Re: [H] Please I beg!

And some people still say Outlook is horrid. Not lost a single email in about 10 years or more :) (btw, glad you got it sorted out Duncan) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: 21 July 2010 21:19 To

Re: [H] DVI port question

Twin DVI? My old Nvidia Quadro NVS has a DVI like port with no gaps or slots and a single pin missing in the grid. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: 21 July 2010 17:56 To: hardware@

Re: [H] Need 100 cheap netbooks

I don't see how the little netbook Veech linked to wouldn't work for the intended usage. It has Wireless, built in Ethernet and CE does have a browser. What's not to like? Neil. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Beh

hardware@hardwaregroup.com

Antec, Corsair and Enermax PSUs get a lot of rep from forums I'm on. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: 26 January 2010 19:30 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] something is going o

Re: [H] Off - topic

I'm sure I've seen this as a powerpoint at one time or another. I tried to google for it, but couldn't find anything useful. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: 24 January 2010 15:03 To: ha

Re: [H] firefox 3.5

I'm a big Opera fan and have been recommending it to people whenever I can. Opera 10 is really slick, much more polished than 9.64. 100% on Acid3 as well (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acid3) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregrou

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

You always need an IP. Whatever you do on the Internet, or on a TCP/IP network, you need an IP address. You can't just trip it, you have to replace it with something that can be used for routing across the Internet. This is what the proxy does. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@h

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

Sounds like you want an Onion Proxy http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_routing http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tor_(anonymity_network) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: 16 August 2009 21:55

Re: [H] Windows 7 RTM available on TechNet and MSDN

excellent. I checked earlier today, but I guess time difference got in the way, only the RC was available. I'll download this sometime over the weekend. Although, I'm not ready to put it on any systems, waiting to upgrade my main desktop to an SSD as well. -Original Message- From: hardw

Re: [H] Looking for Widescreen monitor that I can "turn vertical"

Yup, the intel drivers can handle rotate, that's how they get convertable tablet PCs to work ;) However, If you have multiple monitors connected to the system, they will all inherit the rotation. This annoyed me intensely when I discovered it. I wanted my tablet set to portrait and my 24" monitor

Re: [H] Matrox Dual/Triple Head2Go DE?

>For some reason his doesn't save his settings in between boots, but it's >just a click selection of the display from the systray and everything is >how he likes it. Is this with Vista? My laptop never remembers that I want the second monitor alighed with the bottom of my laptop screen, not the

Re: [H] 32GB SDHC card for Wii

I'm a Sandisk fan boy as far as flash memory is concerned. The have a bunch of branded or basic SD cards that are junk and overpriced. However their Ultra II, or Extreme cards are awesome. I use them exclusively for my compacts (and any I buy for others), also have a nice collection of their high

Re: [H] I missed something along the way?

Far faster and far more features. Offline email handling isn't exactly possible with web based email either. Backup of your email is something a bit difficult to do as well. Especially with Gmail. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwar

Re: [H] I missed something along the way?

Meh, I'm not so hot on gmail. I much prefer the hosted Exchange servie i use so all my contacts, calendar and inbox are synconised between Outlook on my desktop and laptop, my windows mobile handset, and webmail. And if I have a problem I actually get support from a real person within an hour of a

Re: [H] I missed something along the way?

I'm not sure I follow. You are complaining that your ISP won't support an application that they have no connection to at all? Granted they are providing the email account, but it is up to you what app you use. If you have issues with ThunderBird or Eudora then contact the support forums for *those*

Re: [H] [Bulk] Windows 7 RC Torrent == Bad

Have you tried the software with the XP compatibility mode they have included with W7? You have to download it as an extra, but it is effectively a XP Virtual Machine specifically for problem applications that didn't like Vista, and won't like W7. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...

