Posts by kc0arf

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 is NOT a MIRROR, rather it is two physical disk drives that make a volume (C:, D: are volume names, not necessairly physical drive names). They are not mirrored. If one of the physical drives fails, the entire data set will be lost.

* You have SCSI drives, so there are not any Primary / Secondary drives. SCSI drives are determined by their SCSI ID number. You can use jumpers to identify that number, but it is critical that no drive have the same number. Numbers are counted in Binary with the jumpers.

* You should be able to install WIndows XP / 2000 on these sytems by booting with the CD-ROM. You may need to install a driver from a disk as a part of that setup. Then, when windows asks you what disk or partition to install on, choose the one that you need.

* If you want a RAID 1 (Mirror) you are going to need to break the raid 0 you have, and re-configure it.

Enjoy.

Christian

Hello,

Maybe. Maybe not. I stay away from illegal software because it is wrong to have it.

What might be more interesting is if a law came through BANNING the ip numbers of Sweden onto your country's network. Traffic could not get through, and well, the stuff would be inaccessable.

Granted, that is an extreme longshot view of it, but it is not impossible.

Christian

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 (all four at the same time, when you hear the computer beep/bong). Wait for it to bong a second or third time before letting go. That should reset all of the control panel settings to default. You will need to go through each control panel and make sure it is applicable to your computer.

Let us know if this helps.

Christian

Hello,

I found C to be dangerous; C++ had better boundries for me so that I didn't send my pointers off in different and strange directions.

I prefer Pascal when coding, personally. Unfortunately, I don't do much coding anymore.

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 sure to not talk and whisper during the lecture.

I would also argue that it is not necessary to record every little thing. But that is your choice, and beyond the scope of your question.

Christian

Hello,

It is always good policy to update the device drivers before adding / doing anything else. When I build a machine, I first install the OS, then I update all of the device drivers (from the web, not the CD-ROM) and then go chase down the Windoze drivers. Then I start installing applications.

Christian

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 with OS X, they are being introduced due to the Unix underpinnings.

If you ahve a two button mouse, you can try to right-click on the file, and choose "Open With" and select the parent application. If not, hold down the CTRL key and click on it, and you will see the little context menu form. That should help.

You can also try copying the files from the NTFS volume to your Mac's hard drive, and open the file from there.

As you use the files, and if you can save them, you will see the generic icons replaced with the properly designed ones you are used to.

Christian

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,

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 are found in My Computer --> Manage

Christian

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 "all porn" or things on the like, then you will need a managed subscription service to keep updating the "evil list"

Enjoy,

Christian

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 with it.

I would go through the BIOS and disable any power management options.

Christian

Hello,

NO WONDER why the Intel ads had the people dancing in the multi-colored fire suits.... :)

Hope your boss had backups.

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 slave. The master is usually connected in the "middle" of the cable, and the slave on the furthest connector.

Christian

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,

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 find other products out there for Windows / Mac.

Without knowing what the packets are doing, we have no idea where to start looking at the source of the problem. It could be something simple -- a windows network having a browser election, or it could be something far more devious, like one computer trying to attack another.

If you really want to know what is going on, a sniffer will tell you. BE SURE, however, to have the sniffer hooked up with a hub... not a switch... as switches isolate traffic, and the sniffer could be bypassed.

Christian

Hello Lizzie,

Welcome to DaniWeb.

I use a program called Amadeous II that was developed by hairerSoft.com It is shareware, and I think it cost $40 or so. But what it allows me to do is input audio from the microphone, or from the mic jacks in the back of the computer. I do not have a USB / Firewire camera to test things on, so I am not sure Amadeous will work strictly with that interface.

BUT, if y ou have an audio out on your camera, you might be able to:

* Wire the output jack of the camera to the mic in jack on the computer
* tell your software to record
* tell your camera to play
* walk away

You may need to adjust your input levels on the computer, so that you do not over-drive the software. Amadeous will allow you to do that.

I realize this might not be the "firewire-only" solution, but it should get the job done for you.

BTW, is it possible to shut OFF the video feed using iMovie? I remember using Adobe Premiere, and I could kill the video feed, so that only audio was captured and processed.

Christian

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 something else besides IE, but to say that the others are immune is not accurate.

