Re: [H] Interested in????

2009-08-04 Thread mark.dodge
I use it on my iphone. I like it, I search for music and artists I like and it suggests artists and songs that are similar and I am building quite a library. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent:

Re: [H] Home again!

2009-08-04 Thread mark.dodge
I have been following the longest three months of Rover stuff, over five years now. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:36A To: Hardware Group Subject: [H] Home again!

Re: [H] Sometimes they're just out to get you

2009-07-06 Thread mark.dodge
Have you noticed any difference between the solid gels and the sealed lead acid??? -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:39A To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re:

Re: [H] Sometimes they're just out to get you

2009-07-06 Thread mark.dodge
. Best, Duncan mark.dodge wrote: Have you noticed any difference between the solid gels and the sealed lead acid??? -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:39A

Re: [H] Why I hate HP Printers (A Story with a sad ending)

2009-07-03 Thread mark.dodge
This is the reason we all (IT) go crazy eventually... -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski Sent: Friday, July 03, 2009 12:32P To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com; spo...@aol.com

Re: [H] Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Pre-order now available

2009-06-27 Thread mark.dodge
I could not find it at Microcenter, have a link? -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of tmse...@rlrnews.com Sent: Friday, June 26, 2009 09:22A To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Windows 7 Home

Re: [H] Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Pre-order now available

2009-06-27 Thread mark.dodge
only: http://microcenter.com/storefronts/microsoft/windows7/preorder.html Eli -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of mark.dodge Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 6:51 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H

[H] Peltier units

2009-06-17 Thread mark.dodge
Is it the same thing with air cooling that with a pelteir you would still need cooler air to make the unit function? I have a situation where I need to put a computer or DVR in a pool house that is about 120 or so... I was wondering if a pelteir or water cooling would work in this kind of

Re: [H] ATI 4650

2009-06-02 Thread mark.dodge
of the old 3870X2. 4870X2 par with GTX295 3870X2 par with GTX280 mark.dodge wrote: I guess another question I have not been able to answer looking around the net... Will the 6600GT or the 4650 be better for SIMS 3 My wife's computer's vid is PCI E so I'm wondering about the horses needed to play

Re: [H] ATI 4650

2009-05-31 Thread mark.dodge
video cards for now. That new 40 micron process is really really really good. :) On May 27, 2009, at 9:47 PM, mark.dodge wrote: Well I was bummed to find that a 4650 w/ 1GB will not beat a 6600GT with 512 in Doom3. I thought that I would get quite a bit of performance, 77 FPS versus

[H] Infragard

2009-05-31 Thread mark.dodge
Is this just too much big brother or is it going to help www.infragard.net The goal of InfraGard is to promote ongoing dialogue and timely communication between members and the FBI. InfraGard members gain access to information that enables them to protect their assets and in turn give

[H] ATI 4650

2009-05-27 Thread mark.dodge
Well I was bummed to find that a 4650 w/ 1GB will not beat a 6600GT with 512 in Doom3. I thought that I would get quite a bit of performance, 77 FPS versus 71 FPS @1024X768 High Quality I guess I'm now looking for something a bit better for around 100 bucks or so. Will a 4770 be a lot better??

Re: [H] ThunderBird v2.0.0.21?

2009-05-27 Thread mark.dodge
ATT Uverse 400 with MAX 18 DSL, DSL Reports.com says I'm getting 16.79 So I'm very happy and Outlook works fine with ATT pots, never tried Eudora or T-Bird, very happy with Outlook 2007, love the calendar and integration with Exchange and the ability to get to it on the web also... As a side

Re: [H] ATI 4650

2009-05-27 Thread mark.dodge
is that it will do 8 channel lpcm audio over hdmi. Not that it games. :) --Original Message-- From: mark.dodge Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] ATI 4650 Sent: May 27, 2009 11:47 PM Well I was bummed

Re: [H] Envelope program ?

2009-05-22 Thread mark.dodge
Office should work for you to print envelopes and if the data base is in a common format such as delimited or such then you can import it into office. My daughter had to show me that printing envelopes from office although not easy works great. There is on MS's office online pages some good help

Re: [H] System no boot

2009-05-02 Thread mark.dodge
Go into the BIOS and change something minor then save it and then try. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Joe User Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 08:25 To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] System no boot

Re: [H] Acronis True Image deal?

