[H] Vista Chess ?

2006-09-21 Thread FORC5
is there a version of the new Vista Chess game in for XP ? heard there was going to be curious fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Why is abbreviated such a long word?

RE: [H] older system ?

2006-09-22 Thread FORC5
reinstall windows. You can change a uni/multiprocessor ACPI PC to a standard computer but not the vice versa. From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] older system ? Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2006 20:07:14 -0700 working

Re: [H] Printer heads dry out update

2006-09-23 Thread FORC5
is there anything else around to print directly on cd's and dvd's ? only thing mine is used for, so far no problem drying heads but maybe because it LEAKS :{( fp At 07:30 PM 9/22/2006, Gary VanderMolen Poked the stick with: My Brother HL-1440 laser printer has been working well for some three

[H] PSU's ?

2006-09-23 Thread FORC5
what is a appropriate variation in voltages on the + and - rails ? been having problem starting and shutting down I believe is the PSU, speedfan ( if it can be trusted ) is reporting +3.3= 3.34 +5= 4.81 +12= 11.55 -12= 11.99 -5 = 4.58 Picked up a new supply on sale and when I get it swapped I'll

Re: [H] Printer heads dry out update

2006-09-23 Thread FORC5
amen to that I am on my second set of cartridges and as of yet no dried out nozzles, too bad they can not be easily removed for cleaning. B$ this r200 I just did paper lables but the print on cd is pretty cool and looks better IMO fp At 01:49 PM 9/23/2006, Winterlight Poked the stick with: I

Re: [H] Printer heads dry out update

2006-09-23 Thread FORC5
that is sometimes a PITA, usually ( but not always ) I just push it in till it stops ( arrows not alligned) and it goes on the first time. But not always. Watching for that next sale myself. At 02:00 PM 9/23/2006, Winterlight Poked the stick with: B$ this r200 I just did paper lables but the

Re: [H] Thumb drives

2006-09-24 Thread FORC5
personally like Lexar, for no particular reason other then I have not had one go bad on me like some others ( forget brand ) Use MS Synctoy to keep backup copy of thumb on hard drive just in case. 8-) fp At 06:42 PM 9/24/2006, James Maki Poked the stick with: How come there is such a disparity

Re: [H] AVG free edition

2006-09-27 Thread FORC5
AVG free can not updated local Want advice ( having been here many times ) Run the system restore disk, it really is the only way to guaranty 100% Save their data to thumb drive or burn to cd if they have a burner. fred luck At 09:52 AM 9/27/2006, dhs Poked the stick with: trying to help a

Re: [H] AVG free edition

2006-09-27 Thread FORC5
well there is always format, win me ought to be cheap enough ( ought to be free ) :-} any chance it would handle win 2k ? I just fixed a older PII 500 win 98 borker with a clean win 2k install, doesn't do bad but I did add some memory. Fp At 12:31 PM 9/27/2006, dhs Poked the stick with: Thanks

[H] more bad caps :(

2006-09-28 Thread FORC5
Antec NEO 480 PSU. go figure. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- You must know your limits to break through them.

Re: [H] AVG free edition

2006-09-30 Thread FORC5
run system restore and go back as far as you can, can be found in Programs\Accessories\System Tools ( or somewhere like this ) can always create a current system point for return, is kind of like a MS wayback machine. Has on occasion been helpful. probably will not fix the virus and trojan,

Re: [H] AVG free edition

2006-10-02 Thread FORC5
good luck, seems to me if they had kept up to date you would not have this problem to fix. :-[ Fred At 07:05 AM 10/2/2006, dhs Poked the stick with: I'll leave it up to the owner as to whether they buy after the demo period runs out. Thanks for the advice. Spot on. Very nice AV package.

