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Slightly OT; When I read the thread titles, I read it as Win "suxs"... Unfortunately, WinSxS is a byproduct (aka solution) to DLL Hell that plagued early windows versions and the lack of knowledge on developers parts on how to deploy their software correctly... Gotta live with it...

Took the kids to see The Lego Movie yesterday, it's certainly one to takes kids to if they play with Lego... It also has a good number of laughs for adults, but be warned, the title song will get stuck in your head...

Good to hear... So what did you learn from the overall experience?

Echoing what Time mentioned about a week ago - we had mid-30's** during the day with 90%+ humidity over the weekend... Summer has not yet finished for us... ** The time/temp sign next the Pacific Motorway in Springwood had 35C at 2pm...

@Merc, rofl. That made my day!

So you don't agree with artificial market segregation of products to allow companies and shareholders to maximize profits then?

IIRC, all ATi 9550 (R300 based cards) used DVI-I ports and you just needed a DVI to VGA adapter to use VGA based monitors... eg. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16815101007

Hi Guys, Are there any recommendations for HDD Docks these days? Only requirements are USB 3.0 and works 100% with Linux. Am considering the Vantec NexStar NST-D300S3-BK, but open to other suggestions... (these retail for AU$39 locally). PS. This uses a JMicron controller onboard.

Thank you, that was really interesting. As for should Ukraine control the Crimea? Shouldn't the people who live there be given the option to a, stay with Ukraine, b, become an independent state, c, become a part of Russia. That's what happened in Timor-Leste... (Mind you, they were invaded by...

Are there any soft read/write errors? If it was bad memory, I expect there to be bad checksums on all disks... Bad cable(s), bad power connection or bad/non-clean power in general, bad drive... I would record the current SMART values, and if it happens again compare the SMART values to see if...

There have been a number of very well published exploits against the MS supplied TIFF and jpeg rendering libraries, which the Windows Picture and Fax viewer rely on. As for why other applications don't suffer the same fate, most image viewing applications will use their own TIFF and jpeg...

Oh so elementary...

We actually have a similar problem now with some of the USB based chip/jtag readers we have at work - there are only drivers for Win7 x86 (32bit). Won't work on x64 nor Win8 as the drivers are strictly 32bit and are not digitally signed. Lucky for us VirtualBoxes USB emulation works good enough...

But isn't .NET Framework available on newer OSes? And which version of MSSQL? The only one I know that has issues is MSDE2000 (MS SQL2000 based) with 7+, but there are migration guides for moving MSDE 2000 to MS SQL 2005 Express without upgrading the rest of the application.

Another question, beyond XP EOL, how old is the hardware in this case? Is it still even under warranty? That would be a bigger concern for me (unexpected hardware failure), than running an EOL OS.

I agree with Coug, certainly poor planing if there are only general business applications involved. (I do note, that there are some instances where due to installed software not working with anything beyond XP, you need to run XP, but these should be rare for most SMB). Will it be a big deal...

Last night I cracked open a 60yr old bottle of Smirnoff Vodka and had a few shots... (short story was, I was going through my liquor store for another bottle of Wild Turkey, and upon urging of my wife decided to sample one of the old bottles. My grandfather purchased these bottles just after my...

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This... The other thing you need to remember is that many parts of the ATA-8 specification (aka SATA specification for 3Gbps/6Gbps) are marked as optional (for example the Compact Flash extension) or implementation details undefined (particularly with the cache management functions in...

You seem to forget option 3, the TRIM command in firmware was never implemented properly or according to spec. Having started working in the forensic's field (my main employment currently is tool development for digital forensics), is that a lot of what we do is relying on the half-arsed job...

Thanks for the link, but it remains, how many devices actually implement static wear leveling? (The costs are slowed writes and a higher performance controller is needed to offset slower writes, not to mention a proven firmware implementation, something which we all know companies will do...

My wife and I are anti-samsung simple for the piss-poor service, not because of their products (well, Samsung makes good hardware, but can't write software for shit - so some of their products should be avoided). So basically, their RMA system gave you the wrong address to ship to, and now you...

Exactly what Handruin said. In addition to Ubuntu, I would highly recommend you learn CentOS and either Slackware or Arch or Gentoo Linux as well... This will give you a good overview the differences between the major distros. For bonus value, I would learn FreeBSD and Solaris11 (or OpenIndiana...

Here is a recent review on SilentPCReview that includes Acoustics for current drives: http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1364-page5.html and http://www.silentpcreview.com/article1376-page5.html

Not deriding the tests being performed, but it certainly has raised more questions than answers (which is an excellent thing).

Thanks for the update. Very interesting and pleasantly surprised that they are lasting so well. I've reread the whole series, and there is 1 concern I have that these tests may not reflect a real world environment. According to the first article, there is only 10GB of static data on the...

