adamvjackson

If you use a router, then yes, everything will be set up for you. If you use a hub or switch, you will either need to have a DHCP server or set static IP addresses on your machines. A router with NAT (network address translation) does offer some protection, but to call it a firewall is slightly misleading. Personally, I use a Linksys BEFSR41 at home, along with a software firewall (Sygate Personal Firewall, if you were curious) to restrict incoming and outbound access as needed. The best protection you could get with a SOHO-class router would be to forward known-dangerous ports via the router config utility/applet to invalid internal IP addresses. Hope that helps, and you might want to check out www.labmice.net for a more complete explanation on common networking components, etc.

Wired or wireless? I would probably recommend a fairly inexpensive router/internet gateway, such as what Linksys or Netgear market. That way, if you don't already have broadband internet access, adding it later is a snap. Also, the router/WAP will function as a DHCP server, so there'll be virtually no client configuration necessary, unless you choose to.

Try sfc /scannow from a runbox.

Have you tried Sygate Personal Firewall? It's free, and seems to be more configurable and have better logging than both McAfee and ZA.

Double-click in the gray area next to the "Applications" "Processes" "Performance" tabs.

You could try this from a Run box, not sure if it works in XP or not, but I know it works in 2000. regsvr32 %systemroot%\AppPatch\slayerui.dll Hope that helps

Any real surprises there? Microsoft even has some GPL tools, released in their Services for Unix package.

Thought some of you may be interested in this; I actually played Super Mario Brothers (1) with a friend last night, 2 player over the internet with RockNESX. That's a really neat feature, and you can watch the other player have his/her turn as well. As far as I know, that network play should work for any two player NES game.

Anyone know of any US-based online retailers where it's still for sale? I'd prefer not to go Ebay. I have long lost my CD, and want to replay the game with that hi-res pack.

Thanks for the reminder, I hadn't heard that song in a while... (Searches for my "Sounds of Science" 2 CD set...)

Or install the MS Loopback adapter for a virtual NIC.

Quote: Useful link #999999 brought you by DosFreak! Is that including the VOGONS posts? Thanks, though, DosFreak!

Quote: It all depends on the Admin. I agree, and that was the point that I tried to make in my above post. Any (current) OS can be secure, some require more work than others. Quote: Well.. it depends on what distro we're talking about.. Lindows perhaps not, SE Linux - hell yes.. Even root has restrictions there!! I'm not familiar with that distro, but for the record, Lindows is Debian-based, so I'm sure if someone really wanted to lock it down, it could be done fairly easily.

Reinstall an older driver? Email Nvidia? Not sure how we can help, really...

If you are looking for the patch to the MS Blaster worm, you can get it at http://download.microsoft.com. I assume you're using Windows XP, since you said 'All Programs' from the start menu. Have you installed SP1? Legal key/license?

Quote: If you need a secure system get yourself a proper linux distro. Depending on the knowledge level of whomever configures the OS, Linux is not necessarily more secure than a well-secured Windows installation (2000 or XP). The only notable differences are the different security standpoints, Linux seems to be more 'secure' out of the box, by having most everything disabled. Windows, on the other hand, may need some services and security settings locked down after install. Basically, whatever the OS, security is the responsibility of whomever installs the OS. At retail computer stores, they could care less if their systems are tampered with, as they will just reload the OS if necessary.

You can either download Adaptec's ASPI layer, or Nero's ASPI layer, both should work well with EAC. Make sure you get the latest versions, however. http://www.adaptec.com/worldwide/support...odkey=ASPI-4.70 ftp://ftp.ahead.de/wnaspi32.dll Either of those should work for you.

No problem, glad to help!

The 64-bit version will only install on Intel Itanium and AMD's new 64-bit processor, which are currently only in the server market. Most servers would not need DVD playback software, those that do would need to purchase a 3rd party package.

Have you started the Windows Audio service? It is disabled by default, and if I recall correctly, drivers will not install while it is disabled. (It's been a while since I installed Windows Server '03 on a machine with a sound card.)

Sorry, but that's not entirely true. SP1 adds a native MSFT USB 2.0 stack, but XP (w/o SP1) can support USB 2.0 fine, with a manufacturer's driver and USB 2.0 stack.

I checked today, and ACDSee can print a preview or proof sheet, but I honestly don't remember the steps taken, as it was at work.

How is your internet connection set up? Internet Connection Sharing? Router? There are MANY different ways to go about logging.

Currently, quite a few large ISPs have the RPC ports blocked on all but commerical accounts, and yes, Exchange does use the standard RPC ports.

NTFS partition? Permissions? Drive ownership?