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We're troubleshooting a problem that could be induced by some threading model issues on SMP systems. Any solution to make the app run on 1 CPU is temporary until the vendor fixes the app. Hopefully within the next few days. I should restate my 'permanent' statement from my last post. The...

We found the processes trick in Task Mgr but that's only temporary. We were looking for a permanent change. I actually found one. Imagecfg.exe from the W2k Resource Kit patches executables for processor affinity. We don't like the thought of that, though. Any idea if the /ONECPU BOOT.INI...

How do you assign a task to only use a single CPU in a dual machine? We have a server app that runs as a service. It makes ODBC calls to an SQL server. Under Unix, there are known issues with the product & ODBC on SMP systems. A 'fix' is to have the process only use one CPU. Is this...

We use sub-domains a lot. For us, each subdomain typically represents a server. Our company is global in reach, so our domain names are all server.region.ourcompany.com. Region is just 2 characters: am for the Americas (North & South), eu for Europe, and ap for Asia-Pacific (includes China...

If your bandwidth requirement isn't too high, how about a wireless solution? 802.11a does 52ish Mbps. Throw out some for the conditions (if it would even apply) and bandwidth should still be good enough for just about anything. Hub to WAP to WAP to hub is what I was thinking, unless there's...

After disembarking our cruise ship on our honeymoon, we took a 3 hour bus tour of Vancouver. - Prospect Point provided a nice lookout over the bay area. Short visit, though. - Queen Elizabeth Park had an amazing garden. It also has every tree indigenous to Canada. I'm not much on trees...

We keep the camera charger by the PC so we just plug it in while downloading. Oh, if you've got hundreds of photos on the drive, try to download them all and then delete them all instead of download - delete - download - delete - etc. Every time you delete the pics at the beginning of the...

I currently do 1600x1200 on my laptop's 15" LCD. Having the same res on an 18" (viewable) CRT should be a decent improvement. It's also not too big of a step down from the 21" (19.? viewable) GDM-500PS I used to have. If it proves to be an issue, I'll do what I've been doing for years .. wait...

Well, I surpassed my SETI goal and am switching to our FAH team here. There are a few more units to crunch but I'm no longer refilling my SETI cache. I've downloaded the FAH console client & started it on my laptop (P4m1.6). Initially, it'll be in contention with the remaining SETI units but...

I think you're missing the context. Windows development by MS does have carefully thought out specs; features & functions are added as part of a grand scheme. That the scheme is inherently evil is besides the fact. The VBers you mention are not OS developers. They are app developers. I'm...

Not to ignore the plight of the ID, it is pretty funny when you think about how it could have played out: [Police station phone] Brrrriiiing! [Bored desk sgt.] Ballarat PD. [Unidientifed caller] Don't mind me; I'm just looking for butts. [Bored desk sgt.] I see. Well, we'll pass the info...

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I could almost see this being true. AOL would have done it years ago... - Fushigi

My last good monitor did 1600x1200 @ 75Hz and I could just detect the flicker. 68Hz I don't think I could tolerate. Thanks! I appreciate your poking around for me. Hmm. Well, I have to say I don't put much stock in THG reviews .. I rarely even visit the site anymore. But it's nice to see a...

The general word on iiyama does seem to be favorable and the specs are just what I was looking for. I would prefer to see it in person first, but then again most store demos run at something like 800x600, maybe 1024x768, so they don't exactly push the monitor the way I do. I drive monitors at...

Well, I'd love this ViewSonic LCD unit: http://www.viewsonic.com/products/lcd_vp2290b.htm but it's a bit out of my price range. Doug, the Vision Master Pro 454 was one I selected when I checked the iiyama web site. Very nice for a 19"er. The other current contender is the ViewSonic P95f+ (...

Thanks guys. Any more suggestions while I look these up? - Fushigi

I'm looking for a decent 19"ish (well, 19+) monitor at a reasonable price. Specs have to include 1600x1200 at 80+Hz. I'm fairly open to considering pretty much any brand. Ideally it should be <US$400 but I will go over for the right unit. Any suggestions? Merc, I looked at Comdisco but they...

Nice. I've got the G1 and have been quite happy with it. Coupled with a 1GB MicroDrive it stored over 650 pics from our wedding through our honeymoon. All shots @ 2Kx1.5K max quality. Still had room for another 400+ shots. Battery life is another strong suit. When downloading hundreds of...

Read the comments at Bens now .. 1 unit; 2400 orders. Too bad, though. My mother-in-law's monitor is going out & I plan on giving her my current unit so I need a new monitor. Any other suggestions for a monitor that can handle 1600x1200 and is reasonably priced. 19" & up. - Fushigi

It's not just call centers. All sorts of customer service is being handled in India. A coworker of mine, from India originally, knows the guy who runs the business that provides Amazon.com (and other etailers) with their email support. They get $2 per email. - Fushigi

No thanks.

One problem to overcome is that there are thousands of legitimate email-based newsletters sent every day. To keep their subscriber lists private (obviously desireable), the addressees are typically in the bcc: field instead of the to: field. I would also say that sending spam to individual...

Another question on the integrated graphics: Wouldn't having the onboard + adding a decent AGP card be an inexpensive way to get a dual-display? I have considered going the dual-display route off and on, but have not yet taken the time to learn anything about it. I would consider on-board...

