Re: [H] Windows Validation tool

2006-06-13 Thread Francisco Tapia
mee too plz On 6/12/06, nobozoz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please, tell me how. Privately, of course. Thanx, Jim nobozoz -a.t- tstonramp.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chris Reeves Sent: Sunday, June 11, 2006 11:55 AM To: The Hardware

Re: AMD X2 price cuts - WAS: Re: [H] -N- AMD Prices Slashed

2006-06-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 10:07 PM 12/06/2006, Greg Sevart wrote: And now, after gouging loyal enthusiasts since their release, AMD finally appears set to drop X2 prices to reasonable levels---but not until the day after Intel releases Conroe. http://images.dailytech.com/nimage/1779_large_full_pricing.png I'll

Re: AMD X2 price cuts - WAS: Re: [H] -N- AMD Prices Slashed

2006-06-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 11:08 PM 12/06/2006, Greg Sevart wrote: my X2). It looks as though Conroe and Kentsfield will be next. After that--who knows? My biggest hope is that Conroe and Woodcrest hurt AMD just enough that they aren't so damn passive the next time they have a leg up. I certainly agree with you

[H] MACHINE_CHECK_EXCEPTION

2006-06-13 Thread Jason . Tozer
I have been trying to troubleshoot the above error on a freinds rig and think I have it narrowed down to the CPU Its an Athlon 64 3000+ on an Asus A8N-SLi with an ATI X800XL.if we overclock the CPU even a fraction, it crashes. At default speed it hangs within no time and if we underclock

RE: [H] too SLI or NOT SLI -- that is the question

2006-06-13 Thread Jason . Tozer
Currently running an Areca 1210 8x PCI-E RAID contoller on an Ati RD580 board (and previously in an NForce4 SLI board)works a charm in the 16x slot (don't think it will fit in the 4x slots either). Blistering performance as well :) Regards, Jason Tozer Database Analyst London Ext 1131 -

RE: [H] Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Bobby Heid
I have been seeing a lot lately suggesting that people use pass phrases instead of shorter strong passwords. As an example instead of (strong because of upper/lower case, numbers, and other characters): [EMAIL PROTECTED] (len=9) use: I wish that this password was not so long because it takes a

Re: AMD X2 price cuts - WAS: Re: [H] -N- AMD Prices Slashed

2006-06-13 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 4:41 AM Subject: Re: AMD X2 price cuts - WAS: Re: [H] -N- AMD Prices Slashed right back in the premium price for premium performance game. If

Re: [H] Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Brian Weeden
I have to change the password on my work accounts every 60 days and it is very stringent in its requirements so I use the passphrase method. Works pretty well. On 6/13/06, Bobby Heid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been seeing a lot lately suggesting that people use pass phrases instead of

Re: AMD X2 price cuts - WAS: Re: [H] -N- AMD Prices Slashed

2006-06-13 Thread Chris Reeves
Right with a max power draw of 35w. They made a big deal about it at the amd/ms tech tour CW Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: Hayes Elkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 09:04:48 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: AMD X2 price cuts

[H] Google Browser Sync

2006-06-13 Thread Steve
Google Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings - including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords - across your computers. It also allows you to restore open tabs and windows across different machines and browser

RE: Re: AMD X2 price cuts - WAS: Re: [H] -N- AMD Prices Slashed

2006-06-13 Thread Harvey Best
Either way, these recent events show us that when left to themselves, both AMD and Intel are more than willing to bend us over. My only argument is that I expected better from AMD, given the consumer segment that helped them get where they are now. GregExactly!, From all the "old days" when

Re: [H] Google Browser Sync

2006-06-13 Thread Greg Sevart
And, unless I'm mistaken, all data is stored on Google's servers. Anyone else have a problem with sending your bookmarks, history, cookies, and passwords to a corporation that makes all of their money on targeted advertising? No thanks. Google scares me. Greg - Original Message -

Re: [H] Google Browser Sync

2006-06-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 11:07 AM 13/06/2006, Greg Sevart wrote: And, unless I'm mistaken, all data is stored on Google's servers. Anyone else have a problem with sending your bookmarks, history, cookies, and passwords to a corporation that makes all of their money on targeted advertising? No thanks. Google scares

Re: [H] Google Browser Sync

2006-06-13 Thread Steve
Guess it depends on how much you believe their spiel By encrypting your information, it will be transmitted to and stored on Google's servers in a format that is nearly impossible to interpret without the PIN. That means that without the PIN, no one, not even Google, will be able to read your

RE: [H] Interesting documentary

2006-06-13 Thread FORC5
so whining must be good :-} we need to whine louder. At 07:23 AM 6/12/2006, Hayes Elkins Poked the stick with: Not to mention Americans are the biggest whiners about taxes and yet are the LEAST taxed populace among countries that aren't third world shitholes. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below

RE: AMD X2 price cuts - WAS: Re: [H] -N- AMD Prices Slashed

2006-06-13 Thread RLS
My guess it that they would be the mobile not .65u Bob -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hayes Elkins Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 9:05 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: AMD X2 price cuts - WAS: Re: [H] -N- AMD Prices Slashed

Re: [H] Interesting documentary

2006-06-13 Thread warpmedia
Here here! Just because we are better off does not mean we should shut up. It's not like we're perfect the rest of you are screwed, it's that we are less screwed. TBH our taxes would drop like a rock if we didn't 'have to' police the world or loose money propping up shit hole's with more

