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My god I've spent years being ticked off at HD companies for not making an IDE 10K HD. However will this be a growing trend since the interface will be so much better, aka will we start seeing 12K and 15K drives? I doubt it! Frankly I think they'll keep the market divided with SCSI one place and SATA in another sure we'll have 10K RPM HDs but I think they'll keep the Hot Rod HDs expensive and on the SCSI Interface. -Christian

Code: SiSoftware Sandra Entire System Manufacturer : Compaq Model : Presario Version : 82h Serial Number : 3D8ACDQ9K09B Unique ID : 00000000-00000000-00000000-00000000 System Chassis Manufacturer : Compaq Can be locked : No Version : DSE2 Serial Number : None Asset Tag Number : No Asset Tag Boot-up State : Safe Power State : Safe Thermal State : Safe Security State : External Interface Locked-out System Mainboard Manufacturer : Compaq MP Support : No Model : 04D0h Version : X1.0 Serial Number : XX00000000 Memory Controller Error Detection Method : None Error Correction Capability : None Supported/Current Memory Interleave : 1-way / 1-way Number of Memory Slots : 2 Maximum Installable Memory : 512MB Maximum Module Size : 256MB Supported Memory Types : DIMM Supported Memory Voltages : 3.3V Physical/BIOS Memory Banks Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (RASL-0 RASL-2) : 65536MB FPM Parity ECC SIMM DIMM BEDO double-bank Compaq : Empty System Chipset Model : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS5597 CPU to PCI Bridge Bus(es) : ISA PCI USB L2 External Cache : 512kB pipeline-burst write-back Front Side Bus Speed : 1x 75MHz (75MHz data rate) Max FSB Speed / Max Memory Speed : 1x 100MHz / 1x 100MHz Logical/Chipset Memory Banks Bank 0 Setting : 64MB SDRAM 8-1-1-1R 6-2-2-2W 3-4-4CL Power Down Mode : No Fixed Hole Present : No PCI Bus(es) Version : 2.10 PCI Bus 0 : 32-bit PCI (38MHz) Multiplier : 1/2x LPC Hub Controller 1 Model : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS85C503/5513 PCI to ISA Bridge (LPC Bridge) ACPI PM Enabled : Yes Random Number Generator Enabled : No Speed Multiplier : 1/4x Speed : 10MHz USB Controller 1 Model : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS5597/8 Universal Serial Bus Controller Version : 1.00 OHCI Interface : Yes Channels : 2 Legacy Emulation Enabled : No Expansion Slot(s) ISA Slot ISA1 : ISA 16-bit 5V HalfLength PCI Slot PCI1 : PCI 32-bit 5V 3.3V FullLength Available PCI Slot PCI2 : PCI 32-bit 5V 3.3V FullLength InUse Port Connector(s) J23 - COM 1 : Serial Port 16550A Compatible - 9 Pin Dual Inline / DB-9 pin male J3 - Parallel : Parallel Port ECP/EPP - 25 Pin Dual Inline / DB25 pin female J9 - Keyboard : Keyboard Port - None / Circular DIN-8 male J9 - PS/2 Mouse : Keyboard Port - None / Circular DIN-8 male Performance Tips Notice N224 : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate. Tip T2505 : System does not support memory error detection. Some memory errors may go unnoticed. Warning W2507 : Mainboard has too few memory slots. Upgrading the memory may be difficult or expensive. Tip T2511 : Some memory slots are free so the memory can be easily upgraded. Warning W2520 : PCI bus speed is too high. Reduce FSB speed or FSB/PCI multiplier. Tip T2536 : System has no SMBus/i2c/BMB bus support. Tip T2 : For more information about tips, press F1 and scroll to the Tips section. SiSoftware Sandra System BIOS Manufacturer : Phoenix Technologies Ltd. Version : F0A0 Date : 09/08/98 Plug & Play Version : 1.00 SMBIOS/DMI Version : 2.10 ID No. : FC 01 00 (EE)PROM Size : 256kB (2Mbit) General Capabilities Can be Updated/Flashed : Yes Can be Shadowed : Yes Is Socketed : No Supports Plug & Play : Yes Supports ESCD : Yes Supports Enhanced Disk Drive : No NEC PC-98 Spec Compatible : No Power Management Capabilities Supports APM : Yes Supports ACPI : Yes Supports Smart Battery : No Boot Capabilities Supports Selective Booting : Yes Supports CD/DVD Boot : Yes Supports PCMCIA/CardBus Boot : No Supports LS-120 Boot : No Supports ZIP Boot : Yes Supports i2o Boot : No Supports FireWire/1394 Boot : No Performance