Re: [H] Network Solutions

2020-02-01 Thread Joe User
I didn't either until a few years ago. Love it. Free domain info privacy kicks ass. I think you'll like. As for hosting, Dreamhost seems good, so far. Better than GoGreedy. Good luck! https://domains.google/#/ On 2/1/2020 11:36 AM, Winterlight wrote: > > I didn't realize that Google did

Re: [H] Network Solutions

2020-02-01 Thread Joe User
Google for domains & Dreamhost... Seems to be good so far. Been using since I left GoDaddy about 4 years now? Google offers free privacy that GoDaddy wants 10 USD for, Google not so greedy. Dreamhost is good.

Re: [H] shut off internet Windows 7

2020-01-19 Thread Joe User
You need Windows 10 like you need another hole in your head...

Re: [H] eM Client

2019-10-10 Thread Joe User
+1 Thunderbird On 10/9/2019 4:07 PM, Tim Lider wrote: > There is Outlook.com for online emails, although I have found it rather > limited (can not use ports that are not standard ports in email.) > > Outlook 2019 (365). I use this for all my email needs. Only issue I have it > does not work well

Re: [H] Odd Windows 7 issue

2019-09-24 Thread Joe User
You checked the drive for damage? On 9/24/2019 3:09 PM, Thane K. Sherrington wrote: > I've run into this a few times before - the computer boots to Windows > but there are no icons (but the text heading for the icons appear).  The > start menu doesn't. > > I've always fixed this with a repair

Re: [H] Router >>Switch

2019-09-01 Thread Joe User
I'm curious also My LG ThinQ v40 Droid 9. has not been auto-updating my apps & I have 2 force reboots 2 get it 2 update- sometimes that doesn't even do it... On 9/1/2019 6:00 PM, Al A wrote: > https://www.wikihow.tech/Use-a-Router-As-a-Switch > > How did you do on the phone restore?

Re: [H] New sign on win10 install

2019-07-16 Thread Joe User
Stop when it starts to ask questions? On 7/16/2019 10:58 AM, Winterlight wrote: > A friend of mine asked me to check over and wipe a old HP laptop so he > can give it to a student in need. He also asked me to install Win10. I > have a Win10 key. I want to do an install in such a way that when the

[H] Twitter logins

2019-06-23 Thread Joe User
Has anyone experienced issues regarding twitter logins working fine on your Droid but not on your PC using Chrome?

Re: [H] Godaddy

2019-05-30 Thread Joe User
Left GoDaddy also - I went with Dreamhost, so far so good. 3+ years. On 5/30/2019 2:46 PM, Winterlight wrote: > Ever since Godaddy went public they have gone down terribly.Their > support is awful and it is off shore now. Support is so bad that they > don't even ask for "how did we do" surveys

Re: [H] Ransomware, File Recovery, Bitcoin, Oh My!

2018-07-19 Thread Joe User
This is a great time to reinforce the need to do backups. Since it's a sensitive thing - you need to judge how to deliver the news but it's critical. Now more than ever before. Couple of things. I'd save the data - LATER you might be able to get the drive unlocked. Don't allow them to waste

Re: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

2018-05-24 Thread Joe User
I think I read the cost per page is highest with HP, not sure if it's still the case but I agree. Xerox & Oki also make very good printers - the Oki dot matrix's are tanks - still have a client that uses them all the time they just work - sure you have to replace a print head here & there but

Re: [H] Recommendation for New Printer

2018-05-23 Thread Joe User
Why will you never buy HP printers again? (& to answer your question: I've never gone wrong with Brother - well over a decade of various models with various clients - reliable & low cost per page) On 5/23/2018 8:09 AM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I've had this HP 8600 for years. The nice part

Re: [H] Win 8.1 to Win10

2018-02-19 Thread Joe User
That's what I'm wondering. Hate to get stuck with 8.1 but this PC is @ a nice price. On 2/19/2018 4:22 PM, James Boswell wrote: Entering the Win8.1 serial in the Win10 installer still works I believe?

