[H] Strange Problem...rootkits?

2006-04-07 Thread Rob Finger
Hello all, I was at a friends house last night working on their computer. They had a virus on the computer that I knew of and because of AOL and a Norton Def update on March 15th the Internet stopped working. After calling a special Symantec hot line for this fix I was able to get back on

Re: [H] Strange Problem...rootkits?

2006-04-07 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 10:03 AM 07/04/2006, Rob Finger wrote: After the reboot the computer still runs very slow. Login from the XP screen takes about 5 to 7 min. After you let it sit for a while then things seem to speed up a little but this is a 3.0 ghz machine. Ram is not a problem but when I watch Task

[H] Vista file system

2006-04-07 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
I thought that MS had pulled the database-based file system from Vista. A customer was in the store today telling that this wasn't true. Is the new FS still in Vista? T

[H] Hardware.. no, wait.. softw... no wait... Frankenware?

2006-04-07 Thread G.Waleed Kavalec
Viruses 'trained' to build tiny batteries Thu Apr 6, 6:39 PM ET Researchers trying to make tiny machines have turned to the power of nature, engineering a virus to attract metals and then using it to build minute wires for

Re: [H] Vista file system

2006-04-07 Thread Greg Sevart
WinFS is gone from Vista. Customer was full of sh*t. :) Greg - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington (S) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 8:59 AM Subject: [H] Vista file system I thought that MS had pulled the database-based file

Re: [H] Vista file system

2006-04-07 Thread joeuser
Seconded Greg Sevart wrote: WinFS is gone from Vista. Customer was full of sh*t. :) -- Cheers, joeuser (still looking for the 'any' key)

Re: [H] Vista file system

2006-04-07 Thread Ben Ruset
Thirded joeuser wrote: Seconded Greg Sevart wrote: WinFS is gone from Vista. Customer was full of sh*t. :)

Re: [H] Vista file system

2006-04-07 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 11:19 AM 07/04/2006, Greg Sevart wrote: WinFS is gone from Vista. Customer was full of sh*t. :) Cool. Thanks. T

Re: [H] Vista file system

2006-04-07 Thread CW
It =had= been pulled, but now that Vista is pushed back to 2007, there is some talk about trying to re-integrate it. Though, as of right now, it's still not in. CW -Original message- From: Thane Sherrington (S) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 08:46:46 -0500 To: The Hardware

Re: [H] Vista file system

2006-04-07 Thread FORC5
I for one would like the OS perfected b4 they screw with the FS :-} fp At 09:10 AM 4/7/2006, Thane Sherrington (S) Poked the stick with: At 01:07 PM 07/04/2006, CW wrote: It =had= been pulled, but now that Vista is pushed back to 2007, there is some talk about trying to re-integrate it. Though,

Re: [H] Vista file system

2006-04-07 Thread Greg Sevart
I don't think any of that talk has been on the MSFT side, just outside speculation. With business Vista still shipping on time, consumer Vista still supposed to go RTM this year, and the fact that such a substantial change would require -much- more QA time means WinFS in Vista isn't going to

Re: [H] Motherboard recommendations

2006-04-07 Thread Greg Sevart
I've become pretty fond of MSI for AMD-based boards, but I still like Asus for Intel builds. Greg - Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington (S) [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 12:04 PM Subject: [H] Motherboard recommendations Well it

Re: [H] Strange Problem...rootkits?

2006-04-07 Thread Rob Finger
Norton Antivirus 2005 Thane Sherrington (S) wrote: At 10:03 AM 07/04/2006, Rob Finger wrote: After the reboot the computer still runs very slow. Login from the XP screen takes about 5 to 7 min. After you let it sit for a while then things seem to speed up a little but this is a 3.0 ghz

Re: [H] Strange Problem...rootkits?

2006-04-07 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 02:18 PM 07/04/2006, Rob Finger wrote: Norton Antivirus 2005 Well that's part of the reason it's slow at start up (and slow generally.) But you may be infected with something else (the consumer grade Symantec products aren't really much good.) You should be able to watch the processes

[H] Free motor oil offer

2006-04-07 Thread Al
It's hardware related :) http://www.valvoline.com/maxlife/microsite.asp Al

[H] Good lord, 7800GT/7900GT

2006-04-07 Thread Chris Reeves
Have become almost impossible to get hold of. Literally, I can find no one who has any of these puppies on hand, talking to newegg, they said they expected maybe in 3 weeks. WTF is the deal?

Re: [H] Motherboard recommendations

2006-04-07 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 02:16 PM 07/04/2006, Greg Sevart wrote: I've become pretty fond of MSI for AMD-based boards, but I still like Asus for Intel builds. Which models would you recommend? I'm looking for a lower end model for Sempron/Celeron and a higher end for 64/P4. T

Re: [H] Motherboard recommendations

2006-04-07 Thread CW
Strongly consider the Asus A8N32-SLI. One of the better boards I've worked with in a while. On a cheaper but high quality end, the FoxConn NFU8KKA-KRS Motherboard is very solid NF4 Ultra (non-SLI) for the cost. CW -Original message- From: Thane Sherrington (S) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date:

Re: [H] Duplex and color Laser printing

2006-04-07 Thread Greg Sevart
The Oki isn't actually a laser--it is an LED. I've only had one Oki printer. It worked great for about a weekend, then mediocre for couple of years (very low usage) before it died. Won't bother again. Greg - Original Message - From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware

[H] No Longer a Dell Fan

2006-04-07 Thread Ben Ruset
Read from the bottom up. *sigh* --- The header is gone, but I emailed it back to David and cc'd Mike Dell. It's pretty funny. I have a binder full of old Dell disks that came with various machines. They used to come with every piece of software that came with the computer. Burning software,

Re: [H] Motherboard recommendations

2006-04-07 Thread Jin-Wei Tioh
At 12:04 PM 4/7/2006, you wrote: Well it appears that AOpen may be going the way of the dinosaurs, so I'm looking for a stable, reliable, durable replacement for their motherboards. I've never been fond of Asus, but they look like a possible option. What about DFI and MSI? Are there others

Re: [H] No Longer a Dell Fan

2006-04-07 Thread Julian Zottl
Ben, that sucks! It's always a shame when a company starts turning to these tactics :( _ 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

Re: [H] Good lord, 7800GT/7900GT

2006-04-07 Thread CW
I got someone from NewEgg on the horn and they got a small number in today, but most are still non-stock for about a 2-3 week wait. -Original message- From: Jin-Wei Tioh [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 14:41:40 -0500 To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re:

Re: [H] Duplex and color Laser printing

2006-04-07 Thread Thane Sherrington (S)
At 05:42 PM 07/04/2006, Winterlight wrote: At 12:07 PM 4/7/2006, you wrote: The Oki isn't actually a laser--it is an LED. What exactly does that mean = LED? Light Emitting Diode. It uses a LED to charge the paper instead of a laser. Epson is getting into LED technology as well. The

Re: [H] No Longer a Dell Fan

2006-04-07 Thread W. D.
At 15:29 4/7/2006, Ben Ruset, wrote: It's a shame that in the quest to bump Mike Dell's share prices up a point or two, customer support nosedives. I've always thought it better to buy the best clone components, and build it myself. Now MWave builds most of it for you: