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Archive for December, 2008

Remote Desktop v.Vista

I’m trying to set up a Remote Desktop connection on my Vista home machine.
I’d like to connect to it from remote computers via the internet.
I’m connected to the internet via cable modem, then an external router.
My question is, how do I find the computer name/ip address of the computer?
Is it the IPv6 address in ipconfig?
that’s [...]

replacement lap top monitors

hey guys I was wondering where I could get a replcement lap top monitor for a freind of mine whos screen got damaged.get the part number and search online, find which store has the best price
screentek is popular, ebay is good too.Ditto on Ebay… I know a few people who bought replacement screens on Ebay [...]

how can i take a cd image and boot it from a usb?

is this possible??
i have a 750 MB cd image and a 2 GB flash drive, and i want to boot the imagedoes you mobo even support booting from an external drive?
If yes, pick one and read There’s an HP utility that took me about 3 days to get when I went down this path a [...]

have you installed sp3 for xp?

with the troubles 3 read about I held off. Now thinking of doing it. Theres probobly no need though right?I did it on one xp machine and it no longer booted.

i think most it goes on fine thoughI’ve added it to several of my machines at work. We’re also using an XP [...]

Office VPN Headaches. Maybe I should use a VM?

My office has a SonicWALL SSL VPN 200 and a Fortinet FortiGate 100A. The first is a dedicated SSL VPN box, and it’s reliable, but it’s too slow. The second is a firewall/router/VPN, and it’s fast, but connectivity is spotty and the routing tables needed to connect the VPN to five subnets (some of which [...]

HTPC Upgarde

So, I should be getting around $5,500 in a subsidized tuition loan that I do not need. I was thinking about selling my current (highly outdated) HTPC and building a new one when the money comes in.
I can’t really reuse any of my current parts other than my PCI Wireless-G card. I also will be [...]

best video format to use?

using adobe premiere on a mac
what would be the best format to put a movie on a CD? it is unknown what the OS and software will be on the target computer, which will ultimately play the movie. it’s not a full-length movie, just a promotional video. not sure on the exact length
I’ve [...]

Please Help…Hard Drive Question…

I have an old laptop hardrive. It is from a dell inspiron, not sure which model, from about 5 years ago. I have bought things online that are supposed to allow you to plug up your old harddrive through a USB port, but none of them have had a connection I can use. This harddrive [...]

Got a computer that is giving blue screens occasionally.

I installed a program that does something like what vista does with it’s gui ALT-TAB. Computer started bluescreening right away. Did a repair and it slowed down but didn’t stop. (once a month)
Thinking about doing a repair but really don’t want to. I know you guys are going [...]

Added 4G of RAM…now showing 5.2G

Mobo: Intel DG35EC
RAM: 2×1G Corsair Twin-x 800MHz
CPU: E2180
I picked up another Twinx pair today, 2×2G 800MHz. When I added the new RAM the system booted up reporting one of the 1G sticks as 256MB. I have the newest BIOS.
If I swap the 2G sticks to channel B with the 1G sticks in channel A [...]