At 03:54 PM 9/22/2008, you wrote:
Received my HD PVR last Friday. Initial impressions are all good. Haven't
been able to get the ir blaster working (but only gave it a quick try) but
don't really plan on using it. Video quality is very good.
I bought one of these as well, but I haven't
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
I am completely confused these days, when it comes to figuring out
what is what with processors, and I suppose that is by design. For
example, I am comparing two processors in two different laptops which
have a 80 dollar difference.
Both are ACER laptops and they have the exact same
Greg,
Do you think it makes any difference, how ever slight, in using a
ASUS video card with a ASUS board. I know, in the past, you have
written that brand is irrelevant with video chipsets... get the
cooling solution you like at the best price point.
However, I can't help that feel that a
At 02:25 AM 9/6/2008, you wrote:
How can I track this down and stop it? Best I can tell its
originating from my system
Any help appreciated.
If you were posting 500 emails from your system your ISP would shut
you down pretty quickly. So it sounds like a spamer is spoofing your
email address
At 01:36 PM 9/6/2008, you wrote:
I've noticed that a lot of laptop manufacturers are offering 3 GB memory.
Does this mean that they are using 1 stick 1 GB and 1 stick 2 GB?
yes I just bought a ACER with 3GB, it can be upgraded to 4GB by
replacing the 1GB module with another 2GB module
If
I am helping a friend with a circa 2002 Compaq EVO. It is a corporate
machine he got from work. It has a Primary partition with the OS
installed, I created a second partition for Data and I see a small
hidden partition that I assume has something to do with Compaq's
recovery disk so what
I bought a new ASUS P5E WS PRO board that will support my new Intel
Core 2 Quad Q9650 once I flash the BIOS! So I need to buy or
borrow, long enough to flash a bios, a cheap processor on this list
www.winterlight.org/celeron.jpg .
Anybody have anything in their junk box they want to
Probably going be easier for you to just order some low end chip for $30-40
Yeah, I figured that out too :) forty bucks for a Celeron 430 on
Newegg, at least I will get it overnight for free.. sigh this sucks!
At 08:04 AM 9/1/2008, you wrote:
So basically, as long as the monitor has multiple inputs, I should be able
to select the input on the monitor? Is this a valid statement?
Yes the Dells and the Gateway's do this.
Her pc has a NVidia 6200 gc in it. It can output S-Video, VGA and DVI-I
Get a Dell or Gateway LCD. They have multiple inputs, for VGA, DVI,
S-Video, VCR video and newer ones have HDMI. You just plug your video
card into a DVI or VGA port and then plug Game cube into one of the
others. Then just use the selector switch on the LCD Monitor to pick
the source.
Just
t 08:21 AM 8/30/2008, you wrote:
While I am a Pioneer Elite fan, I
The recent Extreme Tech Podcast talk about the Pioneer, both the
regular and the Elite versions, and the differences. PCMAGs TV expert
Robert Heron is the reviewer, and it comes at the end of the podcast.
At 11:52 AM 8/27/2008, you wrote:
Is there really a meaningful difference between the PRO-141FD and
the PRO-151FD other than the $500 difference? Read the specs. The
141 weighs ~2lbs more. Duh?
I am an Elite fan; just cuz I own one now.
Best,
Duncan
I have come really close to buying the 60
. I think I've pinned it
down to the Crucial ram.
That would be very surprising. I have never heard of a documented
proven case of Crucial RAM going bad. I'm not saying it can't happen,
but Crucial RAM would be the last thing I would suspect right under a
PCPC PS...and they never break
Like I said, with just one stick of the Crucial in there it seems to work
just fine (3.5 days of uptime since pulling one stick).
Brian
Do this one stick at a time. If they both work individually OK then
you have your answer it's not the ram it's the board or
something on the board
At 05:08 PM 8/25/2008, you wrote:
Viera's are good, but Pioneer Elite Kuro's are arguably the best
plasmas to be had, but then again, they do cost 4-5-6 grand. :)
They are the best, the new PRO-151FD 60 price actually came down a
grand to 6500 but it is a fantastic display. Of course, my
There are many web tutorials out there explaining the slipstreaming
process - which would you recommend.
