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Just an FYI, there is a new issue on the internet with malware, it can easily bypass ZA firewall and install itself without asking, it's a holstic dialer, I found it with Spy bot search and destroy, so I guess I'll have to boost up my security measures, my old router/firewall died and I hadn't gotten a new one yet, guess I'll have to raise the priority on that.

Hello, First time on this forum so please be gentle......... My wife has purchased a Tom Tom One SatNav which uses a 256Mb SD card for the application and all of the associated files that it needs. Basically whenever I connect it to my PC using USB port and try and do a backup, load updates or just plain old copy files, it seems to corrupt the SD card requiring me to formt it. Problem is my PC won't let me format it (says it can't complete the format) and I have to resort to using my work laptop to do it. It's a bit strange because I have a TomTom Go 910 and I can update that, copy files etc perfectly using USB. Same with my Canon Ixus digital camers that…

Gordon Freeman wrote: > I don't think there's any way you could format a 250GB drive > with less than 32KB clusters, FAT32 has a limit of how many > clusters the FAT can contain, Please have a look at this: http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion/browse_frm/thread/45de94e6422dbab2/0e0e53eea1ce2fbf?lnk=st&q=&rnum=2#0e0e53eea1ce2fbf (or try this link: http://tinyurl.com/2zy2jx) It's a link to a google archived thread in this newsgroup with the subject: Cluster size and exploring the limits of FAT-32 Options As I point out, I've already seen that win-98 can run on a large hard drive (160 gb, partitioned a…

This is a beta application still, so its kinda experimental, and only for Windows in English... But its nice to see that there may be a way to transfer all your apps without needing to reinstall them from scratch! Windows Easy Transfer Companion is a Microsoft application that enables you to automatically transfer your most important programs from your Windows XP-based PC to your new Windows Vista-based PC. The software will move more than 100 of the most popular programs, as well as many others that you may have installed. You have complete control over selecting which programs to transfer, so only the programs you care about will move. The software will al…

I am trying to have my computer enter discovery mode for its bluetooth. I go to Control Panel > Bluetooth Devices > Options > "Turn Discovery On" ....this is where the problem happens. After checking the box and hitting OK or Apply, an error message comes up saying, "An error occurred while Windows was saving your settings. The following settings were not saved: Discoverability settings, Connections settings." The Bluetooth radio is enabled. I have Windows XP Pro w/ SP2 on an IBM R52 Thinkpad.

hey I was just told by the techy at Sprint that robertVA's answer is the only way. I have been trying to do it with vista but it seem that they have programed it for one card one location so we have to buy more. If I find away I will let you know. The way he answered the question it seemed that it could be done but he wasn't allowed to tell me. "Akroman" wrote: > Thanks, But Im trying to find out if both computers can access the internet > conection the first computer is receiving from the verizon wireless card. I > am attempting to network the two laptops together to share one verizon > wireless card. > > "RobertVA" wrote: > > &g…

I can see my remote desktop from my pc but I cannot do anything with it. The keys will not work. Has anyone seen this or know what is wrong?

Microsoft Media Center Edition owners ( or renters, as maybe is more leagally correct to say here in free America ) are now at the mercy of yet another lunacy, people whom enjoy recording cable for personal use are required to purchase hard disk recording in place of inexpensive DVD recording media to be within the compliance of copyright law. Is government complex? What happens when my media center license expires, i'm s**T out of luck. Depends if copyright over rules the right of free speech, and to learn and study! Anyone eager to point me to internationally legal tool<s> for cracking a personal use copy of My Friend Flicka, < reply to mmarka…

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AP - A political battle is raging in Russian cyberspace. Opposition parties and independent media say murky forces have committed vast resources to hacking and crippling their Web sites in attacks similar to those that hit tech-savvy Estonia as the Baltic nation sparred with Russia over a Soviet war memorial. Link To Original Article

AP - In Dayton, a state employee returns to work to find a $2,000 computer stolen. In Cleveland, someone walks into an unlocked office and takes a $2,200 laptop belonging to the state auditor's office. Link To Original Article

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PC World - Participants made good progress discussing changes to Internet governance during an Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meeting in Puerto Rico that closed on Friday, leaders of the organization said. Link To Original Article

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I have windows server 2003 installed in my lab. I want this to shut down linux clinets remotely at a specified time automatically daily. How can i do that

