Re: [H] Simple way to transfer data to new computer.

2010-05-27 Thread maccrawj
Reminds me of the serial/parallel syncing thing from the 90's. On 5/27/2010 9:30 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: Anyone use this thing? http://www.thetornado.com/backup_files.asp I've written a program to do this, but this looks pretty good. T

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread maccrawj
At 11:52 AM 27/05/2010, Scoobydo wrote: MyDefrag huh? Guess I'll be downloading that myself.. Good, then the two of us can gang up on maccrawj and get him to give us all his scripts. :) T

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread maccrawj
Funny thing is that MyDefrag is using the MS defrag API! MyDefrag is just better at making the decisions "what" to move. On 5/27/2010 9:05 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 12:12 PM 27/05/2010, DSinc wrote: Thane, I will give MyDefrag-431 a try, though I am not a script-maven. I have been testin

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-27 Thread maccrawj
lag from scattered fragments. On 5/27/2010 8:02 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 11:52 AM 27/05/2010, Scoobydo wrote: MyDefrag huh? Guess I'll be downloading that myself.. Good, then the two of us can gang up on maccrawj and get him to give us all his scripts. :) T

Re: [H] Catalyst 10.5 released today..

2010-05-26 Thread maccrawj
Wish they would either restore the "disable VPU recover" option or at least allow some configuration over how it's watchdog senses issues. STALKER:CoP is so flaky and never survives a VPU recover. Thanks for the heads up, downloading to review... 5/26/2010 7:49 PM, Scoobydo wrote: Grab em wh

Re: [H] Most annoying Office bug ever (track changes)

2010-05-26 Thread maccrawj
XP was the last not to bloated version IMO. Assume you do not have the issue with new blank document? Found this with Google: "That will happen as long as the document contains tracked changes. It's basically there to protect you--to prevent you from thinking you can send the document to someon

Re: [H] SSE Firefox?

2010-05-26 Thread maccrawj
Bigger question is will it help with the crushing load of Flash? hehe...

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-26 Thread maccrawj
All great services & suggestions, should create customer loyalty. Ha! Meanwhile it seems generally customer's will shell out $100's to GS to not even fix a problem but tend to hesitate when given the honest offer of "truly needed options & upgrades" to prevent problems from returning or keeping

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-26 Thread maccrawj
ATX cheap cases are and how expensive dumb multi-bay "drive enclosures" are never mind the smart stuff like Drobo. On 5/26/2010 5:58 AM, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Wed, 26 May 2010, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 11:54 PM 25/05/2010, maccrawj wrote: Any reason not to just scan with the c

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-26 Thread maccrawj
This is my understanding also. GS has a flat rate for onsite plus they charge to backup, never mind restore, your data. Haven't looked recently but GS had their rates spelled out on their site last time I checked. On 5/26/2010 5:36 AM, Joe User wrote: Check out others around you. Geek Squad c

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-26 Thread maccrawj
This I can relate to, eSATA would def. be better as would USB 3.0 I think. On 5/26/2010 4:37 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 11:57 PM 25/05/2010, maccrawj wrote: Yeah, now that I think about it didn't we all discuss this AV scanner machine w/ USB-IDE/SATA converter idea a few years ago?

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-26 Thread maccrawj
expedient. Now if I could just get enough exposure to get a customer base & show 'em I'm cheaper and better than the store front shops + Geek Squad... ;) On 5/26/2010 4:36 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 11:54 PM 25/05/2010, maccrawj wrote: Any reason not to just scan wit

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-26 Thread maccrawj
The Rosewill bridge I have came with it's own PSU & can be attached w/o removing the drive, very nice. I'm writing a powershell script to get file details, launch md5deep to calc the md5, and then store the results in CSV file to have a DB for this type of testing. There are some degree of che

Re: [H] Network connection bandwidth benchmark & reliability

2010-05-25 Thread maccrawj
My real world test is Usenet downloads & DD-Wrt's bandwidth monitor. Doesn't max the LAN's speed though. Netio & Iperf come to mind as benchmarks. On 5/25/2010 3:54 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Is there no software available to continuously test bandwidth over a network connection (ethernet,

