Re: [H] hanging MS windows update

2005-06-18 Thread FORC5
I have seen this and it is ( or was ) related to Norton firewall in my case. may be just them and it will clear up on it's own. you might try safe mode with networking ( for grins ) fp At 08:05 PM 6/18/2005, Winterlight Poked the stick with: My Thinkpad running XP PRO SP2 has developed a hang whe

RE: [H] UPS for home theatre

2005-06-18 Thread Tony Antoniou
I would certainly recommend true-sine wave because you need as your AC-DC conversion to be clean and linear and since the power supplies in them are designed with that in mind, it's good practice and ensures a clean sound. This is the reason why you still see more phat transformers as opposed to sw

[H] hanging MS windows update

2005-06-18 Thread Winterlight
My Thinkpad running XP PRO SP2 has developed a hang when I try to use Windows Update .I manually update every couple of weeks, and it has been working fine until the beginning of the week. I launch Windows Update,. Scan for new updates. IE displays the new updates I select all Crit

RE: [H] video cards ?

2005-06-18 Thread FORC5
thanks, will make a note of that fp At 09:47 AM 6/18/2005, Neil Davidson Poked the stick with: I don't know a lot about graphics cards these days, not my thing, never play games. However, I do know that the Hauppauge PVR-x50 range is good, good quality components used in it ADC/DAC, also do prett

RE: [H] video cards ?

2005-06-18 Thread FORC5
thanks Chris, not what I was hoping for but I think you are right. Put the $$ in a envelope and wait till I can froggy hop to A64 and pci-ex. even if I got ecs and a 3200 at least would have better future. The reviews I read looked good for a middle of the line card, but they were using more HP t

RE: [H] video cards ?

2005-06-18 Thread Mark Dodge
Get a plain vanilla evga 6800 and open up the pipes to sixteen and up the memory speeds a bit and it will run real close to a 6800GT . Mark Dodge MD Computers 602-421-0329 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Saturday, June 18, 200

RE: [H] video cards ?

2005-06-18 Thread Chris Reeves
No. You'll get some improvement, but not nearly what you'd hope for. http://graphics.tomshardware.com/graphic/20041119/geforce-6600gt-agp-06.html Is a good example. The 6600 (non-GT) will not perform as well as a pumped up GT, either, and on a Barton 3200, the benchmark deltas will be even less

RE: [H] video cards ?

2005-06-18 Thread Chris Reeves
No. You'll get some improvement, but not nearly what you'd hope for. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of FORC5 Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 10:32 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] video cards ? wanting to *perk* up the games an

RE: [H] video cards ?

2005-06-18 Thread Neil Davidson
I don't know a lot about graphics cards these days, not my thing, never play games. However, I do know that the Hauppauge PVR-x50 range is good, good quality components used in it ADC/DAC, also do pretty good hardware MPEG-2. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMA

[H] video cards ?

2005-06-18 Thread FORC5
wanting to *perk* up the games and not being able to froggy hop to A64/pci-ex (currently 3200 barton) looking at possibly kicking my video up a notch without breaking the bank. Currently a fx5900 128 meg and looking at a gf6600 256 meg ( agp ) 6800 agp would kill the whole purpose $140/150. loo

RE: [H] AdAware?

2005-06-18 Thread dsinc
Thank you. I missed that link in the other noise. At 08:51 06/18/2005 -0400, you wrote: No, you can download and use 1.06r1 personal edition free. It's available at Download.Com and other fine locations ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [H] AdAware?

2005-06-18 Thread Chris Reeves
No, you can download and use 1.06r1 personal edition free. It's available at Download.Com and other fine locations ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dsinc Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 2:27 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] A

[H] AdAware?

2005-06-18 Thread dsinc
Am I to believe that post 1.05se I'm dead for updates? Last I get is 31MAY2005. Looks 2me that 1.06(?) is pay only. Latex is getting expensive. Or did I miss a link? Figured Home/Alone was still no-bucks ?) Thanks. Best, Duncan This email scanned for Viruses and Spam by ZCloud.net