Re: [H] P9X79_WS with i7-4930K has failed me

2023-12-04 Thread Christopher Fisk
Should we do a sound off? lol On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 2:26 PM lopaka polena wrote: > I was wondering if anyone was still using the list. Hey Thane :) > > My recommendation would be all new everything and check your components > once you have a running system. New cpu/mobo at least. If you know

Re: [H] Win 2000 Pro SP4 Retail

2023-07-24 Thread Christopher Fisk
have you tried the stuff on archive.org? https://archive.org/details/enwin2000prosp4_202001 https://archive.org/details/win2kproiso https://archive.org/details/Windows2000_en-us I don't have any of this stuff left. On Sat, Jul 22, 2023 at 11:17 PM _ Winterlight wrote: > Does anybody have a

Re: [H] G Suite Legacy Migration

2022-03-04 Thread Christopher Fisk
to the process. On Fri, Mar 4, 2022 at 8:10 AM Dan Dexter wrote: > On 1/24/22 11:25, Christopher Fisk wrote: > > Anyone else have a Legacy G Suite account they were being spoiled > with... > > Yep, same here. Still trying to figure out what to do. I've read that > Google Voice tied

[H] G Suite Legacy Migration

2022-01-24 Thread Christopher Fisk
e more options will show themselves soon. Christopher Fisk

Re: [H] help

2021-12-11 Thread Christopher Fisk
Should we send the great dane with hot chocolate or brandy? On Sat, Dec 11, 2021 at 7:25 AM Anthony Q. Martin wrote: > >

Re: [H] Windows 10 Pro Remote

2021-12-11 Thread Christopher Fisk
never leave RDP open to the internet. On Fri, Dec 10, 2021 at 4:56 PM Dave Gibney wrote: > You need to know your ip (what's my ip websites) and port forwarding from > your router to your work station Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S20 5G, an > AT 5G smartphone > Original message

Re: [H] Windows 10 Pro Remote

2021-12-10 Thread Christopher Fisk
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 _

Re: [H] Licensing and new computer upgrade/transfer questions...

2021-11-17 Thread Christopher Fisk
Windows 10 is insanely good about swapping hardware now. Just today I imaged a drive from an old Second Generation core i3 to an 11th gen i5 without issue, it downloaded drivers for the motherboard and was ready to go. As was said, some programs you may need to go through the process of

Re: [H] G5 to G5

2021-08-30 Thread Christopher Fisk
I believe the google 1 app will do what you want through your google account: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.subscriptions.red I haven't actually used this, newer versions of android support just plugging your phones into each other using a USB cable. It's

Re: [H] 1000Mbs up and 50Mbs down...or is it

2021-02-25 Thread Christopher Fisk
1000mb here is over $200/mo, I can't justify it when I already have 60mb "included free" in my rent. (I use quotes around included free because my rent went up $80/mo when they announced free cable with rent). It does what I need. On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 4:04 PM _ Winterlight wrote: > I would

Re: [H] 1000Mbps down unlimited data

2021-02-19 Thread Christopher Fisk
Connect your laptop directly to the cable modem and try fast.com On Fri, Feb 19, 2021 at 10:59 AM _ Winterlight wrote: > My small city has become pretty competitive for internet and TV service. > Yesterday my Cable One account, which has now become Sparklight, offered > me a 1000Mbps down

Re: [H] Web site security issue

2021-01-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
Don't buy an SSL cert from Network Solutions. Look up using letsencrypt. They're free. On Tue, Jan 26, 2021 at 3:47 PM _ Winterlight wrote: > It is http. OK so when Network solutions is asking me to secure your > website blah blah and buy a SSL Certificate from Network Solutions that is >

Re: [H] Tracking possible rogue DNS?