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-25 Thread maccrawj
Yeah, now that I think about it didn't we all discuss this AV scanner machine w/ USB-IDE/SATA converter idea a few years ago? Image & AV scan using this method are the 1st things I do when working on a box these days. On 5/25/2010 3:25 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: Yank drive: Plug in USB HDD

Re: [H] AV disabling question

2010-05-25 Thread maccrawj
Any reason not to just scan with the customer drive attached to a bench machine as a data volume & bypass the OS completely? I've come to the conclusion that scanning with a host OS of unknown state is just not reliable anyway. Imaging the system, a good preventative measure anyway, then uninst

Re: [H] Win7 on a 2007 Thinkpad>>good idea or nuts?

2010-05-23 Thread maccrawj
Personally I do not find W7 any more intensive than XP short of using Aero or the overhead from some of the unneeded convenience services like search indexer. Sure runs fine on my Atom N330 and would have run fine on my P4 2.4Ghz Dell Latitude C840 if bastards at ATI & Nvidia didn't stop suppor

Re: [H] Greg what do you think of this SSD?

2010-05-23 Thread maccrawj
Yes, but then there is the potential for long term wear out from rewrites for pagefile & temp folders. Tell me it's worth it in 3-5 years. On 5/22/2010 3:23 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I've been using one now for 5 months. It's great..wouldn't consider changing or going back now. Also, a lot o

Re: [H] Diagnosing a video issue?

2010-05-23 Thread maccrawj
The 9800 is actually supported under Windows 7? I though it got lumped in with the rest of the pre-directX 10 stuff as no longer supported (at all) by CCC above 6.5? Just my $.02, but I'll bet it's running in VGA compatibility mode and that's all it will ever do. On 5/22/2010 6:29 PM, GPL w

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-05-23 Thread maccrawj
Well poking around only netted me people resolving this by disabling powerplay. With my 3870X2 VisionTek actually released a BIOS update which raised the clocks to constant "normal" operational levels which effectively removed power play and solved the problem for their customers including me.

Re: [H] Recommended Laptops/Notebooks and/or Brands

2010-05-19 Thread maccrawj
Well there is also Network and the abiity to attach a USB DVD-R drive or external HDD. Personally I do miss the ability to make DVD's on-the-fly, just not enough to switch to a heavier machine. On 5/19/2010 1:22 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Also what I was thinking. Pretty much most netbooks

Re: [H] Win7 Getting Started Window

2010-05-19 Thread maccrawj
Search the usual "Run" locations for "WelcomeCenter" and delete it? There is also likely a group policy to do so assuming you have something better than Home installed. On 5/18/2010 1:13 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: Very simply, I've got a system with Win7 where there is no option to get rid of

Re: [H] Mouses or Mice

2010-05-19 Thread maccrawj
Wired gaming: Razer Salmosa or better Wireless gaming: all are laggy, even if bluetooth. Logitech's treatment of MouseWare customers is as appalling as iTouch, enough that I won't give them any more $$$ and will shaft them for as many warranty replacements as I can scam for! Have a MX3200 that

Re: [H] Recommended Laptops/Notebooks and/or Brands

2010-05-19 Thread maccrawj
I still can't believe Asus has a RoG 17" laptop with great video & CPU for <$1000 AS I just posted, my KB is that width for almost 2/3 less cost & half the weight though not a desktop replacement by any stretch it will give one a run for their money on battery life & video playback. On 5/18

Re: [H] Recommended Laptops/Notebooks and/or Brands

2010-05-19 Thread maccrawj
Asus EEE PC 1201N: 12.1" screen, ION, Atom N330 Dual Core, 2GB RAM, 3Lbs. Unique unit among a field of <11" netbooks. 11" from outside edge of left most key to outside edge of right most key. This of course is sans-numeric keypad like all other netbook/notebooks. Caveat is chicklet style keys

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-18 Thread maccrawj
No, it's a manually initiated operation. It's likely more efficient to move data off and the back onto a SSD to achieve a degree of defrag rather than the usual multipass/multimove defrag. MyDefrag has a script for flash disks and I believe it's suggested to be used sparingly. SSD's need to i

