Re: [H] Fwd: Help!
Works that way -
Unless something in the "chain" autodetects the crossover cable is missing,
(or "is there" when it should not be) and "corrects" the wiring for you
"automagically"...
I have a hub on my desk that has a uplink switch for ONE port.
Same as switching it into (or using) a cross-over cable...
I "used to use" that with two or three old Routers as a disconnect
switch for "my" section of the network connected on that hub...
(It was the input feed port.)
Well, my new Router detects I push that switch and "corrects" the wiring for me
in a second or two... Can't kill that hub so easy anymore, (unless I power it
down...)
I brought up the "Router part" as a "new topic" in all of this, but I "think" I
have
some good network cards that will do the same thing... (Intel Pro/1000
series???)
Summary, Just because something works a certain way with some stuff,
different stuff may get entirely different results...
(Not to muddy the waters or anything, ...)
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: "DHSinclair" (in reply to a different Rick.)
Yes, Rick. That is what I learned way back in 1998. Notice that this is
a very old msg from many years back!
And why the only cross-over cable I own is now 9yrs old and used
exactly twice! LOL!
Thanks.
Best,
Duncan
At 08:16 07/25/2007 -0400, you wrote:
You need either a cross over cable or a hub.
Pc to pc without hub requires a crossover cable.
Pc to hub to pc requires two normal cables.
Rick Q
Re: [H] Question about removing WinXP partition from Ubuntu dual boot
I would not do anything until you got "lots of good replies"...
I have my doubts this will go well unless Ubuntu is a lot
smarter than Windows about these sort of changes...
Would it be a lot of trouble to start from a blank HD,
considering it was only two months old (on the Linux side).
Rick Glazier
From: "Brian Weeden"
Question about removing WinXP partition from Ubuntu dual boot
Re: [H] Question about removing WinXP partition from Ubuntu dual boot
Sounds like what I would "try", after making an "full spindle"
AcronisTrueImage10
image that includes a copy of track 0 along with MBR (if I had the space
somewhere).
Note that deselecting the Windows partition in Acronis also skips track 0 and
the MBR.
Rick Glazier
From: "Brian Weeden"
It would be a pain to reinstall Ubuntu because I have made lots of
modifications to the default install, not just installing software but
actual config changes.
I think my best bet would be to format the Windows partition, shrink
it down to like 10 MB, and leave it in place. That way I get the
space back but don't have to worry about messing up the boot order or
mappings.
Re: [H] OT start & stop features
Portable? I have one from around 2000 that has a button on the side: Off - Resume - Hold It seems to power down and freeze the laser in position. Philips Magnavox made it, (but the model number rubbed off the sticker on the bottom.) Rick Glazier From: "Chris Shaw" I'm looking for a CD player for my aunt who has been determine to be legally blind. The complaints we have been getting is that she can't go back to the location she was when we had to turn it off. I've been researching lately, but have founf a few. I was hoping someone would direct me to some site to learn more.
Re: [H] WinXP SP2 Repair Installation woes
Are you typing your "user" admin password,
the the true "~root~" admin password?
If you orginally put the password in with a personalized username
during some of the later Windows setup Welcome screens,
that is the "wrong admin"...
Rick Glazier
From: "zaske"
Can anybody tell me why Windows always complains about my Administrators
password when I type it in trying to do a repair install so as not to
have to reinstall everything after my botched overclocking attempts? I
ought to know what my Administrators password is as I type it in several
times daily.
Re: [H] Acer to buy Gateway
I have been using telephone books for years... Rick Glazier From: "Ben Ruset" The stands are junk. All of my developers who have Acer monitors have to stuff a few O'Reilly books underneath them to get them to a comfortable viewing height.
Re: [H] OT: Sad day, AutoPatcher gone
Funny thing is though...
About the only thing I CAN'T get from his site is the WGA thing...
(Can't connect to that specific file...)
I'm sure MS will make sure I get it,
Rick Glazier
From: "Hayes Elkins"
That would really, really, REALLY suck.
RyanVM has been in contact with MS throughout his work however, and has made
sure that what he bundles wont piss off MS.
From: tmservo
Ah and Ryans VM will probably be next. :(
Sent via BlackBerry
-Original Message-
From: JRS
Sad day, AutoPatcher gone
Re: [H] Ultra quiet fans
Yes, quite awhile ago. - Original Message - From: "Neil Davidson" Is that domain resolving for anyone else? I can't get to it at all. (located in the UK) (clipped) http://www.noctua.at/main.php?show=bezugsquellen
Re: [H] Vista, dumb question, maybe
There are different types of OEM Windows disks.
(That makes this a hard topic to discuss...)
Dell (& big OEMs) use BIOS locked installs, and they never need activation.
The small White Box builders use something more like a "slightly limited"
version of the Retail disks (FPP), and they DO require activation...
(I run both -- FPP and small OEM types here...)
With a DELL BIOS upgrade, they include the BIOS lock stuff with the MB,
or the FLASH, or do not overwrite that part...
(Just like BootBlocks are "seldom?" overwritten by default,
(at least in my Award BIOSs...)
Rick Glazier
From: "FORC5"
so the sw id's the bios during install, how greedy is that. what about a bios
update.
At 07:17 PM 8/31/2007, tmservo:
Once mb bios identification tag changes, they consider that the end of the oem lic.
Re: [H] Vista, dumb question, maybe
I have a "small-OEM" licensed machine (white box) right now where the MB manufacturer is no longer making ANY MBs. I hope they take that as a reason for switching manufacturers. Rick Glazier From: "Gary VanderMolen" Yes, it is important to stress that the replacement motherboard is the nearest equivalent you could find. ;-) - Original Message - equivalent being the keyword, what they need to know regardless.
Re: [H] Dumb Dell ?
Reminds me of the only Dell I ever had...
The HD eventually failed "RIGHT WHILE" I was talking to the guy
on the phone. I was on the phone with them almost constantly...
(My wife said they must have had a dart board with my picture on it...)
After they switched to Tech Support in India, and I started getting
TOTALLY wrong answers - like "erase your BIOS settings",
(it will Auto-detect them again --- NOT --- wrong model), I figured I
better build my own...
Rick Glazier
From: "Thane Sherrington"
And I forgot, their diagnostic software isn't worth the hard drive
space it's stored on. By the time it diagnoses a failure, the machine is shot.
Re: [H] Dumb Dell ?
That reminds me of other horror stories...
At times Maxtor replaced drives for me that still worked,
but had error codes, AND the software was later found to be WRONG...
(And the replacememt drives "fried" with no error codes...)
The big (recent) Google study "sort of said" (in a different way) that Smart
does not tell you too much, or when a drive will fail...
Rick Glazier
From: "j maccraw"
Hasn't SMART been summed up as an "idiot light" AKA
"it's already failed, here's
your error"? Other than monitoring temperature I
thought SMART has proven mostly
useless or unreliable?
Of course most HDD vendors have their own software and
won't help you unless you
have a diagnostic code from it or a stone cold dead
drive.
Re: [H] Can anyone tell me....
Can anyone tell meAt other places, I got un-subed because of an e-mail
server
"bounce problem" at my host... Too many bounces and I
was out...
