Re: [H] Vidcard upgrade?

[j maccraw]

Non-XT, 256MB and not from many vendors. Do the
searches, you not find 
many places with stock. Those that do are > $300.



Raul Limos wrote:
> On 1/3/07, j maccraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Well the x1650 is crippled, the x1300 a rebadged
x1600
>> joke, and the
>> x1950 just way too much money while the x850 XT
whips
>> the 1st 2 for $100  less than the third IMO.
> 
> The x1950 Pro AGP ranges in price from 215 to 260 US
dollars nowadays.
> 
> 

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Re: [H] Power supplies and system requirements

[Thane Sherrington]

At 06:33 AM 03/01/2007, dhs wrote:


Understand. I simply do not know.  I'll talk offline to some power gurus my
brother-in-law works with. Good question. Wondered about this myself now
that current technology is so power humgry.


That would be great.  I can't find anything that really answers these 
questions.  I did find that the 4 pin motherboard connector is 
generally a separate rail and powers just the CPU.  So on a two 12V 
rail PS, that means the CPU is on one rail, and everything else is on 
the other rail.  On a three 12V rail PS, the motherboard is on rail1, 
the CPU on rail2, and the six pin PCIe connector is rail3.  As the 
number of rails goes up, it appears each additional rail is connected 
to a 6 pin connector.  However, not all PSes work like this as the 
spec isn't carved in stone.  And apparently the motherboard can 
supply 12V power to the CPU via the large power connector as well, 
which clouds matters.  (One would think that manufacturers would want 
to clear this up.)


T 

Re: [H] Transcend 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

[Anthony Q. Martin]

I've been looking for an 8 GB usb 2.0 flash drive for watching movies 
while on travel on my UMPC.


Wayne Johnson wrote:

Does anyone have one of these and what do you use it for ?



 ---+--
I'm a geek that loves to tweak.

[H] ecc memory ?

[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 leap frog with a unicorn.

Re: [H] ecc memory ?

[Anthony Q. Martin]

if the mobo doesn't support ecc, the pc won't even boot, ime.

FORC5 wrote:

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


  

Re[2]: [H] Shift key broke

[JOEUSER]

Hello Anthony,

Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 10:27:16 PM, you wrote:

> I've had this happen to me.there was something else wrongI can't
> remember what, though. do they work in dos?

Nothing in DOS either.

-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

Re: [H] ecc memory ?

[tmservo]

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: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:14:18 
To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] ecc memory ?

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 leap frog with a unicorn.

Re: [H] Transcend 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

[JOEUSER]

Hello Wayne,

Thursday, January 4, 2007, 4:41:58 AM, you wrote:

> Does anyone have one of these and what do you use it for ?

> 

I don't have one of those but as far as Transcend goes - I sold plenty
of their RAM modules (lifetime guarantee) and 5 years now - still no
issues. I consider them to be reliable.

-- 
Regards,
 joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...

Re: [H] Transcend 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

[JRS]

Looks nice.  Don't have an 8, but do have 2 4 giggers I use at work and
such.



>>Does anyone have one of these and what do you use it for ?
>>
>>
>>
>>  ---+--
>>I'm a geek that loves to tweak.
-- 

JRS<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Please remove  **X**  to reply...

...Cleverly Disguised As A Responsible Adult...

Re: [H] Shift key broke

[Anthony Q. Martin]

send it backlife is too short.

JOEUSER wrote:

Hello Anthony,

Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 10:27:16 PM, you wrote:

  

I've had this happen to me.there was something else wrongI can't
remember what, though. do they work in dos?



Nothing in DOS either.

  

Re: [H] Transcend 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

[Anthony Q. Martin]

are they fast?  have you tried playing some kind of movie from them?

JRS wrote:

Looks nice.  Don't have an 8, but do have 2 4 giggers I use at work and
such.



  

Does anyone have one of these and what do you use it for ?



 ---+--
I'm a geek that loves to tweak.
  

Re: [H] ecc memory ?

[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: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:14:18 
>To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com
>Subject: [H] ecc memory ?
>
>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 leap frog with a unicorn.

