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A non-tech friend has asked me to set them up with EBooks. They barely have an email address and flip phones. To start I'll set them up with an account on one of the services, and add it to their Win8 laptop. Which service should they use? I use Google for no particular reason, but there must...

At the moment our baby monitor consists of the following chain: Sony SCam-30 in-ceiling microphone -> 10' speaker cable -> Axis P8221 Network I/O -> 50' CAT6 -> PoE Adapter -> Switch Then played on my wife's computer in the office, where the audio takes the following trip Computer -> 15' HDMI...

Looking for suggestions. Bought a Pyle system that is living up to its name. Base unit is on one room, antennas need to be relocated to another (10-foot extension on the antennas is enough). Ideally two mics, ideally less than $500, ideally doesn't require phantom power or a pre-amp. Thanks!

I did a 3D Scanner thread a while ago that touched on printing, but they really are different things. I'm considering a Rostock MAX v2 3D printer. Most kinds of plastic are supported (ABS requires the printer bed to be heated to maintain directional accuracy) and the print size is appreciable...

Helping a friend put together some numbers on building out a co-working space. One of the challenges is making a network where all the wired ports have access to the internet and shared resources, but not each other. I also plan on having two internet connections for reliability and speed. With...

Upgraded a site from a desktop 8-bay unit with an Atom CPU to a 10-bay rackmount unit with a 3.1Ghz i3 (much faster performance of course). Same IP, same server name, joined to the domain in the same way. With the previous unit, I could access a share with either the IP address (//192.168.0.3)...

Intel i7-4770 (4 cores, 8 threads, 3.4Ghz) Corsair CMD32GX3M4A2400C10 32GB Total (4x8GB 2400MHz) Gigabyte G1.Sniper5 2x XFX Double D 1Ghz R9-290X Samsung 840 Pro 512GB 3x Hitachi 3TB 7200RPM (0F12450) Corsair H100i CPU Water Cooler Corsair AX1200i Corsair 900D Windows 8.1 Pro

2x Xeon E5-2687W (8 cores, 16 threads each) 3.1Ghz Clock with a turbo to 3.8Ghz 2x Corsair Dominator GT CMT32GX3M4X1866C9 (8x 8GB DDR3-1866, 64GB Total) ASUS Z9PE-D8WS OCZ RevoDrive X2 960GB PSIe SSD (OCZSSDPX-1RVDX0960) nVidia Quadro NVS290 256MB PCI-E x16 2x ZALMAN CNPS11X Extreme HSF Corsair...

Breaking in a new server. I've assigned 40 1.7Ghz cores to the NaCL client. A 2981 takes about 3 minutes. Is this ok? This is in an Ubuntu VM under ESXi, and I have no idea where to find a "task manager" type application to view system utilization.

I was having a discussion with other people at another place, and I made a statement that I thought everyone would agree on. The response was quite the opposite, with everyone else stating that they were stunned at my opinion and refusing to discuss further. "Advertisements being effective is...

One of my clients operates a horse stable. We are coming into foaling season, and last year I set up an IP security camera so she could keep an eye out. It was just a simple AXIS IP security camera with audio and I gave her the IP address. Some of her friends voiced interest in seeing the video...

Anyone else considering it? Today only, $1500. The main thing I'm tempted by is the POV camera for pictures/video of the kid. Though I suspect that this is a fire sale of dev units before the much cheaper and better production units show up.

What are peoples thoughts on having machines running XP still in production after the EOL? Obviously this isn't ideal, but the opinions I've been reading run from "meh" to "omgwtfbbq". Sounds very Y2K to me. Do you think that XP machines behind a firewall running updated software will be...

Was working fine this morning (and for the last 7 years), then dropped while unattended. Each end has a Smoothwall firewall with VPN set up. Both ends have internet connectivity. Both ends show VPN as connected. Both ends have routes programmed. Tested with multiple devices, nothing on either...

My S3 did not survive the night. My 10-month old managed to knock it from the bedside table to the floor, and bits of the screen are starting to fall out. That such a small thing managed to break the phone would normally upset me, but this thing has taken enough hits up to now that I can't be...

