Re: [H] Windows 10 Pro Remote

[Bobby Heid]

TeamViewer was free for personal use if you don't connect to too many
different machines.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of _
Winterlight
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 3:18 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Windows 10 Pro Remote

Wow, 35 to 55 bucks a month annual subscription requiredI had no idea
this was so expensive. Too much for something I will need for a week! Thanks
Chris


From: Hardware  on behalf of
Christopher Fisk 
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2021 6:49 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com 
Subject: Re: [H] Windows 10 Pro Remote

Those instructions are just for PCs on the same network.

For remote access across the internet teamviewer, logmein,  or similar is
what you'll need.

If you want to get all fancy you could go with setting up VPN between PCs
using something like hamachi.

On Thu, Dec 9, 2021 at 12:12 PM _ Winterlight 
wrote:

> I have never used remote PC in windows 10 Pro. I have used it with 
> Windows
> 7 Pro and Teamviewer for Win7 and 8 but never with 10 Pro. Now I have 
> need to do so. I want to be able to log on to my workstation from my 
> laptop in a remote location across the NET ... not from the LAN. Both 
> computers use the same version of windows 10.  So I look up MS 
> instructions and get this How to use Remote Desktop
>
> 
> Windows 10
>
> Use Remote Desktop on your Windows, Android, or iOS device to connect 
> to a Windows 10 PC from afar.
> Set up the PC you want to connect to so it allows remote connections:
> Make sure you have Windows 10 Pro. To check, go to Start  > Settings  
> > System > About and look for Edition. For info on how to get it, go 
> to Upgrade Windows 10 Home to Windows 10 Pro.
> When you're ready, select Start  > Settings  > System > Remote 
> Desktop, and turn on Enable Remote Desktop.
> Make note of the name of this PC under How to connect to this PC. 
> You'll need this later.
> Use Remote Desktop to connect to the PC you set up:
> On your local Windows 10 PC: In the search box on the taskbar, type 
> Remote Desktop Connection, and then select Remote Desktop Connection. 
> In Remote Desktop Connection, type the name of the PC you want to 
> connect to (from Step 1), and then select Connect.
> On your Windows, Android, or iOS device: Open the Remote Desktop app 
> (available for free from Microsoft Store, Google Play, and the Mac App 
> Store), and add the name of the PC that you want to connect to (from 
> Step 1).  Select the remote PC name that you added, and then wait for 
> the connection to complete.
>
> ---
>
> I am planning on using  on a laptop using my Google Fi account hotspot 
> but I am confused because these instructions don't explain how it 
> finds the named PC without a IP address or am I suppose to be using an
app.
>
> So should I use a Windows 10 App to do this securely... are there 
> additional security measures I need to be aware of ?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>

Re: [H] Google Duo and Apple phone

[Bobby Heid]

Also, if you both use Signal, you can video chat.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Greg
Sevart
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 6:03 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Google Duo and Apple phone

Not "out of the box" - but Google Duo is available on the iOS store. So, it
will need to be installed and configured first.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of _
Winterlight
Sent: Sunday, January 24, 2021 4:07 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Google Duo and Apple phone

I have an android phone and use Duo to video call. I know if I call another
android phone no problem. But if I call an Apple phone will it work out of
the box? thanks 

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

[Bobby Heid]

I just cloned the M.2.  

I did not try to wipe and reinstall on the old one.  That would be a long term 
task to get everything back the way that I wanted it.  But, It may be something 
I try in the future.

But, as of today, there have been no lockups.  

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Bino 
Gopal
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2020 2:32 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

So when you replaced the M.2 did you clone the install, or start fresh?

Wonder if it's not the physical M.2 SSD, but maybe the install of the OS/files 
on it...

Did you try wiping the old M.2 SSD before replacing it?

Curious if it turns out to be a SW or HW issue-I think you isolated it down to 
the M.2 clearly, but not sure it's been identified as either SW or HW on the 
M.2 as a result, right?

BINO


-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Bobby 
Heid
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2020 12:58 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

Latest update.

I replaced the M.2 SSD on 11/20 and it appears to have solved the issue with my 
PC locking up.  I have not had it lock up since I replaced the drive.  I know, 
it  could still not be resolved.

But, I want to thank each and everyone of you that tried to help me with my 
issue.  I really appreciate you taking the time to assist me!  And, I ended up 
with an extra HDD.  Who can't use the extra space.  

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of lopaka 
polena
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:25 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

It could be the M.2 SSD. I've only had 1 of those fail before but I'm sure it 
can happen just as easily as failure in SATA SSD (1 have 5 dead ones)

lopaka

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:27 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> And now, I have been using VideoRedo for about 30 minutes now and the 
> common dialog window opens very fast.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Bobby Heid
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:37 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?
>
> So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  
> From within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  
> And, it did not lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this 
> morning, it was locked up.
>
> The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do 
> you think this may be causing the issue?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Lubomír Cabla
> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> I have the same issue with VLC player.
>
> First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.
>
> After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:
>
> MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe
>
> They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.
>
> Maybe it will help you.
>
> Lubomir Cabla
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > Yes, it was good info.
> >
> > Latest update.  I swapped the 5TB HDD out for a new 6TB HDD.  No changes.
> > I guess now I have lots more storage.  
> >
> > Could this issue be with one of the SSDs?  The Samsung Magician 
> > software says those are ok.
> >
> > Here is an odd thing that I noticed.  Sometimes, when using my video 
> > editing software (VideoReDo TVSuite V6), I noticed when I do 
> > something that causes the app to open up the standard open file 
> > dialog, there can be a delay of between 5 and 20 seconds before the 
> > dialog window opens.  Other times, it opens almost instantly.  This 
> > kind of led me to believe that it may have been the HDD causing my 
> > issues.  I would open a file from the HDD and set its output to the 
> > non-NVME SSD.
> >
> > Any other suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bobby
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Hardware  On Behalf 
> > Of lopaka polena
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 5:05 PM
> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
> >
> > Those were good recommendations from Joshua, never seen that info before.
> > The drive I pulled passed every test, but had long pauses during 
> > some of them. I basically swapped everything that could be swapped 
> > during testing except my m2 SSD's, and when I swapped the 4TB 
> > seagate drive all the problems went away. Hopefully you luck out and 
> > find the culp

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

[Bobby Heid]

Latest update.

I replaced the M.2 SSD on 11/20 and it appears to have solved the issue with my 
PC locking up.  I have not had it lock up since I replaced the drive.  I know, 
it  could still not be resolved.

But, I want to thank each and everyone of you that tried to help me with my 
issue.  I really appreciate you taking the time to assist me!  And, I ended up 
with an extra HDD.  Who can't use the extra space.  

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of lopaka 
polena
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 7:25 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

It could be the M.2 SSD. I've only had 1 of those fail before but I'm sure it 
can happen just as easily as failure in SATA SSD (1 have 5 dead ones)

lopaka

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 3:27 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> And now, I have been using VideoRedo for about 30 minutes now and the 
> common dialog window opens very fast.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Bobby Heid
> Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:37 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?
>
> So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  
> From within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  
> And, it did not lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this 
> morning, it was locked up.
>
> The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do 
> you think this may be causing the issue?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Lubomír Cabla
> Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> I have the same issue with VLC player.
>
> First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.
>
> After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:
>
> MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe
>
> They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.
>
> Maybe it will help you.
>
> Lubomir Cabla
>
> On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > Yes, it was good info.
> >
> > Latest update.  I swapped the 5TB HDD out for a new 6TB HDD.  No changes.
> > I guess now I have lots more storage.  
> >
> > Could this issue be with one of the SSDs?  The Samsung Magician 
> > software says those are ok.
> >
> > Here is an odd thing that I noticed.  Sometimes, when using my video 
> > editing software (VideoReDo TVSuite V6), I noticed when I do 
> > something that causes the app to open up the standard open file 
> > dialog, there can be a delay of between 5 and 20 seconds before the 
> > dialog window opens.  Other times, it opens almost instantly.  This 
> > kind of led me to believe that it may have been the HDD causing my 
> > issues.  I would open a file from the HDD and set its output to the 
> > non-NVME SSD.
> >
> > Any other suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bobby
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Hardware  On Behalf 
> > Of lopaka polena
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 5:05 PM
> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
> >
> > Those were good recommendations from Joshua, never seen that info before.
> > The drive I pulled passed every test, but had long pauses during 
> > some of them. I basically swapped everything that could be swapped 
> > during testing except my m2 SSD's, and when I swapped the 4TB 
> > seagate drive all the problems went away. Hopefully you luck out and 
> > find the culprit
> too.
> >
> > lopaka
> >
> > On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 1:39 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks Joshua.
> > >
> > > I ran all of those except for the performance monitoring one and 
> > > all said OK.  An interesting note - some of those tests do not 
> > > show the NVME SSD (Samsung 960 Pro SSD).
> > >
> > > I did buy a new 6TB HD to swap out for the 5TB one to see if that 
> > > may
> > help.
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Hardware  On 
> > > Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw
> > > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:27 PM
> > > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
> > >
> > > SMART testing comes to mind as well as checking the log for disk 
> > > related events. Found this tip, didn't know win10 did this 
> > > directly
> > > -
> > >
> > > https://www.windowscentral.com/h

Re: [H] VPN question

[Bobby Heid]

Thank you all for the responses.  

I went to whatsmyip.com on both the host and the VM and both returned the
same IP address.  So I think I am good.

Remember that I am running VMWare Workstation.  Not the same as a regular
VMWare host.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Greg
Sevart
Sent: Monday, November 23, 2020 5:13 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] VPN question

If you're running the VPN on the host, it's unlikely that the guest would be
using the VPN. For that to work (absent some magic in NordVPN), your VMware
network as presented to the guest would need to be bound to the VPN virtual
network adapter, if NordVPN even uses one.

Use an IP lookup tool to confirm, but my expectation would be that you will
need to establish a VPN from within any guests you want running behind the
VPN in addition to the host.


-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Bobby
Heid
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2020 8:33 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] VPN question

Hey,

 

I am running NordVPN and VMWare 14 workstation on my Win 10 PC.  If I am
running a VM on this PC, do I also need to install the VPN on the VM?  Or is
it protected by the VPN on the host?

 

Thanks,

Bobby

[H] VPN question

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

I am running NordVPN and VMWare 14 workstation on my Win 10 PC.  If I am
running a VM on this PC, do I also need to install the VPN on the VM?  Or is
it protected by the VPN on the host?

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

[Bobby Heid]

And now, I have been using VideoRedo for about 30 minutes now and the common 
dialog window opens very fast.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Bobby 
Heid
Sent: Tuesday, November 17, 2020 5:37 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?

So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  >From 
within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  And, it did not 
lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this morning, it was locked up.

The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do you think 
this may be causing the issue?

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Lubomír 
Cabla
Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

I have the same issue with VLC player.

First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.

After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:

MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe

They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.

Maybe it will help you.

Lubomir Cabla

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> Yes, it was good info.
>
> Latest update.  I swapped the 5TB HDD out for a new 6TB HDD.  No changes.
> I guess now I have lots more storage.  
>
> Could this issue be with one of the SSDs?  The Samsung Magician 
> software says those are ok.
>
> Here is an odd thing that I noticed.  Sometimes, when using my video 
> editing software (VideoReDo TVSuite V6), I noticed when I do something 
> that causes the app to open up the standard open file dialog, there 
> can be a delay of between 5 and 20 seconds before the dialog window 
> opens.  Other times, it opens almost instantly.  This kind of led me 
> to believe that it may have been the HDD causing my issues.  I would 
> open a file from the HDD and set its output to the non-NVME SSD.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Bobby
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> lopaka polena
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 5:05 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> Those were good recommendations from Joshua, never seen that info before.
> The drive I pulled passed every test, but had long pauses during some 
> of them. I basically swapped everything that could be swapped during 
> testing except my m2 SSD's, and when I swapped the 4TB seagate drive 
> all the problems went away. Hopefully you luck out and find the culprit too.
>
> lopaka
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 1:39 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > Thanks Joshua.
> >
> > I ran all of those except for the performance monitoring one and all 
> > said OK.  An interesting note - some of those tests do not show the 
> > NVME SSD (Samsung 960 Pro SSD).
> >
> > I did buy a new 6TB HD to swap out for the 5TB one to see if that 
> > may
> help.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Hardware  On Behalf 
> > Of Joshua MacCraw
> > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:27 PM
> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
> >
> > SMART testing comes to mind as well as checking the log for disk 
> > related events. Found this tip, didn't know win10 did this directly
> > -
> >
> > https://www.windowscentral.com/how-check-if-hard-drive-failing-smart
> > -w
> > indows-10
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks.  Could be on to something there.  I will pursue looking at 
> > > testing the drive.
> > >
> > > The locking up can happen whether it is recording or not.  I was 
> > > trying to demonstrate that I did not think processes were 
> > > executing while it appeared locked up.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bobby
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Hardware  On 
> > > Behalf Of lopaka polena
> > > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:53 PM
> > > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
> > >
> > > Strangely enough my bad drive passed chkdsk multiple times without 
> > > one fail, so pulling it was a last ditch effect since I'd already 
> > > swapped video card, RAM and power supply.
> > >
> > > lopaka
> > >
> > > <
> > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link
> > > tm _c ampaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=icon
> > > >
> > > Virus-free.
> > > www.avast.com
> > > <

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks Lubomir.  Were you able to fix the issue?

So, I replaced my non-boot SSD with a HDD.  At first, all went well.  >From 
within VideoRedo, the common dialog windows opened very fast.  And, it did not 
lock up for over 12 hours.  But when I got up this morning, it was locked up.

The only drive I have not disabled/replaced is the M2 boot SSD.  Do you think 
this may be causing the issue?

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Lubomír 
Cabla
Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

I have the same issue with VLC player.

First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.

After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:

MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe

They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.

Maybe it will help you.

Lubomir Cabla

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> Yes, it was good info.
>
> Latest update.  I swapped the 5TB HDD out for a new 6TB HDD.  No changes.
> I guess now I have lots more storage.  
>
> Could this issue be with one of the SSDs?  The Samsung Magician 
> software says those are ok.
>
> Here is an odd thing that I noticed.  Sometimes, when using my video 
> editing software (VideoReDo TVSuite V6), I noticed when I do something 
> that causes the app to open up the standard open file dialog, there 
> can be a delay of between 5 and 20 seconds before the dialog window 
> opens.  Other times, it opens almost instantly.  This kind of led me 
> to believe that it may have been the HDD causing my issues.  I would 
> open a file from the HDD and set its output to the non-NVME SSD.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Bobby
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> lopaka polena
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 5:05 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> Those were good recommendations from Joshua, never seen that info before.
> The drive I pulled passed every test, but had long pauses during some 
> of them. I basically swapped everything that could be swapped during 
> testing except my m2 SSD's, and when I swapped the 4TB seagate drive 
> all the problems went away. Hopefully you luck out and find the culprit too.
>
> lopaka
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 1:39 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > Thanks Joshua.
> >
> > I ran all of those except for the performance monitoring one and all 
> > said OK.  An interesting note - some of those tests do not show the 
> > NVME SSD (Samsung 960 Pro SSD).
> >
> > I did buy a new 6TB HD to swap out for the 5TB one to see if that 
> > may
> help.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Hardware  On Behalf 
> > Of Joshua MacCraw
> > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:27 PM
> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
> >
> > SMART testing comes to mind as well as checking the log for disk 
> > related events. Found this tip, didn't know win10 did this directly 
> > -
> >
> > https://www.windowscentral.com/how-check-if-hard-drive-failing-smart
> > -w
> > indows-10
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks.  Could be on to something there.  I will pursue looking at 
> > > testing the drive.
> > >
> > > The locking up can happen whether it is recording or not.  I was 
> > > trying to demonstrate that I did not think processes were 
> > > executing while it appeared locked up.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bobby
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Hardware  On 
> > > Behalf Of lopaka polena
> > > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:53 PM
> > > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
> > >
> > > Strangely enough my bad drive passed chkdsk multiple times without 
> > > one fail, so pulling it was a last ditch effect since I'd already 
> > > swapped video card, RAM and power supply.
> > >
> > > lopaka
> > >
> > > <
> > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link
> > > tm _c ampaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=icon
> > > >
> > > Virus-free.
> > > www.avast.com
> > > <
> > > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email_source=link
> > > tm _c ampaign=sig-email_content=webmail_term=link
> > > >
> > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:45 PM Beav

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks.  I will check it out.  

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Lubomír 
Cabla
Sent: Tuesday, November 3, 2020 3:31 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

I have the same issue with VLC player.

First time the delay is about 15 seconds, next run is without delay.

After checking in the task manager (Details) I found out the cause:

MsMpEngCP.exe and MsMpEng.exe

They perform full control of the running program but only the first time.

Maybe it will help you.

