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I've had the following set up for some time, mostly to my satisfaction: Denon 791 AVR <----HDMI------> Vizio E601i-A3 Due to how the Vizio TV handles the ARC channel, I have all my components plugged into the TV instead of the AVR. Basically the TV commandeers the AVR Video whenever the TV...

Virtualization noob plans to install virtual box on a lightweight linux host OS, and run the following virtual guests: - file / media server, 24/7 (currently open media vault, but I'm looking at DSM since discovering it can be installed on non-Synology hardware) - linux OS as desktop, on...

I have a need for an online project management tool to share with collaborators outside of my company. The feature I can't seem to find is serial tasks (e.g. Task 2 can't start until Task 1 is complete). Unless I'm missing where this feaure is, all I can find are tasks that have independent...

I'm looking to build an HTPC to meet the following needs: - Streaming Netflix movies (Priority A1) - Watching Slingbox content originating outside my home network (Priority A2) - Watching the occasionally downloaded movie - Internet radio and/or Sirius radio online - No itunes - No gaming...

I occasionally help my previous employer with IT issues, and I'd like to put in place some options for me to do some of the administration remotely. the current setup has ms server 2000 as a domain controller, and about a dozen workstations. the tricky part is that the internet connection is...

i have an xml file that i want to insert as a large text field into an mssql 2000 database. i realize i can do an INSERT <table> (column) VALUES('text'), with the xml file contents, but i have dozens of them and i'd like to script it if possible. i have a stored procedure that works with...

I have pfsense running on a WRAP box. I noticed that the led's on my lan switch are always blinking like crazy, and i finally looked into it. the router is allowing ARP packets onto my lan. How can i block these? Can i block these? i tried to block any packets not destined for my...

this problem has really knocked me down a few pegs. i'm trying to upgrade my laptop hard drive from 40 GB to 60 GB. i've used fdisk in linux and partition magic in windows to set the partitions on the 60 GB drive, and i keep getting geometry errors in on the darn thing. assume for a...

using logon scripts, i can easily enough map a network resource: net use G: \\server\username however, i'd like to also map other resources to that home directory from other resources. is there a way to map \\server\specialfolder to G:\specialfolder ? i'd like to totally simplify some of...

i'm debating a sharepoint implimentation in our office. we have a server running server 2003, but there are a couple things that may hold us back. - we do not have a local instance of ms sql. we do have access to a remote sql server, but the connection is over a t1 to a parent office. how...

I recieved a suspicious email, and I don't plan on opening the attachment, but it got me to thinking if there is a database somewheres where if you type in an email subject it would tell you what virus/worm/trojan it may be associated with. for example, my message had the subject: "A/V...

I work in healthcare consulting, most of what i do is on the desktop end of things with ms access, and an archane reporting tool (focus). we've purchased some claims data from medicare, but the catch is that the data is pretty much dumped on to 100 3490E tapes without much of any...

i've had someone ask me what would provide the best wireless range, pcmcia or usb w/antenna. i can't seem to find anything that indicates one over another. anyone ever see such a comparison ?

email: mongo at nonsequitur dot info heatware: nonsequitur 4-0-0 For sale are two items that i just don't get any use from anymore Ipaq 2210 -------------- Price: $150 plus shipping - SOLD audiovox cdm9900 for verizon wireless ---------- Price: $75 plus shipping - SOLD...

http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/thinkpad/zseries/index.html thin and light (4.5 lbs; 1.1 inch thick), WXGA Display, better speakers, rounded corners (gasp!), windows key ( on a thinkpad ?!?!? ) etc. etc. will come in a 14 and 15.1 in model. the z series won't be compatible with existing...

I need to replace two hard drives on laptops, and i need to copy the disk data instead of doing a fresh install of windows. i have a copy of norton ghost, but for some reason it doesn't like me. restoring files was rediculously slow. maybe i bought the wrong version, my version of ghost 9...

two threads in one day for me. yoi. i upped to firefox 1.06 this morning, and i'm noticing something peculiar. typically, i middle click on links to open them in other tabs, but since the upgrade this won't work if the text is bold. if it is not bold, then middle clicking works normally...

I'm going to change webhosts, no big deal to most people. The problem is that i rely on webmail on my domain for email purposes. before i update dns entries, i planned on making sure all the accounts are duplicated on the new host. the problem is moving all archived messages over...

i did a quick search and didn't see any comments on this. i was updating some software for a client when i saw the upgrade to v. 2.5, and after running a full scan, it found about 5 different types of "malware" on the desktop, when spybot missed it entirely. i'm starting to agree that the...

