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I suppose I am in the minority; I like WMP9 for MP3/WMA playback.

Seeking recommendations for the following types of programs: IP Scanner Port Scanner SNMP Discovery Freeware or shareware is preferred, open source would be an extra plus, for peer review of code. Thanks.

As a pretty big X-Men fan (the story, comic books, etc.) from what I hear, it's better than the 1st installment, but I haven't seen it yet. Might do a double-feature this weekend with The Matrix, but we'll see.

1) If you do a good job and work hard, you may get a job with a better company someday. 2) Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. 3) The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts. 4) Doing a job RIGHT the first time gets the job done. Doing the job WRONG fourteen times gives you job security. 5) Sure, you may not like working here, but we pay your rent. 6) If you think we're a bad firm, you should see our rivals! 7) Rome did not create a great empire by having meetings, they did it by killing all those who opposed them. 8) We put the "k" in "kwality" 9) If something doesn't feel right, you're not feeling the right thing. 10) Artificial Intelligence in no match for Natural Stupidity 11) A person who smiles in the face of adversity... probably has a scapegoat. 12) If you can stay calm, while all around you is chaos... then you probably haven't completely understood the situation. 13) ABANDON ALL HOPE, ALL YE WHO ENTER HERE..... 14) We make great money! We have great benefits! We do no work! We are union members! 15) 2 days without a Human Rights Violation! 16) Your job is still better than asking "You want fries with that?" 17) We are Microsoft. Resistance is futile. 18) Plagiarism saves time. 19) We build great airplanes...when we feel like it or don't have any reason to call in sick. We're Boeing Machinists!! 20) Work slow, drive slow, think slow? You too can be a Boeing Machinist. 21) If at first you don't succeed - try management. 22) At least you're not being rectally probed by aliens. 23) Never put off until tomorrow what you can avoid altogether. 24) This can't go on for ever - Even the Third Reich only lasted 12 years 25) Never quit until you have another job. 26) TEAMWORK ... means never having to take all the blame yourself. 27) Work harder you slaves ! 28) The beatings will continue until morale improves. 29) ANNOUNCEMENT: All directors and managers have been fired. Their salaries, offices, company cars and season tickets to sporting events will be given away in a lottery drawing this Thursday at 3:45pm. New office hours: Mon-Thur, 10am-4pm. 30) Every time I think I've hit rock bottom, somebody throws me a shovel. 31) If you can read this, you're not working! 32) If at first you don't succeed... DELEGATE 33) Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups. 34) "We waste time, so you don't have to" 35) Hang in there, retirement is only thirty years away! 36) Go the extra mile - It makes your boss look like an incompetent slacker. 37) Scum always floats to the top ! 38) When the going gets tough, the tough take a coffee break. 39) Pride, commitment, teamwork - words we use to get you to work for free. 40) INDECISION is the key to FLEXIBILITY 41) Succeed in spite of management. 42) Aim Low, Reach Your Goals, Avoid Disappointment 43) We waste more time by 8:00 in the morning than other companies do all day. 44) Look on the bright side, at least your not working in the IRAQ tank brigade. 45) You pretend to work, and we'll pretend to pay you. 46) There is no I in 'TEAM' (But there is in 'Management Kiss-up') 47) Work; It isn't just for sleeping anymore 48) There are two kinds of people in life: people who like their jobs, and people who don't work here anymore 49) Be punctual, be loyal, and above all, never forget that "Manager" is an anagram for "Complete and Total Bastard"! 50) Two Drink Minimum 51) Department of Defense: We kill people - so you don't have to!! 52) It's only unethical if you get caught. [size:9](Thanks, Felix...)[/color]

I'll let you in on a secret, I found that list after googling for the phrase in Felix's other thread, with the desk photos.

First, welcome to the forums. I really hope you get the game working correctly, it's a masterpiece in my book. What I would recommend trying, and keep in mind that I don't have FF7 for the PC, would be lowering the DirectX sound acceleration.

What type of device is it? Have you started applicable services? (WIA, Sound, DirectX, etc.)

Quote: Some bios have an option to set a delay for the IDE initialization. If your bios has this feature try setting it to something like 4-6 seconds and see if the problem goes away. Good thinking, I remember having to do that with some older drives that take a while to spin up.

Nice sign about Rome... I like that. What's up with the hen on the shelf, though? Good idea, about posting desktop pictures. Have to get out my digital camera later.

Quote: Running Windows 95, 98 or Me Pretty much so. Really, though, it probably means that something in the registry is corrupt. Try booting with a bootdisk, and running: scanreg /fix See if that helps. If not, upgrade to 2000/XP...

I had suspected that was you...

