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Why do I always end up committed to projects I'm not qualified for? Anyway...I find myself needing to take the best pictures possible of jewelry (silver, gold, and stones). I have control of the environment and just need the cleanest shots I can get. I'm currently using a Fuji FinePix S602Zoom...

So here I am trying to organize my GFs business, struggling with her implementation of "Mail", "iCal", and "Address Book". "Screw this" I think, "let' just get her on Outlook". Outlook, with it's integrated calendar, contacts list, to do list, easy management of multiple email accounts...

I need an electric space heater. Does anyone have a favorite? Room is stand-alone workshop about 10'x10' with no insulation. Outside temp could get down to 35F. I'd like to be able to keep the inside as high as 75F. Should I just look at somesimple insulation and a killer lighting system...

A friend want's me to bring some beer to China in my checked luggage. IIRC, checked luggage isn't pressurized and beers are. Am I going to have issues with exploding beverages in my bag? Does anyone forsee any issues with me carrying some (3?) beers into China?

Anyone been by their site lately? They are affering what appears to be some really neat technology for some really reasonable prices. So neat and so reasonable in fact, that I'm really suspicious. It seems that for about $250 I can have the entire house on remote control using computer...

I'm trying to rig my GF's house with sound. Here's what I'm trying to achieve: 6 Rooms in 4 Zones multiple input sources easy control The first order of business is speakers. I'm looking for something relatively small and wall-mountable that will provide good sound for a small fairly...

There's at least one aspiring MD in here, perhaps more. Here's a "hardware" question I'm unqualified to answer: How can I get my tonsils to stop swelling? The dang things are becoming a nussaince at this point, making swallowing anything quite painfull (orange juice especially, go figure) I've...

Thinking about it. Thoughts? Experiences?

I'll be buying a projector for my home theater within the next week. Does anyone have any reccomendations/suggestions? I'll likely be buying it at a retail store as impulse buys require instant gratification. I'm looking for the folllowing: Min res: 800x600 Min lumens: 1100(+) Celieng mountable...

I need 2 toys for my new workstation: 1. Matrox PCI-E G550 2. Gigabyte I-Ram Anyone seen them for sale?

Hi, I just built a new webserver running server 2003 standard with IIS 6.0 and the Frontpage 2002 extensions. A user uploaded their website and everything seems to work, except for the link to the executable. I've verified that the file is there, but whenever you click on the link, you get a...

I could have sworn I'd asked this question before, but I can't find the thread, and I can't remember an answer. I need to burn a directory to DVD using the task scheduler. No compression or other options required. TIA David

I just upgraded a user from NT4 to XP Pro. I took his old drive and installed it in a USB 2.0 enclosure so he can access his files. The drive letter is showing up, but it prompts for "insert disk". Is this an issue with the old version of NTFS or an indication that the enclosure is not operating...

I'm just curious what the other low-volume (ok, Tony too) system builders here are putting together and what they're charging. As my systems are oriented towards gaming and I hate building budget boxes, here's my current offerings: Budget: Antec Super Lanboy Seasonic S12-330 Scythe SCNJ-1000...

I'm looking for a computer that will run in the living room and play XviD and MP3 files to the TV and stereo. Is XBoX still the way to go? I've noticed that my roommates older laptop stresses while playing the movies, so some CPU power is required. It won't be storing anything, so a large hard...

The demo came out about 24 hours ago...since then it's been #1 at the game center. Anyone else playing it? The graphics are incredible and I think they've done some nice things with the gameplay.

So I've been playing with my day-old newest rig and have discovered that the venice-core A64 underclocking like a mofo. This example is a 3500+, whose maximum multiplier is 11 and FSB is 200Mhz (therefore 2.2Ghz CPU) I've been playing with CrystalCPUID to see what the processor can do and have...

I'm building some smoothwall machines for a client way out in the boonies. The fastest connection we can get out there is ISDN. I'm using smoothwalls as they are easy to tie into our current VPN solution. However, it appears that the smoothwall only directly supports PCI ISDN cards (not external...

I'm building some smoothwall machines for a client way out in the boonies. The fastest connection we can get out there is ISDN. I'm using smoothwalls as they are easy to tie into our current VPN solution. However, it appears that the smoothwall only directly supports PCI ISDN cards (not external...

A client has a desktop and a laptop. He also has an exchange server in his office and 5-10 POP3 accounts. He wants to sync all the accounts with both machines seamlessly...help?

Just "had a few people over". I thought: "OK, thats fine, I have some work to do" It's now 2AM. "Some people" involved nearly a dozen girls and almost 40 beers (pacifico and pilsner urquel). My god...I had an entire girls dorm in my bed at the same time. None that I could have a coversation...

It makes me happy, and the fact that is was a virtually free upgrade makes it even sweeter: A64 3500+ Venice Core (2.4Ghz @ 1.2V) Scythe NCU-2005 Gigabyte nForce4 MB 4GB Geil PC3200 Gigabyte Fanless x800 PCIe 4x Suspended 400GB Seagate SATA in Zalman Heatpipe coolers 3x BenQ 1620 DVD-RW 2x...

I woke up last night to a most disquieting sound; I instantly knew what it was. A new 7200.8 400GB SATA drive had just fallen from it's second-largest side to it's largest side while doing a full drive copy. As I lay there in the dark I strained to hear the sound of the motor - nothing. It had...

I'm running smoothwall express 2.0 at a client site and need to block all outgoing traffic on port 25 EXCEPT that coming from a specific internal IP (our mail server). Someone somewhere has a virus and I keep ending up on the CBL. Thanks.

I've not been doing so well lately; perhaps a trip to Las Vegas, NV will turn my head around. Leaving tomorrow morning at 9AM, driving a Porsche Cayenne Turbo the 7 hours it'll take. Funny, I just had my last arrest warrant cleared 2 days ago...it was from a Vegas trip in 2000... See ya'll in...

