives. As for deleting them, search for File Unlocker. It's a free utility that has helped me delete files that for one reason or not always seem to be in use by another process - even after reboots. Winterlight wrote: I have been having these folders pop up on one of my stand alone drives for a month now. snip
Re: [H] It's A Record!!!
Even if it's just greyhairs busy wrapping themselves with tinfoil or being generally cranky. :) *ducks and runs* Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: It's good when the list is burbling with life! On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 11:49 AM, Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In all my years lurking around HWG, I don't recall ever seeing the volume of messages generated today by the list. 60!!! If that record was ever bested, I sure can't recall when.. And just when I thought things were dying off, it springs to life!! Excellent! By the way if we're taking a show of hands, no Facebook, please. I'm sure I'm old and in the way, but just don't trust them social networking sites... Bill
Re: [H] It's A Record!!!
No -- the list used to be advertised as high volume. I think that's when Sabre was hosting it. Mesdaq, Ali wrote: Maybe I am imagining things but I think I remember back in the 1999-2001 days when getting 100 was not totally out of the ordinary. The list was even advertised as high volume. But its possible I am getting this list mixed up with another one. Thanks, -- Ali Mesdaq (CISSP, GIAC-GREM) Sr. Security Researcher Websense Security Labs http://www.WebsenseSecurityLabs.com --
Re: [H] It's A Record!!!
I miss my Abit IT5H. Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: Damn, That brings back old memories!!! Cellys on a BX6!!! What was the name of the Dual socket board? I had one of those too!! i remember running linux (mandrake) for the first time and seeing dual procs was something of a biblical revelation for me!!!
Re: [H] Facebook
No way, yours is the house wrapped in tin foil. :) DHSinclair wrote: PayPal or EBay. My home was hidden until GoogleMaps visited and took their street level pictures. The good news is that without my personal help, you will never find the house due to several screwups in my county!
Re: [H] Facebook
The main thing with Facebook is I find giving up a certain amount of anonymity is worth reconnecting with a bunch of people who I lost touch with. I actually spend a fair amount of time on the site chatting with old friends, etc. If you don't put personal information on the grid, then you won't have to worry. There's fields for phone numbers, web sites, email addresses, etc. Don't fill them in and they can't be collected. Just my $0.02. I can see and appreciate why people would be apprehensive over social networking, which by it's nature requires a somewhat free flow of personal information.
Re: [H] Facebook
I like Facebook. I used to hate it, but ignoring a lot of the stupid application requests has made it much nicer. I've reconnected with a LOT of people though it. Scott Sipe wrote: Regardless of whether or not you like facebook, it IS almost 5 years old, so I'm not quite sure it counts as new :-P Scott On Sep 21, 2008, at 2:21 AM, Soren wrote: Yeah, beacuse 'new' equals 'good'? No-f*king-way! Think again, Naushad :D Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: Are you guys on facebook? If yes, then lets create a Hardware Group Group.
Re: [H] Facebook
I don't know -- I think HWG is fine as it is. Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: If used properly, such as creating a group by invite only or by authorization, we can control it well. Additionally, it can help us with our [H] addiction by being able to access it anywhere. This is for people who don't use a webmail account to subscribe to [H] On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 9:51 PM, Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I like Facebook. I used to hate it, but ignoring a lot of the stupid application requests has made it much nicer. I've reconnected with a LOT of people though it. Scott Sipe wrote: Regardless of whether or not you like facebook, it IS almost 5 years old, so I'm not quite sure it counts as new :-P Scott On Sep 21, 2008, at 2:21 AM, Soren wrote: Yeah, beacuse 'new' equals 'good'? No-f*king-way! Think again, Naushad :D Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: Are you guys on facebook? If yes, then lets create a Hardware Group Group.
Re: [H] Wireless N router
Agreed. I tried a budget Linksys N router and found that it was underpowered. I get signifigantly faster speeds with my Airport Extreme than the $99 Linksys I had. Brian Weeden wrote: The only experience I have with N routers is the Apple one and I'm very happy with it. It is more expensive than many of the others but if you have any Apple machines in the house it makes setting up the port forwarding for iChat and other services a breeze.
Re: [H] mac hard disk cloner
No problem, glad I could help! Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: Hey Ben, I'm glad to reply that SuperDuper! worked like a charm. In fact I am writing this e-mail from the new Toshiba 250GB Hard Disk. The Previous 120GB was a Seagate. Everything seems to be working fine and the cloning procedure was actually quite easy and painless. Thanks a bunch man!! You're a life saver!
Re: [H] mac hard disk cloner
I think SuperDuper will do what you want. http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: My wife's macbook hard disk (120GB) is getting full. In my hand right now I have a 250GB hard disk waiting to be installed, but I haven't the slightest clue on how to clone the hard disk. On a PC, I would normally use Ghost or Acronis True Image. Would CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) work the same way on a MAC?
Re: [H] mac hard disk cloner
Will EFI boot something like that? maccrawj wrote: If it's an Intel Mac, odds are the Acronis boot CD of Disk Director or True Image will work on it. Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: My wife's macbook hard disk (120GB) is getting full. In my hand right now I have a 250GB hard disk waiting to be installed, but I haven't the slightest clue on how to clone the hard disk. On a PC, I would normally use Ghost or Acronis True Image. Would CCC (Carbon Copy Cloner) work the same way on a MAC?
Re: [H] mac hard disk cloner
maccrawj wrote: Dunno, but it's worth a try. For that matter there is a way to do it through boot camp I'm sure. Stupid Apple making a 99.99% PC, typical. Which reminds me, when is Jobs getting his head out of his ass releasing OSX for the quality PC hardware, hehe They're not trying to make a PC, they made a Mac with an Intel CPU.
