Lotus

Also, the video card I am using on this machine is an Intel 82810E.

Upon closing and re-opening, the IP WAS the one I last pinged. Strange, it was the 127.0.0.1 the last time. Oh well, all is good with it!

Well, I'll tell you, from a users stand point, TABS are a great thing. I think that adding tabs would make the program a little more stylish. I LOVE the idea of adding a notification/warning message stating that the IP/name your pinging is down/offline. If you added along with that message the time it went down, it would be extremely handy. To be able to toggle that option on and off with a checkbox is a great idea as well. So far the one thing I noticed (bug related?) is that when I minimize and hide screen, the names of the icons on the desktop hide as well =) Easily brought back by clicking them. But still, thought you should know. I would also like to see the program remeber IP address I recently pinged. I notice if I shut it down and the restart it, the IP defaults back to 127.0.0.1. Maybe even add a drop down menu for IP's/names you have pinged. It would be just a convenience option. I'll give you more comments soon, got to get back to work! Regards, Scott / Lotus

It's currently running without any problems. I like what you've done with it. The timed pings are working as they should, and the log file is just what I needed. I have a couple idea's for you, not sure how easy it would be to implement them. I'll test it for another day or so, then give you my thoughts. But so far so good! Thanks for doing it so quick!

I guess the first thing I need to know is where do I find a free compiler that has good features? And second, where do I go to get started learning? There are lots of sites, but what do you all use. I want a site that gets updated frequesntly, maybe one that has a good Delphi forum etc.. Thanks

Thanks for taking the time to do this APK, I appreciate it. This is going to come in extremely handy for me, and others I would imagine.

Sounds really good! I can't wait to try this out! 60 120 180 240 300 360 420 480 540 600 660 720 780 840 900 960 1020 1080 1140 1200 1260 1320 1380 1440

If I understood what it is you wanted, then here is your answer. 1034310 total minutes (60 + 61 + 62 + 63 ... + 1430 + 1440) Is this what you wanted APK?

I will gladly do the minutes for you as well as test the app. Feel free to e-mail me when you want to get started on the testing. In the meantime, I'll get you your minutes. lotus@prexar.com

Quote: Let me know the exacts on it, sounds like you want an hourly counter & test of connection type of pinger... mine is not far from that & I could add a feature like that in pretty easy I think, bit of math on 1 minute timers work + a variable that acts as a counter for the number of hours to do ping checks in question. Quote: Is there any freeware out there that would do this for me, or would a batch file be the way to go with windows task manager. It will be used from a Win2k System (SP4) Thanks for your recommendations! Yes, there might be... I can add that into my pinger pretty easy now that I think about it! * Put it this way, there might be one... for Win32, & pretty soon! Good idea for another app of mine to modify to do that exact function! APK Yes an hourly counter to check if our server is online. It would be great if it could write the results to a log and have those results timestamped. If you find the time to do this, let me know!

Quote: Quote: Quote: What about just putting this in a .bat file and running it as a scheduled task? Code: ping -n 5 www.yahoo.com >> c:\log.txt That was what I tried to begin with. Doesn't work. Just flashes the .bat on the screen for .2 seconds then closes. No ping is done, no log is created. Thank you for your reply though. Strange, it worked perfectly for me. -bZj I found where my problem was. Now it's working as it should. Is there a way to timestamp the log?

Quote: What about just putting this in a .bat file and running it as a scheduled task? Code: ping -n 5 www.yahoo.com >> c:\log.txt That was what I tried to begin with. Doesn't work. Just flashes the .bat on the screen for .2 seconds then closes. No ping is done, no log is created. Thank you for your reply though.

Thanks for the reply, but it looks to only run under *nix OS's.

Ok here is the run down. I have a fellow employee who went to print from her e-mail client today and the left side of the print out was cutoff by 3 chars. It is also happening when printing from a website. When printing a test page or a document from word or excel everything works as it should. I recall there being a file or two that are shared for both e-mail and IE, anyone know what the dll file is called. I can't remember. I am going to go and update her windows/IE, then re-install her printer and if that doesn't work, re-install her e-mail client. (Currently Incedimail) If neither method fixes the problem I was going to start looking for and replacing corrupt shared files. She says the problem just started and no programs were installed and no settings changed. It's a problem I've never seen before. Anyone ever experienced something like this or heard of a problem like this?

