Posts by Thong_Ispector

I just installed the latest Zone Alarm with Anti-virus.

I configured it to lock down the things I wanted to lock down ..
(I have used Zone Alarm for a long time)

But...

Every time it starts it gives changes my preferences...

It keeps giving access to itself and LSA Shell and a component called ISAFEPRODUCT...

ISAFEPRODUCT research says it is a safe product but WHY does ZoneAlarm keep changing my settings...

Nothing tells me what program is using it or what it is doing...

It may have something to do with the automatic smart defense analyzer so I just set it to manual to see if that will retain my settings.

On a different issue... Has anyone used Black Ice...
It does seem to have some excellent features (not antivir)

What you need is a boot floppy that has your CD Rom drivers.

Boot to the floppy, copy the i386 folder from the CD to the hard drive (I prefer to put it into its own small "D" partition...) and execute the program winnt32...

It should be all you need

I have a pair of 160gig sata drives one was going bad so I tried to clone it to the new drive. It has a dual boot 98 and XP.
The old drive is gone and the new system works but the drive letters are wrong when running XP. In 98se the drive letters are properly identified.

With one drive in the system it shows the first partition as D (98se) and the second partition as :N (XP)

(As if the other drive was still in the system as C and the other partitions that were on it)

What is the easist way to straighten this out..

Thanks in advance...

I just wanted to clarify that you dont have to install VB...
You just need the runtime module...
as in: vbrun50.exe or vbrun60.exe

When can you use FSO in a VB 5 program?
I got it working... I know it is supposed to be for ASP...
But why does it work in some applications ans situations and not others.?

Here is the code

Private fso As New FileSystemObject
Private strName As String

Private Sub Command1_Click()
With fso
strName = .BuildPath(Text2.Text, Text3.Text)
Set strm = .CreateTextFile(strName, True)
strm.Write (Text1.Text)
End With
MsgBox "text saved"
Exit Sub
a:
MsgBox "an error has occurd"
End Sub

Private Sub Command2_Click()
' Text1 is used to display the text file
' Text 2 is the Drive
' Text 3 is the Filename...

On Error GoTo a
With fso
strName = Text2.Text & "\" & Text3.Text
Set strm = .OpenTextFile(strName, ForReading)
With strm
Do Until .AtEndOfStream
Text1.Text = Text1.Text & .ReadLine & vbCrLf
Loop
End With
End With
Exit Sub
a:
MsgBox "an error has occurd"
End Sub

Where in VB5 do I enter the company name and version number of my project?

I have a couple of those sitting in a closet somewhere...

They were not very accurate for drawing but they would probably work ok for clicking buttons inside a program.

Unless you have a special need to not use a mouse there is not reason to use one.

I'll check that... Thanks..

I wrote a simple program that displays a picture.

On my computer it looks fine.

On my neighbors it is bigger than his screen..

Both computers show the same resolution under properties

His machine has onboard video...

Oh, the program is fine on my laptop as well. Image is 500 x 500..

Could his Cheapie Video not be giving him the resolution it says it is?

A full 14 day warrantee...

Return address in Hong Kong

Nothing on the website about tech support

These should have been clues...

I have had my NEX II MP3 Player for close to 5 years and I love it.
It was $99 including shipping and tax.

Hope you get it worked out...

Did you get the MP3 to come up as a drive yet?

I use a generic memory card for my MP3 Player and I have a VB program that can turn it on and off through the USB port..

I use it to turn it off so I can safely remove the card from the generic card reader...

I dont get by here as often as I used to, but if you want to try it drop me a note here...I'll answer when I see it..

I will include the source code just so you dont think I am trying to do anything underhanded..

It is just one form to select drive letter and two buttons, one to turn it on and one for off.

Is there an equivalent to Visual Basic for Linux.

Is there a cross compiler that will take my old source codes?

I got it..
I found several examples that didnt quite work...
Mostly for CD's, but I can now Safely Eject my MP3 Memory Card...

I need to know if there is a command to eject removeable media.

I am not trying to physically eject a floppy, I am trying to clear a compact flash card for safe removal...

Thanks in advance...

Sorry I did not get back sooner..
I ran that after making text files and it worked fine.

My file size doubled and all of the info was inside.

The size on disk remained the same... but the data size increased correctly..

I am also interested in your code for saving the raw file to disk.

Are you using VB5 or ?

