I grabbed MSE on April 7 and deleted it two days later, it was a much bigger
resource hog on my XP box than Avast. I have a cheap version of Avast, I
think I paid $29 (on sale from $49) for one year and it has done a great
job. Malwarebytes and Spybot are two good apps with free versions
avai
Works in LA. I received a message that I had been unsubscribed due to
bounced messages. Glad to see the list is intact.
-Original Message-
From: DSinc
Sent: Monday, January 27, 2014 10:18 AM
To: HWG
Subject: [H] test?
test?
So when I get my new PC next April (only because MS will cease supporting
XP) I stick with Win7?
- Original Message -
From: "DSinc"
To:
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2013 15:08
Subject: Re: [H] Windows 8 and Home Server (not 2011)
Thane,
Thank you for this comment. I will join the lis
I could PayPal a little something as well :)
I don't contribute much but I do enjoy lurking around.
Veech
-Original Message-
From: Brian Weeden
Sent: Monday, March 18, 2013 4:05 PM
To: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Cc: hardw...@lists.hardwaregroup.com
Subject: Re: [H] List
I have no plans to uninstall SP2, I like XP and will stick with it as long
as I can.
My C drive -- mainly the Windows folder -- is bloated. Weird thing
happened, I managed to free up 1.8G of space last night mainly by moving
these uninstall files to the external HD and deleting a bunch of o
Follow up, these are XP SP2 uninstall files, total a bit over 1 GB. Any
reason to keep them?
- Original Message -
From: "Veech"
To:
Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2010 02:45
Subject: [H] Can I delete these uninstall folders from Win XP?
I have a ton of folders in t
I have a ton of folders in the C drive Windows folder with names like
$NtUninstallKB943055$ that are eating up a bunch of HD space. Can I delete
these or would that mean I couldn't uninstall any of the associated
programs? Maybe 300 of these that average 3 or 4 MB each.
10 22:18
Subject: Re: [H] Need 100 cheap netbooks
At 15:12 6/10/2010, Veech wrote:
The modems are already in the homes, just need to hook them up to something
to test surf-ability. yeah this may be the ticket...
Can us hardware dudes piggyback on your volume order
and get 1 or 2 for cheap
r 99 bucks those look fine. Did not see a modem though if they need
to test dial-up access..
On Jun 10, 2010, at 8:26 AM, Neil Davidson wrote:
I don't see how the little netbook Veech linked to wouldn't work for the
intended usage.
It has Wireless, built in Ethernet and CE does have a
My company needs about 100 devices to check for internet connectivity in
homes across the US. Most have hard-wired internet but some are wireless.
I found this online and am looking for your opinions of the device:
http://www.eglobalwireless.com/p-4333-new-7-mini-netbook-laptop-notebook-wifi-w
I haven't tried Vipre for my home system. The IT department at my work uses
Vipre for our networked PCs, hundreds of PCs in 40+ cities in the US. So
far it seems to work ok.
At home I run AVG, SpyBot, ComboFix and MalwareBytes. I try to run all four
once a week, takes about 4 hours to scan
To:
Sent: Saturday, May 15, 2010 15:26
Subject: Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP
At 07:11 PM 15/05/2010, 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 m
Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP
Try this...
http://www.graphixanstuff.com/Forum/index.php?showtopic=4959
On 5/14/2010 4:32 PM, Veech wrote:
Recently I ran a scan with AVP and saw thatr there were nearly 500,000
files scanned. Holy cow!
I am on a mission to clean out all this clu
anges.
The other thing I'm nervous about is uninstalling something vital to running
XP.
- Original Message -
From: "Thane Sherrington"
To:
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 18:06
Subject: Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP
At 05:32 PM 14/05/2010, Veech wrote:
R
th an option to delete them.
- Original Message -
From: "Stan Zaske"
To:
Sent: Friday, May 14, 2010 15:39
Subject: Re: [H] Cleaning and purging clutter in XP
Yeah actually I do. Of course it goes without saying that you need to
backup your data first.
On 5/14/2010 5:33
/14/2010 3:32 PM, Veech wrote:
Recently I ran a scan with AVP and saw thatr there were nearly 500,000
files scanned. Holy cow!
I am on a mission to clean out all this clutter. Are there any
programs that will help make the job easier?
Recently I ran a scan with AVP and saw thatr there were nearly 500,000 files
scanned. Holy cow!