What date and version are shown in device manager for your ACPI? I am just doing a comparison, cause I think there is something wrong somewhere in my system. Date: 11/14/1999 Version: 5.0.2183.1 I was told I should either have a tab for ACPI or APM under my power options in control panel. I have neither. My computer is a work computer and isn't really that old. It's a Dell Dimension 933r PIII. I was told that my system not shutting down or restarting (Just freezes after saving settings) was probably tied in with ACPI. Is there maybe a newer driver for this I just don't have? I remember being told ACPI can only be installed during a fresh OS install. True? Thanks

Quote: 10/1/2002 5.2.3790.0 That version looks like Windows Server 2003...yes? The shutdown problem has been present since SP3 hit. I have done a complete re-install of Win2k but as soon as I install SP3 it starts freezing on shutdown. Oh well, I'll keep researching it. And yes I keep up-to-date with Windows updates.

I am still getting that "WORK_THREAD_RETURNED_AT_BAD_IRQL" error and it's happening every few minutes it seems now. I had it do it again while my desktop was loading. SO...if I can't find the problem via debugging, I will troubleshoot services and device drivers. I can do the drivers no problem, but I need to know what services I NEED running under my given circumstances. I am on a small Network (need server access) My printer is shared I need web/e-mail access (Via cable modem from our server) I think thats it. If everything runs smooth I will add stuff back one by one and see if I can manually trace where this problem is stemming from. If you need a recap on my problem, go Here

Quote: The Edit DWORD Value dialog box appears. This can hold a value from 0 to 50,000. Microsoft recommends a value of 36000 to start with if you get the error described. So, type 36000, and then click OK. You will need to reboot to effect the change. Hmmmm...I have a value of 110592 right now...maybe thats part of the prob..I will change it to 36000 and see what happens. Thx for the reply.

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This is my error message during my everyday memory dumps. (Starting since SP3) I finally had time to write it down. STOP: 0x000000E1 Work_Thread_Returned_At_Bad_IRQL Address 80421FB0 base at 80400000 Datestamp: 3ee6c002 - ntoskrnl.exe Does the error message mean anything to anyone? It was the reason I asked about multiple devices sharing IRQ's.

Ok some good news I guess. I downloaded the new debugging tools and it works much better. Have it set to download the sybols I need on demand. This is what I got when debugging the dmp file: ******************************************************************************* * * * Bugcheck Analysis * * * ******************************************************************************* WORKER_THREAD_RETURNED_AT_BAD_IRQL (e1) Arguments: Arg1: 80421fb0, address of worker routine (do ln on this to find guilty driver) Arg2: 00000002, IRQL returned at (should have been 0, but isn't). Arg3: fcb40a68, workitem parameter Arg4: fcb40a68, workitem address Debugging Details: ------------------ FAULTING_IP: nt+21fb0 80421fb0 8b442404 mov eax,[esp+0x4] DEFAULT_BUCKET_ID: DRIVER_FAULT BUGCHECK_STR: 0xE1 LAST_CONTROL_TRANSFER: from 80455a16 to 804191fa STACK_TEXT: WARNING: Stack unwind information not available. Following frames may be wrong. f0833da8 80455a16 fcb40a68 00000000 00000000 nt+0x191fa f0833ddc 80469bb2 804190f0 00000000 00000000 nt+0x55a16 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 nt+0x69bb2 FOLLOWUP_IP: nt+21fb0 80421fb0 8b442404 mov eax,[esp+0x4] FOLLOWUP_NAME: MachineOwner SYMBOL_NAME: nt+21fb0 MODULE_NAME: nt IMAGE_NAME: DEBUG_FLR_IMAGE_TIMESTAMP: 3ee6c002 STACK_COMMAND: kb BUCKET_ID: 0xE1_nt+21fb0 Followup: MachineOwner --------- kd> ln 80421fb0 As you can see it said to find the guilty driver do an "ln" command. Which I did and it came up with nothing. I don't know where to go from here...