As for Antivirus, I work with AVG (Windoze) and Clam-AV (linux, Mac). I find that Norton and it's friends are too processor-intensive. I have not done any time trials on scans, however... I schedule them for the overnight when I am sleeping.

Christian

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 comes from publishing and CAD applications

Now, as a gamer, you might see that nVidia comes out with a new device that is fast and cool. Cutting edge drivers and everything. IF that works, great. But you will also find that ATI comes out with a new card that has similar capabilities, and a more stable environment.

Christian

Hello,

Without the blessing of your nework administrator, you are stuck. It is the firewall that is going to stop you every time. And if your administrator is worth his salt, he is going to want a business reason that you need this access.

At my company, it would be strictly not allowed.

Christian

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 he claims, he would have backups of it, ready to go. And if he doesn't have backups, I am willing to bet once he has it restored, that he will be looking into a backup strategy so this doesn't eat him again.

Christian

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 at it. You are well on the way, and in the end, you will feel good that you did the hard parts yourself. That is the honorable thing to do! You are in good hands with Dave.

Christian

Hello,

I have unfortunately seen this problem on Compaq Presario lines too... the hidden partition with the masters on it.

What a cheap deal.... for a company to not provide the media. Just think of the couple of bucks needed to send the OS along on disk. Personally I would never purchase such a system without the recovery disks right there. TO me, it means the system is not complete.

I am thinking you are going to need to contact HP, and have them send you the correct stuff. Or, you could go to the store, and get a new copy of Microsoft Windows. Then again, you would not get all the freebies, such as your complimentary subscription to AOL, or Microsoft Money, or whatever was bundled with the computer.

Good luck with the process. And if you really get frustrated, give linux a try.

Christian

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 --

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 the middle, they can wreck havoc too.

Christian

Hello,

I would do the complete format. I occasionally use quick format for floppy disks, but for hard disks, I would rather take the time to see if there are any dead sectors on the disk before we start putting file system information on it.

Take the time at setup to do it properly, before you get too involved with the rest of the OS, and then have to start hunting down bugs.

Christian

Hello,

Just a correction to JANINE --

A router can take on a whole more than 256 computers. Enterprises (meaning large companies) have routers that connect all of their computers to other networks.

As an idea, think of the router that manages the connection from the Pentagon to the internet.

Christian

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 that fails, you could have a folder alias pointing to the orig file location, and make one website go to the real files, and the other website go to the alias, which will go to the files.

This is just theory; I have not tried it.

Christian

Hello,

First, your 268 adsl is measuring bandwidth in BITS, and reporting to you a download rate in BYTES. There are 8 bits to a byte. Also realize that is a therotical maximum, and doesn't account for protocol overhead, or the speed of the sender. If you are connecting to a site that is linked to the internet via a modem, you are only going to get a fraction of that speed as part of your download.

A switch is a network device that operates at Layer 2 of the OSI model. It is used to connect a number of devices into a star topology. The switch maintains an internal database of the IP number and MAC address of all the computers connected to it, so that traffic can be directed properly to each computer device, without talking to them all. A switch, therefore, has some logic inside it to make small routing decisions.

A Hub is a network devices that operates at Layer 1 of the OSI model. Unlike a switch, a hub re-transmits what it hears to everyone else on the network, generating more network traffic, and possibly creating collisions. Hubs are less expensive than switches, and can be useful in certain troubleshooting steps.

A Router is a network device that operates at Layer 3 on the OSI model. It is programmed and configured to inspect packets, and determine the proper flow (routing) of them to the destination. Because it is inspecting a lot …

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 something, you would want a program that goes out and flips the bits in the filespace to a random pattern to zap the data.

In normal file systems, when you delete a file, you merely remove it from the "table of contents" so that the OS no longer knows where it is. Thus, the space will be used some time in the future, when the OS needs it.

Now, there are Differences in how each of the systems above PARTITION a hard disk.

DOS will use FAT16, or sometimes FAT. Windows, depending on the version, may have FAT32 or NTFS. These partition schemes affect the security of the volume, along with how many files and how large the volume may be. DOS is unable to see NTFS filesystems unless special software is used. Linux has a hard time working with NTFS for writing to the volume, although there are work-arounds being developed.

Christian

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 you that the computer is about to reboot, remove the CD-ROM so that it is forced to boot from the hard drive. If that fails, then something during the setup process is failing, or the BIOS is not set properly.

