Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-04-19 Thread maccrawj
Based on price I I paid just 2 years ago for a 750W TT Tough Power this CWT made Corsair looks attractive: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817139013 http://www.hardocp.com/article/2009/12/01/corsair_tx950w_950_watt_power_supply_review/ As does this Seasonic at 750W:

Re: [H] My 2010 Gamer PC Build

2010-04-16 Thread maccrawj
Cooling wise from TT I still recommend the Armor+ VH6000BWS despite the price. Unlke the MX variant there is tray HDD modules at the bottom that can be replaced with 12/14cm fans, better than the Element there is a side 24cm fan *installed*. IMHO the side 24cm fan is not enough alone to keep

Re: [H] Article on iPad

2010-04-10 Thread maccrawj
LOL, good read for sure! On 4/9/2010 7:14 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: http://www.macworld.com/article/150474/2010/04/ipad_not_for_everyone.html A lot of the complaints I've seen on this list already, but it's a good read. T

Re: [H] Article on iPad

2010-04-10 Thread maccrawj
Naw, that religious sect have nothing on the Apple iEvangelists who even shame a certain scifi writers cult! On 4/9/2010 8:14 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:00 PM 09/04/2010, Greg Sevart wrote: The author is not alone. There are a lot of people that are realizing it's kind of a limited

Re: [H] iPad

2010-04-07 Thread maccrawj
, maccrawj wrote: Which is exactly why I'd never buy in, even if I needed it, too much of a monopoly. On 4/5/2010 7:23 AM, Brian Weeden wrote: Gotta love Apple's version of the razor and blades strategy with all those must-have accessories, Apps, and content (music and video). Except in Apple's case

Re: [H] iPad

2010-04-07 Thread maccrawj
/2010 8:45 AM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: What monopoly? Apple's products don't represent any kind of monopoly...it's just apple product specific.. On 4/7/2010 11:25 AM, maccrawj wrote: Which is exactly why I'd never buy in, even if I needed it, too much of a monopoly. On 4/5/2010 7:23 AM, Brian

Re: [H] cable upgrades

2010-04-07 Thread maccrawj
Best benchmark of speed I've found is prolonged usenet article body downloading from Giganews, YMMV. On 4/7/2010 1:56 PM, Bino Gopal wrote: Yeah, I had cable problems recently and TW had to come out and replace my modem, but I was talking to a knowledgeable L3 TW tech (she was very good)

Re: [H] iPad

2010-04-04 Thread maccrawj
Hehe, even with the new spec for charging the iPad exceeds the spec by 1W. Leave it to apple to frak with things! +1 for putting it out, +2 to who ever refines it is not apple! 1984? Naw, 2008, the year that Mac became the next True Blue PC forcing the market back to a single hardware

Re: [H] modem out of range

2010-04-03 Thread maccrawj
Cable co usually puts the modem as close as possible to the demarc and the uses a tap, an unbalanced splitter, to give a highly attenuated signal to modem while passing a mostly unattenuated signal to the residence's TV's. DOCSIS 2.0 is downstream = +32db SNR @ -15~+15dbmv (more positive the

Re: [H] DigiCam batteries?

2010-04-03 Thread maccrawj
NB-2L is commonly used battery pack style, the usual sites should be selling them. Specs are: OEM- 7...@750mah Generics: 1Ah~1.5Ah As with cell phone batteries don't be fooled into paying insane $20 prices, do be careful about cheap Chinese generics. Caveat emptor! On 4/3/2010 11:27 AM,

Re: [H] oversized DVD

2010-03-31 Thread maccrawj
/u/hp-27122-dvd-plus-r-double-layer-8x-branded-media-cake-box-40pk HP Branded Double Layer 8X DVD+R Media 40 Pack in Cake Box Eligible for Free Standard Shipping Rick Glazier From: maccrawj LOL, have you priced DL disks recently? It's about $.30/disc for high-end Taiyo Yuden SL's vs. over $2

Re: [H] So many different versions of install media from Microsoft!