VBA = Visual Basic for Applications...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/isv/technology/vba/faq/default.aspx

I may be missing something but why not write the header data to a second file then append your data to it?

Did your heatsink have a clear plastic disc (Almost invisible) over the core where it touches the cpu...

If you didnt remove it that is the source of your overheating.

Did it have a big brown thermal pad?
Did you apply thermal grease over that pad?

Just some ideas...

I seem to be leaving something running when trying to exit my program.

If I use the X in the upper right or the click event to UNLOAD I can still see the program running in the task manager and it will not let me run it again until I manually kill it off.

Thanks in advance...
Paul

I saw just today an add in the Frys catalog for a 120 gig...
Only $20 after rebates...

I think that Frys online sales are done at Outpost.com
I have never used the online sales...

See, I do have a heart...
Though my wife insists it is BLACK, Evil...
and only continues to beat to keep her from collecting my life insurance...
(Just kidding, She is a sweetheart)

Last month Frys had 120 gig Maxtors on sale and after the rebate they ended up costing $20...
Even though I didnt need one I picked up one and had a neighbor pic up one...

Either way get a backup ASAP...

Well, sometimes you feel like a nut, sometimes you are a nut...

It worked fine AFTER I remembered to turn off the firewall...

Thanks anyhow...

I have a wireless router Linksys 2.4 ghz

It is connected to a pc's ethernet card
I can type in the routers address and see the router...

I have a second pc with a wireless USB adapter...
I can type in the routers address and see the router

It is NOT connected to the internet yet...

What I cannot do is see the shared drives between the two computers.
This hardware worked last year between two different PC's but they were running 98... These two computers are running XP Home..

Both sides show strong signal strength...

I am sure the problem is the loose nut on the keyboard...

Any help is greatly appreciated...
Have a great weekend...

Search the forum for IDE #0 Error...

There have been quite a few discussions about it.

I thought the microwave might work because you could use the M/W display for displaying temp. You could rig the start button for your power.
Plenty of room inside the door to mount CD/DVD Roms and removeable media. Lots of venting on the back of the M/W. Maybe eve rig a LCD display for the door...

How about an old Microwave...

One thing to check...
Did you accidentally reverse the mouse and keyboard..?

You would not be the first to do it..

Flashing the bios will most likely NOT fix this problem and could easily turn a working PC into a doorstop.

Is your new keyboard USB?
You may have a hardware IRQ conflict.
Have you deleted any sound drivers found in the device manager then run the add new hardware wizard

About the warrantee.
If he bought a complete PC they will probably swap out the drive under warrantee. However it really is not a fault of the drive. If they do decide to look into the problem or the owner tells them a disc came apart inside they may not swap it out for free.

Here in America the law is, that if there is something wrong with what they built or provided they have to fix it (for free).

Thanks guys...

I was having a complete brain fart day...

I also had a typo in a public variable that drove me INSANE trying to figure out why the simple program wouldn't work.

When I finally saw it I fixed it ran it once then powered down and walked away..

Some days I just create more work for myself...

Again,
Thanks...

Is there an instruction that I can add to a button click to exit a program

If you switch off your computer does she see a dramatic increase in the speed of her PC..

Is she talking about locally run programs or is she talking about internet access? Shared internet access will be dramatically slower...

A wireless router where you connect to the router and not to her PC and then onto the net pops up as a possible solution if you are not already setup that way...

You need to define your mothers definition of slow...

Is her PC connected to the internet or is your PC connected to the internet? Is this different than it was before she complained?

Have you run the usual spyware and adware programs to see if something from your pc snuck into hers...?

Just a few ideas for you to work on...

You can use the newer (More conductor) cable for an older device without a problem. You can still use the newer ribbon in the future when you get a device that supports it.

I know you have an MSI motherboard but what type of BIOs is on that system?

You can reset the CMOS by pulling the battery for a few minutes or an hour... then putting it back in..

You might also have a burned out cpu...

Is the which came first quiz... The Chicken or the Egg?

The fan can stop because of worn bearings, poor lubrication or just worn out...

The fan can also stop because the system is overheating and the cpu is shutting the system down.

Replace the fan and apply a new coating of thermal grease...

(But NOT too much)

You need to go through the bios settings very carefully.
Disabling the onboard video is not always as clear as one might hope.
Look at all the options for each setting...

