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Check out http://www.aten.com/ for your KVM. I have stopped using all other brands after trying a couple ot theirs. Excellent quality, and the smaller units come with the cables supplied which saves quite a bit. On their website at the moment they are advertising a dual view (as in two...

Hi Tea, apparently Westan have 20 of the 19" Mitsubishi monitors in Perth (don't ask me why they are there) however they wanted $50 (each) to bring them back to Melbourne. I have just got one of the LG 19" T910B monitors in to try out so I'll let you know what I think. As for the beautiful...

I believe the connector you are referring to is not the new 4 pin square connector used on virtually all new motherboards but the one that looks like one half of an AT motherboard pair. This is great, I cannot remember ever using this connector and it has always been a pain to cable tie neatly...

Personally I think if you are looking for a power supply for a dual Opteron system with all the other stuff you listed, your third priority shouldn't even be there. Have a look at this review (I know, I know you all don't like Toms Hardware...) but it does list a wide range of brands. I would...

Another think you can try is ask around at any of the established computer dealers in your area if they will offer a discount for the direct purchase of parts without being assembled in the shop. I have several clients who build PCs for family and friends, they e-mail me the parts they want, I...

I am also using Ghost images for client machines, which is savng a lot of time in removing scumware. I came across these a few days ago (@ Toms Hardware) http://www.radixprotector.com/index.htm has anyone had any experience with these or similar? If they work as well as advertised they could be...

I don't know about everyone else, but I seem to be spending 80% of my time these days cleaning computers infected with scumware. I got even more depressed after I received my weekly e-mail from WindowsSecrets.com. Here is an extract: Here is the full e-mail article...

Try the "Spacedec" range here: http://www.atdec.com/ cheers mangyDOG

I thought the FX chips supported Registered memory allowing you to run the PC with more that 4Gb of Ram, eg: 8 or 16Gb in some of the Tyan Skt940 workstation boards. Cheers mangyDOG

If you use MS Outlook, I have found SpamBayes to be almost perfect, and if you have kept a pile of spam in your deleted items you can train it instantly. I haven't had a single legitimate e-mail deleted since I started using it and only get one or two "maybe spam" messages per week, all the rest...

The download page is operational again. On a side note, hotmail treats e-mail from the 64bit download page (which has the download link and keycode) as spam. I was waiting for ages before figuring out that I should look in my junk mail folder! Cheers, mangyDOG

Is it just me or is the link to register to download broken at the moment? Cheers, mangyDOG

Version 6 is fine but only if you use the basic version, the full version is like driving with the handbrake on... cheers, mangyDOG

JoJo, Just confirming you mean Adelaide in Australia? If so check out these companies: TPG = Fairly cheap, fairly average customer support - OK if you know how to fix your own problems. http://www.tpg.com.au/products_services/adsl_pricing.php?type=residential NetSpace = As TPG...

I just sold my first Samsung 1450 printer last week, good solid construction similar to my Xerox or old HP printers, toner is fairly inexpensive and with a 3 year onsite warranty its hard to fault.

Just of interest, Ad-Aware, everyones favorite spyware nuker can cause problems restarting windows after running a scan. There is a fix for this, see my thread in Tech Support... cheers, mangyDOG

Ok found the problem and fix... The problem is that Ad-aware buggers up some items in the registry. This is a fault in Ad-Aware so care should be taken with using this program. Thankfully the fix is relatively straight forward. The Fix: Boot the computer off your Windows XP CD into the...

Not a virus. I have plugged the HDD into one of my PCs and scanned it. Prior to running Ad-Aware it was starting correctly, just had spyware on it, now I cannot stay logged in...

Senario: Windows XP Home computer infested with spyware, one user with no password so computer boots to desktop with out stopping at the user selection screen. Boot into safe mode, install Ad-aware and latest reference file (2nd June) Run Ad-Aware, nukes spyware but unable to remove one file...

Some very useful tools, many for removing browser hijacks is available here: http://www.spywareinfo.com/~merijn/downloads.html HijackThis is a particularly useful tool that shows you all relevant registry entries for Internet Explorer startup, allowing you to selectively nuke items missed by...

This should work (and it gives you a backup if it doesn't), you will need a spare hard-drive. It is a bit of stuffing around, but since when has dual booting been easy??? 1) Ghost Image (or other HDD imaging program) your entire drive (both XP and 98 onto a spare hard-drive). 2) Wipe your...

What brand of hard-drive is it? cheers, mangyDOG

Hi Tea & Merc, I don't know why you don't like Pinnacle. I have been using it for a few years now on several different computers and have had very few problems. Studio 8 with the lastest patch seemed rock stable to me, I am able to capture and edit at full DV quality monster 60Gb five hour...

I don't know if any of you are into Formula 1 Racing. I had never been to a GP before but I actually won some tickets from AMD so what the hell! You will have to put up with my blurb lovin AMD on the web page, I was feeling very grateful when I wrote it...

When I was at uni and having to type 23/7 to get assignments finished I ended up with RSI to the point where I couldn't even hold a pen. A week after changing to a "natural" KB the RSI was noticably better and within a month had gone completely. I now have them on every PC I use. :wink...

I haven't tried this model myself but I am happy with my standard VGA unit. http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Merchant_Id=&Section_Id=201729&pcount=&Product_Id=160592 The price seems a bit steep but you get that with new designs :-? Cheers mangyDOG

Jan 2003: Server: Mobo = ASUS Slot 7 (cannot remember model but super stable) CPU = Athlon700 Mem = 512Mb PC133 (Legend) Cards = Adaptec 2940UW Pro SCSI adaptor, TNT2 m64 graphics card, 3Com 100mbit NIC. Drives = 1*9Gb IBM 10k drive, 1*9Gb Seagate 10k drive, 1*40Gb WD400BB, 1*24xSCSI CD-ROM...