I am on a mission to clean out all this clutter. Are there any programs
that will help make the job easier?
Still wired LAN at my house.
- Original Message -
From: "DSinc"
To: "Hardware Group"
Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 16:24
Subject: [H] Open question?
Is it fair for me to NOW believe that the majority of this LIST is now
actively using WIFI for their internal home LANs?
No. I do n
another vote for CCleaner
- Original Message -
From: "DSinc"
To:
Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 18:46
Subject: Re: [H] Registry Cleaners
I use CCleaner.
http://www.ccleaner.com/
Duncan
On 03/26/2010 21:15, Jason Carson wrote:
Hello everyone,
I am in need of some registry editing
yep.. from what I looked at, the i7-860 is the one to get. Like the 5850
graphics card, the i7-860 hits the higher end sweet spot for
price/performance.
- Original Message -
From: "Steve Tomporowski"
To:
Sent: Friday, February 19, 2010 16:48
Subject: Re: [H] i5-750 vs i7-920
G
I don't think auto-update is optional in Team Fortress 2. If you don't
update, you're not connected to a server.
4. Autopatching is FORCED, not optional, so if a current update is crap
you have to take it rather than waiting for it to be revised.
Not actually correct. You can turn on the au
From my research the 5850 hits the sweet spot for performance vs price.
Granted that is a budget-driven decision.. and I'm a gamer and I want to
take advantage of the eye candy.
- Original Message -
From: "Winterlight"
To:
Sent: Thursday, February 18, 2010 17:01
Subject: Re: [H] 2D
, 2010 15:42
Subject: Re: [H] Best board and chip going right now?
Veech,
Like your upgrade plan. Wish I could follow. Not yet.
Not to add salt, but as you mentioned EVGA, I can share that have had bad
service from their cards (4 of them). All 4 cards failed within warranty
and were replaced via
Is it an issue because the hardware and drivers are new -- or -- is it more
of a problem because ATI cards are purposely designed to be more compatible
with AMD boards and nVidia cards are purposely designed to be more
compatible with Intel boards?
- Original Message -
From: "Stan Za
- Original Message -
From: "DSinc"
To:
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 19:58
Subject: Re: [H] Best board and chip going right now?
Veech,
I do not know from ADAM...But,
If you want to FOCUS on your "keeper" M/B, then, it reads to me you are
going to have ha
huh.. that doesn't seem to bode well for putting the 5850 in my 680i board,
eh?
- Original Message -
From: "Anthony Q. Martin"
To:
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 18:16
Subject: Re: [H] Best board and chip going right now?
I suspect you may be right, Duncan. I recently "upgraded"
if you go for a i5 or i7?
On 2/8/2010 6:15 PM, Veech wrote:
Say $600 for board and chip. I haven't owned ATI in ages and am only
making this change because the GeForce cards are going out on me. I'm
looking for recs on a board that plays nice with the 5850 card (a board
that has PCI
in hard copy here on the list which makes it even more impressive to the
female mind. You know, just in case she snoops). First it was the video
card's are going out and now it's a new motherboard/CPU. Get yourself a
Radeon 5850 and an i5-750/p55 combo and call it a day. LOL
On 2/8/2010
To:
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 13:55
Subject: Re: [H] Best board and chip going right now?
best is subjective... I mean, on what kind of budget? Best bang for the
buck may be an i5-750/p55 combo.
Sent via BlackBerry
-Original Message-
From: "Veech"
Date: Mon, 8 Feb
Best board and chip going right now?
Veech,
You always pose questions to us that have NOT enough info (for me) to
answer.
You always pose "LifeStyle" questions. Hard to share.
"LifeStyle" is YOUR choice. "LifeStyle" is not technical; much less how
you do with wh
al Message -
From: "Veech"
To:
Sent: Monday, February 08, 2010 10:03
Subject: Re: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get?
ok I forgot to mention that my budget is around $300, and I see the ATI
5850 is available for that from NewEgg, any opinions?
- Original Message
mp;cm_mmc=OTC-Froogle-_-Video+Cards-_-BFG+Technologies-_-14143118
- Original Message -
From: "Veech"
To:
Sent: Sunday, February 07, 2010 23:28
Subject: [H] Replacing 2 Geforce 8800 GTS in SLI, what to get?
