Recent content by assemblage

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    Advice on backseat media player

    Was thinking about getting a backseat media player for my 3yo for 5hr road trips when we visit relatives. We were loaned one and it amazingly kept the whining down to a minimum. It's mainly for playing video. Optical drive really isn't needed. We looked online at the $100 Aluratek Cenepal...
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    Need Information On Gaming Laptops

    The G73JH-X3 at TigerDirect/CircuitCity/CompUsa.
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    Laptop technology direction and recommendations

    My opinion is more portability and cheaper prices which means lower quality. While I like the desktop replacements, I think the portable ones with smaller display lower resolution, weaker/low voltage cpu, and smaller battery packs is what's herer. Like Brainonska511 says, more Core i ULV will...
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    Gaming Laptop/Desktop Replacement

    The G73JH is a 17" and if that's too big, then you'll want a 16" or 15". Maybe the 15" Asus G51JX or the 16" Asus N61JQ would work.
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    Any image mounting software that doesn't need to be installed?

    Sometimes at work I need to install Microsoft Office or something else that comes from a CD. I'd much rather image these discs, put them on my usb flash memory drive and install. But the only way I know to do that is install Daemon Tools, which requires a reboot, then mount the image. Are there...
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    Need Help selecting a UPS

    I have a Cyberpower CP1500AVRT.. My current computer, router, cable modem pulls 90 watts. The cyberpower control panel says it can run for 54 minutes. I'm pretty happy with it and for $100 at provantage it's a pretty good deal for a ups that size.
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    How do I automate backup for MS SQL database?

    I need to automate backup for my Microsoft SQL Express database at work. I'm working for the state government health departments. I'm running an intranet website where people input data from forms. I then use the database, C#, ASP.NET 2.0 and Office Web Components to generate reports for that...
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    Need product suggestions for remote power cycle-ing a server

    I dug a little more and found that if the PCI bus is v2.2, then it should do WoL through the PCI bus and a cable isn't needed.
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    Need product suggestions for remote power cycle-ing a server

    Hi and thanks for th einfo, I'm using the Linksys WRT54G router with the DD-WRT firmware. This page here. says I can get external SSH access. I read on Coding Horror, that DD-WRT can do WoL from the gui. However, I couldn't find that from the documentation, but did find a tutorial on how to...
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    Need product suggestions for remote power cycle-ing a server

    I've got my old computer running as a server at my house. Sometimes it gets turned off by a power outage. When there is a power failure, usually the power will fail, then resume for a few seconds, fail, resume, then fail for a while. Since I'd rather wait until the power problem gets fixed...
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    Any alternative to expensive sliding rail kits for mounting U sized server cases?

    Trying to get my cpu's in a neat consolidated rack. I got a Codegen Group 4U-500-CA rackmount case, going to build a box for it ( link,link,link,link) , and make my own rails ( specs, taps, prob Lowes for 4 3' aluminum angles). I couldn't figure out how the case was supposed to mount...
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    Internet blocking

    Geekdrew your answers to the poster's questions remind me of this.
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    VNC or PC anywhere or ???

    Link?
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    Network storage

    Why would a NAS adapter be slow?
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    How to make Dynamic PDFs?

    Thanks for the info. I'll have to look into them. Best Case is software specifically tailored for filing bankruptcy documents with the court using forms and pdf's. It's not someting that coule be used for general pdf creation.