Re: [H] Eudora Question
Thane, Don't mean to sound dense, but I do not understand. Here is the specs of my shortcut: Target: E:\EudoraPro\Eudora.exe Start in: E:\EudoraPro The directory, E:\EudoraPro, is where all the old email, mailboxes, and Eudora files are located. Sheesh, this used to be so simple.. :) My Eudora is now on my E: drive, the only directory there. Originally, it was on the D:\ drive. I've updated the eudora.ini file to point to E:\ Confused? Gonna try it back on D:\ again.. :) Best, Duncan On Mon, 30 Apr 2007 18:12 , Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: At 02:51 PM 30/04/2007, dhs wrote: How do I get Eudora to re-show my old email folders and old email? When you launch Eudora, use the command eudora drive:\FolderWhereTheMailboxesAre T This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] Word 2002 Glitch
I'll admit. I'm now MS KB'd out after searching for 2 hours. Have MS WORD 2002 (10.4219.4219, SP2). For some reason the Find tool (edit/ctrl+F) seems to get stuck ON after the first use. I know this because the PageUP and PageDown arrows change to BlueDots that do not reset back to arrows when the Find tool is closed. The only way I can clear it is to save the file and reopen. Has anyone else seen this behavior? Is there a fix besides a complete upgrade to a newer office suite? If no, I'll just go back to O97. Thanks for any help. Best, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] task mgr-w2k server
Have a dual p3 server using w2k server os. Noticed today that Task Manager does not show me both cpu's. Followed MS kb234558 and it appears that the os is setup with a HAL labled ACPI Multi- processor PC. What am I missing? No matter what I do with the Task Manager/View/CPU History button/switch I can not get both cpu's shown. Is this a known bug/feature? Dual Intel P3-1GHz on an Intel STL2 mainboard. Weird! Server seems to work fine otherwise...that I can tell... :) Best, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Consumer reports smokes crack
I'll agree with this! And, wired LAN for the home (consumer) will completely be replaced with wireless! EEK! Not gonna give up my cat5e home LAN any time soon, but I wonder whether I'll still be able to buy components for wired LAN in future years? Hmm.. Best, Duncan On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:33 , Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: ... I wouldn't be surprised, five years from now, if Desktops only accounted for 15 percent of the market. This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] Here comes the terabyte hard drive
Greg, I completely agree with your personal metrics. I've seen the same with my minimal SDT-7000 tape unit on my server, so kudos to your reality mirror for now. But, in the future as users do movies, music, yards of emaiil, and whatever, the file load can only get out of hand. Quickly! Correct? That's where I was focused on. I've lived thru the past. I look to the future. Hmm. :) JMHO. Best, Duncan On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:09 , Greg Sevart [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Is there really 1.0TB of home user data that needs to be backed up? I run nightly backups on my machine. Out of over 4TB, there's only about 15GB that I consider essential enough to back up. On the commercial side, the problem already exists with storage arrays of multiple TB or more. High-dollar LTO-3 autoloaders can resolve the backup situation there. Greg -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhs Sent: Friday, January 05, 2007 4:56 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Here comes the terabyte hard drive Nice news! But, has anybody thought about backup apps for HD's this big? If I had a drive of 1TB, it would take me about a week to do a backup with a dual P3-1Gz server!! LOL!! I'll wait for Seagate, although I've had very good service from the Hitachi replacement drives in my server. I do like the 7Kx series of HDs from Hitachi. Maybe 'old' IBM drives, but, they are still very strong HDs. Best, Duncan On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 14:36 , Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: http://news.com.com/Here+comes+the+terabyte+hard+drive/2100-1041- 6147409.html?part=dhttag=nl.e703 Last year, Hitachi Global Storage Technologies predicted hard-drive companies would announce 1 terabyte drives by the end of 2006. Hitachi was only off by a few days. The company said on Thursday that it will come out with a 3.5-inch-diameter 1 terabyte drive for desktops in the first quarter, then follow up in the second quarter with 3.5-inch terabyte drives for digital video recorders, bundled with software called Audio-Visual Storage Manager for easier retrieval of data, and corporate storage systems. The Deskstar 7K1000 will cost $399 when it comes out. That comes to about 40 cents a gigabyte. Hitachi will also come out with a similar 750GB drive. Rival Seagate Technology will come out with a 1 terabyte drive in the first half of 2007. This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] Here comes the terabyte hard drive
Jim, Not available yet! Best you can do is best we have TODAY! And, it is a user-personal decision. No one-size-fits-all here as I see it. I could be very wrong, and, willing to learn. :) And even though what we have seems to have a pain level, what other choice do we have? Just the nature of an evolving beast. JMHO. BeenThere-Done it-Retired now-Dealing with what is available! Best game in town from my vantage point so far. Stuff happens every day. Patience. If it is needed, it will arrive. Best, Duncan On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:07 , James Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: So, what is the perfect backup solution? DVDs fail. Hard drives fail. Tapes fail. How many levels of backup are required to make a file safe and isn't this redundancy? Jim Maki [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Here comes the terabyte hard drive
Great! Good idea. And just what HollyWeird wants you to do. That was the plan all the time :) U figured it out. JMHO. Best, Duncan On Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:18 , Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: any time you buy 1 disc, buy 2. The second is for backup. snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] ecc memory ?
