Re: [H] [hardware] Repairing damaged photos

[Steve]

I used 'Recover My Photo's' http://www.getdata.com/ with great success to 
recover photo's ( 500+) from a damaged card.


Quote from Help file
"Recover My Photos is data recovery software that will recover:

Files and Folders emptied from the Recycle Bin.
Files and Folders deleted using DOS commands (via the command line).
Drives that have been accidentally re-formatted - even after a new operating 
system has been installed.
Digital camera storage cards which have been formatted or from which photos 
have been deleted.


Recover My Photos can recover data from various types of file storage media 
including; Hard Drives; Floppy disks; Zip Disks; Digital camera cards; USB 
Drives.
It has a built in file preview which allows you to examine the contents of 
may types of deleted files prior to saving (see the table below)."


- Original Message - 
From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:33 AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Repairing damaged photos


I recovered some deleted files from a hard drive (jpgs.)  About half of 
them are viewable and look fine, and the rest won't view at all.  Is there 
software that will try to repair these already recovered files?  Everything 
I've found so far wants to scan the entire drive looking for deleted files, 
and I've already done that.  Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


T

Re: [H] [hardware] Re: Bing

[Steve]

Hello Z00100,



Friday, June 19, 2009, 3:34:46 PM, you wrote:



Anyone using bing?  I have been using it for a week now and I like
the search results better than google.
What do you guys think?



Haven't tried it.
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>joeuser - Still looking for the 'any' key...



Bing's image & video search is way better then Google's. The porn freaks on 
a few forums are in 7th heaven... so they tell me :)

Re: [H] Replacement Card - was Re: ATI CATALYST 10.2 & 10.3 Driver Preview - Final Thoughts and conclusions

[Steve]

I've got one, driving 2 x Dell 23" @ 2048x1152 without issue.

--
From: "Anthony Q. Martin" 
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:45 PM
To: 
Subject: Re: [H] Replacement Card - was Re: ATI CATALYST 10.2 & 10.3 Driver 
Preview - Final Thoughts and conclusions


What do you guys think about XFX HD5770? I have one of their nVidia cards 
before. It wouldn't drive two monitors without some issue...and XFX wanted 
me to return it (and have nothing in the meantime) and I refused.  But for 
a single monitor, it works fine and it is in my second PC.  With that 
card, comes a free game, which is why I'm thinking of it.


My plan is to try to return the HIS for RMA and wait out the return...then 
I can move it into my office system, if it works.


Right now, I'm sort of gun shy on vid cards





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Re: [H] Replacement Card - was Re: ATI CATALYST 10.2 & 10.3 Driver Preview - Final Thoughts and conclusions

[Steve]

Dell SP2309W's with a native resolution of 248 x 1152.  And yeah...  just a 
little oddball, but sweet monitors, especially for the price.


--
From: "Winterlight" 
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2010 7:52 AM
To: 
Subject: Re: [H] Replacement Card - was Re: ATI CATALYST 10.2 & 10.3 Driver 
Preview - Final Thoughts and conclusions



At 12:49 PM 3/3/2010, you wrote:
That's an oddball resolution for a 23" monitor. The ones I've looked at 
were 1920x1080.



He is doing a wide screen two monitors combined at one resolution.





On 3/3/2010 2:25 PM, Steve wrote:

I've got one, driving 2 x Dell 23" @ 2048x1152 without issue.

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Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2010 10:45 PM
To: 
Subject: Re: [H] Replacement Card - was Re: ATI CATALYST 10.2 & 10.3 
Driver Preview - Final Thoughts and conclusions


What do you guys think about XFX HD5770? I have one of their nVidia 
cards before. It wouldn't drive two monitors without some issue...and 
XFX wanted me to return it (and have nothing in the meantime) and I 
refused.  But for a single monitor, it works fine and it is in my second 
PC.  With that card, comes a free game, which is why I'm thinking of it.


My plan is to try to return the HIS for RMA and wait out the 
return...then I can move it into my office system, if it works.


Right now, I'm sort of gun shy on vid cards




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Re: [H] Any list members near Penryn, CA ??

[Steve]

Could she be talked through d/loading & installing 'Everything' - 
http://www.voidtools.com/  and then use wildcard filter to find & copy jpg's 
etc to another location?

Everything is amazingly fast, a few seconds to index 1000's of files.


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From: "Robert Martin Jr." 
Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 4:50 AM
To: 
Subject: [H] Any list members near Penryn, CA ??

I have a family friend that had something happen to her computer (don't 
know if viral or user error), but needs to get all her digital pictures 
off the box. I'm assuming it would be an easy recovery for any experienced 
list member, but it is way beyond her level. She somehow copied all her 
temp files into the documents folder and there are so many files she can't 
list or view them in that directory any longer. I was thinking a BART or 
Hirens CD to copy the files off to an external device.


lopaka

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Re: [hardware] [H] firefox ?

[Steve]

Probably render using CSS? This will cause differences.

- Original Message - 
From: "FORC5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:58 AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] firefox ?



some pages in FF need to horizontal scroll, same site in IE does not.

Wondering why ? and if there is a setting somewhere ?
fp


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[H] Best Anti Virus Malware App?

[Steve]

I've a friend who's not too computer savvy, but they need better protection 
then what XP FF offers.
As I only use SAV Corp I'm not really familair with what's the best combo 
for the home user.
They recently had their eGold account comprimised by a trojan that displays 
a fake logon page, so now they suddenly realize the importance of security 
>->
Suggestions? Thanks 

Re: [H] Dell Laptop Batteries

[Steve]

I do, we have a variety of IBM, HP and Dell laptops, mostly Dell and they 
are the most reliable out of the three.  HP are very poor in particular. 
Laptops are throw away items these days - bin them after 3 years and move 
on, Dell in part have made that possible !  (This is corporate market, not 
home user trying to eek out 15 years from a laptop !)


Dell servers in the 2/4 CPU market are fantastic, unbeatable, load them up, 
stick them in a rack and leave them, perfect, do just what they say on the 
tin.  Cheap too, much easier to buy then IBM or HP, pita.  Dell support in 
UK is great too.


I specify and buy Dell laptops and servers every week and Dell, so far, have 
never let me down and have saved me a fortune against IBM..




- Original Message - 
From: "joeuser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2006 6:48 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Dell Laptop Batteries


I would hope so, since I don't think anyone considers Dell as quality. Save 
for Dell zealots. They don't count. Let them drink Kool Aid!




[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Most of the people I know who buy and recomend Dells will certainly not 
be

put off in the slightest by this.

They buy Dell for reasons other then quality.

Regards,

Jason Tozer
Database Analyst
London
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Re: [hardware] [H] Mandriva 2007

[Steve]

So IYO, is this is a step up from Ubuntu, my current fav distro?



- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Saturday, September 30, 2006 10:52 AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Mandriva 2007



Genious.  Sheer, plain genious.

We're an early seeder, so I've had access to the final Distros for the 
last

two days and we've been playing around with it.   Let me tell you a few
things that are worth noting:

* The install was done on two PCs, one a Core 2 Duo on a 965P board (the
Gigabyte).  It recognized and correctly configured all devices, audio, 
video

(a 7950GT) as well as set performance on SATA drives.  It recognized a USB
Wireless NIC and was able to do WPA to our router (something I've had
significant difficulties with in Linux in the past).  The second PC, an 
AMD
4400+ on the Asus A8N32-SLI correctly configured also, found all drivers 
out

of the box and ran with no issues.

* Xen support within it is fantastic.

* New game based support under Transgamer allowed for fluid use of games
like World of Warcraft and Civilization IV, the only two games we tried. 
It
was indistinguishable from Windows XP as to their performance (IMHO), 
while

I'm sure benchmarks may say different, I was impressed.

* The new KDE interface is fluid and intuitive - far more so then MS Vista
at this point, and the inbuilt features in the full version - like LinDVD
(bundled from Intervideo) offered great features like passing AC3/DTS and
decoding as well.

I'm not saying that Mandriva 2007 is going to be my regular platform, but
this is as close to a solid-consumer friendly desktop format of Linux 
ever.

Period.  This is a major leap over Mandriva 2006, and I think a lot of
people will be seriously impressed with the feature set.

The install is painless.  The performance is excellent.  Support for
hardware is, frankly, better then Vista 5600/5728 at this point.  On 
Monday,

Mandriva will release the torrents to the Club members and shortly after
that to the public.  Let me say this: if you're a club member or if you 
are

thinking about it, this is definitely a distro worth grabbing.

CW

(Here's hoping I see this post return to me, for some reason I still seem 
to

be NO-ACK with the list since Sunday)

Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

[Steve]

MS just announced Australian pricing for Vista "Ultimate" A mere AU$751 
(US$564)  ...ouch! 

Re: [hardware] [H] Sophos Anti Rootkit

[Steve]

donation ware
http://www.databack4u.com/snc/rtkf_eng.html




- Original Message - 
From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 7:03 AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Sophos Anti Rootkit


Anyone use this?  I have a machine that has hidden registry keys 
according to SAR, but not BlackIce.  The log is below.  The problem 
is that SAR says the items are "non-removable."  Anyone know how to 
edit hidden items in the registry?  BartPE with some utility perhaps?



Sophos Anti-Rootkit Version 1.0 (c) 2006 Sophos Plc
Started logging on 10/31/2006 at 16:10:04 PM
Hidden: registry item \HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\ErrorGuard
Hidden: registry item \HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Fun Web Products
Hidden: registry item \HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Hotbar
Hidden: registry item 
\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Internet 
Explorer\Extensions\CmdMapping\{c95fe080-8f5d-11d2-a20b-00aa003c157a}
Hidden: registry item 
\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Internet 
Explorer\Extensions\CmdMapping\{946B3E9E-E21A-49c8-9F63-900533FAFE14}
Hidden: registry item 
\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Internet 
Explorer\Extensions\CmdMapping\{946B3E9E-E21A-49c8-9F63-900533FAFE15}
Hidden: registry item 
\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Internet 
Explorer\Toolbar\ShellBrowser\{74CC49F7-EB32-4A08-B204-948962A6E3DB}
Hidden: registry item 
\HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Microsoft\Internet 
Explorer\Toolbar\WebBrowser\{74CC49F7-EB32-4A08-B204-948962A6E3DB}

Hidden: registry item \HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\MyWebSearch
Stopped logging on 10/31/2006 at 16:16:00 PM


T

Re: [hardware] [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...

[Steve]

http://www.tomsterdam.com/insideoe/backup/clone.htm


- Original Message - 
From: "Bobby Heid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 11:27 PM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...


I have a friend who is contemplating getting a new pc.  What do I need to 
do

to transfer their email to the new system?

Thanks,
Bobby

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Re: Re: [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...