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-17 Thread maccrawj
been using it stock since it was jDiskDefrag. On 5/17/2010 6:32 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 06:21 AM 16/05/2010, maccrawj wrote: That and a serious defrag using MyDefrag. Are you using any special scripting with MyDefrag to get better performance? This looks like a great program - thanks for mentioning it. T

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-17 Thread maccrawj
If you're borking HDD data doing a defrag, then you're doing something wrong! Like I said Valve is doing it witch steam content also. MyDefrag makes calls to MS' own defrag API and is highly scriptable which is why I'm using it. On 5/17/2010 7:14 AM, Stan Zaske wrote: And on the flip side

Re: [H] used PowerShell 2.0 books

2010-05-17 Thread maccrawj
at 04:16:40AM -0700, maccrawj wrote: Looking for some reading material CHEAP. Anyone have good books on PowerShell V2.0 that are collecting dust? These $30+ tree sacrifices are just too rich for my blood as a one time read / few time reference. Jeez, still got the various $50 XP/2000 "under t

Re: [H] Vipre Antivirus

2010-05-17 Thread maccrawj
http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/rap-index.xml On 5/17/2010 6:52 AM, Naushad, Zulfiqar wrote: Hows this?

Re: [H] Vipre Antivirus

2010-05-17 Thread maccrawj
That's a look & feel review, not a test of it's effectiveness! On 5/17/2010 6:41 AM, Naushad, Zulfiqar wrote: http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-security-and-firewall/mcafee-total-prot ection-2010/4505-3667_7-33768125.html -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [m

Re: [H] Yet another stumbler

2010-05-17 Thread maccrawj
We only netflix on the PS3 but I've never had an issue with updates or games using ch6 on the past 3 Linksys routers w/DD-WRT I've used. Have to wonder if maybe you have interference on ch6 that's making the WII unable to connect? On 5/16/2010 10:59 AM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: One interest

Re: [H] Vipre Antivirus

2010-05-17 Thread maccrawj
Undetected, out of mind is more like it. McAwful has always been just that, awful. I assume that's $30/yr? On 5/17/2010 1:19 AM, Naushad, Zulfiqar wrote: I decided to download the latest McAfee complete care package. 3 Licenses for 30 dollars. It's a steal. Performance is great and so far I

Re: [H] Vipre Antivirus

2010-05-17 Thread maccrawj
Norton cleaned up? Dunno but the Comcast subsidized N360 is junk, way too much bloat & over reaching protections I don't want. On 5/16/2010 3:46 PM, FORC5 wrote: Been messing with AVG paid, not bad. Use Nod32 primarily. Gave up on Norton a long time ago but have heard good things lately like

Re: [H] Vipre Antivirus

2010-05-17 Thread maccrawj
I ran AVG free briefly until I noticed throughput issues copying files around my system. Removing it removed the bottleneck & I've never looked back. Had not noticed MSE taking time to scan nor have I had anything blocked that I am aware of. Would much rather be using SAV 10.x like I was but th

Re: [H] Yet another stumbler

2010-05-17 Thread maccrawj
: Don't forget that I'm in Saudi Arabia, so maybe the "standards" here are different. Most routers in my neighborhood are set to 1. It's weird. On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 8:53 PM, maccrawj wrote: 1? Dunno what routers you work with but of Linksys, DLink,& Netgear's

Re: [H] Yet another stumbler

2010-05-16 Thread maccrawj
re-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 1:00 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Yet another stumbler Good luck on that, on 2.4ghz there are only 1, 6, 11 that don't overlap and then factor in the 40mhz vs. 20mhz issue. 1& 11 are nearl

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-16 Thread maccrawj
easurable? Maybe, with the right software. On 5/16/2010 5:40 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 06:21 AM 16/05/2010, maccrawj wrote: That and a serious defrag using MyDefrag. I've never seen Defrag have any impact on performance (and I did a lot of testing a few years back.) Do you have numbers showing any improvement? T

Re: [H] Vipre Antivirus

2010-05-16 Thread maccrawj
Keep knocking, it's coming. And it's "OSX" that's holding up not "Macs" since macs are PC's. On 5/16/2010 2:56 AM, John R Steinbruner wrote: As for my Macs, nothing has come close to corrupting them so far... :) (Knock on wood)