FORC5, I spent months searching for ram for the PPro200 dinosaur. I finally found a CA place (Santa Clara) that has lots of old ram, and, lots of buffered ECC stuff. Yes, lots of pulls, but is all covered by their if it does not work, we refund or swap until it does! I had to rma 2 sets of ram until I got a set that both FIT the dimm slots and was recognized by the mainboard. Price was cheap compared to the big server supply houses. Yes, Crucial still lists the old stuff but has none :( IIRC, an ECC dimm/simm will have a small chip in between the 2 banks of ram chips used to buffer reads/writes to the mainboard. Could be wrong, too. Try here: http://www.memoryx.net Memory Ten 2800 Bowers Ave. Santa Clara, CA 95051 Best, Duncan On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 09:14 , FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: any sw out there to test whether memory is ecc or not ? intel i875 chipset samsung memory K4H560838F-TCCC data sheet I found says it is not. just trying to mate up two more sticks and be sure. crucial *wizard* does not even recommend ecc. fp -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Never play leap frog with a unicorn. This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] Net Printer question(s)
Am confused about my new network capable printer. Don't know how to put it naked on my W2KproSP4 client based LAN. No. I do not have a domain server. No I do not have a print server operating from some client. I thought I did not have to do this. I do notice, after a period of time, the there is a new 'something' called Brn_8388c0 that pops up in NetNeighborhood under workgroup. I suspect this may be the assigned name of the printer. Am I correct? Because I use the 10.0.0.x IP series on my LAN, I did use the Brother NetAdmin tool to change the new /workgroup/ objects ip addy from its' default 169.x.x.x addy to 10.0.0.2/255.255.255.0. That took. Now, do I just go back to my lan clients and install this new /workgroup/Brn_8388c0/ device as the chosen Network Printer? Will I have to install the printer's drivers to each client PC? I realize this may read very pedestrian, but I've never had a true net printer before. Yes, I've RTFM, and several other Brother pdf's regarding other admin sw packages. Still a bit confused, but the printer work great on the usb channel to one of my lan clients ATM. Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Net Printer question(s)
Ben, Can I ask some questions to your send. I do not completely understand! Doh! inline below :) On Thu, 04 Jan 2007 18:22 , Ben Ruset [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: You should be able to add the IP of the printer as a local port [To what? Can you expand on this? Do I just type in the ip addy of the printer as though it is a local printer? Or, do I really snag the Network printer /Brn_8388c0/ found in the /workgroup/ section of NetNeighborhood?] and they will print to it. You'll need to load the drivers on each PC. [OK! I did figure this was necessary. Have latest printer driver from Brother via DL. Can do. Will test this evening!] Here is someone's walkthrough. Obviously, load your correct printer driver. http://uis.georgetown.edu/software/documentation/winxp/winxp.network.printer.html [Thanks. Will go read this tonight.] Note: the procedure is the same for Win2k and XP. [Great! Will be moving to XP on the LAN soon for all PC clients.] Best and Happy New Year! Duncan dhs wrote: Am confused about my new network capable printer. Don't know how to put it naked on my W2KproSP4 client based LAN. No. I do not have a domain server. No I do not have a print server operating from some client. I thought I did not have to do this. snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] PCIe video power requirements
OKay. But, I'm still using AMD TBirds and do not know much about all the new classes of cpu. And, I thought most of the power for the cpu is derived from the regulator circuitry on the mainboard(?) not as direct feed from the psu. All my current boards have very heavy duty power type circuitry mounted around the cpu sockets. Hmm. Many need more investigation. Clearly, we may be in a turn where vid cards are forcing higher wattage psus. I run 550W psus now; up from 300W psus back in 1996. I'd hate to think that the new 2007beyond minimum is going to be 1KW. Might as well just build radio transmitter cabinets! LOL! Duncan On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:04 , Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: At 01:51 PM 02/01/2007, dhs wrote: Well maybe. But 150/12 is 12.5AMPS. Now maybe 12.5 amps is a bunch, but Don't the X2 CPUs pull around 7.5A on the 12V line? Even if one factors in the RAM on the video card, 12.5 seems steep to me - especially since as far as I can tell, most power supplies would have a hard time putting that sort of power out. So for most people their $500 video card also requires a $100 power supply. Just to play a $60 game. T This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Power supplies and system requirements
Understand. I simply do not know. I'll talk offline to some power gurus my brother-in-law works with. Good question. Wondered about this myself now that current technology is so power humgry. Duncan On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 18:08 , Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: At 12:43 PM 02/01/2007, dhs wrote: T, No. Not w/o a print of the dist. wiring. Would think that all 12v rails are really in parallel to a common source unless specied otherwise (or the PSU has multiple 12v cards inside...jmho). So how does one figure out if the power supply can handle the 12V requirements out there now? I mean, if I have three 12V rails with 24A each, and I'm pulling 15A for the video card, 4A for the hard drives, and 10A for the CPU, then I'm at 29A, so unless I'm splitting the rails, I'm going to end up with one overloaded rail and two rails doing nothing. Or are you saying that in reality, I have one 12V rail with 68A? T This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Free or Cheap AV Software
LOL! Okay, you win! Duncan On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 07:01 , j maccraw [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: In the case of condoms or AV, PERFORMANCE! ;-) This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Power supplies and system requirements
T, No. Not w/o a print of the dist. wiring. Would think that all 12v rails are really in parallel to a common source unless specied otherwise (or the PSU has multiple 12v cards inside...jmho). otoh, I suppose you could trace each 12v wire back to its' source point and determine a current path from that investigation. I'm no expert. ymmv. I remain a pcpc fan-boy. Still waiting to test/try a SeaSonic offering some time in 2007. I expect my last Enermax to croak this year :) Best, Duncan On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 14:56 , Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: If I'm trying to spec out a power supply that has multiple 12V rails (I've seen up to five 12V rails) can I just add the rails together to see if it has enough power on the 12V rail or do I have to figure out which devices pull power on which of the 12V rails? (Is there a way to figure out which rail is being used by each device?) T This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] Free or Cheap AV Software
