Re: [H] Is Vista going to be that much better than XP Pro?

2006-10-08 Thread Winterlight
Tallyho ! ]:8) Taglines below ! - No tax collector will ever enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Saint Peter was a Roman tax collector

Re: [H] Cell phone records

2006-10-08 Thread Winterlight
At 06:54 PM 10/8/2006, you wrote: I had this crazy tell me she got into my cell phone, your residential records and more tonight. Is this possible? It is possible if you have blue tooth enabled and transmitting and it doesn't take too much hardware wise. The Science channel did a show on

RE: [H] iMac arrived today...

2006-10-04 Thread Winterlight
editing, etc. I used to make that same argument all the time but I personally cant think of anything that I use that can't be done on a mac. It is not personal home use applications that limit Apple. It is the thousands of proprietary business applications. Software for dentists, software

[H] 24 inch measurement

2006-10-03 Thread Winterlight
Could someone give me a width / height measurement of the viewable area of a 24 inch wide screen monitor. I am just trying to get a feel for the difference from my 22 inch CRT. thanks

RE: [H] 24 inch measurement

2006-10-03 Thread Winterlight
At 05:33 PM 10/3/2006, you wrote: 20.5 horizontal, 12.75 vertical. Thank you! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:hardware- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:04 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] 24 inch

Re: [H] High CPU on Explorer.exe and TaskMgr.exe

2006-10-02 Thread Winterlight
run Process Explorer by Sysinternals to see what is using up CPU cycles. http://www.sysinternals.com/ At 12:24 PM 10/2/2006, you wrote: I have a machine in that is running 20 to 30% CPU utilization on both explorer.exe and taskmgr.exe. I've scanned for viruses and spyware, I've updated

[H] Casio Thermal printer for CD DVD

2006-09-29 Thread Winterlight
I just stumbled across these Casio Thermal CD DVD printers, http://www.casio.com/products/Label_%26_Disk_Title_Printers/Disk_Title_Printers/ looks pretty easy and can be used on regular CDs and DVDs. Anybody use one of these?

Re: [H] more bad caps :(

2006-09-28 Thread Winterlight
I have bought one Antec PS. A top of the line True Power 550 Xeon PS. It went bad in six months. Antec replaced it but I use it on a third PC because I don't really trust Antec. Now I use PC Power and Cooling PS for my two primary workstations. They are pricey but you will never ask your self

RE: [H] more bad caps :(

2006-09-28 Thread Winterlight
Antec is overrated, but so is PCPC. Make no mistake--PCPC is definitely a top tier PSU manufacturer, but they just (IMO) aren't worth the price premium. Yes, they are very expensive, which is why in every PS run off I have ever read they always win the number one performance-quality slot,

RE: [H] more bad caps :(

2006-09-28 Thread Winterlight
Again, I'm not saying PCPC makes a sub-par unit. I'm simply saying that if you really need that level of peace-of-mind, you need to spend the money on real server grade gear. PCPC, as good as it may be, is still only a workstation class product...and as such, falls short of real server grade

Re: [H] Weird Thumb Drive Problem

2006-09-26 Thread Winterlight
Do you have any mapped drives? If you are using a mapped drive where your next local drive should be then the portable drive won't appear in explorer because the drive letter is being used. It's a bug they have never fixed in windows. At 12:55 PM 9/26/2006, you wrote: OkayI plug in a

Re: [H] Weird Thumb Drive Problem

2006-09-26 Thread Winterlight
Could it be possible that I have something else mapped to L and it doesn't show up in explorer? I remember once trying to map a web drive or some crap that some student had me fooling with. It never worked. Typically what happens is you have local drives C D and E. You also have a mapped

Re: [H] three router setup revisted

2006-09-24 Thread Winterlight
Well logicially, it should work like this (I've done it this way several times, with different routers.) I guess you could try: LAN1 ---Router1 (DHCP on - set as 192.168.1.x, set to use a static IP on the WAN side.) | Router3 --- (DHCP off - set as 192.168.0.x , set

Re: [H] Thumb drives

2006-09-24 Thread Winterlight
At 06:42 PM 9/24/2006, you wrote: How come there is such a disparity in the price of system memory and thumb drive type memory? speed and the ability to use it over and over again. System RAM is a LOT faster then a USB drive by a factor or what... 10 ... 100? A thumb drive has a limited

