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Quote: Ah, I see - so more for business networks than a home LAN or stadalone system? BTW, re: your last point - wouldn't it make more sense to just set 1 of those policy things to just block the installation of anything made by RealNetworks? Yep, it's definately geared for networks only, and ones that have large amounts of traffic. One of those policy things? I guess that would depend on what OS/NOS you were using. However, this methodology would completely lock down the behavior *regardless* of OS. And besides, if you have this type of firepower you might as well use it, right?

Some routing and switching devices/applications use them. The concept is awesome if you have a single infrastructure that routes many high demand applications such as telephony (VoIP) and ERP (major database apps) simultaneously along with other traffic. You can assign priority to the various apps/packets, and even drop certain data entirely (like RealJoke streaming radio).

However, MS and many others have clearly stated that Windows does NOT reserve any bandwidth using QoS. Due to the grossly misunderstood nature of this protocol, it has let so many people get the wrong impression of it. Here's the KB Article from MS on it: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q316666 And here is the more specific quote from the bottom of that page: Quote: Correcting Some Incorrect Claims About Windows XP QoS Support There have been claims in various published technical articles and newsgroup postings that Windows XP always reserves 20 percent of the available bandwidth for QoS. These claims are incorrect. The information in the "Clarification about QoS in End Computers That Are Running Windows XP" section of this article correctly describes the behavior of Windows XP systems.

Fortunately for me, my games list isn't that long (maybe 7 or 8 serial numbers, if that) but my software list is *quite* large (it was setup in an Access DB, and is getting reconverted from an Excel Spreadsheet/Access combo to SQL server/ASP.NET setup because I'm bored) and takes a bit more to manage. Now, whether or not it is "impossible" to get into the computer biz without stealing software (yes, that's what it is, so suck it up) isn't worth debating, as it can really feel that way sometimes since there is so much to learn and yet it's so hard to learn it in the 15-30 day trial periods to get. However, I just want people to admit that it is stealing; you are getting something that you didn't pay for. You didn't "liberate" it, and you aren't "borrowing" it. The concept of "I'm only copying it, and they aren't losing money because I wouldn't buy it anyway" is simple bull$hit. Personally, I don't care if people pirate the stuff they have, but it *does* irritate me when they come whining that they can't get a stupid game to run on their w4rez version of W2K Adv Server with ISA/Exchange 2000/SQL Server 2000 Enterprise running on it. It's easy to take software, so people take it. Then the software companies see this and keep the price high. Now, one counter example to this was "Serious Sam" when it first came out and was $20US. I saw a couple of pics, and when I saw the price I went out and got it (it was on sale for $15US) immediately to try it. I liked the game, and I was far more tolerant of waiting for a patch or two and seeing what the mod community was going to come out with since the game cost me only $5 more than I spend on lunch at work. If more publishers would use "reasonable" price scales, they would see more volume and hence more cash flow. I know, I know, it's a bit wacky, but it just might work...

Quote: BTW Exchange for 5 user retails around 00. I am going to try iplanet next week. It is free and it is Sun! After going here, I can't figure out how you found it for free. Where do you see it listed for free at? If you could, please post a link showing Sun giving it away and I might consider setting up one of these boxes to play with.

I have a MSDN Universal Subscription, and I am on a few different beta testing gigs so I can play with pretty much anything they make without having to buy it first (or use some lame demo). Basically, it works out to "if you don't like it, don't buy it". Very simple, no real complications. Software and music industries have been pounding users for a long time, and once it was super easy for the consumer to get the stuff for free, they freaked out and now they are scrambling to find ways to lock it down. But in the end, *THEY CAN CHARGE WHATEVER THEY WANT FOR THEIR PRODUCTS, PERIOD*. You can't walk up to a car dealership and demand that they lower the price of the car or else you will steal it and feel vindicated in your action (at least most people wouldn't, but some would and already do ). I buy and subscribe to all kinds of software because it's what the companies I work for need, and in the process I try to negotiate the best deal. If there are other places where I can get more for less, then I consider them. But otherwise, you are pretty much stuck. BTW, remember that it isn't *just* MS that has had licensing issues, Oracle has been raping companies for years and is just now starting to get dragged into court for it, and Sun was pounding consumers left and right for their OS/Hardware monopoly (oops, they aren't a "real" monopoly, are they? ) and is now trying to pimp out all kinds of tools and apps to make Java more successful in light of .NET.

Quote: The clients have to have rights to access add remove programs, and *install* programs. Seems like letting users have the right to install programs would begin to defeat the purpose of half the security functionality of the OS. This is especially true since one of the intended goals was: Quote: Clipped from TBazzinett's post The network is a win2000 AD domain. Win2000 server, 70 some win2000 professional client PC's. Two administrative users, everyone has just standard user privileges (meaning, no software installs allowed. After all, they are car dealers who want nothing more than to have gator, comet cursor, and all sorts of **** ). And if they could install the apps, you could probably execute most apps silently with switches, right?

The odds of users hitting the calendar at the same time are much greater than you would think, and the cost of Exchange server can be found on pricewatch.com (or major vendors), but I got ours at www.coast2coastaz.com for much less than normal retail.

