Posts by kc0arf

Hello,

Back in the day, I was able to use the 320 driver for the personal laserwriter LS. It slowed down the printing a little bit, but the greyscale was smoother with the newer driver. The LS is *not* a postscript printer.

Christian

Hello,

I would first be looking to see if you had the latest verison of Yahoo Messanger. I would then see if you can track down a supported hardware list and go from there.

Christian

Hello,

I am not certain if you tried to partition the drive, or if you have other things going wrong with the installation. Perhaps we need to step back and see what changed on your computer.

I would also go into Disk utilities and check your permissions. It is very possible that the permissions are corrupt, and that is blocking your attempts at file management.

Christian

Hello,

I have done some searching on IPTABLES and OSX, and have not found anything to help you out with. My only mac with OS X on it does not have two network connections, so I am not able to try anything and test it either.

I also moved the post out of the tips and tricks area, so that others can find it. Perhaps Yellow has seen something else that may work.

Christian

Hello,

Are you using Acrobat as a printer, or are you distilling? I found it best with Quarkie to save the file as a postscript output, and then run the file through distiller to make the .pdf

Christian

Hello,

Just a minor note: a switch is an upgrade from a hub in terms of packet management and collision avoidance. Your use of "plain switch, not a hub" is misleading.

You also have the hub connected to a wireless router, which is really a router + a switch. This means that you need either a crossover cable, or you need a device that has an uplink port on one end or the other.

Check the Hub to see if there is a special connection slot that says UPLINK. Connect the outdoor line to that UPLINK port. If none is available, you may need to purchase a crossover cable, or re-wire the connection.

But, as the office has some connectivity, there could be another thing involved. You are within the 100 meters for the specification. I am wondering if there are other pieces of interference in the connection, or perhaps a crushed cable, or water in the cable. If this line is running outdoors, you should have purchased cable designed to withstand the elements. Greybar sells cat 5 cable with weatherproof goo inside the cable to keep the rain out.

Let us know,

Christian

Hello,

At the OS level, it certainly is.

Christian

Hello,

I am just about an exclusive Firefox user, except for a now-and-then run with Safari and Internet Exploder. Have not had a problem downloading things with Firefox.

Have you tried it again? Same results? Wondering if the site (Samsung) is having an issue.

Christian

Hello,

I like the OpenOffice idea too. Very much.

But if you insist on Microsoft Office XP, you are going to need to call Microsoft and see if they will send you new media. And if you are really in a pinch, you can go with $$ to the local computer store and get a new copy in a nice plastic wrap.

OpenOffice is the way to go.

Christian

Hello,

I think you have two errors here.

1) Fdisk is used to manage the partitions on a hard drive. If it cannot locate any fixed disks (meaning any hard drives), then you have an issue indeed! Check to make sure that the hard drives are detected by your BIOS, and that they have the proper master/slave relationship. You might also need to do a FDISK /MBR to reset the master boot record.

2) Missing Operating System is approapriate, as you just re-partitioned the disk, and that leaves all of the partitions on it unformatted and empty.

Now, how can you get both messages? Because your computer is trying to boot from somewhere. It cannot see the hard drive, doesn't find a CD-ROM or a floppy disk to work with, so it is asking you what you want to do.

Christian

Hello,

Formatting your hard drive clean will completely defrag it, but that slap-stick answer is not what you are looking for. I am wondering what you are trying to achieve with the 100 percent defragment, aside from having your disk controllers do a lot of work.

Christian

Hi,

On a second round here, I also wonder about chips in quantity. Seems like when you want to order a Mac or an iPod, you have to wait for it. That is bad business. When I am ready for a new computer, and have the funds set, I want it in a week.

Christian

Hi,

I have to choose other. I think it is great that Apple is looking at Intel for processor support, and I think the programs will work nicely.

Apple's Mac line has already had 2 major computing shifts. The first time was when we went from Motorola 680x0 code to the PowerPC code (anyone remember fat binaries?) The second shift was from Mac OS 9 to Mac OS X. In both cases, the world did not stop, but yes, some notable thorns (hello QUARK!) did not optimize their software for the new platform in a timely matter.

I am excited.

Christian

Hello,

I would start up the install from DVD clean. Format the drive, and start over from scratch. It sounds like something is missing and wrong, and as long as you are not out of square 1, you might as well go back to the entrance door.

Christian

Hello,

It may help here a bit for you let us know what you are looking for. What are the requirements of the word processor? What does it need to do for you? How are you going to support it?

I love OpenOffice, and with the Mac, you can also use NeoOfficeJ.

Christian

Hello,

Yeah, be careful on the wording there. I know Macs an aweful lot, but do not have the $$ to invest in toys such as iPods and flatscreens, so I miss getting hands-on experience with them. You probably have the same experiences with what you have access to, and what things you cannot get ahold of, you have holes in your knowledge too.

