Re: [H] It's a mad, mad world!

2005-11-29 Thread Julian Hale
At 03:56 AM 11/29/2005, you wrote: And we learn a two interesting things. 1)There are way too many red lights in Paris. 2)Pigeons have an amazingly good self-preservation instinct. T At least those ones do... I've seen one run over in stop and go traffic, moving about 1mph. That bird just

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

2005-11-29 Thread 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 keyb

Re: [H] What wireless keyboard NOT to get

2005-11-29 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps somebody can tell us about Logitech. I have ran a set of their wireless keyboard and mouse on my bench for several months and they do great. I do not type a lot on the bench, so that is not a good evaluation. The set adapts well to most any computer I hook it

RE: [H] What wireless keyboard NOT to get

2005-11-29 Thread Chris Reeves
I've been using the logitech wireless sets for a while with good luck. I like the Belkin Media set for long range wireless. CW -- FIGHT BACK AGAINST SPAM! Download Spam Inspector, the Award Winning Anti-Spam F

Re: [H] What wireless keyboard NOT to get

2005-11-29 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: "Brian Weeden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "hwg" Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 9:25 PM Subject: [H] What wireless keyboard NOT to get A little while back I emailed the list asking for suggestions on a wireless keyboard. I went with the following MS keyboard

Re: [H] What wireless keyboard NOT to get

2005-11-29 Thread Jin-Wei Tioh
Maybe it's just me, but I've always noticed that either the keyboard or mouse is laggy with wireless MS sets. Even when it's not, the range isn't all that impressive. IMHO, Logitech anyday of the week :) -- JW

[H] What wireless keyboard NOT to get

2005-11-29 Thread Brian Weeden
A little while back I emailed the list asking for suggestions on a wireless keyboard. I went with the following MS keyboard: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16823109146 My official review is that it sucks big hairy balls. Very noticeable lag when typing and normal surfing. It

RE: [H] early xmas present

2005-11-29 Thread Julian Zottl
Hmm, problem with DNS? Let me know and I'll look into it when I get home! _ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff the right packets -- Original Message

Re: [H] Sygate RIP

2005-11-29 Thread joeuser
I vote for Kaspersky. You just cant beat the detection & definition rate. NOD32 is a close second. (I use both extensively) Panda ain't bad. (*Very* rarely does Panda find something KAV or NOD missed) It's better then any of the majors including the crappy freebies. Panda has new detection tech

RE: [H] early xmas present

2005-11-29 Thread Jim Edwards
Or use ftp://ftp.hardwaregroup.net/incoming/ At 11/29/2005 04:51 PM, Jim Edwards wrote: Ok, more DNS fun ftp://67.131.38.30/incoming/ for now. :( Anyone run a name server that I can use as a secondary? At 11/29/2005 02:23 PM, rls wrote: IS there a user name and password necessary Jim? Bo

RE: [H] early xmas present

2005-11-29 Thread Jim Edwards
Ok, more DNS fun ftp://67.131.38.30/incoming/ for now. :( Anyone run a name server that I can use as a secondary? At 11/29/2005 02:23 PM, rls wrote: IS there a user name and password necessary Jim? Bob ^ -Original Message- ^ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On B

Re: [H] Sygate RIP

2005-11-29 Thread Ben Ruset
For corporate use, Trend Micro Officescan is not bad. The only Symantec product I still use is Ghost 8. Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 02:50 PM 29/11/2005, Greg Sevart wrote: I would look at Kaspersky's products. They aren't as cheap, but seem very solid. The A/V portion has more defs than a

Re: [H] -LO- -N- Firefox 1.5 Goes Official

2005-11-29 Thread CW
Hmm. Their website isn't updated; they announced in email, here's a direct link to the file: http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/Mozilla_Firefox_for_Windows/1032985422/1 -Original message- From: CW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:18:50 -0600 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com

Re: [H] -LO- -N- Firefox 1.5 Goes Official

2005-11-29 Thread CW
For a more direct link (they announced in their email, but the website hasn't been updated) -Original message- From: CW [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 14:18:50 -0600 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] -LO- -N- Firefox 1.5 Goes Official > Firefox 1.5 becomes the offici

RE: [H] Logging CPU utilization

2005-11-29 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 01:14 PM 11/29/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: Any idea if this'll work with WinPE? WinPE or BartPE ? Neither has the perfmon.exe or msc file in them by default. I don't even include them in my XpPe compilations. If it will run at all it would be more likely to run in my XpPe b

[H] -LO- -N- Firefox 1.5 Goes Official

2005-11-29 Thread CW
Firefox 1.5 becomes the official release of Mozilla today. http://www.getfirefox.com/ CW

Re: [H] Sygate RIP

2005-11-29 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 02:50 PM 29/11/2005, Greg Sevart wrote: I would look at Kaspersky's products. They aren't as cheap, but seem very solid. The A/V portion has more defs than anything else I've seen. I would recommend NOD32. I like Kaspersky as well, but I've less experience with it. All the other AVs aren

Re: [H] Sygate RIP

2005-11-29 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 02:38 PM 29/11/2005, Robert Turnbull wrote: Does anyone have any experience with Panda? The price seems right in the blurb I got today. This program analyzes software's behavior--not just its definitions--to block damaging programs Sounds like every other AV software out there - isn't that

RE: [H] early xmas present

2005-11-29 Thread rls
IS there a user name and password necessary Jim? Bob ^ -Original Message- ^ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Edwards ^ Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 7:09 PM ^ To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com ^ Subject: [H] early xmas present ^ ^ ftp://ftp.hardwaregr