I had two Geforce 8800GTS 640MB PCI-E cards in SLI in my system w
I had two Geforce 8800GTS 640MB PCI-E cards in SLI in my system which was
built about 3 years ago. About 4 months ago one went bonkers, probably
overheated, so I removed it and am now running with just the other one. I
play a lot of Team Fortress 2 online and after a recent Steam update I was
We have the XBox 360 and bought Rock Band 2, as well as Beatles Rock Band.
It's a blast! Still, Team Fortress 2 is my go-to game.
- Original Message -
From: "Brian Weeden"
To: "hardware"
Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 17:34
Subject: Re: [H] Guitar Hero or Rock Band?
Rock Band
wow this is awesome...
How are you finding these deals? ;)
- Original Message -
From: "Naushad Zulfiqar"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, October 20, 2009 12:11
Subject: [H] More free software
Don't ask me how I'm finding these deals.
3 days and 3 free softwares.
WinX DVD Ripper Platinum
ht
Thank you!!
- Original Message -
From: "Naushad Zulfiqar"
To:
Sent: Monday, October 19, 2009 11:14
Subject: Re: [H] Google Wave
Okay guys,
As promised I have sent out 10 invites.
The invites are now closed.
Thanks for everyones interest.
On Mon, Oct 19, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Ste
lmgtfy.. hilarious!
- Original Message -
From: "Al"
To:
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 09:30
Subject: Re: [H] Google Wave
DSinc wrote:
Z,
What is Google Wave?
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google+wave
Cheers,
al
--
Al
If you have any more I'd like one, thanks!
- Original Message -
From: "Naushad Zulfiqar"
To:
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 08:36
Subject: Re: [H] Google Wave
Okay,
Right now,
- xtemp...@comcast.net
- brian.wee...@gmail.com
- lopa...@pacbell.net
- joeu...@chronic.org
-
I missed this part of the thread, so you guys installed with no issues?
Cool, thanks!
- Original Message -
From: "swzaske"
To:
Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2009 10:26
Subject: Re: [H] [Bulk] Free Partition Manager
I've installed it on my WinXP X86 and on my Windows7 X64 boxes using t
Thanks! Is there a catch? Firefox indicated the download may contain
unsecured or unstable data, has anyone downloaded and installed this
program? Any issues?
It looks like a good program to have as long as it's clean.
- Original Message -
From: "Naushad, Zulfiqar"
To:
Sent: Su
From what I saw the PC doesn't need to be running. We have AT&Ts UVerse
which is on 24/7. I have a base station with three cordless satellite
phones, hopefully it will work with these.
- Original Message -
From: "Winterlight"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:25
Subject: Re:
Has anyone had any experience with Ooma or any of the other internet voip
telephone products? They claim that with a one-time purchase of the Ooma
device that you can basically disconnect the phone service and everything
will run over your high-speed internet. They claim you can have the same
actually faster than the GTS640 (it's a 128 shader part
with higher clockspeeds, compared to the 96 shader... 500Mhz? of the
GTS320/640)
ATI's 5870's should be dropping in two or three weeks, so I'd recommend
waiting to see what that can do before spending any money.
On
I don't think I registered them, so I may be s.o.l. in that regard.
- Original Message -
From: "Christopher Fisk"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 05:52
Subject: Re: [H] One of two 8800 GTS (SLI) on the fritz.. next move?
On Tue, 25 Aug 2009, Veech wrote:
I
I had two EVGA e-Geforce 8800GTS running in SLI and one went bad, I think
the RAM may have overheated. So I pulled out the bad one and am now
running with just one 8800 GTS. So far it is fine for my purposes, but
I've been out of the video-card market for almost 3 years and am wondering
wh
I had two EVGA e-Geforce 8800GTS running in SLI and one went bad, I think
the RAM may have overheated. So I pulled out the bad one and am now running
with just one 8800 GTS. So far it is fine for my purposes, but I've been
out of the video-card market for almost 3 years and am wondering what t
Is Windows 7 considered an improvement over XP Media Edition?
- Original Message -
From: "mark.dodge"
To:
Sent: Saturday, June 27, 2009 05:03
Subject: Re: [H] Windows 7 Home Premium Upgrade Pre-order now available
Thank you.
-Original Message-
From: hardware-boun...@hardwa
My box throws off a lot of warm air from the exhaust fans. Is there a
program that helps control the heat generated by this thing? It isn't
running dangerously hot, but I would say the exhaust is about 90 degrees or
maybe a bit more. Running for a couple hours it really heats up the small
ro
What do you folks use to calibrate new monitor settings? I just got a Dell
2408 FPW and want to test for banding, grayscale etc, and also tweak the
settings some.
thanks
Thanks Joe!
- Original Message -
From: "Joe User"
To: "Veech"
Sent: Sunday, May 24, 2009 16:38
Subject: Re: [H] What MUST run at XP start-up?
Hello Veech,
Sunday, May 24, 2009, 4:06:19 PM, you wrote:
ctfmon.exe
NvCplDaemon
KernelFaultCheck
I'm looking at what I run in XP at start-up in order to reduce boot time. I
found a great tool called C Cleaner. I've used it on 2 machines so far and
it has really helped. The only things I now have running at start-up on my
main box are:
ctfmon.exe
NvCplDaemon
KernelFaultCheck
TrueImageMo
racks.com
Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Veech wrote:
Maximum PC loves Acronis True Image and I was considering getting this as
well. Where did you see this good price?
- Original Message - From:
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11
wow, the folks on Amazon have no love for this program:
http://www.amazon.com/Acronis-True-Image-Backup-Recovery/product-reviews/B001DSGXFY/ref=cm_cr_dp_hist_1?ie=UTF8&showViewpoints=0&filterBy=addOneStar
- Original Message -
From: "Veech"
To:
Sent: Wednesday, Ap
Maximum PC loves Acronis True Image and I was considering getting this as
well. Where did you see this good price?
- Original Message -
From:
To:
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 11:14
Subject: Re: [H] Acronis True Image deal?
I'm not as hot on disk director, its handy but you nee
physical HD is a good solution.
I don't have a partition utility handy. Partition Magic is expensive, for
the price I could just buy another HD. I don't recall how they are
formatted but it's my personal PC at home so I'm the administrator as well.
Great info, thanks Jam
Folks I need a bit of feedback regarding creating a dual boot system.
I currently have 2 HDs running, a smaller one has XP Media Center as the OS
and the second larger HD has D, E and G partitions used for storing files.
I want to install XP Pro on the same computer and have the option to boot
ings and will I have to
reinstall all my programs or is there a way to do a nice clean XP install
over MCE and save everything else?
thanks,
Veech
ou want to uninstall and max the settings. It will go through the
Window's Registry with a fine toothed comb. Cheers!
Veech wrote:
cool, thanks! Wipes it clean?
- Original Message - From: "Stan Zaske"
To:
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 15:19
Subject: Re: [H] [Bulk] Prope
cool, thanks! Wipes it clean?
- Original Message -
From: "Stan Zaske"
To:
Sent: Saturday, March 14, 2009 15:19
Subject: Re: [H] [Bulk] Properly removing Soundblaster Card and drivers
Revo Uninstaller to the rescue. ;-)
Veech wrote:
I'll be replacing my So
I'll be replacing my SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty card with an Emu audio card.
They are both Creative products and I'm a little nervous that if I don't
fully remove the SB card and all associated drivers that I may have
conflicts when I install the Emu. Is there a good step-by-step guide for
thi
Avia is the one I used. The eighth post on this page has a great little
self-help how-to for plasma calibration:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=7913037
- Original Message -
From: "Jeff Lane"
To:
Sent: Friday, March 13, 2009 10:34
Subject: Re: [H] New TV
ma will last a long time. Get one
of the specialized settings adjustments DVDs since they tend to be set "hot'
from the factory, too much color saturation which will prematurely wash out
the image.
Veech
- Original Message -
From: "Winterlight"
To:
Sent: Fr
switch cards. You'd also need to switch your speakers,
unless you have two sets (which I tried once). I have since gotten
away from MCE, so I don't know if dual sound cards will actually work
with it. All the hooks are there to do it, however.
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 2:09 PM, Veech wro
Ran across this and thought you might be interested.
http://www.futurelooks.com/asus-xonar-essence-stx-headphone-amp-sound-card-reviewed/
Veech wrote:
I have a system that CW built a couple years ago (which still rocks btw,
thanks Chris!) based around the then new nVidia 680i SLI board. At the
point.
Steve
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:14 AM, Veech wrote:
I have a system that CW built a couple years ago (which still rocks btw,
thanks Chris!) based around the then new nVidia 680i SLI board. At the
time
I was more interested in gaming than audio, so I went with the Creative
X-Fi
Platinum
I have a system that CW built a couple years ago (which still rocks btw,
thanks Chris!) based around the then new nVidia 680i SLI board. At the time
I was more interested in gaming than audio, so I went with the Creative X-Fi
Platinum Fatal1ty board with the front panel break-out box.