Re: [H] Vipre Antivirus

2010-05-16 Thread maccrawj
That's nice, have you read anything to back up that assumption? From what I read @ VirusBulletin MSE is as good as commonly used AV's. On 5/16/2010 2:44 AM, Naushad, Zulfiqar wrote: I think that MSE can't be trusted as a primary AV. I've used it and it gave me a false sense of security. I thin

Re: [H] Yet another stumbler

2010-05-16 Thread maccrawj
Good luck on that, on 2.4ghz there are only 1, 6, 11 that don't overlap and then factor in the 40mhz vs. 20mhz issue. 1 & 11 are nearly useless since they don't provide enough spectrum for 20mhz much less 40mhz. After years of using Netstumbler to survey, I now use InSSIDer. On 5/15/2010 12:30

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-16 Thread maccrawj
That and a serious defrag using MyDefrag. On 5/15/2010 6:10 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 09:26 PM 15/05/2010, Veech wrote: Thanks Thane.. looking forward to seeing what you think. Yes I have a bunch of music and photo files that I need to archive on disc or my external drive. But sometimes t

Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP

2010-05-16 Thread maccrawj
LOL, just use nLite & make a custom install for FREE! On 5/15/2010 3:11 PM, Veech wrote: The "Slimming Down Windows XP" program? Looks good and looks like what I am looking for. Have you used it? He wants a $15 donation which is fine with me, it would be worth it. - Original Message -

Re: [H] Program Promotion?

2010-05-16 Thread maccrawj
LOL, as if WA is a bad thing to have? AS posted, you can (as with any program) select the associated file types to limit what will launch WA. The embedded NASA video stuff is as bassackwards as their moron managing the RSS for the NASA picture of the day feed! He of course did not get that the

Re: [H] $1700 Laptop

2010-05-14 Thread maccrawj
Finally HP putting out something with a decent video card? Can remember wanting the HDX 20" until I read the video card model. Look at Asus RoG laptops for great video & CPU power, just don't expect any desktop replacement notebook to come light or run long. Never skimp on video in a laptop sin

Re: [H] Open question?

2010-05-13 Thread maccrawj
Or any other method where the pass[hrase doesn't consist of elements that can be cracked by dictionary attacks. Common mistake people make is setting up a "password" vs. "passphrase" and in either case further making the mistake of only using alphanumeric limiting entropy to <64 possibilities

Re: [H] Google chrome ?

2010-05-13 Thread maccrawj
"Targeted" means little if the attack is against Java, Flash, Silverlight, etc... which stand outside the browser's code. P2P is general is evil. It's like hanging out 2 signs: "attack me, I'm here!" & "Hey MPAA/RIAA/etc I'm pir8ing over here!". As far as downloading it's an issue if you're du

Re: [H] 11n Bands: 2.4GHz vs 5GHz

2010-05-13 Thread maccrawj
Have you tried unplugging the phone base to see if it's even an issue 1st? On 5/13/2010 4:27 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: However, file transfers are about half of what they were I should point out that I have a 5.8 GHz phone system in there. I note the range of the 2.4 band is: 2.4 to 2.48

Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

2010-05-12 Thread maccrawj
Well 32bit I dunno as none of my x32 boxes have more than 2GB. Process Explorer lists 4,192,372 here on Win7 x64. They adjusted the reported amount for x32 but it was a minor 3GB fractional amount not to report fake full 4GB. On 5/12/2010 12:36 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: Incorrect unfortuna

Re: [H] Mozilla Thunderbird Experts ?

2010-05-12 Thread maccrawj
Bothered me when I first upgraded to TB3 but I've gotten use to it. Typically it stays on "unread folders" 99% of the time which serves me fine. SPAM wise nothing unusual here, light flow of new unfiltered, don't check my junk that often. On 5/12/2010 1:39 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: I'm using 3.0

Re: [H] Mozilla Thunderbird Experts ?

2010-05-12 Thread maccrawj
What's the problem Duncan? On 5/12/2010 12:49 PM, DSinc wrote: I would like to speak with anyone who understands Mozilla-Thunderbird. I still like it, sort of. Mozzy/TBIRD is trying my patience ATM. I accept total fault now :( Will admit it may be my DunderHead code-driving ability. Stil

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-05-10 Thread maccrawj
ista, and 7.9 in W7. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 11:33 PM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build 5.9 sounds like the HDD speed bringing

Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs????