Thanx,
Nlite http://www.nliteos.com/index.html it does the slipstream
for you, and allows you to configure, and tweak a lot of useful
stuff... and it is free.
At 11:52 AM 8/23/2008, you wrote:
Have a customer running win98 because she has a very old dos program
she runs for book keeping. I seen the program but she has no
intention of updating to anything newer.she exits to dos to run this program.
years ago, I administered many medical offices who
Is there a safe and simple way to recover a forgotten administrator
password from XP PRO SP3?
At 06:34 PM 8/23/2008, you wrote:
This is one that you can make a boot disk and has NT recovery capability.
http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/
Jeff
Have you actually used this one?
Or can somebody recommend something they have successfully used
...and they know is safe.
thanks
At 06:54 PM 8/23/2008, you wrote:
It works.
OK, thanks I will give it a try
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At 06:34 PM 8
The first Nehalem, which has been now been officially named CORE,
won't be out until the end of the year and the first available
processors will be in the 1000 dollar range. It will be this time
next year before prices come down to affordable levels.
from todays Maximum PC news letter
The Q9650 is finally available at retail, so it is time for me to
order up the rest of the parts for my new build. This new build,
along with my old trusty dual 3.06 Xenon will be my two primary computers.
It also means it is time to Ebay some stuff. I am going to have three
boards,
At 06:09 AM 8/4/2008, you wrote:
I'd not expect stellar from that card give how old vs. UT3.
Actually, I found a article on how to tweak your ATI card for UT3 or
any other game,
http://www.tweakguides.com/UT3_2.html
mostly explaining what the settings do, ...and after tweaking my
card it
At 12:05 PM 8/4/2008, you wrote:
On 4 Aug 2008, at 19:47, Winterlight wrote:
RAM drive for TEMP likely counter-productive.
running from RAM rather then a hard drive counter productive... why?
Because dedicating a chunk like that You're blocking ram that could be
used for caching
Not true, I have no such folder since I long ago moved pagefile,
%temp% for system users, %userprofile%, and %programfiles% to
different volume from %windir%.
Yeah, well so did I, but Windows, ZoneAlarm, and VMware still put
log files and other files in \windows\temp
At 02:37 PM 8/4/2008, you wrote:
Have you set both the system user temp environment variables? They
are 2 separate settings.
yep both temp and tmp
Winterlight wrote:
Not true, I have no such folder since I long ago moved pagefile,
%temp% for system users, %userprofile
I have a 8 port 10/100wired Linksys router that I am not using but
would like to use as a plain switch.
I turned off DHCP on the router and ran a CAT5e from a standard
port on my actual router to the number one port of this
router(switch). I have nothing plugged into the WAN port of the
There are some really good deals on ACER laptops available.
Anybody have experience with one? Comments?
At 01:09 PM 7/28/2008, you wrote:
Last I had looked at it the answer was no if we are talking about
encrypted channels (nearly all of them are).
Actually, the networks aren't, but it is up to the cable companies to
provide them unencrypted.
The only way you can tune encrypted digital cable
I live in a dead zone. Most things have to be line of sight to work.
A typical cordless phone is good for 25 to 50 feet. I have been
dealing with this for 30 years.
I got my cell phone working from nothing to five bars, by using a
very cool, and very expensive commercial booster. But I have a
At 01:43 PM 7/26/2008, you wrote:
Hey,
I currently record regular cable TV with my Hauppauge PVR-150. I know that
the PVR-1600 can do QAM. I know this is supposed to let me record
unencrypted HD channels, but does it also mean that I would be able to
record the regular digital channels
I just started playing UT3. I am trying to get my video to be more
responsive. I am running a dual Xeon 3.06, 4GB DDR400, and a Sapphire
Radeon X1950 PRO 512MB AGP. I have the swap file turned off and I am
using a RAM drive for temp.
