[H] OEM Logos ?

2007-11-09 Thread FORC5
Customer wants me to remove the OEM logos from Vista XP was not a problem, the start menu logo not a problem Can not fine the files in vista Any help appreciated Fast Google search did not help THG better then Google. :-) fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Okay. When I count to three,

Re: [H] OEM Logos ?

2007-11-10 Thread FORC5
\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winsat\WindowsExperienceIndexOemInfo FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Customer wants me to remove the OEM logos from Vista XP was not a problem, the start menu logo not a problem Can not fine the files in vista Any help appreciated Fast Google search did

[H] Steam Account?

2007-11-10 Thread FORC5
Pros and cons ? Have a friend says he can give me some games IF I have a steams account. Isn't this something to do with cheating or something. Have not investigated. Have tried to stay clear of games that require these kind of options fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Okay. When I

Re: [H] Steam Account?

2007-11-10 Thread FORC5
you have to reinstall. On Nov 10, 2007 12:39 PM, FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pros and cons ? Have a friend says he can give me some games IF I have a steams account. Isn't this something to do with cheating or something. Have not investigated. Have tried to stay clear of games

Re: [H] Steam Account?

2007-11-12 Thread FORC5
, they would blacklist your setup since that how A120%'s driver looked. Starwars Empire at War comes to mind. Though I have not tried in 12 months there was a period after the 1.2 patch where they were playing cat mouse with Daemon Tools Alcohol 120% to the point where I shelved the game. FORC5

Re: [H] Steam Account?

2007-11-12 Thread FORC5
it - they need my Steam account to be able to play it. I'm sure that Valve and other vendors really like that downside. Jamie FORC5 wrote: sounds interesting. I will investigate further I always use virtual ROMs so I do not have to play find the CD/DVD game. fp At 10:49 AM 11/10/2007, Brian

[H] Streaming Office ?

2007-11-15 Thread FORC5
Been a while, have the procedure was just wondering if there is a program like nLite for Windows for office ? Just wondering. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Iron sharpens iron; scholar, the scholar.

Re: [H] Streaming Office ?

2007-11-15 Thread FORC5
seems MS in it's wisdom will not let me make a administrator install of my version. First time ran into this. Has to be a enterprise version or something like that. hunt is on, must be a way. :-} fp At 04:31 PM 11/15/2007, Al Poked the stick with: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Been a while

Nero 7 ?

2007-11-20 Thread FORC5
Short ? Try to do a slide show and program locks up. any clues ? fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- God is a comic playing to an audience afraid to laugh.

Re: [H] Nero 7 ?

2007-11-21 Thread FORC5
files absolutely standard and not damaged? Rick Glazier From: FORC5 Try to do a slide show and program locks up. any clues ? -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Rap is to music as Etch-A-Sketch is to art.

[H] HD Virus ?

2007-11-22 Thread FORC5
On the news yesterday about a virus in NEW hard drives shipping from China. BS or fact ? How is this possible on a un formatted drive ? or would it be embedded in the firmware ? Looks like Seagate Fp thanks -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- If you can't win fair, win foul.

[H] Webroot AV ?

2007-11-22 Thread FORC5
HAPPY TURKEY DAY TO ALL Has anyone used Webroots AV SW with their anti spy ware stuff ? they now offer firewall with it. Package deal is not to bad. Fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- If you can't win fair, win foul.

Re: [H] HD Virus ?

2007-11-22 Thread FORC5
, Windows will attempt to autorun when attached (unless, of course, that functionality is disabled) Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2007 10:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [H] HD

Re: [H] F-ckin Xmas lights

2007-11-23 Thread FORC5
worried about power outage, do like I do. I do not put up lights. baa humbug. :-} fp At 01:26 PM 11/23/2007, Joe User Poked the stick with: Every year we throw sets of lights away. Now with power use issues (like killing our planet) I want to use LED sets, they are pricey in the beginning but I

Re: [H] F-ckin Xmas lights

2007-11-23 Thread FORC5
Love IT !! fp At 03:22 PM 11/23/2007, Joe User Poked the stick with: Hello FORC5, Friday, November 23, 2007, 3:24:00 PM, you wrote: worried about power outage, do like I do. I do not put up lights. baa humbug. :-} Yeah, like the idea... tried it. Wife = Veto -- Regards, joeuser

Re: [H] XP device removal?