How about PAY for the $5 condom, put it on, AND put the FREE one over it? If the result is protection, what's the harm? Now, if you wish to move back to the lack of feeling(freedom) discussion, then I'm just gonna say Y(personal)MMV JMHO! Trojan and Me be good friends! Best, Duncan On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:03 , Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: At 07:58 AM 12/28/2006, Thane Sherrington typed: Maybe one can't prove a best solution (too many variables) but one can prove which AV gives the highest level of protection in testing. The Avast for pay isn't as good as some of the other for pay AVs out there. We can extrapolate from that the the free version is at best no better and at worst, worse than the for pay version. My argument is that if there is a better level of protection, and it's cost is minimal, then there is no point in going with the free version. As an example: If I offer you two condoms - one is free, and it's 95% likely to protect protect you from VD. The other cost $5 and is 98% likely to protect you from VD. Which do you use if you know you are going into a brothel where VD in commonplace (I think the VD infested brother is analagous to the malware infested internet?) Clearly there is still a chance that you get infected, and clearly the best approach is common sense (don't have sex in the brothel) but if one is taking the chance, then why not spend the money? The downside clearly overcomes the cost. How about one not go to a brothel wear the cheaper condom ? With my luck even with the paid condom I'd get infected, that's if I could stand the inflection. ---+-- I'm a geek that loves to tweak. This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] Free or Cheap AV Software
Since you two seem to be trying to cover/uncover/recover so much real estate here, I wish to add my commendation only to one small snippet that I have found useful and currently in force after 7 years of testing: On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 10:34 , Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: snip I'm not saying Avast is no good. I'm saying that any AV is so cheap, you might as well spend money on one and make sure you are getting the best rather than trying to do it on the cheap and hoping. I grow weary of trying to do everything computer ON THE CHEAP! Certainly this has merit in some areas. But please, folks, either let's quit this AV bickering, or, just,agree to disagree. If you do not like your AV solution, GET A BETTER ONE! They do exist. ... :) Best, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] PCIe video power requirements
Well maybe. But 150/12 is 12.5AMPS. Now maybe 12.5 amps is a bunch, but modern day vid cards do need a bunch of trons to work properly and provide all the eye candy we desire(require). 12.5A is still cake and well within the bitching limits I remember back in 1997! JMHO. Best, Duncan On Thu, 28 Dec 2006 12:20 , Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: 150W max still seems like a lot of juice to me. snip This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Merry Christmas!
Yes. I'll share with this. If all of you do not buy/own/get Loreena McKennitt An Acient Muse some how, Ur lame. It is great. Have a good sub-woof! Happy New Year! Best, from the NW GA hills! Duncan On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:36 , Jeff Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: And to you and yours, Thane, and to all of our list members a very Merry Christmas and a whoopingly great New Yearthe whole year as Thane says. Jeff - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2006 7:40 AM Subject: [H] Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas everyone! And have a great New Year! (Actually, go ahead and have a great entire 2007.) :) T This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] W98se questions
Is there anyone on the list that can still discuss W98se? I'd like to trade questions offline/backchannel. I've built a W98se machine to play some old games, but need to know what's neccessary for a solid build. The system I have is very strange and I'm seeing behavior I never saw back when I did use the OS. (But, as I probably have Old Timer's Disease (OTD), anything is possible!) I did load the basic W98se and then added 'only' the unofficial sp2.1a patch (sesp21a-en.exe). Does this bring W98se to full glory, or, do I really need to go thru the gruesome task of doing the 10-15 patches from M$ that I have archived before I use the unofficial sp2.1a? TNX, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] W98se/IBM Thinkpad
My BIL is trying to update an old IBM ThinkPad for his older son's college work. Assume the machine will end up with WinXP. No specs ATM. It has W98se. For some reason he wishes to know where in the Registry might the CD Key be stored. I assume he means the many digit Key entered by the user during an OS build. No idea why he wants this, but I said I'd ask the collective! I recall that we had this discussion some months back, but do not have those emails because I use W2KPro. Anyone recall where W98se stores the CD-Key? Is it stored plain or is it scrambled/encrypted? If so, BIL may be SOL! LOL! Best, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] Video card ponderable ?
Dinosaur's? Hm, I think some of my systems pre-date even those lizards! LOL! Way too much tech confusion in the market now for me. Not done with AGP yet either. Duncan On Sun, 26 Nov 2006 11:01 , FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: AGP of course, I feel like a Dinosaur in this business lately :'( fp At 08:28 AM 11/26/2006, Mark Dodge Poked the stick with: AGP or PCI-E??? 6600GT's can be had for around a hundred or so. Best bang for the buck until you can go 7800 or 7900 series. Doom3 looks real good on mine. Mark -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Give the gift that keeps on giving; a female kitten. This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] mem question