2010-05-10 Thread maccrawj
Well for home use this sounds like overkill especially if it needs more than a little 12W embedded device to run. I do see where a larger setup could benefit from it, but that's apples to oranges. On 5/10/2010 6:41 AM, Greg Sevart wrote: Yes. You can use pfSense as an access point I think, but

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-05-10 Thread maccrawj
0 at 9:36 AM, Bryan Seitz wrote: haha I WEI on your face On Mon, May 10, 2010 at 12:54:46AM -0500, Greg Sevart wrote: He said Vista. The WEI scale tops out at 5.9 in Vista, and 7.9 in W7. -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware- boun...@hardwaregroup.c

Re: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N)

2010-05-10 Thread maccrawj
A wifi bridge is just that and there are more than a few out there. AFAIK, take an old WRT54G(S) w/ dd-wrt & it can be setup to work in reverse as a client/bridge instead of an AP/Router. Don't know if that's going to work better than simply putting the devices on the wifi directly though. IMH

Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs????

2010-05-10 Thread maccrawj
1. If you don't run a 2 radio setup, then non-N devices will kill the 240mb speed. 2. Garbage, LOL, OK next loony please! On 5/9/2010 11:07 PM, Greg Sevart wrote: I've pushed over 240mbit/s on my D-Link DIR-655 N "router" (which I use as nothing more than an AP) and an Intel 5300 NIC. You don'

Re: [H] 1000 Mbps vs 100 Mpbs????

2010-05-09 Thread maccrawj
Make sure you read up on it vs. the linksys WRT610's! Oh, and screw apple anything for various reason even if they poop gold eggs! On 5/9/2010 5:24 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Naw...I'll stick with the Netgear that you mentioned. I was just trying to explain to Duncan about the port and menti

Re: [H] Moving on to 802.11n

2010-05-09 Thread maccrawj
Well don't have experience with the d-link but real happy with the WRT610N V1 & DD-WRT here. Dunno if the V2's are better or worse but they are also supported. On 5/8/2010 2:29 AM, Naushad, Zulfiqar wrote: I recommend the WNDR 3700. I have one and it rocks!

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-05-09 Thread maccrawj
5.9 sounds like the HDD speed bringing you down. My now aging Q6600 gives me that much, with the rest of the system rating 7.1. It's been awhile since I've transcoded DVD but 27min sounds on the high side unless the GPU is not playing a role. On 5/9/2010 3:18 PM, Stan Zaske wrote: Well, I go

Re: [H] Powerline adapter (rather than wireless N)

2010-05-09 Thread maccrawj
I just looked quickly and did not find a definitive answer as to which conductor carries the signal. Neutral being tied to earth ground at the SE would likely eat the signal IMO. From what I've seen over the past 30 years with X10 "carrier current operated switches" they have the Achilles heel

Re: [H] MS Expression ?

2010-05-07 Thread maccrawj
Could be right, I did not get our theater group to bite on the CMS idea for their website so never went beyond basic setup & tinkering of Joomla. Instead they went with (LOL) some Intuit WYSIWYG junk @ 4x the monthly cost w/ no granular security & lots of manual page edits. http://www.pendorei

Re: [H] MS Expression ?

2010-05-06 Thread maccrawj
There are also alternatives to complete page editing in the form of CMS' like Joomla. Look & feel is setup with templates & GUI then you only have to manage the content in blog style. On 5/5/2010 6:57 PM, FORC5 wrote: Have always used Frontpage ( because I have it ) and have not really even u

Re: [H] Memory matching on some older machines

2010-05-05 Thread maccrawj
IIRC you'll just not get the benefit of better timings from the new 4-4-4 but it will run fine at 5-5-5 assuming no other issues between new & old. Since you're not mixing in the same banks I think you'll be ok albeit at 5-5-5-12. Was a time when DDR2 was cheapest, DDR3 over a 1/3 more. DDR1 @

Re: [H] Separate networks.

