Posts by Catweazle

I'm seriously considering closing this for my own reasons. It's getting out of hand.

For those of you who want "FACTS" and "FIGURES" and have the intellect to judge 'GOOD' from 'EVIL' ... see this :

That was an inflammatory comment, and the site linked was not reputable and unbiased by any means. It was a list of supposed 'historical data which was unsubstantiated and presented in value laden terms.

your terriost views.

Using language like that is akin to calling someone a terrorist.

If you don't call gasing millions of your own people, and killing thousands more, terrorism, then you have problems.

Actually that act was an act of Genocide, not an act of terrorism.

Get this topic back on track, people, and stop using terms and comments which offend others, or I WILL close it!

Glad to hear it. Now I'm envious :D

Okay!

You've tried other monitors. They go green too.
You've tried other video cards. They go green as well.

But hmmmmmm.......

Did you format and reinstall when you replaced that video card? If so, and the new card still goes green no matter what monitor you use, then there's only two things left.

1. Are you SURE that monitor cable is fine? Have you tried another?
2. Are you sure the monitor isn't picking up electrical interference from somewhere? Speaker close by? Externel switch/fuse box on the other side of the wall? etc..

Eliminate all of those, and I'd suggest you throw the PC away and replace it ;)

Hang on a bit! Are these OS's installed to different drive partitions? That's the first question which should be asked. Where are they located on the hard drive(s)?

If both are installed to separate partitions, then the Win2000 installation can be removed. Programs installed under Win2000 will have to be reinstalled under XP of course - they can't be 'moved over'. But data can stay in place and quite possible program settings can remain.

Thought I'd get a bite!

:D

The best method of all is to boot from the Windows CD, and when you get to the part where partition information is shown choose to delete the existing partition, and then create a new on in its place. The Windows install will format it for you ;)

Why was the US in WWII? We came in very late because it was apparent that if we didn´t, Hitler would subjugate Europe permanently.

YOU need to review history! The US came in late because the bloody Japs kicked your arse bigtime at Pearl Harbour and shook you out of your smug indifference!

GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!

Besides, if it wasn't for Aussie know-how you'd have KEPT ON getting your arses kicked in the Pacific!

Has that CPU fan got a label stuck over the spindle on top? Try carefully peeling back the label and applying a drop of oil (sewing machine oil is best) to the centre spindle, which you'll see under the label.

If the bearing is starting to dry out that'll fix it for a while, but you should really consider another fan if this is the case.

Agrred. Thoroughly!

If you have even a flicker in the supply of mains power during the procedure your motherboard can end up trashed! Ideally, a UPS unit should be in use before BIOS flashes are undertaken. And there is no reason to install a BIOS update unless your system has a problem which the update is designed to correct. If you are not having any related problems, don't update!

That's thoroughly unwarranted, ! !, and the person who issued that negative reputation notice should go look at themselves in the mirror. Whoever it is will see an example of something we don't like ;)

Keep posting topics, by all means. Ignore silly people who post negative rep simply because they disagree with what someone has said. We have different opinions, and as long as we don't let ourselves become offensive or abusive, or stray into illegal topics, our opinions and comments are just as good as anyone else's and can be posted here!

The vast majority of us take no notice of such things. We value people for what they are, not judge them according to some personal affront that another person has taken ;)

LOL! Dani was chatting to me on MSN while I was posting that.

Now I am sorry, but I will have to demote you.

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Mike, my gandkids tell me that I'm "the coolest grandad in the whole world" and that's all I care about. 20 year olds haven't got their brains developed properly and their judgements and assessments are always suspect because of that factor. There's a period of time roughly between 5 and 25 years during which people's brains are seriously scrambled!

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You'd have to locate a local supplier, but I'd recommend this one:
http://www.pccasegear.com.au/prod1603.htm

I'd also INSIST that you use this thermal compound:
http://www.pccasegear.com.au/prod227.htm
(White, silicone based stuff is crap!)

