Search results

  1. B

    All shortcuts now have .lnk extension?

    For some unknown reason, all the desktop shortcuts this morning now have a .lnk extension. In fact even the shortcuts in the program list are like this. They all still work ok. Is there a general setting in XP SP2 to remove this, without having to rename everything? Anybody know what could have...
  2. B

    XP SP3 RC1 is available.

    Is this news? Get it HERE I installed it today without problem.....YMMV.
  3. B

    One-Fan Computer.....DIY, Quiet.

    You can do it ok, if you use a Ninja, and the right components. The whole story with photos is posted at SPCR. For a DIY project, wood can make a nice-looking computer, but it takes a lot of time. The main goal with this thing was maximum silence, with decent performance, and cool temperatures.
  4. B

    Auto-Patcher is down (gone).

    As of Aug 29......by orders of Microsoft. All further development ceased, the main site is down, and apparently all the mirror sites will soon follow. It's a shame, particularly to people with dial-up connections. For years I got my updates by down-loading the Auto-patcher updates at work using...
  5. B

    Two WD SATA failures....at once.

    Two new WD 320gb SATA drives failed at the same time. They were mounted externally, with the cables plugged to the external SATA ports of a PCI SATA card. The power was from a molex with a "Y" adapter. They were both working fine.....the OS was on one of them. I moved the setup with the power...
  6. B

    Audigy 4 remote question....

    I just got this new card installed......I used the latest drivers and apps off the website. I installed nothing off the CD. The remote will blink the light on the little USB receiver, but does nothing else. When I plugged in the receiver, XP recognized it as a generic device and said it was...
  7. B

    The Ultimate Case Filter/Intake Muffler..DIY.

    'm using a 220mm fan with this NSK 4400, but this case mod could be used with virtually any case with a side mounted fan. I made a completely new side panel, but it could be constructed as an add-on to your own side panel. This is not a how-to, as there are too many variables......but it's a...
  8. B

    Antec NSK 4400 w/250mm fan.

    Project link Thought some of you might be interested in this new project I just started. When complete, I expect that one fan will provide enough airflow to cool the whole computer....including the PSU. (Fanless Zen). That fan is amazingly quiet, even at 12V. At 5V it's inaudible at arm's...
  9. B

    Repost....please delete.

    Link Hard to believe, but that's the conclusion in this article. Too bad these fans are hard to find in the USA.....
  10. B

    Slot cooler fan w/rpm wire?

    I'm looking for a slot cooler (small single slot hopefully)....it must have a 3-pin fan with rpm monitoring. Anybody have one? If so how quiet is it?
  11. B

    Mouse Rotation for XP...

    I have two monitors with screen rotation.....both my Radeon and nVidia cards in the two computers can rotate the screen. Is there a stand-alone program that will rotate/adjust the mouse movement to match the portrait mode? Pivot Pro software crashes each machine.....XP Pro.
  12. B

    Internet Connection Sharing runs slow...

    My LAN works normal....I recently enabled ICS on the main computer to use it's modem for the internet connection. It usually connects at 50Kbps. My laptop connects to the LAN using a wired connection. Now I notice the internet goes much slower on the laptop, much slower than dialing out...
  13. B

    Thinkpad570....ACPI temp reading?

    On this older Thinkpad, the only temp reading Speedfan 4.27 can detect is the ACPI temp. What temp is this actually? It goes pretty high....like over 55C.
  14. B

    Defragmentation question.

    On an XP Pro install, there seems to be large differences between various defrag progs. The included XP prog which is a Diskeeper version, finds a big difference compared to the real Diskeeper program (ver 8.0). After a defrag using the XP prog, running any other defrag program shows a...
  15. B

    Auto-Patcher bypasses validation?

    Download the free Auto-Patcher for XP and it allows you to install new MS stuff that requires validation to D/L from MS. Just how does the Auto-Patcher prog get around that? I presume it's a completely legal program....
  16. B

    Wireless Broadband Router/dial-up connection.

    I'm using a wireless broadband router (Linksys WRT55AG), without a broadband connection. I'm using a dial-up modem on my main computer. The laptop will connect to the other computers in the house using a pcmcia wireless card (ZyXEL G102), but cannot find the internet connection.....file...
  17. B

    Interesting Thinkpad/Xp story.

    I got lucky....at an estate sale I bought a big box of computer stuff, including four Thinkpad 600s. Each was marked "N/G cooling fan". Sure enough none would boot. All came up with error 192. Well that error code also means a few other things including a bad cmos battery. And the things would...
  18. B

    Disappearing tray icons in XP....fixed!

    For years the tray icons in XP would frequently disappear, notably the volume icon, and the Speedfan temp icon. The program was running however, restarting the prog fixed the prob till the next boot. SP1 and SP2 never changed anything, and I tried everything including formats. Well it's...
  19. B

    Return the MBR to default?

    The MBR on a few drives I have has a BIOS utility on it I want to remove. A std format won't do it. There's a DOS command to do so......anybody remember it?
  20. B

    Can't boot XP floppy or CD.

    This Compaq runs XP Pro pretty good (it's older), but I had to upgrade W98 to do it. It won't boot off a CD, but it will boot a W98 start-up floppy disk. But for some unknown reason, it refuses to boot off an XP setup floppy disk (I get an I/O error). This same disk will boot in other machines...
  21. B

    Losing Volume Control icon on startup.