-- 
Tallyho ! ]:8)
Taglines below !
--
Line noise?  What fh=.hElL is.LinS nfise?

[H] Blitzing files

[Veech]

We know that deleted files can be recovered.  Anyone here know of a utility 
that completely erases specific files from the HD, rendering them 
unrecoverable?


thanks 

Re: [H] ecc memory ?

[dhs]

FORC5,
  I spent months searching for ram for the PPro200 dinosaur.
I finally found a CA place (Santa Clara) that has lots of "old" 
ram, and, lots of buffered ECC stuff.  Yes, lots of pulls, but is 
all covered by their "if it does not work, we refund or swap until 
it does!"  I had to rma 2 sets of ram until I got a set that both 
FIT the dimm slots and was recognized by the mainboard. Price 
was cheap compared to the big server supply houses. Yes, Crucial
still lists the old stuff but has none :(
IIRC, an ECC dimm/simm will have a small chip in between the 2 
banks of ram chips used to buffer reads/writes to the mainboard.
Could be wrong, too.

Try here:

http://www.memoryx.net

Memory Ten
2800 Bowers Ave.
Santa Clara, CA 95051

Best,
Duncan

On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:14 , FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:

>
>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 leap frog with a unicorn.
>
>





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Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Rick Glazier\(Gmail\)]

Eraser,
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php
(From WEB site:)

Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows),
which allows you to completely remove sensitive data
from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with
carefully selected patterns.
Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP,
Windows 2003 Server and DOS. 
Eraser is Free software and its source code is released

under GNU General Public License.


  Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"
We know that deleted files can be recovered.  Anyone here know of a utility 
that completely erases specific files from the HD, rendering them 
unrecoverable?

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Veech]

Great, thank you.  Have you tested it?


- Original Message - 
From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:26 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files



Eraser,
http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php
(From WEB site:)

Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows),
which allows you to completely remove sensitive data
from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with
carefully selected patterns.
Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP,
Windows 2003 Server and DOS. Eraser is Free software and its source code 
is released

under GNU General Public License.


  Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"
We know that deleted files can be recovered.  Anyone here know of a 
utility that completely erases specific files from the HD, rendering them 
unrecoverable? 

Re: [H] Transcend 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

[Veech]

8GB??  When did these things get to this capacity?  yow!

- Original Message - 
From: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 7:18 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Transcend 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive



are they fast?  have you tried playing some kind of movie from them?

JRS wrote:

Looks nice.  Don't have an 8, but do have 2 4 giggers I use at work and
such.



  

Does anyone have one of these and what do you use it for ?



 ---+--
I'm a geek that loves to tweak.

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Rick Glazier\(Gmail\)]

I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
It gives different levels of security...

It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
(I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)

   Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"

Great, thank you.  Have you tested it?



From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" >> Eraser,

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Veech]

Number of uses? 

- Original Message - 
From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files



I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
It gives different levels of security...

It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
(I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)

   Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"

Great, thank you.  Have you tested it?



From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" >> Eraser,

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Ben Ruset]

Flash only has a certain # of writes before it becomes unusable.

Veech wrote:

Number of uses?
- Original Message - From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files



I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
It gives different levels of security...

It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
(I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)

   Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"

Great, thank you.  Have you tested it?



From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" >> Eraser,

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php

Re[2]: [H] Shift key broke

[Thane Sherrington]

At 10:39 AM 04/01/2007, JOEUSER wrote:

Hello Anthony,

Wednesday, January 3, 2007, 10:27:16 PM, you wrote:

> I've had this happen to me.there was something else wrongI can't
> remember what, though. do they work in dos?

Nothing in DOS either.


This is on a laptop?  Have you tried removing and reseating the keyboard cable?

T 

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Anthony Q. Martin]

really?  since when?

Ben Ruset wrote:

Flash only has a certain # of writes before it becomes unusable.

Veech wrote:

Number of uses?
- Original Message - From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files



I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
It gives different levels of security...

It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
(I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)

   Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"

Great, thank you.  Have you tested it?