Re: [H] hidden partition
I think a lot of times on Compaq's that small hidden partition has something to do with either the BIOS or diagnostics. I'd leave it if I were you. Disk is cheap. Winterlight wrote: I am helping a friend with a circa 2002 Compaq EVO. It is a corporate machine he got from work. It has a Primary partition with the OS installed, I created a second partition for Data and I see a small hidden partition that I assume has something to do with Compaq's recovery disk so what happens if I delete that partition all together?
Re: [H] Method?
No, having IE installed on the machine will not impede FF at all. I say leave it -- there's times that a site will only load in IE. It's nice to have the option if you need. DHSinclair wrote: So I have my test machine running WinXP SP3. It also has IE V7.0. This is the irritant. I just can not use it. I do see that I can uninstall IE7 using the Add/Remove tool Question: Does IE7 really go away if I choose this? Is there anything else I need to kill/remove also? Plan to put FF v3 back on this machine. No questions, really, except I think I need to kill IE7 B4 I try and install FF..Correct? Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Use a router as a switch
Make sure UPNP is turned off on it. Winterlight wrote: I have a 8 port 10/100wired Linksys router that I am not using but would like to use as a plain switch. I turned off DHCP on the router and ran a CAT5e from a standard port on my actual router to the number one port of this router(switch). I have nothing plugged into the WAN port of the router I want to use as a switch. Zone alarm, which is installed on the members of the LAN immediately see the new router/switch as a new network. If they saw it as a plain switch, like the Dlink Switch I am currently using then they wouldn't identify it. Is there a way I can make this router into a switch so as the software firewalls won't treat it as a router?
Re: [H] Opinion
I have the Airport Extreme, and love it. FORC5 wrote: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833320011 caught my eye, looking for a new router with USB ports. Would prefer 10/100/1000 anyone used a Asus router ? fp
Re: [H] DSL modems
So far you have no proof that the modem is suspect. Seems like it would be a better idea to beat ATT into giving you a new modem rather than spend money to find out that the modem was not a problem. DHSinclair wrote: I have ATT/BellSouth dsl service. The service is getting sketchy I use the WesTell 6100 dsl modem. Yes, I do have it set for bridge mode. I'm sure this violates my TOS, but I was not willing to put my entire lan on the subnet of the modem (192.168.2.x). And yes, I do use a router for my lan. The router is my firewall. OK. Have I missed some subtle setting in the modem? I am willing to go through the task of speaking to the modem and either re-train it, or, beat it into submission..again?.. :) Other than this, are there other (3d party) dsl modems I can look at to replace what I think is a real brick on my lan? Thank you. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] DSL modems
What do they say when you call them? DHSinclair wrote: Ben, I completely agree with this idea. But, I operate out of the current TOS, and do not really want to get into a big pissing contest about I think your service sucks because... Yes, I could build/dedicate a single PC just to talk to the modem. To what end? Until I spend $$ proving my home is not a possibility, I have little solid ground for the initial 1-800 phone call..or did I miss something else? Well, surely I have :) And why I asked. Best, Duncan At 16:49 07/30/2008 -0400, you wrote: So far you have no proof that the modem is suspect. Seems like it would be a better idea to beat ATT into giving you a new modem rather than spend money to find out that the modem was not a problem. DHSinclair wrote: I have ATT/BellSouth dsl service. The service is getting sketchy I use the WesTell 6100 dsl modem. Yes, I do have it set for bridge mode. I'm sure this violates my TOS, but I was not willing to put my entire lan on the subnet of the modem (192.168.2.x). And yes, I do use a router for my lan. The router is my firewall. OK. Have I missed some subtle setting in the modem? I am willing to go through the task of speaking to the modem and either re-train it, or, beat it into submission..again?.. :) Other than this, are there other (3d party) dsl modems I can look at to replace what I think is a real brick on my lan? Thank you. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] FF link customization?
It takes the favicon.ico from the site (if it has any) and uses that. DHSinclair wrote: Does FF allow link/bookmark customization? I guess what I mean by this is assigning a custom x.ico pix to the link? If so, where? how? I have dug through all the main menus and sub-menus but can not find anything. It almost looks like FF may do this customize auto-magically because several of my old links have changed the x.ico associated to the link/bookmark! This ain't a biggie, and, yes, so far FF is much nicer than IE! Lighter footprint, faster; what's not to like. To bad I have forgotten all my old Netscape knowledge :) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] FF link customization?
As far as I know, no. I think you can turn it off entirely. I never cared enough to want to change it. Would you make new .ico's for your bookmarks? DHSinclair wrote: Ben, Yes, I have seen this happen; and figured it was the site favicon.ico in play. So, is there any facility in FF for me to manipulate this locally? Best, Duncan At 15:39 07/29/2008 -0400, you wrote: It takes the favicon.ico from the site (if it has any) and uses that. DHSinclair wrote: Does FF allow link/bookmark customization? I guess what I mean by this is assigning a custom x.ico pix to the link? If so, where? how? I have dug through all the main menus and sub-menus but can not find anything. It almost looks like FF may do this customize auto-magically because several of my old links have changed the x.ico associated to the link/bookmark! This ain't a biggie, and, yes, so far FF is much nicer than IE! Lighter footprint, faster; what's not to like. To bad I have forgotten all my old Netscape knowledge :) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Really scary!