Harry, Thanks for the informative reply. I'm still thinking about some of it. To answer some of it, a) believe the memory voltage is 3.3vdc. b) the motherboard is a dual Pentium Pro from Micronics with only one Pentium Pro 200. c) the chipset is the 440FX. d) the PC is a Micron Millennia Pro2, revB. e) motherboard has 4 x 168-pin DIMM sockets. There are no SIMM sockets. The system currently has 4 Micron DIMMS, each 32MB, that are ECC, buffered, and EDO. I do NOT know whether they are also registered. Suspect that they are based on what my Brother said he paid for them way back when! I have contacted the tech support folk at MPC.com (current support of all Micron PCs and have been told that the Millennia Pro2 was tested and certified to use 128MB EDO DIMMS. And that the DIMMS do NOT have to be buffered or ECC or registered. Just 60ns or faster. I do admit to some confusion here. But I do remember reading some spec or technical paper (prior to DDR Ram and Rimbus RAM) about changing the outboard notch of the DIMM pwba for inter-operability. I recently took delivery of 4 128MB unbuffered 60ns EDO DIMMS. Somehow the parts puller sent me SDRAM DIMMS. They do not fit my sockets because the outboard locating notch is closer to the center notch than on my current DIMMS. This purchase will be RMA'd on Monday. Source says they understand and believe they have proper replacements. I'm not so sure. I am just frustrated by this creeping technology. I'll get over this one too! :) Best, Duncan On Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:25 , Harry McGregor [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Hi Duncan, EDO dimms came in two versions, both 168Pin. You could have 3/3.3 volt, and 5 volt EDO dimms. Finding EDO dimms over 64MB can be hard, and over 128 MB without being registered ECC (both must be supported by the chipset). Most chipsets of that time could only address 64mbit chips, which resulted in a 64MB 8 chip dimm or 128MB 16 chip dimm. What chipset is on the board, and how many slots? Does it have both 72pin simm slots, and one or two dimm slots? Harry dhs wrote: OK so I have a really old machine. I'd like to think that it might be PC66 but now I'm not so sure. It is EDO ram. NOT SDRAM. Got some new DIMMS today, but they do not fit. They were/are SDRAM. At least they are based on where the notches in the DIMM(s) are. Have RMA needs and is in process (tomorrow). They were EDO by chip specs, though. Does anyone have pointers/links to when/what the JIDEC specs are for DIMMS? Looking for the spacing of the locating notches and/or socket specs for the 168-pin pwbas. I've forgotten way too much. I apologize. Just want to get a very OLD dinosaur to run W2K/SP4 @512MB, which mpc.com tells me is possible. I need to retire from this hobby.. One day maybe! Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] mem question
OK so I have a really old machine. I'd like to think that it might be PC66 but now I'm not so sure. It is EDO ram. NOT SDRAM. Got some new DIMMS today, but they do not fit. They were/are SDRAM. At least they are based on where the notches in the DIMM(s) are. Have RMA needs and is in process (tomorrow). They were EDO by chip specs, though. Does anyone have pointers/links to when/what the JIDEC specs are for DIMMS? Looking for the spacing of the locating notches and/or socket specs for the 168-pin pwbas. I've forgotten way too much. I apologize. Just want to get a very OLD dinosaur to run W2K/SP4 @512MB, which mpc.com tells me is possible. I need to retire from this hobby.. One day maybe! Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] ot-Calling Jim Edwards
Jim, Please contact me off channel. I have a question for you about hwg email routing. Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] mem question
WinterLight, Thanks for the trip down memory lane. Excuse me. I do know just what I have. They are not SIMMS. They are DIMMS. 168 pins. Notch spacing is the important part! No, I do need EDO DIMMS. With 168 pins, AND, the spacing twixt the center notch and the edge notch to be correct. It's that 0.050 inch that counts for everything. I hope to get there. I may even have to go ECC to get there. Shucks. ... :) Yes, I do understand the history. To bad this old blaster can not take RIMMs, plain old SDRAM DIMMs, or DDR DIMMs. Just too bad. I'll march on. Thanks, Duncan On Thu, 26 Oct 2006 22:43 , Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: The first EDO were on SIMMS = Single Inline Memory Module = FPM (Fast Page Mode) and EDO (Extended Data Out) that improved the speed of FPM. Most earlier EDO SIMM boards you could run either FPM or EDO SIMMS, but you were advised not to mix them. EDO SIMMS have to be run in pairs. Next came EDO DIMMS and then SDRAM DIMMS Sounds like you have EDO SIMMS. You can buy these on Ebay up to 128 X 2 = 256 but rare. Most were up to 64 X 2 = 128. This makes me think back to the first time I ever ordered RAM for my PC, a AST 486DX33 in 1993. 4 megs of Samsung FPM for about 160 dollars. At 03:11 PM 10/26/2006, you wrote: OK so I have a really old machine. I'd like to think that it might be PC66 but now I'm not so sure. It is EDO ram. NOT SDRAM. Got some new DIMMS today, but they do not fit. They were/are SDRAM. At least they are based on where the notches in the DIMM(s) are. Have RMA needs and is in process (tomorrow). They were EDO by chip specs, though. Does anyone have pointers/links to when/what the JIDEC specs are for DIMMS? Looking for the spacing of the locating notches and/or socket specs for the 168-pin pwbas. I've forgotten way too much. I apologize. Just want to get a very OLD dinosaur to run W2K/SP4 @512MB, which mpc.com tells me is possible. I need to retire from this hobby.. One day maybe! Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Crap noice from onboard sound
OK. Sorry. Have had NO noise for either of mine. Hmm. I'd be looking somewhere else for this glitch then. I'm noise-free here. ... :) Duncan On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 21:59 , Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: They still make those? I used to own one. I finally just replaced it with something newer. I probably just threw it out?!? dhs wrote: If you are into a card change, while pricey, I'd rec the Philips Acoustic Edge. Have 2. No problems for the last 5 years. Really good performance and Sound. JMHO. Duncan On Mon, 23 Oct 2006 18:52 , Anthony Q. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: My sound problems seem to be deep. I use to have a Soundblaster Audigy 2. I had to ditch it because I would get crap sound out.all kinds of noise coming out the speakers. AFter I could never locate the problem, I just started using my onboard 5.1 sound. At first, all was great. After a while, however, I started getting crappy, noisy sound again. Then, my ProMedia 5.1 died. I drove them with both the Auidgy and the onboard sound. Right now I hear the crappy noise coming from these cheapo speakers I'm using with my onboard sound. Sounds as if I'm just screwed, huh? :) Itunes take like 5 to 10 minutes to load!?! Argh!! This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] Need Link-RAM
