Re: [H] Facebook

I was once listed as 300+ miles away... (You win.) Rick Glazier From: "maccrawj" Well far from perfect since it's a national ISP. Verizon lists mine as Seattle which is 500mi+ away...

Re: [H] It's A Record!!!

I will not bother... (But adding to the overall count and responding to the un-official poll...) Rick Glazier From: "Bill" By the way if we're taking a show of hands, no Facebook, please. I'm sure I'm old

Re: [H] It's A Record!!!

Maybe he is busy? Rick Glazier From: "Naushad Zulfiqar" Since Edwards is the "owner" why doesn't he chime in?

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

.) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "Joe User" Sent: 2:00 PM I have a client that has a multi million dollar company but they don't spend a lot on the IT side. They are now going to a vacation home within the states pretty regular and want remot

Re: [H] New laptop drive?

. Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "Brian Weeden"> I use Acronis for my cloning/backup but it's not free. Gary Udstrand wrote: clipped---I have a new laptop which came with a 160G drive. Since I cannot add a

Re: [H] eide/pata

120G, you might not trip any limitations. (Even the OSs will have HD size limitations...) Mixing new with old can get messy fast... Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" So, here is a question: If I go get a 40-80GB new ATA10

Re: [H] eide/pata

can become "brittle", (not the platters), and shipping them around might be hard on them... (Old light bulbs are like that.) Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" Good plan. Sounds good. Not seeing much >40GB in m

Re: [H] eide/pata

I agreed... I listed three things and said to stay under 120G to avoid them all... Then listed the one (the OS) most likely to be a problem. Rick Glazier -- From: "maccrawj" UltraATA controll

Re: [H] eide/pata

DHS is always talking about breathing life into very old stuff... I thought my comments were objective in that context. Rick Glazier -- From: "maccrawj" List a Window OS post 9x/me that can&

Re: [H] eide/pata

touchy when you complain about their OS types. Rick Glazier -- From: "DHSinclair" > j, Thank you for that link. It crisply explained much of what I stumbled into. I will ju

Re: [H] Thunderbird Problems (the Email not the car!)

ays are trouble, and WILL be banned and black-listed eventually... Hope this helps. Rick Glazier -- From: "Scott Sipe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sorry if I wasn't clearer in my earlier email-- If you're

Re: [H] Thunderbird Problems (the Email not the car!)

ail originating from LSoft servers a few years ago... (Plus others.) (Don't get me started about Verizon.) Rick Glazier -- From: "Scott Sipe" Hi Rick, I think you're right--I a

Re: [H] eide/pata

Be careful what you wish for. I've got boot screen video problems, (and other problems). I've got the question on another list so will not start with it here. I'm totally new to Ubuntu, and Linux in general. Rick Glazier

[H] Memtest86 v2

RMA it? Rick Glazier

Re: [H] eide/pata

were forced into the less desirable DDO software translation smoke and mirrors crap. (Which BTW, you could try and see it you like it and the limitations and service problems it adds to a system.) Hope this helps. Rick Glazier

Re: [H] eide/pata

I bought some Rosewill stuff. Decent enough, but nothing special about it. I think it would be "good enough" for fixing old things that were not expected to last a real long time. Rick Glazier -

Re: [H] Memtest86 v2

of these lower quality sticks. (Kingston Value RAM) These sticks have never been placed in normal use, they have only been tested... Bummer, Rick Glazier

Re: [H] Memtest86 v2

Thanks, I have lots of time to RMA it... And digital pictures of all test results. Rick Glazier -- From: "Thane Sherrington" So if it gives you an error, then you have bad RAm, but if it doe

Re: [H] eide/pata

ver heard of them... <http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815104214> Rick Glazier

Re: [H] WinXP Partition size?

grams store to "non-C". Since the HD was pushing 5 years+, I cloned it and redistributed the data to "C" which is now around 300G (and almost empty). This guy could not even drag and drop files, ;-( Sorry for the length... Rick Glazier

Re: [H] Asus P5Q3 P45 m/b?

From: "DHSinclair" here I see that DDR3 is the new kid, and is pricey! Am I close? You are getting an education about why they call it bleeding edge... Rick Glazier

Re: [H] Arctic Silver cpu paste

I noticed it works better than pads or "white stuff". This is based on boxes with heat related problems that were going bad anyway. The only problem I had with it was settling in the tube/syringe. It might have been old stock at the store and I only had it (a couple) years. I have only seen that

Re: [H] Not yet

You mentioned a video card is in your future? See here: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814130098 I just got one, but have not had a chance to install it anywhere. (It seems to be sa good card for the bucks.) From: "DHSinclair" I have not burned any trons in the new toy.

Re: [H] Not yet

that I got from very old machines.) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "DHSinclair" > I went and read the link. It is EVGA. In the last 2 yrs I have had spotty service from EVGA video cards. I have RMA'd 3/5, and just tossed 2/5.

Re: [H] Not yet

Opps, and too late... I'm used to thinking 32M was a lot From: "mark.dodge" Five dollars more and you can get a 512 version I just got one, but have not had a chance to install it anywhere.

Re: [H] WinXP Partition size?

;C" drive small... FWIW, Rick Glazier From: "Soren" If you place progs and utils on another drive letter, 4-8 Gigs is sufficient. That is, if the swap file is set to a static size (e.g. 1.5*RAM) DHSinclair wrote: What is a reasonable partition size for WinXP?

[H] WinXP DATA Partition size?

t clear. I shrunk my wife's computers partitions, moved them around, and added all the un-allocated space that I accumulated along the way to her "C" drive. Swap file (and all) is on "C", etc... Rick Glazier DHSinclair wrote: What is a reasonable partition size for WinXP?

Re: [H] WinXP Partition size?

er will be user specific, and that I can see, but only actually use around 3.4G+ with a 32bit Win-OS Rick Glazier From: "maccrawj" What does swapfile size have to do with it? You move the %temp%, %userprofile%, and swapfile to D:\ also. I

Re: [H] Video Card question(s)

From: "DHSinclair" I have already been told that I may NOT fix my Sister's machine (even though I built the thing)! She will call me for the real-time walk-thru of Doesn't want you to find the porn?

Re: [H] PCI Serial port

Check the MB for a header first. Rick Glazier From: "Winterlight" Am I correct in thinking that a add in PCI serial port would not require a third party driver in Vista 64. that vista 64 would see it as a standard serial port?

Re: [H] ATI 3450--Need Help!

e the video "bug" has blocked me (and lots of others) from Ubuntu for over a couple years. Rick Glazier From: "Joe User" said BTW... Ubuntu is really, really,... really, worth looking at.

Re: [H] Memory problems?

I just re-built three of my (older) original XP computers because the SouthBridge Chipsets went bad. (I had all types of problems, but lots centered on I/O problems.) Rick Glazier From: "nobozoz" James Boswell wrote: Do all the caps on the

Re: [H] Weird file explorer error

Sounds like some sort of "window shade prank". Rick Glazier From: "Brian Weeden" Here's a brain stumper for ya. Just in the last couple of weeks I've started seeing some weird stuff with my file explorer windows in XP.

Re: [H] Vista Ultimate ?

Things are getting better. It is becoming a mature OS. Rick Glazier From: "FORC5" curious how that is working for ya ? I have that but am afraid to mess with it due to the stories I read about drivers and such. At 08:21 PM 12/17/2008, B

Re: [H] New build trouble?

The E8400 is a socket 775. Check the CPU heatsink. That is a poor design, and I patched up friends box when the fan fell off, (or got a little loose). Rick Glazier DHSinclair wrote: j., No it did not even work back here on my desk/workbench.

Re: [H] New build trouble?

r WEB site.) Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" Merry Christmas! Rick, Yes, I do plan to check the hs/fan combo first. I did have trouble getting it to "click" on to the m/b. I do suspect this even though the fan spins at power on (as does the chassis fan). I will star

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

the same album for months.) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "Joe User" I just can't settle on a solution to an issue I have. See, I live out in the sticks. AM radio is a nightmare in the evenings. I want

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

adjust the sound to suit me. Rick Glazier From: "Joe User" I have an iPod myself. I don't do the podcasts though. I have tinnitus pretty bad from years of abuse by way of working as a DJ in night clubs and also as a radio DJ.

