Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes - an update with more woes

2010-10-10 Thread Soren
ot;serving that" either, maybe you should try the Acronis boot disk, no? On 10/8/2010 11:59 AM, Soren wrote: To say it straight, forget about Linux's dd, and Acronis in this case, as I want absolute reliablity, and neither do serve that. I know Symantec is working on a new version

Re: [H] Is there?

2010-10-08 Thread Soren
Hello Duncan, Most BSOD's are caused by malware on the computer interfering with the network settings, and not by poor drivers as many tend to believe. The best possible (free) solution to this is: www.safernetworking.org - pls donate a few bucks to keep him running... Remember to update the

[H] Google Crome browser without all the spying stuff

2010-10-08 Thread Soren
srware.net /s

Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes - an update with more woes

2010-10-08 Thread Soren
ity, and neither do serve that. I know Symantec is working on a new version of Ghost that works within Win7, so this could be a common problem? Any suggestions? If SATA's the problem (seems obvious), where do I find a boot floppy for this??? (bootdisk.com doesn't fix this) Thanks. /soren

Re: [H] write protected thumb drive ?

2010-09-06 Thread Soren
good try but was able to notice that this time it is not two partitions but is seen as two drives and Gparted says physically write protected check jumpers. Must be locked by the manufacturer. Are no jumpers. need program, me like 8-) thanks fp At 02:50 PM 9/3/2010, Soren Poked the stick with: Mr

Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes

2010-09-06 Thread Soren
OK, so far my impressions are that the Win7 installation footprint should be in the area of "only" around 14 GB. I need to do some partition resizing and so, including deletion of several propreritary HP progs, and cleaning up the registry. Hopefully, this will end satisfactory. In a few days I

Re: [H] write protected thumb drive ?

2010-09-03 Thread Soren
Mr. Fred, maybe using one of the so called "live-distros", e.g. knoppix.org, would help? The util Gparted will tell u which properties the drive has, including write protection. Enable/disable is then just a flag away. HTH. FORC5 wrote: Have a flash drive my son got at ASU, has the school ma

Re: [H] Backing up Win7 woes

2010-09-03 Thread Soren
ybrid of the Premium Home version. Don't know if that particular version is special for Europe or not. Note: is is about 60% of a vista install, so its slimmed down quite a bit I hear you. Slipstreaming is the next subject on the menu. /s --Original Message------ From: Soren Sender

[H] Backing up Win7 woes

2010-09-03 Thread Soren
Hi, I recently bought my mom a laptop with Win7. Fine. Not so fine is that the C: partition seems to occupy +34 gigabytes. What I want is to be able to make a ghost image within reasonable limits. +34 gigabytes doesn't seem so. As of yet unexperienced with Win7, is this the normal disk (ab)us

Re: [H] new system build suggestions or upgrade - for T

2010-08-05 Thread Soren
t;Z:\\Cookies" "Recent"="Z:\\Recent" "Cache"="Z:\\Temporary Internet Files" "History"="Z:\\History" [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings\Url History] "Directory"="Z:\\History

Re: [H] new system build suggestions or upgrade

2010-08-03 Thread Soren
OK, I'll dig them up for you. Right now the time is 1:32 AM at my place, and my server is shut down for the day, so I'll post them when I get back to life.. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 07:07 PM 03/08/2010, Soren wrote: Still have some .reg files somewhere that originally was mad

Re: [H] new system build suggestions or upgrade

2010-08-03 Thread Soren
Inline.. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 10:51 PM 02/08/2010, Soren wrote: Sorry, not entirely true. There seem to be a common misunderstanding about the O/S allocation of RAM. E.g. WinXP can only allocate 3GB RAM for the O/S, which is often enterpreted as the whole system can only make use of

Re: [H] new system build suggestions or upgrade

2010-08-03 Thread Soren
XP CE). To my knowledge, the PAE boot switch is only used if one wants to allocate more than 3GB RAM to the OS. Thanks for the link, but I don't trust the MS sites about RAM and OS's anymore... Soren Greg Sevart wrote: I'm still quite confident that you're mistaken. Clien

