Re: [H] Net slow today?

2005-10-16 Thread FORC5
get rid of AOL, will stop 99% ;-) At 04:49 PM 10/16/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: - Original Message - From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2005 7:09 PM Subject: Re: [H] Net slow today? must

Re: [H] Nero - Dual burner question

2005-10-17 Thread FORC5
never tried tried it but maybe open nero and do 2 windows. fp At 12:34 PM 10/17/2005, Bobby Heid Poked the stick with: Hey, I have two burners in my system. I know (well, I think I know) that Nero can burn the same files to multiple burners at the same time. But is it possible to burn

[H] UPS battery ?

2005-10-17 Thread FORC5
red light on my tripplite is saying bad battery batteries are $25 ea ( need 2 ) plus shipping seems like it would be better to buy a new unit for $99 opinions ? is APC better ? thanks -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- A big enough hammer can usually fix anything. If it jams, force it,

Re: [H] FS - 2 x 512MB Mushkin PC3200

2005-10-19 Thread FORC5
just rma'ed 2 pc3500 black label from mushkin, same bug. mushkin replaced the ram after testing and said one was bad. little slower on rma then in the past but still handled it. FWIW the replacement had the same bug UNTIL the mb was flashed with the latest bios ( DFI lanparty ) fp At 11:35 PM

[H] secret codes ?

2005-10-19 Thread FORC5
http://www.news24.com/News24/Technology/News/0,,2-13-1443_1819331,00.html is this BS or fact fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Elvis hasn't left the building, he's just in the john.

[H] auto reply ?

2005-10-19 Thread FORC5
how do I get outlook express to auto reply to incoming mail ? like when *out of office* thanks I'm looking with no luck so far, no how to do this in Eudora fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- No parking in the red zone.

[H] mcafee clean ?

2005-10-19 Thread FORC5
anyone aware a utility for mcafee similar to symantec's symclean ? go a older vewrsion in win me, will not uninstall and b4 I start deleting was wondering thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Is a hippie haircut an example of the lunatic fringe?

RE: [H] Nero 7?

2005-10-19 Thread FORC5
had it at Fry's for a week now in the adds fp At 06:09 PM 10/19/2005, Chris Reeves Poked the stick with: I work with a national distributor. Jeesh! :) It hits store shelves big next week; most distributors received their copies for distribution already :)

Re: [H] auto reply ?

2005-10-20 Thread FORC5
really be set server side. Greg - Original Message - From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 4:03 PM Subject: [H] auto reply ? how do I get outlook express to auto reply to incoming mail ? like when *out of office* thanks I'm looking

Re: [H] Connectoid

2005-10-20 Thread FORC5
I would guess connections is set to *dial whenever not connected* goto control panel/network connections/connections and set to never dial. hope I understood your problem properly fp At 01:17 PM 10/20/2005, Sam Franc Poked the stick with: When I disconnect from my ISP (Dial UP)a connectoid will

[H] Doom the Movie

2005-10-22 Thread FORC5
saw it yesterday, I think it was better then I expected with a real surprise twist at the end ( at least for me ) only complaint, They had flashlights on their guns :{( fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- The soul would have no rainbows if the eyes had no tears.

Re: [H] [N] Seagate 120GB $30 AR @ BestBuy

2005-10-23 Thread FORC5
after $70 rebates staggered in 30/60 days NOT a deal and what I would expect from Best Buy, quit going there and CompUSA years ago after being bit hard buy their *rebates* which only sometimes come. luck fp At 10:08 AM 10/23/2005, Jin-Wei Tioh Poked the stick with: Hello all, Nice drive at a

[H] xp pro x64 ?

2005-10-24 Thread FORC5
I would bet not but will xp x64 upgrade a x32 install on a a64 system ? got mine today and no way to play :'( fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Acting without thinking is like shooting without aiming.