Have an old PC. A Micron Millennia Pro2 w/single Pentium Pro 200. Not the sharpest knife in the drawer, but it cooks very nicely for free. The motherboard is a long obsolete Micronics Computers Inc. board. The booklet says the motherboard will support up to 512MB even though the table in the booklet only shows a maximum of 256MB. I will call MPC.com (the current owner of the design/support) and confirm which value is correct. The machine presently has 4x 32MB EDO Buffered, ECC, Registered DIMMS. 128MB total. I have confirmed that I do NOT have to use ECC-registered- Buffered RAM with this motherboard/cpu combination. (Basically, I think Micron just stroked my Brother when he bought this machine back in the 90's.) Anyway, I am seeking help and/or any links to vendors that I can buy some EDO RAM in a DIMM format (168-pin pwba). I want to buy non-ECC, non-registered, Un-Buffered EDO RAM. 50ns or 60ns is fine. I suspect that this old RAM may only be available in the commercial Server support area. I don't have any contacts/links. I am looking for 4x 128MB EDO DIMMS in a 168-pin stick format. If they exist? If not, will have to settle for 4x 64MB EDO DIMMS in the 168-pin stick format. So, Any links? Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] Secure web page
Just a thought. Are you trying to check your work from an acct/pw other than yourself? By rights you have admin access and should SEE no additional access quiz. And, I suspect, as admin you would not SEE anything work as you wish. But, that is JMHO. I'd try somebody else's desktop who you have given appropriate rights to you file. Duncan On Mon, 09 Oct 2006 10:30 , Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: At 06:59 AM 10/9/2006, you wrote: What kinda information are you trying to put up? Maybe there is a alternate solution. Also by secure how secure do you want to be? As secure as ftp? i.e. plaintext passwords? Well, from time to time I need to share sensitive financial information from a spread sheet. I currently encrypt the file with blowfish, but then it has to be downloaded, opened, and run. It would make things a lot easier, and more secure, if I could just have a password protected to folder to put the excel file in where it opened on line and was not on somebodies hard drive. I checked with Godaddy, the hosting company, and they told me that they do support .htaccess ,so I am trying to set up a password protected folder, but it isn't working. My site has FP extensions. I have created the .htaccess file using this tool http://www.tools.dynamicdrive.com/password/ and put it in new folder . I have then put the .htpasswd file in the _private folder. Anything I put into the folder should be protected by the user name and password but that isn't happening. I am not seeing the log in box at all no security. Anybody know what I am doing wrong? This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] AVG free edition
Thane, Thank you very much. No. I have not even thought about SB, AW, or HiJackT. Hmm. Maybe tonight. Moving big apps with a full flash drive is getting to be a PITA. Guess I need another one! Ha! Ha! I'll play this one out. Really want to get the machine back to the owner. I've had it for 8 days. Yea, I'm slow. But, I work cheap, too. I'll give your other recs a shot tonight. Thanks again, Duncan Hey Fred, I have no idea who last turned this box on, or, where it may have gone on the net. Lots of weird stuff on the HD. The neighbors GF said I could trash/ uninstall whatever, and I have removed lots of odd stuff Do you know what MSWorks is? Never seen this B4. I must be really out of it. ... :) What else is new? Best, Duncan On Mon, 02 Oct 2006 14:25 , Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: At 11:05 AM 02/10/2006, dhs wrote: Installed as normal user w/all (as many allowed!) options engaged. I'll do several more heavy scans before I give the box back. I'll leave it up to the owner as to whether they buy after the demo period runs out. Thanks for the advice. Spot on. Very nice AV package. I'm glad it worked for you. I can't recall if you've already done this, but you'll probably want to run scans with Ad-aware, Spybot, HiJackThis, etc. T This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] AVG free edition
Thane, Not completely a waste of time; other than the initial web-based update. It did find and clean a bunch of stuff out. Yes, it did miss several newer baddies. Not to worry. Advice taken. Demo NOD32 now running. I am impressed. It is very aggressive and did find the rest of the trash. 2 more dialers, 3 more trojans, and several hueristic questionables that it submitted for confirmation. Don't know how I'll ever find out yea/nea though because the system does not have email running. Installed as normal user w/all (as many allowed!) options engaged. I'll do several more heavy scans before I give the box back. I'll leave it up to the owner as to whether they buy after the demo period runs out. Thanks for the advice. Spot on. Very nice AV package. Best, Duncan On Sun, 01 Oct 2006 13:38 , Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: At 01:30 PM 30/09/2006, dhs wrote: I would really like to delete all the past restore points because one of them seems to be still infected with a virus called 'Downloader.Keenval.B. AVG catches it with each scan, says it has healed it, but each new scan shows the same file still polluted with the same virus. If I could just clean/clear out all the previous restore points, I believe this virus might go away, or, move somewhere else. AVG is a waste of time. It is very likely you have other viruses you are missing and they are reinstalling Keenval. I'd get the demo of NOD32, install it, update it, boot into safe mode and give it a shot. T This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] AVG free edition
Yes, there is always format! And, I might just go there; but, this machine only has 128MB of ram. Has a free socket, but I'm not sure I want to donate ram to the project/neighbor just yet. Most curious: Can anybody help with the tool/app Restore? System is WindowsME. This is my 1st experience with it. Not pleased with this Win98SE-Plus. ... :) (my comment) Restore seems to be an active component of WinME. I've never seen this feature before. Please excuse ... :) I would really like to delete all the past restore points because one of them seems to be still infected with a virus called 'Downloader.Keenval.B. AVG catches it with each scan, says it has healed it, but each new scan shows the same file still polluted with the same virus. If I could just clean/clear out all the previous restore points, I believe this virus might go away, or, move somewhere else. Any help with restore would be greatly appreciated. Yes, format may eventually be necessary. Having trouble with the Dell tools too! Thanks. Best, Duncan On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:54 , FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: well there is always format, win me ought to be cheap enough ( ought to be free ) :-} any chance it would handle win 2k ? I just fixed a older PII 500 win 98 borker with a clean win 2k install, doesn't do bad but I did add some memory. Fp At 12:31 PM 9/27/2006, dhs Poked the stick with: Thanks Fred, Understand no local w/free AVG. I'll try and get the installed modem working. Really didn't want to but will ... :) System Restore Disk. Ha! Ha! What's that? All I got was a box! I may play with some of the Dell tools and see what happens. Or, do you mean a WinME Restore Disk? I'll see if I can create one. Not even sure the fdd even works, yet. Thanks, Duncan -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Any day can be the beginning of a new year. This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] AVG free edition
