Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-03 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 03 Dec 2004 00:16, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Thanks Dennis. I just spent a few hours surfing around my local (Danish) resellers, found hundreds of USB sticks, but no one - that is NO ONE - specified anything but Windows or Mac. Then, my

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-03 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 03 December 2004 10:50, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 03 Dec 2004 00:16, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Thanks Dennis. I just spent a few hours surfing around my local (Danish) resellers, found hundreds of USB sticks, but no one - that is NO ONE - specified anything but Windows or Mac.

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 02 December 2004 01:33, Amy wrote: snip I remember there was a thread where one of the members of our list was struggling with a windows computer for something school related for his daughter. In the process of the discussion, someone mentioned a site that one could download all

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 02 December 2004 09:57, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Now, my daughter uses her Windows box completely disconnected from everything.  When she wants something from the net, she uses her account on my Mandrake box and transport it via floppy or CD to her box. (Maybe a USB memory stick could

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Andrewd
If you do get a USB stick , Mandrake should detect it with no probs. I picked up my first USB stick yesterday, plugged it in and Mandrake detected it and created and icon for it on the screen automatically. Currently I am playing a few MP3s from it right now. On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 20:10,

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:10, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 09:57, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Now, my daughter uses her Windows box completely disconnected from everything.  When she wants something from the net, she uses her account on my Mandrake box and transport it via

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread John Bowden
On Thursday 02 Dec 2004 02:24, JoeHill wrote: I run Smoothwall as a fire wall. It will run on a p100 or better with 32mb of ram and a 1 gig drive. Does not need a moniter or keyboard once set up This setup will be more than powerfull enough to protect a home network. Then run a decent av

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 01 December 2004 21:24, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 20:10:11 -0500 Bryan Phinney disseminated the following: 2 weeks before the machine gets compromised. ...I must say though (not bragging, by any stretch), that I do have a Windows XP box running on my LAN, default

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Aron Smith
On Thursday 02 December 2004 04:38 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Wednesday 01 December 2004 21:24, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 20:10:11 -0500 Bryan Phinney disseminated the following: 2 weeks before the machine gets compromised. ...I must say though (not bragging, by any

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread mikkel
On Thursday 02 Dec 2004 02:24, JoeHill wrote: I run Smoothwall as a fire wall. It will run on a p100 or better with 32mb of ram and a 1 gig drive. Does not need a moniter or keyboard once set up This setup will be more than powerfull enough to protect a home network. Then run a decent av

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread mikkel
On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:10, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: BTW : Do you know a USB memory stick (about 512 MB) that works with Linux ? Kaj Haulrich. There are at least 3 brands that work listed on http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org and I think most others work. I have tried 3 different brands so

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Thursday 02 December 2004 16:39, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:10, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: BTW : Do you know a USB memory stick (about 512 MB) that works with Linux ? Kaj Haulrich. There are at least 3 brands that work listed on http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread John Bowden
On Thursday 02 Dec 2004 15:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe overkill but had the bits lying around so why not, originally ran it on a 486 DX 120 with 32Mb same Hd and a 56K modem. On Thursday 02 Dec 2004 02:24, JoeHill wrote: I run Smoothwall as a fire wall. It will run on a p100 or better

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:26, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Maybe I'm paranoid, but after that experience we don't allow her Windows box contact with anything outside her room. You are;) Confined to the LAN can't really hurt can it, especially with static IP and a dedicated router/firewall. Then

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:51 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:26, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Maybe I'm paranoid, but after that experience we don't allow her Windows box contact with anything outside her room. You are;) Confined to the LAN can't really hurt can it,

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 02 December 2004 20:11, Alan Shoemaker wrote: sandisk mini cruzer's do not work Do you know why not? -- Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 02 Dec 2004 19:11, Alan Shoemaker wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:51 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:26, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Maybe I'm paranoid, but after that experience we don't allow her Windows

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Randall D. Hobbs
On Thursday 02 December 2004 01:11 pm, Alan Shoemaker wrote: sandisk mini cruzer's do not work Actually, they do. My boss and I both have Sandisk Mini Cruzers (256 megs), and they work like a charm: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mandrake]$ mount /mnt/sandisk/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mandrake]$ df /mnt/sandisk/

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
On Thursday 02 December 2004 11:15 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 02 Dec 2004 19:11, Alan Shoemaker wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:51 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:26, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Maybe I'm paranoid, but after that experience we don't allow