2010-03-31 Thread maccrawj
Maybe this will help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/889713 On 3/31/2010 8:22 AM, Christopher Fisk wrote: Annoying as hell their insistence on different versions on different media. I have a client that I have the sticker for their windows server 2003 R2 Standard Edition server installation,

Re: [H] Old Floppy Drives

2010-03-30 Thread maccrawj
Floppies like video tapes die unexpectedly just sitting around unused! Best bet is to image the important ones archive all the images to optical media if they are important. As too needing a FDD going forward I see no reason as nothing comes on them anymore and any archaic driver disk image

Re: [H] oversized DVD

2010-03-30 Thread maccrawj
I use these apps depending on the method needed to reducing space: 1. DvdShrink- great for simply encoding into smaller size, removing unneeded audio/subtitles, and minor savings from still images. 2. VobBlanker- Best bet for totally removing ADs and other space wasting junk. On 3/28/2010

Re: [H] oversized DVD

2010-03-30 Thread maccrawj
LOL, have you priced DL disks recently? It's about $.30/disc for high-end Taiyo Yuden SL's vs. over $2 for DL's. Real answer is to not burn at all and keep a media server. On 3/30/2010 6:37 PM, Richard Quilhot wrote: Why not burn on a dual layer dvd without compression? Richard E. Quilhot

Re: [H] TBird/Yahoo help sought?-FIXED

2010-03-29 Thread maccrawj
past the graveyard! Is there much difference between /View/Simple HTML and /View/Full HTML? Duncan On 03/28/2010 16:24, maccrawj wrote: The way it was is the way it should be! At the very least I hope you have NoScript, AdBlock and whatever settings about not loading images from people not in your

Re: [H] TBird/Yahoo help sought?-FIXED

2010-03-28 Thread maccrawj
The way it was is the way it should be! At the very least I hope you have NoScript, AdBlock and whatever settings about not loading images from people not in your address book enabled. Most all of the Outlook exploits come from the preview pane rendering HTML. TB of course uses Firefox but

Re: [H] ATI Radeon 5870 2GB 3X2 Eyefinity Gaming Experience

2010-03-27 Thread maccrawj
LOL, we bought Wii Fit only to discover the floor in our living room has way too much deflection until additional floor joists are married to the existing. So much for fun exercise! Interesting review showing a terrible layout and the limitations of trying to have xN monitors worth of

Re: [H] suggestions on bridge/fwiw

2010-03-27 Thread maccrawj
Not DD-WRT supported, bah! Makes it a fail in book. Do let us know how it works though. On 3/26/2010 7:28 AM, FORC5 wrote: ordered a Netgear bridge http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122218 let ya know what I think. Cheap enough thanks fp At 08:51 PM 3/25/2010, FORC5

Re: [H] suggestions on bridge

2010-03-27 Thread maccrawj
So unbrick the linksys! :p Don't see why you do not simply put DD-Wrt on the Asus? There's more than enough RAM ROM 32/8 to run the full feature generic. On 3/25/2010 8:51 PM, FORC5 wrote: Bought a new gb router for main system and planned on moving my asus wl-500w to bridge duty, has a

Re: [H] suggestions on bridge

2010-03-27 Thread maccrawj
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833122218 ), not worth messing with or taking the chance. A lot on the old plate right now. thanks fp At 11:35 AM 3/27/2010, maccrawj Poked the stick with: So unbrick the linksys! :p Don't see why you do not simply put DD-Wrt on the Asus

Re: [H] Suggested HTPC Setup

2010-03-27 Thread maccrawj
As said before I stream from my Q6600 PC using PS3Media Server to PS3, netbooks, our laptops with good results. DVR wise I simply bite the bullet and pay to download basic cable/TV content via usenet rather than DVR myself. Thought there were laws in place about requiring 1394 be made

Re: [H] mozilla TBird 303

2010-03-22 Thread maccrawj
Do you mean like View Source (CTRL-U)? That gets the entirety of an email, all headers, sections, etc... as text that can be printed. On 3/19/2010 10:59 PM, DSinc wrote: OK. I accept that I am no longer a tweak. I just do not enjoy under-the-hood business much any more. (the new c2d clients

Re: [H] Testing Graphic Card Stability

2010-03-17 Thread maccrawj
TBH I used underhanded tactics to replace at least one card by purchasing a new one returning the the old (same model) in it's place knowing the big reseller has more power than I do getting replacements. Sapphire went so far as to not commit to sending me a card with the same defect. In

Re: [H] Testing Graphic Card Stability

2010-03-15 Thread maccrawj
When I thought it was driver issues related to VPU recovery code or bad/under powered PSU, it was in fact heat/damaged cards on 3 out of 4 3870x2's I went through. I was consistently able to fail them using 3DMark. Simply ramp all the settings to max and if you have a hardware issue you'll