Re: [H] AVG free edition

2006-10-03 Thread FORC5
Works is a light version of office that vendors installed free. You think you seen weird stuff, had a gal drop off a box with FULL MONTI jpgs of herself linked to the desktop. wahooo :-[ Fp At 09:56 AM 10/3/2006, dhs Poked the stick with: Hey Fred, I have no idea who last turned this box on,

RE: [SPAM SUSPECT] Re: [H] AVG free edition

2006-10-04 Thread FORC5
did not think it would be ethical to keep copies, just me I guess. fp At 04:50 AM 10/4/2006, Bobby Heid Poked the stick with: And you're not going to share? LOL. Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Tuesday, October 03

RE: [SPAM SUSPECT] Re: [H] AVG free edition

2006-10-04 Thread FORC5
not of me, that would be grounds for boot :-} fp At 05:32 AM 10/4/2006, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with: At 07:50 AM 10/4/2006, Bobby Heid typed: And you're not going to share? LOL. Maybe Fred thought if we saw the pics we'd have him booted from the list. ;-) --+--

Re: [H] Nero 7.x update...

2006-10-04 Thread FORC5
funny thing is the fix is the update, dl manually from nero. I think when mine did this my anti spyware and or firewall was messing with it. fp At 03:29 PM 10/4/2006, Bobby Heid Poked the stick with: Hi, I have tried several times to use the Nero Product Setup link from the main form. It

Re: [H] MS gets serious about activation

2006-10-05 Thread FORC5
your point ? :-} must be working, they are. I would like to know what Dell and others pay per year for unlimited installs, I'm positive they do not pay per unit. fp At 10:18 AM 10/5/2006, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with: Yeah, MS is getting rich on the $10-20 it charges Dell for that OEM cd key.

Re: [H] MS gets serious about activation

2006-10-05 Thread FORC5
not make you an OEM. Unfair or not, thats how it is. That's why there are plenty of alternatives to Windows out there. FORC5 wrote: actually if I buy a OEM copy and build a system and then later decide to destroy that system and build another the OEM SW is fine cause I am the OEM. it is not tied

Re: [H] MS gets serious about activation

2006-10-05 Thread FORC5
but it is legal ( loosely cause it is all BS ) which makes him a * OEM of ONE* :-} fp At 05:58 PM 10/5/2006, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with: What I was trying to get across - and apparently flew over the collective heads of the list - is that if you go to Newegg, pick out a bunch of parts, and

Re: [H] -LO- MS Releases RC2 of Vista

2006-10-07 Thread FORC5
This build may not have the same level of support or servicing via Windows Update as RC1, and you may not be able to upgrade from this build to the final version of Windows Vista. bothers me a little, not that a clean install of final would not be better. only running rc1 in shop, not on a

RE: [H] -LO- MS Releases RC2 of Vista

2006-10-07 Thread FORC5
if it did I missed it :-| At 08:18 AM 10/7/2006, Bobby Heid Poked the stick with: Didn't RC1 say the same thing? Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 11:00 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H

Re: [H] MS gets serious about activation

2006-10-07 Thread FORC5
love that, wait for Vista @ $400 At 11:41 AM 10/7/2006, Stan Zaske Poked the stick with: That's the problem, XP isn't worth $199. Shouldn't have to pay more than half that for the retail version. What a rip! Ben Ruset wrote: Why should you? You didn't pay retail price for that copy of XP. It's

Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

2006-10-08 Thread FORC5
if anything Vista is slower, needs at least 1gig ram etc. The first build I put in was a real dog and it came back out the same day. FWIW I am running it on a AMD 2400 and did bump the ram to 1 gig on a WD SATA 250gb drive. All of my systems are behind the power curve, :-| successive builds

Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
you forgot Mary :-} At 11:02 AM 10/9/2006, Veech Poked the stick with: and Peter Paul was a candy bar. *sorry* - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [H] Is

Re: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
doesn't the local geek shop guaranty their work ? fp At 11:52 AM 10/9/2006, nobozoz Poked the stick with: My sister (3000 mile away in Orlando, FL) had a HD crash on a Dell Dimension, WINXP system with NVIDIA GeForce4 MX440 video (I think she said). Anyway, she took it to a local geekshop and

Re: [H] Test

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
games ? fp At 12:28 PM 10/9/2006, Julian Zottl Poked the stick with: Hmm, I've never seen that problem before :( Is it maybe a game or something that is not resetting the refresh rate properly when it exits? _ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC

Re: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
I second and third that, I pretty much leave any hardware driver updates alone at MS Fred At 02:29 PM 10/9/2006, Harry McGregor Poked the stick with: I have had very bad luck with the nvidia drivers via Windows Update, but I have done well downloading them direct from Nvidia.

