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    ColdFusion hosting question (possible Hostile Takeover)

    I am the new developer replacing the old developers for a coldfusion (4.5?) / sql server (2000) website The client is worried that the old developers will sabotage the site when they learn they are being canned. Neither of us are sure whether this is a realistic concern. I currently have...
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    mobo or power supply failing?

    I've had repeated problems with IDE devices failing over the last couple of years. Now my new WD250 and pioreer DVD a06 are acting up. the WD making clicks, and now I just got that windows message that i had unplugged them both (which I had not). They are both currently getting power, but...
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    IN-WIN 6-in-1 USB Card Reader

    I can't tell from the picture, description, or the product link if this goes in a 3.5 or 5.25 bay. Can you? newegg link also, does anyone know if this is a good model or if there is anything to watch out for in selecting a card reader? I really only need SD and SMC thanks a lot
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    question: Web hosting w/ security

    My new client expects to be the target of lots of hacker attacks, and they are looking fo a new host. What advice can anyone give me about selecting a host and a package. their bandwidth won't justify a dedicated server. thanks
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    nero 6: dvd-rom iso vs. dvd-rom udf

    does anyone understand the difference, and which I should use for making a data backup? the choices are: DVD-ROM (ISO) DVD-ROM (UDF) DVD-ROM (UDF/ISO) thanks
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    outsource programming to india/russia???

    Has any one ever used any of the companies that spam with offers of cheap programming services? I've never considered it before but I have a very cheap client who wants to reduce costs without limiting functionality :) this would be for web database programming, probably in php
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    printer friendly pixel width

    I have a site that needs to be printer friendly but they want a banner image as big as possible. I searched for this and there is a wide range of pixel widths that people say are printer safe anywhere from 500-700, with most seeming to say 600 pixels is fine. Anyone want to weigh in on this...
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    easier way to turn off iis?

    I like to keep my web server off just in case, but it's annoying to have to go into internet services manager everytime. can anyone think of a one-click solution - I could write something in VB, but I don't know where to start... what exactly does the internet services manager do to start and...
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    finally figured out why my HD crashed?

    I think I solved at least one of the mysterious failures I've had lately. I had a WD80 hard drive that crashed a few times and didn't work and resurrected itself - I RMAed it, got a new one, put it in the same mobile rack I had been using for the previous one, and the new one failed too...
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    firewall question - can't run ZA due to VPN client

    I always run zonealarm and never worry about anything, but my client is making me use some vpn software to connect to their network and zonealarm won't let it do anything, even if I add the IPs to my "trusted zone". the only way I get it to work is by shutting down ZA altogether. the vpn...
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    does writing zeroes to a hard drive fix it?

    I can't find the thread now, but I read that it can fix some problems, and WD also says it can help if there is currupt data, such as a virus. I never had a virus, but had a clicking drive (WD80) that froze my system, which now works again after writing zeroes. Does writing zeroes really...
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    wd80 won't fail diagnostics

    I'm almost sure this drive is failing - but now that I've revived it and rescued my data, it seems to be working fine. Can I / Should I RMA it? It's a WD800BB with 2 months left on the warranty. It worked fine until a couple of months ago when it started clicking and freezing the system (just...
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    should I consider the software in picking DVD burner?

    should I even bother to pay extra for a retail version of a dvd burner to get the included software? I deciding between the sony dru510a and the pioneer a06, and the respective oem versions of them. the sony comes with Veritas RecordNow DX 4.6, Sonic MyDVD, Veritas DLA 3.5 the pioneer comes...
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    idea for image viewer

    I've had an idea for a while that I want to try. I want to find an old cheap, maybe ever broken laptop, take apart the case a bit and mount it on the wall with a slideshow viewer program running on it. I have been hoping that a broken laptop would come my way magically but somehow that hasn't...
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    intermittent system freezes

    Twice recently I've had my windows 2000 system freeze (no bsod - had to power off), with the second HD (primary slave) activity light on. This is with 2 different HDs in that spot too. No damage to the disks (yet). The way it froze in both cases was that I heard some strange HD noises (on the...
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    safe to put case fan next to HDD?

    I want to put an 80mm fan in the middle two 5.25 bays - with CDR above and HDD below I've seen people do this, but is there a danger of magnetics from the fan? The reliability of the IDE devices is what I'm trying to improve by cooling them, so I don't want to do it if it will screw them up...
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    sad history of failures. whats wrong with me

    I've had 2 hard drives and 4 cd burners fail, in different computers over a couple of years. The hard drives both came back to life (amazingly) and report no problems in WD diagnostics, but I don't trust them. The cd burners slowly burn more and more coasters until I can't use them anymore...
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    zone alarm 2.6 vs 3

    I've read a lot of complaints about zone alarm 3 from people who say it screwed up their systems and they wish they could go back to 2.6. Does anyone know if 3 if safer than 2.6 or is it just cosmetic changes? And does anyone know if either of them are really any good? I run IIS so I feel...
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    win 2k boots slow (verizon dsl?)

    on my new pc (specs below) windows 2000 takes a really long time to boot up and shut down - much longer than than on my old install on a much slower computer. both are running about the same things - sql server 2000, IIS, verizon DSL, and various apps (not that many yet - 2 day old install)...
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    Failed Drive?

    I just had a weird one - I thought I had lost all my data, but I got it back and now the drive seems to be working: my WD 60GB Firewire drive started clicking, and I shut it down (which I regretted). Turning it on again it wouldn't spin up, or it would try to spin up and click several times and...