2010-05-03 Thread maccrawj
Well I knew he didn't mean "crack" but I did assume "kludge", NBD. On 5/3/2010 12:41 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Mon, 3 May 2010, maccrawj wrote: It's not a "hack" it's as legit as any 'nix box with 5 nics + IPTables being reconfigured

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-05-03 Thread maccrawj
t know what Im missing I guess Im OK. I don't have ONE blue ray disc in this house. Most of my DVD collection is little einsteins and thomas the tank engine that my little kids play on the DVD player in house and car. I like ASUS too, its a toss up for me, just need to pick one. On Mon, May

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-05-03 Thread maccrawj
Looks like a great system! Personally I'm firmly an Asus ROG guy but doubt you can go wrong with Gigabyte. Consider a BluRay-R/DVD-RW vs. plain DVD-RW. What about sound card? Don't get burnt by ADI, etc... AC97 crap like I did! On 5/3/2010 11:58 AM, GPL wrote: OK, well I see it's time I upda

Re: [H] Separate networks.

2010-05-03 Thread maccrawj
It's not a "hack" it's as legit as any 'nix box with 5 nics + IPTables being reconfigured based on what I read. On 5/3/2010 9:00 AM, Robert Martin Jr. wrote: There's a hack available for a few linksys routers that lets you assign a different IP range to the 4th ethernet port and keep it separa

Re: [H] Separate networks.

2010-05-02 Thread maccrawj
Or with the right Linksys & DD-Wrt you can group ethernet ports into separate vlans & firewall them from each other. http://www.geek-pages.com/articles/latest/dd-wrt_-_setting_up_a_separate/isolated_vlan_on_port_4_with_dhcp_3.html On 5/2/2010 11:16 AM, Winterlight wrote: You need two more rout

Re: [H] mount BRD

2010-05-01 Thread maccrawj
Not tried, but Daemon Tools? On 5/1/2010 2:10 PM, Winterlight wrote: What do you use to mount a BRD iso file? thanks!

Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

2010-05-01 Thread maccrawj
t thing if it's different on different systems, all with 4G of ram. Either way there's no reason to not use a 64 bit os in 2010. On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 10:43:14AM -0700, maccrawj wrote: Sorry, your point/counterpoint is? Think I'm missing something here. On 5/1/2010 7:28 AM, Br

Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

2010-05-01 Thread maccrawj
Good info in that link except the PDF for "memory hole" is very dated (2004) only hinting at what is now the norm: "Work is being done by the BIOS and/or chip manufacturers that will either remap physical memory or move device address space in order to eliminate the hole. This memory hole may

Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

2010-05-01 Thread maccrawj
Sorry, your point/counterpoint is? Think I'm missing something here. On 5/1/2010 7:28 AM, Bryan Seitz wrote: Well no, I've seen systems with 4G of memory show: 2.5G 2.8G 3.5G with /PAE :) On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 12:30:54AM -0700, maccrawj wrote: Not a bug, that's the Micro

Re: [H] Bing Maps..

2010-05-01 Thread maccrawj
Could be greatest thing since sliced bread but that's not going to get SilverLight on any of my boxes! Hell I'm still battling fraking M$ adding their other dren to Firefox without warning. On 4/30/2010 11:16 PM, CW wrote: Has anyone played with the new one? Holy cow.. http://bing.com/maps/e

Re: [H] Win2K, MBAM, & HDD flag

2010-05-01 Thread maccrawj
Sounds like mean the "dirty bit" that forces autochk to run chkdsk on boot but that's not related to anything antivirus wise. If you're BSODing even in safemode after any AV repair, then it's likely because now a system file is corrupted and needs to be replaced with a good copy. You could try

Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

2010-05-01 Thread maccrawj
Not a bug, that's the Microsoft artificial memory map limit on 32bit OS to (ostensibly) prevent driver issues caused by brain dead drivers writing to 64bit addresses as if they were 32bit which is also why x64 is so draconian about signed drivers! In other words despite PAE MS prevents working o

Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

2010-05-01 Thread maccrawj
Not as long as your BIOS has a hardware address space remap option that moves it above the installed memory. Without BIOS support to remap your assertion would be true. I have an Asus Rampage, X48 chipset which does this. I have also seen older 64bit laptops that DO NOT have the BIOS option (To

Re: [H] Win7 Ent 32-bit vs 64-bit?

