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Ok, hopefully this will be a good start of info... AT&T DSL to the house. D-Link DIR-655 It's a ranch-style house (single story, long) The router is pretty centrally located in the house. The far reaches of the house are the problem areas. Distance is only about 60-70 feet, but through...

No, not my job. It's for my house. I don't work in the IT field.

I’ve got a wireless router and it has a hard time reaching to the far reaches of my building. What is the best way to get a better wifi signal away from the main router? Thanks.

Thanks for the reply. Yes, the one I have works for me. But I'm actually setting this up fro someone else and I didn't know if there was a better way to go now. Since I set mine up a few years ago.

I'm looking to get into a home server. This would be for 2 desktops and 1 laptop. I'm actually setting up for someone else. I've got a HP MediaSmart Home Server and it works pretty well for what I need. I've had it for a few years. Is that still a good option? It would be for backup and...

I'm having a problem with my Internet Service Provider. Time Warner Cable in Southern California. I get constant service interruptions. It has been this way for a long time. I've called many times, but all they ever want to do is replace the cable modem. I've replaced it a few times, but...

Thanks....for making me feel so small. Sometimes I amaze myself.

I need to find a away to extract all the files out of hundreds of folders. I have hundreds of folders, each one has at least one sub-folder (most have multiple subs). Some are empty of any files and some have files. How can I strip all the files out of these folders? I don't know how to do...

I'm trying to set up my music library for use with multiple users. Here's what I have been doing: I have one desktop with itunes installed (Win 7 64-bit). All music files are stored on my Windows Home Server. itunes is set to keep the music folder organized. I have two users on the...

Believe it or not, I have tried that. I've jammed them in the usb ports, A/V jacks, even dumped some in the DVD drive. It just doesn't work. Thanks ;)

Thanks for the reply. But that thread is for problems with it waking up uncontrolled. My problem is that it won't go to sleep according to the schedule I set up. When I manually put it to sleep it will go and stay asleep. Thanks!

It seems like something is running in the background that is doing this. Like a Service or something. Is there any way to monitor the system and see if something is “bugging” to OS to stay awake? Even if I have to manually sit there and watch. I have unplugged all peripherals and closed...

I'm having trouble getting my Windows 7 PC to go to sleep automatically. System Specs: Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit Asus P5E motherboard Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Mushkin (2 x 2GB) DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 Dual Channel BFG Tech BFGE88512GTSE GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB...

I'm wanting to update the bios on my P5E. I have never updated the bios, so it is pretty old. It's been a while since I done this. The last time was by extracting the bios onto a floppy and booting to the floppy and flashing. I don't have a floppy drive now, so I have to use other methods...

I've got an existing Battery Backup from APC (ES-500), but it doesn't work with my current system. According to the APC website wizard it should but during tests the system just shuts down when the power is cut. This is my current set-up (everything stock, no overclocking): Asus P5E...

I'm not really looking to have the set up going for that long. Maybe just a few days or a week while I set up the new install. I guess I'm not really doing a dual boot if I have two drives with two completely separate OS. I can have the bios set to boot to which ever one I need at the time...

I would like to set up a dual boot on my system. Here's the deal. I've got a current install of Windows Vista Ultimate 32-bit. My install of Vista is a little screwed up and I'd like to do a reinstall. Almost all of my documents (mp3s, videos, etc.) are stored on my server so the reinstall...

I didn't know autonuke was going to do all the passes. But at least it's clean now. I doubt WD would spend a lot of time trying to get at my mp3s and family movies. Anyway, thanks again.

Well I ran it and got the disk "clean". I just did the autonuke option. It did 3 passes with 3 rounds in each pass! It took about 22 hours. I just set it up and walked away. I came back about 22 hours later, thinking it would be done, but it had about 5 minutes to go. Good timing I...

Thanks for the quick replies. Any idea how long it will take for a 1 TB drive?

I have to RMA a drive back to Western Digital. It is still functional so I would like to wipe the thing clean of data first. What do you guys recommend for doing such a thing? I would prefer a windows based solution. I would hook the drive up to a working PC as a second drive and go from...

