Re: [H] bad cable ?

2014-09-10 Thread Winterlight
if I use the display port I get horizontal lines above 1920x1080 ( which is where I run anyway, the default is way too small for these old eyes even ramped up) :-| It is more likely your video card display port can't support higher resolutions or maybe your display port cable is bad. ds

[H] Fwd: Re: bad cable ?

2014-09-10 Thread Winterlight
GTX 680, specs to 4096x2160. OK but is that DVI specs... or Display Port Specs?

[H] DOCSIS 3.0

2014-08-21 Thread Winterlight
I got this email from COX today. To get the fastest speed offered with your package, you should upgrade your modem. A DOCSIS 3.0 modem is the proven option, which utilizes our most advanced technology to support faster speeds than ever before for the best online experience. I have a

Re: [H] What is 'HomeGroup' in w7 and w8.1?

2014-08-15 Thread Winterlight
no.. a workgroup is what it has always been. A home group allows all members of the homegroup to access all available shares simply by being a member of the homegroup. You create the home group on your computer, and are given a special password. Then when you enroll other PCs, or devices in

Re: [H] Question?

2014-08-11 Thread Winterlight
At 08:33 AM 8/11/2014, you wrote: Thane, Thanks for the share. I admit that the backup tool in Win7 is quirky. It records its' 'stuff' very differently than XP's simple dot-bkf file structure. OK tech moves on. I was gifted Aconis True Image. Acronis Version 2010 and above for Windows 7

Re: [H] Greg P9X79_WS PCI slots too small

2014-08-08 Thread Winterlight
...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Friday, August 8, 2014 7:53 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Greg P9X79_WS PCI slots too small I need some more USB2 ports so I attempted to install a old Adaptic PCI USB2 5 port card in my P9X79_WS. I was surprised that it didn't fit in either

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread Winterlight
any one know of a program that will copy a bootable image to a thumb drive ? rufus-1.4.9.exe = free

Re: [H] OS on a thumb drive

2014-08-07 Thread Winterlight
I run windows 7 Pro on a 07 Thinkpad Tablet X41 with a 1.5 Centrino, Intel graphics , 2GB of RAM (all the chipset supports) on a SSD it runs pretty quick but anything better then basic SD video struggles At 11:11 AM 8/7/2014, you wrote: NO AV ? At 10:41 AM 8/7/2014, Christopher Fisk

Re: [H] Does it matter?

2014-08-06 Thread Winterlight
At 01:01 PM 8/6/2014, you wrote: Does it matter 'where' a SSD is plugged into a SATA m/b portto have it shown in bios? no Or is SSD now being used as a way to divide the collective? what??

Re: [H] SSD and XP ?

2014-08-04 Thread Winterlight
://partedmagic.com. They have an support forum if you need help or have questions the support forum is the place to ask them. At 12:29 PM 8/4/2014, you wrote: Greg (winterlight/Forc5), Thank you for your insightful shares. Over this past 2-3 days I have learned a lot about SSD. o Does not work

Re: [H] SSD and XP ?

2014-08-02 Thread Winterlight
I am in the process of taking a old Thinkpad X41 Tablet,that had Win7 on it and setting it up to multiboot new installs of . Win7 PRO SP1 and XPProSP3. XP is installed and uses a 6GB partition. The only purpose of running XP is to run a single legacy USB device. There is nothing else

Re: [H] SSD and XP ?

2014-08-02 Thread Winterlight
that occasionally within W7 and you should be fine. -Original Message- From: Hardware [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2014 4:08 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] SSD and XP ? I am in the process of taking

Re: [H] SSD and XP ?

2014-08-02 Thread Winterlight
] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Saturday, August 2, 2014 4:08 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] SSD and XP ? I am in the process of taking a old Thinkpad X41 Tablet,that had Win7 on it and setting it up to multiboot new installs of . Win7 PRO SP1 and XPProSP3. XP is installed

Re: [H] SSD and XP ?