2007-11-25 Thread FORC5
I have a reg file that gives hidden devices, should be on thg ftp phantom devices.reg fp REGEDIT4 ; This file was automatically generated by Xteq X-Setup (http://www.xteq.com) ; ; HIGHLY IMPORTANT: Before using this file be sure to read the documentation for ; Record

Re: [H] Netgear going down the tubes???

2007-11-25 Thread FORC5
any piece of HW can fail fp At 03:58 PM 11/25/2007, Steve Tomporowski Poked the stick with: A few months ago, my wife's business discard the Netgear router I had given them and replaced it with a Linksys. I had been having trouble with my DSL connection. Every once in a while I'd get no

Re: [H] How do you turn off connection actions in XP?

2007-11-26 Thread FORC5
does not always work At 05:01 PM 11/26/2007, Bobby Heid Poked the stick with: Off of the top of my head, I think that you click on the always do this checkbox and then select no action from the list. Or something like that. Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [H] Router research; was-Netgear going down the tubes???

2007-11-26 Thread FORC5
router one can plug a thumb drive into, want one. fp At 07:31 PM 11/26/2007, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: I'm a huge fan of the Apple routers. Yes they are expensive but I have had a lot better experience with them than my recent D-Link and Netgear purchases. The Apple ones work fine with

Re: [H] Mixing integrated graphics and PCIe x16 video card

2007-11-29 Thread FORC5
Most I have seen lately the onboard disables when the pcie slot is full. YMMV fp At 12:57 PM 11/29/2007, Winterlight Poked the stick with: On Nov 29, 2007 11:09 AM, James Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is it possible to use motherboard integrated graphics AND a PCIe video card to run

Re: [H] Any WinXP SP3 users out there?

2007-12-05 Thread FORC5
what they failed to say was 07 was 20% slower to start. :-} fp At 06:48 AM 12/5/2007, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: The press is going crazy about this. Unless there's been new testing since, the original report of 10% faster was ONE test performed by ONE person on ONE application

Re: [H] DVD burner suggestions

2007-12-09 Thread FORC5
my Samsung works just fine, rip wise. Very fast. fp At 08:05 PM 12/9/2007, Chris Reeves Poked the stick with: I don't know about that. Go buy a samsung dvdrw that will only rip at 2x vs a liteon that rips at full speed. The fact that they are same price and its a commodity means jack.

[H] AMD Fan Noise ?

2007-12-11 Thread FORC5
Any one know what the db is on AMD stock fan/heatsinks ? Model in question is a 6000 x2, sink has thermalpipe tech on it. Thinking of upping the fan and not sure it would be worth spending $30/40. Looking at A thermaltake Silent 939 k8 think 19db Thanks Fred -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below

Re: [H] Good backup software

2007-12-11 Thread FORC5
FWIW I use System Guardian ( Standby Disk ) Back up daily to a second HD, fully bootable without having to go thru a restore. Much more convenient then restoring from server or disk, and faster. Has saved my bacon more then once ( and my customers ) least amount of downtime of ANY backup SW.

Re: [H] Good backup software

2007-12-12 Thread FORC5
external clones are not always bootable, I have had this work good for my customers using the new Dell's with no room for another internal drive and most of the time works fine. Worst case is a repair install. fp At 05:21 AM 12/12/2007, Al Poked the stick with: P.S. I have one and like it. I

Re: [H] Good backup software

2007-12-12 Thread FORC5
a lot of stuff. Life is a risk, nothing is perfect. I do like the idea of a fresh install clone for restores to eliminate mother may I as long as the HW has not changed, still bugs the hell out of me every time. fp At 04:14 AM 12/12/2007, Al Poked the stick with: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: [H] Ideas - new server case?