Rick Glazier
From: Bobby Heid
Why I got unsubscribed from the list? I got the email at 12:07am this
morning.
Thanks,
Bobby
Re: [H] Blown capacitors
I have done this a little...
I used "fairly good" caps since I did not need to get another
five years out of them.
(I would say you have a different situation...)
The problem can be seen here better than I can explain it...
http://www.low-esr.com/
Also:
http://www.badcaps.net/
Rick Glazier
From: "Thane Sherrington"
Here's an interesting one. I had a machine in with seven blown caps
(one group of four near the CPU and one group of 3 near the AGP slot
- all 3300uF 6.3V.) So I replaced them all and this morning (after
running AV scans overnight) the three near the AGP are all
puffed. So I'm figuring that the AGP card must be pulling more than
the caps can handle, so I probably need 3300uF 16V ones. What do people think?
Re: [H] My Documents won't open
IIRC, Does Tweek UI have a section for fixing "special folders"
Rick Glazier
From: "Thane Sherrington"
Well, I moved the link to another folder (which also wouldn' t open)
and then moved it back (and it still won't open.) Is there a
registry setting that holds the My Documents info that might have gotten hosed?
Re: [H] Asus bad
FWIW: Me too... (But bought used for a repair...) GIGABYTE GA-7ZXE SOCKET A 462 MOTHERBOARD ATHLON http://preview.tinyurl.com/2g4ey9 Fixed it myself. Rick Glazier At 09:41 PM 29/10/2007, FORC5 wrote: Sent back a MB with a blown cap on rma. mb was not giving me any grief. They sent back a different one with the same cap puffed. May have to find another default MB vendor. :'( What motherboard model and how old was it?
Re: [H] Asus bad
I am doing something "similar" with an old Soyo(/AMD/VIA) MB of my own...
I managed to find a NEW exact rev. sealed board from a dealer...
I think I'm good to go for another three years...
And all for only $40(US)...
Lots of RAM, and runs at 2.6G AMD...
I'm beginning to think it was a bad idea to stray away from Intel...
Rick Glazier
From: "Thane Sherrington" <
The cost of a new motherboard
install (assuming one can get a motherboard that will match all
components) and the work involved is a lot more than just the cost of
a new motherboard.
Re: [H] Asus bad
Actually, the remark about AMD/VIA and Soyo
stems from the fact they don't last over 3.75 years.
You can squeeze them a little longer, but two of mine went
pretty "belly up", and my wifes was VERY sensitive to
moderate heat this summer... The minute the temp dropped
a couple degrees it worked fine... (I have case fans,
I replaced the NorthBridge fans, and even the CPU fans...)
For a short while, I was using an old "retired" Dell 800M
Win_ME to surf and get e-mail... It is Intel and still works
perfect under the same conditions, in the same room...
JMHO, YMMV...
Rick Glazier
From: "Thane Sherrington"
Because of the puffed caps problem? Intel-based motherboard have had
plenty of those. The P4 doubles as a cap-puffer due to the
ridiculous power strain it puts on components.
At 05:03 PM 31/10/2007, Rick Glazier wrote:
I'm beginning to think it was a bad idea to stray away from Intel...
Re: [H] Asus bad
It pretty much helped form/(cement?) my opinion when Soyo went out of the MB business... The good news is -- they still support the stuff on the WEB, so I can't complain (too much...) Rick Glazier From: "Thane Sherrington" Interesting. I've seen a lot of VIA boards, and good ones seem to work for years, whilst the cheap ones die early. In a lot of cases, I think it's the curse of less expensive components. - VIA and AMD are less expensive so often get stuck in a device built of substandard components to keep the price down - then the thing fails and people think "VIA sucks" or "AMD sucks" when in reality it was the other stuff that was causing the problems.
Re: [H] Dual core or Quad core?
I was under the impression that over-clocking erroded the
electronics at a microscopic level... (A "hidden cost" so to speak...)
Rick Glazier
From: "Winterlight"
I am surprised that anybody is still screwing around with
overclocking considering the the price and power of modern
processors.
Re: Nero 7 ?
I just had trouble when Nero (something) did not understand what a .mov file was... Are the picture files absolutely standard and not damaged? Rick Glazier From: "FORC5" Try to do a slide show and program locks up. any clues ?
Re: [H] Learning to fix a Mac
I happened to see this link. See what you think...
<http://www.apple.com/server/documentation/>
Rick Glazier
From: "Thane Sherrington" <
I'm thinking I may have to learn out to repair Macs, since there are
more than three in town now. :) Does anyone have any good
suggestions on books to learn Mac repair and a suggestion on a cheap
Mac I can practice on?
Re: [H] Links to MWOven TS?
I just thought of a nutty idea... Plug the MW into a heavy extension cord run to a different room of the house... Maybe the phone lines run next to the power line that feeds the MW... Rick Glazier From: "Al" Try moving the oven; just for testing
Re: [H] Links to MWOven TS?
RadioShack used to sell a MW leakage meter... Can you beg or borrow one? Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" It now appears that my current MW Oven is grossly disturbing my xdsl connection.
Re: [H] IE6.0?
Saving links inside the MS site is "very often" (YMMV) a waste of time.
They use active pages that are "all" changed in real time through
a changing "database program" structure/thinggy...
(Someone else will have to explain that better... )
Rick Glazier
From: "DHSinclair"
It seems that the giant M$ server in the sky blessed me!
I got one more 'critical' and it must have been the pointer
to IE6.0. This time I will file this link away in a safe place. :)
Once I get this pig built(done), I'll put FF on it! Promise!
Best,
Duncan
lopaka wrote:
http://www.oldversion.com/program.php?n=msie ;)
Re: [H] Kitchen Pics
Love the "tin foil"... hahaha
No one mentioned if they did "this"...
I filter the entire house for DSL at the phone company NetWork interface box
outside...
I call it a "whole house" type filter... (It is big.)
I then run unfiltered lines to the DSL modem...
(Most people do that the other way around...)
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: "Al"
http://al_anger.home.comcast.net/mwo2.jpg
Re: [H] Kitchen Pics
- Original Message -
From: "DHSinclair"
What kind of "big" whole house filter (DSL) are you talking about?
Google is our friend:
Very similar to what I have:
SPSH70SR1
http://www.hometech.com/techwire/dsl.html#CC-SPSH70SR1
Other types go inside the Telco box: (Certain sizes):
http://www.onqlegrand.com/jahia/Jahia/lang/en/pid/956
These you have to be very carefull to get the proper one.
Rick Glazier
Re: [H] DVD burner suggestions
It was a cheap repair, IF you like taking things apart... What got me looking for the cause was -- I just got two DVRs for myself, refirbs, (currently $50ea) both Lite-Ons, and heard (after purchase) that they have a high failure rate in a very short time frame... Mine are DVD only units. (No VHS.) Sort of the modern "time shifting" equivalent to an old VHS tape machine... You might call it a poor mans Tivo. (I mean a thrifty man...) FWIW: I think they are rated for DL-DVDs... Rick Glazier From: "JRS" I had one that exhibited the same issues. I didn't find the cause, just replaced it.. Hmm... I recently took a Lite-On burner out of a DVR. (A Lite-ON VHS/DVD set-top copy machine.) The DVDs would _not_ eject.
