I grabbed MSE on April 7 and deleted it two days later, it was a much bigger
resource hog on my XP box than Avast. I have a cheap version of Avast, I
think I paid $29 (on sale from $49) for one year and it has done a great
job. Malwarebytes and Spybot are two good apps with free versions
Works in LA. I received a message that I had been unsubscribed due to
bounced messages. Glad to see the list is intact.
-Original Message-
From: DSinc
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:18 AM
To: HWG
Subject: [H] test?
test?
So when I get my new PC next April (only because MS will cease supporting
XP) I stick with Win7?
- Original Message -
From: DSinc dsinc...@epbfi.com
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 15:08
Subject: Re: [H] Windows 8 and Home Server (not 2011)
I could PayPal a little something as well :)
I don't contribute much but I do enjoy lurking around.
Veech
-Original Message-
From: Brian Weeden
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 4:05 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Cc: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] List info
I have a ton of folders in the C drive Windows folder with names like
$NtUninstallKB943055$ that are eating up a bunch of HD space. Can I delete
these or would that mean I couldn't uninstall any of the associated
programs? Maybe 300 of these that average 3 or 4 MB each.
Follow up, these are XP SP2 uninstall files, total a bit over 1 GB. Any
reason to keep them?
- Original Message -
From: Veech ve...@earthlink.net
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 02:45
Subject: [H] Can I delete these uninstall folders from Win XP?
I
I have no plans to uninstall SP2, I like XP and will stick with it as long
as I can.
My C drive -- mainly the Windows folder -- is bloated. Weird thing
happened, I managed to free up 1.8G of space last night mainly by moving
these uninstall files to the external HD and deleting a bunch of
: Thursday, June 10, 2010 22:18
Subject: Re: [H] Need 100 cheap netbooks
At 15:12 6/10/2010, Veech wrote:
The modems are already in the homes, just need to hook them up to something
to test surf-ability. yeah this may be the ticket...
Can us hardware dudes piggyback on your volume order
and get 1 or 2
100 cheap netbooks
Yeah, for 99 bucks those look fine. Did not see a modem though if they need
to test dial-up access..
On Jun 10, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Neil Davidson wrote:
I don't see how the little netbook Veech linked to wouldn't work for the
intended usage.
It has Wireless, built
My company needs about 100 devices to check for internet connectivity in
homes across the US. Most have hard-wired internet but some are wireless.
I found this online and am looking for your opinions of the device:
I haven't tried Vipre for my home system. The IT department at my work uses
Vipre for our networked PCs, hundreds of PCs in 40+ cities in the US. So
far it seems to work ok.
At home I run AVG, SpyBot, ComboFix and MalwareBytes. I try to run all four
once a week, takes about 4 hours to scan
15, 2010 05:32
Subject: Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP
Try this...
http://www.graphixanstuff.com/Forum/index.php?showtopic=4959
On 5/14/2010 4:32 PM, Veech wrote:
Recently I ran a scan with AVP and saw thatr there were nearly 500,000
files scanned. Holy cow!
I am on a mission
...@computerconnectionltd.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 15:26
Subject: Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP
At 07:11 PM 15/05/2010, Veech wrote:
The Slimming Down Windows XP program? Looks good and looks like what I
am looking for. Have you used it? He wants
Recently I ran a scan with AVP and saw thatr there were nearly 500,000 files
scanned. Holy cow!
I am on a mission to clean out all this clutter. Are there any programs
that will help make the job easier?
is called
Windows setup. LOL
On 5/14/2010 3:32 PM, Veech wrote:
Recently I ran a scan with AVP and saw thatr there were nearly 500,000
files scanned. Holy cow!
I am on a mission to clean out all this clutter. Are there any
programs that will help make the job easier?
first.
On 5/14/2010 5:33 PM, Veech wrote:
heh... umm.. do you mean fresh install of XP?