2010-04-29 Thread maccrawj
If you have 1GB video card it helps a lot moving it above the actual RAM address space. There are other devices that would also otherwise map onto the 4GB space. 4GB RAM + 512MB video + misc hardware would yield me about 3.25GB under x32 where I get fill 4.0GB on x64. On 4/29/2010 7:32 PM, Bo

Re: [H] Network issue

2010-04-28 Thread maccrawj
Gaffer was talking about a destination IP not the gateway, IP, & DNS values. If the WD has ability to access local media shares by IP then that would fit the test Gaffer means (I think). On 4/28/2010 10:23 AM, Winterlight wrote: At 02:10 AM 4/28/2010, you wrote: I doubt this TV devices have t

Re: [H] Network issue

2010-04-28 Thread maccrawj
I doubt this TV devices have the need much less ability to allow you to punch in addresses by IP and if so it would not test the issue which is DNS failing. On 4/26/2010 1:58 PM, Gaffer wrote: On Monday 26 April 2010 21:15:17 Winterlight wrote: Try making a request directly, say "64.233.169

Re: [H] Network issue

2010-04-28 Thread maccrawj
OK, progress to understanding! The only manually setup port forwarding you should need is for Samba or NetBios file sharing which are typically WAN ingress blocked by the router. Normally on Modem->Router setup this is what you want as every thing on the WAN side is Internet but in this case y

Re: [H] 7-ZIP Question?

2010-04-27 Thread maccrawj
LOL! On 4/26/2010 6:47 PM, Bryan Seitz wrote: Yeah basically Chris is Gay. :) On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 06:15:15PM -0700, maccrawj wrote: Other than RAR I do not know of a format 7Z doesn't write and frankly making RAR, Arj, Lzh, whatever files is not a real concern for me in this day& age.

Re: [H] News reader

2010-04-27 Thread maccrawj
NewsbinPro user for several years now, very good product & goor price especially if you do Giganews' deal. Incorporates compression to maximize throughput on headers, I get ~70Mb on a 9Mb connection for headers. If you're not downloading binaries, then it's not the reader for you though. On 4/

Re: [H] 7-ZIP Question?

2010-04-26 Thread maccrawj
Other than RAR I do not know of a format 7Z doesn't write and frankly making RAR, Arj, Lzh, whatever files is not a real concern for me in this day & age. On 4/26/2010 1:47 AM, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, maccrawj wrote: Well 7z & Zip have supplanted Rar as defa

Re: [H] 7-ZIP Question?

2010-04-26 Thread maccrawj
I open JAR files all the time with it, are you sure about that? On 4/26/2010 1:47 AM, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Fri, 23 Apr 2010, maccrawj wrote: Well 7z & Zip have supplanted Rar as defacto standards for downloaded content with Zip as usual the most common. If it does Rar, Zip, adds be

Re: [H] VPN connection seals computer off from LAN

2010-04-26 Thread maccrawj
Would issuing a "route print" on the affected machine reveal the result of this? I'm assuming the 0.0.0.0 is catch-all route for non-VPN traffic. On 4/25/2010 1:14 PM, Bino Gopal wrote: Sounds like split tunneling being disabled on the one computer...could that somehow be set on the VPN serv

Re: [H] Network issue

2010-04-26 Thread maccrawj
Well then all resources are localized per subnet, thus should not be an issue. This assuming you have linked downstream routers via their WAN ports to LAN ports on the upstream router and are relaxing downstream routers' firewall rules to allow traffic in/out their WAN ports to the "main" Subnet

Re: [H] Network issue

2010-04-25 Thread maccrawj
OK, let me see if I can clarify the setup here. Internet->Ethernet->WANPort->Router1->LANPort->Ethernet->WANPort->Router2->LANPort->Ethernet->TVDevice Router1 WANPort is DHCP Internet Router1 DNS server is ISP Router1 is the Gateway and DNS server for all Router2 is DHCP server for SubnetA Rout