Christian

Hello,

Actually, he should make a backup of the data first. You might also have to re-install applications if the drive letters get re-arranged.

FYI: if you were doing this in linux, it would mess up the partition tables within the OS, and you would have to edit a small text file to get things working again.

Always backup data first.

Christian

Hello,

I would install Firefox and see if the errors continue. You might have something eating away in IE, and/or a DNS problem. If Firefox refuses to work properly, I would say that you have a DNS or routing issue.

Christian

Hello,

A little bit of background: your computer uses TWO accounts when logging into a Windows Domain: the Computer account, and the User account.

The Computer account is a behind-the-scenes key with a username (the computer's NETBIOS name) and a password that is made up when the computer first joins the domain. Improper domain management can cause your computer, and the server, to become out of sync concerning this account.

Ways to repair are to go into AD and delete the computer, and then go to the computer, and remove it from the domain. Wait 15 minutes, and then re-join the computer. You have to wait because your domain may be out of sync with the rest of the domain controllers, and you have to wait for a conversation cycle before AD stabilizes.

Christian

Hello,

You did not mention if this was the first time XP is installed on your drive, or if you had it there before, and are re-installing. Could be something to think about.

It is possible that you have a BIOS problem, or there could be a partition problem on your HD. I would make sure the BIOS is at tle latest release level, and then boot with DOS and do a FDISK /MBR

Christian

Hello,

WOW! What a thread! Glad I found this one late at night, so I can compose my thoughts here in silence, and consut the great orb of knowledge. A few thoughts, by topic:

World War II: The US was involved in WW-II well before Pearl Harbor. Lend-lease acts, US Airmen flying over in Europe for the British before Pearl Harbor, economic sactions and concerns, lending of money, and probably technology transfer. We were quite involved against Germany, and we were supporting China. Austrailia was instrumental in the ABDA (go look that up) with us, and we had to adjust our fleet to work with the Aussies and Britians (American ships are designed to be away from home for a long period of time and can self-repair... at the time British and Austrailian warcraft needed regular runs to port to re-supply... read Admiral Samuel E Morrison for more information.

Global Warming: The Earth itself goes through stages. I believe Man has an effect on pollution, and we could be doing better finding more recycling and the development of natural fuels beyond petroleum. Need to talk to the automakers on that one to push for a new design... yes I think there are arrangements with Big Oil vs. Big Car to eat up new technologies and bury them. I am not certain how to defeat that one. But I think there is more to it than just Man affecting the climate. The treehuggers do not factor in solar …

Hello,

We can find 5 port hubs and switches here in the $30 - $60 range. You do not need the router either.

Christian

Hello,

Does your hardware match the compatability list? Maybe I am getting it confused with Linux, but I thought Microsoft has a hardware compatability list. Also, you might have missed a device driver during the installaltion, such as a SCSI driver.

Christian

Hello,

I am a RedHat / Fedora fan, and also liked SuSE. I did not get into big-time programming though.

Christian

Hello,

Technology won't be able to stop social problems. I don't want to get into how to raise your child, that is your scope, and for you as the parent (s) to work with. I do not have any kids yet, so I cannot speak from experience either. Perhaps this is a call from him to want to find out more about adult activities. Might be time for parents and son to sit down and discuss the birds and the bees.

I think the argument of needing the internet is bogus from him concerning schoolwork. Not every child in America has access to the internet, so he can/should be able to do his homework the old fashioned way -- the library, at school, whatever.

If you want to get technical, you could try altering the DNS addresses of some of his common sites, but you are going to be continually chasing that duck as it waddles around your pond. You might also try various pieces of software to block him.

But in the end, I think it is going to take strong parenting to curb this. Talk to a doctor / psychologist. Call the school, and be active in his life, and see if you can convince him that he does not need porn in his life. There might be something social going on.

Christian

Hello,

Does the screen display any errors? Where is the installation messing up?

Christian

Hello.

This is a duplicate post. Closing.

Please reply to his post in the Dead Machines forum.

Christian

Hello --

Hidden folders. I think there is within ResEdit, or another editor that edits the disk properties, but it has been such a long while, that I am out of shape on where to go with it. Because you are working with the OS System, I would hesitate to modify it too much, as you could cause a problem. I seem to remember file utilities that would show the hidden folders within the window. It has been too long though.

Christian

Hello,

Use the Apache route if possible. Getting creative with functionality will quickly get you out of the support path of the product you ware working with. Also, when you do remote desktop on XP, it closes out the session of the computer user in front of the computer. VNC will allow for shared access.

Christian

Hello,

I like old-fashioned games, so would say that my Atari 2600 VCS would be best, and I love playing frogger on it.

Christian

Hello,

On your "Macintosh HD", there is a hidden folder called "desktop folder" that you will be able to see when you attach remotely to the computer. Look for the desktop files there.