The things I want to discuss here are all realted to DVD encoding. 1. Settings I've found that using AutoGK to encode to Xvid with a final size of 2GB gives video quality indistinguishable from the original, does anyone have an opinion on this? Here are the settings I use: Xvid Codec AC3 6CH...

Why Canada? I don't disagree in the least that the US is going to be a place I don't want to live within the decade, but Canada? I'm thinking Australia, New Zeland, Spain, even England, but Canada is far too cold for my liking.

Yay! Or not... Not entirely the connector's fault though, I partially blame nVidia for putting the SATA connectors right in the middle of the board between the CPU, AGP and DIMM slots. I'm having a hard time thinking of a worse location. I could blame that design problem on ASUS, but it seems...

So it appears that the network I'm now on (college campus cable-modem) won't allow traffic through to external SMTP servers. I can't call them to complain as I'm not supposed to be here in the first place, and I don't have a user name for theirs for the same reason. If anyone has any suggestions...

As part of a large project I'm working on, I ran some quick numbers on OEM SATA 8MB hard drives of various capacities and their current price on Newegg. If anyone can give me some space to host the images I can post the graphs, but here's the key points: Lowest $/GB: 0.544 - Maxtor 250GB...

It crashes every 30 seconds, every third page I try to reach. I've tried re-downloading, uninstalling, re-installing, clearing the preferences, the registry, rebooting....nothing. Does anyone still have a copy of v1.0? I can't find it on their web page.

I'm looking for a decent FTP server to run from my workstation. The only person using it will be me when I'm out of town. I just need something lightweight, easy to configure, and relatively secure. Thanks.

I've ordred a new domain for a client, and had them set up the DNS. It's pointed to an external hosting site with the MX records pointing to our Exchange server. (looks like this): schollchyo.com. IN A 38.118.142.221 IN MX 10 mail.schollchyo.com. www IN A 38.118.142.221 mail IN A 216.228.14.91...

Any out there own a pair? I've been looking at the Bose model for some time, but the $300 price tag and being dissapointed with Bose products in the past has delayed the decision. In the meantime, some other products have shown up. Sony's Ear-bud type are really appealing due to their small size...

Does anyone else enjoy palying simulation games? In the past, I've really enjoyed flight sims and driving sims. More recently, I've become a big fan of driving/racing sims. I really enjoyed the NFS series from #s 1-6, but "underground" doesn't do it for me. Right now I'm playing the demo of...

That's what my client wants to do. Basically be able to write an e-mail, and instead of having an e-mail address in the line, have a fax number. Then have a public folder that's the inbox. Any suggestions?

Well, a number of things have caused me to plan my new box. Comments are appreciated. Uses (most frequent on top): -Web/E-mail/Office -DIVX/MP3 encoding and playback -Media Storage/File Server -Gaming Parts: Gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultra-939 AMD Athlon 64 3200+ (90nm) 1GB PC3200 Mushkin (2x512MB)...

I plan on buying some 512MB iPod shuffles for my GF and I. Any experiences?

I have a Linksys NSLU2 USB->NAS device and it blows. I have a WD2500JB in a USB 2.0 enclosure and the best this thing can do is 500kb/s. Any reccomendations for a similar product at a reasonable price? I need support for at least 2 drives (4 preferred). If it supports SATA drives internally...

As you guys may know, I travel quite a bit. I have a fairly substantial MP3 collection and am interested in having it available while I'm travelling. I currently just have a simple (private, of course) FTP server running that I can map as a drive and (try to) stream, but I've seen others with...

I've decided that it's past time for me to learn Linux. So I'm running VirtualPC 2004 and have Fedora installed with most of the workstation and client modules. So here I am...now what? What tasks should I be learning to perform? Where should I look for instructions to perfor those tasks? Any...

I'm running a Smoothwall on the T-1 at my game center. The problem starts when someone tries to download something and maxes the connection, immediatly the CS guys are whining about 200ms+ ping times. I'm under the impression that some kind of traffic shaping could solve my problems? The...

I've been out of the overclocking game for a long time, but as I'll be installing a 3D-accelerated GPU to my machine for the first time in over a year, I'm tempted to look into getting some more power out of my box. Any favorite websites for this kind of thing? I currently use CrystalCPUID to...

...that can handle chipset-based SATA ports, like those on the nForce3 250Gb I have now. Let me now state for the record that everyone here is correct, and that Norton Ghost 2003 blows major chunks. Also, that having spare hard drives sitting around, parralel installs of XP, and partition...

I just unwrapped a Samsung 80GB PATA drive from the ABS plastic wrapper it was shipped to me in from newegg. I bought it new for ~$70 about 2 weeks ago. I notice as I'm installing it that it already has a significant amount of dust around the screw heads and sides, clear signs IMO of a used...

I accidentally posted this help thread at SR instead of SF. I don't want to double-post, but I know many of the people I'd like to read it don't frequent there. What do you goys think of posting at both?

NAV Corp? F-Secure? What app would you use to secure a network of 50+ workstations and 10 servers? Some Exchange integration would be nice as well.

That about sums it up. I have a remote location 30 miles from anywhere, barely in ISDN range, and need an ISDN LAN modem that is capable of serving as a VPN endpoint as well. I've tried 3Com's OCLM series, as well as Netopia's R300. Both claim VPN passthrough capability, neither works. Help?

I'm looking for a Socket 939 board with 16x PCI-Express slot available today. Anyone? Anything? Newegg doesn't even seem to be equipped for PCI-e. ASUS and Gigabyte both have SLI-capable boards, but I can't find them in the channel. help? Anything else I should be considering?

Just noticed your projector thread pushed you over. Congratulations!