From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" >> Eraser,

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Rick Glazier\(Gmail\)]

Flash cards and USB drives have a certain "number of uses"
and then they no longer function...  (Become un-reliable...)
Writes likely "count more" towards use...
It is a similar idea to the way a CD-RW will wear out when
re-recorded, especially if written to in exactly the same physical
spot all the time...
A good flash drive controller chip will have software to spread
out "wear" on the drive to prolong its life...

I have no firm numbers, and forget the ball-park figures I have
seen... I am not a big re-eraser and re-recorder and have
not bumped into this limitation (yet) myself...

 Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"
Number of uses? 


From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)

I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
It gives different levels of security...

It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
(I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Ben Ruset]

Since forever.

Anthony Q. Martin wrote:

really?  since when?

Ben Ruset wrote:

Flash only has a certain # of writes before it becomes unusable.

Veech wrote:

Number of uses?
- Original Message - From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files



I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
It gives different levels of security...

It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
(I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)

   Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"

Great, thank you.  Have you tested it?



From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" >> Eraser,

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Anthony Q. Martin]

got any cites for this?  I've never heard this any where...

If this is so, why is there talk of flash memory being used to replace HDs?

I don't see why a solid state device should lose ability to store...it's 
not the same tech as a cD-RW disc.


Rick Glazier(Gmail) wrote:

Flash cards and USB drives have a certain "number of uses"
and then they no longer function...  (Become un-reliable...)
Writes likely "count more" towards use...
It is a similar idea to the way a CD-RW will wear out when
re-recorded, especially if written to in exactly the same physical
spot all the time...
A good flash drive controller chip will have software to spread
out "wear" on the drive to prolong its life...

I have no firm numbers, and forget the ball-park figures I have
seen... I am not a big re-eraser and re-recorder and have
not bumped into this limitation (yet) myself...

 Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"

Number of uses?
From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)

I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
It gives different levels of security...

It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
(I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Anthony Q. Martin]

here it is:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Limitations

Rick Glazier(Gmail) wrote:

Flash cards and USB drives have a certain "number of uses"
and then they no longer function...  (Become un-reliable...)
Writes likely "count more" towards use...
It is a similar idea to the way a CD-RW will wear out when
re-recorded, especially if written to in exactly the same physical
spot all the time...
A good flash drive controller chip will have software to spread
out "wear" on the drive to prolong its life...

I have no firm numbers, and forget the ball-park figures I have
seen... I am not a big re-eraser and re-recorder and have
not bumped into this limitation (yet) myself...

 Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"

Number of uses?
From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)

I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
It gives different levels of security...

It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
(I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)

RE: [H] Blitzing files

[Bill]

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rick Glazier(Gmail)
> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:26 AM
> To: The Hardware List
> Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files
> 
> Eraser,
> http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php
> (From WEB site:)
> >Eraser is an advanced security tool (for Windows),
> >which allows you to completely remove sensitive data
> >from your hard drive by overwriting it several times with
> >carefully selected patterns.
> >Works with Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP,
> >Windows 2003 Server and DOS.
> >Eraser is Free software and its source code is released
> >under GNU General Public License.


2nd that notion...

Eraser is excellent..

Bill

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Rick Glazier\(Gmail\)]

Quote from:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB_flash_drive

Like all flash memory devices, flash drives can sustain only a limited
number of write and erase cycles before failure. Mid-range flash drives
under normal conditions will support several hundred thousand cycles,
although write operations will gradually slow as the device ages. This
should be a consideration when using a flash drive to run application
software or an operating system. To address this, as well as space
limitations, some developers have produced special versions of operating
systems (such as Linux) or commonplace applications (such as Mozilla Firefox)
designed to run from flash drives. These are typically optimized for size and
configured to place temporary or intermediate files in the computer's main
RAM memory rather than store them temporarily on the flash drive.



- Original Message - 
From: "Anthony Q. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

really?  since when?



Ben Ruset wrote:

Flash only has a certain # of writes before it becomes unusable.