Re: [H] new system build suggestions or upgrade

2010-08-03 Thread Soren
ons. AFAIR, the Home version doesn't support more than 4GB. Thane Sherrington wrote: At 04:53 PM 03/08/2010, Soren wrote: BTW, one of the finer benefits from using a large amount of RAM, is that the swap file can be allocated to RAM, which makes makes the system very responsive. This alloc

Re: [H] new system build suggestions or upgrade

2010-08-03 Thread Soren
0 to 7/2008 R2, can be found here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa366778(VS.85).aspx Greg -Original Message----- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Soren Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 8:51 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subjec

Re: [H] Sync outlook offline?

2010-08-02 Thread Soren
This might be what you're looking for: ghisler.com It's a very generous piece of shareware, and works for most people as is. Brian Weeden wrote: My work is moving from Gapps to Microsoft BPOS, as I've brought up on here before. Is there a way to have offline access to all my archived email th

Re: [H] new system build suggestions or upgrade

2010-08-02 Thread Soren
Sorry, not entirely true. There seem to be a common misunderstanding about the O/S allocation of RAM. E.g. WinXP can only allocate 3GB RAM for the O/S, which is often enterpreted as the whole system can only make use of 3GB RAM in total. Actually, XP can only use 3GB RAM for the O/S, any remai

Re: [H] Disk Clone Software

2010-08-02 Thread Soren
, 27 Jul 2010, Soren wrote: Inline... Christopher Fisk wrote: Hey Folks, I've been using my old version of Ghost for years, with no problem. Booting from a floppy and migrating my windows install from smaller to larger and larger drives. I've finally got to the point where that v

Re: [H] Disk Clone Software

2010-07-27 Thread Soren
Inline... Christopher Fisk wrote: Hey Folks, I've been using my old version of Ghost for years, with no problem. Booting from a floppy and migrating my windows install from smaller to larger and larger drives. I've finally got to the point where that version no longer supports my hardware,

Re: [H] Strange ACER Win7 problem

2010-06-27 Thread Soren
Plug & Play Service disabled? (Right Click on This Computer-> Administrate-> Services) /s Winterlight wrote: I own a 18 month old ACER Aspire 6930 that came with vista 64 Bit Home Premium. Flashed with the latest BIOS. Last December I did a new clean install of Win 7 Pro. ACER has posted d

Re: [H] CDR recovery

2010-06-27 Thread Soren
Hi, This is a common problem that I have seen before. The main two reasons are, 1: the disc is scratched (data corruption), 2: the reading laser needs realignment. if 1: data corruption is recoverable to a certain degree. Try reading the same disc from a *nix live CD, this often solves the pro

Re: [H] Computer turns itself off under load

2010-06-11 Thread Soren
dvdshrink is available. Just a note ;) Best, Soren Brian Weeden wrote: Got another weird one. My HTPC has suddenly developed an issue where it turns it self off. Not crash, but completely powers off. And the only time it happens is when I ask it to encode video, such as using Handbrake. It

Re: [H] Was: Odd problem with hard drive - Now: BIOS caution during casual surf

2010-02-15 Thread Soren
alternatives, such as Firefox+Thunderbird, or Opera (www.opera.no). The local culprits are still the combo of Flash (any version), and MS JScript (a malformed hybrid between JavaScript and Java). Please, don't shoot the messenger :) Soren wrote: If I may add, there's currently a

Re: [H] Mapping printer xp to w7 ?

