Recent content by ProfessorT

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    Urgent help with network!

    thanks turns out the card wasnt pushed in all the way and now works, doh!
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    Urgent help with network!

    My moms computer is fairly new and has worked great until today when the network connections showed nothing. I tried restarts and mobo drivers to no avail, even a wireless pci card, then went out and bought a wired pci ethernet card. I look under device manager and all network devices are...
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    Max connected users XPhome

    thx Rebate Mongor Im thinking now if I ever see more than 10 connected users which is possible Ill install some form of apache.
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    Max connected users XPhome

    so I may be hitting the limit of 10 on pro, what does windows server 2003 do or media center do? I might have to try linux or something, my computer is turning into a huge NAS box.
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    laptop issues - help!

    looks like a bsod, reinstall windows or like the rest of us pray it doesnt happen again.
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    Max connected users XPhome

    thx spherrod, I guess Ill finally go Pro. Any word on what vista can do?
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    Max connected users XPhome

    Im limited to 5 people who can view my shared files currently. I have a lot of movies and tv shows in a large house. My computer has turned into the "server" thanks for comments/suggestions.
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    Maxtor 300gb SATA Retail - $74.99 Shipped!

    off topic, but if you have one drive setup can u adda nother of the same and build a raid 0 array without having to reformat the 1st? I know you can setup a raid 1, but thats just mirroring. :D
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    Seagate 500g SATA 7200.9 \ May be a repost?

    funny how you can get 2 of these cheaper than a 750gb drive
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    Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 (Open box) $81.99 at newegg

    All oem barebones on Newegg are motherboard only. No cables or accessories. Can you post a link? Also the back plate is tge biggest let down besides some drivers, I hope you already have some sata and pata cables...
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    HOTHOTTT Seagate 400GB 16MB SATA2 for $99.99 AC and FREE Ship @ Newegg

    Arrrg about to order it again and I started second guessing myself and looking at my bank balance and hard drive space usage. Then I have to go help my parents with xmas lights I come back settled on buying 1 and "AUTONOTIFY" Newegg stop playing games with me!!!
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    HOTHOTTT Seagate 400GB 16MB SATA2 for $99.99 AC and FREE Ship @ Newegg

    Noooessss!!! I added to cart and added coupon then tried to change quanity to 2 for raid and it gave me a red message. I go back and it always "Auto-notify". I missed out on the 400gb for $100 at frys and now this...
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    NAS for IDE

    Great! I was looking at some cheap small form factor micro-atx cases but was unsure what mobo, cpu to throw in? Most likely old athlon xp stuff that I have lying around, but something smaller and quieter, etc. would be nice. Any Links/Suggestions?
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    NAS for IDE

    The reviews for the Netgear sound bad, looking at newegg I found this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16822333002 May possibly be a winner, something like this where everyone on the network can see it without installing anything and that it can be easily setup using ntfs...
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    NAS for IDE

    Im looking for a way to put 2 or more IDE hard drives on a network without using a computer. I want a small- stand alone box of some sort with ethernet out for NAS. Ive got a friend with a 2-300gb IDE hdds and another friend with one or two more that may be added. We want a cheap way to get...