2014-08-02 Thread Winterlight
Same goes for MSE, since it has turned to crap. Do you mean in Windows 7 as well as XP? Don't tell me we have to go back to screwing around with third party AV software.

[H] Greg six core turbo mode

2014-07-16 Thread Winterlight
I have yet to over clock my six core Ivy Bridge 4930k. It is rated at 3.4 GHz with Turbo at 3.9 GHz. However, when encoding with 100% on all 12 cores I am running at 3.54GHz Turbo as stated in Task Manager... so why doesn't it rise to 3.9GHz in Turbo when it is running flat out like this.

[H] Bioshock ultimate

2014-06-18 Thread Winterlight
Brian...weren't you playing Bioshock Infinite? What is the deal with the things that appear to be in other dimensions.. like weapons and medkits that glimmer and you can walk though and now I came across a gate lock like this... how are you suppose to activate them?

Re: [H] Bioshock ultimate

2014-06-18 Thread Winterlight
Never mind... I finally figured out that you have to hold down the F key like when swapping a weapon. At 03:01 PM 6/18/2014, you wrote: Brian...weren't you playing Bioshock Infinite? What is the deal with the things that appear to be in other dimensions.. like weapons and medkits that

Re: [H] Samsung 840PRO SSD?

2014-06-13 Thread Winterlight
He is referring to sector alignment not TRIM which deals with deleted files clean up. Back when SSDs first became available people were cloning them from their hard drives to SSDs. Imaging software was not set up to handle this. They put images on sectors as a physical hard drive imposed on a

Re: [H] OT maybe

2014-06-05 Thread Winterlight
NetTalk internet phone service allows you to block up to 10 numbers for free. If you are willing to use your PC as a answering machine then software VentaFax allows you to Black list and White list any phone number. Make sure you register your number with the Government Do not call list.

Re: [H] Win 8.1pro (working)??

2014-05-24 Thread Winterlight
They want you to have a email account that's it. If you have a live, msn, hotlook, or outlook email address then you have an account. Then they sync everything to that account.. like One Note, one drive, windows phone. If I take a picture with my windows phone it is in my One drive folder

Re: [H] Win 8.1pro??

2014-05-20 Thread Winterlight
why don't you contact MS and ask them? You can verify your key with them... You can activate with them... you can buy the key from them. At 03:36 PM 5/20/2014, you wrote: Tim, Please re-read below, it does NOT work. M$ says I can not use that key(the 8.1 PRO key) to activate. I'll hold

Re: [H] Suggestions for new build

2014-05-16 Thread Winterlight
I am running a six core Ivy bridge on a ASUS P9X79-WS with 48 GB of RAM but I came from a Dual core Quad X9650 not a i7 quad and there is a big difference. A very big difference. The answer to your questions are ... it depends. First, for multiple applications (Outlook, Word, Excel, Access,

Re: [H] Suggestions for new build

2014-05-16 Thread Winterlight
At 01:30 PM 5/16/2014, you wrote: Winterlight, Really appreciate your opinions and insights. Bottom line, it seems, is that you are saying I won't really see a large increase in performance from a 5 year old system? Even if you go with six core you won't notice a large improvement unless

Re: [H] drive won't shrink

2014-05-12 Thread Winterlight
for the help Harry. -Harry On 5/11/14, 9:11 PM, Winterlight wrote: I am working on a HP Pavilion. It has a 550GB hard drive and there is nothing unusual about the Win 7 Home Premium setup. It has a 195 MB boot drive = C. The Win 7 D drive with about 450 GB on it ...the user only is using 175GB

Re: [H] drive won't shrink

2014-05-12 Thread Winterlight
At 11:18 PM 5/11/2014, you wrote: On 5/11/14, 11:01 PM, Winterlight wrote: Defrag the drive and look to see if any data is way out near the end. Your right... it is a few unmovable files at the end of the drive that is causing the problem I discovered that initially..the unmovable