Re: [H] Pillow talk radio?

;free" part of the OP question. Free streaming WEB audio is a lot easier. Rick Glazier From: "Brian Weeden" Let me guess - they happen to be crippled with Microsoft's PlaysForSure DRM?

Re: [H] Seagate changes Warranty

I hope the engineering dept. does not use this as an excuse to make them fail sooner. Turn over is how they make their money... Rick Glazier From: "Gary" Seagate, the biggest hard drive manufacturer, has announced today that effective January 3, 2009, the compa

Re: [H] Seagate changes Warranty

1T & 1.5(T?) is a lot bigger than I need. Were the BIOS issues in machines, or the drive firmware? I'd Google, but I think I'd get too many hits. Rick Glazier From: "maccrawj" Are Hitachi's still good? I ordered a D7K1000 inste

Re: [H] Seagate changes Warranty

Thanks, It was the drive firmware... Rick Glazier From: "Harry McGregor" The Seagate firmware issue is with the 7200.11 drives, most notably the 1.5TB, though some reports of issues with smaller ones too. http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/support

Re: [H] POST card for laptops

coding. Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" Chris, IF the display never lights up what is the point! Still no forward status! Duncan

Re: [H] Windows 7 ?

f the options are missing. It also put it in a system owned D/L folder. 32 bit English MD5: F9DCE6EBD0A63930B44D8AE802B63825 64 bit English MD5: 773FC9CC60338C612AF716A2A14F177D Thanks in advance Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "Gary VanderMolen&quo

Re: [H] What izit?

/Adobe_Integrated_Runtime> Rick Glazier

Re: [H] Stupid Question..perhaps?

is one warning that Win2003Server gives at install time that tells you to set something up in 7 days or less or it will not work anymore. I only saw that once. I never ran it past a day or two. Anybody know what the warning was, and if it would screw up DHS? Rick Glazier

Re: [H] Stupid Question..perhaps?

From: "Scott Sipe" On Jan 22, 2009, at 6:19 PM, Rick Glazier wrote: Sorry if I sound dumber than dirt... There is one warning that Win2003Server gives at install time that tells you to set something up in 7 days or less or it will not work anymore. I only saw that once. I ne

Re: [H] What izit?

I've had other very odd Adobe stuff I never needed... But only you will know how you got it, or why. Sorry, but I never used that... Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" Rick, Thank you...So, if I will never [build] anything I can now toss Adobe AIR? Well, that's my

Re: [H] Extend partition?

ilar to Acronis Partition Expert. It was a little harder to use and required more steps. Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" Sam, Yes I did solve the problem. I used PartitionMagic7. The partition(s) is/are happy and well. All is back to normal again. The Acroni

Re: [H] IE7 problem

e what I use, I tell them they don't want to know... (It starts with FF, and goes on and on and on.) My friends could not learn to answer all the prompts and make all the run-time decisions I need to make. They want: K.I.S.S. And some get hacked once in awhile... Rick Glazier

Re: [H] IE7 problem

Didn't they change the name a couple times so no one will know that still do it? Rick Glazier From: "Brian Weeden" Going with Active-X as the method of delivering interaction between the browser and the OS/user is one of the worst decisions Microsoft ever made.

Re: [H] testes...

ately.) Rick Glazier From: But all my reads yesterday and today tell me that WinXP can NOT recognize SATA of any flavor (hard drives and CDROMs) w/o F6 added drivers. I have both(via pata/sata converters!)... Getting ready to try demoting the hard drive back to pata... I di

Re: [H] Opinion on a MB ?

care less about that though) All the other segments of those scores are pretty high. (But then again, I'm used to building myself junk.) I'm NOT a Gamer... Good luck. The MB is the Intel Classic Series. Rick Glazier

Re: [H] WinUpdates tonight?

imes letting MS install what they think are wonderful new drivers or hardware related stuff. One thing I've noticed, same as you might be saying, they seem to error on the side of caution and add in some Office stuff, even if Office seems like it is not installed at all... (Seen that more