Thanks Fred, Understand no local w/free AVG. I'll try and get the installed modem working. Really didn't want to but will ... :) System Restore Disk. Ha! Ha! What's that? All I got was a box! I may play with some of the Dell tools and see what happens. Or, do you mean a WinME Restore Disk? I'll see if I can create one. Not even sure the fdd even works, yet. Thanks, Duncan On Wed, 27 Sep 2006 18:31 , FORC5 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: AVG free can not updated local Want advice ( having been here many times ) Run the system restore disk, it really is the only way to guaranty 100% Save their data to thumb drive or burn to cd if they have a burner. fred luck At 09:52 AM 9/27/2006, dhs Poked the stick with: trying to help a neighbor clean up a PC for the GF to use for EMT school. PC is a dell Dimension 4100 w/intel 1GHz p3, 128MB ram and Windows ME. I've got it connected to my kvm but not my lan until I get it somewhat de-loused. So far P-cillin and AVG have found lots of trojans! Duh ... :) About AVG, is there some special process to get AVG to read the update file from a local directory? The file is U7F394AX.BIN (6855KB). I can get AVG to point at a directory, but not read/use the file. Hmm ... :( Yes, could try to hook the machine's modem to the phone line, but really do not want to run it thru my isp (with my acct info) until it is a bit cleaner. Lastly, I am getting many hits on files in a directory of c:\_RESTORE. The files are all in a format of A0078nnn.CPY, yet when I go look into the c:\_RESTORE directory, the only files I see are: diskcfg.dat 1KB srdiskid.dat 1KB VxDMon.cfg 1KB VxDmon.dat 61KB I'm thinking about just deleting to whole c:\_RESTORE directory ... :) Ideas? Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- This mouse is loaded, who's the designated driver? This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] NuMachine
jmaccrar, Chris, Hayes, Ben, Bryan, I do realize that most of you have moved on to wireless lans. I have NOT. I still do not find wireless secure. Excuse me. Yes, I do see that wireless has gotten better. Not better enough for me yet. I do accept that I might be a late acceptor. I have a wired lan. Will continue to have a wired lan. No plans to change in the immediate future. Hell, I'm still doing my cat5e drawings for this house! Hayes, Noticed and visited your link re DLink. Was a wireless solution. Did find the DGL-4100, which seems to be the wired brother to your rec. It may be the solution. Really hate to retire a very solid RT-314. But, ... :) Can I hire someone with Nero and a fast broadband connection for a download and record of a bootable CD/ISO? I'm willing to kiss a w2K machine goodbye and give that Clark Connect business a whirl. Read the quick install/start-up pdf a read. Does not look too painfull to me. I'd even think about getting a 40GB eide hd for (machX) if doable, and let it be CC/RHLinux. Great suggestions! Days of thoughts! This group is tops! Best, Duncan On Mon, 04 Sep 2006 16:00 , jmaccraw [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: For something that simple just pickup a linksys wrt54GS ver 4 or lower on ebay (or Asus, Belkin, etc...),load openWRT on it, and leave anything beyond fw/Nat-router to another system. Less power consumption, space, headaches. dhs wrote: I've put together some hdw for a new machine (machx). The intent of this machine is to sit between a dsl router (old) and my lan switch. I do not yet know what this machine would be, but I do know what I expect it to do. I want it to be a hdw firewall for my lan AND be a gateway or maybe a proxy to the dsl router from my lan-side machines. This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] NuMachine
I've put together some hdw for a new machine (machx). The intent of this machine is to sit between a dsl router (old) and my lan switch. I do not yet know what this machine would be, but I do know what I expect it to do. I want it to be a hdw firewall for my lan AND be a gateway or maybe a proxy to the dsl router from my lan-side machines. It seems that the recent merger of ATT and Bell South has caused dsl rates to drop locally. I may yet get back to broadband. I do not have the money to buy a bunch of new hardware. First, is this a doable task? Second, Is there other sw I might need? Third, Are there special tweaks I need to do to win2Kpro to enable this? So far, machx is up and running win2kprosp4, has a matrox mill2 vid card, my promise u133tx card w/maxtor 40GB drive (4x9GB partitions), and an old Intel pro/100+ dual port server adapter. I have CA AV running and spywareblaster 3.5.1. The planned firewall sw will be Kerio PF v2.1.5. The current lan-side addy is 10.0.0.6/255.255.255.0. The current wan-side addy is 192.168.1.2/255.255.255.252. The router addy would be 192.168.1.1/255.255.255.252 I have not unpacked the old router yet cuz I'd like to know whether this might work, or just an exercise in futility. Priced boxes like SonicWall. Can not afford to play! Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] NuMachine
Bryan/Ben, I'll go look at pfSense too. Already have a machine. Used a Dell Optiplex years ago w/NT4. Them damn things still for sale?!! Weird split mbs. Hard to kill. Hayes, I'll check out the werkz-in-a-boxDLlink you suggested. Really did not want to buy anything else. Was planning to use an old netgear rt314. Juice only costs $0.0735/kwh here. Chris, Will go check out the link you sent. Never done any linux. In any case, the 285MB iso will be tough to dl via dailup. Hmm. I'll check local for someone with highspeed. Thanks guys. Am I doing a gateway or just a hdw firewall? Or, will it be a gateway w/firewall? Best, Duncan On Sun, 03 Sep 2006 18:53 , Bryan Seitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: On Sun, Sep 03, 2006 at 05:32:05PM -0400, Ben Ruset wrote: Pick up a $20 Dell Optiplex GX1 from retrobox.com, slap a copy of pfSense on it, and voila, instant firewall. I am doing that with a gx110 or something similar. It kicks ass. My WRT54G kept falling over during heavy uhm... bit torrent times. Can't wait for 15Mbit down which is coming soon. -- Bryan G. Seitz This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] machine update plans