Re: [H] DVD burner suggestions
I recently took a Lite-On burner out of a DVR. (A Lite-ON VHS/DVD set-top copy
machine.)
The DVDs would _not_ eject.
It turned out the contact surface of the hub had an extra layer of ribbed
plastic, with sticky stuff on it.
(And it looked like it came from the factory that way, but a lot less sticky...)
Almost like a ring of clear tape stuck to the hub surface. AND the surface of
that tape was
exceptionally sticky and transferred lots of sticky "glue" to the DVD in the
drive and caused
it to be glued to the hub.
(This did not allow the internal drive "section" to drop down and away, so the
disk could eject.)
I peeled off the sticky "tape like" hub ring, cleaned the hub, and the burner
worked fine...
Has anyone seen or heard of anything "resembling" this?
I actually have some pictures I could post if there is some interest...
I gave it back to the friend (owner) for testing and evaluation and do not have
the model number, Sorry...
I do know the internal DVD burner was made in Jan 2005. (Pretty short
life...)
Rick Glazier
From: "JRS"
Liteon. Avoid Samsung and Sony ones like the plague. Also good are the Asus (liteon based) and the pioneer and plextors.
I use Lite-On these days as well.. :)
Re: [H] AMD Fan Noise ?
I've been re-bulding my older machines (with AMD socket "A" CPUs in them), using "vintage" NEW MBs, AND upgrading the old AMD retail stock fans... I was amazed at the difference in the sound... (YMMV)... I did not even get the "best" (or expensive) fans... As a matter of fact, with socket "A", there are some good deals around, but stuff is clearing out fast, FWIW... Rick Glazier, Non-gamer (I think you figured that out... ) From: "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
Re: [H] Good backup software
From: "Thane Sherrington" <
Removable drive racks won't work for
me in every case, as I have a lot of customers who only use laptops -
so I guess a backup to external would be the way to go - the downside
I see is the time it takes to image an entire drive (I don't think
full plus a bunch of differentials is a good idea, since it makes
every backup critical to a restore.)
I don't want to nit-pick over typos, but isn't this backwards?
1) full + 1) differential == everything...
1) full + inc + inc + inc + inc +... === everything...
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incremental_backup>
Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Good backup software
From: "Brian Weeden" Recovery of accidentally deleted files was not something I needed so my solution doesn't allow for that easily. I think I can mount of the .tib images and recover a file from it but I've never tried and it would certainly be more difficult than another backup solution, say Time Machine. Unless they have changed it in the newest version (and they were working on this as an improvement/update/upgrade) Acronis .tib images can be mounted easily (UNDER THE RIGHT CONDITIONS) and any file (or files) recovered. The only limitation is (?was???) the ENTIRE TIB "file set" needs to be "ON-LINE" and located in the same directory for it to mount. This "rules out" using DVD(S!) for an easy restore of a single file unless they (ALL the TIB files) can be "written back" to someplace with lots of storage space... (Or possibly emulated to "look that way".) (And I would not call that particularly "easy"... imho) Rick Glazier, (occasional TI beta tester).
Re: [H] usb?
I found a company that makes them. It might have had only one open header for one set of USB2 port pins... (Cases generally need two sets.) They have no distributors that handle them, so I tried to set up an account to buy direct, but they might have low-balled me at $6 ea, and the guys secretary never got back to me... I lost interest and started changing MBs instead to ones that had USB2 embedded and mutiple extra pin headers for USB2... If I can find their e-mail... (might not be easy...) Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" What I really need is a PCI card that has 4x the 6 copper pins on-board so I can plug in my case's 4x usb ports. Does a card like this even exist (anymore?)
Re: [H] StarMicro - Bad Guys?
For each order, they only write to you once -- a confirmation... You have to sign on and use the features on the site to see your order and/or tracking... You can sign in to your new account at http://www.starmicro.net/CustSignIn.aspx. Hit the "My Account" button, after that the rest is very clear... Rick g From: "Al" Anyone have experience with StarMicro: http://www.starmicro.net/default.aspx
[H] Fw: StarMicro - Bad Guys?
From: "Rick Glazier" I only spoke to them once about a compatibility issue on the phone, and they were both friendly and helpful. I just happened to think, that was a pre-sales question... ALL companies (~generally) shine in that type of situation... Rick G
Re: [H] StarMicro - Bad Guys?
Bummer. I didn't see that posted before... Only that you had not heard.
I only spoke to them once about a compatibility issue on the phone,
and they were both friendly and helpful.
Since they are "supposed to" have that info on their site, I'd call them again
and ask for at least the tracking number... (Unless you already did last time.)
That type of question should not be a burden since their system does not
seem to function as designed...
BTW, Since they say it is shipped, ask your CC company if you were
billed yet, even if just a "hold"/authorization...
Rick Glazier
From: "Al"
If only the tracking links worked. Been trying them since the day after
ordering.
Re: [H] Playing?
I know from several other replies that you have solved this problem. "Burning the wrong type disk..." You saw the error you did because the HD was not FULLY erased... Some erase utilities do not go "close enough" to the beginning of the disk to "get it all"... This is sometimes why people have trouble getting a "clean install" on a HD "they think" was put back into factory condition (?actually?blank?...) When I want an HD fully erased (not "security erased", just the section I am refering to), I have always used one fo the VERY old programs from IBM, ZAP or WIPE... It is getting harder to find them since I'm pretty sure ZAP only does 128 sectors (or clusters??) and Wipe only does up to 8G, and there is NO security section at all... FW/iW... Rick G - Original Message - From: "DHSinclair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hardware Group" Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 11:39 PM Subject: [H] Playing? What do I need to add to my cdrw to get it to read and play? Have cd burned with a dot-iso for FreeNAS. Yes, know it is FreeBSD based. OK. The cd seems to be missing some (?) boot loader. Which one? Am getting the following msg: Verifying DMI Pool Data. Boot from ATAPI CD-ROM: Failure NTLDR is missing Press CAD to restart Where do I start? No idea why IT looks for NTLDR. The hard drive has been erased! Perhaps I need to format it yet againfrom MSDOS :) It is only 1.08GB in size, and, is really old..but still kicking I'll be up most of the night with this one. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Playing?
The El Torito Bootable CD Specification needs to be followed. Nero will burn this right ONLY if it is used in the original ISO, (so the ISO needs to "be built" correctly), and IF the ISO is NOT burned as a file, but instead burned as an IMAGE... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Torito_(CD-ROM_standard) Rick G From: "Brian Weeden"clipped But, in your case you were using an image. The people that made the image should have already put the boot sectors into the image. So either they forgot (possible) or instead of creating a CD FROM an image you burned an image TO a CD.
[H] CPU up/down grade (AMD)
CPU up/down grade (AMD)
If an AMD Barton 3000+ 333FSB will not run at specs,
(tested on three machines rated to use it),
is it a "really" bad idea to under-clock it to 2200+ 233FSB?
FWIW, I'm doing a burn-in test at the lower numbers...
Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Sony ?
Check your sent and rec'd time stamps on the headers,
(or in your e-mail program, if you turn on those columns).
