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Use Nero too, but 6. Works with 2003. Dr G

David: If they work, let us know, and, how well they work.. GS

"As for drives, I will agree, that most of the time you can take them with you through an upgrade cycle or two. SCSI raid card, less so because of drivers: Multiple companies are starting to orphan their cards. I have an old adaptec SCSI card that they orphaned at Windows 2003 (I was quite...

I posted this for a couple reasons. I noticed a bunch of guys that said going from 1.8 ghz to 2.6 ghz in either a dual core 185 or FX amd processor didn't seem like that much of a jump, and, it was an expensive upgrade. Others said it was a big jump. My thinking was the processor(s) might be...

David: How can you tell? Don't really see it in Task manager... Dr G

Because I bought the dual Xeons before dual cores were made... Dr G

Hi I've noticed a number of intresting items that I might take advantage of to speed things up. First: X5DA8 dual 2.8 Xeon mobo and system. I noticed LSI makes a raid card for the onboard scsi. I'm currently using a Megaraid 320-1 to raid my 5 drive SCA box. I'm considering picking up the...

"I wish Eugene the best too. SR is the place where we all met first afterall. The MBF trully killed the site. That and the lack of new stuff on a regular basis." I do that with my worst enemies, so I can cut the bonds in any form between them and myself. Worked for me... Dr G

Alcatel 1000 ADSL. Gives me 1.4 mb/sec, and, it's been here years. I have a static IEP, works fine. Dr G

A 180 would give you 6 drives fixed in the lower bay. You could use the front mounted slots for 3-4 drives with removable caddies for storage. Advantage is you wouldn't be using the storage drives all the time, and, you wouldn't have the wear on them as well. Two drives for boot, raid 0, 3...

HMMMM. I've used the SCSI version of the 5 drive hot swap bay, and, replaced the fan with a Vantec Stealth, IIRC. The original fan was industrial strength, and, built like a tank. Sounded like one as well. I don't remember the fan being a special size... No alarm problems, either...

Well, so far so good. Hendrix works, where before it didn't. Now, if it will clean up my Temptations Live stuff, I'll be in 7th Heaven... THANKS AGAIN Dr. G

Yes and yes. THANK YOU. DR GREG

VISTA=2007ME? Dr. G

VISTA=M.E.? Dr. G

Well, now Apple doesn't have any excuse for their sucky software. Just shows they aren't that good at writing software, period. Dr. G

Just burned my favorite Jimi Hendrix smash hits again. Every other time, All Along the Watch Tower screws up. Can't wait to see if it works in the car tomorrow... Dr. Greg

Splash: You hitting the sauce again;-)?? Does Vista have a server version, and, is it as bad as everyone is saying Vista is? Also, is the hardware you had problems with install on the same as my Dual Xeons with Supermicro motherboard, X5DA8? So dual xeons 2.8 ghz are too slow for Vista...

I suspect when David gets done with it it looks, and runs like either 2003/XP. On his machine, it probably runs like 2003 on mine. Dr. Greg

When I just copy the disks, it appears that they put in bad sectors, or weak sectors, that when copied, are inferior to the original disk. Do these programs correct, remove, fix, such weak areas? Thanks Dr G

Not to hijack this thread, but is there a CD ripper/burner that will cleanup a CD, for copying, or burning, to another CD? Some of the originals that I have just aren't that good. Anyway to cleanup some of the old concert CD's, etc. ?? Thanks Dr. Greg

Apple releasing beta software? I'm shocked they aren't charging 129 dollars for it. I tried it for about 10 minutes, then thought better of it. I've despised Apple for the 'OS of the month' upgrade, the constant program upgrade costs, and, the poor quality, nuetered hardware. Other then that...

I think the message from David is given a server class machine, and the fastest processors on the market, it's fine. That's nice to know.

WOW: That's really bad. So far, the only program I can't install on 2003 server is Microsoft Encarta Encyclopedia. It wants to change a system file, and, 2003 won't let it, so it deinstalls. I can live with that, considering what I paid for it, and, that the updates have set on the disk, as...