Re: [H] vista 64 and Google earth

I've just downloaded, installed and run it from the Google updater without any problem (the fact it insisted on installing Chrome is a separate issue). Using Vista Business 64bit on my laptop. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregrou

Re: [H] Network Storage

If you have more than one drive you are going to want to do some kind of raid, unless you are just going to have the two/three drives as individual shares. personally, I'd have them all as one network share. I have two Thecus N5200Pro's. Complete overkill for most, and they are expensive. At the t

Re: [H] Question on laptop adapters

>:) Will the life expectancy of the laptop or the adapter be >shortened, or will the computer crash more? With the higher voltage there is a risk of it frying the laptop. It's unlikely due to internal regulators and there only being a 1v difference, but it is possible. Current is fine, the more

Re: [H] HD for laptop

at my grand daughters. Neil Davidson wrote: > You could also quickly pull the thing out before you order. hard drives can > usually be removed with just a screw or two. You'll either see a 44pin small > IDE connector, or a little adapter on the end of the drive to reduce > insert

Re: [H] HD for laptop

sites. Sam Neil Davidson wrote: > According to this it's an IDE drive: > http://www.laptopmemoryupgrade.com/memory/HewlettPackardPavilionzv5340usMemo > ry.html > > So yes, that should work just fine. > > > -Original Message- > From: hardware-boun...@hard

Re: [H] HD for laptop

According to this it's an IDE drive: http://www.laptopmemoryupgrade.com/memory/HewlettPackardPavilionzv5340usMemo ry.html So yes, that should work just fine. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Sam Fran

Re: [H] USB w/ 12V/24V power?

I have never heard of this before. Looks to be big in the Point Of Sales world though. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Harry McGregor Sent: 04 January 2009 00:22 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: R

Re: [H] DVI-VGA adapters

the jump from 20" to 24" is amazing! I did that. so much better for photo and video editing. the only problem is I want a second one but just don't have the space right now. Have fun with the screen :) Neil -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-

Re: [H] DVI-VGA adapters

You mean the Dell didn't come with a DVI cable? I would have thought it should, my Dell 24" I got a year and a half ago came with both. I don't know what the 20" panels are like, but my 24" is a lot better with DVI than it was on VGA. Granted I went from a laptop with integrated Intel graphics to

Re: [H] DVI-VGA adapters

All you need to know (and more) about DVI can be found on Wikipedia (just like everything else :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Visual_Interface the four pins either side of the blade are the analogue signal. Some of the other pins contain analogue signals as part of the VGA/DVI spec. It's

Re: [H] USB w/ 12V/24V power?

That sounds odd to me. USB3 is going to allow up to 900mA instead of USB2s 500mA, but I didn't think the voltage was being upped like that. In fact, according to Wikipedia, the minimum voltage is actually going down to 4v http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usb#USB_3.0 got a link to where it says 12 or

Re: [H] Google Chrome ?

Chrome is fairly interesting. The HTML/Render engine WebKit (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebKit) but the JavaScript engine is new and very fast. It also separates each tab into individual processes, so one shouldn't be able to bring down the others. It also makes it immune to cross tab security e

Re: [H] ATI video drivers?

Just check out the release notes, link is right under the main page header, that's got a list of all the cards and motherboards that driver package support. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DHSinclair Sent:

Re: [H] ATI video drivers?

The release notes for 8.12 I linked to has the R4350 listed as one of the (many) cards it can handle. https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/Catalyst_812_re lease_notes.pdf :) -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hard

Re: [H] ATI video drivers?

Drivers only: 13.3MB driver + control Center: 34.7MB http://game.amd.com/us-en/drivers_catalyst.aspx?p=xp/radeonx-xp -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DHSinclair Sent: 18 December 2008 22:04 To: Hardware G

Re: [H] HTPC - Which Software?

I'm a bit of a fan of MediaPortal (http://www.team-mediaportal.com). Free and Open Source. They are heading for a 1.0.0 release very soon, my money is on it being released within the week as a Christmas present to the community. It does have more of a focus on digital TV these days, especially a

Re: [H] Vista 64 issues and questions

For Anti Virus and all the other gubbins, pretty much everything for Vista is x64 compatible. Especially now that Vista has been out for so long. XP64 was a bit of a waste of time, but Vista x64 can cope with pretty much everything. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAI

Re: [H] Blue-ray on pc?

>> Like I said, *legally* you need HDCP to view Blu-Rays :) >> >> --- >> Brian Weeden >> Technical Consultant >> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org> >> >> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada >> +1

Re: [H] Blue-ray on pc?

Well not really. The way HDCP is supposed to work is *if* the disk has the secure content flag set to on then the player and the OS should verify that the complete playback chain is HDCP compliant. This is to prevent you from being able copy the digital decoded stream and doing bad things with it.