IF you are Moderated, my hat is off to "them" since your
last two posts cleared in "around" -- under a minute...
Rick Glazier
From: "FP"
BTW, how come my posts need approval ? I get a mail back to that affect.
Just wondering.
fp
Re: [H] Sony ?
Some of the _very_ early ones did (fat32), until they got the images switched over. (I only read that, I never understood it...) Rick Glazier From: "Tharin Olsen" I don't think I have ever seen a system that was Win2K or XP come with a FAT32 partition instead of NTFS.
Re: [H] 1lastTime
FWIW: I do not trust "a'' versions" of Fdisk to remove everything.
Especially mixing old with new, and/or third party OSs...
Good luck,
Seasons Greetings Everyone,
Rick Glazier
From: "DHSinclair"
Used FDISK to delete the 2 Non-DOS partitions.
[H] Fw: 1lastTime
Typo: "a" versions" - should be - "all versions"...
FDisk always seemed very buggy to me, (among other things...)
Rick Glazier
From: "Rick Glazier"
FWIW: I do not trust "a'' versions" of Fdisk to remove everything.
Especially mixing old with new, and/or third party OSs...
Re: [H] CPU FAN Suggestions
It tends to separate in less than a year, (unless I bought old stock...)
BUT it seemed fine when I first used that particular tube...
I think I read "someplace" to store it with the nozzle pointed down.
The liquid will go to the top, and the paste will be thicker... (At first)
Rick Glazier
From: "GPL"
Love arctic silver. Was cleaning out my parts room tonight (Wife calls
it JUNK ROOM) and spotted an old tube of it. I think its from 2003,
probably no good now right? LOL..
Re: [H] oem vs retail
Sometimes there can be a warranty difference too. Sometimes longer or shorter. (AMD CPU, OEM shorter) (WD HD, OEM longer.) (3x -- Have not checked lately.) (I guess WD expects home users to "beat them up more" putting them in...) Rick Glazier From: "Joe User" OEM 'usually' means just a bare card; no driver media, no pretty box, no cables, no manuals. Retail is 'usually' everything above.
Re: [H] Verizon FIOS
Three friends got it recently. (I can't, I'm not in an area supported.)
Two were fine, One had all sorts of problems.
Speed seems great, but I don't "really" need anything faster than DSL
for what I do, and at a much lower price...
Rick Glazier
From: "Naushad, Zulfiqar"
Verizon FIOS
Anyone on the list using FIOS?
How is the performance. My friend in the US is thinking of getting it
and wants some advice/caveats etc.
Re: [H] Is there a service that.....
From: "DHSinclair"
Easy: see if it has a 'reset' button, depress for a few seconds and
release. It would now be at all defaults. (Linksys, edimax, and belkin
etc all have such a toggle)
Been there and done this one many times...it is a netgear rt-314..so
far, NoGo.
Get the exact reset instructions from the manufacturer...
Sometimes a reset has to be done just right,
with proper timing and watching the (certain) lights just right...
Ass-u-ming you get it reset, be sure to try to access it using the factory
defaults!
(Sorry, but I had to include that to be "complete"...)
If a factory reset will not "take", I guess it just bs busted...
Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Is there a service that.....
Look here, -- a little advanced -- ,
but seems to be the only way to reset, in your current "condition"...
<http://kbserver.netgear.com/inquira/default.asp?ui_mode=answer&prior_transaction_id=65184&action_code=5&highlight_info=16778152,30,64&turl=http%3A%2F%2Fkbserver.netgear.com%2Fkb_web_files%2Fn100644.asp&answer_id=2990926#__highlight>
PS: Is there a little hole to the left of the ground screw on the back?
That might be an unmarked reset hole.
(This is a long shot, since I can't find any mention of it...)
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: "DHSinclair"
clipped:
However, it now does not answer to any of these 3 addy's. I suspect a pebcak typo back in 10-2006. Completely my fault this
time.
Re: [H] Lost Router IP Addy
From: "DHSinclair" I may stop the scan soon and just try to kill/reset the router's f/w to default. I know this will wipe out all the neat custom rules from years ago, but maybe all those old rules don't matter anymore in today's cesspool.. :) It would be a good idea to "re-visit" any rules anyway, reguardless... I "re-train" my software firewall (from scratch) every once in awhile just in case I answered a program access question/"pop-up" wrong... I bought a GREAT router ($5US) on EBay years ago, "with this same problem..." The specific problem being -- a setting "got in there" that the former owner did not know how to "re-set" to defaults... What-ever it was pretty much disabled using the Router for "anything"... I wanted the manual that came with it since I had lost mine (for the same unit...) They have a serial input jack, but I never had to go that far... But things move on, and so did I... I'm running a Router a couple years old... Rick Glazier
Re: [H] quickbooks question ?
This never seems to send, and I am blocked to getting my own posts on POP3 by Google... Sorry if it is repeating... (This is a forced "bump"...) Were you talking about the "template data", or the "form data"... I have custom Invoice templates I made during the Beta of 1997 (Nebula?) that I used until yesterday. My file has been used on 8 versons OR 32 versions AND builds of the program. (Ver 2,3,4,5,6,9,10,15) (I'm currently getting ready to "sunset" v15/2005, grin) (I have not had to buy it for over ten years...) Other than "my" template logo picture/graphic (if any) "they" have traveled from machine to machine, mutiple versions, beta builds, etc, clean installs of the HD/OS/QuickBooks, using nothing more than a back-up/restore QBB file... So it has been embedded in your Company file and backup file for years. You used to be able to export them (or something) because they asked me for mine (once) and told me to re-build them since they "looked" defective to them... I never did, (till yesterday)... They were not aware of how "creative" I can be given a CAD program... Why yesterday after ten years+... My USPS "town name" changed suddenly (a more or less cosmetic change), and I figured I better not ignore "them"... Rick Glazier, Moderator #2 QuickBooks Group/Yahoo.com <http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/QuickBooks/> From: "FORC5" Anyone know where Qb keeps the data when one modifies the forms ? ( custom invoices etc ) not in the company data file
Re: [H] quickbooks question ?
Printing (settings) used to be a problem for me too when "moving", but that went away years ago when they embedded all that into the main files. I guess you just have to re-make all the settings, (I just asked on the other list...) I was once told "printing" has to go through something like 32 different layers before anything happens... What ever brought that up was fixed right away. (If you want a program to work correctly, be a good beta tester.) The stories I could tell... Didn't know about the shortcut bar... I was moving away from their embedded on-line banking (my only "trigger" for a forced upgrade), and had been using my Banks WEB interface instead for awhile now... Ever since a "QBW" server/program (on their end) mis-configuration it took them 6 weeks to figure out (at my bank). Before it was resolved, I had a "personal" work contact number for the support guys desk at company headquarters, and his schedule... By some fluke, the add for '08 came in yesterdays mail. If I'm going to loose more than I'll gain --- no way... The company has changed over the years. The "main contact" I had there is gone now... (Tech support - level 4 or5...) Here is what I asked for you. ** An acquaintance from another (tech support) list asked me the following: ** **> Did a clean install of 08 for a customer and his tractor feed **> invoices did not maintain formatting when the qbb file was restored. ** **He basically wants to know if that "is normal", or should those setting **have been "OK"... "We" are assuming they will have to be re-done from **scratch... ** **Rick Glazier The first answer is back already. (8 minutes.) Good question. I had one client's invoice setting magically change from a specialized template back to an Intuit one (it hadn't been an Intuit one in 5 years) but reset and the template itself was fine. That's all I've seen. The above could be "operator error"... Note 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... ) (I just sent a "slipstreamed" invite.) Rick Glazier From: "FORC5" Did a clean install of 08 for a customer and (clipped)
Re: [H] PC boots Windows 2000 CD but not XP PRO CD?