It's in Group Policy. Videobruce was partially correct, for 2000 SP3 and newer, and XP, you may also wish to disable autoupdate, or configure a server for SUS/SMS.

Mozilla Firebird 0.6 (Glendale) should be released soon, possibly within a week or so. Since the release of the 0.5 milestone, a lot of things have happened. We're slowly getting closer to a 0.6 release, and the biggest news so far is: * New default theme The latest versions of Mozilla Firebird sports a crisp, fresh and attractive theme, based on the Qute theme by Arvid Axelsson. * Redesigned Preferences window The new Options window puts the most often used preferences into 7 convenient panels, each with a descriptive icon selector. * Improved Privacy Options With a single click (and a confirmation) users can clear all privacy data including form data, history, cache, cookies, etc. * Automatic Image Resizing When this feature is turned on, Mozilla Firebird shrinks any image that is bigger than the window to make the whole image visible. When this is done, the cursor over the image changes to tell you that if you click, the image is restored to full size. * Smooth Scrolling Instructions on how to disable this feature can be found here. * New bugs... The nightly builds certainly aren't perfect, but if you are curious about what's changed since 0.5, you should give them a try. http://www.mozilla.org/projects/phoenix/

Quote: Hi, i haven't tried this but you could always give it a go. Fire up 'Add or Remove Programs' from the Control Panel and click on Add/Remove Windows Components. Windows Media Player is on the list of programs which can be removed. You could give a go and see what happens. It's only in Add/Remove Programs in Windows 98/ME/2000. Not in XP... And this is not a bug, but rather by design. So the solution? Simple! Run Windows 2000!

Quote: Nesticle has a Win32 version, I got it here but it sucks (anyone know how to make ROMs expand to filll the whole screen when you go above 320x240?) and as it's discontinued, it isn't going to get any better. Google for RockNESX. Really, it is that much better than Nesticle.