Re: [H] Weird pauses on new machine

2005-10-25 Thread FORC5
mouse drivers ? fp At 02:57 PM 10/24/2005, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: Just noticed something with my new machine - it randomly pauses for about a second every 20 seconds or so. Really annoying bug since it wreaks havoc with mouse movment and typing. Seems to do it all the time, not just

Re: [H] Video card opinions

2005-10-25 Thread FORC5
yes. gainward moved. Have a ti4600 VIVO with bad memory still in warranty and just SOOL :'( I have considered a video card move but at this point figure the money is better spent on a new a64 system and be better off in the long run. fp At 10:58 AM 10/25/2005, dsinc Poked the stick with: I

Re: [H] Video card opinions

2005-10-26 Thread FORC5
what about a non GT, just a 6600 ? cheaper, which answers my own question probably fp At 10:12 AM 10/26/2005, Stan Zaske Poked the stick with: A 6600GT would be a good match for an old PC like that. @:) dsinc wrote: Have gaming system which may be long-in-the-tooth now. Still works OK, but

Re: [H] Video card opinions

2005-10-26 Thread FORC5
bet it is faster then my 5900, hell a fx5200 in the shop benches out faster. :'( At 04:42 PM 10/26/2005, Jin-Wei Tioh Poked the stick with: Well, the price difference isn't all that much (~$20 or so). Besides, the 6600 is kind of slow ( 9800 Pro IIRC). -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- If

Re: [H] Demonstration of RAID using a water cooler

2005-10-28 Thread FORC5
now that's funny At 11:02 AM 10/28/2005, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: http://www.epidauros.be/raid.jpg From digg.com -- Brian -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Bubble, Bubble..Am I too late to jump the ship ?

Re: [H] -LO- Asus comes out with single card SLI 7800GT

2005-10-28 Thread FORC5
does this mean SLI in a NF4 Ultra MB ? I think I have a 3dfx card that did this way back when. fp At 12:12 PM 10/28/2005, Chris Reeves Poked the stick with: http://www.asus.com.tw/products4.aspx?l1=2l2=6l3=0model=786modelmenu=1 Damn. New 90 series Nvidia drivers support two of these cards in

[H] no run ?

2005-10-29 Thread FORC5
Have a system here been on the net NOT protected for more then a year. ( was behind a router ) ad-aware removed 4339 no virus found ( yet ) installed ms antispyware and a new AV proggy but they will not load on startup. They will run when clicked. MS antispyware hangs on item 2 ( some browser

[H] disappearing tray icons ?

2005-10-29 Thread FORC5
a short time back someone found a fix for this, please re post if possible. thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Today is the day to bribe a high-ranking public official.

Re: [H] disappearing tray icons ?

2005-10-30 Thread FORC5
thanks fp At 10:32 PM 10/29/2005, JRS Poked the stick with: Brian Weeden posted this.. Nevermind, a little more thorough googling found the following: http://windowsxp.mvps.org/traynotify.htm No idea how the options got set in the first place but it worked. a short time back someone

Re: [H] no run ?

2005-10-31 Thread FORC5
the stick with: Secedit if you have the right template. http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/secedit_cmds.mspx FORC5 wrote: Have a system here been on the net NOT protected for more then a year. ( was behind a router ) ad-aware removed 4339 no virus

Re: [H] no run ?

2005-10-31 Thread FORC5
actually just hit F10 on boot, didn't need the cd's I made. Companies should furnish copies of the OS, not just recovery disk IMO. Me lucky, LMAO fp ;-) At 08:14 AM 10/31/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) Poked the stick with: At 11:03 AM 31/10/2005, FORC5 wrote: after more hours then I like to think

Re: [H] no run ?