Re: [H] Radio stations coming out of my home theater speakers

2018-01-07 Thread Joe User
Try some Magnetic Ferrite Core on the cables... I do it prophylactic(ly)? to keep clean signals & sound on various things. On 1/6/2018 9:45 AM, Brian Weeden wrote: Clearly there's some sort of interference going on, but I can't seem to identify the source. It comes through all the speakers

[H] MSI AfterBurner

2017-10-15 Thread Joe User
I have a MSI GeForce 6800 (NX6800 TD128) I'd like to adjust the fan speed on it. I tried RivaTuner & ExperTool w/o success (it seems) & the newest version of MSI AfterBurner... seems to new for it. I'd like to find an old MSI AfterBurner 2.3.1 & all the stuff I googled is dead. Anyone have

Re: [H] Network problem

2017-09-01 Thread Joe User
I'd reseat the cable. I'd swap out or if its an on-board NIC, put a real NIC in. Also you can cut the end and re-tip the cable, I've run into that more & more.

Re: [H] My first week with Android

2017-07-24 Thread Joe User
Good read & thanx - sounds like a bad deal that turned out good. Love those. Never knew Netflix was so picky, good to know. On 7/22/2017 12:36 PM, Al E. Gator wrote: The Nexus I picked up on fleaBay has screen issues: http://imageshack.com/a/img924/7136/CvsZCd.png

Re: [H] Android Tablet Recommendation

2017-07-14 Thread Joe User
Would you let us know what you think after you have used it awhile? I'm curious... On 7/14/2017 7:39 AM, Al E. Gator wrote: I settled on the Nexus 10 for $100 on fleaBay. Rooted and flashed: Lineage OS 13 (lineage-13.0-20170617-nightly-manta-signed); Open GApps Micro

Re: [H] Help! Bino MSI Win10 Pro laptop random lockup issues

2017-07-08 Thread Joe User
Can't be heat, he said... On 7/6/2017 3:24 PM, lopaka polena wrote: I've had a couple older laptops with heat issues (the P4 HP comes to mind) and the monitoring software (I use speedfan and cpu-z too) didn't always show much issue. Normally I have 2 ways I'd check if it was heat related. I

Re: [H] Help! Bino MSI Win10 Pro laptop random lockup issues

2017-07-06 Thread Joe User
Heat or Power? On 7/5/2017 7:39 PM, Bino Gopal wrote: Hey guys, really hoping someone has the trick to solve this here… Got a new latest and greatest MSI gaming laptop (GS73VR 7RF) with Win10 Pro a couple months ago from XoticPC who did a couple customizations for me-received 3/15/17. I

Re: [H] Accounting for space

2017-05-21 Thread Joe User
I do have Windows explorer showing me all files, inc system files... On 5/21/2017 1:01 PM, Joe User wrote: 80 GB's of .logs but I can't find them. Windows search shows 118 logs but only total to 289 MB's... WTF... On 5/21/2017 12:09 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: Good tip, gotta try that one

Re: [H] Accounting for space

2017-05-21 Thread Joe User
80 GB's of .logs but I can't find them. Windows search shows 118 logs but only total to 289 MB's... WTF... On 5/21/2017 12:09 PM, Joshua MacCraw wrote: Good tip, gotta try that one! Been using Jdiskreport for years but I don't think he's developing anymore. On May 21, 2017 08:18, "lopaka

Re: [H] Accounting for space

2017-05-21 Thread Joe User
un a disk check on it? Sounds simple, but maybe you just have a bunch of errors. How are you accounting for the space? Going to root, selecting all and hitting properties? Sent from my iProduct, cause I'm iSpecial But not in that iShort Bus kind of way... On May 20, 2017, at 10:53 PM, Joe U