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
On Thursday 02 December 2004 11:13 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 20:11, Alan Shoemaker wrote: sandisk mini cruzer's do not work Do you know why not? no -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Alan Shoemaker
On Thursday 02 December 2004 11:22 am, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 01:11 pm, Alan Shoemaker wrote: sandisk mini cruzer's do not work Actually, they do. My boss and I both have Sandisk Mini Cruzers (256 megs), and they work like a charm: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mandrake]$

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Randall D. Hobbs
On Thursday 02 December 2004 01:46 pm, Alan Shoemaker wrote: i gave mine away to a windows user (where it worked fine [xp]) when it locked up 9.2 as soon as i plugged it into the usb port. i replaced it with a kingston data traveller which has never required any special handling on 9.2 10.0

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Thursday 02 December 2004 14:11, Alan Shoemaker wrote: sandisk mini cruzer's do not work Don't know what you are talking about. I have a Sandisk 512MB mini cruzer, works just fine, automounts and everything. -- Bryan Phinney Want to

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 02 December 2004 20:22, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: Actually, they do. My boss and I both have Sandisk Mini Cruzers (256 megs), and they work like a charm: Thought as much, that's why I asked. I mean how far can any vendor f**k_up a vfat formatted chip connected to a USB plug? --

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Thursday 02 December 2004 20:46, Alan Shoemaker wrote: i gave mine away to a windows user (where it worked fine [xp]) when it locked up 9.2 as soon as i plugged it into the usb port. My laptop did that too every now and then. Turning off harddrake as a service at boot was the solution. --

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Dennis Myers
On Thursday 02 December 2004 03:26 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:10, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 09:57, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Now, my daughter uses her Windows box completely disconnected from everything.  When she wants something from the net,

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-02 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 03 December 2004 00:53, you wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 03:26 am, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 10:10, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Thursday 02 December 2004 09:57, Kaj Haulrich wrote: Now, my daughter uses her Windows box completely disconnected from

[newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-01 Thread Amy
Okay, so here's what's going on. I had ~thought~ I'd sold my dad on letting me install Mandrake for him instead of windows when we formatted his box to take care of the serious infestation he has going in the thing... however, since I'd gotten him to agree, he's changed his mind *Grumbles* So now

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-01 Thread Simon Roberts
to their tests simply by installing that NAT box). HTH, Cheers, Simon -Original Message- From: Amy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Dec 1, 2004 4:33 PM To: 'Drake Newbies [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related) Okay, so here's what's going on. I had ~thought

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-01 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Wednesday 01 December 2004 19:33, Amy wrote: So what I need from you guys? I remember there was a thread where one of the members of our list was struggling with a windows computer for something school related for his daughter. In the process of the discussion, someone mentioned a site

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-01 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 20:10:11 -0500 Bryan Phinney disseminated the following: Then, install win, leave the modems and net cards disconnected, install all of those apps along with the patches and then you should be okay for about 2 weeks before the machine gets compromised. LOL! You always give

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-01 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 16:33:53 -0800 Amy disseminated the following: however, since I'd gotten him to agree, he's changed his mind *Grumbles* I know he's your dad, and you want to help him, but there is a term you may be familiar with: 'enabler', and you may or may not want to be one of those.

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-01 Thread JoeHill
On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 20:10:11 -0500 Bryan Phinney disseminated the following: 2 weeks before the machine gets compromised. ...I must say though (not bragging, by any stretch), that I do have a Windows XP box running on my LAN, default install, *no Service Packs installed*, just running AVG, and

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-01 Thread Brenda O'Hagan
On Thursday 02 December 2004 15:24, JoeHill wrote: ...I must say though (not bragging, by any stretch), that I do have a Windows XP box running on my LAN, default install, *no Service Packs installed*, just running AVG, and it's never been in any way compromised, not even with spyware. I can

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-01 Thread JoeHill
On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 15:41:33 +1300 Brenda O'Hagan disseminated the following: On your LAN? That's usually the difference. A windows boxen behind something else (such as a router, or a linux box) is much much safer than a windows boxen with an internal connection to the internet (such as an

Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)

2004-12-01 Thread Brenda O'Hagan
it depends... if there's something there claiming that port, and you trust that software, then why not??? open port 80, and send it to apache on windowsdoesn't do any harm. (though why you'd want to run apache on windows i dunno). it's all the other RPC ports that the worms exploit. (at least