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I'd guess the fields would be equivalent to that generated by an MRI machine (hence those warnings about not having any metal on one's body when one's being scanned). Nevertheless it's fun to imagine what would happen if one were to stick one's hand into this machine. Would the hand morp into...

Didn't see the read count, Tony?

As usual I got fingered. Prices cut weeks after I build a new m/c. Grrrrrrr.

W2k was installed on this laptop in 2001. It has 2 VMs and a trillion tons of Oracle shit on it. I used it extensivey then in a 3-tier config - client in the foreground, database & forms servers each in their own virtual machine. Bought VMWare 2.0 at that time for the purpose. It's still quite...

The last freeware version of JV16 is here. Either search the page or scroll down to the middle.

Thanks everybody for the suggestions. I tried uploading a 35MB original twice, and it crapped out at around 30 MB each time. I'm close to exhausting my 30-day bandwidth limit, so I'll put this issue on the back burner till I can mess with it on my desktop system. The compression is mJpeg. I had...

The only legit one I know of is at MaceCraft. If you don't want to pay for it, the last freeware version is floating around somewhere; I can't find a link right now. As to how effective it is, I don't know. Some people swear by it. It's a powerful tool, and so can be dangerous in the wrong...

Sol was clearer than I was; I too meant that the extension cables would be permanently plugged in, and you would plug a device into an extention cable as needed. As for as USB devices go, you lose no matter what. Either you have a bunch of cables going into a hub, or a bunch of cables going...

Thanks for the offer, Tim. There's about 1GB worth of clips that will need to be rotated, a bit too much to upload and download back, and I'm on a monthly bandwidth if 1 GB ! My desktops will arrive eventually, ancd I'll try then. My workhorse for the last 6 years will probably go into spasms...

Thanks folks. My first attempt created a monster of an output file, and I caught on that compression was turned off. The original is in mJpeg, and I opted for that in the output as well, but the aforementioned problems didn't go away. Since the 35 MB original is itself somewhat jerky, I'm...

I've found the most reliable answer to the problem is to use short extension cables - 3 ft or 6 ft. PCH Cables sells these for a very good price, their shipping is reasonable, and their service is top notch. I've bought a bunch of stuff from them. Their site is not loading for me right now. I've...

Hi Paugie, Virtual Dub can certainly do it; I was able to find where/how to do it when I launched the program for the first time (now that's saying something!). I think my laptop doesn't have enough horsepower, though. Even using two disk drives, one for the source file and one for the output...

Thanks, Merc, I'll give it a go.

Looks like you've got all the bases covered. The only thing I would add is to test the media for readability every couple of years, and/or burn a new set of DVDs every few years. How the optical media is stored is also important; like medicines, in a cool, dry place. Storing them in the attic...

I remember somebody who had a similar issue and then it was solved. I tried searching, no luck; I browsed a year's worth of posts in all the forums (1.5 years in this one), but didn't see it. So I apologize in advance for asking what may have been asked before. My digicam can take decent video...

Oh, I get it. The ellie needs to find his feet in the grass so he can walk. Looks like I've been drinking too much. Hic.

Tony's been drinking too much again. Now he's seeing red elephants. I thought when one is drunk, one sees pink elephants. Maybe his glasses are red colored instead of being rose colored.

Hi Merc. I missed SR really badly all these days. You guys are my best pals. Tim, I think 95% of the people that hate the IPod don't hate the device, but iTunes. I haven't done anything with mine out of this fear. Maybe some kind soul who really uses it can tell me the good, bad and ugly side...

Thanks, Tim. I'll check it out.

That ephpod goes to a Win 2003 link at Microsoft. Is that correct or was it a mistake?

A couple of weeks ago, I was given a black 60GB IPOD by a couple of young nephews. Haven't even opened it yet. It was given out of love, and I couldn't refuse it......

Tim, thanks very much, but where I'm moving to, it'll cost you more than the book to ship it to me :D. I might just buy a copy in a week or two. Kevin (I'm on first name terms with him now) mentioned that one of the reasons for the downfall of great nations in the past was religious...

You beat me. I got one when I was 35.