Re: [H] Accounting for space

2017-05-21 Thread Joe User
unting for the space? Going to root, selecting all and hitting properties? Sent from my iProduct, cause I'm iSpecial But not in that iShort Bus kind of way... On May 20, 2017, at 10:53 PM, Joe User <joeu...@chronic.org> wrote: I have a 250GB drive that is nearly full but I can only acco

Re: [H] Accounting for space

2017-05-21 Thread Joe User
unch of errors. How are you accounting for the space? Going to root, selecting all and hitting properties? Sent from my iProduct, cause I'm iSpecial But not in that iShort Bus kind of way... On May 20, 2017, at 10:53 PM, Joe User <joeu...@chronic.org> wrote: I have a 250GB drive that

[H] Accounting for space

2017-05-20 Thread Joe User
I have a 250GB drive that is nearly full but I can only account for half of the space. I totaled up each folder by getting the properties of the folders & adding up the used space. Any ideas how I can see what is going on? I'm stuck! Win7 Pro & not a SSD...

Re: [H] New Android Phone

2016-12-12 Thread Joe User
I too, was on the WP platform. Lumia 920 VZW. Loved it but just never had the apps I needed or wanted for other devices - Cameras, gadgets, etc. It's to bad because I really liked everything else. So I went with the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge. this doesn't blow up or melt down. The Non-edge model

Re: [H] EFI-UEFI drive access

2016-10-31 Thread Joe User
Never mind - found it when I checked the http://w7pese.cwcodes.net/ forums! On 10/31/2016 8:16 AM, Joe User wrote: T - In option 2 you suggest using an 8 or 10 install disk. This is a home brew thing right? Build the disc yourself? On 10/29/2016 9:39 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: UEFI

Re: [H] EFI-UEFI drive access

2016-10-31 Thread Joe User
T - In option 2 you suggest using an 8 or 10 install disk. This is a home brew thing right? Build the disc yourself? On 10/29/2016 9:39 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: UEFI is a freaking mess. Most recovery software won't work with UEFI. Here are few things to try. 1)A WinPESE disk (or

Re: [H] EFI-UEFI drive access

2016-10-29 Thread Joe User
That's no lie Thane! Thank you, I appreciate this very much! On 10/29/2016 9:39 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: UEFI is a freaking mess. Most recovery software won't work with UEFI. Here are few things to try. 1)A WinPESE disk (or Win8PESE) from http://w7pese.cwcodes.net/. 2)Boot using a

Re: [H] EFI-UEFI drive access

2016-10-29 Thread Joe User
Thanks, is there a particular one you use? On 10/28/2016 5:04 PM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: I just did one using a win8PE boot disc where I had to reset the admin password on a win8 system using uefi. None of my usual utilities (hiren's, etc) could access the drive. Booted the PE disc and was

Re: [H] EFI-UEFI drive access

2016-10-29 Thread Joe User
Yeah. I used to use a BartPE disc or just remove the drive & place it on another system... LOL - miss those days! On 10/28/2016 2:59 PM, Tim Lider wrote: Hello, Do you mean copying the data off or using the OS in another Computer? As for copying data, I'm able to do it. As for running it in

Re: [H] Generalizing a Win10 installation

2016-10-09 Thread Joe User
I'd look around Settings - Updates & Security On 10/9/2016 4:08 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I'm going to sell an HP DC7800 (compact) on Ebay. I could always wipe the drive, but I'd like to see it with the operating system intact. Is there some way to generalize/sysprep an existing Win10

Re: [H] backup image

2016-08-26 Thread Joe User
Cloud services are not always a bad thing. Backing up on a server over the Net gives you another level of protection. If you keep a backup locally that's all well & good but in the case of a catastrophic event (like Tornado) that locally backup might be toast also. That's when online backup

Re: [H] backup image

2016-08-26 Thread Joe User
I feel you - Felt like you read my mind... If it ain't broke, ya know? On 8/26/2016 12:17 PM, Winterlight wrote: What is the collective using for backup imaging software these days? I started out with Disk Image but when Norton/Symantec bought them and screwed them up with their usual

[H] FFL?

