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This weekend I visited a new customer. They were having problems with their system acting slow, and whenever they attempted to start IE, multiple windows would open, and open, and open. The setup was what I normally come across: Dell system, Windows OS, IE as only browser, Outlook Express as...

BOFH: Frying the PFY - Episode 15 By Simon Travaglia This is a beauty!

I just can't find the thread, but somewhere a discussion covered the topic of the most reliable or best quality CD-R or CD-RW discs. What was the outcome? I need some for archiving data and running regular backups.

Has anyone used the Lian Li P60 case, and if so, what are your impressions?

Australian IT Another Not-So-Permanent Archive crossroads | Stuart Fist MARCH 02, 2004 ________________________ I recall this subject being discussed in another thread here, but I could find it, hence my new topic.

Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Standard Edition - OEM 1-2 CPU 5-CAL Package Includes: Preinstallation CD Installation CD set (3 CDs) OEM Product Key Label* Preinstallation Guide 'Completing Setup' Guide Product has been installed, Product Key works, but has never been activated...

I'm installing RedHat 9.0 for a File Server, and during the installation I picked all three drives to be checked for bad blocks. This takes a very long time. The first drive went quick (20GB), the second two drives (40GB each) are taking forever.

Ouch "Wobbegongs can grow up to three metres, have razor-like teeth and are said to be moody and short-tempered." Sounds almost like Tea.

Significant change in Mandrake Linux Development Process

I just finished talking with an acquaintance of mine, he moved back to Australia and is presently staying in Dawesville WA, just south of Mandurah. Seems like a really nice area, right on the coast, and a lot of development taking place. He's staying in the Dawesville Ridge Estates - nice...

After being exposed to Tannin's writing for the past couple of years, it seems that with his prolific penchant for sock puppets, excellent imagination, and colorful expressions, I would suggest that he consider writing children’s books. Just read his recent short story about Tea and the...

A customer of mine has a 1 year old Dell desktop system that runs Windows XP Professional. He claims to have updated his Symantec software and now Windows requires a login password from him. He never used one before, login was automatic. However, now that this process has transpired, he...

Interesting 4 part article regarding the raising and slaughtering of beef in the United States. Is beef in Australia corn fed?

I am sure that this topic has been addressed before on this forum, however, I'm to lazy to find the threads. I normally use Windows Media Player for recording music to my computers, and it has served me quite well. However, I would like to record in MP3 format, and WMP9 does not do this for...

When do we get SATA optical devices? Including SATA hard drives is nice, but if you still have to mess around with PATA CD and DVD drives, what's the point? Plus, as a remark from Tannin's thread about Windows requiring drivers to be loaded from floppies during installation, when will Windows...

Interesting read from c't The IT Safety of the US Power Supply English

I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but this is what I was emailed today from Microsoft: Windows SharePoint Services and Windows Small Business Server 2003 Installation Update Updated: December 12, 2003 Summary Microsoft has discovered an issue that affects installations and...

A review of Mitsubishi's WL-82913. Grab a tissue first to wipe up the forthcoming drool. _________________ Sound & Vision Online Equipment Reports Mitsubishi 82-inch Rear-Projection HDTV By David Katzmaier "The manual puts it plainly enough: “The WL-82913 is currently the largest...

My quest is for wireless Dolby Surround Sound speakers (5.1). Specifically for the rear left and right channels. This expedition has been very difficult. When I find companies that deal with nice audio equipment, they tell me that wireless audio has not advanced enough to provide decent sound...

Get this, a customer contacts me asking for a web server. Him and his buddy speced out the machine, and sent me this list: Hard Drive space.. 2 – 250~300Gb HDD 1 – 40GB For system drive Mainboard Asus P4c800 Processor Intel P4C 2.4Ghz w/Hyper-treading Main Memory 2 GB PC3200 DDR...

A decent review at AMDMB amdmb.com Ten ATX Power Supplies Compared Lee Garbutt / RoboTech Mon, Nov 17, 2003

Has anyone tried or heard about the TEAC 4xDVDRW+- DV-W50DP012?

I am in the process of upgrading my surround sound speakers. Since space is very limited, I was thinking of putting the front left and right speakers in the ceiling. In your experience, does Polk make good speakers? Who is better? Price is somewhat of a contraint.

In Red Hat 9, creating a smb share is super easy, can you create one through the GUI of gnome in Red Hat 8, or must it be command line?

Has anyone had any experience with hardware from this company? http://www.rwti.net/

I visited: http://office.microsoft.com/home/default.aspx with Firebird 0.6.1 and received this message towards the top of the page: HA!