2005-10-31 Thread FORC5
I'll bet it is there in XP but buried deep, I still remember generic keys that were easy to type like 00010 fp ;-) At 10:41 AM 10/31/2005, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: With 2k there was a simple # ID you put in one of the config files and it never asked for a CD key. It turned

Re: [H] this sucks/nevermind

2005-10-31 Thread FORC5
manual install from device manager. only the setup program is borked. google shows me not to be alone :-| At 06:38 PM 10/31/2005, FORC5 Poked the stick with: trying to update nVidia drivers to the latest 81.85 and it borks on me. everything done by the book. my fx5900 is NOT in the readme

Re: [H] -LO- Asus comes out with single card SLI 7800GT

2005-10-31 Thread FORC5
will one of these run in SLI on a nf4 ultra just curious, out of my pockets these days. I'm still trying to get Q4 to play on my NF3 and 3200 with a fx5900 low settings and jerky in some areas but have not tried the new drivers yet. fp At 03:59 PM 10/31/2005, Veech Poked the stick with: yep,

Re: [H] no run ?

2005-11-01 Thread FORC5
At 04:36 AM 11/1/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) Poked the stick with: At 12:52 PM 31/10/2005, FORC5 wrote: actually just hit F10 on boot, didn't need the cd's I made. Companies should furnish copies of the OS, not just recovery disk IMO. I agree, but you're going to see more and more recovery CDs

[H] Q4 Timedemo ?

2005-11-03 Thread FORC5
anyone know how to run timedemo in Q4 ? thanks -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- I wish Adam had died with all his ribs in his body.

RE: [H] Does Defrag matter anymore?

2005-11-04 Thread FORC5
until things are real bad, then you will. best to keep things tidy. I use diskeeper set to auto between midnight and 2 am fp At 08:48 AM 11/4/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) Poked the stick with: One would assume that forcing the heads to move more in reading/writing would slow down those

[H] yellow ! on roms ?

2005-11-07 Thread FORC5
Have a Compaq which has this problem did the usual suspects, checked jumpers, removed and re installed, updated MB drivers ( nforce ) IDE still shows standard controller which should be fine. Only time I saw this in the past was when Roxio was uninstalled, not sure this is related or not. no

Re: [H] yellow ! on roms ? /nevermind

2005-11-07 Thread FORC5
fixed, not sure why but when I checked use digital audio in rom properties in DM they came online. go figure At 12:45 PM 11/7/2005, FORC5 Poked the stick with: Have a Compaq which has this problem did the usual suspects, checked jumpers, removed and re installed, updated MB drivers ( nforce

[H] DRM's gone too far

2005-11-07 Thread FORC5
http://www.sysinternals.com/blog/2005/10/sony-rootkits-and-digital-rights.html or http://tinyurl.com/auyjl came across this while investigating rootkits scary fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Deliver yesterday, code today, think tomorrow.

Re: [H] WIFY Encryption ?

2005-11-11 Thread FORC5
problem is I could not get the xp boxes to do wep. still home working thanks At 05:05 PM 11/11/2005, Winterlight Poked the stick with: can 2k and xp be set up some how and encrypted to play together ? thanks fp Yes but I believe everything has to be WEP, as 2K does not support WAP. I don't

Re: [H] TIAPIBT Syndrome

2005-11-11 Thread FORC5
my $.02, bad caps first, in the PSU also might also want to check all the individual drives with manufacturer diagnostics. fp At 04:56 PM 11/10/2005, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: On 11/10/05, AMDSpeed [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What kind of power supply are you using? Big question. Most

[H] Seen This ?

2005-11-14 Thread FORC5
power failure, system will not power up UNTIL the unit is physically unplugged and plugged back in have seen this on more then one occassion ? fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Would she be happy with a Pet Rock instead?

[H] modem IP ?

2005-11-14 Thread FORC5
Got a new Motorola SB5120 to replace my aging Best Data that constantly needed to be rebooted. Can not remember the ip to access the modem. BTW the difference is noticeable. hope the bug goes away :-) thanks -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Tell no big lies today. Small ones are just

Re: [H] modem IP ?