Re: [H] Front panel audio support

This explains it all I think http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-015851.htm -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: 21 November 2008 22:06 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Front panel audio support

Re: [H] Gigabitifying my network

Intel NIC's are consistently good, if not the very best in class. Their driver support is very good too, I've seen new drivers being issued for cards that are years out of production because they use the same architecture as current cards. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailt

Re: [H] Running laptop of DC

Not all laptops run at 19v My old HP (3 years old I think), runs at 12v. My current Asus does run at 19v though. If the laptop does require more than 12v, have a look in auto electrical places, or just electronics stores that do some auto electrical stuff. Maplin (http://www.maplin.co.uk) over h

Re: [H] OT For Sale - Popcorn Hour

> Thing works great, retails for $70 but I'll take $100 OBO. Email me privately. Or does it retail for $100 and you'll take $70 OBO? :P

Re: [H] probably a really dumb question

No way. Completely different pins and chip architectures. Thats why they are different socket names :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Harvey Best Sent: 28 February 2008 20:29 To: Alt Cpu Subject: [H] probably a really dumb question

RE: [H] Strange partition issue

That board only supports up to UltraDMA 66 so is limited to 132GB drives. I've had a look at the BIOS page and unfortunately there isn't an update to enable 48-bit LBA http://www.tyan.com/archive/products/html/trinity400_spec.html If you added a UDMA-100 or later controller card you could use th

RE: [H] SATA cabling ?

I don't *think* it matters. But i would probably put the boot drive on 1, optical on 2 and everything else after that. Check the mobo manual to see if it specifies any particular order, but i doubt it will. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [H] Windows Media Player - out of the box...

I generally install ffdshow, QTAlternative and RealAlternative along with MediaPlayerClassic and that handles just about everything you can think of. VLC is pretty good to though. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: 25

RE: [H] The New iPods..

iLife is better than iWork... i hate lying to people :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: 06 September 2007 15:07 To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] The New iPods.. At 10:45 AM 06/09/2007, Ben Ruset wrote: >I thin

RE: [H] Ultra quiet fans

Is that domain resolving for anyone else? I can't get to it at all. (located in the UK) n. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hunter, Gary Sent: 30 August 2007 19:08 To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] Ultra quiet fans http://www.noctua

RE: [H] Acer to buy Gateway

Do Gateway actually build their own systems? What's the chances that Acer manufacture at least some of Gateways range anyway? Acer and Asus are pretty huge, but don't really have much of a name for themselves outside of the tech community. Both of them want to become more mainstream and not just b

RE: [H] Surface computing...

Yes it does. You have to wonder if it is more gimmick than anything else though :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZrr7AZ9nCY -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Anthony Q. Martin Sent: 02 July 2007 20:39 To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] Sur

RE: [H] Homemade DVR suggestions

I have no idea what is needed to get cable working with it, although you might be limited to hooking the analogue out from the cox decoder into something like a Hauppauge PVR card (they are supposed to be very good hardware MPEG-2 encoder cards). Have a look at MediaPortal (http://www.team-mediapo

RE: [H] PATA to SATA conectors

>Thanks for the link. >Confused a bit. Are these pata-sata adapter cards placed in the m/b IDE >connectors, or, on the back of an IDE hard drive/cdrom (pata?)?? Shouldn't have pressed send so quickly :) PATA drives will eventually start getting harder to find, especially in large capacities. Al

RE: [H] PATA to SATA conectors

>Thanks for the link. >Confused a bit. Are these pata-sata adapter cards placed in the m/b IDE >connectors, or, on the back of an IDE hard drive/cdrom (pata?)?? They are plugged into the back of the drive. This can be an optical drive or a hard drive. n.

