CrazyKillerMan

I dont know if this has been cleared up but... Quote: I am using a single Untwisted Cat-5 cable with a direct connection. I do however, have two (or more) standard Crossover Cat-5 Cables and a 5 Port Switch that I tried to use unsuccessfully. For direct connect, a crossover cable is needed. You can use two regular cables in a hub/switch but with direct connections the transmit and recieve pins on the cables need to be flipped so the transmit on nic #1 is connected to recieve on nic#2 and vice versa. Quote: I have also tried to setup the workstation PC to have it's IP assigned automatically. This also fails. This fails if you are connected directly to the other computer becuase chances are its not a DHCP server. The IP can be assigned automatically if you are connected to hardware which acts as a DHCP server.

Exactly right Both OS's become slower, as different programs are installed and run constantly.

Well, it wont be defraged it will be fragmented. And, after awhile this starts to degrade exponentially causing various errors, instability and slow down.

Quote: 1 partition : 1. Make sure that WinXP partition is not using NTFS 2. Install Windows 98 (Try to avoid using the same Windows-directory as WinXP) 3. Now when booting it will always boot into Windows 98 4. To fix this boot from the WinXP CD and go to recovery console 5. And execute the command "fixboot" it will activate the WinXP again (And it should put Win98 in the BOOT.INI file) DONT DO THAT The program files directory will also be affected by having two OS's on the same partition. This will also affect the operating systems as they arrange data differently on the hard drive. Try defragging in XP, then boot to 98 and do it. It will be totally 'fragged.' Trust me, I made that mistake awhile ago when I was new into dual booting and fortunatly I know a little more then I did then. The easiest suggestion of course is option 2, but thats only helpful if you have a third party partition manager such as PowerQuest Partition Magic, and unless I have missed anything option 1 sounds great to me. And just a quick note, with option 1, you can manage your hard drives partitions by right clicking on my computer and going to manage then click on disc management. I dont know if you can make a partition using free space with this. You may want to grab a third party shareware version for this one time affair.

Quote: so u make winxp "look" like win2k? then why not just use 2k ? ? What kind of solution is that? Simply because a user prefers a certain GUI over another doesnt mean that they should change OS's. Thats why the classic gui is there. Have you tried to login in safe mode under administrator to overwrite the profile that you are attempting to copy? As far as the log in goes, I have never been able to get that to adhere to the particular theme chosen. I like the silver color as opposed to the blue in the new gui, but I wish the welcome/login screen would also stick to that particular color scheme.

I recently had a 'similar' problem with one of my HDD's. Although it was ntfs, it operated flawlessly and was useable in xp. Then I did a chkdsk /f on it and chkdsk reported that the drive had problems with it. By backing up the HDD it went through almost the entire disc, only 2 GB outta 30 were free. And after a format, the chkdsk /f reported no errors. Even tried again after data was restored and its still working fine.

Quote: what exactly is raid and what can it do?? RAID - Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks A raid controller will allow you to use 2 or more (usually 4 max for cheap IDE ones such as promise fast trak100) hard drive in conjunction with eachother. This is based on raid levels (configurations that can be used) which, from the usual IDE controllers are limited to RAID 0, 1, 0+1, SPAN Span will take the two drives and add them together. Once one hard drive is filled up, the other will start to fill as well. The OS will see this as a single drive that is the 2 drives (or more) added together. RAID 0 - stripe mode. This will add the two hard drives together by this formula: 2 x smallest HDD in RAID The OS will also see this as a single drive and the HDD are used together. Say you need to write a 128k block. If the array is set up to use 64k chunks (64k to each HDD at once) you can write 128k in the amount of time it takes to write 64k "theoretically." There is no redundancy here, so if one HDD crashes, all data on the array is lost. ALL of it. This is why I stopped using RAID 0 (just recently after some more HDD issues - I have all the luck). RAID 1 - mirror mode. This will be seen to the OS as a single HDD with the size of the smallest drive in the array. Data will be written to each HDD at the same time, but 128k to each - so this is effectively a HDD with redundancy. RAID 0+1 - best of both worlds - requires more HDD's (minimum of 4). This is a very general description and there are certain things that may need more explanation. There are different levels of RAID, and I used to be a RAID pimp, but now I am all for single ATA drives, and with serial ATA coming out soon, why the hell not. Here is a manual from promise who's manuals are the best I've seen. It may answer some questions. http://www.promise.com/support/file/FT100_Manual_En.pdf Now, as far as your original question goes, the ASUS A7V333 is a board that I have and have not had any major problems with it. Just like any motherboard, it takes some time to get used to it (alotta jumpers - some that are undocumented ie: RAM voltages) but EPOX has great boards, although I have heard of some issues with enermax power supplys recently. I forget who it was but somebody on this board had a problem with epox/enermax. If time isnt critical, I would wait for the kt400 chipset before upgrading to the kt333. With RAM, you may as well go for some pc2700 or better. I like a 512MB min, but I run alotta applications. As far as brands go, you cant go wrong with cruucial, micron, mushkin - and I have had some excellent generic RAM as well. The thermaltake Volcano 7+ is a good cooler, but I have read that it can be a little loud, but thanks to the switch over the volcano 7, the user may turn the fan down.

