RE: [SPAM SUSPECT] Re: [H] USB devices not being released...

2006-07-28 Thread Bobby Heid
You can't close them as far as I know. They have services that run all of the time. Bobby -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Hardware List Subject: [SPAM SUSP

Re: [SPAM SUSPECT] Re: [H] USB devices not being released...

2006-07-28 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: "Bobby Heid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The Hardware List'" Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 7:17 AM Subject: RE: [SPAM SUSPECT] Re: [H] USB devices not being released... You can't close them as far as I know. They have services that run all of the time. I u

RE: [SPAM SUSPECT] Re: [H] USB devices not being released...

2006-07-28 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 08:17 AM 28/07/2006, Bobby Heid wrote: You can't close them as far as I know. They have services that run all of the time. If you run Services.msc and shutdown the service, does that fix the problem? T

Re: [H] USB devices not being released...

2006-07-28 Thread Bobby Heid
Hi Chuck, I have tried it 5-6 times in a row before with no luck. Here at work, it works almost every time. But at home, it never works. Even though a USB thumb drive will almost always close properly. I still think it is Ghost or Acronis that sees the drive as a regular drive and is somehow s

Re: [H] USB devices not being released...

2006-07-28 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
I get this all the time with my usb thumb drives and hard drives when there is no obvious program accessing the drive. I sometimes wonder if AV software is at fault. Bobby Heid wrote: :: Hi Chuck, :: :: I have tried it 5-6 times in a row before with no luck. Here at :: work, it works almost ev

Re: [SPAM SUSPECT] Re: [H] USB devices not being released...

2006-07-28 Thread Anthony Q. Martin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: :: I usually click on "Stop" a 2nd time and that works for me over 90% :: of the time. That never seems to work for me. Do not simply unplug a USB external hard drive or :: switch it off. This may mess up the file and/or partition structure :: thus making the data un

Re: [H] Conroe out today.............

2006-07-28 Thread Hayes Elkins
From: JRS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Conroe out today. Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2006 16:27:55 -0700 I would like to know the real skinny too. I spent a couple hours reading reviews at Anandtech and others. They seemed to rea

Re: [H] Conroe out today.............

2006-07-28 Thread Hayes Elkins
The only intel chipset boards I consider ultra stable are Intel retail branded motherboards with at least two hardware revisions under their belt. You wont get much overclocking ability, you wont get flamboyant clashing colors on the PCP and slots, but you will have a board that will not crash,

[H] NIS Security center ?

2006-07-28 Thread FORC5
Have a customer who installed NIS and it disabled windows security center and is using it's own. Any way to turn that around ? Also it will not let me disable auto updates which is my normal MO. I want to see what is going on. It is being very anal about this with pop ups. The best I could do i

Re: [H] Conroe out today.............

2006-07-28 Thread FORC5
now if we only had a NOT CRASH OS, ever >:-} fp At 06:20 AM 7/28/2006, Hayes Elkins Poked the stick with: >The only intel chipset boards I consider ultra stable are Intel retail branded >motherboards with at least two hardware revisions under their belt. You wont >get much overclocking ability,

Re: [H] NIS Security center ?

2006-07-28 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 04:18 PM 28/07/2006, FORC5 wrote: Have a customer who installed NIS and it disabled windows security center and is using it's own. Any way to turn that around ? Also it will not let me disable auto updates which is my normal MO. I want to see what is going on. It is being very anal about th

Re: [H] Conroe out today.............

2006-07-28 Thread Hayes Elkins
From: FORC5 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Conroe out today. Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 12:20:03 -0700 now if we only had a NOT CRASH OS, ever >:-} fp XP SP2 comes pretty close.

Re: [H] Conroe out today.............

2006-07-28 Thread Julian Zottl
I've never had a complete crash in FreeBSD running Enlightenment and Xorg :) _ 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] Conroe out today.............

2006-07-28 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 10:20 AM 28/07/2006, Hayes Elkins wrote: The only intel chipset boards I consider ultra stable are Intel retail branded motherboards with at least two hardware revisions under their belt. You wont get much overclocking ability, you wont get flamboyant clashing colors on the PCP and slots, but

Re: [H] Conroe out today.............

2006-07-28 Thread Hayes Elkins
There are hardly any options. A few of the extreme edition ready boards have some. From: Thane Sherrington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: The Hardware List To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Conroe out today. Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 17:01:57 -0300 At 10:20 AM 28/07/2006, Haye

Re: [H] NIS Security center ?

2006-07-28 Thread chuck
- Original Message - From: "FORC5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 3:18 PM Subject: [H] NIS Security center ? I really hate the new Norton and McAfee stuff for consumers. Hell McAfee will not even let dnetc ( rc5) run, deletes it immediately. err fp Is t

Re: [H] NIS Security center ?

2006-07-28 Thread Thane Sherrington
At 05:10 PM 28/07/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any simple way to access data that Norton or McAfee encrypted (such as documents in the My Documents Folder) when the hard drive containing the data is hooked to a different computer? There are many reasons why the computer that hosts t

Re: [H] NIS Security center ?

2006-07-28 Thread FORC5
not my box, customer. This is not a option, would if I could. new stuff is really too invasive IMO thanks At 12:25 PM 7/28/2006, Thane Sherrington Poked the stick with: >At 04:18 PM 28/07/2006, FORC5 wrote: >>Have a customer who installed NIS and it disabled windows security center and >>is usi

Re: [H] Conroe out today.............

2006-07-28 Thread FORC5
then why VISTA ? must be better, MS says so. personally see no advantage to vista, I have my copy but refuse to install it because it will not back up properly. MS is more concerned with piracy then improving the OS, of course only MO fp At 12:29 PM 7/28/2006, Hayes Elkins Poked the stick with:

Re: [H] Conroe out today.............

2006-07-28 Thread Chris Reeves
I think this is the last year I pay subscription to mandriva and suse. Just not worth it IMHO Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: "Julian Zottl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 16:02:58 To:The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Conroe out today..

[H] MS Document Image Writer

2006-07-28 Thread Winterlight
What exactly is the = printer . Office always installs it but do I really need it? Does it do anything?

Re: [H] MS Document Image Writer

2006-07-28 Thread Ben Ruset
It's a MS attempt at making something akin to PDF. It's safe to delete. Winterlight wrote: What exactly is the = printer . Office always installs it but do I really need it? Does it do anything?