2021-01-07 Thread Christopher Fisk
If you're just looking to get arp info you could always set your IP Address temporarily on that range to see if they are truly local devices (and thus able to retrieve their arp.) You can run wireshark on your PC and see what traffic is going to/from. The 193.27.228.0 network is registered to a

Re: [H] SSH in Windows 10 PRO

2020-12-15 Thread Christopher Fisk
with Unifi? > > My unwired UAP resides in the attic above my garage. I have Powerlink > network that I could use for that UAP but I am leery about trying that. Any > thoughts? > > From: Hardware on behalf of > Christopher Fisk > Sent: Sun

Re: [H] SSH in Windows 10 PRO

2020-12-13 Thread Christopher Fisk
You'll want to reset the unifi. I've encountered this in the past. If you have a unifi device that is too old your management server won't be able to send the latest firmware or adopt it. The fix is to reset the thing to factory defaults and then do the manual firmware update. It's annoying,

Re: [H] Fwd: Officially Released 'burned' DVD movies?

2020-12-07 Thread Christopher Fisk
Good to know, I've never encountered these, but I do my movie purchases digitally nowadays. On Mon, Dec 7, 2020 at 6:06 AM Steve Tomporowski wrote: > Ok, figured it out. These are what are called MOD disks or 'Media On > Demand'. Amazon is one of those that does this service. The DVD is >

Re: [H] Blocking YouTube?

2020-11-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
ou why people do it. > > Anyways, I do it my way through pi-hole and it works perfectly. > > > > On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 1:10 PM Christopher Fisk < > christopher.f...@thefisks.org> wrote: > > > " I have the same issue with my daughter and she stays up half th

Re: [H] Blocking YouTube?

2020-11-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
" I have the same issue with my daughter and she stays up half the night on YouTube." Well, that's your problem. Your problem isn't youtube, it's your daughter staying up late! ( xyproblem.info ) Use a router with access controls and disable access for her MAC addresses after bed time. That

Re: [H] Blocking YouTube?

2020-11-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
Can I ask WHY you're looking to do this? Is the kid just not following the rules? Taking away the device they're using to circumvent the rules seems like the right thing to do to me. This isn't a simple problem. Removing just access to youtube for someone with computer skills and

Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe

2020-10-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
A caveat on the second one: The second one is M.2 SATA, not NVMe, so you may just want the first one to say the $3. On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 9:15 AM Christopher Fisk < christopher.f...@thefisks.org> wrote: > Your motherboard supports PCIe 3.0, so that is good, you will need to use >

Re: [H] Asus P9X79 WS and Gen3 PCIe

2020-10-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
Your motherboard supports PCIe 3.0, so that is good, you will need to use either first or second PCIe slot (I suggest the second slot which is an x16 slot that gets limited to x8 when something in the the first slot, use the first slot for your video card) You will also need to purchase an NVMe

Re: [H] My second Ubiquiti Networks Unifi 802.11ac Dual-Radio PRO Access Point

2020-10-09 Thread Christopher Fisk
The range > extender uses a separate IP address. > > So should I change the Netgear extender SSID to match the UNIF by removing > the _EXT or does it matter? Thanks Chris! > ____ > From: Hardware on behalf of > Christopher Fisk > Sent

Re: [H] My second Ubiquiti Networks Unifi 802.11ac Dual-Radio PRO Access Point

2020-10-05 Thread Christopher Fisk
that you mean plug the existing Unifi directly into the new Unifi ? So > I leave the router plugged into the existing Unifi and use the free port to > plug into the new Unifi ... which new Unifi port the router or the second > one? > > From: Hardware on beh

Re: [H] My second Ubiquiti Networks Unifi 802.11ac Dual-Radio PRO Access Point

2020-10-05 Thread Christopher Fisk
When you launch the Unifi controller software you can adopt the new controller. You'll need to have it connected through ethernet when you do that. Once the device is adopted and provisioned you can unplug it and use the wireless uplink. Good luck! I love these devices, I use them all over

Re: [H] Digitizing Services or capabilities on the list?

2020-08-04 Thread Christopher Fisk
10 but > can't find any drivers that will allow it to work. I have some other > capture devices but I'll have to dig around to see what else I have. > > lopaka > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 10:08 AM lopaka polena wrote: > > > I'll hook one in and check... > > > > lopaka > &

Re: [H] Digitizing Services or capabilities on the list?