There is a local drive on a Win7 computer that is TrueCrypt encrypted. Because of this, the share breaks every time the machine is rebooted. Once the drive is mounted, I need to share the drive (U:) as "U" with full access to a local user group "company users" I tried the "net share" command...

...although I'm hoping it is generic. Bluetooth annoys me. My wife and I get into each others cars with our cell phones, and specifying whose phone is tied in is a pain. The best I've found is this NFC-enabled BT-audio receiver that works exactly as advertised, but doesn't support phone anyway...

Anyone have one yet? I've ordered a Kinect that I plan to use with one of the many software packages out there. Designing things in SolidWorks is fun, but most projects I have in mind involve an interface to an existing object. If that shape is simple I can break out the digital calipers, but if...

I'm imagining this to mostly be a dialogue between JTR and I, but all input is welcome. It will probably conclude with me having JTR build something for me as he has in the past (happy customer). The outdoor wall lights are already installed and are 5000k (Lumark Crosstour), I'd like the ground...

It looks like the Note 10.1 currently being offered by Verizon is not the 2014 edition. In my role as Santa I've been tasked with securing several of these things. Google is not giving me what I want. Does anyone here have word on a release date for a 4G capable Note 10.1 2014? Thanks!

I just swapped out the FatPipe for a Netgear ProSafe SRX5308 Quad-WAN router. Working great. Only issue is that there is one service that I need to forward from the outside. Objective: Forward traffic on port 90 to internal IP address 192.168.0.18 Steps taken: 1. Under "Security"->"Services"...

The demand for a decent ESXi server is there, but the server room isn't. This will be sitting in a room with 8 people who talk on the phone all day for a living. I've already done all I can with the acoustics of the space in general, but this thing will be within 6 feet of a couple people no...

Finally managed to do an entire room at home with LEDs. Specifically: These LED tape lights (under the bed and above the acoustic panels) and these LED Floods (for the cans). Now the question: At the moment, I'm powering the LED tape with this power supply (non-dimmable). What I need is one...

Two monitors, and the secondary is a touchscreen. Win8. At the moment when you touch the second screen, it clicks the mouse on the primary. Does anyone know of software that can tweak this? Thanks!

I've clearly lost my touch with these things. Originally I ordered a Gigabyte GA-X79-UP4 and an Intel i7-4960X. System would power cycle at 1 second intervals forever. Suspected that the board didn't support the new i7 out of the box, I bought an i7-3820 CPU and an ASUS P9X79 Pro motherboard...

Which seems larger or more unfathomable to you, all of space or all of time?

I'm looking at doing something unconventional with a gaming machine, but it is dependent on being able to make a very flat PC with a top-end gaming card. That means manipulating the PCIe 16x 3.0 slot, ideally through a flexible riser, but a right-angle one would do if it were the correct height...

The Plex server installed on my Synology box worked perfectly, so long as you didn't ask it's poor CPU to do anything it couldn't. But now I want to transcode in realtime from HD to my phone. I installed the latest version of Plex Media Server on my workstation, and when I attempt to add a...

Specifically version 11 that shipped in the Vista era around 2007. It is the latest version supported by VMWare's vCenter Converter for P2V in situations where it can't pull from the live machine. Apparently VMWare also offers a boot CD that can do the conversion offline, but I can't get it...

A client has a server and doesn't know the password. I believe it is Server 2008 R2. It is currently running fine, but it would be nice to be able to log in. I have full access to the machine, so booting to a CD or other is possible. What is the current state of this sort of thing?

The new project I've been given (at 4PM on a Sunday) is to put together a system for providing plans/contracts to our subcontractors. Each job should have it's own subfolder. Users should be easy to create and assign read-only or read/write on a per-folder basis. So far this is a brain-dead FTP...

I always wondered why the WRC guys didn't do Pikes Peak. This is what happens when you take the many-times-over world champion and stick him in an amazing car. 0-60 in 1.8, 0-150 in 7. Great in-car video.

One of my better users got an e-mail claiming to be from AOL and requesting her username and password. She knew this was probably a scam, deleted the message and went to Google. Did a Google search for AOL support and got a phone number. This is where the story gets a little foggy. She can't...