Re: [H] drive won't shrink

2014-05-12 Thread Winterlight
It turned out to be System Restore that was the problem. I disabled it, deleted the files and then was able to shrink the drive. At 11:29 PM 5/11/2014, you wrote: At 11:18 PM 5/11/2014, you wrote: On 5/11/14, 11:01 PM, Winterlight wrote: Defrag the drive and look to see if any data

Re: [H] drive won't shrink

2014-05-12 Thread Winterlight
that it was marked as a system partition? Regards, Mike At 04:47 AM 5/12/2014, Winterlight wrote: It turned out to be System Restore that was the problem. I disabled it, deleted the files and then was able to shrink the drive. At 11:29 PM 5/11/2014, you wrote: At 11:18 PM 5/11/2014, you

[H] drive won't shrink

2014-05-11 Thread Winterlight
I am working on a HP Pavilion. It has a 550GB hard drive and there is nothing unusual about the Win 7 Home Premium setup. It has a 195 MB boot drive = C. The Win 7 D drive with about 450 GB on it ...the user only is using 175GB of that D drive... a HP recovery drive of 24GB and the HP utility

Re: [H] Win 8.1pro??

2014-05-10 Thread Winterlight
There are no service packs for Windows 8 or 8.1 and it is unlikely to ever get one. At 11:04 AM 5/10/2014, you wrote: When Windows 8.1 pro boots up, does it display/acknowledge any Service Pack(s)?? I'm several days from initial power-on ATM. Thanks, Duncan

Re: [H] Win 8.1pro??

2014-05-10 Thread Winterlight
. Regards, Mike At 03:36 PM 5/10/2014, Winterlight wrote: There are no service packs for Windows 8 or 8.1 and it is unlikely to ever get one. At 11:04 AM 5/10/2014, you wrote: When Windows 8.1 pro boots up, does it display/acknowledge any Service Pack(s)?? I'm several days from initial power

Re: [H] Query?

2014-05-02 Thread Winterlight
Friday, May 02 2014, 15:38:02 I use all the above...Amazon, Newegg, Provantage. I have been using Newegg since the 90s and they have been very good to me when they have made mistakes, or I've had a problem. But I am always looking for price and reliability... Newegg is one of my vendors that

Re: [H] Query?

2014-05-02 Thread Winterlight
why don't you just create a new account with a new email address. It's not like you're running a company or get credits for ordering. You will still have access to the old account. At 04:03 PM 5/2/2014, you wrote: Winterlight, Thanks for the share. I get everything you write. Yes, based

Re: [H] Hotmail?

2014-04-26 Thread Winterlight
At 09:10 AM 4/26/2014, you wrote: Duncan, it sounds like some sort of 2-factor authentication has been enabled on your account. It might be part of some new security procedures Microsoft is putting in place, as are many others. That is exactly what it is... just go along with the security and

Re: [H] Speed dial

2014-04-22 Thread Winterlight
-sites You can pin a new site, remove sites, or rearrange as much as you want. The source doesn't even have to be a bookmark - drag the site icon from the address bar into a new tab window and you can add a site that way too. Jamie On 2014-04-21 10:25 PM, Winterlight wrote: Back when Opera had

[H] Speed dial

2014-04-21 Thread Winterlight
Back when Opera had a real browser they invented speed dial which was a tab that had a collection of small windows on a page that you could use as a home page if you wanted and could set it up with the links you wanted so that all you had to do was click on a window and go the link. It was

[H] imaging backup software

2014-04-09 Thread Winterlight
I have a long history with Acronis having stared using it with XP after Norton bought .. and ruined...Drive Image. Acronis started out lean, mean, and single purpose and I was happy to pay for it. I have owned various versions including the 2008 version... the 2010 version when I went with