Lubomir Cabla

On Tue, Nov 3, 2020 at 3:22 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> Yes, it was good info.
>
> Latest update.  I swapped the 5TB HDD out for a new 6TB HDD.  No changes.
> I guess now I have lots more storage.  
>
> Could this issue be with one of the SSDs?  The Samsung Magician 
> software says those are ok.
>
> Here is an odd thing that I noticed.  Sometimes, when using my video 
> editing software (VideoReDo TVSuite V6), I noticed when I do something 
> that causes the app to open up the standard open file dialog, there 
> can be a delay of between 5 and 20 seconds before the dialog window 
> opens.  Other times, it opens almost instantly.  This kind of led me 
> to believe that it may have been the HDD causing my issues.  I would 
> open a file from the HDD and set its output to the non-NVME SSD.
>
> Any other suggestions?
>
> Thanks,
> Bobby
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> lopaka polena
> Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 5:05 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> Those were good recommendations from Joshua, never seen that info before.
> The drive I pulled passed every test, but had long pauses during some 
> of them. I basically swapped everything that could be swapped during 
> testing except my m2 SSD's, and when I swapped the 4TB seagate drive 
> all the problems went away. Hopefully you luck out and find the culprit too.
>
> lopaka
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 1:39 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > Thanks Joshua.
> >
> > I ran all of those except for the performance monitoring one and all 
> > said OK.  An interesting note - some of those tests do not show the 
> > NVME SSD (Samsung 960 Pro SSD).
> >
> > I did buy a new 6TB HD to swap out for the 5TB one to see if that 
> > may
> help.
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Hardware  On Behalf 
> > Of Joshua MacCraw
> > Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:27 PM
> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
> >
> > SMART testing comes to mind as well as checking the log for disk 
> > related events. Found this tip, didn't know win10 did this directly 
> > -
> >
> > https://www.windowscentral.com/how-check-if-hard-drive-failing-smart
> > -w
> > indows-10
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks.  Could be on to something there.  I will pursue looking at 
> > > testing the drive.
> > >
> > > The locking up can happen whether it is recording or not.  I was 
> > > trying to demonstrate that I did not think processes were 
> > > executing while it appeared locked up.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Bobby
> > >
> > > -Original Message-
> > > From: Hardware  On 
> > > Behalf Of lopaka polena
> > > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:53 PM
> > > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
> > >
> > > Strangely enough my bad drive passed chkdsk multiple times without 
> > > one fail, so pulling it was a last ditch effect since I'd already 
> > > swapped video card, RAM and power supply.
> > >
> > > lopaka
> > >
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> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:45 PM Beave <619be...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Try chkdsk on the drive the recording is going to. Could be an 
> > > > issue
> > > there.
> > > >
> > > > Good luck,
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 1:12 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > H

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

[Bobby Heid]

Yes, it was good info.

Latest update.  I swapped the 5TB HDD out for a new 6TB HDD.  No changes.  I 
guess now I have lots more storage.  

Could this issue be with one of the SSDs?  The Samsung Magician software says 
those are ok.

Here is an odd thing that I noticed.  Sometimes, when using my video editing 
software (VideoReDo TVSuite V6), I noticed when I do something that causes the 
app to open up the standard open file dialog, there can be a delay of between 5 
and 20 seconds before the dialog window opens.  Other times, it opens almost 
instantly.  This kind of led me to believe that it may have been the HDD 
causing my issues.  I would open a file from the HDD and set its output to the 
non-NVME SSD.

Any other suggestions?

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of lopaka 
polena
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 5:05 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

Those were good recommendations from Joshua, never seen that info before.
The drive I pulled passed every test, but had long pauses during some of them. 
I basically swapped everything that could be swapped during testing except my 
m2 SSD's, and when I swapped the 4TB seagate drive all the problems went away. 
Hopefully you luck out and find the culprit too.

lopaka

On Tue, Oct 27, 2020 at 1:39 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> Thanks Joshua.
>
> I ran all of those except for the performance monitoring one and all 
> said OK.  An interesting note - some of those tests do not show the 
> NVME SSD (Samsung 960 Pro SSD).
>
> I did buy a new 6TB HD to swap out for the 5TB one to see if that may help.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> Joshua MacCraw
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:27 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> SMART testing comes to mind as well as checking the log for disk 
> related events. Found this tip, didn't know win10 did this directly -
>
> https://www.windowscentral.com/how-check-if-hard-drive-failing-smart-w
> indows-10
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > Thanks.  Could be on to something there.  I will pursue looking at 
> > testing the drive.
> >
> > The locking up can happen whether it is recording or not.  I was 
> > trying to demonstrate that I did not think processes were executing 
> > while it appeared locked up.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bobby
> >
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Hardware  On Behalf 
> > Of lopaka polena
> > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:53 PM
> > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> > Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
> >
> > Strangely enough my bad drive passed chkdsk multiple times without 
> > one fail, so pulling it was a last ditch effect since I'd already 
> > swapped video card, RAM and power supply.
> >
> > lopaka
> >
> > <
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> >
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:45 PM Beave <619be...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Try chkdsk on the drive the recording is going to. Could be an 
> > > issue
> > there.
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > >
> > > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 1:12 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I have had some issues going on with my pc for several months now.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > There are two issues.
> > > >
> > > > 1.  Once every several weeks or so, I get a bluescreen -
> > > > IPI_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT.  I can live with this one.  Things that I 
> > > > have
> > > tried
> > > > to fix this do not seem to have helped.
> > > > 2.  The big issue is that my PC keeps locking up.  This happens
> > from
> > > > 0-5
> > > > times per day.  I may go 3 days without it happening and then 
> > > > have it happen
> > > > 3 times in one day.  Here are some details:
> > > >
> > > > a.  When it locks up, the HD activity light is doing a very fast,
> > > > steady
> > > > flash.
> > > > b.  There is no warning when it will happen.
> > > > c.  It happens whether I am using the PC or

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks Joshua.

I ran all of those except for the performance monitoring one and all said OK.  
An interesting note - some of those tests do not show the NVME SSD (Samsung 960 
Pro SSD).

I did buy a new 6TB HD to swap out for the 5TB one to see if that may help.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Joshua 
MacCraw
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2020 12:27 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

SMART testing comes to mind as well as checking the log for disk related 
events. Found this tip, didn't know win10 did this directly -
https://www.windowscentral.com/how-check-if-hard-drive-failing-smart-windows-10

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 2:24 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> Thanks.  Could be on to something there.  I will pursue looking at 
> testing the drive.
>
> The locking up can happen whether it is recording or not.  I was 
> trying to demonstrate that I did not think processes were executing 
> while it appeared locked up.
>
> Thanks,
> Bobby
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware  On Behalf Of 
> lopaka polena
> Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:53 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue
>
> Strangely enough my bad drive passed chkdsk multiple times without one 
> fail, so pulling it was a last ditch effect since I'd already swapped 
> video card, RAM and power supply.
>
> lopaka
>
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> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:45 PM Beave <619be...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Try chkdsk on the drive the recording is going to. Could be an issue
> there.
> >
> > Good luck,
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 1:12 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I have had some issues going on with my pc for several months now.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > There are two issues.
> > >
> > > 1.  Once every several weeks or so, I get a bluescreen -
> > > IPI_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT.  I can live with this one.  Things that I 
> > > have
> > tried
> > > to fix this do not seem to have helped.
> > > 2.  The big issue is that my PC keeps locking up.  This happens
> from
> > > 0-5
> > > times per day.  I may go 3 days without it happening and then have 
> > > it happen
> > > 3 times in one day.  Here are some details:
> > >
> > > a.  When it locks up, the HD activity light is doing a very fast,
> > > steady
> > > flash.
> > > b.  There is no warning when it will happen.
> > > c.  It happens whether I am using the PC or not.
> > > d.  Seems to happen more often overnight than during the day. But
> not
> > > always.
> > > e.  When it locks up, I can still move the mouse cursor and move
> > > windows.  I cannot close a window or start another program.
> > > f.  When it locks up when not using PC, sometimes the login screen
> > > image
> > > will show, sometimes not.
> > > g.  CTL-Alt-Delete does nothing when locked.
> > > h.  PC stays up 24/7.  No sleep or hibernation.
> > > i.  When it locks up, if the system is recording a show (from a
> > > networked TV Tuner), the recording stops, so I assume that most 
> > > apps are not still running when it locks up.
> > > j.  If a recording was scheduled while it is locked up, nothing is
> > > created.
> > > k.  To reset, I have to press and hold the power button until the
> > > system
> > > turns off.
> > > l.  Through trial and error, it seems that turning off letting the
> > > monitors going to sleep seems to have lessened the frequency of 
> > > the lock ups.  I am not sure if this was not just a coincidence.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Here are my system specs:
> > >
> > > *   Asus X99 Deluxe-II MB
> > > *   Intel i7-6850k CPU (not overclocked)
> > > *   Asus GeForce GTX 1070
> > > *   Corsair water cooler
> > > *   Corsair 32GB RAM
> > > *   Samsung 960 Pro SSD (512GB) - OS
> > > *   Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB
> > > *   WD 5TB Black
> > > *   Pioneer Blu Ray drive
> > > *   Dual monitors
> > > *   Corsair HX-850 PSU
> > > *   Corsair K70 LUX keyboard
> > > *   Logitech MX Master mouse
> > > *   Windows 10 Pro - 2004 - 19041.508
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > I am not too keen on a nuke and install.  It would take me forever 
> > > to get everything back the way it was.  But I am not ruling that out.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Anyone have any ideas?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > >
> > > Bobby
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks.  Could be on to something there.  I will pursue looking at testing the 
drive.

The locking up can happen whether it is recording or not.  I was trying to 
demonstrate that I did not think processes were executing while it appeared 
locked up.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of lopaka 
polena
Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:53 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

Strangely enough my bad drive passed chkdsk multiple times without one fail, so 
pulling it was a last ditch effect since I'd already swapped video card, RAM 
and power supply.

lopaka

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On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 1:45 PM Beave <619be...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Try chkdsk on the drive the recording is going to. Could be an issue there.
>
> Good luck,
>
> On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 1:12 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > I have had some issues going on with my pc for several months now.
> >
> >
> >
> > There are two issues.
> >
> > 1.  Once every several weeks or so, I get a bluescreen -
> > IPI_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT.  I can live with this one.  Things that I have
> tried
> > to fix this do not seem to have helped.
> > 2.  The big issue is that my PC keeps locking up.  This happens from
> > 0-5
> > times per day.  I may go 3 days without it happening and then have 
> > it happen
> > 3 times in one day.  Here are some details:
> >
> > a.  When it locks up, the HD activity light is doing a very fast,
> > steady
> > flash.
> > b.  There is no warning when it will happen.
> > c.  It happens whether I am using the PC or not.
> > d.  Seems to happen more often overnight than during the day. But not
> > always.
> > e.  When it locks up, I can still move the mouse cursor and move
> > windows.  I cannot close a window or start another program.
> > f.  When it locks up when not using PC, sometimes the login screen
> > image
> > will show, sometimes not.
> > g.  CTL-Alt-Delete does nothing when locked.
> > h.  PC stays up 24/7.  No sleep or hibernation.
> > i.  When it locks up, if the system is recording a show (from a
> > networked TV Tuner), the recording stops, so I assume that most apps 
> > are not still running when it locks up.
> > j.  If a recording was scheduled while it is locked up, nothing is
> > created.
> > k.  To reset, I have to press and hold the power button until the
> > system
> > turns off.
> > l.  Through trial and error, it seems that turning off letting the
> > monitors going to sleep seems to have lessened the frequency of the 
> > lock ups.  I am not sure if this was not just a coincidence.
> >
> >
> >
> > Here are my system specs:
> >
> > *   Asus X99 Deluxe-II MB
> > *   Intel i7-6850k CPU (not overclocked)
> > *   Asus GeForce GTX 1070
> > *   Corsair water cooler
> > *   Corsair 32GB RAM
> > *   Samsung 960 Pro SSD (512GB) - OS
> > *   Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB
> > *   WD 5TB Black
> > *   Pioneer Blu Ray drive
> > *   Dual monitors
> > *   Corsair HX-850 PSU
> > *   Corsair K70 LUX keyboard
> > *   Logitech MX Master mouse
> > *   Windows 10 Pro - 2004 - 19041.508
> >
> >
> >
> > I am not too keen on a nuke and install.  It would take me forever 
> > to get everything back the way it was.  But I am not ruling that out.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyone have any ideas?
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

Re: [H] Weird PC issue

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks.  Ran ChkDsk and it found nothing wrong.  I even ran the WD quick tests 
and it said it was ok.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of Beave
Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 4:45 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC issue

Try chkdsk on the drive the recording is going to. Could be an issue there.

Good luck,

On Fri, Oct 9, 2020, 1:12 PM Bobby Heid  wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> I have had some issues going on with my pc for several months now.
>
>
>
> There are two issues.
>
> 1.  Once every several weeks or so, I get a bluescreen -
> IPI_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT.  I can live with this one.  Things that I have 
> tried to fix this do not seem to have helped.
> 2.  The big issue is that my PC keeps locking up.  This happens from
> 0-5
> times per day.  I may go 3 days without it happening and then have it 
> happen
> 3 times in one day.  Here are some details:
>
> a.  When it locks up, the HD activity light is doing a very fast,
> steady
> flash.
> b.  There is no warning when it will happen.
> c.  It happens whether I am using the PC or not.
> d.  Seems to happen more often overnight than during the day. But not
> always.
> e.  When it locks up, I can still move the mouse cursor and move
> windows.  I cannot close a window or start another program.
> f.  When it locks up when not using PC, sometimes the login screen
> image
> will show, sometimes not.
> g.  CTL-Alt-Delete does nothing when locked.
> h.  PC stays up 24/7.  No sleep or hibernation.
> i.  When it locks up, if the system is recording a show (from a
> networked TV Tuner), the recording stops, so I assume that most apps 
> are not still running when it locks up.
> j.  If a recording was scheduled while it is locked up, nothing is
> created.
> k.  To reset, I have to press and hold the power button until the
> system
> turns off.
> l.  Through trial and error, it seems that turning off letting the
> monitors going to sleep seems to have lessened the frequency of the 
> lock ups.  I am not sure if this was not just a coincidence.
>
>
>
> Here are my system specs:
>
> *   Asus X99 Deluxe-II MB
> *   Intel i7-6850k CPU (not overclocked)
> *   Asus GeForce GTX 1070
> *   Corsair water cooler
> *   Corsair 32GB RAM
> *   Samsung 960 Pro SSD (512GB) - OS
> *   Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB
> *   WD 5TB Black
> *   Pioneer Blu Ray drive
> *   Dual monitors
> *   Corsair HX-850 PSU
> *   Corsair K70 LUX keyboard
> *   Logitech MX Master mouse
> *   Windows 10 Pro - 2004 - 19041.508
>
>
>
> I am not too keen on a nuke and install.  It would take me forever to 
> get everything back the way it was.  But I am not ruling that out.
>
>
>
> Anyone have any ideas?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bobby
>
>
>
>

[H] Weird PC issue

[Bobby Heid]

Hi,

 

I have had some issues going on with my pc for several months now.  

 

There are two issues. 

1.  Once every several weeks or so, I get a bluescreen -
IPI_WATCHDOG_TIMEOUT.  I can live with this one.  Things that I have tried
to fix this do not seem to have helped.
2.  The big issue is that my PC keeps locking up.  This happens from 0-5
times per day.  I may go 3 days without it happening and then have it happen
3 times in one day.  Here are some details:

a.  When it locks up, the HD activity light is doing a very fast, steady
flash.  
b.  There is no warning when it will happen.
c.  It happens whether I am using the PC or not.
d.  Seems to happen more often overnight than during the day. But not
always.
e.  When it locks up, I can still move the mouse cursor and move
windows.  I cannot close a window or start another program.
f.  When it locks up when not using PC, sometimes the login screen image
will show, sometimes not.
g.  CTL-Alt-Delete does nothing when locked.
h.  PC stays up 24/7.  No sleep or hibernation.
i.  When it locks up, if the system is recording a show (from a
networked TV Tuner), the recording stops, so I assume that most apps are not
still running when it locks up.  
j.  If a recording was scheduled while it is locked up, nothing is
created.
k.  To reset, I have to press and hold the power button until the system
turns off.
l.  Through trial and error, it seems that turning off letting the
monitors going to sleep seems to have lessened the frequency of the lock
ups.  I am not sure if this was not just a coincidence.

 

Here are my system specs:

*   Asus X99 Deluxe-II MB
*   Intel i7-6850k CPU (not overclocked)
*   Asus GeForce GTX 1070
*   Corsair water cooler
*   Corsair 32GB RAM
*   Samsung 960 Pro SSD (512GB) - OS
*   Samsung 860 EVO SSD 1TB
*   WD 5TB Black 
*   Pioneer Blu Ray drive
*   Dual monitors
*   Corsair HX-850 PSU
*   Corsair K70 LUX keyboard
*   Logitech MX Master mouse
*   Windows 10 Pro - 2004 - 19041.508

 

I am not too keen on a nuke and install.  It would take me forever to get
everything back the way it was.  But I am not ruling that out.

 

Anyone have any ideas?