Re: [H] [Bulk] If you own a PS3 and it connects to the net DO NOT TURN ON

2010-03-04 Thread maccrawj
. 29th which has now passed. On 3/2/2010 10:41 AM, maccrawj wrote: I've been hearing it has nothing to do with network connecting everything to do with firmware bug hardware revisions older than the last 80GB fat/pre-slim models. That is to say the connecting part is domino effect to the actual

Re: [H] ATI CATALYST 10.2 10.3 Driver Preview - Final Thoughts and conclusions

2010-03-04 Thread maccrawj
LOL, well the commenter can go to Sapphire but they have been far from trouble free and less then helpful with ATI problem designs that are not BBA's. You may or may not remeber my rant a few years back about going through a few Sapphire 3870x2's before finally getting a VisionTek version.

Re: [H] ATI CATALYST 10.2 10.3 Driver Preview - Final Thoughts and conclusions

2010-03-04 Thread maccrawj
integrated 3D graphics. 2D graphics are the simple task of a video card by comparison. 3D graphics advancements drive video card development. And rapidly at that.. On 3/2/2010 10:19 AM, maccrawj wrote: ATi was in the graphics game a long before nVidia going way back to the EGA standard PC XT

Re: [H] Replacement Card - was Re: ATI CATALYST 10.2 10.3 Driver Preview - Final Thoughts and conclusions

2010-03-04 Thread maccrawj
Yes, the bad fan controller is the issue I refer to and I think it was never resolved. VT's version was a custom fan design hence it had no issues, go figure. Sapphire may still be a good brand but I have a memory like an elephant and move back to trusting companies like a sloth! =) On

Re: [H] Windows 7 environment variables

2010-03-04 Thread maccrawj
echo %username% results in the typical XP/2K/etc... expected output here under 7. On 3/4/2010 12:29 PM, Thane Sherrington wrote: I have a little batch file that uses %username% to do some stuff. That works fine in Windows XP and Vista, but in 7, it becomes username-PC$ - so if the username is

Re: [H] ATI CATALYST 10.2 10.3 Driver Preview - Final Thoughts and conclusions

2010-03-02 Thread maccrawj
ATi was in the graphics game a long before nVidia going way back to the EGA standard PC XT/AT systems. Did I miss something about your statement or do you miss that? nVidia's tactics with both physx disabling SLI on x48 SLI over licensing alone a reasons enough to never use them. Of course

Re: [H] wrt54gs bridtge / brick

2010-03-02 Thread maccrawj
JTAG Hairydairymaid are debricking tools for some routers but I have never actually used them. http://nuwiki.openwrt.org/oldwiki/OpenWrtDocs/Customizing/Hardware/JTAG_Cable On 2/26/2010 11:29 AM, fuf...@cox.net wrote: setting up my bridge at the new place, unit was setup at the other place

Re: [H] [Bulk] If you own a PS3 and it connects to the net DO NOT TURN ON

2010-03-02 Thread maccrawj
I've been hearing it has nothing to do with network connecting everything to do with firmware bug hardware revisions older than the last 80GB fat/pre-slim models. That is to say the connecting part is domino effect to the actual problem rather than the source. This scream loudly that all DRM

Re: [H] ATI CATALYST 10.2 10.3 Driver Preview - Final Thoughts and conclusions

2010-02-26 Thread maccrawj
Do a full uninstall/cleaning of the anything ATI driver related, then install the oldest driver that will support your card. Assuming that works, backup and upgrade cautiously! Love my ATI 3870x2, would of just as happily done Nvidia had they made a dual gpu card and/or supported SLI on

Re: [H] Thunderbird 3.0?

