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Hello all, I just wanted to get some opinions on my current setup and see if anyone can recommend some improvements. I've fallen a bit behind so I'm sure there areas to improve. So here's the setup. I've got 100mb broadband coming into the house through a netgear modem. That's attached to a...

Hello all, Just curious if anyone knows if there is an app or widget that can run on Windows desktop that will allow me to quickly change network settings on the fly. I often use my laptop to connect to other devices, and it would be nice to have something on my desktop to allow me to switch...

Alright, well I've got a really strange laptop problem that I'm looking for some opinions on. I was given an HP Pavillion DV9410us laptop not long ago. The laptop had the known dead LCD for those models which I worked around by using an external monitor. So, after loading up Win 7 I...

Hey guys, I did a search and didn't find my problem, and hopefully this is an OS issue and not hardware. This is actually for my brother-in-law's computer. About 2 months ago I built a new rig for him, specs, Intel Core i7 920 EVGA X58 SLI LE Motherboard Corsair XMS3 Tri Channel 12GB...

Well, just throwing this one out there. Like the title says, is there anyway to get Ultramon to display custom icons on the Secondary Display taskbar? I'm using Win 7 Ultimate x64, and have attached a screenie showing what I mean. Left monitor is primary and the taskbar shows custom icons...

Hello all, First, sorry if this is in the wrong spot. I thought there used to be an advice thread somehwere but I couldn't find it. Now, off to my question. I am looking to do a little upgrade to my system in the next few months and wanted some opinions. The only things I will be...

Hello all, Well, I've got a bit of a problem with Vista Media Center. As the title says, I'm having a DVD library crash problem. I had been using the DVD Library on my Vista machines for at least the last 8 or 9 months with no problems. Here's where it started. I have a server that...

Well I have a question for you all. I am thinking about my home server, Machine #2 in my signature. It's a proliant series, with 8 x 73gb scsi drives. 2 of the drives are in their own enclosure just above the DVD Rom drive, and these 2 drives are mirrored for my OS, server 2003. The other 6...

Hello all, so I'm looking for a little network advice. I'm an instructor for a company that sell Medical Imaging equipment. We are pushing to have virtual classes or distance learning for our customers. Our customers need to be able to remotely log in to a machine that has been assigned...

Hello all, wasn't sure where to post this so I figured general software. Anyway, does anyone here use the Yahoo Widgets, specifically Neon Gauges or something similar, with dual monitors? If so, do your widgets move all over the place once you launch a game? I just installed the widgets a...

Hello all, So I want to get some input and find out how I can really get the best performance and quality from my HTPC. Let me start with the PC itself and my network. The PC is a HP xw4300 Workstation with P4 3.2ghz, 2gb ddr2, 1 x 100gb SATA drive, Nvidia 7800GTX video card, and Intel...

I have a quick WHS question for anyone who might know. I built my WHS a while back and put it together with an older Dell Precision Dual Xeon workstation. I currently have 1 80gb IDE for the OS, and a mix of 73gb and 36gb SCSI drives. All my storage together I have just at 500GB. This...

Hello all, long time lurker, first time poster. So, this past weekend I decided to change my server at the house from Win Server 2K3 to WHS. Everything is setup on the server side, all my data is there and I seem to have the server setup just how I want. I've installed the connector...