 

Thanks,

Bobby

 

Re: [H] Time to replace my CPU cooler

[Bobby Heid]

+1

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of FORC5
Sent: Saturday, July 4, 2020 11:04 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Time to replace my CPU cooler


Noctua hard to beat for air, they have a compatibility list:

https://noctua.at/en/cpu/Intel_Core_i7-4930K

 fuf

happy BD America

On 7/3/2020 9:36 PM, _ Winterlight wrote:
> After seven and a half years my CPU cooler = Thermaltake WATER2.0 Pro 
> Closed-Loop finally died. I am planning on going air. I have Intel Core i7 
> 4930K on a Asus P9X79-E WS. Stock is 3.4Ghz with 3.9 boost and I would like 
> to be able to run 4.2 which is what the Asus Auto Overclock sets it to. So 
> what cooler should I be looking at?  Thanks!
> -w-

Re: [H] AIO coolers

[Bobby Heid]

I have the Corsair 115i in my system.  Been running about 3 years - 24x7 with 
no issues.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware  On Behalf Of FORC5
Sent: Monday, June 1, 2020 2:20 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] AIO coolers


good info, thanks

fuf

On 6/1/2020 11:12 AM, Z Vaper wrote:
> Most water coolers are rebranded asetek units. Asetek owns the patents etc.
>
> So the difference between them is quite minor. Pick based on looks and their 
> rma policy.
>
> Zulfiqar Naushad
> On Jun 1, 2020, 12:03 PM -0400, FORC5 , wrote:
>> was wondering the brands the pack has had the best luck with ?
>>
>> pondering corsair and asus
>>
>> bought a single fan NZXT to test on a shop system, currently having 
>> the make some special screws to mount it. case not designed for water 
>> cooling
>>
>> too much spare time ATM :{)
>>
>> fuf
>>

Re: [H] iRobot Roomba

[Bobby Heid]

We have the Roomba 980.  Have had it for about 6-7 months now.  We are
liking it pretty well.  We have a mix of hardwood/rugs/carpet/tile.  It does
well on all of the floor types.  We have almost 2700 square feet and it
takes it all day to cover everything.  That is with the wall setting on (it
goes along the walls also).  Not the quietest device though.

It is fun to watch.  I catch myself following it around some times to see
how it figures out various obstacles.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf
Of Winterlight
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2017 6:16 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] iRobot Roomba

I am getting hardwood floors installed and am planing on purchasing a iRobot
Roomba to handle the pet hair. Do these really work as advertised. Do they
do the whole house on their own? Any advice appreciated.

Re: [H] -OT- Movie theatre popcorn

[Bobby Heid]

I just came across this:
http://www.thekitchn.com/this-is-whats-in-the-butter-from-movie-theater-popcorn-252323
 

Hope that helps.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Thane K. Sherrington
Sent: Tuesday, November 14, 2017 8:09 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] -OT- Movie theatre popcorn

Greetings Collective,

 My father is a huge movie theatre popcorn fan, and for years he's been 
trying to make it at home, but has never found the seasoning (it may be the oil 
they use) to make identical popcorn at home.  Does anyone know where I could 
find the stuff they use to make it?

T

[H] Wireless routers...

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

Time to start looking to upgrade my network.

 

What are your thoughts on the new Norton router.  I kind of like the network
appliance aspect.  It seems to be on par with the Netgear X4S, specs-wise.
Norton has a preorder special of $179 with a free year of updates for
network protection.  I think it is $10/month after that.

https://us.norton.com/core

 

I am also looking at the Netgear X4s

https://smile.amazon.com/NETGEAR-Nighthawk-X4S-R7800-100NAS-Compatible/dp/B0
192911RA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8

=1498001099=8-1=x4s

 

But the mesh networking gear seems pretty neat too.  House is not large,
about 2600 square feet.

 

Thanks,

Bobby

 

Re: [H] DVI KVM switch?

[Bobby Heid]

Of course, since we are moving next week, all the extra cables are packed up...

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Bobby Heid
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 5:50 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] DVI KVM switch?

Hey,

Thanks for the reply.  That's a great idea!  I have HDM and VGA on the monitor. 
 I have DVI and HDMI out of the old pc.  I'll try that.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
lopaka polena
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 5:21 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] DVI KVM switch?

What other ports do you have on the back of your monitors?  I have something 
plugged into each monitor input (HDMI, DVI & vga) and I just use the on-monitor 
switch to toggle over to another input since some of them I only use 
occasionally. I use a usb hub with toggle button to switch the kbd/mouse 
b.etween machines. Most of the time I'm using dual monitors off my main PC but 
occasionally Ill switch so the second monitor is showing one of the other 
computers then I'll toggle the kbd/mouse over when I need to set something 
running.

This is the switch I'm using and I have it right next to the kbd & mousepad so 
I can toggle quickly back and forth
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BD8I3EI/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8=1

lopaka

On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Bobby Heid <bh...@sc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>
>
>
> I recently built a new PC.  I reused my dual monitors by buying 
> display port to DVI cables.  I still have my old PC running with 
> Windows 7 so that I can still record shows with WMC using my external 
> tuner.  I access the old machine via remote desktop which is fine for 
> everything except WMC.  WMC will crash if I try to use it via remote 
> desktop.  I am using an Xbox 360 to view stuff recorded onto the old 
> PC, but that interface (remote) is clunky.
>
>
>
> My question to you all is, what kind of solution could I have where I 
> can use the two monitors with the main pc and use one of the two 
> monitors on a KVM switch or something to switch back and forth between 
> the new pc and the old one.
>
>
>
> Also would prefer a solution less than $100.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bobby
>
>

Re: [H] DVI KVM switch?

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

Thanks for the reply.  That's a great idea!  I have HDM and VGA on the monitor. 
 I have DVI and HDMI out of the old pc.  I'll try that.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
lopaka polena
Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2017 5:21 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] DVI KVM switch?

What other ports do you have on the back of your monitors?  I have something 
plugged into each monitor input (HDMI, DVI & vga) and I just use the on-monitor 
switch to toggle over to another input since some of them I only use 
occasionally. I use a usb hub with toggle button to switch the kbd/mouse 
b.etween machines. Most of the time I'm using dual monitors off my main PC but 
occasionally Ill switch so the second monitor is showing one of the other 
computers then I'll toggle the kbd/mouse over when I need to set something 
running.

This is the switch I'm using and I have it right next to the kbd & mousepad so 
I can toggle quickly back and forth
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00BD8I3EI/ref=oh_aui_search_detailpage?ie=UTF8=1

lopaka

On Sun, Apr 30, 2017 at 1:23 PM, Bobby Heid <bh...@sc.rr.com> wrote:

> Hey,
>
>
>
> I recently built a new PC.  I reused my dual monitors by buying 
> display port to DVI cables.  I still have my old PC running with 
> Windows 7 so that I can still record shows with WMC using my external 
> tuner.  I access the old machine via remote desktop which is fine for 
> everything except WMC.  WMC will crash if I try to use it via remote 
> desktop.  I am using an Xbox 360 to view stuff recorded onto the old 
> PC, but that interface (remote) is clunky.
>
>
>
> My question to you all is, what kind of solution could I have where I 
> can use the two monitors with the main pc and use one of the two 
> monitors on a KVM switch or something to switch back and forth between 
> the new pc and the old one.
>
>
>
> Also would prefer a solution less than $100.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Bobby
>
>

[H] DVI KVM switch?

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

I recently built a new PC.  I reused my dual monitors by buying display port
to DVI cables.  I still have my old PC running with Windows 7 so that I can
still record shows with WMC using my external tuner.  I access the old
machine via remote desktop which is fine for everything except WMC.  WMC
will crash if I try to use it via remote desktop.  I am using an Xbox 360 to
view stuff recorded onto the old PC, but that interface (remote) is clunky.

 

My question to you all is, what kind of solution could I have where I can
use the two monitors with the main pc and use one of the two monitors on a
KVM switch or something to switch back and forth between the new pc and the
old one.

 

Also would prefer a solution less than $100.

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] Netgear X10

[Bobby Heid]

Not using that router, but as for 10G, Asus has a consumer-level motherboard
that supports 10Gb (dual 10Gb at that).  Wired, of course.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf
Of Winterlight
Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2017 1:54 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Netgear X10

I am thinking about buying a top end home/small business router = 
Netgear X10. I moved from an area where wireless was worthless unless 
it was line of sight. But now I am in a area where wireless works 
really well. So instead of hardwiring my home, I am going to try 
wireless for everything from mobile devices to 4K streaming. This 
home router comes with a 10G LAN SFP+ port  but when would/could you 
use that in a home setting?

Anybody using one of these routers?
w

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks Greg.  From what I have been reading, at least for the Asus MBs, 2400 
should work fine up to 128GB, but the 3200 would only work with 32 or 64GB.

Never seen the C10 ones.  Will have to check that out.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Greg Sevart
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2016 1:13 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

I've become a big fan of G.Skill memory kits, especially for DDR4. However, 
I've had problems getting my HW-E (5820k) and BW-E (6950X) to run at high 
frequencies, like 3200MT/s. The same kits work fine in my Z170 boards with 
Skylake chips, so I know it's not the modules. I've instead opted to use low 
latency 2400MT/s memory--in this case, 4x8GB Corsair Dominator Platinum 2400 
C10. I don't think it really matters either way, but I'm happy with the result 
so far. Just something to keep in mind when picking your memory kit.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Bobby Heid
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:03 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

I agree with the M2 interface.  Look up info on the Samsung 960 M2 drive.

I also agree that a NAS is a good idea.  I have the Synology DS412+.

I am working on a new build for myself right now.
I have purchased:
I7 6850K (6-core 3.6GHz)
Corsair H115i AOI cooler
Corsair 960T case
Corsair HX-850 PSU

Still have buy:
X99 2011-V3 MB, looking at the ASUS X99-DELUXE II
RAM - Probably will go with 32GB Corsair Dominator
Samsung 960 PCIE SSD drive (512GB, other sizes too much $$$)
1 or 2-WD Black 4 or 5TB drives
1070 GPU - Not sure which brand/model yet

I know, looks like I'm a Corsair fanboy, but they just have a lot of stuff I 
like at this time.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Robert Martin Jr.
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:20 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

Something to also consider is a good NAS if you don't already have one. I keep 
all my important stuff on the NAS so I don't have to have as much HDD space on 
any of the PC's at the house. Map a NAS share or create an iscsi drive for each 
box. I'm running a synology DS1518+ . I only keep the quick access stuff on the 
local machine.
Build wise I'd go with a newer i7 mobo with decent amount of ram if you do much 
virtual machines. I'm always running a few virtual box machines for random 
stuff. I don't have a mobo with M.2 interface but I'd look at it if building 
something new. My best system is a quad core 6700k 4.0 GHz box. I have a toggle 
switch to boot either win 8.1 pro or windows 10. Still tend to use 8.1 more 
often because a few of my programs still have issues running on 10.  I'm still 
running samsung pro SSD's as primary's in most of my boxes. Video card is 
midrange right now just because I don't game on my main machine, lopaka

  From: Brian Weeden <brian.wee...@gmail.com>
 To: hardware <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com>
Cc: hwg <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
 Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 5:05 PM
 Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build
   
One of the big recent advancements is in the new M.2 interface for SSDs, which 
finally creates an interface that can match the inherent speed of modern SSD:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/understanding-m-2-the-interface-that-will-speed-up-your-next-ssd/

If you do a lot of disk-intensive apps, I think that would be something worth 
upgrading for. Will require a new mobo, however.



-
Brian


On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Jim Maki <jwm_maill...@comcast.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> My last new build was a 2.67 GHz i7 system in 2009. I have been using 
> a dual Xeon 6-core, 2.67 GHz refurb (HP Z600)for about 2 years. I have 
> outgrown the storage capacity (hard drives, etc.) of the HP case. It 
> is very proprietary and would not easily transfer to the larger case I 
> have (from the i7 build).
> In addition, the Z600 does not have new features such as USB 3.0.
>
>
>
> Anyway, I have been "out of touch" with state of the art and am 
> looking for some suggestions for a new build. While price is 
> important, a high performance to price ratio is more important. I am 
> not much of a gamer (an occasion Civ V game) but do have multiple 
> programs open a one time. I do some graphics (CorelDraw) but my next 
> major task is a book on family genealogy (pictures, genealogy charts, text).
>
>
>
> So suggestions and a "why" would be highly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Jim Maki
>
> jwm_maill...@comcast.net
>
>


   

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks Bryan.  I did see some people favoring those.  Unfortunately, I just
received the Corsair.

What was it you liked better about the NZXT ones?

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf
Of Bryan Seitz
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 11:49 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

Bobby,

I don't know if their recent water coolers are better but I've had
better luck with NZXT
for water cooling.

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 09:03:24PM -0500, Bobby Heid wrote:
> I agree with the M2 interface.  Look up info on the Samsung 960 M2 drive.
> 
> I also agree that a NAS is a good idea.  I have the Synology DS412+.
> 
> I am working on a new build for myself right now.
> I have purchased:
>   I7 6850K (6-core 3.6GHz)
>   Corsair H115i AOI cooler
>   Corsair 960T case
>   Corsair HX-850 PSU
> 
> Still have buy:
>   X99 2011-V3 MB, looking at the ASUS X99-DELUXE II
>   RAM - Probably will go with 32GB Corsair Dominator
>   Samsung 960 PCIE SSD drive (512GB, other sizes too much $$$)
>   1 or 2-WD Black 4 or 5TB drives
>   1070 GPU - Not sure which brand/model yet
> 
> I know, looks like I'm a Corsair fanboy, but they just have a lot of stuff
I like at this time.
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf
Of Robert Martin Jr.
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:20 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build
> 
> Something to also consider is a good NAS if you don't already have one. I
keep all my important stuff on the NAS so I don't have to have as much HDD
space on any of the PC's at the house. Map a NAS share or create an iscsi
drive for each box. I'm running a synology DS1518+ . I only keep the quick
access stuff on the local machine.
> Build wise I'd go with a newer i7 mobo with decent amount of ram if you do
much virtual machines. I'm always running a few virtual box machines for
random stuff. I don't have a mobo with M.2 interface but I'd look at it if
building something new. My best system is a quad core 6700k 4.0 GHz box. I
have a toggle switch to boot either win 8.1 pro or windows 10. Still tend to
use 8.1 more often because a few of my programs still have issues running on
10.  I'm still running samsung pro SSD's as primary's in most of my boxes.
Video card is midrange right now just because I don't game on my main
machine,  
> lopaka
> 
>   From: Brian Weeden <brian.wee...@gmail.com>
>  To: hardware <hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com> 
> Cc: hwg <hardware@hardwaregroup.com>
>  Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 5:05 PM
>  Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build
>
> One of the big recent advancements is in the new M.2 interface for SSDs,
> which finally creates an interface that can match the inherent speed of
> modern SSD:
>
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/understanding-m-2-the-interface-that-
will-speed-up-your-next-ssd/
> 
> If you do a lot of disk-intensive apps, I think that would be something
> worth upgrading for. Will require a new mobo, however.
> 
> 
> 
> -
> Brian
> 
> 
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Jim Maki <jwm_maill...@comcast.net>
wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> >
> > My last new build was a 2.67 GHz i7 system in 2009. I have been using a
> > dual
> > Xeon 6-core, 2.67 GHz refurb (HP Z600)for about 2 years. I have outgrown
> > the
> > storage capacity (hard drives, etc.) of the HP case. It is very
proprietary
> > and would not easily transfer to the larger case I have (from the i7
> > build).
> > In addition, the Z600 does not have new features such as USB 3.0.
> >
> >
> >
> > Anyway, I have been "out of touch" with state of the art and am looking
for
> > some suggestions for a new build. While price is important, a high
> > performance to price ratio is more important. I am not much of a gamer
(an
> > occasion Civ V game) but do have multiple programs open a one time. I do
> > some graphics (CorelDraw) but my next major task is a book on family
> > genealogy (pictures, genealogy charts, text).
> >
> >
> >
> > So suggestions and a "why" would be highly appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim Maki
> >
> > jwm_maill...@comcast.net
> >
> >
> 
> 
>
> 

-- 
 
Bryan G. Seitz

Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

[Bobby Heid]

I agree with the M2 interface.  Look up info on the Samsung 960 M2 drive.

I also agree that a NAS is a good idea.  I have the Synology DS412+.