2007-12-14 Thread FORC5
antec p182 hard to beat but I went with Supermicro case because of the built in drive trays. Love the case. I bet Lien Li has some nice ones. Just ordered my second Lien Li case for a customer build. Very Nice. Beware factory fans are designed for Supermicro MB's and sound like Harrier Jets on

[H] gigabyte MB's ?

2007-12-17 Thread FORC5
Never used one of their mb's b4 Newegg back ordered a mb I ordered and on some suggestions I have heard here ordered and GA-M57SLI-S4 NF570 SLI way overkill but customer needs a LPT port and a lot of others are loosing this port. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Not everything in

Re: [H] StarMicro - Bad Guys?

2007-12-18 Thread FORC5
and worse they are having growing pains, more then average complaints I see. fp At 01:17 PM 12/18/2007, Al Poked the stick with: Robert Martin Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've picked up a couple $20 parts this year from StarMicro and did receive them in reasonable timeframe. Finally got

Re: [H] Decent system?

2007-12-22 Thread FORC5
just built this same MB with a 6000 a64 x2, rosewill 600 watt and a nForce 7300gt, 2 gig crucial ballistix and two 160gb Seagate drives. ( business box ) samsung dvd burner. all sata drives. System runs really good My first Gigabyte mb. My only complaints ( minor ) do not like the plastic clips

[H] Happy

2007-12-24 Thread FORC5
Happy Festivus :-* fp At 11:34 AM 12/24/2007, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: Best of the Season-Merry Chrismas!-Mele Kalikemaka-Feliz Navidad-Noel-whatever, Duncan -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Let me sweeten the deal a bit for you, - Beelzebub.

[H] Sony ?

2007-12-26 Thread FORC5
Weird, got a Sony notebook in for service, full drive. I free'ed up 1gb on the boot partition but further investigation shows TWO partitions on what looks like a 20gb drive with a 7,5gb FAT32 boot partition and the rest NTFS WTF. Hesitate to merge these partitions. Curious why Sony did this.

Re: [H] Sony ?

2007-12-26 Thread FORC5
seen that too but in this case the fate32 was the boot partition. Very strange. all better Fp At 04:28 PM 12/26/2007, Richard Kim Poked the stick with: Yup. Recovery partition. Thinkpads have the same thing. They have a small recovery program and a copy of everything that came on the laptop.

Re: [H] Sony ?

2007-12-26 Thread FORC5
blow out the recovery partition and did a new install onto the smaller FAT32 partition. -Tharin O. FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: seen that too but in this case the fate32 was the boot partition. Very strange. all better Fp At 04:28 PM 12/26/2007, Richard Kim Poked the stick with: Yup

Re: [H] Running a scheduled task in XP

2007-12-28 Thread FORC5
give the admin account a pw and use that to run scheduler instead of the users. I thought only pro required that ? fp At 06:18 AM 12/28/2007, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: I'd like to be able to run scheduled tasks on customer's computers. These are all XP machines, but some of the

[H] CPU FAN Suggestions

2007-12-31 Thread FORC5
Updated cpu from a 6000 to a 6400x2 With dnetc running cpu temps are to high, (59c) Took off the factory paste and put my goop on, worse. (63c) Gives problems in games. Have never had trouble with dnetc b4 ever and have been constantly running it for years. grins I guess. Suggestion for a

Re: [H] Where is it?