Tips Tip T201 : System BIOS is old. Check for an update. Notice N224 : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate. Tip T207 : A SMBIOS/DMI 2.3 or later compliant BIOS is recommended. Check for a BIOS update. Tip T212 : BIOS can be shadowed so check whether it is. Warning W214 : BIOS is flash-able but surface-mounted. An unsuccessful flash may be fatal. Warning W208 : BIOS does not support the EDD (Enhanced Disk Drive) specification. Check for an update. Tip T2 : For more information about tips, press F1 and scroll to the Tips section. SiSoftware Sandra Processor(s) Model : VIA/Cyrix 6x86MII Co-Processor (FPU) : Built-in Speed : 225MHz Performance Rating : PR275 (estimated) Type : Standard Multiplier : 3x Generation : 6th (6x86) Model Information : 6x86MII (M2) PR300-450 2.2/2.9V Revision/Stepping : 0 / 0 (0 / 8 Cx) Caches Internal Unified Cache : 64kB synchronous write-back Host Interface Front Side Bus Speed : 1x 75MHz (75MHz data rate) Mainboard Upgradeability Socket/Slot : U24 Upgrade Interface : ZIF Socket Supported Speed(s) : 333MHz (or more) Supported Voltage(s) : 2.2V Features Co-Processor (FPU) Built-in : Yes Virtual Mode Extensions : No Debugging Extension : Yes Page Size Extension : No Time Stamp Counter : Yes Model Specific Registers : Yes Physical Address Extension : No Machine Check Exception : No Compare & Exchange Instruction : Yes Local APIC Built-in : No Fast System Call : No Memory Type Range Registers : No Page Global Enable : Yes Machine Check Architecture : No Conditional Move Instruction : Yes Page Attribute Table : No 36-bit Page Size Extension : No Unique Serial Number : No Cache Line Flush Support : No Debug Trace & EMON Store : No ACPI Technology : No MMX Technology : Yes Fast Float Save & Restore : No SSE Technology : No SSE2 Technology : No Self Snoop : No Hyper-Threading Technology : No Auto Clock Control : No IA-64 Technology : No DAZ Support : No Advanced Settings Performance Tips Warning W2501 : Lack of L2 cache greatly reduces performance. Install some. Tip T210 : Mainboard supports faster CPUs, so the CPU can be upgraded when needed. Notice N224 : SMBIOS/DMI information may be inaccurate. Tip T219 : A SSE(2) processor is recommended for modern multimedia applications and games. Tip T2 : For more information about tips, press F1 and scroll to the Tips section. SiSoftware Sandra Computer System Manufacturer : Compaq Name : COMPAQ COMPUTER User Name : Don Larson Processor(s) Model : VIA/Cyrix 6x86MII Speed : 225MHz Performance Rating : PR275 (estimated) Mainboard and BIOS Bus(es) : ISA PCI USB MP Support : No System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies Ltd. F0A0 Mainboard : Compaq 04D0h System Chipset : Silicon Integrated Systems (SiS) SiS5597 CPU to PCI Bridge L2 External Cache : 512kB pipeline-burst write-back Front Side Bus Speed : 1x 75MHz (75MHz data rate) Installed Memory : 60MB SDRAM Video System Monitor/Panel : MultiSync 50 Adapter : SiS 5597/5598 Physical Storage Devices Disk Drive : GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE01 Disk Drive : GENERIC NEC FLOPPY DISK CD-ROM/DVD : LITEON CD-ROM LTN301 Logical Storage Devices 1.44MB 3.5" (A:) : 1MB (0MB, 19% Free) (FAT) Hard Disk (C:) : 4.0GB (2.9GB, 72% Free) (FAT32) CD-ROM/DVD (D:) : N/A Peripherals Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 2 COM / 1 LPT USB Controller/Hub : SiS 7001 PCI to USB Open Host Controller USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub Keyboard : Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural Keyboard Mouse : PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port MultiMedia Device(s) Device : ES1869 Plug and Play AudioDrive Device : ES1869 Control Interface Device : Gameport Joystick Communication Device(s) Device : Rockwell HCF 56K Data Fax PCI Modem Printers and Faxes Model : Canon Bubble-Jet BJ-200e Model : Rendering Subsystem Model : Microsoft Fax Model : RingCentral Fax Operating System(s) Windows System : Microsoft Windows 98 Ver 4.10.1998 DOS Sub-System : Microsoft MS-DOS Ver 7.10 A Network Adapter(s) Networking Installed : No Adapter : Dial-Up Adapter