2010-02-15 Thread Soren
Document- and printer sharing between XP and W7 is a no-go. It can probably be done, but only by inside knowledge from M$. Who's first? :) In your shoes, look for physical ports located on the back of the printer. If there's both Parallel and USB ports, two different cables might work with two d

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-10 Thread Soren
Do you have any links to support this, pls? I'm very interested in this subject, as I work with different types of cables on a daily basis. JRS wrote: Solid CAT5 cable supports longer length runs and works best in fixed wiring configurations like office buildings. Stranded CAT5 cable, on the o

Re: [H] USB3.0 and Sata 6G

2010-02-10 Thread Soren
No problem. According to specs, USB 3 should be backwards compatiple with both 2.0 and 1.1 Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Anyone using these? I bought a PCIe x 4 board that has 2 USB 3.0 ports adn 2 SATA 6G slots. I also have an enclosure that uses USB 3.0 (and is backwards compatible). Will stan

Re: [H] RAID

2010-02-04 Thread Soren
Consider installing the O/S using only the boot disks on the onboard RAID controller, and then later add any additional controllers/drives. Winterlight wrote: I don't use RAID very often. However, I am putting together a older PC for some specific jobs, and since I had two second generation 74G

Re: [H] Was: Odd problem with hard drive - Now: BIOS caution during casual surf

2010-02-01 Thread Soren
If I may add, there's currently a virus around that potentially manage to mess up the BIOS of any M/B. So, if your system or server is showing a strange date/day/year, some of your drives aren't recognized, or your system suddently simply won't boot, this might be the cause. The attack appear

Re: [H] SSL certificates

2010-02-01 Thread Soren
Yes. Edit>preferences> in FF. The old certificate is somewhat still saved on your computer, though. Thane Sherrington wrote: If the Gmail SSL certificate gets screwed up on one's computer, is it possible to delete it and download it again? T

Re: [H] DDO question

2010-02-01 Thread Soren
Try this one: qtparted.sourceforge.net If you know your way around in Fdisk, this will probably suit your needs. /soren Rick Glazier wrote: This seems "hardware" to me. (At least a "workaround" for hardware.) I have refused to use DDOs for the last 16 years so this is a

[H] Who said home cooking can't be fun

2010-02-01 Thread Soren
t bases for an audio rack platform, no matter the price. /Soren

Re: [H] Freeze up

2009-12-15 Thread Soren
t and follow directions). NO? Boot from HDD >F8 >command prompt >[fix boot] - NO? >F8 >command prompt >[fix mbr] For a full list of commands type [help /?] Still no-go, pop a mail. Easier roads ahead. //soren Sam Franc wrote: My wife has a W2000 box and she is computer ill

Re: [H] Thunderbird Settings & Mail

2009-10-04 Thread Soren
A plain copy of your mail folder to your new sys, and then pointing the new Thunderbird towards that direction in Preferences should solve the problem. //s Steve Tomporowski wrote: Okay, now I am coming live from Windows 7No complaints so far...except with M-Audio. It seems that they wrot

Re: [H] More than 4GB of ram and VM question

2009-10-02 Thread Soren
is definately the way to go. Otherwise, new isn't always good, and vice versa. IMHO, it's all about a sensible balance between things. //soren Soren wrote: www.geoffchappell.com/notes/toc.htm ;) maccrawj wrote: 2^32 IS 4GB, you do the math! ;) From the MS page that lead me to the

Re: [H] More than 4GB of ram and VM question

2009-09-22 Thread Soren
cture processor, Pentium Pro or later, more than 4 GB of RAM, and Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Server 2003." http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/system/platform/server/PAE/PAEdrv.mspx Soren wrote: Hey Brian, As far as I know, the Windows NT generation is not limited to 3GB RAM, only to 64GB (

Re: [H] More than 4GB of ram and VM question

2009-09-19 Thread Soren
ada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:05 PM, Soren wrote: Hey Brian, As far as I know, the Windows NT generation is not limited to 3GB RAM, only to 64GB (32bit O/S limit - do your own math ;). One thing is what the O/S reports (and what MS wants us to believe), and another

Re: [H] More than 4GB of ram and VM question

2009-09-19 Thread Soren
Nah, this is unfair, as you also begin to imply chipset support. Hence unneeded to mention that both MB and chipset have to support +4GB :) To my experience, adding a load of RAM (and/or a +2GHz procesor) also stresses the need of a faster disk system. Things usually go hand-in-hand. One could