Re: [H] Shortcut to 16-bit Application

2014-04-07 Thread Winterlight
No... 32 and 64 are separate disks. And you need a retail purchase to get both disks... not OEM. And yes the easy solution is to go 32 bit if the program you need will run OK... your only other alternative would be a virtual XP setup. Win 7 PRO and Ultimate offers free download of XP mode

Re: [H] Win7 question#2

2014-03-20 Thread Winterlight
I did notice that my 'code' contains SP1. OK. I also noticed that my install required 108 M$ patches. Is there any clue that Win7 SP2 may be close to birth? No but MS will support win 7 until 2020 Or, has M$ totally moved on to Win8.1 now? Update 1 for Windows 8.1 which is considered a

Re: [H] Win7 question#2

2014-03-20 Thread Winterlight
Yeah? Like ability to choose / toggle metro? Full start bar back? Bryan G. Seitz If it doesn't sense a touch screen it boots to the desktop... it will allow apps to run in the Taskbar instead of everything going full screen.. I don't think they brought the full start bar back but

Re: [H] Really curious?

2014-03-19 Thread Winterlight
Control Panel Power Options ATM, I only have one question? Where is the timer that logs me off after some period of time??? I get why this is happening, but, I'd like to decide when to log off manually. Best, Duncan

Re: [H] Really curious?

2014-03-18 Thread Winterlight
, Winterlight wrote: You can not upgrade from win732 to win764. You have to start over with a new install. If you are saying your existing OS is XP32 then you can only install win764 if you have a 64bit processor... but you still have to start with a new partition. MS has a free program/download

Re: [H] Really curious?

2014-03-17 Thread Winterlight
You can not upgrade from win732 to win764. You have to start over with a new install. If you are saying your existing OS is XP32 then you can only install win764 if you have a 64bit processor... but you still have to start with a new partition. MS has a free program/download that you can run

Re: [H] Three Monitor Mania!

2014-03-03 Thread Winterlight
I have been running three monitors for years. Some video cards will support it natively... some will not and will require multiple video cards. For the last five years I have been running three monitors from a single ATI Sapphire 5750. I do have two of these hooked up with crossfire but the

[H] Nvidia drivers

2014-02-25 Thread Winterlight
What is the deal with Nvidia drivers. I have been a Radeon user for a couple of decades, but on my new build I decided to use a EVGA Geforce 660. When I first installed from the DVD I got a whole range of drivers and software which I figured was similar to ATI catalyst. I had HDMI audio

[H] Workgroup not seen

2014-02-18 Thread Winterlight
I have a Gb wired and n wifi network. Router, switches, adaptors are all quality Gb components. All cabling is Monoprice manufactured CAT6. The LAN members = PC clients, 2 XBOXs, printers and Wifi devices, all work very well and very quick. All the PCs are running Win7 pro and ultimate and

[H] laptop hard drive

2014-01-16 Thread Winterlight
I am helping a good friend with his laptop. He needs a bigger hard drive. This is primarily a business hard drive so reliability and data safety is of utmost important. I am thinking of recommending a 1TB Seagate Hybrid Drive ... are these just as bullet proof as any other Quality plain SATA

Re: [H] Weird mouse problem

2014-01-09 Thread Winterlight
could it be grime internally blocking the buttons... this eventually happens to me... the buttons stop working well or the wheel gets hung up, and I have to take the mouse apart to clean it. Also sometimes the silicon pads get dirty and I have to clean them with a scrub sponge. The screws to

Re: [H] Weird mouse problem

2014-01-09 Thread Winterlight
since 2009. Keyboard and mouse quality seems to be in the tank. The sign of 'commodity' hardware I fear. Best, Duncan On 01/09/2014 15:28, Winterlight wrote: could it be grime internally blocking the buttons... this eventually happens to me... the buttons stop working well or the wheel gets hung

