Re: [H] MS gets serious about activation

2006-10-09 Thread j maccraw
Good god people, SECURITY TABS. XP home does not allow you to lock down folders beyond user or admin because simple file sharing and the like are permanently enabled. Why should that matter for joe blow? Must you ask with multi-user house holds and the need for custom mom, dad, sis but not bro

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-09 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Wayne Johnson wrote: At 12:16 AM 10/9/2006, Anthony Q. Martin typed: Beside, just because she claimed to have records doesn't mean she does. Please don't tell me that the cops would lie about anything just to intimidate. ;-) Good point. She's not a law enforcement officer of any type.

RE: [H] -LO- MS Releases RC2 of Vista

2006-10-09 Thread Bobby Heid
Wow, that is nice. It took me about 1 hour 18 minutes at home. Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jin-Wei Tioh Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 9:43 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] -LO- MS Releases RC2 of Vista At 05:50 AM

Re: [H] Secure web page

2006-10-09 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
From the site... In order to password protect documents using IIS, you have to actually create accounts on the NT machine. You then assign permissions to the various documents so that those users have permission to read those documents. While this sounds simple enough, keep in mind that this

Re: [H] Secure web page

2006-10-09 Thread Bryan Seitz
LOL if you're using IIS, SHAME ON YOU. On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 08:33:04PM -0500, G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: From the site... In order to password protect documents using IIS, you have to actually create accounts on the NT machine. You then assign permissions to the various documents so that

Re: [H] -LO- MS Releases RC2 of Vista

2006-10-09 Thread Bryan Seitz
Bout 3 mins here, beeeyotch! On Mon, Oct 09, 2006 at 07:12:03AM -0400, Bobby Heid wrote: Wow, that is nice. It took me about 1 hour 18 minutes at home. Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jin-Wei Tioh Sent: Saturday, October

Re: [H] Secure web page

2006-10-09 Thread Ben Ruset
No different than apache .htaccess files as well. G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: From the site... In order to password protect documents using IIS, you have to actually create accounts on the NT machine. You then assign permissions to the various documents so that those users have permission to read

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-09 Thread Ben Ruset
See, that's what you get for ragging on Microsoft so much. :) Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Wayne Johnson wrote: At 12:16 AM 10/9/2006, Anthony Q. Martin typed: Beside, just because she claimed to have records doesn't mean she does. Please don't tell me that the cops would lie about anything

Re: [H] Secure web page

2006-10-09 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
Depending on what for; can't really argue.(besides, I save my religious debating for other forums)On 10/9/06, Bryan Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: LOL if you're using IIS, SHAME ON YOU.On Sun, Oct 08, 2006 at 08:33:04PM -0500, G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: From the site... In order to password protect

RE: [H] Secure web page

2006-10-09 Thread Mesdaq, Ali
What kinda information are you trying to put up? Maybe there is a alternate solution. Also by secure how secure do you want to be? As secure as ftp? i.e. plaintext passwords? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Sunday,

RE: [H] Secure web page

2006-10-09 Thread Winterlight
At 06:59 AM 10/9/2006, you wrote: What kinda information are you trying to put up? Maybe there is a alternate solution. Also by secure how secure do you want to be? As secure as ftp? i.e. plaintext passwords? Well, from time to time I need to share sensitive financial information from a

RE: [H] Secure web page

2006-10-09 Thread Mesdaq, Ali
But just because it opens up in my browser window doesn't mean the file is not on my hard drive. But since your using another method to encrypt the file you should be ok. I mean its not full proof by any means and someone that wants that info will get it but if you're just trying to avoid the

RE: [H] Secure web page

2006-10-09 Thread dhs
Just a thought. Are you trying to check your work from an acct/pw other than yourself? By rights you have admin access and should SEE no additional access quiz. And, I suspect, as admin you would not SEE anything work as you wish. But, that is JMHO. I'd try somebody else's desktop who you

Re: [H] Secure web page

2006-10-09 Thread Ben Ruset
Does godaddy have a control panel that would allow you to set that up? Frontpage is generally not the optimal tool for interfacing with Linux based webservers. Winterlight wrote: At 06:59 AM 10/9/2006, you wrote: What kinda information are you trying to put up? Maybe there is a alternate

Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

2006-10-09 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 07:42 PM 08/10/2006, Winterlight wrote: Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! - No tax collector will ever enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Saint Peter was a Roman tax collector Paul was a tax collector. Peter was a fisherman. T

Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

2006-10-09 Thread Veech
and Peter Paul was a candy bar. *sorry* - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro? At 07:42 PM

Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

2006-10-09 Thread tmservo
Don't forget Mary, then you'd have Puff the Magic Dragon :) Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: Veech [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 11:02:02 To:The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much

Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
you forgot Mary :-} At 11:02 AM 10/9/2006, Veech Poked the stick with: and Peter Paul was a candy bar. *sorry* - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [H] Is

[H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread nobozoz
My sister (3000 mile away in Orlando, FL) had a HD crash on a Dell Dimension, WINXP system with NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 video (I think she said). Anyway, she took it to a local geekshop and they put in a new HDD and reinstalled WINXP Pro (SP1)- that's it. When she got home and fired up the system,

[H] Test

2006-10-09 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Just testing.did this hit the list? I had sent a question in a couple of days ago which I didn't see come back on the list. Steve

Re: [H] Test

2006-10-09 Thread Julian Zottl
Loud and clear :) What was the q? _ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff the right packets -- Original Message -- From: Steve

Re: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
doesn't the local geek shop guaranty their work ? fp At 11:52 AM 10/9/2006, nobozoz Poked the stick with: My sister (3000 mile away in Orlando, FL) had a HD crash on a Dell Dimension, WINXP system with NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 video (I think she said). Anyway, she took it to a local geekshop and

Re: [H] Test

2006-10-09 Thread Steve Tomporowski
Here's the question: Updated a system from a 19 tube to a Samsung 204B. Nice monitor. Now, periodically and without rhyme or reason, system will boot up and upon entering XP (MCE), the monitor gives the message that settings are not optimum. Found that the refresh is set to 75 Hz. Change to

Re: [H] Test

2006-10-09 Thread Julian Zottl
Hmm, I've never seen that problem before :( Is it maybe a game or something that is not resetting the refresh rate properly when it exits? _ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you

Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

2006-10-09 Thread Bill
Matthew was a tax collector, Paul was a tent maker, Peter a fisherman... Veech wrote: and Peter Paul was a candy bar. *sorry* - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:52 AM

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-09 Thread Julian Hale
At 07:23 PM 10/8/2006, you wrote: Nope. one thing: she works in law enforcement. Any chance she thought you were cute? There have been many, many instances of law enforcement abusing their ability to access private information for the purpose of getting a date. Some of these freaks have also

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-09 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Julian Hale wrote: At 07:23 PM 10/8/2006, you wrote: Nope. one thing: she works in law enforcement. Any chance she thought you were cute? There have been many, many instances of law enforcement abusing their ability to access private information for the purpose of getting a date.

[H] Stop those stupid bubbles

2006-10-09 Thread Mesdaq, Ali
How do you stop xp's stupid bubbles things from popping up? Like the one for take a tour of xp and the one when you turn off automatic updates?

Re: [H] Stop those stupid bubbles

2006-10-09 Thread Christopher Fisk
On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote: How do you stop xp's stupid bubbles things from popping up? Like the one for take a tour of xp and the one when you turn off automatic updates? And the Unused Desktop Icons! Christopher Fisk -- You might want to comment on that, Honorable. George W.

RE: [H] Stop those stupid bubbles

2006-10-09 Thread Mesdaq, Ali
Yeah that's the worse of all -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:44 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Stop those stupid bubbles On Mon, 9 Oct 2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote: How do you stop

Re: [H] Stop those stupid bubbles

2006-10-09 Thread Ben Ruset
They just go away after a few boots. Mesdaq, Ali wrote: How do you stop xp's stupid bubbles things from popping up? Like the one for take a tour of xp and the one when you turn off automatic updates?

Re: [H] Stop those stupid bubbles

2006-10-09 Thread Jin-Wei Tioh
At 03:39 PM 10/9/2006, you wrote: How do you stop xp's stupid bubbles things from popping up? Like the one for take a tour of xp and the one when you turn off automatic updates? TweakUI -- Taskbar : Disable balloon tips Disable warn when disk space is low -- JW

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-09 Thread Ben Ruset
I highly doubt many police officers have the wherewithal to be able to log into their own email accounts, much less hack into others. Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Actually, she thinks I'm ugly. After we met, instead of just walking away, she decided to drive the point home in a very devious

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-09 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Me too. However, her function was computer-related, though I'm not sure in what capacity. She claimed to be very computer savvy and said that people underestimated her. How foolish of them. is how she ended that statement. Ben Ruset wrote: I highly doubt many police officers have the

RE: [H] Stop those stupid bubbles

2006-10-09 Thread Winterlight
If you use Autopatcher, to update, all those tweaks, and more are selectable . At 01:44 PM 10/9/2006, you wrote: Yeah that's the worse of all -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 1:44 PM To:

