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Another (related) topic may be, if there is any way to tweak basic settings for a Wireless NIC that would improve reception in fringe or border regions of a router. My nic is also a Linksys: WMP54G .
I've got a laptop with another Linksys pci card I want to setup and fire up to test if my NIC in the pc is just bad/broken antenna or something. b/c I USED to get an excellent signal here.

Evening,

With regards to the former, I'm not sure of that exact model but only a few routers will do what you're asking. As mostly they're designed to send data and provide an AP not connect to one.

Belkin do a number of products in a reasonable price range that may do it, something like a Belkin Gaming Adaptor with a higher gain aerial attached.

Onto the latter issue, a standard 54G wireless card isn't ideal for what you're using it with. A MIMO or even N card would be far superior, even though it's probably only a G router the better adaptor would still boost your receiving power somewhat.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Dazza :cool:

is this program free to download anywhere?

Yes, there are a few options open to you regarding free software for this purpose. I personally, use Logmein which seems to work fine. I've only ever tried using over Windows based systems so it may be worth having a quick peruse of their website to check Mac support.

'Go To my pc' is another one, although rumoured to be not quite as secure during remote sessions as Logmein. Both of the aforementioned are free and should work fine, however both will require an active internet connection over you Lan.

Hi i was wondering if there was any way for me to remotely access another computer on my LAN connection, and view the screen graphically instead of in a terminal? I am running Vista Home Basic, and i would be trying to access a Mac. Is there a way to do this?

The easiest way to do that over a different OS would probably be a piece of software such as Logmein, although for that to work you would need to have an internet connection available on your LAN.

Most of the software available such as the aforementioned one should support Mac fine.

Dazza :cool:

I'll have to agree with Bobbyraw, besides unless you run something like SeaTools on the drives you'll have no idea how much use it has had etc.

You're better of just getting a new drive matey, and leave referbs alone. You should try to avoid them like the plague, you've little idea of the history - was the previous owner careful and looked after it or were they a spotty 12 year old who had it in bits every other day?

I wouldn't go upgrading the processor on a laptop - it's just not worth it. Look on eBuyer - you'll find plenty of bargins on there.

Dazza :cool:

Evening Chris,

Haven't heard of this one before. Please forgive me if I'm wrong but my belief was that Firewire was originally designed to be the next generation of USB before USB 2.0 was released with better data rates.

Firewire is typically used to transfer media from camera's and camcorder's etc.

Couldn't find any trace or reports of this on the net either.

Dazza :cool:

Any componemt exposed to those tempretures will have its life decreased. As the fan works at boot up I'm guessing it's a software problem - especially as it works on Xp.

Do you have the relavent drivers installed for the GPU? Have you checked it in Device Manager to see whether firstly - it's in there, second if it knows what it is and whether it has the drivers.

Dazza :cool:

(How long ago did you buy it by the way?)

Random question, but did you install 'Steam' recently or has it been on a while?

Dazza :cool:

In theory yes, but you'll usually get something - just won't display perfectly or correctly in most instances until the drivers have been installed.

Dazza :cool:

Most filters will block downloads mate, although we all did this while at school - your intentions are questionable.

Although most schools log usage; they may turn a blind eye to the occasional site - mainly as they have more important things to deal with. But downloading files to a school pc is something else entirely.

It's good to see someone taking such an interest in IT, and it's proberbly one of the best ways you'll learn. Just be careful, think about it first and don't go to far as they'll only take so much.

Dazza :cool:

Ok, have you tried reassembling it? Just to make sure nothing has come loose?

Dazza :cool:

Ah nice one matey, might try this at work later! lol

Dazza :cool:

Good Evening, and welcome to Daniweb!

Have you tried reseating the memory?
Or perhaps trying just one in at a time?

Have you ever had this sort of issue before or any related issues with this system?

Dazza :cool:

Did they work?

Yes; you and me both matey! I wasn't liked much at school lol, although you'll no doubt be popular for being able to get people onto facebook, up their printer credits, shut down the server, change homework dates etc - it spreads real quick and some bright spark will of course end up reporting it.

Not fun lol, the key thought would be to change your method frequently so if anyone did try and stop you by the time they found out what you were doing and blocked it you had already changed.

Dazza :cool:

May want to check these out:

http://www.stupidcensorship.com/cgi-bin/nph-surf.cgi

http://www.peacefire.org/circumventor/simple-circumventor-instructions.html

Dazza :cool:

Are you using on board graphics or a graphics card?

Dazza :cool:

Microsoft Word - hyperlink - insert desired address?

One think I did (and still do), was use something like Logmein free edition, then log into that at my desired location, as it's a secure page it's a lot harder for them to block.

They'll only see secure.logmein.com for example, as it gives you control of your pc so they can't see what you're doing on your pc if that makes sense? Can be slow at times though.

Another thing would be; most school filters don't block https:// just http://, sometimes ftp:// works as well.

Whatever you do to get round it; get it quiet as once one or two people know - everyone will use it - then they'll block it!

Dazza :cool:

Digital Single Lens Reflex camers (SLRs) typically came as compact flash due to the better data transfer rates. But as many manafacterers now have ranges that boast 20MB/s in both SD and CF it isn't such a big thing.

Something like a Canon Powershot would give you the felxibility of the Ixus but the power of the EOS - could be the way forward?

SDHC is the way to go. Card sizes vary between 1GB - 16GB for SDHC and 1GB - 32GB for CF. Although they do come smaller there's very little point in paying for anything less than one gigabyte.

Also be wary of some of the new HD ones, as they often need their own software to veiw and also download from the camera. However there are very few out at the moment so proberbly not such a big issue.

Dazza :cool:

sony tend to use expensive wierd cards too

lol Just said that mate; usually PRO DUO, can be up to double the price of SD.
Same with XD that Fuji and Olympus use.

Dazza :cool:

Think I've left out loads; but any questions please feel free to ask.

Dazza :cool:

Hi mate,

Firstly it depends what size you wish to print - as you'll need around 6MP for A4 boarderless (going too high will just cause 'pixel noise' and actually reduce the quality).
Optical zoom over digital - always. Digital zoom is just the microprocessor blowing the image up and will proberbly lose some of the detail. Optical is actually the lens magnifying it.

The cards? Sonys, Fuji, Olympus tend to use different cards which can be more expensive. Panasonic, Canon (Same company), Samsung, Kodak etc tend to use SD.

SD & SDHC; SDHC is a new format designed for bigger cards as normal SD will hold up to 2gb. A SDHC camera can use both, but a SD camera can only use SD cards. Beward as they look the same and are the same size.

Pictbridge; this allows you to connect straight to a printer without removing the card.

Facial tracking: This allows the camera to detect faces and focus on them. Also known as 'facial detection'.

USB 1.1 or USB 2.0; not all cameras are USB 2.0 and is it high speed or full speed?

ISO: this allows the camera to compensate for low levels of light; higher the better generally.

My own camera is a Canon Ixus 7.2 MP SDHC with a 4GB card - fantastic!

Dazza :cool: