ViolentGreen

Hello all. I have a dual boot vista/xp machine while I am migrating from xp to vista. On my xp install, I generally would install all programs to the D drive and keep my OS install on a seperate partition. Here lies my problem. In vista, my xp system drive (c drive in XP) is set as the "d" drive and I cannot change it. When I attempt to change it, I get the following: Quote: Windows cannot modify the drive letter of your volume. This may happen if your volume is a system or boot volume or has page files. Any suggestions?

Hey windows gurus. I have a dual boot vista and xp machine and would like to share files between the partitions. The problem that I am running into is that my user id (S-1-5-80-95600......) is different on the two machines and I can't figure out how to explicitly give the guid permissions via the security tab. I hope that made sense. THanks

Well, I have tried the alternate players in the past and have always found them to be lacking. I like having one centralized player per OS (WMP for windows.) I prefer WMP because of the interface and because it isn't a pain to get windows media files working. I refuse to install a bunch of different applications for similar tasks.

Hey guys. I have some mp4 video files that I am trying to play in WMP. I have tried LOTS of things and have had no success. The 3vix codec allowed me to hear audio but no video. Anyone know how to play these?

Hey guys, if that had been the case, than I wouldn't have posted. On the system that I am looking at, I can take ownership of a file as the administrator but I cannot view the contents of the directory or change their permissions. Any idea on what I could do? Thanks.

I need to give the administrator account (or perhaps another one instead) access to change permissions on the entire machine. I need to be able to access users local folders under the Documents And Settings directory for virus/spyware scans and other reasons. I assume that there is a way to do this using gpedit.msc but I can't determine how to do it. Can anyone help me?

Originally posted by jmmijo: Quote: One thing I've noticed recently is that some of the power supply manufacturers have gone to a (2)Two Thermal Fan solution, i.e., one 80mm and another 92mm auxillary fan. Both are pretty darn quiet and move a lot more air then a single fan and thus keeps your supply running cooler to begin with The other thing that can be done is to replace any case fans with thermal fans too, this way they only speed up once the ambient temp gets above a certain preset temp and then the fan slows down again once the ambient tem goes back below this threshold. And then the other option is to use something like Smartfan technology that many mobo manufactures use and set the thermal temps accordingly in the BIOS... Yeah, I just bought a new power supply because my old one was giving me problems. This new one is supposed to be quiet. I'm wondering if somthing else is making the fan noise. I'll try to disconnect the video card fan and see if that makes any difference. I'm hesitant to replace the CPU heatsink/fan because I am considering selling my board, XP2100 and memory to a buddy and going 64 bit.

So you're trying to create dedicated game servers on dial-up? First of all, are you doing the pinging on the same machine that you are pinging? If so, can you ping 127.0.0.1? That should work. Also are you sure you are pinging the correct ip address? What is the printout of "ipconfig /all" in the command prompt?

Originally posted by jmmijo: Quote: Originally posted by violentgreen: Quote: Well the issue is the right click menu and not the system tray. The system tray isn't a big deal. The right click menu is annoying the piss out of me. Ah, now I understand, well I bet that may be a reg entry and I've not really looked for it as it doesn't bother me that it's there... That's what I assumed was the case. It annoys me to no end.

Wow, some interesting ideas. Thanks for the responses. I don't need a completely silent PC, just something that I can't hear in every room of my apartment. I'm looking to get a EPIA based mini-itx system for a file server. A lot of those can run without any fans. The problem is that the cases are either butt-ugly or $300 (like cases from Hush and the Cubit.)

Originally posted by jmmijo: Quote: Well, go into the ATi display properties, one of the tabs has a checkbox for the Control Panel in the Systray, this can be unchecked and on the next reboot it should be gone. Also, when you install the device drivers, you need to choose Custom install and you can then uncheck the ATi Control Panel installation at that point As for the colors, that I can't help you with, I've not experienced any issues like this after installing any of the latest Catalyst driver packs... Well the issue is the right click menu and not the system tray. The system tray isn't a big deal. The right click menu is annoying the piss out of me.

Anyone have any experience with the antec fanless powersupply? How does it stay cool? If I get it would my system temp heat up?

I just installed the latest ATI drivers and I have two issues. First of all, I don't like the ATI Control panel link that it puts in my right click menu. Any idea how to take it out? Also, my colors have been inverted in WMP for some videos. Is there a setting that's off somewhere?

Probably. I wouldn't say that you got ripped off.

Thanks guys. I am planning to give that one a shot when I get to it.