I'm still yet to get this set up and I now have another question: I'm going to be getting my wife a notebook for the holidays. The notebooks all state that they have wireless LAN 802.11 B/G. Will that not work on a "N" router? Or can I set up the notebook for "N"? Also, Santa is...

I could not figure out what was going on last night. But I took the Server to work today and hooked it up to the network. It found updates and installed them, then I installed PP1 and now I should be good to go tonight with my Vista 64 bit machine...Hopefully. Thanks!

Thanks for the heads up regarding the 64 bit install. I actually don't have a 32 bit PC, so I "borrowed" one and attempted the install. I found this page regarding the process (http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?docname=c01506562&cc=us&dlc=en&lc=en&jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN#c06562c)...

I'm needing to set up a wireless network. Currently I have a wired network with a 4 port router. On the network: My main desktop PC Second PC (hopefully soon to be HTPC) HP MediaSmart Windows Home Server I plan on getting my wife a notebook for a holiday gift and obviously want it to...

I'm looking at getting the MediaSmart EX 470. I've read quite a few reviews and forum postings (on this site and others) and I think it's a pretty good fit for what I want. I have a couple of questions for anyone that has one. When it comes to adding hard drives: Are there any pit falls...

Hello everyone, I know this is an age-old question, but... I need to get some HDMI cables to hook up some new equipment to a new HDTV display. Any local store is a total rip off. A quick google search brought me to cablesforless.com...

Just a quick question... Are all cable modems created equal? I've currently got cable modem service from Time Warner (Simi Valley, CA; Southern California). I'm using their cable modem but I'd like to get my own and not pay the monthly rental fee. Are there any things I should know or...

I've never really used Riva Tuner before, so I'm a total novice. I recently put together a new system and had to RMA the video card after it started having problems. It may have overheated, so I want to make sure I can avoid that again. I set up some fan profiles in Riva Tuner. And...

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I talked to BFG again last night. This time I got a much more knowledgeable guy. He told me that this is a known problem (he blamed Vista). He said there is a fix that will be in the Vista Service Pack due out soon. It has something to do with the nvlddmkm.sys file getting overloaded and...

I called BFG this morning to discuss with them and RMA if necessary. When I pulled out the manual to get the phone number I noticed they have 24/7 support. What an idiot. It never occurred to me that I could have called over the weekend. Anyway, they want me to call back tonight while I'm in...

I know opening the case is not always going to bring temps down. Here's some more info: I have found that the GPU temp (using the nvidia control panel with ntune installed) is about 55-57°C when idle with automatic fan control on. If I change to Direct fan control and crank it up to 99% the...

This has been very frustrating for me. I've had this problem come up after the system was running fine. I just put this system together a few weeks ago and it was doing OK until a few days ago when this started happening while playing COD4. It started to happen more and more to the...

I'm looking for a good backup utility. The Vista Backup Utility is kind of odd. I used to have scheduled backups run at night and they would backup specific folders. You can't do that in the Vista backup. I'm not looking for anything too extreme, it's only for my home PC with digital...

Regarding the 8800GTS: I want to run to one LCD monitor (via DVI) and also use the HDTV out (via the included component cable). I want to display the same image. What kind of impact does that have on the performance of the video card? I just want to be able to display the same thing on my...

I recently put together a new system using an Asus P5E and a new Seagate 7200.11 750GB hard drive. The motherboard is SATA 3.0 Gb/s specification and the drive is too. I noticed the jumper on the back of the drive is set to limit to 1.5 Gb/s. This may be a stupid question, but I assume I can...

Hello everyone/anyone. I'm setting up a new system and I can't seem to get the Ethernet connection to work right with the integrated Marvell LAN. Specs: P5e Q6600 GTS8800 512 4 GB RAM (2x2GB) Vista Ultimate 64-bit Everything is a stock settings, no overclock I got the OS installed...

As a follow up to this thread that I started... My wife has a friend that works for Microsoft and she was able to get an employee discount on Vista Ultimate for cheaper than OEM or academic versions. I just got all my components delivered from newegg and I plan on giving 64 bit a try...

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