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Anthony Q. Martin]

there's also this:


   Flash memory as a replacement for hard drives

An obvious extension of flash memory would be as a replacement for hard 
disk drives . Flash memory does not have the 
mechanical limitations and latencies of hard drives, so the idea of a 
solid state disk , or SSD, is attractive when 
considering speed, noise, power consumption, and reliability.


There remain some aspects of flash-based SSD's that make the idea 
unattractive. For example, the cost per storage ratio of flash memory 
remains significantly higher than that of platter-based hard drives. 
This ratio is decreasing rapidly for flash memory. It will take some 
time for flash memory to catch up to the capacities and affordabilities 
offered by platter-based storage, but as research and development shifts 
toward the newer technology, this issue will dissolve.


There is also some concern that the finite number of erase/write cycles 
of flash memory would render flash memory unable to support an operating 
system. This seems to be a decreasing issue as warranties on flash-based 
SSD's are trending to equal or exceed those of current hard drives. [3] 
 [4] 




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory#Limitations


Ben Ruset wrote:

Since forever.

Anthony Q. Martin wrote:

really?  since when?

Ben Ruset wrote:

Flash only has a certain # of writes before it becomes unusable.

Veech wrote:

Number of uses?
- Original Message - From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 9:45 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Blitzing files



I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
It gives different levels of security...

It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
(I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)

   Rick Glazier

From: "Veech"

Great, thank you.  Have you tested it?



From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)" >> Eraser,

http://www.heidi.ie/eraser/default.php

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[tmservo]

Very effective tool.  Anymore I find myself using reatago to build my disks with

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-Original Message-
From: Wayne Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 14:10:13 
To:The Hardware List 
Subject: RE: [H] Blitzing files

At 13:29 2007-01-04, Bill typed:
>2nd that notion...
>
>Eraser is excellent..

I use Heidi on my XpPe CDs.


  ---+--
I'm a geek that loves to tweak.

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[zaske]

Try here.

http://www.freebyte.net

Veech wrote:
We know that deleted files can be recovered.  Anyone here know of a 
utility that completely erases specific files from the HD, rendering 
them unrecoverable?


thanks

Re: [H] Blitzing files

[Thane Sherrington]

At 02:25 PM 04/01/2007, Anthony Q. Martin wrote:


If this is so, why is there talk of flash memory being used to replace HDs?


There is actually.  There is a new type of hard drive due out that 
will use a large flash RAM to cache the OS to make start times faster.


I don't see why a solid state device should lose ability to 
store...it's not the same tech as a cD-RW disc.


I'm not sure of the technical reasons, but it appears to be an 
established fact (I've read comments from manufacturers confirming this.)


T 

Re: [H] USB mouse and 98SE

[Raul Limos]

> Is there a generic USB mouse driver for 98SE?  I've got a mouse with
> no 98 driver (surprise surprise) and I haven't been able to get it to work.


Check out:

http://www.usbman.com/win98seusbguide.htm
ftp://www.siig.com/USB2.0_v2.06.exe  (from:
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=9856)
http://www.usbman.com/Drivers%20and%20Patches.htm

[H] Net Printer question(s)

[dhs]

Am confused about my new network capable printer.  Don't know how to put it 
naked 
on my W2KproSP4 client based LAN. No. I do not have a domain server. No I do 
not 
have a "print server" operating from some client. I thought I did not have to 
do this.

I do notice, after a period of time, the there is a new 'something' called 
Brn_8388c0 
that pops up in NetNeighborhood under "workgroup."  I suspect this may be the 
assigned name of the printer.  Am I correct?

Because I use the 10.0.0.x IP series on my LAN, I did use the Brother NetAdmin 
tool to change the new /workgroup/ objects ip addy from its' default 169.x.x.x 
addy 
to 10.0.0.2/255.255.255.0.  That took.  Now, do I just go back to my lan 
clients and 
install this new /workgroup/Brn_8388c0/ device as the chosen Network Printer?

Will I have to install the printer's drivers to each client PC?