Dust filters are not expensive. I'd pay for them ;)

Most of all, I'm worried that the old paste was not adequately cleaned, which would make temps rise instead of fall. Follow the instructions here, regardless of what paste is used:
http://www.arcticsilver.com/arctic_silver_instructions.htm

Precisely. As societies, cultures and nations we claim to oppose software piracy, yet we allow 'individual freedoms and rights' to interfere with out efforts to control the illegal practice. By leaving our authorities and law enforcement bodies toothless to combat the crime, we force a situation where sometimes ridiculous measures are adopted by publishers to guard against the possibility. What we end up doing is, in fact, restricting our personal rights and freedoms inadvertantly.

Bugger the crooks! Let them be caught so that MY rights are protected!

Are you sure that the fan on the card isn't 'dying'?

Have a good look at in operation. It's not enough to simply see the thing spinning. BE sure that it's actually spinning at the correct speed, and not visibly slowing down during use.

Alternatively, the thermal paste between graphics processor and heatsink may be in need of replacement. That's a rather tricky job, so it might be one for a technician if you are not familiar with the task.

I do the same for my home. I have it set up running in the backround. How is that overkill?

A comment I made elsewhere today, in response to a similar concern. The machine referred to is my primary online workplace, by the way.

Well, I've just defragged my work system for the first time ever. It's now more responsive, of course, but it's hardly a dramatic or even a noticeable improvement. And this on a system that's been subjected to a helluva lot of hard work!

Years back, in the days of ATA33 drives for example, defragging a hard drive could give a big improvement. But now with high rpm and high data transfer drives, the effect is much, much less.

Ensuring you have ENOUGH drive space and ENOUGH RAM in your system is far more important than frequent defragging on any system, and on a home PC defragging frequently is totally unecessary. The absolute only purpose for which it's appropriate to do so is where the PC is set up for competitively running benchmark tests, and needs to be kept completely tuned.

But come to think of it, such a system gets formatted and reinstalled just about every day, so there's really no need to do that much defragging for ANY purpose, is there?

Probably not. It sounds very much like the floppy disk is corrupted.

Floppies are the absolute worst form of data storage you can use. they are very unreliable. You should consider saving your data to a CD or to a USB 'thumb' drive instead.

Those files seem to be parts of an intruder of some type.

Please post HijackThis logs ONLY in our 'Viruses, Spyware etc...' section, and that is the appropriate section to get help with your problem in any case. I've moved this topic there for you.

You need to identify what display card or onboard video you have in that PC and load the device drivers for it. If the device drivers are already loaded correctly you may have missed loading the motherboard chipset drivers. windows 98 by itself doesn't correctly identify and install all components.

hiya becc.

Catweazle's 4,376 years old, and wishes to hell he had MORE time to mess around with games! You're NEVER too old!

:D

Hi Nightwing and welcome.

You obviously have some 'Net nasties' on your PC, and if you start a new topic about it in our Viruses, Spyware and nasties' section I'm sure you'll get help to sort it out.

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/forum64.html

Hi Mike, and welcome.

Are you REALLY an 'old guy' or are you another of those people who simply THINK they are?

http://www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread20867.html

:D

It's just such a lovely place. Hell, it's even got crusty old Catweazle and narkey Narue talking nicely to people! :D

Ensure Windows XP is fully updated. You should not need extra drivers, as Windows XP can adequately cater to such drives without third party drivers for the USB drive. Only earlier Windows versions require drivers for the device.

But perhaps the motherboard chipset drivers are not up to date and not catering to this more recent form of device via USB. Check the HP (Compaq) website at www.hp.com and in the support section you should find driver downloads for your particular model of Compaq Presario. Make sure you have the latest version of the motherboard drivers.

If necessary afterwards, uninstall the device from Device manager, unplug it, reboot and allow it to be reinstalled. Again, the drive itself should NOT need drivers.

P.S. If you've actually installed drivers off a disk, they would have been for Windows 98 ;)

You need a SATA cable for any SATA drive you install. If your current drives are IDE ones, you leave them that way.

Using an antivirus shield and an anti-spyware shield at the same time should not be a problem. They do different jobs. But using more than one of the same type of program as an 'always-on' shield can cause conflicts.

Which drive cable is the hard drive attached to? IDE0 or IDE1? Are there aother drives on the same cble? What type?

Do the drives have jumper sttings correctly configured?

You're belittling your own line of argument by allowing it to get personal there, I feel.