    Several of the taskbar icons next to the clock won't load at startup. The programs load, just not the icon. Speedfan is one....program starts but no icon. Really annoying.....particularly with the volume icon. If I load the programs after the OS (XP Pro SP2), the icons display normal, but I...
  22. B

    MS Security updates...Firefox?

    I usually keep the MS security updates current. But since I use Firefox most/all of the time, are these updates doing me any good?
  23. B

    ATI Hydravision Question

    I have an AIW 9600 which has two VGA outputs......and I'm using two monitors. Is there a setting somewhere that allows different backgrounds on each monitor? I've looked without success.....I could do this when I had an nvidia card driving the second monitor. :confused:
  24. B

    Getting MBM to display HD temps?

    Seems to me I remember a special procedure for doing this. I want the dashboard to display the temps of two drives that have smart sensors. Speedfan will read the temps of these drives without doing anything special.
  25. B

    Enlarging task-bar icons in XP?

    I can do it by changing the screen resolution, but I want to retain 1600x1200. The settings such as "large Icons" apply to the icons on the desktop, not the taskbar. I just can't find any particular menu for just the task-bar. :confused:
  26. B

    Monitor resolution...too high?

    I'm considering buying this Samsung monitor locally for the same price. My question is about the native resolution of 1600x1200. Makes for a really sharp picture.......but is slightly too small for reading text (for me). I'd would probably have to reduce the resolution, run at a non-native...
  27. B

    Modem dials out by itself?

    This computer is about six months old, with XP pro completely up-to date. The only software changes in the last couple of months....OS security updates, Virus scanner updates, and a new browser (Firefox). None of the other computers on the LAN were running.....and this computer dials out...
  28. B

    HP Pavilion f1905 19" LCD Flat-Panel Monitor

    Anybody have any thoughts/experiences about this LCD? It's available locally about $370 after rebate. I really like the height/tilt mechanism...plus it has DVI. Link
  29. B

    Academic XP/Office edition?

    My sister can get an academic edition of XP and Office relatively cheap at the campus book-store. On the package it states the software is for home use only, and cannot be registered. This is a new one on me.....it it legit? And could you do microsoft updates, given the latest procedures?
  30. B

    Looking for a small VGA monitor.

    I'm looking for a small, about seven inch, reasonably high quality VGA monitor. Speakers are not necessary, small size is. Running off 12V with a stand. MP3 Player store has one....Innovetech I think. Any others available?
  31. B

    PCI Video card with AGP AIW?

    I'm looking to add a PCI card to drive a second monitor, on a board that has an ATI AIW 9600. I tried a Radeon 7000, it works, but it causes the TV tuner of the AIW to stop working. Seems to be a software/driver conflict problem, because the tuner works untill a second boot. I wonder if an...
  32. B

    Two ATI Video card problem

    I'm running an AIW 9600 with no problems. I added a Radeon 7000 PCI card to power a small monitor......using the extended desktop feature in XP pro. Well both monitors work ok but....I lose the TV tuner/capture ability of the AGP AIW. When I disable the PCI card the TV tuner starts working...
  33. B

    Voice error on ASUS board ?

    When playing Sturmovic Forgotten Battles this voice message plays....sometimes the game crashes, sometimes not. This is an un-documented message. Any ideas?
  34. B

    Image-It 3.0....back-up prog.

    I got the program with a new motherboard, along with a few other give-away apps. This thing works perfect on XP (fat 32). I don't know about using it with NTFS. I made an image of the C drive which is stored on a different partition, compressed maybe 40%. The prog makes a boot disk....when...
  35. B

    CHAINTECH "9CJS ZENITH/AIW problems?

    I'm looking for info about this board concerning compatability with various ATI AIW cards. Anybody got any helpful information?
  36. B

    XP Backup Prog?

    I tried out the XP backup prog.....thought it could replace the Drive Image prog I use. It's different from the XP restore prog in that if you store the backup on a different drive, you can even restore if the #1 drive completely fails. It makes a boot disk to do this. Well it seems the...
  37. B

    Fat32 changes to NTFS during system restore?

    My system was setup using XP pro on an NTFS partition...the second partition on that drive was also NTFS. I made a backup image using Drive image on the second NTFS partition. After some problems which I blamed on NTFS, I converted the C partition to Fat 32. Everything ran fine for a few...
  38. B

    Celeron D heat output?

    I put together a system using a Celeron D 320 @2400. I'm running it fanless with the shroud of an Aerocool HT-101 removed. A PSU with a 120mm fan is the only fan in the computer. I've got good temps....about 31C idle, 42C wide open. I wonder what temps others are seeing with this CPU? A...
  39. B

    MS Critical update KB885626.....?

    New update appeared today.....concerns boot problems when using a Celeron D or a P4 on some motherboards, after installing SP2. Are you supposed to install this before the SP2 install? Could you find the update on the MS site with only SP1 installed....or maybe just a plain XP install?
  40. B

    .NET Security Update problems.

    I'm running the latest .NET framework (1.1 I think)...Some of my apps require it. Several weeks ago I found a critical update on the MS site, .NET Security update of about 10mb. After installing it, I started developing a number of problems, slow boots, misc crashes, browser problems. Well I...