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hey all, i'm developing an internal intranet application for a company this summer and need some help. basically i am stuck with displaying some data on one of my pages. First off, I am using ColdFusion with an Oracle backend. I am trying to display data from two tables that have a 1 -...

well i just got my mac mini and i am sharing one monitor between my pc and the mac. i have a separate keyboard and mouse for each computer. i have a monitor switch but it produces distortion on my CRT monitor. Can you recommend a good switch to me? Could I use a kvm and just use the monitor...

Just got my mac min and i'm lovin it! I am storing my files on an xp box. I have figured out how to access the shared folders in osx, but how can i map them so they are automatically reconnected? thanks for any input!

well, i finally took the plunge and ordered my mini. I went with the base model and upgraded to 512mb of ram, airport + bluetooth, and the bluetooth keyboard and mouse set. My question for you current, or soon to be mac mini owners is: how do you have yours set up? Are you using a kvm with your...

So my Athlon 64 3000+ has been showing up with 50C idle temps so today I decided to reapply some arctic silver 5 again for the 3rd time. So I unlatch the stock HSF and it doesnt seem to want to budge. So I pull on it a little bit and sure enough it pulls free. But then I notice the CPU is NOT in...

I recently built a new system with the following specs: Athlon 64 3000+ newcastle ABIT NF8 motherboard 512 MB corsair XMS Antec 430 Watt TruePower :( ATI Radeon 9600XT 128MB :( I can either, RMA the video card back to zipzoomfly and get an e-vga 6600GT for about a hundred dollars...

I have the AMD 64 3000+ Newcastle processor with the stock hsf mounted in an ABIT NF8 motherboard. My BIOS is averaging ~ 51C idle, and ~54 under load. I am using arctic silver 5 and made to follow the application instructions closely. I have also tried re-mounting the heatsink with a new...

Well I just build a new system: Athlon 64 3000+ socket 754 ABIT NF8 Antec 430 watt TruePower 512 Corsar XMS 74gig Raptor ATI Radeon 9600XT Well, I finally got the system together tonight, installed Doom 3, and as I am playing it pretty smoothly @ 1024 X 768/Medium i get the wonderful...

I just picked up a copy at my local Best Buy. Seems like a good deal. http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=1051806885631&skuId=5383328&type=product&cmp=++

I am upgrading my system and am thinking of adding a 36 gig raptor to my set up and using my 60 gig 7200rpm IDE drive as secondary storage. If I am going to run an Athlon 64 3000+, ABIT NF8 motherboard, 2 optical drives, and these two hard drives, will I be able to do it with my 350 Watt Antec...

Well I decided to do my "mini upgrade to tide me over from now until Longhorn" upgrade. I am going from: ** Athlon XP 1700+ ECS K7S5A motherboard 384 Megs of PC2100 ** Here is what I just ordered from zipzoomfly. ** 1 x (240155) Abit NF8 nForce3 250GB Athlon 64/Sempron Skt754...

A little background info... I am currently running: ** Athlon XP 1700+ 384 megs of ram ECS K7S5A mobo 7200 p-ata hd. 48X cd-rw 16X dvd-rom ATI Radeon 8500 350 Watt Antec PS. ** I would like to build a complete new system and go all out. ie case, new cpu, ram, s-ata hd...

So my mom brought home a PII-266 MHz w/ 64 megs of RAM from work. I went ahead and installed XP on this thing, and needless to say.... it's slooooooooow. I did some research and found out that this particular machine (Dell Dimension XPS D266) can hold up to 384 megs of ram. Would there be...

What type of cable splitter is need to correctly split a cable connection for tv and cable internet? One end will be going into the tv, and the other to the cable modem. Thanks

Like the title says, is a crossover cable needed to connect a cable modem to a router? Or will standard straight through work? Or either? Thanks

Do the logitech wireless mice (ie mx700) need a direct line of sight to work? Do the receiver and mouse have to level with each other(on the same surface)? or can the mouse be on the desk and the receiver on top of the tower? What about the keyboards? thanks for any input!

As of right now, my desktop pc is being used as a web/ftp/file server, as well as my main rig for surfing, school work(ms office, visual studio), aim, tv tuning. Nothing too intensive in itself, but i do tend to run a lot of programs at once. currently i am running: ECS K7S5A mb athlon...