2010-02-25 Thread maccrawj
On 2/21/2010 2:53 PM, DSinc wrote: I am having a small problem with TB30. I keep getting Message truncated... flags in msgs when family and friends send me pix or dot-wmv files. I've told everyone to please limit their shares to less than 5GB if possible. LOL, even GMail limits to 25MB per

Re: [H] Strong recommend

2010-02-22 Thread maccrawj
On 2/19/2010 2:47 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, maccrawj wrote: Biggest downside of Steam purchases: 1. You get none of the physical box contents like maps, manuals, etc... Some (Valve only??) games allow you to use your store purchased key to import into steam, giving

Re: [H] Strong recommend

2010-02-22 Thread maccrawj
It's the multiplayer games that patches tend to screw up. On 2/22/2010 7:46 AM, Brian Weeden wrote: Not that I can recall. Granted, I don't play many FPS games (Quake, HL, COD, that sort of thing) so maybe its just those things that have a bad track record. But for the type of games I play

Re: [H] File ownership in Win7 -- pissing me off

2010-02-22 Thread maccrawj
usernames mean nothing, it's the SID's they translate to that count. Funny sidenote: I read that renaming the administrator account is less than effective since the SID does not change anyway. Just shooting from the hip but I bet if you stick to BUILT-IN user groups the problems go away as

Re: [H] 2D, Acceleration, And Windows: Aren't All Graphics Cards Equal?

2010-02-19 Thread maccrawj
LOL Stan! While larger screen means you need higher resolution to drive it, fact is every hotrod video card is going to crawl way sooner than later! Calling xfire or SLI overkill unless you have a huge screen is just fundamentally wrong. You need to turn the eye-candy settings back up on your

Re: [H] Power Issues

2010-02-19 Thread maccrawj
Harder to pull yes and more copper does make for varyingly higher cost, but well worth it IMHO. 3-wire for for 2 hots? Edison circuit or shared neutral is a bad idea with safety issues outweighing the advantage of an xtra 10A w/o the installation labor. On 2/19/2010 12:44 AM, Winterlight

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-19 Thread maccrawj
Support it? It's commonly known that stranded is used for short runs patches made so because it flexes easier and resists metal fatigue of bending without breaking. Go open a wall in your house pull out all the cables. Everything from CAT3 phone line, to RG6 CATV, to Romex will be solid

Re: [H] Phone-internal?

2010-02-19 Thread maccrawj
LOL, he's still on DSL Brian! On 2/11/2010 1:14 PM, Bryan Seitz wrote: The way to go: Cordless... phone... 5Ghz... done. On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 03:45:29PM -0500, Rick Glazier wrote: If you see damage, corrosion, or bad workmanship all over the place then all new is the obvious way to go. I

Re: [H] System Requirements

2010-02-19 Thread maccrawj
System Requirements are marketing speak BS to get you to buy without them actually committing even a it fires up runs (at 10FPS) warranty! Not only is the rez not stated, neither is the degree of eye-candy that's enabled nor frame rate that can be expected. Buyer beware! I highly doubt a

Re: [H] Mapping printer xp to w7 ?

2010-02-19 Thread maccrawj
Can't speak for printer on W7 host, do know that Xp32 host has worked fine printing from my W7 client using generic HP drivers (there are no HP made Vista/W7 drivers for my printer). File sharing works fine, I access my W7 host's file shares all the time from an XP client vice-versa.

Re: [H] Strong recommend

2010-02-18 Thread maccrawj
Biggest downside of Steam purchases: 1. You get none of the physical box contents like maps, manuals, etc... 2. Licensed per-user with no resale or moving of licenses to another account nevermind the idea of parent-child-sibling sharing of a title. 3. Can be even MORE draconian than

Re: [H] Strong recommend

2010-02-18 Thread maccrawj
No TIVO here, ever I think, but using the PS3 to watch whatever off Ps3MediaServer beats having physical disc in drive 99% of time for ease of use convince. On 2/18/2010 2:34 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Thu, 18 Feb 2010, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: I want to ask this for information

Re: [H] Realtek on-board NIC question

2010-02-18 Thread maccrawj
NEVER take a driver update from Microsoft unless it's to update M$ hardware, period. newer is based on WHQL not the actual version or date of the driver and I have been burned more than once trust even basic driver's updates from M$. On 2/10/2010 1:57 PM, DSinc wrote: I still use XPsp3. My

Re: [H] Power Issues

2010-02-18 Thread maccrawj
Why on earth would you UPS a printer, more over a LASER printer that technically should be on it's own BREAKER/circuit never mind a separate outlet? On 2/14/2010 8:07 AM, Hunter, Gary wrote: Hi, I have a color laser printer (Brother HL-4040CDN) and an APC BACK_UPS ES 350 plugged into the