After checking the RAM, I would mostly assume that this would be a motherboard issue. Awhile back I had an a7v133 come into the shop with the same problem, but it was quite obvious as to what the problem was as the keyboard would work if you moved the connector around, then it would stop working. When the keyboard stops responding can you press cap/scroll/num lock and will the lights change at all? If so, this could be a software issue.

In TweakXP there is a 'tweak' for a t-bird. I'm sure it just makes sure that everything is set correctly in the registry.

I run the asus board you mentioned (A7V333R) with the new via drivers and a soundblaster Audigy. Works 100% and it worked when I have an SB Live and an asus a7m-266 (that was amd/via chipset though )

Once again ... I am sure I was the last one to see this. I like it Philipp - it really ties the site together. [Edit] I miss the "lightbulb" feature. [/Edit]

Seen this over at /. and thought it was fairly funny. http://www.ddj.com/documents/s=7453/ddj0208q/0208q.htm

I would left it alone and used it as a mouse hand massager!

Quote: Anyway what does it matter... We are not in the business of designing new mices Agreed, but if you use V=i*r you must also account for Rwire or Ranythingthathasresistanceinthepath and thats what the voltage will be measured across. The current is what matters in this situation. If it is a voltage supply, the current will be V/R where R can be anything that has been altered by the short. It all depends on how much current the supply can source. If it is a current supply there will still be voltage as the wire to ground can have resistance, though very little, the current will spike. This is the problem that a short circuit produces. Large currents over little resistance.

But that would most likely burn out the port. And the port isnt capable of supplying a huge amount of current anyways, as the transfer only read voltage levels, not currents. It only needs enough to supply the line with square waves. The sourcing current is only 20mA - 25mA (per pin) but a prolonged exposure may burn out the mouse's internal compnenets though, depending on their specs.

Heh - I took a class on Novell Networking and it was part of my Computer Engineering course. It was easy enough, but very useful. There are still alot of businesses that use novell 3/4/5 that need support too. NWAdmin is super easy to use, server install is a breeze (as long as you've figured out you tree structures and volumes), server setup done via NWAdmin on a client workstation (or filer - anyone remember that?) nice and graphical, but the rights can be confusing as there are many different types fo rights, that what I had the most trouble with anyways. But once you try it a couple times and see how the rights trickle and how the filters work, you should be all good B. I'm sure you will do fine. The only thing I wasnt really to keen on was the labs. They were half-cocked at best. The last print server lab was a nightmare.

Quote: How can a mouse melt? they get 5V's and what .1 mA's This prooves it bad engineering can create miracles. I know!!! Thats what I didnt understand. How does something start to melt when there is hardly any circuitry and any 'harmful' currents comming in?

YEAH!!! Very funny indeed. Thanks for that one "...and you know they are good cause you played them on the PC 5-6 years ago" Did anyone notice that Photoshop whisper in there???

Well - heres one that may be hard to beleive - and I may be ridiculed , but here it goes... Working at a tech support/high speed dealer/ service department for computers at a stationary store. I was usually on the phone about 60% of the work day, the same with my colleagues. This lady calls in, she sounds old, she doesnt know what she's doing. Probably. So anyways she starts explaining to me that her mouse is hot. Hot to the touch. I hesitate for a second and say "Hot? What do you mean?" She explains how she just turned on the computer and her mouse is hot. I dont understand, she's obviously exaggerating the truth. So, I cover the mouthpeice on the phone and say to one of my co-workers "Hey - this old lady thinks her mouse is hot" (meanwhile thinking this is ridiculous) and he turns to me and says "Is it a Trekker?" So - I entertain his question and ask her if it is a trekker. She says yes. She stops by later and we replace the mouse and I ask my co-worker how he knew that. This is where it gets iffy. Apparently, Trekker has stated somewhere that the environment in central saskatchewan is not good for their mouses. I opened it up and sure enough it was starting to melt. Now - I am still in a little disbelief about the whole thing, but there could be some truth to it, but I just boiled it down to crappy mouses. ...just thought it was an amusing anecdote.

My cell phone gets a laugh when I bring it to electronic stores with me. Salesman: "Hey - can I see your phone?" Me: "Sure ... why wh..." Salesman:"Hey you guys c'mere chk this out - a nokia 100." **calling to coworkers** Me: "F*ck you a$$hole"

Quote: hello! I installed Ok MS OFFICE 2000 Premium in WinXp but when I want to run Office applications crash all. Word, Excel, Acces etc are opened for few seconds and after that are closed. Help me to fix the bug. Thank you !! Cristache That is a problem with a pirated version. After installing service packs for office this will happen, and possibly I think that windows update for XP will do this as well. Buy it, or if you have contact MS and get them to fix the problem. Im 99% sure that it has a problem with the key being legit

Bought a NGC - rented luigi's mansion - rapped it - nuff said Waiting for metroid

Yea - I have started to notice the crap that they have been putting out - but I have seen C.P.U. (Computer Power User) that is actually a really decent mag in replacement. (I just got all excited when I seen it cause we dont get much cpu mags here in saskatchewan - either that or jdulmage is taking them all )

A little late, but happy birthday (was out all weekend getting frigged for your birthday)

I always chuckle when at help desk, and you ask customer to bring in their computer, and tehy say "Ok - so ill just bring in the hard drive then."