Are they all factory CDs, copies, or were they slipstreamed? Have they all worked in other machines RECENTLY. That is the only things I could think of that were easy to explain. Rick Glazier From: "JRS" Weird behavior Re-installing Windows on an old Dell Dimension 2100 for a friend.
Re: [H] quickbooks question ?
No problem. As far as other answers, there were none, so it does not happen much, or nobody tried it... We have 3078 members... (Not a typo, yes - it is up +8 since this morning, ) Rick Glazier From: "FORC5" BTW thanks for the invite to the user group. I will take advantage of it. fp Rick had said: If you have additional questions, please join... (It will be faster for you... ) (I just sent a "slipstreamed" invite.)
Re: [H] quickbooks question ?
We have 269 to 867 messages a month... (Based on a period starting in 2005 after list was well established.) It is almost totally un-moderated. (Thank goodness!) Rick Glazier From: "Brian Weeden" Wow. Must be mostly lurkers... We have 3078 members...
Re: [H] Free AV ?
Remember when tires never lost their air, and oil never went down? And a 15-20 year old car would still have 80# oil pressure? Oh, I'm starting to sound like an O.F. Rick Glazier From: "FORC5" I often wonder if they ever change their oil or check their tire pressures.
Re: [H] Save XP!
I personally know someone that had a "problem" where they work by "not watching" the Employees close enough, and/or catching their illicit activities faster. All being run from (and on) the company computers. For other reasons, they accidentally caught "them" running some "entire very illicit company" from the employers system. (They were not the "best behaved" employee at actual work either.) This could have been very embarrassing for "the real company" had this gone on longer, and if someone else found it, instead of them. Rick Glazier Anthony Q. Martin wrote: IT is generally charged with making sure corp. stuff works, not to lord over employees like gods.
Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
FWIW, look into XXcopy next time...
And the long filename problem "active users" sometimes have with Xcopy.
8.3 conversions are done "on the fly" (with Xcopy) , and that can later cause
"internal" path problems in certain cases...
Rick Glazier
From: "Joe User"
That did the trick. Up and running on the new drive.
Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
I guess I've brought Wayne back from the dark side...
(Just kidding, but every time xcopy comes up, I "pop-up"
this same warning... It is a YMMV type thing, and some people
NEVER have this problem.)
What happens is: (and this can happen anywhere),
First you have
123456~1.exe and
123456~2.exe
You uninstall the long version of 123456~1.exe
(So that is no longer "in use"...)
Then you do an xcopy.
123456~2.exe BECOMES the short filename
123456~1.exe
Internally, Windoze sometimes uses short filenames.
Some older programs also rely on them.
(Ever remember getting an "odd looking" error
message about a short file name path being gone/lost .
That is the simple version...
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, January 18, 2008 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
At 10:36 AM 1/18/2008, Joe User typed:
I had no idea, thanks for the heads up.
Rick & I have a playful war over xcopy vs xxcopy but in all honesty
xxcopy helps when you have multiple sub-folders under Program Files
that start out with the same name like Microsoft this or that or
Norton this or that as their short file names & paths could get
twixed up with the plain old xcopy. XXcopy keeps the short file names
& paths straight.
---+--
I'm a geek that loves to tweak.
Re: [H] I'm losin' it...
I liked it when it was free, and "basically" never use either...
Maybe I got one of their "ten user licenses" "for a beta" deals...
I never knew I was pushing a "paid" product...
I do it the way JoeU eventually got around to, a partition copy
or a drive copy with an "Imaging" program that can re-size
at the same time... (Currently Acronis.)
Rick Glazier
From: "Thane Sherrington"
And xxcopy has a lot of features that xcopy doesn't. Well worth the price.
Re: [H] Testing...
Me too, had not noticed... Rick Glazier From: "Bobby Heid" Haven't had any list mail in a few days. Just checking.
Re: [H] Overheating laptop
And brands with high failure rates? I just switched to a few in desktops. Rick Glazier From: "James Boswell" Do you have a link giving life expectancies/wear rates for heatpipes? -JB
Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser
None. - Original Message - From: "Mark" How many legs are in the bus? I didn't get it right...
Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser
As long as we agree they are in the bus, and one of the girls (or cats?) is driving, (or there is no driver), 10990 Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "Mike" I got 1582.
Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser
11046 - Original Message - From: "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 8:55 PM Subject: [H] OT Brain Teaser There are seven girls on the bus. Each girl has 7 backpacks. In each backpack there are seven big cats, for every big cat there are seven little cats. How many legs are in the bus? I didn't get it right... Mark Mark Dodge
[H] OT-2-New Brain Teaser
3 guys walk into a hotel and request a room. (Don't ask why 3 guys are getting a room) The bell boy at the service desk says its $30, so each guy pays $10. As the bell boy at the service desk is putting away the 3 $10 bills, the hotel manager returns, see's this and says "The room is not $30, its $25, on sale this week. Go return $5." As the bell boy is going up the elevator, he's wondering how he is going to split $5 between 3 boys - so he reasons "since I'm such a good guy, I'll give each guy $1 (3 x $1 = $3) and I'll keep $2 myself. Now, each guy renting the room has paid $9, and the bell boy keeps $2: $2 + (3 x $9) = $29 Where did the missing $1 go?
Re: [H] OT-2-New Brain Teaser
I'll buy that... Pretty fast. (Now go back and do the first one...)
Answer:
Where did the missing $1 go?
===
Before:
$0 in cash register
$0 in bellboy's pocket
$10 in each man's pocket (x3)
$30 total
After:
$25 in cash register
$2 in bellboy's pocket
$1 in each man's pocket (x3)
$30 total
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: "Chris Reeves"
He can't do math.
They gave him 30. He's holding 5.
That means they kicked in 25 total, or 8. per each. Give each $1, and they all gave 9 and 1/3 basically. Which leaves $2
left. The end. :)
Re: [H] OT-2-New Brain Teaser
I like that one too... Rick Glazier From: "James Maki" They started with $10 each and ended up with $1 each, how could they have paid $9.3? From: Chris Reeves He can't do math. They gave him 30. He's holding 5. That means they kicked in 25 total, or 8. per each. Give each $1, and they all gave 9 and 1/3 basically. Which leaves $2 left. The end. :)
Re: [H] rev1-Ask to vendors?
Might want to check the warranty. Sometimes OEM is longer, and sometimes not... Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "Thane Sherrington" OEM is still real. Unless of course, you are caught in the Matrix. :) T
Re: [H] Save XP!