Re: [H] Power Issues

2010-02-18 Thread maccrawj
LOL, laser printers are no-no's on most cheap, low power consumer/soho grade UPS'. Some even go so far as to say so in the docs. Laser's are like AC units, major drain at wakeup. It's not the socket, it's the drain of the printer warming up combined with the lack of the UPS' battery to hold

Re: [H] Power Issues

2010-02-18 Thread maccrawj
Yeah, no repeat the test with a good meter than logs high/low. Turn on the printer watch the voltage drop majorly! All this hypothesis about the outlet testing while it's plain the problem is as been stated: dead battery thus ups not able to make up for brown out caused by printer. On

Re: [H] Power Issues

2010-02-18 Thread maccrawj
V * A = W 120 * 15 = 1800 80% of 1800W is about 1440W, the typically considered safe continuous load. This is also why as we rewire our house we're installing 20A circuits since it's nearly same price materials wise. Ask an electrician, no high drain devices on same breaker with computers.

Re: [H] something is going on at PCPC

2010-01-29 Thread maccrawj
I typed that because it was a generic Asian sounding name. Interestingly enough it's phonetically Faw Joo which is exactly what they do! Fuhjyyu On 1/28/2010 10:08 AM, Rick Glazier wrote: From: maccrawj all the popped caps were a known crap hu-flung-dung brand. LOL. Can't really say

Re: [H] HP/Compaq drive tatoo?

2010-01-29 Thread maccrawj
I boot these kind of ISO's using PXE, PXELinux a TFTP server to get around any possible issue booting from CD. Do you get the same error if you disconnect the HDD data cable? On 1/28/2010 4:42 PM, Joe User wrote: Hello HWG, I have a compaq in with a Hitachi deathstar drive issue. I ordered

Re: [H] something is going on at PCPC

2010-01-28 Thread maccrawj
No more Antec for me! After a caps fiasco killed 2 supposedly premium PSU's that were used 12mo/ea. They refused to give consideration that despite warranty being expired, the units clearly had manufacturing flaw vs. dying from old age and and the replacement had sat for almost a year before

Re: [H] The iPad vs the competition?

2010-01-27 Thread maccrawj
No rant, simple statement that no matter how good it just another PC with a different OS on it. Sad thing is we revert to 1984 pre-clone revolution if we go down this path hence no matter how good, it must die. That said Tablets interest me though my next portable likely will be an ION based

Re: [H] W7 Bug ?

2010-01-26 Thread maccrawj
Are the downloads indexed? On 1/26/2010 4:26 PM, Steve Tomporowski wrote: I've had a few strange things happen with W7 Ultimate also. I use Internet Download Manager. If I download files over 150 MB, the rebuilding of the files after download slows the system to a crawl. Download enough files

Re: [H] Is there any point? [phone]

2010-01-26 Thread maccrawj
NID, best way to check if it's you or them. As to house wiring it's sure a lot easier to diagnose runs if you have a way to separate them. Home runs from jacks back to a central block are a good start. On 1/25/2010 1:37 PM, Rick Glazier wrote: The Phone Network disconnect? NID?

Re: [H] Fwd: Re: Bioshock

2010-01-26 Thread maccrawj
RAM temps may not be monitored so heat throttle or safety shutdown would not kick in. At least you should run 3dmark to see if the problem shows up there. Otherwise it could simply be that one game has issues with the video driver. On 1/24/2010 11:56 AM, Winterlight wrote: Red stars like

Re: [H] Bioshock

2010-01-24 Thread maccrawj
Red stars like noise? That's the kind of thing you see when the video ram is OC'd or overheating AFAIK. I'd be running 3dmark or similar to see if it can be reproduced outside of that game by taxing the hardware to the max. If no issue the I guess you're looking at a compatibility issue thus

Re: [H] Off - topic

2010-01-24 Thread maccrawj
LOL, if anyone is dumb enough to have HTML turned on or be clicking on attachments these days it might still work. Personally I'd feel real bad for that kind of user though! On 1/23/2010 1:36 PM, Robert Turnbull wrote: Some years ago, a member of the list wrote about an attachment that he

Re: [H] New Thunderbird Tabs ?

2010-01-19 Thread maccrawj
mail.tabs.autoHide = true On 1/19/2010 5:15 AM, FORC5 wrote: Any way to disable these ? Can not find and wife can not handle change :'( fp

Re: [H] New Thunderbird Tabs ?

