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So my father recently bought his own optometry practice, and out of the blue a local news station announces that they are doing a little story on the new business. Now, the place previously has been a bit....um...run down. My dad plans on sprucing the place up, but this news story has...

well, I was hitting some places I used to frequent to try to catch up on computer tech, and found this aricle at Tom's on WinFS. http://www.tomshardware.com/storage/20030617/index.html The article seems a bit like kissing your sister (I don't have one, so I'm just guessing). Did they get all...

hey all - I remember back in the day ('98-'99 ish) when I was running a pair of Celeron 400s which seemed much faster than my P2-450. At that point, I was pretty well hooked on SMP systems. Next came my dual P3-700s, which seemed much more responsive than my friend's P3-800 (though I was...

Hey all - I seemed to have forgotten the basics of disk management in Win2K/XP and the implications for disaster recovery. NTFS is a much more robust FS, and includes many security features from what I remember. But can I take an NTFS disk out of my computer (if it dies), and plug it into my...

Last night my wife plugged in a USB thumb drive into my keyboard/USB hub to print something. The computer (WinXP) detected it, and my wife clicked on the "open in folder view" icon. It didn't pop up, but the computer made a long beep noise through the internal speaker. I came over, and tried...

OK, as many of you may remember, last time I was here I was interested in a new speaker system. Well, since the new wife really likes computing and watching annoying TV shows, this makes it difficult for me to study or goof off. Thus, I think a pair of headphones are the best choice. I...

Hey all - my old Cambridge SoundWords FourPoint Surround speakers are just not cutting it. I guess they sound OK, but I want better. Plus, one of the speakers has a short in it, and cuts out a little too often for my tastes. Any suggestions for a new speaker set? I use my speakers mostly...

Does anybody have a link to a page describing how to install more memory on a Dell Inspiron 8200? Or just a quick description from one of the experts here would be great too. Thanks! Adcadet

hey all - as I've explained elsewhere, I'm getting lectures in RealMedia format, which I've been told is a pretty heavily compressed format. Is there any easy way I can edit the files? Some of the lectures include a bit of dead air time before or after the lecture, and some files contain two...

hey all - so it looks like I filled up my HDs. Yes, all of them. And no, not with porn. As the new webmaster for the University of Minnesota Medical School Class of 2007 (linkhttp://www.student.med.umn.edu/class2007, I now have access to all the available lectures online, which includes >90%...

hey all - I'm setting up my medical school class's webpage (www.student.med.umn.edu/class2007). I think I'm going to want a forum, but I don't want to have to do any coding or hosting for it. The previous class used Arborwood (www.arborwood.com), but they aren't taking on any new forums...

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OK all, it's about T-7 weeks till the big day when my honey becomes Mrs. Adcadet. I'm actually looking forward to the day, or at least the promise of getting her cooking on a regular basis. Among other things, I'm in charge of securing transportation. The obvious choices are: - helicopter...

hey all - so I get home and plug my laptop into my LAN at home. The link light on my router (Linksys BEFSR41) isn't on for the port I'm using, but is light for the other two PCs on my network. I switch cables and ports, but that doesn't work. The other computer in front of me, attached to...

hey all - so I was reading up on my university's wireless access and the VPN they suggest you use. This makes sense, as you don't want all your info floating about in the air unencrypted. Just for fun I downloaded the software (Cisco's) and it seems to run just fine. But should I bother...

just wondering what everybody uses for a mail client. I mostly use my laptop (WinXP) for mail stuff, and I use Outlook. I decided to go with Outlook since it lets me sync my Palm Pilot with it's callendar, and it supports my multiple accounts, including IMAP. BUT, I prefer to use Evolution on...

has anybody tried the latest and greatest Windows Media Player from Redmond? I downloaded it thinking that I could just format my main HD and reinstall the OS if I didn't like it so much. So far it seems kindof nice, actually.

hey all - my fiance and I have been talking some more, and it seems we might want to turn my current desktop (Dual Athlon 1.2GHz, 512MB, two 19" monitors, etc) into a sortof media station. My fiance really likes cable TV, and she tends to record many shows for me (don't ask which ones...

hey all - I recently setup RH8 on my desktop and generally love it. Two things really bug me: 1. Lack of multi-monitor support. If anybody can help me get my ATI8500 powering two monitors, I'd be very grateful. But I'm not holding my breath. 2. I can't receive email. I've tried both...

Does anybody know a relatively simple way for me to see how much bandwith I'm using on my little home LAN? How about for incoming and outgoing internet traffic? What about the traffic in/out for one computer? I realize WinXP comes with a "networking" tab in the Task Manager, but it seems...

hey all - as many of you know, I'm getting married in May. My fiance and I are both pretty addicted to our computers. I'm going to be starting an MD/PhD program soon, and we're eventually (hopefully by October) going to be moving into married student housing, and will have a small room we can...

hey all - forgive me if this has been discussed here before. But had SR disclosed what exactly goes into their "analysis engine"? Ad

hey all - OK, so we all know about my nice newish laptop. I take it with me everywhere, so it ends up getting exposed to the Minnesota cold quiet a bit. It's always transported in my carrying case, but I'm afraid this doesn't offer enough protection against the -20 degree (F) days we're...

hey all - as some of you may remember, I got a nice Dell Inspiron 8200 laptop a while back. I went with a single stick of 256MB RAM, thinking that I could add some later if I thought I needed it. So...how do I tell if I need more RAM? The computer does feel a litlte bit sluggish sometimes...

Hey all - you may have noticed that I haven't been around much since June. I have been heavily distracted by applying to medical school. In the US, admission basically requires a bachelor's degree, you tend to apply to man y schools (I applied to 20), and you need to apply about a year in...