- Original Message - From: Stan Zaske swza...@yahoo.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 15:22
Subject: Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP
Yes sir, that program
:32 PM 14/05/2010, Veech wrote:
Recently I ran a scan with AVP and saw thatr there were nearly 500,000
files scanned. Holy cow!
I am on a mission to clean out all this clutter. Are there any programs
that will help make the job easier?
Uninstall the program you aren't using any longer
Still wired LAN at my house.
- Original Message -
From: DSinc dx7...@bellsouth.net
To: Hardware Group hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 16:24
Subject: [H] Open question?
Is it fair for me to NOW believe that the majority of this LIST is now
actively using WIFI
another vote for CCleaner
- Original Message -
From: DSinc dx7...@bellsouth.net
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 18:46
Subject: Re: [H] Registry Cleaners
I use CCleaner.
http://www.ccleaner.com/
Duncan
On 03/26/2010 21:15, Jason Carson wrote:
Hello
I don't think auto-update is optional in Team Fortress 2. If you don't
update, you're not connected to a server.
4. Autopatching is FORCED, not optional, so if a current update is crap
you have to take it rather than waiting for it to be revised.
Not actually correct. You can turn on the
yep.. from what I looked at, the i7-860 is the one to get. Like the 5850
graphics card, the i7-860 hits the higher end sweet spot for
price/performance.
- Original Message -
From: Steve Tomporowski didym...@gmail.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010
From my research the 5850 hits the sweet spot for performance vs price.
Granted that is a budget-driven decision.. and I'm a gamer and I want to
take advantage of the eye candy.
- Original Message -
From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent:
Is it an issue because the hardware and drivers are new -- or -- is it more
of a problem because ATI cards are purposely designed to be more compatible
with AMD boards and nVidia cards are purposely designed to be more
compatible with Intel boards?
- Original Message -
From: Stan
: Tuesday, February 09, 2010 15:42
Subject: Re: [H] Best board and chip going right now?
Veech,
Like your upgrade plan. Wish I could follow. Not yet.
Not to add salt, but as you mentioned EVGA, I can share that have had bad
service from their cards (4 of them). All 4 cards failed within warranty
-Froogle-_-Video+Cards-_-BFG+Technologies-_-14143118
- Original Message -
From: Veech ve...@earthlink.net
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 23:28
Subject: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get?
I had two Geforce 8800GTS 640MB PCI-E cards in SLI
-
From: Veech ve...@earthlink.net
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 10:03
Subject: Re: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get?
ok I forgot to mention that my budget is around $300, and I see the ATI
5850 is available for that from NewEgg, any opinions
, 2010 14:30
Subject: Re: [H] Best board and chip going right now?
Veech,
You always pose questions to us that have NOT enough info (for me) to
answer.
You always pose LifeStyle questions. Hard to share.
LifeStyle is YOUR choice. LifeStyle is not technical; much less how
you do with what you have
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 13:55
Subject: Re: [H] Best board and chip going right now?
best is subjective... I mean, on what kind of budget? Best bang for the
buck may be an i5-750/p55 combo.
Sent via BlackBerry
-Original Message-
From: Veech ve
5:15 PM, Veech wrote:
Say $600 for board and chip. I haven't owned ATI in ages and am only
making this change because the GeForce cards are going out on me. I'm
looking for recs on a board that plays nice with the 5850 card (a board
that has PCIe 2.0 and is capable of upgrade path to a second
?
Are you forgetting DDR3 ram if you go for a i5 or i7?
On 2/8/2010 6:15 PM, Veech wrote:
Say $600 for board and chip. I haven't owned ATI in ages and am only
making this change because the GeForce cards are going out on me. I'm
looking for recs on a board that plays nice with the 5850 card
huh.. that doesn't seem to bode well for putting the 5850 in my 680i board,
eh?
- Original Message -
From: Anthony Q. Martin amar...@charter.net
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 18:16
Subject: Re: [H] Best board and chip going right now?
I suspect you
-
From: DSinc dx7...@bellsouth.net
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 19:58
Subject: Re: [H] Best board and chip going right now?