My main rig (in my sig under Work1) has found a buyer. I have a couple weeks to build a new system for myself. From what I can tell, the CPU to get is the 4770K (unless there is some awesome overclockable Xeon I'm not aware of). I still like Gigabyte boards, so the G1.Sniper 5 seems the...

It has been a long time since I've had a drive with critical data fail without a backup. This one wasn't my responsibility before now, but I told them I would try to get it back. IDE Barracuda 7200.8 200GB User attempted to install an additional drive, and in doing so temporarily disconnected...

This just landed on my desk. When held in portrait mode, the right 1/3rd of the screen is perfect, with the left 2/3 "streaked" horizontally. The entire screen is still responsive to touch input. The user claims that this has happened before and magically fixed itself after a time. I have tried...

This article led me to this one, and now I'm interested in something with a resolution higher than the 2560x1600 that I get with the 30" Dell monitors. However unlike JTR, I have no interest in paying for pixels that I don't see/can't appreciate. So I wouldn't want to go much below the 0.25mm...

I have a project (forms, documents, spreadsheets, maybe procedurally created docs if possible) that I don't have time to do. Anyone here interested? Probably a dozen phone calls with our contact out here (not tech savvy, but the end user of the system) for requirements and training, and probably...

Our Xerox 8850 finally died after nearly 12 years, and Xerox no longer is in this market. Our vendors are putting together quotes, but I like to learn about this kind of thing before making a decision. The quote I have now is for a make I've never heard of before (Kip 7700). Worse, I can't find...

This one is killing me. My network has ~600 devices across 5 sites. Everything works some of the time but nothing works all of the time. Sometimes the speed is fine and sometimes it takes minutes. Any network communication is effected; to your network printer, network shares, RDP sessions, even...

This is my crazy idea for the evening. I have a Win7 Ultimate x64 machine running VMWare Workstation 9.0.1. Upon which are 14 production VMs. I would like to install Acronis TrueImage 2013 on the host, and backup the entire thing live using the "Nonstop Backup" feature. 1) Anyone try this...

I have a need for high/ultramega-speed USB3.0 to a place without conduit. Installing a conduit would cost thousands, but I have the OK as a worst-case. Anyone have a better solution? There will be a switch with several devices hanging off it (optical drive, scanner, key, mouse). The budget is...

I purchased some Lenovo desktops that ship with a basic version of Win8 that can't join domains. No prob, in the properties menu is a link called "Add Features in Windows 8" where something called the "Pro Pack" costs $70. I gave them the credit card info and it started doing it's thing. Then it...

This is the most hardcore router programming I've ever attempted. Of course, I hadn't planned on doing it tonight, but the only other router in the house took a dump earlier. So far I've done the following: I've set up a bridge of all the ports except port 12. I've assigned that bridge the IP...

Anyone else play with this stuff? I'm particularly interested in the following aspects: Drone (GPS, waypoint guided, etc) FPV (flying with live video transmitted from the aircraft) Multi-Rotor (no flaps or ailerons, just motors and computers) Starting to buy stuff and watch videos...

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5 MSI Netbooks (mix of U100 and U123) - At least one works. Some probably with 30GB SSDs. Two with higher-capacity battery. All show signs of wear. None come with chargers. I'll throw in a neoprene case of the appropriate size. All of my upcoming lots will be "as is". Most of this equipment...

So it turns out that my new favorite game, Mechwarrior Online, is massively CPU bound. The video cards I throw at it make no difference, but a little overclock is directly visible in the framerate. Currently working on my "office" machine (990X) and now have it up to 4.6Ghz. Does anyone have...

This shouldn't be this hard. Acronis Home 11 is installed on my machine I connected the failing drive via USB and created a backup of the drive I can see the backup file on the external I saved it to I've connected the new, empty drive to the system Windows sees the drive All I want to do is...

Subject says it all. This was our estimating software last century, and it would be awful nice to get some data out of it. The system (a 450Mhz with 128MB RAM) boots fine, but no one can remember the login details. We aren't even certain about the user name. Help? Thanks!