[Steve]

You know, I've wondered now and then about my choice of email programs.
Over the years I've used Agent, Outlook (work), Eudora, Notes (work) and a 
several others I can't remember. I've given each one a good trial of a month 
or 2 or more, but in the end I still prefer OE for it's simplicity and ease 
of use.
My personal email requirement aren't great as I generally deal with less 
than 100/day. But some of those mailboxes now have thousands of messages 
each.
Combined with Popfile as my spamfilter and Symantec Corp (now NOD32) for 
virus, I've yet to find anything that's as quick and as simple to setup & 
use.
As for fubars, over all the years that OE has been out, only twice has it 
given me grief and both times I've recovered using a 3rd party tool.

I guess its just me...  :)

- Original Message - 
From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 12:13 AM
Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...



At 07:27 AM 11/8/2006, Bobby Heid typed:
I have a friend who is contemplating getting a new pc.  What do I need to 
do

to transfer their email to the new system?


This is just another reason I prefer Eudora as all one has to do is copy 
their Eudora program & data folders to the new machine. FWIW many people 
still have their program & data folders as one in the same which imho 
makes things much easier.



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Re: [hardware] [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...

[Steve]

- Original Message - 
From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 4:13 AM
Subject: Re: [hardware] [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...



At 10:21 AM 08/11/2006, Wayne Johnson wrote:

My previous post may have been over zealous which shows my destain for OE 
& even the new MM [Microsoft Mail] in Vista.


Heh heh.  I agree.  OE is pathetic.  Poor design, slow and backup is about 
as hard as it could be.


T
lolI don't know what half you lot do with email, but I've got it down 
to this: open app, write mail, send. Receive mail, auto sort into relevant 
folders, read. End of story.
And I dare say the majority of email users do the sameso in my books OE 
is a decent solution rather then a few of the UI challenged email clients 
being touted


Backup? That's what Acronis is for 

Re: [hardware] [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...

[Steve]

- Original Message - 
From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 10:24 AM
Subject: Re: [hardware] [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...


Just because it's free with the OS does not make it decent & if anything 
it's the other way around.


I see by your quoting that you don't use "selective text quoting" in your 
replies. Oh wait a minute OE doesn't support this very basic feature that 
almost all the other email apps do. OE also doesn't supt plugins that one 
can get for Eudora that removes all the extra > when something has been 
forwarded a half a dozen times. FWIW I backup my Eudora mailboxes to my 
laptop & it's much easier than trying to find the OE mailboxes & I also 
get my address book. Gee the Windows Address Book is not with the OE files 
so it's somewhere else. The point is that MSFT likes to scatter things 
everywhere instead of being neat which also happens to make things easier 
to understand for the novices.


Nothing to do with free.it works and it works well for my needs. That's 
all I require. If Eudora rocks your boat, sweet, but I would maintain that 
OE will suffice the majority of users. 

Re: [hardware] [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...

[Steve]

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

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2006 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [hardware] [H] Xfering Outlook Express data to new machine...



Steve wrote:


Nothing to do with free.it works and it works well for my needs. 
That's all I require. If Eudora rocks your boat, sweet, but I would 
maintain that OE will suffice the majority of users.






Not in my case it doesn't.

Re: [hardware] [H] Anybody know what happed to Autopatcher

[Steve]

http://www.autopatcher.com/downloads
- Original Message - 
From: "Winterlight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 11:56 AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Anybody know what happed to Autopatcher 




Anybody know what happened to Auto patcher for November?

[H] OT- Any budding writers?

[Steve]

If anyone does any writing or would like to have a shot at it, I'm looking 
for short 350-700 word articles on a reasonably regular basis. You don't 
have to be a great wordsmith as I will check & make alterations to fit 
needs. I'm looking for articles & reviews on anything to do with latest 
gadgerty, computers, games, consoles, phones etc. i.e. something you'd be 
interested in reading about. Paying between $5-$10 per article.
Also looking for some comprehensive tut's on PC security, recovery from 
disasters like virus infection etc. Approx $30/tutorial. Include graphics if 
you can and if appropriate for the subject. Also open to suggestions on 
other subjects if you have any ideas that you'd like to write about.


I do ask that it be your own work, nothing ripped off the web :)
Payments by Paypal or Egold
Please contact off list if intersested.
cheers,
Steve 

Re: [hardware] Re: [H] OT- Any budding writers?

[Steve]

Mostly as "added interest" articles on blogs. 

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

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2006 10:17 AM
Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] OT- Any budding writers?



To be used for what purpose?

Steve wrote:
If anyone does any writing or would like to have a shot at it, I'm 
looking for short 350-700 word articles on a reasonably regular basis. 
You don't have to be a great wordsmith as I will check & make 
alterations to fit needs. I'm looking for articles & reviews on 
anything to do with latest gadgerty, computers, games, consoles, 
phones etc. i.e. something you'd be interested in reading about. 
Paying between $5-$10 per article.
Also looking for some comprehensive tut's on PC security, recovery 
from disasters like virus infection etc. Approx $30/tutorial. Include 
graphics if you can and if appropriate for the subject. Also open to 
suggestions on other subjects if you have any ideas that you'd like to 
write about.


I do ask that it be your own work, nothing ripped off the web :)
Payments by Paypal or Egold
Please contact off list if intersested.
cheers,
Steve

Re: [H] Article on Vista Premium Content Protection

[Steve]

- Original Message - 
From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Subject: [hardware] [H] Article on Vista Premium Content Protection



Not sure if this guy is out to lunch or not, but it's an interesting read.

http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/vista_cost.txt

T


I'm not qualified enough to vet his writings, but even if half the things he 
says are true, then it paints a bleak and "Orwellian" picture for MM PC 
users. 

Re: [H] trying to setup a second WAP

[Steve]

Although they are called routers I suspect they are not proper routers so 
the 1st device may not be able to route to a second internal subnet, even if 
you have been able to configure it in some way.


Try giving the 2nd device an address like 192.168.1.100 and see what 
happens.


Check the arp table on the 1st device to see what appears in there - you 
should see the mac address of the 2nd device plus it's IP address.


- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Klein" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 7:46 AM
Subject: FW: [H] trying to setup a second WAP




It actually appears to be working now.  The first Linksys is giving out a
192.168.1.x IP address, and I can get to the internet.  I can open up the
config properties for the first router(192.168.1.1.  However, I can't 
reach
the 192.168.2.1 router to make config changes.  Are you able to reach 
yours?



Thanks again,

Chris




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11:11

Re: [hardware] [H] Apple workgroup name

[Steve]

http://joelshoemaker.com/computer/mac/wxpfs.html
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=54704
http://macs.about.com/cs/tipstutorials/a/xp_osx_sharing.htm
http://www.apple.com/business/mac_pc/tutorials.html



- Original Message - 
From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Joe User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Hardware List" 


Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2007 7:44 AM
Subject: [hardware] Re: Re[2]: [H] Apple workgroup name



We just bought our first Mac today (a MacBook for my wife) and I'm
trying to figure out why it can't see shares from a WinXP machine on
the LAN.  Could it be that they are ntfs?


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Re: [H] New AGP video card

[Steve]

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=6336

- Original Message - 
From: "j maccraw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:19 PM
Subject: Re: [H] New AGP video card



A lowly old Nforce2 XP2800 system I built back in
2004.

Anthony Q. Martin wrote:

j maccraw wrote:
:: Well all I can say after switching from a fried

9800

:: (that ATI wouldn't
:: warranty) to a X850XT is "WOW!". Older R481 but

still

:: 256-bit memory
:: unlike the 128-bit 1650 garbage.
::

What kind of system did you put that into?  I'm

still debating if I want

to spend money on my current systems (3.06 GHz P4

and a 3.0 GHz P4).







We won't tell. Get more on shows you hate to love
(and love to hate): Yahoo! TV's Guilty Pleasures list.
http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/265


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09:41

Re: [H] Best Small business VPN Gateway??

[Steve]

I would go with Cisco every day, ignore the rest.  They may be cheaper or 
offer wizzo features but  for security, Cisco is always the clear winner. 
Depends where your priorities are.



- Original Message - 
From: "JRS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Sunday, April 01, 2007 12:38 AM
Subject: [H] Best Small business VPN Gateway??



Printed out a couple hundred pages of stuff, just getting more and more
confused.  :)

Any opinions on who is has the best?  Needs to be small business grade, 
not

home stuff

Aventail, SonicWall, Juniper , Cisco, Netgear, D-Link, Firebox, Check
Point, etc..

I kinda like the idea of the new SSL-VPN's, no client install needed, but
are they as good/OK compared to the IPsec VPN stuff??

The SSL-VPN appliances seem hot right now..

Leaning towards the Sonicwall or Juniper SA 700 right now.  :)
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Re: [hardware] Re[2]: [H] IE7 for dist link

[Steve]

want about d/loading autopatcher & install IE7 from there?
http://www.autopatcher.com/downloads/



- Original Message - 
From: "Joe User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 7:56 AM
Subject: [hardware] Re[2]: [H] IE7 for dist link



Hello Greg,

Sunday, April 15, 2007, 4:39:41 PM, you wrote:


That's it. IE7 really isn't all that large.


Thanks Greg and Thane. The link you sent expired, I think - Greg but I
have a feeling its the same as what Thane sent and the same that I
tried. When I run that 15 mb download it fetches stuff from
somewhere... problem is it doesn't fetch anything on this system. I
assume it's going to windows update - whatever the case is, it will
not download anything and just hangs. Same thing happens when you run
windows update. I assume it's because IE is so screwed up right now.

I tried to install v. 6 of IE for Win2K / 9x without success. If I
can't find the full install for IE7 I think this thing is
perma-screwed. Way to go MS!



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


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Re: Re[2]: [hardware] Re[2]: [H] IE7 for dist link

[Steve]

Hi,
   no, autopatcher contains all the files, including MS extras etc. Gets 
around the having to authenticate with MS. If you do go that route make sure 
to d/load the full version (November) and the updates for Dec/Jan/Feb. 
http://ap.download.online-archive.eu/XP/

The next Full version update is coming out this month I believe..

- Original Message - 
From: "Joe User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Monday, April 16, 2007 8:20 AM
Subject: Re[2]: [hardware] Re[2]: [H] IE7 for dist link



Hello Steve,

Sunday, April 15, 2007, 5:05:56 PM, you wrote:


want about d/loading autopatcher & install IE7 from there?
http://www.autopatcher.com/downloads/


I might give that a try, I have Jeff trying to upload the full
install for me. I am concerned that auto patcher will just direct to
windows update though and I'll be stuck again.

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

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[H] OT: Microsoft takes on the free world

[Steve]

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/05/28/100033867/index.htm

Aside from the story, look at the url. Either I'm still hung over and 
senseless or is that back to the future i.e "2007/05/28" 

RE: [H] Looking for advice on new system.

[Steve]

domain shows as being first registered on the 1997-09-11

- Original Message - 
From: "FORC5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 3:19 PM
Subject: [hardware] RE: [H] Looking for advice on new system.


got to be older then that, was there b4 my son was born and he is 15 now 
( almost 16 ) wow is me

fp

Re: [H] URL Registration

[Steve]

At 12:04 PM 1/24/2008, you wrote:
Is it worthwhile to not have contact info published in connection with 
the domain name registration?  Whois claimes this eliminates spam


not unless you want to hide for some reason. You will get spam but only 
at the  contact address... so use a throwaway web address for that


No, not trying to hide.  My e-mail will be on the website anyway.  I just 
don't want any *extra* spam because of this.  My emails are already on the 
web anyhow.