Re: [H] More than 4GB of ram and VM question

2009-09-19 Thread Soren
Hey Brian, As far as I know, the Windows NT generation is not limited to 3GB RAM, only to 64GB (32bit O/S limit - do your own math ;). One thing is what the O/S reports (and what MS wants us to believe), and another thing is what's actually doable. Nothing new there, unfortunately. MS have sev

Re: [H] Norton Anti virus Corporate

2009-09-19 Thread Soren
Yup, 5 linsences are the absolute minimum. No- or only limited malware/spyware protection, though. Depends on Definitions. Why not run some layered security, e.g. SpybotS&D together with Norton Internet Security or 360? Only a suggestion. //s Winterlight wrote: I see where you can buy as lit

Re: [H] XP Annoyances

2009-09-17 Thread Soren
I'll bet a virtual sixpack that your system is infected with something. Try download SpyBot at www.safer-networking.org - note the definitions update. In the Features section you can see everything that is loaded by the O/S, and delete whatever entry. Or, you could simply do a Run>RegEdit, and

Re: [H] -OT- Can anyone explain Norton's new ad campaign?

2009-09-17 Thread Soren
vation to keep updating. Would really like to get a source because I have several clients who need AV in a business setting and SAVCE 10.2 is my choice. Soren wrote: For corporate use, Norton/Symantec still kicks. Updates are still #one in the business.

Re: [H] -OT- Can anyone explain Norton's new ad campaign?

2009-09-15 Thread Soren
Heh-he. A firm alternative could be antivir.com. They're usually ahead of the rest of the business (read: confusement), and will serve private users well, as in free beer. www.antivir.com Btw, I still run the Norton/Symantec bulk on several of my desktops. Reason? Antivir has a flaw in thei

Re: [H] Hitachi hard drives.

2009-09-15 Thread Soren
Actually, Hitachi make some very decent harddrives. Some statistics (not documented, since they're coming from 'the source' - be afraid, very afraid :) +90 pct of returned harddrives are due to malware/spyware that makes the drive unusable. With Hitachi drives it may be a good idea to make us

Re: [H] cloning drive

2009-09-08 Thread Soren
runs from DOS. If the need is only imaging on a regular basis, I still believe Ghost CLI wins hands down, despite the need for booting a DOS diskette/CD. //soren Rick Glazier wrote: I used Ghost until they took too long to support writing the Image files (when recording originally) TO NTFS dr

Re: [H] cloning drive

2009-09-08 Thread Soren
her. Yep, you're absolutely right, different tools for different jobs. But I'd like to hear more about your professional experiences with Acronis, anyways. Good discussion, btw, thanks :) //soren Greg Sevart wrote: Several counters to several points... :) 1. Of course speed is variable,

Re: [H] cloning drive

2009-09-05 Thread Soren
companies that have bastardized them. True, true. Soren wrote: Hey FP, Your message made me think a little further. The boot disk used must have support for standard IDE ATAPI drives to be able to burn images to CD/DVD. The primary force of Ghost is not any longer (since v5.0, I believe) making

Re: [H] cloning drive

2009-09-05 Thread Soren
believe Ghost will still be my no. one for some time to come. Until someone can show me a fast working DOS util that does an even better job. //soren Greg Sevart wrote: Several points 1. Sector by sector copies are amazingly space and time inefficient. I'd much rather have a prod

Re: [H] cloning drive

2009-09-04 Thread Soren
years ago, so knock yourself out. Having everything one needs on a bootdisk, including complete O/S, is not too bad. I'm writing this from such a disk ;) //soren FORC5 wrote: rarely use ghost from a fdd but on occasion have to, only problems ever had wad usually the disk.drives fault. I