Hey all - I have a Radeon 8500 which runs my two 19" monitors in Windows. Is it possible to get two monitors working off of this card in Linux (preferably Mandrake)? Any idea how? Thanks! Adcadet

Hey all - so here I am, with my beautiful new Dell Inspiron 8200 wondering about how to tweak the power saving featues of the Intel Speed Step stuff. First, does anybody know where within WinXP I can alter CPU speed preferances? So far I haven't found any way. And second, does anybody know a...

Hey all - a friend told me about this a while back, and I kindof like it. www.myrealbox.com I'll let them explain... What is MyRealBox? * MyRealBox is a free E-mail service with no advertising. * You can send and receive E-mail anywhere from any Mac, PC or other device with an...

I was just reading E_Dawg's post about optimizing his machine at work, and some stuff about MS Outlook came up. I decided to give Outlook (XP) a shot since I like OE and I use a Palm pilot and was always curious about using Outlook with it. I've been using it, but it seems a bit slow. I was...

as some of you know, I was looking for a new laptop. The old IBM i1452 just wan't cutting it. The monitor was dim, and the Celeron 366/128 just wasn't keeping up. What pushed me over the edge was always having to email myself files and email messages at work and forgetting half the time what...

Hey all - sorry I've been AWOL lately, but I've been trying to finish up my degree and all. Anyway, I need a new laptop, and the Dell 8200 looks great. I was wondering if ya'all think it's worth the price to get a 3 year warranty vs. a 1 year warranty. Also, if you have opinions on the 8200s...

hey all - for the past few months my laptop has been running Mandrake happily. But, I'm starting a number of projects at work that require MS Word, Excel, and some other Windows-only software. So I'm going to install WinXP...but, my laptop can't boot from the CD. Any suggestions on how to...

I just installed RH7.3 on my laptop (IBM iSeries). The major problem I'm having is getting AA fonts to "stick". In KDE (3) I tell the "Control Panel" to use AA fonts, but every time I reboot the box is unchecked. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Adcadet

3 years minus 8 days ago, I purchased an IBM iSeries 1452 laptop and a 3-year warranty. About a month ago I noticed the built-in CD player stopped working - it wouldn't turn on or anything. This CD player is really nifty - you don't have to turn the computer on to use it, so it's great for...

Can someone give me the lowdown on running F@H on my dualie? I assume it's NOT multithreaded, and that I should slave it to a single CPU. Any other suggestions?

With the recent discussion on Intel vs. AMD chips, and the speculation about the immediate future, I thought I would open a discussion about what's going to happen in the next 5 years. Who will dominate? What will we use for memory? HDs? SCSI/ATA/serial ATA? USB3? Firewire 3? Does anybody...

Has anybody installed Mozilla 1.0? If so, what are your impressions, especially as compared to RC3? I've tried downloading 1.0, but I get "file does not exist"...I assume it's 'cause the mozilla server(s) is (are) being hit very hard right now. Adcadet

So there I was last night, happily playing Madden 2002 in WinXP...granted, it occasionally crashes, but I miss Win98 ;) Anyway....it crashed once, and when my computer came back to life all of my icons on my primary monitor (the one that was running Madden) were the weird default icon (the one...

as some of you know, I've recently inherited a Mac G3 at work and have been discouraged from installing Linux on it, or upgrading it's OS. So I'm suck with Mac OS8.something. Oh well. Q: what are the "best of breed" apps for older Macs. I mostly need a)a browser, b)an email client, and c)a...

Hey all, I'm running my nice new Radeon 8500 card in my Tyan Tiger MP, and today noticed that on my second monitor certain things will seem to flash a bit. It's very subtle, and stops when I drag the offending app (IE, Window's Exporer, etc) to my primary monitor. Let me see if I can explain...

As some of you know, I've started a new job recently and am much much happier (if you're curious, there's some info at www.tc.umn.edu/~calv0016/research). This job is great - it pays very well, it comes with a tuition benefit, my parking is paid for, and I get a spaceous office (granted, it's a...

For sale or trade: two sticks of 256MB Crucial PC2100 registered ECC memory. Any reasonable offer accepted. I'll pay shipping. Thanks, Adcadet acalvin@attbi.com

I've asked this elsewhere, but never got a satisfactory response. Thus, I post it here, along wtih some background. My main PC died - I was out celebrating my birthday, and came home to a frozen WinXP. Rebooted, it gave me a hardware error and died. Then, it wouldn't post. It's being RMAed...

I just noticed something a little bit annoying. The HTML title for these pages usually starts with a double semi-colon followed by a title such as "post a new topic". While this is all fine and dandy, it would be nice for it to simply say "Storage Forum" so that when I have a million browser...

Is there any way to back out of MS's Dynamic Disc in WinXP. Seems when I installed my replacement 60GXP I let MS make it a dynamic disk...but then those rogue OSes (*nix) can't see the drive. And I now have too much stuff on the drive to easily copy it all to another drive so I can format the...

I'm not happy. ATT now charges $10 to "provision" new MAC addresses for cable modems. So for me to dump my old cable modem that I'm leasing from ATT and install one that I bought will cost me $10. They were probably loosing too many lease customers since modem prices are falling. Bastards.

Does anybody know a good source that explains how to work around the Linux2.4/AMD Athlon/AGP bug? Seems Mandrake 8.2 won't install on my Tyan Tiger MP system (crashes right after configuring X), and I'm wondering if it's because of that. Any thoughts?

Hey all - as time goes on it seems the odds of SR staying alive dwindle. Here's a proposal, and I'd like your input (yes, even you Davin - your time to stop being Mr. Quiet is here). Would we all like to turn very nice forum like this one (possibly hosted elsewhere) into an independent forum...