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The keyboard key has a symbol of a house on it, and is called the Www Home key in the remapper. I do have the usual Home/End/PageUp/Down set on the QWERTY keyboard. I deleted AppKey 7 and the key now does nothing. : Edit: Put the backslash there with KeyTweak. KeyTweak will potentially be useful to disable the power key. As I understand, it adjusts another mapping layer separate from language specific keyboard layouts. Because I don't have a Scancode Map at all now. It could potentially "fix" localized keyboards that have some keys switched around without editing each Windows layout in use. Good stuff. I am currently well stocked up on PS/2 keyboards (which are getting obsolete) because they lacked the Power key. But at one point I used one where it was in the place of either Print Screen or Pause. It seems that KeyTweak could be used to make it Print Screen again. Nice. Here somebody is considering shooting his keyboard with a handgun to get rid of the sleep key. I always get rid of hkcmd.exe in Intel drivers, and also the ati2evxx.exe service in ATI drivers.

I've pulled out the Power key on desktop keyboards before. I'd rather not do that, to keep it looking good. The operating system here is generic, looks reinstalled and tweaked for performance already. It's working well. Windows sees a Standard 101/102-key PS/2 keyboard and ATI Xpress 1250 chipset.

I have received a used Samsung R40 laptop. It has an additional function key on its keyboard with a symbol of "home", which is located next to the arrow keys. When this key is pressed, Internet Explorer opens, or a new tab in my real browser if it is already active. This also happens when a fullscreen application is focused. How would I disable this function, because I don't find it useful, and often trigger it by accident when using the arrow keys. There are no OEM "launcher" applications running, therefore I conclude that it is part of Windows XP (SP3).

After directed to look at the NetBIOS name as a separate one, and at hosts files on the clients, I think I have figured out the problem. The issue wasn't to do with name resolution at all, which worked correctly all the time. I used a packet sniffer to look at the connection. The "client" receives the correct IP address, establishes a connection to the Direct-SMB port 445, exchanges a few packets, and drops the connection. The Windows 2000 computer which worked, used NetBIOS over TCP ports 137-139 to connection to the shares, and did not use port 445 at all. Windows 2000 and XP can be configured to use NetBIOS, by setting SMBDeviceEnabled to 0, but will default to Direct-SMB. I did enable SMB a few weeks ago, and forgot about it. That was a bad decision. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\NetBT\Parameters\SMBDeviceEnabledSomehow the NetBIOS "computer name" of my "server" was set to "17-studijaex", different from what I had in the DNS. Apparently Windows shares only respond to their own hostname, kinda like a vhost in a webserver. I replaced all references of this old name, restarted the computer, and now DirectSMB also works. To make sure, I forwarded port 445 for a single host on the Internet and tried accessing the shares in three ways: by Internet IP - works by j7n.....hostname for the same IP - failure by "studijaex" added to hosts file - works I didn't have a DNS server there to test; but it would would probably work too. This name matching doesn't serve any purpose for security, but that is how it is. 1) NetBIOS over TCP/IP - enabled for the network connection - SMBDeviceEnabled = 0 Works over LAN with any hostname. 2) Direct-SMB - SMBDeviceEnabled = 1 - NetBIOS can be disabled Works over LAN or the Internet if the hostname matches the remote computer name.

I have assigned the IP of "B" (the "client") via a static lease. I created a LMHOSTS file (there was none except the sample) and entered the host name and ip there. This makes shares accessible under that name. I am still puzzled as to why everything worked without it before. From another computer running Windows 2000 I can access \\studijaex without lmhosts. I created several A records on the DNS ("test1", "test2.j7nh", "test9"), all pointing at 192.168.1.17, and they all correctly open the network shares from the Windows 2000 computer, but neither of my two XP computers, nor in fact the "server" itself (also running XP).