[H] Verizon Branded Router.: Actiontec gt704wg

ry other unit I've worked on. I think I know what happened, and can't easily check. Is it obvious he reset the gt704wg, or am I missing something? (I was like a deer in the headlights.) Sorry. TIA Rick Glazier

Re: [H] Funny (l)user story

as his new builder, we milked it a year with about $45 in parts, before we replaced EVERYTHING 100%. I think I still have it here somewhere. Rick Glazier From: "Thane Sherrington" do you see this logo, or an IBM logo." "I see that logo - Acer." was the reply,

Re: [H] Hard Drive Upgrade Options HP Laptop dv5141us

<http://www.amazon.com/Pavilion-dv5140us-Bluetooth-Widescreen-remarketed/dp/B000O3K9R2> I'd pull the drive and remove the convertor socket (if any) to be sure. Warning: The HP SATAs use a small convertor on the drive that makes it look funny. Rick Glazier From: "James Maki"Har

Re: [H] Hard Drive Upgrade Options HP Laptop dv5141us

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.asp?driveid=599&language=en Note: Even with SATA, you give up speed to get size. WD Scorpio Black vs Blue Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "James Maki" I think I may have gotten the cart before the horse. I could not find ANY 7200rpm 2.5" PATA drives.

Re: [H] Verizon Branded Router.: Actiontec gt704wg

has the remote reset stuff EVEN if remote access/configuration was turned off at the time. (I'm sure it was OFF, with two settings.) I guess we can assume there is a back door. That makes sense, as long at it is secure. Thanks for the suggestion below, but I am too limited to do that. Rick Glaz

Re: [H] Running multiple AVs at once?

AV scan, I think running two would be a problem. Or they would at least have to be aware of each other and co-operate. Or the OS could handle it, if they wanted to. Besides, I think *everyone* has always said that was a bad idea. Rick Glazier From: "Thane Sherrington" At 01:45 PM 23/

Re: [H] flashing monitor

File this as a guess. Monitors use different modes. My older ones made a significant click when switching from the default BIOS video to the mode Windows uses. I guess one mode (at least) has broken. Not much help... Rick Glazier From: "Winterlight" I

Re: [H] New TV.

From: "Anthony Q. Martin" I really don't care if they come back or not.as long as my lovely 67-inch LED DLP keeps working 'til it dies... I'd be willing to bet it will... Rick Glazier

Re: [H] WinXP Question(?)

The good news is ?? (WTF), I've had all that happen to me... I generally lost a custom picture desktop background, easier to loose... I got the OS directly from MS and if they can't see it is for real, shame on them. BUT since I have nothing to hide I let them run their funny little "proof" file

Re: [H] Using Spare LCD Monitor as a TV

monoprice.com From: "Steve Tomporowski" > Any ideas, links, bodily noises? ThanksSteve

Re: [H] File date/time stamps

See if a local (free) Belarc Audit will tell you. <http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html> (check for OS support) Or one On-line at: * "Run the Secunia OSI to make sure that your system is up-to-date:" <http://secunia.com/vulnerability_scanning/online/> (check for OS

Re: [H] Project Falling by the wayside....

I think cat5 will run at 1G if the run is fairly short. (All other nics, etc, need to be 1G though...) Rick Glazier From: "DHSinclair" Steve, Understand your glitch with the new Gbit switch..

Re: [H] thermal CPU heat sink paste

up is required if changing brands or types. Rick Glazier From: "Winterlight" If you remove the heat sink from the CPU do you always need to remove and replace the thermal paste when you put it back together?

Re: [H] Microsoft's terrible heat management in XBOX360..

I thought the $billion$ they threw at the RROD meant free fixes. I've heard of people getting it fixed more than once free. Rick Glazier From: "CW" Ok, I spent the evening rebuilding our XBOX360. This makes basically the second one I've had to recover from the stupid RROD.

Re: [H] Microsoft's terrible heat management in XBOX360..