Thanks.


Make sure that your whois info is correct. Legally they can take your domain 
from you if your details are incorrect. Very rare, though it has happened. I 
register hundreds of domains, the majority with www.namecheap.com. They 
provide free Whois Privacy. Godaddy charge you for this, unless you register 
5 or more at a time. You can use this site www.retailmenot.com to find 
coupons for various hosts etc. 

Re: [H] [hardware] Re: xcopy for today

[Steve]

You can, I do it quite often. I just browse the .tib for a backup, open it, 
select a file & drag 'n drop. Sometimes, for whatever reason that fails, so 
I use the Acronis restore function. Drag 'n drop is just quicker...


- Original Message - 
From: "Sam Franc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2008 11:17 AM
Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] xcopy for today



I don't know from what you are saying why Acronis won't work for you.
I can look at all my files from an Acronis backup.
I never tried copying a file out but I bet I could do a drag and drop.
Sam

Re:[H] Remote desktop behind a firewall?

[Steve]

- Original Message - 
From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: [hardware] [H] Remote desktop behind a firewall?


I spend a good chunk of time at work on 12hr shifts and would love to
be able to access my PC at home to do various things.  However, I am
in the military and behind a pretty serious firewall that blocks just
about everything but your standard ports.  What are my options for
remote desktop work?  I use VNC all the time at home to control
various PCs around the house but I can't just ask for them to open the
ports at work.  Would setting VNC to work on port 80 or 21 on my
machine at home work?  I don't run a webserver or ftp server so
blocking access to those isn't a problem.
--
Brian

I use the HTTPS port 443 with Radmin. This port usually is open. Of course you don't want 
to be using this port with another process unless your using something like Global Secure 
Desktop http://www.tarantella.com/ which allows you to redirect all 443 traffic not 
designated for GSD.  Linux & Windows versions available.
You can also designate the port for MS Remote Desktop. You just need to make a registry 
change.

[H] Time taken to convert an Avi?

[Steve]

Just wondering what how long it generally takes for others to convert avi's to SVCD?
Currently I'm converting a BBC series "Wild Weather" into SVCD compliant PAL mpgs before 
converting them to DVD with SVCD2DVD. Each avi is approx 1hr long (720Mb) and they're 
taking me 2hrs each on a P4 2.8 with a gig of ram using TMPGEnc Express. Seems a long time 
for such a task. 

Re: [H] Converting AVI to DVD.

[Steve]

If you want to fit multiple avi's onto DVD ( as I did with the 4hr BBC series) I find it 
best to convert to SVCD with TMPGenc and then use Svcd2Dvd to make a DVD with menus, 
chapters etc. Took me 8hrs to convert the above to SVCD & then only 25mins to make a DVD.
I've tried a few of the direct avi-dvd encoders and all so far (except for TMPGenc) have 
been less than outstanding in output quality. But even when using TMPGenc, if I had 
converted directly from avi to DVD the resultant file was 10gb. Using the avi >svcd > dvd 
approach fits all on a DVD as there is no video encoding for SVCD > DVD

http://www.svcd2dvd.com/
- Original Message - 
From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 5:59 AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Converting AVI to DVD.


If I have an AVI file, how do I convert it into something that will burn as a 
DVD?
T
---
[This E-mail scanned for viruses by Declude Anti-Virus]

[H] XFX 6600GT

[Steve]

Does it boot into Safe Mode OK?
And have you made sure there is power to the card? Might be a bad connector. 
If another box is handy see if you can run it in that.

- Original Message - 
From: "Mark Dodge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: 
Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 7:04 PM
Subject: [hardware] [H] XFX 6600GT


Well with much anticipation I got my 6600GT in today and tried installing
it. When I booted up the was nothing but a garbled screen. I could see the
boot process slightly and all indications that it was going into Windows.
When it got to the XP splash screen the video got better but still had
artifacts and then getting to the logon screen cleared up entirely. Ran 
the
install CD and it said to reboot, and then the garbled screen again on 
boot
no better than before. It goes into Windows but will not be recognized by
the drivers and will not allow screen resolution changes. I was able by
repeatedly rebooting able to get to the BIOS and make sure that the AGP
inits first and so on, but to no avail.
I'm thinking the card is bad any other ideas to try??

MSI KT6V with the latest BIOS and drivers currently running a 9500 soft
modded to a 9700 but before the install it was a AIW 9800 Pro. I 
uninstalled
the card and ran ATI's utility to remove all drivers and other software
associated with the ATI cards.

Mark Dodge
MD Computers
602-421-0329

[H] This has got me stumped - XP crashing

[Steve]

New install XP. Accessing shares on LAN, copying, pasting etc all OK. *But* 
if I try to run an executable from a share i.e. any install routine, the 
process pauses for about 1 sec then reboots. No crash dump, nothing.

I've booted using msconfig to disable all startup proggies, .ini's, services 
(except network) etc. Still reboots.
Yet if I boot in safe mode with networking all is ok. So I suspect a driver. 
But how to trace with no crash dump? Bootlog shows nothing unusual. Anyone 
else seen this or have a clue as to the cause.
BTW, re-installed network, video drivers. No virus, malware etc.
It's a new Shuttle box with 1gb Geil ram, MSI 6600GT, 2.8Ghz, 1x 74gb Raptor 
& 1 x 250gb WD 

Re: [H] This has got me stumped - XP crashing

[Steve]

After a dozen or so of these "exe" reboots I managed to capture 1 error msg 
in the log.
"A driver packet received from the I/O subsystem was invalid. The data is 
the packet."
Mrxsmb\Device\Lanman Redirector

A quick Google raises a few half relevant results, but nothing concrete, so 
far

- Original Message - 
From: "Eli Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Could be a hardware issue.  Works in safemode as safemode drivers don't 
fully utilize the hardware.

Eli
- Original Message - 

New install XP. Accessing shares on LAN, copying, pasting etc all OK. 
*But* if I try to run an executable from a share i.e. any install 
routine, the process pauses for about 1 sec then reboots. No crash dump, 
nothing.

I've booted using msconfig to disable all startup proggies, .ini's, 
services (except network) etc. Still reboots.
Yet if I boot in safe mode with networking all is ok. So I suspect a 
driver. But how to trace with no crash dump? Bootlog shows nothing 
unusual. Anyone else seen this or have a clue as to the cause.
BTW, re-installed network, video drivers. No virus, malware etc.
It's a new Shuttle box with 1gb Geil ram, MSI 6600GT, 2.8Ghz, 1x 74gb 
Raptor & 1 x 250gb WD

Re: [hardware] [H] Got Tiger

[Steve]

in Linux? with the same functionality, ease of use, indexing 
capabilities etc???
- Original Message - 
From: "Zulfiqar Naushad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
.  However spotlight is amazing, but nothing that I
haven't seen in Linux.

Re: [H] Can't find CD drives

[Steve]

I go with this suggestion also, especially if you 
have mapped network drives. This has caused me a few head scratches in the past. 
Also you could load a CD Linux distro to check if h/ware is OK.
cheers

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  FORC5 
  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:37 
  PM
  Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] Can't find CD 
  drives
  look in drive management, may be a drive letter 
  conflict.I always move the rom drives to f and g to leave e and d open for 
  thumb drives and camerasfpAt 06:32 PM 7/4/2005, Chris Shaw 
  Poked the stick with:
  OK I feel like this is a computer 
101 question, but here goes.Windows XP Pro SP1 can't see my CD 
drives in Explorer, My Computer, or any Windows programs. But they show up 
in Device Manager as normal. I have deleted them & restarted as well as 
reinstalled the IDE controller. It wasn't showing up in Device Manager until 
I reinstalled it. After multiple restarts no joy!!Any 
suggestions???-- C L Shaw <>< 
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>The true test of giving is when it has no 
benefit to yourself. 
  -- Tallyho ! ]:8)--Happiness is mandatoryAre you 
  happy?

Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves

[Steve]

Not a good analogy in my books. Cars need gas to work...the game doesn't 
need X rated material to run.
What if each car manufacturer placed a booby trap in each vehicle that would 
cause it to explode, but such booby trap was "not accessible through normal 
methods". Could you sue *if* it did go off? Would the manufacturer be held 
liable? I think you could betcha balls on it.


- Original Message - 
From: "Ben Ruset" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 4:54 AM
Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] GTA San Andreas Pulled from Shelves


It's buried, and not accessable through normal methods. Without someone 
hacking the game, you're not going to get at that content. How can the 
game manufacturer be held liable for that?


My gas tank is full of gasoline. If I shot a hole through it, my car would 
explode. Can I sue Jeep if that happens?


Analyst wrote:

Well, the game-maker, Take-Two, has admitted they buried X-rated material 
within the PC, Xbox and PlayStation 2 versions of the game.


They fraudulently sold games containing X-rated content with a 'Mature 
17+' rating. Not to mention that many retailers sell the 'M' rated games 
to those under 17, and there's plenty of reason for parents to be upset.

Re: [H] Microsoft's "Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already

[Steve]

 Tools > Internet Options > Programs 
> Manage Add-Ons
You have to install the Active-X control, close 
out then go to the Update page again to load the control for  the 
first time. When you get to the "Custom or Express" screen you can then 
disable it.
 

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  FORC5 
  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:15 
  AM
  Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] Microsoft's 
  "Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already
  just curious which add 
on

Re: [H] Microsoft's "Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already

[Steve]

oops! mis-read that. "Windows Genuine 
Advantage:...but you knew that already didn't you :)

   
  
- Original Message - 
From: 
FORC5 
To: The Hardware List 
Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2005 12:15 
AM
Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] Microsoft's 
"Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already
just curious which add 
  on

Re: [hardware] [H] Google recent list

[Steve]

if it's FF right click in the search area & select Delete History. If IE hit 
the Google drop down next to search bar & Clear History


- Original Message - 
From: "Mark Dodge" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2005 5:29 PM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Google recent list


Where is the recent list kept for the Google box when typing something in 
it
auto fills what has recently been inputted, how do I edit or delete what 
has

been put in there?

Mark Dodge
MD Computers
602-421-0329

Re: [H] Microsoft's "Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already

[Steve]

In Oz MS retails XP Pro (Full) for 
US$370...that's equivalent to the take home pay of many aussiesno wonder 
many feel MS is gouging the consumer
 
- Original Message - 

  From: 
  FORC5 
  $19.95 and piracy would *almost* 
  vanish.:{)and that is more than Dell paysFWIW I find it un 
  American to pay money for something you purchase but do not own.At 
  07:44 AM 8/3/2005, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with:
  XP Pro costs $229.95 in retail 
form. This also includes tech support from Microsoft. In OEM form it's 
around $150, without support. How much cheaper do you want it to 
  be?