2005-11-15 Thread FORC5
thanks, a lot of info there fp At 09:14 PM 11/14/2005, warpmedia Poked the stick with: Motorola should be 192.168.100.1 no user login needed. jeff.lane wrote: Should be 192.168.1.1 and, maybe Admin, or a like that, and probably no password with new install. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below

Re: [H] SATA II

2005-11-16 Thread FORC5
use black cases =-O At 05:31 PM 11/16/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: - Original Message - From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 8:51 AM Subject: Re: [H] SATA II I can't use this as it

[H] CES 2006 ?

2005-11-16 Thread FORC5
anyone going ? Worth the expense ? not that far a drive from Phoenix Fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Does it take an entomologist to recognize a computer bug?

[H] 6600 nVidia ?

2005-11-17 Thread FORC5
been looking at these cards for a upgrade in lew of major rebuild ( can't afford it, business slow ) some of these cards have a extra power connector and some do not, WTF. I would be inclined to not get the one without for fear the agp slot could not keep up. is this logic sound ? actually

Re: [H] 6600 nVidia ?

2005-11-18 Thread FORC5
At 09:04 PM 11/17/2005, Raul Limos Poked the stick with: On 11/18/05, FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: some of these cards have a extra power connector and some do not, WTF. I would be inclined to not get the one without for fear the agp slot could not keep up. is this logic sound

Re: [H] 6600 nVidia ?

2005-11-18 Thread FORC5
shocks me it pokies with that setup. I'm still trying to balance on the fence with a socket A Barton 3200 curious what the game wanted to auto detect ? My friends 3500 a64 and 6600gt set low quality and 640x480 just like mine does. I am currently testing mine at medium and 800x600. Kicked it up

Re: new system with - Re: [H] 6600 nVidia ?

2005-11-18 Thread FORC5
IMO should of went with a 256meg video card. fp At 04:31 AM 11/18/2005, Jim Edwards Poked the stick with: This stuff is on it's way to my door step today via newegg. 19-103-537CPU AMD 64 |3000+ ATHLON 64 939P RT 1 20-145-440CORSAIR D400 512MX2 VS1GBKIT400 R 1 14-170-072VGA ALBATRON PC6600GT

Re: [H] SATA II

2005-11-18 Thread FORC5
nLite is great, wish there was one for Office fp At 09:01 AM 11/18/2005, warpmedia Poked the stick with: For slipstreaming, unattend setup, oem driver includes, bloatware removing I've recently found nLite: -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Tend the molehills, the mountains look after

Re: [H] 6600 nVidia ?

2005-11-20 Thread FORC5
I'm thinking 2 gig of memory and at least a 256 video card :'( At 04:42 AM 11/20/2005, Raul Limos Poked the stick with: On 11/18/05, FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: shocks me it pokies with that setup. I'm still trying to balance on the fence with a socket A Barton 3200 Today's games an AMD64

Re: [H] Two network cards in 2K3

2005-11-22 Thread FORC5
shouldn't you be able to just plug everything into the router and just deny WAN access to the AIX server in the router ? just a thought At 10:28 AM 11/22/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) Poked the stick with: I'm setting up a network configuration like this: AIX Server that holds live inventory that

RE: [H] R200 questions

2005-11-24 Thread FORC5
bought a refurbished on sale yesterday for $49 after $20 bate. hope it works out, been wanting to play there for awhile fp At 05:38 PM 11/23/2005, Chris Reeves Poked the stick with: I use white background. R200 R300 are the exact same quality of output, just that the R300 has the smartmedia

[H] memory

2005-11-27 Thread FORC5
looking at kicking it up a notch and this caught my eye, never used them b4. opinions ? Wish I could afford something better but wtf http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231032 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211014 thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8)

[H] ram

2005-11-27 Thread FORC5
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211014 what ya think ? cas 3 but for $30 more ( after rebate ) http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820231032 -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Blessed our young they will inherit our national debt.