2008-01-03 Thread FORC5
do u have any hair left ? :-} fp :-[ At 02:33 PM 1/3/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: JoeUser, UDAMAN! That did it! Fixed a 4-day head scratching session... LOL! Best, Duncan At 15:14 01/03/2008 -0600, you wrote: Hello DHSinclair, snip TOOLS - INTERNET OPTIONS - ADVANCED tab - now

Re: [H] My PC Build for January

2008-01-04 Thread FORC5
also they charge for advance replacement At 02:56 AM 1/4/2008, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: At 04:41 PM 03/01/2008, Brian Weeden wrote: Honestly, I would just go with whichever HD maker had the longest warranty and backup my data regularly. The problem is that Seagate HDs take about

Re: [H] My PC Build for January

2008-01-04 Thread FORC5
FWIW just built a new system for a customer and used two seagate 160's, mostly because of the warranty ( 5 years ) time will tell. I personally gave up on Maxtor even though I have a couple of old ones still chugging along just fine in a *backup* server. :-| Not sure why, their RMA procedure

Re: [H] Is there a service that.....

2008-01-05 Thread FORC5
reset button also your gateway should be the router's ip fp At 08:34 PM 1/4/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: OK. I am stupid. Back in 10/06 I believe I re-admin'd my old NAT router to a NEW IP Address. I write 'believe' because I have written notes, docs, marks that say I did this task.

Re: [H] DDR2

2008-01-05 Thread FORC5
don't ya need 64bit to see all that memory even in vista ? fp At 03:50 PM 1/5/2008, Winterlight Poked the stick with: I will get 4GB now and run XP Pro so that shouldn't be a problem for me at this price I might even get 8GB should I decide to install Vista -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below

Re: [H] Is there a service that.....

2008-01-05 Thread FORC5
according to the manual at netgear there is a reset button, usually a hole one has to use a pin in. fp At 10:50 AM 1/5/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: FORC5, There is no reset button, just the power cord. Old router! Yep, agree on the gateway ip, but since I don't know the number I've

Re: [H] DROBO

2008-01-08 Thread FORC5
neat for data, not for bootable backups. Demo did not say what kind of drives, assume sata cool fp At 11:41 AM 1/8/2008, Naushad, Zulfiqar Poked the stick with: Wow, this product looks pretty nifty!! What do you guys think? http://www.drobo.com I seriously need something like this. I

[H] quickbooks question ?

2008-01-08 Thread FORC5
Anyone know where Qb keeps the data when one modifies the forms ? ( custom invoices etc ) not in the company data file thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Why is it that if you leave the room, you're elected?

Re: [H] quickbooks question ?

2008-01-09 Thread FORC5
Did a clean install of 08 for a customer and his tractor feed invoices did not maintain formatting when the qbb file was restored. Trying to find out where this might be. I had a similar problem with a clean install myself, a lot of my customized forms ( invoices ) lost their formatting and had

Re: [H] quickbooks question ?

2008-01-09 Thread FORC5
it only needed to be re-assigned as the default... If (when) others reply, I'll send them off list... If you have additional questions, please join... (It will be faster for you... grin) (I just sent a slipstreamed invite.) Rick Glazier From: FORC5

Re: [H] quickbooks question ?

2008-01-09 Thread FORC5
it only needed to be re-assigned as the default... If (when) others reply, I'll send them off list... If you have additional questions, please join... (It will be faster for you... grin) (I just sent a slipstreamed invite.) Rick Glazier From: FORC5 Did

[H] Hyper TX 2

2008-01-09 Thread FORC5
Do not remember who recommended this cooler but THANK YOU ! Big, not heavy, directs air over the mb chipset fanless fins and so far keeps things under over temp with rc5 running and side cover on. (alarm set to 65c) Haven't tried any games yet and am just using the default goo for now, after a

Re: [H] Hyper TX 2

2008-01-09 Thread FORC5
coolermaster tx2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835103031 of course now I bought mine there is a rebate, go figure. :'( I usually use thermaltake. this one seems to fit my bill, no need to remove the MB. does not weigh 2 lbs + and fits in the case :-* like the way it

[H] Free AV ?

2008-01-10 Thread FORC5
As far as free AV goes, been using AVG but was playing with Avast. Opinions appreciated. ( for customer boxen ) fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Drink! for you know not whence you came, nor why.

Re: [H] Free AV ?