Hi El Vago, (what does that mean by the way?) I still don't know what version of IE and OE(Outloook Express) you have? That may be your problem, you could just have a really old version of IE and a new version of Netscape. Have you tried Mozilla? I think it's better than netscape, isn't it? Maybe not, can someone comment on this whose tried recent versions of both? By the way I don't recommend using anything, but IE for web based hotmail, because MS is a bunch of bastards and in their typical anti-competive style don't allow file attachment uploads from anything, but IE. I think Netscape can and should sue MS over that. Thanks, Christian

Hi Alec, Thanks for posting your niece. It's fun to see cute and cheerful little ones. I have two little nieces myself. I didn't get to visit when Makayla was born, because I had a lice infection, but I'll have to fly down there (from Sacramento, CA to Irvine, CA) soon. Your Buddy, Christian

Hi MarkTait, At the end of the week of weirdness did you happen to install an Instant Messenger Update? Instant Messenger as you probably already know uses the hotmail infrastructure for instant messaging. Also MSN Mess (yes I spelled that correctly has recently undergone many updates so that may be part of the problem. In any event I'm glad to hear things are working fine for you now. -Christian

Hi Curley_Boy, Windows NT 4 is a totally different OS than Windows 2000. Okay so Win2K is based on the NT platform, but they were working on Win2K for 5 years and as you might expect not much is the same. Whatever the reason I'm glad it's working for you. Yes Fat16 is a requirement however there is more than that to toy with in Windows 2000 or otherwise if you want sound and speed. Have Fun Playing Lemmings, Christian

Hi Jim and Mr. Guvernment, I just wanted to laugh, and say my solution is open source and multi-platform so there! No, seriously the program he has mentioned may be a better solution. I know what I described will work 100% of the time if your audio-out and audio-in features are set up correctly. The tool he mentioned will not. However in all fairness there is a downside to what I have recommended, I don't think that you'd be able to record surround sound using the method I've described, unless your card has surround -in (which I suppose would be at least two audio jacks) as well. Also my solution won't work if you have an S-PDif connector, however it may indeed work if you adjust my instructions for the newer interface. Adios Amigos, Christian

In Spanish: Hola el_vago32, Creo que su problema es algo muy chistoso para mi. Es posible que su problema está con la versión de Windows. Windows 95 B y menos viene con MS IE 3.02 o mas viejo y creo que a Microsoft no les importan si o no esta programas trabajan con sus sitios de la web. También estoy seguro que MSIE 2.X no puede abrir www.Microsoft.com! Es loco no? Es chistoso también. Adios Amigo, Cristián En Íngles: Hi el_vago32, I am not a fluent speaker of Spanish so please excuse me if that didn't make any sense gramatically or logically. Here's what I thought I wrote: I think that your problem is something very funny to me. It's possible that your problem is related to the version of Windows you have. Windows 95B and earlier come with MS IE 3.02 or older and I think that Microsoft doesn't care whether or not these programs work with their web sites. Also I'm sure that MS IE 2.X can't open www.Microsoft.com! It's crazy, no? It's pretty funny too! So Long Buddy, Christian