Instead of mucking around removing (and re-adding) plugins for Acrobat reader why not just use the basic version as opposed to the full version of reader. The basic versions opens up in <5secs on an old P2-400 with 4Gb drive, not to bad. I admit you are still stuffed if you are using the full...

Second Copy looks interesting with the ability to keep up to 25 archived versions of a file, very useful if someone screws up a document and saves it over the top of the correct version. I'll be very interested to hear how your tests go. Cheers, mangyDOG

I have been using the ASUS A7V8x_MX for quite a few office machines. This uses a new VIA integrated graphics chip and it works well for all office apps. I have fired up a few games and providing they are the older type (Civ etc) these also work well. The only problem I have encounted with this...

I forgot to add that the DB size in standard Thumbsplus is a max of 2Gb and recommended to be less than 1Gb, however SQL is supported which allows unlimited DB sizes. Cheers mangyDOG

Did you try doing this with ThumbsPlus 6 using the Commander utility which is a separate (small) download which allows you to run batch tasks from a command line without actually opening the main program? http://www.cerious.com/tpcommand.shtml I use Thumbsplus quite a bit (my photo collection...

I have had exactly this problem. To fix it, I set up the Win2k server to be running a dns server and made sure the winXP box has the ip address of the server as its primary dns server... (at least it worked for me when I did that) Cheers, mangyDOG

Have you tried either of these??? http://iceberg.pchomeworld.com/cgi-win/mobotGen/mobot.asp or http://www.motherboards.org/moboidtools.html cheers, mangyDOG

I use Easy MD5 which works fine on all versions of windows I have tried (XP, 2K, 98se). http://web.utk.edu/~mmurph13/bssite/ Cheers

The promise controller on the motherboard works just fine and I haven't had any problems with using the Seagate drive other than it is really really slow. My old WD400BB drive kicks its butt and my WD600JB drive leaves it for dead. This is why I need info on the new WD-JD drives, as far as I can...

Has anyone used the new WD JD SATA drives? Or seen a good review? I am thinking of getting a couple for myself but after my experience with a Seagate SATA drive :( I bought at the start of the year I am going to look before I leap... :wink: If I do get them I will be using them on the...

The last joke thread is still out there somewhere, but at 5+ pages long it was getting a bit big so here is the start of a new thread.... A bit long winded but so was the original Abbot and Costello joke. For all you computer store people. :wink: ABBOT: Ultimate SuperDuper Computer...

I know this is really obvious ( :wink: ) but is the tickbox for "extend my desktop to X monitor" ticked? (in Display Properties | Settings ) It is not a hardware problem as you are able to see the boot sequence on both monitors so it must be a setting in display properties. One other item to...

Couple of other changes I have now noticed: - you lose one serial port in exchange for a s/PDIF out jack. - sound chip has changed (don't know if it is better or worse)

Just hooked up my first A7V8X-X (been using the A7V8X and A7V8X-GBlan). The only changes of note are the chipset is now KT400a (up from the standard KT400) and you loose the additional jumper cable for USB ports 5&6 :-? Other than that, it is a straight forward and easy motherboard to use.

I have had a quick play with the Legend CF cards in my Canon A60. The cards themselves are completely plain with nothing but a serial number and a B&W Legend brand sticker ( which looks printed on an office laser printer ). I also got in a Legend multimedia card which is marked with Infineon...

Wow Tea! That zoom is unbelievable!, You will have to zoom out to fit the bird sitting on the twig 500m away into the frame... It will be great to see some shots once you have time and some decent weather...

I just got my first digital camera a few days ago, Canon A60. Nice little unit and the pictures seem quite good (haven't tried any serious photos yet.) I've just ordered some CF cards from Legend, at <$200AU including GST for the 512Mb version it seemed like a good price. I will let you know how...

I use sound cards in the following way: 1) Play music in office or home environment on standard 2 or 2.1 speakers = Onboard (generally Realtec AC97) sound chip 2) Gamers who want EAX sound and are using 4.1 or better speakers = SB Live 3) Serious music listeners or serious gamers = Audigy2...

Does anyone know where I can get two of these: Seagate ST34573N Seagate Barracuda 9LP 50 pin SCSI interface 4.55Gb They must be this model and I need two. They are for a (very expensive) image setting machine and they are connected using a backplane so I am fairly sure I cannot use a 68to50...

Check out the full story... Here is the final Quote: WD's drive, however, delivers single-user performance that matches and even exceeds not only 10k RPM SCSI but also that of 15k RPM units. It is the answer to many years of prayers from power-users and enthusiasts worldwide. I wonder how...

Why not just compress the whole lot? I use Winrar 3.11 with a batch file set to run everynight at 3.00am (set as a service in WinXP but also possible in Win9x) the code I use is: "C:\Program Files\WinRAR\WinRAR.exe" a -r -rr -v699m -ag+YYYY-MM-DD "F:\Backups\_-archive" @backup.lst a = add to...

I have sold a few PC's using the GeF4 MX440-SE chipset and these have used DDR memory but with a 64bit instead of 128bit memory interface. They pulled about 5000 in 3D mark with Athlon1800+ processor which I though was OK. I only use them in really "office" systems where the customer might play...

Back to Mercutio's problem... I have had a similar experience, but the PC had so much spy and ad ware that I just figured the OS was screwed by the amount of crap installed. (System tray reaches the start button in 640*480 :eekers: ) I felt fully justified in using format c:... Did you...