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    How much time does your PC take to install Vista?

    Intel pentium m1.7 with 1.25ghz ram , 5200rpm hdd= 30 minutes Amd64 3500 1Gb ram, 7200rpmhdd = 25 minutes
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    Are you able to use your laptop outside or in a car?

    Yeah the only thing u have to do is increase the brightness a little bit... the problem u may be facing is that since ur in car and laptop is running in battery power setting might have reduced the brightness... "yeah increasing the brighness will drain the battery more faster
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    help with new laptop hdd

    Well the easy way is to intall the new hard disk and use the recovery cd to put back the os image . and after recovery is over u can convert the fat partion to NTFS partion using command the "convert" command But the better way always is to start it from scratch make more than one partion...
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    Whats the command in DOS to reformat?

    Its not only limited to formatting.. what u have to do is partitioning ... Linux need at least two partion to work on is "/ "(root) and other is /swap (swap partion) ... as for the filesystem is concerned u can even install linux in Fat filesystem (though it would be a bit slow)
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    Getting all windows hotfix and patch after -xp /sp2

    thanks for the replies . I Have seen Network admins using Micrsoft SMS server to deploy the patch and keep them updated . that is much easier to deploy from network than going to windows update site
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    Getting all windows hotfix and patch after -xp /sp2

    After every windows installation . Windows update takes around couple of hours to download the hotfix and patches Is there any site which hosts all the service patch and fixes released after Windows XP/sp2 so that we could download it all in one go and use it when ever we do an...
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    Thinkpad R50e

    Even though build qulity is not on par with T-Series.. It build quality is well above most laptop... Perfomance wise it'nt that great
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    Please suggest Cisco PIX firwall simulator

    I am preparing for CSPFA exams. Can anyone help me find Cisco PIX firwall simulator? Though there is nothing like working on a Live PIX still the PIX simulator is good enough for hands-on practice Thanks in advance!!!
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    Adhesive for motherboard standoff/spacer

    Can i use steel epoxy or Araldite adhesive . Will there be any problem in future
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    Adhesive for motherboard standoff/spacer

    Can some one suggest me a good adhesive for sticking Force-Fit Standoff (Picture) to motherboard I need it for fixing standoff which came lose due to manufacuture's use of low quality adhesive The adhesive should hold the stand off firmly to the motherboard and should not come off easily...
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    Adhesive for motherboard standoff (spacer)

    Can some one suggest me a good adhesive for sticking Force-Fit Standoff (Picture) to motherboard I need it for fixing standoff which came lose due to manufacuture's use of low quality adhesive The adhesive should hold the stand off firmly to the motherboard and should not come off...
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    Laptop as the Primary Display for a Desktop?

    But doent VNC lag too much ??
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    Notebook for video encoding/rendering

    Prescott might be faster when it comes to video rendering ....But thing of the heat generated ..any way you will be leaving the cpu on most time with 100% usage. So it might reduce the life of laptop..i have seen many dead laptop due to excess heat genearation over the years On the other...
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    Will Wireless b card detect g networks?

    G mode is backwards compatible...with B...i.e most of the time when u start G mode it will running in BGmix mode .(both G and B) ...you can connect with B card ...but it will only get u 11mbps max.... Since you asked....if the card is working ..only in GMode ...it wont be listed...b station...
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    Info on private IP addressing

    Thanks for the info spidey07. Its very useful if Info threads like this one posted here more often
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    Multiple SSID on Single AP/Router

    Atheros driver will have multiple ssid support by next year.......
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    Multiple SSID on Single AP/Router

    Multiple SSID: Usually an AP will have only one SSID and but with this feature it can have more than one I have seen the Multiple SSID feature only on Cisco Aironet Series (350) In Cisco we can use this feature only if we are enabling VLAN .Each SSID associcated with a dedicated VLAN...
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    what is celeron M??

    Which software did you use? Besides speedstep feature and battery life ..How does the celeron M 1.3 stand with P-M1.5 . Did the 200Mhz diff and the low cache memory of celeron showed significant drop in performace ??
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    15.4 Widescreen and linux

    here's the thread i came across in another linux forum might be useful for those try to get wxga to work with linux (855 chipset) editing xfree for xwga http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=221053
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    what is celeron M??

    if getting celeron M before jan 2005 , chances are you might be getting it with Banias core.....except few models ... from Q1 2005 intel will ship most of celeron M with Dothan core only
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    15.4 Widescreen and linux

    15.4 Widescreen and linux Have any one tried Linux with wxga or wsxga+ resolution on those widesceen laptop . Do we have to edit Xfree to get it working? Most Live cd (knoppix,slax) use 1024x768 as default resolution .Did any one face a problem using these live cd ( like having to...
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    What is a 15.4"screen?

    Does that mean you cannot get svga or xga on 15.4 (with out being streached or modifed ) if so does that streaching make svga and xga undesirable on 15.4 Which other resolution fits 15.4 other than the native wxga
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    What is a 15.4"screen?

    How does normal resolution like vga ( for classic games) , svga , xga look in the 15.4 Wide screen does it get streached..... or is there an option to see it as normal ( by leaving the xtra .4" inch blank)
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    what is celeron M??

    Till celeron 340 it uses banias core ( 130mm ) with 512kb and...from 350 onwards its Dothan core (90mm) and 1mb l2 cache . Which means the new dothan based will have more or less the same performance of pentium mobile when used for day to day application...
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    what is celeron M??

    Which core is celeron M based on banias or Dothan?
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    Sharing data on an external drive

    The maximum transfer rate for USB 2 HDD is 480 Mbps = 58.5 MB/s Internet HDD offer much higher performace than USB. External HDD works best as portable storage but not for b/w intensive task
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    P4 2.4C Stability w/ Hyperthreading

    Yes, i too face similar problem with my p4 2.8c . I am running windows Xp (sp1) build 2600 It gets restarted every now then with HT enabled. But when i disable HT in the bios it runs smoothly with out any trouble. Could any one please help Thanks
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    PC 133 mhz SDRAM on intel 810e

    Thanks guys for ur help Yes intel 810e supports only low density ram . The one i was having was high density....it had nothing to do with PC133 FSB I have just ordered a PC133 FSB 256MB ram from crucial.com its bit costly ($80) but its rare to find so the price fine.. Thanks Ryoga fo...
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    PC 133 mhz SDRAM on intel 810e

    PC133 MHZ works fine on intel 810e but the problem is that it will show only half the orginal capacity eg -- 256MB will show only 128MB could any one suggest a work around for this problem
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    PC 133 mhz SDRAM on intel 810e

    When i put 256 MB PC133 SDRAM on intel 810e motherboard it shows only half the size (128MB). But when i put it on my p4 system is shows 256 MB itself No matter which ever size PC133 SDRAM put on the 810e it only shows the half the size. But if PC100 SDRAM is used it shows the correct size Why...
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    AMD ATHLON motherboard for linux

    I am trying to put up a new AMD system for running linux An all-in-one-graphics-sound-network(on-board) Motherboard is what i looking for My cpu choice is : ------------------- AMD Athlon 3000+ (Barton Core) or AMD Athlon 64 2800+ Since i am new to AMD dont know much about MB Chipset . So...