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Having fun with laptops. REcently upgraded to a Seagate 7200 rpm drive, and, it makes it real snappy: http://www.trustedreviews.com/notebooks/review/2005/09/22/Panasonic-ToughBook-CF-51-Semi-Rugged-Notebook/p1 Had to format with the Seagate tools, even though I had partitioned and formatted on...

A finish to this is the ungrateful prick went back, and, they gave him a normal deal, for 800 or so bucks, on a decent setup laptop. After that, he's been blaming me for MSFT's having to use IE 7 to do downloads, his inability to buy tickets from Ticketmaster due to using IE 6, and feels ripped...

Hi I think the patch I put on 2003 Server to make it seem like XP to programs has done just that. I think somehow VMware sees XP, and won't install on it, despite appearing to go on and do so. I've tried again, and I get a message that VMWare only runs on server software. So, I could...

Thanks for the link, Timwhit. Downloading now. Funny part is it appears VMware had an installation already present of Ubuntu, but, I couldn't get it to load and open from VMWARE, nor could I get the disk to load, either on boot, or from VMWARE. Some missing file message... G J.D.

Yes, it's 'Juris doctor' or doctrate, and it's a doctorate degree, and, it's more intense then most. Meanwhile, I got the Iso up, but, it doesn't want to run, missing something, to just boot off that. Then, I can't get the Virtual machine to see the ISO, and, even though I point it to the...

The 500 gig 7.10 does 32-1028k files in the 68-70 range for writes according to ATTO, and, slower reads??? Dr G

Well, it appears I burned the ISO as data, and not a disk image. We'll see how it goes as soon Nero finishes this time... DR G J.D.

I'm making a bit of fun of academia. I get REALLY sick of some principal taking a correspondence school in some absurd form of educational discipline, like psychology, Philosophy(my major), and using the term 'Dr.' before their name. Also, having the student loans to prove it, I find it...

Installed VMware, but, I can' figure out what to do with the Ubuntu iso-386. Copied it to a CD, but, I can't get the VM to see it on boot... Plus, it keeps defaulting to DVD Decrypter to open it. Really weird. Dr G J.D.

Hi Anyone used MSFT's version of a virtual disk, or, am I the lil pig? Dr Greg J.D. PS thanks. I'll try Ubuntu.

Anyone have a quick, latest update link they use for Fedora, or a version of RedHat, or suggestions for other versions of Linux?

Hi Something wrong with MSFT's version? Already installed, but it seems I trashed my last Redhat CD's.... Thanks Greg

How would you set up a virtual OS, like Redhat, on a 2003 Server machine? Seems like for virus protection that would be the best of both worlds... Thanks Dr G J.D.

This kind of stuff is pretty common in dealing with Eastern cultures, read Japan, Korea, and China. When we think the deal is over, the contract is written out, and signed, they think that's the time negotiation starts... Cultural difference. Dr G

Ok. Taking baby steps, using the Sandbox... It's kind of erie, not hearing any writing doing email, or browsing. I get the feeling I'm actually using RAM, and processors, finally, on this machine. So far, it seems far faster. The email spamware program that used to bog deleting items that were...

Now I know why my 3550 sold for so much on ebay... Greg

Does anyone know if NEC has been bought by Sony? Thanks Dr G

For free, AVG looks pretty good. I'm using NOD 32 on three machines, and, it's keeping me out of trouble, and, has stopped a number of websites from nasty stuff. Also, AdAware has found 451 'infections' mainly cookies installed by news websites, on my SO's computer. I've set both to notify on...

I think Wesley Snipes is trying to make this an issue. Didn't the IRS arrest him for tax evasion, based on not paying taxes on earnings made in another country??? If, unlike Dubai, you are being taxed once by the country, like Britian where you pay 80%, I could understand why he wouldn't be too...

I don't see why Roxio CD creator doesn't work. I had, and used it for awhile. Wasn't nearly as easy, fast, or good as Nero, but it did work.. DR Greg.

I just was looking at this on newegg. The newer, perpendicular drive seems to be both expensive, and unreliable, not a great combination. I went with this drive, for 119 dollars: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM 5 year warranty, and reliable...

One more question: How would one go about really taking computer knowledge from novice to system admin level? What courses, books, etc. are effective teaching tools, for the least amount of money possible? What courses, or certificates, are considered worth something in the computer industry...

OK: observation time. I've noticed that although the performance settings were set for programs, the programs just don't use the cpu, or the memory I've got in the system. So, I set them to favor the operating system, 'background services' and 'system cache' in the advanced performance options...