2013-08-21 Thread Joe User
Any FFL this year? I'm interested have more experience at it now. So I promise not to hog all the NY Jets on you guys, lol! Sent from my Windows Phone

[H] WoW Cataclysm my new game pc

2010-10-11 Thread Joe User
Hello, Does anyone know if there are going to be any major CPU changes in the next 30 days or so? Just trying to figure the best time to buy... -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

Re: [H] WoW Cataclysm my new game pc

2010-10-08 Thread Joe User
Hello Scoobydo, Thanks, this does help me, I will use a single monitor setup as my Samsung 244T serves me and i have limited space at this time. I did drool though as I read your email. My current card is a 4870 but I plan to keep it in the system I will be upgrading. I have had some issues with

Re: [H] WoW Cataclysm my new game pc

2010-10-08 Thread Joe User
Hello Gary, Great thanks, yeah.. no raid not enough of a performance boost to warrant the cost (for gaming, IMO). Friday, October 8, 2010, 8:35:30 AM, you wrote: Good Morning, At this point, I would say about 6 weeks ago. I used an Asus Rampage II Extreme MB that a friend bought and

Re: [H] WoW Cataclysm my new game pc

2010-10-08 Thread Joe User
Hello Gary, Indeed, I will probably go single gpu as I won't see much benefit in WoW, as I would in getting the almost very best CPU, memory, and SSD. Friday, October 8, 2010, 8:39:15 AM, you wrote: If you are considering dual GPUs for WOW, I would check the tech support forums on

[H] WoW Cataclysm my new game pc

2010-10-07 Thread Joe User
Hello THG, The time has come. On December 7, 2010 WoW Cataclysm will be gloriously released to the masses. Now, I must construct a new game system. The last few times I have built systems for myself, I have found great advice here on the list and so I am here again. While the requirements and

Re: [H] WoW Cataclysm my new game pc

2010-10-07 Thread Joe User
Hello Gary, Thanks for your reply, how long ago did you build this? What motherboard did you use and why? I want to use 2 SSD's and use one for the OS and the page/swap file and the other for the apps/games. Thursday, October 7, 2010, 1:21:02 PM, you wrote: A couple of suggestions to

Re: [H] WoW Cataclysm my new game pc

2010-10-07 Thread Joe User
Hello Scoobydo, Thanks... It is. Not a fan of water cooling and not going to OC other suggestions then? Would dual ATI be better for performance? Thursday, October 7, 2010, 4:48:03 PM, you wrote: You never said what resolution your monitor is but I assume 1920X1200 probably.. ASUS M4A89GTD

Re: [H] MS dot-NET

2010-08-08 Thread Joe User
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 -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these

[H] Dell is awesome

2010-07-01 Thread Joe User
Hello THG, I have said that for years. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

Re: [H] Bad burner?

2010-06-27 Thread Joe User
Hello Winterlight, and you have tried various discs? if so, then yeah. Sunday, June 27, 2010, 5:39:31 PM, you wrote: I have a NEC RW ND 3540A that plays DVDs or anything else just fine but when I try to burn something it won't recognize that there is a blank DVD in the drive. It does

Re: [H] Tracking computer usage

2010-06-17 Thread Joe User
Hello Thane, Oh spectrosoft would probably do that. It's a spy-on-you program. Whatever you get you will have to watch the security software! Wednesday, June 16, 2010, 10:24:18 AM, you wrote: I'm looking for a program that will track what program was the active window for how long during the

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread Joe User
Hello Thane, Thursday, May 27, 2010, 9:31:55 AM, you wrote: For the heck of it, I did some testing with boot times on computers before and after MyDefrag (run 6 month script.) Older machine 1 (XP): Boot time (from pressing power button until My Computer opens) Before MyDefrag: 49 seconds

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-26 Thread Joe User
Hello Thane, Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 6:36:20 AM, you wrote: BTW, on a seperate topic, what do the guys on the list who charge for disinfecting computers charge these days to disinfect a machine, and about how long is taking you? I'm charging $47 and it takes about 24 hours. I use a