I am thinking about going for my A+ certification. I know it's not as respected these days, but I work for the IT department at my university, and they pay for the certs so I figured what the hell. It couldn't hurt the ole resume. Anyways, what books/publishers would you guys recommend? I would...

Any thoughts, suggestions, insults? Antec TruePower True430 430W Power Supply Retail $76.00 AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Processor Socket 754 Retail $222.00 Abit KV8-MAX3 Via K8T800 Athlon 64 Skt754 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail $139.95 85015-1 Corsair...

I was going to wait until the BTX motherboards and cases came out but I cant see my self waiting. I plan on going P4 with HT. My question is: will longhorn run on a 32bit processor? I plan on having my next machine for a while so i want it to run the next generation software with no problems. Or...

I tried to boot my t41 while on campus today, and I get this error "fixed disk 0 failure" This happens right after before any xp boot screen or anything. The bios option screen hangs longer than usual, then that error comes up. I have the hitachi 60gig 7200 rpm drive. My data is lost isn't it...

I recently installed a longhorn build on its own partition in my windows box dual booted with XP. I since then formatted the drive with longhorn on it, but at startup I still get asked to "select an operating system" with longhorn and xp as the options. How do i get rid of this menu and have it...

All other things constant (read/write speed, size), what is the difference in data transfer speed between a regular internal ide hard drive, vs and external usb 2.0 hard drive? Sorry if this is a stupid question.

Hello, I am looking to backup my entire system to another hard drive(external usb). Would Norton Ghost, or Drive Image be a better choice? I am looking for something that can back up everything at once including the operation system, and something that will search my system and backup any newly...

I share a lynksis wireless router with 3 other people. All of the others are hooked to the router via cat5. My desktop is connected to the router via cat5, but my laptop is connected via WiFi. I want to be able to share files between my laptop and desktop. I have been able to do this by just...

Hey guys, Sorry you thought it was a scam, but it honestly wasn't. I know why it would seem like one, and I know i have a low post count and everything. Each member is required to sell 50 dollars worth of tickets and I figured this would be an easy way to do it. My bad I suppose. I wish there...

Hey guys, I'm a student at Northern Illinois University. My fraternity is in a bad financial situation right now. We might not even have a house next semster to live in. We are having a raffle to rasie some funds. The tickets are $1 each. If you would be so kind as to go here you can get more...

I am not sure what the cover of my T41 is made of, magnesum copositie or something? But i just cant get this thing clean! No matter what i try it always has finger prints or dark smudges at certain angles. Are you guys having the same problem? If not, what can i do to fix it. It's not that big...

I am thinking about picking up an iPod Mini(really like the idea that it charges on USB power) or I might just get the original iPod(15 gig model) I am a windows user and am just wondering if the ipod will show up in my computer as another hard drive so i can just drag and drop files on to it...

If I want to connect an empty port on a routher to the WAN port on another router I need to use a crossover cable, correct? But If I am using a switch, I can connect to a separate router's WAN port without a crossover? Finally, If I want to connect a WAP to an empty port on a router, or switch...

Did you notice a significant amount of screen real-estate gain? Does the 2001fp look and feel a lot bigger in terms of screen size? Also, I have a tv on my desk that is on the shelf directly above my CRT and when it is on, it causes distortion to the CRT image. Will this happen with an LCD...

i was fiddiling around with my network connections and set up a VPN connection between my desktop and laptop. This may sound stupid, but what exactly does having a VPN connection do?

I currently have a 802.11g enabled IBM T41. If I install an 802.11g pci card in my desktop, will I be able to directly connect the two computers that way? I know with using cat5, a crossover cable is needed for this effect, but what about with wireless cards? Will I have any trouble with this?

Is there any software out there that will automatically configure my monitors settings? Meaning, the horizontal, vertical, pincushion/balance, etc? I am having the worst time trying to get all the settings right. If the balance is good the pincushion is too wide and the corners looked tucked in...

From my understanding this monitor has a built in usb 2.0 hub. I have 2 questions. First, what does the 4 downstream and 1 upstream mean? Secondly, does hooking this monitor to your video card automatically mean the usb ports will work? Or am I correct in saying that you have to plug the...

I was interested in connecting my laptop to my desktop through a crossover cable. My desktop currently has 2 nic cards installed. The motherboard integraded one, and the us-robotics one I installed myself. I currently have the integrated card disabled in my bios. My question is.. can i connect...