Christian

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 given a choice on what drive to install the OS on. You may wish to consider having a C: and a D: on the same physical disk. Why? If you place all your data on D:, it will be protected if some software problems arise on C: It will not protect you from a mechanical hard disk error, however. I always make a C: and a D:, so that I have this protection. How much space? Depends. If you have a 20 GB drive, I would give the C: 15 and the D: 5

Once the OS is installed, you will need to reboot your computer, and head to the manufacturers website, and upgrade any device drivers, such as chipset, videocards, and ethernet cards. While the present drivers on your box may work properly, there might be more efficient drivers, or bug fixes, on the websites that will make your machine work better.

After all the drivers are installed, go and get the latest Service Packs, and then download all the windows upgrades. Do the service patch to SP4 first, and then hit the update sites.

If you need more detailed assistance, let us …

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 to use one of those spare diodes and make a practice run on a different piece of circuit board. When you go to the store to get your diodes, ask the clerk for a little 2 x 2 or 2 x 4 circuit board, and some small solder. Practice soldering before you even unscrew your laptop.

Christian

Hello,

The one thing I like about KDE is the terminal with the little tabs on the bottom. One piece of screen, multiple terminals on it. I do a lot of terminal things, and it is a screensaver for me to have them all in one window.

Christian

Hello,

I am brand new to SuSE myself, having worked with RedHat / Fedora for a long time. If you left your computer so that it boots into the text mode, then you have a chance to login as root and work with the file system. I would see if you could edit some files... /etc/X11/xorg.conf and tell your computer to use 800x600 and maybe 16 bits of color.

Bear in mind that editing that file could make things worse! I would think your short-term goal is to get visual stability, and then from there, start working with greater resolutions.

I am afraid I cannot help you much further-- I am still getting to know SuSE... it is different than RedHat, and I don't want to send you down the wrong road.

Christian

Hello Katie,

Have you found an answer concerning this? I am wondering... just found the thread and am curious.

Christian

Hello,

This could be tricky for you concerning the LaserWriter Select. It is a postscript printer, so you should be able to make a printer for it, and use any postscript driver for basic printing functionality. I have not used the Asante hardware to convert from ethernet to Localtalk / Serial / Parallel. It should be rather interesting; I wish I had the setup to expirement with it.

I do know that I had to stop using my Personal Laserwriter LS because it lacked Postscript, and I wasn't about to try and force it to run. I let it and my 7100 go to a cousin who is a student, and let her get what she needs out of the system before it breathes the last.

Christian

Hello,

This is the first I have heard of an image coming forth upside-down. I don't have Tiger, but would love to verify the little arrow trick.

Christian

Hello,

Yor computer has three hard drives. When we speak of RAID and partitions, we like to use the word VOLUMES in the server world to describe how the data is stored on your computer.

Backup your data first.

Then, you can boot from the CD-ROM, and destroy all of the volumes on your system, and then choose which one to install Windows back onto. Bear in mind that Windows likes to be installed on the Primary Master IDE drive, meaning the first IDE bus, master device. In the end, it doesn't matter which partition you install Windows to, just as long as your emergency recovery tools know which one to aim for.

Christian

Hello,

Perhaps you mis-understood me. Take the drive out of the computer that is broken, and place into a computer that has a working C: drive. Add it as a slave to that computer, and see if you can get to the files.

I am suggesting that you find a different hard drive that can boot, and go from there. Merely moving the jumper from master to slave on your troubled drive will not achieve anything.

Christian

Hi,

I don't use any internet speedup utility. I do not believe the claims -- the FCC in the US regulates the maximum transfer speed over dialup, so that means vendors have to come up with means of compressing data in order to achieve the claims. But then we have to think... what if I am already moving compressed data. It is certainly possible that re-compressing data will make it even larger.

That and I have to wonder about cross-platform compatability. A lot of those packages are saying for Windows only. Hmm. Compressing, windows only, decompressing, slowdowns...

Steer clear of them.

Christian

Hello,

I would suspect the nVidia card. I have seen numerous times at work the nVidia cards and their drivers act up. We found ATI to be far more reliable and stable.

If you have a older video card laying around, give it a try. Or see if you can find a better driver out there for the nVidia card. I know that I would personally avoid that card and driver.