I don't. I've noticed a REAL big jump in speed with a Raid 0 dual drive boot. I suspected that maybe the new minimum for Vista? ;-) Dr. G

David. Do you boot from a Raid 0 with two raptors? Dr. G

I've used some of this stuff to tweak 2003: http://www.speedguide.net/read_articles.php?id=1404 http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Gaining-Speed-Empty-Prefetch-XP.html Dr G

Awesome! Got it. Dr. Greg

David: I may be my eternity/eternally grateful for that 5 lic. 2003 Webserver OS. I just installed it on my server box, and, with tweaks, I forgot how quick an OS could be. It allows the memory tweaks from 2000 Pro, which give it an edge on XP, I think. Is Vista as tweakable as 2000 Pro/2003...

Hi Any idea WHY Vista is such a dog, speedwise? From what I gather, you can turn it back to XP, pretty much, so, what keeps it running so slow? Thanks Dr. Greg

e_dawg: What version of Outlook are you using? How do you backup your database, contacts, schedules? Anyway to back up to an external hard drive, flash drive, phone, PDA? Thanks Greg

ROFL!!! Plus 1 GS

Got that. However, the guy prior to me had NEVER had a functioning computer, nor did I. For some reason, this was OK with the principal. Our job function required us to enter attendance data by computer, have access to district email, and, as I'm sure you know, just because you are a Special...

http://www.panasonic.com/business/toughbook/semi-rugged.asp?cm_re=1.1-_-Product3-_-Toughbook%2051 I've got the 51, and love it. GS

I SO love that corporate lock down stuff. Worked at Cabrillo School District in Half Moon Bay, and, apparently, their idea of a functioning computer and mine took awhile to cross. Took bringing in my own machine. I was so demanding, wanting working USB and floppy drives... GS

WHOOPS! my bad... GS

Problem is, Outlook 2000 doesn't seem to follow the same paths that 2007 does, in other words, the paths aren't the same... GS

HMMM. 2003 server on two machines, and, XP on the laptop. Using Nod32 on the 2003 server installs, and the laptop. Have in the past used Trendmicro Penicillin but, got out in 2005 or 6. It was slowing things down even then. Used McAfee, since it was free, for awhile, for the GF going with...

I think I'm going to give this a try. Would be nice not to have to worry about loosing everything, or backups... GS

HMMM. Now I'm kind of angry I got rid of the 1997 version of office I had... GS

17PPM us too slow??? GS

It could be worse. My friend bought a 600 dollar laptop, and, by the time he checked out, it was a 1200 dollar laptop, with, pretty much, NO software. The charges were mainly for installing anti spam and anti virus software, and paying for it, when actually the price should have been lowered...

Hi I just lost my system, thanks to my own novice experience with Megaraid, and drive replacement, not to mention how to turn off the drive alarm. That said, it's made me rethink my solutions. Prior, and current, I've got about 3 Palm Pilot III's, and one VII, and, have in the past, used Palm...

Thanks for the suggestions. After loosing most everything in my address book, I'm real tempted to try the above suggestions, and programs. Thanks Mercutio. GS

Anything wrong with the old HP 4000-5000 series? I see them around for cheap, and, they have a duty cycle around 23000 pages, IIRC. New universial driver seems to work, and easy. GS

Use Outlook, and set an event? They always make noise, and pop up with a delay reminder... GS

A64 6000+ @ 3.75Ghz, GF 7950GT @ 650/1500, 4GB DDR2-1000, Gigabyte GA-M57SLI-S4, 3Ware 9650SE-16ML, 2x 74GB Raptors, 3x 36GB Raptors, 6x 750GB 7200.10s, Lian-Li PC-V2000Aplus II, 2x Samsung SATA DVD-RW, Auzentech X-Plosion 7.1, WinTV PVR-250, Seasonic M12 700W, Logitech G15, Razor Copperhead...

Thanks. The information is great, as is the AVG free version, and, an anti-spam program from another thread. I lost the installed copy of NOD 32, and, I'm waiting for them to get back to me. Meanwhile installed AVG. One thing about NOD 32 is for the life of me, they don't have easy access to...

Well, through my own stupidity, ended up installing 2003 Server on my server box. Took awhile, mainly do to my lack of knowledge of Megaraid software, and, how to get logical drives back up, and 'online' and working. The really simple problem, of taking a drive, and mounting it under...

Didn't help. GS