2009-05-02 Thread mark.dodge
Norton is too bloated, even trimming the install every machine that it is on is dog slow... -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 08:26 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com

Re: [H] HDTV Math

2009-04-15 Thread mark.dodge
12:12 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] HDTV Math What is Uverse400? Sam mark.dodge wrote: I do not know where to get any figures to give a size or fps figures but all I know is that after switching from Direct TV to UVerse400 I have seen a significant improvement in the quality

Re: [H] HDTV Math

2009-04-11 Thread mark.dodge
I do not know where to get any figures to give a size or fps figures but all I know is that after switching from Direct TV to UVerse400 I have seen a significant improvement in the quality of the picture and very little pixelization in all HD channels. I had very frequent, daily problems with

Re: [H] New TV.

2009-03-14 Thread mark.dodge
And now with LED light source DLP beats out plasmas for size and action picture quality, and I saw a blue ray DVD of the fifth element side by side with a plasma (vizio 50) and a mitsu 57 dlp and went with the dlp. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com

Re: [H] New/old build problems.

2009-02-21 Thread mark.dodge
If it is not the original CPU that was on the board maybe the board's jumpers or BIOS needs to be addressed to the CPU's speed and multiplier... -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid Sent: Saturday,

Re: [H] VPN problems

2009-02-12 Thread mark.dodge
: Tuesday, February 10, 2009 08:39 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] VPN problems On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Tue, 10 Feb 2009, mark.dodge wrote: Come on there are a lot of network guys here, can anyone give me any suggestions? I really need to get this resolved

Re: [H] Did System Cleanup, Now XP Does Not Recognize Lite-On DVD-RW

2009-02-10 Thread mark.dodge
I also have cleaned up a Trojan on mine where now the clock is military time but my cd/dvd drives are still there. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Veech Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 18:49 To:

Re: [H] VPN problems

2009-02-10 Thread mark.dodge
for the terminal services, is that correct? -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of mark.dodge Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 17:37 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] VPN problems What would be better

Re: [H] VPN problems

2009-02-07 Thread mark.dodge
, 2009 1:03 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] VPN problems On Thu, 5 Feb 2009, mark.dodge wrote: I have one Windows 2003 server running Terminal Services set up in each of three offices that I would like to get into from the outside world, one to be able to do some admin stuff

Re: [H] testes...

2009-02-07 Thread mark.dodge
Voltages out of tolerance should be caught by a UPS... -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of dsinc...@bellsouth.net Sent: Saturday, February 07, 2009 2:43 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H]

Re: [H] Partition Question

2009-02-07 Thread mark.dodge
One big partition is how I would go with a 160, especially with XP and office then throw in a few movies, crap down to 12 or 15 gig, time to start worrying, remember when getting to around 10 or 15 meg was a worry?? -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com

[H] VPN problems

2009-02-05 Thread mark.dodge
I have one Windows 2003 server running Terminal Services set up in each of three offices that I would like to get into from the outside world, one to be able to do some admin stuff without having to go to each office and another for the owner to be able to look at the cameras hooked up to each

Re: [H] ?small problem

2009-02-04 Thread mark.dodge
Duncan in XP it is called Enable Boot Logging and it is in the list when you hit the F8 key. It will log every step thru all the boot process and see exactly where is stops or hangs up. After you can find the log file in the Windows folder called ntbtlog.txt. You can see that there are quite a few

Re: [H] ?small problem

2009-02-02 Thread mark.dodge
Can you do a stepped boot not in safe mode and get hung up at the same place? Mup.sys is blamed a lot just because it is the last thing loaded, it is not really causing the problem in most cases. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com

Re: [H] New build trouble?