The point is:

Bush did not attack countries because they could have been responsible for the attacks. The intervention was because it was believed the countries involved were condoning and assisting terrorist groups. It was believed that those countries were a threat to security on a global scale.

Don't get all blinded by the belief that the whole world revolves around Bush and the US either. The action wasn't undertaken alone. In fact, I highly doubt if the successes could have been achieved without the Australian Special Forces personnel who went in ahead of the invasionary force.

There were a number of nations involved in taking action, it happened because the UN had failed to take adequate action years earlier, and now the world has the responsibility to assist with the rebuilding of the countries affected. That obligation remains regardless of anyone's stance about whther the action was justified or not, and that obligation will necessitate a peacekeeping force to be in place for decades to come.

I'd suggest you stop using that PC until it's looked at. Sounds like it has an overheating problem or alternatively has a faulty display card. But it could be that the processor has been incorrectly installed, without adequate thermal transfer compound used between chip and heatsink.

Impossible to be specific, because there are quite a number of possible causes.

I'll move this to the 'Windows Software' section.

I'll also strongly suggest that you don't use that tool if you are a novice at understanding the hidden workings of Windows. CCleaner can detect non-existent Registry problems and cause system problems if not used carefully.

Stick with 'Disk cleanup', which comes with Windows.

No, chryslerIII, that's not necessarily correct. That will only work for people who have the hard drive partitioned as FAT32 partitions, because the Win98 boot floppy cannot handle NTFS partitions.

And frankly, anyone using Windows XP on FAT32 partitions is a bit silly!

You need to provide the EXACT make and model number of your drive, please. Firmware updates are files which overwrite the 'flash memory' in the drive, which in turn tells various components in the drive how to work correctly.

You need to ensure you get the EXACT update for your specific drive, and they are usually 'flashed' by running the file from a boot floppy or a DOS prompt.

Old problem which has been around since Windows 95 days. check the various solutions at:

http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article04-004

Shouldn't need the MS antispyware tool with all that installed.

But I have to wonder - do you have ALL of those set to background scan? That'd slow things down and cause lockups, for sure!

Have ONE antivirus program background scanning and ONE anti-spyware program background scanning. Use the others manually when you want to check with them.

Hi Gary and welcome to Daniweb. I'm pleased to see that you've found our 'Viruses and Nasties' section, and have posted your question there. I'm sure you'll receive good assistance :D

And if that day ever comes, jwenting, I'm happy to say that I have systems here which will happily chug along meeting my needs with Windows 2005 until the end of my days!

The scenario you describe will probably eventuate sooner or later, but I wouldn't hold my breath waiting for it.

Yes. We can discontinue using copyright protection measures, and that would prevent software cracking because cracks would no longer be needed. but it'd defeat the purpose of it all, don't you think?

I disagree with quite a lot of your hardline views, jwenting, but on that point I agree wholeheartedly. It's a point which seems to get lost amongst the "Oh no, they didn't find WMDs!"

By the way, my own 'most worrying'?

The capitalist World Economy. On a global scale, that's just what we have, and it's a big worry. Capitalism basically and fundamentally depends upon continued growth for its continued existence. We live on a ball of rock with finite resources. And we're not even thinking about alternatives ;)

Ever heard of marketing? Do you claim that the fact that the supermarket has a temporary discount on cans of soup means that cans of soup are overpriced?
It's exactly the same thing.

You've quoted me out of context to make that point. Of course it's discount marketting. But that wasn't the point of the comment. The point was that Microsoft REGULARLY sells the product at discounted rate, without either using or caring about checks on the licensing restrictions. Microsoft doesn't need those, because the product isn't being sold at a loss. Academic and OEM licenses for the product comprise a very large part of the overall sales. Crporate licenses comprise an even larger part, and again that's effectively at a 'discounted' rate.

It's the person who privately purchases the software who pays through the nose, and needlessly so!

If Microsoft packs Word into Works (which is news to me, earlier versions were feature limited) they can charge less because of the higher sales volume of the product.

Balderdash! MS Works Suite is a very small market segment in comparison the MS Office. Word gets thrown in for free because MS can afford to throw it in. Doesn't cost them a thing to do so, and they're hoping people will use the eligibility they gain to purchase an Upgrade Edition of Office!