Re: [H] Microsoft's "Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already

[Steve]

soz for the html postzigged when I should've zagged... :(

- Original Message - 
From: Steve

To: The Hardware List
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 1:51 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Microsoft's "Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already


In Oz MS retails XP Pro (Full) for US$370...that's equivalent to the take 
home pay of many aussiesno wonder many feel MS is gouging the consumer

Re: [H] Microsoft's "Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already

[Steve]

Average Joe knows diddly sqat about oem, upgrade, full etc...retail chain 
stores  are stocked with full & upgrade versions..


- Original Message - 
From: Ben Ruset

To: The Hardware List
Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2005 2:03 AM
Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] Microsoft's "Genuine Advantage" Cracked Already


And most people are not buying XP Pro in retail form. They will either
get it from an OEM, or find a way of buying an OEM licence.

Re: [hardware] [H] Linux

[Steve]

Ubuntu..without a doubt...the one linux distro I've 
actually grown attached too :)
What impressed me first time I installed it was it 
wasn't overloaded with programs, just the essentials. And nice clean interface 
to boot. It installed on a Gigabyte board found all the SATA/RAID drivers 
(unlike XP), also installed it on an old Toshiba Pro lappy with out a hitch. It 
picked up wireless LAN without a prob and found all my Windows 
shares, HP Laser, Epson Printer etc...
.
http://www.ubuntulinux.org/
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/
http://ubuntuguide.org/
 

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  FORC5 
  To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com 
  Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 2:02 
  AM
  Subject: [hardware] [H] Linux
  OK Linux gurus, what would be best for some one who is Linux 
  illiterate ?recommendations appreciatedFred-- Tallyho 
  ! ]:8)Taglines below !--Ok! I'm weird, but I'm saving up to become 
  eccentric.

Re: [H] A new version of Forte' Agent has been released.

[Steve]

And IMO if your mainly into binaries then Forte is 
well behind the pack...I dropped it awhile ago and now use Newsleecher 
exclusively And for servers, I find Usenetserver.com good value @ 
$40/3mths unlimited. Reasonable retention rate also.

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  warpmedia 
  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 2:48 
  AM
  Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] A new version 
  of Forte' Agent has been released.
  If you're looking for binaries, keep dreaming, nothing is 
  free.Buzzardnews & Giganews are 2 paid sevices I'd 
  recomend.

Re: [hardware] [H] Linux

[Steve]

 Both are desktop 
environments  - KDE (K Desktop Environment) and GNOME (GNU Network Object 
Model Environment). Each has it's own Window manager, default apps etc. It goes 
a lot deeper then that of course and each side has it's detractors and 
evangelizers. But IMO, if your going to try out Linux run with Ubuntu (Gnome) 
first and then try Kubuntu (KDE) later if you wish.
 
- Original Message - 

  From: 
  FORC5 
  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Saturday, August 06, 2005 3:15 
  AM
  Subject: Re: [hardware] [H] Linux
  whats the difference ? do not know what knome 
  and kde are my badbeen awhile, played with linux a long time ago and 
  wound up on the floor with the cd's and a ball peen hammer :-DfpAt 
  09:48 AM 8/5/2005, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with:
  To be fair, XP is a few years 
older than Ubuntu. XP is just about as slow as Debian's releases. 
:)The only issue I had with Ubuntu was getting it to run at native 
resolution on my widescreen Toshiba laptop. Other than that, everything else 
detected at worked. If you don't like Gnome, you can also try KUbuntu, which 
has KDE instead. (I prefer KDE myself.)Steve wrote:
Ubuntu..without a doubt...the 
  one linux distro I've actually grown attached too :)What impressed me 
  first time I installed it was it wasn't overloaded with programs, just the 
  essentials. And nice clean interface to boot. It installed on a Gigabyte 
  board found all the SATA/RAID drivers (unlike XP), also installed it on an 
  old Toshiba Pro lappy with out a hitch. It picked up wireless LAN without 
  a prob and found all my Windows shares, HP Laser, Epson Printer 
etc...
-- Tallyho ! ]:8)Taglines below !--A leading 
authority is someone lucky who guessed 
right.

Re: [hardware] [H] Question regarding VNC and Win/Linux

[Steve]

http://software.newsforge.com/software/05/03/02/2035245.shtml?tid=130&tid=92



- Original Message - 
From: Zulfiqar Naushad 
To: The Hardware List 
Sent: Monday, August 15, 2005 7:30 PM

Subject: [hardware] [H] Question regarding VNC and Win/Linux


Assuming I am going to build a linux box that has
gnome or KDE running on it

What do I need on the linux box to view the desktop
and interact with it on my Windows box via VNC?

In other words, can I VNC into a linux GUI from my
windows box?

Please provide as detailed an explanaition.  I need to
do this ASAP for someone.

Regards,


Zulfiqar Naushad.

Re: [hardware] Re: [H] Gas prices

[Steve]

In my area  (Sydney) price starts on Wed 
morning  @ 
AU$1.18/litre for regular unleaded i.e.4.72/US 
Gallon or US$3.60. Add another 0.07/l for Premium. By Tues its dropped to 
1.10/l. Then the cycle repeats. 
And the government & the oil companies 
say there is no collusion? 
yeah...right
Diesel is a whopping 1.45/l. Gas about 
37/l

   
   
   
  Original Message - 
  From: 
  Veech 

  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 2:45 
  AM
  Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] Gas 
  prices
  $3.00 + in LA, and I had to buy a car that uses premium!  
  Wonder how much damage I'll do to run it on regular?- Original 
  Message - From: "Thane Sherrington" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: Sent: 
  Wednesday, August 17, 2005 9:14 AMSubject: [H] Gas prices> 
  Our gas prices climbed $0.06 per litre yesterday, so we are at $4.27 US 
  > per gallon now.  Just wondering what you're paying down in 
  there.>> T> 

[H] Put yourself on the map

[Steve]

Cool idea.start a HWG map
http://www.risingconcepts.com/frapper/

Re: [hardware] [H] Sticky notes/hyper links ideas

[Steve]

Use the Quick extension if your using 
FF
 

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Brian 
  Weeden 
  To: hwg 
  Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 5:58 
  AM
  Subject: [hardware] [H] Sticky 
  notes/hyper links ideas
  Currently I do a lot of surfing away from home (12hr night 
  shifts atwork, girlfriends house).  I will be reading and come across 
  a storyor a link or something to download that I want to save.  Maybe 
  it is ahow-to article on AJAX or a bunch of free fonts.  Right now 
  mysolution is to save the link or copied text or whatever in a 
  Gmaildraft until I get around to actually bookmarking or downloading 
  orprinting whatever it was.Any ideas for a better solution?  
  Something where I can make notes asI am surfing along for things to go 
  back to later and accessible frommultiple 
  machines?--Brian

Re: [hardware] [H] Sticky notes/hyper links ideas

[Steve]

that should be "QuickNote"

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Steve 
  
  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 6:13 
  AM
  Subject: Re: [hardware] [H] Sticky 
  notes/hyper links ideas
  
  Use the Quick extension if your using 
  FF
   
  
- Original Message - 
From: 
Brian 
Weeden 
To: hwg 
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 5:58 
AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Sticky 
notes/hyper links ideas
Currently I do a lot of surfing away from home (12hr night 
shifts atwork, girlfriends house).  I will be reading and come 
across a storyor a link or something to download that I want to 
save.  Maybe it is ahow-to article on AJAX or a bunch of free 
fonts.  Right now mysolution is to save the link or copied text or 
whatever in a Gmaildraft until I get around to actually bookmarking or 
downloading orprinting whatever it was.Any ideas for a better 
solution?  Something where I can make notes asI am surfing along 
for things to go back to later and accessible frommultiple 
machines?--Brian

Re: [hardware] [H] Sticky notes/hyper links ideas

[Steve]

If you use Outlook, use Notes..then email them to 
yourself

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Brian 
  Weeden 
  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 6:28 
  AM
  Subject: Re: [hardware] [H] Sticky 
  notes/hyper links ideas
  On 10/13/05, Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
  wrote:> that should be "QuickNote"I forgot to mention that I 
  have a govt job and am forced to use IE 6and cannot install or add any 
  software of any kind 
:(--Brian

Re: [hardware] [H] Net slow today?

[Steve]

aahh..so it's not just meand I'm on the other 
side of the world...

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Brian 
  Weeden 
  To: hwg 
  Sent: Monday, October 17, 2005 6:46 
  AM
  Subject: [hardware] [H] Net slow 
  today?
  Is it just me or is the whole net slow today?  I would 
  expect NFLpages and such to be a bit slow but they are all really bad and 
  mostother pages I've gone to have been slow as 
  well.--Brian

Re: [hardware] RE: [H] Gun

[Steve]

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/action/gun/review.html

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Veech 

  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 09, 2005 3:42 
  PM
  Subject: [hardware] RE: [H] Gun
  Never heard of it before..  I'll have to check it 
  out.-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Behalf Of Jim EdwardsSent: Tuesday, November 08, 2005 5:47 PMTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.comSubject: 
  [H] GunAnybody no anything about this game? Look to be a good 
  one?-- No virus found in this outgoing message.Checked 
  by AVG Free Edition.Version: 7.1.362 / Virus Database: 267.12.8/162 - 
  Release Date: 11/5/2005

[H] Saving a forum to HHD

[Steve]

Is it possible to save a threads on a phpBB forum to local HDD? If so, what 
app do you suggest?
I'm a member of a password protected forum and I'd like to save several 
months of threads so I can browse while offline. Doing it manauly is a PITA. 
I've tried Offline Explorer, but even though it says it can access pwd sites 
it falls over on this php site. 

Re: [hardware] [H] Looking for a tech site?

[Steve]

Might be of interest to you
 
http://www.bold-fortune.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=229
 
 

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  lopaka 
  
  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Friday, November 18, 2005 2:57 
  PM
  Subject: [hardware] [H] Looking for a 
  tech site?
  Whats the url of that site that lists which services can be 
  disabled and removed to cut down the bloat in XP, etc? I believe I first 
  saw it on the list quite a while back. 
TIAlopaka

Re: [hardware] Re: [H] Good wireless keyboard?

[Steve]

Being a leftie myself and hard pressed to find a 
mouse that suits, I've been using the basic MS wireless keyboard/mouse combo. It 
has MM controls. Cheap as chips.
 
