RE: [H] Thumb drives

2006-09-25 Thread Mark Dodge
Speed and a PCB come to mind.

Mark
MD Computers
602-421-0329

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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Maki
Sent: Sunday, September 24, 2006 8:43 PM
To: 'The Hardware List'
Subject: [H] Thumb drives

How come there is such a disparity in the price of system memory and thumb
drive type memory? There are several ads this weekend for 1 GB thumb drives
for about $20-$25. A gig of system memory is about $100. Seems like a large
difference. Reasons? Inquiring minds want to know.

The reason I was looking at thumb memory is my college freshman daughter
thinks one would be useful. Comments, good brands to look at, potential
problems, size, etc.

Thanks,

Jim Maki
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[H] Weird Mouse Problem

2006-09-25 Thread Harvey Best


On my home desktop. Windows Xp Pro everything updated just suddenly started acting asif the mouse had gone bad. When you open a window, any window, the pointer just goes wild. You can click outside of the window and the random spastic movement stops, but as soon as the pointer is moved over the window again, the spastic movement starts again. So, I replaced the mouse, but it made no difference.

I am assuming its a driver problem? Also assuming I will need to boot up in safe mode to try and make changes or replace, because as it is now I can't make a change as I cannot control the mouse when I go to the mouse properties windows.

Any ideas, points in a semi-right direction? I am heading out of town early in the AM, so I may not be able to reply or try any solutions offered until late Friday night or Saturday, so you may not see an immediate reply, but any help appreciated.

Harvey

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