2009-01-21 Thread mark.dodge
Well you might have fixed it last time by moving the DIMMs, maybe it was just a matter of reseating them or there is a bad socket??? -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DHSinclair Sent: Tuesday, December 23,

Re: [H] A/V Receivers

2009-01-19 Thread mark.dodge
OK, now this brings up a question, why run the video thru the receiver? Why not just go straight from the component to the TV? -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Fisk Sent: Sunday, January 04,

[H] Windows Installer popping up all the time

2008-11-29 Thread mark.dodge
Does anyone remember the trick to get this windows installer to quit popping up on everything? I tried the cleanup utility and that did not work. I think there was a registry entry that had to be fixed but I cannot find anything on it. Mark MD Computers, Houston, TX

Re: [H] Not yet

2008-11-18 Thread mark.dodge
://www.tomshardware.com/charts/ mark.dodge wrote: Side question.. I used to be able to go to Tom's and look at the VGA charts to compare a lot of video cards at once I cannot find those same charts and I was wondering if anyone knew if a 7200GS is faster than a 6600GT?? Both being PCI EX

Re: [H] Not yet

2008-11-14 Thread mark.dodge
Five dollars more and you can get a 512 version -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2008 10:05 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Not yet You mentioned a video card is in your future?

Re: [H] Not yet

2008-11-14 Thread mark.dodge
Side question.. I used to be able to go to Tom's and look at the VGA charts to compare a lot of video cards at once I cannot find those same charts and I was wondering if anyone knew if a 7200GS is faster than a 6600GT?? Both being PCI EX -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [H] Odd?

2008-10-17 Thread mark.dodge
Can run a 1 gigger in the bx6, got one did that. Has to be good ram tho. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Friday, October 17, 2008 8:51 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Odd? my memory may be a little fussy but

[H] White list or black list?

2008-09-27 Thread mark.dodge
I need to limit which web pages multiple business computers can go to. What is the file that does this? I want to limit IE to around 12 sites the business needs for insurance and their page and a couple of medical research sites. I've done a google on whitelist but it comes up with programs that

Re: [H] White list or black list?

2008-09-27 Thread mark.dodge
] On Behalf Of Joe User Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 2:53 PM To: mark.dodge Subject: Re: [H] White list or black list? Hello mark.dodge, Saturday, September 27, 2008, 9:24:57 AM, you wrote: I need to limit which web pages multiple business computers can go to. What is the file that does this? I

Re: [H] White list or black list?

2008-09-27 Thread mark.dodge
] White list or black list? Use a proxy PAC file and enforce the policy on all the machines. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proxy_auto-config -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe User Sent: Saturday, September 27, 2008 12:53 PM To: mark.dodge

Re: [H] It's A Record!!!

2008-09-24 Thread mark.dodge
Hey I still have a couple of 300a's in my garage, one I got from Jim Edwards. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 10:17 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] It's A Record!!!

Re: [H] It's A Record!!!

2008-09-24 Thread mark.dodge
Yes I have got grayer and lost hair, what has it been somewhere close to 12 years I like the list the way it is. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joe User Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2008 3:53 PM To: Thane Sherrington Subject: Re: [H]

Re: [H] Facebook

2008-09-22 Thread mark.dodge
I work at ATT... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DHSinclair Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 2:23 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Facebook Nope! Duncan At 22:08 09/22/2008 +0300, you wrote: Do you live in

Re: [H] Facebook

2008-09-22 Thread mark.dodge
Yes I was in Seattle for a year then on to Houston, transfer with the company. Yes the HCON west was at my house in Phoenix, really enjoyed the get together, yes Harry then was a unique individual, but then there was Kevin also coming all the way he did just to get a Netgear switch, RT318 or RT314

[H] I'm back after Hurricane Ike

2008-09-20 Thread mark.dodge
Well after a week with no power, no phone and brown water, everything seems to be working again. I now somewhat know what it is like in a third world country. I did not have significant damage to my house and just a lot of leaves and limbs from broken trees, I was real lucky. There is still around

Re: [H] Just Wondering?

2008-08-29 Thread mark.dodge
I know a lot of people like Plasma, I prefer DLP, much better picture. Now LCD at 120hz is real nice but a little pricey. Mitsu 57 here. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DHSinclair Sent: Monday, August 25, 2008 6:30 PM To: Hardware Group

Re: [H] Admin password

2008-08-24 Thread mark.dodge
Used and use a bunch. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:54 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Admin password It works. --Original Message-- From: Winterlight

[H] 2 hard drives into one.