Hi Mr. Guvernment, Generally speaking streaming audio is secure data. Meaning that you can only hear it once or at least that's what the software developers would like. The best way to get around this type of security is to hack the drivers. I am aware of absolutely 0 popular programs that speak directly to Audio hardware in Windows. Almost all of these program use Direct Sound, which then speaks to the drivers, that in turn output sound through your hardware. If you have a popular audio card like something ISA bus from creative labs I wouldn't be at all suprised if you were able to find a some people that wanted to write an open source wrapper to record secure audio. However all that aside there are far simpler ways of doing it. You could buy a Male-Male audio cable. Take the Line out and plug it into the line in. While listening to your favorite shows you could then use any good audio recorder (Audacity is the best freeware option, Cool Edit Pro is the best commerical choice) and record the music. If you want to be able to hear the music at the same time you're listening to it you'll need to buy a splitter which is very common. Have fun recording, Christian

Hi Curley_Boy, I've gotten Lemmings II the tribes working in Windows 2000. However I don't seem to be able to do that today. I think my current troubles are related to a change in partition configuration. I am still trying to run it on a Fat16 partition though. If you want help with this I highly recommend writing the folks at alt.lemmings (newsgroup). Adios, Christian

Hi Lincster and Alec, I would imagine that you just need to install the Service Pack 5 runtimes on the system in question. Can you post a screenshot of the problem if that doesn't fix it? Also are you using only controls that come with VB or does your app integreate custom controls, because the problem may be related to the custom controls. I have written a number of VB 6 apps on 98 and NT, all of which run flawlessly on Win2K. In fact the VB development environment has never been as stable as it is on Win2K for me anyways. It may be that your application has some scaling code issues that are being manifested by an increase in your desktop resolution. Why don't you set your desktop to the same resolution, taskbar configuration, and color depth you had on NT and see if you app doesn't behave better. Good Luck, Christian

Hi Alec, Isn't kind of ironic that analog film is damaged and the magnetic solutions are A-Okay? One would think it'd be the exact opposite. -Christian

Hi Gang, Ranish Partition Manager can do this, but I agree what do you need to hide it for anyways? Is this part of a half-baked multi-boot strategy. -Christian

Hi Alec, As soon as I started reading the suggestion I knew it was you. I agree with everything you said right up until you recommended putting in the startup group. If you're going to share the computer with others you'd want to make your app as invisible and as fast as possible. I would add your application to HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run so that others probably won't even know it's running. The other thing I'd recommend is that you either make your application invisible or a tray application. If you're using VB I would use a Sub_Main rather than a form and use the Windows API sleep command rather than a timer. I'd then do something like the following Code: Select Case Hour(Now) Case 6 to 11 Shell strKAZAA_PATH, vbMinimizedNoFocusEnd Select Alec my guess is he can't program. I'll make you this application for $10 bucks if you don't know how to program. Do you want it hidden or to be system tray application? You can pre-pay via PayPal to Christian_Blackburn@Hotmail.com. I will send you your application with an installer and an options dialog ($10 bucks for the options dialog) if you want to be able to change the dates and times. If you want some application samples you could try www.Checkerz.net www.KazaaControl.com (note this is for Kazaa 1.X not 2.X, although it may work with 2.X as well) www.IPNotify.com Good Luck, Christian

Hi The Outrider, I don't know what OS you were having problems on, but you should really post all the steps you took in greater detail and submit it here so we have it in our database: Put the steps you had to take to make it work in the comments field THanks, Christian Blackburn

Hi Nebulus, Thanks for the Code. It would seem to me like I would have to learn some syntax to yet another proprietary language. Is GView/GhostScript WSYWIG? That's what I'm looking for is a freeware WSYWIG PDF creator. If there isn't one I'll just bag the whole thing. Being able to create searchable PDF files isn't that big of deal to me . Thanks for all the help, Christian