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
uninstalling the old drivers first, especially with multi-mon. I know they recommend doing that, but it seems like a retarded (and dated) requirement to me... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Monday, October 09, 2006

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
those situations is EXACTLY why I backup daily with System Guardian, my son got into something the other night I could not fix, or at least after a hour I gave up an switched my backup drive with the boot drive, instant recovery from disaster. :{) Has saved me and some of my customers more

RE: [H] Video problem on XP reinstall.

2006-10-09 Thread FORC5
I am quite familiar with *stubborn* sometimes to a fault :-| fp At 06:28 PM 10/9/2006, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: I backup my boot drive weekly, and my documents daily. I could have easily restored the backups, but I wasn't about to let a video driver upgrade hose my OS. I guess I'm just

Re: [H] Had to happen sooner or later. Man do I feel old!

2006-10-12 Thread FORC5
I never switched, as long as it worked for my why would I ? fp At 06:10 AM 10/12/2006, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with: As TheRegister pointed out, it made no sense for Qualcomm to make and sell Eudora. I really liked Eudora for a number of years, but as soon as Thunderbird came out, I switched.

[H] w2k ?

2006-10-14 Thread FORC5
Have one in with inaccessible boot device screen. anyway to tell what sp is installed ? customer has no clue and from past experiences doing a repair with the wrong disk can get me in deeper. I can boot in with a nix disk and access the drive. Anyway from a repair console maybe to tell build ?

Re: [H] w2k ?

2006-10-15 Thread FORC5
F6 during win2k setup to load the drivers from a floppy. On 10/14/06, FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have one in with inaccessible boot device screen. anyway to tell what sp is installed ? customer has no clue and from past experiences doing a repair with the wrong disk can get me in deeper. I

Re: [H] Adding drivers to OPK CDs

2006-10-18 Thread FORC5
never did a OPK disk but I wonder if nLite will do this ? I think it does for regular disks but it has been awhile since I needed to use it. ( and wish they had one for office ) fp At 06:35 AM 10/18/2006, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: I've never managed to get this working properly,

Re: [H] New Video Card

2006-10-18 Thread FORC5
shorter in the tooth then my fx5900 :-| fp At 10:59 AM 10/18/2006, Christopher Fisk Poked the stick with: This is what my research today told me. I ordered one up for $200 because I don't have the money to upgrade to a PCIe system at this time, but my 6600GT is getting long in tooth. --

Re: [H] radeon 9000 ?

2006-10-20 Thread FORC5
what I thought, thanks to all fp At 12:25 PM 10/20/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: No. First card to do 9 was 9250 on the low end Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2006 11:10:32 To:hardware

Re: [H] When will we see DX10 Video Cards?

2006-10-24 Thread FORC5
sitting on the fence can be a bitch, I have a permanent seat there lately :-| I am a private pilot ( single engine and Glider) and did not like MS flight sim, just not the same, now combat flight sims better imo fp At 01:45 PM 10/24/2006, GPL Poked the stick with: I have done a lot of reading

Re: [H] HELP - Space for system restore?

