Recent content by joe14580

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    Keyboard keep-alive program

    Hey look. I'm not bagging groceries here. I'm an electrical engineer. You know, you print things out, you anlayze them at your desk, you go back to the computer and voila', it's snoozing, for the 50th time that day. It gets old real fast. Same for my schoolteacher wife who uses the computer at...
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    Keyboard keep-alive program

    I did speak with IT. They agreed it's un-necessary for a home-based worker but they couldn't change the parameter as all pc's are built from the same load. It was them that suggested a 3-rd party proggie since I do have admin rights on the pc. That's why I'm here. I'm not going against IT. I'm...
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    Keyboard keep-alive program

    I'm running XP-Pro on a PC that my employer provides. I work from home. The computer requires that a Windows password be input every 5 minutes in there's no keyboard activity. This might be necessary while at a workplace with people milling about, but is un-necessary at home. The IS dept...
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    New Chaintech mobo can't see HD's

    I have a brand new Chaintech 7VIF34 Mobo. Setup the BIOS and saved it,then I loaded Windows 2000 Boot disks 1 ? 4 so as to begin the installation of windows 2000. Once the boot disks were loaded the operating system indicated it couldn?t see any of the peripherals (hard drives, CD, DVD)...
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    Looking for external Hard Drive or enclosure?

    http://www.newegg.com/app/view...=17-145-743&depa=0 http://www.newegg.com/app/view...=22-144-309&DEPA=0
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    A riddle of sorts: You need to move up to 10 Gig of Data around the World...

    Hello, My name is Karsten, I'm the CTO for Idiots Inc.