At 08:53 PM 4/5/2006, you wrote:
You could save a lot of money by going to eBay. A quick search revealed a
brand new OEM battery for around half the price of the generics listed on
Froogle.
Greg
Thanks, I didn't think of Ebay. 15 bucks for a battery ! Can I trust it not
to leak, or die righ
At 10:24 PM 4/5/2006, Chris Reeves typed:
Totally disagree. By the time you configure BART or whatever to have all
the right drivers (network drivers for say, Nvidia chipset, or new Intel
network drivers) SATA drivers (new Intel, ATI, Nvidia, etc.) and it loads up
all of those things, you can wa
At 09:45 PM 4/5/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed:
If I were going to try to clean up a hard drive, my preference would
be to remove it and attach it to another computer and run it passively.
That's what you're doing when you boot a BartPE or XpPe or Knoppix CD.
--+--
Wayne D.
At 12:25 AM 4/6/2006, FORC5 typed:
what does VLK stand for ? 1st time hearing that term.
MSFT had a give away of a USB ThumbDrive to OEMs that could answer 4
or 5 licensing questions correctly & one of them is about VLK. VLK is
volume licensing but volume licensing is suppose to be used as
u
received the same email, I wonder if I will get a copy with my partner
subscription.
FWIW I tried one care and found it not usable and blew it out.
fp
At 01:32 PM 4/5/2006, Wayne Johnson Poked the stick with:
>I also find it interesting that I as a beta tester just rec'd email from MSFT
>asking
what does VLK stand for ? 1st time hearing that term.
fp
At 09:12 PM 4/5/2006, warpmedia Poked the stick with:
>There are also VLK versions like I'm using in college right now that do not
>need to be activated at all. There is no "Corporate" edition, that's a warez
>term for a VLK version that n
every time I have seen this *30 days* message on next reboot got a message
*must activate to log on*.
maybe I am just lucky.
fp :'(
At 08:18 PM 4/5/2006, Ben Ruset Poked the stick with:
>If you're testing hardware, chances are the build won't be together in 30
>days, and therefore no need to act
There are also VLK versions like I'm using in college right now that do
not need to be activated at all. There is no "Corporate" edition, that's
a warez term for a VLK version that needs no activation.
Even better we are given access to the MS Academic Alliance which grants
us free copies of e
You could save a lot of money by going to eBay. A quick search revealed a
brand new OEM battery for around half the price of the generics listed on
Froogle.
Greg
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From: "Winterlight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 10:01 PM
Subject: [H] Th
If you're testing hardware, chances are the build won't be together in
30 days, and therefore no need to activate.
FORC5 wrote:
welcome to Bill's world
I often wonder what places that test hardware all the time do about this, my
guess is a corporate version.
fp
At 12:29 PM 4/5/2006, [EMAIL P
My Thinkpad T23 Li-ion battery is dying. It lasts about 30 minutes. I
guess there is no way to "refresh" them, like a NICAD , is there?
First time I had a laptop battery go badthese things are expensive...
any suggestions on where to buy one?
Any reason I shouldn't buy a generic on like
welcome to Bill's world
I often wonder what places that test hardware all the time do about this, my
guess is a corporate version.
fp
At 12:29 PM 4/5/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Poked the stick with:
>Had a major computer crash yesterday, ended up losing my main C drive a
>Raptor 36G drive. ugh!
Totally disagree. By the time you configure BART or whatever to have all
the right drivers (network drivers for say, Nvidia chipset, or new Intel
network drivers) SATA drivers (new Intel, ATI, Nvidia, etc.) and it loads up
all of those things, you can wait a while.
On a decent fast machine, it's
That takes way too much time. Boot from CD and clean it from there.
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Subject: Re: [H] Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Be
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From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List"
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 4:32 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible
We're still here. Isn't it funny how MSFT does NOT address booting another
OS ev
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From: "Wayne Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List"
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 3:42 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible
Sounds to me like MSFT is trying to scare people into Windows Defender or
Window
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From: "Mesdaq, Ali" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List"
Sent: Wednesday, April 05, 2006 2:04 PM
Subject: RE: [H] Microsoft Says Recovery from Malware Becoming Impossible
Exactly what we were debating a few weeks ago. Where are those "I can
clean any infe
Yeah, I got the same crap. I'm pretty unhappy with too many of the functions,
the lack of ability to customize it (ie, tell it not to scan folders; not to
run tune-up, etc.)