Sis calls and says oldest son needs a jump drive for college course work. What is a jump drive? In any case, the talk then moves on to whether to buy a new pooter or upgrade the current machine. It is an AMD 1000M TBird on an Abit KG7-lite mb. Not certain about the ram but think it is 512MB. I'll check the book and see how far the ram can go. Money is tight, so we will try to cut all corners possible. I know the old 20GB eide hd (and Win98se) has to go. I am suggesting 100GB+. Don't need raptors here. I've also suggested WinXP pro and XPOfficePro. I'm thinking the nephew can get the sw at some discount with his student credentials from either online or the college bookstore. Your suggestions are requested. Is this a reasonable plan? Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] Links please
Bro graced me with his old power station. It is a Micronics m/b that is a dual Pentium Pro board. PC is a Micron Millenia2 Pro full tower. 2940UW and zip100 drive. Nic and sound card have been tossed and replaced. Processor is a single Pentium Pro 200 VRE (3.5v). I'm still digging and tweaking. The OS is W98SE which is very screwed up because my Bro likes to do things his way!) No matter, as soon as I can expand the ram to the m/b max of 512MB this old dinosaur will go to W2KProSP4. Can anyone supply links to vendors that might still have cpu HeatSink/Fans that work with an Intel Pentium Pro 200? I'm taking the cpu down tonight. I think the OS or RC5 may have run the cpu to a lower overheat condition. System still works but the video card goes ape after ~48hrs of 100% ON. I'm sourcing a PCI nVidia 5200 at the moment... :) Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] eudora 7 ?
Thanks Thane. My last paid version was 5.x, so I'm thinking it may be time to update before I re-install Eudora. I've been very happy with it... :) Best, Duncan On Wed, 08 Feb 2006 10:42 , Thane Sherrington (S) [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: At 11:05 PM 03/02/2006, dhs wrote: Okay. So, the consensus is OK or YMMV or NRFPT? I am confused, again, by the responses. I'm using Eudora 7. It doesn't appear to be any better or worse than 6. The little icon substition (smileys and such) has been around since 6, and frankly isn't a big deal. I switched just because I have users who run the latest version, and I like to keep up. T This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] eudora 7 ?
Okay. So, the consensus is OK or YMMV or NRFPT? I am confused, again, by the responses. Thanks. Duncan On Thu, 02 Feb 2006 00:26 , Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: At 08:46 PM 2/1/2006, FORC5 typed: they maybe moved the ini file or put the info in the registry, either way doesn't bother me. One thing they added the cute little icons substitution thing for emoticons such as ;-). If you have Eudora 7 that will have turned into a happy face winky automagically. --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805 http://www.wavijo.com This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] oemx.inf files+their registry keys
Understand recent traffic about the Promise ultra133 tx2 eide controller, sort of. I have not had any trouble, until today. My U133 is now showing up with the hated yellow exclamation point in DM. I have tried to reinstall drivers and/or un-install the device several times without much luck. I do notice that no matter where I point W2K for the drivers, W2K chooses its' own location, completes the install, and, again fails. For some reason W2K just will not do/go where I sent it. Odd? I do notice the W2K (sp4 pro) seems to have created oem0.inf through oem15.inf in the winnt/system32/inf location. Several of the these numbered oemx.inf files do discuss the Promise U133 controller at 3 different driver versions, the default MS version, the Promise v2.0.29, and the Promise v2.0.43. The v2.0.43 was was running before the machine was shutdown for a case change. Can the promise-related oemx.inf files be deleted from the inf directory? Will this clean-up or reset the -0005 keys in the control set 001 area of the registry? It does seem that something is badly scrambled, but I'm confused about where to start any un-scramble work. I do NOT find any hidden installs for the controller in safe mode either. Ideas, tweaks, suggestions are welcome. Thanks Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] Microsoft VM
Somehow during my re-install of W2Ksp4 and all the remaining critical updates, I find that the Microsoft VM (virtual machine) of the IE6.0 browser is missing. Is this normal? If not, is there a dl link to recover it? Will a repair install for IE6.0 bring it back? There are web sites I visit where some sort of Java is needed to do business. I do realize that many feel the MS VM and Sun Java can be a security hole, but at this point, I'm just trying to either get the MS VM back, or, try the Sun JRE. Things like banking and info retrieval are a major part of life for me online. I am aware of past skirmishs 'tween Sun and MS regarding Java code issues. Opinions of the Sun Microsystem JRE for Windows (~16MB)? General opinions/ideas? Thank you, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] Microsoft VM
Francisco, Thanks for the link. But, I've BTDT. There is nothing there to dl and possibly get MS's version of VM working. Or, I just did not see it. Like I can not decode most of the titles to figure out what's what. It seems that MS would much rather not be involved at my OS choice. No harm, no foul. ... Just odd. Thanks again, Duncan On Fri, 20 Jan 2006 00:08 , Francisco Tapia [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Yeah, IE 6 was not included in W2K, you have to upgrade. Just visit Microsoft.com and visit their IE page. Google yields the following: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/default.mspx On Thu, 19 Jan 2006 17:18:25, dhs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somehow during my re-install of W2Ksp4 and all the remaining critical updates, I find that the Microsoft VM (virtual machine) of the IE6.0 browser is missing. Is this normal? If not, is there a dl link to recover it? Will a repair install for IE6.0 bring it back? There are web sites I visit where some sort of Java is needed to do business. I do realize that many feel the MS VM and Sun Java can be a security hole, but at this point, I'm just trying to either get the MS VM back, or, try the Sun JRE. Things like banking and info retrieval are a major part of life for me online. I am aware of past skirmishs 'tween Sun and MS regarding Java code issues. Opinions of the Sun Microsystem JRE for Windows (~16MB)? General opinions/ideas? Thank you, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net -- -Francisco http://pcthis.blogspot.com |PC news with out the jargon! http://sqlthis.blogspot.com | Tsql and More... This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] WinUpdate?
