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    Onboard DVI-D to DSUB not supported

    I don't think I can. The monitor is DVI-A and the onboard graphics is DVI-D
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    Onboard DVI-D to DSUB not supported

    I have built a very nice mini-itx computer with a Silverstone SG05B case and a Gigabyte GA-F2A85XN-WIFI motherboard. The onboard graphics feature "dual HDMI/ Dual-link DVI ports for Full HD 1080 and HDCP support". The monitor I have features D-SUB and DVI-A. It's an Edge10 H170. It's getting on...
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    computer won't switch on

    Someone dropped a computer off with me. It won't switch on. The green light on the motherboard comes on, but nothing else happens. Sometimes the fans spin around briefly when I disconnect the power. I've tried another power supply which I know to be good. It's an Asus K8V SE Deluxe so...
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    Gigabit switch?

    That's great, thank you very much
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    Gigabit switch?

    I want to transfer and access files between PCs and a NAS drive and would like to do this at gigabit speeds. I've researched gigabit routers and haven't found one that doesn't seem to have major connection issues. So I thought how about a gigabit switch - could I simply get say a 5-port...
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    Dell/Alienware decisions

    Thanks that's great but there appear to be virtually no extras to make up the difference. I'd have to go for the cheaper Admire model at £1099 since the Desire model starts at £1649 so I'm left with a difference of £450 to spend. I don't fancy the Onyx external optical and hard drives at their...
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    Dell/Alienware decisions

    I have a cursed Dell XPS M1730. It stopped working today with the same fault that required a new motherboard to be fitted last time. Last time being Tuesday! So I'm a bit fed up - it's under warranty (extended). So they've offered to repair again or part-exchange for a new one. The deal is I...
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    Cat 5 cable problem

    Thanks for all your help. I've passed on the comments to the engineer who's coming back next week. Martin
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    Cat 5 cable problem

    The nail can consider itself hit on the head. Changed the connection type to 10BaseT Full Duplex and it connects. Also 10BaseT Half Duplex works. No flavour of 100BaseT, nor auto-negotiation works. So my next question - is this down to the network cable being not quite right? Given the...
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    Cat 5 cable problem

    I had a broadband problem and had to move my master socket to the front of the house. So that's where I plug in my router. The person who identified and fixed the problem was a telephone engineer. I got him to lay 3 network cables under the floorboards to my workstation area for a small fee. I...
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    Have I done the right thing

    I had my old Dell XPS M170 stolen but was fortunate that I can claim a new XPS M1730 on insurance. I was offered 2 quotations, identical except for the following: 1. T8100 2.10Ghz processor, 160GB disk, Dual SLI 512MB 8800GTX graphics 2. T8300 2.40Ghz processor, 200GB disk, Dual SLI...
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    Computer slow to start and then it restarts

    It was a big meal! It decided not to restart but just to crash. So I did as much as I could in safe mode but then had to reformat. I think spyware inadvertently installed by a 10-year-old was the culprit. Thanks Martin
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    Computer slow to start and then it restarts

    Thanks - I'll check that out. I've just this minute packed away the computer in question (my workshop doubles as my dining room!) but I'll dig it out later on
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    Computer slow to start and then it restarts

    It's a self-build Asus M2NVP-M with 2x1GB Elixir RAM Basically for the last 3 days it takes an age to boot into XP Pro then powers off after a few minutes. I thought I'd cracked it by running memtest which identified a bad stick of RAM. But the problem still persists. Just about starts but...
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    I want to email status reports from a Buffalo Terastation

    If I tell you that for every email account I have set up using this ISP, I have to use my ISP's server, would that mean that I can't use any other? If so then it my trawl may well be futile. I have used other ISPs where I've set it so the outgoing server requires authentication and I've used...
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    I want to email status reports from a Buffalo Terastation

    Thanks I tried my current ISP and my old ISP, and 2 recipients not on the same server. Do you think if I go through the list I should eventually find one which will work?
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    I want to email status reports from a Buffalo Terastation

    The only options on the config page are the address of the mail server and boxes to enter email addresses to receive notification. There's a note in the manual that the SMTP server must be of open type, and must be in the form of an ip address. Undeterred I entered the ip address of my...
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    Need to run a script on startup

    I've abandoned the batch files - I found when I double-clicked on the batch file on my Vista machine I got the same. So I never really had it working at all. I've found a small vb script which I'm modifying, but see below: dtmToday = Date() dtmDayOfWeek = DatePart("w", dtmToday)...
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    Need to run a script on startup

    Batch file worked fine on my Vista machine, but when I run it on my XP machine I get "out of environment space" Help!
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    Need to run a script on startup

