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 | Hello, To answer your question Technically: Email recipt (your laptop going to get it) is handled on TCP/IP Port 110... if you are using what is called a POP3 email server. Usually, those ports are open all around to go and get email. Email transmission (your laptop sending it) is … |
| | Hello, I don't know what IEEE488 is, but if you are using a JetDirect (internal or external) it is going to want to be programmed properly. I would avoid the crossover cable and get the $30 hub or whatnot to wire it properly on a small network. Of course, then … |
| | Hello, There should be some sort of selection to boot from the CD-ROM, unless the computer is too old, and in that case you don't want to run XP on it anyway. Check the BIOS again, looking for CD-ROM, or it could even be something like IDE-1 On an IDE … |
| | Hello, It might be time to look at a dedicated server, either a Linux box with Samba, or a true Windows 2000 / 2003 Server. Why? Because workgroup sharing only allows 10 connections at a time, and with 15 at your location, you will run into a problem running out …  |
| | Hi, It is unfortunate that some things can get just too old to work properly. You might need an old computer to run older things after all. The people with Windows computers see the same thing. Christian |
| | Hello, There will be a signal loss in every jump of the path. Yes, bad cables add to the problem, but so does bad grounding and stray electromagnetic fields. You could have a powerline in the wall causing the problem. I will also bet that the higher the resolution, the … |
| | Hello, It all really depends on what your environmental demands are. Are you going to ask the Novell server to be a DHCP server too, and have it assign addresses? You will also need to bind TCP/IP to the server's network cards. Once that is done, you will need to … |
| | Hello, I have gone through the posts here, and drawn a network diagram, and have realized that you have never clearly stated which computer is the one that is working! Since one of them is working, we will assume the following: * The router works * The DNS resolution on … |
| | Hello, Do you have McAfee Virux installed? I tried out that software, and my palm blew up with file locked errors. I did the re-install thing, and then thought for a moment before it dawned on me that Virux was the problem. My Palm is actually a Handspring Visor, and … |
| | Re: bling.exe Hello, BLING is a nasty virus. You will need to use safe mode to eliminate the thing, and also edit the registry areas to successfully kill it. I also had to turn on the showing of system files in order to locate it and delete it. Christian  |
| | Hello, Is the internet connection made directly to the family computer? If so, you will need to plug the internet connection from the Roger's device to the wireless router, and then connect using another wire, the router to the family computer. You will then need to see if your wireless … |
| | [url="member.php?u=37645"]zalakes[/url], McAfee doesn't run on Linux. Christian |
| | Hello, I get paid to fix Windows. I come home to my Mac / Linux computers, and really enjoy them. OS X rocks. Linux is very capable too. No Billyware in the house. Friends don't let Friends do Windows. |
| | Hello, While I don't like seeing workstation-class machines working as servers, I can understand for cost / business reasons what you are trying to do, and think we can get something working well for you concerning it. My knowledge of Win 3.1 is a little thin, but I think we … |
| | Hello, In order to work with this, we need more information. Does the computer that works with Windows Explorer the same computer as the FTP server is on, or are you making an FTP connection through windows, and that is working? Also need to know if any firewalls are involved. …  |
| | Hello, Windows Update for HARDWARE DRIVERS is not your friend. NVidia is unstable enough; you do not need Friend of Bill to make it any worse. I say that nVidia is unstable because in the CAD world, I have seen their drivers cause problems to our environment, and ATI wins … |
| | Hello, I fault the Clinton administration for the 9-11 situation. His 8 years in office, with distractions to interns and the like, caused him to shy away from serious foreign policy issues, along with corporate troubles here at home. Clinton had the chance to take care of Osama several times, …  |
| | Hello, An Airport card is basically 802.11(b), and an Airport Extreme is 802.11(g). As long as the Airport can do the basic wireless, you will be alright. You might not have the latest encryption available, but it should work. Your Airport card should work with any base station out there... … |
| | Hello, With Fedora Core 4 out there, I would suggest that you work with it. My Fedora Core 3 stuff worked just great. You might have bad media -- the software should be prompting you on where to install the software (partitioning) and making software selection choices. That should happen … |
 | Re: iis on 2003 Hello, You GOTTA be kidding to edit the hosts files on all the machines. NO! By doing that, you loose all flexibility of managing the name if it should change down the road. Unless there would be a way to do it via group policy, don't even try to do …  |
| | Hello, You do not need a router if they are on the same subnet. One switch will do, with connections to each of the computers. Configure the 98 boxes on the same subnet and you will be done. Don't forget to enable file sharing, and grant proper permissions. Routers work … |
| | Re: tc++ 3.0 Hi, I use Emacs and gcc on my linux boxen when coding. Although, I have managed to forget how to write a makefile. I'll have to re-visit my notes on that one. Christian |
| | Hello, I am closing this thread. There are legal issues here, including the reverse engineering of the software. You might even need to do some nibble editing and other methods. Whenever the source code is not available, you run a very serious risk of making things unstable. Granted, it could … |
| | Hello, I am not an avid Crashlog reader... those things are for programmers that have debuggers and tools to properly determine what happened. But you mention that your Photoshop program works correctly when you login as a different user... so there has to be something wrong with your current profile. … |
| | Hello, There could be a variety of things wrong. My gut guess is that something bad is happening to the hard disk. See if you can boot into safe mode, and access the logs. They may be able to tell you what is going wrong with the computer. The logs … |