2020-08-04 Thread Christopher Fisk
t I believe that is very time consuming to do yourself > > lopaka > > On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 8:35 AM Christopher Fisk < > christopher.f...@thefisks.org> wrote: > > > Hey folks, > > > > We have a collection of Slides, Printed Photos, Videos on Reels and >

[H] Digitizing Services or capabilities on the list?

2020-08-04 Thread Christopher Fisk
to do the conversion? I'm still gathering information on the numbers of the various things. Thanks! Christopher Fisk

Re: [H] cases ?

2020-06-15 Thread Christopher Fisk
I've decided BeQuiet will be my next case, if I end up pulling the trigger on a new build. I'm sensitive to the noise generation though, so I figure maybe my requirements are different than most. On Mon, Jun 15, 2020 at 1:41 PM James Boswell wrote: > the BeQuiet dark base 900 is pretty damned

[H] 1440p or 4k for gaming?

2020-06-05 Thread Christopher Fisk
ards 1440p due to the price on good 4k gaming monitors, then in the future once monitor pricing (hopefully) comes down I can just add 4k to it. Thoughts? (Currently looking at the following: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/MJxNwh ) Thanks! Christopher Fisk

Re: [H] Ubiquiti UniFi AP AC PRO 802.11ac

2020-03-25 Thread Christopher Fisk
Wireless uplink on the Unifi Devices is an interesting beast. It's very nice for being able to get wifi where you wouldn't be able to normally (think outside way across the lawn), but the cost is that each pocket you send is re-sent however many jumps, using available wireless bandwidth. If you

Re: [H] Chris Network Solutions

2020-02-21 Thread Christopher Fisk
They do massive lock in and cost too much. When I was with the MSP we had customers on network solutions we were planning on moving. Well, network solutions saw that the domains were expiring in less than 30 days so they put domain lock on the domain, we couldn't move the domains so we had to

Re: [H] Virtualbox won't let me turn off my microphone

2020-02-19 Thread Christopher Fisk
on all the time? > > > - > Brian > > > > On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 11:07 AM Christopher Fisk < > christopher.f...@thefisks.org> wrote: > > > Virtualbox will enable the microphone on your machine if any of the VMs > you > > have created h

Re: [H] Virtualbox won't let me turn off my microphone

2020-02-19 Thread Christopher Fisk
Virtualbox will enable the microphone on your machine if any of the VMs you have created have audio enabled. To prevent it from occurring you need to disable all audio on all VMs on your virtualbox setup. Just checking the boxes doesn't seem to work. On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 9:53 AM Brian Weeden

Re: [H] Network Solutions

2020-01-30 Thread Christopher Fisk
Google for email hosting (BUT: I have free for life account with my domain) and godaddy for domain/DNS hosting. Network Solutions is really bad for things like renewals and locking you into things. On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 5:54 PM Winterlight wrote: > > So what company are you using? > > > At

Re: [H] Network Solutions

2020-01-30 Thread Christopher Fisk
I will never do any business with Network Solutions for the rest of my life. No experience with the godaddy On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 3:30 PM Winterlight wrote: > I have been with Godaddy for over two decades. But ever since > Godaddy went public the company has been on a downward slope as far

Re: [H] Outlook 2019 and Gmail questions-specifically Gmail Calendar in Outlook!

2020-01-20 Thread Christopher Fisk
@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Outlook 2019 and Gmail questions-specifically Gmail > Calendar in Outlook! > > Lol I should more correctly say that they don't support it-it's not that > it's forbidden or anything-just that I got a "Don't come asking us for help &g

Re: [H] shut off internet Windows 7

2020-01-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
It will have a route to the local network, so will work fine. On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 7:15 PM Winterlight wrote: > > I thought of doing that but won't it kill access to the router and > the LAN? So I would create a static IP and leave it at that? > > At 04:49 PM 1/18/2020, you wrote: > >Remove

