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That one should be it. I'll have to hit up Philipp and see if we can get some of these posts put into the FAQ (like the IIS ones that seem to be coming up a lot lately ).

Mine didn't either (McAfee Corp. 4.5.1) but this isn't a function of virus scanners. This is more of a command being issued to a program from within the program itself. It's a lot like when all those people that had their IIS servers attacked by Code Red/CRII and wound up getting infected. They wondered why their AV software (or firewalls) didn't protect them; it wasn't their job, that's why. The ability to execute this instruction will have to be patched by MS on this one.

Try doing a search here for the registry key to can that stops asking the target workstation for printer and schedule task listings. This performance hit is negated when using a network that is configured with WINS or DDNS (some sort of name registration system that also caches system type and resources). It is supposed to speed up network browsing significantly.

That is really odd, I have an 8-port Netgear switch at home and all Intel Pro/100 Mgmt adapters with no issues at all. I use DHCP off of my server (both NT4 and 2K at various times) and it doesn't have any problems. I have always chose the Intel NICs because of their excellent drivers and durability in many environments (my decision was shaped in a Novell 3.x/4.x/5.x and NT4 multi-network arrangement). Have you tried static assignments to see if the stations can communicate with one another that way?

Is it possible to try that card of yours in another system?

Like this one?

This link should explain your options for setting up the FTP service in IIS: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/treevie...mize/custom.asp I myself disable anonymous connections as I use NTFS permissions on the harddrive to limit what people can and cannot do.

When you use the "\\", you are requesting to use NetBIOS resolution/communication, and that isn't what you want with an external source like that. Just use "net time /SETSNTP:192.5.41.40" at the command line and you should be fine.

I have seen what Videobruce is saying, but then again Xiven is correct; DOS (which all the 9x OSs ran on until ME, and that had its own issues) asked the BIOS for its info whereas NT based OSs didn't. Are there flukes or mitigating circumstances that might have an NT OS not read a drive that's disabled in the BIOS? Probably, but overall it's been the way that Xiven (and I) mentioned. Now if you had an outboard controller, it *might* let you do what you are looking for depending on how it's setup. So, what exactly are you trying to do? You just want to keep the spare in there and do periodic backups of your image? Can't you just use a removable chassis for your backup drive and do it that way? Then, you just shut down the PC and take out the drive when it's not needed, and put it back in and image it when you want to back up the master.

Yep, you should be fine.

If you are hosting DHCP from that server, you can set it up to hand out the IP of that server (or any other NTP source you would like) to the clients as the come online. For the server, check out this Technet KB article for more information: http://support.microsoft.com/directory/article.asp?ID=KB;EN-US;Q216734& Go here to see what USNO Time Server you should use (if in the US, of course;)): http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ntp.html And then validate your time against this bad boy right here: http://www.time.gov/ This should pretty much keep you covered. With respect to the error, it *might* not be any sort of firewall issue, as I get intermittent failures as well when syncing within my domain or to an outside source. Once this is configured, you will probably be fine but you might see those errors occasionally anyway because of network traffic or NTP server overhead at the time of the request. If you want to see if the port is blocked, you can just try "net time <server IP> /set /y" at the command line and see if it will connect. If not, then you may very well be blocked.

AFAIK, no.

I would simply shut down the PC and remove the drive in question, and switch it out with another. I would have 3 or 4 harddrives like this, and I could just shut down the system and switch out the drive, then boot up again and let the BIOS detect whatever drive I put in the receiver.

Most of the reports regarding your series of card were within the first few months it came out, and ATi has had a long history of taking forever to update their drivers (or just not update them at all). Looks like you have good timing; good drivers, and probably a good price to go with it.

What games are you playing on it? Doing any 3D work with the card (CAD/CAM or something like Lightwave, Maya, etc)?

The drive and the controller/backplane have to support the hot-swap function. Also, most hot-swap functions (all that I have ever seen) have supported it in hardware and Windows never knew if a harddrive failed or not, because it only saw whatever virtual drives that the controller presented to it.

Those damned dirty humans!

Most fans have a small "E" or "C" clip that keep the fan shaft in place with respect to the motor to keep the fan blade from falling out of its shell. This clip could have come out, and that would cause the fan to float in and out of the motor, and it would occasionally brush up against the guard or its shell causing the noises that you are hearing. If you are interested in opening up your PSU, you can then take the fan out and see if it's loose or ready to come out of its shell. If the clip came off but you can find it (and can't replace the whole unit for whatever reason), you can sometimes put the clip back on and it should stay in place long enough to get you through your next LAN party or so until you get a replacement for it.

Those are attempts by Code Red/CRII infected servers to infect your machine. Since you are generating 404 errors (*very* good response, as this indicates the server is patched and/or locked down normally) you will be fine. This is the kind of thing that the URLScan and IISLockdown tool protect against.