CW
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From: Wayne Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 14:34:17 -0500
To: The Hardwa
At 02:04 PM 4/5/2006, Mesdaq, Ali typed:
Exactly what we were debating a few weeks ago. Where are those "I can
clean any infection" guys at now?
We're still here. Isn't it funny how MSFT does NOT address booting
another OS even XP & cleaning these affected HDs? I've already
successfully clea
As long as there are operating systems that allow people to run
applications as ring 0 there will always be social engineering tricks to
get a system so messed up re-imaging will be necessary.
Supposedly the next version of MS will not allow anymore ring 0 apps
unless certified by MS.
-Ori
Just because a car can do 100MPH doesn't mean you blame the manufacture
for diver incompetence. If you don't change your oil (ie have knowledge)
it's your fault when you get that repair bill or end up stranded in the
middle of nowhere.
People need to learn proper habits, period. I welcome a ti
Uh huh, and in a few years well be saying the same about them also.
It's the nature of the beast with programmable systems and
programmer/companies more concerned with moving widgets than getting
them bug free. Granted MS has become the poster child for this, but
that's what happens to the pro
Starting with DOS, then Win9x as what the customer base is used to?
Point is that bugs & usability are the "root" culprit. Any user friendly
OS is going to have at least a similar problem.
Even the touted "exploit & virus free" Mac's are finally get attention
for the black hats and my guess w
At 03:31 PM 4/5/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) typed:
I'm still not convinced that the only response to any infection is a
total reinstall. But I haven't read the article completely yet, so
perhaps I'll come around. But if MS is right, then it's time for
everyone, and I mean everyone, to abandon
At 03:04 PM 05/04/2006, Mesdaq, Ali wrote:
Exactly what we were debating a few weeks ago. Where are those "I can
clean any infection" guys at now?
I'm still not convinced that the only response to any infection is a
total reinstall. But I haven't read the article completely yet, so
perhaps I
Had a major computer crash yesterday, ended up losing my main C drive a
Raptor 36G drive. ugh!
Anyway, I had to reinstall XP, now I'm getting the message to activate it
within 30 days. Can I just ignore this or will bad things happen in 30
days?I plan to install the same XP on my new syste
Exactly what we were debating a few weeks ago. Where are those "I can
clean any infection" guys at now?
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight
Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 5:03 PM
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: [H] Microsoft
I think what he's saying is by default, new accounts within Windows XP
non-networked are set to have full priveleges.
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From: "Hayes Elkins" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 05 Apr 2006 08:21:21 -0500
To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] Microsoft Says Recovery fro
2001 called
I dont even log in with an administrator account unless I have to install
something. One reason *nix boxes are not compromised as much is because this
practice is beaten into your head from the get go.
never_log_in_as_root_unless_you_must
From: "Thane Sherrington (S)" <[EMA
Do some of you techies have a work order that you wouldn't mind sharing?? I
have one that is in bad need of updating. I would like to see some others to
get some ideas on design.
Thanks!
--
C L Shaw <><
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Today is a moment for you to clip yet another strand from
the rope of
At 07:04 AM 05/04/2006, warpmedia wrote:
LOL, bash away boys, the next popular OS will have the same issues.
Yeah, how was MS to know that running an OS with all users as root
would be bad idea?
T
As Microsoft's guy, I already told you "We only deliver what you need, but
it's up to you because you're the one to choose to do, so it's your own risk"
You are familiar with ir, are you guys :lol
At 05:04 PM 4/5/2006, warpmedia wrote:
LOL, bash away boys, the next popular OS will have the sam
LOL, bash away boys, the next popular OS will have the same issues.
Jin-Wei Tioh wrote:
At 08:12 PM 4/4/2006, you wrote:
And don't forget to include the Geniuses from Redmond that gave us the
fertile
ground of their security-hole ridden OS that made all this possible in
the first
place...
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