[H] three router setup revisted

2006-09-23 Thread Winterlight
I tried to setup a three Linksys router setup for my LAN, in order to isolate my LAN from my WAP. I set it up like this LAN1 ---Router1 LAN Model = WRT54GS v5 | WAN3 (this is NOT a wireless router)--- Router3 --- WAN Model = BEFSR41 v 4 |

Re: [H] Printer heads dry out update

2006-09-23 Thread Winterlight
If you don't like screwing with cartridges, and don't care about color, then try a lightscribe burner. I have a R200 that I bought a year ago, and I am at the last 25 percent of the cartridges they give you. I don't print anything on it, but photo paper prints, or CD/DVDs, and I don't do one

Re: [H] Printer heads dry out update

2006-09-23 Thread Winterlight
B$ this r200 I just did paper lables but the print on cd is pretty cool and looks better IMO fp Oh yeah, it does, what it does really well! The only thing I don't like is that it is too much hassle to get the CD holder aligned correctly. I don't understand why they can't have this lock

[H] Understanding Conroe

2006-09-21 Thread Winterlight
I am going to be updating my P4 3.4 box to a Conroe setup in the next six months. The only thing I'm waiting for is for things to shake out, and seasoned boards to appear. But there are some things I am not clear about. I am currently using a dual Xeon 3.06 @ 533FSB as my primary workstation.

RE: [H] Understanding Conroe

2006-09-21 Thread Winterlight
Nope, just 800 for now. Look for DDR2 PC6400. All in all, due to Conroe's vastly superior IPC, your dual 3.06 would probably be bested by even an E6300. What is extreme about the extreme that makes them cost so much more For example = Intel Core 2 Extreme X6800 2.93GHz LGA 775 - Retail at

Re: [H] Understanding Conroe

2006-09-21 Thread Winterlight
. The smart buy is to get the cheapest model with 4MB of L2 cache, they overclock well if you're into that sort of thing, if not you're still getting 80-90% of the performance of the Extreme for 1/4th the cost. From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com

RE: [H] DV with flat screen

2006-09-17 Thread Winterlight
At 04:26 PM 9/17/2006, you wrote: LCDs operate in digital. If you send it an analog signal, it must convert it back to digital for presentation. Most LCDs that accept a digital input seem to do a pretty poor job converting an analog input back to digital. Additionally, Cleartype works best with

[H] DV with flat screen

2006-09-15 Thread Winterlight
Is there a actual advantage to using a DVI cable with a flat screen. I am planning on purchasing a 2407WFP. I need a 15 foot plus cable, and I already have a good SVGA. Does it matter, or is quality better with DVI cable?

[H] Ac32 low volume

2006-09-13 Thread Winterlight
Somebody had this problem a few months back, but I can't remember the solution. I have a torrent TV video / audio that is done in DivX AC32. The problem is that the audio volume is REALLY low. What is the easiest way to correct this? Thanks

RE: [H] Ac32 low volume

2006-09-13 Thread Winterlight
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 12:33 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Ac32 low volume Somebody had this problem a few months back, but I can't remember the solution. I have a torrent TV

[H] audio codec not working

2006-09-12 Thread Winterlight
I downloaded a bit torrent TV show that is DivX AC32. When I tried to play it I had audio, but no video. So I installed the latest DivX codec 1.1.0-30 and then had video, but now I lost the audio. OK, I installed Divx Player 6.1 in the hopes it would sort things out. But still no audio.

RE: [H] audio codec not working

2006-09-12 Thread Winterlight
At 06:04 AM 9/12/2006, you wrote: Download AC3Filter. http://www.afterdawn.com/software/video_software/codecs_and_filters/ac3filte r.cfm Greg That did it, Thanks!

RE: [H] Which video?

2006-09-05 Thread Winterlight
myself. From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: RE: [H] Which video? Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 08:29:43 -0700 At 06:47 AM 9/5/2006, you wrote: Why do you think the ATI would be any less stable

Re: [H] Which video?

2006-09-05 Thread Winterlight
seen do native support of 3+ video outputs with options is matrox. I've seen x8 displays that way but anything I've seen is crap Sent via BlackBerry from Cingular Wireless -Original Message- From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2006 15:59:54 To:The Hardware List hardware

[H] Which video?