[H] SOLVED Greg P9X79WS

2014-01-09 Thread Winterlight
] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 10:38 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Greg P9X79WS Greg...My board started out with 4 x 8 =32GB Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3- 1866 CL10 of which Crucial guarantees compatibility with the P9X79WS Last week there was a very good

Re: [H] MS Office 2003 question

2014-01-08 Thread Winterlight
I have a multi license key for Office 2003 Pro that works fine... I installed it just a couple weeks ago, so how old it is has no importance to installation. The problem with your key may be that it is shown as having been already activated and only MS can address that. When this version of

[H] Greg P9X79WS

2014-01-08 Thread Winterlight
Greg...My board started out with 4 x 8 =32GB Crucial Ballistix 8GB DDR3- 1866 CL10 of which Crucial guarantees compatibility with the P9X79WS Last week there was a very good sale on these on Amazon Prime so I bought two more DIMMS for a total of six = 48 GB. I want to run a huge RAM drive.

Re: [H] Greg P9X79WS

2014-01-08 Thread Winterlight
trying to run 8x4GB. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Wednesday, January 8, 2014 10:38 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] Greg P9X79WS Greg...My board started out

Re: [H] Taskbar help?

2014-01-03 Thread Winterlight
left click on the Taskbar...select properties ...Taskbar tab... put a check into Hide inactive icons...or not once you put the check in the box you can push Customize button and configure individual icons At 11:30 AM 1/3/2014, you wrote: OK. I'm still on XP..sorry... Is

[H] AC Router

2013-12-25 Thread Winterlight
Is AC wifi ready for prime time, or is it too early to buy AC routers. Does the adaptor specifically need to support AC? I am looking at the ASUS RT-AC66U Dual-Band, and the NETGEAR Nighthawk AC1900 Dual . Is there a preference? I am drawn to the Netgear because they are a network hardware

Re: [H] edit boot loader Windows 7

2013-12-18 Thread Winterlight
of the visceral Vista hatred. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2013 1:50 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] edit boot loader Windows 7 I have

[H] edit boot loader Windows 7

2013-12-17 Thread Winterlight
I have a machine that dual boots Win7 and Vista. I moved and added some hard drives and I need to change the path to Vista in the boot loader... how do I do this?

Re: [H] Printer recommendation

2013-12-16 Thread Winterlight
I don' At 01:47 PM 12/16/2013, you wrote: My Epson Workforce printer is giving up the ghost. I'm pissed about the fact that if one single ink cartridge (it has four, one black and 3 color) runs empty, then this printer won't print at all. Also, if you clean the heads, it somehow uses ink.

Re: [H] Printer recommendation

2013-12-16 Thread Winterlight
I don't print much either, contracts, business letters...I try hard not to create paper output but you wouldn't believe it if you saw my office. Ten years ago I also got fed up with ink jet printers so in 04 I bought a huge office Okia Data color laser printer for around 400 bucks. You get

Re: [H] VM second NIC

2013-12-14 Thread Winterlight
, etc. lopaka From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 6:31 PM Subject: [H] VM second NIC I have a new computer build = windows 8 PRO. My PC motherboard has the usual 2 NICs. I want to install

[H] New router

2013-12-14 Thread Winterlight
I want to get a new router that has USB support so then I can plug in one, or two hard drives that become available to all the clients of the LAN this would be for wired media streaming. Any recommendations as to a router... anything I need to be concerned about? Does 802.11ac have a

[H] VM second NIC

2013-12-12 Thread Winterlight
I have a new computer build = windows 8 PRO. My PC motherboard has the usual 2 NICs. I want to install VMware version 9 workstation and have it use the second NIC. I have a three router network that isolates a WIFI connection from my LAN for employees, friends, family to use. I am thinking I

Re: [H] VM second NIC

2013-12-12 Thread Winterlight
OK thanks! Is this done with the same router.. or better if I put it on a different router IP At 09:58 PM 12/12/2013, you wrote: On 12/12/13 7:31 PM, Winterlight wrote: I have a new computer build = windows 8 PRO. My PC motherboard has the usual 2 NICs. I want to install VMware version 9

