Posts by kaninelupus

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Hmmm Site issue?? Posted this a few weeks ago. Not sure why this is listed as a day ago!?!

They are!! NOT. I hate their marketing strategy just to make you come back to them.

because when you want to reformat, you can't and you just have to go to tho them pay them to do it because they don't give the Drivers when you buy their laptop. that why IT SUCKS

Breathe mate.

Like all OEM's, they don't simply "give the drivers"; they simply make them available for download from their website. The one caveat is that drivers-per-model are displayed for "supported" models (as with any OEM), but a simple web-search will highlight compatible "supported" models for crossover drivers.

Dis ACER for many things, but this is just standard issue.

The Problem is related to an old version of Bios, try to flash the Bios with new version using MSI Live update

The OP was using a pre-release version of Win7 last year. The recent post are from someone who "downloaded" it (illegally??)

Move on people.

Mixing up the Green Day discro, spiced up with a little Living End.

Have to also say that oft-time, the finger is all too readily pointed MS's way, instead of where it actually deserves to be pointed; at the OEM's! Add as well the IT departments wanting to do what is easiest for themselves or the bursars with a narrow cost/reward concept.

To explore the first... OEM's have known MS has been planning to wind down XP... for a long time now! Yet they kept selling systems loaded (and optimised for) XP till very recently (some even still). As well as this, some of the top OEM's continue to sell new systems with near-legacy hardware on-board, making the upgrade process (either to newer Windows builds, or from x86 to x64) that more difficult... and this is despite the good money people often paid for these machines. MS has tried to counter this by making Win7 far more backwards compatible than ANY previous release, but there will always be limitations (the same being said for OS X and Linux). If you bought a new system in the last few years, and are unable to upgrade Windows, then the yelling should be directed at the OEM or manufacturer, rather than at MS! Of course, the consumer does have some responsibility in all this, as we have in many ways become a culture of CHEAP... we want to have all the fancy features, and pay a fraction of what it's actually worth; I guess you get what you pay for (well hopefully!)

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@asclinton & Labraat.

Could we all PLEASE stop demonising MS for winding down support for XP? NO other OS edition/flavour has continued to receive patches and support for even half as long as either XP or even Win2k (I really do dare someone to find one SINGLE sample to contradict this by the way). When any OS dev has to focus R&D and support on so many multiple OS builds, it is never good for anyone. XP & Win2K dev and support REALLY need to wind down so that the best efforts and ideas can be forward-focused.

At the end of the day, users have had PLENTY of warning that this day was coming. New PC buys since '07 have had to make a conscious choice in buying a new system either with XP installed, or willingly downgrading to the earlier Windows variant. Don't go complaining now that your decisions might not look so wise now. As to those enterprise environments complaining of systems simply too old to upgrade... if you are a business running mission-critical operations on a system THAT old, then you are already foolish! For a system to be completely incompatible with Win7, we are looking at systems at least 7 yrs old; upgrade cycles should be around 4-5.

So can you all just step down from the soapbox and moaning about completely unreasonable expectations... either that or switch to alternate OS's and get used to performing upgrade cycles even MORE regularly!

The Dock you are referring to is Dell's own toolbar, not a Windows' default. Download and install RocketDock as a solution.

OK - which updates? Some updates need to be updated separately. For example, a security update issued yesterday may rely on an update issued last month to have already been applied. If having issues, try installing updates in batches of roughly a weeks worth and see if that helps.

A couple of points not covered above:

What is the write speed of hard-drive. Contrary to popular belief, write speed of HDD can have more impact than RAM. Also, model of HDD please :)

Also, what graphics do you have, and what driver edition?

Oh, and as CJ touched on, can we have understandable English please??

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OK.... sounds like BootManger has tied itself to XP HDD (not sure why). Reconnect everything, boot Win7, hit Win+R and type "msconfig". Go to the Boot tab and select the XP OS.... hit Delete. This will not actually delete your XP install but remove its entry from the Boot Manager.

If no issues on reboot, then you should be AOK to format the XP drive and move on :)

Can understand decisions to cancel the HP Slate project, given both the rushed nature it appears the Slate was developed within, as well as the mixed views of HP's computer offerings as a whole (can you imagine how a Slated bogged down with the usual raft of crapware would have "performed"?). I do think both ASUS and DELL have the ability to produce far superior tablet-style offerings with real juice.