When I am playing the game I never get above 60 percent CPU
Just about any backup program will do what you want. Ghost, Acronis,
even windows vista native backup. You need to let Ghost, or Windows
scheduler, know the administrative password so it can write to your USB drive.
But why not keep it simple. Use Winzip 11, or any other zip program
from
I have a Windows web site so I can not use HT Access. I want to be
able to protect a few documents / pages with a password. This is just
to stop the casual passerby, not protect against a
sophisticated attack. I assume there is a simple way to do this. Can
somebody point me in the right
t looks like the WD Black WD1001FALS is becoming available now, but if
you're looking for something that's been out for a while and proven--this
isn't it.
Yeah, when you are talking 1TB of your data this becomes the most
important issue. A drive of this size is difficult to keep backed up
Is Vista 64 on all Retail DVDs, or is a separate purchase? If it is
on the same DVD does it give you a choice when you start to install?
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Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2008 9:17 PM
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Subject: [H] Vista 64
Is Vista 64 on all Retail DVDs, or is a separate purchase? If it is
on the same DVD does it give you a choice when you start to install?
Reports: Intel to skip Vista upgrade
For any given release of Windows, there are companies that choose to
skip it. But when the company is Intel, it's a big deal.
Following a report Monday on the Inquirer, the New York Times
reported Wednesday that Intel's IT department found no compelling
At 12:27 PM 6/26/2008, you wrote:
trying to play HL2 for two days and keep getting a message that the
game is currently not available, try later.
Anyone ever seen this message ? just a little PO'ed I can not play a
game I paid for.
fp
something is wrong with Steam HL2. I was playing it
I just do not understand your vent.
Best,
Duncan
What vent? I wrote nothing. I just forwarded a news story that was
interesting.
Tivo allows you to transfer a HD recording to your computer? Even scrambled
cable channel
No, you have to get one of those cable cards from your cable
provider, in place of a cable box. You still have to rent it and have
an account. You put that in and then use TIVO as your cable box. The
Wonder how long before the powers that be find a way to squash this product?
Why? Tivo has a similar product, as do others.
If you are asking, how will XP do with a dual XP boot, then the
answer is fine. I have been installing duplicate OS installs since
NT4. I put the system files on C and XP1 and XP2 on D and E. Windows
handles the dual boot just fine. It is a very useful setup for a
number of reasons. And there
.
Richard E. Quilhot C.N.A.
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On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 4:59 PM, Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
At 01:46 PM 6/16/2008, you wrote:
Thanks for the info, I'll just have to see how many of my applications
make it over, I know that some may and others probably won't.
Probably
I decided to give this a try with the same video. VLC does choke,
although I am only using less then 20 percent CPU when it chokes.
How did you get PowerDVD 8 to play the mkv file? It won't play if for
me. I have the same codecs installed, and I have plenty of hardware
muscle to do this.
OK, but they won't support HD at 1080p?
This file is Top.Gear.Polar.Special.2007.BBC-HD.1080p.H.264.AC3.2.0.mkv
At 11:32 AM 6/15/2008, you wrote:
I myself use Simple Media Player or Media Player Classic. I also use FFDSHOW
Codex as well.
Simple Media Player and Codex at
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Subject: Re: [H] Radeon HD 3870 playing H264 videos in MKV containers in
hardware, woot
OK, but they won't support HD
install PowerDVD 8, go into Powerdvd's settings and turn on hardware
acceleration of video
play mkv in windows media player (you may have to associate .mkv's
with WMP first)
On 15 Jun 2008, at 20:09, Winterlight wrote:
Are you sure? I am confused about all this but everything I have
read says only
I am not an over clocker, or a gamer so it seems odd that I am
thinking about buying this motherboard
ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Pressed between the mountains and the Pacific, and under assault from
marine band interference,I am in a area that doesn't really have any
decent over the air TV. Before cable came along in the sixties, we
got 2 to 10 channels with large rooftop anttena and only one local
channel with rabbit
awesome) and leave it at that
a top of the line S775 board seems like a silly investment at this
point when it'll be very obsolete in ~6 months as Nehalem launches
On 15 Jun 2008, at 22:00, Winterlight wrote:
I am not an over clocker, or a gamer so it seems odd that I am
thinking about buying
I am playing Half Life 2 on STEAM, and I am getting really
board with all the jumping, stacking, bobbing crap can you use
cheat codes in Steam... and if so how? Anybody know any good mods
that will work?
by the way, have you tried Portal yet? One of my favorite games ever.
no, I got my Steam subscription with HL2 and a handful of other games
three years ago with my ATI AIW, and I have just gotten around to using it!
m
Thanks!
