Recent content by Blacktharne

I have a growing colleciton of scientific journal articles in pdf format and I'm looking for a solution to organize/tag them so that they can be easily browsed and accessed. Currently I name them by author, year, and a few key words, but as the collection gets larger it becomes more and more...

I just got done reading Linux is not Windows...a really great article I don't want Linux as a replacement to windows, "I want an OS that puts all the power in the hands of the user and expects him to know how to use it," as the author puts it...I'm willing to put the time in and I know what I...

I?m a graduate student in the sciences? I use my computer primarily for gaming, general internet browsing and email, research, and word/powerpoint/excel applications?Until recently I was probably like most people in that I booted windows, used the applications that I needed, and didn?t really...

I'm looking to purchase a notebook... I would use it primarily for school/research related purposes...I need a large hard drive as I'll have lots of jpeg and mpeg files and I'll often run multiple programs (real-time waveform software, image analysis software, excel, and possibly a 3D image...

Again, thanks for all the help guys... Everything is running great now. No connection problems, no shutdown problems, and everything is super fast now that the system has been cleaned up. Seems Norton was the culprit. BTW, I ran the Norton Live Update every couple days, that was the first...

I uninstalled Norton and replaced it with Kerio and AVG and I had no connection problems or shutdown problems all yesterday afternoon... Now I get too see how difficult Norton makes it to get a refund. Again, thanks for the help.

Went to the symantec link you provided and it told me to clean my windows registry, which I did, but I think ccleaner does that as well... I've been using dsl today and for the most part see the same thing...My connection, especially on downloads some times stalls out...I've had a couple...

Still having problems... I attempted to browse the internet a bit yesterday after I posted this and my connection still isn't back to normal. It works fine for awhile then it stalls out and I get no activity at all. Also, I left my pc on and connected last night to download a large file...

I've followed all the suggestions. Spysweeper requriresa subscription though, so didn't do that. Got rid of alot of stuff. Things seem to be running better, but can't say with any certainty if they're back to normal until I give it a few days. Here's the updated hijackthis log. Thanks...

First of all, thanks much for taking the time to help me out. Anandtech forums are top shelf - tons of information and helpful folks here. I live in the sticks and at the moment only have dial-up, so it'll take a while before I get the programs you mention downloaded so that I can provide a...

Could it be an issue with Firefox? I've usually use Firefox, but have been using Netscape tonight and haven't had any connection problems thus far... Anyhow here's the hijackthis log, thanks for helping... Logfile of HijackThis v1.99.1 Scan saved at 7:01:33 PM, on 2/1/2006 Platform...

Thanks for the suggestions so far guys. I wasn't even aware VB existed, that will help quite a bit once the data is in excel. As for the windaqXL program, it doesn't really do anything that I can't already do with the standard windaq software. I don't need data transferred to excel in...

If my computer has been on for awhile (i.e. over a couple hours) and I attempt to shut it down, I get a message that CAPP.exe (norton internet security) is still running, no matter if I choose to end now or let it close on its own, my computer doesn't shut down. Everything is still functional...

The software is about $2000...I don't have that kind of funding...I'm a lowly graduate student working on my thesis. I was told that Python was the most appropriate language to use for writing a simple program, especially given I have no experience. I'm willing to spend a good chunk of time...

I need to find/write a program that will dump values generated by WINDAQ software into excel. It will save me an immense amount of time if I can automate this (at least in part) as I have somewhere on the order of 10,000 values that I will ultimately need to transfer from WINDAQ to excel. I...