Re: [H] cloning drive

2009-09-04 Thread Soren
"others" didn't bother to read the fine print (a.k.a. the Manual), and hence is left into the eternal, bottomless abyss, without any sign of forgiveness. OK, I'm just guessing here ;) //soren FORC5 wrote: rarely use ghost from a fdd but on occasion have to, only problems ever ha

Re: [H] Making Vista and/or 7 live with XP

2009-09-04 Thread Soren
To avoid any questions of any kind of which/what media to boot from, you could use a boot manager. Google is you friend, use the most popular one. IRL, it's a matter of taste. If going back from a boot manager to XP, @ command promt /fixmbr usually does the job. //soren Steve Tompor

Re: [H] mask your IP with a changing one

2009-09-04 Thread Soren
I just read this whole thread, because it sounded like a wet teenage dream. Man, was I disappointed... ;) Seriously, NONE of the suggested sites nor features will help anyone in anonymizing data. For instance, let's take covertsurfer.com: It would not be my personal first choice regarding ano

Re: [H] cloning drive

2009-09-04 Thread Soren
distinguish between "clone" and "sort of clone", but that's probably only me ;) About Ghost I want to say one thing: RTFM (Read The Fine Manual). /soren tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: The acronis boot cd has a few major perks (imho) Sorts out multi-os installs way better

Re: [H] pfsense vs. smoothwall

2009-08-30 Thread Soren
dated to the new Snort engine, meaning new versions. I don't know if Smoothwall does the same, but probably. Several are releasing new versions during September and October. If it's for private use or for a school, Astaro (astaro.com) will throw a free license your way. /soren R

Re: [H] Another reason to use NoScript - Click Jacking

2008-11-24 Thread Soren
Also known as "Scripting by Access". The very nice util - WebWasher - that I've been shamelessly recommending ;) does the +same job + more. Brian Weeden wrote: "Click Jacking" (more formerly known as "UI Redressing" is the process where you hide a page with links in an HTML layer behind anothe

Re: [H] Observations of the new Intel PC

2008-11-24 Thread Soren
I hear you. Most new stuff is odd. On a new MB one have to upgrade the BIOS 3-5 times before the MB works as advertised. Price doesn't appear to matter. HDDs are shipped with bogus data and degraded performance, and then - maybe - a BIOS update. A good hint could be sticking to the brands th

Re: [H] WinXP Partition size?

2008-11-24 Thread 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? I ask this because I have watched both W2K and WinXP getting close to outgrowing the 4

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-21 Thread Soren
Hey Joe, Joe User wrote: Hello Soren, Friday, October 3, 2008, 2:19:48 AM, you wrote: Why are you addressing yourself? I usually trim that out when i reply to my own post. Forgot. Oh.. Why are you at all worrying about that? I guess the same reason you might be asking me about it

Re: [H] About Flash?

2008-10-21 Thread Soren
maccrawj wrote: Soren wrote: maccrawj wrote: Even if you were to fix Flash in this way, it's still blocking other functions like scripting. Yep, but only Cross Site Scipting exploits. My point was removing flash blocking globally (suggestion offered I replied to) != whitelist the d

Re: [H] About Flash?

2008-10-18 Thread Soren
maccrawj wrote: Even if you were to fix Flash in this way, it's still blocking other functions like scripting. Yep, but only Cross Site Scipting exploits. If one wants protection against scripts acting on page load and page exit, there's no way around web washer. Sure sounds like he has not

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-18 Thread Soren
Hey Scott, Watch below... Scott Sipe wrote: On Oct 3, 2008, at 1:00 AM, Soren wrote: Scott Sipe wrote: On Oct 2, 2008, at 10:10 PM, Soren wrote: In your shoes, I would not bet my dimes on VNC alone. If a security breach happens because of VNC (it does from time to time, and VNC scans

Re: [H] Trojan??