- Original Message - 

  From: 
  Brian 
  Weeden 
  To: The Hardware List 
  Sent: Sunday, November 20, 2005 8:39 
  AM
  Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] Good wireless 
  keyboard?
  On 11/19/05, warpmedia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
  wrote:> Brian is looking for a KB, not mouse but I know what you mean 
  as my MX> 700 mouse has this issue. Waiting to see if MX 900 develops 
  same issue.Yep.  Could care less about a wireless mouse right 
  now.  Love my cheapoptical and in no need of an upgrade.> 
  RIP MX Duo, hello damned inferior DiNovo that costs 2x+ as much 
  (I'm> stuck with it and may have to RMA it since "A" "ALT" "Start" and 
  the> like in that area seem to need serious pressure 2 work. Did I 
  mention it> was $200 impulse purchase off ebay, until now brand new in 
  the box &> siting since last year? =(LOL.  I think 
  most of us tech geeks have a half dozen impulsepurchases every year that 
  either don't work or end up not being theright thing in the first 
  place.> Seriously, most of Logitech's wireless KB's are great. Just 
  make sure> the one you get is listed using "ITouch" drivers and not the 
  "SetPoint"> Bluetooth drivel. Good lucky finding a true lefty mouse, 
  you'll need it!So Bluetooth wireless KBs are no-go?  Is there a 
  noticeable advantageto using RF over 
IR?--Brian

Re: [hardware] RE: [H] Frappr!

[Steve]

you don't need to, it's already plugged 
in...

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Neil 
  Atwood 
  To: 'The Hardware List' 
  Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 7:33 
  PM
  Subject: [hardware] RE: [H] Frappr!
  Would add mine, but have no idea of Sydney's lat and 
  long

Re: [hardware] [H] What wireless keyboard NOT to get

[Steve]

must admit I haven't noticed any of those 
probs. I've 2 MS KB combos in close proximity to each other and so far no 
issues. 
 

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Brian 
  Weeden 
  To: hwg 
  Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:25 
  PM
  Subject: [hardware] [H] What wireless 
  keyboard NOT to get
  A little while back I emailed the list asking for suggestions 
  on awireless keyboard. I went with the following MS keyboard:http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16823109146My 
  official review is that it sucks big hairy balls.  Very noticeablelag 
  when typing and normal surfing.  It becomes almost unbearabletrying 
  to game with it.  Using the arrow keys half the time results ina 
  "stuck" key until you press another key to "unstick" it.  Itsometimes 
  decides to not notice a key was pressed at all.Maybe I am just in some 
  sort of a high interference environment.  I'mnot really sure since it 
  is your standard basement with a wirelessrouter at the other end of the 
  room and one 2.4 GHz phone upstairs. The really crappy thing is that 
  without some expensive equipment it ispretty hard to pin down exactly how 
  much EMI you have in your home,what frequencies it affects, and the 
  sources.Any other suggestions for a wireless keyboard?  Or am I 
  pretty muchscrewed and should go back to wired 
  (ugh).--Brian

Re: [hardware] [H] Microsoft update woes

[Steve]

don't know if similar prob..but I had updates getting hung halfway through, 
so renamed the edb.log file & problem fixed

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822798

- Original Message - 
From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 6:41 AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Microsoft update woes


I have a system here that keeps downloading and installing the Genuine 
[Dis]Advantage tool over and over and won't go any further.  Any ideas how 
to get it to realize it's already installed it and let me continue on?


T

RE: [H] early xmas present

[Steve]

read the review by Suzi Woo? lol


- Original Message - 
From: "FORC5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 5:17 PM
Subject: [hardware] RE: [H] early xmas present



priceless
same page, check out
Customers who bought this book also bought


At 11:11 PM 12/1/2005, Chris Reeves Poked the stick with:

This is where it sent you originally:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1890159026/qid=1133481206/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl14/103-8720811-4663025?n=507846&s=books&v=glance

The reviews are priceless.



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Re: [hardware] [H] Re: IE Bug Lets Hackers Phish With Google Desktop

[Steve]

RF is one proggie I really can't do withoutbest in its class IMO

- Original Message - 
From: "Chris Shaw" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 3:39 AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Re: IE Bug Lets Hackers Phish With Google Desktop


I use Roboform for my passwords & CC #. It is suppose to be a reliable app. 
Fred Langa is one of those that highly recommends it. He uses also. Not 
that he is any security expert, but before a writer recommends something 
they usually check it out pretty extensively.


RF updates itself fairly regularly too.

Re: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge

[Steve]

Their children will simply grow up ignorant then won't they !  If Darwin 
could prove just 1% of the natural world then it might be worth listening to 
. . . but why are Dogs no more intelligent than they were years ago, why are 
there still Monkeys, why have they not evolved like us ?  Where did flowers 
come from ?  How come there are still single cell organisms after all these 
"milions" of years ?  Darwinism doesn't prove anything, all it does it 
suggest a possible solution to the questions man has been asking for years.


If you read the Bible and compare the rock strata with the events in the 
Bible, like the great flood, you see the rocks match with the Bible.  Darwin 
couldn't explain why the rocks are how they are.  Have a look at 
http://www.creationresearch.org/


I'll get flamed for this . . . I usually do :-)  Don't shoot the messenger, 
go argue with God ! :-)


Steve





- Original Message - 
From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "hwg" 
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 5:59 PM
Subject: [H] OT - Intelligent Design dealt harsh blow by NJ Judge



http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051220-5807.html

Quote:
"(1) ID violates the centuries-old ground rules of science by invoking
and permitting supernatural causation; (2) the argument of irreducible
complexity, central to ID, employs the same flawed and illogical
contrived dualism that doomed creation science in the 1980's; and (3)
ID's negative attacks on evolution have been refuted by the scientific
community."

Chalk one up for the good guys.

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Re: [hardware] [H] Resetting defaults in Firefox

[Steve]

keeps your settings under  Document and Settings\Your_Username\Application 
Data\Mozilla. Rename the folder, and re-install, then import your profile 
again



- Original Message - 
From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "hwg" 
Sent: Saturday, January 14, 2006 9:55 AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Resetting defaults in Firefox



At some point in trying to tweak my about:config file I think I
screwed something up.  FF randomly "freezes" and stops responding for
anywhere from 5-20 seconds.  It doesn't go to 99% CPU usage or swap,
just freezes.

I tried uninstsalling/reinstalling but everything was exactly the
same.  I deleted the Program Files directory - is it keeping
settings/preferences in another location on the machine?

Anyways, is there a way I can reset my about:config back to its
original state?  Or am I completely screwed and have to start fresh
and redo all my extensions, bookmarks, etc.

--
Brian

[H] What's fastest ?

[Steve]

Am building a database server for SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition.  OS 
will be Windows 2003 Server Enterprise edition.  Server is probably going to 
be a Dell 6850 
(http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_6850?c=uk&l=en&s=lca&~tab=specstab#tabtop) 
Although I can get older IBM servers (hence the 4MB L3 cache option below) 
for a very good price.


Basic spec is 4 CPU's, 24 GB of RAM and an external disk array.  Just 
wondering how much performance difference there is between the followoing 
CPU's:


4 x Xeon MP 3.0 GHz 4MB L3 cache (400 MHz FSB ?)
4 x Xeon MP 3.0 GHz 8 MB L3 cache (667 MHz FSB)
4 x Xeon 3.6 GHz 1 MB L2 cache
4 x Xeon dual core 2.6 GHz 2 x 1 MB L2 cache

My gut reaction says the 8 MB L3 cache chips will be faster than even the 
dual core chips in real world performance.  Anybody else have a view ?


Thanks, Steve 

Re: [H] What's fastest ?

[Steve]

Thanks, I do plan running x64.  I'd like to try an HP box, almost all my 
stuff so far is Dell, loads of 1850's and a few 2850's, also got two Compaq 
DL580's in quad format with Xeon 1.4GHz CPU's, some of the first that came 
out about three and a half years ago.  The Compaq boxes have been great for 
reliability, not a single problem but that is when it was Compaq not HP.


Chris, the system ram will be a minimum of 24 GB - knowing how Dell drop 
their pants when you get close to issuing a PO I guess this might increase 
to 32 MB :-)  The power is an issue but these are going into a data centre 
in London and the power is included in the rack space.


OK, IBM servers are out !



- Original Message - 
From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [H] What's fastest ?


We have two identical "big" database servers at work with the following 
specs: 4x Xeon MP 3.0 (unknown cache) with 16GB. We have tempdb, 
transaction logs, and data volumes all split. To be honest, I haven't been 
that impressed with the performance of either. While I can only speculate, 
I think the real reason they appear to be such underperformers (for what 
they are) is that the Xeons all share a single bus.


Personally, I would strongly encourage that you look at some Proliant 
4-way Opteron machines. The processor bus and memory architecture should 
allow more "raw" speed to become "useful" speed. Opterons have 
historically proven to be better database servers--quite possibly for this 
reason.


I'd also run Win2k3 Server x64.

Greg
- Original Message - 
From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 10:45 AM
Subject: [H] What's fastest ?


Am building a database server for SQL Server 2005 Enterprise edition.  OS 
will be Windows 2003 Server Enterprise edition.  Server is probably going 
to be a Dell 6850 
(http://www1.euro.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/pedge_6850?c=uk&l=en&s=lca&~tab=specstab#tabtop) 
Although I can get older IBM servers (hence the 4MB L3 cache option 
below) for a very good price.


Basic spec is 4 CPU's, 24 GB of RAM and an external disk array.  Just 
wondering how much performance difference there is between the followoing 
CPU's:


4 x Xeon MP 3.0 GHz 4MB L3 cache (400 MHz FSB ?)
4 x Xeon MP 3.0 GHz 8 MB L3 cache (667 MHz FSB)
4 x Xeon 3.6 GHz 1 MB L2 cache
4 x Xeon dual core 2.6 GHz 2 x 1 MB L2 cache

My gut reaction says the 8 MB L3 cache chips will be faster than even the 
dual core chips in real world performance.  Anybody else have a view ?


Thanks, Steve






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Re: [hardware] [H] Removing McAfee

[Steve]

Not sure what you have installed, but I've got McAfee Personal firewall. 
Nothing else. In Add Remove I have McAfee Security Centre & Personal 
Firewall . By default I think you'll find that the Security Centre is like a 
container & all other Mcafee programs are installed under it. So to remove 
Security Centre you have to uninstall the other proggiesand for my 
installation PF is listed separately in Add Remove


- Original Message - 
From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: 
Sent: Saturday, February 04, 2006 5:08 AM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Removing McAfee


When McAfee Security Centre is the only option in add/remove programs, and 
removing it tells me that I must remove all the other McAfee products 
first (which aren't listed) how do I uninstall this piece of junk?  Is 
there a utility like Symnrt from Symantec to forcibly remove McAfee?


T

[H] Remote traceroute?

[Steve]

Many moons ago there was a site somwhere in the US where I could do a 
traceback to my computer. I've lost the link & Google is throwing up zilch. 
Anyone know of this site or something similar?
cheers 

Re: [hardware] Re: [H] Remote traceroute?

[Steve]

Thanks very much!
cheers

- Original Message - 
From: "Bryan Seitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "The Hardware List" 
Sent: Sunday, February 05, 2006 1:07 PM
Subject: [hardware] Re: [H] Remote traceroute?



On Sun, Feb 05, 2006 at 12:48:20PM +1100, Steve wrote:

Many moons ago there was a site somwhere in the US where I could do a
traceback to my computer. I've lost the link & Google is throwing up 
zilch.