2006-09-04 Thread Winterlight
I am putting together(online) a Thinkpad build for my Sister. Her needs are basic except she has to be able to be able to read X Rays, and Cat Scans. How graphic intensive that is, I don't know. Fortunately, her company gives her a hefty budget for TP. I am guessing that just about any new

Re: [H] Torrent Client

2006-08-30 Thread Winterlight
I have been UTorrent all year.. it's great, never gives me a problem, and it has a easy to use interface that provides lots of information. At 11:44 AM 8/30/2006, you wrote: I'm trying out uTorrent today. It uses about 1/3 the RAM of BitLord, which I had been using (and really like) and

Re: [H] machine update plans

2006-08-26 Thread Winterlight
At 08:40 PM 8/26/2006, you wrote: On Aug 26, 2006, at 6:13 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 02:30 PM 26/08/2006, Scott Sipe wrote: I have to say that WordPerfect is an absolute POS. You think MS is WordPerfect and reveal codes blows the doors off every other word processor. Word 2003 has

Re: [H] machine update plans

2006-08-25 Thread Winterlight
Not at all. I'm saying that if a university forces you to use MS Office Pro, walk away. That sort of thinking shows serious blinders in the unversity's thinking. You should be able to write papers using copy con on an XT for all they care. T and which university was your alma mater?

Re: [H] Scary a bit..

2006-08-25 Thread Winterlight
Yes, Goggle is tracking you, big surprise huh? Try G-Zapper http://www.dummysoftware.com/gzapper.html At 05:14 PM 8/25/2006, you wrote: I didn’t realize that somewhere on the internet was archiving every word we spoke on this thing.

RE: [H] Scary a bit..

2006-08-25 Thread Winterlight
post made to this list for the last few years. Weird. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Friday, August 25, 2006 7:38 PM To: The Hardware List Subject: Re: [H] Scary a bit.. Yes, Goggle is tracking you, big

Re: [H] -ot- phone ?

2006-08-20 Thread Winterlight
Just want to know if the razor is good or bad, looks good to me. BTW is free after re up fee and rebate.good I got a Razor with T Mobile last May, for all the reasons I think you have. I have a Motorola T720 that I love and it has been indestructible. So I wanted another Motorola, and like

Re: [H] -ot- phone ?

2006-08-20 Thread Winterlight
At 08:23 AM 8/20/2006, you wrote: Why do they lock out features in the first place? they don't want to support them

Re: [H] -ot- phone ?

2006-08-19 Thread Winterlight
At 02:38 PM 8/19/2006, you wrote: wasn't paying attention recently during the phone discussion, looking at a Razor V3 I think. My question ( and the guy at the store was a moron ) can one get a headset for this that is NOT blue tooth ? Yes, but it has a USB connector on it, not a standard 1/8

Re: [H] Recovery of Hd w/o partition?

2006-08-18 Thread Winterlight
A Hey all, I have a client that just brought me a PC with a HD that appears to have no partitions on it (It shows up unallocated in XP). This was definitely a bootable volume previously. I once accidentally removed an external hard drive partition, with Partition Magic, that had

[H] One giant blunder for mankind: how NASA lost moon pictures

2006-08-10 Thread Winterlight
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/one-giant-blunder-for-mankind-how-nasa-lost-moon-pictures/2006/08/04/1154198328978.html One giant blunder for mankind: how NASA lost moon pictures HE heart-stopping moments when Neil Armstrong took his first tentative steps onto another world are defining

Re: [H] One giant blunder for mankind: how NASA lost moon pictures

2006-08-10 Thread Winterlight
At 11:55 AM 8/10/2006, you wrote: What's the big deal? They probably have transferred those images to other media by now anyhow. That is like saying that the Declaration of Independence has been copied a million times. It is original, it's history, there is only one. These things are the

[H] Linksys / Belkin router setup

2006-08-08 Thread Winterlight
I am setting up my LAN with three routers in order to isolate the WIFI from the LAN. LAN1 ---Linksys 192.168.1.1 | WAN3 --- Linksys 192.168.3.1 | WIFI2 --- Belkin 192.168.2.1 All three routers are with four port switch and WIFI, and all are new

RE: [H] Linksys / Belkin router setup

2006-08-08 Thread Winterlight
, or the WAN router. The domain is COX and is universal to all three routers. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2006 3:13 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Linksys / Belkin router setup I am