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-27 Thread FORC5
have corsair now, my asus mb is very fussy with it, any timings but by spd is a black screen and no boot. thanks At 07:17 PM 11/27/2005, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: A lot of people seem to really like the G.Skill memory, especially on NForce4 boards. Personally, nothing but Corsair goes

Re: [H] Puter runing at half freq

2005-11-27 Thread FORC5
I have a 1700 I OC to2600 that does this sometimes, enter bios and exit is usually all it takes ( chip is a remarked 2800 ) Asus MB, actually have 3 of these, they do not all do this. fp At 08:25 PM 11/27/2005, Kevin Potts Poked the stick with: I have a soyo k7vme with AMD 2600+ XP , a couple

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-27 Thread FORC5
Is NOT the low end stuff, matched 512's x 2. fp At 07:51 PM 11/27/2005, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: The crap Value Select stuff, or the XMS line? I've found Corsair to be one of the least fussy, but I don't buy Value Select... Greg -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Inflation is when

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-27 Thread FORC5
xms cas 2 stuff, twinx1024-3200c2 fp At 08:57 PM 11/27/2005, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: Okay..but...matched sticks are available in the Value Select line as well. Is it VS or is it XMS? Greg -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Look after molehills mountains will look after

RE: [H] memory

2005-11-28 Thread FORC5
I had twin 256's that I added a 512 to and had to slow the memory from 200 to 166 to get a stable system, eventually pulled all 3 and went to twin 512's. anything other then spd results in a dead system. probably more mb then memory but other memory does not give me this problem. I would like

Re: [H] Puter runing at half freq

2005-11-28 Thread FORC5
that would be not really, I do inspect them once a year or so for bad caps. Actually got Antec to RMA one that had been opened, but it was a fight. :-( At 10:37 AM 11/28/2005, warpmedia Poked the stick with: Have you monitored your PSU voltage levels over time? Kevin Potts wrote: I have a soyo

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-28 Thread FORC5
At 08:42 AM 11/28/2005, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: The main thing I would suggest is to verify you are running the latest BIOS. Or drop that dinosaur entirely. :) really wish I could :-( The A7N8X was the beginning of the end of Asus for the AMD platform in my book. I have 3 here

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-28 Thread FORC5
not to long ago a bp6 with twin 366's :-) fp At 06:46 PM 11/28/2005, Kevin Potts Poked the stick with: I'll enter my Pentium 200 classic in the oldest computer in use contest. Just a backup/file server but still running 24/7 - Original Message - From: Julian Hale [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-29 Thread FORC5
must work in a Doctors office, they are the worst for keeping up. :-) fp Pentium 133 with 64MB of RAM and Win95. Use it on a daily basis to burn CDs at work. T -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Did you know that no-one ever reads these things?

Re: [H] Backing up 300GB of data

2005-11-30 Thread FORC5
for me I use System Guardian that backs up daily to a second completely bootable backup hd ( and with drive pooling the backup can be rotated ) could be used on any drive in the system though. I also use Karens Power Tools to clone some data over the LAN and a batch file to backup Quickbooks

RE: [H] Backing up 300GB of data

2005-12-01 Thread FORC5
still using ghost 8 here would be interested in your opinion on these thanks fp At 05:53 AM 12/1/2005, Bobby Heid Poked the stick with: I am using Ghost 9 at the moment, but I just got Acronis True Image 9 and Ghost 10 and I'm gonna play with them to see which one I like best. Bobby --

Re: [H] -SOT- Warranty on repairs

2005-12-01 Thread FORC5
you are absolutely right, tell em this is not Costco :-D fp Software problems are always billable, no exceptions. At 04:35 AM 12/1/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) Poked the stick with: Yesterday he calls - the same problem is back, and why won't we fix it for free, since it's the same problem? I

RE: [H] -SOT- Warranty on repairs

2005-12-01 Thread FORC5
on occasion it is the only guaranty, especially on systems that ran a year with NO protection and idiot users. fp The customer is NOT always right, but sometimes one must bite the end of the tongue :-D At 04:56 AM 12/1/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) Poked the stick with: I wouldn't guarantee

RE: [H] early xmas present

2005-12-01 Thread FORC5
priceless same page, check out Customers who bought this book also bought At 11:11 PM 12/1/2005, Chris Reeves Poked the stick with: This is where it sent you originally:

[H] grreased again by MS

2005-12-02 Thread FORC5
Signed up in August to be a partner only to find out now the *annual* membership is calender Jan to Jan bummer :'( -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Some days, rocking a boat is the way to get things done.

