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I want to "bust" a system recovery CD, update the OS to the latest service pack, update the drivers, and then burn it. I've never worked with ISO files. Which tool would be best? WinISO is the first to come to mind. Any recommendations, comments, practical experience with this and like tools...

Anybody know of a Zip program that'll do this: Replicate a given tree structure and each file in it to a new destination, compressing during replication. In other words, I don't want a 6-level tree structure with 35 directories and 2000 files total being compressed down to one archive file...

Here. I got 7/10 correct.

Can anybody suggest software that can burn pics on a CD so it can be viewed on a DVD/TV? Support for folders will be helpful. Ideally, should be capable of navigation; next pic, previous pic, up one level, etc. Prog needs to be Windows based. Freeware will be ideal, but a reasonable price will...

I know, I know, a lot of you gag at the mention of the word, but for many reasons, IE is my main browser. I use FB 0.7 about 40% of the time. Way back, I read something somewhere that IE 6 was evil, and stayed with 5.5. I can't even remember now what I read. Any reasons not to upgrade? Thanks...

Infoworld article explains rationale.

News.com One of the companies mentioned in the article. Our friend jtr would be most interested. But of course, he knows more than what's in these two links cpmbined.

Sometimes, the truth is stranger than fiction.

Does W2k Server suffer from the "poor write perf." issue? If it does, is there a "system is on UPS, don't bypass write-cache" setting somewhere? Thanks!

I'm helping a small business that needs to (forklift) upgrade their server; currently on NT 4.0 / SQL Server 6.5 on a Dull PwrEdge P2-400 + 384MB + 64/66 Pertec Raid card w/ batt. backup; 2 x 36 MB Seagate 10k Raid 1 for OS/Apps/Swap; 2 x 73MB Seagate 10k Raid 1 for data. The server will most...

Infoworld.

What does "drink the Kool-Aid" mean? From the context, I gather it's something akin to "swallowing the bitter medicine"? :( I came across this in a news item yesterday, and again just now.

Heah.

I gave up and am posting here as a result. Word 2000. I have a document broken into chapters, and I need a footer on every page. The footer needs to show the chapter name and the current page number. (These chapter headings and page-number-of-first-page-of-chapter will show up in the Table of...

Today's L.A. Times has a review of it. The guy gushes all over the place. When I'm in the market, this is what I'll shoot for. More interestingly, in the first half of the review, he skewers the U.S. auto industry for saying it was impossible to achieve 40MPG for passenger cars by 2015; the new...

Halp - can't find it anywhere. MS has pulled it off their site. It'll be used on an AMD system, so no worries about the reasons MS pulled it (P4 Hyperthreading issues). PM as an attachment if it'll be more convenient. Thanks!

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Tried to buy something off eCost.com for the first time. What an absolutely, incredibly bad site design and user experience! I had to close the browser, delete cookies and retry. It took 4 such attempts before I got to the final checkout screen. I deleted my item here and closed the browser...

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Hi there, I’ve been nominated to help three college kids share internet access in the home they’re renting. It will most probably be DSL (384-1500k / 128k); the fallback is cable internet. Still trying to figure out if DSL is actually available. All three girls use notebooks running Win XP...

I read some of the stuff on this site and found it pretty disturbing. If it's true, it sucketh big time. I am normally paranoid, but have let down my guard in the last year or so.

No, no, please don't tell me to use Google. TIA!

At the Inquirer.

For the umpteenth time. I'm trying to install in VMWare 4.0, from my Lite-on 16x DVD-ROM drive (which has worked flawlessly so far). Virtual m/cs in VMware use the BX chipset (which is what my real m/c is anyway!). I first downloaded the .iso files from an unofficial mirror (which I found on...

Here. Varning: That's at Business 2.0. Bevare of pop-ups, unders and the like.

Since there are system builders here, maybe someone can help, even though most are AMD only types. I need to replace the fans on a couple of Intel retail heat sinks; they're very noisy. The procs are Coppermine P3 800/100 FC-PGA's sitting in Abit Slotket IIIs in a dual Slot-1 Tyan board. So...