Where's that leave the poor dumb bastard who buys MS Word as a standalone product, not knowing any different?

Lightyears AHEAD that is :D

It's still in effect and New Zealand is still a signatory.

That debacle worked out well for Uncle S. anyway. He wanted to stop sending the boys in uniform to UnZud because they kept copping floggings when they tried sleeping around with Maori chicks!

Wait till Uncle starts getting his arse kicked in the Pacific again and he'll come running back. You'll see! :D

Yeah, lucky the ANZUS Treaty still remians in force, eh? They'd be buggered otherwise.

But perhaps we shouldn't talk too loudly about that ANZUS Treaty:

Article I

The Parties undertake, as set forth in the Charter of the United Nations, to settle any international disputes in which they may be involved by peaceful means in such a manner that international peace and security and justice are not endangered and to refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force in any manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations.

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heh heh......

I suspect that we've now confused the hell out of half the population of the U.S.A.

:D

Oh no! Bloody Kiwis are infiltrating! Haka right back at you

:D

Hi Oscarr, and welcome to Daniweb. You'll find a few of us Downunder denizens here, cobber ;)

Realworld example:
We have 5 people working fulltime for 2 years creating an application.
On average those people make about €35000 a year, which in our country means they cost the company about €80000 a year EACH.
So we have an investment in that product of €800.000 just for development. This doesn't include marketing, customer support, etc. Total cost is likely to have been over a million Euro before the first customer takes delivery.
At an estimated market of maybe 50 customers over 3 years, that means just to break even we have to price the product at €20.000 per customer. Our actual price is about €25.000 per customer, plus a support contract.
I'd not call that massive margins, and certainly not an indication that software doesn't cost anything to create.

And that's in a market where there is NO piracy. Each customer gets a highly customised product which is specific to their situation and won't work anywhere else.
Had we to figure in piracy into the equation at the rate which is common in the consumer software industry we'd have to charge 10 times that amount as piracy causes a loss in sales of up to 90%.

I hardly think that is indicative of the situation for the software which is being referred to in this discussion. You're describing a very specialised, niche market type of software there. For such a product, profit margins have far more impact than they do for software …

Don't see the difference myself, except in the penalty it'd attract. It's still pinching the stuff!

I'm perfectly happy to put up with product activation technology, as long as a quick and effective mechanism is provided whereby I can get round it if things go a bit haywire. I pay for my software, I do not like like in any way being treated like a criminal when things go awry, as they are wont, and I certainly don't want to be stuffed around because of someone else's problem.

I don't accept that software publishers should have a free hand in using any 'protection' technology they can devise. If it interfere's with my legitimate usage of the product it's simply not good enough. That includes my ability to make backup copies of the software when it is delivered on fragile removable media!

I am sympathetic to the plight of software publishers, but I don't accept in any way shape or form that the presence or absence of copyright protection mechanisms is a 'part' of the piracy act. It's a completely separate issue entirely.

Doesn't matter if it's a direct copy of a software Cd being installed or if it's a product illegally used by way of the cleverest 'crack' floating round in existence. Theft is still theft, and the act itself is the same. You didn't purchase it. you didn't obtain a right to use it. you obtained and used it anyway. That's the act of a thief and you can't start crying that it was someone else's fault!

zeroth is perfectly correct. …

it may be simple it may not

but either way it's gonna cost you if the Warranty support has expired ;)

Another approach to this problem is to use case ventilation to 'pressurise' the inside of the case. Have the fans organised so that their is more air intake than air exhaust. Use filters with the fans, of course, and be very attentive to system cooling because this configuration will act to increase internal temperatures. It's not suitable, for example, for a games system but it could be quite useful for a server or a desktop workstation.

Nothing can eliminate the need to regularly clean filters, of course, but the use of positive pressurisation can reduce the build-up of dust on internal components, and reduce the overall amount of dust being drawn towards the internals of the PC.

Toulinwoek, I reckon that argument is a complete load of balls that's been brainwashed into people by bloody insurance companies.

It's no different to the dropkicks who argue that if someone runs a red light and cleans my car up, 10% of the blame is my fault because I didn't predict they were going to do it!

Theft is theft, and trying to blame the person who had the goods stolen is ridiculous, whether they were locked up or not!