OK. I did try this one. It did not work. I rcvd a version/install mis-match. The fix did not install. But, I still have the patch-if there is some fancy command string that will get it to play. [God, I really hate this web-based mail system! ... LOL] Can I phone direct? Thanks, Duncan On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 09:30 , Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: Try this solution as well: Re-download and install BITS http://support.microsoft.com/kb/842773/ -- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhs Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 9:10 AM To: The Hardware List Subject: RE: [H] WinUpdate? Thanks Chris, The server does not have a firewall. Do not have one that will run on W2KServer. I'll read the link sent and see if there is something else I missed. I did read the faqs link from the error page. It shows a table of WinUpdate supported sw. I noticed that W2KServer was not present. Hmm. I do have the latest root certificate for MS on this machine (got it yesterday), but, do not know how to copy/transfer it to the server. Can certs be swapped back and forth even? Thanks again, Duncan On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:29 , Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: http://support.microsoft.com/\?scid=kb;en-us;836941 Most of the time this happens when personal firewall software, or when your firewall disallows the back content. It can also happen if the root certificates on a PC get hosed. CW This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] Windows vulnerability?
I've been following this thread closely. I have done the regsvr32 command on all my pc's so far. Is this command also safe for a server w/Win2K Server? Thanks, Duncan On Tue, 03 Jan 2006 17:37 , Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]','','','')[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robert Turnbull Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 2:12 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Windows vulnerability? From ZDNet: http://blogs.zdnet.com/Ou/index.php\?p=143tag=nl.e589 Microsoft's official workaround to unregister a certain DLL file using the command of regsvr32 /u shimgvw.dll at the Start-Run prompt seems to also be very effective. Unfortunately, it kills the ability for Windows Explorer to display thumbnail images but I'm afraid we'll have to live without it until an official patch from Microsoft comes out (hopefully next month's patch cycle). There are new reports that there are certain cases where this fix doesn't work. MSPaint and Lotus Notes can still be exploited even with this DLL unregistered. I think we haven't heard the end of this one yet and there may be many more applications vulnerable to this exploit but the combination of hardware-enforced DEP and unregistering the shimgvw.dll file seems to be very effective for now. Best to all. Robert Turnbull, Toronto, Canada l, Toronto, Canada Good point, however unregistering shimgvw.dll ALONE is currently viewed as insufficient. There is speculation that the exploit might perhaps have the ability to re-register the DLL leaving one vulnerable once again. Bill This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] Season's Greetings
A very Merry Christmas to all of the List Memebers and their families! from the blustery hills of NW Georgia, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
RE: [H] WinUpdate?
Thanks Chris, The server does not have a firewall. Do not have one that will run on W2KServer. I'll read the link sent and see if there is something else I missed. I did read the faqs link from the error page. It shows a table of WinUpdate supported sw. I noticed that W2KServer was not present. Hmm. I do have the latest root certificate for MS on this machine (got it yesterday), but, do not know how to copy/transfer it to the server. Can certs be swapped back and forth even? Thanks again, Duncan On Thu, 22 Dec 2005 18:29 , Chris Reeves [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: http://support.microsoft.com/\?scid=kb;en-us;836941 Most of the time this happens when personal firewall software, or when your firewall disallows the back content. It can also happen if the root certificates on a PC get hosed. CW -- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam Filter http://mail.giantcompany.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dhs Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 12:42 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] WinUpdate? Has Windows 2000 Server been dropped from WinUpdate? I've been trying to check for updates all day. All I get from either the Express button or the Custom button is an error window with error number 0x80072EE2. SW is legit. The last updates I did were on 12-07-05. Suggestions (other than upgrade to Server 2K3 or Linux)? Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
Re: [H] MSI problems with Promise Ultra TX2 133
I have the same Promise Ultra133TX2 controller, but do not use it in as extensive a system. However, you may wish to visit the Promise site and get the latest drivers for it (b43, I believe). There may even be a new bios for the card depending on how old you card is. Mine dates to 1999. Best, Duncan On Fri, 23 Dec 2005 18:40 , Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] sent: I have a new build on a new MSI K8N Neo-V Socket 754 NVIDIA nForce3 250. I have flashed it to the latest BIOS. It runs fine until I put in a Promise TX2 Ultra 133 with drives.. This PCI Promise TX2, with it's drives, was working fine in the previous board, I pulled it out, put it in the MSI and hooked up two PATA drives. The PC POSTs, all be it slowly, but then it won't boot, even to a floppy. I see all the drives, everything appears to be normal, I have no errors, it just ends up at a flashing cursor. Or in the case of a floppy I see verifying DMI Pool Data . and then it hangs. If I remove the drives from the Promise, but leave the Promise in the board, then it boots. It doesn't matter what hard drive is plugged into the Promise, if there is a drive in either channel, it won't boot. However If I install a single LiteOn DVD R/W into either Primary or Secondary channel on the Promise ...then it boots. I am using all PATA and have SATA and RAID disabled. I have set up boot order correctly. Everything appears to be OK. What am I missing. This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
[H] WinUpdate?
Has Windows 2000 Server been dropped from WinUpdate? I've been trying to check for updates all day. All I get from either the Express button or the Custom button is an error window with error number 0x80072EE2. SW is legit. The last updates I did were on 12-07-05. Suggestions (other than upgrade to Server 2K3 or Linux)? Thanks, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net
