[H] Epson Perfection 3200 software CD
Hi, a client of mine has an Epson Perfection 3200 Photo, and has lost the CD that came with it... the drivers are a non-issue (they're online) but they want the Epson Smartpanel software which for whatever reason isn't on the website, he's contacted Epson and they sent him somewhere else... who sent him back to Epson, basically just a giant runaround by any chance does anyone have said disc they could put online in ISO format for me to grab for them? Cheers -JB
Re: [H] Universal remotes?
Yes, that is the site. I've not recently looked at what current remotes still sport a JP1 connector, the forums should have a list. Beyond the cable that you can build or buy, the software is totally free. http://controlremote.sourceforge.net/ A similar project exists for Harmony though it's really lacking so far. When they make some real progress I see the cheap Harmony as a great successor to my aging Radio Shack remote. DSinc wrote: j., So, I've gone an googled JP1 and I have found the www.hifi-remote.com site, www.uei.com site, and www.oneforall.com site. The Kameleon choices look nice so far. Even dl'd a spreadsheet that lists choices that are JP1 tweakable. Interesting. Am I looking at what you speak of? Best, Duncan a maccrawj wrote: Name a $100 that offers features like Harmony! Up to now only hacking JP1 remote interfaces which exist on remotes at the whim of OFA who does not want customers using them have been alternative to expensive Pronto type remotes. In fact It's getting hard to find them. Harmony on the other hand is marketed as programmable yet is hamstrung by the software. You miss the point much? spreadsheet as in direct entry of buttons vs. GUI menus as an OPTION has no argument against it. Between customers like you scoffing at advanced features and fear that luddites will screw up the remote doing advanced features is why we're getting a dumbed down interface on an otherwise great piece of hardware. Don't paraphrase that into something else. Whatever, disdain, yes because in every post you've essentially flipped me of as a whiner who should just use plenty of other remotes which don't exist and state I should move on from Harmony (to what?) rather than being vocal about the limits. Anthony Q. Martin wrote: who said I think you're making anything up? I said that your points don't matter to me and I told you why. Your response indicate a disdain for those who disagree with you. There are plenty of remotes on the market and you can easily get one which suits your needs. Going around calling others Luddites because they don't wish to use a spreadsheet to program remotes is just stupid. maccrawj wrote: I'm not whining you're just not accepting that I have valid points. You think I sit around making this shit up for fun? This is 10 years of my experience with remotes, yours clearly differs. Could care less if that fact didn't lessen my choices of features I need. If you do think I make this shit up, don't bother saying so because you know my response to that. Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Dude...why don't you quit whining just because you want to live in remote code hell doesn't mean the rest of us want or need to...if you don't like the Harmony move on
[H] OCZ is still a good company....
One of my 4 gig Flash drives died, so I went online and asked for an RMA.. Here it is, 2 hours later, and they have a new one on the way already and all I have to do is return the bad one within 15 days of receiving the replacement thumb drive. :) Kudos to OCZ :) -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company....
I've had nothing but great experiences with them as well! Take care, Julian (Sabre) On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:43 PM, JRS stei...@pacbell.net wrote: One of my 4 gig Flash drives died, so I went online and asked for an RMA.. Here it is, 2 hours later, and they have a new one on the way already and all I have to do is return the bad one within 15 days of receiving the replacement thumb drive. :) Kudos to OCZ :) -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company....
I also concurr. OCZ is a great company with good customer support. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Julian Zottl Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 1:12 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company I've had nothing but great experiences with them as well! Take care, Julian (Sabre) On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 3:43 PM, JRS stei...@pacbell.net wrote: One of my 4 gig Flash drives died, so I went online and asked for an RMA.. Here it is, 2 hours later, and they have a new one on the way already and all I have to do is return the bad one within 15 days of receiving the replacement thumb drive. :) Kudos to OCZ :) -- JRS stei...@pacbell.net Facts do not cease to exist just because they are ignored.
Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company....