2010-01-19 Thread maccrawj
You're welcome, make sure to enjoy the perks! Sure wish TabMixPlus would make a TB3 port. On 1/19/2010 6:26 AM, FORC5 wrote: thanks I can get back in the house now :-D fp At 06:43 AM 1/19/2010, maccrawj Poked the stick with: mail.tabs.autoHide = true On 1/19/2010 5:15 AM, FORC5 wrote

Re: [H] The Nightmare of 775

2010-01-19 Thread maccrawj
Amazing that they make you buy this as an option rather than shipping their coolers with it. On 1/19/2010 2:25 PM, Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Duncan, There are several hs/coolers that don't use pushpins...I'm ordering one for my Ninja..

Re: [H] TBird?

2010-01-17 Thread maccrawj
On the same token so does doing the right thing by running tbird off a TrueCrypt volume mounted as a drive letter i.e. S:\Mozilla\Thundebird. Secured easy to move/migrate/clone. FFWI, ALL programs still have fatal flaw of not being able to specify the TEMP folder path different than

Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG!

2010-01-15 Thread maccrawj
. That may not always be the case but is pretty much the norm. Right now I am using Raxco Perfectdisk, but will try OO tonight. Regards, -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Sunday, January 03, 2010

Re: [H] 3D gaming or tv?

2010-01-15 Thread maccrawj
Years back I had my store order one of the gamer HMD's from a now dead company for $300. Visually it was very 3d but hideous resolution and really uncomfortable to wear. The head tracking feature worked real well for flight sims and such where glancing was needed. Never liked the result with

Re: [H] Finding infectious website

2010-01-09 Thread maccrawj
NoScript+AdBlock go a long way to stopping this. Add in limited user account and the worst you should be able to do is infect your account vs. whole machine. On 12/29/2009 1:12 PM, Christopher Fisk wrote: On Tue, 29 Dec 2009, Thane Sherrington wrote: For some reason, a certain subset of my

Re: [H] TrustedInstaller

2010-01-09 Thread maccrawj
A PITA security measure that supposedly prevents things but since I can run SETACL as an administrator group member from a command line to change the ACL I would be dubious about the measure preventing anything. Call me narrow minded LOL, but one of the 1st things I did to my Vista test box

Re: [H] Free new years gift for HWG!

2010-01-03 Thread maccrawj
Thanks Z, I'll give it a spin. Recently I've been using MyDefrag AKA jkDefrag. Don't know how good a job it's been doing but I do like that it's real lightweight on the resources. Happy New Year all... On 1/1/2010 12:14 PM, Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: Read, download and enjoy!

Re: [H] Win2K/XP to Vista/Win7

2009-12-31 Thread maccrawj
to be an acceptable balance between the two for me. Greg -Original Message- From: hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com [mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of maccrawj Sent: Saturday, December 26, 2009 6:08 AM To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com Subject: Re: [H] Win2K/XP to Vista/Win7

Re: [H] Win2K/XP to Vista/Win7

2009-12-26 Thread maccrawj
And all the benefits of running as an administrators group account are lost. UAC is not worth shit, more of an annoyance. Now on the other hand the shit M$ pulled with Trusted Installer rather than Admins owning everything among other not-just-out-of-the-box-and-fixable-NO-permanent

Re: [H] Blocking Flash on Facebook

2009-12-23 Thread maccrawj
That would be the default since it's a whitelist based blocker. Odds are it's not the FB domain directly anyway. On 12/23/2009 9:18 AM, Thane Sherrington wrote: At 01:02 PM 23/12/2009, Bryan Seitz wrote: Addon: noscript Yeah, but that's going to be way beyond these doofuses. :) Unless

Re: [H] APC Question?

2009-12-16 Thread maccrawj
Do I read that right, you have a DSL modem plugged into a DSL line filter??? Modem-APC-Filter-Walljack? Can't be, I must be reading this wrong since those filters block DSL data signals. When I had DSL the only thing I protected was the ethernet patch to my router from the modem has a

Re: [H] Router recommendations?

2009-12-13 Thread maccrawj
Just installed a linksys WRT610N w/ DD-wRT a deal for $125 a few weeks back, working great so far.