There is a pcmcia wireless card that is recognized and will associate with an access point using either of two pcmcia slots in the laptop. But it will only create a network connection in one of the two pcmcia slots. It previously worked in either, but now, only one. the power light may be...

I've been thinking... how bad is the celeron-m for the business user? The main disadvantages of the celeron-m, half the cache and non-existent speed stepping just aren't a factor for the type of work done in most business environments. MS office applications and ordinary CRM software...

i'm trying to format an old p3 workstation with a fresh install of win2k. this box had been sitting unused for some time, but had been working fine. the client just needs this for a summer intern who needs a workstation. all work will be saved to a networked directory. i've tried three...

I have a modist audio libary that's been pretty much unchanged for the past 5+ years (when you love classic rock, there just isn't much new stuff to go after). until recently i've been pretty content to organize directories by artists/album and leave it at that. now that my nifty mp3 player...

I use a gentoo box for a home router, and i recently started putting my torrents onto the router. i noticed that when i browsed from my laptop (wired and wireless) web browsing was awefully slow, and i attributed that to bittorrent (since when i killed the torrents, all went back to normal)...

my office pc doesn't have any usb ports readily available, however, i did recieve a usb extension cord of sorts with a usb thumb drive once upon a time. i table tied this extension cord so that it fastens to my keyboard tray, and it worked well with the usb thumb drive, and it saved me from...

i find myself using my laptop more and more, and that means i need to keep my desktop on so that i can access things i might want to access. i feel that this is just wasting energy, and pretty much pointless. so i thought i'd add on to the old compaq that i've been using as a router (with...

i've always used samba for my network shares (read: music, porn, and school work), simply because it's easier for me to set it up once to work with when i'm in windows. my current file server is a gentoo box with a 160 GB drive, and my laptop connects to a few shared directories on that file...

Hey baseball fans, i've been looking for an excuse to pull the trigger on some mlb merch, and this was good enough for me. at http://shop.mlb.com you get a free batting practice cap ($25) with the purchase of an authentic batting practice jersey ($73). Link

i'm not keen on putting outlook on my desktop computer just so that I can sync pocket pc contacts onto it (I just don't like outlook). all the addon's such as pocket informant and agenda fusion seem to use outlook for contact management on the desktop end. are there any alternative pim's...

*** SOLD *** For sale: one used IBM Thinkpad T22. This is a great laptop that I purchased last summer when I went back to school. I loved it so much that I recently upgraded to a T42. The laptop was well maintained, and has an excellent solid feel. I primarily ran Gentoo Linux on it...

i just got a t42, and i'm burning the rescue cd's why have a burned 19 cd's and i'm still going????????? something doesn't seem right. the last oh... ten discs seem to have nothing on them

I need to purchase a copy of ghost for myself and some work i am doing for a client. I'm thinking about purchasing the bundle with partition magic that costs $30 more. i'll prolly do it anyways, but are there others here who think it isn't worth the extra $30 ?

I'm in the market for a MP3/FM player for gym use. I'm not interested in an ipod or anything hard drive based. I'm not much of a music buff, but when i'm at the gym i do listen/watch tv and use the internal fm broadcasts for the audio. it's so much easier to zone out on the treadmill when...

my employer is willing to help me get trained in MS SQL basics so that someone in our office has at least a clue of what's going on. any jerseans know of reputible training centers that may offer seminars, be it over consecutive days or a series of evenings? our office is off of exit 8 on...

i'm an ibm whore. i love the trackpoint and the build quality. that said, i'd consider building myself if the price was right, but i've yet to see any odm's use a trackpoint. is ibm (or their supplier) the only peeps to use it?

Is it just me, or is there no easy way to swap out a ntfs paritioned laptop harddrive without reinstalling windows? i had purchased a usb enclosure to do the data-swap thinking it would be a synch. I tried a linux bootdisk with captive-ntfs and i got permission errors... I tried...

My father bounced somthing off me, and i really didn't have an idea as to what might work. He works in a small office (a dozen employees) that uses ms exchange for an email solution. as it is now, their exchange database is somewhat bloated becuase everyone is afraid to delete anything...

I'm totally kicking myself for not getting Tivo when I signed up for DirecTv this summer. (God bless Sunday Ticket!). So now i want to pick up a directv/tivo unit. It might well be that they are all the same, but I figured i'd ask in case there is a kick-ass set top.

i've seen a few websites devoted to linux on an ipaq, mostly http://www.handhelds.org http://gpe.handhelds.org http://opie.handhelds.org i'm in the market for a pda, i really like the 194x and the 22xx ipaqs. i also really like the idea of utilizing some open source software instead of...