2008-01-11 Thread FORC5
Procrastination is king, some do. Most are just too stupid or just plain lazy. I often wonder if they ever change their oil or check their tire pressures. Good money on fresh installs when needed 8-) fp At 02:52 AM 1/11/2008, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: At 11:09 PM 10/01/2008, FORC5

[H] Bios Bug ?

2008-01-24 Thread FORC5
Have a Shuttle an35n Ultra v 1.1 Came in with bad memory and a dead battery so it was only running at 100 fsb when I goto the bios to reset, on bios exit computer will not re post. reset cmos to get back in. I have seen this behavior in the past and it was memory timing ( or just a darn bug )

[H] Symantec AV went NUTS ?

2008-02-09 Thread FORC5
Have narrowed this down to the scheduled update feature in my SAVC file dwhwizrd.exe. When it runs it creates a endless stream of files dwh.tmp ( where is random numbers) It detects these as a trojan . So does my Webroot AV. Have I been infected by a really smart V or is this a bug in

Re: [H] Symantec AV went NUTS ?

2008-02-10 Thread FORC5
I do that but it seems not to stick. Thanks Fp At 08:51 PM 2/9/2008, j maccraw Poked the stick with: For legit tools, I've had to mark the folders as ignore to keep SAV from wiping them out. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Press any key to continue or any other key to quit.

Re: [H] Symantec AV went NUTS ?

2008-02-11 Thread FORC5
good idea, nothing in hosts except 127.0.0.1 localhost all others show nothing suspicious. think I will do a rootkit scan for grins. fp At 11:07 AM 2/11/2008, Mesdaq, Ali Poked the stick with: Check your host file c:\windows\drivers\etc\hosts or check which IP your connecting to for downloads.

Re: [H] Old Router still works!

2008-02-18 Thread FORC5
FWIW my old 314 is alive and well in a friends house. good solid, no extra feature router. Still running a FVS318 8 port myself with a spare in the pile along with a newer 4 port RP614 someone just gave me who went WIFY Wish I could goto 1000 base with all the crap on my server. ( image files

Re: [H] So many files in a dir...

2008-02-21 Thread FORC5
if you open up a command window and shut down explorer in task manager u should be able to maneuver to the dir and remove it then run explorer to get back to the desktop fp At 05:44 PM 2/21/2008, Joe User Poked the stick with: Hello, I have a system that has so many files in a dir the system

Re: [H] Vista SP1 comments

2008-03-05 Thread FORC5
isn't Vista Sp1 still in beta ? fp At 11:08 AM 3/5/2008, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: Here is the funny part. From what I've read, SP1 is supposed to speed up Vista. But in every test I've done (five systems so far, and one clean install) SP1 slows the first two benchmarks by from

Re: [H] Surge suppressor / power filter

2008-03-11 Thread FORC5
pretty much ANYTHING is better then Radio Shack CRAP. You had your stroke yet, you sure do rant :-D fp At 12:08 PM 3/11/2008, Hayes Elkins Poked the stick with: So next time a snooty salesman tries to sell you the virtue of a $100 Monster 1000 HDMI cable vs. a cheaper line, or that a $2000 3'

[H] What is too hot ?

2008-03-12 Thread FORC5
AMD 6400 what is too hot ? If I run dnetc temp goes to 65c and asus probe throws a warning/ fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Teaching: Appearing to have known your subject forever.

[H] NOD32 ?

2008-03-13 Thread FORC5
Recently installed nod32 AV to play with. Have lost LAN connection from server to office yet I can still access server no problem from the office. Can nod32 do this ? turning it off has no affect thanks fishing fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Those without heads do not need hats.

