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A'men!!

Our tape backup drive has died at work and needing to know if there is a difference because I found one and if it works I'm going to buy it. I just need to know if it's compatible or not. The shop that has it is an hour away and I don't want to waste my time if it doesn't work.

From what I'm guessing Microsoft is making Vista like ME. Just a live test of an OS so they can have all the bugs worked out before the next major one. EXACTLY like they did going from ME to 2000.

I'm not sure if I'm in the right section but I'll at least start here. Where I work we have recently outsourced our Website development part and I am currently working with the new designer. The problem I'm having is instead of having the files sent to me as html, the designer is using photoshop to create the site, so I was wondering if there is way convert the psd files into an editable html file that will work in Sharepoint.

is there such a folder "logon folder" to place a batch file to get it running? Ya I think if you edit the runonce registry key that could take care of it.

Happy b-day geek!

I've tried CA's antivirus at work and lets just say it's better than nothin at all I guess. If they throw it into the deal for free, I take it and go on. If you have to purchase it then I'd forget, there are much better ones on the market. I personally use AVG 8.0 and Anti-vir, both are free to home users, work great, and doesn't conflict with each other.

My guess would be to create a batch file to execute those scripts and place the batch file in the first logon file.

Since you think it's a hardware issue, try this. Try taking all parts out of your system, except the hard drive. Have the system boot up and wait, then over time add one piece of hardware pack one at a time. If sounds, nic, etc. is onboard disable it all then enable one at a time for a true test.

I've tested k-9 web protection before and works great. It's also free to home users. http://www1.k9webprotection.com/

Try these. http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/product_cd_key_viewer.html http://files.filefront.com/RockXP3exe/;504...;/fileinfo.html

Try this. I use this at work for our domain devices and it works GREAT! http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinte...s/bb963905.aspx

It sounds like it could be an issue with your power settings. Try this, try turning off ALL your power saving features and also disable hibernation and wait. If you see that this improves the situation then reapply your power savers one at a time, that way you could pin point the problem.

Thanks guys. I'll try that. I haven't heard from the customer yet, he said he'd give me a call when he was ready for me to work on it. So I'll try these and keep you all posted. Thanks again!

It's a funny thing, my boss tried it this morning, keep in mind nothing was changed yesterday it for some reason started working. Don't ask me why but it did. Thanks for the help though, if it gives her fits again I'll try that.

I was creating an nlite iso of a Windows XP Media Ed. for a computer I was building, I had it automatically input the produt key, install drivers, and install SP3, I was testing the image on my virutal machine before I put it to DVD to make sure all the bugs are worked out before making the DVD. The problem I'm having is when it gets to the point of where it asks for the product key it gives me an error saying, "Invalid Product Key". I double checked the product key and it was typed in correctly, I tried remaking the image w/o SP3 and still the same result. Any ideas?

There should be a small hole in the front right below where the drawer opens to stick the paperclip in. I haven't seen a drive yet that doesn't have that hole, and believe me I've seen plenty of CD drives. As far as the drive goes it sounds like the drive's dead. Looks like a trip to wally world to get a new one, or if it's still under warrenty have Dell replace it.

I never thought of doing that, good idea contradude. I always fall back to the PITB clause, or PAIN IN THE BUTT CLAUSE, and an agreement that if the customer aggrevates the crap out of me while working on it, I just keep upping the price until they quit calling completely.

My supervisor is using a Logitech Laser 1500 cordless desktop and came in this morning and her F1-F12 keys aren't working. I've tried a lot of things to try to get it resolved but no luck. It doesn't have a function button to enable or disable so that's a dead end road. It's kind of a big deal because we use those function keys ALOT here in the office, especially for what she does. Any ideas on fixes? I've tried rebooting, resetting everything and no luck. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

I ran into the same issue on a laptop I worked on. What I did was install Windows 2000 on the machine then installed XP overtop of it, and it worked out great.

You guys think this is funny, but yesterday exactly one hour after I posted this, number 30 happened to me.

Ya, you've done everything you can possibly do. It could be a drivers issue, drivers can be your worst nightmare. If it keeps up I say send it back, but from initial results it might have been the drivers.

The sad part about this is I've lived through almost all of these.