Re: [H] Linksys / Belkin router setup

2006-08-08 Thread Winterlight
At 02:29 PM 8/8/2006, you wrote: I ran the two Linksys LAN1 and WAN3 together for a week with no problem. Then today I hooked up the Belkin WIFI2. The Belkin WAN port is plugged into a standard port on the WAN3 Linksys. When I try to access with my WIFI laptop, I can see the Belkin there, but

Re: [H] Linksys / Belkin router setup

2006-08-08 Thread Winterlight
At 05:27 PM 8/8/2006, you wrote: At 06:55 PM 08/08/2006, Winterlight wrote: I did have it working this weekend for about 15 minutes... everything seemed to be working as expected. But while the WIFI link was strong, the Internet connection was going in, and out. And then all of a sudden

Re: [H] Laptop Battery Replacement

2006-08-02 Thread Winterlight
Check Ebay for used Batteries $15 to $20. I bought two of them like this for my ThinkPad and they work fine. Last as long as my old one did with a full charge. If you want new, then check these people out. You get a more powerful, better then new, refill. I got one of these and they work

Re: [H] Figuring price to sell a used laptop

2006-08-01 Thread Winterlight
At 08:28 AM 8/1/2006, you wrote: On Tue, Aug 01, 2006 at 11:18:14AM -0400, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Bryan Seitz wrote: :: I'd not pay more than $300 for that. Thanks. If I can't get more than $300, I may keep it. It can always come in handy in those times when you just need a PC! Ya no

Re: [H] Problem after partition merge

2006-07-31 Thread Winterlight
s that data gone for good? Does it look like my faith in PM was misplaced this time? Brian I learned this lesson a long time ago. Every attempt I have made to convert FAT32 to NTFS had big problems, and I have attempted this with PM. So now, when I do make that switch, I copy the data to

[H] LAN

2006-07-30 Thread Winterlight
I am setting up my LAN with three routers so as to isolate my WAP. I found this setup in a discussion of this question, which apparently accomplishes this. LAN1 ---Router1 | LAN3 --- Router3 --- Internet | LAN2 ---Router2 Create an intermediate LAN

[H] MS Document Image Writer

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

[H] Linksys Router Questions

2006-07-27 Thread Winterlight
I have a couple of new Linksys wireless routers that I want to deploy to my LAN, with my existing Belkin Router, in an attempt to isolate my WAP from my LAN. I want to set these Linksys Routers up before I hook them into the LAN. With Belkin Routers all I have to do is use my Printserver

[H] Auto CDplayer

2006-07-27 Thread Winterlight
It has been a long time since I had anything but a factory radio in my vehicle and I have rarely listened to that. However, I like listening to talking books, and recorded Charlie Rose shows, on my mp3 player. The factory radio cassette just wasn't doing this, so I purchased a nice Sony CD

Re: [H] Anyone on the list using the iPhantom Internet security device

2006-07-24 Thread Winterlight
I am thinking about it as well the subscription is a bit pricey... but I will be interested in a report back from you on how it is working out. At 10:07 PM 7/23/2006, you wrote: I have been thinking about it. It will slowdown your connection. From what I can gather from the docs on the

RE: [H] Anyone on the list using the iPhantom Internet security device

2006-07-24 Thread Winterlight
I don't have it where I am but I saw that my sister up in northern California can get 6 for 30 a month from ATT DSL. At 12:04 PM 7/24/2006, you wrote: At 03:29 PM 24/07/2006, RLS wrote: My thoughts Brian, is if it slows down my connection 20%, and I am supposed to be getting 6gbs then I am

[H] Video Ipod

2006-07-23 Thread Winterlight
Everybody seems to sell the Video Ipod for $300. I never see deals or sales. I guess there is just no price break on Apple stuff?

Re: [H] Anyone on the list using the iPhantom Internet security device

2006-07-21 Thread Winterlight
Read their forums and you will see that somebody wrote in and said he had it on his home LAN and it really slowed things down then he put it only on his primary box and that worked out. It may be just his setup, but I would spend some time reading their forum. At 08:08 AM 7/21/2006, you

Re: [H] AV SW Again ?