Am quite sad the Courier didn't make it however. Where the iPad seems to be solely aimed at the content consumer, the Courier looked to be a far more useful tool. Those who claim the MS can't make decent hardware forget the quality (if a little more expensive) peripherals they continue to roll-out. I had the feeling that if Courier had landed, it would have been decent product.

OK - missed the model SKU... my bad.

But have to agree with Caperjack... asking for assistance to, I suspect illegally (the fact that have no knowledge of the device you are attempting to connect to, nor physical access to said connection point does suggest this) hook-up via someone else's modem/router.

Bye-bye!

Do you have a ethernet cable so you can physically connect and install drivers? It does sound as if Windows may have already installed (generic) drivers for the device, so this may well not be the problem at hand.

The fact that the particular network you are trying to access keeps dropping out indicates a weakness in the signal; either you are to distant from the modem/router, or the modem/router may be faulty. Would need more info on the modem/router, as well as the wireless device to provide any more-detailed advice.

Looking over post, believe drivers are the problem. If simply updating drivers is not getting you anywhere, would select completely uninstalling the nVidia drivers and rebooting before installing the latest version (197.45).

Would also advise using Device Manager to check if any other drivers are either missing or corrupted. If TurboMemory drivers, for example, are having "issues", those problems can extend to other hardware and/or drivers.

From memory, DirectX 8 can be installed for those apps which still require it, but Windows 7 itself (as well as contemporary applications) require a minimum of DirectX 9 or higher. Aero for example with require the more recent builds. You may however have to use Compatibility options to get around certain issues.

As DirectX support is hardware-supported, you will need to update your vid card as a more permanent solution. If money is an issue, you can look at cards a year or two old, so long as DirextX 9 (or better, 10) is supported.

My guess in regards to slaving drive to another machine could come down to two possible issues:

• HDD is cooked, meaning no matter what system you plug it into, you're screwed!
• You are running into some type of authentication issue
  • Pre-installed, OEM copies of Windows are often tied to hardware-based authentication (SLIC Keys and the likes)... ALL OEM copies of Windows are in fact tied to a single machine, meaning good luck transferring to another machine at any point. Even though you are only slaving the drive, you may be hitting a wall because of this.
  • Also, if drive has been encrypted using BitLocker, this may also be causing the grief

It is a shame they are deliberately hiding the partitions with our data on them.

Guess what? ALL major manufacturers do. Partly to comply with OEM EULA's (as well as to help prevent illegal OEM copies of Windows from appearing on all those Torrent sites), but also to make the partitions more "stupid proof". That hidden partition contains all those important Windows install files, and by hiding it away, it basically ensures that your average idiot doesn't accidentally delete it while trying to be clever ;)

As to your final words of warning... is going to be harder and harder to get a pre-installed laptop/notebook hard-drive that will slave to another machine, short of formatting it while it is healthy and installing a full retail build of Windows. If you leave it until your drive …

Given that HP ALWAYS come with a recover disc (no need to make one), would be encouraging the client to first dig through her cupboards to locate that original disc.

As posted above, you can - in a bind - use a retail copy (as long as it is the same version of Vista pre-installed) to get Vista up and running, but this is not going to help in the long run. If she has truly lost her original restore disc, at some point she is going to have to purchase a new copy of Windows, either through HP directly, or off the shelf.

For once have to agree with "Bob" on this one... too little info and way too many variables!

Are you trying to open, or simply download?
Has this always been the case, or only recently? If the latter, what changes have been recently made?
What OS are you running?
Have you recently updated Acrobat?
Any recent software changes?
Any recent changes to applications or PDF file-handing prefs?

You really need to provide a heck of a lot more info in order for us to have a hope-in-hell of proving any assistance to your problems.

Not sure about Opera, but Google Chrome (in the case of some AV's) may require you to temp disable your Anti-Virus to perform a clean install. Once installed can re-enable Avast with no worries.

Let us know if things still not working and can dig deeper :)

Does no-one know how to look for a driver themselves?? How is ppl can find this site but not use Google or such to find the right driver or answers??

a) If on an OEM machine, look to OEM site for a Vista audio driver if no Win7 drivers published (these will at least get you by till you track down something more suitable).
b) If you know the manufacturer and model of your sound card, why is it so difficult to track down a driver (or see if no Win7 driver exists)? You may have to dig a little, but you may be surprised what you turn up in the process.

In reference to the second point, sometimes it is the case where no Win7/Vista drivers exist - especially in the case of many Creative-based cards... their hardware may be great, but their support cycle is dismal! Sometimes there simply is no driver available which is compatible with Win7 (or Vista for that matter).