Quote: Oh just one more!! "It's beautiful" - give me a break! Urgh! If I wanted a computer that looked like a, well, Mac, I'd buy a Mac LOL. Or you could buy a lamp and slap a Mac logo on it. Hell, it'll probably run apps just as fast and *still* be more compatible.

I use the reference drivers since they are almost always updated faster than the vendor (and even moreso if you are using the betas).

Yep, many wireless NICs can work in P2P mode, but they have to be configured as such. I have an Orinoco (Lucent) NIC in my iPAQ and it uses my WAP for our network here, but can pick up the other wireless NIC from a friend's iPAQ when he has his Linksys NIC in it. I haven't had a need to transfer anything between them yet, so I don't know how it works with handhelds but it should be similar to PCs, you just select the network that you want to be on and away you go (assuming you configured it properly ).

I read about the betas of this in my newsletters, but it's nice to see that it's finally out. As for using SMS, I wrote that it was pretty much overkill (which it is), but AD would be *exactly* what he is looking for if the software uses MSI files (or someone is willing to repackage them into MSIs). I use AD to push out office via group policies, and it is very simple to assign any object and/or container a group policy; it just has to be defined in AD (which is simple) and then you bind the policy to it (which is just as simple).

I use SMS 2.0 right now, and it is quite intimi[censored] as well. However, it will let you install just about anything as long as it can be scripting (passing command line args normally). MSIs are pretty easy to push with it as well, but nowhere *near* as easy as AD is. However, AD will only handle MSI files for pushes, so that might not cover everything you are looking for. SMS also handles many other inventory and asset control functions as well, but all of this may be overkill anyway. The next version is supposed to be more user friendly, but I don't think that helps you now...

This looks pretty cool: http://msnbc-cnet.com.com/2100-1040-9379...p;subj=cnetnews It uses USB 2.0, and has (more easily) interchangeable harddrives. I can dig this...

Quote: McAfee sucks hard... I am biased of course, and itfwhat your using does what you need, then stick with it. LOL That's a little more than normal "bias", but then again I think that everything made by Norton/Symantec is completely bloated and designed to get into everything on your system (and consequently trash it if you put on the "wrong" update or service pack). So I guess I am "biased" as well... Some of the other AV platforms here sound interesting, but how is the centralized management of them (or is there even such a thing for them)? I might poke around a bit at Sophos just to see what it's about.

I have used Trillian for quite a while now, and it works pretty well. There were only two major issues in recent memory that I can think of (running just one AIM or ICQ account would cause a memory leak and the constant battle with AOL as they would jack with their server "security") have been fixed.

ISA server is policy based and is fully integrated with Active Directory, meaning you can control traffic from the domain container all the way down to the individual user and/or computer. I have used it a couple of times, and it's quite nice.

And what resolution would you get out of that size? I would like 1600x1200, and razor sharp with fine color blending. I don't need anything larger currently, especially if using dual monitors.

It's hard to blame an entire product line when you are using an older version of their products. If you plan on warning people away from something, at least mention something like "currently we are using an older version that is having problems, and we haven't upgraded either the product or the OS that it's running on" as that is the situation you just described. Also, support for versions before 4.5x has been phased out in the newest SuperDAT files, and therefore you will not get the engine updates needed to support the current DAT files. So, it would seem that your problems are due to retaining out-of-date software, rather than the software itself.

Quote: There's only 2 things that I really want now - 1 of those 120GB WD Special Edition drives. & a DVD drive - so far the most suiable candidate seems to be a Toshiba 1 that I've seen. However, as much as I would like a DVD drive, I need a lot more HDD room, so having to pick 1 thing then it would be a HDD. I have 2 100GB and a 120GB of this, and they are sweet. As for wanting something else my system it would be a tie between a DVD burner (I don't like anything I have seen yet) and a new monitor configuration (maybe twin 17"+ LCDs).

Quote: But that doesn't get rid of it completely though it just replaces it with something different. It's stupid for M$ to make it so difficult to disable it. Sounds a lot like what I said about CL and that splash screen at startup, hmmm...

GT, what version are you using? I use 4.5.1 (the latest corp version) and I don't have any problems with it. I also use their scanner on our Exchange server and Netshield on our servers. I manage all of them with ePolicy Orchestrator with very little fuss.

First, can both computers still talk to one another after you lose your Internet connection? Can you ping out through the router at all? Try running "ipconfig /all" and see if your lease got pulled for some reason on that workstation when it dies out. As for QoS, there should not be any reason to disable it, as the previous link explains. It is only supported by QoS enabled hardware and software, and would not actually "kill" an Internet connection (or network connection in general).

There are clients for 9x, NT4, 2K, and Windows CE/PocketPC. Also, there is at least one client for Linux that I have seen to connect to TS/RDP.

Quote: I still don't understand, not only does it only happen at startup, it doesn't even stay resident. How often do you guys reboot your PCs? I boot once every couple of weeks or so, yet I would find it annoying. If you can't understand that, then that's fine. However, I see where they are coming from and think that it's stupid for CL to bury the checkbox to disable the splash screen like they did.