Re: [H] Lopaka's Desk project from a few months back

2016-12-15 Thread Gary Jackson
Very cool ! Congratulations. Gary -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Robert Martin Jr. Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2016 11:22 PM To: Hwg Subject: [H] Lopaka's Desk project from a few months back Here's a short write up a

Re: [H] Duncan

2015-03-14 Thread Gary Jackson
eed. Some of the best news of the weekend > > -Original Message- > From: "Gary Jackson" > Sent: ‎1/‎23/‎2015 11:48 AM > To: "hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com" > Subject: Re: [H] Duncan > > It will be nice to get you back on the list

Re: [H] dumb question

2015-02-03 Thread Gary Jackson
monitor 2 and when it got to log in it switched to 1. Sticky notes stayed on 2. I am so confused. Thanks fp At 03:03 PM 2/3/2015, Gary Jackson Poked the stick with: >Is your setting to extend the display ? > > > >-Original Message- >From: Hardware [ma

Re: [H] dumb question

2015-02-03 Thread Gary Jackson
difference when I turn off 1 the whole desktop moves to 2. I can turn off 2 with nothing jumping. As of yet I assume will jump back on re boot but have not done that yet. thanks fp At 11:55 AM 2/3/2015, Gary Jackson Poked the stick with: >I just tried a test with sticky notes. I both tried turn

Re: [H] dumb question

2015-02-03 Thread Gary Jackson
I just tried a test with sticky notes. I both tried turning Monitor 1 off and sleeping the PC but the note stay where I left it on number two. So I am not sure why yours is different. I am on Windows 8.1 Gary -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregro

Re: [H] Duncan

2015-01-23 Thread Gary Jackson
It will be nice to get you back on the list Duncan ! Gary -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of dsinc...@epbfi.com Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2015 6:46 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Duncan I'm doing

Re: [H] Linux Unbuntu support

2014-11-30 Thread Gary Jackson
This might help http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-wireless-networking-41/wlan0-n o-wireless-extension-907830/ gary -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 5:46 PM To: hardw..

Re: [H] Linux Unbuntu support

2014-11-30 Thread Gary Jackson
do you type Lspci or Ispci ? I think it should be a lower case L Gary -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Sunday, November 30, 2014 3:12 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Linux Unbunt

Re: [H] Linux Unbuntu support

2014-11-29 Thread Gary Jackson
Are the router and your laptop using the same wireless protocol ? Could there be a mismatch there ? Gary -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Saturday, November 29, 2014 7:52 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com

Re: [H] Duncan

2014-11-24 Thread Gary Jackson
My best wishes for a speedy recovery Duncan ! Gary -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of James Edwards Sent: Saturday, November 22, 2014 7:52 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Cc: addy4st...@yahoo.com Subject: [H] Duncan Yo every

Re: [H] Odd thing with a rental computer

2014-11-04 Thread Gary Jackson
Have you talked to the rent to own place ? From what I can see, they probably were the ones that put Trilock Plus on the PC. RegardsGary -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Tuesday, November 04,

Re: [H] New M$ speculation?

2014-10-03 Thread Gary Jackson
It would seem that it will be called Windows 10...the buzz is that MS is distancing itself from Windows 8 by skipping the number 9. I am running 8.1 It is ok, but on my PC I would say that I think I liked Windows 7 Ultimate a bit better. I seem to have to reboot more often with 8.1 than wit

Re: [H] An Introduction

2014-09-26 Thread Gary Jackson
Welcome Bruce, I hope there are answers to your questions ! Gary -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of DSinc Sent: Friday, September 26, 2014 12:56 PM To: HWG Subject: [H] An Introduction It is with great relief to me that I an

Re: [H] -OT- If you don't mind helping me out

2014-09-18 Thread Gary Jackson
Done !:-) Gary -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Thane Sherrington Sent: Thursday, September 18, 2014 5:44 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] -OT- If you don't mind helping me out I apologize in advance for

Re: [H] edit boot loader Windows 7

2013-12-17 Thread Gary Jackson
Is this what you need ? http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/data-center/modifying-the-windows-7-boot-lo ader-with-the-boot-configuration-data-editor-tool/ Regards...Gary -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On B

Re: [H] Every house needs one of these

2013-10-20 Thread Gary Jackson
I was able to upgrade to 6mb/50k recently...the joys of semi-rural living lol -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Bryan Seitz Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2013 4:50 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregro

[H] Hardware Firewall

2013-10-02 Thread Gary Jackson
I was wondering if you guys can recommend a hardware based firewall. I have been using an old gateway PC running ClearOS and it works ok, but I am seeing signs the PC is on its last legs. Since I am out of work, money is a concern, but I like having a firewall between me and the DSL connection

Re: [H] MS and WinXP?