Re: [H] shut off internet Windows 7

2020-01-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
Remove it's default gateway. On Sat, Jan 18, 2020 at 3:11 PM Winterlight wrote: > I have a old Win7 laptop. I leave it on for a countdown timer and > other simple tasks. I don't need or want any internet connection. > What is the easiest way to disconnect it from internet but keep it >

Re: [H] Weird sticky/not working keys on MSI laptop

2020-01-17 Thread Christopher Fisk
Have them fix that, that's defective. On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 2:19 PM Bino Gopal wrote: > Yeah just as an update to this I did a lot more googling and it seemed > like some people were hoping it was some software issue (as I was too > really)-but I realized that if I plugged in an external KB

Re: [H] Outlook 2019 and Gmail questions-specifically Gmail Calendar in Outlook!

2019-12-19 Thread Christopher Fisk
First: https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gssmo/ Second: "Oh and I can't ask Corp IT b/c they don't want anyone using Outlook just all the GSuite stuff over the web and so I'm not getting any help there sadly..." I honestly can't in good conscious recommend that you break company policy by using

Re: [H] Security

2019-11-21 Thread Christopher Fisk
Easy add a layer of security: Add a password to the site in case someone finds it accidentally. Add the password to your dog tag allowing those who have the dog tag to access the site. On Thu, Nov 21, 2019 at 2:51 PM Winterlight wrote: > I own a domain and hosting account that is hung on

Re: [H] PCIe controller

2019-11-15 Thread Christopher Fisk
This is why I got a motherboard with 8 onboard SATA ports & 1 NVMe port. I run everything in storage spaces, hardware agnostic. On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 2:18 PM Greg Sevart wrote: > Well, most of the time these cards are connected to SAS backplanes with a > SFF-8087 to SFF-8087 cable. The

Re: [H] eM Client

2019-10-11 Thread Christopher Fisk
I've been using G Suite since they did the free forever for your custom domain in the 2006 timeframe. It's been awhile since I've needed an email client. On Thu, Oct 10, 2019 at 8:41 PM Al A wrote: > I finally went over to the dark side and do web based email. I don't get > that much anymore.

[H] Pax Unplugged 2019

2019-10-10 Thread Christopher Fisk
Anyone going to go and/or be in the Philly area Dec 5-8? Can hang out there if you're going, or meet for a meal if you're in the area. More info: https://unplugged.paxsite.com/

Re: [H] Two wifi extenders different | or same SSD

2019-10-03 Thread Christopher Fisk
The Unifi Devices can be setup in repeater mode. When you adopt them they need to be wired, but once adopted they will work as long as you can get them power and they have signal to the other unifi devices. This is Wireless Uplink and it's supported on the majority of the Unifi Devices out

Re: [H] Two wifi extenders different | or same SSD

2019-10-02 Thread Christopher Fisk
Best case you'd be Unifi across the board and allow them to handle the roaming handoff. When you have different brands of APs you can use the https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/05546/network-and-i-o/wireless-networking.html Wifi Roaming Aggressiveness (or equivalent for

Re: [H] SSD drives ?

2019-09-23 Thread Christopher Fisk
We have some older PC's here that we're upgrading the drives from HDD to SSD's and for $30 you can get Kingston 240gb drives from amazon. I've not had any issues with the upgrade. On Mon, Sep 23, 2019 at 10:44 AM FORC5 wrote: > Always use Samsung or Crucial, anyone ever > used a WD SSD drive ?

Re: [H] Router >>Switch

2019-09-01 Thread Christopher Fisk
Turn off DHCP server, change the IP Address and you'll have it as a Switch. On Sun, Sep 1, 2019 at 6:49 PM Winterlight wrote: > I have new router but I want to use my existing router as a switch . > I have done this before but I can't remember what I did. so do I > leave the Wan settings alone

Re: [H] Removing primary Exchange account from Outlook 2019?

2019-08-21 Thread Christopher Fisk
Creating a new profile is easy enough. bring up the run window and type "outlook /manageprofiles" Then create a new profile and import all your stuff. You can also edit the profile settings from there, you might find there is more than one mail account setup, or it's trying to read a second

Re: [H] List seems dead these days?