Anyone know of this site or something similar?


http://www.traceroute.org/

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Re: [hardware] [H] Installer on startup

[Steve]

use a freebie like StartUpRun to see whats what.

http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/strun.html


- Original Message - 
From: "joeuser" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "Hardware LIST" 
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 1:34 PM
Subject: [hardware] [H] Installer on startup


Got a Win2K machine in the shop here. Every time it starts up it tries 
to install some apps. Since the media for the apps is not present it 
will not install and take multiple cancels attempts before it goes away. 
Searched the registry and the autoexec and stuff and still I cannot find 
where these apps are being called from. Any ideas? I would install the 
apps just to make it go away, but the customer doesn't know what they 
are or how they got on in the first place.


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Cheers,
joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)

[H] Google Browser Sync

[Steve]

"Google Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously 
synchronizes your browser settings - including bookmarks, history, 
persistent cookies, and saved passwords - across your computers. It also 
allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and 
browser sessions. For more info, please visit our FAQ."


http://www.google.com/tools/firefox/browsersync/ 

Re: [H] Google Browser Sync

[Steve]

Guess it depends on how much you believe their spiel

"By encrypting your information, it will be transmitted to and stored on 
Google's servers in a format that is nearly impossible to interpret without 
the PIN. That means that without the PIN, no one, not even Google, will be 
able to read your data. Therefore, it's important to choose a good PIN (at 
least 8 characters including both numbers and letters) that's hard to guess 
and to keep your PIN safe. Note that encrypting all of your browser settings 
may affect the performance of Google Browser Sync and Firefox.""


- Original Message - 
From: "Greg Sevart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>




And, unless I'm mistaken, all data is stored on Google's servers.

Anyone else have a problem with sending your bookmarks, history, cookies, 
and passwords to a corporation that makes all of their money on targeted 
advertising?


No thanks. Google scares me.

Greg

Re: [hardware] RE: [H] Best ID3 tagger

[Steve]

yep..I'll second that..a great app


- Original Message - 
From: "Neil Davidson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

To: "'The Hardware List'" 
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 3:13 AM
Subject: [hardware] RE: [H] Best ID3 tagger



I use Tag&Rename. Not free, but I like the interface. Handles far more file
formats than you are likely to come across :)

[H] Nero 9

[Steve Tomporowski]

Has anyone worked with Nero 9 yet?  After all the problem I had with
Nero 8 (most of which were features!), I doubt that I'll upgrade
unless they really do something new, not just the same old interface
with a lot of peripheral programs that 'sort of' work.

Steve

[H] Upgrade Time

[Steve Tomporowski]

I am looking to upgrade the processor/motherboard on my 'oldest'
system.  It's a Neo 4 Platinum with an Athlon X2 3800+.  I'm not
looking for the bleeding edge, but for something that'll give me a
substantial increase in speed for games.  I've got an Nvidia 280 right
now, so that's set.

What's hot now?

ThanksSteve

Re: [H] Upgrade Time

[Steve Tomporowski]

Thanks guys for a couple of configurations to look at.  My previous
upgrade to a different computer I went with a 6850 over the Q6600,
mainly because not much runs on Quad.  With normal gaming (UT3) what
would I expect from Quad?  Anything?

Also, are Nvidia chipsets that bad now?

I know the processor/board of choice these days is Intel, does
anything AMD offer worth anything?

Thanks...Steve

On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I upgraded a couple months ago to a Q6600 and an Abit IX38 Quad GT mobo and
> I'm very happy.  I had the whole struggle between quad and dual core and
> opted for the quad.  The motheboard is one of the most stable ones I have
> ever had.
>
> Unlike the two 780G mobos I've had in my HTPC, both of which have been
> giving me nothing but problems.
>
> -
> Brian
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:34 AM, James Boswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> E8500
>> Asus P5Q mainboard
>> 4GB of DDR2-800
>>
>> That should just about cover it.
>>
>>
>> On 5 Oct 2008, at 14:21, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
>>
>>  I am looking to upgrade the processor/motherboard on my 'oldest'
>>> system.  It's a Neo 4 Platinum with an Athlon X2 3800+.  I'm not
>>> looking for the bleeding edge, but for something that'll give me a
>>> substantial increase in speed for games.  I've got an Nvidia 280 right
>>> now, so that's set.
>>>
>>> What's hot now?
>>>
>>> ThanksSteve
>>>
>>
>>
>

Re: [H] Upgrade Time

[Steve Tomporowski]

That's actually a good reason for going quad is to be able to get a
lot running at the same time and still be snappy.  Which brings to
mind what a quad core would do for my music production.  Generally you
get limited in the number of software synths running.  If you were
running a VST host like Cubase, would the extra cores allow you to
load up on the synths?  Interesting question.

Steve

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> You're right, for the most part nothing common really uses quad cores.
> Supreme Commander is the only game I've played recently that does that I can
> think of.
>
> I went with quad because at the time it was essentially the same price as
> the dual core and I multitask a lot with some heavy duty programs.  I'm
> happy.
>
> ---
> Brian Weeden
> Technical Consultant
> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org>
> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
> +1 (202) 683-8534 US
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Steve Tomporowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>> Thanks guys for a couple of configurations to look at.  My previous
>> upgrade to a different computer I went with a 6850 over the Q6600,
>> mainly because not much runs on Quad.  With normal gaming (UT3) what
>> would I expect from Quad?  Anything?
>>
>> Also, are Nvidia chipsets that bad now?
>>
>> I know the processor/board of choice these days is Intel, does
>> anything AMD offer worth anything?
>>
>> Thanks...Steve
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> > I upgraded a couple months ago to a Q6600 and an Abit IX38 Quad GT mobo
>> and
>> > I'm very happy.  I had the whole struggle between quad and dual core and
>> > opted for the quad.  The motheboard is one of the most stable ones I have
>> > ever had.
>> >
>> > Unlike the two 780G mobos I've had in my HTPC, both of which have been
>> > giving me nothing but problems.
>> >
>> > -
>> > Brian
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:34 AM, James Boswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> >
>> >> E8500
>> >> Asus P5Q mainboard
>> >> 4GB of DDR2-800
>> >>
>> >> That should just about cover it.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On 5 Oct 2008, at 14:21, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
>> >>
>> >>  I am looking to upgrade the processor/motherboard on my 'oldest'
>> >>> system.  It's a Neo 4 Platinum with an Athlon X2 3800+.  I'm not
>> >>> looking for the bleeding edge, but for something that'll give me a
>> >>> substantial increase in speed for games.  I've got an Nvidia 280 right
>> >>> now, so that's set.
>> >>>
>> >>> What's hot now?
>> >>>
>> >>> ThanksSteve
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

Re: [H] Upgrade Time

[Steve Tomporowski]

Is there any good place to look for benchmarks?  Trying to find
something on anandtech is like pulling teeth

On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 7:32 PM, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Depends what the bottleneck is.  If it's something that's using a lot of CPU
> cycles and is multithreaded (meaning the software is written to it can take
> advantage of multiple cores) then it should be great.  But if you're doing
> something like video editing and working with massive file sizes then you
> also have to consider your I/O bandwidth.
>
> Doesn't matter how beefy your CPU is or how many you have if they are
> waiting for you to load a couple TBs from a remote disk.
>
> ---
> Brian Weeden
> Technical Consultant
> Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org>
> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
> +1 (202) 683-8534 US
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 7:24 PM, Steve Tomporowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
>
>> That's actually a good reason for going quad is to be able to get a
>> lot running at the same time and still be snappy.  Which brings to
>> mind what a quad core would do for my music production.  Generally you
>> get limited in the number of software synths running.  If you were
>> running a VST host like Cubase, would the extra cores allow you to
>> load up on the synths?  Interesting question.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:35 AM, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> wrote:
>> > You're right, for the most part nothing common really uses quad cores.
>> > Supreme Commander is the only game I've played recently that does that I
>> can
>> > think of.
>> >
>> > I went with quad because at the time it was essentially the same price as
>> > the dual core and I multitask a lot with some heavy duty programs.  I'm
>> > happy.
>> >
>> > ---
>> > Brian Weeden
>> > Technical Consultant
>> > Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org>
>> > +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada
>> > +1 (202) 683-8534 US
>> >
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 10:25 AM, Steve Tomporowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >wrote:
>> >
>> >> Thanks guys for a couple of configurations to look at.  My previous
>> >> upgrade to a different computer I went with a 6850 over the Q6600,
>> >> mainly because not much runs on Quad.  With normal gaming (UT3) what
>> >> would I expect from Quad?  Anything?
>> >>
>> >> Also, are Nvidia chipsets that bad now?
>> >>
>> >> I know the processor/board of choice these days is Intel, does
>> >> anything AMD offer worth anything?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks...Steve
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Brian Weeden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> > I upgraded a couple months ago to a Q6600 and an Abit IX38 Quad GT
>> mobo
>> >> and
>> >> > I'm very happy.  I had the whole struggle between quad and dual core
>> and
>> >> > opted for the quad.  The motheboard is one of the most stable ones I
>> have
>> >> > ever had.
>> >> >
>> >> > Unlike the two 780G mobos I've had in my HTPC, both of which have been
>> >> > giving me nothing but problems.
>> >> >
>> >> > -
>> >> > Brian
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 9:34 AM, James Boswell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> E8500
>> >> >> Asus P5Q mainboard
>> >> >> 4GB of DDR2-800
>> >> >>
>> >> >> That should just about cover it.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On 5 Oct 2008, at 14:21, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >>  I am looking to upgrade the processor/motherboard on my 'oldest'
>> >> >>> system.  It's a Neo 4 Platinum with an Athlon X2 3800+.  I'm not
>> >> >>> looking for the bleeding edge, but for something that'll give me a
>> >> >>> substantial increase in speed for games.  I've got an Nvidia 280
>> right
>> >> >>> now, so that's set.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> What's hot now?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> ThanksSteve
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
>

Re: [H] Upgrade Time

[Steve Tomporowski]

Great Stuff, Raul, pretty much definitive.

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 8:57 AM, Raul Limos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dual Core CPU review:
> http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/dualcore-shootout.html
>
> Quad core:
> Core 2 Quad Q9300 vs Q6600:
> http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/core2quad-q9300.html
>

Re: [H] Upgrade Time

[Steve Tomporowski]

I started reading some of the reviews and when there's some problem
that comes and goes randomly, I think not;-)

On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 6:50 AM, maccrawj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ROFLMAO over here!
>
> Phenom? No review I've read says anything positive about the Phenom.
>
> Cheaper is rarely better.
>
>
> Naushad, Zulfiqar wrote:
>>
>> AMD's are still great!
>>
>> Get a board with a 790 series North Bridge and a SB750 South Bridge and
>> you are good to go.
>>
>> The Phenom X3's are tremendous value these days! (Tri-Core)
>>
>> The total cost of building a system will be cheaper than an Intel
>> solution.
>>
>> Zulfiqar Naushad
>>
>
>

[H] Asus P5Q

[Steve Tomporowski]

I'm getting ready to get this board, but some of the issues mentioned
on Newegg bother me a bit.