2008-07-12 Thread mark.dodge
I have two 80 gig drives that are quite old and are starting to click and every once in awhile they computer will restart right after one of these clicks. I want to get a SATA 500 and make the two drives with their partitions all to the one drive. Is this possible and will I be able to save the

Re: [H] Vista install lacking boot files

2008-07-07 Thread mark.dodge
. I've hit the boot drive with every HD utility I can think of and it all check out just fine. But I might just replace it anyways and see if that helps. --- Brian On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 8:00 AM, mark.dodge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you have tried boot ini and MBR fixes then it would seem to me

Re: [H] Vista install lacking boot files

2008-07-05 Thread mark.dodge
If you have tried boot ini and MBR fixes then it would seem to me that there is something in the BIOS knackered to not boot from the HD. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2008 5:25 AM To:

[H] FFL

2008-07-04 Thread mark.dodge
Time to start thinking about fantasy football league. Mark MD Computers, Houston, TX

Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet cable

2008-06-20 Thread mark.dodge
Is it April first or what -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 10:17 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet cable Review from

Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernet cable

2008-06-20 Thread mark.dodge
No Marantz Gold series tube type from the seventies, that is the best. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Ruset Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 8:11 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots-

Re: [H] Nokia 6555 ?

2008-06-20 Thread mark.dodge
pretty nice for cheap fp At 06:30 PM 6/13/2008, mark.dodge Poked the stick with: NV2 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 9:02 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Nokia 6555 ? For Mom's day picked up my

Re: [H] Nokia 6555 ?

2008-06-13 Thread mark.dodge
NV2 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Monday, May 26, 2008 9:02 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Nokia 6555 ? For Mom's day picked up my wife a Nokia 6555, unlike other Nokia phones I have had this thing is a BIG

Re: [H] Nokia 6555 ?

2008-06-13 Thread mark.dodge
I still have my A930, love it, a bitch to text with, my wife has a NV, her and the daughter text back and forth and she fires me the occasional. I have a 8700 Blackberry that I use for work, it is for email and my service orders and such. Great phone too. -Original Message- From:

Re: [H] problem in IE ?

2008-06-13 Thread mark.dodge
Java no loady? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Friday, June 06, 2008 12:36 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] problem in IE ? At 06:39 AM 6/6/2008, FORC5 Poked the stick with: this link ( and a lot of others

Re: [H] Possible?

2008-05-25 Thread mark.dodge
Sound Blaster Live comes to mind as an alternative to the AWE64, and has XP support. Should be had for cheap-cheap. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of DHSinclair Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:51 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re:

Re: [H] XP SP3

2008-04-30 Thread mark.dodge
But of course... Weird thing is that even though the install failed, my system thinks it has SP3, in help about no less. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Al Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2007 5:38 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com

Re: [H] Wii ?

2008-04-02 Thread mark.dodge
Will not play any DVD disks, but I love it, great exercise and its one console that the wife enjoys, her favorite is Tiger Woods PGA. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2008 8:03 PM To:

Re: [H] Surge suppressor / power filter

2008-03-17 Thread mark.dodge
Cnet just did an article on HDMI cables and they use cables around 6 bucks for their HT reviews. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins Sent: Tuesday, March 11, 2008 5:22 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Surge

Re: [H] Surge suppressor / power filter

2008-03-17 Thread mark.dodge
I use a UPS on my HT as well as my computers, in Houston we have issues with power with the numerous thunder storms and such so I protect my Mitsu and my Onkyo with a APC BE350R, better than a surge protector. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

Re: [H] Need AMD XP Sempron CPU

2008-03-11 Thread mark.dodge
Did you ever get one? I might have a 3500+ somewhere, I'll check later today. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of j maccraw Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2008 4:16 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: [H] Need AMD XP Sempron CPU Well my 4yo+

Re: [H] Blue-ray? HD DVD??

2008-02-08 Thread mark.dodge
Cnet article saying five reasons not to buy Blue ray... http://crave.cnet.com/8301-1_105-9864122-1.html -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 11:15 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re:

Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser

2008-02-07 Thread mark.dodge
That is what I thought at first but NOO. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Lane Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 9:48 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser I agree, there are none IN the bus,

Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser

2008-02-07 Thread mark.dodge
This was the first correct answer. Sorry I got back so late my computer has been down. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Maki Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:29 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser

Re: [H] Word keeps crashing

2008-02-07 Thread mark.dodge
Run a repair within Word, under Help I think its called Detect and Repair... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Weeden Sent: Monday, January 21, 2008 1:40 PM To: hwg Subject: [H] Word keeps crashing Just started a couple days ago.