Sorry, I guess you would have checked that out. . Rick Glazier From: "CW" Warranty is three years. And, while it covers a true RROD (3 lights) MS will do nothing about the Two-Light Red Problem (overheat) which is specifically not covered unless you want to shell $125. The RROD w

Re: [H] Contact info for Jim?

See the e-mail headers of any message: List-Help: From: "Bino Gopal" Anyone have contact info for Jim? Wanted to ask him if he knew why I wasn't getting HWG email to my hotmail account, but it works fine on my gmail.anyone else have this

Re: [H] Windows 7 ?

-- and we liked it! He can be reached at Sam, I skimmed over the intro and thought you wrote that... While I use XP-Pro_SP3 the most, I'm warming up to Vista. They had to jamb it into my hands inside Laptops, and it took some work to get used to, but it grows on you... Rick Glazier

Re: [H] Acronis True Image deal?

getting robbed.) Once you are a customer, they offer deals and discounts. I have both. They do different things. Rick Glazier From: "Gary Udstrand" I can get Acronis True Image Home 2009 for $29.65. Is this a good price? It seems the consensus here was that his was a pretty good p

Re: [H] Win7 rc announcement

Can you post the (YOUR) official MD5? (Or back channel it to me.) I read they are a lot of imposters out there... Rick Glazier From: "Bryan Seitz" It is up on MSDN and I'm dling it now even though I already had it lawl :)

Re: [H] Win7 rc announcement

; of what I had. md5 = 8867C13330F56A93944BCD46DCD73590 I "think" files of this type are self checking, but I always like to hear it is fine "another way" before I get involved too far. Rick Glazier

Re: [H] LINUX?

Check you boot.ini (Or your boot menu when you boot.) Rick Glazier From: "Sam Franc" I thought I would get my feet wet. So I tried installing UBUNTU on a spare computer as a windows program, which is one of the choices. It spent about a 1/2 hour installing. I did things on my

Re: [H] LINUX?

s an odd concept for "old-timers". I tried it, but have cronic Video problems with the log-in screens in various Linux versions.) Rick Glazier From: "W. D." ] LINUX? At 11:05 6/4/2009, Sam Franc wrote: I thought I would get my feet wet. So I tried installing UBUNTU on a spare

Re: [H] GPU Fan

g the bearings, and new oil, and I'm sure most (if not all) of us here are capable of that, so I'm a little confused about the EXACT problem. Rick Glazier From: "Winterlight" My PC includes two ASUS EAH4870 video cards don't know if this will work from email <http://ww

Re: [H] GPU Fan

pops up. Rick Glazier From: "DSinc" Rick, For the most part, I completely agree with your points. But, as Winterlight asks, and, I have seen with this present crop of video cards, this diagnostic/repair procedure may be problematic. Not to mention a loss of card warranty.

Re: [H] GPU Fan

guess I'm lucky I do Video on the cheap. Rick Glazier

Re: [H] [hardware] Re: Bing

quot;soft pOrn" here, nothing special...) I wanted to get that term correct and found the following: <http://www.littleabout.com/news/19199,us-astronauts-unwittingly-soft-porn-moon.html> Rick Glazier

Re: [H] To Protect and Defend

AVG, OutPOST, and Spybot S+D *OutPOST just released a new version for free after letting it hang in the wind for years. (AVG seems to have solved their recent problems, but I left first...) Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "Winterlight" To: Sent: Sunday, June 21, 20

Re: [H] To Protect and Defend

ork the deals, sales, rebates and upgrade route properly.) Rick Glazier From: "maccrawj" Free anti-virus is a joke, spend some money or do the nasty & borrow a copy. Commodo has gotten good reviews in the past. Assuming that it remembers what's it's taught it should not

Re: [H] To Protect and Defend

es of rules. MAX trimming, medium trimming, NO trimming... It is hard to switch gears at times... Rick Glazier From: "maccrawj" I simply replied to the last active message in the thread, not you per-se. Since you trimmed Winterlight's message my response looks even more outer space!