2006-10-31 Thread FORC5
FWIW I turn that off and use System Guardian for full system, bootable backups. fp At 05:03 PM 10/31/2006, Kevin S. Potts Poked the stick with: System restores disk usage is more flexible than that. See KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/300044 - Original Message - From: RLS [EMAIL

Re: [H] RAID 5 upgrade planning

2006-11-04 Thread FORC5
you got to be kidding, do you really watch all this stored media ? Why not burn some off to DVD. ( rhetorical ) fp At 02:28 PM 11/4/2006, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: When I built my HTPC a year ago I used a MegaRAID controller and 5 250GB SATA drives. This gave me a RAID 5 array with

Re: [H] Can't get in BIOS

2006-11-07 Thread FORC5
USB keyboard ? if so plug in a hardwired one. fp At 04:03 PM 11/7/2006, Anthony Q. Martin Poked the stick with: Can anyone suggest I reason I can't get into the BIOS? I have a Gigabyte GA-SinXP1394 mobo. Manual says to press DEL immedicately after Powering on. I do that, but I still just end up

Re: [hardware] [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...

2006-11-08 Thread FORC5
interesting article but I always just backup the address book and account info to the my doc folder ( for transfer and restore ) then use right click on the inbox to see location of data and just transfer it then restore the other two items. OE must be opened at least once b4 so location of

Re: [hardware] [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...

2006-11-08 Thread FORC5
have you tried Eudora in Vista yet ? I have not gopt around to it yet fp At 07:21 AM 11/8/2006, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with: My previous post may have been over zealous which shows my destain for OE even the new MM [Microsoft Mail] in Vista. FWIW I'll stay with Eudora if the new

Re: [H] Can't get in BIOS

2006-11-08 Thread FORC5
WaHooo ! fp :-D At 01:44 PM 11/8/2006, Anthony Q. Martin Poked the stick with: Thane Sherrington wrote: At 07:33 PM 07/11/2006, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I tried that! I was using a USB keyboard so I just figured the damn thing couldnt see it during boot. So, I plugged in a old kb with a PS2

Re: [H] Can't get in BIOS

2006-11-08 Thread FORC5
or malware Just about everything. Sh*t. FORC5 wrote: WaHooo ! fp :-D At 01:44 PM 11/8/2006, Anthony Q. Martin Poked the stick with: -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- What time is it at the North Pole?

[H] router question ?

2006-11-08 Thread FORC5
Came back from a call, besides being wired up wrong they had one of the 4 ports looped back to another port, will this fry a router ? ( DLink ) router was toast, reset would lock on for a few seconds then freak again. ( hard reset, not power off ) thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below

RE: [H] router question ?

2006-11-08 Thread FORC5
thanks, didn't think so but had to ask fp At 07:48 PM 11/8/2006, nobozoz Poked the stick with: Connecting two like ports in the same router shouldn't hurt anything. _jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Wednesday, November 08

[H] funny for me for the day

2006-11-09 Thread FORC5
working on a customer box running *net nanny*. what a joke. when I try to goto MS Update it says in jest ( Net nanny has blocked this website because it may contain offensive material ) :-D fp had to share -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Stupidity is not considered a handicap, park

Re: [H] Email SMTP server issue

2006-11-18 Thread FORC5
doesn't seem to be working :-} fp At 07:31 PM 11/18/2006, Gary VanderMolen Poked the stick with: The whole blocking thing is really obnoxious... But a necessary tactic in the war against spammers. Gary VanderMolen -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Forget RTFM - Call the author at home.

[H] Video card ponderable ?

2006-11-26 Thread FORC5
still on the fence to upgrade system do to $$$ :-o running a fx5900 (128 meg) on a 3200 barton with 2 gig of pc3200. system seems fine just looking to maybe play some newer games on the cheap. :'( looking at a 6200le for $50 ( 256 meg ) waste of time ? or possibly worth it in the short run ?

RE: [H] Video card ponderable ?

2006-11-26 Thread FORC5
AGP of course, I feel like a Dinosaur in this business lately :'( fp At 08:28 AM 11/26/2006, Mark Dodge Poked the stick with: AGP or PCI-E??? 6600GT's can be had for around a hundred or so. Best bang for the buck until you can go 7800 or 7900 series. Doom3 looks real good on mine. Mark --

RE: [H] Video card ponderable ?