    The only thing I did in QBasic was play that game where you threw the thing at different trajectories. Those were the days! What was it called? I'll get by without the time for the moment. I downloaded QBasic and figured out how to store the time of day in a variable, but not the day of the...
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    Need to run a script on startup

    I've found a site with lots of information on, including how to get the day of the week here - I think that's the work of a genius. So I've got the day of the week. Now I've realised I could actually do with the time of day - ^%&$& Sunday opening hours in the UK. I'd like the time of...
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    Need to run a script on startup

    Now that's clever. Edlin - I'd forgotten that existed! I've managed that, although it's giving me the date, not the day of the week. That's the thing I'm after. I could get the date simply by typing "date /t" Clearly I'm missing something in what you said - how do I get to the day of the...
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    Need to run a script on startup

    Not really - although I'm currently downloading VB Express - I'll see if there's anything there Thanks
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    Need to run a script on startup

    OK - the computer switches on automatically at say 8am. I've managed that bit. Then when Windows starts up it runs a script. I want it to do slightly different things depending on what day of the week it is. I've been using DOS - sorry, XP command lines in batch files. But I haven't found...
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    If you have a router with 4 ports

    Perhaps I should find out from Freecom which if any port should be used. It probably wasn't designed for more than a few wired connections
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    If you have a router with 4 ports

    Well ultimately it's a business use if I'm supplying a customer making use of consumer electronics. I think I know what I meant by that but I'm not sure. Anyway, I'll get a good switch. Got to investigate the Freecom box first - it might be pants.
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    If you have a router with 4 ports

    Thanks - that's great. I had a fear that this might be something you might be unable to do in a more consumer-oriented device.
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    If you have a router with 4 ports

    What do you do? Does it depend entirely on what specific hardware you're using? If so, it's a Freecom Datatank (one of these - it's a jack-of-all-trades, might be master of none, I don't know yet) - it is wireless, but I want to use wired connections only if I can. Thanks
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    Problem using scheduled tasks

    Now that's clever. I can do that on my laptop - never knew that before. Thanks
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    Problem using scheduled tasks

    Thanks - I've enabled automatic login to a specific username and password which will work fine for me. It also works from standby. Now if something could power the computer on that would be brilliant, but that's not possible is it?
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    Problem using scheduled tasks

    In Windows XP, I want to schedule some tasks. That's fine, except it needs the user to have a password. However I want the PC to boot up and go straight into Windows and when the time comes to execute the task(s) Is there a way of either: 1. Creating a task which doesn't have to have a...
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    PC music volume too quiet

    Thanks - I'll have a play around with it.
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    PC music volume too quiet

    Thanks for the reply. I'm using something very similar to one of these 2 phono to 3.5mm adaptor and the 3.5mm is going into the PC and then the 2 phono leads go into the Aego. The RCA on the PC is marked "video" so I couldn't use that, or could I? All software volume settings are maxed out...
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    PC music volume too quiet

    Is this normal? Basically if I play a DVD, or Sky TV (I'm in the UK) through my Aego system then that's great. If I plug in a computer using a 3.5mm jack to 2 phono stereo adaptor and phono leads into the Aego, then the volume, compared to a DVD or Satellite TV is very quiet. I can crank...
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    I've been asked to build a server

    I did install it myself and told them to get stuffed, but I bet a lot of other clients didn't. And yes, that support company disappeared a long time ago. But the disk did cost £1000, and so they probably made money on that.
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    I've been asked to build a server

    Actually to be fair the core system ran unimpeded for years, it's just that for instance I had to replace a disk at some exhorbitant cost, and the support company threatened to withdraw support unless they installed it at an extra cost to the already exhorbitant annual maintenance contract. It...
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    I've been asked to build a server

    Dell, HP, IBM - every company has their fans and their detractors. If I go for Dell then that's a good decision to some and a bad decision to others. I don't like Dell, and don't rate their sub-$500 products at all - it's a false economy. Like I said in a previous post I've been called in to...
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    I've been asked to build a server

    After all that, I come back from my holidays to find that my chosen company, Evesham, has gone bust. Or is now focusing on desktops and notebooks. Or whatever. Seems they lost a bundle when the UK government cancelled what for Evesham was a huge contract. I'm glad I went on holiday before...
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    I've been asked to build a server

    It's a balance - I mean, I've gone for what I hope are high quality disks but a fault-tolerant RAID. How would you improve it? RAID 10? That is an option
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    I've been asked to build a server

    My plan is to use just 2 disks, RAID 1, and have another as a spare