RE: [H] CPU Intel 6xx series v. AMD 939 (3 gig plus)

2005-05-13 Thread Chris Reeves
I should add: For encoding, realize, MCE requires all encoder cards (TV) to be hardware encoders, and as such, we found no difference in any testing for capture of video performance on any processor greater then 2.6ghz, even Celeron-Ds. The only time it comes into play is with HDTV capture, where

Re: [H] Spyware Woes

2005-05-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 05:03 PM 12/05/2005, Christopher Fisk wrote: This is something I'm interested in. I assume thats 30 minutes of keyboard time? I ask because a lot of times I'll start a scan and walk away because I know it's going to take 1 hour to complete the scan. Do you count that 1 hour scan as a 5

RE: [H] annoying outlook error

2005-05-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 08:47 PM 12/05/2005, FORC5 wrote: was a lot of work, no joy. this may be one of those format times ppl are talking about. only thing i needed to try ( system is gone ) is uninstall office and manually remove all references everywhere. not so sure why I gave it so much time as she uses OE, my

Re: [H] You need a stinkin POWER SUPPLY?

2005-05-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 04:44 PM 12/05/2005, Greg Sevart wrote: Ouch, that is definitely too steep to be worthwhile. At least you are using quality power supplies--AOpen has always just been a rebranded Sparkle/FSP (which makes my top 3 list). You looked to see if you can get a Sparkle/FSP/Fortron branded supply

[H] Brian Livingston's take on FF

2005-05-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
Since this has been a discussion recently, I think people will find this interesting. I think he has the issue nailed: Yes, FF could be more secure, but since it's better than anything other than Opera (who isn't going to make it in a free browser world when they charge), it doesn't matter.

Re: [H] You need a stinkin POWER SUPPLY?

2005-05-13 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 6:21 AM Subject: Re: [H] You need a stinkin POWER SUPPLY? My problem is that the case I like comes with a 350W AOpen (AOpen won't sell their case

RE: [H] annoying outlook error

2005-05-13 Thread FORC5
good to start the day ROTFLMAS thanks means it will be better than yesterday fred At 03:16 AM 5/13/2005, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: At 08:47 PM 12/05/2005, FORC5 wrote: was a lot of work, no joy. this may be one of those format times ppl are talking about. only thing i needed to try

[H] Wireless NIC question

2005-05-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
I have two notebooks and two wireless NICs (one Surecom, and one Linksys.) On the older notebook, both NICs get better reception than on the newer one. Both are using XP Pro and the same drivers. Both are in precisely the same position. The newer will get reception, but I have to move

Re: [H] Wireless NIC question

2005-05-13 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Are the NIC slots positioned in the same relative location on both notebooks? Are the screens the same size? It would seem to be that the NICs antenna, when used on the newer one, must somehow be less effective in reception...could be due to positioning near the housing of the notebook, or

Re: [H] Wireless NIC question

2005-05-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 10:22 AM 13/05/2005, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Are the NIC slots positioned in the same relative location on both notebooks? Are the screens the same size? It would seem to be that the NICs antenna, when used on the newer one, must somehow be less effective in reception...could be due to

Re: [H] Wireless NIC question

2005-05-13 Thread JRS
Have you checked power settings? Are they both set up for 100 percent antenna power for comparison purposes? I have two notebooks and two wireless NICs (one Surecom, and one Linksys.) On the older notebook, both NICs get better reception than on the newer one. Both are using XP Pro and

RE: [H] CPU Intel 6xx series v. AMD 939 (3 gig plus)

2005-05-13 Thread rls
Well Chris I did look at the MSI board but it has one minor and one major flaw. Minor flaw - no overclocking potential. Major flaw - does not contain the gamut of Expansion Slots The Asus/Intel version of the ATI chipset includes 3 @ PCI-E x1 Now I am not

Re: [H] Brian Livingston's take on FF

2005-05-13 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
Thane as a programmer I know that when a program reaches that point, two things are true: 1)it's my fault, and 2)I have to rewrite it to make it easier. Is 1) absolutely true even in cases where you have warned the powers that be? But they insisted on the fast patch anyway? On 5/13/05,

RE: [H] CPU Intel 6xx series v. AMD 939 (3 gig plus)

2005-05-13 Thread Chris Reeves
I do agree the option of 3 PCI-E x1 slots are nice, although as of right now, I've seen no devices that use them :) I guess I'm just on the other side of it.. for a HTPC unit, overclocking potential is moot, and since MSI board has coax/digital output, the addition of another soundcard is a

Re: [H] Wireless NIC question

2005-05-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 11:06 AM 13/05/2005, JRS wrote: Have you checked power settings? Are they both set up for 100 percent antenna power for comparison purposes? All the settings are the same. The only thing I can figure is that there is something wrong with the newer laptop. Perhaps something is wrong with

Re: [H] Brian Livingston's take on FF

2005-05-13 Thread warpmedia
This is nice and all that but even with IE's ass hanging out *I* was less at risk using it during these periods because I had problem features turned off by default and only on for small list of sites. Conversely I am relying on FF's internal sense of whwen to disable features combined with

Re: [H] Brian Livingston's take on FF

2005-05-13 Thread Carroll Kong
warpmedia wrote: This is nice and all that but even with IE's ass hanging out *I* was less at risk using it during these periods because I had problem features turned off by default and only on for small list of sites. Conversely I am relying on FF's internal sense of whwen to disable features

RE: [H] asrock motherboards ?

2005-05-13 Thread FORC5
thanks Chris sounds like I need to try them, have had good luck with ecs and intermittent luck with pc chips I like Asus ( except their SLOW rma procedure Fred At 04:23 PM 5/13/2005, Chris Reeves Poked the stick with: Asrock is wholly owned by Asus, it's basically Asus value line. -Original

Re: [H] Word problems

2005-05-13 Thread jeff.lane
I don't use Norton A/V anymore but there used to be a setting that protected against macros being executed or written to Wordsomething like that. Could it be that it may be activated, if you are using a version of NAV, and blocking any permanent changes? Jeff From: Winterlight [EMAIL

Re: [H] Word problems

2005-05-13 Thread Winterlight
I thought of that but tried disabling it... besides Norton would warn you that it is blocking something, and it would do it with Excel as well. I have no problems writing macros in Excel At 06:09 PM 5/13/2005, you wrote: I don't use Norton A/V anymore but there used to be a setting that