2006-11-26 Thread FORC5
and after now watch my MB blow caps :'( thanks fp At 09:05 AM 11/26/2006, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with: At 11:01 AM 11/26/2006, FORC5 typed: AGP of course, I feel like a Dinosaur in this business lately :'( Don't worry as you have plenty of Dinosaur friends

[H] game chairs ?

2006-11-26 Thread FORC5
Any ones kids have one of these yet ? Found this one at Newegg but can not find any info on it http://tinyurl.com/ydwjrc My kid seems to think Santa will get him one. :'( thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- It is the VETERAN, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech.

[H] Firefox and tinyurl ?

2006-11-26 Thread FORC5
anyone know why FF does not paste tinyurl to the clipboard properly ? gobble gobble fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- No matter what goes wrong, someone knew it would.

Re: [H] Firefox and tinyurl ?

2006-11-26 Thread FORC5
in IE it copies automatically. thanks been copy pasting and wondering why in IE I do not have to fp At 06:38 PM 11/26/2006, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with: At 08:14 PM 11/26/2006, FORC5 typed: anyone know why FF does not paste tinyurl to the clipboard properly ? Sorry but I don't know what

Re: [H] game chairs ?

2006-11-26 Thread FORC5
WOW ! thanks At 07:29 PM 11/26/2006, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with: At 09:25 PM 11/26/2006, Wayne Johnson typed: If he can't wait you can get it on eBay at http://cgi.ebay.com/Gaming-Chair-Wloesale-List_W0QQitemZ120058059225QQihZ002QQcategoryZ102491QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem or

Re: [H] Firefox and tinyurl ?

2006-11-29 Thread FORC5
fantastic, thanks fp At 01:45 AM 11/29/2006, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with: At 08:14 PM 11/26/2006, FORC5 typed: anyone know why FF does not paste tinyurl to the clipboard properly ? Ooops, forgot the URL https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/126/ for the FF TinyURL Extension

RE: [H] Moving to Vista

2006-12-01 Thread FORC5
I have done two upgrades to xp and was impressed with the setup routine, worked very well. You only run into the fact some software doesn't work, hopefully that will be fixed with final release. AV software I kind of understand but why the hell excommunicate everybody else. I have some older

Re: [H] Moving to Vista

2006-12-03 Thread FORC5
, Rick Glazier\(Gmail\) Poked the stick with: - Original Message - From: FORC5 Clipped Quickbooks complains about the new IE 7 in XP so I removed it. fp Is this the too much security type of error that you can (and I do) override each time the program loads. (Or is it something worse

Re: [H] Senior Safety Monitor

2006-12-04 Thread FORC5
I wish my Aunt had not been stubborn about having a panic button, she had a stroke in the bathroom, fell down and spent 3 days on the floor b4 we found her. She is in a nursing home now. fp At 08:57 AM 12/3/2006, Al Anger Poked the stick with: Winterlight wrote: ... is the hearing of the

[H] NEC 7170a ?

2006-12-04 Thread FORC5
Need a DVD burner and Newegg is out of the 3550's but have a7170a's. newer burner but newer is not always better. NE reviews are not promising. anyone played here yet ? fred -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- When seeking love give nothing. Finding love give all.

RE: [H] NEC 7170a ?

2006-12-04 Thread FORC5
] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 10:18 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] NEC 7170a ? Need a DVD burner and Newegg is out of the 3550's but have a7170a's. newer burner but newer is not always better. NE reviews are not promising

[H] Kaspersky ver NOD32 ?

2006-12-05 Thread FORC5
Running NOD32 in my Vista box because it has been the only thing that works so far. Got a very ( extremely ) bad infected box in, needs a restore but restore disk no where to be found. First I ran AVG free, then NOD32 then Kaspsersky. Kaspsersky found A LOT of stuff Nod missed. Question, If I

Re: [H] Kaspersky ver NOD32 ?