Re: [H] Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread warpmedia
This is why I encrypt my volumes with a huge, strong, random passwords and then use container access files stored on a AES encrypted USB thumb drive with a simpler passphrase once-per-boot to mount them. From there you can use anything, even notepad, to keep list of passwords for other things

[H] InstallShield issues

2006-06-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
I have a machine with about six games (several of the BattleField series) on it that won't uninstall - when I try through Add/Remove programs, it acts as if I want to install them and asks for the CD key. The CDs are gone so I can't install and then uninstall - is there a way to simply

RE: [H] InstallShield issues

2006-06-13 Thread Hayes Elkins
Have you tried using keys found in the wild? From: Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] InstallShield issues Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2006 16:52:04 -0300 I have a machine with about six games (several

[H] MS releases 8 new critical updates for XP SP2

2006-06-13 Thread Hayes Elkins
11 if you have Office 2k3. Patch Tuesday (the 2nd tuesday of every month) is the date designated for MSupdate to burp out new fixes.

Re: [H] Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Brian Weeden
Actually, I have been looking into Truecrypt and VPNs lately. Not because of paranoia, but because I will be starting up a company with a couple other people, scattered across North America. We will need to communicate and share files across the Net and strong encryption is a must. On 6/13/06,

Re: [H] Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Winterlight
I use Paragon Encrypted Disk 3.0 This is Blowfish encryption, can do an entire volume, by a key on a remote device or password. Can, if you wish, do auto mount at boot, and can be tweaked by the command line. I bought it about a year ago, I use 3 encrypted volumes daily, and never had a single

Re: [H] Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 09:09 PM 13/06/2006, Winterlight wrote: I use Paragon Encrypted Disk 3.0 This is Blowfish encryption, can do an entire volume, by a key on a remote device or password. Can, if you wish, do auto mount at boot, and can be tweaked by the command line. I bought it about a year ago, I use 3

Re: [H] Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Brian Weeden
Truecrypt is open source and really a great product. I didn't see any key length limitations, it supports files, folders, partitions, disks, removables, everything. And it is completely configurable for how much paranoia you have. It uses AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5, Serpent, Triple

[H] Re: Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Chris Shaw
I know I will probably get slammed for suggesting this, but I have been using Roboform for a couple of years. I keep it updated has become a great help. But will probably find out now that it is a rogue just waiting to explode in my face. ;)) On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:07:21 GMT warpmedia [EMAIL

[H] Re: Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Chris Shaw
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:07:21 GMT warpmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GRC PW thing is good, there is also a Firefox extension I've been testing to generate passwords for sites but I am not liking it's randomness. Do you have a link GRC's PW thingy??? Paranoid? Nope, just living under

Re: [H] Interesting documentary

2006-06-13 Thread Ben Ruset
Cheers! warpmedia wrote: Here here! Just because we are better off does not mean we should shut up. It's not like we're perfect the rest of you are screwed, it's that we are less screwed. TBH our taxes would drop like a rock if we didn't 'have to' police the world or loose money propping

Re: [H] MS releases 8 new critical updates for XP SP2

2006-06-13 Thread FORC5
or new problems :-} At 12:56 PM 6/13/2006, Hayes Elkins Poked the stick with: 11 if you have Office 2k3. Patch Tuesday (the 2nd tuesday of every month) is the date designated for MSupdate to burp out new fixes. -- Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! -- Remember: No matter where you go; there you

Re: [H] Re: Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Brian Weeden
https://www.grc.com/passwords.htm On 6/13/06, Chris Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 19:07:21 GMT warpmedia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: GRC PW thing is good, there is also a Firefox extension I've been testing to generate passwords for sites but I am not liking it's

Re: [H] Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Winterlight
Now this may have changed, but I have read this in more then one program. In the U.S. because of export restrictions covering cryptography, Passwords are limited to 56-bit encryption and only the first seven characters of your password are significant when encrypting a file. Here is one source

Re: [H] Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Brian Weeden
I know that years ago they used to have 2 different web browsers, one with 128-bit SSL for US and one with a lower value (I think 64-bit) for overseas. But nowadays that has been removed. I think that it stems from ITAR, which is the US Arms Control legislation. I am fairly familiar with it in

[H] Re: Re: Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Chris Shaw
On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:20:32 GMT Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But will probably find out now that it is a rogue just waiting to explode in my face. ;)) that is why I don't use it. Anything that can drop passwords into web pages can send them somewhere else as well! Man, can

RE: [H] MS releases 8 new critical updates for XP SP2

2006-06-13 Thread Alex
Can someone email me the directions on how to disable the WGA crap? I've been getting this Your copy of Windows is not genuine or something to that effect every reboot, it's irritating. All my copies are legit but I use the same MSDN key since it works on a XP+SP2 cd vs the originals in sleeves.

Re: [H] Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
NWO? Are you serious? warpmedia wrote: This is why I encrypt my volumes with a huge, strong, random passwords and then use container access files stored on a AES encrypted USB thumb drive with a simpler passphrase once-per-boot to mount them. From there you can use anything, even notepad,

Re: [H] Re: Re: Password strength

2006-06-13 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
Chris Shaw wrote: On Tue, 13 Jun 2006 21:20:32 GMT Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But will probably find out now that it is a rogue just waiting to explode in my face. ;)) that is why I don't use it. Anything that can drop passwords into web pages can send them somewhere