Christian

Hello,

As the Laptop is able to get to the internet, and as the workstation can see the laptop, we know that:

* Hardware is good. If the workstation could not see the laptop, this would not be good.
* Laptop's protocol is set accordingly. Can get to the internet.

This means there is something on the workstation blocking the laptop.

* Does the workstation have anything enabled to connect to, such as a fileshare or printshare?
* Are the shares on the workstation configured properly?
* Is there a firewall, or XP SP2 with the Windows Firewall running on the Workstation blocking the packets?

Let us know.

Christian

Hello,

Inside of linux, you can make a hidden directory by placing a period in front of it, such as /home/testuser/.hiddendir The directory will not show up with a casual dir or ls command, but it will show up with a ls -al or ls -a command. It does nothing to prevent someone from getting into the directory either.

We also need some clarification concerning your FTP process. You can already restrict a FTP user to a certain directory tree, just by editing where they can go within the FTP server, and the /etc/passwd files which control the scope of the user. What are you specifically trying to do? What is your OS of choice?

Thanks,

Christian

Hello,

I have not seen the issues that Juno is complaining about concerning Mac performance. On the other hand, I have seen PC's and their inability to underline text properly from Microsoft Office, yet we take the same document over to Mac Office, and the problem goes away just fine.

Apple did have problems with OS X 10.0 and 10.1 --> printing was very slow, lots of things not firing properly. But it was shaking out the migration bugs, and people knew that.

The only real program that I have seen growing pains with on the Mac is Quark Express. The PC people have seen the same grief and agony -- so this is not an Apple problem, it is a Quark problem.

I like the way Macs work involving fonts and colorsync. If I have things that I need to do involving graphics, music, and DTP type things, my Mac is the first place that I will turn. The monitors are all color coordinated, the gammas adjusted, the hardware and software are all in place.

I have not tried out Tiger yet... I need a newer machine to work that OS, as my 1999 G3 is showing her age. As for running Dreamweaver MX on it, I like the way it flows, how the desktop works, and I have not had any connectivity issues with my FTP servers.

Christian

Hello,

I think freedoms of expression are necessary, as long as you do not impede on my freedom to ignore you.

For example, you may have the freedom to smoke a cigarette. I have the freedom of breathing clean air, so please do not smoke near me.

A number of things have been claimed in the arena of "free speech". Tell me please how a model of gross artwork on display is speaking anything.

People have the freedom of sexual orientation. I do not mind gay people. But I do have the freedom of IGNORANCE, meaning I don't want to know, and I am not interested in a homo relationship, so do not make a point of letting me know you are hitting on me.

I believe life has balance. Freedoms should not impair social culture. You are free to live in a homo lifestyle, but that doesn't mean I have to recognize your relationship as a marriage.

Yes, I feel that if people are pushing the freedoms, then they have crossed over a line of taste. Anyone who has to tell me why they are doing something due to "being free to do so" has crossed the line.

But I do not want a march-in-line society either. Be creative, and let me have the free choice to participate with you or not.

Christian

Hello,

I prefer cable modems. Mine has been nice and steady and very reliable.

At least it is not BPL. Broadband over Powerline is a rotten deal, especially in the incarnations of using medium high-frequencies to distribute the signal.

I think wireless in the 802.11 band is going to get out - of - control, but then again, that is OK because it is an unregulated service.

Christian

Hello,

I am curious if the computer's BIOS properly registers the second hard drive, and am curious if your computer was running something else, like a linux, before turning it into a Win 2000 box. Windows 2K would recognize FAT or FAT32 as a hard drive format, but perhaps if you ran linux on the box, it might be choking on ext2 or something.

It is also possible that the hard drive is suffering from a physical problem. I have yet to run into a normal IDE drive that W2K could not work with.

Consider though:
* Is the drive SCSI? If so, did you install the SCSI driver that the OS might need to work with it?
* Is the drive SATA (Serial ATA?) That is after W2K's time... might need the driver disk.

Does WIndows show you any devices out-of-whack in the Device Manager?

Christian

Hello,

Thank you for posting what the solution was! I am glad to hear that things are working better for you, and hope that your new setup remains stable. And you win points by coming back and letting us know what you did to fix.

Christian