What is the issue with the P5Q and memory?  To me, if you start
talking 'quality' memory, it sounds to me like an unstable design.

What about BIOS issues?  There were a few scattered over different
dates, but interspersed with solid 5's and no issues.

Oh, yeah, I'm going to put an E8500 in it.

ThanksSteve

[H] Thunderbird Problems (the Email not the car!)

[Steve Tomporowski]

I've tried looking up these two problems on the net and the answers
are all over the place, maybe someone here has some real experience.

Problem 1:  AT&T

AT&T keeps telling me to set SSL on for both incoming and outgoing
mail.  When I set it for incoming mail, I can't get any and the error
message is that the server does not support SSL.

Answer from AT&T:  We don't support Thunderbird, but we can send you
over to Support Plus!

Temporary Solution:  Turn off SSL and I get email.  It's worked for
the past few months.

Problem 2:  Cox HSI

My house has both Cox (my wife) and AT&T (me), when I try to use my
cox email address over the AT&T DSL, I can receive mail, but not send
it.  Error is that the Server is not responding.

Answer from Cox:  We don't support Thunderbird.

Temporary Solution:  None, tried all sorts of options, nothing seems to work.

Any ideas?  Experience?

ThanksSteve

Re: [H] Thunderbird Problems (the Email not the car!)

[Steve Tomporowski]

Greg,

Thanks for the link to the port 25 Opt-out, that will probably work nicely.

Gary,

I don't have my system right in front of me now, but I'm pretty sure
that the ports were correct when SSL was turned on.  Thunderbird
changes the ports automatically.  IIRC the error was:  "This server
does not support secure authentication."

Maybe I'm chasing the wrong problem?

Scott,

Yeah I noticed a lot of people having the same problem, but I'd like
to get it working properly, not the work-around of using gmail that
seems to be the solution of choice.

Thanks to all for the replies, progress will be noted here.

ThanksSteve

On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 11:12 PM, Greg Sevart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> #1: Make sure you're using the right host and ports. Implicit POP3 SSL is
> 995/tcp, SMTP SSL is 465/tcp. Some clients will not change the port
> automatically.
>
> More info here:
> http://helpme.att.net/article.php?item=287
>
>
> #2: You need to request that your port 25/tcp outbound block be lifted. Use
> the Abuse Report form here:
> http://helpme.att.net/servabuse.php
>
> and select **Opt Out Port 25 in the Abuse Type dropdown.
>
>
> Greg
>
>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware-
>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski
>> Sent: Thursday, October 23, 2008 6:58 PM
>> To: The Hardware List
>> Subject: [H] Thunderbird Problems (the Email not the car!)
>>
>> I've tried looking up these two problems on the net and the answers
>> are all over the place, maybe someone here has some real experience.
>>
>> Problem 1:  AT&T
>>
>> AT&T keeps telling me to set SSL on for both incoming and outgoing
>> mail.  When I set it for incoming mail, I can't get any and the error
>> message is that the server does not support SSL.
>>
>> Answer from AT&T:  We don't support Thunderbird, but we can send you
>> over to Support Plus!
>>
>> Temporary Solution:  Turn off SSL and I get email.  It's worked for
>> the past few months.
>>
>> Problem 2:  Cox HSI
>>
>> My house has both Cox (my wife) and AT&T (me), when I try to use my
>> cox email address over the AT&T DSL, I can receive mail, but not send
>> it.  Error is that the Server is not responding.
>>
>> Answer from Cox:  We don't support Thunderbird.
>>
>> Temporary Solution:  None, tried all sorts of options, nothing seems to
>> work.
>>
>> Any ideas?  Experience?
>>
>> ThanksSteve
>
>
>

Re: [H] Asus P5Q

[Steve Tomporowski]

Thanks, but that memory issue bothered me, so I've gone with a
Gigabyte board, IIRC GA-P45-UD3P, which had a lot of good reviews on
Newegg.  I'll be picking it up tomorrow with the build probably this
weekend.

Steve

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 6:26 AM, maccrawj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I just looked around quick & found some support thread open with the usual
> suspects. All seem to come down to manual BIOS setup or BIOS up/downgrade
> which tells me the BIOS is NRFPT & incompatible with some vendors RAM.
> Fixable as the go along, not a "design" fault necessarily.
>
> Price is attractive, but I'd pass in favor a more expensive X48 based mobo
> and quad core as I've said here before.
>
> Steve Tomporowski wrote:
>>
>> I'm getting ready to get this board, but some of the issues mentioned
>> on Newegg bother me a bit.
>>
>> What is the issue with the P5Q and memory?  To me, if you start
>> talking 'quality' memory, it sounds to me like an unstable design.
>>
>> What about BIOS issues?  There were a few scattered over different
>> dates, but interspersed with solid 5's and no issues.
>>
>> Oh, yeah, I'm going to put an E8500 in it.
>>
>> ThanksSteve
>>
>

Re: [H] Thunderbird Problems (the Email not the car!)

[Steve Tomporowski]

I think I've got both problems sorted out now, not solved, have to
give one a shot.

AT&T doesn't support secure authentication, which was what I was
turning on.  Really dumb for me on that one.  Then apparently there is
an AT&T bug that keeps sending you emails despite the fact that you
are correctly set with SSL.

I'm trying to access the COX server from the AT&T network.  Cox has
port 25 blocking, but I can't find an opt-out on their site.  I'll
have to give them a call (and not tell them I'm using TB as they'll
just jump ship on me immediately).

Steve

On Tue, Oct 28, 2008 at 6:03 AM, maccrawj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Problem 1:
>
> That looks like a useless thread!
>
> "Any firewall needs to include entries for the IP/Subnet for the local
> adapter/router and the IP of the Modem."
>
> Sounds like the last guy is not using his modem in bridge mode, irregardless
> his problem came down to his router settings not TB.
>
> Scott Sipe wrote:
>>
>> Problem 1:
>> http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=866485&p=4755585
>>
>> Seems at least others have the same problem...
>>
>
>

Re: [H] problem in ie ?

[Steve Tomporowski]

Is this IE8?  Apparently there is a problem, reported on several
newsletters I get, with the latest flash update and IE8, you just get
a blank screen.

Steve

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 5:40 PM, FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> when I try to run links to you tube it tells me either java script is 
> disabled or I need the latest flash. Both of which should be OK. Works great 
> in Firefox.
> link sent
>
> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA6_k3NtXZs>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gA6_k3NtXZs
>
> disregard content, nothing intended other then a sample.
>
> I may be getting closer to a re install, would rather do that with a new 
> version of windows ( not vista) I wonder what windows 7 will look like
> thanks
> fp
>
>
> --
> Tallyho ! ]:8)
> Taglines below !
> --
> Let he who takes a Monday plunge return it by Tuesday.
>
>

Re: [H] USB cable for external drive.

[Steve Tomporowski]

Actually it's not a choke but a ferrite bead.  A ferrite material is
essentially a magnetic sensitive ceramic (yes, they bust easily) that
has a variable impedance to frequencies travelling through it.  The
impedance goes up with frequency.  This rounds off the edges of pulses
which really does nothing for the signal but does a lot for emissions.
 It is a device that is added to the cable expressly for high
frequency suppression, either picked up or emitted.

Steve

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 9:32 AM, maccrawj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yeah, it's a RF choke and beneficial but required assuming the entire signal
> path from PC to device is clean enough.
>
> Booting could be an issue since you are adding an extra device into the path
> between host & device that the BIOS may not be able to cope with.
>
> Be careful using long and/or cheap USB cables as they do have length limits
> which can be drastically shortened by noise & attenuation.
>
> Bobby Heid wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the reply.
>>
>> So the little choke looking thing on the USB cable does not really do
>> anything?
>>
>> I do have an older M/B.  I'll check the BIOS when I am able to reboot.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bobby
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight
>> Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2008 2:06 PM
>> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
>> Subject: Re: [H] USB cable for external drive.
>>
>>
>>> connected to a powered USB hub on my desktop
>>> because it will not reach my PC.  Can I safely replace the USB cable that
>>> came with the unit with a standard 6-foot USB cable?
>>
>> Yes, USB is USB.
>>
>> Also, why will my pc not boot when I have the external drive that is
>> plugged
>>>
>>> into the hub and powered on?
>>
>> Some older motherboards are like that. If you have a USB drive plugged in
>> and active they hang at post. Trying configuring your BIOS boot sequence to
>> include that drive.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>

[H] Delete Users in XP

[Steve Tomporowski]

Actually not so simple as it sounds.

Installed XP, fully upgraded and not noticing, stayed in administrator
login as I installed programs.  Some programs were smarter than
others, the upshot is that when I did create a new user, despite that
user being part of administrators, half the programs don't show up.
S, short of installing the programs over again, I've been
laboriously logging in each time as administrator.  Login screen only
has new user, have to cntl-alt-del twice to get logged in as
administrator.  Would like to either figure a way to get the programs
moved over to the new account or delete the new account.

Tried various things, no joy yetany ideas?

Thanks...Steve

Lost 3 days on this new computer because I thought that I'd try Vista,
mainly based on a newletter I get that had a whole article wondering
why people are still bashing Vista because SP1 solved 'all' the
problems.  For me, Vista sucks.  Many many reasons, most of which
relate to the new philosophy behind the Vista interface.  Plus, on the
whole, the system felt slow, I found myself avoiding using it.  I
figured I could probably tweak it so that I'd use it, but why waste my
time when I can just install XP?

Re: [H] Delete Users in XP

[Steve Tomporowski]

That's good to hear, I'll try that

Thanks...Steve

On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 11:39 PM, Bobby Heid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I have usually have been able to just copy the menu short-cuts in the admin
> profile to the all users or a particular user and have been able to run
> programs.
>
> Bobby
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Tomporowski
> Sent: Friday, November 28, 2008 7:05 PM
> To: The Hardware List
> Subject: [H] Delete Users in XP
>
> Actually not so simple as it sounds.
>
> Installed XP, fully upgraded and not noticing, stayed in administrator
> login as I installed programs.  Some programs were smarter than
> others, the upshot is that when I did create a new user, despite that
> user being part of administrators, half the programs don't show up.
> S, short of installing the programs over again, I've been
> laboriously logging in each time as administrator.  Login screen only
> has new user, have to cntl-alt-del twice to get logged in as
> administrator.  Would like to either figure a way to get the programs
> moved over to the new account or delete the new account.
>
> Tried various things, no joy yetany ideas?
>
> Thanks...Steve
>
> Lost 3 days on this new computer because I thought that I'd try Vista,
> mainly based on a newletter I get that had a whole article wondering
> why people are still bashing Vista because SP1 solved 'all' the
> problems.  For me, Vista sucks.  Many many reasons, most of which
> relate to the new philosophy behind the Vista interface.  Plus, on the
> whole, the system felt slow, I found myself avoiding using it.  I
> figured I could probably tweak it so that I'd use it, but why waste my
> time when I can just install XP?
>
>
>

[H] Double-click not working

[Steve Tomporowski]

This is an installation of XP that I recently had to fight off a
malware attack, although I don't know if this problem is because of it
or predated it.

