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I am a OS enthusiast, and it occurred to me, Windows XP next year will be a ten year old OS, and I would go as far as to say that even though it has evolved, it has not evolved that much IMO.
Was recently reading an article from CNET on the "safety" of the Windows vs Mac platforms, and it came to mind, are we any "safer" now than what we were in the late 90s or early 90s when a lot of us got MBR viruses?
It occurred to me that on the same premise that many of us consider a mac to be safer due to its smaller user base compared to the more recent NT based OSs, would it be safer to say also that our old OSs of choice based on DOS may be "safer" now that they don't have such a broad user base as they used to, this of course assuming you're not using IE, I know it is probably a ridiculous question, but there are still a lot of corporate environments running what a lot of us would consider ancient OSs and ancient methods of DB and storage.
I'd like yalls opinions
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in your friends situation i can see them using an overpowered machine for that -prolly because its likely used for other things like internet browsing, streaming music etc. my POS systems are complete overkill in the cpu memory dept but moderate in others.
14" POS monitor -non touch screen angles up to be used in standing position (i want to switch them to a touch screen but theyre happy with a mouse)
3ghz core2 duo
2Gb of ram
stripped down and somewhat locked down windows XP (not bulletproof but protected)
POS software (COMCASH) launches on start up and connects to a SQL server in a nearby building
as far as most of the staff knows, the machines cant even get on the internet.
Ok, I'll admit something to you all, the last NEW machine I built was a few years ago, more like six or seven, so I can say that I have completely missed out on the brightest and latest on new hardware on almost any angle, I have been keeping up with software to a point, becoming more interested in Linux, but that's besides the point.
I can see your system for a POS making sense, even though it seems a bit hyped out also lol, but see, did I mention that this Dell she bought has a quad core AMD 64 processor in it? This part of the US is extremely low in people that know what they're doing when they're in front of a computer but I am still shocked about this purchase, and what amazed me more is that spending almost a $1000 dollars on this computer and it didn't come with a DVI output or seperate (not onboard) VGA card.
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Just a couple of days a friend asked what computer should she get to run a POS. She has a small tobaco store, so all she sells is Cigs and snuff.
She was looking at a POS solution from Quickbooks, that comes with a 40mm printer, IR bar code scanner, cash drawer, and the software itself.
Minimum requirements for which are :
QuickBooks Point of Sale System RequirementsMinimum System Requirements
* At least a 1.6GHz processor
* At least 256MB of RAM (512 MB if running Windows Vista) for a single user
* At least 512MB of RAM (1 GB if running Windows Vista) for multiple, concurrent users.
* 1 GB of disk space (additional space required for data files)
Recommended System Requirements
* At least a 2.0 GHz processor
* At least 512 MB of RAM (1 GB if running Windows Vista) for a single user
* At least 1GB of RAM for multiple, concurrent users.
* 1 GB of disk space (additional space required for data files)
Disk Space Requirements for Addtional Software1
* 70 MB for Internet Explorer 6.0 (provided on POS CD)2
* 50 MB for Microsoft .NET 2.0 Framework (provided on POS CD)3
* 4 MB for Adobe Flash Player 9 (provided on POS CD)
Additional Hardware and Software
* Operating Systems Supported:
o Microsoft Windows XP (SP2 or later strongly recommended), 32-bit, all editions
o Windows Server 2003
o Windows Vista, all editions4 5
o Windows Server 2008
* 4x CD-ROM drive
* Optimized for 1024 x 768 screen resolution
* QuickBooks-approved retail hardware (optional)4
Well, when I saw her she already had gotten a computer, she came back with a computer with a 22" wide screen, along with 6GB or RAM, 640GB of HDD, BD-ROM, a AMD 64 bit processor of which I don't remember the speed, it was a Dell and it cost her close to a $1000 at Sam's Club
And I dropped my jaw! I told her that she could use it, but it was not needed for a POS, I happened to have my Mini9 there and told her just as an example, I could use it to run her entire POS solution, and from what I seen from the software, you wouldn't really require that much processing power anyway if it was just for use in one single store.
She kind of looked at me and said "Well you just don't know what you're talking about, the salesman told me I needed at least 3GB"
Anyway, I think I am being converted into the chain of though of "good enough computing" I have not been buying or updating my computer as much as I used to 6 years ago, I believe just as many other people do, that we reached a level on which for the least amount of money we spent we are able to do the same because our needs are not that high anymore, I don't think that that many people will need a computer with that type of specs, what are your opinions, is the typical Walmart $300 computer enough for you? What are your needs and why?
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Clean install, and same problem. Again I can access and ping from another XP machine, but can't even see the other computers from Win7. However it does detect Xbox 360 on the "Full network map" showing and it gives me the acurate IP for it but still I can't ping it, it times out. I absolutely couldn't find anything on google about this.
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Well, I downloaded the update and tried to install it on all the XP machines, but I get an error due to having SP3 on the XP machines, it says the pack is newer than the update so it refuses to install it. Is this update already in SP3?
If so then I guess the problem persists, I have been messing with the settings so much that I am going to reinstall Win7 just to get the default settings back and retry once more.