RE: [H]Video Converter

i Sent: 18 June 2007 15:42 To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H]Video Converter I *think* that one was #1 Video Converter, although I have tried quite a few 'one-click' converters. Thanks for the info, I'll try that out Steve On 6/17/07, Neil Davidson <[EMA

RE: [H]Video Converter

http://www.erightsoft.net/SUPER.html Will convert just about anything to just about anything else. What did you try that gave you that rubbish result? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: 17 June 2007 21:26 To: The Hard

RE: [H] mail

There has been about 70 or so messages this week. Sounds like something is up if you haven't been receiving them. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sam Franc Sent: 10 June 2007 17:36 To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] mail what is happening

RE: [H] PATA to SATA conectors

All the ones I've bought came with a splitter. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: 08 June 2007 19:03 To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] PATA to SATA conectors > >The adapter itself is powered through a four pin floppy p

RE: [H] PATA to SATA conectors

That looks exactly the same as the ones I use, except they don't have the plastic housing I don't think there are many companies actually making these thing, just loads of different branding on them. IT also seems that some places must be making a killing on them as others can sell them for a frac

RE: [H] PATA to SATA conectors

http://www.google.com/products?q=pata+to+sata&scoring=p -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: 07 June 2007 19:48 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] PATA to SATA conectors Anybody know where I can buy some decent PATA t

RE: [H] Glossy LCD screens

No rumor. The new Santa Rosa based MacBook Pros announced yesterday have LED backlighting. Apple claim there is no difference in brightless or viewing angle, but there is a 20% power saving. Engadget has a comparison. http://www.engadget.com/2007/06/06/macbook-pro-backlight-comparison-led-vs-c cf

RE: [H] Glossy LCD screens

Colours are usually brighter with the glossy screens. I tend to find the reflections on glossy screens more bearable. Instead of all or most of the screen being un-readable, it's only the localized area where the main reflection is. Each to their own though :) -Original Message- From: [E

RE: [H] Evil or....

That's right, global oil prices fluctuate just like any other commodity, regardless of where it comes from. If oil is cheaper to produce in one country than another then the producer just makes more money, instead of the buyer getting it cheaper. And although all the financial press (and regular p

RE: [H] Evil or....

Latest figures from the CIAs World Factbook site (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/) put the US some way behind the UK in the production/consumption ratio. US: Oil-production: 7.61 million bbl/day (2005 est.) Oil-consumption: 20.73 million bbl/day (2004 est.) UK: Oi

RE: [H] ready made NAS box.

I don't know how available they are over with you, but Thecus devices are pretty highly rated. They are bare NAS boxes and available in 1, 2, and 4 drive configurations. They usually come with loads of server features, iTunes, uPnP, ftp, etc. 250Watt you sure? Two 3.5" drives and a board of elect

RE: [H] SVCHost survey

I have seven instances of SVCHost on my laptop. Total of about 16 seconds of CPU time in the last half hour. And total peak memory usage is about 53MB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: 09 May 2007 14:14 To: hardware@h

RE: [H] Agloco ?

There used to be several similar schemes back in the big dotcom boom. None survived because they didn't make any money. You even got little programs that would let you use several accounts at the same time, multiplying your earnings... actually, that could be why the schemes failed :) -Origin

[H] MS Vista does NOT face Key problems..

>From Slashdot: "The author of the Windows Vista keygen that was reported yesterday has admitted that the program does not actually work. Here is the initial announcement of the original release of the keygen, and here is the followup post in which the same author acknowledges that the program is

RE: [H] BBC Reported Building 7 Had Collapsed 20 Minutes Before It Fell

>Lot of disinformation that day; the capitol was hit, more planes hijacked, >Saddam was responsible, etc, all reported by major new media. Some of that >disinformation took a life of it's own. I don't think it is out with the bounds of possibility that "it looks like building 7 might collapse" c

RE: [H] I think I found the solution to my HTPC storage problem

That's a lot of DVDs. I have about 600 disks (a lot from TV series box sets etc.) and even at ~8gig each (I doubt the average would be that high to be honest) gives you around the 4.5TB mark. And of course if you have 12 drives you would have them all as one large RAID-1 now would you :) > 12 x

RE: [H] I think I found the solution to my HTPC storage problem

Shame your drives aren't SATA Jin. A few of these would increase your potential capacity http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=352335 :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jin-Wei Tioh Sent: 22 February 2007 00:20 To: T

RE: [H] February AutoPatcher Updates

last "full" version, dated November 2006, over the top? >From: "Neil Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: The Hardware List >To: "'The Hardware List'" >Subject: RE: [H] February AutoPatcher Updates >Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:45:42 -

RE: [H] February AutoPatcher Updates

If you don't want to download all the updates between your last download and the current one, then just get the full version and install over the top. Easy. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins Sent: 19 February 2007 18:52 To: hard

RE: [H] February AutoPatcher Updates

Thanks Al :) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Sent: 19 February 2007 19:02 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] February AutoPatcher Updates http://www.autopatcher.com/downloads/ al

RE: [H] Vista Thinkpad

I guess they could be in the process of qualifying Vista with their own hardware. Drivers will still be a problem for some time. Some companies will be quicker at getting Vista into their software install process than others too. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PR

RE: [H] Anyone played with Matroska files?