Now, I'
ay, February 23, 2009 16:55
Subject: Re: [H] Running multiple AVs at once?
Veech,
Over our many years, we have tried and suggested many models (individual)
for keeping the baddies at bay. I have followed all of the suggested
models. Not one of them have been perfect!
Whatever you feel is OK
quot;Thane Sherrington"
To:
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 09:29
Subject: Re: [H] Running multiple AVs at once?
At 01:21 PM 23/02/2009, Christopher Fisk wrote:
On Sun, 22 Feb 2009, Thane Sherrington wrote:
At 05:11 PM 20/02/2009, Christopher Fisk wrote:
On Fri, 20 Feb 2009, Veech wrote:
>
Is there any harm in running more than one AV program at the same time? I
have three programs installed, AVG 8.0, Spy-Bot and Malwarebyte. They each
take about 45 mins to 1 hr to run. Sometimes I'll run 2 of them overnight
at the same time. Is there any way that doing this will cause either
ardwaregroup.com
>[mailto:hardware-boun...@hardwaregroup.com] On Behalf Of Veech
>Sent: Monday, February 09, 2009 18:49
>To: hardware@hardwaregroup.com
>Subject: [H] Did System Cleanup, Now XP Does Not Recognize Lite-On DVD-RW
>
>I had to do a major clean-up after getting infected with a nasty vi
Message-
From: "Veech"
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 17:55:00
To:
Subject: Re: [H] Did System Cleanup, Now XP Does Not Recognize Lite-On
DVD-RW
I did a bit of looking aorund and found that this applies to Vista, does
it
also apply to XP?
- Original Message -
From:
To:
Se
damn, the bold is slickness, direct cut and paste to
app).
Sent via BlackBerry
-Original Message-----
From: "Veech"
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 16:49:05
To:
Subject: [H] Did System Cleanup, Now XP Does Not Recognize Lite-On DVD-RW
I had to do a major clean-up after getting infected
ugh there is a firmware update
available but I don't know if that would help or not. Directions for
installing the firmware say to burn the data to a CDR.. duh.. CDR isn't
working!
Any ideas?
thanks,
Veech
e tech guy suggested running a ethernet cable from the
modem to my box but that's a bit of a hassle. Is there a way to improve
the wireless efficiency?
thanks!
Veech
rove the
wireless efficiency?
thanks!
Veech
?? weird... did you uninstall and reinstall? How can game not be
available if you loaded it into your computer? Sorry I don't have an
answer, have you checked the HL2 tech forums?
- Original Message -
From: "FORC5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 12:27 PM
S
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF_IBrHsuzA
best.
game song.
ever.
- Original Message -
From: "Joe User" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Veech"
Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 4:46 PM
Subject: Re: [H] WWII First Person Shooter Suggestions
Hello Veech,
Monday,
"Portal" was probably one of the best games I have ever played, certainly
one of the top 5. I loved the puzzles and challenges, a very unique concept
to FPS gaming. Not a shooter per se, but you have to shoot to find
solutions. The last chapter was a blast and the end song was hilarious! A
the first chapter.
Anyway, at the very least grab the stand alone version and give it a try, I
believe you will love it.
- Original Message -
From: "James Maki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 7:20 PM
Subject: Re: [H] WWII First Person Shooter
Try Valve's Team Fortress 2. It is a team-based online game, generally a
team of 12 vs 12, sometimes more. It is very balanced and a total blast to
play. No fee other than the cost of buying the game (not sure why no online
play for you?). Anyway, reason I recommend it is because there are `
yup, I don't know how they can top it but they certainly should be working
on Portal 2. They *must*. I think anyone who enjoys puzzles of any type --
meaning most of the folks on this list because lets face it, assembling
computers involves puzzle-solving skills -- could not help but enjoy Po
Let me know what you think of it if you get a chance. It takes the physics
programming used in HL2 (the gravity gun) one step further. It involved
some logic and reasoning as well as good spatial cognition. The final level
is a ton of fun and be sure to hang around for the closing credits, th
I haven't tried, but I will say that Steam's Team Fortress 2 is absolutely
fascinating as an online multiplayer game. It's the only game I have played
in the past two months.