At 01:18 PM 5/30/2008, you wrote:
Winterlight wrote:
I am playing Half Life 2 on STEAM, and I am getting really
board with all the jumping, stacking, bobbing crap can you use
cheat codes in Steam... and if so how? Anybody know any good mods
that will work?
First link when
This week I took my 24/7 PC apart, gave it a good cleaning, and
reassembled it. A year or two ago I bought a couple of PC cathode
lights on Ebay to illuminate under a media shelf... but I never used them.
I decided to put them in this PC to help me see inside when I was
checking for loose
I dunno. Some of the older servers under my control could be upgraded--but
we won't spend the time or money to do it when the more logical solution is
replace the entire server. I think if a business is so cash strapped that
they can't replace an old, overloaded, likely out-of-warranty box with
and, I didn't say anything about performance gains?
Certainly, that was your implication.
Although video encoding is one of the places those extra general
purpose registers in AMD64 mode can show themselves,
that must be in bizarreo world. Every time I have run encoding tests
with AMD
Yes, the non EE's are clock locked. That does provide some value, but (1)
from what I gather, you don't do overclocking
I don't because FSB overclocking puts a stress on the entire system
for not much real world needed gain. And I keep my systems much
longer then you do. However, if I can
I am planning a new build for my Media box this summer when I get
some free time, and I could use the wisdom of the collective. I
bought 4GB of DDR2 Ram a while ago =CORSAIR 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin
DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
because it was so cheap 70
P45 boards mostly come equipped with the newer ICH10R
southbridge though...
when it comes to motherboards I am more interested in proven
stability then I am in performance. I am always leery about trying
something new in boards as it rarely works out well.
You could use Server 2003
Curious though, what is it you have that isn't supported?
Well, right now, the only CPU I have that will support it is a
Semperon64 3400, in a third box that I put together because I was
curous about AMD. A CPU I am not fond of, on a Nivida Chipset where
I saw my first blue screen in
At 10:49 AM 5/15/2008, you wrote:
I know there was a thread about this earlier, but I didn't follow it
closely. If I want to run two 20 LCDs and one 65 LCD, can I do
this with two video cards with an Asus P5K-E and two PCIe video
cards (using the DVI and VGA on one and the DVI on the other?)
there is one widget I would like to run. I tried the Yahoo engine and
I found it far too in my face. I want an engine that doesn't run a
sidebar gui, doesn't install a bunch of widgets I didn't ask for ,
and doesn't use much resources. I just want the engine to run my
single widget... anybody
r loose contact list etc.
that should be on the SIMM which is movable to another phone.
I am looking at two Dell Monitors ,
UltraSharp 3007WFP
UltraSharp 3008WFP
The only difference I can find is one has a image contrast ratio of
1000:1 and the other of 3000:1
Is this a big a deal as the price difference suggests?
thanks!
At 09:34 PM 5/4/2008, you wrote:
Hayes,
Your email's often still get concatenated from where ever you send them.
Not a huge trouble. Just odd.
and difficult to read
Best,
Duncan
At 23:23 05/04/2008 -0400, you wrote:
Drivers latest and greatest? Also source install patched up all the
At 11:50 AM 4/30/2008, you wrote:
OK Guru's.here is the problem
Got box running XP Pro; and it reboots several times a day on its own (just
sitting there or not).
Assuming you are not over clocking or running hot, then spontaneous
reboots are almost always caused by bad RAM. You
Don't know. But since I have not actually tried it, didn't want to give a
definite NO! to the question of whether you could hook 3 monitors to a
single card.