Microsoft Media Center Edition owners ( or renters, as maybe is more leagally correct to say here in free America ) are now at the mercy of yet another lunacy, people whom enjoy recording cable for personal use are required to purchase hard disk recording in place of inexpensive DVD recoding media to be within the compliance of copyright law. Is government complex? What happens when my media center license expires, i'm s**T out of luck. Depends if copyright over rules the right of free speech, and to learn and study! Anyone eager to point me to internationally legal tool<s> for cracking a personal use copy of My Friend Flicka, < reply to mmarkaa…

Greetings All, I'm working on a specification for an Enterprise-class Open Source batch scheduler, and I really would like some expert commentary from experienced Ops/Systems people. Please have a look at: http://openjcs.sourceforge.net and the specification to date at: http://openjcs.sourceforge.net/doc/OpenJCS-arch.pdf Frankly, I'm of two minds about it. Half of me thinks it's massive overkill, and the other half thinks I must be missing something really important. Let me know what you think. I really do want your honest opinion, good, bad or indifferent. Also, it has been suggested that the specification might be useful if ported to Windows (ori…

Hello, I installed a windows server 2003 Domain Controller/File Server 4 months ago and there are about 20 machines that are connected to this server. But, I did not purchase any CAL's yet,Why are the Clients able to access their Files? Thanks Posted: 06/30/2007

All hardware same except new PSU and Seagate 160 HD. Just wanted a smaller case, bigger drive and new PSU that would fit under my wifes desk so I could quit taking my little toe off when I walked by plus she needed more room. All she uses it for is her online classes, photos, and the net so it's no powerhouse. I built it and a clone about 5 years ago and I retired the other one and this one did run 24/7 without issue until now. I do have a dupicate board but all the green lights are lit. Soyo board P III 1 ghz 512 mhz Mushkin 160 GB Seagate Antec 400 2.0 PSU ATI 9600XT and I tried a Geforce 5500GT and an even older ATI card with no luck I have to …

If you're having trouble with USB broadband modem installation this may help. Talktalk sent me the HUAWEI SmartAX MT882 broadband modem - with both USB and LAN/ Ethernet connections. Previously I used a Sagem 800 USB modem through USB 1 at 2meg speeds with no problems running on WIN ME. I chose USB (as I had previously never loaded the LAN driver, having no need for Ethernet before when I built the PC). Download speeds showed 2.5-4 meg range. But literally everything IE6, FIREFOX was haywire or totally unresponsive. And Windows crashed at any time. I unisntalled the modem driver - loaded the LAN driver from the mobo CD, then went through loading the …

>I have a box I just transferred all working hardware to from a working >computer that will now not post > >Does have no OS as tossed an old 20gig and installed a new Seagate >160gig in its place. > >Was in a box that ran 24/7 for about 5 years without a feakin' hiccup >and moved those hardware items to a new shorter case to fit under a >desk. That and the small 20gig was the reason I did this. All the lights on m-board are lit green > >The DVD writer light and power light on the case comes on but no option >to get to BIOS. Could this brand new PSU be bad? MAybe I am missing >some simple thing someone could point out. …

Running English Windows XP with a Japanese keyboard and have been for some time now with no problems. Region settings and device manager show a Japanese PS2 106/109 keyboard. Problem: The keyboard layout is operating as if it is a Standard PS2 keyboard. Fix?

Hi! My hard disk is approx. 80GB, what could i expect from the updates in future, there is already a lot of update MBs on my hard disk ? Marko

Hi all, class is USB PreInstalling the inf using SetupCopyOEMInf function. Following steps 1) Create an inf file 2) use inf2cat to create an cat file. 3) use signtool to sign the cat file. 4) use signtool to sign the driver file. 5) now call the setupcopyoeminf funtion to preinstall. While installation it ask for continue option with WHQL logo testing. Clicked on the continue. 6) Reboot the system 7) after reboot if i connect my h/w the Found New Hardware Comes. Why this Found New Hardware is still comming?? how to suppress this. Even though all the steps we followed is correct. Please provide me some inputs. thanks,

I'm running Windows 2003 with SP1 and have Services for Unix installed. After creating the share and user mappings I am able to access the share from my workstation. I am also able to write and delete from it which is want I want. The problem I'm having is that anytime I add a 7th file to the share directory - windows explorer no longer list anything. It just shows up as a blank directory with nothing in it. However, if I log in to the linux box where the actually nfs share is I can see all the files in there. Only in windows I cannot. From the linux box if I delete a file then I am able to see everything again in windows explorer. So basically I if the share co…