RE: [H] Sygate RIP

2005-11-29 Thread rls
^ -Original Message- ^ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ^ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of ^ Robert Turnbull ^ Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 1:38 PM ^ To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com ^ Subject: [H] Sygate RIP ^ ^ Now that Symantec is killing Sygate (effective tomorrow), ^ I've been co

Re: [H] Sygate RIP

2005-11-29 Thread Greg Sevart
I would look at Kaspersky's products. They aren't as cheap, but seem very solid. The A/V portion has more defs than anything else I've seen. Greg - Original Message - From: "Robert Turnbull" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 12:38 PM Subject: [H] Sygate RIP N

Re: [H] Logging CPU utilization

2005-11-29 Thread Greg Sevart
Thane, You could do something like this http://mrtg.xfury.net/bill.html with perl, mrtg, and installing SNMP. I have a central machine that monitors stats for every computer on the network... Greg - Original Message - From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Tues

Re: [H] Sygate RIP

2005-11-29 Thread Stan Zaske
Sygate sucks no doubt! Too bad Peter Norton gave up control and turned it over to the bean counters. I uninstalled Sygate and now use AVG and ZoneAlarm. Never used Panda. @:)> Robert Turnbull wrote: Now that Symantec is killing Sygate (effective tomorrow), I've been considering new firewall so

[H] Sygate RIP

2005-11-29 Thread Robert Turnbull
Now that Symantec is killing Sygate (effective tomorrow), I've been considering new firewall software. I've also dropped Symantec (all of its software). Does anyone have any experience with Panda? The price seems right in the blurb I got today. This program analyzes software's behavior--not

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-29 Thread Stan Zaske
They just don't make them like they used too! @:)> nobozoz wrote: I don't. Two BH-6s is all I've had running here since bad caps killed 5 other newer/faster mobos. _jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Monday, November 28,

RE: [H] Logging CPU utilization

2005-11-29 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 01:39 PM 29/11/2005, Wayne Johnson wrote: I also created an Internet Monitor from the Performance Monitor by clicking the + symbol & specifying Network Interface, Bytes Rec'd per Sec and the NIC then saving only that out as a separate MSC file. Comes in very handy for monitoring bandwidth.

RE: [H] memory

2005-11-29 Thread nobozoz
I don't. Two BH-6s is all I've had running here since bad caps killed 5 other newer/faster mobos. _jim -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Stan Zaske Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 11:15 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] memory I miss

RE: [H] Logging CPU utilization

2005-11-29 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 12:24 PM 11/29/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: Performance monitor. Start > Run > Perfmon I also created an Internet Monitor from the Performance Monitor by clicking the + symbol & specifying Network Interface, Bytes Rec'd per Sec and the NIC then saving only that out as a separate MSC fi

Re: [H] Logging CPU utilization

2005-11-29 Thread Julian Zottl
Windows or *nix? As Jason said, Prefmon in Windows or probably SNMP with MRTG or something in *nix. _ Julian Zottl CTO, Radiant Network Technology, LLC Getting ahead in the tech sector isn't about kissing butt ... you gotta sniff the right packets -

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-29 Thread FORC5
Fry's electronics still uses PAPER gift certificates instead of cards like everyone else fp At 09:43 AM 11/29/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) Poked the stick with: >At 10:23 AM 29/11/2005, FORC5 wrote: >>must work in a Doctors office, they are the worst for keeping up. :-) > >Even worse: A computer

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-29 Thread Wayne Johnson
At 11:43 AM 11/29/2005, Thane Sherrington (S) typed: Even worse: A computer store. The cobbler's children always have old shoes. :) with newspaper in them to cover the holes ? ;-) --+-- Wayne D. Johnson Ashland, OH, USA 44805

RE: [H] Logging CPU utilization

2005-11-29 Thread Jason . Tozer
Performance monitor. Start > Run > Perfmon Regards, Jason Tozer Database Analyst London Ext 1131 - 3SC.5 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29 November 2005 17:29 To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Logging CPU utilization Anyone know o

[H] Logging CPU utilization

2005-11-29 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
Anyone know of a program that will monitor CPU utilization and log the data at intervals to a file? T

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-29 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 10:23 AM 29/11/2005, FORC5 wrote: must work in a Doctors office, they are the worst for keeping up. :-) Even worse: A computer store. The cobbler's children always have old shoes. :) T fp >Pentium 133 with 64MB of RAM and Win95. Use it on a daily basis to burn CDs at work. > >T

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-29 Thread FORC5
must work in a Doctors office, they are the worst for keeping up. :-) fp >Pentium 133 with 64MB of RAM and Win95. Use it on a daily basis to burn CDs >at work. > >T -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Did you know that no-one ever reads these things?

Re: [H] It's a mad, mad world!

2005-11-29 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 12:48 PM 28/11/2005, Robert Turnbull wrote: in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets." And we learn a two interesting things. 1)There are

Re: [H] memory

2005-11-29 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 09:46 PM 28/11/2005, Kevin Potts wrote: I'll enter my Pentium 200 classic in the oldest computer in use contest. Just a backup/file server but still running 24/7 Pentium 133 with 64MB of RAM and Win95. Use it on a daily basis to burn CDs at work. T

Re: [H] It's a mad, mad world!

2005-11-29 Thread Stan Zaske
My god was he in a hurry to meet that girl or what!? Imagine a beautiful Paris evening in 1978 with few cars or pedestrians around and you see some Ferrari roar past you doing 140 MPH! Would you say, "nah, couldn't be" and go on about your business or would you race home to tell everybody and g