Re: [H] NOD32 ?/fixed/confirmed

2008-03-14 Thread FORC5
dl'ed the newer release and because I had to uninstall the earlier release I checked the LAN. 10 x 10. both directions. installed the newer release and ( so far) still have lan access. SO far I am not impressed with nod32. kaspersky was better I think but one test at a time. thanks fp At

Re: [H] NOD32 ?/fixed/confirmed

2008-03-14 Thread FORC5
the update is pretty much the only negative right now. Would be Nice to at least know when a update is available. Most ppl do not bother and the one I was running was only a couple of weeks old. FP At 08:36 AM 3/14/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: OK. Different strokes for different

Re: [H] NOD32 ?/fixed/confirmed

2008-03-14 Thread FORC5
way to much for my customers to handle. :-D Mine updates av files but not the program itself AFAIK fp At 09:18 AM 3/14/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: Understand. What update are you concerned about? Confused? The code is still being tweaked; nobody save the developer's know when a code

Re: [H] NOD32 ?/fixed/confirmed

2008-03-14 Thread FORC5
that is good to know. I am becoming a believer fp At 10:18 AM 3/14/2008, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: At 02:13 PM 14/03/2008, DHSinclair wrote: Understand. With V3.0 there are NO program updates at this time. What is too much for your customers to handle? Huh? I'm getting regular

Re: [H] NOD32 ?/fixed/confirmed

2008-03-14 Thread FORC5
MY CUSTOMERS LIKE AUTOMATIC. wish I had a nickle for everyone I put on the bench that had not be updated in YEARS ppl treat puters like appliances, and I guess Bill is trying to comply, resistance is futile :'( fp At 10:13 AM 3/14/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: Understand. With V3.0

[H] cd rom gone, help ?

2008-03-17 Thread FORC5
Have a system ( older HP ) lady updated ME to XP pro. cd rom has the infamous yellow mark in device manager. deleting it just re detects the same. drive works on boot ( can boot to it and use it ) I recall some kind of a bug years ago with ez creator but I thought that was when uninstalling in

Re: [H] cd rom gone, help ? fixed

2008-03-17 Thread FORC5
found this, worked http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-broadband/2482-my-cdrom-icon-missing-my-computer-exclamation-mark-device-manger.html tallyho At 09:47 PM 3/17/2008, FORC5 Poked the stick with: Have a system ( older HP ) lady updated ME to XP pro. cd rom has the infamous yellow mark

Re: [H] cd rom gone, help ? fixed

2008-03-18 Thread FORC5
] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2008 12:59 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] cd rom gone, help ? fixed found this, worked http://www.indiabroadband.net/bsnl-broadband/2482-my-cdrom-icon-missing-my-c omputer-exclamation-mark-device-manger.html tallyho -- Tallyho ! ]:8

[H] Wii ?

2008-04-01 Thread FORC5
Not that familiar with these systems, Internet had not been real helpful to date. Does Wii use HDDVD or BlueRay tech ? or does it even use a disk. Thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- A duck's quack doesn't echo, and no one knows why.

Re: [H] Wii ?

2008-04-02 Thread FORC5
04:56:06 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Wii ? 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

[H] wps files ?

2008-04-02 Thread FORC5
any converters foe wps files to work in office 2002 ? open fine in my 2003 thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Where there is a will, I want to be in it.

Re: [H] wps files ? nevermind

2008-04-02 Thread FORC5
found the converter at ms fp At 05:06 PM 4/2/2008, FORC5 Poked the stick with: any converters foe wps files to work in office 2002 ? open fine in my 2003 thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Where there is a will, I want to be in it. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Who has

Re: [H] Very nice Shuttle HTPC

2008-04-11 Thread FORC5
worked for me fp At 02:17 PM 4/11/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: Brian, can not get to your link. Is it protected? Best, Duncan At 15:08 04/11/2008 -0400, you wrote: Great form factor, tons of good features including Blu-Ray HD-DVD combo player for about $1800 ($250 less for Blu-Ray

[H] Alcohol 120% ?

2008-04-13 Thread FORC5
Un installed Alcohol 120% during a routine upgrade and now Windows in all it's infinite wisdom is telling me I need to re activate because my hardware has drastically changed. ! WTF ? anyone seen this behavior ? fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Both of his feet are firmly planted

Re: [H] Alcohol 120% ?