2006-07-20 Thread Winterlight
Symantec scans LAN drives... but you have to map them. There are two things about Symantec AV that I like. It is a old established company inside the U.S.,... that I trust. They may not always be number one but they are always in the top five. Their corporate version is particularly good. And

RE: [H] Epson R200

2006-07-18 Thread Winterlight
Yeah, those colour lasers are real beasts, aren't they? Do the colour toners rotate on that one, or are they inline? inline, I would think that rotating cartridges would be a noisy headache... way too mechanical and problematic.

RE: [H] Epson R200

2006-07-18 Thread Winterlight
Here's a thing - when you print black only on it, does it spin all four toners or just the black? I don't know, it's in another room... has a network interface. I know what your thinking, do they mix the colors to get black like a Inkjet does, and I think the answer to that is no. Black

RE: [H] Epson R200

2006-07-18 Thread Winterlight
I wasn't thinking mixing. I just recall that at one of the Lexmark repair courses, they mentioned setting the printer in one of two modes: in one mode, it left all four toners inline and each one was turned, even if it wasn't used. I wouldn't even try to fix this thing if it did break. It

[H] Autopatch XP July

2006-07-18 Thread Winterlight
Anybody install July XP Autopatch. I keep getting this error... www.winterlight.org/error.jpg anybody else? I have tried downloading it again from another mirror but same thing. Any ideas?

RE: [H] Autopatch XP July

2006-07-18 Thread Winterlight
At 08:35 PM 7/18/2006, you wrote: Try using ms update instead. if I did that I would have to install wga again. Which I just removed and cleaned off my system. From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com

Re: [H] WDC Class Action Suit

2006-07-18 Thread Winterlight
d to receive EMC Dantz Retrospect Express Software (the Software). which is what?

RE: [H] Autopatch XP July

2006-07-18 Thread Winterlight
] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 11:03 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Autopatch XP July Anybody install July XP Autopatch. I keep getting this error... www.winterlight.org/error.jpg anybody else? I have tried downloading it again from another mirror but same

RE: [H] Epson R200

2006-07-17 Thread Winterlight
At 07:04 AM 7/17/2006, you wrote: I wouldn't worry, just get this: http://www.maxpatchink.com/epsonclean.shtml It works great for cleaning even the worst clogged heads. Good to know, and for those following the thread, I posed my original question, regarding leaving the printer powered on

Re: [H] Cease and Desist letters for downloading TV shows?

2006-07-16 Thread Winterlight
I might get a few of these, for myself and my sisters. The question is, how reliable is the company selling them. How reliable are their servers, do you have to worry about them going down. will the company be around in a year. At 10:14 AM 7/16/2006, you wrote: BTW, for those of you

Re: [H] Cease and Desist letters for downloading TV shows?

2006-07-16 Thread Winterlight
anything illegal and they will protect your privacy. On 7/16/06, Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I might get a few of these, for myself and my sisters. The question is, how reliable is the company selling them. How reliable are their servers, do you have to worry about them going down

Re: [H] Cease and Desist letters for downloading TV shows?

2006-07-16 Thread Winterlight
At 11:23 AM 7/16/2006, you wrote: You do need a subscription. It is $10 a month if I remember right. It is basically just a proxy service - all your traffic is encrypted to them, then anonymized and released onto the net. Yeah, and you really have to dig to find that out! 12.95 per month and

[H] Epson R200

2006-07-16 Thread Winterlight
I own a Epson R200 that I only use for photo, and CD/DVD. So I don't use it that often. I am not concerned about ink replacement, but I am worried about clogged heads. The manual recommends that I print at least once a month, and ink cartridge replacement every six months or less as needed.

Re: [H] Epson R200

2006-07-16 Thread Winterlight
I just dumped one for that reason. Not 1.5 years old. Heads so clogged no amount of cleaning could bring it back. I didn't print much, especially in the last few months. Left it on all the time. I can't complain, I bought it Sept 2005 for 50 bucks it sat in the box until January, and it

Re: [H] Epson R200

2006-07-16 Thread Winterlight
At 02:20 PM 7/16/2006, you wrote: I have one I only use for labels and cd/dvd's. Leave off all the time. about a year old, 1st set of replacement cartridges and so far no problems. ( other then not wanting to feed the cd's correctly without playing with the position of the tray) YES glad

Re: [H] Cease and Desist letters for downloading TV shows?