2013-09-26 Thread Gary Jackson
My understanding from a Microsoft website is that support ends on Apr 8, 2014http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/endofsupport.aspx If you do not want to run an unsupported OS, and do not want to upgrade to something newer...what is there left for you to do ? Just curious. RegardsGary

Re: [H] WoW Cataclysm & my new game pc

2010-10-08 Thread Gary Jackson
If you are considering dual GPUs for WOW, I would check the tech support forums on Blizz first. I have seen some people have problems with that setup, but since I am not using that I never really looked very hard. As I understand it, WoW is more CPU intensive then GPU. RegardsGray

Re: [H] WoW Cataclysm & my new game pc

2010-10-08 Thread Gary Jackson
Good Morning, At this point, I would say about 6 weeks ago. I used an Asus Rampage II Extreme MB that a friend bought and decided not to use. So he gave me a very good deal on it. I initially planned to OC the system, and my understanding was that it was a good MB for that. I decided agai

Re: [H] WoW Cataclysm & my new game pc

2010-10-07 Thread Gary Jackson
A couple of suggestions to look at...most of which I am using right now for what it is worth. I7 950 for the CPU, I decided not to overclock nVidia 460 I am using a single 480, but I have read good things on the 460s 6 gb DDr3 I am currently using a HAF 932 for my case, good airflow, a bit no

Re: [H] MS supplied BACKUP logic in XP?

2010-09-22 Thread Gary Jackson
OS files. But, I can still be wrong here! LOL! Best, Duncan On 09/20/2010 21:46, Gary Jackson wrote: Ahhh...there is nothing wrong with the backup utility included with Windows. I thought I had read somewhere it is basically a stripped down version of Backup Exec. Not sure I would be much

Re: [H] MS supplied BACKUP logic in XP?

2010-09-20 Thread Gary Jackson
due to it being MS. Was hoping somebody had some experience with this canned program. Nothing more. Was willing to go off-list for further traffic. Suppose I need some help via "obvious." Sorry. Best, Duncan On 09/20/2010 20:30, Gary Jackson wrote: Hi Duncan ! Please pardon my den

Re: [H] MS supplied BACKUP logic in XP?

2010-09-20 Thread Gary Jackson
Hi Duncan ! Please pardon my denseness, but what are you asking ? Best regardsGary At 06:16 PM 9/20/2010, It was written by DSinc that this shall come to pass: Would like to trade emails about the SUBJ. I do not wish to load some other code/logic, ATM. I am open to other code/logic, b

Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes

2010-09-06 Thread Gary Jackson
ot; I believe that "gaming" will probably generate most/all hdw upgrades. Looks like the OS folk are just leeching quite a bit for free ATM. :) No harm, no foul! Duncan On 09/06/2010 19:28, Gary Jackson wrote: Hi Duncan, Accepting, I guess yeah to a point. Not sure exa

Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes

2010-09-06 Thread Gary Jackson
, our users have moved to this new/larger "footprint." Sadly, NOT all of "us". Happy that you have really big HD's. I do not. Interesting perspective BTW. Plan to sleep on this one! Best, Duncan On 09/06/2010 18:36, Gary Jackson wrote: Given that you can buy a 1tb drive

Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes

2010-09-06 Thread Gary Jackson
Given that you can buy a 1tb drive for $75.00, I guess I am not too concerned at how large the OS is. That is the downside for more "features" I guess. At 05:14 PM 9/6/2010, It was written by Soren that this shall come to pass: OK, so far my impressions are that the Win7 installation foo

Re: [H] Vaporware or..

2010-09-03 Thread Gary Jackson
It hasn't been released yetnext year is a long ways away. :-) At 01:58 PM 9/3/2010, It was written by CW that this shall come to pass: Gearbox says they will release Duke Nukem Forever next year. Does anyone care? Kind of sad the greatest vaporware story of all time may end.. http:

Re: [H] Really simple email questions?