Veech,
I do not know from ADAM...But,
If you want to FOCUS on your keeper M/B, then, it reads to me you are
going to have happiness
We have the XBox 360 and bought Rock Band 2, as well as Beatles Rock Band.
It's a blast! Still, Team Fortress 2 is my go-to game.
- Original Message -
From: Brian Weeden brian.wee...@gmail.com
To: hardware hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 17:34
Subject:
Thank you!!
- Original Message -
From: Naushad Zulfiqar z00...@gmail.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 11:14
Subject: Re: [H] Google Wave
Okay guys,
As promised I have sent out 10 invites.
The invites are now closed.
Thanks for everyones interest.
lmgtfy.. hilarious!
- Original Message -
From: Al xtemp...@comcast.net
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 09:30
Subject: Re: [H] Google Wave
DSinc wrote:
Z,
What is Google Wave?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google+wave
Cheers,
al
--
Al
Has anyone had any experience with Ooma or any of the other internet voip
telephone products? They claim that with a one-time purchase of the Ooma
device that you can basically disconnect the phone service and everything
will run over your high-speed internet. They claim you can have the same
From what I saw the PC doesn't need to be running. We have ATTs UVerse
which is on 24/7. I have a base station with three cordless satellite
phones, hopefully it will work with these.
- Original Message -
From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Aug 2009, Veech wrote:
I had two EVGA e-Geforce 8800GTS running in SLI and one went bad, I think
the RAM may have overheated. So I pulled out the bad one and am now
running with just one 8800 GTS. So far it is fine for my purposes, but
I've been out of the video-card market for almost 3 years
.
On 26 Aug 2009, at 06:58, Veech wrote:
I had two EVGA e-Geforce 8800GTS running in SLI and one went bad, I
think the RAM may have overheated. So I pulled out the bad one and am
now running with just one 8800 GTS. So far it is fine for my purposes,
but I've been out of the video-card
I had two EVGA e-Geforce 8800GTS running in SLI and one went bad, I think
the RAM may have overheated. So I pulled out the bad one and am now running
with just one 8800 GTS. So far it is fine for my purposes, but I've been
out of the video-card market for almost 3 years and am wondering what
I had two EVGA e-Geforce 8800GTS running in SLI and one went bad, I think
the RAM may have overheated. So I pulled out the bad one and am now
running with just one 8800 GTS. So far it is fine for my purposes, but
I've been out of the video-card market for almost 3 years and am wondering
Is Windows 7 considered an improvement over XP Media Edition?
- Original Message -
From: mark.dodge mark.do...@earthlink.net
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 05:03
Subject: Re: [H] Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Pre-order now available
Thank you.
My box throws off a lot of warm air from the exhaust fans. Is there a
program that helps control the heat generated by this thing? It isn't
running dangerously hot, but I would say the exhaust is about 90 degrees or
maybe a bit more. Running for a couple hours it really heats up the small
What do you folks use to calibrate new monitor settings? I just got a Dell
2408 FPW and want to test for banding, grayscale etc, and also tweak the
settings some.
thanks
Thanks Joe!
- Original Message -
From: Joe User joeu...@chronic.org
To: Veech hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 16:38
Subject: Re: [H] What MUST run at XP start-up?
Hello Veech,
Sunday, May 24, 2009, 4:06:19 PM, you wrote:
ctfmon.exe
NvCplDaemon
Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Veech ve...@earthlink.net wrote:
Maximum PC loves Acronis True Image and I was considering getting this as
well. Where did you see this good price?
- Original Message - From: tmse...@rlrnews.com
Maximum PC loves Acronis True Image and I was considering getting this as
well. Where did you see this good price?
- Original Message -
From: tmse...@rlrnews.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:14
Subject: Re: [H] Acronis True Image deal?
I'm not
wow, the folks on Amazon have no love for this program:
http://www.amazon.com/Acronis-True-Image-Backup-Recovery/product-reviews/B001DSGXFY/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8showViewpoints=0filterBy=addOneStar
- Original Message -
From: Veech ve...@earthlink.net
To: hardware
Folks I need a bit of feedback regarding creating a dual boot system.