Heh, should have listened to us years ago. :) DHSinclair wrote: Was able to get the info I needed from the WEB. Got it from FF v3. DAMN! IE did fail me, finally. Even when I ripped it down to minimun. Hmmm :( FARQ IE. I will now change all my client to FF. I would rather learn new, than try and make OLD work.. :) But, I am having grumbles with the NoScript plugin. Lots of very subtle choices, but so far, so GOOD. Sort of. Not bad, just very odd..4me. THANK YOU COLLECTIVE! Best, Duncan
Re: [H] router/gateway address?
As others have said, no, it does not matter what IP your router is - 1.253 or 1.1. Actually, you could give your router any IP address in the x.x.1.1-x.x.1.254 range and it would be perfectly valid. There's no efficiency or performance benefits to be gained by changing it. DHSinclair wrote: Is there any efficiency in changing my router/gateway address from: x:x:1:253 to an address of: x:x:1:1 ?? Thanks, Duncan
Re: [H] Laptop problem
Overheating? Jason Carson wrote: Hello, I have a laptop here that when you turn it on, it stays on for about a second, flashes IBM Thinkpad then turns off. Anyone know what could be wrong with it? Thanks Jason
Re: [H] Start over?
Should not matter. DHSinclair wrote: Should I rebuild my server without an ACTIVE network connection attached (to begin with)? Wondering, Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Start over?
Are you giving this thing a static IP? DHSinclair wrote: I have thought about this for the last 2 hours. I have rebuild my server (I believe). And it seems to be at SP4 (per my CD). It says so at My Computer. Have disabled both DHCP Client and DHCP Server. (I do not need this. I let my router do ths.) Now, I think I need to let my new server? talk to the Internet to complete the server's SWupdate of this machine. Am I correct (I do have drivers for the nic card!) Thankyou. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Web safe colours
I don't design for 256 colors anymore. Anything above 256 colors does a good job of dithering to a close enough color that it's fine for my needs. Even web safe colors will render differently on various monitors anyway for the reason Thane stated. Hell, even turning the brightness up or down will skew the colors off the corporate printed colors much the same way they would be if they were printed on a brighter or darker paper. Brian Weeden wrote: I know this used to be a huge deal several years ago but not sure how prevalent it is now. It stemmed from the old school systems that could be limited to only 256 colors so if you chose one that was outside that palette it would get rendered improperly. Most things now can do 16-bit or higher color palettes so it's not as much a problem. If you pick a color that isn't in the palette the system will choose the next closest color that is. I think you need to take a look at your target audience and see what the odds are of having them view your website with very old monitors or devices which were limited to 256 colors. Odds are they will be really low and you can probably ignore them. Brian On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm working on a website with a graphic designer and he wants to use a web-safe palette because he feels that will retain the integrity of the corporate colours. I'm thinking that it doesn't matter, since every monitor renders colours a little differently, and unless we had a way to make people calibrate their monitors, there's no guarantee that the colours we pick will be identical to the printed marketing materials. What does the collective think about this? T
Re: [H] Web safe colours
Wow, all it needs is a spinny under construction GIF and a Blue Ribbon Campaign banner and it'd be like 1994 all over again. Hayes Elkins wrote: Obviously, heavy investment in a company's website presentation is essential for success... http://www.berkshirehathaway.com/ _ Use video conversation to talk face-to-face with Windows Live Messenger. http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/connect_your_way.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh_messenger_video_072008
Re: [H] Adobe does it again.......
If you're only reading PDF's then use Foxit Reader. It's far superior to the Adobe client. DHSinclair wrote: John, Reads like what we have had for the last 10yrs from Adobe. Same-old, same-old. I am using Adobe v8 ATM, but not sure it is NOT bloated also... Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Adobe does it again.......
PDF annotations, etc. I've never needed any of their pay features. Plus I'm not 100% sure that those pay features are even in Acrobat Reader as well. What I do know is that Foxit opened up PDF's *fast* -- much faster than Acrobat ever did. Rick Glazier wrote: What does it do that FoxIt doesn't? OK, there has got to be something, but will I miss it? (At, 2.5 megs?) http://www.download.com/Foxit-PDF-Reader/3000-2079_4-10313206.html?hhTest Disclaimer: Foxit Reader itself is free. The critical add-ons are free while advanced add-ons have a reasonable cost.
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
Had I just not recently bought an AppleTV I'd be all over this. Brian Weeden wrote: Whoops. Retails for about $170 :) --- Brian On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:33 AM, Neil Davidson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thing works great, retails for $70 but I'll take $100 OBO. Email me privately. Or does it retail for $100 and you'll take $70 OBO? :P
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
Most of my media is non-iTunes, and I've had to hack it to play various other media. Truth be told, I'm not very happy with it. A lot of media in my collection just won't play on it, due to the way it's encoded. Brian Weeden wrote: That's a tough choice - Apple TV or the Popcorn Hour. For me I went with the Popcorn Hour because 99.9% of my media was non-DRM stuff ripped from CDs and DVDs or recorded TV shows. While I used iTunes mainly for its podcast subscriptions, I try and avoid purchasing content as much as possible. Not because it's bad, but because I have a Linux laptop that I would like to watch the content on. But the Apple TV is a very appealing solution, especially if you have a bunch of other Apple products and I hear it has very high spousal approval.
Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour
Actually, my problems are with H.264 encoded media, which is an Apple standard! The AppleTV just does not like high bitrate/VBR files. Brian Weeden wrote: Yep - that's the other downside. The Apple TV only really plays stuff encoded with Apple's codecs. If you've got WMV or XVID stuff then you will have issues unless you hack it. Many people don't realize that Apple does just as much monopoly lock-in as Microsoft, it's just that they usually have a much more enjoyable (and prettier) box to lock you into. I've owned 1st Gen, 3rd Gen, and 5th Gen iPods and also 1st Gen iPhone. Loved them all, especially once I got em hacked so I could do what I wanted with that sexy hardware :)
Re: [H] Win2K Server OS?
Duncan: I wouldn't worry about it too much either way. For a small home server with less than 5 clients you'll be fine either way you do it. The number of accounts you have doesn't affect the number of CAL's you'll need. I only like per-seat because you only need one CAL per PC, versus one per physical human accessing the box. At the end of the day, it should not matter. Also, the CAL that comes with the client machine is I believe a Terminal Services CAL, not a Windows Server CAL. If it's Windows Server and not Windows Small Business Server you won't be shut down even if you exceed the number of CALs that you own. I don't even think you can buy Win2k CAL's anymore, anyway. -ben DHSinclair wrote: Thank you Ben, This is a very tough topic for me. I get the per seat (aka per person) choice. Since I do not have 1 server, my book steers me away from this. Plus, if I select the per server option, I get one future no-cost (reload) option to change if necessary. On my lan there are only 2 people that use the server and/or any of my clients. Me and the Administrative account. I can not imagine 5 or more seats, unless I created accounts for my Brother, Sister, 2 Nephews and my Brother-in-Law. So, the 5-connections of the per server default seems to cover my normal operation with some overhead. Or, am I way off base still? Am I correct that each of my client machines have there own CALs anyway as installed with networking installed/enabled? Now I understand why servers may be best left to IT pros. This is tough tinker business :) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Win2K Server OS?
The number that you enter is for the number of CAL's (Client Access Licenses) you own. A Windows license comes with 5 CAL's. I always did per seat licensing, so that you'd only have to worry about a CAL for each computer accessing the server. DHSinclair wrote: I am rebuilding my win2KServer OS. I just rcvd the magic 25-digit key. I entered it and now I am at a screen asking about Licensing Modes. IIRC, the original server install was for 5 Clients and 25 concurrent connection. Should I change the [ 5 ] to [25]?? The window is default with ATM: o Per Server. Number of concurrent connections [ 5 ] Each connection must have its own Client Access License (?CAL?) Per Seat. Each computer must have its own Client Access License (?CAL?) To avoid violation of the License Agreement, use Licensing (which is located in Administrative Tools) to record the number of Client Access Licenses purchased. Thanks much. Yes, I am digging in my W2K Server book also... Best, Duncan
Re: [H] HP recovery partition ?
Why not jump from pre-SP1 all the way to SP3? FORC5 wrote: Have a customer on her second system will not boot error. Recovery will not run from f10, have to make the recovery partition active and boots and restores are possible, I have no idea why she has crashed twice, drive checks OK ( wd800jb) but I figure replacing the drive is a good first step. She is a real estate sales person and is frantic. She has these ppl *your computer works* do work on it and I suspect they muffed it up somehow, they had windows defrag in scheduled tasks and I have seen defrag mess up a system if trying to work while it is fragging. Question, sorry about the long intro. There is no option in windows to create restore disks, is it possible to just burn the data from the restore partition and make it bootable ? Also is it possible to slipstream in updates ? restores to pre sp1 and is a real PITA. got it restored yesterday to sp1, going back this AM to do sp3 and try and get her laptop (vista) to network the printer again which has been a real pain. Thanks fp
Re: [H] That's got to sting
LOL. If you remember, though, I was never all that interested in keeping up with the absolute bleeding edge hardware choices. I was never a gamer, so my needs are probably more mainstream than a lot of other people on the list. I've worked on laptops exclusively since 2000 or so. By default my hardware choices are limited. maccrawj wrote: LOL, miss it or not, you being frakked on hardware choices! Pass the KY the Kool-Aid is wearing off.
Re: [H] That's got to sting
I think Win2k has been end-of-lifed for a while now. I know that during the last timezone change, MS released patches for XP and up and people were forced to write unofficial patches for 2k. You'd probably like OSX. It's simple on the UI side, but if you want to tinker, there's a whole BSD system a bash prompt away. It's incredibly refreshing. So nice to be able to NFS mount my Netapp from my own workstation... DHSinclair wrote: working years at Xerox and the USArmy. Once MS support for W2K stops, I will just find another hobby; or, maybe trade in all my Windows toys in and buy a MAC.