Yes, you need to use the File Sharing control panel to shut it off before you can change the volume name.

Christian

Hi,

Anyone remember the Newton?

I saw one, but it didn't have any power. Just curious.

Christian

Hello,

I am curious to see where you read this.

I actually see it as a good thing. I wonder if there will be more Windows people moving to the Apple OS on top of Intel hardware.

I know that Apple has had some problems getting chips out of IBM / Motorola. Sadly, Motorola is more into cell phones instead of chip manufacturing.

I really think this is a good thing.

Christian

Hello,

I am closing this thread because you already have this topic in another thread, and you need to realize here that we are all volunteers and that there is no paid staff here looking at posts every few minutes.

I hope that you get your problem resolved, but posting every hour will do more to annoy than to help.

Christian

Hello,

2 surge protectors do not always work. Think about it. If one blows, and there is still a charge, the electricity will still try to get to ground. If it finds a short, it will take it. BUt if one surge is blown, and the other is still good it is possible that the blown unit has taken out the path to ground, meaning that the second unit has no where to direct the electricity.

Of course, you are protecting modem lines and the cable modem too.

In the end though, lightning results when the atmosphere (which is a resister) is overcome by the sheer volume of charges stacked up in the atmosphere.

For a good writeup, see:

http://www.auf.asn.au/meteorology/section11.html

Christian

Hello,

Before we get to deep here, I'd like to know your background. Reason? I don't want to talk over your head, and help you make a poor decision based on any mis-understandings.

Very simple overhead--

Netware is made by Novell, and 5.1 is a rather old release, coming out around Windows NT 4 or Windows 2000 Server. Windows 2003, is made by Microsoft.

Windows 2003 will require more horsepower to operate than Netware 5.1. Windows runs Active Directory, whereas Netware works with Novell Directory Services. Windows 2003 can work with printing from the internet, and do various types of network management and routing... Netware 6 can do some cool things with internet printing and management via webpage.

Before we go deeper though, let us know your background (are you MCP/CNA MCSE/CNE) and what are you intending to do with the server.

Choices in operating systems go beyond the meere OS... depends on what you want to DO with the server.

Christian

Hello,

SP1 added a bunch of changes, and I think it may have added the Windows Firewall. I wonder if that is causing some problems for you.

Can you get to the logs? If so, is there a device or service that is writing errors to the logs that we can look at?

Christian

Hello,

My home network is a cable modem attached via ethernet to my linux server. The linux server has a second NIC card that goes to switch that gets distributed to the other linux computers and my couple Macs at home.

If you would like to see a diagram of my network, send me an email.

I do it this way so that I can host private web pages, manage my email, remote control things, and firewall.

I would trade up the USB device to an ethernet device to allow for future expansion if you ever wanted to get away from Windoze.

Christian

Hello,

Please be careful with the attitude here. Everyone on DaniWeb is a volunteer, and posts can fall off the radar screen... all depends on how people use the site. Attitude will chase people away very quickly.
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You wrote:

i have an old Compaq 450, 450Mhz PII w/96 MB RAM & and a brand-new-in-the box 80G HDD from a couple of years ago that i would probably use as the Linux box - sound like a suitable donnor?

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I would argue that the memory is too light, unless you go with an older distrobution, and do not plan on running X-windows on the computer itself. The newer distributions are liking 128 minimum, 256 MB recommended as requirements (I do not know each *minimum* for each distro... there is a difference between bare minimum, and what is actually functional) If the computer is going to be a headless webserver, it will do it with your 96 available... just do not plan on running X-Windows and surfing.

80 GB is more than enough. I would partition it accordingly so that your log files do not threaten your system. For most of my servers, I partition the drive into 5 or 6 partitions, one having a particular role in the server's happiness.

Let me know if you would like more info on partitioning. Feel free to nudge me via an email.

Christian

Hello,

You do not have enough RAM, just as the error message suggests.

Netware 5.1 introduced a number of new things to Novell servers that 4.1 did not have, such as the console feature, where you could do administration of the server in NDS right from the server itself (you cannot use a mouse, for example, on anything below Netware 5.0)

You need more memory. I would not try it with less than 128 MB. I am thinking that you are trying to set this up to test and learn, which is fine, and you can get away with low memory with a speed penalty.

If you are planning on this server being reliable in a production environment, you need to SERIOUSLY beef up the memory -- 512 MB -- to have things flow smoothly an be speedy, and keep things crunching along. I won't get into tape backups and other types of maint -- that is a different topic.

Christian

Hello,

I was under the impression that you upgraded from 9 to X.... was not clear that Appleworks has never opened these files for you yet.

What kinds of files are you trying to work with? Are we looking at MS Works documents? WordPerfect? CAD documents?