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-26 Thread Joe User
Hello Thane, Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 9:00:01 AM, you wrote: Yeah, I think I'm way under priced. I actually had a machine in two weeks ago that had been to another small shop, then Staples (both of whom had cleaned the computer of infections.) IE still didn't work. I removed another 57

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-26 Thread Joe User
Hello Thane, Wednesday, May 26, 2010, 9:01:39 AM, you wrote: Might want to try to value add to that. bump the price to $75 and you install a free antivirus and zonealarm free, Foxit, 7zip, vlc media player, etc. I would advise against installing any security solutions. I try not to even

Re: [H] Mouses or Mice

2010-05-18 Thread Joe User
Hello Steve, Tuesday, May 18, 2010, 3:16:17 PM, you wrote: I've always used corded mice (mouses). The times I've tried cordless mice, I've found them heavy, slow, awkward and the rechargeable battery dies to quick. Maybe it was cheap mice. I need a new mouse, since Logitech apparently

Re: [H] Vipre Antivirus

2010-05-16 Thread Joe User
Hello Zulfiqar, Sunday, May 16, 2010, 4:25:26 AM, you wrote: Anyone used this and how good is it? Need to get a new antivirus for my computer @ home. I would use NOD32 or Vipre as a not free solution. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data

Re: [H] Open question?

2010-05-13 Thread Joe User
Hello DSinc, Wednesday, May 12, 2010, 6:24:52 PM, you wrote: Is it fair for me to NOW believe that the majority of this LIST is now actively using WIFI for their internal home LANs? Hell no, 10/100 here. Use wireless as needed. Turned on and off. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for

[H] Win2K, MBAM, HDD flag

2010-04-28 Thread Joe User
Hello, Does anyone know where Win2K Pro SP4 UR1 flags a drive for a scan? Not sure that's what I need but it's a start. Did a MBAM scan and it needed to reboot to remove the infection it found. Now it's BSOD'ing on start up in regular or safe mode. I need to clear this so I can log back on.

[H] Video card suggestions please

2010-04-06 Thread Joe User
Hello THG, A few years ago, with the help of some of you, I put together a game system which has served me well. I don't want to lay out for a new system this year, maybe in another year or so. I mainly play WoW and STO. However, I do play some Steam games, FPS, RTS, etc. I thought, I would

Re: [H] Video card suggestions please

2010-04-06 Thread Joe User
Hello Stan, Tuesday, April 6, 2010, 7:31:54 PM, you wrote: Sounds like you have a more than adequate video card right now so why upgrade? You want an Nvidia solution then go with the 480 which is overkill in every way possible (heat, energy, noise etc.). AMD is a different matter entirely

Re: [H] WARNING! NVIDIA 196.75 drivers can kill your graphics card

2010-03-05 Thread Joe User
Hello Tim, Friday, March 5, 2010, 3:53:06 PM, you wrote: Wow! I have not seen a bad driver like this come from nVidia in a long time. Looks like ATI is not the only one plagued with video driver issues. I still will not buy ATI, at least for a very long time. -- Regards, joeuser - Still

Re: [H] Power Issues

2010-02-14 Thread Joe User
Hello Gary, Sunday, February 14, 2010, 10:07:48 AM, you wrote: Hi, I have a color laser printer (Brother HL-4040CDN) and an APC BACK_UPS ES 350 plugged into the same power outlet. A PC is hung off This is the problem, RTFM. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

Re: [H] HP/Compaq drive tatoo?

2010-01-30 Thread Joe User
Hello maccrawj, Friday, January 29, 2010, 3:32:48 PM, you wrote: Do you get the same error if you disconnect the HDD data cable? no, it new the drive was disconnected. I have now sent the drive back to the vendor. I had 1 day left on the 30 day return policy. -- Regards, joeuser - Still

Re: [H] HP/Compaq drive tatoo?