I am working on a new build for myself right now.
I have purchased:
I7 6850K (6-core 3.6GHz)
Corsair H115i AOI cooler
Corsair 960T case
Corsair HX-850 PSU

Still have buy:
X99 2011-V3 MB, looking at the ASUS X99-DELUXE II
RAM - Probably will go with 32GB Corsair Dominator
Samsung 960 PCIE SSD drive (512GB, other sizes too much $$$)
1 or 2-WD Black 4 or 5TB drives
1070 GPU - Not sure which brand/model yet

I know, looks like I'm a Corsair fanboy, but they just have a lot of stuff I 
like at this time.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Robert Martin Jr.
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 8:20 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build

Something to also consider is a good NAS if you don't already have one. I keep 
all my important stuff on the NAS so I don't have to have as much HDD space on 
any of the PC's at the house. Map a NAS share or create an iscsi drive for each 
box. I'm running a synology DS1518+ . I only keep the quick access stuff on the 
local machine.
Build wise I'd go with a newer i7 mobo with decent amount of ram if you do much 
virtual machines. I'm always running a few virtual box machines for random 
stuff. I don't have a mobo with M.2 interface but I'd look at it if building 
something new. My best system is a quad core 6700k 4.0 GHz box. I have a toggle 
switch to boot either win 8.1 pro or windows 10. Still tend to use 8.1 more 
often because a few of my programs still have issues running on 10.  I'm still 
running samsung pro SSD's as primary's in most of my boxes. Video card is 
midrange right now just because I don't game on my main machine,  
lopaka

  From: Brian Weeden 
 To: hardware  
Cc: hwg 
 Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2016 5:05 PM
 Subject: Re: [H] Ideas for a new build
   
One of the big recent advancements is in the new M.2 interface for SSDs,
which finally creates an interface that can match the inherent speed of
modern SSD:
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/02/understanding-m-2-the-interface-that-will-speed-up-your-next-ssd/

If you do a lot of disk-intensive apps, I think that would be something
worth upgrading for. Will require a new mobo, however.



-
Brian


On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Jim Maki  wrote:

> Hi,
>
>
>
> My last new build was a 2.67 GHz i7 system in 2009. I have been using a
> dual
> Xeon 6-core, 2.67 GHz refurb (HP Z600)for about 2 years. I have outgrown
> the
> storage capacity (hard drives, etc.) of the HP case. It is very proprietary
> and would not easily transfer to the larger case I have (from the i7
> build).
> In addition, the Z600 does not have new features such as USB 3.0.
>
>
>
> Anyway, I have been "out of touch" with state of the art and am looking for
> some suggestions for a new build. While price is important, a high
> performance to price ratio is more important. I am not much of a gamer (an
> occasion Civ V game) but do have multiple programs open a one time. I do
> some graphics (CorelDraw) but my next major task is a book on family
> genealogy (pictures, genealogy charts, text).
>
>
>
> So suggestions and a "why" would be highly appreciated.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Jim Maki
>
> jwm_maill...@comcast.net
>
>


   

Re: [H] image with Acronis

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

Looking at Acronis' web site, it appears that Windows 10 support happened
with this update (from https://kb.acronis.com/content/56196):

 

Acronis True Image 2015 

Acronis has released new build 6613 which supports Windows 10. Update your
Acronis True Image (see this article for detailed instructions on updating;
here is how to view which build is currently installed on your machine). The
update is available for Acronis True Image 2015 and Acronis True Image
Unlimited users free of charge.

 

So maybe check your build number?

 

Not sure if it being a PCIE drive with 2015 has anything to do with it or
not as I read where others do not have problems with the 2016 version.

 

Thanks,

Bobby

 

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf
Of Winterlight
Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2016 12:19 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] image with Acronis

 

I have a new laptop = HP 360 Spectre.  It is a clean MS signature Win 

10 laptop.  It came with Samsung 512GB M.2 PCI Express Gen3 x4,Solid 

state drive SSD,PM951 drive. I tried to image it with Acronis 2015 

but it doesn't even see the drive. Is it the drive that is the 

problem or something to do with secure boot and or the UEFI BIOS? Thanks

 

Re: [H] Connect 3.1.4 Continuata LTD

[Bobby Heid]

Ah, sorry about that.  I saw all of the key words and figured I was there.  Lol.

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 3:59 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Connect 3.1.4 Continuata LTD

That is actually a page describing how to uninstall Connect.  I did 
figure out where it came from.  I was busily downloading free sound 
packs (wavs, midis) and one site only did the download through Connect.  
I guess I just never did uninstall it.

On 10/1/2016 3:14 PM, Bobby Heid wrote:
> Looks like it is Advanced Uninstaller PRO.  See 
> http://www.advanceduninstaller.com/Connect-version-3_1_4-f4e568608d430f9ab8feef8154445523-application.htm.
>
> Bobby
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
> Steve Tomporowski
> Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 2:44 PM
> To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: [H] Connect 3.1.4 Continuata LTD
>
> Found this program on my system and I don't know if or why it's needed.
> It doesn't seem to be associated with any other program (date of install
> is different than all the rest).  Anyone know anything about this?
>
> Thanks...Steve
>
>
>

Re: [H] Connect 3.1.4 Continuata LTD

[Bobby Heid]

Looks like it is Advanced Uninstaller PRO.  See 
http://www.advanceduninstaller.com/Connect-version-3_1_4-f4e568608d430f9ab8feef8154445523-application.htm.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of 
Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2016 2:44 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Connect 3.1.4 Continuata LTD

Found this program on my system and I don't know if or why it's needed.  
It doesn't seem to be associated with any other program (date of install 
is different than all the rest).  Anyone know anything about this?

Thanks...Steve

Re: [H] Win 8.1pro (working)??

[Bobby Heid]

Trying to go from memory here.  Select create account.  Then on the screen
it takes you to, there is a link there to not use an account (or not create
one or something like that).

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf
Of DSinc
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2014 3:07 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Win 8.1pro (working)??

OK. 6hrs of googling 'How to deactivate Windows' ended with failure.
So I put my 64bit W8.1 PRO DVD in the reader and launched it. Yes,
it did warn me, but it did format my SSD again (finally!). And, the 
installer
continued to install W8.1 PRO,or, so I thought. I thought I 
might get
though this task cleanly. NOPE! M$ stalls at me creating a Microsoft 
Account
and, I can not get past this. I do NOT wish to create this. M$ does not 
let me
optout, say NO!, bypass, etc. I do not care what benefits M$ may offer. 
I do not
want to playjust to use their SW. Slimy BS to me. JMHO.
The PC is now fully down. I may try and install W7 
PRO..still have those
copies!
Duncan

My frustration is now complete.
On 05/23/2014 08:49, DSinc wrote:
 Thanks Vincent,
 I sorta agree with your comments, although I've only seen one version of
 IE11 (which I do not use). Do you mean one version for desktop (my use),
 and a second version for tablet use?
 I will google about how to de-activate my current w8.1 install (full 
 version).
 Then I can install my w8.1 PRO OS version. I have very little data to 
 miss just now.
 I am still peeking/poking around figuring w8.1 out. It is very 
 scrambled up!
 Duncan

 On 05/22/2014 20:24, Vincent Winterling wrote:
 According to my understanding of the EULA, if you have deactivated a 
 Windows
 system and it's not an OEM version, you are free to install it on 
 another
 machine.

 If you run 8.1 from the desktop which is now easy to do (and get the 8.1
 update) you'll find a very stable OS that has more options than before
 (e.g., capacity for use with touch devices). And while I acknowledge 
 I might
 be the crazy 1% that actually likes Windows 8.1, it runs fine here on
 several machines.

 That said, it also has it's failings. The 2 versions of IE are stupid.

 On balance, I have to say my daughter uses 8.1 from the touch screen 
 almost
 completely and she likes it. She rarely uses the desktop.

 Vincent Winterling
 Vineland, NJ

 -Original Message-
 From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On 
 Behalf
 Of DSinc
 Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 11:31 AM
 To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: Re: [H] Win 8.1pro (working)??

 Collective,
 OK. Let me ask another question. I purchased, opened the package, and,
 installed Windows 8.1 (64bit).
 It seems to run very stable, if still very confusing to me atm. I will
 get over this, thank you.
 Yes, I did also activate this install; so I believe that M$ now knows
 that one of my PCs is now using W8.1.
 Fine.  I also know that I can not re-use my DVDs again EXCEPT to re-load
 the same OS to the PC it lives on
 now. I believe I am now part of some large 'Activated' database at 
 M$. Fine.
 I am licensed to use the M$ code from the DVDs and any follow on support
 services. I own the DVDs and the
 package only.

 Does M$ have a 'De-Activation process' should I decide to install this
 W8.1 code on a different PC that I own?

 No, I have no plan to sell my W8.1 (full version 32/64) to anyone else.

 Thank you for any comments/suggestions you choose to share.
 Duncan

Re: [H] Three Monitor Mania!

[Bobby Heid]

Hi Jim,

I have an NVidia GeForce GTX 660Ti video card.  I am running two monitors
via DVI and I have an HD TV hooked up via HDMI from the card which extends
my desktop to the TV.  All seems to work well.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of James Maki
Sent: Monday, March 03, 2014 4:26 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Three Monitor Mania!

Several years ago I purchased a HIS H675F1GD Radeon HD 6750 1GB 128-Bit
GDDR5 PCI Express 2.1 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFireX Support Video Card with
Eyefinity. At the time, I was just running two monitors off the HDMI and DVI
ports. I recently wanted to add our HDTV to the mix, but the 3rd port is a
DisplayPort. As a short cut, I added a second video card (a Radeon, but of a
different version). Things worked but later I noticed that the Catalyst
software was not working and I could not upgrade the drivers. I assumed it
was because of the two different Radeon versions. 

So I went in search of a DisplayPort to HDMI adapter cable. Found it was not
easy or straight forward. There were active and passive converters. Some
worked for some people, other people felt Eyefinity was a disaster and
running three monitors (where one of them WAS NOT a DisplayPort equipped
monitor) was not possible. I took a chance and purchased an Active
converter. It arrived and, of course, it DID NOT work. 

So, I seem to have four options: 1) Purchase a new monitor (too expensive
and I already have the monitor), 2) Purchase another HD 6750 video card
(which don't seem to be easily available - being old), 3) purchase a new
video card that DOES do 3 monitors, NONE of which is a DisplayPort Monitor,
or 4) Purchase 2 identical new cards.

So, I am looking for firsthand experience with people who have successfully
run a setup with 3 or more monitors (with DVI or HDMI inputs). When you read
the forums you see lots of people saying I heard it CAN be done,  but few
that have actually accomplished the task. I read that there are nVidia cards
that can do 4 monitors (but only 3 in a surround environment and the 4th
as a ???). So, suggestions?

I appreciate the input and suggestions. This has been such a frustration
experience for what should be a simple task.

Jim Maki
jwm_maill...@comcast.net

Re: [H] Router/switch issue

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks for the suggestions.  I had pretty much tried most of the stuff below
in various ways.  What was the last holdout was my NAS box.  I would ping it
and I would get 2 host unreachable and 2 of some other message, which was
weird.  So I got up the nerve to press and hold the button down on the NAS
(have not had it long) and thankfully, it spun up and blinked for a bit
while it shutdown.  I then powered the NAS back up and then I could see it
fine on the network again.

So, for the moment, all is well.

Thanks again,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz
Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:18 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue

I agree.  Could be the nat table filling up on the router, could be the
router just 
eating it  I'd either buy a new router or try to isolate more.

On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 03:45:49PM -0700, Jamie Furtner wrote:
 You need to isolate all the various components and see which one could 
 be the cause. I haven't seen a switch just being plugged in cause this 
 kind of issue directly, but it could be indicative of a router that 
 can't handle the load - I have seen consumer routers lock up when 
 multiple PCs send or receive a lot of traffic (like downloading large 
 files or especially BitTorrent traffic).
 
 I don't know what you've done, but here's how I'd start: Can you ping 
 other devices on your internal network? Try with both devices attached 
 to the switch, both plugged in directly to the router, and one plugged 
 into the switch and one plugged into the router. Are you sure it's the 
 switch that's the cause and not the router or modem? If you unplug 
 everything from the router and plug in just a PC, can you ping the 
 router internal IP, and out to the internet? Can you plug in a PC 
 directly into the modem and see if that works (if it's an integrated 
 router / modem then it's not possible obviously)?
 
 Jamie
 
 On 2014-01-30 3:15 PM, Bobby Heid wrote:
  Well, I did reset the modem the other night and I get the same behavior.
  Any other ideas?
 
  -Original Message-
  From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
  [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby
Heid
  Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 4:59 PM
  To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
  Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue
 
  Thanks Duncan.  I will try that if I have not heard of anything that is
less
  work.  :-)
 
  Bobby
 
  -Original Message-
  From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
  [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
  Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:13 PM
  To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
  Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue
 
  Have you done a 'factory reset' of the router?
  I agree this is a PITA, but It can fix stuff.
  Not sure how a switchcan cause trouble unless it is
  now broken. I'll watchNlearn :)
  Duncan
 
  On 01/27/2014 20:02, Bobby Heid wrote:
  Forgot to tell you that this happens even if the pc is directly
connected
  to
  the router.
 
  -Original Message-
  From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
  [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby
Heid
  Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 7:50 PM
  To: 'The Hardware List'
  Subject: [H] Router/switch issue
 
  Hey,
 
 
 
  I have a Linksys E4200 router and a Trendnet 8-port gigabit switch.
 
 
 
  A month or two ago, I could not get to the internet.  Through trial and
  error, I determined that when the switch was connected to the router, I
  could not access the internet.  SO I ordered me a new switch.  AL has
been
  fine until today.  My wife told that in the middle of the day today,
all
  of
  a sudden she could not access the internet or the networked printer.
  After
  switching out cables and all, I finally figured out that the new switch
is
  doing the same thing as the other switch did.  The old switch is about
a
  year old.  The router is a couple of years old.
 
 
 
  I am beginning to wonder if it might be the router that is causing the
  issue.  What do you all think?  Any ideas on how to test everything to
  find
  out what is causing the problem?
 
 
 
  Thanks,
 
  Bobby
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 -- 
 Jamie Furtner ja...@furtner.ca

-- 
 
Bryan G. Seitz

Re: [H] Router/switch issue

[Bobby Heid]

Hi Duncan,

I have a Synology DS412+ NAS with 2-3TB WD Red drives in it.  I do not use
it as a DHCP server.  I have the two NICs in the NAS set to a particular IP
address.  I was not sure if it would use both NICs without link aggregation
and it seems to only actively use the one Nic for I/O.  But it does show the
other as active.  I do enable the windows file service on the NAS, but not
WINS.  I also let it send email alerts, but it has only sent a couple of
emails.

I will be watching to see if this happens again.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2014 10:52 AM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue

Thanks Bobby,
What NAS do you use? I use 4. Just wondering. :)
Over the past 4yrs, I have learned to never let a Nas run a DHCP server
(router only when necessary), never let a NAS run a WINS server, pay
close attention to letting your Nas send you 'alerts' vial email. 
Any/all of these
can/will screw up your LAN (confuse your router!). My Nas units operate
'dumb' on my LAN.
Just a thought.
Duncan

On 02/01/2014 09:46, Bobby Heid wrote:
 Thanks for the suggestions.  I had pretty much tried most of the stuff
below
 in various ways.  What was the last holdout was my NAS box.  I would ping
it
 and I would get 2 host unreachable and 2 of some other message, which was
 weird.  So I got up the nerve to press and hold the button down on the NAS
 (have not had it long) and thankfully, it spun up and blinked for a bit
 while it shutdown.  I then powered the NAS back up and then I could see it
 fine on the network again.

 So, for the moment, all is well.

 Thanks again,
 Bobby

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz
 Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 6:18 PM
 To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue

 I agree.  Could be the nat table filling up on the router, could be the
 router just
 eating it  I'd either buy a new router or try to isolate more.

 On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 03:45:49PM -0700, Jamie Furtner wrote:
 You need to isolate all the various components and see which one could
 be the cause. I haven't seen a switch just being plugged in cause this
 kind of issue directly, but it could be indicative of a router that
 can't handle the load - I have seen consumer routers lock up when
 multiple PCs send or receive a lot of traffic (like downloading large
 files or especially BitTorrent traffic).

 I don't know what you've done, but here's how I'd start: Can you ping
 other devices on your internal network? Try with both devices attached
 to the switch, both plugged in directly to the router, and one plugged
 into the switch and one plugged into the router. Are you sure it's the
 switch that's the cause and not the router or modem? If you unplug
 everything from the router and plug in just a PC, can you ping the
 router internal IP, and out to the internet? Can you plug in a PC
 directly into the modem and see if that works (if it's an integrated
 router / modem then it's not possible obviously)?

 Jamie

 On 2014-01-30 3:15 PM, Bobby Heid wrote:
 Well, I did reset the modem the other night and I get the same behavior.
 Any other ideas?

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby
 Heid
 Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 4:59 PM
 To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue

 Thanks Duncan.  I will try that if I have not heard of anything that is
 less
 work.  :-)

 Bobby

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
 Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:13 PM
 To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue

 Have you done a 'factory reset' of the router?
 I agree this is a PITA, but It can fix stuff.
 Not sure how a switchcan cause trouble unless it is
 now broken. I'll watchNlearn :)
 Duncan

 On 01/27/2014 20:02, Bobby Heid wrote:
 Forgot to tell you that this happens even if the pc is directly
 connected
 to
 the router.

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby
 Heid
 Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 7:50 PM
 To: 'The Hardware List'
 Subject: [H] Router/switch issue

 Hey,

 

 I have a Linksys E4200 router and a Trendnet 8-port gigabit switch.