Microsoft Releases Customer Preview of Virtual Server REDMOND, Wash., May 6, 2003 -- Earlier this year, Microsoft acquired virtual machine technology in response to requests for a solution that would help customers migrate legacy applications and assist them in consoli[censored] applications onto fewer servers. Today, Microsoft is responding to customer demand with the release of the Microsoft Virtual Server Customer Preview. Virtual Server is a Microsoft Windows Server--based application that enables customers to run multiple Intel-architecture operating systems -- such as Windows NT Server, Windows 2000 Server, and others, on one server, at the same time. It is designed to save IT organizations time and money by simplifying the upgrade process and optimizing hardware utilization. Virtual Server is part of Microsoft's ongoing efforts to take advantage of the power of industry-standard hardware and bring simplicity, automation and flexibility to IT operations. The Microsoft Virtual Server Customer Preview is a pre-beta release, enabling customers to take an early look at this technology. While the customer preview is not feature-complete, nor performance-optimized -- and certainly not ready for use in production -- it will enable customers to provide feedback to Microsoft on the feature set, fit to customer scenarios and any issues they encounter. Jim Hebert, General Manager of Windows Server Group marketing, spoke recently with PressPass regarding virtual machine technology and how the recent release of the Virtual Server Customer Preview represents Microsoft's continuing commitment to deliver customer-focused, innovative solutions for Windows servers. PressPass: Please describe for us what is meant by virtual-machine technology. Hebert: Virtual-machine technology has actually been around for a long time. A virtual machine uses software to create a simulated hardware operating environment, so that you can run more than one operating system on a single computer at the same time. Usually, you can only run one operating system on a computer at a time; virtual-machine technology enables you to run two or more operating systems at the same time, on the same server. Each operating system runs in isolation from the others. So what you do in one operating system does not affect what you do in the other operating system, or on the computer on which these other operating systems are running. PressPass: What, then, is Virtual Server? Hebert: Virtual Server is an enterprise-class virtual machine solution for server consolidation and the efficient management of multiple operating system environments and applications. Virtual Server enables simpler migration of legacy applications, server consolidation and rapid server deployment. An evolution of a proven Virtual PC client VM product line from Connectix, the company from which we purchased the technology earlier this year, Virtual Server is designed to run on industry-standard Intel servers (IA32), from entry-level through highly-scalable solutions. PressPass: Who is likely to want and need this technology and this product? Hebert: The demand is really very broad. The need is neither confined to any specific industry, nor any specific-sized enterprise, although we've mostly heard from medium- and large-sized customers. Virtual Server provides a productive, dependable, high-return VM solution to IT organizations that need to migrate legacy applications to current hardware systems, as well as to organizations seeking to consolidate servers, especially servers running departmental lines of business applications. Also, this is the only virtual machine solution that is going to be supported by Microsoft, which is important to any organization that needs to create a reliable operating environment for their applications. PressPass: Please describe for us a user scenario or two. Hebert: Virtual Server is extremely useful for the consolidation of legacy application migration. Say, for example, a customer is using Windows NT Server 4.0, and they have applications that will not run on Windows 2000 Server or have not been tested for deployment on Windows 2000 Server. Also in this instance, they have no resources to test the applications and make changes if any are necessary. Virtual Server allows IT organizations to continue running these applications on Windows NT, while taking advantage of more modern hardware. This is particularly useful when you consider that hardware vendors are starting to manufacture new servers that do not support Windows NT 4.0, so if you are a Microsoft customer who has applications running on Windows NT 4.0, you are starting to become concerned that at some point, there will not be hardware available. Using Virtual Server and Windows Server 2003 allows you to continue running all of your applications. Another interesting scenario is server consolidation. A common problem is that applications frequently have not been written to coexist on the same server -- they will conflict if you try to run them on the same server. However, Virtual Server isolates each application in its virtual machine. This way, you can run more applications on the same server, which can save customers a lot on hardware, and space. . A third user scenario is what we call rapid server deployment. Since each virtual machine has its OS and applications encapsulated in a single file, it is easy to bring up a second virtual machine identical to the first: all you have to do is copy the file containing the definition of the first machine. This is a lot easier than installing an operating system from scratch. An application of this capability would be in a software test scenario. Instead of installing an operating system on a dedicated physical server to conduct tests, developers could create the environment they need through a virtual machine. PressPass: What prompted Microsoft to enter the virtual machine space? Hebert: We are responding to increasing customer demands for server solutions that save money. In the end, people buy operating systems to run applications. When an application comes to a dead-end, they expect us to provide a solution, and we think this is a great fix. PressPass: What is exceptional about Microsoft Virtual Server? Hebert: While there are other products on the market, we think Virtual Server is unusual in that it comes with better support for industry standards and better automation. Virtual Server has broader hardware support because it relies entirely on Windows to manage the physical hardware, and therefore it requires no custom drivers; its management is entirely standards-based; it enables automated configuration, integration and management through a very rich set of automation tools, and it requires less training because it is a Windows-based solution. Also, the final product will be fully supported by Microsoft Product Support Services. PressPass: What exactly is being released today and how can people obtain it? Hebert: What we are releasing today is a pre-Beta version, called the Virtual Server Customer Preview. Users can go to www.betaplace.com. Users will be prompted to enter a guest ID, and they should use: vspreview. Please remember that this is a pre-Beta version. It is not ready for benchmark testing; it should not be used in a production situation; and certain features that are scheduled to be implemented have not yet been implemented. We are making solid progress against our milestones, and this deliverable demonstrates that the Connectix technology acquisition has momentum and focus. We want people who are curious to try it out, play with it and tell us what they think. PressPass: What next? Hebert: We intend to listen to what customers have to say, and take into account their comments and criticisms when fine-tuning the product. The final Virtual Server product is scheduled for release at the end of 2003. Pricing and packaging have yet to be determined. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2003/may03/05-06virtualserver.asp Available for public download at http://www.betaplace.com (Guest ID: vspreview).

Actually, Microsoft has already stated it will support other non-Microsoft operating systems. Also, currently all emulation software (VMware GSX/ESX Server) emulates hardware, none of it actually interacts at the HAL. Just a heads up...

Quote: It could also be considered to take cloning to the ultimate level. Just think in terms of a school, you set up all your machines to run a Virtual Environment, but you only have a single read-only file on a file server so that each student loads up a workstation running a read-only virtual machine - no problems. I've used DeepFreeze for that very reason. You might be interested in taking a look at that product, too. Quote: I think I need to alter my caffeine amounts. I hear you... Loud and clear! Me too!

I'm eagerly looking forward to the 'first' Mozilla Firebird milestone release!

I just saw that a few minutes ago about the PE Builder, too.

Perhaps NeoTrace would periodically ping a known-good site. It's been a while since I've used it, and I don't think it's still being supported/developed, but it may be worth a look. IIRC, there's a 30 day free trial version around.

Quote: Have you tried the private newsgroup? Just a note, the newsgroups are public now. Servername is: msnews.microsoft.com groups all start with the following naming convention: microsoft.public.windows.server.*

If I understand you correctly, Windows Server 2003 is doing as it is designed to. If you wanted to view the same session, you would need some remote desktop software, such as PC Anywhere, Radmin, TightVNC, etc, etc, etc.

192.168.100.1 for Motorola Surfboard SB4101.

If the partition is FAT32, you can simply boot off of the Norton 2001/2002 CD, although the virus defs will only be as current as the CD...