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Somewhat related question: Does the choice of file systems affect the speed at which other client computers can access it?

I have a 2000 machine setup as a sort of test server, and lately I've...

We have been using a little piece of hardware here at work that does something similar called Centurion Guard. Basically, it's a keyed piece of hardware that plugs into the floppy drive, and...

Linksys Cable/DSL router + wireless

Anyone had any experience with this? Looks so cool I can almost taste it: NAT, firewall, and wireless access point all in one. The idea of wirelessly surfing...

One thing you might want to check is to make sure you've supplying the system enough power. At that speed of processor, with accessories, I'd say you'd need at least a 300Watt.

I've just been tasked by the boss to start investigating SQL databases. Learn about the various flavors (MySQL, M$Sql, Oracle, Informix, etc), the differences, their strengths and weaknesses: the...

One thing I have seen cause this is McAfee Virus Scan. I forget which version off hand, but it's a know issue with McAfee, they should have info on it. If that particular version of McAfee is...

Sweet, I think that'll do the trick 3FS. Thanks!

Anyone know if there is a way to get Windows98se to automatically shutdown after a certain function (in this case, a backup) is complete, or perhaps at a certain time?

My problem is this: have a...

If your locking down, another thing you might want to consider doing is downloading the IE Admin Kit from Microsoft, and creating a custom bundle install for IE. IEAK allows you to remove the Windows...

You might want to check with Hercules about getting a replacement video card. From what I've read, there were a batch of Prophet II's that just refuse to work with Abit KT7 boards: something to do...

Recently a friend of mine bought an Abit KT7A Raid MOBO for building a 900Mhz AMD system. The system was flaky from the word Go: Direct3d apps crashing, lockups in windows etc. The other day, the...

At the CompUSSR I used to work for, we used to have a guy that'd come in regularly with the most bizarre, arcane, or trivial questions you can think of. He'd walk in, pop of 2 or 3 of these...

BIOS issue on the ASUS perhaps? Check and see if there are any funny resource-allocations going on in the BIOS - sometimes the BIOS will let you allocate IRQ's/DMA's to PCI only.

Or maybe just a...

OK, I really don't expect any answers here, but if someone has some ideas, they'd be much appreciated. Just have to vent mainly.

Have a Dell Inspiron 7500, Win2k, customer bought a Xircom...

What version of Word are you trying to open them in? Perhaps an earlier version of Word (95 or 97) would have the correct conversion utilities for these files? Just a longshot.

Why not just open them in Notepad or WordPad, and cut and paste? You can set a no word-wrap option in WordPad under the View menu.

Never noticed it before reading this post, but on my 2000 box here at work, my video card has an IRQ of 16, my NIC and IRQ of 19. I can only assume 2000 has some sort of weird IRQ sharing method that...

What client are you using? Here at work we're using 4.71.20000313 NT/2000. It allows us to login with just one login prompt, assuming the usernames and passwords on Netware and the 2000 box are the...

If your looking for specific files in the 95 CAB files, you can extract them from the CD using the following method:

-using another machine, copy the contents of CD:\win95 to a folder on the HD...

One thing that has worked for me in similar situations in the past is the following:

- Before replacing MOBO, go into safe mode, then Device Manager. Remove all of the devices that show up in...

Either a file Access needs is missing, or part of it didn't register itself properly with Windows. Regardless, first thing to try is to do as it says and uninstall/reinstall Office, see if that...

If your getting the GW boot-up logo, then the MOBO or CPU can't be dead, though they still may be bad. Might want to try removing all the peripherals, just getting down to video and maybe HD, see if...

Packard Hell is pretty notorious with restore CD's. We used to see problems with them all the time at CompUSSR: wouldn't run, would start but not finish, stuff like that.

If the customer still has...

It could be that dialing long-distance is introducing a higher level of line-noise, enough that it's causing your modem to not handshake properly. Try bumping the port speed down a notch or two and...

Perhaps the web site installed some form of browser plug-in software which required a reboot. Though you generally get all kinds of prompts for reboots, but you never know with users.
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