Yes, I can connect using the IP address 192.168.1.17. Computers have static IP addresses; and belong to Workgroup "J7NH". Computer A, connected to router's port 1, and has static address 192.168.1.17 C:\>ipconfig /allWindows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : studijaex Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . :Ethernet adapter Onboard Marvell Yukon: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Marvell Yukon 88E8053 PCI-E GigabitEthernet Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-16-E6-87-ED-4B Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.17 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.254C:\>tracert 192.168.3.5Tracing route to b75m [192.168.3.5]over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 <1 ms 1 ms 1 ms router.j7nh [192.168.1.254] 2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms b75m [192.168.3.5]Trace complete.Computer B, connected to router's port 3, address given by DHCP 192.168.3.5 D:\Users\Administrator>ipconfig /allWindows IP Configuration Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : B75M Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . : Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No DNS Suffix Search List. . . . . . :Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : j7nh Description . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 94-DE-80-6D-7D-4A Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.5 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.254 DHCP Server . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.254 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.3.254 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled Lease Obtained. . . . . . . . . . : trediena, 2014. gada 12. februārī 19:09:14 Lease Expires . . . . . . . . . . : sestdiena, 2014. gada 22. februārī 19:09:14D:\Users\Administrator>tracert 192.168.1.17Tracing route to studijaex [192.168.1.17]over a maximum of 30 hops: 1 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms router.j7nh [192.168.3.254] 2 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms studijaex [192.168.1.17]Trace complete.I've entered hostnames into the router. They're used during ping ^, but cannot be used to access Network Shares (I previously assumed they were). I'd like to be able to open the remote computer by typing its name. Probably, until the reboot, it was the identical NetBIOS name that was used. And NetBIOS is no longer working."NetBIOS over TCP/IP" was Default on computer B, when the problem occurred. I set it to Disabled, thinking it would cause to prefer DNS. Doesn't work either way.

Ever since I rebooted my always on Windows XP PC, it disappeared from the Windows Network under the hostname I had previously assigned to it. It has likely to do with a setting on the PC itself, which I adjusted days before taking the computer offline. I have some "SMB" shares accessed from this PC by the name, which are now invalid. The Windows Network has a mind of its own... It works without setting it up, and then stops working. I would like to avoid this category of problems with Windows Netowork altogether, by switcing to DNS for name resolution. This should in theory allow me to move the PC elsewhere, change its IP, and still have the shares work fine. DNS is running on my router, which all computers use. Problem: I cannot use the DNS hostname to open a network share at all. IP services like FTP are working fine. I can ping the host. I can use \\192.168.1.17 in the address bar to load the shares, but cannot use \\studijaex. I've also tried a multi-part hostname, and ending with a period. All computers are running Windows XP. \\hostname doesn't work on any of them.

I eventually got to reboot the computer. It feels much 'snappier' now, for a lack of a better term. I have 2 desktop computers running 50-150 days without between reboots. They're stable. Except this issue that when they have to access lots of files from a hard disk, they behave as if out of memory: unresponsive and writing to the disk a lot. I'll keep investigating.

I am experiencing poor disk or cache performance after Windows XP has been up for 20 or more days. Loading a web browser now takes a long time, during which there is unusually heavy disk access. System has 3 GB of RAM, out of which 1 to 2 GB is in use. An unfragmented 2 GB Swap file (partition) is also enabled. Rebooting the system greatly improves performance, compared to closing all processes and reopening them. Is it possible to flush the cache without a reboot, or tweak it so that the problem doesn't occur? Some stats about current memory usage Under System->Performance I have currently set: Adjust for best performance of: Background services Memory usage: Programs UpTime 5802845 sec (67 days, 3 hours, 54 min, 5 sec)

My drive was manufactured in June 2013 (Date: 13496) and has firmware SC42. I have had a VX (SV35), which didn't have the APM function at all (instead of it being set to an inactive value). I change the APM setting using any available tool. In my case, HDAT2. The Device Configuration Overlay, also editable by HDAT2, can be used to selectively disable features of the drive, such as shrink its capacity, or prevent a Host Protected Area to be set, which is useful for some BIOSes that copy data into this locked area. APM cannot be disabled in DCO on Seagate drives. But I discovered that as a side effect, editing the DCO also saves the current APM value, as I described in my linked thread on Seagate forums. Otherwise this value was lost for me (and many other people), requiring that it is reset after a power cycle. I am unsure of the exact steps needed to save the APM value, but the method so far worked on 2 drives.

I have tested the drive. It comes with APM preset to 0xC0, which does nothing. The drive does not enter a standby mode by itself, and load/unload cycles are equal to power cycles. APM can still be disabled or set to an arbitrary value by restoring/editing the DCO. I have disabled APM on my unit, even though it was not necessary. On the table the NAS HDD is 4-5 °C cooler than an SV35 of the same configuration. Read speeds on my system are in range of 170 MB/s - 80 MB/s, or 20% slower than the other drive spinning at 7200 rpm. The NAS HDD is compatible with Intel SATA/150, where read speeds cap at 120 MB/s. Both drives are practically inaudible. With the "chirping" it was almost ridiculous. I had booted a fresh OS from a boot CD, browsed the web with it. And while I was reading an article, the drive would park the heads, alerting me and taking attention away from what I was reading. When I moused over something or clicked a link, the drive would chirp again, to allow the browser to write to the cache.