[H] Partitioning 3TB Drive

2013-11-30 Thread Winterlight
I have my first 3TB drive = WD Red. When I boot up into Win 8 ManagementDisk Management I see two two partitions ready to create 2TB and 746MB. It doesn't seem to want to create a single 3TB NTFS drive... I know this can be done so how do I do this? Is GPT visible in Windows 7? thanks m

Re: [H] HP Compact DC7800 continuous beeping

2013-11-29 Thread Winterlight
At 10:59 AM 11/29/2013, you wrote: Got a weird problem. I acquired an HP DC7800p ultra-slim tower (well, they were throwing it out). It set up fine in Linux Mint, so I lent it to our in-house contractor. He plugged in his cordless Microsoft dongle and everything was fine until the next day

Re: [H] Xbox 360 4GB

2013-11-28 Thread Winterlight
This is the 4GB 360 so yes, that is what I use. At 07:53 AM 11/28/2013, you wrote: Would this version of the Xbox still work fine as a media extender? Walmart has it for $99. Thanks, Bobby

Re: [H] MS Activation Customer Service Number

2013-11-23 Thread Winterlight
the above google search might also be helpful. Regards, Mike At 06:22 PM 11/22/2013, Winterlight wrote: In windows 8 the screen that says my media center key is blocked says I can buy a new key online, but when pushed tells me I can not buy a key from this country and will have to buy from

Re: [H] MS Activation Customer Service Number

2013-11-22 Thread Winterlight
In windows 8 the screen that says my media center key is blocked says I can buy a new key online, but when pushed tells me I can not buy a key from this country and will have to buy from a retail store... I am in California... so I guess California can't buy windows 8 keys online. I wonder if

[H] MS Activation Customer Service Number

2013-11-21 Thread Winterlight
After I upgraded to win 8.1 from win 8 something went wrong and my activation is no longer working .. which makes no sense so I have to contact MS .. but where is the number... going through the online help keeps sending me in a circle. Who do I call and where do I get the number?

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Winterlight
wasn't it possible in the past to do a clean install with a ungrade disk Win 8 UPGRADE is different. Once you install the original OS is overwritten and the license key is gone. But you can put use the upgrade disk to install move your license to another computer but I guess you have to

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Winterlight
How do you install it clean when the upgrade disk is not made to boot? You must have a OEM or retail disk. At 08:20 AM 11/20/2013, you wrote: I decided to give it a try this time around, the Windows 7 to Windows 8 upgrade. Lets just say it was messy and did not work well at all. The clean

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Winterlight
license. At 02:34 PM 11/20/2013, you wrote: in the old days I think they did or we booted to a boot disk with cd support and ran setup from there. I think the new stuff if smarter. Memory is a little fussy. Remember when cd installs needed drivers ? fp At 01:27 PM 11/20/2013, Winterlight Poked

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-20 Thread Winterlight
windows folder and it is all good. Winterlight, If you opt the DVD version, you get a DVD shipped to you. Before I did a clean install I waited for the DVD to arrive. Those days were hard on my nerves :) On November 20, 2013 at 2:34 PM FORC5 fuf...@cox.net wrote: in the old days I think

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-19 Thread Winterlight
At 06:29 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote: Part of the initial setup is activation, so you might have a phone call on your hands for next activation. when I installed 8 and realized it had overwritten 7 Ultimate I pulled the NIC cable...so it was live to the net for at most 15 minutes Once I

[H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Winterlight
Last year I bought one of the 25 dollar Windows 8 Pro upgrade iso download deals from MS. I am now ready to install it and have a few questions. I have all ready installed Win7 on another hard drive with the boot drive located on a clean SSD ready for Windows 8 to do the upgrade. Can I boot off

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Winterlight
On 2013-11-18 12:19 AM, Winterlight wrote: Last year I bought one of the 25 dollar Windows 8 Pro upgrade iso download deals from MS. I am now ready to install it and have a few questions. I have all ready installed Win7 on another hard drive with the boot drive located on a clean SSD ready

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Winterlight
From: Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.org To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Sent: Sunday, November 17, 2013 11:19 PM Subject: [H] Win 8 upgrade install. Last year I bought one of the 25 dollar Windows 8 Pro upgrade iso download deals from MS. I am now ready

Re: [H] laptops ?

