[H] Home again!
WeBe home from space again! STS-127 winds down! Just too exciting. Duncan
[H] Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade and Family Pack Pricing Announced
Excellent price on the family pack. Real temptation to upgrade 3 of my boxes. http://bit.ly/s4Rg5
Re: [H] Windows 7 Anytime Upgrade and Family Pack Pricing Announced
The problem is that it's home premium, which is probably OK for your wife or kids, but not for a HWG user. I bought a OEM version of Vista Home Premium for my new 64 bit build thinking there was little difference to warrant the additional 70 bucks that Ultimate asked for. I was wrong. Home premium doesn't have a User configuration in device manager. You have to fire up an administrator account through command line. Google apps won't install unless you are logged in as THE administrator. Home premium won't remember network passwords. I have been running into lots of little zingers like this in the 8 months I have been running Vista 64 Home Premium. But if you do install Home Premium I would make sure you immediately create an administrator account and log in as that. It is not enough to be a user with administrative privileges. This time I bought two prepaid Windows 7 PRO and I didn't have to think about it. At 03:46 PM 7/31/2009, you wrote: Excellent price on the family pack. Real temptation to upgrade 3 of my boxes. http://bit.ly/s4Rg5
[H] D-Link DGL-4300 power adapter died (?)
Hi all, Tonight I lost my internet connection and notice all the lights on my router were out. It has been really hot and the power adapter was hot. Can I safely assume (yes, I know the what happens when ...) it is the power supply, or must I worry that the unit itself is gone belly up? It is four years old. The replacement adapters are NOT readily available and I wonder if spending ~$30+ for an adapter that may or may not solve the problem is a wise investment. Any insight and/or suggestions? Thanks, Jim Maki jwm_maill...@comcast.net
