CUViper

you can put a password on a zip file, but there are programs that can crack that, so it's not totally secure...

I don't know - I didn't have to do anything special to get mine working, it was just there.

You can right-click the files and go to "Send To ->CD Drive". That will put them in the queue to burn. Then you have to right click on the drive in my computer and tell it to "Write these files to cd"... that should start the wizard

WinXP Pro does have IIS - I'm not sure what version it is though (5.1 maybe?)

open a new spreadsheet, press ctrl-down, then ctrl-right. That will put you at the absolute botton right of the sheet. It's not unlimited, but it's pretty big...

is this a program you are writing that will do other things as well? If so, what language are you using?

You'd really have a lot easier time using something like WinZip's self-extractor, as was mentioned before...

I don't know what browser you're using, but in Internet Explorer, you can just select the info you want. Then go to File->Print... and under Page Range, choose Selection....

Ali - the aux input on sound cards is usually just a second line-in port... but if there's nothing hooked to it, it may make noise.

OK, well the second method I suggested should still work - recreate the shared directories, reboot, then turn the sharing off on them. I doubt that this would be any faster than killing them from the registry though...

I would recommend getting a full-fledged image editing program, such as adobe photoshop. Then you can have full flexibility in the design process, and then output it to gifs when you're finished...

Right click on My Computer and go to Manage. Go to System Tools -> Shared Folders -> Shares. You should see the defunct shares there, and you can right click on them and choose Stop Sharing. If the shares don't show up there, you could also try creating the folders over again, reboot, and disable sharing on them.

you can check the correct program is set up by going into folder options->file types.... DVD is the third one down in my list. also, as a troubleshooting step, try renaming the dvdplay.exe file to something else and then try it. if you still have the problem, then it can't be dvdplay's fault....

I think clutch is on the right track..... I wonder, can you escape the '$'? i.e., enter the path as "//cthulu/d\$".... something to try anyway

no worries there - it's flexible around the slot, very much like the way car cd-players are. I've never had any of my discs get scratched, after owning one for almost 2 years now...

I've got the 10x slot - and it works great! I really like the convenience of not having to wait for the tray... It's not a big deal, but it's nice anyway. The only disadvantage is that you can't use odd sized discs in it. Like sometimes you'll see those business card size discs, and you can't feed those into the slot. Personally, I can use my burner for things like that, but this might be an issue for you...

It doesn't work under Windows 2000. For me, it works under WinXP RC1 as long as I leave the resolution at 640x480.... any other resolution crashes to the desktop.

except initial speculations are giving a 15-20% performance increase using the nforce - due to the way everything is tightly integrated. That's a pretty good reason for me to use it, and you don't lose that performance when switching to an agp video card...

OC-48, by FAR!!!! Here's a chart: http://www.webopedia.com/quick_ref/bandwidth.html

You'll want the Inspiron 8000 - in the UK it's priced about £1300+, depending on the features you choose. Here's the product page: Dell - Inspiron 8000

Why don't you get a laptop with the mobile geforce chip? Then you can play ALL the games....

just to check, there are actually 2 places to set the idle disconnect. One is in the connection properties on the options tab, and the other is in internet explorer properties, connection tab, settings, advanced. Make sure neither of those places is set to disconnect. Failing that, I would bug your ISP about it - writing it off as just a problem with win2k is pretty cheap.... many many people use DUN in win2k just fine, myself included.

make sure you're allowing outgoing connections on port 25 (the SMTP port)

High speed ATA cables have a blue motherboard connector - if it's not blue, it's the wrong cable...

Philipp's script looks good to me, but I see two small things to fix if you use this. For one, that exit; in the middle of the script leaves the file open - you should insert a close(FILE); right before it. Also, whenever opening files, it is good practice to verify that the file was opened properly. To do this, just add a die statement, i.e. open(FILE, "member.dat") or die "Error - Couldn't open member.dat: $!"; I'm sure you know these things Philipp - I just thought that as a PERL newbie he should be aware of them...