> Came across this the other day. Matroska files (.mks) are > containers for one or more tracks. Sort of like when you > have .vob files from a DVD you can have multiple audio > tracks, video tracks, and subtitles. > > One of the problems with converting movies to divx or xvid is > that you

RE: [H] Very Cool Clock

> <http://home. > tiscali.nl/annejan/swf/timeline.swf > > Very neat Anyone know of a digital photo frame that can play Flash animations? ;)

RE: [H] Apple iPhone announced today

> Specs are real use Neil? > > Razr specs *say* up to 7 hrs/12 days, but only delivers about > 5/10 if you have Bluetooth off. > > > No biggie, rev 1 product, I can wait a year for the > next version! That was all from the spec sheets. I can't remember back to the T610 days, but I think it w

RE: [H] Apple iPhone announced today

> I've never had a phone that would hold a charge that long > while taking continuously. I'm doubtful. Talking isn't the problem, using the menus (screen being on and backlit) or having Bluetooth on is a killer though. Colour screens can easily use more power than the radio transmitter/receiver

RE: [H] Apple iPhone announced today

> 5 hours is fantastic. > > My Razr only has like 120 minutes of talk time. > My old Nokia only had 180 minutes of talk.. > > Standby is 6-7 days though. > No it isn't. Current phone - SonyEricsson P990i Talk time - 9 hours on GSM, 3 hours on 3G Standby time - 14 days max Previous phone

RE: [H] Linksys wireless network adapter suggestions for a PC.

If it was me, I'd go for the PCI version every time. That way you don't have to deal with USB drivers getting screwed up. I have very little faith in the Windows USB subsystem and third party drivers. _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent:

RE: [H] Opinions wanted on "A Cost Analysis of Windows Vista ContentProtection"

> I'd like to know what you guys think of this > > http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt > I've seen this on various forums, but haven't got round to reading through it yet. Some have commented that he is wrong on a couple of counts, which harms the overall arguments. For

RE: [H] Consumer reports smokes crack

> Just because the recommend a little more? FWIW I use all > these extras. I have a PS plugged into a port replicator at > home & another for travel. The same applies for an extra > battery as there is nothing worse than sitting in an airport > when your battery dies right in the middle of a d

RE: [H] HD DVD encryption cracked (unverified)

> http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?t=119871 > > Discussion and link to program to crack HD DVD encryption. Not cracked, just circumvented. A good thread about this is on Hexus: http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=94907

RE: [H] Media Player 11

> In the last Autoupdate I installed IE7 but declined Media > Player 11, because of all the DRM issues. Am I right? Should > I stay with 10 or is this a worthwhile update? What DRM issues? If you just mean that it can handle DRM, which no-one in their right mind would go near, then there shou

RE: [H] dell PSU ?

> 450 watts for a P4. The customer gets 5 fans in the case > compared to 1 or > none in their original case. > So they got from a PC that is near silent to one that sounds like a tornado? I would be seriously annoyed if that happened.

RE: [H] Promise TX2000

> >What about PATA->SATA converters? > > > Those things are really expensive like 20 to 30 bucks > apiece! Or at least the ones I have been able to find. I can get them for ~£8 before tax, so I would expect you to be able to get them for £10 or less. Things are always more expensive across

RE: [hardware] [H] Anybody know what happed to Autopatcher

> > > > Here is a direct download. Much faster than the Torrent I was using > > > > ftp://autopatcher.fbdn.net/ > > > > I tried this and another link and still can not download the > file. Is there > some simple link that Outlook Express can be used to access > and download it? > I do not care

RE: [hardware] [H] Anybody know what happed to Autopatcher

> Usually I get the runaround when trying to download > Autopatcher. If you have > the actual link for Autopatcher for XP, English FULL for > November, please > post it for us. When I click on the link within the above > link I get a bunch > of hypertext and no link to do the download. > He

RE: [hardware] [H] Anybody know what happed to Autopatcher

> > http://www.autopatcher.com/downloads > > > > Usually I get the runaround when trying to download > Autopatcher. If you have > the actual link for Autopatcher for XP, English FULL for > November, please > post it for us. When I click on the link within the above > link I get a bunch > of

RE: [H] MP3 players...