Australian IT Nigerian fraud arrest in Sydney OCTOBER 30, 2003 "A 39-year-old Sydney man was today arrested in relation to a multi-million dollar scam commonly known as "Nigerian fraud"." __________ Has anyone heard from James lately?

Australian IT Wired Balls to Enhance Play Jennifer Foreshew OCTOBER 28, 2003 "A SMART cricket ball that can help analyse a bowler's performance will begin field trials soon." Our resident cricketer is not here at the moment, but I'd thought I would post this article anway.

Has anyone used one of these cards for office work? Has anyone used one of these cards for Age of Empires: The Conquerers? It does support DirectX 8.1, but I'm wondering at how well it will play AOE. Since that is the only game I play when I have time, that is the only game I'm worrying...

Australian IT Microsoft Targeting MPs in Ad Simon Hayes OCTOBER 21, 2003

Australian IT The Ultimate in Digital Hi-tech Teresa Ooi OCTOBER 16, 2003 .

What do you all think of the results PC World came up with found here?

BBspot Galactic Empire to Take Over Power in Iraq By Peter Bozarov Friday, October 3 12:01 AM EDT "Washington D.C. - At a press conference yesterday, White House spokesman Scott McClellan announced that all political and military authority in Iraq would be handed over to the Galactic Empire...

the inquirer Internet Explorer Trojan Problem Still Not Patched Friday 03 October 2003, 18:23 "A TROJAN called QHosts-1 continues to lurk on the Interweb, with the only fix right now being disabling active scripting or de-registering .HTA files." More information can be found at: Network...

Western Digital has changed the warranty on some of its products, effective today. All of their products, except for Raptor, will come with a standard 1-year warranty unless otherwise noted (there are some without warranties and some special deals through retailers that have less then 1-year)...

Australian IT Microchipped Cat's Excellent Adventure Correspondents in San Carlos SEPTEMBER 26, 2003 Nice story.

SFGate New Chip for Intel Moving away from focus on speed Matthew Yi, Chronicle Staff Writer Wednesday, September 17, 2003 "Intel Corp. is working on a new chip technology that allows PCs to continue with one task, such as streaming video, while powering down and rebooting, the chipmaker's...

AutoWeek At Long Last: Federalizing the Porsche 959 has been a long road. Now, at least, it can be traversed By DAVID COLMAN Sep. 15, 2003 “We’re maintaining a McLaren F1 GTR,” says Canepa. “And after driving both cars, there’s just no comparison. The McLaren skips and jumps all over the place...

I have been playing around with RedHat in an attempt to create a file server. The software is pretty nice, relatively intuitive for configuring basic things, but unfortunately neither 8.0 or 9.0 worked for me. With the hardware setup that I had, 8.0 would puke during the installation. 9.0...

Sydney Wireless Wired Country Shakes Up Broadband Market "Users who sign up for 128Kbit/s will find their connection running at over 1Mbit/s. Similarly, users who are on the 512Kbit/s plan will find their connection running at 5Mbit/s." Original Source

IBM has come out with a new commercial which promotes the virtues of Linux. LINUX. THE FUTURE IS OPEN.

OUCH!

Sydney Morning Herald Online Access: Small Business Owner Tackles Banks By Sam Varghese September 1, 2003 "The owner of a small business in Melbourne has taken up the issue of online accessibility with two financial institutions after he had difficulty using the online banking facilities...

In order to help understand New Zealanders, Australians, and southerners from the U.S. click here for some of their slang terms and the corresponding definitions.

Interesting site and information regarding Internet security. IIA

Australian IT Telcos Bundle ADSL Modems James Riley JULY 24, 2003 "Both Telstra and Optus confirmed they were in discussion with several personal computer manufacturers, including PC giant Dell, hoping to offer a broadband internet option with every PC sold." "Both are keen to convince PC...

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ASUS A7V8X-X Has anyone sampled this board yet? It has shown up on my price list for less then the original nForce Asus A7N266-VM/AA. Granted the KT400 board doesn't have onboard video, but I probably wouldn't use the onboard video with the A7N266-VM/AA.

Sydney Wireless June 23, 2003--The Internet Users Society - Niue (IUS-N), today announced that it has launched the world's first free nation-wide WiFi Internet access service on the Polynesian island-nation of Niue. This new free wireless service which can be accessed by all Niue residents...

I'm to lazy to search through all of our threads to find where Tannin posted the upgrades for his website, so I'm starting a new thread. Recently I've had these ambitions to update and improve the content of my site, so I added some content to my history of WD and more recently, I uploaded a...