I realize this may read very pedestrian, but I've never had a true net printer 
before.
Yes, I've RTFM, and several other Brother pdf's regarding other admin sw 
packages.
Still a bit confused, but the printer work great on the usb channel to one of 
my lan 
clients ATM.
Thanks,
Duncan




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Re: [H] Net Printer question(s)

[Ben Ruset]

You should be able to add the IP of the printer as a local port and they 
will print to it. You'll need to load the drivers on each PC.


Here is someone's walkthrough. Obviously, load your correct printer driver.

http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/documentation/winxp/winxp.network.printer.html

Note: the procedure is the same for Win2k and XP.

dhs wrote:
Am confused about my new network capable printer.  Don't know how to put it naked 
on my W2KproSP4 client based LAN. No. I do not have a domain server. No I do not 
have a "print server" operating from some client. I thought I did not have to do this.


I do notice, after a period of time, the there is a new 'something' called Brn_8388c0 
that pops up in NetNeighborhood under "workgroup."  I suspect this may be the 
assigned name of the printer.  Am I correct?


Because I use the 10.0.0.x IP series on my LAN, I did use the Brother NetAdmin 
tool to change the new /workgroup/ objects ip addy from its' default 169.x.x.x addy 
to 10.0.0.2/255.255.255.0.  That took.  Now, do I just go back to my lan clients and 
install this new /workgroup/Brn_8388c0/ device as the chosen Network Printer?


Will I have to install the printer's drivers to each client PC?

I realize this may read very pedestrian, but I've never had a true net printer 
before.
Yes, I've RTFM, and several other Brother pdf's regarding other admin sw 
packages.
Still a bit confused, but the printer work great on the usb channel to one of my lan 
clients ATM.

Thanks,
Duncan




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Re: [H] Blitzing files

[dhs]

And why ever 6-8 months I remove everything from my flash drive (Crucial 256MB),
defrag it, and then put everything back on. Not had/seen any glitches in the 2 
years 
I've been testing this neat little storage device.  I'm getting ready to 
replace all my FD's 
and just use FlashDrives. Nice, solid technology. Packaging limits my choices, 
though, 
because many of today's FD just do not fit my Lian-Li USB strip. No biggie. 
Crucial does. 
I like Crucial.
Best,
Duncan

On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 13:22 , Rick Glazier\(Gmail\) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:

>
>Flash cards and USB drives have a certain "number of uses"
>and then they no longer function...  (Become un-reliable...)
>Writes likely "count more" towards use...
>It is a similar idea to the way a CD-RW will wear out when
>re-recorded, especially if written to in exactly the same physical
>spot all the time...
>A good flash drive controller chip will have software to spread
>out "wear" on the drive to prolong its life...
>
>I have no firm numbers, and forget the ball-park figures I have
>seen... I am not a big re-eraser and re-recorder and have
>not bumped into this limitation (yet) myself...
>
>  Rick Glazier
>
>From: "Veech"
>> Number of uses? 
>> 
>> From: "Rick Glazier(Gmail)
>>>I have run 5.7 for quite a while.
>>> It gives different levels of security...
>>> 
>>> It is now 5.82 (I am upgrading today).
>>> I use it for flash drives and memory cards I am afraid of loosing...
>>> (I know it will use up the "number of uses" on those devices...)





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Re: [H] Net Printer question(s)

[dhs]

Ben,
  Can I ask some questions to your send. I do not completely understand! Doh!
inline below :)

On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:22 , Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:

>
>You should be able to add the IP of the printer as a local port 

[To what? Can you expand on this? Do I just type in the ip addy of the printer 
as though it is a "local" printer? Or, do I really snag the "Network" printer 
/Brn_8388c0/
found in the /workgroup/ section of NetNeighborhood?]

>and they will print to it. You'll need to load the drivers on each PC.

[OK! I did figure this was necessary. Have latest printer driver from 
Brother via DL. Can do. Will test this evening!]

>
>Here is someone's walkthrough. Obviously, load your correct printer driver.
>
>http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/documentation/winxp/winxp.network.printer.html

[Thanks. Will go read this tonight.]
>
>Note: the procedure is the same for Win2k and XP.

[Great!  Will be moving to XP on the LAN soon for all PC clients.]

