Recent content by PCBeal23

Thanks Corky! I had already seen the first two links, but the Acronis software is new to me and looks like it might do the trick. The problem with Open-source is that the install and user manuals are few and far between, so OO.org manuals and instructions haven't caught up to version 3 yet...

Alright, well, maybe I'm not asking the right question: I need to deploy OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 over a network from a host machine. Each client machine will use the network to access the programs, creating the smallest footprint possible. Are there any third party software suites available that...

I completely agree with you, Daw. Unfortunately, when your boss gives you a look as if you were killing puppies . . . ugly puppies but puppies none the less . . . you usually don't want to press your own agenda.

I checked the heatsink: the thermal compound was mixed with some dirt, and there was a hair stuck in it as well. I don't think that's quite enough to cause thermal instability, but my boss just told me he thinks it's the hard drive . . .

Both machines are set up with only administrator rights (simple little old office machines). If I do a full install over the network, it installs just fine. However, when I want to set it to RUN over the network, it tells me that no applications have been selected to install. sigh, I hate it...

Hey Fin, You have to remember that style is subjective. What's stylish and amazing to you may be ugly and poorly designed to another. That said, I think Antec makes the classiest and most functional cases out there (of course, I'm referring to the P182 series . . . gotta love sound...

Alright, yet another project for my work has come and failed. I'm installing Server 2k3 on this machine and the first two times failed a the system froze. I was finally able to install the OS, but a few minutes after I booted into it, the machine froze, again. This time, however, the...

I probably should have said this from the beginning, but the client computer is a Win 2k machine and the only login is as an Admin. I didn't think about permissions, though. I did install OO onto the host machine and just tried installing on a client and I get the same error, so it wasn't the...

Packaged within the original install file for OO.org are some nifty little commands. If you use: msiexec.exe /A D:\OO.orgDEPLOY\openofficeorg30.msi ALLUSERS="" (where "D:\OO.orgDeploy\" is wherever you have unpacked the OO.org install files.) from either the Start>Run dialog, or just...

I'm working on trying to be able to deploy OO.org over a network at my office. I'm in the initial stages, testing out how to install to a server, then install the program shell to the client computers. My problem is this: when I unpack the install files for the deployment, then try to install...

Pilot, while I somewhat agree with your first answer, your second answer seems a bit . . . well, very confusing. Time is a relative concept, and therefore cannot be "undone." According to the laws of physics, one may travel freely through time by breaking the light barrier, however, by...

Zepper, do you have any references to back this up? It is my understanding that the entire solar system works on a system of balances, which helps keep equilibrium for the time being. In fact, most cosmologists and physicists are more worried about the sun burning out in 5 billion years than...

If anyone else has any more insight, I could really use it :)

The stand usually acts in heat dissipation, but it sounds like the thermo sensors in the station probably blew, which caused it to send too much current through the wand and melted the plastic. I've worked with a few different irons in my day . . . as few as they may be. I've found the Weller...

First, find out what voltages your motherboard can support. Some memory is designed to operate at certain voltages (not that they can't operate at others), and your manual should tell you which memory voltage(s) to buy. Then find out which types of memory you can buy and research, research...