Re: [H] XBMC hardware or other set-top HTPC box

2009-12-13 Thread maccrawj
Ah, Ps3 is still best bang for the buck AFAIK. Odds are nothing is going to stream 1080P wifi w/o stuttering. On 12/4/2009 6:44 PM, Brian Weeden wrote: I'm running a custom HTPC with XBMC in the home theater room but upstairs we have an old D-Link DSM-320. It still works, but it won't play

Re: [H] XBMC hardware or other set-top HTPC box

2009-12-13 Thread maccrawj
:21:21PM -0800, maccrawj wrote: Ah, Ps3 is still best bang for the buck AFAIK. Odds are nothing is going to stream 1080P wifi w/o stuttering. On 12/4/2009 6:44 PM, Brian Weeden wrote: I'm running a custom HTPC with XBMC in the home theater room but upstairs we have an old D-Link DSM-320

Re: [H] game console as multimedia box

2009-11-27 Thread maccrawj
In case I missed responding to this. PS3 Media Server or TVersity sites have the answers you seek. Yes to all but TV tuner card. tmse...@rlrnews.com wrote: Outside of the Oppo 83, the ps3 is easily the best bd player I've seen. The oppo is better.. But its 200+ more. So... --Original

Re: [H] Physical security - locks?

2009-11-27 Thread maccrawj
Get a 16ch video recorder lock it in a safe bolted to the floor. At least the video coverage quality would net better pics of the perps, hopefully who could not steal the safe! Scott Sipe wrote: Hey all, Our office was broken into twice on the same night this weekend -- alarm system went

Re: [H] What are people using to backup\image win7

2009-11-21 Thread maccrawj
Or if like me you got a sales push for TIH2009 six weeks before 2010 shipped, bought it, only to realize you were duped just weeks before a major release. Of course I kicked and screamed until TS finally just sent me a TIH2010 license! Stll waiting to load my Win7, just can't find the time for

Re: [H] HDD Choices

2009-11-16 Thread maccrawj
Thanks all, as I thought pick one, any one in this category. Naushad Zulfiqar wrote: Have tried the wd and seagate. The wd runs a tad bit cooler. On Nov 14, 2009 9:34 PM, maccrawj maccr...@gmail.com wrote: Figuring I've been wasting money on 7200RPM drives for mass storage so looking

[H] HDD Choices

2009-11-14 Thread maccrawj
Figuring I've been wasting money on 7200RPM drives for mass storage so looking @ 5900RPM ones as fast enough to serve my media share while running cooler. 3 drives, all same basic specs price, any real reason to pick one over the others? SAMSUNG EcoGreen F2 HD154UI 1.5TB Western Digital

Re: [H] Media Servers

2009-11-12 Thread maccrawj
, maccrawj wrote: Since I went with PS3 rather than a HTPC I run a DNLA media server process on my workstation. Started with TVersity and switched to PS3MediaServer since Sony bastards won't support MKV containers. Personally I don't know why anyone would build a machine just to serve

Re: [H] Media Servers

2009-11-11 Thread maccrawj
Since I went with PS3 rather than a HTPC I run a DNLA media server process on my workstation. Started with TVersity and switched to PS3MediaServer since Sony bastards won't support MKV containers. Personally I don't know why anyone would build a machine just to serve or be a client for 1 or 2

Re: [H] Media Servers

2009-11-11 Thread maccrawj
Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 3:13 PM, maccrawj maccr...@gmail.com wrote: Since I went with PS3 rather than a HTPC I run a DNLA media server process on my workstation. Started with TVersity

Re: [H] PW protect a folder ?

2009-11-10 Thread maccrawj
I'll second TC's value but sounds like PW protect means a single user account/multiple users? Otherwise I'd say why not simply use ACL's to specify rights? Gary Udstrand wrote: I use TrueCrypt to protect any and all sensitive data. You could create an encrypted volume and copy the folder to

Re: [H] Laptop brand advice?

2009-11-09 Thread maccrawj
A friend had noting but trouble with Ferrari (or Lamborghini?) laptop overheating, dieing, and RMA issues. Unit went back 3 times and never did get fixed right. On the other hand I test-drove an Aspire One netbook for a month and short of lacking video horsepower I loved the unit. Seemed well

Re: [H] Seeking SW

2009-11-02 Thread maccrawj
Some students also are given free MSDNAA access through colleges that allow download of quite a bit. John R Steinbruner wrote: Do you have any relatives who are students? Or know of any students you can ask? MS is giving free downloads of Server 2008 R2 to students for learning purposes