2008-04-13 Thread FORC5
my guess too but that should not be reason to play mother may I. I have changed cd/dvd drives in the past with no ptoblem. Guess MS is getting more picky. As long as it plays I guess it is only a moderate PITA. fp At 10:36 AM 4/13/2008, Winterlight Poked the stick with: Not from Windows, but

[H] VISTA Screwed me again

2008-04-13 Thread FORC5
server is running vista ( left over from MS testing ) has been OK for what it does. Originally gave me a lot of grief LAN wise. Vista had access to the LAN, the LAN had no access to VISTA. Made the mistake of running updates, my problem is back. all permissions seem to be set properly. any

Re: [H] VISTA Screwed me again

2008-04-13 Thread FORC5
, file sharing, etc enabled) in the network center. -Original Message- From: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 13, 2008 7:28 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] VISTA Screwed me again server is running vista ( left over from MS testing ) has been OK for what it does

Re: [H] VISTA Screwed me again

2008-04-13 Thread FORC5
Quite so Watson :-} fp At 05:57 PM 4/13/2008, Al Poked the stick with: FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: game is a foot. afoot a foot is twelve inches or five toes and a heel. ;) Hope you get your Vista thing worked out. Regards, Al -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- What part of Right

Re: [H] DRM or DVD from Hell?

2008-04-28 Thread FORC5
no bricks here please but it figures sp3 is more about WGN then making the product better, just like Vista. I wonder about the next generation. I believe in KISS 8-) fp At 10:50 AM 4/28/2008, Greg Sevart Poked the stick with: They disabled many known activation cracks...boo hoo, if you stole

[H] xp sp3 ?

2008-04-29 Thread FORC5
looking for the dl at MS and can only find sp3 overview. anyone have a link ? and is it final. Want to dl it separate for streaming. When I goto live update they want to install the new wga and I say no. on a side note what was the dll causing the reboots ? I need more memory 8-) fp --

Re: [H] xp sp3 ?

2008-04-29 Thread FORC5
thanks, after some more homework I do not think I will have a problem, not running the suspect sw and will be a clean install. I hope the sp does not change. fp At 03:55 PM 4/29/2008, Bill Cohane Poked the stick with: At 17:52 04/29/08, FORC5 wrote: looking for the dl at MS and can only find

Re: [H] Reboot Problem

2008-04-30 Thread FORC5
sounds like heat, make sure cpu heat sink is making good contact. sounds like you changed everything but the power supply, could be that also. fp At 11:50 AM 4/30/2008, Gary Poked the stick with: OK Guru's.here is the problem Got box running XP Pro; and it reboots several times a day on

[H] click of death

2008-05-02 Thread FORC5
Have a laptop here with a Hitachi drive with the click of death. What would be a good replacement ? Looking at the Seagate Momentus 7200 rpm. Not sure if the controller supports this speed pr not thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Tag line thievery..Coming up next on Geraldo.

[H] MB bug ?

2008-05-02 Thread FORC5
Have a friend with a system he built on a Asus p5e 775 ( not sure which one but probably pro ) about every 3 months he has to format reinstall due to errors, runs fine up till then. PSU is a seasonic 750 My only suggestions was to get it cloned after installed/activated to make restores

Re: [H] click of death

2008-05-02 Thread FORC5
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Friday, May 02, 2008 3:03 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] click of death Have a laptop here with a Hitachi drive with the click of death. What would be a good replacement ? Looking

[H] dumb ?

2008-05-02 Thread FORC5
Checking HP for purchase recovery disk sets, impressed. Less the $20. Dumb question, do HP recovery disks ask for keys ? I only ask this because the laptop has media center in it and I do not care for it and would rather order pro. I know the Dell RTM's do not ask for key or activations,

Re: [H] dumb ?

2008-05-03 Thread FORC5
not need activation but certainly had an embedded key. IIRC SP'ing it broke the no activate functionality until you manually replaced some file on the cd with others from the SP. Thus one would assume you could make almost any version no activation assuming you have a legit key to embed. FORC5

Re: [H] xp sp3 ?