Best and Happy New Year!
Duncan

>
>dhs wrote:
>> Am confused about my new network capable printer.  Don't know how to put it 
>> naked 
>> on my W2KproSP4 client based LAN. No. I do not have a domain server. No I do 
>> not 
>> have a "print server" operating from some client. I thought I did not have 
>> to do this.
>> 
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Re: [H] Net Printer question(s)

[JRS]

Yup,That walkthru Ben posted is perfect.   

Just add the IP addie of the printer as a Standard TCP/IP port, you don't need 
to worry about the name at all that way.
 I just let Windows name the port whatever it wants, which is the IP address.  
:)




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From: dhs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: The Hardware List 
Sent: Thursday, January 4, 2007 6:53:47 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Net Printer question(s)


Ben,
  Can I ask some questions to your send. I do not completely understand! Doh!
inline below :)

On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:22 , Ben Ruset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:

>
>You should be able to add the IP of the printer as a local port 

[To what? Can you expand on this? Do I just type in the ip addy of the printer 
as though it is a "local" printer? Or, do I really snag the "Network" printer 
/Brn_8388c0/
found in the /workgroup/ section of NetNeighborhood?]

>and they will print to it. You'll need to load the drivers on each PC.

[OK! I did figure this was necessary. Have latest printer driver from 
Brother via DL. Can do. Will test this evening!]

>
>Here is someone's walkthrough. Obviously, load your correct printer driver.
>
>http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/documentation/winxp/winxp.network.printer.html

[Thanks. Will go read this tonight.]
>
>Note: the procedure is the same for Win2k and XP.

[Great!  Will be moving to XP on the LAN soon for all PC clients.]

Best and Happy New Year!
Duncan

>
>dhs wrote:
>> Am confused about my new network capable printer.  Don't know how to put it 
>> naked 
>> on my W2KproSP4 client based LAN. No. I do not have a domain server. No I do 
>> not 
>> have a "print server" operating from some client. I thought I did not have 
>> to do this.
>> 
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Re: [H] Consumer reports smokes crack

[Thane Sherrington]

At 07:43 PM 02/01/2007, Wayne Johnson wrote:

At 05:41 PM 1/2/2007, Thane Sherrington typed:
In the latest Consumer Reports here in Canada, they have a blurb on 
"The hidden costs of a new laptop" - "Don't for get to add in the 
prices of a padded carrying case ($50 and up), extra battery 
($100-$200), spare power adapter ($80 and up) and usb mouse 
($30.)  Your laptop's price tag often does not include these essential extras."


Well of course it doesn't.  They aren't essential - other than 
possibly the case.  The extra battery could be useful in some 
unusual circumstances, and I guess one could use an spare power 
adapter if one lost the original, but a mouse?  Come on.  Plus a 
USB mouse can be had as cheaply as $20.


I've used a laptop as my primary computer for about three years and 
all I have from this list of "essentials" is a carrying case 
($30.)  I'm not trusting Consumer Reports anymore when it comes to 
making purchases.


Just because the recommend a little more? FWIW I use all these 
extras. I have a PS plugged into a port replicator at home & another 
for travel. The same applies for an extra battery as


But they aren't saying they are extras - they are calling them 
"essentials" and suggesting that somehow you are being ripped off if 
they aren't included in the price.  That's BS.  A case is pretty 
important.  The extra battery and power adapter are useful, but 
aren't essential.  I can't see the mouse even being worth having - 
the touch pads work really well.


reasons I don't travel as much as I use to but when I did I was sure 
glad that I had that extra stuff plus media & extra other cables 
such as USB & 1394.  Now if I'm just using it around the house I 
could easily do without the extras so are they talking about for the 
Road Warrior or like my little brother that takes his to work so he 
can check out eBay when he's bored because he doesn't know diddly 
about computers.


Perhaps they are essential for people who must have the mobility, but 
that's not they way they are stating it.  It's not honest to call 
something essential when it's only essential in a specific 
circumstance, or is just a nice extra to have.