Re: [H] WSUS in a repair shop environment

2009-10-27 Thread maccrawj
What not just use AutoPatcher? http://www.autopatcher.com/ Christopher Fisk wrote: I hope someone has an idea on this one: I want to use our internal WSUS as a patch server for PC's that we repair or sell, but then want to make the machine no longer use the WSUS server when they are

Re: [H] Win7 and Hard Drives

2009-10-27 Thread maccrawj
from? You only need to buy the game once. --- Brian Weeden Technical Advisor Secure World Foundation http://www.secureworldfoundation.org +1 (514) 466-2756 Canada +1 (202) 683-8534 US On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 6:08 AM, maccrawj maccr...@gmail.com wrote: The argument

Re: [H] Win7 and Hard Drives

2009-10-25 Thread maccrawj
This where I went around the same time also. Q6600 4870X2 have served well playing Crysis Stalker which I still consider benchmarks for visual beauty coding nightmares. ;) A little over 4TB mix of Seagate Hitachi SATA's and looking to add more since this is also my PS3 Media Server.

Re: [H] Win7 and Hard Drives

2009-10-25 Thread maccrawj
Only one I'd consider playing is floundering in the beta stage: Stargate Worlds. Guess MGM should of not frakked PTY Lmtd. and backed release of the originally promised stand-alone SG-1 game from 2005! Quake stated MO (not massive) play for free phenomenon the money grubbers have polluted. I

Re: [H] Free video editing software which will rotate the frames?

2009-10-25 Thread maccrawj
All along making them grainier and grainier! No answer here but be sure to process them w/o compression until the end because I'll bet they are already low-rez like my CP5700 creates and each re-compress is like analog video tape with generations. Rick Glazier wrote: I had that problem

Re: [H] Installing 600m Cover Assembly

2009-10-16 Thread maccrawj
Same is true of my Inspiron 8200/Latitude C840 Dell's support docs. Everything I needed to disassemble less the handy black plastic case cracker stylus they send w/ repair kits. Have had my notebook apart WAAAYYY to many times these past 6 years! Hunter, Gary wrote: Last time I took a

Re: [H] WD TV LIVE HD Media Player With Network Connection Announced

2009-10-14 Thread maccrawj
Finally they add Component support, yet still no S-Video while it does moronically do basic yellow jack video. At least they've figured out there are still people using Component video. swzaske wrote: Seems they have updated it for those HTPC aficionados amongst us.

Re: [H] WINS server?

2009-10-04 Thread maccrawj
c) see a shrink? DNS is part of most every router, why one would not use it... DSinc wrote: I know what a WINS server is suppose to do. I also accept that IT is poo-poo'd here on the list! ...but, I now run one on my server. I do not use a local DNS server. I do not use domain on my LAN. ?I

Re: [H] Codecs for Win7

2009-10-04 Thread maccrawj
version 1.36. It supposedly includes mkv. I'll see how it goes. I'm on the fence about reloading KMPlayer just to get the flv player, although it had tons of options that can make the difference between watching a video and hitting the delete button. Steve maccrawj wrote: K-Lite Mega Codec

Re: [H] Windows 7 Networking

2009-10-03 Thread maccrawj
with the master browser. I've heard of that problem on several versions of Windows. Steve maccrawj wrote: By IP address, DNS, or WINS? If IP works then it's likely a master browser election issue like the old days. Disabling the master browser on the XP box would solve that, so would putting

Re: [H] Codecs for Win7

2009-10-03 Thread maccrawj
K-Lite Mega Codec Pack is what I've been using on XP Vista. It has all the MKv support comes with Media Player Classic. VLC might work without codecs, never tried. Steve Tomporowski wrote: Are there special codecs for Win7 or can it use something like the CCCP? I need to load up mkv.

Re: [H] Video conferencing

2009-10-02 Thread maccrawj
TokBox Anthony Q. Martin wrote: Skype is free. Winterlight wrote: I have a new laptop that came with a built in camera. I want to try video conferenceing. I have a camera, the other party has a camera, so what software do I need to do this and is any good freeware?

Re: [H] Thunderbird Settings Mail

2009-09-30 Thread maccrawj
there;-). Interesting to note that once you point to a different location for local folders, if you create a new folder, at least in this case, it doesn't go there.interesting Steve maccrawj wrote: RAR/Zip/7z whatever as long as it doesn't move the NTFS security it should not matter

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