He tries to think and talk at the same time, and does updates mid-sentence Rick Glazier From: "Al" I find Steve very hard to listen to; stuttering, run on sentences, etc. "if, if the machine is on and allow it to, to properly synchronize and, and, and receive Windows updates..." Good thing for the transcripts. Al
Re: [H] Belarc Advisor v7.2v
Yes (that version has been out awhile.), and mine shows. FWIW, AGV shows as: GRISOFT, s.r.o. - AVG 7.5 Anti-Virus System Version 7.5.0.420 * GRISOFT, s.r.o. - AVG Anti-Virus system Version 7.5.0.504 * Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "DHSinclair" Has anyone spun up Belarc Advisor v7.2v yet? Wondering why it can not, or will not recognize an in-place A/V proggy on the install machine? No. I did not reboot after install; did not say to... :) Thank you. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Vista class action
Great picture... ha,ha,ha Rick Glazier From: "JRS" Bwahahahaa.. :) On the lines of this class action, here's something I stumbled into ages ago and only just found.. http://pacificprince.googlepages.com/vista-hardware-reqs.png Who wants to go "hahahahahahahaha" with me? :) -JB
Re: [H] Flash drive(s)
Some people think U3 drives are a security risk, and they are starting to be blocked "certain places?" from being allowed to run their programs. Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" I will soon receive several new USB 2GB flash drives (Crucial and Corsair). They are all newest(?) technology, I believe. I suspect they may arrive pre-formatted with "stuff" (programs) I may not wish or need to use. Looking for the collectives thoughts here. :) Should I immediately re-format (erase) the new FD's upon delivery before I start to use them? I have been using a Crucial USB (v1.1) 256MB flash drive since Jan 2004. It works completely as expected in the USB v2.0 environs of my current clients. This FD is now essential to me in keeping my LAN clients semi-neutral to on another, and, keeping critical data I choose NOT to store on any of my clients. I now depend on the FD more than the older floppy drives of old. Unfortunately, I have NOT been able to completely walk away from the old floppy drives yet. BIOS updates still seem to work better from a floppy drive than from either a local (c:\) directory, or, from a Flash Drive. But, I am still testing this function. In time, I believe the FD will eventually kill off the old floppy drive; but, that is JMHO. Best, Duncan
Re: [H] Flash drive(s)
IF they are U3 drives, the U3 people have always stated you NEED to use their un-install program to remove the auto-mounting of the emulated CD-ROM drive. (Don't know for sure as I never removed any of mine.) Rick Glazier From: "Ben Ruset" If there's stuff on the drive that you don't want or need, then by all means format it. It shouldn't be required to use the drive as a basic USB disk.
Re: [H] Flash drive(s)
See Brians message. Sun, 2 Mar 2008 14:58:43 -0800 (PST) It has the link and confirms things I said eariler. Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" To: Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 5:45 PM Subject: Re: [H] Flash drive(s) Thanks Rick, You brought up the "U3" business again. Can you expand on this?
Re: [H] Flash drive(s)
Others are saying -- maybe you don't have a U3 drive. They are marked with the LOGO if they are. Only you can see the drive and can tell us what it is... Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" To: Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [H] Flash drive(s) Thanks Rick, I'll read up on this "U3" business. Still have a few days. :) Best, Duncan
Re: [H] OT - Broken midrange - Am I screwed?
Screwed. You lost the entire voice coil suspension...
(Don't shoot the messenger...)
There used to be speaker re-coning speciality places,
or maybe the manufacturer would take pitty on you...
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: "Brian Weeden"
Broken midrange - Am I screwed?
I was setting up my speakers today and one of my Klipsch RF-15 front
channels tipped over on the carpet. When I sent to upright it there
was a knocking noise inside. When I opened it I found this:
http://brianandcharitynet/images/IMG_0680.JPG
The plastic mount holding the driver broke all the way around and the
thin, gauze-like orange gasket tore.
Am I screwed or is it fixable? I can definitely repair the plastic
(although I'm not sure how strong it will be again). I'm more
concerned about the driver itself. Doesn't look like it has any damage
so maybe there is hope. And it looks like the stiff orange circle was
just slotted into the driver and nothing broke there.
Re: [H] Freaky Friday WinXP install -- (a bit long)
Sounds similiar to the problems I had on a couple MBs I swapped
out last fall... I think the SouthBridge chipset went. Everything else
worked well after the replacement of the MBs.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbridge_%28computing%29>
My UBS stability (such as it is) was the first thing to go...
(Either that, or forced ditching of my UltraATA133 controller card...)
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: "James Maki"
Duncan,
Actually the recovery disk for True Image is Linux based. It loads from CD
after boot but before Windows loads. It also comes with a Windows based
program that will create the image from within Windows. You have to re-boot
to the Linux program only when restoring the C:/boot drive. As long as I am
within Windows, True Image works perfectly. Only when I try to restore the
C: drive does it require a re-boot to the Linux version and I loose contact
with most of the hard drives. One hard drive (and always the same one) is
visible. The other drive on the same controller is NOT visible. I haven't
tried moving them around to see if it is the spot on the controller or the
drive itself that makes a difference.
As True Image boots to the program in Linux, there is a a flash on the
screen saying the nVidia and Sil3114 controllers (the controllers on the
motherboard) have been found, followed by a message that no volumes were
found.
The Opteron is a socket 939 dual core processor, almost identical to some of
the higher clock speed AMD64 X2 CPUs that AMD stopped making. It is 2.6 GHz.
Dual core, single socket.
The psu is a Sparkle Power FSP550-60PLN-B 550 Watts EPS12V Switching Power
Supply. If the psu is working, it should provide sufficient power. Of
course, if it is failing, all bets are off. I don't have dual video cards or
a power hungry single video card. It will take some time to remove a power
supply from another system to test the theory that the Sparkle is dying.
Will let you know what I find out.
I may be in denial, but the repeated weird problems seem to be getting
progressively worse in a way I would not attribute to the psu. Removing the
750 GB WD drive that was showing slow transfer times and putting it back
into the external enclosure produced a new problem. As long as the drive was
attached to the nVidia controller, the computer would stick at the
"searching for drives" section of the nVidia boot process. As soon as I
removed the drive, it booted fine. I moved the drive to one of the pcie-X1
SATA ports and everything boots fine. More and more I am suspicious of the
on-board SATA controllers. I have never been able to mount a boot drive on
the Sil3114 ports and now the nVidia seem to be acting up.
Unfortunately, it take time to test each hypothesis. In the meantime, my
main system is down making life a little more complicated.
Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. I will be trying to implement
them in the next couple of days.
Re: [H] Surge suppressor / power filter
My very first Computer years ago (a Dell -- before I became a builder),
suffered from all sorts of problems, and LOADS of in warranty repairs.
(Ever hear of anyone getting 5 MBs out of them for the same machine...?)
(I had the better service contract from the better division of the company.)
The ONLY things they never changed were the floppy drive and the tape drive...
I used to like hearing the Texas "Radio-on-hold" at 4AM while waiting for a
senior tech to pick up... (The best ones came in early...)
Then I got an APC UPS, and on the first day listened to it trip on and off
around 50-100 times... So much, the local Power Company (much to their
credit) sent a truck out...