T 

Re: [H] Consumer reports smokes crack

[Thane Sherrington]

At 07:58 AM 03/01/2007, j maccraw wrote:

Certainly they are essential!


Dictionary.com disagrees:
es·sen·tial
–adjective
1.  absolutely necessary; indispensable: 
Discipline is essential in an army.


The laptop would function fine without any of 
these.  That makes them non-essential.  Very nice 
to have, perhaps.  Extremely useful.  But not essential.


T 

Re: [H] Consumer reports smokes crack

[Anthony Q. Martin]

Perhaps the reviewer considers those items to be "essential" to a 
serious laptop user. For example, if you travel and use a laptop 
exclusively...they might be essential.


Thane Sherrington wrote:

At 07:58 AM 03/01/2007, j maccraw wrote:

Certainly they are essential!


Dictionary.com disagrees:
es·sen·tial
–adjective
1. absolutely necessary; indispensable: Discipline is essential in an 
army.


The laptop would function fine without any of these. That makes them 
non-essential. Very nice to have, perhaps. Extremely useful. But not 
essential.


T

[H] Making DVDs from Windows Media Files (WMV)

[Bobby Heid]

Hey,

I have downloaded a bunch of MSDN developer videos.  I'd like to burn them
to DVD so I can watch away from the PC.  Using Nero Vision 4, a 49MB WMV
file only gets a "very good" rating.

How is it a 49MB file can fill a whole DVD?  The file is only about 1:09:00
long.

Is there something else I can do with Nero?

Thanks,
Bobby

Re: [H] Making DVDs from Windows Media Files (WMV)

[Yusry Harfuddin]

I believe when you burn to DVD, the time length of the video is relevant.

I believe *standard* DVDs using *standard* compression are designed to
hold 2 hours of video.

On 1/5/07, Bobby Heid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:




Hey,

I have downloaded a bunch of MSDN developer videos.  I'd like to burn them
to DVD so I can watch away from the PC.  Using Nero Vision 4, a 49MB WMV
file only gets a "very good" rating.

How is it a 49MB file can fill a whole DVD?  The file is only about 1:09:00
long.

Is there something else I can do with Nero?

Thanks,
Bobby

Re: [H] Transcend 8GB USB 2.0 Flash Drive

[JRS]

Yep. 

I  watch episodes of Stargate and Farscape off mine all the time at work
during lunch..  :)



>>are they fast?  have you tried playing some kind of movie from them?
>>
>>JRS wrote:
>>> Looks nice.  Don't have an 8, but do have 2 4 giggers I use at work and
>>> such.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>   
> Does anyone have one of these and what do you use it for ?
>
> 
>
>  ---+--
> I'm a geek that loves to tweak.
>   
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[H] Access question

[Brian Weeden]

There is a database that someone else built at work that I need to
modify.  By default when it is opened it brings up an entry form.  I
can't figure out how to get down to the tables or design view - looks
like all of those options are disabled.  When the db is open your only
options are to use the form as designed or close it.

Any clues as to how I can get down to where I can edit the darn thing?

--
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Re: [H] Making DVDs from Windows Media Files (WMV)

[Winterlight]

How is it a 49MB file can fill a whole DVD?  The file is only about 
1:09:00 long.

Is there something else I can do with Nero?


Create a menu and add more content.

I routinely put 3 to four hours of TV recorded, edited, mpeg-2 on to 
a single DVD. I use TMPEnc to encode the edited video, and specify 
that it should output at 25 percent of the size of a DVD. You are 
going to loose quality, but if it is a TV recording maybe that isn't 
a big deal. 

Re: [H] Net Printer question(s)

[Winterlight]

At 10:08 AM 1/4/2007, you wrote:


Am confused about my new network capable printer.


There should be a utility, or a menu within the printer,... probably 
a utility, that will allow you to set the IP address of the printer. 
Once you have done that it will just appear on your network like any 
other client as the name of the printer... or a name you assigned 
depending on the sophistication of your printer.


 Then just install the drivers, using the printers utility, on each 
client you wish to use the printer  on. It is very similar to using a 
print server.





Will I have to install the printer's drivers to each client PC?


yes