Thanks,

Christian

Hello,

First, I need to disclaim that I have never run XP Home before, and my XP Pro / 2000 Pro ideas might not apply to XP Home.

A device driver would fail to initialize because the driver is calling upon hardware that doesn't exist, or is not configured properly. The device drivers are special pieces of code that expect certain components to be there in order to function.

Think of a computer that operates a traffic light. The computer turns the lights on -- red, yellow, green. The hardware is the lightbulb. The software is the program that turns on the light, and checks for power drain (a lit light draws power to make the shine, and gives off heat). If the lightbulb is missing, you don't have light, and there would not be a power drain. Software says there is a problem. Driver did not initialize properly.

Chipset drivers are a newer thing to motherboards, beyond what we call BIOS. Chipset drivers are used to configure special pieces of hardware and software on the motherboard. The chipset software controls things like the PCI bus, the floppy disk buss, memory management, maybe the parallel port, USB devices. You might need to go to motherboard manufacturer's website and download some software that will help your motherboard out.

What kind of network card do you have? Take a look at it. See if you can find the model number. Go to a website for the manufacture, …

Hello,

Welcome to DaniWeb.

Appleworks comes with a "translator" that will allow you to open files made in another program, such as Microsoft Word, or perhaps Word Perfect or Excel. The translater engine then opens the file in Appleworks, and allows you to work with it.

Did these files work for you under OS 9?

I am wondering if you need to go to Apple's website and see if upgrades are available for Applelworks.

Christian

Hello,

That, or perhaps firewalling is preventing any responses. He is not providing the background information to help us out here.

I have a feeling it is in the wiring, but until I know more about the OS, and the setup, I am going to stop here.

Christian

Hello Mike,

You got off on the wrong foot with your new friends here at DaniWeb. I don't think you realize that the project you are attempting to undertake and it's relevant coding.

Name calling got you nowhere, and readers now have formed a negative opinion of you. It may take some time to earn some respect. I suggest a change of attitude.

As for what you are trying to do... monitor a bunch of computer screens at a time. You might also consider seeing if your programmer can shrink the views in an option, so that you can see a number of windows at a time.

This is clearly a programming project, and not something to be done here in this forum. Feel free to discuss the modules of the program, or go through bug shooting, but this is not a sourceforge.net solution for you.

I am going to close the thread, because I see the conversation becomming argumentative, and your question has been answered.

Christian

Hello,

I have had no problems with Dell computers, or with Apple (my main choice).

If you do go with a local rig, or with a custom made or home made unit, PLEASE record for safe keeping all the oddball parts and model types for the techie you are going to bring it to when it breaks.

I recently repaired a "homemade" computer for a client here, and I spent (and charged) a lot of time because she gave me a box and said "fix it" and I had to go to one place for the mother board, another place for the CD-ROM, another place for the card... and while I do not mind doing that, the mere fact it was not DOCUMENTED meant a lot of time figuring out what she had that XP had no clue about.

Whatever your choice, when it is all setup, document out on paper what the hell is in the box, and then tape it to the inside box cover, so when things go belly up, that you can get to it easily, and enjoy that beer while you are rebuilding things.

Also consider a backup solution.

Christian

Hello,

There are ways, using various software, such as Partition Magic.

There is real danger in doing this though. Make sure you have a complete backup of your data, and your install disks ready though if something goes wrong while doing the conversion.

If it were me, I would make a backup, and then do a re-install, and make the new partitions at the OS level instead of using a partition tool.

Christian

Hello,

You have three different products here.

Windows 2000/2003 Server: this is an operating system that runs on the hardware, and it is optimized to provide server services... meaning it is designed to not have someone sitting in front of the computer using it, rather it is optimized to favor the information sent on the network cards, and manage the information to the hard drives.

IIS: Internet Information Services -- the web and ftp services that can be installed onto Windows 2000 / 2003 server. I do not think IIS can be installed onto XP or 2000 Pro. IIS is needed to do a bunch of things with the server using common internet protocols, but IIS is also a large and processor-expensive package.

SQL: This is a service that process the SQL commands received on the network card. It doesn't necessairly need IIS if you are working outside of Windows. You can make a SQL server out of Linux, and use MySQL to process your commands.

I do not think MSSQL is free. MySQL certainly is, and you can run it from Windows.

Christian

zalakes,

McAfee doesn't run on Linux.

Christian

zalakes,

Your configuration will not necessairly work. If the internet is coming in on an ethernet cable, then where would you plug it in?

I am also not fond of Crossover cables. If you get them mixed with normal cables, it can cause your head to spin. If you go that route, get the cable in a different color!

If you want to do the share-the-internet thing, then you need to think of routers and firewalls, and that requires a bit of design work. Even if it is a dialup source. You will also need to determine if you are going to keep one of the computers on all the time (which is not all that bad of an idea)

Christian