2010-01-29 Thread Joe User
Hello Harry, Thursday, January 28, 2010, 9:22:00 PM, you wrote: Boot up something like dban and do a quick wipe of the drive, even the first little bit of the drive should be enough. The machine is really trying to boot the hard drive, and is having issues. dban is not working either.

[H] HP/Compaq drive tatoo?

2010-01-28 Thread Joe User
Hello HWG, I have a compaq in with a Hitachi deathstar drive issue. I ordered a WD green series 500gb 32mb 7200 sata drive to replace the failed drive. The customer ordered the vista recovery cd's since the recovery partition was shot. When I first put the discs in it worked great and was

Re: [H] memtest86+: How long?

2010-01-18 Thread Joe User
Hello Anthony, Friday, January 15, 2010, 10:40:13 PM, you wrote: further errors. Now, after 8.5+ hours of memtest, I think this is ram should be blessed as ok. Right? I let it run for a day minimum, but if there is a transient issue... -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any'

Re: [H] Event log question

2010-01-14 Thread Joe User
Hello Thane, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2:00:51 PM, you wrote: I have a computer with a largely hosed install of XP on it. I can see the event log, but if I double click on an entry, the additional information that normally comes up doesn't (nothing happens at all.) Is there a way to

Re: [H] New Video Card survey

2010-01-14 Thread Joe User
Hello Stan, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2:29:22 PM, you wrote: If I might make a suggestion, why not try out a first person online shooter called Left4Dead II. It's a lot of fun playing with people especially with a mic so you can talk with each other. Seconded. -- Regards, joeuser -

Re: [H] New Video Card survey

2010-01-14 Thread Joe User
Hello Stan, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2:07:22 PM, you wrote: I'm really enjoying my 5770. Acording to my Kill A Watt the idle power went from 150 to 115 and loaded 235 to 205. Pretty good drop and a lot faster to boot. Well done. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

Re: [H] New Video Card survey

2010-01-14 Thread Joe User
Hello Anthony, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 2:15:22 PM, you wrote: I think I'm going to install a gameso I can say I'm not going for bragging rights trying to get my WEI graphic scores above 7. :) Ok seriously... what's up with WEI. I see all this talk about it, it cannot be that good of

Re: [H] New Video Card survey

2010-01-14 Thread Joe User
Hello Anthony, Thursday, January 14, 2010, 5:09:07 PM, you wrote: It's called obsession, my friend! That answers that! -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG!

2010-01-13 Thread Joe User
Hello Zulfiqar, Wednesday, January 13, 2010, 4:16:56 AM, you wrote: Windows native deragger is pretty bad. How so? 'Cuz I've been doing fine for years here. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG!

2010-01-12 Thread Joe User
Hello Thane, Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 12:23:28 PM, you wrote: At 12:54 PM 1/12/2010, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: You guys still run defraggers? That's what I was thinking. I've never been able to show an improvement in speed with a defragger in years. I did some tests about five years ago

Re: [H] SSD Tweaks

2010-01-08 Thread Joe User
Hello Anthony, Friday, January 8, 2010, 4:19:01 AM, you wrote: This site recommends turning off indexing on an SSD. Anyone tried it? http://www.mydellmini.com/forum/windows-7/2441-windows-7-ultimate-solid-state-drive-speed-tweaks.html There is also a tweak there for Firefox. I turn off

Re: [H] Weird PC problem.

2010-01-06 Thread Joe User
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

Re: [H] Windows 7 Firewall

2010-01-05 Thread Joe User
Hello Scott, Tuesday, January 5, 2010, 11:58:07 AM, you wrote: In recent years I've pretty much stopped using any 3rd party security software. Builtin firewall. No spyware software (I'll install programs temporarily to do a scan and make sure I'm clean -- last time I used Malwarebytes I

Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG!/Aspire Revo

2010-01-03 Thread Joe User
Hello Steve, Saturday, January 2, 2010, 6:30:14 PM, you wrote: You must have missed this link: http://lifehacker.com/5391308/build-a-silent-standalone-xbmc-media-center-on-the-cheap In short, you have a tiny noiseless PC that has HDMI out and can run at least 720p and most of the time

[H] Social networking sites proxy servers

2009-12-30 Thread Joe User
Hello, I posed this question a couple weeks ago on another list with out much result. Just like Thane is looking for known infectious sites to go to, which I don't know except to search for pr0n and free games / wares / etc. I need a list of *known* proxy servers that get around domain blocks for

Re: [H] bios display tool?