Re: [H] Networking, distance, etc

t is called the a Faraday skin effect, (shield, cage, effect, etc...) <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_cage> One site I was to had nice animated graphics of what happens. Rick Glazier

Re: [H] [Bulk] Re: Google OS

It's not like they set that precedent with WinME (as in going forward from WinME)... Rick Glazier From: "Stan Zaske" However, competing against Microsoft is a good idea as it may bring down their ridiculous prices. Anybody pee od'd that Vista owners don't get a free upgrade to 7?

Re: [H] Ouch! Microsoft got spanked by the blogoshere

uot;, and MS is not so loose with the partner "perks" anymore... Rick Glazier From:

Re: [H] encoding run off

6G, 2co...@3g T5800 runs at 4G, 2co...@2g. The figures seem to bear that out... At least when using a standard well equipped P4 MB as a base line reference? I'm surprised the marketing people have not picked up on this. (Comments about how I can't do the math that way?) Ri

Re: [H] FireFox confusion

Should go quickly. Been using it too... BTW: Yep + don't know. Rick Glazier From: "DSinc" Thanks Brian. I'll spend today updating to FireFox v3.5.1. :)

Re: [H] Hello, echo, is anybody out there?

Be careful what you ask for... he,he,he... - Original Message - From: "swzaske" Subject: [H] Hello, echo, is anybody out there? Guys I haven't seen any posts since last Thursday. Is the list alright? Is anybody out there?

Re: [H] [Bulk] Re: Hello, echo, is anybody out there?

How do you know I'm not there now?... Funny you should mention it, I'm headed there right now... Rick Glazier From: "swzaske" This isn't a library. LOL Robert Martin Jr. wrote: I'm around but quiet :)

Re: [H] Viewing NASA.gov

ile and wants to D/L makeplaylist.dll WTheck? No streams for me I guess... Rick Glazier

Re: [H] Viewing NASA.gov

Thanks Bryan and Greg. I just remembered why I said security first... With my old firewall, I always banned WMP from connecting to anything. The TV sites always had there own viewer, so no harm... I'll give it a shot. I think clipboard monitoring will still intercept it though...

Re: [H] Viewing NASA.gov

Even MSIE tried to D/L the file from the link as a file... I cancelled (or did not approve) that D/L BTW... That page is written in a way I don't normally deal with... I'm not going to worry about it or fix it. You got a lot more than me. ;-) Rick Glazier From: "DSinc" Ric

Re: [H] D-Link DGL-4300 power adapter died (?)

is is one reason I never throw away my old adapters. I always bought direct from an Electronics Distributor warehouse with "counter type" store service, and while RS used to have the better/best quality stuff, they were always exactly double on small parts... (I wasn't buying anythi

Re: [H] D-Link DGL-4300 power adapter died (?)

as (5) special caps for a MB... Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "DSinc" Rick, That is pre-zactly what I have seen also. RShack is convenient. No argument. A good commercial electronics supplier that is local can be really tough. clipped

Re: [H] Odd viewing?

n-W/S way... I would say the problem rests with the analog output being set wrong, or the KVM not emulating the correct res. Try it without the KVM as a test... (I'm not currently using mine because it has a lot of "odd"and/or aberrant behaviors...) Rick Glazier From: "DSinc&

Re: [H] Odd FireFox behavior?

My fist question is: Which one is different. I'll go look at my settings while I wait for the reply... Rick Glazier From: "DSinc" Only 1 of my machines will auto-magically pop up a notification window on browser opening w/FF or Add-on's updates. All the rest sit dorm

Re: [H] Odd FireFox behavior?

rally is/was...) Good luck, Hope a simple answer like this was enough... Rick Glazier - Original Message - From: "DSinc" Rick, So Sorry! The one that is different is the one that does its' FF updates somehow auto-magically! (Addy8-C2D/e8400-WinXP)

Re: [H] Ebay listing, too good to be true?

I got there with 2 minutes left. 12 bids so far... Too cheap... Rick Glazier From: "FORC5" < feedback score *0* beware

Re: [H] cloning drive

upport WEB site. Never even have to install the program to HD unless you want to... Rick Glazier From: "FORC5" Been using ghost for years and like it's simple interface but newer versions do not seem to be able to just make a boot disk for this purpose. On occasion ghost just d

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