The old Matrox Parhelia will handle two monitors and a TV, but not a
real high resolutions
I have acquired a collection of UPSs over the years. APC, Belkin,
Eveready, and some brand that is so obscure I can never remember
it. but it has lasted 13 years! I have bought UPS on price and
best deal, and I haven't been burned yet.
, the one big advantage to a APC or a Belkin is
Not from Windows, but from another app I have. I have a phone
recording app that I can't even restore a backup image without it
requiring reactivation. I am guessing your problem is because you
have removed the Virtual DVD/CD which is a SCSI drive in Device manager.
m
At 10:19 AM 4/13/2008,
At 10:54 AM 4/13/2008, you wrote:
my guess too but that should not be reason to play mother may I.
I'm with you amigo. Punish the many for the actions of a few. I hate
all forms of online activation. If Linux would get better at media
and driver support I would make the move.
At 10:39 AM 3/27/2008, you wrote:
I mistakenly plugged a USB drive from a client into my laptop, and
it installed US launchpad - how do I remove it
can't help you with this
and what are the steps to turn off autorun on all devices.
save this as a reg file and execute. XP will ignore any
I use Eudora to pop my own domain names which are hosted at Godaddy.
My ISP is COX. I am having more, and more trouble getting email from
legitimate sources. It started out when trying to reply to customer
service, or customer support type email addresses. I could get the
mail, but I replying
I just picked up a Sapphire Radeon X1950 PRO 512MB AGP on Ebay
http://www.sapphiretech.com/en/productfiles/168image5.jpg
It has two power molex connectors on the tail. Unfortunately the
manual doesn't mention these.
I am not concerned about the power as I am running a PCPC 510. But
do I
At 05:46 AM 3/23/2008, you wrote:
Both need to be connected.
The min specs are 450w with 30a over two rails so two molex connectors.
OK thanks, I just want to test the card to make sure it works OK. I
have a bench AGP PC here that has a 350 watt Enermax PS. If I put
this card in, and
At 04:49 PM 3/23/2008, you wrote:
Just finished putting together my first multi-core system (went with a
Q6600) and I was wondering what people have found for multi-core CPU
monitoring tools.
task manager shows all processors
Also, does XP do all the core management for me automatically?
I have a P4 3.4 running dual boots of XPSP2 PRO in a Intel 865PERL
motherboard with onboard sound and 2GB of Kingston RAM. The board has
three 300GB Maxtor Enterprise drives and one new 500GB Seagate Drive
in it. It has a Adaptec USB2 card in it and a Maxtor two port SATA
PCI controller
A good friend of mine is a EE who works for Micron. He is responsible
for final testing, and certification of all new memory. He is a big
time audiophile, and likes improvisional jazz. In fact, he has had a
lot of success with a side business designing and making high end
headphone amps,
This is in this months Maximum PC page 23 sidebar.
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Our RAM configuration isn't that simple, though. Although the board
posts just fine with 4GB, running a 32-bit windows OS doesn't quite
give you full access to the RAM. Check Windows XP and it'll
Matrox makes an external box that does this, assuming when you
write three monitors, one of them is the laptop.
http://www.directionsmag.com/features.php?feature_id=136
At 06:03 AM 3/8/2008, you wrote:
Has anyone used three monitors from a laptop? I've been looking at
this USB video card,
I have been trying to decide the same choice for my media
editing/encoding box. I didn't know about the E8400 Wolfsdale, as I
was looking at the Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 Conroe 3.0GHz . Is the only
difference the cache size, and, of course, the cheaper price?
Am I the only one considering Intel
At 09:26 PM 3/5/2008, you wrote:
Damn, I haven't tried this, but TomsHardware pretty well flushes it
out. Using the 780G, they get 1080P playback using a Sempron 3200+
(which is total crap)
I have a board here on the shelf, a ASUS K8N-E Deluxe with a Semperon
3400 in it, and 1.5 GB of
At 03:16 PM 3/2/2008, you wrote:
Brian,
Thank you very much. I believe I now have at least the basics to
figure this small new problem out.