2019-08-09 Thread Christopher Fisk
: [H] List seems dead these days? > > > > > > > > > > > > When did the list begin? I've only been here since '95. Not sure > > what > > > > > > month. > > > > > > > > > > > > On 8/8/2019 4:53 PM, Scott Sipe wrote: > > > >

Re: [H] List seems dead these days?

2019-08-08 Thread Christopher Fisk
08/2019 9:58 p.m., Thane K. Sherrington wrote: > > > Yeah, those were the days. :) > > > > > > T > > > > > > On 07/08/2019 3:16 p.m., Christopher Fisk wrote: > > > > > >> Gone are the days of getting a 50%

Re: [H] List seems dead these days?

2019-08-07 Thread Christopher Fisk
Gone are the days of getting a 50% overclock out of a slocket'ed Celeron 300a malaysia. On Wed, Aug 7, 2019 at 1:37 PM Joshua MacCraw wrote: > Is there an issue at my end or is the list faded? >

Re: [H] two drives, two OSs, one PC

2019-07-06 Thread Christopher Fisk
It'll work fine. On Fri, Jul 5, 2019 at 5:57 PM Winterlight wrote: > > OK Chris but my concern is that after I install Win10 on a separate > mSATA and if it works...take it out and put back the legit Windows 8 > Pro Media Center mSATA will that dive/OS be unaffected by the Win10 > install OR

Re: [H] two drives, two OSs, one PC

2019-07-05 Thread Christopher Fisk
If it were a business environment I would say don't do it you're breaking the license. In an home environment... well, you're breaking the license, but frankly MS won't care. >From a purely legal standpoint, once you convert the license to activate windows 10 it's no longer a valid license for

[H] Microsoft Action Pack IUR License Sunset

2019-07-03 Thread Christopher Fisk
I know some of you use the Action pack and I found this interesting and annoying. https://assets.microsoft.com/en-us/MPN-MAPS-Product-Usage-Guide.pdf Product Licenses Terms of Use As of July 2020, product licenses included in competencies will be provided for business development scenarios.

Re: [H] Thanks coworker....

2018-10-31 Thread Christopher Fisk
, 2018 at 1:21 PM lopaka polena wrote: > You can get cheap PCIe card adapter (about $15) and I think there are > external USB adapters too. I've used the PCIe adapters but haven't done a > data recovery on a NVMe yet. > > lopaka > > On Tue, Oct 30, 2018 at 10:11 AM Christopher F

[H] Thanks coworker....

2018-10-30 Thread Christopher Fisk
home today. Anyone have recommendations for data recovery tools I can try. I'm going to create an image file, so something that can read from an image file would be best. Thanks! Christopher Fisk

Re: [H] w10 build 1809 ?

2018-10-05 Thread Christopher Fisk
so far only seems to be bad when I play this one game, error code thru > a > > .dll that implies related to my Eset AV. > > > probably work out. gonna mess with other games today to see what > shakes. > > > with every one of these major builds it kills my registry entry

Re: [H] w10 build 1809 ?

2018-10-05 Thread Christopher Fisk
I've found reverts to be pretty good, so if it comes to that it's likely worth a try. That said, it's likely worth doing the standard drivers, firmware updates on everything, not just video cards. On Thu, Oct 4, 2018 at 8:43 PM FORC5 wrote: > BEGRUDGINGLY let w10 update to build 1809, > been

Re: [H] Arris DG1670a

2018-07-15 Thread Christopher Fisk
Should get a list of devices that work with their stuff and buy new from amazon. It's likely any DOCSIS 3.0 device will work for you. Thanks! Chris On Sun, Jul 15, 2018 at 9:50 AM, Thane K. Sherrington < th...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote: > My ISP wants me to buy a refurb Arris DG1670

Re: [H] router as switch and wifi only

2018-07-12 Thread Christopher Fisk
Your method would work. I suggest checking to see if the router supports DD-WRT and installing a version of that. It will generally allow you to put in AP only mode even if the original version didn't have that option. On Thu, Jul 12, 2018 at 2:13 PM, Winterlight wrote: > In order to use an