 

 A month or two ago, I could not get to the internet.  Through trial and
 error, I determined that when the switch was connected to the router, I
 could not access the internet.  SO I ordered me a new switch.  AL has
 been
 fine until today

Re: [H] Router/switch issue

[Bobby Heid]

Well, I did reset the modem the other night and I get the same behavior.
Any other ideas?

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 4:59 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue

Thanks Duncan.  I will try that if I have not heard of anything that is less
work.  :-)

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:13 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue

Have you done a 'factory reset' of the router?
I agree this is a PITA, but It can fix stuff.
Not sure how a switchcan cause trouble unless it is
now broken. I'll watchNlearn :)
Duncan

On 01/27/2014 20:02, Bobby Heid wrote:
 Forgot to tell you that this happens even if the pc is directly connected
to
 the router.

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
 Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 7:50 PM
 To: 'The Hardware List'
 Subject: [H] Router/switch issue

 Hey,

   

 I have a Linksys E4200 router and a Trendnet 8-port gigabit switch.

   

 A month or two ago, I could not get to the internet.  Through trial and
 error, I determined that when the switch was connected to the router, I
 could not access the internet.  SO I ordered me a new switch.  AL has been
 fine until today.  My wife told that in the middle of the day today, all
of
 a sudden she could not access the internet or the networked printer.
After
 switching out cables and all, I finally figured out that the new switch is
 doing the same thing as the other switch did.  The old switch is about a
 year old.  The router is a couple of years old.

   

 I am beginning to wonder if it might be the router that is causing the
 issue.  What do you all think?  Any ideas on how to test everything to
find
 out what is causing the problem?

   

 Thanks,

 Bobby

   

   

Re: [H] Router/switch issue

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks Duncan.  I will try that if I have not heard of anything that is less
work.  :-)

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Tuesday, January 28, 2014 2:13 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Router/switch issue

Have you done a 'factory reset' of the router?
I agree this is a PITA, but It can fix stuff.
Not sure how a switchcan cause trouble unless it is
now broken. I'll watchNlearn :)
Duncan

On 01/27/2014 20:02, Bobby Heid wrote:
 Forgot to tell you that this happens even if the pc is directly connected
to
 the router.

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
 Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 7:50 PM
 To: 'The Hardware List'
 Subject: [H] Router/switch issue

 Hey,

   

 I have a Linksys E4200 router and a Trendnet 8-port gigabit switch.

   

 A month or two ago, I could not get to the internet.  Through trial and
 error, I determined that when the switch was connected to the router, I
 could not access the internet.  SO I ordered me a new switch.  AL has been
 fine until today.  My wife told that in the middle of the day today, all
of
 a sudden she could not access the internet or the networked printer.
After
 switching out cables and all, I finally figured out that the new switch is
 doing the same thing as the other switch did.  The old switch is about a
 year old.  The router is a couple of years old.

   

 I am beginning to wonder if it might be the router that is causing the
 issue.  What do you all think?  Any ideas on how to test everything to
find
 out what is causing the problem?

   

 Thanks,

 Bobby

   

   

Re: [H] Xbox 360 4GB

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks!

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight
Sent: Thursday, November 28, 2013 2:06 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Xbox 360 4GB


This is the 4GB 360 so yes, that is what I use.


At 07:53 AM 11/28/2013, you wrote:
Would this version of the Xbox still work fine as a media extender?
Walmart
has it for $99.



Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] Any gamers left on the list?

[Bobby Heid]

You suck!

Just kidding.  I'm jealous.

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2013 3:03 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Cc: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Any gamers left on the list?

Of course there are..  I rock a GTX 780 :)

On Fri, Sep 06, 2013 at 12:00:07PM -0700, Winterlight wrote:
 I just purchased a EVGA G660. It came with a code for a Steam 
 PreOrder download of  Batman: Arkham Origins  for the PC which 
 becomes available for all platforms on October 25.
 
 You can see the Steam Pre Order price here of $44.99

http://www.gamingdragons.com/en/game/buy-batman-arkham-origins-steam-cd-key.
html
 
 Here is the EVGA Promotion for the game where you activate the code

http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-games/batman-arkham-origins/dea
ls-promotions
 
 I have a code, but I have little interest or time for games, so I 
 would like to sell it for  a third off or $30.
 
 If you are interested please back channel me.
 thanks
 
 m

-- 
 
Bryan G. Seitz

Re: [H] Extending wireless network.

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks for the info.  My router does not have a connection for an external
antenna.  I talked to a network guy at work and he told me that I need to
use an access point for what I am wanting to do.

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight
Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2013 9:21 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Extending wireless network.



You need a signal booster. The way they work is that  you run a 
coaxial cable out to an antenna that is about 12 inches by one inch 
diameter  that is located somewhere, in the attic, on the roof, 
outside ... where ever... a spot that does receive a strong single. 
Then they broadcast that signal in an area where there is no signal. 
Price will depend on the range of the broadcast circle. I live in a 
dead zone and use this one...works good. It is over your budget, I 
paid almost 300 for it in 2008 because it is for an office facility 
so it has a huge range and covers all cell phone band widths.

http://tinyurl.com/krw8hjt

At 04:34 PM 9/3/2013, you wrote:
Hi,



I am wanting to increase the wireless signal in my house in an area where I
only get 1-2 bars of signal level on my phone.  What do I need to do this?
Would I use an extender or an access point?  I have a gigabit switch in the
location where I would like to put whatever it is needed to increase my
signal strength.



Suggestions on brands/models to look at would be appreciated.  Would like
to
keep costs less than $125 or so.



My current router is a Linksys E4200.



Thanks,

Bobby

[H] Extending wireless network.

[Bobby Heid]

Hi,

 

I am wanting to increase the wireless signal in my house in an area where I
only get 1-2 bars of signal level on my phone.  What do I need to do this?
Would I use an extender or an access point?  I have a gigabit switch in the
location where I would like to put whatever it is needed to increase my
signal strength.

 

Suggestions on brands/models to look at would be appreciated.  Would like to
keep costs less than $125 or so.

 

My current router is a Linksys E4200.

 

Thanks,

Bobby

[H] Ailing HD on laptop

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

I was working on this lady's laptop.  Running the Dell diagnostics, it said
the drive was failing (something about interrupts not serviced or something
like that).

 

So I create a Ghost image of the drive.  Ghost said it successfully created
the image.  I restored the image and after playing around a bit and running
startup repair off of a Vista disc, I got the laptop to boot ok.

 

Now, I am unable to run windows update.  Part of the error message says
something like windows update cannot currently check for updates because the
service is not running.

 

 

I have tried some of following things:

1)  Restarted the windows update and bits services

2)  Turned windows update off and then back on

3)  Emptied the c:\windows\softwaredistribution folder

 

Looking in the event logs, I see a lot of CAPI2 ESENT error -583 errors.
The actual error is The Cryptographic Services service failed to initialize
the catalog database.  The ESENT error was: --583

 

Some of what I have found implies that the issue may be with the Intel
Storage drivers since I restored the image onto a new HD.  I tried
installing the Intel drivers from the Dell website, but it says that I the
latest drivers.

 

Anyone have any ideas as to what I might do to fix this?

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] Ailing HD on laptop - SOLVED

[Bobby Heid]

I kept messing around with it and finally found an Intel Storage driver
update on Intel's site.  Unfortunately, it brought stuff to a crawl.  So I
went into safe mode and uninstalled the new driver.  Once I went back into
regular mode, it updated the storage drivers (from windows) and all of a
sudden, no event log errors!  Now windows update is working.

So after all, it was the Intel storage drivers that didn't like me restoring
the OS image to a new drive for some reason.

Hopefully this will help someone in the future.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
Sent: Monday, September 02, 2013 7:21 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Ailing HD on laptop

Hey,

 

I was working on this lady's laptop.  Running the Dell diagnostics, it said
the drive was failing (something about interrupts not serviced or something
like that).

 

So I create a Ghost image of the drive.  Ghost said it successfully created
the image.  I restored the image and after playing around a bit and running
startup repair off of a Vista disc, I got the laptop to boot ok.

 

Now, I am unable to run windows update.  Part of the error message says
something like windows update cannot currently check for updates because the
service is not running.

 

 

I have tried some of following things:

1)  Restarted the windows update and bits services

2)  Turned windows update off and then back on

3)  Emptied the c:\windows\softwaredistribution folder

 

Looking in the event logs, I see a lot of CAPI2 ESENT error -583 errors.
The actual error is The Cryptographic Services service failed to initialize
the catalog database.  The ESENT error was: --583

 

Some of what I have found implies that the issue may be with the Intel
Storage drivers since I restored the image onto a new HD.  I tried
installing the Intel drivers from the Dell website, but it says that I the
latest drivers.

 

Anyone have any ideas as to what I might do to fix this?

 

Thanks,

Bobby

[H] External drive issue

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

I have a 3TB WD external USB 2.0 drive.  When I try to copy large files
(~50GB), the pc loses the connection and the copy fails after 15-20GB.

 

Any idea as to what causes this or how to correct the issue?

 

The drive seems to work normally except for this.

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] External drive issue

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks.  It is plugged directly into the motherboard.

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 6:06 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] External drive issue

Make sure that your USB cable is plugged directly into the 
motherboard ...not a hub, and or the case extension... plug into the 
back of the MB USB port.


At 03:01 PM 7/28/2013, you wrote:
Hey,



I have a 3TB WD external USB 2.0 drive.  When I try to copy large files
(~50GB), the pc loses the connection and the copy fails after 15-20GB.



Any idea as to what causes this or how to correct the issue?



The drive seems to work normally except for this.



Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] External drive issue

[Bobby Heid]

I have an Asus P6t Deluxe V2 motherboard.  I do have an NVidia graphics card
though.


-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve
Tomporowski
Sent: Sunday, July 28, 2013 7:18 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] External drive issue

Yeah, I noticed that I jumped too soon.  Then I started to read the rest 
of that thread.  Are you using an Nvidia/AMD chipset.  There seemed to 
be a separate issue there.  What year is it again? ;-)

On 7/28/2013 6:57 PM, Winterlight wrote:

 Maybe a known issue in 2009 but I don't have problems in 2013 copying 
 blue ray rips = 45GB files to my external USB2 drive using Win7Pro


 At 03:07 PM 7/28/2013, you wrote:
 It seems to be a known issue with Win7:


http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/8a0ac171-7bd1-4b8d-
8e93-c3b05f969255/windows-7-64-bit-usb-external-hard-drives-lose-its-connect
ion-and-stops-working 


 Steve

 On 7/28/2013 6:01 PM, Bobby Heid wrote:
 Hey,



 I have a 3TB WD external USB 2.0 drive.  When I try to copy large files
 (~50GB), the pc loses the connection and the copy fails after 15-20GB.



 Any idea as to what causes this or how to correct the issue?



 The drive seems to work normally except for this.



 Thanks,

 Bobby

[H] Streaming questions

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

What are my options for streaming Windows Media Center videos to a TV or
AIOS box (if possible) without a media extender device?

 

Also, is there a way to stream something ESPNU from the PC onto a Samsung TV
(or the AIOS device)  via DLNA or other means?

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] What the heck is up with Jim?

[Bobby Heid]

Jeff,

I saw your messages.  It looks like you sent your message on Sat at 10:08pm.  I 
show it as received Sunday at 11:13pm.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com 
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Lane
Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2013 10:08 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] What the heck is up with Jim?

Hey Jim, or anybody else. Is anyone out there? I have sent two messages today 
and the copies have not come back to me.

You're six is clear, just put your nose on the horizon and enjoy the sunset.


 Jeff



Thanks Jeff.

Sent from my HTC EVO 4G LTE exclusively from Sprint



Nice bike, Jim, also, looks like you've got all the power you need, for 
anything :)  I think others of us in this group have been exposed to 
similar situations and can totally relate to you. I have, for one. Another old 
pilot buddy, while I was going through it said your six is clear, just turn 
your nose to the horizon and enjoy the sunrise.

Jeff



It's a mind, body and soul project. Not trying to become a hippy but happy and 
healthy. And I'm doing it.

So how you guys doing?
Jim

Re: [H] Reveton ransomware

[Bobby Heid]

I had told my brother-in-law to take it to a local shop.  He took it to Best
Buy, they wanted $300 ($100 or so for some sort of warranty).  The then took
it to a local shop.  They basically did a system restore from the menu that
you get to when pressing F8 from a boot.  This cleared it up.  I am not sure
I have ever noticed the restore command from there.

No, I did not know about the tip that Jeff talks about below.  Good thing to
know for next time.

Thanks for all of the suggestions!

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Lane
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 11:09 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Reveton ransomware

Have you tried opening the Command Prompt via F8 and run rstrui.exe to run
system Restore at an earlier date. The current one will probably be
infected, so he should go back a bit if he can. Good luck.

Jeff

You're six is clear, just put your nose on the horizon and enjoy the
sunrise.

 
Jeff


Thanks Julian.  I tried to get him into safe mode.  He cannot do anything
there.  He gets the same ransom screen in safe mode as regular mode.

Bobby


He can reboot his computer in safe mode and look at both the StartUp items
and the run entries in the registry (might be best for him to run msconfig
to do this) and find the name of the software.  It will be random
letters.exe.  Delete the places in reg/startup where it is and then go 
lettersand
delete the file.


Julian


On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Bobby Heid bh...@sc.rr.com wrote:

 Hey,



 My brother-in-law just called me,  He is apparently infected with the 
 reveton ransomware by citadel.  He has the one with the FBI warning 
 that all of his communications are being monitored by the FBI.  It 
 says he needs to pay $300 for them release his pc back to him.  I 
 tried to get him into
safe
 mode (with networking), but the ransomware has that blocked also.



 My quick research online basically says we need to download stuff and 
 burn an image onto a CD/DVD/USB.  I am 300 miles away from him and 
 they are not technically able to do what is needed to clean it.



 Anyone have any insights into this malware so that I might help them?  
 I basically told him he needs to take it somewhere locally to have it 
 cleaned.



 Thanks,

 Bobby

[H] Reveton ransomware

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

My brother-in-law just called me,  He is apparently infected with the
reveton ransomware by citadel.  He has the one with the FBI warning that all
of his communications are being monitored by the FBI.  It says he needs to
pay $300 for them release his pc back to him.  I tried to get him into safe
mode (with networking), but the ransomware has that blocked also.

 

My quick research online basically says we need to download stuff and burn
an image onto a CD/DVD/USB.  I am 300 miles away from him and they are not
technically able to do what is needed to clean it.

 

Anyone have any insights into this malware so that I might help them?  I
basically told him he needs to take it somewhere locally to have it cleaned.

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] Reveton ransomware

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks Julian.  I tried to get him into safe mode.  He cannot do anything
there.  He gets the same ransom screen in safe mode as regular mode.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Julian Zottl
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2013 8:41 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Reveton ransomware

He can reboot his computer in safe mode and look at both the StartUp items
and the run entries in the registry (might be best for him to run msconfig
to do this) and find the name of the software.  It will be random
letters.exe.  Delete the places in reg/startup where it is and then go and
delete the file.


Julian


On Sun, Mar 31, 2013 at 8:24 PM, Bobby Heid bh...@sc.rr.com wrote:

 Hey,



 My brother-in-law just called me,  He is apparently infected with the
 reveton ransomware by citadel.  He has the one with the FBI warning that
 all
 of his communications are being monitored by the FBI.  It says he needs to
 pay $300 for them release his pc back to him.  I tried to get him into
safe
 mode (with networking), but the ransomware has that blocked also.



 My quick research online basically says we need to download stuff and burn
 an image onto a CD/DVD/USB.  I am 300 miles away from him and they are not
 technically able to do what is needed to clean it.



 Anyone have any insights into this malware so that I might help them?  I
 basically told him he needs to take it somewhere locally to have it
 cleaned.



 Thanks,

 Bobby

[H] Bulk Cat 6 cable - 1000'

[Bobby Heid]

Newegg has Coboc Cat 6 bulk cable - 1000 feet, for $100 with a $50 rebate
card.  Anyone used this brand of cable?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENEN=100017718%20600
026277IsNodeId=1Description=cobocname=1000%20ft.Order=BESTMATCH
N=100017718%20600026277IsNodeId=1Description=cobocname=1000%20ft.Order=
BESTMATCH

 

Bobby

Re: [H] Need MS Word Wisdom?

[Bobby Heid]

Which version?

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 3:59 PM
To: HWG
Subject: [H] Need MS Word Wisdom?

When I create a new MS Word doc, it pops up in Portrait mode.  Now problem!
Until now?

How / Where do I go to change the orientation from Portrait to Landscape?
I can find any/all format changes except this one.

Sorry, I forgot, or, just can not find it in the new menus... :)
Best,
Duncan

Re: [H] Need MS Word Wisdom?

[Bobby Heid]

In 2007, go to the Page Layout table and select Orientation.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 3:59 PM
To: HWG
Subject: [H] Need MS Word Wisdom?

When I create a new MS Word doc, it pops up in Portrait mode.  Now problem!
Until now?