But some guys are just *too* good, some snipers get me every time with head
shots within 1 or 2 seconds of coming into
very cool, thanks!
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 4:56 AM
Subject: [H] View this web page
Load this page, then wait a moment:
http://producten.hema.nl/
Al
--
Spontaneous
I started out with nothing and I still have most of it left
d his brother showed up with a 100 ft lan cable, broke out a portable
>table and chair and wiped out the laptop to play WoW while everyone partied
>around him. It was good therapy for me, I am fine. :)
>
>At 3/20/2008 02:02 AM, Veech wrote:
>>What makes this stuff so addictive?
>
Last of the three Orange Box games that I tried was Team Fortress 2. I had
never gotten into online gaming but I loved Portal and Ep 2 of HL2 so I
though if TF2 was half as good it would be worth investigating. Damn, it's
like crack! I really am spending a lot of time right now, especially
p
you got lucky! I think they realized the mistake when they processed your
order.
- Original Message -
From: "Chris Reeves" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Admittedly, I bought 200..
Nope, instant. I ordered in lots of forty. I'd a
I agree.. 10990
- Original Message -
From: "James Maki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: [H] OT Brain Teaser
Girls legs = 7*2=14
Big Cat = 7 (girls) * 7 (backpacks) * 7 (cats per backpack) = 343
Little cats = 343 (big cats) * 7 (little
Subject: Re: [H] X-Box 360 questions...
"Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
heh, that's what I'm trying to determine, PS3 vs XBox 360 vs Wii...
which
one?
> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Veech wrote:
>> I'm researching getting the kids an XBox 360 for Chris
it would
put the bigger hurt on my pocketbook.
-Tharin O.
Christopher Fisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Veech
wrote:
I'm researching getting the kids an XBox 360 for Christmas. Is the XBox
360
Premium worth the extra bucks? Any pros or cons to XBox vs other
platf
till :)
On Nov 30, 2007 1:09 PM, Christopher Fisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Veech wrote:
> I'm researching getting the kids an XBox 360 for Christmas. Is the XBox
> 360
> Premium worth the extra bucks? Any pros or cons to XBox vs other
> platform
heh, that's what I'm trying to determine, PS3 vs XBox 360 vs Wii... which
one?
- Original Message -
From: "Christopher Fisk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Friday, November 30, 2007 10:09 AM
Subject: Re: [H] X-Box 360 questions...
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007, Vee
I'm researching getting the kids an XBox 360 for Christmas. Is the XBox 360
Premium worth the extra bucks? Any pros or cons to XBox vs other platforms
such as PlayStation 2? They want Guitar Hero, is XBox the best - or only -
platform to buy for this game?
Finally, is there a way to get any d
Yes, happy Thanksgiving to all.. (and a quick test to see if this posts
once, twice or not at all..)
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From: "Jeff Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List"
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2007 6:31 PM
Subject: [H] T-Day
Hi everyone,
Great to be back.
HAP
wow, I installed Bioshock without a hiccup on the XP system you built for me
Chris. It runs beautifully with almost all the settings maxed out. I have
AVG, AdAware and Spybot, and have not had a single issue yet. That's not to
say it won't happen but at this point Bioshock is a visually beaut
Anyone planning to grab BioShock on Tuesday? There hasn't been a game that
interested me since STALKER was released in March, but BioShock looks
fantastic!
2, 2007 2:12 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Linksys or Netgear USB wireless adapter?
Veech,
I have the Netgear 624 wireless router and the corresponding 108Mps PCMCIA
card. We have had nothing but problems with them They constantly drop the
WEP settings and will not accept the WPA settings at all. When th
, 2007 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: [H] Linksys or Netgear USB wireless adapter?
At 01:17 AM 01/08/2007, Veech wrote:
I bought two USB wireless adapters a couple days ago to bring home and
compare because I couldn't decide which one was better in the store.
Turns out they are both basically
I bought two USB wireless adapters a couple days ago to bring home and
compare because I couldn't decide which one was better in the store. Turns
out they are both basically the same specs: 2.4GHz, USB 2.0, 802.11g, except
the Linksys is 54Mbps and the Netgear is 108 Mbps. I'm only using these
Good info, thanks!
- Original Message -
From: "Jeff Lane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Veech" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "The Hardware List"
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2007 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: [H] looking for a motion controlled security camera..
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