| | Hmm. Somewhere in your computer's lifetime, it was told that file extensions with .sit or perhaps .hqx or perhaps .dmg should be opened in Excel. I am trying to find where you can configure how the extensions determine applications, but am at a loss for the moment. In the meantime, … |
| | Re: NIC Problem Hello, I am wondering if you have the right driver in the original computer to recognize the card. You never told us if your computer knew the card was there. I doubt it is your BIOS. Christian  |
| | Hello, Did you by chance insert the card backwards, or upside down? What kind of iBook do you have? If it is one of the older older ones, it might not be Airport compatable. Let us know. Christian |
| | Hello, In my day too, we used tape recorders. You could then take the tape recorder, and digitize it, and create an .mp3 file, and burn a disk if you so wished. You are going to want some sort of external microphone. Put it on your desk, and just be … |
| | Hello, A few things: * You have a hardware RAID that is not managed by Windows. I think you knew this, but I am describing why Windows will not be able to manage this for those who are following along. * Your RAID is RAID 0, meaning Stripe, meaning it … |
| | Hello, You should be able to boot the Mac while holding down the SHIFT button. This will cause the comptuer to load with minimal extensions, in the default mode. You can also reset the PRAM by booting while holding down COMMAND (the apple button) - OPTION - P - R … |
| | Hello, NO Web browser is immune to spyware and other debris on the internet. While Firefox and Opera are much better, in my opinion to IE, they are not immune. You can even bring down a problem with a text based browser like lynx. I would encourage others to use …  |
| | Re: NTFS problems Hello, Mac OS files have either a resource fork, or some other attribute attached to them to tell the OS what parent application works with the files. For example, the windows people assume that .doc is a Word file... you do not see the extensions often on Macintosh materials, altough … |
| | Hello, I think it is BIOS related. I don't like that the BIOS is not seeing them upon startup, and then the drives are suddenly there. I am wondering if the BIOS has a sleep agent working to power the drives down, and the OS doesn't know how to deal … |
| | Hello, Depends on what you want to do. If there are a handful of sites that you would like to prevent people from accessing, you may either exclude the site from DNS, or firewall them out. But if you want to target and block a variety of sites, such as … |
| | Mugilan -- Just wanted to write you and encourage you NOT to give up. Look at all you have learned so far. Keep on trying, and you will get it. No one writes a program perfectly the first time (except perhaps Narue, but she is a coding Goddess). Keep working … |
| | Hello, The only way to be sure what the network traffic is doing is to do a packet sniff of the network. This will require sniffer software. If you have Linux, you might already have a package in there called ethereal, which is a free sniffing utility. You might also … |
| | Hello. This is a duplicate post (about the LAN indicator). Please keep this topic on the network segmentation, and go with the other one for the firewall. I have already posted some suggestions on sniffing. Christian |
| | Hello, Janine may be onto something here -- the BIOS is not detecting the IDE settings correctly, thus it is probably waiting to TIMEOUT, not a hang, but waiting for the devices to respond to the query. Yes, please do get the IDE jumpers in order. 1 master, and one …  |
| | Hello, I use a SONY DVD burner that is USB and Firewire based. Of course, the Firewire solution would be faster, but I have an older Powerbook that only has USB. I have had no problems using the Sony model with Toast. Christian |
 | Hello, It has been my experience in the business world that the nVidia drivers are quirky and unreliable, whereas the ATI materials have been stable and trustworthy. I have seen a lot of nVidia cards cause some monitor problems, and unstable graphics. The business environment that I am referring to …  |
| | Hello, Danger! If he formatted the drive using NTFS, then the VFAT tools may damage what is left. I think he woul d be better advised to take the drive to another windoze machine (XP or 2K) and hook it up there. But if the data is as valuable as … |
| | Hello, You need to first backup your data. That is of primary concern. When you are done with the re-install process, the data will be gone. Next, boot from the Windows 2000 CD-ROM. Go through the motions of agreeing to the install process, and the license agreement. You will be … |
| | Hello, I use Toast for my CD / DVD burning needs. Lets me setup various items, or do a direct copy, or go to disk image, etc. Love toast. Christian |
| | Hello, A very interesting question. I am thinking this can be done with IIS 6. What you would do is create two websites pointing to the same direction... one with one name, and the other with the other name, and have them pointing to the same directory of files. If … |
| | Re: boot problems Hello, If I am reading this right, you are re-installing XP, and you run the CD-ROM the first time, and then it is rebooting back to the beginning of the installation process. Run the process one more time, formatting the drive, etc, and then watch the computer. When it tells … |
| | Hello, Linux of YesterYear required intimate knowledge of hardware in order to function. Today, it is much different, and any modern machine (Pentium with 64MB RAM, 1GB HD) or more should run it alright. Of course, the more modern the linux is, the more hardware it likes. RH 9 likes … |
| | Hello, Be aware that any hardware hack will void your warrenty, and if the machine goes up in smoke because you did a bad solder job, you are looking at new parts. This is not for the casual person. If you insist on doing the hardware hack, you might wish … |
| | Re: graphics issue Hello -- Just a thought -- do you have the monitor hooked up into a switchbox? Also, are you driving the monitor at a resolution, such as 1280x1024, that the present card might not be able to handle? I am leaning towards card, but if you had a switchbox in … |
| | Hello, As far as I am aware, there isn't any functional difference to the end user. Quick Formatting simply clears the file table. Doesn't zero out any data. I am not positive if the other types of format zero out the data or not. If you had to securely delete … |
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