Recent content by phry26temp

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    try2hack hacking game

    I went to the chat room: the topic said "level 8 and up down. NO JOKE." All the people in hte room agreed with the MOTD too. So dont knock your brains out trying to find it unless you already did, making me look like a moron, dont do that either ;).
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    try2hack hacking game

    TallBill-- Where are you getting that from?
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    try2hack hacking game

    I am the shizit!! Total time less than 4 hours... Python is the greatest tool in the world... Just had to gloat a bit here, no one else in the world would give a rats ass. Good Luck!
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    CD-R compatability with car stock stereo systems

    I have a 1993 neon with the stock CD player and it is not designed to play CD-R's but occasionally I can trick it into playing CD's if I burn them slow on high quality discs. What I want to do is start a thread where people can tell us the magic formula that works for your cars stereo. I was...
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    CD bootdisk for upgrading graphics drivers

    I already did this, the problem I had is that the firmware installer/flasher software needs to write to the disk for some reason and obviously it can't do this to a CD. I know that when people set up these dedicated servers and firelfalls they create an emulated disk in the ram. I need to do...
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    CD bootdisk for upgrading graphics drivers

    Bump! Help me out here I got to make a presentation soon and need powerpoint functional.
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    CD bootdisk for upgrading graphics drivers

    This week I bought a new 1.7 GHz, 512 mb, 30 gb, 15.7' SVGA+ inspiron 8200 with a mobility 9000 (sorry about the list but I had to brag a little... none of my friends are computer people... don't understand...). Anyway's, as usual, has been some teething problems with the new graphics card...
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    How do I find out what's causing 50% CPU usage?

    Clicking on the CPU time column is usually easier to read becasue it doesnt skip about as quickly
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    Proxy server to use on 2k box for a mac to share Internet

    Problem Solved. Turns out USB cables would end up costing almost exactly the same as a router and probably still would be a little to short. Thanks anyways
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    Proxy server to use on 2k box for a mac to share Internet

    Heres the deal I am trying to save 100 bucks and not by a router to network three computers. Computer 1 is attached to the DSL modems ethernet port. Computer 2 is attached to the DSL modems usn port. Computer 3 is going to be a new Macintosh (ugh) laptop that I want to attach with a crossover...
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    Which way to go? XP or WIN98SE. rig and usage inside==>

    I don't know what you have been using recently but personally I shudder to think of going back to any of the Win 9x's. The stability and memory leak issues I think far outway any possible compatiabilty problems with legacy games. If I was you I would install Win XP pro on the main drive and if...
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    When I open My Computer on WinXP the folder seems to hang, what's causing this???

    It could also be just the computer waiting to display until all the drives have regestered a respnse to its query. Put a (some) Cd(s) in the drive(s) and listen to see if it (they) are spinning up while your folder "hangs". I seem to rember reading a tweak to fix this, try searching for it on...
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    Custom XP login not appearing, standard domain login not working

    Thanks, I went and talked to them anyways and they gave me a job. Hooray! Anyways soon I will be on the inside so can you define GINA for me?
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    Custom XP login not appearing, standard domain login not working

    Hi I really want a job with the campus computer people here at UNC and I am in the library here and this XP proffessional box isn't displaying the custom login screen. It has reverted to the standard domain login screen. From what I can tell the custom logon screen goes through a non-standard...