2013-11-18 Thread Winterlight
Agreed, I have a collection of Thinkpads. They are real work horses. I have never worn them out, just wanted to move up. They definitely have the best keyboards. At 02:01 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote: I think the think pads are probably the best right now. Not the idea pads. On Nov 19, 2013 12:59

Re: [H] Win 8 upgrade install.

2013-11-18 Thread Winterlight
:13 PM, Winterlight winterli...@winterlight.orgwrote: what instructions? At 01:46 PM 11/18/2013, you wrote: I did clean install from boot on both of my win8 upgrade discs. You do need to follow instructions to do registry hack to get it to authenticate when using an upgrade key for clean

[H] Greg Asus P9X79 WS

2013-11-18 Thread Winterlight
I built my new PC around the Asus P9X79 WS you recommended. It is a great board, worth every penny. It has every possible thing on it... except for ESATA which I need and bought a separate card for. The BIOS is great, the USB BIOS flash is great... I used that before I installed anything...but

[H] Win 8 file system

2013-11-16 Thread Winterlight
Does Windows 8 use the same file system as Windows 7? BTW I recently asked if you could use HDMI as dual link monitor cable. I tried it, and it works fine. I am currently using a HDMI high speed cable to run my 30 inch monitor at 2560 x 1600 and it works just fine.

Re: [H] IE11

2013-11-14 Thread Winterlight
I have updated... haven't had any problems. It seems faster. I notice a few new things. I prefer Opera but it is more user friendly then Chrome. At 12:35 PM 11/14/2013, you wrote: Anyone tried this yet? Is it ready for roll out, or should we wait like every other new version of IE? :) T

[H] Can HDMI replace DVI on a PC Video card/monitor

2013-11-03 Thread Winterlight
Can the HDIMI cable be used in place of the DVI cable on a monitor capable of supporting 1600p. I want to use a 30 inch monitor on two different computers both of which have video cards capable of driving the 30 monitor, but I only have DVI, VGA, and HDMI ports on the monitor. I am using the

[H] Windows 7 Media Center licenses

2013-11-03 Thread Winterlight
Cable TV in my area is provided by COX, and unfortunately they encrypt every channel except for PBS. In the last couple of months I have had inexplicable glitches that resulted in Media Center loosing it's licences for TV shows that I had previously recorded. When this happens I can't play TV

Re: [H] Windows 7 Media Center licenses

2013-11-03 Thread Winterlight
Wow, these will remove commercials AND decrypt MC recordings? I am downloading it now. Thanks Chris There is a very simple answer to that. Use MCEBuddy or MCTV-Converter http://mcebuddy2x.codeplex.com/ And convert anything you want to save to MKV/MP4 BEFORE you change over your media

Re: [H] PC Gaming..

2013-10-29 Thread Winterlight
The new game that just came out 10/25 is Batman: Arkham Origins. I have a Steam code for the game that came with my new Nvidia card that I want to sell for 30 bucks...it is currently selling for $50. At 07:18 PM 10/29/2013, you wrote: I hadn't setup my PC to do any gaming in a long, long

Re: [H] PC Gaming..

2013-10-29 Thread Winterlight
At (So far, Just Civ-V, Tomb Raider and Walking Dead in my Steam account) Which Nvidia did you grab? I traded back a GTX 760 to go to the 280X, which was on sale.. only negative: no throw ins. EVGA GeForce GTX 660 FTW Signature 2 m

[H] Car Battery with UPS

2013-10-18 Thread Winterlight
Anybody here ever hook up a car battery to a UPS?