After 15 years of not programming anything I decided to play with VB4...
(Swapmeet original with serial for $1)

I also picked up VC++ (Same price)

Does anyone have a source for simple source code examples that a person could download and examine for use as a learning tool.

My initial choice of projects would involve displaying random jpgs or video clips, playing sound clips or maybe a game of chance...

Maybe a simple magic 8 Ball...

Expect fewer choices and higher prices.

The phone companies must give 1 year notice to companies like Earthlink before a price increase. Guess what.. the notices have already gone out... and the prices have doubled.

None of the Hardwired non-phone company ISP's will survive..

I do expect a surge in the wireless services...

Higher prices for all and BILLIONS for a very few...
(The real BUSH agenda)

Windows XP copy protection sees the new motherboard and ASSUMES you are a pirate.. Good ol' Gates...

You can boot to a Linux Live CD like Mepis or Knoppix (Free) and recover your files then reinstall windows XP and you will be fine..

You can set that hard drive up as slave and install another hard drive as master and install XP on it and get to your files..

Just take a deep breath.. your files are just fine...
You just cant get to them yet...

Is that an SATA drive?

Xcel 2000 is the chipset...

Get out the manual for it and see how fast a processor will fit on that board.. I am thinking you could double your cpu speed..

You would need more ram..

Personally I would now put in the time and effort...

Hardware prices have dropped dramatically over the past year.

Sell it, as is, to someone that needs an entry level computer.

As for the computer getting sluggish, I would suspect an overheating CPU

You need to do some more troubleshooting before you pop in another motherboard..

It could easily be your power supply...

There is a good tutorial in the hardware section about pulling all the cards and testing the basics...

Start there, then come back and post what you find.

I would run hijack to see what process is running or possibly trying to get out of your computer and onto the internet.

It is a software problem...

Possibly spyware or adware... or worse...

I use spybot and ad-aware to check for those...

Zone alarm is good at telling you when a program is trying to get internet access.. and blocking it..

We need more information about the video card you were trying to add to this system.

My first guess is that this was an AGP card that you were trying to add and that maybe you were trying to add a AGP version 2 card (1.5v) to a AGP version 1 system (3.3) or the other way around.

Does the system have onboard video...?
Will it boot without the video card
Do you have a different video card to try like maybe an old PCI card...
I keep one around just to troubleshoot systems...

Can you try that video card (you tried to add to this system) in the system you got it from.?

You may have smoked the video card or the motherboard...

I have a customer in the same situation...

I set him up with two removeable drive bays...

He just switches one on then boots up...

He DID screw up and have both drives powered on and booted up...

I then removed one of the enclosures and made him physically swap the drives...

Look for the sata driver on your motherboard CD.
You will need to make a floppy with the sata drivers and hit F6 when XP asks about special drivers for Raid etc...

RAID requires two drives...

If Windows is Preinstalled they put a sticker on the case with the serial number. Using that number you can install XP from another source or order a replacement CD at a reasonable fee.

Oh.. On the bright side...
You will LOVE Linux... I use Knoppix and/or Mepis
They are very easy to get up and running...
They come with all the basic tools...
Wordprocessor, spreadsheet, Browser, Email, Chat, CD & DVD Burner, etc.
You may outgrow these distros but they are a great place to start...

I multi-boot with 98, XP and Linux... Easy to setup...

Upender..
It is not polite to post your question like this...
You need to start your own thread...
But.. to suggest an answer to your question..
It sounds like your cmos battery is dead or dying...
(silver disc usually about the size of a quarter)

To answer the original post we will need to know what BIOS is in the system. There are different beep codes for different BIOS..
Award, Phoenix, AMI etc... Your sequence looks like it is from Award..

It looks like a video adapter error.
I would reseat the video card....

Award BIOS is very common. But, they don't do much in the way of beep codes. Award holds that the only BIOS beeps you will hear are 1 Long, and some short combination after. They all indicate a problem either with memory or video, as these are the only problems that would keep the system from doing anything. Any other errors will be given an on-screen error.

Beep sequence What's Wrong
1 Long Beep indicates a problem with memory in the first bank, usually an unseated memory module

1 Long, 2 Short indicates a problem with the video card or the memory on it

1 Long, 3 short also indicates a problem with video or the memory on video card

Continuous this usually indicates a problem with the memory, but sometimes is a video problem