2010-07-13 Thread Gary Jackson
Then I must be old school too as I am still using Eudora. :-) Regards..Gary At 01:48 PM 7/12/2010, It was written by DSinc that this shall come to pass: OK. I've followed this LIST for years. I am still confused about EMAIL. I know who my current ISP is. I know that they pass EMAIL

Re: [H] Open question?

2010-05-13 Thread Gary Jackson
Being home bound with vision problems, wifi really doesn't offer me anything that wired doesn't do better. If I was more mobile, I would probably use both. RegardsGary At 06:24 PM 5/12/2010, It was written by DSinc that this shall come to pass: Is it fair for me to NOW believe that the

Re: [H] Win7 and Hard Drives

2009-10-26 Thread Gary Jackson
Yes, that is exactly right. I still play World of Warcraft, and pay my $15 dutifully every month . lol Regards, Gary At 05:30 AM 10/26/2009, Stan Zaske wrote: Just means you pay a monthly fee to play on official servers. That's why Bilzzard makes so much money. Not only do they sell

Re: [H] firefox 3.5

2009-09-09 Thread Gary Jackson
I am using NoScript, seems to works the same as always. :-) Regards, Gary At 06:00 AM 9/9/2009, It was written by maccrawj that this shall come to pass: Unless it has a NoScript type functionality I don't think I'll be using it. Bryan Seitz wrote: No native adblock or other plugins

Re: [H] I missed something along the way?

2009-06-06 Thread Gary Jackson
Well, everyone has their preferred way of doing things. I like Exchange/Outlook the best for me ( currently working to put together a server to host my own domain at home ). At my last job, I was a Domino/Notes Admin ( along with being A network Admin ) and while I think Outlook works

Re: [H] LINUX?

2009-06-06 Thread Gary Jackson
I am probably missing something real basic here, but a couple of questions come to mind... 1. Is there really anything to be gained for any of the Linux companies to get that certification ? Looks like it costs a boatload of money to get the offical compliance. 2. Everyone has their

Re: [H] LINUX?

2009-06-04 Thread Gary Jackson
Correct me if I am wrong, but the kernel for Linux is the same on all the distros isn't it ? My point being is that the distros add some niceties and sort of give each one a flavor. I have used SLS, Slackware, Ubuntu, and some others. Since I kind of learned on Slackware that is that I

Re: [H] MAC Address Filter

2009-04-29 Thread Gary Jackson
Hi Duncan, We might be the last hold outs on wireless :-)Anyway, the last network class I took at the University I was attending ( about 2 years ago now ) one of the things talked about by the prof was that basically the point wasn't that wireless networking didn't always work well, but

Re: [H] MAC Address Filter

2009-04-29 Thread Gary Jackson
all you have to do is sniff and then spoof your > mac address. > > The only true security for wireles is WPA. > > --- > Brian Weeden > Technical Consultant > Secure World Foundation > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 28-Apr-09, at 4:01 PM, Gary Jackson wrote:

Re: [H] MAC Address Filter

2009-04-29 Thread Gary Jackson
address - the allowed macs are in all > the packet headers so all you have to do is sniff and then spoof your > mac address. > > The only true security for wireles is WPA. > > --- > Brian Weeden > Technical Consultant > Secure World Foundation > > Sent from my i

Re: [H] MAC Address Filter

2009-04-28 Thread Gary Jackson
Two tips I have always heard for *wireless* networks, 1) Turn off SSID broadcasting and use a unique SSID. 2) If you have a static network ( meaning that you are not adding and deleting a lot of devices ) use Mac Address Filtering. As a former Network Admin, I have not encountere

Re: [H] CPU vs CPU

2009-04-26 Thread Gary Jackson
I play WoW a lot, and with the exception of the video card, I have a 8800GTS, my PC is very similar to yours. I play on Alexstrasza for what's it worth. I onlly mention the realm because I wouldn't be surprised if there was some variation between the servers. With that said, in

Re: [H] CPU vs CPU

2009-04-25 Thread Gary Jackson
Just as an experiment, try disabling all your addons and see what your frame rate is. That will give you a baseline that you can go forward from. Where do you feel your pc is lacking ? Regards.Gary At 03:52 PM 4/23/2009, It was written by Joe User that this shall come to pass: He