2009-12-30 Thread Joe User
Hello Bryan, Wednesday, December 30, 2009, 1:57:06 PM, you wrote: On Wed, Dec 30, 2009 at 02:33:14PM -0500, DSinc wrote: Is there a current, easy, tool that I can use to display and print a machine's bios settings from the OS desktop? I suspect that there are two images; the default, and

Re: [H] Electricity scam?

2009-12-25 Thread Joe User
Fuel for the fire... http://www.power-save.com/1200.html -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

Re: [H] Network Cat 6 cable recco

2009-12-21 Thread Joe User
Hello John, Sunday, December 20, 2009, 11:28:38 PM, you wrote: Does this mean you are leaving us? Please say it ain't so... :) Yeah, sorry - you ain't that lucky :P -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

Re: [H] Potentially dumb networking question

2009-12-20 Thread Joe User
Just a side mote: note all networking devices use an uplink port or the last or first port with an activation button for that port anymore, most of the new stuff just auto senses and automagically configures for crossover. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these

[H] Network Cat 6 cable recco

2009-12-20 Thread Joe User
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

Re: [H] Network Cat 6 cable recco

2009-12-20 Thread Joe User
Ok, thanks everyone. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

[H] Network Cat 6 cable recco

2009-12-19 Thread Joe User
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? -- Regards, joeuser

[H] Win2K/XP to Vista/Win7

2009-12-19 Thread Joe User
Hello, I'm stumped on this; when I try to view the contents of the users dir in Vista (assume win7 also) such as local settings or cookies from 2K or XP I get blah blah is not accessible. The folder was moved or removed. Well it's not - it is there. So I set myself up with permissions using the

Re: [H] Win2K/XP to Vista/Win7

2009-12-19 Thread Joe User
Hello Winterlight, Saturday, December 19, 2009, 1:35:48 PM, you wrote: Log in as THE administrator... not a user with administrator privileges. The first thing I do with Win 7 or Vista is to create the administrator account from the Command line = et user administrator /active:yes and

Re: [H] Win2K/XP to Vista/Win7

2009-12-19 Thread Joe User
Hello Jamie, Saturday, December 19, 2009, 2:10:46 PM, you wrote: A lot of these folders are NTFS junctions, which Explorer doesn't support very well. If you look at the folder in a command prompt you'll see the type is JUNCTION instead of DIR. The folders have been moved under the

Re: [H] Win2K/XP to Vista/Win7

2009-12-19 Thread Joe User
Hello Winterlight, Saturday, December 19, 2009, 2:55:20 PM, you wrote: yeah, just bring up a command window. It will tell you that it has completed successfully. then go into users and the administrator account will be there... give it a password. when you reboot you will have a choice of

Re: [H] Win2K/XP to Vista/Win7

2009-12-19 Thread Joe User
Hello Gary, Saturday, December 19, 2009, 3:29:39 PM, you wrote: Look under Users\username\AppData\Temp So everything like that is stored under that dir now? -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a beautiful line...

Re: [H] Win2K/XP to Vista/Win7

2009-12-19 Thread Joe User
Hello Gary, Saturday, December 19, 2009, 4:18:36 PM, you wrote: Pretty much Super, so all these dirs I am trying to look at (usually faded out in Explorer - which used to mean 'hidden' attrib was on [2K/XP]) are now junctions to the real dir located elsewhere. In this particular case. Ok, so

Re: [H] BSOD puzzle...