How / Where do I go to change the orientation from Portrait to Landscape?
I can find any/all format changes except this one.

Sorry, I forgot, or, just can not find it in the new menus... :)
Best,
Duncan

Re: [H] Need MS Word Wisdom?

[Bobby Heid]

Sorry, I know longer have that anywhere.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 4:40 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Need MS Word Wisdom?

  Is Office 2K3
tnx,
Duncan


On 09/24/2010 16:28, Bobby Heid wrote:
 Which version?

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
 Sent: Friday, September 24, 2010 3:59 PM
 To: HWG
 Subject: [H] Need MS Word Wisdom?

 When I create a new MS Word doc, it pops up in Portrait mode.  Now
problem!
 Until now?

 How / Where do I go to change the orientation from Portrait to Landscape?
 I can find any/all format changes except this one.

 Sorry, I forgot, or, just can not find it in the new menus... :)
 Best,
 Duncan

[H] OT: ASP.Net and JQuery

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

I am trying to learn JQuery using ASP.Net and VS2010.  I created a web app
from the new project thing and added one button and one JQuery item.  I
cannot get it to work.  I know there are some developers on this list and
wanted to throw out what I have done to see if anyone sees anything wrong
with the code.  I have looked at examples on the net and it looks like I am
doing it correctly.  But It will not show the alert.

 

The items in yellow are the code that I added.

 

Thanks in advance,

Bobby

 

%@ Page Title=Home Page Language=vb MasterPageFile=~/Site.Master
AutoEventWireup=false

CodeBehind=Default.aspx.vb Inherits=test3._Default %

 

asp:Content ID=HeaderContent runat=server
ContentPlaceHolderID=HeadContent

 

script src=Scripts/jquery-1.4.1.min.js
type=text/javascript/script

script type=text/javascript

 

$(#btnTest).click(function (event) {

alert(I am here!);

});

 

/script

 

/asp:Content

asp:Content ID=BodyContent runat=server
ContentPlaceHolderID=MainContent

h2

Welcome to ASP.NET!

/h2

p

To learn more about ASP.NET visit a href=http://www.asp.net;
title=ASP.NET Websitewww.asp.net/a.

/p

input type=button id=btnTest value=Test /

p

You can also find a
href=http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=152368amp;clcid=0x409;

title=MSDN ASP.NET Docsdocumentation on ASP.NET at MSDN/a.

/p

/asp:Content

 

 

Re: [H] Make up CAT6 cable

[Bobby Heid]

I think the differences are the shielding of the wires and all so they can
take the higher frequencies.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight
Sent: Monday, August 30, 2010 3:05 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Make up CAT6 cable

Up to now I have only made up CAT5 and 5e cables. I have the tools 
necessary to do this. I want to replace and end of a factory made 
CAT6 cable with a new connector because the existing one lost it's 
clip. After looking into this it appears that CAT 5e and CAT6 are 
exactly the same for the purposes of assembly. Same connectors, same 
wiring scheme, so the difference must be within the wires 
themselves... am I correct? I just make up a CAT6 just like I did CAT5e?

Re: [H] MS dot-NET-COMPLETE!

[Bobby Heid]

Again, I installed V4 via a VS 2010 install and had no problems on XP SP3
and Win 7 64-bit.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 3:24 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] MS dot-NET-COMPLETE!

Bryan,
Thanks for this OBS. Thought it was just me.  Damn code install fine; 
then generates never-ending event log entries.
Holding at v1.1 until I can get smarter. LOL!
Best,
Duncan


On 08/16/2010 14:11, Bryan Seitz wrote:
 4 is definitely a no-install for us here as well. (on all servers and
workstations)

 On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 01:27:52PM -0400, DSinc wrote:
 For Scott/Chris,
 Apologies!  I ended this thread too soon.  Dot-Net V4 does NOT work on
 this new build.
 After checking my even log, I find chronic errors; all of then coded
 against the V4 install.
 I have deleted it and gone back to what now appears to be an
 NON-Upgadable V1.1 initial install of V1.1.   More surprising is that
 even though I had deleted/removed V1/1, it was still present and happily
 re-installed.
 Truly, I do NOT wish to know why.  I grasp that it may be beyond my
 understanding.  In any case, my new build XP-pro that appears to be
 fully patched (08/13/10) and happy so far with just the base V1.1
dot-net.

 For now, I will truck on from here.  Should I do/load something needing
 more mature dot-net, I will deal with it then.  For the moment, LIB now
 runs error-free and again crash-free.

 End Status:
 o-The keyboard may not have been bad (sticky Enter key). Still
 evaluating this.
 o-The HD still appears to be OK, though I watch it daily. (?)
 o-The original psu is the reason this rebuild was so dynamic and fraught
 with additional time wasted on the previous two items.  New psu is in
 research at this time. Plan is for Seasonic (2x)!  Suspect the current
 psu in (lib) is not long for this world; it is 1 s/n away from the
 suspect unit!  So, new is a good thing.

 More LIB status to follow as I finish base apps needed for possible
 replacement AS my old W2KServer OS machine. Study continues.
 Thank you all for your suggestions and opinions. The collective wins
again!
 Best,
 Duncan


 On 08/14/2010 20:26, DSinc wrote:
 All,
 I am confused with what MS is doing with dot-net versions. I asked
 before, and installed it on my clients whether needed or not. Yes, I
 believe 1 or 2 of my clients need it due to their app-stacks. The
 collective was correct. A mostly painless addition.

 My new build client would not move dot-net forward from the initial
 [optional] v1.1 install. The client would fail and/or crash trying to
 install the v1.1 sp1 patch also. Odd.
 But, I suspect that MS wished me to be somewhere else. Humorous how this
 works when I allow WGA and WinUpdates !

 Most confusing to me during this fal-der-al, this XP client was never
 granted visibility / access to the V2 compendium I have seen on my other
 XP clients. Odd.

 Problem is now solved.
 I deleted the original v1.1 install of dot-net on the client. This
 client freely accepted ONLY the V4 dot-net [optional] install KB. Every
 earlier version of dot-net offered failed. Ho-hum? Again, I
 suspect/accept MS direction.
 No matter any longer.

 The new rebuilt client is built, fully patched and using V4 dot-net.
 Now I can complete burn-in and future integration.
 Thank you all who shared suggestions, opinions, links, other.
 This dot-net thread is now dead.
 I will think about V4 updates to remaining clients. Later. Much later!!
 LOL!
 Best,
 Duncan


 On 08/09/2010 23:45, DSinc wrote:
 Bobby,
 OK. Then this is just my bad. V4 croaked on 3 of my clients w/3.5sp2.
 I just gave up. Not really worth knowing why. With XP I do not go
 looking for extra challenges!
 I am not good at TS any OS. I found W2K to be bullet-proof. XP is
 getting to that status for me!
 I have bigger problems to deal with! LOL!
 Best,
 Duncan


 On 08/09/2010 16:38, Bobby Heid wrote:
 I have no problems installing 4.0 on my XP VM at home or XP PC at
work.

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
 Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 9:35 AM
 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: Re: [H] MS dot-NET

 Joe/Bobby/Rick/Scott,
 We can close this thread. I'll figure something out.

 I understand. Yes, I started using a program that needed dot-net 2
years
 ago. Probably still use, but can not recall which ATM. Could be
Mozilla
 TBird, Intuit, Nolo, Bond Wizard, or, some subtle change my online
 banking software implemented in a major update years back. Sorry.
Stuff
 happens. LOL!

 I asked here and was convinced to just start using dot.net. I have
seen
 no negative behavior since. I started at v1.1. I seem to be at v3.x
sp1
 now on my main office client.

 The newest version 4.x does not work with XP. Fine. No issue. I am
 completing a new build of XP on what has turned out

Re: [H] MS dot-NET-COMPLETE!

[Bobby Heid]

I understand.  I was just trying to let everyone know that it does work in
some cases.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz
Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 5:14 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] MS dot-NET-COMPLETE!

Cool, but we both had issues :)

And there's this:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee941656.aspx

Also, to note, I don't use .net other than for applications such as vmware
vsphere client so YMMV.

On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 05:11:26PM -0400, Bobby Heid wrote:
 Again, I installed V4 via a VS 2010 install and had no problems on XP SP3
 and Win 7 64-bit.
 
 Bobby
 
 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
 Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 3:24 PM
 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: Re: [H] MS dot-NET-COMPLETE!
 
 Bryan,
 Thanks for this OBS. Thought it was just me.  Damn code install fine; 
 then generates never-ending event log entries.
 Holding at v1.1 until I can get smarter. LOL!
 Best,
 Duncan
 
 
 On 08/16/2010 14:11, Bryan Seitz wrote:
  4 is definitely a no-install for us here as well. (on all servers and
 workstations)
 
  On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 01:27:52PM -0400, DSinc wrote:
  For Scott/Chris,
  Apologies!  I ended this thread too soon.  Dot-Net V4 does NOT work on
  this new build.
  After checking my even log, I find chronic errors; all of then coded
  against the V4 install.
  I have deleted it and gone back to what now appears to be an
  NON-Upgadable V1.1 initial install of V1.1.   More surprising is that
  even though I had deleted/removed V1/1, it was still present and
happily
  re-installed.
  Truly, I do NOT wish to know why.  I grasp that it may be beyond my
  understanding.  In any case, my new build XP-pro that appears to be
  fully patched (08/13/10) and happy so far with just the base V1.1
 dot-net.
 
  For now, I will truck on from here.  Should I do/load something needing
  more mature dot-net, I will deal with it then.  For the moment, LIB now
  runs error-free and again crash-free.
 
  End Status:
  o-The keyboard may not have been bad (sticky Enter key). Still
  evaluating this.
  o-The HD still appears to be OK, though I watch it daily. (?)
  o-The original psu is the reason this rebuild was so dynamic and
fraught
  with additional time wasted on the previous two items.  New psu is in
  research at this time. Plan is for Seasonic (2x)!  Suspect the current
  psu in (lib) is not long for this world; it is 1 s/n away from the
  suspect unit!  So, new is a good thing.
 
  More LIB status to follow as I finish base apps needed for possible
  replacement AS my old W2KServer OS machine. Study continues.
  Thank you all for your suggestions and opinions. The collective wins
 again!
  Best,
  Duncan
 
 
  On 08/14/2010 20:26, DSinc wrote:
  All,
  I am confused with what MS is doing with dot-net versions. I asked
  before, and installed it on my clients whether needed or not. Yes, I
  believe 1 or 2 of my clients need it due to their app-stacks. The
  collective was correct. A mostly painless addition.
 
  My new build client would not move dot-net forward from the initial
  [optional] v1.1 install. The client would fail and/or crash trying to
  install the v1.1 sp1 patch also. Odd.
  But, I suspect that MS wished me to be somewhere else. Humorous how
this
  works when I allow WGA and WinUpdates !
 
  Most confusing to me during this fal-der-al, this XP client was never
  granted visibility / access to the V2 compendium I have seen on my
other
  XP clients. Odd.
 
  Problem is now solved.
  I deleted the original v1.1 install of dot-net on the client. This
  client freely accepted ONLY the V4 dot-net [optional] install KB.
Every
  earlier version of dot-net offered failed. Ho-hum? Again, I
  suspect/accept MS direction.
  No matter any longer.
 
  The new rebuilt client is built, fully patched and using V4 dot-net.
  Now I can complete burn-in and future integration.
  Thank you all who shared suggestions, opinions, links, other.
  This dot-net thread is now dead.
  I will think about V4 updates to remaining clients. Later. Much
later!!
  LOL!
  Best,
  Duncan
 
 
  On 08/09/2010 23:45, DSinc wrote:
  Bobby,
  OK. Then this is just my bad. V4 croaked on 3 of my clients w/3.5sp2.
  I just gave up. Not really worth knowing why. With XP I do not go
  looking for extra challenges!
  I am not good at TS any OS. I found W2K to be bullet-proof. XP is
  getting to that status for me!
  I have bigger problems to deal with! LOL!
  Best,
  Duncan
 
 
  On 08/09/2010 16:38, Bobby Heid wrote:
  I have no problems installing 4.0 on my XP VM at home or XP PC at
 work.
 
  -Original Message-
  From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
  [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
  Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 9:35 AM
  To: hardware

Re: [H] MS dot-NET

[Bobby Heid]

I have no problems installing 4.0 on my XP VM at home or XP PC at work.

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Monday, August 09, 2010 9:35 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] MS dot-NET

Joe/Bobby/Rick/Scott,
We can close this thread. I'll figure something out.

I understand. Yes, I started using a program that needed dot-net 2 years 
ago. Probably still use, but can not recall which ATM.  Could be Mozilla 
TBird, Intuit, Nolo, Bond Wizard, or, some subtle change my online 
banking software implemented in a major update years back. Sorry. Stuff 
happens. LOL!

I asked here and was convinced to just start using dot.net. I have seen 
no negative behavior since. I started at v1.1. I seem to be at v3.x sp1 
now on my main office client.

The newest version 4.x does not work with XP. Fine. No issue.  I am 
completing a new build of XP on what has turned out to be a very 
challenging set of hdw.  Years back I researched dot-net via MS KB's. I 
was lead to believe I DID NOT have to re-install all the previous 
versions of dot-net to come current; that all new versions contained all 
the necessary links and bits of the old version. OK. That makes sense. 
It just does not seem to work... Fails to install ATM.

Summary:  I'll just reload v1.1 base and wait for MS to decide what else 
is necessary!
Thanks,
Duncan


On 08/08/2010 17:34, Joe User wrote:



 You will be assimilated.




 Sunday, August 8, 2010, 1:33:25 PM, Bobby wrote:

 The .Net libraries are kind of like the C libraries of old.  The
libraries
 contain methods that the calling programs can use.

 Bobby

Re: [H] MS dot-NET

[Bobby Heid]

The .Net libraries are kind of like the C libraries of old.  The libraries
contain methods that the calling programs can use.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier
Sent: Sunday, August 08, 2010 1:14 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] MS dot-NET

I have a program (or two) that needs it, so no choice.
I thought it was a *new name* for older stuff.
MS likes to rename things as they make them newer...
I'm drawing a blank, but maybe it has its roots in Active-X???

See:
http://www.microsoft.com/net/overview.aspx

SilverLight even uses parts of it.

Rick Glazier

From: DSinc 
 Some months back our collective convinced me that MS DOT-NET was 
 painless and may be beneficial in the future.

Re: [H] MS dot-NET

[Bobby Heid]

That is true many times.  Although some programs require that it already be
installed.  For most on this list, that would not be a problem.  But for
others...

True that some versions are already installed on Vista/7.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Scott Sipe
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 4:31 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] MS dot-NET


I'll just toss out there, that if you DON'T need .NET, there's no reason I
can think of to go out of your way to install if. If a program you use does
require .NET, it will tell you exactly what version it needs. I guess it
comes built-in to Vista/W7?

Scott

On Aug 7, 2010, at 12:42 AM, DSinc wrote:

 Bobby/Greg,
 
 Seems I asked a bad question. Or, I just do not understand your answers.
 Sorry.
 I now have a base Windows XP pro SP3 install;...after WGA and 79
critical updates.
 It was fun!  Only took 3 internal Windows Update crashes and 6 hours to
complete.
 I know. Stuff happens!
 
 Ok, I'll play dot-NET.  Is there a link I can go to and start all over
from scratch with a new, virgin, fully patched, MS-blessed install???
 The CUSTOM choices do NOT play nice.
 
 I'd be quite happy with V3,5 sp1. ATM ..NO-Can-Do!
 
 BTW, V4 of dot-NET does not seem to play nice in XP (32-bit)). Perhaps
my bad.
 Best,
 Duncan
 
 On 08/07/2010 00:14, Greg Sevart wrote:
 All you really need to install is 3.5 to get 2.0, 3.0, and 3.5. 3.0 and
3.5
 don't include a new CLR--they just extend the 2.0 CLR. That means that
they
 must install all the previous versions back to 2.0 to operate.
 
 4.0 is a whole new CLR and the installer only includes that version.
 
 1.1 can probably be left off any new builds. There are a few legacy apps
 that still require it, but they're pretty rare now.
 
 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
 boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
 Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:55 PM
 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: Re: [H] MS dot-NET
 
 I love .Net!  The positives are that it allows you to do so much with so
 little
 code.
 
 As for a rebuild, I usually put 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0.  Not a lot of
 stuff uses 1.1
 that I have come across.  Windows update will put all of those on, I
 think.
 
 Bobby
 
 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
 Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:16 PM
 To: Hardware Group
 Subject: [H] MS dot-NET
 
 Some months back our collective convinced me that MS DOT-NET was
 painless and may be beneficial in the future.
 OK. I bit. I run it on 3 clients. It is here. It runs (I hope?). Still
do
 not see any
 positive or negative effect..until...
 I rebuild a machine from scratch.
 
 I have DOt-NET v3.5 sp1 on running clients.
 I tried the optional v4 DOT-NET during last month's updates. It
 bombed/failed.
 Fine. I can stay at 3.5sp1.
 I've read to being blind about DOT-NET. Yes, I have mostly RTFM!
 
