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I suspect that Access 2007 is a bit new to have many experiences with it. But this seems a pretty easy thing to test; how big is the data set and how many users do you have?

My experience with VMs has been mixed. Unless the machines are idle most of the time, or have a core/RAM/HDD all to themselves, the performance has been lacking. Also, MS' tech support guys won't guarantee a fix on a VM. They will provide their "best efforts" and thats it.

I would set up a system where the other two machines grab a copy of the data at scheduled intervals. Free, easy, and double-redundant. The SyncToy that Merc referred to looks great.

I'll second Merc; scratches aren't your problem, the media available these days just sucks. I remember reading somewhere that the best way to archive something is to keep it on hard drives that are well taken care of.

Sure there is. Tearing off the front end of your brother's million-dollar sports car!

My favorite statistic from that car: Zero to 200 mph (322 km/h): 20.2 s

JPGs aren't going to compress much no matter what, so you are probably looking at a 25GB dataset. 5-6 DVDs. Be sure that the program you are using will create multi-volume sets so you don't have to break it down manually.

Expensive and simple? Sounds like a fun project. Step one would be getting everything onto a single file store. If people are saving to their desktops, nothing will save them. Server 2003's shadow copy/previous versions might be the best way to go; considering AutoDesk needs direct file-level...

What amount of data are we talking about? These days, most document collections don't need compression at all. Obviously, if it is over 4.7GB than compression could be worthwhile. As far as redundancy goes, why not just make multiple copies, stored in multiple places?

Thanks sechs.

I've helped companies recover from a few of these. I haven't had any positive experiences with any of them.

I didn't have enough PCI slots to hold enough iRAMs for Vista...

There is a different kernel for single and multi processor systems

Transport tycoon is a great game, and there is still an active community around it, doing new graphics and hacks to allow more flexibility.

Yay. Looking forward to it.

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Wow, that is more than I expected. I've done about 750k miles in the last 10 years, and the only windshield I've had to replace was when my mother kicked it from the passenger seat.

What is wrong with the one that comes with windows? What additional features are you looking for?

Some people need help, others would appreciate some help, go find them ;)

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Sol, Although this windshield is bigger, it doesn't include electronics of any kind; it's just a big piece of glass. How often do people around here replace windshields, anyway? I've replaced one in a decade, and it was my mother's fault.

Actually, I am running Raptors in RAID-0 ;) ...and I just got home from a mexican resteraunt with great margaritas. ;)

Good thinking/planning Bozo. I've been thinking of building a house for quite some time now (floor plans all over my desk for years) and have always thought of 2x6 walls and sound/thermal insulation as obvious value-added things. I was just wondering where such things were standard.

Sid Meier is awesome. Despite the subject, SimGolf was great fun.

Holy cow Bozo, that is a LOT of insulation. What longitude do you need to live in that houses were built like that 20 years ago?

I guess I trained myself too well in the days of limited RAM. I close everything when I'm not using it. Very rare is the time that my taskbar is full; I typically have about 2-3 programs open at any one time. Considering I now have 4GB of RAM, I know it's unnecessary, but such habits are hard to...

Record-setting in every way, cool.

And to go against the crowd even more, I'm already beginning to like Vista. On both my machines it seems faster, and runs smoother. Apps do launch faster (especially Firefox, which I am in and out of all day), and I haven't noticed any slower performance in gaming. Of course my computers aren't...

Does anyone else have a case of deja-vu? I recall feeling the same about XP; it does the same stuff a little differently, and the things that it is better at I can do without. Besides, why learn a different way of doing things when you don't have to. One of the things that made XP "worth it"...

Yes. Practically all things that use electricity and don't have moving parts convert nearly 100% of their energy into heat. Computers, light bulbs, resistive heaters, whatever.

I think this is the bigger point. Relying on things we can't make ourselves is a risk we shouldn't be taking. Global warming won't threaten the USA significantly for at least another 50-100 years, our dependence on foreign oil will make us vulnerable long before that.

Good to know, thanks Mark!

I like that idea Merc, god should fix global warming...he started it ;)

Or better yet, trap their gaseous emissions and use it as well....

No? It comes enabled by default...what version of Vista are you running?

Here in the temperate part of CA, where no one bothers installing A/C and a fireplace is enough for all but the coldest January, electicity bills are easily $500/mo. This winter was colder than most, and my parents (2 people, 3br/2ba house) exceeded $1,100 in January. They don't even have...

Rich people typically are. It's a goal most people in the rest of the world typically have ;)

JTR explains where he's been somewhere around here...

They will all have the correct dates, the worst-case scenario is that it will be off by one hour, for about a month. Most home users won't even notice or care.

I read an interview with the guy @ MS in charge of Readyboost (I forget where) that if the drive is assigned a letter even if there is no media in it that it is ineligible to be used for readyboost. It also must be over 250MB and under 64GB. The readyboost portion will never be over 4GB...

I used to be retail manager for the SF store, it sucked ;)

Broken link Merc?

Are you new here? Buying domain names based on projected future value is the same as buying property based on projected future value. He didn't buy nvidia.com, or microsoft.com; he bought names that he thought could be valuable. In the past, he hasn't sold the names at all, instead he rented...

Heh, a buddy of mine bought <company>classaction.org for all the fortune 500/tech companies years ago. I bet this is one of his ;)

I managed to disable it in Vista and save a bunch of RAM ;) I think that is all I'll try for a while.

Therestoftheworld? Languages? Pssh, I don't even need to change the time zone. ;)

For the record, no flash drive that is visible when empty can be used for readyboost. It needs to be a device that appears and disappears entirely. So my idea of using an IDE-mounted adapter for some fast compact flash won't work. Stupid, but this is Microsoft, and version 1.0 of the technology...

Depending on your motherboard, there should be a memory multiplier setting somewhere. But IIRC, you are an Intel fan, and I have no idea about Intel branded mobos.

Did it. I went to Vista. My new primary machine (see sig) is running Vista Ultimate 32-bit and Office 2007. Now I have no choice but to learn this crap. BTW Merc: The 32-bit only Vista driver for the Auzentech X-Plosion seems to be working fine in SPDIF mode.

I'm just afraid of how long the next release of keys will be. I already hate keying the damn things in. Besides, with activation, there should be a way to not require keys at all, no?