1. When IT say they’re coming right over, log out and go for coffee. It’s no problem for us to remember 700 network passwords. 2. When you call us to have your computer moved, be sure to leave it buried under half a ton of postcards, baby pictures, stuffed animals, dried flowers, bowling trophies and children’s art. We don’t have a life, and we find it deeply moving to catch a fleeting glimpse of yours. 3. When IT send you an e-mail with high importance, delete it at once. We’re probably just testing out the public groups. 4. When an IT professional is eating lunch at his desk, walk right in and spill your guts out and expect him to respond immediately. We exist only to serve and are always ready to think about fixing computers. 5. When an IT professional is at the water cooler or outside having a smoke, ask him a computer question. The only reason why we drink water or smoke at all is to ferret out all those users who don’t have email or a telephone line. 6. Send urgent email ALL IN UPPERCASE. The mail server picks it up and flags it as a rush delivery. 7. When you call a helpdesk engineer’s direct line rather than the helpdesk number, press 5 to skip the greeting that says he’s on holiday for a week, record your message, and wait exactly 24 hours before you send an email straight to the director because no one ever returned your call. You’re entitled to common courtesy. 8. When the photocopier doesn’t work, call computer support. There’s electronics in it, right? 9. When you’re getting a NO DIAL TONE message at home, call the helpdesk. We can even fix telephone problems from here. 10. When something’s wrong with your home PC, dump it on a chair in IT. Leave no name, no phone number, and no description of the problem. We love a good mystery. 11. When you have a helpdesk engineer on the phone walking you through changing a setting; read the paper. We don’t actually mean for you to DO anything; we just love to hear ourselves talk. 12. When we offer you training on the upcoming OS upgrade, don’t bother. We’ll be there to hold your hand after it is done. 13. When the printer won’t print, re-send the job at least 20 times. Print jobs frequently just disappear into the cosmos for no reason. 14. When the printer still won’t print after 20 tries, send the job to all 68 printers in the office. One of them is bound to work. 15. Don’t use online help. Online help is for wimps. 16. If you’re taking night classes in computer science, feel free to go around and update the network drivers for yourself and your co-workers. We’re grateful for the overtime when we have to stay until 2:30am fixing them. 17. When you have an IT bod fixing your computer at a quarter to one, eat your lunch in his face. We function better when slightly dizzy . 18. Don’t ever thank us. We love this AND we get paid for it! 19. When a helpdesk engineer asks you whether you’ve installed any new software on this computer, lie. It’s nobody’s business what you’ve got on your computer. 20. If the mouse cable keeps knocking down the framed picture of your dog, lift the computer and stuff the cable under it. Mouse cables were designed to have 45 lbs. of computer sitting on top of them. 21. If the space bar on your keyboard doesn’t work, blame it on the network/mail upgrade. Keyboards work much better with half a pound of muffin crumbs, nail clippings, and big sticky drops of Coke under the keys. 22. When you get the message saying “Are you sure?” click on that ‘Yes’ button as fast as you can. Hell, if you weren’t sure, you wouldn’t be doing it, would you? 23. Feel perfectly free to say things like “I don’t know nothing about that computer crap”. It never bothers us to hear our area of professional expertise referred to as crap. 24. When you need to change the toner cartridge, call the helpdesk. Changing a toner cartridge is an extremely complex task, and Hewlett-Packard recommends that it be performed only by a professional engineer with a master’s degree in nuclear physics. 25. When something’s the matter with your computer, ask your secretary to call the help desk. We enjoy the challenge of having to deal with a third party who doesn’t know anything about the problem. 26. When you receive a 30-meg movie file, send it to everyone as a high-priority mail attachment. We’ve got plenty of disk space and processor capacity on that mail server. 27. Don’t even think of breaking large print jobs down into smaller chunks. God forbid somebody else might get a chance to squeeze into the queue. 28. When you bump into an IT bod in the supermarket on a Saturday, ask a computer question. We work 24/7, even while at the supermarket on weekends. 29. If your son is a student in computer science, have him come in on the weekends and do his projects on your office computer. We’ll be there for you when his illegal copy of Visual Basic 6.0 makes your Access database flip out. 30. When you bring us your own no-brand home PC to repair for free at the office, tell us how urgently we need to fix it so your son can get back to playing DOOM. We’ll get right on it because we have so much free time at the office.

I completely agree w/ fox 100% with this software, it's easy and free to home users, I've used it before and works like a champ.