Welcome to the forums, and thank you for following the signup process to describe your experience. The drive must be capable to store the power configuration, probably on the platters themselves. Current models are indeed quiet in operation. I'm not concerned about noise part of normal operation, which can even complement activity LEDs (in which case a hdd can be too quiet), but only if it becomes signal of a problem. According to this manual, APM is not supported, and the drive would enter standby mode only if the host had set the standby timer. The problem experienced earlier occurred even without a host. I have ordered a NAS HDD and will see how it performs.

I have found that Windows XP SP3 can't be trimmed as small as SP1 for low memory systems. SP1, being XP, can run more new applications than Win2k (relatively new drivers such as nVidia video drivers, including most that err out on EncodePointer). An anti-virus might not be needed depending on who (and how) uses the computer. Perhaps one could rely on most other people scanning for viruses in files published on the web, and using an online service for on-demand checks.

I'm seeing no increases in CPU usage between Flash 11.4.402 and 11.8.800, which I currently have at hand. Both hover at 40% on my sample video from above with DXVA. CPU is consumed only when the video window is visible, other times the usage is around 10%, which suggests that not the decoding but the composition is the slow part in Flash video. If enabling acceleration in Flash settings already decreases CPU usage by half on HD videos (allowing the card to handle most decoding but not composition), a video card upgrade will not give further improvement. (But Flash 11.4 is 9 MB and Flash 11.8 is 16 MB, which almost double the size in memory in such a short time.)

I tried installing GIMP. It loaded the graphical representations of all layers correctly (no text, no adjustment or fill, or blending effects), which is good enough. Its resampling appears to be identical to IrfanView's. (slightly more ringing in the left image) GIMP can also load PSD files with transparency and save them without apparent loss. I think I can use it in place of IrfanView now. The version I got to run (2.4.7) doesn't have as many options for text processing though. And the GTK gui looks kinda ugly.

I have Adobe Photoshop 7. When I perform resizing, either of the whole image canvas or by choosing Edit -> Transform upon the current layer, there is always sharpening being done during the process. I rather wish this didn't happen. For example, 0. Original 1. Downscaled to 67% (doesn't have to be a screenshot) 2. Downscaled to 67% in IrfanView I sometimes export the picture to IrfanView, resize it, and bring it back into Photoshop for further processing. This doesn't work for layers with transparency. I understand why one would sometimes apply some sharpening (usually less than Photoshop uses). But in like in this example, I might want to blend the Windows logo with some background and photographed/scanned text, where the sharpened edges of the logo look too jagged in comparison. Are there versions of Photoshop that have customizable resampling methods, so that sharpening can be avoided?

I'm considering getting a Seagate hard drive for a tower system that is operating 24/7. The new "NAS HDD" model line (STx000VN000) looks appealing since it was built for reliability. However, there was this issue with head parking after short periods of inactivity, which produced a relatively loud scraping noise, much like that of a floppy loading ("chirp"). In the current SV35 series (VX), head parking could be disabled by forcing the drive to remember the Advanced Power Management mode, and recent drives even came without this function at all. Seagate states that for the new NAS HDD: "NASWorks provides 24×7 operation profiles and advanced power management modes to help drives go into the appropriate sleep or standby mode; this maximizes power conservation, minimizes time-to-data and improves overall reliability and performance." So I fear that APM might be back. Can any owners of a NAS HDD report if the drive does head parking? (Loading "drivers" for a HDD to get rid of APM is not an option. It must be able to remember the APM mode, or lack of it.)

A Kingston DT111 (ven. 0951, dev. 1666) finally arrived. It's working well with PIIX4 and ICH1 with USP3. Everest on the old computers identifies the device as USB 2.1. I'll order a couple more of these. I'll keep in mind that I can try a hub for newer devices. The purpose of these media is only file transfer. We still have a couple Pentium III office machines where I put the unofficial service pack on (but replacing the computers is not my call), and I own a retro gaming machine with a Mendocino Celeron.

I see USB 3.0 flash memory on sale and it's been replacing USB 2.0. Most of the models state compatibility with 2.0, as expected, but few mention 1.1. I am in need of USB drives that work in old Win98 PCs. Are all new drives backwards compatible down to USB 1.1?