Hi HipShot that sounds like it would only be of issue to people running servers which you must be. I've never in my life made it that long without rebooting . Also do you know how to get the OS to reveal that? I know one of my utilities will tell me the uptime value, but can you get a it from a command prompt or something in Win2K? Thanks, Christian

Hi Gang, Personally I like the Adobe Acrobat Reader just fine aside from the "Are you sure you want to check for an update?" feature. I wish it'd just check and shut up already. Nebulus, I installed that MikTeX program and I don't see a working application after installing it. Sure there's a start menu group and it has some .exes in it, but they all seem to be configuration utilities, none of which appear to be a word processor. Here's what the start menu contains, I ran every last one of these: 01/12/2003 09:47p 478 DVI Viewer.lnk 01/12/2003 09:47p 474 MiKTeX Options.lnk 01/12/2003 09:47p 478 MiKTeX Package Manager.lnk 01/12/2003 09:47p 1,502 MiKTeX Update Wizard.lnk I ran Setup.exe v6.0.2800.1106 to install this program. Really I don't know what the distributor was thinking naming their downloadable binary setup.exe. That's just plain stupid. How many programs are named setup.exe? Oh I don't know a trillion! Come on it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that a self-extracting installer should be named with the program title and the version number: IP Notify 0.23.exe for example. Thanks for any and all help Nebulus. Has anyone else tried both GSView vs MikTeX? It sounds to me like I installed the wrong app. Also can I just use GSView/Ghostscript to make PDF files, I'm happy with the Adobe viewer? Is GhostScript the editor and GSView the viewer as the names would imply? Can I install one and not the other? Thanks Guys, Christian

Hi what's 7v? Do you mean 7 Days? Thanks, Christian

TechniQz, Why on earth do you want to use a DVD or any other modern hardware on NT4? Have you ever heard of Windows 2000? Try it, you'll like it. -Christian

Hi Adam, Yes I think that using someone's e-mail should count and possibly does qualify as unlawful impersonation 8) . Good point, although that could just be one of the additional counts they could stick a spammer with when they get caught. -Christian

Hi Hacker, Yes you're absolutely right about the e-mail address spoofing. When I worked at Microsoft some of the guys, I never found out who ;(, wrote me an e-mail as if it was from BillG@Microsoft.com which by the way, somewhat follows their naming conventions. For example my name was Christian Blackburn and my e-mail alias was Chribl@Microsoft.com. Basically it simply needs to be major offense to send out spam. It is a major crime, because so many people's time is wasted in the process. Just my two cents, Christian

Hi Gang, I need a program will replace all instances of a file on a drive or drives with a newer version if there is one. Does anyone know of such an app? Thanks, Christian Blackburn

Hi Alec, By the way it's a Checkers game and not chess. Sorry . I chose checkers, because this was my first major programming expedition and I knew the rules were simpler than chess. I like chess better too, but since I've had to play checkers so much while developing this I suppose in some ways I like it's simplicity better now . Chess is however a far superior brain exercise . Hey I came across a bunch of cool source code at www.SysInternals.com. You should definetly take a look at what they have available and consider incorporating some of that into your own programs. Some of the source is open in that manner and some is not so you would want to pay attention to their licensing requirements. http://www.sysinternals.com/ntw2k/source.shtml They even have the source for a defragmenter and a scandisk program. Cheers Amigo, Christian

Quote: They know how to make money! (I read a story recently about one guy living in like a mansion due to it) APK That doesn't surprise me one bit, there are an awful lot of stupid people out there. Although nothing scares me more, when one of my friends forwards me some ridiculous offer they were spammed :x . I worry about their ability to smell a rat and how that might cost them considerable time and money in the future . Oh and thanks for the lengthy reply about my programming. I'll respond to that in the morning . I'm off to snooze-ville for now x). Adios Amigo, Christian