To make a long story short, they found a VERY poor connection on a pole
about 100-200 ft down the street from my house... After getting a new MB again,
and a new APC-UPS (in warranty), all my problems suddenly stopped...
THERE WERE NO OTHER SYMPTOMS or any other early failures
in my house or my neighbors..
Get "something", and get it "first"... JMHO, YMMV...
Rick Glazier,
Former GEEIA
From: "Brian Weeden"
But I do know that there is a difference between "clean" and "dirty" power
and that the things I mentioned above can destroy electronics. So hopefully
someone on the list has had experience with cheap surge protectors failing
or in getting Monster to live up to the money and hype, or something along
those lines.
Re: [H] A/D boxes?
Missing here... (Missing at my Mom's too...) - Original Message - From: "DHSinclair" To: "Hardware Group" Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 9:57 PM Subject: [H] A/D boxes? Has everyone got their coupons for their A/D boxes to watch TV post 2/9/09? Best, Duncan
Re: [H] U3 launchpad
I have been "slightly" following this thread and saw where you can't (and don't want to) un-install the LaunchPad from the FLASH DRIVE. I have no problem with that... I never got rid of any, and might be a "little upset" if someone "cleaned it" off mine for me... (It used to be you could not put it back, but I "think" they figured out the DRM well enough that a FULL RECOVERY (of at least the LaunchPad/cd emulation stuff) might be possible. (At this point, file that as a rumor... I can't swear to it...) Disclaimer: They are "OK" for "internal use", but not as useful as I might have wanted for running around other places... Too many ways to pass "bad stuff" around (both directions) using one of these... I don't want to throw a wrench in the works, but. I have a bunch of these U3 drives, and don't think they install the Launch Pad to the HOST computer HD. Doesn't it just "auto run" off the flash drive itself? (Retorical, more below.) Are you "sure" it installed to the host HD? If yours (theirs) "installed", tell me where to look please. I'd like to see if it did the same thing here. Come to think of it, when I use different U3 flash drives of different ages (and the LaunchPad would be a slightly different version on each) my firewall "complains" that the program is not the same as "last time" (with a different drive) and asks me if it is "OK" to allow it... That seems to "prove" it was not installed on the HD, and was running ONLY from the flash drive. (At least to me, unless I'm missing something.) Since there is no way to "upgrade" the LaunchPad program ON THE flash drive, this has been a minor "problem" since I got more than one... (I just hit "yes"...) Based on "what I see" here, I'm confused about what "you are seeing" there... Make sense? Hope this helps... Rick Glazier From: "Thane Sherrington" Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 1:39 PM I mistakenly plugged a USB drive from a client into my laptop, and it installed US launchpad - how do I remove it and what are the steps to turn off autorun on all devices. (This sort of thing is unacceptable - I didn't ask for the software, and I don't want the software. Yet I was given no choice on the install.)
Re: [H] DTV-boxes?
I got a couple in the last several days. They are Digitalstream dtx9900 Radio Shack sells them. I looked on the Internet, and these were "well liked" compared to a couple of the others. What was your question? Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" >>At 09:37 PM 4/2/2008, DHSinclair typed: Does anyone here have the skinny on these lately available DTV 'conveter' boxes? If so, I have a question/scenario to pose :)
Re: [H] DTV-boxes?
I haven't hooked them up yet, but from reviews hear THIS model
(remote) can control the TV (on/off, and sound) and the convertor box...
With the six "units" below, I think you are "sort of" screwed...
From what I have read, it will be just like I got Cable TV, but without the
cable...
Of course, the convertor can only output a single channel, so anything hooked
to it will only think it is watching/recording preselected and only on channel
3 or 4...
This unit has direct "RCA type" Monitor outputs also... ( "L, R, + [EMAIL
PROTECTED])
I see a big market for control "blasters" for switching channels on a timed
basis
to use with all old equipment...
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: "DHSinclair"
Rick,
What is the remote control for?
I understood that these boxes were simple bandpass converters that just did
a D/A and passed the "new" analog signal to the TV on its "new" assigned
carrier frequency. Confused.
I use a distribution amplifier to share my one antenna with 3 TVs and 3 VCRs.
Best,
Duncan
At 23:33 04/02/2008 -0400, you wrote:
I got a couple in the last several days.
They are Digitalstream dtx9900
Radio Shack sells them.
I looked on the Internet, and these were "well liked"
compared to a couple of the others.
What was your question?
Rick Glazier
From: "DHSinclair" >>At 09:37 PM 4/2/2008, DHSinclair typed:
Does anyone here have the skinny on these lately available DTV
'conveter' boxes?
If so, I have a question/scenario to pose :)
Re: [H] Dead
I think you answered your own question... (Me also.) - Original Message - From: "Sam Franc" To: Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 2:17 PM Subject: [H] Dead Is the list server dead? I have received no mail for 3 days. Sam
Re: [H] xp sp3 ?
Didn't work here.
Posted on another list, appolgies to members of both.
xp-sp3-install fails.
Tried it on an older computer.
Legit, fully patched otherwise.
Runs fine. (Don't use it much.)
While the setup program is backing up my old files,
it goes to the c:\windows\system32 directory and can't find a file.
I open WinExplorer and there it sits... daxctle.ocx
Why do you suppose it can't find it?
I did all that before I heard they screwed it up...
Rick Glazier
From: "JRS" > It's been delayed due to a last minute glitch, an incompatibility
with an MS program..
http://www.news.com/8301-13860_3-9931343-56.html?tag=nl.e433
Re: [H] xp sp3 ?
I got this from that link this morning: build 5512 --- MD5 for English Version: BB25707C919DD835A9D9706B5725AF58 clipped:4c03e2300ebfde4.exe - Original Message - From: "Bill Cohane" At 17:52 04/29/08, FORC5 wrote: looking for the dl at MS and can only find sp3 overview. anyone have a link ? and is tt 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-) I downloaded SP3 this morning from Microsoft at http://download.windowsupdate.com/msdownload/update/software/svpk/2008/04/windowsxp-kb936929-sp3-x86-enu_c81472f7eeea2eca421e116cd4c03e2300ebfde4.exe I just checked and this link still works. (If this link gets broken, please recombine it.) I don't know if it's the final final. Regards, Bill
Re: [H] xp sp3 ?
Darn, I'll have to look into this more...
[ just did...]
When I D/L I get the file date and time from the info on the server.
It says 4/26/2008 2:50PM (I got it today, 4/29.)
2/3rds of the files in the archive are dated in 4/08 and lots are
dated 4/13 and over half are 4/14/2008.
Sounds like the whole thing was finished up in the last two weeks...
I don't want to sound like I don't believe you, but could you give
me the link you used?Thanks,
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: "Jeff Lane" Subject: Re: [H] xp sp3 ?
The Knowledge Base says that KB number is the Release Candidate.
Re: [H] UPSes
Be careful of chlorine and hydrogen buildups.
Chlorine is a corrosive, and hydrogen explodes.
(I used to do this with a video camera years ago.)
