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OK, now I finally got RH booted, but it doesn't like my monitor settings so it will not start Gnome. Anybody have any input? I am going to check VMware's site to see if they have anything on this as well, but if someone has the quick answer I'm all ears...

Yeah, it's kind of funny when people want to feel secure about their files yet get mad when then there is no available (let alone easy) way to reclaim them when you have lost normal access. The whole point was to *secure* them afterall...

Nothing constructive, and was posted by someone trying to steal the software. Topic closed.

At first, Linux installed but wouldn't boot up. I am reinstalling it now after deleting all of the related files and directories. As for Windows, while I really like their servers (and AD) and many of their applications, the revised licensing scheme is complete bull$hit and Palladium is just the last straw. Since I will be spending the next 4 years at night working with Linux for school projects, I damn well better be able to migrate off of this platform and move to (and with any luck be able to contribute to) the Linux community.

The Admiral nailed it for me. As it is I am slowly trying to find ways to go toward Linux (with open source apps, there's a helluva lot more "democracy" involved) as a desktop OS, and I am hoping that distros will continue to come out that would be chained to Palladium once it hits the mainstream. I imagine that one or two might (Corel might come back, with financing from MS to support it, and maybe RedHat since they have become so big) give it a go since it is simply a hardware solution that's interfaced with x86 hardware. All that I have ever wanted to do was to be able to download the 1 or 2 tracks that are usually worth a damn on a CD, and not have to buy the whole thing.

Not necessarily, as most people that use encrypted functionality would also be on a domain and retain their same account SID a (hopefully) remember their password. As shown below, backing up the key doesn't appear to be a big deal, and neither is assigning a recovery agent. It just so happens that the person that used encryption may not have actually read the documentation (or at the very least, didn't follow any of the recommended steps). http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q308993

Check Technet, but that is the point of the files being encrypted; to not allow them to be viewable by any unauthorized persons. Did he by chance have a backup of these files (using NTBackup or the like) that you could restore and try again with? Otherwise, it's over.

That's a rather bizarre reason for asking that question. Normally, it would be "I have a pirated key for my copy of XP, but since SP1 will no longer install I had to get a new key but I need to know how to change it". But we can't say that around here, now can we...

How do you mean? CD Changers have used various mechanisms to decouple the playback unit from the chassis so the outside world doesn't affect it, so I don't see why this couldn't be done in the same way.

So you used "home\administrator" and the associated password right? Make sure that the password isn't blank, as that might have an ill effect on the logon from DOS.

I haven't had a look at this yet, but I *think* that this will work without AD (and the server portion can't be installed on a DC anyway, so that will work out for you). http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/windowsupdate/sus/default.asp

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treevie...rt1/dsgch04.asp This covers "CSVDE", and how it can do bulk imports of AD objects from CSV files.

What is the workgroup of the XP machine?

Since you are getting the "username" prompt then you seem to have almost everything setup right. At this point, all you need is a valid user account on the XP account to connect with. What I would do is make another account on the XP machine and make sure that user has access to the share(s) in question. Once that is completed, boot up the DOS box again and this time enter the username as <Machine Workgroup>\<New Username> and the affiliated password. Remember, this information will be saved onto the floppy, so don't assign admin privies to this account as it will a security hole. Once this is completed, you should be able to boot the machine and run straight to the command prompt.

LOL, the rat bastard. In any case, I thought I had seen one for Excel 2000 before out there, but I haven't had a need for them in the past (I used one for Access, which is how I saw the Excel ones). If I see anything I'll post it.

Try www.astalavista.com for security (and other) items.

Are you using WINS as all?

Quote: Clutch- Thanks for the utility, but it doens't show all the names. It grabs a few printers and the firewall, but all of the workstations just show their IP address. Is there a setting I need to configure? Ancker..... On the systems it doesn't pick up, are they using using DHCP? Sometimes you get stray systems that don't register properly and therefore may not get their names to show up. One way to make sure is to View>Labels in the 3Com utility and change the listing view. You might find that you are using DNS or some other method that your network doesn't properly support. If the systems in question are using static IPs, then you can just select the "Properties" of the node and enter the name manually for your own reference.

That could be done by using a form of "motor mount", which is commonly used for engines and transmissions in automobiles. Essentially, you would be using a grommet of sorts (as Bursar recommended), but with no metal hardware linking the motor to the frame (or in our case the fan to the case). One bolt fastens the rubber mount to the case, while another fastens the fan to the mount. With a soft enough compound this would work for some chassis fans, but not the PSU, CPU, or GPU fans most of the time (there is one massive flower-type heatsink that doesn't have the fan mounted to it and could benefit from this, but the fan is large and quiet already so it probably wouldn't be needed).

What, your mad AD and DDNS skillz aren't hooking you up with da womenz at clubs?

The material is actually designed to reduced panel rattle, and to lower the overall assembly's resonant frequency (assembly meaning panel and material). Since the vibration of fans and drives and can make surrounding materials vibrate, lowering the resonante frequency of such materials will keep the vibration from getting amplified through said material. GM did such research on the topic when building the Aurora and found that many people loved the German sedans (Mercedes, BMW) because they had a deep "solid" sound to them. In their research, they found that the collective resonant frequency was lower on these sedans than on a typical GM vehicle. So, they concentrated heavily on chassis design and supplemented extra areas with materials like this to reduce audible rattling (mid-frequency noise, normally tuned-out by most people) and vibration. So, scientifically speaking, there is good reason to use material like this to reduce noise induced by fans and drives (if the need is that great).

Well, flushing a reloading the cache is fine it you want up-to-the-minute network listings, but with this 3Com utility can do a bit more (such as monitor the stations) and can be sorted by subnet. It will also show you everything else on your network and give you your management options for them.

I use Dynamat, and it helped a ton with fan noise since the I have several fans and rather large panels in this case. And no, I can most certainly say that I am not kidding myself as to its performance (I have done some enclosure design myself, and controlling the environment was something I had to learn). As my case is so large, the panels had a tendency to resonate with the fans and the pads make the panels more "viscous" and quiets it down (especially when either my CD-RW or DVD-ROM spool up, and I don't hear my HDDs at all anymore). When I had my P3 with a Delta fan on it, the material made the use of the fan bearable as the whine from it is incredible. As for acoustic foams, most of the time you will see this used to vary the "q" (trying to remember here) of an enclosure and synthetically increase the bass response of a driver/enclosure combination without having to make a larger enclosure. After looking at that review Bursar posted, I would definately go with the lower profile material since it will take up less interior space and not interfere as much with airflow (although the temp differences didn't seem to be a problem).

On the table comment, I use tables in place of frames (which are pure evil) whenever I do a layout with navbars. I like their flexibility, and they can follow parent-child relationships with CSS. Plus, pages that I use tables in look the same (or very similar) across multiple platforms.

Mozilla (and consequently NS6/7) both have very nice support for CSS 1/2, whereas IE still can't seem to get custom bullet icons and backgrounds right without screwing with tables. I have a couple of pages that have background images that will not come up properly on the first pass with IE, but if you minimize with window and then bring it back they'll show up. Also, Opera is pretty nice too. In general, I just stay with IE since it does most of what I want (sans the better CSS image support) and I don't have to run a separate browser.