Another question: I've been transfering some multi-gigabyte size files between drives on my system. It's been slow. I went into the settings window, and, checked optimize for 'background services' vs programs. I'm wondering if setting the Memory usage to 'system cache' would help as well...

Some of us are aware of the fantastic work, and situation in Dubai. I've been lucky enough to converse with Saeed, at accuratereloading.com, and, his character, and the progressive nature of Dubai is quite clear: http://www.accuratereloading.com/z182000.jpg However, I'm just a novice with...

Use Nero too, but 6. Works with 2003. Dr G

David: If they work, let us know, and, how well they work.. GS

"As for drives, I will agree, that most of the time you can take them with you through an upgrade cycle or two. SCSI raid card, less so because of drivers: Multiple companies are starting to orphan their cards. I have an old adaptec SCSI card that they orphaned at Windows 2003 (I was quite...

I posted this for a couple reasons. I noticed a bunch of guys that said going from 1.8 ghz to 2.6 ghz in either a dual core 185 or FX amd processor didn't seem like that much of a jump, and, it was an expensive upgrade. Others said it was a big jump. My thinking was the processor(s) might be...

David: How can you tell? Don't really see it in Task manager... Dr G

Because I bought the dual Xeons before dual cores were made... Dr G

Hi I've noticed a number of intresting items that I might take advantage of to speed things up. First: X5DA8 dual 2.8 Xeon mobo and system. I noticed LSI makes a raid card for the onboard scsi. I'm currently using a Megaraid 320-1 to raid my 5 drive SCA box. I'm considering picking up the...

"I wish Eugene the best too. SR is the place where we all met first afterall. The MBF trully killed the site. That and the lack of new stuff on a regular basis." I do that with my worst enemies, so I can cut the bonds in any form between them and myself. Worked for me... Dr G

Alcatel 1000 ADSL. Gives me 1.4 mb/sec, and, it's been here years. I have a static IEP, works fine. Dr G

A 180 would give you 6 drives fixed in the lower bay. You could use the front mounted slots for 3-4 drives with removable caddies for storage. Advantage is you wouldn't be using the storage drives all the time, and, you wouldn't have the wear on them as well. Two drives for boot, raid 0, 3...

HMMMM. I've used the SCSI version of the 5 drive hot swap bay, and, replaced the fan with a Vantec Stealth, IIRC. The original fan was industrial strength, and, built like a tank. Sounded like one as well. I don't remember the fan being a special size... No alarm problems, either...

Well, so far so good. Hendrix works, where before it didn't. Now, if it will clean up my Temptations Live stuff, I'll be in 7th Heaven... THANKS AGAIN Dr. G

Yes and yes. THANK YOU. DR GREG

VISTA=2007ME? Dr. G

VISTA=M.E.? Dr. G

Well, now Apple doesn't have any excuse for their sucky software. Just shows they aren't that good at writing software, period. Dr. G

Just burned my favorite Jimi Hendrix smash hits again. Every other time, All Along the Watch Tower screws up. Can't wait to see if it works in the car tomorrow... Dr. Greg

Splash: You hitting the sauce again;-)?? Does Vista have a server version, and, is it as bad as everyone is saying Vista is? Also, is the hardware you had problems with install on the same as my Dual Xeons with Supermicro motherboard, X5DA8? So dual xeons 2.8 ghz are too slow for Vista...

I suspect when David gets done with it it looks, and runs like either 2003/XP. On his machine, it probably runs like 2003 on mine. Dr. Greg

When I just copy the disks, it appears that they put in bad sectors, or weak sectors, that when copied, are inferior to the original disk. Do these programs correct, remove, fix, such weak areas? Thanks Dr G

Not to hijack this thread, but is there a CD ripper/burner that will cleanup a CD, for copying, or burning, to another CD? Some of the originals that I have just aren't that good. Anyway to cleanup some of the old concert CD's, etc. ?? Thanks Dr. Greg

Apple releasing beta software? I'm shocked they aren't charging 129 dollars for it. I tried it for about 10 minutes, then thought better of it. I've despised Apple for the 'OS of the month' upgrade, the constant program upgrade costs, and, the poor quality, nuetered hardware. Other then that...

I think the message from David is given a server class machine, and the fastest processors on the market, it's fine. That's nice to know.

WOW: That's really bad. So far, the only program I can't install on 2003 server is Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. It wants to change a system file, and, 2003 won't let it, so it deinstalls. I can live with that, considering what I paid for it, and, that the updates have set on the disk, as...