Recent content by PenguinPC

I didn't download the rebate form from the Fry's site during the sale and had a hard time finding it. Their site sucks. Anyway, looking at the url for the previous rebate I figured out the one for the black case, if purchased from 4/13-4/17. So I hope this helps someone...

I have turned off Windows Firewall on both and still doesn't work. However, I have another software firewall enabled, so I'll try turning those off when I get home today.

I have two computers on a home network. They are networked through a D-Link router. One pc runs Windows XP Media Center Edition and the other runs Windows XP Home. I have run the Network Setup Wizard on both computers, and I have shared the C: drive on both computers. When I go to My...

What's stuck up you ass, buddy? I mean that in the nicest way, of course. :)

As of 2 weeks ago, I am now completely legit in my house. It's kind of nice not to have to find workarounds when doing updates and stuff.

Does the Geek Squa have a manual of procedures for the removal of spyware, etc.?

Hmmm.... Are you... Nah... :D

Follow up: Okay, just talked to the customer. He got this computer online. He doesn't remember if it was from an e-store or an individual. So, it already had Windows on it with the wrong product key when he got it. By the way, it's still trying to activate Windows.

I've been bashing my head against the wall trying to figure this out, so I'm hoping someone here has encountered this situation. I have a customer's laptop and it's running XP Home. It had a ton of spyware on it, which I successfully removed. Next, I installed Service Pack 2(which some of...

I have an HP Pavilion ze4500 notebook. Purchased it in October of 2003. The processor is an Athlon XP 2500 Mobile with 512MB of memory. I wiped Windows Home off of it and installed WinXP Pro(not legit) and Suse Linux. This month I replaced the cd-rw drive, which had quit reading burned cdr's(it...

eed to replace the cd-rw in my notebook. I have an HP Pavilion ze4560us that I purchsed in October of 2003. I've never opened up my laptop. Do cd-rw drives in notebooks all share a common form factor? There are three drives I am looking at on Newegg.com...

I've just bought a domain name and webhosting. It will be a while before I can get up a good webpage as I have to train myself. :) Anyway, I would just like to get up a placeholder that has info for my business(just text) and maybe an e-mail link. Can anyone provide any guidance? Thanks.

Also: http://www.linux-laptop.net/

I would try linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1-pre26.tar.gz.

I 'm not sure I can offer you much help. Is it showing up in Yast under 'network devices'? For lots of good linux help, try: www.justlinux.com www.linuxquestions.org Wireless LAN Resources for Linux Wlan Compatability List Setting up the WPC11 under Linux*