Re: [H] Network issue

2010-04-24 Thread maccrawj
So are you firewalling the WAP or just using a separate IP range? Worse comes to worse, assuming you are double NAT'd with the WAP doing DHCP for it's subnet. I'd setup the WAP as Gateway, DNS & DHCP server and it's DNS client pointing to gateway router. This should properly forward DNS request

Re: [H] (no subject)

2010-04-24 Thread maccrawj
Spam? Virus? Seems like an odd post! On 4/24/2010 7:05 PM, al wrote: http://gedebeq.tripod.com/

Re: [H] Network issue

2010-04-24 Thread maccrawj
I'd say that's likely part of it! On 4/24/2010 3:36 AM, Gaffer wrote: On Friday 23 April 2010 23:33:50 Winterlight wrote: OK, now I have replaced that router = Linksys WG54 with another Linksys WG54 that I updated the firmware on and checked it out as working well. Then I set it up for my Netwo

Re: [H] 7-ZIP Question?

2010-04-23 Thread maccrawj
Well 7z & Zip have supplanted Rar as defacto standards for downloaded content with Zip as usual the most common. If it does Rar, Zip, adds better compressing 7z format, and incorporates all the positives / none of the negatives you mention then one would have to question "why use use WinRAR at

Re: [H] 7-ZIP Question?

2010-04-23 Thread maccrawj
I too use 7Z V9.xx as my primary archive program, great software, On 4/23/2010 12:24 PM, DSinc wrote: 7-zip opinions sought! I use 7-zip v465. !So much nicer than WinZip! I just found 7-Zip v913-beta :) Is v913-beta good to go for a ride? TNX, Duncan

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-04-23 Thread maccrawj
Actually with Stalker:CoP I'm wishing I had an SSD to run it from. It real-time streams the game data from the HDD causing all sorts of issues if the HDD can't keep up. Multipass defragging is slowly helping but I see good reason to go back to the days of multiple <500GB partitions each serving

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-04-23 Thread maccrawj
LOL only if you're nuts enough to buy from Sapphire! On 4/23/2010 3:26 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: This is the hardware group, right. At least that's what they told me about the 6-monitor setup. :) Perhaps you need one of these too: *http://www.tweaktown.com/reviews/3242/sapphire_radeon_hd_597

Re: [H] Network issue

2010-04-21 Thread maccrawj
Do you get a status page on the TV devices that shows what DNS server they are trying to use like "ipconfig /all" does for windows? Do they rely on uPnp? If you plug a laptop into the network cable one of the TV devices are using, does it work properly? Lastly, if: A. you have the ability to

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-04-20 Thread maccrawj
If you read the reviews for the 3 models: 850TX, 950TX, 850HX you'll find the 950TX & 850HX are same generation technology while the TX850 is older. HX has modular cables & 7 year warranty. On 4/20/2010 7:06 AM, GPL wrote: I read what you folks are saying, but I keep going back after my read

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-04-20 Thread maccrawj
So how many amps @12V do those devices total up to on paper? What does the KoW measure the load at when running a game? Prime95? On 4/20/2010 7:30 AM, Winterlight wrote: Well, I am. I run a Q9650 over clocked with 8GB of DDR2, a 4950 and a 5750, two SSDs four hard drives, two optical, a floppy

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-04-20 Thread maccrawj
wrote: You're seriously mistaken my friend. 600 watts is more than adequate for most builds and overkill in many cases. On 4/20/2010 2:29 AM, maccrawj wrote: Bullshit! 500-600 is just cutting it for MOST current cards combined with the potential needs of up to 6 hdd's modern mobo's

Re: [H] router setup help

2010-04-20 Thread maccrawj
With 3rd party firmware it should be simple enough to disable the N's firewall + DHCP, then map the WAN + LAN ports as eth0 bridged with wifi. Setup this way yields 6 port switch w/ wifi AP. If you wanted to be fancy you could leave FW enabled to isolate the N wifi. On 4/18/2010 10:08 PM, Greg

Re: [H] Advice on a good joystick

2010-04-20 Thread maccrawj
D. Won't be unsupported by it's manufacturer tomorrow. Personally I loved my circa 2000 Advanced Gravis Aftershock controllers but they never got the drivers right and were devoured by another megacorp uninterested in further development nor open sourcing the existing code. I see the same poten

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