Re: [H] Ubiquiti EdgeMax SFP router

2018-06-27 Thread Christopher Fisk
When you configure the router you're going to assign an >> X# port to the WAN (generally X0) and you will plug your cable modem >> there. I've done a bit of work on these devices, if you're 100% stumped >> on >> it, let me know and I'll help you out. >> >> For your old Tr

Re: [H] Ubiquiti EdgeMax SFP router

2018-06-27 Thread Christopher Fisk
on it, let me know and I'll help you out. For your old Trendnet router, does it support DD-WRT? Might want to look into changing to that firmware. Thanks! Christopher Fisk On Wed, Jun 27, 2018 at 1:34 AM, Winterlight wrote: > I have an old Trendnet router that hasn't had a firmware update si

Re: [H] PC running at 100% CPU?

2018-01-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
Check out process explorer https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/process-explorer to try to track down the culprit. On Fri, Jan 26, 2018 at 1:54 PM, lopaka polena wrote: > You running any AV or malwarebytes on it? I've seen those grab CPU > resources but

Re: [H] do I need a new router?

2018-01-07 Thread Christopher Fisk
The firmware on my Netgear N4300 hasn't been updated by the provider for a long time. I threw dd-wrt on it and updates occur regularly and the firmware is actually better than the factory version ever was. Is there a modern DD-WRT firmware available for your router? On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 1:17

Re: [H] Attaching photos directly to Hotmail (Outlook)

2017-12-12 Thread Christopher Fisk
They're hoping for a lot! Will Attach Plus do what they want? attachplus.com It sounds like he's already got Windows Live installed, you can add his hotmail account to windows live mail and just use that? Thanks! Chris On Tue, Dec 12, 2017 at 2:19 PM, Thane K. Sherrington <

[H] Pax Unplugged

2017-11-01 Thread Christopher Fisk
Hey folks, Anyone going to Unplugged this year? Chris

Re: [H] is there a way to stop creators update

2017-07-28 Thread Christopher Fisk
*Use Microsoft’s wushowhide utility to hide the “Feature update to Windows 10, version 1703”* The difficult part about this method is that it’ll only work once the update shows up in your Windows Update. Since the rollout is gradual, this could be days, weeks, or even months. - Go to *KB

Re: [H] windows 10 creators update

2017-06-29 Thread Christopher Fisk
Creators update has had massive issues for me when an AV other than windows defender is installed during it's update. I've resolved it by reinstalling & going direct to the creators update then putting AV back in (work required... I just use windows defender at home). No guarantees it will work

Re: [H] Accounting for space

2017-05-21 Thread Christopher Fisk
Check out TreeSize Free edition: https://www.jam-software.com/ treesize_free/ It quickly shows where space is being used up. My thoughts: C:\Windows\Temp Needs to be cleaned Run Disk Cleanup on the drive, The click the Cleanup System files and see if you can clean up space there On Sun, May

Re: [H] Netgear X10 router

2017-05-06 Thread Christopher Fisk
One thing of note, I believe the 2 lan ports are *not* for separating, but rather to bond together to reach the advertized 1.5GB wifi speeds. Other than that I agree, unifi is the way to go. On Fri, May 5, 2017 at 10:31 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: > Yep. To your other questions: >

Re: [H] Read only state

2017-01-30 Thread Christopher Fisk
Does it happen on multiple PC's? Multiple card readers? Is the Card reader USB? If so, did you try different USB ports? Usually this is associated with a hardware error going on. On Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 2:56 AM, Winterlight wrote: > > I have a Sandsk USB3 flash

Re: [H] MS activation problems

2016-11-07 Thread Christopher Fisk
I'd say screw them and just use your other key again. You have the license even if you can't activate with the other key. On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 3:24 PM, Winterlight wrote: > I don't have much experience with dealing with Microsoft licensing issues. > I buy

[H] Star Citizen anyone?