I currently have 2 HDs running, a smaller one has XP Media Center as the OS
and the second larger HD has D, E and G partitions used for storing files.
I want to install XP Pro on the same computer and have the option to
physical HD is a good solution.
I don't have a partition utility handy. Partition Magic is expensive, for
the price I could just buy another HD. I don't recall how they are
formatted but it's my personal PC at home so I'm the administrator as well.
Great info, thanks Jamie!
'Veech ve
have to
reinstall all my programs or is there a way to do a nice clean XP install
over MCE and save everything else?
thanks,
Veech
I'll be replacing my SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty card with an Emu audio card.
They are both Creative products and I'm a little nervous that if I don't
fully remove the SB card and all associated drivers that I may have
conflicts when I install the Emu. Is there a good step-by-step guide for
cool, thanks! Wipes it clean?
- Original Message -
From: Stan Zaske swza...@yahoo.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 15:19
Subject: Re: [H] [Bulk] Properly removing Soundblaster Card and drivers
Revo Uninstaller to the rescue. ;-)
Veech wrote:
I'll
the instructions
when you want to uninstall and max the settings. It will go through the
Window's Registry with a fine toothed comb. Cheers!
Veech wrote:
cool, thanks! Wipes it clean?
- Original Message - From: Stan Zaske swza...@yahoo.com
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent
one
of the specialized settings adjustments DVDs since they tend to be set hot'
from the factory, too much color saturation which will prematurely wash out
the image.
Veech
- Original Message -
From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Friday
, 2009 10:34
Subject: Re: [H] New TV.
Veech,
What are these DVD's you are talking about and can you give me a reference
to them?
Jeff
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 9:25 AM
Subject: Re: [H] New TV.
yeah that's a problem, don't play games on a plasma for more than 30 - 45
minutes. Any static
be
able to just switch cards. You'd also need to switch your speakers,
unless you have two sets (which I tried once). I have since gotten
away from MCE, so I don't know if dual sound cards will actually work
with it. All the hooks are there to do it, however.
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Veech
at some point.
Steve
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Veech ve...@earthlink.net wrote:
I have a system that CW built a couple years ago (which still rocks btw,
thanks Chris!) based around the then new nVidia 680i SLI board. At the
time
I was more interested in gaming than audio, so I went
sound card - external?
Ran across this and thought you might be interested.
http://www.futurelooks.com/asus-xonar-essence-stx-headphone-amp-sound-card-reviewed/
Veech wrote:
I have a system that CW built a couple years ago (which still rocks btw,
thanks Chris!) based around the then new nVidia
I have a system that CW built a couple years ago (which still rocks btw,
thanks Chris!) based around the then new nVidia 680i SLI board. At the time
I was more interested in gaming than audio, so I went with the Creative X-Fi
Platinum Fatal1ty board with the front panel break-out box.
Now,
:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Veech wrote:
Is there any harm in running more than one AV program at the
same time? I have three programs installed, AVG 8.0, Spy-Bot and
Malwarebyte. They each take about 45 mins to 1 hr to run. Sometimes
I'll run 2 of them overnight at the same time. Is there any
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 16:55
Subject: Re: [H] Running multiple AVs at once?
Veech,
Over our many years, we have tried and suggested many models (individual)
for keeping the baddies at bay. I have followed all of the suggested
models. Not one of them have been
Is there any harm in running more than one AV program at the same time? I
have three programs installed, AVG 8.0, Spy-Bot and Malwarebyte. They each
take about 45 mins to 1 hr to run. Sometimes I'll run 2 of them overnight
at the same time. Is there any way that doing this will cause either
...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Veech
Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 18:49
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Did System Cleanup, Now XP Does Not Recognize Lite-On DVD-RW
I had to do a major clean-up after getting infected with a nasty virus a few
days ago. Now I'm finding that a lot of my
available but I don't know if that would help or not. Directions for
installing the firmware say to burn the data to a CDR.. duh.. CDR isn't
working!