2008-10-18 Thread Soren
Hi, Judging from your info, it mostly sounds like a browser hi-jacking. Nice ;) Currently no way to avoid this sh*t when using IE, sorry. Back up your data before doing anything else. Being in your shoes for a moment, I'd check the assigned IP addy, the assigned Gateway addy, and the assigned

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-18 Thread Soren
Hi Thane, Yup, Open VPN, even it still freezes every now and then (mostly insufficient hardware resources). Else, a proven, closed source (ouch! ;) solution. Thane Sherrington wrote: Hi Soren, If Hamachi isn't secure, is there a similar service which you would recommend? T

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-02 Thread Soren
t, but at least, please, get your facts straight :) Best, soren

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-02 Thread Soren
Joe User wrote: Hello Joe, Well, hello, 'Joe'. Or should I instead call you by your real name, George A. Moore? Why are you addressing yourself? Does anyone else see my msg's being received before they were sent? Why are you at all worrying about that? -- To be honest, why don't you com

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-02 Thread Soren
strongly sarcarstic statement. Marketing + Assembler + .gov ties is not excactly my kind of wet dream ;) --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Fri, Oct 3,

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-02 Thread Soren
oundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 1:28 AM, Soren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Brian Weeden wrote: Google VNC vulnerabilities, there have been a bunch in the past and still some open: http://www.real

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-02 Thread Soren
on.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 5:11 PM, Scott Sipe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 2, 2008, at 10:10 PM, Soren wrote: In your shoes, I would not bet my dimes on VNC alone. If a security breach happens because of VNC (it does from tim

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-02 Thread Soren
em. --- Brian Weeden Technical Consultant Secure World Foundation <http://www.secureworldfoundtion.org> +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Soren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: IMHO, I think the key words for your considera

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-02 Thread Soren
Joe User wrote: I think he may be saying... VNC is open source and/or popular - lots of little proggys made to find and break into it - brute force, etc? Nope, I'm saying systematic, automated exploits aimed directly towards VNC, due to e.g. poor coding, etc. Not sure on RDP, but myself I

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-02 Thread Soren
...down below Scott Sipe wrote: On Oct 2, 2008, at 10:10 PM, Soren wrote: In your shoes, I would not bet my dimes on VNC alone. If a security breach happens because of VNC (it does from time to time, and VNC scans/exploits are automatic!), your client might become 'slightly upset&#x

Re: [H] Remote access VNC suggestions

2008-10-02 Thread Soren
IMHO, I think the key words for your considerations may be 'there will be sensitive data accessed', and precautions taken according to that. Of course, there's a lot of ways this can be done, and you say that you already have an aplliance to take care of the matter - but here are my thoughts.

Re: [H] Looking back

2008-09-30 Thread Soren
??? Brian Weeden wrote: You a Security Now podcast listener? If not, you should really check it out as they tackle the computer security issue fairly deeply. -- Brian On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 12:22 AM, Soren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Thanks Duncan, About the 'home cinem

Re: [H] Looking back

2008-09-30 Thread Soren
Heh-he, right on! How many on this list have a seriously overconfigured system that only serves a 'real' purpose like surfing the web, really? That meaning anything beyond 19" monitors and win 3.0 running on a 15GHz processor w/2TB RAM ;) Brian Weeden wrote: And don't forget trying to figure

Re: [H] Looking back

2008-09-30 Thread Soren
t some experience with me? Ohhh, yes! And so very much thanks to the Old Farts of the HWG :) DHSinclair wrote: Soren, Welcome back. I, for one, have missed your calm, crisp, reasoned replies. Our List has changed as the needs and desires of the community and available technology have changed

Re: [H] Looking back

2008-09-30 Thread Soren
Brian On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 10:12 PM, Soren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello all, As some of you may remember, I was on the original HWG list initiated by Tom Pabst. Back in about 2000-2001, when Spam sort of took over the internet, I was unwillingly unsubscribed. My ISP just cou

[H] Looking back

2008-09-30 Thread Soren
global hardware designers, and we should all be proud of that. On a personal level, I would not be where I am today without this list (thx Jim E.) Where are you today? Best, Soren

Re: [H] server died again #2

2008-09-29 Thread Soren
ail me off the list, no reason to lose all your data, as your system can be made to work again. Best, Soren DHSinclair wrote: I have zero idea what "it" may cost. I do not have a web site. I believe the this is the rage, but, I choose not to play. Yes, cost is, at this level, is a fai

Re: [H] server died again!