My video files are associated with KMplayer.  If a double-click a file
from explorer, nothing happens.  If I right-click and select 'open
with' it works.  Has anyone run into this before.  I checked the file
association and they are fine.  What I realize now is that I don't
know if it's the same with other file types or whether they work on
double-click.

Suggestions?

Thanks...Steve

The malware infection:  One day I came back to my computer and it was
at the EULA screen of Homesite, a realty program.  I cancelled and
just went about my business.  The next day on turn-on, the same screen
came up.  Upon investigation, I found two suspicious files in the root
of each hard drive:  autorun.exe and autorun.inf.  Neither could be
deleted.  Ran spybot in safe mode, it claimed to have removed the
infection but did not, it came back.  Ran Malwarebyte's Malware
remover in safe mode and that did remove everything.  Even the trojan
that kept the infection coming back.  No, I'm not pandering for
Malwarebyte, just letting you know what worked.  Disappointed that
Spybot did not.

Re: [H] Double-click not working

[Steve Tomporowski]

I checked and double-clicking is working for text files, so the whole
thing isn't fubar'ed, just the video.  I'll have to check and see if
KMplayer is damaged

Steve

On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Thane Sherrington
 wrote:
> At 03:42 PM 12/12/2008, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
>>
>> This is an installation of XP that I recently had to fight off a
>> malware attack, although I don't know if this problem is because of it
>> or predated it.
>>
>> My video files are associated with KMplayer.  If a double-click a file
>> from explorer, nothing happens.  If I right-click and select 'open
>> with' it works.  Has anyone run into this before.  I checked the file
>> association and they are fine.  What I realize now is that I don't
>> know if it's the same with other file types or whether they work on
>> double-click.
>
> Does double click work for anything?  If not, it may be that the double
> click speed is set too high.
>
> T
>
>

Re: [H] Double-click not working

[Steve Tomporowski]

Okay, solved the problem.  Somehow KMplayer seems to have lost it's
settings, so going into options, changing random stuff, clicking OK,
changing it back, seems to have worked.

I do have one odd artifact which I think began after the malware
removal.  Every once in a while, when emptying the recycle bin,
explorer restarts, e.g. the screen goes black and then the taskbar
reappears.  When this happens, several of the systray icons disappear.

Any ideas?

Steve

On Sat, Dec 13, 2008 at 7:40 PM, Steve Tomporowski  wrote:
> I checked and double-clicking is working for text files, so the whole
> thing isn't fubar'ed, just the video.  I'll have to check and see if
> KMplayer is damaged
>
> Steve
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Thane Sherrington
>  wrote:
>> At 03:42 PM 12/12/2008, Steve Tomporowski wrote:
>>>
>>> This is an installation of XP that I recently had to fight off a
>>> malware attack, although I don't know if this problem is because of it
>>> or predated it.
>>>
>>> My video files are associated with KMplayer.  If a double-click a file
>>> from explorer, nothing happens.  If I right-click and select 'open
>>> with' it works.  Has anyone run into this before.  I checked the file
>>> association and they are fine.  What I realize now is that I don't
>>> know if it's the same with other file types or whether they work on
>>> double-click.
>>
>> Does double click work for anything?  If not, it may be that the double
>> click speed is set too high.
>>
>> T
>>
>>
>

[H] HTPC - Which Software?

[Steve Tomporowski]

I have an older computer that is being dedicated to playing videos &
TV.  Happauge card (PVR-150) installed.  I'm not really happy with the
WinTV2000 software (WinTV, with this card, refuses to see any
channels), so the question becomes, which HTPC software should I use?
A remote came with the PVR-150, and I'd like to fully use that.  Right
now, if I go full screen with WinTV2000, the up/dn channel selector
stops working, although I can punch in numbers.  Just wondering what
others are using.  The system is currently running WinXP.

Thanks...Steve

[H] A Long Way for a Webcam

[Steve Tomporowski]

Here's the situation.  I have a Microsoft Lifecam (USB) that is far
enought away to required 50 foot of cable to get to the computer.  Due
to various restrictions, neither the computer nor the camera can be
moved.  The camera will work with two 15 foot extentions, but will not
work with one more. If a hub is inserted, that does not help, in fact
the webcam will not work with a hub at all.  Other than moving the
computer closer to the 30 ft limit (not counting the 6 foot cable on
the Webcam), I don't have any ideas.  I'm open to suggestions.  Is
there a better way to do this?  The local Best Buy doesn't have
anything other than USB webcams.  I've also tried a logitech webcam
and it has more problems than the Microsoft.

How can I get this done?

ThanksSteve

Re: [H] A Long Way for a Webcam

[Steve Tomporowski]

Thanks for all the info, guys.  I pretty much thought that there was
no way to do it with the stuff on hand.

ThanksSteve

On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Winterlight
 wrote:
> you need a USB repeater cable. check Monoprice.com or Cyberguys.com
>
> At 05:45 AM 12/22/2008, you wrote:
>>
>> Here's the situation.  I have a Microsoft Lifecam (USB) that is far
>> enought away to required 50 foot of cable to get to the computer.  Due
>> to various restrictions, neither the computer nor the camera can be
>> moved.  The camera will work with two 15 foot extentions, but will not
>> work with one more. If a hub is inserted, that does not help, in fact
>> the webcam will not work with a hub at all.  Other than moving the
>> computer closer to the 30 ft limit (not counting the 6 foot cable on
>> the Webcam), I don't have any ideas.  I'm open to suggestions.  Is
>> there a better way to do this?  The local Best Buy doesn't have
>> anything other than USB webcams.  I've also tried a logitech webcam
>> and it has more problems than the Microsoft.
>>
>> How can I get this done?
>>
>> ThanksSteve
>
>

Re: [H] A Long Way for a Webcam

[Steve Tomporowski]

Just as way of an update, I bought two USB repeater cables from Newegg
at $10 each and had to use both, but I'm now up and running.  Webcam
resolution still sucks.  Additional note, I found that I had a bad
cable.  It'll work fine with a mouse, but won't work with a webcam.
Found that a little strange

Happy and Prosperous New Year to all on the list!

Steve

On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 2:28 PM, Steve Tomporowski  wrote:
> Thanks for all the info, guys.  I pretty much thought that there was
> no way to do it with the stuff on hand.
>
> ThanksSteve
>
> On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 1:17 PM, Winterlight
>  wrote:
>> you need a USB repeater cable. check Monoprice.com or Cyberguys.com
>>
>> At 05:45 AM 12/22/2008, you wrote:
>>>
>>> Here's the situation.  I have a Microsoft Lifecam (USB) that is far
>>> enought away to required 50 foot of cable to get to the computer.  Due
>>> to various restrictions, neither the computer nor the camera can be
>>> moved.  The camera will work with two 15 foot extentions, but will not
>>> work with one more. If a hub is inserted, that does not help, in fact
>>> the webcam will not work with a hub at all.  Other than moving the
>>> computer closer to the 30 ft limit (not counting the 6 foot cable on
>>> the Webcam), I don't have any ideas.  I'm open to suggestions.  Is
>>> there a better way to do this?  The local Best Buy doesn't have
>>> anything other than USB webcams.  I've also tried a logitech webcam
>>> and it has more problems than the Microsoft.
>>>
>>> How can I get this done?
>>>
>>> ThanksSteve
>>
>>
>

Re: [H] HTPC - Which Software?

[Steve Tomporowski]

Okay, so I took all this fine advice and began the journey

It started with KMplayer, which can run the TV.  Problems:  Needs
something to interface the remote and there are plenty of motion
artifacts.  However, switching channels via the keyboard was lightning
fast.

I had only two requirements:  Watch Live TV fullscreen and be able to
use the Hauppauge remote.  Little was I to understand that even those
two requirements are shooting too high...

I had previously encountered GBPVR.   Did some research and thought
that maybe I could get the remote to work with it using HIP.  HIP has
plenty of interfaces but none for the hauppauge.  Addtionally, there
is a steep learning curve for GBPVR because they seldom explain their
acronyms or their settings:  "Set XQFD:  The place where you set your
XQFD to DFE or PZQ".  Makes lots of sense.

Next stop:  SageTV.  I tried them because they supported my TV card
(Hauppauge HVR-1600) and the remote.  Setup was almost easy.  Problem
#1:  For the Electronic Program Guide, which is required, entering my
zip code did not give me anything close to CT.  They thought I was in
Wileyville, PA.  Tried it twice.  I just scanned for all the channels
on the TV card and began to sort through them.  I got exactly 11
channel changes before it would lock up.  Tried twice, then gave up
sorting and went directly to finishing the setup.  In operation,
channel changing is glacially slow.  Then again, a certain number of
channel changes and it locks up.  Followed all the advice about
updating drivers with no improvement.  It is now almost two weeks
since I left a message on the forum with no response.  Uninstalled
Sage TV.

Media Portal:  Simple easy install.  Too easy.  Left it to install on
its own, came back and it was finished.  Tried to follow startup
advice.  TV services settings were not accessible.  Double-clicking
the icon resulted in a box asking if I wanted to start TV services.
Yes or no resulted in going back to desktop with nothing else
happening.  Starting Media Portal gave me a live TV blank screen and
no channels.  Uninstalling and reinstalling TV services resulted in
something different:  I would getting endless warnings that TV
services was not installed.  Every OK gave me another of the same box.
 After searching the forums, found that SageTV uses certain services
that I may have eliminated from my lean install of XP.  What services?
 We can't tell you since different plug-ins require different
services.  Uninstalled Media Portal.

Beyond TV:  Installed easily.  Virtually no setup.  Uses Hauppauge
Remote.  Image quality is fine.  Uh, huh?  But where's the
problems

Working for about a day now with no issues.  I think you can guess my
recommendation.;-)

Steve

Re: [H] HTPC - Which Software?

[Steve Tomporowski]

What's vmc?  I was going by the recomendations in this thread, I don't
think that came up.  Meedio was also recommended but I pretty much
stopped when I got something that actually worked.

Steve

On Sun, Jan 4, 2009 at 2:02 PM,   wrote:
> So, if I can ask... What's wrong with vmc?
>
> --Original Message--
> From: Bobby Heid
> Sender: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> ReplyTo: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Sent: Jan 4, 2009 12:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [H] HTPC - Which Software?
>
> It is about $100 retail.
>
> Bobby
>
> -Original Message-
> From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com
> [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight
> Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 1:44 PM
> To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
> Subject: Re: [H] HTPC - Which Software?
>
>
>>Beyond TV:  Installed easily.  Virtually no setup.  Uses Hauppauge
>>Remote.  Image quality is fine.  Uh, huh?  But where's the
>>problems
>
> Beyond TV isn't cheap though is it?
>
>
>
>
>>Working for about a day now with no issues.  I think you can guess my
>>recommendation.;-)
>>
>>Steve
>
>
>
>
> Sent via BlackBerry
>