The reputation system at Daniweb is pretty casual, Give points for any post you feel is thoughtful and informative enough to deserve it. You'll never get penalized for being too giving of it, the...

I like Avast for anti-virus and Zonealarm for Firewall, but lately I've been using Comodos security suite. It's free and from everything I've read (and seen) Comodos firewall is on par or better than...

Wow, I completely forgot to check which forum this was in. Thanks for a good Perl answer Jephthah.

I think there's something wrong with the CD drive itself, not the PSU:

1. The early problems were ONLY when using the CD drive.
2. When you did the new install things got a lot worse, system...

The problem is that Windows XP does not have a real boot-loader. It will not recognize Linux the same way linuxes boot loader will recognize windows. You need to reinstall the boot loader that comes...

Use this tutorial http://www.mozilla.org/support/thunderbird/profile.
It gives you all the information you need to back-up and restore the data, you'll probably want to put the files on a CD or...

Are you asking how to check that it's mounted from the system that's accessing it? This is pretty simple and just a matter of trying to access the drive. If you're looking for a simple command line...

I've never installed linux on a laptop (driver issues on the laptops I've had) but did you remember to install the "laptop" packages with ubuntu?

I do think you'd be better with Disk spanning, you might look into JBOD raid before you recompile the array. You might fall in love.

I'm not sure an OS reinstall will resolve it, but it's probably your best bet. I hang at that point in the set up is an issue with the array itself (either the disks, configuration, or controller) so...

Is there an option to disable boot-up floppy search?

It's not recognizing your hard drive properly, I couldn't tell you why. It will probably generate that error until you put in a drive it likes,...

Personally, I'd just replace it. Replacement of an optical drive only takes a few minutes and you can get a DL DVD burner with lightscribe for $25 dollars shipped. Use this as an excuse to get the...

This is usually a defective hard drive, so it's odd that it would come back clean. I would suggest:
1. open the case and re-seat all the cables.
2. reset your BIOS manually by unplugging the system...

We really should stay on topic to fix the problem, not convince him to get rid of RAID, most people who use RAID don't need it.

On that note if you're open to the possibility of re-installing your...

I suspect that the consistently high temperatures of your GPU have just worn it out.

I think it's a video card issue of one form or another. We might be getting blinded by your high temperature, and overlooking a more fundamental issue. Maybe there's a defective card that's failing...

After your PM I noticed an inconsistancy, in your posts you just said that it wasn't giving you a security warning when you turn your firewall off, in your message to me you said that you couldn't...

If you know your way around MSCONFIG you can go to the services and start-up tabs, removing anything that seems to be a reference to your security software.

I'm not really familiar with TUT so I'm not really able to offer suggestions on it's use. The windows installer cleanup tool should have kept either firewall from ever coming on again, so I'm really...

Windows firewall is designed to work in unison with third party security. You can turn it on while another is active and it wont tell you you're at risk when you disable it because it recognizes the...

I'm sure he will, but why should rational experienced members encourage it? I'd rather keep see it just fizzle out than watch us lower ourselves to escalate it.

Everybody just calm down. There was NOTHING threatening about Salems coment, just insulting. I'm not fond of that kind of response on a forum but it was not a threat, so save yourself a lot of...

Let me guess, you just had a wiki entry removed?

Listen, the reason it's legal is BECAUSE of freedom of speech. When you own a website you can display information as you see fit. When it comes...

Like Jbennet said, Repair installs often break windows update. I've had great luck with WUfix:

http://wiki.castlecops.com/Windows_Update_Fixhttp://wiki.castlecops.com/Windows_Update_Fix

That is very hot, there's no surprise that it's failing. Obviously an after-market cooler would help, but the stock should work as long as you're not over-clocking. If you're hitting temperatures...

There are other non windows diagnostic tools. Try the manufacturers disk tools (on their website, usually not hard to find) and just google "disk daignostic tools".

Don't bother using the recovery CDs, just start from scratch. Format the new drive, ghost it again being sure to transfer everything and set it as bootable with the MBR.

The problem either came...

sounds like it might be a hardware problem, or BIOS. if there's a newer version of your BIOS use them.

The other thought is that it's an issue with one of the drives and it's having a hard time...

+1 to Jbennet, if it doesn't work in any computer it has to be an issue with the external itself.

Try pulling it from the enclosure and hooking it up internally so you know if the problem is the...

I like the site, I don't think that it's really the problem. I'd say your sales issues are simply because this is such a unique service and people aren't looking for it. You should be concentrating...

There is a lot of variation on the process of taking laptops apart and they can be very fragile. If you're comfortable with your skill level then take it apart and put the new one in. If you're not...

PC-3200 is slow by modern standards, but fast on any platform that runs it. 1,2, or 4 sticks of PC-3200 will match the FSB of CPU that runs on a DDR platform. In this case 2 is just shy of his 533mhz...

If there is a BIOS upgrade use it.

The SPD error means that the system can't accurately asses the type of ram in use. Try going into your BIOS and manually adjusting the RAM settings to the specs...

You should be able to, just look into setting up a virtual private network. I'd suggest using Logmein Hamachi if you want to go with something simple. It lets you create a virtual network you can...

go to the network settings page, scroll about half way down and uncheck the "Enable DHCP Server:" box

In the DHCP section is there a check-box that says use router as DHCP server?

If so uncheck it.

If not then go to the DHCP settings page, Prt Scrn, paste into paint, save as a jpeg, and attatch...

We got that part, to paraphrase zeroth for you:

Take the ethernet cable connecting your modem/router to your wireless router, disconnect it from the WAN port and just connect it to one of the LAN...

How much Memory do you have and how old is the computer? If you have 256mb of ram in a computer that's had time to build up junk even the recomended page file size might not be enough.

Go to the manufacturers site and download all the system drivers (for XP, not 98) and install Xp SP3, as well as any additional updates that might be needed. Hopefully this will resolve the problem.

John is right, the short of it is that you left the MBR intact but changed the partition scheme so the original boot record isn't valid. Take his steps to correct the current boot record or just put...