 On a new install should I optionally install the OLD v1.1 DOT-NET base
to
 start
 the game again
 Then I will just let MS Update do what MS Update does. :) Best,
 Duncan
 
 
 
 
 

Re: [H] MS dot-NET

[Bobby Heid]

I love .Net!  The positives are that it allows you to do so much with so
little code.

As for a rebuild, I usually put 2.0, 3.0, 3.5, and 4.0.  Not a lot of stuff
uses 1.1 that I have come across.  Windows update will put all of those on,
I think.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:16 PM
To: Hardware Group
Subject: [H] MS dot-NET

Some months back our collective convinced me that MS DOT-NET was 
painless and may be beneficial in the future.
OK. I bit. I run it on 3 clients. It is here. It runs (I hope?). Still 
do not see any positive or negative 
effect..until...
I rebuild a machine from scratch.

I have DOt-NET v3.5 sp1 on running clients.
I tried the optional v4 DOT-NET during last month's updates. It 
bombed/failed.
Fine. I can stay at 3.5sp1.
I've read to being blind about DOT-NET. Yes, I have mostly RTFM!

On a new install should I optionally install the OLD v1.1 DOT-NET base 
to start the game again
Then I will just let MS Update do what MS Update does. :)
Best,
Duncan

Re: [H] new system build suggestions or upgrade

[Bobby Heid]

I have been really happy with my Intel Core I7-920 on an Asus P6T mb.  I
have an Nvidia GTX 285 video card that is pretty nice.  Although the latest
4xx series probably blows it away at the same price.  I am running Win 7
Ultimate 64 with 6GB RAM.  I am planning on upping the RAM to 12GB soon.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Anthony A Riederer
Sent: Thursday, July 29, 2010 4:14 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] new system build suggestions or upgrade

It is time for me to upgrade. If I were to piece something up. What is the
preferences on MB, CPU, Video, etc. Today? I currently have a core 2 Duo
E6300 @1.86 on an Asus P5Q Deluxe, 4GB DDR2 and a Radeon 1600 vid. I know
its dinosaur crap from around 2007 before my brain injury. I am recovered
enough to start playing some games again, etc. Should I upgrade the proc,
and vid on my existing setup which is running fine, or ditch it and start
new again. If I start over what is the collectives recommendations? Price
and performance are important here. I do some gaming, and video stuff etc.

-Anthony aka Tony

 

Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix

[Bobby Heid]

Oh, I understand that.  I think it is a good site also.  I was just letting
people know what I found when I went there.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 9:53 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error  fix

Hello Bobby,

The site is good.  There is some utilities in there that give off false
positives. Think about it, you're going to change something on the hard
drive, it could be mistaken for a virus :)

Regards,

Tim Lider
Sr. Data Recovery Specialist
Advanced Data Solutions, LLC
http://www.adv-data.com

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
 boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
 Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 4:03 PM
 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error  fix
 
 Norton thinks that site might not be ok because of:
 
 Total threats found: 1
 
 
   Viruses (what's this?)
 Threats found: 1
 Here is a complete list:
 
 Threat Name:  W32.SillyFDC
 Location:  http://hddguru.com/download/software/HDDScan/HDDScan_v30.zip
 
 Just an FYI.
 
 Bobby
 
 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider
 Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:01 AM
 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error  fix
 
 Hello,
 
 Here's a site that explains the fix a bit.  Although they go overboard.
 
 http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home
 
 Also, go to http://forum.hddguru.com/ for more hard drive info.  IT is
 a good site for info and tools for hard drives.
 
 Regards,
 
 Tim Lider
 Sr. Data Recovery Specialist
 Advanced Data Solutions, LLC
 http://www.adv-data.com
 
 
  -Original Message-
  From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
  boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw
  Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:18 AM
  To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
  Subject: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error  fix
 
  Well randomly at reboot I had my Seagate 750GB stop detecting. So I
  verify it's spinning up  go looking for a logic board only to find
  there is a known firmware bug known as BSY which I gather is the
  drive thinking it's busy  not responding.
 
  So it looks like the fix is a serial link to the logic board where
 you
  can issue a series of commands to reset it. Anyone else run it this 
  tired the fix? Tim, can you offer insights? I've ordered a USB-TTL
  adapter to give it try since I have all my AV crap on it  don't want
  to loose it if possible.
 
  Really need scrape up the $280 for a pair of WD20EARS but this is my
  2nd newest drive about 1.5yr old! Will be my last Seagate for the
 near
  future for sure!
 
 
 
 
 
 

Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error fix

[Bobby Heid]

Norton thinks that site might not be ok because of:

Total threats found: 1 


  Viruses (what's this?) 
Threats found: 1
Here is a complete list: 

Threat Name:  W32.SillyFDC  
Location:  http://hddguru.com/download/software/HDDScan/HDDScan_v30.zip  

Just an FYI.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider
Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 10:01 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error  fix

Hello,

Here's a site that explains the fix a bit.  Although they go overboard.

http://sites.google.com/site/seagatefix/Home

Also, go to http://forum.hddguru.com/ for more hard drive info.  IT is a
good site for info and tools for hard drives.

Regards,

Tim Lider
Sr. Data Recovery Specialist
Advanced Data Solutions, LLC
http://www.adv-data.com


 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
 boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joshua MacCraw
 Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 11:18 AM
 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: [H] Seagate 7200.11 BSY error  fix
 
 Well randomly at reboot I had my Seagate 750GB stop detecting. So I
 verify it's spinning up  go looking for a logic board only to find
 there is a known firmware bug known as BSY which I gather is the
 drive thinking it's busy  not responding.
 
 So it looks like the fix is a serial link to the logic board where you
 can issue a series of commands to reset it. Anyone else run it this 
 tired the fix? Tim, can you offer insights? I've ordered a USB-TTL
 adapter to give it try since I have all my AV crap on it  don't want
 to loose it if possible.
 
 Really need scrape up the $280 for a pair of WD20EARS but this is my
 2nd newest drive about 1.5yr old! Will be my last Seagate for the near
 future for sure!
 
 

[H] Win XP stop error D1

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

A neighbor's pc (Gateway 500SE) was showing SMART errors so I suggested that
we replace the HD with a new one.  It turns out they had a 40GB HD in it and
I got a 500GB HD to replace it with,  I ghosted the old drive and restored
the image to the new drive.  I then put the new drive in and booted up.  I
get a blue screen with a D1 error (DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL.

 

In looking around in the BIOS, I saw that the BIOS could only see 137GB max
of the HD.  SO I made 4 partitions and restored the image to the C:
partition and rebooted.  Still the same D1 stop error.

 

So I then upgrade the BIOS (this machine is about 8 years old and I'm sure
it had the BIOS that shipped with it) to the latest version.  The BIOS can
now see all 500GB on the HD.  But I am still getting the D1 blue screeb.

 

The full stop code line is 0x00D1  (0x0ECD2F95, 0x0002, 0x0002,
0x83A5ED20)

 

Anyone have any ideas as to what I can do to fix it?

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] Separate networks.

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks for all of the suggestions guys.  I will digest them and I'm sure
I'll have more questions.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk
Sent: Monday, May 03, 2010 3:41 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Separate networks.

On Mon, 3 May 2010, maccrawj wrote:

 It's not a hack it's as legit as any 'nix box with 5 nics + IPTables
being 
 reconfigured based on what I read.

Hack as in clever solution, not hack as in crack.


Christopher Fisk

[H] Seperate networks.

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

Every now and then I need to bring people's PCs to my house.  I use sneaker
net to copy over any files and all that I might need to fix their machine.
After I am pretty sure I have it all cleaned up, I then will connect it to
my LAN to make sure all the Windows updates are applied and anything else
that needs updating.

 

What I'd like to do is to have two networks that can both access the same
internet connection but cannot see each other (unless I wanted them to).  

 

What type of setup would I need to have to do this?  Any links that will
demonstrate it?

 

I currently have a standard Linksys WRT54GS router connected to a Motorola
cable modem.

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

[Bobby Heid]

IIRC, the BIOS and video RAM will not have to map into the 4GB address space
(in 64-bit).  He will have the whole address space for RAM.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Gary VanderMolen
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 8:23 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

Since the OP only has 4.0GB, how will that help him?

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)


-Original Message- 
Go for 64bit and use all memory.no reason not to.

Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

[Bobby Heid]

It maps into the address space of whatever the 64-bit address space is (8
terabytes or something like that).  When you have a 32-bit OS, the address
space is only 4GB, the system maps in the hardware memory (BIOS, graphics
card RAM, etc.) space from the top of the address space down.  That is why
you get between about 3-3.5GB of actual RAM when you have 4GB RAM on a
32-bit system.  I know I'm not explaining this well, so take a look here:

http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/03/dude-wheres-my-4-gigabytes-of-ram.h
tml
and
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929605

Bobby



-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Gary VanderMolen
Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2010 9:09 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

So what will they map into instead? As far as I know, the video has to map
into RAM,
regardless if the OS is 32-bit or 64-bit.

Gary VanderMolen, Microsoft MVP (Mail)


-Original Message- 
From: Bobby Heid


IIRC, the BIOS and video RAM will not have to map into the 4GB address space
(in 64-bit).  He will have the whole address space for RAM. 

Re: [H] Mapping printer xp to w7 ?

[Bobby Heid]

Have you set up printer sharing?  On the W7 box, go to Start|Help and
Support and enter share printer.  That should get you going.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of FORC5
Sent: Sunday, February 14, 2010 5:11 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Mapping printer xp to w7 ?

Friend, customer running a new puter with w7 home premium 64bit, her printer
( canon xx500) works fine.

Tried to map her laptop to print, can not make it go. I assume I need to add
the X86 drivers to the w7 install but w7 will not let me. DL'ed directly
from Canon. 

FWIW the printer on the w7 box just was recognized and worked on first boot
but when it asks me for additional drivers it just will not take them.

AT a loss at the moment. As a work around put a folder on the laptop to copy
docs to and a shortcut on the w7 box she can print so at the moment no big
deal but I really HATE not being able to make it go. I wonder to myself if a
newer printer might work. Worked fine when she was running xp.
I have mapped many a printer. My w7 box has no problem printing thru my XP
box. ( opposite to her situation)
fp
thanks
Happy *V* Day 

-- 
Tallyho ! ]:8)
Taglines below !
--
Quick!  Say something profound in 45 characters or le.

[H] Disk allocation units.

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

The default allocation unit size is usually 4K.  I have a drive that I store
only my recorded shows on.  Would I benefit any by change the allocation
unit size to a larger number?  If so, what setting would be best?  The
smallest files average about .8GB and go up to about 8-9GB.

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] Disk allocation units.

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks Bryan.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 4:03 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Disk allocation units.

Yes, go as high as you want if the avg file size is 8-9G.

On Sun, Feb 07, 2010 at 03:59:03PM -0500, Bobby Heid wrote:
 Hey,
 
  
 
 The default allocation unit size is usually 4K.  I have a drive that I
store
 only my recorded shows on.  Would I benefit any by change the allocation
 unit size to a larger number?  If so, what setting would be best?  The
 smallest files average about .8GB and go up to about 8-9GB.
 
  
 
 Thanks,
 
 Bobby

-- 
 
Bryan G. Seitz

Re: [H] Weird PC problem. - update

[Bobby Heid]

Me again.  I just got the system from the woman tonight.  One thing, it was
DUSTY!  After blowing out the system, I powered it up.  What happens is that
when going in to non-safe mode, after the loading XP window, the screen
blanks for about 10 seconds, then the signal to the monitor cuts off.  After
another 10-15 seconds, the system reboots.  

It will boot into safe mode ok.  In safe mode, I modified it so that it will
not reboot on a blue screen.  When I am in safe mode, I cannot view any
events in the event viewer and the device manager shows nothing.  Any ideas?

It does blue screen now with a message something like: error seems to be
caused by the following file: nv4_disp.  I am researching this error now.
Seems to be sort of common.

The stop code in case anyone is interested is:
0x00EA (0x870F8908, 0x86DCA108, 0xF7AD0CBC, 0x0001)

I have yet to scan the drive, but that is in the works.

Any help appreciated.

Thanks,
Bobby



-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 5:59 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

Thanks for the reply.  I will probably scan the system and check the video
settings and drivers.

I'll let everyone know what I found.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joe User
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:09 AM
To: Bobby Heid
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

Hello Bobby,

Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 9:06:41 PM, you wrote:

 Anyway, when booting up and it is showing the XP loading screen, the
screen
 starts blinking on and off.  She says that it might stay off 2-3 seconds
at
 a go.  Even after logging in, when moving the mouse, it causes the screen
to
 blink off.  She says that it does not blink on and off when she goes into
 safe mode.

 So, could it be some sort of infection?  Maybe the PS or video card?  She
 replaced the monitor and it still does the same thing.  Or maybe a driver
 issue of some sort since it works in safe mode?


I doubt that's an infection nor a result of a password bypass unless
it wasn't obtained from a credible source.

I would think this is a driver issue esp where everything is fine in
safe mode. Have you tried having them reload the drivers for the video
card? See if there are any gamma tweaks going on also. Report
findings.


-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

Re: [H] New Video Card survey

[Bobby Heid]

Stan,

I do some gaming.  Mostly single player Call of Duty and games like that.  I
do run fold...@home and s...@home.  I was using the GPU for Seti, but it put
out way too much heat.  Basically, when I was building the system, I was
trying to get the most I could that I wanted to pay for.  That way, I don't
have to spend more and upgrade the GPU in a couple of years.

My memory gives me a 7.8 with 6GB of Corsair Dominators.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 3:01 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey

I'm curious Bobby, since you don't game what do you need a GTX 285 for. 
Are you fold...@home or doing some Cuda stuff? My hard drive score is 
4.8 and memory is 7.4 by the way.


On 1/13/2010 8:44 PM, Bobby Heid wrote:
 I just installed Win 7 on my machine.  I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285
 graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now.  This card gives me
 7.4 for both graphics scored.

 My HD score is a lowly 5.9.  This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot
drive
 and 3 1TB WD black drives.  I have dreams of SSDs.  LOL.

 Bobby

Re: [H] New Video Card survey

[Bobby Heid]

I just installed Win 7 on my machine.  I have an Nvidia GeForce GTX 285
graphics card that I have had for about 9 months now.  This card gives me
7.4 for both graphics scored.

My HD score is a lowly 5.9.  This is with a VelociRaptor for the boot drive
and 3 1TB WD black drives.  I have dreams of SSDs.  LOL.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Stan Zaske
Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 4:52 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] New Video Card survey

Graphics and gaming graphics are both 7.1 which is not bad. 
Unfortunately, I don't remember what the old 4850 was so can't compare 
the two. If you're looking for a 7.7 you'll need to step up to the 5850 
or 5870 but what's the point if you never game. Might as well stay with 
what you have.



On 1/13/2010 5:50 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:
 Cooler with less power is good.  What kind of WEI do you get under 
 Windows 7?  I've been thinking of upgrading my Geforce 8800 GTS to 
 something, as this inexpensive Radeon HD 4670 is just a few clicks 
 under it on WEI (6.4 vs 6.9).  I'd like to get above 7.0 on my home 
 system.  Of course, going from 6.9 to 7.0 is kinda stoopid, so I'd 
 need some good reasons to make that move (like a 7.7+ on WEI under 
 Win7 and less power consumption/heat and lower noise).  I think the HD 
 4670 was a good buy for my office system, though.  I can't see buying 
 a top of the line vidcard as I NEVER play games.

 On 1/12/2010 11:09 PM, Stan Zaske wrote:
 Well, I used some cash in my PayPal account and bought a VisionTech 
 HD5770. It arrived today and it's a sweet video card. My old 
 (VisionTech coincidently) HD4850 is noticeably less powerful and 
 burned many more electrons at idle and load. The card also runs much 
 cooler (reported by Catlalyst Control) and the fan so far has not 
 exceeded 30% playing games. I paid $160 and sold my old card for $80 
 so don't feel guilty for spending the money. Too bad it's not a 5850 
 but I just couldn't justify the price for my modest needs. Anybody 
 else bought a new card lately or got one for Xmas?

Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks Tim.  I will have her bring her PC by and scan it and check the video
drivers.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Tim Lider
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:00 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

I would first try to see if it could be some sort of
virus/Trojan/spyware/etc first.  Scan the system for them. I'd do this as an
external drive on another working known system.

If nothing is found then look at the Video Drivers. Reinstall the video
drivers. If this does not work it could be the video card is giving up the
ghost at high resolutions. 

I've seen this before and it was the Video Drivers in my situation. But,
Virus Scan first.

Good luck,

Tim Lider
Sr. Data Recovery Specialist
Advanced Data Solutions, LLC
http://www.adv-data.com

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-
 boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
 Sent: Tuesday, January 05, 2010 7:07 PM
 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: [H] Weird PC problem.
 
 Hey,
 
 
 
 One of my wife's friends called tonight with a problem that I have
 never
 heard of.
 