JRS, Great report! I've wondered about OCZ ever since they bought up my favorite PSU supplier PCPC. I do now look at Greg's shares, but end up buying from PCPC. I have zero psu failures to date in the past 14 years. Best, Duncan JRS wrote: One of my 4 gig Flash drives died, so I went online and asked for an RMA.. Here it is, 2 hours later, and they have a new one on the way already and all I have to do is return the bad one within 15 days of receiving the replacement thumb drive. :) Kudos to OCZ :)
Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company....
Just as an FYI, my 16GB Corsair thumb drive died. Corsair emailed me back with an RMA in less than an hour after requesting it via their website. No cross-shipping though. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 6:18 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company JRS, Great report! I've wondered about OCZ ever since they bought up my favorite PSU supplier PCPC. I do now look at Greg's shares, but end up buying from PCPC. I have zero psu failures to date in the past 14 years. Best, Duncan JRS wrote: One of my 4 gig Flash drives died, so I went online and asked for an RMA.. Here it is, 2 hours later, and they have a new one on the way already and all I have to do is return the bad one within 15 days of receiving the replacement thumb drive. :) Kudos to OCZ :)
Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company....
I never meant to suggest that one should avoid PCPC. I still think they're excellent supplies. My only word of caution is don't expect to buy any brand of anything and expect zero failures. Bad parts and failures are just part of the business--and PCPC (or my usual preference for SeaSonic-branded units) is certainly no exception. I recently had to RMA a 120GB OCZ Vertex SSD (out of the 45 we ordered, one being DOA is nearly inevitable) and it was an easy transaction. Greg -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 5:18 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company JRS, Great report! I've wondered about OCZ ever since they bought up my favorite PSU supplier PCPC. I do now look at Greg's shares, but end up buying from PCPC. I have zero psu failures to date in the past 14 years. Best, Duncan
[H] windows 7 upgrade confussion
I purchased two Windows 7 Pro upgrades back when they were offering them. I have a desktop running Vista 64 Home Premium OEM and a laptop I got last year that came with Vista 64 Home premium. When MS offered the Advance copy of Windows 7 upgrades I grabbed two of the 100 dollar PRO versions, having had my fill of the Home Premium limitations. In the last month I have been reading confusing stories about Windows 7 upgrade DVDs which seem to imply that if you are running Vista Home Premium, you can only upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium using a upgrade DVDor if you have Vista Business you can upgrade to Windows 7 PRO. Is this apply to everybody or is this just for those who bought a computer and are getting a free Windows 7 upgrade. Also, if I install my Windows 7 PRO to a separate partition of my current Vista 64 OEM desktop, so I can dual boot them. Will Windows 7 deactivate my Vista 64 after authenticating it for upgrade purposes. Or will it allow me to keep running Vista 64 OEM on it's original computer. In other words, can I keep and dual boot the Vista 64 OEM after installing the Windows 7 Pro upgrade DVD. Anybody know? thanks
Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company....