2008-05-03 Thread FORC5
I use nlite just like the article says http://www.nliteos.com/ wish there was a version for office. My copies of office will not let me stream sp's in for some reason. fp At 06:34 AM 5/3/2008, Brian Weeden Poked the stick with: For anyone interested in slipstreaming SP3 here's a pretty good

[H] RAZR Firmware ?

2008-05-07 Thread FORC5
Anyone ever flashed their RAZR phone ? I am eligable for a free upgrade, my RAZR has been a PITA with lockups and I am not the only one. If I did not know better I would think MS wrote the SW :-} Been poking around MOTOX but very confusing. I want to fix my bug with just a firmware update ( if

Re: [H] RAZR Firmware ?

2008-05-07 Thread FORC5
thanks, it is and I suspect you are right. :'( just live with it I guess or get a new phone. fp At 07:58 PM 5/7/2008, j maccraw Poked the stick with: Doubtful a flash will do much to help the V3 if that's what you have, it seems to simply be a flawed phone in the end. You can use the Motorola

[H] SP3 rollup / right

2008-05-09 Thread FORC5
did a clean restore of sp2 on a hp laptop then installed sp3. there were still updates to dl, though not very many. streamed sp3 into the sp2 cd but during install for whatever reason could not find the hard drive. HP restore disk had no trouble. Have not had a change to test a regular

Re: [H] Outlook McAfee VirusScan Buffer Overflows

2008-05-09 Thread FORC5
Bill does :-} fp At 05:24 PM 5/9/2008, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: At 09:11 PM 09/05/2008, Wayne Johnson wrote: At 07:47 PM 5/9/2008, Thane Sherrington typed: is more like a Big Mac than spoiled food - it adds bloat, makes you ill, and lots of people think it's great. :) Sounds like

[H] FF Bug ?

2008-05-13 Thread FORC5
When I goto http://www.samsungodd.com/ and click on English ( or any of them ) I get a box asking what I want to open it with or save to disk. IE does not do this if this a bug in FF or a config problem ? thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Subway: A place so crowded even all

Re: [H] FF Bug ?

2008-05-14 Thread FORC5
it is the odd division, hehe. FORC5 wrote: When I goto http://www.samsungodd.com/ and click on English ( or any of them ) I get a box asking what I want to open it with or save to disk. IE does not do this if this a bug in FF or a config problem ? thanks fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8

Re: [H] PC Power Cooling 750W power supply.

2008-05-14 Thread FORC5
both/all rebates will use any excuse to BF ya IMO fp At 07:42 PM 5/14/2008, Bobby Heid Poked the stick with: Hey, I just bought this PS (Silencer 750W) from the NewEgg.com deal. There's a $30 MIR and it states: Mail this form with a copy of your sales receipt and original UPC code with serial

[H] I find the weird ones ?

2008-05-15 Thread FORC5
The other day installed some phone tools and decided I do not need them, when I goto add/remove programs NONE of the installed programs are showing anyway to uninstall them. Advancec uninstaller pro shows NO programs installed. clues appreciated fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! --

Re: [H] I find the weird ones ?

2008-05-16 Thread FORC5
generates or needs an uninstaller. FORC5 wrote: The other day installed some phone tools and decided I do not need them, when I goto add/remove programs NONE of the installed programs are showing anyway to uninstall them. Advancec uninstaller pro shows NO programs installed. clues appreciated fp

Re: [H] How do I do this...

2008-05-19 Thread FORC5
What taskbar ? I have done two installs so far and see no second taskbar fp At 04:01 PM 5/19/2008, DHSinclair Poked the stick with: Have WXP-SPE2. Allowed MS to make it WXP-SP3. I am still testing. No, I do not have pre-SP3 XP platforrn to discuss. My Question is about WHY I now have 2

[H] add/remove programs refreshed

2008-05-19 Thread FORC5
Still not able to get the add/remove buttons back BUT am able to uninstall stuff with ccleaner. FWIW fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.

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