Re: [H] Again - Best Motherboard - Looking for Recs

2005-12-04 Thread FORC5
built a DFI Lanparty for a friend, turned out very nice but was not able to run dual channel mode until the latest bios flash. (memory errors) fp At 07:31 AM 12/4/2005, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: The only roundup on Anandtech mentioned the DFI Lanparty as tops with the MSI Neo4

Re: [H] IE Bug Lets Hackers Phish With Google Desktop

2005-12-05 Thread FORC5
user, never had a problem with google TB At 06:16 PM 12/5/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) Poked the stick with: At 03:06 PM 05/12/2005, Wayne Johnson wrote: How about those that use IE do NOT use any toolbar or auxiliary desktop? I trust almost no addons for IE not because IE is insecure but

[H] Weird OE

2005-12-06 Thread FORC5
I do not use OE but I have my wife's account there, for awhile now all deleted mail has been replied to with a weird text file on my computer. I think I have stopped it but it is really weird. Messages were not relied to, only deleted. Seems like some kind of auto reply but weird. Turned off

Re: [H] Need XP COA

2005-12-08 Thread FORC5
isn't activation a PITA, about a month ago, against my better judgement, I replaced a PSU and MB in a E-Machine, matched up the chipset perfectly with a Tyan MB and the system booted right in. Of course the installed key was not kosher according to activation but it activated fine with the COA

[H] bad burner ?

2005-12-08 Thread FORC5
I have a customer box here with a bad DVD burner in it, weird noises and the heads mark the disk when inserted, customer leaves a cdr in the drive all the time, I'm thinking it just wore itself out by occasionally trying to access the disk ( spinning up ) Is this a possible explanation ? fp

Re: [H] Need XP COA

2005-12-08 Thread FORC5
meant off yours, my assumed u had a dell sorry At 04:36 PM 12/8/2005, Jim Edwards Poked the stick with: At 12/8/2005 10:37 AM, FORC5 wrote: You saying the coa off the dell will not activate ? I didn't ask for the coa, it is theirs. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- He is a self-made man

Re: [H] bad burner ?

2005-12-09 Thread FORC5
the stick with: Could the lens be so dirty that it's extending up to contacting the disc trying to focus? Can't think of any other simple reason for lens to contact disc. FORC5 wrote: I have a customer box here with a bad DVD burner in it, weird noises and the heads mark the disk when inserted

[H] -OT- Paypal ?

2005-12-09 Thread FORC5
Going to list some stuff on ebay, haven't done this in many years. I do have a paypal account but have never really used it ( once I think ) Paypal is asking me to *verify* with bank info, I hesitate. How does one receive money, never done this ? Is this necessary ? Still digging but figure

Re: [H] bad burner ?

2005-12-10 Thread FORC5
my 109 did this also, the *new* 910 will not even burn my 8x tdk's at 8 ( 6 ) my 109 did them at 16 reliably. what's up Pioneer ? fp At 06:48 AM 12/10/2005, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with: At 01:20 PM 12/9/2005, Stan Zaske typed: Just bought the 3550 myself and it will burn @ 12x on 8x

Re: [H] -OT- Cuba

2005-12-14 Thread FORC5
just like Bangkok in the 70's :-! At 12:40 PM 12/14/2005, warpmedia Poked the stick with: Best part is all the drugs, strange sex, bondage you can take for free! =) -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Don't sell yourself short, your wisdom is worth 2 cents.