Any ideas?
thanks,
Veech
. Then reset
(Corrected the above, damn, the bold is slickness, direct cut and paste to
app).
Sent via BlackBerry
-Original Message-
From: Veech ve...@earthlink.net
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 16:49:05
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Did System Cleanup, Now XP Does Not Recognize
otherwise.
Sent via BlackBerry
-Original Message-
From: Veech ve...@earthlink.net
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:55:00
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Did System Cleanup, Now XP Does Not Recognize Lite-On
DVD-RW
I did a bit of looking aorund and found that this applies to Vista
to my box but that's a bit of a hassle. Is there a way to improve
the wireless efficiency?
thanks!
Veech
?
thanks!
Veech
?? weird... did you uninstall and reinstall? How can game not be
available if you loaded it into your computer? Sorry I don't have an
answer, have you checked the HL2 tech forums?
- Original Message -
From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Thursday,
Portal was probably one of the best games I have ever played, certainly
one of the top 5. I loved the puzzles and challenges, a very unique concept
to FPS gaming. Not a shooter per se, but you have to shoot to find
solutions. The last chapter was a blast and the end song was hilarious! A
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF_IBrHsuzA
best.
game song.
ever.
- Original Message -
From: Joe User [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Veech hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [H] WWII First Person Shooter Suggestions
Hello Veech,
Monday, June 23
Try Valve's Team Fortress 2. It is a team-based online game, generally a
team of 12 vs 12, sometimes more. It is very balanced and a total blast to
play. No fee other than the cost of buying the game (not sure why no online
play for you?). Anyway, reason I recommend it is because there are
believe you will love it.
- Original Message -
From: James Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [H] WWII First Person Shooter Suggestions
-Original Message-
From: Veech
Try Valve's Team Fortress 2
I haven't tried, but I will say that Steam's Team Fortress 2 is absolutely
fascinating as an online multiplayer game. It's the only game I have played
in the past two months.
But some guys are just *too* good, some snipers get me every time with head
shots within 1 or 2 seconds of coming
Let me know what you think of it if you get a chance. It takes the physics
programming used in HL2 (the gravity gun) one step further. It involved
some logic and reasoning as well as good spatial cognition. The final level
is a ton of fun and be sure to hang around for the closing credits,
yup, I don't know how they can top it but they certainly should be working
on Portal 2. They *must*. I think anyone who enjoys puzzles of any type --
meaning most of the folks on this list because lets face it, assembling
computers involves puzzle-solving skills -- could not help but enjoy
very cool, thanks!
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:56 AM
Subject: [H] View this web page
Load this page, then wait a moment:
http://producten.hema.nl/
Al
--
Spontaneous
I started out with nothing and I
a portable
table and chair and wiped out the laptop to play WoW while everyone partied
around him. It was good therapy for me, I am fine. :)
At 3/20/2008 02:02 AM, Veech wrote:
What makes this stuff so addictive?
you got lucky! I think they realized the mistake when they processed your
order.
- Original Message -
From: Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Admittedly, I bought 200..
Nope, instant. I ordered
I agree.. 10990
- Original Message -
From: James Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser
Girls legs = 7*2=14
Big Cat = 7 (girls) * 7 (backpacks) * 7 (cats per backpack) = 343
Little cats = 343
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Veech
wrote:
I'm researching getting the kids an XBox 360 for Christmas. Is the XBox
360
Premium worth the extra bucks? Any pros or cons to XBox vs other
platforms
such as PlayStation 2? They want Guitar Hero, is XBox the best - or
only -
platform
:)
On Nov 30, 2007 1:09 PM, Christopher Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Veech wrote:
I'm researching getting the kids an XBox 360 for Christmas. Is the XBox
360
Premium worth the extra bucks? Any pros or cons to XBox vs other
platforms
such as PlayStation 2? They want
:18 PM
Subject: Re: [H] X-Box 360 questions...
Veech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
heh, that's what I'm trying to determine, PS3 vs XBox 360 vs Wii...
which
one?
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Veech wrote:
I'm researching getting the kids an XBox 360 for Christmas.
Ask them?, is that an option
heh, that's what I'm trying to determine, PS3 vs XBox 360 vs Wii... which
one?
- Original Message -
From: Christopher Fisk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [H] X-Box 360 questions...
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Veech
I'm researching getting the kids an XBox 360 for Christmas. Is the XBox 360
Premium worth the extra bucks? Any pros or cons to XBox vs other platforms
such as PlayStation 2? They want Guitar Hero, is XBox the best - or only -
platform to buy for this game?
Finally, is there a way to get any
Yes, happy Thanksgiving to all.. (and a quick test to see if this posts
once, twice or not at all..)
- Original Message -
From: Jeff Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:31 PM
Subject: [H] T-Day
Hi everyone,
wow, I installed Bioshock without a hiccup on the XP system you built for me
Chris. It runs beautifully with almost all the settings maxed out. I have
AVG, AdAware and Spybot, and have not had a single issue yet. That's not to
say it won't happen but at this point Bioshock is a visually
Anyone planning to grab BioShock on Tuesday? There hasn't been a game that
interested me since STALKER was released in March, but BioShock looks
fantastic!
Subject: Re: [H] Linksys or Netgear USB wireless adapter?
Veech,
I have the Netgear 624 wireless router and the corresponding 108Mps PCMCIA
card. We have had nothing but problems with them They constantly drop the
WEP settings and will not accept the WPA settings at all. When they, one
:09 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Linksys or Netgear USB wireless adapter?
At 01:17 AM 01/08/2007, Veech wrote:
I bought two USB wireless adapters a couple days ago to bring home and
compare because I couldn't decide which one was better in the store.
Turns out they are both basically the same specs
I bought two USB wireless adapters a couple days ago to bring home and
compare because I couldn't decide which one was better in the store. Turns
out they are both basically the same specs: 2.4GHz, USB 2.0, 802.11g, except
the Linksys is 54Mbps and the Netgear is 108 Mbps. I'm only using
Thisis a last minute thing that has come up, I need a solution as soon as
possible, i.e. something available at Best Buy, Circuit City or Fry's.
I'm looking for a security camera that can be mounted remotely, is motion
sensored and can send data to a PC or recording device such as a DVR when
Management usually doesn't fare so well in these types of situations. What
kind of info you are looking for, tips on what?
- Original Message -
From: Joe User [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: [H]
Good info, thanks!
- Original Message -
From: Jeff Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Veech [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List
hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [H] looking for a motion controlled security camera.. quick!
Veech,
Maybe one
Interesting, because I was looking at Halo 2 for PC -- which was just
released Tuesday -- as the first PC game worth upgrading my XP to Vista.
But the more I hear stuff like this (I have the X-Fi card), the more nervous
I get about upgrading to Vista which sucks for gamers. Also, I wonder how
I'm halfway through STALKER and it's *really* immersive, extremely
atmospheric, and has some great spooky elements. I'm not a huge fan of the
inventory system, and the RPG elements aren't so much my cup of tea. It's a
bit buggy, too. But overall it's the best FPS I've played in ages, and the
I felt the same way at first but I have to say that my Dell 2005 FPW hasn't
disappointed me, and I haven't noticed a difference in my gaming since I got
the Dell a year ago. I finally set my Nokia 17 CRT aside, and am enjoying
the more efficient use of desktop space. As the gap narrows, the
What do you folks recommend as an easy and free way to post MP3 files
online, which can be opened and listened to by anyone else? I'm looking
for a way where I send a link and other people can click on it and it plays
automatically in Windows Media Player or whatever. Yousendit requires that
There is a folder and some files that I am sure I did not delete from one of
my older hard drives, but I can not locate them, and the search function is
not helping. This isn't the first time this has happened. Someone told me
that it is likely that it's due to a glitch in Windows, that it is
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