Also, simply telling us you are on Win7 is not enough. For example, a driver may be available that will work in 32-bit Win7, but never released in 64-bit format. A x86 (32-bit) driver will not install/function in x64 Windows, so you need to be specific.

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Jst one last point Bunny - Clonezilla only images used disk space... ie, if there is 200GB of data on said drive, then that is all that will be "cloned"

As to a bare-bones DLL "cracker", have used this tool in the past (in days of re-skinning XP). As to an all-in-one plain language dll decrypter?? Dream on!!

To break down a DLL file, you need to have at least a basic understanding of the type of DLL file you are trying to unravel. Just because they use a common file-type, don't assume they are all the same... as they are not. Apart from the fact that I've never found a tool that is even capable of unravelling every DLL file thrown at it, to expect a "plain-text" interpretation of every such file is unrealistic. Know the basic context of the DLL file you are trying to tackle, then Google for a specific tool to meet your ends... there are many to be found :)

Edit2: Ok no... i have downloaded it and its only for x64 and x86 systems. I'm running on x32 so it wont install he drivers :'( .

Ummmm, "x86" is 32-bit :D

Am assuming since no current posting that issue is fixed?? If not, try completely uninstalling component/drivers... reboot and reconnect device, allowing Win Update to load generic drivers instead. May well bridge the gap till manufacturer updates their own drivers.

Sorry, trying not to laugh!

Sorry, but can't even pretend am not laughing. Wasn't Jbennet on of the big proponents of this new voting system :D

AutoRun became restricted from Vista onwards for certain devices (such as flash-based media), but not for CD's. If no drive icon in My Computer, sounds like a HW issue.

Easiest way to find out if the CD drive is functioning and/or (physically) connected... reboot into the BIOS settings. If CD drive is not listed, then you likely have a hardware issue. If it is listed, reboot into Windows and open up the Device Manager to see if device has been disabled.

Too true - either option works. Jst bear in mind that the reason MS is tucking the MenuBar further and further out of site, is largely thought to be a sign that MS will do away with the MenuBar altogether by Win8

baffling isn't it !

Can see a few things which should remain though (beyond those already highlighted) :

Those processes which load up HW drivers (may loose device functionality by disabling those from boot).

Would also look at what auto-update processes you need to keep - this will largely depend on how often you check for updates manually. Is often a good idea to leave the Java update engine running, as most of said updates include security fixes.

O4 - HKCU\..\Run: [WMPNSCFG] C:\Program Files\Windows Media Player\WMPNSCFG.exe

Keep this one only if using the network features of Windows Media Player (ie, shared media devices or libraries)... waste of resources otherwise.

How do I get a Tool Bar in Vista, the same as XP., with Tools, cut paste ect?

Sounds like you are after the MenuBar, correct?

In Vista (and Win7), the MenuBar is still there, but hidden by default. Hitting the Alt key will unhide it when you need it... applies to both Windows Explorer and IE

Would it be better to get an external drive for saving your disk images to, rather than the hassles and risks involved in trying to use your secondary drive?

The advantage with that, is that you could then keep any misc files which you don't need backed up in the basic disk image on the secondary drive (backing those up separately), keeping any image of the primary drive as small as need be. An external drive is also much easier to unplug when not required :)

Judy, I was neither insulting your intelligence, or faulting your methods/research. You asked the relevance btwn the one possibility I mentioned and the OP's symptoms, so I answered the question. This was not in any way intended to either offend or question you at all... I know you do your homework, but I also know that Mozilla's (and bear in mind I am a FF user myself) documentation and troubleshooting guides are not always the most organised.

I do know that this is one issue with FF at this point which not every is aware of; rather than making assumptions as to whether or not you yourself were aware of it - or that Mozilla had finally added this area to their troubleshooting guide - was rather just ensuring that the info was there as one considered possibility.

There was no insult intended, nor any patronising... am sorry if it was interpreted that way.

I don't know, I thought the message was loud and clear. If chicks clearly as thick as that can use Win7, then anyone with a 30+ IQ score should be able to as well :D

Yup, you're right.... I did let it get to me at one point and snapped at a few ppl as a result. Got rightly pulled up for it too - ironically by someone else who'd also made the same errors at one point :/

Fair enough, you are new.... not biting :)

Not really sure why you posted this kaninelupus. None of this has been mentioned in this thread, AND in reading your link none of the symptoms noted are ones mentioned by Childsplay so don't know that this even applies here.
The poster is a college student, their time is limited, let's give Childsplay time to report back here and let us know how things are working.