Re: [H] That's got to sting
Duncan: Mac OSX is built on top of BSD. It's the closest you can get to a really well polished desktop *NIX experience. Ubuntu follows a close second. The nice thing about Mac hardware is that it's largely compatible with newer versions of OSX. There are people who have 10+ year old PowerPC mac's that have had various hardware upgrades and are still fast, usable machines. It's hard to say that about standard x86 hardware. IMHO Apple gear is worth a look. DHSinclair wrote: Ben, Thanks, and, mostly I follow your comments and JoeUser's to get an idea of things MAC. Now that Steine seems to be dabbling, I have another viewpoint. Not certain that W2K is totally EOL yet; I still get WinUpdates each month. Yes, I now longer have dreams of one last SP5 for Win2K. When these stop I will decide and jump. I no longer have the time and/or money to try and acquire enough legit XP copies to keep my stable opsnorml. I will not go warez either. Email and web-banking is very much fun, but I can still go totally black (offline) and have a very competent, fully electronic typewriter in an interim. Or, I will just segregate my one XP machine to full internet status and figure out how to filter it from my home LAN. Right now I am focused on a major upgrade to my home, so most things computer are again on hold :) BSD still seems way too much cmd-line to me. Perhaps there are now solid wrappers that make it easier for a guy sans programmer experience. I'll give it another look though. Mostly likely, I will go MAC. I am not concerned about hdw cost. I will buy as much as I can afford and then run it fully to failure. I do not tinker much anymore. I accept that I do not have bleeding edge anymore. I find it is not needed for my life/banking/commerce needs now. Still it is nice to know what is out there 'if only.' Best, Duncan
Re: [H] That's got to sting
Well, to be fair, when I did my first Leopard update, it was a ~500MB update. But that also included iTunes, Quicktime, etc. updates. My only complaint with OSX is the built in keyboard on my MacBook. It's missing home, end, page up, page down, and insert. When connected to an external keyboard the home and end keys don't work like they do in Windows and Linux either. But there's ways around that. It's a minor nit pick for an otherwise flawless (to me, so far) system. John Steinbruner wrote: Gotta love OSX. I brought this thing home, plugged it and the mouse/KB in, fired it up, and 10 minutes later it was configured and downloading my Email for me. :) Everything just works should be their motto... Just rebuilt a PC last weekend with XP SP2, including the 127 updates and downloads, it took 4 hours. 'Course, that was with installing SEP, MSOffice, WinRar, Acrobat Reader, and stuff like that too.. :) I am kinda amazed at how much I like OSX for everyday mainstream stuff.. ;)
Re: [H] That's got to sting
Well, the difference is that a copy of XP or OSX comes with support. Linux gets fairly expensive if you factor in vendor support. And, I'm not sure if you've ever had the pleasure of dealing with Red Hat support, but they're terrible. Microsoft support, on the other hand, has always been amazing to me. Brian Weeden wrote: Agreed. Although I think it's sad that we consider $100 to be a reasonable price point to pay every year or two for an OS upgrade. In contrast to Microsoft's normal pricing, that's true. But compared to Linux (whatever it's faults) it's still darn unreasonable.
Re: [H] That's got to sting
Right. But support from the vendor is still better than no support at all. Community support is an iffy thing. I asked a simple question on the dd-wrt forums a few days ago and have not yet even had a response. I've had the same thing happen on the CentOS forums as well. Sometimes it's nice (or critical) to be able to pick up the phone and talk to a real human being about something. Thane Sherrington wrote: Actually, any OEM copy of Windows has no support from MS. All support is through the vendor. (Now I've called MS before on support, and while they were completely useless, they didn't hassle me about being OEM, so maybe they don't enforce this.) You're point on Linux support is well taken, however. T
Re: [H] That's got to sting
Oh, and the other thing I forgot to mention is that there's not much of a compelling reason to make every single jump in OS revision. For example, if you had a OSX Tiger machine, and did not care about Time Machine or the new dock, there's no super compelling reason to go to Leopard. Brian Weeden wrote: Agreed. Although I think it's sad that we consider $100 to be a reasonable price point to pay every year or two for an OS upgrade. In contrast to Microsoft's normal pricing, that's true. But compared to Linux (whatever it's faults) it's still darn unreasonable.
Re: [H] That's got to sting
XP had much, much more traction at launch than Vista had. XP, pre SP1, was infinitely more usable than Vista is post SP1. My vote for Vista will be that it'll climb in the boat with Me. The UI changes (aero) are here to stay, but hopefully Win7 will be what XP is today. In any case it doesn't matter much to me. The last day of XP sales I got a MacBook Pro. :) My days of Windows as a desktop OS are (hopefully) over. maccrawj wrote: Read the Vista lawsuit papers see why Vista was so labatomized by the request of the the likes of Dell Intel looking to be able to sell their existing hardware solutions. Then send you business to HP who seems to have happily bit-the-bullet upgraded their offerings to match original Vista requirements only to be screwed sans-KY by the bar-lowering. Now I guess you could also say Intel is doing it again to MS adding insult to injury after screwing Vista to begin with. 2K was not popular until a few service packs, XP same until SP2, will Vista get a bump later in the life-cycle or become the next ME? Inquiring minds want to know! From what I see biggest loss for me sticking with XP is lack of 64bit support thus more memory per app solid 64bit drivers, and maybe DX10 but all could have been added supported into XP with MS charging $50 for an XP version 2 similar to 95-98-9se. FWI incremental for less money would have made more sense than hobbled Vista.
Re: [H] That's got to sting
The more I think about it, the more it seems like Vista is going to be the newest Windows Me. They'll probably make Win7 more compelling to upgrade to. What they should really do is what Apple does. Make smaller, more frequent OS updates with one or two major features that people would want. Then price it at a reasonable $100 price point. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To be honest, what is in Vista that a company like Intel would actually NEED on desktop PCs? XP brought just about everything needed for a non-gaming desktop. What's the point in the upgrade costs (both software and hardware) if you do not see any benefit to your business? DX10, Aero and better 64bit support are the main benefits of Vista, if you aren't going to use them, its a costly upgrade for nothing but keeping up with the Jones' Lets just hope they allow their driver creators/testers to keep copies of Vista handy though ;)
Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet cable
Right. My knowledge of the super high end is limited. :) I have a Marantz SR-8200 receiver that I bought back in 2002 that's still humming along nicely. 90% of the time it's on playing Dora the Explorer DVD's for my daughter, so it's not like I'd have any need to update anytime soon. Hayes Elkins wrote: None of those brands are really high priced high end either...if you want insane prices to match an insane cable, Krell, Cary, Theta, Mark Levinson fit the bill... Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2008 13:27:30 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet cable Yeah, but the types of people who are buying $500 cables are not the types that will typically buy Denon gear. They're more in Marantz, Rotel, NAD, etc. territory. (And even Marantz is pretty low brow in the audiophile world.) Working quite well is another story. I know people with HTIAB systems that work quite well. They sound pretty good to me.
Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet cable
Yeah, but the types of people who are buying $500 cables are not the types that will typically buy Denon gear. They're more in Marantz, Rotel, NAD, etc. territory. (And even Marantz is pretty low brow in the audiophile world.) Working quite well is another story. I know people with HTIAB systems that work quite well. They sound pretty good to me. DHSinclair wrote: maybe you've never used the Denon POA-3000-5000 series Class A amps. Or their mono-blocs. Have a POA-3000 that works quite well. Different strokes perhaps. Duncan At 22:21 06/13/2008 -0400, you wrote: Nobody has mentioned that audiophiles are not likely to be running Denon gear in the first place.
Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet cable
Nobody has mentioned that audiophiles are not likely to be running Denon gear in the first place.
Re: [H] Linux's....
Seconded. The Ubuntu Live CD would be a pretty good start. Sam Franc wrote: Have you looked at Ubuntu 8.4? Sam Beave wrote: I'm looking to find a decent Linux to do recoveries on EXT 3 FS file system. I would like the lists idea on this. We got an Iomega NAS system in and the damn this is so messed up I can't seem to use any of the normal utilities I usually use. Please help... Also, the list is rather quiet lately too :( Tim The Beave Lider Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG. Version: 8.0.100 / Virus Database: 269.24.1/1466 - Release Date: 5/25/2008 6:49 PM
Re: [H] Possible?
DHSinclair wrote: please see inline below... At 22:24 05/16/2008 -0400, you wrote: I'm surprised there's no built in drivers in XP for this thing. not an issue. Yes, WXP seems to have inboard drivers for this old card. But just to allow it to work at a very basic level. No problem there. Just can not find/get to any internal controls... :) What do you mean by internal controls? Have you tried Win2k drivers? Can u share a link? I will try I just looked on Creative's site. The newest OS they have drivers for this card is NT4 and Win98. Microsof must have supplied drivers for this card with both Win2k and XP. An ISA card -- wow, you get the most bang for your buck. :) No. Not a bank-4-buck issue ATM. Could be. It is just the last sonic card I own and I am hoping that I might be able to drag it into the new world. (?) If not, no biggie. I will just look for another Acoustic Edge card.. :) I'll accept that this may be STUPID. I have really old stuff ATM. Just wondering..might be time to retire another old warrior. :) I was commenting mostly on the longevity of this card. If you look at what you must have spent for it back in say 1996, and the fact that the card is still in service over 10 years later, I'd say that you got a lot of bang for your buck.
Re: [H] Possible?
I'm surprised there's no built in drivers in XP for this thing. Have you tried Win2k drivers? An ISA card -- wow, you get the most bang for your buck. :) DHSinclair wrote: Does anyone know of drivers (WinXP) for an old Creative (ISA) AWE64-Value? I have an old Creative (ISA) AWE64-Value running in my XP test machine for sound (and grins!) It really does work! It is a CT4520 AWE64 Sound Blaster (ISA). The m/b is an Asus CUBX. It does work, sort of :) I do get sound from it. From its' rear panel. What I do no HAVE is WinXP drivers for the 'internal features' (if any?) of this very old card. OK, my bad! I am trying to integrate this 'old' card's LINE output with a current Phillips 'acoustic edge' card LINE output into my current Klipsch V.200 speaker system. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] widget engine
You can turn all of that off. If you don't like that one there's always the Google Desktop, but that adds even more bloat. Winterlight wrote: there is one widget I would like to run. I tried the Yahoo engine and I found it far too in my face. I want an engine that doesn't run a sidebar gui, doesn't install a bunch of widgets I didn't ask for , and doesn't use much resources. I just want the engine to run my single widget... anybody have any suggestions?
Re: [H] Exchange servers - Hosted vs. In-House
Yes. I use it for my own personal domain, and just use IMAP to check it. I haven't tried any of the calendaring yet, since all of my appointments are from work and they're handled via Exchange. Joe User wrote: Oh yes, I totally forgot about google. Isn't google free too?
Re: [H] Exchange servers - Hosted vs. In-House
From what you've said, hosted would make the most sense. Ask the client why he wants exchange. GMail for domains is free and really good as well. Joe User wrote: Hello, I have a new client who's business I need and want. He's been talking about Exchange and I don't know jack about it. The thing is, he wants it for 2 maybe 3 people. For something that small - wouldn't hosted exchange services be better and cheaper? Anyone?
Re: [H] Exchange servers - Hosted vs. In-House
Depending on the phone you can use Exchange ActiveSync, which just has the phone poll Exchange via HTTP requests and they will get their email, contacts, and calendar on their phone. It's free and it works pretty well. Joe User wrote: Right and that's why I ain't selling him a box and loading exchange server on it. I don't know anyone that does exchange - I don't even know where to send him. I do know there are hosted solutions and might be what we need. I don't think we'd be able to do this anyway cuz he wants emails on his phone and shit like that, I think this has to be done with his cell carrier. I just need to sit down with him and see what he wants to do. Hosted makes the most sense esp. for the limited number of people (2 to 3). I have no plans of playing like I know exchange - in fact, I already told him I don't know it well.