Unfortunately, this is a historical thing that dates back to StarOffice 3.x something... Way back then calc, writer, base,etc where all contained in single binary, and the open dialog was therefore common to all applications. The Open dialog, based on the type selected (in the file extension...

Alternate mirror: http://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/tdf/libreoffice/stable/4.2.1/win/x86/ (This is the main mirror on the Australian Academic Research Network infrastructure).

Win 8 theme for LXDE/Openbox : http://box-look.org/content/show.php/WinAte+-Windows+7%2B8+Transformation+Pack+?content=162980

Wait, you actually like the Win8 theme? Themes/Skins are quite common in the Linux world, so for me I like the ability to do it. (I remember having Win3.1 and Win95 and OS/2 themes for FVWM2, was fun to switch around easily). Mostly I just check out http://gnome-look.org/ ...

Native AGP: Radeon X850 XT PE or FireGL X3-256 (which is an up-spec'ed X800XT). PCIe-AGP Bridge chip: Radeon HD 4670 or Radeon HD 3870 The latter cards use a bridge chip to turn a PCIe card into a AGP card. There are known compatibility issues with some AGP chipsets and these cards, but this...

Re: Libreoffice, can you display the certificate being presented in FF, it might shed some clues to as to what is going on...

Likewise, no issue with Chromium either. Chromium Version 32.0.1700.107 Ubuntu 13.10 (32.0.1700.107-0ubuntu0.13.10.1~20140204.972.1)

In which context? Overall, in theory yes... but in realty, I suspect the failure rates are about the same.

Anandtech review of these little beasties: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7757/quad-ivy-brigde-ex-60-cores-120-threads

So ~819MB used, just for the OS and a few helper applications? :-o Out of interest, what does Lubuntu use on your other box? snigger, snigger... PS. just kidding, I now, Win7 doesn't like being on machines with less than 2GB these days...

You do realise IE on Win8 can be more secure than Firefox due to the new sandboxing technologies included in IE and Win8? (IIRC, neither Chrome nor Firefox take advantage of those Win8 tech's yet). And for the OP, I don't use as it's not available on the desktops/laptops I normally use.

Not trying to start a us vs them, but when at Uni there where 2 distinct groups of Software Developer in the Software Engineering track - web developers and system application developers. Web developers where IMHO a bunch of monkeys (no offense Tea, actually you shouldn't be offended since...

Agree 100%. As someone who browses the 'net with JS turned off (via NoScript) it's becoming more disturbing how many websites use JS even for the most basic of functions. (Heck, any blog on blogger.com presents you with a blank page when JS is turned off). The new slashdot web site is...

I've read some of the reviews on the 750Ti, and it seems nVidia has a very nice GPU design on it's hands. (Nice to see companies looking at power envelope again).

IIRC, all the HP SFF cases that allowed installation of a floppy drive allowed two 3.5 HDDs (but is very squishy). (The 2nd HDD went in the floppy bay). But it'll be up to the BIOS if it allowed RAID1, unless you use an add-on card. Mind you the additional 3yr warranty on the DL320e for very...

As Dave mentioned, go for the longer warranty assuming all other things are equal.

Hi Guys, Does any one use a headset for Skype or similar VOIP setup? My 6yr old son will be starting languages classes via distance education (I think French or Latin this upcoming term) and we need to purchase a headset w/mic for him. About the only requirements is that it's Win7x64...

Just like to wish those here that they have a joyful and pleasant St Valentine's Day...

Hope everyone here affected by this is doing ok... http://tvnz.co.nz/world-news/winter-storm-in-us-causes-havoc-5831528

Agree with the others - not needed. My enjoyment comes from helping others and having a sense of being part of a community. Don't need financial incentives for that... If you are still interested in some sort of feedback system, I like Mubs recommendation.

Oh, also ensure you have the latest chipset drivers for your motherboard, especially those related to AGP. Athlon chipsets and AGP could be a little flakey** in certain combinations. Oh, and you did know that UT'99 was ported to Linux (by LokiGames)...

I assume you've read this: http://www.techspot.com/tweaks/ut/print.shtml Also, ensure that: 1. You have the latest DirectX runtime. 2. You have downloaded and installed the latest nVidia driver. (which I believe is the 96.x driver series). 3. Try setting UT to use 16bit colour. 4. Try setting...

The other issue which isn't as apparent, is that a lot of sites are hosted in VMs so thus have to share resources with 100's of other sites (each run in their own VM). Also, some sites use CDNs (content delivery networks) in order to reduce latency, but their is a cost in working out the...

The problem isn't the hardware, but the software running on the site... The software either: 1. Provides more features so consumes the available hardware... (A good thing as long as the new features improve productivity). 2. On the client side, more is being pushed to the client in the form of...