Re: [CGUYS] Turn of the control panel on windows vista

2008-06-21 Thread Jeff Wright
Try SteadyState. You can turn on and off all sorts of things on accounts. I'm using it on an XP public access station and it's pretty darn cool. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/sharedaccess/default.msp x TweakUI for XP supposedly works on Vista, but you need to run it as admi

Re: [CGUYS] third party xp-Vista backup software

2008-06-21 Thread Jeff Wright
Mozy. No fuss, no muss. 2 GB free. www.mozy.com > -Original Message- > I have used "Backup myPC" software for windows machines for about 10 or > 15 years and through 10 name changes and a half a dozen owners. it is > fast, easy, and ran on everything from windows 95 to xp. it was chea

[CGUYS] Turn of the control panel on windows vista

2008-06-21 Thread Mark Corrigan
Does anyone know if there is a way to turn off access to the control panel on windows vista? I did not see it listed in parental controls as an option. Thanks. * ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, p

Re: [CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations please

2008-06-21 Thread Chris Dunford
> Also, they say that their drives use 30% less > energy than standard drives and they do not need a fan. > That is about as future-proof as you can get. I wonder about the fan thing. I've noticed some user reviews indicating that some of these drives get REAL hot in heavy use. One reviewer somew

Re: [CGUYS] Internal HD for backup

2008-06-21 Thread Tony B
Some people have easy access to the case, many don't. I leave my own case half open year round. But eSata basically costs nothing, and improves the sturdiness of the system with a rear mounted bracket. Hot swap of eSata is a whole 'nother issue. Mine usually works, despite having my SATA running i

Re: [CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations please

2008-06-21 Thread David K Watson
Newer macs (I think all intel macs and possibly also PPC macs with USB 2) WILL boot USB drives. To supplement my earlier post, I've found that the My Book drives I touted come in a fourth flavor, the My Book Studio with USB, Firewire 400 and 800, and eSATA, in 1TB and 2TB versions. Also, they sa

Re: [CGUYS] Internal HD for backup

2008-06-21 Thread mike
Not sure why it's too much trouble if it's that easy to open the case. I do somewhat the same thing on my machine, partly because i have five internal drives I have no desire to buy cases for all of them. I have a drive for my music and another drive for data etc. The only issue really is that t

Re: [CGUYS] Internal HD for backup

2008-06-21 Thread Barton Yount
Hold the phone.. I'm doing pretty much what your'e thinking about. I have a removable drive via an older version of this http://www.icydock.com/home.htm I then use Karen's Replicator http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp Works like a charm Bart -- Or

Re: [CGUYS] third party xp-Vista backup software

2008-06-21 Thread Tony B
Yes, most of the *data* you backup from WinXP will transfer to Vista. At least, I can't think of any that won't. If you're actually asking if *programs* will transfer, then no, most won't - they'll need to be installed in Vista. If you're just backing up personal data, you want Jungle Disk. If yo

Re: [CGUYS] Internal HD for backup

2008-06-21 Thread Tony B
That will work but it's too much trouble. Get eSata (external sata). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817392022 It comes with a bracket for the back of the computer. Oh, and don't waste time doing 'backups' drive to drive (upload those). You want to image. http://www.newegg.co

Re: [CGUYS] Internal HD for backup

2008-06-21 Thread Christopher
gerald wrote: I would like to put a second internal HD in my desktop pc and connect it for backup. Once the backup is complete i would disconnect it. Machine has easy to remove side plate, and it is easy to connect the hd. no external connections, no external boxes, etc. sata to sata is ver

[CGUYS] third party xp-Vista backup software

2008-06-21 Thread gerald
I have used "Backup myPC" software for windows machines for about 10 or 15 years and through 10 name changes and a half a dozen owners. it is fast, easy, and ran on everything from windows 95 to xp. it was cheap. it does not seem to run on Vista. what is the backup software of choice to run

[CGUYS] Internal HD for backup

2008-06-21 Thread gerald
I would like to put a second internal HD in my desktop pc and connect it for backup. Once the backup is complete i would disconnect it. Machine has easy to remove side plate, and it is easy to connect the hd. no external connections, no external boxes, etc. sata to sata is very fast. What's

Re: [CGUYS] External Terabyte hard drives - recommendations please

2008-06-21 Thread David K Watson
I don't have a terabyte sized one, but I do have a 500 gigabyte Western Digital My Book drive that I quite like, and I have heard good things in general about the My Book series. They come in three flavors: USB only, USB, Firewire 400, eSATA USB Firewire 400, Firewire 800. Newegg has the 1TB dr