Yes, I do NOT wish any of the new FDs to auto-boot anything. I
wish for them to be (appear) as just another removable drive
I think it is very unlikely
Is Lenovo still a good product after IBM sold the
name? I know this is only has the 533MHz FSB.
Just to clarify, Lenovo bought the Thinkpad line from IBM, but Lenovo
has always had it's own cheaper brand apart from Thinkpad. The
Thinkpad is still considered top tier, and I haven't read
I think this is just the usual Windows TCP/IP networking BS. I have
these kind of complaints ever since I switched from Win95 Netbui to
WinNT TCP/IP. All the times I have tried to get things working
better, the only thing I discovered is that mapping drives generally
work better then
I have a Linksys switch that is missing it's AC to DC 5V 3A
transformer. I am having a hard time finding one that handles 3A.
Anyone have one in their junk pile they want to sell? Thanks
the barrel connector and use your own?
--- Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a Linksys switch that is missing it's AC to
DC 5V 3A
transformer. I am having a hard time finding one
that handles 3A.
Anyone have one in their junk pile they want to
sell? Thanks
?
--- Winterlight [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a Linksys switch that is missing it's AC to
DC 5V 3A
transformer. I am having a hard time finding one
that handles 3A.
Anyone have one in their junk pile they want to
sell? Thanks
At 12:27 PM 2/12/2008, you wrote:
Anyone know of a tool (free is nice) to capture an entire website?
Acrobat PRO does a good job, but it isn't free. But if you all ready have it...
Not interested in stealing, mind you. I just need to preserve the
info there so that I can look at it after
you mean a domain name registration? Try Godaddy.com
At 11:52 AM 1/24/2008, you wrote:
I'm about to pay $20 for a url for a two-year period.
Is there any reason not to do this via whois.net? This is a .org
url. Can those be claimed for free? If so, where is the best place to do that?
At 11:57 AM 1/24/2008, you wrote:
Yes. Are they better than other solutions for any reason?
price 9.20 a year for a .com, and you can just do one year, freebies,
you get a free 5GB site, one free email address 25 meg, that you can
pop, with their SMTP and very good web interface,... they
At 12:04 PM 1/24/2008, you wrote:
Is it worthwhile to not have contact info published in connection
with the domain name registration? Whois claimes this eliminates spam
not unless you want to hide for some reason. You will get spam but
only at the contact address... so use a throwaway
At 12:17 PM 1/24/2008, you wrote:
Thanks. I'll deal with them. they only want $6.95 for a .org.
that must be a on sale first year special price, although sometimes
they let you buy as many years as you want, up to ten, for that price.
Just register the domain for the time you want to keep it, and then
use the free services... from what you write I don't think you are
going to need anything else. You will be able to create a premium
email address that you can pop if you want, or use their email web
interface. You will get a
So when Microsoft announces that it will be soon dropping all support
for Windows XP
If they don't want to support it then it's too bad that they can't
just release the code and make it open source!
Gee, wouldn't that be interesting!
Hi folks,
I don't ask much of the list very often but I'm up against it
now. I am running all Linksys equipment, BEFCU10 cable modem,
BEFSx41 hardware firewall router, and a WRT54G wireless router
setup as an access point off the wired router.
-JRS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ok, you say
Were you having the same slow connection issues when the wired
router was connected? The wireless works fine, except very slow as
it my PC which is connected to the wired router.
my primary problem was a intermittent connection, that would
eventually fail, and often pull the other routers
Are you sure about that?
Yes I am absolutely sure about this.
Every Linksys I've dealt with you just had to hold the reset button
in 30 seconds (I've never seen mention of cabling or pulling the power.)
They have a support doc on this, and they will walk you through this
on the phone.
I just purchased this set of DIMMS, at a great price, from Newegg.
They are my first DDR2 and my first Corsair memory, as I usually buy Kingston.
http://www.corsair.com/_datasheets/TWIN2X4096-6400C5.pdf
I found the above spec sheet on the Corsair site and there are two
things on it that
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