 
 
 This PC (that I have not seen yet) is pretty old (she thinks it could
 be
 over 10 years old).  She told me that it had been in the shop about 3
 years
 ago and had been upgraded to XP, so it must have had new hardware put
 in it.
 
 
 
 Anyway, when booting up and it is showing the XP loading screen, the
 screen
 starts blinking on and off.  She says that it might stay off 2-3
 seconds at
 a go.  Even after logging in, when moving the mouse, it causes the
 screen to
 blink off.  She says that it does not blink on and off when she goes
 into
 safe mode.
 
 
 
 One other possibly key piece of information is that apparently, her son
 had
 tried to get around her XP password with some sort of utility (she did
 not
 know what he tried).  She thinks that this stuff did not start
 happening
 until after he tried that stuff.
 
 
 
 So, could it be some sort of infection?  Maybe the PS or video card?
 She
 replaced the monitor and it still does the same thing.  Or maybe a
 driver
 issue of some sort since it works in safe mode?
 
 
 
 Any help would be appreciated.
 
 
 
 Thanks,
 
 Bobby
 

Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks for the reply.  I will probably scan the system and check the video
settings and drivers.

I'll let everyone know what I found.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joe User
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:09 AM
To: Bobby Heid
Subject: Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

Hello Bobby,

Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 9:06:41 PM, you wrote:

 Anyway, when booting up and it is showing the XP loading screen, the
screen
 starts blinking on and off.  She says that it might stay off 2-3 seconds
at
 a go.  Even after logging in, when moving the mouse, it causes the screen
to
 blink off.  She says that it does not blink on and off when she goes into
 safe mode.

 So, could it be some sort of infection?  Maybe the PS or video card?  She
 replaced the monitor and it still does the same thing.  Or maybe a driver
 issue of some sort since it works in safe mode?


I doubt that's an infection nor a result of a password bypass unless
it wasn't obtained from a credible source.

I would think this is a driver issue esp where everything is fine in
safe mode. Have you tried having them reload the drivers for the video
card? See if there are any gamma tweaks going on also. Report
findings.


-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

[H] Weird PC problem.

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

One of my wife's friends called tonight with a problem that I have never
heard of.

 

This PC (that I have not seen yet) is pretty old (she thinks it could be
over 10 years old).  She told me that it had been in the shop about 3 years
ago and had been upgraded to XP, so it must have had new hardware put in it.

 

Anyway, when booting up and it is showing the XP loading screen, the screen
starts blinking on and off.  She says that it might stay off 2-3 seconds at
a go.  Even after logging in, when moving the mouse, it causes the screen to
blink off.  She says that it does not blink on and off when she goes into
safe mode.

 

One other possibly key piece of information is that apparently, her son had
tried to get around her XP password with some sort of utility (she did not
know what he tried).  She thinks that this stuff did not start happening
until after he tried that stuff.

 

So, could it be some sort of infection?  Maybe the PS or video card?  She
replaced the monitor and it still does the same thing.  Or maybe a driver
issue of some sort since it works in safe mode?

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] Electricity scam?

[Bobby Heid]

I would think so.  If you were to store the electricity somehow, then you
would be using it and have to pay for it.  The electricity only flows
when you use it.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington
Sent: Thursday, December 24, 2009 10:28 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Electricity scam?

I met a guy who is involved in selling a device that you attach to 
your electrical system that captures the power that you don't use 
(I guess it's the extra power that flows through your electrical 
devices and goes back to the power company.)  He says it's a 
circuit, you know.  Then it gives you back this power to use 
again.  I think it's BS.  Am I right?

T

Re: [H] Network Cat 6 cable recco

[Bobby Heid]

I would think that mostly any cable from a reputable company would be fine.
It is supposed to pass certain tests to be rated Cat 6.  One good place is
www.monoprice.com.  I think that any of the plenum cables are fine for
in-wall.

I have heard the same - that solid wire is good for wiring point-to-point
where it will not be moved and that stranded is best for patch cables and
there the cables will be moved a lot.

Bobby


-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joe User
Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2009 7:25 PM
To: The Hardware List
Subject: [H] Network Cat 6 cable recco

Hello,

Anyone suggest a good brand of cable for in wall network runs of cat
6? They will be terminated and wall plates/jacks put in and then we
will use patch cable from there to the device. I understand solid core
is the way to go for the in wall runs, 24 AWG is the best?

Posting one final time.

-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

Re: [H] Router recommendations?

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks everyone.  I will pass on your recommendations.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Friday, December 11, 2009 8:44 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Router recommendations?

Bobby,
I like the DLink DGL-4300 that I use ATM.
It is costly.. :(
Am thinking about an update to the DGL-4500, however.
Has been a no-problem router for the past 6 years.
Best,
Duncan

Re: [H] Router recommendations?

[Bobby Heid]

Cool.  Thanks.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Naushad Zulfiqar
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 11:18 AM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Router recommendations?

I just ordered a WNDR3700, will update in a few days on how it goes.

On Sat, Dec 12, 2009 at 6:57 PM, Bobby Heid bh...@sc.rr.com wrote:

[H] Router recommendations?

[Bobby Heid]

I have a friend at work that needs to buy a router and doesn't want to spend
too much on it.  He wants something decent, but doesn't need anything great.
I know that he will not load anything else on the router.

 

Any suggestions?

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] Router recommendations?

[Bobby Heid]

Oh, sorry, a home router/WiFi.  He never really said how much was too much.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Julian Zottl
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:22 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Router recommendations?

Are you talking T1 router or home/WiFi router?

Julian


On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 9:53 PM, Bobby Heid bh...@sc.rr.com wrote:

 I have a friend at work that needs to buy a router and doesn't want to
 spend
 too much on it.  He wants something decent, but doesn't need anything
 great.
 I know that he will not load anything else on the router.



 Any suggestions?



 Thanks,

 Bobby

Re: [H] Router recommendations?

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks for the link.  I have a WRT54Gs.  I did not know that it is still one
of the favored ones.  (Well, at least I think you favor it since you sent
the link - LOL.)

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joe User
Sent: Thursday, December 10, 2009 10:34 PM
To: Bobby Heid
Subject: Re: [H] Router recommendations?

Hello Bobby,

Thursday, December 10, 2009, 8:53:27 PM, you wrote:

 I have a friend at work that needs to buy a router and doesn't want to
spend
 too much on it.  He wants something decent, but doesn't need anything
great.
 I know that he will not load anything else on the router.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WRT54G

-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

[H] Guitar Hero or Rock Band?

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

I won an XBox 360 Elite tonight at a Microsoft event.  I was going to buy
one for my daughter (14 years old) for Christmas, so timing could not have
been better. 

 

I was thinking about getting her either Rock Band or Guitar Hero to go with
it.  I would like to get some feedback from you all as to which one you like
best.  And, if you've played both, why you liked one over the other.

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

[Bobby Heid]

Hey Jeff,

You forgot the link.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Lane
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:37 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

Bobby, you might want to check this link. Good through tonight.

Jeff


Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 4:18 PM
Subject: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?


Hey,

 

Amazon has a good deal on this player right now (about $137).  I am think
about jumping.  I wanted a Samsung player, but the reviews aren't that
great.  

 

Anyway, anyone have any thoughts on this player?

 

http://www.amazon.com/LG-Network-Blu-ray-Disc-Player/dp/B001UQ6F4S

 

 

Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

[Bobby Heid]

Well, the 370 does not have wireless.  But since I ran some Cat 6 cable to
my TV connection area, I can just hard wire it.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 7:50 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

Well, the 390 got rave reviews on the last issue of Home Theater.  It 
has 802.11n. Not sure what else is different, though.

Bobby Heid wrote:
 In case anyone else is interested, I found it at BestBuy (today and
tomorrow
 only) for $129 plus you get a free Blu-Ray disc (up to 29.99 value).


http://www.bestbuy.com/site/LG+-+Blu-ray+Disc+Player+with+1080p+Output/92449
 08.p?skuId=9244908productCategoryId=abcat0102003id=1218066284569

 http://tinyurl.com/yhr2mtq


 Thanks,
 Bobby

 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid
 Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 7:19 PM
 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

 Hey,

  

 Amazon has a good deal on this player right now (about $137).  I am think
 about jumping.  I wanted a Samsung player, but the reviews aren't that
 great.  

  

 Anyway, anyone have any thoughts on this player?

  

 http://www.amazon.com/LG-Network-Blu-ray-Disc-Player/dp/B001UQ6F4S

  

  

 Thanks,

 Bobby




   

Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks, I had seen that site.  Those prices are no longer in effect Promo
codes are effective 12:00am PT - 11:59pm PT on 11/27/2009.

Thanks for looking.
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Lane
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:51 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

Hey Bobbie.banging my head on the wallyou're right.

http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/Nov-0-2009/BlackFriday27/index-landing
.html?cm_mmc=SNC-Facebook-_-na-_-na-_-na




Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?


Hey Jeff,

You forgot the link.

Thanks,
Bobby

[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Lane
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:37 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

Bobby, you might want to check this link. Good through tonight.

Jeff


Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 4:18 PM
Subject: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?


Hey,



Amazon has a good deal on this player right now (about $137).  I am think
about jumping.  I wanted a Samsung player, but the reviews aren't that
great.



Anyway, anyone have any thoughts on this player?



http://www.amazon.com/LG-Network-Blu-ray-Disc-Player/dp/B001UQ6F4S





Thanks,

Bobby

Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

[Bobby Heid]

No problem.  I appreciate you taking the time to look.

BTW, I went ahead and bought the machine from BB.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Lane
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 9:26 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

Op.just too busy today...sorry about that


Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 5:59 PM
Subject: Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?


Thanks, I had seen that site.  Those prices are no longer in effect Promo
codes are effective 12:00am PT - 11:59pm PT on 11/27/2009.

Thanks for looking.
Bobby

Subject: Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

Hey Bobbie.banging my head on the wallyou're right.

http://promotions.newegg.com/NEemail/Nov-0-2009/BlackFriday27/index-landing
.html?cm_mmc=SNC-Facebook-_-na-_-na-_-na




Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?


Hey Jeff,

You forgot the link.

Thanks,
Bobby

[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Lane
Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 8:37 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?

Bobby, you might want to check this link. Good through tonight.

Jeff


Sent: Sunday, November 29, 2009 4:18 PM
Subject: [H] LG BD 370 Network Blu-ray Disc Player any good?


Hey,



Amazon has a good deal on this player right now (about $137).  I am think
about jumping.  I wanted a Samsung player, but the reviews aren't that
great.



Anyway, anyone have any thoughts on this player?



http://www.amazon.com/LG-Network-Blu-ray-Disc-Player/dp/B001UQ6F4S





Thanks,

Bobby

[H] VMware workstation 7 performance.

[Bobby Heid]

Hey everyone,

 

I just updated my VMware workstation 6.x to version 7.0.  Part of the reason
was Windows 7 support, the other was that it was supposed to support
graphics much better in 7.0.

 

Well, before performed a P2V (physical-to-virtual) conversion of my desktop
(Vista Ultimate 64), I had scores of 5.9 across the board for everything (I
think that is the highest you can go, score wise in Vista).  

 

After the conversion (workstation 6.x), I still had 5.9 on all except the
graphics.  One of the graphics scores was 1.9 (I think that was for the
business graphics).  The 3d graphics score was a measly 1.0.  Even stuff
like solitaire and spider solitaire sucked in the VM .

 

After converting to workstation 7.0, using the same VM as above, all of my
scores are back at 5.9!  Too cool.  I have not really done any testing (and
probably won't), but the above mentioned games are really smooth now.

 

Bobby

Re: [H] Recovering an Admin Password in Vista

[Bobby Heid]

There are ways to do it with some of the bootable Linux distros.  I have
done it once for a friend, but I'll have to see if I can find what I used
and get back to you.

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 8:25 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Recovering an Admin Password in Vista

Short version:  My last child in the house, my last son, has a Vista 
install that my wife 'wisely' decided to place an admin password on and 
then promptly forgot it.  Now the only account that we know the password 
to, my son's, is locked down and we can't install anything.  Is there 
any way, other than a reinstall, to recover or change the admin password?

ThanksSteve


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Re: [H] Outlook question

[Bobby Heid]

I know you can have it check multiple accounts and have the emails come to
the inbox (or wherever you want them to go).  I do not know about the
appointment stuff though.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 3:46 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Outlook question

Can I have two email accounts going into Outlook and setting 
appointments from each?

T

Re: [H] FF 3.5.4

[Bobby Heid]

Which website?  A couple I visited with this version are ok.

Thanks,
Bobby


-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Sam Franc
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:49 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] FF 3.5.4

Error: document.getElementById(wikiplugin_showfor4) is null
Source File: 
http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Error+loading+web+sites?style_mode=inpro
ducts=error%20log 

Line: 770

I get the above error when I try to load a web site.
This never happened with earlier versions of FF,
Can any one tell me what is going on and how to fix it?
Sam

Re: [H] WMP11 opinions sought?

[Bobby Heid]

I haven't had any problems with it.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 1:20 PM
To: Hardware Group
Subject: [H] WMP11 opinions sought?

I use WMP9. OS is XPpro SP3.

Getting lots of pop-ups to update to WMP11.

Opinions sought about WMP11?
Best,
Duncan

Re: [H] FF 3.5.4

[Bobby Heid]

I pulled up NY Times and LA Times with no problems.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Sam Franc
Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 8:19 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] FF 3.5.4

Mostly newspapers websites to read their articles.
Sam

Bobby Heid wrote:
 Which website?  A couple I visited with this version are ok.

 Thanks,
 Bobby


 -Original Message-
 From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
 [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Sam Franc
 Sent: Monday, November 02, 2009 12:49 PM
 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
 Subject: [H] FF 3.5.4

 Error: document.getElementById(wikiplugin_showfor4) is null
 Source File: 

http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Error+loading+web+sites?style_mode=inpro
 ducts=error%20log 

 Line: 770

 I get the above error when I try to load a web site.
 This never happened with earlier versions of FF,
 Can any one tell me what is going on and how to fix it?
 Sam


   
 


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[H] APC C10 power filter.

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

 

What do you all think about this for $50 (normally $200)?  I used to have a
Belkin UPS on my TV and equipment, but it died.

 

C-10

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/753636804/

 

C-5

http://www.vanns.com/shop/servlet/item/features/753241548?

 

Comparison of the different models:

http://www.apc.com/products/tools/compare/index.cfm?list=C3;C5BLK;C10BLK
http://www.apc.com/products/tools/compare/index.cfm?list=C3;C5BLK;C10BLKfo
rmat=print format=print

 

Thanks,

Bobby

 

Re: [H] XP problem.

[Bobby Heid]

Hi Duncan,

SAM stands for Security Accounts Manager.  It is part of the OS.  It is
where the user and password hash info is stored.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SAM_file
http://www.hackinthebox.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Newsfile=articlesi
d=5721mode=threadorder=0thold=0

Thanks,
Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:34 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] XP problem.

Bobby,
Understand. But, what is the SAM file?
I try to keep useless junk off my machines and run registry sweeps 
w/CCleaner from time to time.  Is this something else to think about?
Best,
Duncan

Re: [H] Digital TV buying

[Bobby Heid]

I like the Samsungs myself.  I have a 52 Samsung (non-LED).

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2009 4:21 PM
To: Hardware Group
Subject: [H] Digital TV buying

I got this link from my older Brother some days ago. Thought I'd share 
here, since we discuss digital TV's often.

http://www.screenmath.com/

Yes, I now shop for a new TV. My big Pioneer Elite PRO-98 55in RPJ has 
died.  I may be able to fix it, but the part costs ~$450. Even post-fix, 
this TV is still analog only! Time to move on.. :)

I am focused on 55-60-ish inch to start based on the above link's logic.
Brand opinions are welcome. Looking at Samsung to start.  I have viewed 
the Pioneer Elite offers. They appear to be all plasma. I do not believe 
I can live with plasma due to my living-room's ambient light problem. 
Yes, my first impression based of what has been shared here in the past 
4 years.
Best,
Duncan

Re: [H] XP problem.

[Bobby Heid]

Thanks, but I tried to login as Administrator (you can get there by doing
CTRL-Alt-Delete twice.

Bobby

-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joe User
Sent: Wednesday, October 07, 2009 8:21 AM
To: Bobby Heid
Subject: Re: [H] XP problem.

Hello Bobby,

Tuesday, October 6, 2009, 9:42:26 PM, you wrote:

 I am looking at a frined's pc that has XP (home I think).  When it boots
up
 to the screen where you would normally see the users, there are no users
on
 the screen (there are at least two on this pc).  I can do a double
 CTRL-ALT-DEL and it brings up the login prompt with a user name (but of
 course she does not know the password for that user).


The admin account is probably open, type in administrator and use
that. Once there get to users CP applet. Reset passwords , write down
user names. I prefer the old style login box prompt myself. I forgot
how you revert back to the clicky style but it's in there OR thru the
admin tools / pol edit / etc


-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

...now these points of data make a beautiful line...