2008-09-29 Thread Soren
system can be made to work again. Best, Soren DHSinclair wrote: No. I do NOT know that I have 2 failed drives. That was my posit at this point. Certainly, if I do have 2/3 dead, I would expect to be dead in the water completely. Kiss my last install and all my data goodbye! Am I close? I suspe

Re: [H] Reactionless drive??

2008-09-26 Thread Soren
Forgot to say that this technology is *not* reactionless, contrary to what some might 'think'. However, if converted properly into storage technology, the 'feeling' could be "reactionless". Go figure ;) G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmDrive Man this would be TOO DAMN C

Re: [H] Reactionless drive??

2008-09-26 Thread Soren
http://emdrive.com/faq.html http://emdrive.com/theorypaper9-4.pdf http://journal-download.co.uk/digitalmagazines/EU/index.php?pdffile=eu01may2007fulleu.pdf G.Waleed Kavalec wrote: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EmDrive Man this would be TOO DAMN COOL if it turns out to be real. The Chinese spac

Re: [H] WPA2 in Windows 2000SP4

2008-09-26 Thread Soren
Maybe your router is only WEP compatible? Winterlight wrote: I am working on a Thinkpad that has wind 2K SP4 fully patched and I have installed a Bilken Wireless PMCIA adaptor but when I bring up the wireless router, I am only seeing WEP inputs. Is there anyway to get WPA2 to work with

Re: [H] What the hell is this folder???

2008-09-25 Thread Soren
Most probably XP SP3 leftovers. Right clicking on the relevant file or folder, and changing access rights, the file or folder should then be accessible. If you want to be more certain, get Dependency Walker from www.dependencywalker.com, just to confirm if (or if not) all of the .dll files' dep

Re: [H] Facebook

2008-09-23 Thread Soren
ther or not you like facebook, it IS almost 5 years old, so I'm not quite sure it counts as "new" :-P Scott On Sep 21, 2008, at 2:21 AM, Soren wrote: Yeah, beacuse 'new' equals 'good'? No-f*king-way! Think again, Naushad :D Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: Ar

Re: [H] insert picture in hotmail

2008-09-23 Thread Soren
Christopher Fisk wrote: On Sun, 21 Sep 2008, Soren wrote: Who would want to use Snotmail these days? ;) Seriously, consider other options. IMO, if you're going to bash something at least answer their question at the same time. I am sorry, you're absolutely right. I have

Re: [H] Future PC thoughts? (maybe long, but worth reading :)

2008-09-20 Thread Soren
ny of there is, they're just pathetic :D Anyway, with e.g. PfSense, I could fall back to use my Asus T2P4 w/64MB RAM again (which has been spinning since 1995!, and only got 'archived' a few weeks ago due to Snort memory issues). Anyone have experience running m0n0wall/

Re: [H] insert picture in hotmail

2008-09-20 Thread Soren
Who would want to use Snotmail these days? ;) Seriously, consider other options. Best, Soren Winterlight wrote: How do you insert a picture in a hotmail ? I can see how to attach something easily enough but how do you drop a picture into a email? thanks

Re: [H] Facebook

2008-09-20 Thread Soren
Yeah, beacuse 'new' equals 'good'? No-f*king-way! Think again, Naushad :D Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: Are you guys on facebook? If yes, then lets create a Hardware Group "Group".