Ok, I need to get this thread going again. The problem is getting worse and worse. I opened up Windows Debugger and then opened my memory.dmp file. Below is what was listed after opening: Thread Create: Process=0, Thread=0 DMKD: Unable to get address of debugger data list Module Load: D:\WINNT\system32\NTOSKRNL.EXE (no symbols loaded) Could not get address of KiProcessorBlock Module Unload: D:\WINNT\system32\NTOSKRNL.EXE Module Load: D:\WINNT\system32\NTOSKRNL.EXE (no symbols loaded) Module Load: HALACPI.DLL (no symbols loaded) Module Load: D:\WINNT\system32\BOOTVID.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ACPI.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: WMILIB.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: PCI.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ISAPNP.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: COMPBATT.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: BATTC.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: INTELIDE.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: PCIIDEX.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: FTDISK.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: DISKPERF.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: DMLOAD.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: DMIO.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: PARTMGR.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: MOUNTMGR.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ATAPI.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: DISK.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: CLASSPNP.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: FASTFAT.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: KSECDD.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: DNBUDF.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: NDIS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: MUP.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: IOMDISK.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: VIDEOPRT.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: I81XNT5.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: USBD.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: UHCD.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: OUSBEHCI.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: KS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: PORTCLS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: SBPCI.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: EL90XBC5.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: I8042PRT.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: MOUCLASS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: KBDCLASS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: FDC.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: SERIAL.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: SERENUM.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: PARPORT.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: CDR4_2K.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: CDROM.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: CDRALW2K.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: AUDSTUB.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: RASL2TP.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: NDISTAPI.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: NDISWAN.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: TDI.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: RASPPTP.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: PTILINK.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: RASPTI.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: PARALLEL.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: SWENUM.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: UPDATE.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: USBHUB.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: D:\WINNT\system32\OUSB2HUB.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: FLPYDISK.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: NDPROXY.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: USBSTOR.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: USBPRINT.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: USBSCAN.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: HIDPARSE.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: HIDCLASS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: HIDUSB.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: FS_REC.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: NULL.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: BEEP.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: VGA.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: MNMDD.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: MSFS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: NPFS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: RASACD.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: TCPIP.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: MSGPC.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: WANARP.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: NETBT.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: NETBIOS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: RDBSS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: MRXSMB.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: NTFS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: EFS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: DUMP_WMILIB.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: DUMP_ATAPI.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: D:\WINNT\system32\WIN32K.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: VCHNT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: CH7XXNT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: SIINT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ATV01NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ADV01NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ATV02NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ADV02NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ATV04NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ADV05NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ATV06NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ADV07NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ADV08NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ADV09NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ATV10NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: ADV11NT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: D:\WINNT\system32\I81XDNT5.DLL (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: SYMTDI.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: NETPROBE.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: AFD.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: WDMAUD.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: SYSAUDIO.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: PARVDM.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: FIPS.SYS (symbol loading deferred) Module Load: SRV.SYS (symbol loading deferred) cannot complete modload 0000ff50 Could not get address of KiProcessorBlock Finished re-loading kernel modules Kernel Debugger connection established for D:\WINNT\MEMORY.DMP Kernel Version 2195 Free loaded @ ffffffff80400000 Bugcheck 000000e1 : 80421fb0 00000002 fcb40a68 fcb40a68 Stopped at an unexpected exception: code=80000003 addr=ffffffff804191fa Hard coded breakpoint hit > Can anyone make sense of this? I am very new to debugging. I am still going to try and play around with this. But anyone with debugging experience would really be helpful. I just tried an LN command like so: > ln 80421FB0 and it said no symbols found. Going to try and find some symbols heh. Thought I downloaded them a month ago, but maybe I am mistaken. Any help is appreciated.

Is there an option in Outlook or an option in another e-mail client that can keep to accounts seperate (as far as keeping the mail for each account seperate) and requires you to log in so to speak. For example.. Start the e-mail client Log in to your account (No mail can be seen at this point) The mail displays for the appropriate account I am going to be sharing my computer with my girlfriend, but my e-mail from work is strictly confidential. Any such plugin, program, option out there?

Could be a number of things. Perhaps your PSU. That new worm also causes the system to reboot, or it did with my friends system. Checked for any conflicts? Is your version of windows updated?

Looking for a fast CPU, MOBO combo with 256 or so mem. If you have something for a "fair" price, please send me an e-mail @ lotus@prexar.com with some product and contact info so we can do some dealin'! Thanks