Rick Glazier
- Original Message -
From: "Al"
To:
Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:14 AM
Subject: Re: [H] UPSes
Just wanted to offer; when the batteries in a couple of my APC UPS's
went out, I just happened to have a couple of very large deep cycle RV
batteries. They have been working fine as substitutes for well over a
year. And my power-out run time is measured in hours, not minutes. ;-)
If I had a very lengthy power out and wasn't around to shutdown the
computers; I would probably recharge then with my auto battery charger,
rather than ask the APC units to do it.
Regards,
Al
Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Add to your list of vendors to avoid
I thought I recognized them too:
* Sapphire Technologies is actually the main partner
* of ATI in the video card sphere. This company produces
* the broadest line on the ATI's processors. The company
* is based in Hong Kong but is a daughter enterprise of PC
* Partner which is the greatest Chinese components
* manufacturer and an old partner of ATI (today all video
* cards "Built by ATI" are produced at the PC Partner's plants).
Rick Glazier
From: "Wayne Johnson"
j maccraw typed:
Sapphire Technologies
From: "Wayne Johnson"
I don't know why but I never trusted Sapphire with my $$$ & now I'm
glad that I felt that way.
Re: [H] Reboot Problem
It is not "if" they will fail, but "WHEN"...
Did you run any non-distructive diagnostics?
Rick Glazier
From: "Gary"
clipped
Has anyone had a HD that gave no problem installing not only XP but dozens
of programs (after two formats) then causing a intermit problem??
Re: [H] dumb ?
HP? Compaq must have changed what they do. I just got a low end Laptop. I can RE-install individual FACTORY PROVIDED programs, with about 16 different ways to do things like that starting with a big menu. I have not used their system, preferring to get rid of their crapware instead. (It is a low-end about two weeks old.) Rick Glazier From: "j maccraw" Dunno but if their like compaq recovery disks, your only choice is full re-install and no just reinstalling some app from the bundle. The use some whack archiving system that hands you a pack of CD's that can't be used in any other way. The one dell version that was floating around did 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 wrote: 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, shame the rest of us have to play mother may I >:-}
Re: [H] How do I do this...
I "think" I've seen what you are talking about...
Unlock the Taskbar (right click on a blank part to see the setting).
Then grab and drag the top upwards.
If it gets bigger vertically, try dragging it down. If it collapses, but only to
a double height -- but will not go lower, you have to play with the separator
to the right of the quick launch area. It can be a little hard to "force" it
back
to the proper operation.
IF this is the problem you are talking about, it is generally caused by a quick
launch program icon that does not "play well" in the quick launch area.
Windows Media Player was the biggest offender for me, so I always delete the
icon for that in that area...
Hope this helps, Good luck.
Rick Glazier
From: "DHSinclair"
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 taskbars?
Is this normal?
I have a tashbar that I can use. But I have another, locked behind the
visual taskbar,
that I can not deal with. WinXP does not seen to offer much help.
I am not a WinXP fanboy. I do not care for XP a whole bunch!
(I do know that I will have to live with it in the end.)
Can I REMOVE what appears to be a 2d taskbar?
WinXP SP3, (KBKB936929), v.20080414.031525.
WTF did I miss???
Re: [H] OT - Proof that audiophiles are idiots- the $500Ethernetcable
From: "Ben Ruset"
Yeah, but the types of people who are buying $500 cables are not the
types that will typically buy Denon gear. They're more in Marantz,
Rotel, NAD, etc. territory. (And even Marantz is pretty low brow in the
audiophile world.)
I used to like the split gear "zero backlash"/play tuning system they used.
(In the 60's.)
Rick Glazier
Re: [H] Vista Annoyances
I think he meant a free hack... Rick Glazier From: "Brian Weeden" Should be able to just give Home an Ultimate CD key and presto chango. I think there is even a little thing withing Vista that allows you to upgrade on the fly (so to speak).
Re: [H] Should I?
IMHO:
I clone first and work on the clone.
If I don't like the results, I format and re-clone, repeat, etc.
I take certain precautions at the same time -- like keeping backups of certain
new things multiple places and storing ALL new mail on the servers.
Anything so I can "re-sync" either drive back to "real time" at will, and at
any time.
(But not continuously.)
Some planning is required to not loose anything, and changing to different
hardware is a complication, but it should be able to be worked around.
Be careful of any "got-chas" that have not appeared on the list.
Rick Glazier
From: "DHSinclair"
Ultimately, I plan to replace this scsi install with a partitioned 80GB
pata drive.
Not sure whether to try and iso the current drive, or, just rebuild from
scratch again on the new hard drive.
Re: [H] Adobe does it again.......
What does it do that FoxIt doesn't?
OK, there has got to be something, but will I miss it?
(At, 2.5 megs?)
http://www.download.com/Foxit-PDF-Reader/3000-2079_4-10313206.html?hhTest
Disclaimer:
"Foxit Reader itself is free. The critical add-ons are free while advanced add-ons have a reasonable cost."
Rick Glazier
From: "John R Steinbruner"
Installed Acrobat Reader 9, and noticed I also now have something
called Adobe.com, and Adobe Air installed. They both came out of Add/
Remove programs OK, but I do not want things I did not agree to being
installed.
Why should we have to waste time un-installing things we did not want?
Re: [H] Adobe does it again.......
Thanks everyone for the opinions. I guess I use it on simple stuff. I never had trouble with text or anything else. I always get the latest version when my scanner program says it (or anything else) got old... (Ver. 2.3 build 2923) Rick Glazier From: "Thane Sherrington" clipped... Yes, Foxit is definitely faster than Adobe. It does everything I want except it doesn't select text well, but that may be a PDF thing.
Re: [H] password protected
Years ago I used a little java script (or something) that used the page name as the password. With an odd enough page name, and if you can keep people out of that directory on the server... Rick Glazier From: "Winterlight" I have a Windows web site so I can not use HT Access. I want to be able to protect a few documents / pages with a password. This is just to stop the casual passerby, not protect against a sophisticated attack. I assume there is a simple way to do this. Can somebody point me in the right direction.
Re: [H] XP Pro hangs on startup... sometimes.
I had a couple cheap MBs go, with a slow painful death, and had the sneeking suspicion it was the SouthBridge chipset (the I/O section.) New MBs (and nothing else) totally solved the problems. Rick Glazier From: "Steve Tomporowski" My son's old computer had a similar problem. After bearing with it for a couple of years, he upgraded and when we looked at his old motherboard, it had bulging caps.
Re: [H] OK. IE has to go!
Partial answer: If someone said this, sorry. (I looked ahead, but am trying to catch up...) You can "elect" to stop USING IE, but you can't stop things that are "hard coded" to use it - from using it. Since it is "built-in" to the OS, you MUST keep it patched, if you are using it or NOT. All this sneaky stuff that runs around trying to invade our systems will not care if you run FF or not. As a matter of "fact", it will "love it" if you neglect IE patches at the same time FWIW, JMHO, ETC... Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" clipped I am ready to give IE the boot! IE is driving me over the edge, finally. Most likely, because I refuse to keep up with all the internal bits/bytes that M$ changes to "improve" their product.
Re: [H] RAID 0 ?
Plus, "when" one drive fails, you loose them both (at least the data...) Rick Glazier From: "Joe User" > IS raid 0 worth the effort in a desktop unit ?