Re: [H] Exchange servers - Hosted vs. In-House
How are they using Exchange? Is it a pirated copy, or did he get setup with Windows Small Business Edition? Rest of my comments inline: Joe User wrote: Access his email from anywhere and have the same contents as local and remote - IMAP IMAP, OWA, or you can configure Outlook to do RPC over HTTP, so you can fire up Outlook on a workstation and get your Exchange mail without having to VPN in. It's *not* designed for kiosk type use -- he'd want to use that on his home PC or something with a fast connection. You also need to either setup a SSL cert - you can self sign (but you need to setup a CA) or buy a cert. Buying one is the best/easiest/most compatible way of doing it. Ability to read and write email on phone currently uses Alltel as a carrier. - ??? If it's a Windows Mobile or Palm phone -- no problem. Anything else you're looking at doing IMAP. Wants to share Outlook calendars between his wkst's - Exchange. Yup, or Google Apps. His exchange has been running 6 months and the guy that did it for him is a fly-by-niter and is not terribly dependable. So 5 people - still hosted looks smarter. I just need to find him a good host don't you think? Hosted would be more secure and reliable, but if he's shelled out for Exchange, it's hard to justify it. Plus migrating off Exchange might be a pain. Don't forget that he should get a good anti-spam/anti-virus package, or a hardware box like a Barracuda, or get a hosted MX solution like MessageOne, Postini, etc.
Re: [H] Decent sound card? / Vista
The UAC popups should die down after a week or two of use -- at least that's what I am led to believe. Scott Sipe wrote: Just picked up a sale dell (q6600) that is going to be doing some HTPC duty, and I would like to add a decent soundcard which can do 5.1/7.1 digital out to my receiver. Any suggestions for a decent card that would be an upgrade over the integrated audio? I don't care TOO much about uber-quality or audiophile stuff :) Also as an aside, the dell has Vista home premium--my first experience with Vista. Can't say I'm terribly impressed (shocking, I know). Those authorization popups really do get tiresome but so far my biggest complaint is that I'm having a lot of trouble finding stuff in the control panel! Likewise, for a quadcore w/2gb ram, doing my initial uninstall of dell crap and install of firefox, itunes, etc, sure to seemed to drag at times. Hope I don't regret getting Vista!! Scott
Re: [H] Safari web browser from Apple
Safari on the Mac is great. Mainly because Firefox sucks on OSX. Safari on the PC? Eh, haven't tried it. My websites load fast enough in Firefox 2. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm really unimpressed with safari. I don't find it any faster then firefox3, and it gets tons of rendering mistakes and leaks memory like a siv. Plus, for those of us who live on customizable plugins, ff has them all beat. Some of them guarantee I stay put. Sent via BlackBerry -Original Message- From: Joe User [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:04:09 To:The Beave hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Safari web browser from Apple Hello The, Friday, March 21, 2008, 12:47:52 PM, you wrote: Hey all, I downloaded this web browser from Apples update program. OMG! It beats Firefox in speed. Should give it a try. Yeah but Safari isn't the safest and doesn't have all the nice features of Opera. JMHO, but you should really check *it* out.
Re: [H] Vista SP1 comments
When I was running Vista, I put SP1 on (grabbed from MSDN) and noticed no performance benefit as well. Thane Sherrington wrote: So from what I'm seeing here, SP1 is not going to save Vista.
Re: [H] Flash drive(s)
Would you want your personal info on a computer that would be easy for someone to copy data onto a USB disk and walk out undetected? Anthony Q. Martin wrote: The corporate world of today sounds much like the defence industry of the 90s. I worked in aerospoce in an evironment where everything was top secret and compartmentalized. If you wrote pi=3.14 on the wrong piece of paper and left it out over night or took it home by accident, you could end up in very serious trouble. Computers were tempested (yuck), walls lined with carpet, cameras everywhere, and you had to subject ot search on entry/exit if asked. Doors opened either by badge swipe or by code. They probably scan your eyeballs now. :) I was glad to get out of there (in some respects, anyway, the projects were cool) and it sounds like I'd be glad not to be corporate, too.
Re: [H] Flash drive(s)
Well, it's easy to throw a brick through your window, but you still lock your front door, right? Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:26 PM 03/03/2008, Ben Ruset wrote: Would you want your personal info on a computer that would be easy for someone to copy data onto a USB disk and walk out undetected? Of course, no one could ever write down said personal information on a piece of paper. :) T
Re: [H] Flash drive(s)
If there's stuff on the drive that you don't want or need, then by all means format it. It shouldn't be required to use the drive as a basic USB disk. DHSinclair wrote: I will soon receive several new USB 2GB flash drives (Crucial and Corsair). They are all newest(?) technology, I believe. I suspect they may arrive pre-formatted with stuff (programs) I may not wish or need to use. Looking for the collectives thoughts here. :) Should I immediately re-format (erase) the new FD's upon delivery before I start to use them? I have been using a Crucial USB (v1.1) 256MB flash drive since Jan 2004. It works completely as expected in the USB v2.0 environs of my current clients. This FD is now essential to me in keeping my LAN clients semi-neutral to on another, and, keeping critical data I choose NOT to store on any of my clients. I now depend on the FD more than the older floppy drives of old. Unfortunately, I have NOT been able to completely walk away from the old floppy drives yet. BIOS updates still seem to work better from a floppy drive than from either a local (c:\) directory, or, from a Flash Drive. But, I am still testing this function. In time, I believe the FD will eventually kill off the old floppy drive; but, that is JMHO. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Flash drive(s)
No, he's saying that he has a lot of clients that block the use of USB disks. DHSinclair wrote: Chris, Care to expand on last send? Don't understand Is this about old floppy drives? Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Flash drive(s)
Security. If you were using a workstation that had access to government secrets, health records, financial records, etc., the powers that be would want to ensure that a rogue worker would not come in and copy that information into a small, easily concealed flash drive and walk off with secret data. DHSinclair wrote: Ben, Nice. Really nice! Is there some reason the power's-that-be did this? NO! Don't even hazard a guess! Will get tools, will live on. Not yet ready to play with Group Policy business, yet. I've learned that GP is really big mana and that I am not 'read' enough to play there. Fine. I will truck on. I am still a default kind of person (subject to M$ updates, that is). Thanks much. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Flash drive(s)
Well, security is only as good as the policies that the organization decides on, the technology used, and the skill of the people implementing them. Brian Weeden wrote: Or one would hope that was the situation. - Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation
Re: [H] Admittedly, I bought 200..