2006-07-14 Thread Winterlight
A month ago I was having trouble with bit torrent so I called COX and asked their tech if COX was blocking it. The tech didn't know what bit torrent was! It was my understanding that the Media companies, unable to go after any single entity, like for example, Napster,... was going after the

[H] PCMCIA wireless NIC with antenna

2006-07-11 Thread Winterlight
I am thinking about getting one of these, primarily because it has an antenna port, which is a must for me, anybody have any other recommendations ? BUFFALO AirStation WLI-CB-G54S 125 High Speed Mode Wireless Notebook Adapter - Retail

[H] Cantenna Wireless Antenna

2006-07-10 Thread Winterlight
Anybody ever make their own Cantenna Wireless Antenna? You can buy kits that have everything you need except the can ... but are they as good as store bought?

Re: [H] Cantenna Wireless Antenna

2006-07-10 Thread Winterlight
At 03:36 PM 7/10/2006, you wrote: I have heard they are good but you may want to limit your use in public. Many people are reporting that cops are confiscating cantennas and are getting more concerned about wardriving and the like than in the past. Actually, I want to make one to use as a

Re: [H] Strange windows XP GeForce 6150 X2 3800+ issue

2006-07-08 Thread Winterlight
XP may be seeing it, but having a problem reporting it. Check the XP System Information tool, and see if it is reported correctly. There are issues with XP efficiently using above 2GB of RAM. Maximum PC has reported that they see no performance gain above 2GB of RAM. However, I am using 4GB

RE: [H] 24 inch montior

2006-07-06 Thread Winterlight
The one thing I will say about gaming on a 24 widescreen is that you need the top-end of gfx cards to drive resoutions such as 1920x1200a 7800GT WILL struggle in most games at this resolution and you can forget turning any AA on unless you have a ATI X1800/X1900 So what happens if the

Re: [H] 24 inch montior

2006-07-06 Thread Winterlight
not a gamer, so it isn't that big of a deal, although I do have a copy of Half Life II I haven't used yet... so what happens when I load that? thanks Greg - Original Message - From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: The Hardware List hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Thursday, July 06

Re: [H] 24 inch montior

2006-07-06 Thread Winterlight
He could also drop off the AA and AF and get a performance boost there. Running 1920x1600, AA at least shouldn't be required for a good clean image. Given that, I think the X800 would run HL2 decently. Not ideal, but very playable. Greg Ok thanks guys, BTW Greg I recently discovered

[H] PCMCIA Wireless NIC

2006-07-05 Thread Winterlight
I need a new wireless NIC for my Thinkpad. The problem is that I have a oversized USB2 PCMCIA card, and my Belkin PCMCIA NIC is also over sized. Consequently, I can only use one at a time. I want to get a new slim PCMCIA NIC that will work with the USB2 PCMCIA card and also accept an

[H] 24 inch montior

2006-07-05 Thread Winterlight
How does a 24 inch monitor display a full word or excel page? 24 inch is a wide screen, right? so is it like a wide screen laptop in that you loose the full page view of a standard monitor. How about things like games? When you load it does it fill the screen. I guess what I am asking is

[H] Dremel Owners

2006-07-04 Thread Winterlight
If you own a Dremel you might want to check out this site https://www.widgetsupply.com for bits. 20 to 30 percent the price of Dremel retail.

Re: [H] Sound level problem

2006-07-04 Thread Winterlight
Anyone else come across this problem? Is there an easy way to fix it? Maybe using an audio program to boost the volume and then re-save the file? Brian This happens with ripped DVDs. It is possible to separate the audio from the video, boost the volume in a editor, and then sync it back

Re: [H] Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP 24-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD

2006-07-02 Thread Winterlight
a better deal on the monitor, or keep the box as a decent secondary. Greg - Original Message - From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Saturday, July 01, 2006 11:58 PM Subject: [H] Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP 24-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD http

Re: [H] WGA again

2006-07-02 Thread Winterlight
At 10:02 AM 7/2/2006, you wrote: One of my boxes prompted me to do a update ( set to dl and not install ) was WGN so I figured WTF. It installed, wgn notification ( the daily stuff ) is not there anymore and in manage addons it is not grayed out like b4 ( can be disabled ) Maybe MS succumbed

