Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Oct 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 1,210 How did you go about this deletion?
I saw this once, and the person had used msconfig.
Simply reversing this selection in msconfig fixed it. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Oct 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 840 "The only reason NT gets a lot more viruses is because its users are idiots."
I don't think this is quite right.
Windows is the system that most people use, and most people aren't as savvy as Unix... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Oct 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 840 In my experience most AV programs do their job well. Most of the infections I see come from users too ignorant or lazy to keep their software up to date. This happens even after repeated warnings... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Oct 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 1,113 It's a straight forward, but time-consuming process, and you can find out all you need to know here:
http://www.highrankings.com/
Start with the FAQ and articles, then the forum. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Sep 19th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 816 Do you get any error messages?
What are the Os's?
In some cases a machine that hibernates will become invisible on the network.
DHCP shouldn't have any effect on this. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Sep 2nd, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 1,528 This sounds like a defective/dirty disk. Take a good look at it for dirt and scratches.
Try cleaning the disk.
You might also try a repair install.
It's possible your laptop HD is defective. Did... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Aug 21st, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 782 MS Sync Toy:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E0FC1154-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Aug 19th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 503 Why "sadly"? Sounds like a worthwhile interest to me.
I'd start by visiting existing sites to see if there's a need. That would be a good way to get in touch with fellow enthusiasts to find out... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Aug 15th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 815 Your images may look small, but that's because you're using HTML to re-size them. The server still must load the original image at its original size.
This image:... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Aug 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 815 Some of your images are very large-Typically, you want to keep them under 50K, but some are over 2 MB. Use a program like Irfanview or Photoshop to reduce the size. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Aug 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 501 It sounds lie a faulty or overloaded circuit somewhere in the mix.
Investigate. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Aug 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 815 Objectively, it loads plenty fast for me on my FIOS 15/2 connection.
Disappointing that there's no lingerie section, though.
I think you'll find this has more to do with your connection than the... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Aug 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 29 Views: 4,818 Actually, he is.
When the questions get specific, it becomes very difficult to keep track of which poster asked which question, hence the rule:"Do not piggyback threads (aka "hijack" threads) by... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Aug 2nd, 2008 |
| Replies: 29 Views: 4,818 This board has built-in Video (ATI Radeon) and Audio (ALC883 High Definition Audio 6-channel CODEC):
http://www.asus.com/products.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=1568&l1=3&l2=101&l3=496&l4=0
It also has a... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jul 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 1,137 Try DOSPRN:
http://www.dosprn.com/ |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jul 9th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 1,609 I don't understand that post either.
This is a function of the video card, so look in Display Properties and see if a two monitor option is offered. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jul 1st, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 699 That's complete nonsense.
.Org. net and .edu are readily recognized by most people, and would, of course, be inappropriate for commercial businesses.
The search engines are the key to the whole... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jul 1st, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 699 What .com naming scheme?
Do you mean the .com,.edu,.org., .net, etc naming scheme?
If I were Coke or Ford, I wouldn't worry a whole lot about ford.sdf or coke.xxx.
Web sites still need content and... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jul 1st, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 699 Why "death?"
This sounds more like a tremendous expansion.
I use bookmarks and favorites to avoid having to remember domains. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jun 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 29 Views: 4,818 Of course we'll help you.
Start with :
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/build-a-computer.htm
When you have a basic grasp, start looking for components and keep us posted.
New Egg and Tiger... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jun 18th, 2008 |
| Replies: 19 Views: 2,067 Actually, there are many laptops that serve well as desktop replacements and even game well.
I build my own, but it's very easy to get someone to build one for you, or buy a factory job to just... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jun 8th, 2008 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 2,622 |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jun 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 2,622 Any laptop at all will do for web development. I find Dell to be very reliable, highly customizable and good value.
If you plan on extensive Photo/Video/Music editing you might opt for larger RAM... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jun 6th, 2008 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 2,622 Dell is offering Ubuntu pre-installed:
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/ubuntu?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~ck=anavml
There are 3 inspirons that fit your budget. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Jun 6th, 2008 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 2,622 How about a few parameters?
How will you use it?
Price range?
Weight? Battery life?
Operating system? |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge May 29th, 2008 |
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Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge May 27th, 2008 |
| Replies: 19 Views: 2,067 Dell's quality is excellent. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge May 26th, 2008 |
| Replies: 19 Views: 2,067 You have to be specific about what you want the desktop to do.
Even the most basic machine will handle email and surfing.
When you get to games and multimedia the specs have to increase.
The Dell... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge May 26th, 2008 |
| Replies: 19 Views: 2,067 The main advantage of a laptop is portability. A minor advantage is the smaller footprint.
You'll usually get more computer for your dollars with a desktop, and they are much easier/cheaper to... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge May 24th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 892 Blogger by Google is a good place to start.
It's free and easy. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge May 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 900 I assume you have some experience, so I'm surprised at the question.
I carry lots of stuff, but I try to avoid doing serious repairs in the field.
This kind of kit might help:... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Apr 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 723 Does this blog have an address? |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Apr 27th, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 669 AVG also has paid versions of their software that offer better support, and many people opt for those versions.
You're not being "too suspicious", but Grisoft seems to be one of the benign companies... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Apr 4th, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 4,437 I use Tiger direct almost exclusively, but Ebay has some very good deals. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 1,536 I would imagine it's clearly labeled.
In most cases, you can re-set the password by removing the battery for a few minutes. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 18th, 2008 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 932 Remove the HD and use a USB adapter to copy the files to another computer.
You could also try a repair install. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 18th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 590 Sure. Just install another OS like Ubuntu or buy a copy of your favorite OS.
Why do you want to do this?
Fees are quite variable, but $50.00-$100.00 an hour is close. |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 671 What kind of battery lasts 12 years? |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Mar 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 671 I've asked this elsewhere and gotten no answers:
My '96 Ford Ranger has one of those remote unlock doohickeys. It still works flawlessly after 12 years. I assume it's infrared, but what provides the... |
Forum: IT Professionals' Lounge Feb 13th, 2008 |
| Replies: 11 Views: 1,591 I agree with jbennet.
If you're going to make such a change, you'd best have a very good reason for it, and I don't see any such reason.
The File/Edit/View bar is missing in the default IE set up.... |