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    Been using Password Safe from SourceForge for a...

    Been using Password Safe from SourceForge for a number of years. It's fairly small, free, and fits on a thumb drive so it's with you no matter where your location is (a necessity for me since I...
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    Browser Settings/ Pagefile

    How large is your Browser Temporary File Settings? Depending what they are at/ amount of browsing to different sites, these can become large if the default is high. To check:

    Internet Explorer,...
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    We typically use PWSafe to generate and store...

    We typically use PWSafe to generate and store passwords ( I've got ~200 different ones for various "applications") Typically use 8 to 16 character, UPPER/ lower, numbers and special characters. ...
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    WinXP Remote Connection Security?

    I'm using Win2K PCs and WinXP SP1 PCs with all the approved patches that the corporate IT deem as as required and use MS Remote Connections software to connect to similarly patched WinXP SP1 PCs. The...
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    Compaq Battery problem

    Youngest daughter's Compaq Armada E500 Laptop's battery died and would not take a charge so she went out and got another one. The message I got today was:

    This model had a recall back in 2000...
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    Thanks for all the replies.

    I'm just a "lowly PC user" here at work and had to finagle to get administrator privileges set up for me so I have no access to WinXP setup disks so the Recovery Option...
  7. 104456, Thanks for the prompt response. ...

    104456,

    Thanks for the prompt response.

    Yes, this was one of the best hits I found when I googled on the problem. Unfortunately, this doesn't correct it. When I remap the drive, somehow it...
  8. How to get XP to forget drive mapping passwords

    I'm logging onto a private LAN I have setup between a few PCs at work that recently were upgraded from WinNT 4.0 to WinXP SP1. In addition, I had to drive map to some other servers and my personal...
  9. I'm a little late in the discussion but Fred...

    I'm a little late in the discussion but Fred Langa recently covered this in his newsletter of what he tried and found. The following includes links from his 2004-3-22 emailing.
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    Or, move into the new age and use a CD to boot if...

    Or, move into the new age and use a CD to boot if you have a CD writer as outlined here.

    You may also need to go into the BIOS and set it up so it boots from CD before the HD.

    Been running...
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    I agree with Train, try a floppy created on the...

    I agree with Train, try a floppy created on the bad in another PC or read one of the bad floppies that won't read on the questionable machine on another box. Had a PB 486 do this once and all my...
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    My 160Gb WD 7200 RPM was $79 in the last month at...

    My 160Gb WD 7200 RPM was $79 in the last month at BestBuy after $90 in rebates with the necessary PCI card to go bigger than 130Gb on older mobo systems, $0.50/ Gb. Saw a 80Gb WD for $20 within...
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    Yes, as shown on page 19 of the manual (Rev 1.0...

    Yes, as shown on page 19 of the manual (Rev 1.0 manual that is, assume it's the same on Rev 2 which is probably what you have just installed).

    Let us know how it turns out.
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    I would guess that Windows was reinstalled on...

    I would guess that Windows was reinstalled on that system at one time and it went to a new directory. Seen it once before with a "c:\windows.000" on Win98 or Win95 setup in addition to the...
  15. wake up after screen saver kicks in takes a long time

    Lately WinXP Pro takes more time than usual to wake up once a I come back to the system after it has been idle and left on. It will show the basic desktop background for around 10 seconds before...
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    The newer ASUS board has it's IDE set up so you...

    The newer ASUS board has it's IDE set up so you can directly hook up the newer high capacity Ultra 133 HDs without needing a separate PCI controller card such as a Highpoint TX2 to access it.

    I...
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    Vernon, Is there a website out there that has...

    Vernon,

    Is there a website out there that has other little know "tricks" like the one above or were they just thing you learned long ago when there was only DOS available?
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    If you want an online "How to Network Anything to...

    If you want an online "How to Network Anything to Anything Else", try Johannes Helmig Network site,. He's tried about every combination of getting PC to talk together with lots of different OSs. He...
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    Terry, Wish I had seen this posting earlier as...

    Terry,

    Wish I had seen this posting earlier as I could have saved you some headaches. Went through this exact sort of problem about a year ago. Same conclusion: ZA Free doesn't support ICS. My...
  20. Thread: Buld or Buy?

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    The knowledge gained from building a PC is subtle...

    The knowledge gained from building a PC is subtle and hard to measure.

    Some people also have the notion that premades from Dell, etc. have better quality. My daughter "had" to upgrade last...
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    I had something similar to this at one time and I...

    I had something similar to this at one time and I had to match the Master / Slave setting to match the cable position for Win98: I had to have the Master setting at the end of the IDE cable, not the...
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    I've been running for almost a year on my sig PC...

    I've been running for almost a year on my sig PC with a 4Gb XP Pro Partition that still has 1.25Gb remaining. Programs are on a separate partition as is data and most of the swapfile with only 2Mb...
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    I like partitions simply as a way to organize...

    I like partitions simply as a way to organize where to look for something. It's sort of like keeping all your spare nuts and bolts in one big box in your shop. Sure you can find the one you want by...
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    That spec tells you there is a big difference in...

    That spec tells you there is a big difference in the sound, err, noise level. The decibel scale is logrithmic so that for every 3dB, sound power doubles. That 8 dB difference is over 2.5 times as...
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    Got up a little early this morning and installed...

    Got up a little early this morning and installed the PCI card and an IDE cable. Within 10 minutes, the PC was up and running. The Asus mobo recognized the Highpoint controller and noted that I had...
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