2016-10-14 Thread Christopher Fisk
. Have fun folks, Christopher Fisk

Re: [H] Android VM

2016-09-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
I don't see why not. But you don't lose much trying. On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Winterlight wrote: > > Thanks for this ... what I really want this for is so that I can view my > Motorola Hubble pet camera on my PC. It is only available for Android OS. > Do

Re: [H] Android VM

2016-09-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
http://www.jide.com/remixos-for-pc#downloadNow On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 2:53 PM, Winterlight wrote: > Anybody running Android that supports android apps in a VM? If so what > and can such a VM be downloaded or purchased. >

Re: [H] Upgrading to Windows 7

2016-09-05 Thread Christopher Fisk
You can not upgrade from 32 bit to 64 bit. You'll need to boot off the install disk and do a fresh windows install. On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 2:18 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: > Is your '32bit' system using a 32bit processor? If so, 64bit Win7 won't > install on it, you need

Re: [H] Windows 8 on a dead HD

2016-08-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On > Behalf Of Christopher Fisk > Sent: Friday, August 26, 2016 12:52 PM > To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com > Subject: Re: [H] Windows 8 on a dead HD > > Yep, I'm almost 100% sure it's that. > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sof

Re: [H] Windows 8 on a dead HD

2016-08-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
Yep, I'm almost 100% sure it's that. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows8ISO On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Thane Sherrington < th...@computerconnectionltd.com> wrote: > On 25/08/2016 6:08 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: > >> I think it is likely that the p

Re: [H] backup image

2016-08-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
On the server end, Altero Backup is fantastic. They have a Home version that I haven't used, but if it's anything like the Hyper-V software it'll be nice and easy to use. http://www.altaro.com/home-pc-backup/ On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 1:28 PM, Brian Weeden wrote: > I

[H] Mouse replacement

2016-07-19 Thread Christopher Fisk
/B01798WKTY Anyone have ideas for a similar or better mouse? The thumb buttons are actually quite useful for me on the various games I play allowing me to use the num pad with my mouse hand instead of my WSAD hand. Thanks! Christopher Fisk

Re: [H] Problems with Windows Update

2016-07-17 Thread Christopher Fisk
I've had some windows updates take 12+hours previously, but generally that means there was something going on with it. I'd suggest https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/971058 On Sun, Jul 17, 2016 at 5:14 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: > Anyone else having problems with

Re: [H] QHD WLED

2016-05-27 Thread Christopher Fisk
The QHD displays are quite nice, we have something similar here in my coworkers Laptop. The one thing that is an issue at that size is once you throw the resolution up to the full 2560x1440 you have to mess with the icon size to get a usable screen. Without effort the text and icons are actually

Re: [H] VOIP

2015-03-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
! Christopher Fisk On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 8:42 AM, Christopher Fisk christopher.f...@thefisks.org wrote: If they require access like that and you're worried about them seeing what is on your lan, you could make a virtual machine, lock that off on it's own physical network with the phone and your

Re: [H] VOIP

2015-03-26 Thread Christopher Fisk
If they require access like that and you're worried about them seeing what is on your lan, you could make a virtual machine, lock that off on it's own physical network with the phone and your router and let them have at it. On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 7:01 PM, Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org

Re: [H] Happy Pi Day!

2015-03-14 Thread Christopher Fisk
Your reverence for this day is IRRATIONAL. On Sat, Mar 14, 2015 at 1:31 PM, FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: 3.1415 once in a lifetime, :{) fp Date: Saturday, March 14th, 2015 ***Caution Tagline Below*** **Tallyho** ***

Re: [H] Browsers

2015-02-16 Thread Christopher Fisk
Firefox w/noscript and flashblock. I might not be the best example though, since I've got 32GB of memory and pretty much just let firefox use whatever it wants. On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 1:30 PM, Stan Zaske swza...@yahoo.com wrote: I use Chrome myself and it's never given me any problems. Huge

Re: [H] Small box to drive projector

2015-02-16 Thread Christopher Fisk
I might be rocking the boat here, but for projector duties, I've found that AppleTV works fantastic. For windows we use AirParrot, or on Mac's you can natively cast to the AppleTV. You still need a PC to drive it, but it could be as simple as someone's laptop connecting. A chromecast also works