Re: [H] WGA again

2006-07-02 Thread Winterlight
update also includes a modification to the EULA (End User License Agreement) that covers the tool. Microsoft said the new EULA more clearly explains the purpose of the software and the details about the Notifications. At 10:52 AM 7/2/2006, Winterlight Poked the stick with: At 10:02 AM 7/2

Re: [H] Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP 24-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD

2006-07-02 Thread Winterlight
It currently looks like the 2407 doesn't support 1080i from DVI input, so no, you won't be able to run HD from the DVI output of a cable box. However, if the cable box supports HD output on the component outs, then you will be able to do this. COX cable digital box = OUT = DVI, S Video,

[H] Dell UltraSharp 2407WFP 24-inch Widescreen Flat Panel LCD

2006-07-01 Thread Winterlight
http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/productdetail.aspx?c=usl=ens=dhscs=19sku=320-4335 I am close to buying one of these I have read so many good things about the Dells, especially on Maximum PC that I really haven't looked at anything else. A good choice for the money? I thought they

[H] How to remove WGA

2006-06-28 Thread Winterlight
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=921914

Re: [H] PS2 optical mouse never turns off?

2006-06-28 Thread Winterlight
At 12:48 PM 6/28/2006, you wrote: I have a PS2 optical mouse that never turns off it's light (even when the computer is off.) no I have a old MS Explorer that does the same thing. Must pull it off the 5volt side. I always figured it was for appearance / design ...big red light I assume

[H] Cox and Bit Torrent

2006-06-24 Thread Winterlight
All of a sudden Bit Torrent stopped working for me last week. I get a port failure message. I am guessing COX is blocking it now. Anybody else having problems with COX?

Re: [H] Monitor color temp..........

2006-06-17 Thread Winterlight
Here is a chart that I found some time ago Color Temperature Light Source 1000-2000 K Candlelight 2500-3500 K Tungsten Bulb (household variety) 3000-4000 K Sunrise/Sunset (clear sky) 4000-5000 K Fluorescent Lamps 5000-5500 K Electronic Flash 5000-6500 K Daylight with Clear Sky (sun

[H] AMD + ATI: does it add up?

2006-06-16 Thread Winterlight
http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/amd-ati.ars/1 AMD + ATI: does it add up? By Jon Hannibal Stokes , Anders Bylund Monday, June 12, 2006 At the very end of May, Forbes ran a short piece reporting analyst projections that AMD is looking to acquire graphics chip maker ATI. The article

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 Winterlight
paranoia you have. It uses AES-256, Blowfish (448-bit key), CAST5, Serpent, Triple DES, and Twofish. Oh and its free :) On 6/13/06, Thane Sherrington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

[H] Vista 64 and AIW

2006-06-12 Thread Winterlight
Does anybody know if Vista beta 64 = vista_5384.4.060518-1455_winmain_beta2_x64fre_client-LB2CxFRE_EN_ has native media center drivers for an All in Wonder 9600 PRO?

Re: [H] Windows Validation tool

2006-06-12 Thread Winterlight
Chris, what was that registry editor you recommended? thanks

[H] Windows Validation tool

2006-06-11 Thread Winterlight
Automatic Windows update installed the Windows Validation tool, and nothing happened, but I read that this thing now calls home everyday, and reports your IP address, BIOS version, and Windows version. I am not thrilled about this but I have looked around, and discovered that once installed,

Re: [H] Windows Validation tool

2006-06-11 Thread Winterlight
Message- From: Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 11:31:27 To:hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Windows Validation tool Automatic Windows update installed the Windows Validation tool, and nothing happened, but I read that this thing now calls home everyday, and reports

[H] Acrobat 7

2006-06-08 Thread Winterlight
I inadvertently removed the Pages tab in the left hand Navigation tab bar, in Acrobat 7 PRO. Anybody have any idea how I bring it back? I have been reading the help file to no avail. It talks about dragging it back but from where it doesn't say. I have really grown to dislike anything Adobe.

Re: [H] 25 foot usb and vga

2006-06-06 Thread Winterlight
At 05:39 AM 6/6/2006, you wrote: If I want to run a computer 25 feet away from the monitor, keyboard, mouse - do I need a special kind of VGA/USB cable to handle this length? Yes you need a booster beyond 15 feet. Will putting a power hub partway along the USB cable run solve the length

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