2006-12-05 Thread FORC5
figured that thanks fp At 08:52 AM 12/5/2006, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: At 11:07 AM 05/12/2006, FORC5 wrote: Running NOD32 in my Vista box because it has been the only thing that works so far. Got a very ( extremely ) bad infected box in, needs a restore but restore disk no where

Re: [H] OK, I'm impressed

2006-12-08 Thread FORC5
you know the robot is controlled by someone fp At 10:51 AM 12/8/2006, Jason Carson Poked the stick with: Wow, that is impressive. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf2-gJvOSOI -- -- -- G. Waleed Kavalec - -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- If I have no mouth but

Re: [H] OK, I'm impressed

2006-12-09 Thread FORC5
didn't even know you could do that with paint, why did I buy a cad program :-| or is it deceiving us somehow ? fp At 09:55 AM 12/9/2006, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: Call me impressed: http://www.collegehumor.com/video:1728017 That is amazing. T -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines

[H] OE ?

2006-12-15 Thread FORC5
Every once in a while ( and a lot lately) OE asks to compact boxes and if I do in box goes bye bye. Anyway to turn off this annoyance ? Wife is the only one that uses OE, I use Eudora. Can not find any settings to get rid of this * feature * BTW there is not much there so not sure what it

Re: [H] OE ?

2006-12-15 Thread FORC5
?) Rick Glazier From: FORC5 Every once in a while ( and a lot lately) OE asks to compact boxes and if I do in box goes bye bye. Anyway to turn off this annoyance ? Wife is the only one that uses OE, I use Eudora. Can not find any settings to get rid of this * feature * BTW there is not much

[H] dell PSU ?

2006-12-19 Thread FORC5
Have a Dell Dimenion with a bad psu. Seems small for the unit ( 350 watt on a P4 ) Back panel is not cut out for industry standard replacement. :-o Barring doing some sheet metal work anyone have a source for dell psu's.? Searching dell now and not finding them very friendly. Would seriously

RE: [H] dell PSU ?

2006-12-19 Thread FORC5
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2006 11:34 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] dell PSU ? Have a Dell Dimenion with a bad psu. Seems small for the unit ( 350 watt on a P4 ) Back panel is not cut out for industry standard replacement. :-o Barring doing

Re: [H] dell PSU ?

2006-12-19 Thread FORC5
thanks Harry, these guys have a replacement for $60, the the PC PP would be better fred At 02:05 PM 12/19/2006, Harry McGregor Poked the stick with: These guys tend to have Dell OEM replacement parts: http://www.centrix-intl.com/ Harry Wayne Johnson wrote: At 03:00 PM

Re: [H] dell PSU ?

2006-12-20 Thread FORC5
good advice but not practical, the MMB connectors look proprietary also. I agree putting in the same wattage PSU ( 350 for $80) is another failure waiting to happen. I could do some sheet metal work but do not want to. The PCPP looks like the best option. I am off to Fry's this AM to see if

Re: [H] dell PSU ?

2006-12-20 Thread FORC5
/20/2006, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with: At 10:23 AM 12/20/2006, FORC5 typed: good advice but not practical, the MMB connectors look proprietary also. Usually they are not or at least they weren't in the several dozen or so that I've rebuilt. The same applies to HP/Comprags but I have run

[H] wd 40gb ?

2006-12-21 Thread FORC5
Have two wd 40gb drives only showing 9 gb ( fat 32 ) drives were installed in January. fdisk only shows 9gb ( aprox) looking for clues on something to check these with. Tomorrow will run the wd sw on them fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Dust bunnies threaten thousand points of

Re: [H] wd 40gb ?

2006-12-22 Thread FORC5
Glazier From: FORC5 Have two wd 40gb drives only showing 9 gb ( fat 32 ) drives were installed in January. fdisk only shows 9gb ( aprox) looking for clues on something to check these with. Tomorrow will run the wd sw on them -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Those who trade liberty

RE: [H] Merry Christmas!

2006-12-25 Thread FORC5
be a ditto Got a laser mouse and a gaming headset 8-) and a copy of Mepis. fred At 08:58 AM 12/25/2006, Mark Dodge Poked the stick with: Yes to everyone that does, Merry Christmas. Mark -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jeff Lane Sent:

[H] 3550a and lightscribe ?