It's also important too know who made the actual PSU though I can't remember if PCPC sub-contracts or not. There's also otherwise great products killed by suppliers of components making mistakes like bad capacitor issue or by using cheaper parts in some areas to save money. Greg Sevart wrote: I never meant to suggest that one should avoid PCPC. I still think they're excellent supplies. My only word of caution is don't expect to buy any brand of anything and expect zero failures. Bad parts and failures are just part of the business--and PCPC (or my usual preference for SeaSonic-branded units) is certainly no exception. I recently had to RMA a 120GB OCZ Vertex SSD (out of the 45 we ordered, one being DOA is nearly inevitable) and it was an easy transaction. Greg
Re: [H] windows 7 upgrade confussion
Winterlight wrote: I purchased two Windows 7 Pro upgrades back when they were offering them. I have a desktop running Vista 64 Home Premium OEM and a laptop I got last year that came with Vista 64 Home premium. When MS offered the Advance copy of Windows 7 upgrades I grabbed two of the 100 dollar PRO versions, having had my fill of the Home Premium limitations. In the last month I have been reading confusing stories about Windows 7 upgrade DVDs which seem to imply that if you are running Vista Home Premium, you can only upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium using a upgrade DVDor if you have Vista Business you can upgrade to Windows 7 PRO. Is this apply to everybody or is this just for those who bought a computer and are getting a free Windows 7 upgrade. For in-place upgrades, it's supposed to be like-to-like versions (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579%28WS.10%29.aspx). So far no information has come out around how people who can't do in-place upgrades will be able to do the install. The thinking so far is that it'll work like the Vista upgrade clean-install hack, but nobody really knows yet. As you're not looking at doing an in-place upgrade, I think we'll have to wait until we're closer to public release and the upgrade disks are out. Licensing is separate, and I haven't seen anything around how that is supposed to work. Also, if I install my Windows 7 PRO to a separate partition of my current Vista 64 OEM desktop, so I can dual boot them. Will Windows 7 deactivate my Vista 64 after authenticating it for upgrade purposes. Or will it allow me to keep running Vista 64 OEM on it's original computer. In other words, can I keep and dual boot the Vista 64 OEM after installing the Windows 7 Pro upgrade DVD. I've never seen a previous version disabled before. The RC didn't touch my other Vista install when I did a parallel install, but I wiped my drives before I installed the RTM version. Jamie -- Jamie Furtner ja...@furtner.ca I aim to misbehave - Malcom Reynolds (Serenity movie) It's not safe... For them. - River Tam (Serenity movie)
Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company....
Yep, I had a 3 year old PSU die and they sent me a more expensive replacement. OCZ is a good company and if I ever take the solid state hardrive plunge it will be with them. JRS wrote: One of my 4 gig Flash drives died, so I went online and asked for an RMA.. Here it is, 2 hours later, and they have a new one on the way already and all I have to do is return the bad one within 15 days of receiving the replacement thumb drive. :) Kudos to OCZ :)
Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company....
Absolutely. Last I researched, PCPC Silencers were made by SeaSonic and the Turbo-Cool line was made by Win-Tact--both top tier OEMs. AFAIK, PCPC has never done any actual PSU manufacturing...they (were/are) a design-only firm. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 6:24 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] OCZ is still a good company It's also important too know who made the actual PSU though I can't remember if PCPC sub-contracts or not.
Re: [H] windows 7 upgrade confussion
So Vista is not like XP upgrade where all you needed was the previous CD/DVD to verify it? Seems stupid if down the road to do a fresh install you'd have to start with the previous version 1st though I see the anti-piracy benefit. Will the DVD's for 7 be like Vista where all versions are there and key decides what you can activate? Sure hope 7 has revamped some of Vista account status BS with a single local superuser where even domain admins sub-admins. Jamie Furtner wrote: Winterlight wrote: I purchased two Windows 7 Pro upgrades back when they were offering them. I have a desktop running Vista 64 Home Premium OEM and a laptop I got last year that came with Vista 64 Home premium. When MS offered the Advance copy of Windows 7 upgrades I grabbed two of the 100 dollar PRO versions, having had my fill of the Home Premium limitations. In the last month I have been reading confusing stories about Windows 7 upgrade DVDs which seem to imply that if you are running Vista Home Premium, you can only upgrade to Windows 7 Home Premium using a upgrade DVDor if you have Vista Business you can upgrade to Windows 7 PRO. Is this apply to everybody or is this just for those who bought a computer and are getting a free Windows 7 upgrade. For in-place upgrades, it's supposed