Is it like a squealing, high-pitched sound? Could be a capacitor that's going out. Just do what what sapiens suggested and get a good PSU. I just got an Enermax that I am pretty happy with, and I am a fan of PC Power and Cooling units as well.

They don't have any kind of protection on them do they? I know that Windows Media Player defaults to saving files with protection, and I didn't know how they would behave. Also, is it possible that the files are simply corrupted?

Quote: 1. I don't know NT sees drives that are hidden in the bios. This is the first I have heard of it. I have been to many forms and never have seen this. I'm sure if this is as common as you suggest something would of been written somewhere, actually, many places and I would of have seen it. There are many things that happen regularly, yet aren't spoken of because they aren't a problem because a lot of people don't experience them as issues to begin with. For example, the way that you prefer to dual boot is something that many others would find too cumbersome, and would rather have a simple menu. I myself liked the method you used, because if I wanted to can one of the OSs I didn't have to worry about which OS hosted the boot partition and menu files. So to point, there just aren't that many of us who want to go into the BIOS to select which drive to boot from. Quote: 2. M$ has a response towards VIA chipsets which leads one to believe that it is a M$/Via issue, NOT all M/B's, Bios, chipsets etc. "M$" (<--using your naming convention) wants to make money; they are not in business for a Nobel Peace Prize or to make the world a better place (unless either makes money, but that would be an indirect result). First, I don't find that they would directly refuse support of a given chipset (such as Via), as that would not let them make more money. Also, if you are under the impression that this is really happening and that it's because Intel and MS are such good friends, you might want to rethink that. Yes, in the past they were the best of buds, however they have had major differences of opinion (such as Intel getting pretty heavy into *nix and MS and various proposed standards that they couldn't see eye-to-eye on). I wouldn't call them enemies, but I wouldn't call them the best of friends either. Quote: 3. I was refering to the Wintel monopoly, the chipsets that is, no mention of the operating system was made when the "Via sucks" comment was made. The O/S you are almost stuck to use since it is in 95%+ of the systems out there. It doesn't do me any good to have a O/S that is barely supported by most programs. I would be the same as not owning a auto these days because of the billions that are dumped into the highway system in this country vs the pennies mass transit gets! The processor/chipset I DO have a choice. Since M$ and Intel are so closely related, and are in in bed with one another, of course they will work together better. They have a advantage because of this. This is what I mean by a monoply! As for the "Wintel Monopoly", please see above. You could also choose to run Linux/FreeBSD on an AMD/Via combo, or get a Mac if you are so inclined. Hence, you would be supporting the opposition to "take the man down". Amen brutha.

Quote: Yeah sorry clutch, i guess we should just all make our own cables when we buy a new printer from now on, just like you. And ive never had a bundled cable fail. Infact i dont think ive ever had any cable fail. Ooohhhh.... Touchy touchy...

Using "fish" as plural is correct when referring to multiples of the same species, while "fishes" is referring to multiple species. And in this case, I would think "mouses" would work since we are talking about all kinds of 'em. Personally, I dig the MS Explorer Optical, but I think I would like pretty much any of the optical units for CAD and gaming.

Quote: Sorry I did nto know where else to post this. Ok we have new Copies of XP pro here at work. I am trying to load it on my machine. Don't laugh. SOYO K7VTA-Pro 1.4 Athlon 256 mb PC133 Enermax 350watt PSU IBM 30gig DTLA Gainward GF2 MX400 64mb 556x Cdrom 16x10x40 Liteon CDRW 1.44mb Floppy Realtek 8139 NIC Intel HAM Dtata FAX Voice Modem 56K. OK I tried to load WIN XP from the CDROM. It gets to the beginning, where it loads a bunch of files. It then says at the bottom afetr loading files, "STARTING WINDOWS". and it just sits there forever, never goes any furhter. I tried removing ALL hardware except for the Video, CDROM and HDD and still the same thing. I have loaded the Failsafe Defaults in the BIOS, but it still WILL not go past the Screen where it says STARTING WINODWS at the bottom of the beginning BLUE screen before installation. Mike Maybe it's the lightning-fast 556x CD-ROM you are using . But if not, what OS were you using before? It seems like you are using decent hardware (except for the whole Via thing, but that's another topic ), so what did you have running on it before the attempt to install WinXP Pro? Did you have any problems before this? Have you checked for BIOS updates, and have you tried disabling any onboard hardware (like onboard sound or NIC) in addition to removing the extraneous cards? Also, one last thing; I have seen installs fail because of a failing/flaky CD-ROM drive that does complete the file copy, but it corrupts some of the files in the process. So, if you have that option you could try swapping out the drive and see if the problem sticks around.