2006-12-25 Thread FORC5
awhile back I remember discussion about a firmware flash to enable lightscribe in my 3550a, now that I have two of them I do not mind attempting to play here even though Lightscribe enabled burners are not expensive. My 3550a seems to be drying up. Been putting LiteON in customer boxes, do like

Re: [H] 3550a and lightscribe ?

2006-12-25 Thread FORC5
I also have a r200, does a good job but is sometime fussy on loading. The casio looks interesting, just figured if I could fiddle with lightscribe for grins. Happy with printable disks and my r200. I too ( lately) do not seem to do much printing but for awhile was doing a lot of DVD labels. fp

[H] webroot AV ?

2006-12-28 Thread FORC5
I have been pretty happy with ( more or less ) with Webroots Spy sweeper and they now offer AV. I was wondering if anyone had messed with it yet and have opinions ? I usually use that and Kaspsersky or Nod32 in customer boxes unless they opp for free. Have not looked at Avast but will check

[H] Kaspersky ?

2006-12-28 Thread FORC5
Looking at KAV Home use version 6 Business Ver 5 3 user business is cheaper then 3 user home any advantage to business version ? ( other then cheaper ) Gun shy of full security packages because of Norton, just looking at AV but includes spyware protection, how good is Kaspsersky spyware

Re: [H] Kaspersky ?

2006-12-28 Thread FORC5
latest update fixed a lot of the bugs. Heck I was happy with 3, it ran from a think drive. fp At 09:18 AM 12/28/2006, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: At 12:12 PM 28/12/2006, Winterlight wrote: I own two, 2 year licensees for Webroot Spysweeper. Version 4 was fine but version 5 is such

Re: [H] OT Networking question somewhat different

2006-12-30 Thread FORC5
just a guess but perhaps the wify setup uses a fixed ip and you may need to input the info into the router on the WAN side. sort of like a T1 line. May need the ip and dns settings which should be in the computer if this is how it is set up. Then the router would handle downstream. fp At 02:07

Re: [H] virus bug, help

2007-01-02 Thread FORC5
been removed. Steve On 1/2/07, FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have a customer box with adware.purityscan. It basically is shut down and blocked and not running but the infected file keeps re appearing and I can not figure out how. Have checked all the usual suspects in the run and services

[H] another weird bug ?

2007-01-02 Thread FORC5
quick launch bar goes away on re boot ? userinit is in the correct place the registry. any suggestions ? fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- So many messages ... So little time left.

[H] USB CD ROM's ?

2007-01-03 Thread FORC5
Are USB external roms bootable ? have a Dell server case with only two external 5 bays and I would like them both for removable drive trays. Lousy server case. fp thanks -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- I'm on the Brute Squad. No, you ARE the Brute Squad.

[H] ecc memory ?

2007-01-04 Thread FORC5
any sw out there to test whether memory is ecc or not ? intel i875 chipset samsung memory K4H560838F-TCCC data sheet I found says it is not. just trying to mate up two more sticks and be sure. crucial *wizard* does not even recommend ecc. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Never play

Re: [H] ecc memory ?

2007-01-04 Thread FORC5
thanks At 07:40 AM 1/4/2007, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with: 975 chipset has no support for ecc. On some boards it will run, with no ecc support... On others you won't get POST. Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date

[H] network ?

2007-01-05 Thread FORC5
I am NO networking guru but I do OK. I am working on a network that appears to work OK but has me confused. They are using a class c subnet with a class a ip 10.0.0.100 255.255.255.0 I was under the impression that 10.0.0.x ip's used 255.0.0.0 subnets. Any pointer appreciated. They only have 10

Re: [H] network ?

2007-01-05 Thread FORC5
to do. The 10 block is large enough for most stuff, but for smaller networks the 192.168 and 172.16, etc. is fine. See this page for more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_network http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classful_network On 1/5/07, FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am NO networking

Re: [H] network ?