On a 15 minute errand, I heard an interview with Kevin Philips on public radio. I know little about the guy, but he came across as very knowledgeable, a deep thinker, and what he had to say made my hair stand on end. Based on various things I read in the media, I've been saying similar things to...

Some really good pics of rainbows here.

:cry:

Centrix International is well known for carrying repacement motherboards for OEM systems (Dell, IBM, Compaq, HP, Sun, Intel, etc.). They also carry other components for these systems. I've bought from them a few times (some years ago); they're good guys.

LM: Enough with the grinning, already! Eric must be unwell; didn't anybody notice? A complete sentence and not one word jumbled up (an 'e' and a space missing, though).

Made a killing, eh? Good for ya.

Continuing the saga. I screwed up and created image files on an NTFS partition again on another system (had to; no space elsewhere). This was XP Home, so Bozo's instructions couldn't be used; there was no 'Security' or 'Advanced' tab/buttons. After googling a bit I learned the following: I was...

I've used MWSnap and have been happy with it. I use it on W2k; product page says it works with XP, but last release was 07/2002.

Well, one will ate least have enough body parts left over to be "functional". 8)

Thanks for the tip, Bozo. It's too late now to check your suggestions, but I'll save your suggestions and try them if I run into this in the future.

Sheesh, these guys need to get a life.

Confirmed. When I have DI create the images to a FAT32 partition, no problems copying it. Thanks Sol!

I think you've hit the nail on the head, Sol. DI 2002 is old enough now, and while this problem didn't exist in the pre-SP3 days of W2k, it seems to now, after MS updated NTFS to, what's it now, version 5? Yeah, the destination for the image files was NTFS. Too bad. I may just have to stop...

Weird indeed. This system has a virgin Win XP Pro SP2 install with all the updates, MS Office 2003 up to date, Adobe Premiere Elements, Adobe Photoshop Elements, Sony Vegas DVD Movie Studio and a few utilities. The idea was to first install all the sw that requires activation, image that to use...

Holy Capola! I booted into safe mode and tried copying/renaming the files. Same error message! In the meantime, I found Terabyte Unlimited. Among other products, they have a Dos-based (what I want) imaging program that is simply blindingly fast. It's horribly simple to use, can write to and...

I booted off DOS floppies, imaged the system partition (disk 0) on to disk 1. Now I reboot into Windows, and I can't do much with the image files. I need to move them to a machine that has a DVD burner, but I can't. Windows (XP, but I vaguely remember having this problem on W2k as well; don't...

Thanks, CityK. You're a swell guy.

Thanks, CityK, you rule! I did paraphrase what the Premiere install routine said at the end, but I think that was a pretty accurate paraphrase. I should have written it down, but I didn't. The impression I got was that the free version of QT was required, not the Pro version. When I get a...

If a piece of software says "Quicktime is required to use/process MPEG-4 and H.264", can I use Quicktime alternative instead and still have the same functionality? Said software is Adobe's Premiere Elements 2. I'm sorta surprised it didn't install it by itself, but instead told me to go get it...

Thanks guys. The system's been on all day without a hiccup (default speed, not overclocked). No diag LEDs on, no sizzle, no frying silicon smells. But Mark's right, don't know when something's going to fail. I just spent a fortune (for me) on this, and can't buy spares without being sure as...

A 4400 X2 (2.2 GHz) pushed to 2.5 GHz, a total of less than 200 power on hours??? And it booted perfectly when I wiped the disks. Things sizzled only after connecting the front panel cables. :cursin:

Long post alert. I fried something yesterday. Not deep-fry, shallow fry. In all these years of messing with PCs and components, I've never killed anything. Except maybe yesterday. sob. After working flawlessly in overclocked mode for a while, and passing all the torture tests without a hiccup...

You're already a Hall of Famer, DD.

Are you that unwell? Hope you get better soon.

Seconded & recommended; I ditched Snorton for AVG and couldn't be happier. Once installed, AVG: 1) Updates itself automatically, no fuss, so long as there's an internet connection (unlike Snorton, whose DeadUpdate never worked properly and couldn't be fixed) 2) When it finds something bad it...

Maybe you'll get your wish. Cringely seems to think so.