For most HP 9xx series inkjets, it's about a US$70 option that goes into the removable panel on the back of the printer. It adds a couple of inches of depth to the printer. My 990 came with it standard and it works like Mercutio was saying; it feeds the paper almost all of the way out, pauses...

Well, it sure feels like it was a long time ago. Then again, I've moved, gotten married, and changed job functions (& managers) all in the past 6 months, so forgive me if I'm off a bit; my mind is about fried. Besides, 6 months in Internet-time is about 4 years in reality-time... :drnk:

Actually, it probably doesn't matter. Our 990 is left on 24x7 and we sometimes go for 2+ weeks without printing. No problems at all with clogging. Heck, it's unusual to hear it do a head cleaning. After experiencing this fast, silent HP I have to wonder what Epson engineers are smoking. The...

A relative oldie but still a goodie. That's been on Google's site for some time; I first read it last year. - Fushigi

I've had problems with refilled cartridges on the Canon & Epsons that I had so I've learned that the best results (except for financial results) are obtained with OEM cartridges. I'm reasonably sure, in fact, that refilled cartridges are at least partly to blame for the demise of my old Canon...

Heinlein & Larry Niven are my two favorite SF authors. I have many of Heinlein's works, from the juveniles like Podkayne of Mars to the mature audience titles like Stranger, Job, etc. Lazarus Long stories are almost always enjoyable. I was less enthused, though, about his works that came out...

Chalk up another congrats. - Fushigi

IE 3 & 4 couldn't even render HTML properly. I'll take a sluggish but proper rendering over fast but wrong any day of the week. Netscape 4.x, even with the occasional crashes, was a better product at the time. But with IE 5 and newer, IE has been the superior product. IE 6 with all known...

OK, I think I know the BB you referred to. I lived in Hammond for a couple of years before crossing the border. Basically my definition of FIP changed. Going there would be a bit of a haul and I would drive by 4 or 5 other BB stores along the way. I'll try the local store today or tomorrow...

I'll give it a try. My most problematic downloads are from Yahoo Groups, where 1MBish files crap out all too often over dialup. At only $20, if it works it's a no-brainer to pay for. - Fushigi

Merc - Which BB did you go to? I've a MicroCenter just down the street from my office in Westmont & in Downers Grove. I don't need the space but am considering it anyway because the potential price is too good to pass up. - Fushigi

The crazy thing is that it's nothing more than a VNC/pcAnywhere sort of product that shouldn't care what the underlying OS is. I'd rather go the VNC route myself, but the corporate standard is MS on both the desktop & the server wherever possible (with the exception of the AS/400s). BTW, the...

I uninstalled SP1 and Terminal Services is back to normal. Thanks for nothing, Microsoft. - Fushigi

Done. Uninstalled & re-installed the MSI & the client. Still no dice. Nothing logged in Event Viewer either. If this continues, I will have to back out SP1 as I need TSC. - Fushigi

I'm now having a problem with SP1 as well. MS Terminal Services Client no longer works when I try to connect to our W2KSP2 servers. I even re-installed MSTSC but still no dice. No errors reported or anything; just nothing happens when I click connect. This is not the run-in-a-browser client...

Like this? http://www.partnersdata.com/Products/Computing/Monitors/24__Models/24__models.cfm - Fushigi

Should be even sooner as I've over 2300 units and crunch 4-10 a day. My current stats & ranking are here: http://setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/fcgi-bin/fcgi?email=jj@baka_baka.com&cmd=user_stats_new (remove _ from email address) My crunching started on an Athlon Classic 800MHz, added a Dell...

It depends on which LJ 4 or 5 you're considering. 4, 4M, 4+, and of course the 4Si series are all good workhorses. 4L is another personal laser that I would probably avoid. 5s I'm not too familiar with except the 5Si we use at work, which is a real workhorse. Si models have something like a...

The car prob could also be a rattling heat shield (had one on a Sentra) that just needs to be bent out of the way. Heat shields are below the engine bay. Pradeep, yes, a US$30 oil change typically includes the filter and the replacement oil drain plug gasket. Properly maintained, a Crown Vic...

I normally use a wrist strap that I clip to the PC case. However, the PC itself is usually unplugged since ATX supplies some mobo power even when it's turned off. I suppose it's sort-of grounded because a charge could travel from the case to the mobo to the AGP card up to the monitor and...

I would say NYC is not that different from middle America. Chicago has distinct Polish, Irish, Hispanic, Ukrainian, Greek, Chinese, African-American (a term I dislike), etc. areas. Extending to the suburbs you will also find many pockets of Indian, Pakistani, Japanese, and other Ethnicans. A...

No big deal. I caught up on the overnight email while waiting for it to finish downloading. Interesting note; it seems to contain everything in the IE6 SP as once XP SP1 was installed, I went back to Windows Update for the IE SP but it no longer showed up. No problems so far. The only...

WXP SP1 is now available through Windows Update. It does an Express download of just the stuff you haven't already applied. Which is nice as it reduced that 135MB download to about 36MB for me. Even on the corporate 6MB connection though, I'm only getting about 20ishKB/sec. - Fushigi

I just signed it. Truly rediculous law... - Fushigi

My Dell laptop has a built-in PCTel 2304WT V.92 MDC Modem. Running XP Pro, it works just fine. No problems setting it up or anything. PCTel is listed as the driver provider, not MS, so maybe that's where the problem lies. - Fushigi