2007-01-05 Thread FORC5
/dedicated/cidr.html On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 07:19:51AM -0700, FORC5 wrote: I am NO networking guru but I do OK. I am working on a network that appears to work OK but has me confused. They are using a class c subnet with a class a ip 10.0.0.100 255.255.255.0 I was under the impression

Re: [H] Easiest to use CD/DVD burning software

2007-01-06 Thread FORC5
don't shoot me but I always found Easy CD Creator more user friendly, even though I do not use it anymore. Nero for me fp At 08:05 PM 1/5/2007, rls Poked the stick with: I am building a computer for a friend and though he is a great guy freaks if its too complicated. Last time I installed Nero

[H] r200 ?

2007-01-06 Thread FORC5
While I like my Epson r200 for doing labels I find having to load the tray several times b4 it actually takes a real PITA. Did not do this when it was new. Has anybody figured out WTF and have a fix ? do not think this is a driver issue, suspect maybe the white marks being dirty might be

Re: [H] Making XP legit...

2007-01-08 Thread FORC5
program is at MS. I updated a customer with the fix it now button. Got a legit key ( after $149 + tax ) They never sent me a link for the program but luckily I found it at MS. I have converted 3 systems now to *genuine*. What a joke. Funny thing is after we got this lady legit I got a letter

Re: [H] Epox error code C1

2007-01-10 Thread FORC5
what about the drive ? run manufacturer diagnostics. check caps fp At 05:37 PM 1/10/2007, rls Poked the stick with: Family computer has been running worse than a dead dog today. Checked the PS and all the voltages came back ok Alternated each stick of existing ram, no change. Installed ram from

Re: [H] Making XP legit...

2007-01-13 Thread FORC5
I DL'ed it from MS but like a dummy have lost the link and can not find it. If it is OK with THG I could put it on the FTP site. It came directly from MS when I went thru the fix it now button. :'( for a customer. let me know. fp At 05:54 PM 1/13/2007, Al Anger Poked the stick with: FORC5

Re: [H] Making XP legit...

2007-01-13 Thread FORC5
, January 13, 2007 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [H] Making XP legit... FORC5 wrote: MS has a program to turn VLK to OEM. I have converted several. no re install needed. fp Fred, Do you have a source for it? Can't seem to find it. TIA, al -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- My family tree

Re: [H] Making XP legit...genuine :{)

2007-01-14 Thread FORC5
I originally got it from MS after hitting fix it now. They were supposed to send the link after my customer paid the $$$ but never did, I found it then at MS but have not been able to lately even with google. FWIW this is a older version of the one I dl'ed. mine is 773kb and this one is 663kb

Re: [H] Swaping processors

2007-02-07 Thread FORC5
I have always had to goto device manager/computer and update the driver to dual. fp hope this posts At 07:11 AM 2/7/2007, rls Poked the stick with: In the process of building a new pc. - To start with, I will use my old Pentium 2.53 ghz processor. I will replace that in April when Intel drops

[H] XP Home network ?

2007-02-07 Thread FORC5
Glad I can finally :-} get a fix Is there anyway to force XP Home to remember log on and password on a local network ? without adding their user name and password to the server ? thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- The price of greatness is responsibility.

Re: [H] Eudora Question

2007-02-15 Thread FORC5
goto to zclouds web based mail and delete it if dl'ing it is the bug. fp At 05:03 PM 2/15/2007, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: I seem to have one (last) email stuck at my ISP. Yes, it does have an attachment worth 7.9MB. Yes, I've modified/changed my: /tools/options/incoming_mail/ switch to

Re: [H] bottom of the line

2007-02-16 Thread FORC5
IF I had to pick, probably Dell but I build my own 8-) fp At 12:38 PM 2/16/2007, Winterlight Poked the stick with: If you had to buy a bottom of the line PC, your basic word processing, email, web browsing box, in the 300 dollar range who would you pick as the manufacturer. Dell, Levono,

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