Re: [H] -OT- Cuba

2005-12-15 Thread FORC5
it's also a $10,000 fine if a American gets caught going there but they stamp a removable page in the visa :-} At 04:33 AM 12/15/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) Poked the stick with: At 10:36 PM 14/12/2005, Gary VanderMolen wrote: It could be a problem if you ever have to apply for a US government

Re: [H] Motherboard upgrade

2005-12-15 Thread FORC5
in device manager set hard drive to standard dual channel pci ide controller ( I am assuming not SATA ) I have a reg file to set boot back to default settings. have yet to have a xp mb swap not boot. ( w2k yes but not xp ) should be on THG FTP luck the trick with the add on controller works to

Re: [H] Motherboard upgrade

2005-12-15 Thread FORC5
should not be a problem but w2k can be very anal sometimes. fp At 08:25 PM 12/15/2005, Bill Cohane Poked the stick with: At 22:10 12/15/05, FORC5 wrote: in device manager set hard drive to standard dual channel pci ide controller ( I am assuming not SATA ) I have a reg file to set boot back

Re: [H] Unsticking a stuck pixel on an LCD monitor.

2005-12-22 Thread FORC5
supposedly a video that flashes red, blue and green real fast will sometimes awaken a stuck pixel. uploaded ftp://hardwaregroup.com/incoming/stuck_pixel_video.zip no idea if this actually works Fp hohoho At 06:36 AM 12/22/2005, Bobby Heid Poked the stick with: I seem to remember someone

Re: [H] Unsticking a stuck pixel on an LCD monitor.

2005-12-22 Thread FORC5
mine plays with quicktime At 08:16 AM 12/22/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: - Original Message - From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 9:39 AM Subject: Re: [H] Unsticking a stuck

[H] Ghost of Christmas Mouse

2005-12-22 Thread FORC5
I have a weird one after a few or not so few minutes once to the desktop the mouse curser freezes BUT you can see the mouse is still working because as you move it around the icons change color and work. Computer is not locked, can access remotely with PCA with no problem. very weird any ideas

Re: [H] Unsticking a stuck pixel on an LCD monitor.

2005-12-22 Thread FORC5
may be good policy but why can not your policy be the same as the manufacturer ? I've yet to have a dead pixel ( bangs head on wall ) :-| fp At 10:03 AM 12/22/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: It is a good thing I bought this monitor for shop use and not for a customer. I simply

Re: [H] Ghost of Christmas Mouse

2005-12-22 Thread FORC5
just xp sp2, my ftp server and has been fine. seems this surfaced after I put in a fx5200 video card, may swap it out b4 I do a repair install which I am not optimistic about. restore turned off, system backed up daily with system guardian thanks fp At 11:35 AM 12/22/2005, lopaka Poked the

Re: [H] Unsticking a stuck pixel on an LCD monitor.

2005-12-22 Thread FORC5
and why I buy them at Costco :-D At 11:22 AM 12/22/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: may be good policy but why can not your policy be the same as the manufacturer ? Would you want me to sell you a monitor under that policy when I could send you to Office Depot for one where you can

Re: [H] CD burner opinion?

2005-12-22 Thread FORC5
go with a DVD/CDR/w, do not waste time with just a CDR. NEC 3550a after much reluctance has been good to me. Newer Pioneer are NEC chipsets anyway. haven't had a LiteON lately but have some of their cdr burners in stock, may try to move them on Ebay. go DVD, NEV 3550a $40 to my door from Newegg

[H] Ghost of Christmas mouse, fixed

2005-12-24 Thread FORC5
Well more worked around then fixed. In video properties moved hardware acceleration down a notch and turned off write combine. cursor now stays attached to mouse :{) fx5200 video card Merry Christmas hohoho -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- There are three things that come next, uh four.

[H] -OT- Ebay/Paypal ?

2005-12-25 Thread FORC5
Been selling stuff on ebay and was wondering if anyone else does AND uses Quickbooks ? Trying to figure out how I want to set it up. Thinking of PP as a bank account and ebay as both a vendor and a customer and leave the end buyers out of it. suggestions ? This is only cause I had to link a

[H] URL's from Eudora ?