OK - let me clarify, as he did indeed mention a symptom, which does actually suggest the Places Database as one possible (yes there are others, but as have seen this one too many times since FF 3.0 rolled out, thought it worth mentioning before stepping back).

The OP noted massive performance difference btwn Safe and Normal browser modes... let me explain why the Places Database may be a factor. Since FF 3.0, Mozilla has taken info previously stored separately, and combined them into one single file - places.sqlite Now the size to which this can cause that one file to blow out to (in my own case, at one point mine blew out to over 100MB before I knew of the files existence) can cause performance issues in its own right. But Mozilla made it worse with FF 3.5, and the introduction of the "SuperBar" - the URL Bar on speed! Now by default (but can be turned off), every time you enter a web address in the URL Bar, FF is now digging though that one file (ie, history, bookmarks, …

kaninelupus, realize you are offering help here but we are following the recommended steps given by mozilla. There is always a great difference between the action of Firefox and Firefox Safe Mode, so this is definitely not unusual.
In the end, yes, creating a new profile may be the way to go but at this point I would like childsplay to continue as we are. There are many other steps and checks to do before creating a new profile.
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NP Judy - all part of the learning experience I guess :)

Would still be get some answers to previously ask questions (I did notice the OP never said what build they're using), as will largely determine the advice given. The Places database was only intro'd in FF 3.0 - both of you might want to read this article over at Mozillazine if it comes to dealing with the "places.sqlite" file. One tip though - would highly recommend exporting bookmarks to manually back them up if you have to delete the places file altogether :)

BTW - if it does come down to creating a new profile, can guide the OP on a handy little plug-in to save all his/her passwords.

Off to work now - best of luck guys :)

Just remembered G'n'R's own example of this, releasing "Don't Cry" in two alternate versions :)

Sorry to pop head in Judy, but if there is such a discrepancy btwn Safe and Normal FF mode, it may be quicker to simply create a new profile, and import required data only from old profile. If things are that hinky, can be much less problematic.

@Childsplay - three questions for you:
What version of FF are you using?
What's the time-limitation on saving pages to History? (places.sqlite, which stores your history and much more can eventually become too large to be efficient if not purged once in a while)
How much disk-space have you allowed for caching/temp files?

That's old news, Mosaic :D

Do bear in mind that tempo, tone and lyrics are quite different... is quite possible the melody was written first, then two sets of lyrics evolved from the creative process. A similar example can be found in Sum 41's repertoire... the aptly named "Subject to change" - a bonus track on their "Chuck" album, was largely rewoven (basic melody and chorus retained) into the title track "Underclass Hero" for their next album.

LOL - OneCare was their first AV offering - only discontinued this year :D

It does help (for future reference) if you mention your OS version, but anyhow. Definitely sounds like a codec issue - would be helpful if you listed some details as to the format of the movie you are trying to play... as the DivX codec does not account for everything.

He may have joined some time ago, but given the post-rate, I'd say he hasn't actually been here for most of that time.

Can you turn off sound for individual users in win7? Can you turn off usb ports or cdrom drives per user?

In all cases, YES. In fact, have been able to do most of that since XP Pro (not XP Home, as that came minus the Group Policy Editor required to do so). OS X is actually one of the last OS's - either proprietary of free/open-source not to provide such functionality as far as I know.

As to your apparent baffledness over people actually paying for, not only the OS itself, but also for the proprietary software as well, the answer is simple... for many of us - both at work and at home - Linux and open-source software offerings are simply not up to muster. As an IT and digital arts teacher myself, the open-source community simple lacks credible alternatives to the paid-for applications I need. Xara is getting there for raster/vector based graphic arts, but there is simply no application that comes even close to 3DS Max for modelling/3D animation. Then there is the vast canyon btwn MS Office and either Open Office or Google's offerings. Linux and FOSS works for some, but not the majority of us, at least for now.

While I do respect your own preferences toward Linux and FOSS, this thread is open for ppl to provide their experiences with Win7, and as such, really isn't the place for pushing your cause.

As has been pointed out, it is indeed opened with last tool utilised.

Been back into Alkaline Trio of late - esp, "Crimson", "Remains" and "Agony and Irony".

Over here is exam period for all the Uni students, so a dent there in free time for them.