[H] MS DRM Playready in Media Center

2013-10-12 Thread Winterlight
I use Win7 Media Center with a SiliconDust HDHomeRun PRIME TV network turner and stream to a couple of XBOX 360 extenders. Everything has been fine, but a ago I started having troubling with the extenders connecting to Media Center. Even when I could connect some of the recordings would not

Re: [H] Good UPS's

2013-10-12 Thread Winterlight
. Aside from it sounding like a beep factory test lab Too bad you can't disable the beeps... have you ever had six UPS go off in the middle of the night while your sleeping... it's not fun! m

[H] Crucial M500

2013-10-01 Thread Winterlight
Is the Crucial M500 suppose to replace the M4... I'm confused.

Re: [H] Crucial M500

2013-10-01 Thread Winterlight
] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Tuesday, October 1, 2013 8:17 PM To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Crucial M500 At 03:15 PM 10/1/2013, you wrote: Yes. However, I would get a Samsung 840 EVO or Samsung 840 Pro - and nothing else. why the only brand you would buy

Re: [H] Firefox problem

2013-09-20 Thread Winterlight
a better addon for doing that. To get around the issue, I use 2 firefox profiles, one in normal use without the addon, one for when I want to yank a video from youtube (Then I clean up the junk after). On 09/19/2013 16:47, Winterlight wrote: My primary browser is Opera but I also am using

[H] Firefox problem

2013-09-19 Thread Winterlight
My primary browser is Opera but I also am using the latest updated version of Firefox. A month ago I was looking for a TV show I missed and ran a Google search. A torrent came up, and I clicked on it. The torrent never downloaded but ever since, every time I load Firefox the torrent at 0 bytes

[H] 3TB

2013-09-18 Thread Winterlight
I want to get one or more 3TB desktop drives to store videos oneither a Seagate or WD ... maybe a WD Red. I am really looking at reliability and price point rather then performance. Anybody have any issues with large 3TB drives?

[H] Any gamers left on the list?

2013-09-06 Thread Winterlight
I just purchased a EVGA G660. It came with a code for a Steam PreOrder download of Batman: Arkham Origins for the PC which becomes available for all platforms on October 25. You can see the Steam Pre Order price here of $44.99

Re: [H] Extending wireless network.

2013-09-03 Thread Winterlight
You need a signal booster. The way they work is that you run a coaxial cable out to an antenna that is about 12 inches by one inch diameter that is located somewhere, in the attic, on the roof, outside ... where ever... a spot that does receive a strong single. Then they broadcast that

[H] how to compare

2013-08-26 Thread Winterlight
I want to replace my two ATI 5750 cards Crossfire with a single Nividia card that is capable of driving three large monitors plus the HDMI. Gaming is not an issue as long as I keep the performance I have now. So what is the best way to compare...Core clock? So if my 5750 cards run at 650Mhz

Re: [H] how to compare

2013-08-26 Thread Winterlight
double a single 5750, but I'd probably opt for the 660. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@lists.hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Winterlight Sent: Monday, August 26, 2013 2:30 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: [H] how

[H] ESATA cables

2013-08-25 Thread Winterlight
I have one ESATA device. It is a 2TB Fantom external hard drive that supports both USB2, and ESATA. It has an Hitachi drive in an aluminium enclosure that vents at both ends. I put a case fan in front of it that blows air through it, and in the three years I have run it 24/7 it has never

[H] Win 8 upgrade

2013-08-25 Thread Winterlight
Back in December, when Microsoft had the promotional for Win 8, I bought a couple of Windows 8 Pro upgrades... one with the download and one with a DVD. I haven't used them yet, but plan on doing so with my upcoming new build. I have read about the upgrade process, and the new rules that

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