2005-12-25 Thread FORC5
Never have a problem linking out from Eudora util Ebay, none of the links in their email's link out for some weird reason from this box, another box on the LAN is not a problem so it has to be something with this installs options or some obscure security setting. any ideas what to check thanks

Re: [H] Re: Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas

2005-12-25 Thread FORC5
I like ho's better :-! tis the season At 12:07 PM 12/25/2005, Robert Turnbull Poked the stick with: At 01:00 AM 12-25-05 +, Jeff Lane wrote: I'm smilingMerry Christmas to all and to all a Happy Ho Ho To be politically correct, you can't say Ho, Ho,

Re: [H] mapped and external drive annoyances in XP PRO

2005-12-31 Thread FORC5
fwiw I always leave D and E open just because of this *feature* :-) At 02:13 PM 12/31/2005, Winterlight Poked the stick with: Why does XP PRO ignore mapped drive letters when plugging in an external drive. Typically, if you have, say drive C D E F as local drives, and then maybe G and H I as

[H] Happy New Year to ALL THG

2005-12-31 Thread FORC5
A little early but us geezers may not make it 8-) To all a good night fp and clan -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Even a blind squirrel finds a nut once in awhile !

[H] Nero 7/6 ?

2006-01-01 Thread FORC5
will nero do 16:9 and Dolby 5.1 on capture ? fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Even the blind can see money.

RE: [H] Nero 7/6 ?

2006-01-01 Thread FORC5
thanks guys At 11:12 AM 1/1/2006, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with: At 12:59 PM 1/1/2006, Chris Reeves typed: Will do 5.1, and will upcode stereo to 5.1 (not total comment on that, though the separation to sub is handy) I believe it will capture 16:9. If one has the correct adapters drivers

[H] -ot-Pioneer DR-506S slot load cd-rom

2006-01-02 Thread FORC5
awhile ago a list member was interested in one of these, I have two of them listed on Ebay right now if still interested. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Is a hippie haircut an example of the lunatic fringe?

RE: [H] -ot-Pioneer DR-506S slot load cd-rom

2006-01-02 Thread FORC5
32x believe At 08:15 PM 1/2/2006, Mark Dodge Poked the stick with: Should ought ta tell what speed the thing is... Mark Dodge MD Computers 360-772-2433 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 8:39 AM

RE: [H] -ot-Pioneer DR-506S slot load cd-rom

2006-01-02 Thread FORC5
Of FORC5 Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 7:24 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] -ot-Pioneer DR-506S slot load cd-rom 32x believe At 08:15 PM 1/2/2006, Mark Dodge Poked the stick with: Should ought ta tell what speed the thing is... Mark Dodge MD Computers 360-772-2433 -Original Message

Re: [H] 06 tech predictions?

2006-01-03 Thread FORC5
more then u think, a lot of tight wads out here :-( and I seem to attract them all. fp At 06:15 AM 1/3/2006, Stan Zaske Poked the stick with: I didn't know there were any 486's still around in 2006. Wow! @:D -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- A closed mouth maintains a happy mind.

RE: [H] Windows vulnerability?

2006-01-04 Thread FORC5
tried this windowsonecare on one of my test boxes, looks good but not ready for prime time. Would lock up and not run. ( the program, not the puter ) wish it was a download so I could try it again after uninstall or on another test box without the mother may I routine, but I will anyway for

RE: [H] Windows vulnerability?

2006-01-05 Thread FORC5
try it again but I did install it twice. Shouldn't do that. wonder what paid subscription cost fred At 06:17 AM 1/5/2006, Mark Dodge Poked the stick with: I'm testing this and it seems that if you let it do it's thing for a while after the first boot it will not lock up. I tried twice to use

Re: [H] Verizon DSL

2006-01-08 Thread FORC5
FWIW I had a similar problem and it seems my modem was not on the *approved* list anymore so got a new Motorola from Cox for $60 and all is better, have not had to reset the modem once. ( the router a couple of times) but the modem has been a rock. At 04:28 PM 1/8/2006, Winterlight Poked the

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