I want it to be fanless. I could get a 620 locally, but have no way of telling if its cooling is sufficient beforehand, and if I can draw more power from this motherboard. Do twice as many CUDA cores also approximately double gaming performance? Edit: I replaced the 610 with another card of the same type, and the computer has so far always booted. :-)

VEVO uses a different transport protocol (RTMP), so their videos can't be played in generic players as easily. That is great if your program works, because VEVO has higher quality content, which seems to be further transcoded when uploaded to YT. I think Flash video is so slow because it must overlay semi-transparent annotations and occasionally some controls on top of the picture, which can't be done if the video is hardware accelerated. The picture is probably always converted to RGB. I find that I can also always capture a video frame played in Flash video with Print Screen, but cannot do that from fast video players. Still, FFdshow with conversion to RGB only uses about 80% of CPU on this sample. If I open a semitransparent OSD in the program, it uses more and cannot be played. But Flash operates in the slow mode all the time (the Play icon fades in and out, annotations, menus launched from the bottom bar). If Adobe "fixes" the player, they will probably only accelerate it on new OS using some new window manager technology. XP is just "not supported".

I'll use your second opinion and replace the video adapter before giving the PC away as planned. The system appears to be stable when using integrated video too. I was confused when the entire computer didn't freeze or reboot upon the error as usual.

I have had trouble playing 1280 pixel videos with higher framerate on a Pentium 4, comparable with the speed of the machine in the OP. There are two reasons: 1) the webpage is ridiculously fat with scripts that get executed if the user runs the mouse over any controls, 2) the Flash plugin is slow to decode and especially to render any video. I am still puzzled why people like sites like this. Which process in the task manager is causing increased CPU usage when the slowdowns occur? If VLC can stream your videos without interruptions and consumption of disk space, watching them outside of the website will deal with both issues, and also improve color quality (Flash player doesn't upsample chroma correctly). I use this extension for Opera, which presents all available video formats in a compact menu (usually 720p MP4 or 480p FLV are the best). Add an item to the context menu (standard_menu.ini) to all links, enabling to pass them onto a media player. --------------------GhostItem, M_INSPECT_ELEMENT = Inspect elementItem, Open in MPlayer=Execute program, "d:\apps\mplayer\mpui.exe","%l"The average CPU usage of this 720p@30fps video: in MPlayer – 44%, in browser – 90% (with large peaks while not interacting with the page), in browser with DXVA – 37%, in MPC-HC with DXVA – <5%. (single core Conroe CPU at 1.6 GHz). Not quite what you asked; but this method works for me well to watch single videos. I suppose VLC and MPlayer are about equal. MPlayer can set variable cache for streamed content; the default of 1 MB works well for me.

My bad, I forgot about AHCI. I fully agree that Ivy Bridge is the last fully functional platform for XP. NT5 has been with us for over a decade! Relevant to good existing sound cards is also the absence of parallel PCI in Haswell chipsets. I specifically picked my board because it had PCI, but I have not yet tested it with a soundcard as it will not be used with one at the moment.

"Support" usually boils down to whether there are drivers for each individual component. It may be easier for the manufacturer to say that an application is "not supported" than to explain that one or more features of their product don't always work. So far it seems that all key components, except USB 3.0, do have drivers. I'm sure someone will release a "native usb driver" when the 3.0 speeds become relevant. I also successfully installed Windows onto a Gigabyte GA-B75M-D3H, which has the new shiny BIOS, without doing anything particular. The BIOS has all the crucial compatibility/legacy options, in particular IDE emulation for SATA, and comes with the pre-set in compatibility mode by default. The OS initially didn't boot, but I suspect it had to do with XP failing to write the boot sector properly on the drive partitioned with GParted. After I refreshed the boot sectors with BootICE, the system booted fine. XP with the latest updates was fully functional initially. Installing the Intel chipset INFs, hid the unknown USB device, among other things. Realtek generally sounds good. It is also present on this board. Their biggest deficiencies are lack of precise control (you can't pick the sampling rate, and set signal routing), and the ridiculous size of the control panel that does so little useful work. The quality of Realtek has definitely improved, as it no longer appears to switch as eagerly between mic/headphone/speaker when jack sensing encounters unexpected impedance. Realtek does offer stereo mix as a recording source. Recording works fine, but only at 16 bits. Realtek can also finally output 2 independent audio streams, but only to the rear and front, without other routing choices possible. Audio playback is stable under load, and doesn't interrupt.