I currently use PowerDesk 3.03a which came with Fixit Utilities that I bought ~ 4 years ago. It comes with features I don't want (full windows explorer, viewers, etc.). I'm almost done setting up a new instance of W2k, and am looking for a lean/mean utility that can uncompress, compress and...

Here. None of the hi-rez image links work; the low-rez ones I checked do. Seems small, like the original Pentium. IIRC, the Pentium Pro was twice as large.

Found thru The Inquirer: here

CEO PAY: Have They No Shame? Read all the way through. It'll make you cry and laugh at the same time!

1) Am using Netscrape 4.7x now; will be moving to Moz soon. Have heaps of mail in the in and out boxes with attachments. I need to hang on to the the emails themselves, but wish to strip attachments from mail 2 or more years older. Can do? 2) If I forward mail from my Yoohoo account to my...

Sad.

I felt bad about hijacking Buck's thread, hence this new one. Anybody know of point-click backup software that can write to CD-RW in Disk-at-Once mode? ie., I don't want to use packet writing. All of them out there want to use packet writing. I emailed NTI, Stomp, et all; some didn't bother...

Even since the change in forums, my auto login won't stick, and I can't see which posts have changed since my last visit. I've muckesd with my profile enough. Help, p-l-e-a-s-e?? TIA :rabbit:

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Anybody use it? (I know most people here are AMD types) Does it break anything? Does it actually do anything useful? The Inquirer has a news item raving about it. I can't test/use it - I'm still chugging along on good ol 440BX, but some people I know may benefit from it, but I can't go...

Came across some info about SHEP Technologies (http://www.shepinc.com/). Stored Hydraulic Energy Propulsion. Developed by an independent inventor, Ford is apparently deep into this technology. Claims of 32% better acceleration, 38% better mileage, 51% less pollution, brake maintenance down by...

Here: http://news.com.com/2100-1035-993457.html?tag=fd_top Sheesh, I've been reading too many of Tea's posts.

I'm launching a semi-formal effort to backup my data to CDs. I'm sick and tired of seeing a message similar to "file x is in a directory that is nested more than 8 levels deep, some OSes will have a problem reading this CD, do you want to proceed?". I'm using the Disc-At-Once option. I take it...

How can I make IE cascade favorites? I've got a gazillion bookmarks and I hate having to scroll up and down (yes, 98% of the favs are already in folders). IMHO, Netscape's bookmark management was infinitely superior. For reasons mentioned elsewhere (the browser you use thread), I'm sticking with...

The kind that sit in your system tray and turn on when your HDDs are accessed. This would really help because 1) I can't see my system in my normal work position; 2) I run a Promise Ultra 100 to which my two drives are connected. The Promise has two LED connectors, one for each channel. The...

See here. I know most of you are SCSI folks, but pore ole guys like me still use IDE. Anybody know if this is any good?

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1) I went from Netscape 4.x (still use it for mail) to IE 5.5 for browsing, and am now trying out Mozilla. One thing I use a l-o-t in IE is the toolbar; I've stuck the copy & paste icons on it. I switch between browser windows, copying & pasting URLs and web page content. Is there a way I can...

:( Second time it's happened to me! I log in, type a long reply, and hit submit, and end up seeing the login screen again! Looks like this is a time out issue? Or maybe switching to another instance of the browser (IE 5.5) while in the midst of the typing? Maybe I should clear the channel...

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/chimpculture030102.html :D

Yes, really. It started to happen after I made a small change a few days ago. I have 2 HDDs (a WD 80GB JB, and a Quantum FB+LM 30GB), each the master (and sole) drive on it's own channel on a Promise Ultra 100. The opticals are on the MB IDE ports. I had the HDDs connected to the center...

Howdy Doody! I need advice from the wise folks here. :D I have to share a bunch of USB peripherals between a PC and a notebook that will come and go. The peripherals were all directly on the PC originally. These include USB DSL modem, an Epson inkjet with a factory USB interface, an HPLJ 4ML...

Like we already didn't have enough to worry about. Read more at The Inquirer.