Yeah, it now says deactivated item Veech wrote: you got lucky! I think they realized the mistake when they processed your order. - Original Message - From: Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:04 PM Subject: Re: [H] Admittedly, I bought 200.. Nope, instant. I ordered in lots of forty. I'd attach a PDF, but for a lot of forty, my total cost: $422. I paid $10.55 per board after shipping, and they are now all marked as shipped with tracking #s. :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 5:06 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Admittedly, I bought 200.. Wasnt that a rebate deal? --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation Sent from my iPhone On 29-Feb-08, at 5:44 PM, Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They've now changed the price on the ad. Instead of $8 a board, it's $59 a board ($109-50) who gives a crap, all of mine are marked as shipped already, I paid RUSH just in case ;) And charged the right amount ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chris Reeves Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:39 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Admittedly, I bought 200.. I've got a project I can use 25 on. So, 25*89 or so that I'll bid them at, fine, that covers all the cost of 200, and then I've got 160 I can throw out and just have them go to prebuilts or whatever. I've used the thing several times and it's fine with a QX6800, etc. So it's not a bad board, just no 1333Mhz support.. but eh, for what it is.. I figured, why grab 25 I know I can use when I can grab a couple hundred and still come out ahead ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 4:03 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Admittedly, I bought 200.. Actually, if that were 5 or 10 motherboards you could answer that question. I think the better question is, what are you going to do with 200 motherboards? - Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 4:58 PM, Harry McGregor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Chris Reeves wrote: Maybe I wiped them out. But, it SEEMED like a good deal ;) So what are you going to do with $1500 worth of motherboards? Harry Now just to see if it ships. http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?Item=N82E16813186116
Re: [H] Is the Lenovo brand good anymore?
Was it ever good? Bobby Heid wrote: I am trying to find a decent low-cost laptop for a friend of mine (not the AOL guy) and came across this at Office Depot: http://www.officedepot.com/ddSKU.do?level=SKid=401515 for $579 after rebate. Is Lenovo still a good product after IBM sold the name? I know this is only has the 533MHz FSB. Thanks, Bobby
Re: [H] Vista class action
I don't know if it's slick salesmen or not. It's a matter of what Vista Capable means. If it means that the PC will run Vista, then it's not deceptive. If they want to define it as being able to run Aero as well as a bunch of other crap then maybe. People shouldn't buy a $300 PC and get pissed that it doesn't have the same features as a $1000+ PC. j maccraw wrote: Idiot consumers are forever tying their PC purchases to price the promises of slick salesman. Sounds like people are pissed they were duped into buying low-end PC's that can only the most basic version of Vista (means nothing given what's not in VHB) which of course begs the question were those pc's also so low end they could barely run XP? On the same token these idiots don't even know why they wanted Vista in the 1st place especially since they likely bought low-end systems consisting of Celeron integrated RAM stealing video. Ben Ruset wrote: This is absolutely the most retarded thing I've ever read: These common issues ... are whether Vista Home Basic, in truth, can fairly be called 'Vista' and whether Microsoft's 'Windows Vista Capable' marketing campaign inflated demand market-wide for 'Windows Vista Capable' PCs, she wrote. Why the hell would you not call Vista Home Basic Vista? And since when has there been market demand for Vista at all? If anything, Vista has put XP in more demand. I hate lawyers. Chris Reeves wrote: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/352442_vista23.html Sent via BlackBerry by ATT Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
Re: [H] Vista class action
How is Vista Basic *not* Vista? Brian Weeden wrote: In this case there also happens to be an internal memo from a Microsoft VP who bought a Vista Capable PC instead of a Premium Ready one and got burned. His memo asks the (rhetorical) question, if we don't understand our own marketing, what does that say about what we are doing to our customers? http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080211-vista-capable-scheme-was-panned-at-microsoft.html As Arstechnica pointed out, the lawsuit was originally targeted at Microsoft's efforts to prop up XP sales right up until the release date of Vista. In other words, to convince people to buy PCs with XP during the holiday season instead of waiting another couple of months for Vista like many wanted to (and everyone who wanted Vista should have). So the judge limiting the lawsuit as explained in the OP article basically removes this and means that instead of arguing the false advertising and market manipulation issue, they are forced to only focus on the is Vista Basic really Vista and worth XX?. That is a huge win for Microsoft and instead of having an actual, meaningful lawsuit this will be yet another long, drawn out legal battle with Microsoft that means nothing for the consumer that got screwed.