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread nobozoz
She paid for a new HDD and XP installed and that's what they did. She doesn't have the knowledge, money or time to play their nickel dime games. She's a working student - broke and getting further behind in class with every wasted hour. _j -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread Harry McGregor
Hi, If she and you both have a high speed internet connection, I would recommend using a install less VNC server setup, and having her connect back to a listening client. http://sc.uvnc.com/ I have set this up for users here at my office, they download it, and it connects back to a terminal

Re: [H] Test

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
games ? fp At 12:28 PM 10/9/2006, Julian Zottl Poked the stick with: Hmm, I've never seen that problem before :( Is it maybe a game or something that is not resetting the refresh rate properly when it exits? _ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC

Re: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
I second and third that, I pretty much leave any hardware driver updates alone at MS Fred At 02:29 PM 10/9/2006, Harry McGregor Poked the stick with: I have had very bad luck with the nvidia drivers via Windows Update, but I have done well downloading them direct from Nvidia.

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-09 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Wayne Johnson wrote: At 05:03 PM 10/9/2006, Anthony Q. Martin typed: Me too. However, her function was computer-related, though I'm not sure in what capacity. She claimed to be very computer savvy and said that people underestimated her. How foolish of them. is how she ended that

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-09 Thread Jin-Wei Tioh
At 05:18 PM 10/9/2006, you wrote: As I stated on another list it's the one's that claim to know everything that are the worst types because most of the time they know very little. My S-I-L is one of those types she's building a new AMD Celeron system. ;-) Wayne D. Johnson ROTFLMAO.

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread Greg Sevart
I've had bad luck installing even drivers from nvidia before uninstalling the old drivers first, especially with multi-mon. I know they recommend doing that, but it seems like a retarded (and dated) requirement to me... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware-

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread nobozoz
Harry, Thanks. By the time I had gotten around to calling her back she had been to nvidia.com, downloaded the 91.47 drivers and installed them herself without any problems. I may give this uvnc thingy a shot if I can get it going under dynamic IP from cableco and local wireless router. Actually,

Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

2006-10-09 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 02:48 PM 09/10/2006, Ben Ruset wrote: You're in Canadaland right? Yupper. And not in Toronto. :) Of course, Dell's concept of geography is so weak, they can't comprehend that. T

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 06:21 PM 09/10/2006, nobozoz wrote: She paid for a new HDD and XP installed and that's what they did. She doesn't have the knowledge, money or time to play their nickel dime games. She's a working student - broke and getting further behind in class with every wasted hour. Didn't they offer

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
Actually I think the warnings are just cover your ass stuff, have not had any problems updating NV drivers to date ( other then when changing from ATI , avoid if possible ) fp At 03:51 PM 10/9/2006, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: I've had bad luck installing even drivers from nvidia before

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread Greg Sevart
Uninstalling was definitely required in my case. I spent an entire evening trying to fix a horked Windows install because of it. I'm still a little bitter about it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Monday, October

Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

2006-10-09 Thread Ben Ruset
Well, I wonder if support in Dell USA is different than Dell Canada. The techs that come out are not Dell techs. They're 3rd party (used to be Unisys and Wang - dunno who they are now) who would come out and swap parts on site. They were always very good, but of course that's just my

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
those situations is EXACTLY why I backup daily with System Guardian, my son got into something the other night I could not fix, or at least after a hour I gave up an switched my backup drive with the boot drive, instant recovery from disaster. :{) Has saved me and some of my customers more

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread Greg Sevart
I backup my boot drive weekly, and my documents daily. I could have easily restored the backups, but I wasn't about to let a video driver upgrade hose my OS. I guess I'm just stubborn. :) Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
I am quite familiar with *stubborn* sometimes to a fault :-| fp At 06:28 PM 10/9/2006, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: I backup my boot drive weekly, and my documents daily. I could have easily restored the backups, but I wasn't about to let a video driver upgrade hose my OS. I guess I'm just

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-09 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Wayne Johnson wrote: At 06:30 PM 10/9/2006, Anthony Q. Martin typed: Oh no. This woman didn't claim any knowledge until afterwards. Dial-up connection at home, old Win98 computer. At work is a different story, though. I still find it hard to be she was really good, just not as clueless

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-09 Thread Julian Hale
At 12:46 PM 10/9/2006, you wrote: Actually, she thinks I'm ugly. After we met, instead of just walking away, she decided to drive the point home in a very devious manner, posing as if she wanted a relationship to lead me on, I guess. However, when I broke things off, she decided to reveal her