Re: [H] dumb question

2015-02-03 Thread Christopher Fisk
I couldn't work with less than 2 monitors, and there is a good chance I'm moving to three or four soon with the massive IPS price drop coming. On Tue, Feb 3, 2015 at 1:58 PM, Joshua MacCraw maccr...@gmail.com wrote: Either disable autodetect in the video driver and/or look into if the monitor

Re: [H] Duncan

2014-12-18 Thread Christopher Fisk
Any updates on Duncan? It's been a few weeks and was hoping to hear good news! On Sun, Nov 30, 2014 at 7:46 AM, Joshua MacCraw maccr...@gmail.com wrote: Strength to Duncan family. On Sat, Nov 22, 2014 at 5:51 AM, James Edwards jedwa...@hardwaregroup.com wrote: Yo everyone, pay attention!

[H] Modern half height AGP card?

2014-11-13 Thread Christopher Fisk
I have a bunch of PC's that are in the ~5 year old range Core 2 Duo that are being recycled by a company on their 5 year recycling plan. I like to take the 20 or so they do rotations of per year and clean them out, check for caps and essentially refurbish them then I give them to local families

Re: [H] Modern half height AGP card?

2014-11-13 Thread Christopher Fisk
performance offered in the final versions of the reviews on the various sites for when they stopped reviewing AGP. On Thu, Nov 13, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Christopher Fisk christopher.f...@thefisks.org wrote: I have a bunch of PC's that are in the ~5 year old range Core 2 Duo that are being recycled

Re: [H] Linux Safe as I think?

2014-11-04 Thread Christopher Fisk
From the standpoint of attacks/etc, yes, linux is safe. Unless you get youself into being a direct target for some reason (Running a high profile website, etc) a machine just running linux and kept up to date with it's patches is about as secure as you need to be. The wide net type attacks go

Re: [H] Odd thing with a rental computer

2014-11-04 Thread Christopher Fisk
Yeah, without knowing exactly what the software is your options seem limited to contacting the place he bought the machine and/or doing a backup of important data and nuking it and installing a known good OS image. On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 3:07 PM, Gary Jackson gjack...@visi.com wrote: Have you

[H] Recommended Powerline equipment

2014-10-27 Thread Christopher Fisk
that location no problem. I'm looking for something that is reliable and will give us at least G wireless speeds that we're replacing (faster is better, but this is a low use area so they won't really get a huge gain from a speed increase) Thanks! Christopher Fisk

Re: [H] PATA SATA

2014-10-23 Thread Christopher Fisk
You're limited to what the PC can see, it is seeing a PATA drive, so unless it supports PATA drives of 1TB it won't see the entire drive. It's fun running converters. I've put an mSATA SATA PATA setup before for giggles. It worked, but limited by the PATA architecture. On Wed, Oct 22, 2014

Re: [H] New M$ speculation?

2014-10-03 Thread Christopher Fisk
I've heard a few reasons on why they're skipping 9, and the most plausible one is that they found that a lot of programs were written back in the day with If Windows Version == 9x to capture windows 95 and 98, it was capturing windows 9 as well. By skipping the version they avoid bad programming

Re: [H] Linux Guru?

2014-10-01 Thread Christopher Fisk
A question I have is what you're looking to do with this? If you're looking to use it as a learning tool there are a few schools of thought. #1: Go with CentOS to learn redhat, which is one of the enterprise standards #2: Go elbow deep with something where you'll really need to know the

Re: [H] Linux Guru?

2014-10-01 Thread Christopher Fisk
...@epbfi.com wrote: Christopher, I get it. Can you explain why you send List mail via the address I read as 'hardwardware@lists,hardwaregroup.com.' ??? Perhaps that address works, but I believe it is an internal only address. Sorry. Duncan On 10/01/2014 21:56, Christopher Fisk wrote: A question I

[H] Software for windows 8.1 Multiseat

2014-09-29 Thread Christopher Fisk
thoughts? Thanks! Christopher Fisk i...@miniframe.com

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