> Yes that's when the 1gb worth of Sade and Morcheeba come into > a endless loop! LOL Anthony your hilarious man. > Endless loop?!?! Surely a couple of tracks is enough isn't it? Or am I doing things wrong? ;)

RE: [H] MP3 players...

> Hey, > > I am looking to get myself an MP3 player for Christmas and > was wondering what you all are using and the likes/dislikes > of the model that you have. > > I think I will probably stay away from the Ipod. > > Currently, this is what I am interested in: > > http://tinyurl.com/yngznv

RE: [H] Windows Update never stops scanning

> Anyone ever have an XP machine where the green bar for > WindowsUpdate just keeps running and it never shows the updates? > I had this on a fresh install yesterday. I just left it and let the auto download find the updates it wanted. The system was pretty much up to date, just needed the Po

RE: [H] New yahoo webmail

The Google calendar however is light years ahead of OWA. I never use it when I'm out of the office, it is painful. Only played around with Google calendars (not got any real data in there) but it really does show what can be done with modern web technologies.

RE: [H] SNAPSTREAM BEYOND TV 4

You could also take a look at MediaPortal (http://www.team-meiaportal.com/). It's an open source alternative to MCE. They are going through a massive TV engine rewrite atm, and a new menuing system is on the cards too, so there will be a lot of change in the next few months etc. It isn't without i

RE: [H] Indubitably stupid programmers at Nero

> http://ww2.nero.com/nero7/enu/nero7-up.php > > Nero 7.2.7.0 english *WITH* yahoo toolbar > Filesize: 127.09 MB ( 133.265.728 bytes ) > > Nero 7.2.7.0 english *WITHOUT* yahoo toolbar > Filesize: 129.62 MB ( 135.916.824 bytes ) > I was going to say "holy cow, 129MB for a Nero update!" then I r

RE: [H] OT - Demo of GM concept hydrogen car

That must be quite old if they are going on about the RX8 at the start of the clip, it's been out for years I like the concept of itdesign is pants, but the concept is great :) > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden > Sent

RE: [H] Kodak Easyshare emails (related but OT)

> My biggest complaint about most photo-software packages is > that they want to gather all your photo's into one folder > (sub-directory) and that is the 'My Pictures" folder under > "Documents and Settings" on the C: drive. I prefer not to > have anything on My C: drive except the Operating

RE: [H] Dell Laptop Batteries

Don't know about Dell, but the Sony stock price dropped yesterday according to the BBC News 24. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Thane Sherrington > Sent: 17 August 2006 09:54 > To: The Hardware List > Subject: Re: [H] Dell Laptop

RE: [H] Sound level problem

The surround sound track on DVDs is low so it can handle the boom of explosions and other loud events in the film. Disks ripped to Xvid/MP3 are usually normalised when the 5.1 channels are converted to 2. VirtualDub (or VirtualDub Mod) should be able to remove the AC3 track and replace it with an

RE: [H] Best ID3 tagger

I use Tag&Rename. Not free, but I like the interface. Handles far more file formats than you are likely to come across :) > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 16 June 2006 15:03 > To: hardware@hardwaregroup.c

RE: [H] Can a wma file be webcast?

Sure it can be webcast, I think MS even provide the software for free, have a dig around the Windows Media Player site. Look for the Encoder suite, there should be something with that. You shouldn't be able to save these streams with standard WMP, but then if a download client can emulate WMP then

RE: [H] Adding an antenna to wireless router

> Here is a 8dBi > http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/copyrighted_images/pattern_hg > 2409u.gif > > Here is a 5dBi > http://www.hyperlinktech.com/web/copyrighted_images/pattern_re05u.gif > > If you are using it in a two or three story house, you would > want to have move vertical gain than if you

RE: [H] Adding an antenna to wireless router

I have an external high gain antenna on my Netgear DG834G. Comes with a standard SMA connector and an adapter that steps up to something bigger (now sitting in a box somewhere). Details here: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=197026 Made a huge difference to me. Actually

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