2009-12-17 Thread Joe User
Hello Stan, Thursday, December 17, 2009, 6:34:14 PM, you wrote: No expert here, but I'd do a chkdsk /r and a repair install if that didn't work and a clean install as a last resort if the hardware has been eliminated as the source of the problem. Yeah I had done a chkdsk a week earlier and

Re: [H] BSOD puzzle...

2009-12-17 Thread Joe User
Hello Stan, Thursday, December 17, 2009, 7:07:17 PM, you wrote: Clean installs are such a pain and the system is never the same but backups never work for me and that's just the way it goes sometimes. If I get 6-8 months use I'm happy. Happy Holidays Joe! To you also, I'll probably just

Re: [H] Catalyst 9.12 released..

2009-12-17 Thread Joe User
Hello Stan, Thursday, December 17, 2009, 7:46:40 PM, you wrote: Get em while they're hot for your ATI video cards you Zombie killing mofo's. Happy Holidays! So far so good with WoW on my 4870 -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make a

Re: [H] Videoteleconference hardware

2009-12-16 Thread Joe User
Hello Brian, Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 9:37:48 AM, you wrote: The foundation I work for often does small workshops and meetings involving people from around the world. I'm looking into buying a webcam and mic that we can use to have a few people vtc in instead. The setup needs to

Re: [H] APC Question?

2009-12-16 Thread Joe User
Hello Christopher, Wednesday, December 16, 2009, 3:21:38 PM, you wrote: I see so many places that have APC 750's protecting all their PC's but then their DSL modem is plugged directly into their switch in the closet, effectively nullifying their protection. Isolate your network as well as

[H] BSOD puzzle...

2009-12-16 Thread Joe User
Hello Hardware, Ok, here's a good one. Win2K Pro SP4AHotfixes. This system basically just used to access other drives via hdd swappable cart / rack or sata drive dock via USB. Other then that does nothing. Used to recover files from other drives, virus scan other dives, and hold data. Getting a

Re: [H] BSOD puzzle...

2009-12-16 Thread Joe User
One more thing: It will continue to boot to the KMODE BSOD until I boot into safe mode get the system_licence_violation bsod and then boot to regular windows. So safe mode is somehow clearing this issue. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data make

Re: [H] XPH - Activate Windows logon/logoff loop

2009-12-13 Thread Joe User
Hello FORC5, Sunday, December 13, 2009, 7:17:47 AM, you wrote: there is a safe mode with networking option on boot but every time I have seen this *loop* safe mode was not even a option for some reason. Your bug was a little different. Have seen * u have to activate* for NO apparent reason.

Re: [H] XPH - Activate Windows logon/logoff loop

2009-12-13 Thread Joe User
Hello Tmservo, Sunday, December 13, 2009, 12:14:01 PM, you wrote: There is a surefire solution for this. But its not really list safe. Yeah, I found some of that also, I didn't want to take *any* chances with a clients system... so I just blew them off. However, it seemed like just any crack.

Re: [H] SSD Time.............

2009-12-13 Thread Joe User
Hello John, Saturday, December 12, 2009, 11:43:58 PM, you wrote: So OK... The Intel 160 gig SSD finally arrived Friday Next system I build will have at least two of these. -- Regards, joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key... ...now these points of data

[H] XPH - Activate Windows logon/logoff loop

2009-12-12 Thread Joe User
Hello Hardware, XPH SP3. Had serious infections. Cleaned up. BSOD on boot. Did XP repair over it self (Act like going to load windows and choose repair opt). BSOD gone. Dell system with XP sticker on box. Used that number with *my* OEM XPH SP3 disk when it asked for the sticker code. I am sure

Re: [H] XPH - Activate Windows logon/logoff loop

2009-12-12 Thread Joe User
I googled up for the last hour and have found plenty of info on this subject. However, nothing yet, on my particular issue. It's almost like it would activate if it had a Net connection -which it should but it is possible the networking stack is buggered up from the clean up... going to try to

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