Re: [H] Wireless N router

2008-09-16 Thread Soren
I set up one of those for my dad some months ago, as they needed some more power (big old house with thick brick walls). Works flawlessly, easy to setup, smooth internet connetion whereever in the house (using full encryption), with two laptops sharing only 1Mbit. Cards in the laptops are D-Li

Re: [H] Future PC thoughts? (maybe long, but worth reading :)

2008-09-16 Thread Soren
x27;ll check out the alternative firmwares, there might be something interesting. Thanks. Best, Soren j m g wrote: Have you looked at any of the dedicated firewall/routers out there with 3rd party flashes? tomato, dd-wrt, etc - Specifically the Linksys models? On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 1:45 AM, Sor

Re: [H] Future PC thoughts? (maybe long, but worth reading :)

2008-09-16 Thread Soren
the better. Best, Soren Scott Sipe wrote: On Sep 15, 2008, at 1:45 AM, Soren wrote: What I am seriously considering switching to, is: 1. A very small laptop solution for the firewall, e.g. one of the new Atom based laptops, with USB adaptors as second and third NICs. AMIbios is preferred.

Re: [H] Local Web Filter

2008-09-12 Thread Soren
Hey Thane, Just out of curiousity, did you find a solution? Best, Soren On Wed, 13 Aug 2008, Thane Sherrington wrote: Is there a good program that I can run on a computer and set it to whitelist certain sites and block all others? T

Re: [H] Chrome browser?

2008-09-02 Thread Soren
w, the Google Chrome Bowser is developed in cooperation with FF/Moz team. Maybe both Google and Mozilla has been made so called 'useable idiots' by MS to take FF off the market. Smart move. Best, Soren DHSinclair wrote: Thanks Alex, Odd and interesting. Believe I will wait until thi

Re: [H] XP-home slipstreaming.

2008-08-30 Thread Soren
nice and clean, non-BS solution: 1. Copy your CD to a directory [ "c:\xpcd" for example] 2. Acquire SP3 [rename it to "SP3.exe" for example] 3. Type this command: SP3.exe -s:C:\XPCD ...and that should be it. Clean and simple, yet not especially detailed ;) Best, Soren mac

Re: [H] Local Web Filter

2008-08-30 Thread Soren
127.0.0.1, or IPofBadHost 127.0.0.1 Using HOSTS alone will open up for some exploits, though, as it's really just a primitive redirection. Use with care, and be sure to enable Write Protection after editing(!) If you Google "hosts file", some pre-compiled, updated files will

Re: [H] Memory issues

2008-08-30 Thread Soren
rocessor brand, while the so called "high end" RAM types are designed for Intel processor timing specs. Changing the RAM in that system to standard Samsung RAM solved the problem, and the system has been running flawlessly ever since. Might be the same thing you're experiencing ri

Re: [H] XP-home slipstreaming.

2008-08-24 Thread Soren
Loaded sectors to "4" 15. goto "Label" and type in the ISO9660 name you want, e.g. "WXPSP3VOL_EN", and then select "New" 16. drag'n drop all the files from the folder "C:\XP" 17. now burn the bastard 18. send me a bottle of +25yrs Single

Re: [H] Admin password

2008-08-24 Thread Soren
I've used this one on several occasions. However, it does not recover the password, only allows for a reset. Not all the versions listed on the web site works properly, so you'll have to figure out which does. Best, Soren Winterlight wrote: At 06:34 PM 8/23/2008, you wrote: T

Re: [H] Browser/System issue

2008-08-21 Thread Soren
if there are any bottlenecks on the way. Hint: streamaudio.com/site/StreamTimeout.aspx Best, Soren DHSinclair wrote: Soren, Thank you. ATM I forget a test for half-duplex. Switch says 1000baseT for this nic. ipconfig /all shows all normal. I did run all the Marvell diagnostics and they come

Re: [H] Browser/System issue

2008-08-20 Thread Soren
Maybe a NIC running in half duplex? Do you have any tweak options for the buffer in your media player? Best, Soren DHSinclair wrote: I like to listen to remote radio programs with the PC. I am having trouble with one from LA (krla870). It comes via streamaudio.com and the Salem radio network