to be like-to-like versions (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd772579%28WS.10%29.aspx). So far no information has come out around how people who can't do in-place upgrades will be able to do the install. The thinking so far is that it'll work like the Vista upgrade clean-install hack, but nobody really knows yet. As you're not looking at doing an in-place upgrade, I think we'll have to wait until we're closer to public release and the upgrade disks are out. Licensing is separate, and I haven't seen anything around how that is supposed to work. Also, if I install my Windows 7 PRO to a separate partition of my current Vista 64 OEM desktop, so I can dual boot them. Will Windows 7 deactivate my Vista 64 after authenticating it for upgrade purposes. Or will it allow me to keep running Vista 64 OEM on it's original computer. In other words, can I keep and dual boot the Vista 64 OEM after installing the Windows 7 Pro upgrade DVD. I've never seen a previous version disabled before. The RC didn't touch my other Vista install when I did a parallel install, but I wiped my drives before I installed the RTM version. Jamie
Re: [H] windows 7 upgrade confussion
I seem to remember that there is some sort of key file on the disk that tells the installer what version to install, but all of the versions are there. I saw something a while back that tells how to update the file to get a different version. If I can find that info, I'll post back. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:33 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] windows 7 upgrade confussion So Vista is not like XP upgrade where all you needed was the previous CD/DVD to verify it? Seems stupid if down the road to do a fresh install you'd have to start with the previous version 1st though I see the anti-piracy benefit. Will the DVD's for 7 be like Vista where all versions are there and key decides what you can activate? Sure hope 7 has revamped some of Vista account status BS with a single local superuser where even domain admins sub-admins.
Re: [H] windows 7 upgrade confussion
Here you go. :-) Convert Win7 Ultimate to Pro or Home Premium Here's the crux of the matter: If you put a DVD containing Win7 Ultimate in your PC and run the installer — either by booting from the disc or running the setup program from inside Windows — you end up with Win7 Ultimate. No surprises there. However, if you first delete a tiny file named ei.cfg before making the installation DVD, the Win7 installer will give you the choices shown in Figure 1. Windows 7 installer Figure 1. Delete or rename ei.cfg before burning a Windows 7 installation DVD, and a menu then allows you to select which version to install. In fact, no matter which Win7 installation DVD you have — Ultimate, Pro, or Premium — if you delete the ei.cfg file from the disc, you'll be offered the same choices and can install any version of Windows 7. At the moment, only a small number of people have received a physical DVD containing Windows 7 Ultimate. Instead, most current Win7 users downloaded an .iso file, which includes everything on the Windows 7 Ultimate DVD: boot settings, file-structure details, etc. You burn the .iso file to a DVD. Then you either boot your PC from the DVD or run the setup program within an older version of Windows to kick the Win7 installer into gear. If you have a Windows 7 Ultimate .iso file, it's easy to delete ei.cfg. First, get a 30-day trial version of the gBurner utility, which is available from the program's download page at CNET's Download.com. Then install and run gBurner, open the Windows 7 .iso file, and delete (or rename) \sources\ei.cfg. Piece o' cake, although it can take 20 minutes to save the altered .iso file. You can then use either gBurner or Alex Feinman's ISO Recorder program (available from Alex's site) to burn a version of the .iso file without ei.cfg to DVD. What if you do have a physical Windows 7 installation DVD, but you don't have an .iso file? In that case, use either gBurner or ISO Recorder to rip the DVD into an .iso file. Then follow the instructions above to delete the ei.cfg file and burn a new DVD. Get the right version of Windows 7 going now and you won't have to reinstall it — or pay an exorbitant price — later. (My thanks to all-around good guy Seth Bareiss for his help in researching this topic.) Bobby Heid wrote: I seem to remember that there is some sort of key file on the disk that tells the installer what version to install, but all of the versions are there. I saw something a while back that tells how to update the file to get a different version. If I can find that info, I'll post back. Bobby -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 10:33 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] windows 7 upgrade confussion So Vista is not like XP upgrade where all you needed was the previous CD/DVD to verify it? Seems stupid if down the road to do a fresh install you'd have to start with the previous version 1st though I see the anti-piracy benefit. Will the DVD's for 7 be like Vista where all versions are there and key decides what you can activate? Sure hope 7 has revamped some of Vista account status BS with a single local superuser where even domain admins sub-admins.