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I've been trying to figure this out since yesterday, my Windows 7 machine is able to connect to the internet, but not able to see any other computers on the network. It cant ping any of the others by IP or name.
I have a router with 3 wireless clients (myself included) and two wired (computer and Xbox360).
However, the other clients can see my Win7 machine, I was able to ping it from a wireless laptop running XP and also access the shared folder from the Win7 machine.
After scratching my head for a little bit, had a drink of coke, scratched a lil bit more and turned off FW and still have the same situation, I don't have anything installed on it yet, its pretty much a clean install.
Anyone with the same problem? Any ideas on how I could solve it?
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Can anyone tell me how to decrypt this?
{sha}nMu1CrT1mfCFIOrIbULfnY5g2/g=
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Pirate Bay is back UP
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This happened 29th April 2006
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bh7xBFKwanU
"Tiago and Tânia died in this accident. David survived but never could explain what really happened that night."
"Police authorities came up with a curious information during the investigation: in 1983, a young lady called Teresa Fidalgo, suffered an accident in that same spot."
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I'd take XP out of the mix all together.
Boot up the system with something like Memtest86 and let it run for a few hours.
That takes the HD and windows out of the game and you'll find out if your ram is OK in the mean time.
Well, ya gotta start somewhere, and that's as good a place as any.
Oh yeah, remove the ram and clean its edge connector thoroughly. It should be nice and bright and shiney.
Then reseat it and make sure the white latches are firmly locked into the ends of the ram.
Luck,
Andromeda
I've tried each module individually, and the computer running only Ubunto without any other hardware but a module of RAM and the VGA0 -
*WEIRD*!
The first thing that comes to mind is hardware, PSU to be more precise.
Since there is no exact time for this to happen, I would not think about viruses or any malware.
Do you have the opportunity of testing it with another PSU?
You can also check MSconfig to see whats starting with Windows (However, I doubt that this is the problem).
I've thought of that but haven't tried it yet, PSU is definitly not ok with the computer either, the cables for IDE devices are also causing problems, for example, they do not power the HDD enough for the BIOS to recognise it, which i have to then give a "kick" on the cables (almost literally) till the HDD starts working, I am going to try with a new PSU, might even buy a new case with one, obrigado Gouki I'll try that
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hey guys, im having a problem here, which according to the new posting rules doesnt fit under any of the other categories, there are no error messages, here is what happens.
I turn the computer on, it boots windows up, if i leave it alone, it will reboot on its own, ive timed it and there is no relation between the times it takes for it to go down, and by going down i dont mean shutting down, it just reboots as if I had pressed the reset button.
Under the safe mode if i use the computer(not leaving it idle) it doesnt reboot at all, but it reboots when it is idle.
Under normal mode the computer reboots even when I'm using it (not leaving it idle).
there have been no hardware changes or software changes.
no windows errors at all, windows forgets all settings
i have a MSI VH6 board with 832MB of ram, I've tried each module individually, and the computer running only Ubunto without any other hardware but a module of RAM and the VGA so what can it be?
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I was watching Sun's site and saw the workstations they make such as the ones using SPARC processors, i was wondering, how powerful are they compared to a "normal/domestic" computer, and could they be considered a "normal/domestic" computer?
Does XP run on top of SPARC?
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There's one thing that hasn't been mentioned yet. It's possible you damaged the CPU core when you put the new heatsink on.
If that is it then why is XP able to boot up and work under safety mode?
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I had a similar problem with my athlon xp 2000+ after replacing the fan and heatsink. it would boot into windows then EXACTLY (and i mean to-the-second) 3 minutes after running it would freeze, completely. solver by taking the heatsink and fan off, cleaning the old therml paste, re-applying it and reseating everything. MAKE SURE YOUR HEATSINK IS ON THE CORRECT WAY UP! On the Socket A athlons, it is able to be fitted either way, but I've found there is only really one way up for it that works.
Hope this helps
HougTimo
I already reseated the heatsink and thermal paste after cleaned four times, its not the heatsink, and it's not about the computer freezing, it works fine, BUT no OS boots up, it freezes but it isn't because of the heatsink or processor, only XP freezes, I tried to boot Linux and it doesn't boot and it also doesn't freeze.
XP Installation CD will not run the installation after it loads everything up into the RAM
Tried a diferent VGA card and no changes
Turned off every board feature and BIOS settings, downgraded the CPU and RAM speed
Ran with only one memory module and tested each one
I have no idea of what it could be!!!
If it was the mother board would it even work? How can just a heatsink change do this??
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Did you take the heatsink back off and checked the thermal paste. Make sure that the thermal paste isn't on any of the bridges!
Yes.
I'm going to try switching the power supply tomorrow, I know it sounds stupid, but once I fixed a similar situation by changing the power supply.
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I replaced the old heatsink with one exacly like the previous one, same model same brand, it worked before for two years. I'm not able to Idle it anywhere else but BIOS because I have no OS to idle it in and inside XP's safety mode the board program to measure temp and fan speed doesn't work. And by the way, what heatsink do you guys sugest? I have a Artic Cooling Cooper Silent 2.
I disabled every single mother board feature (Audio, LAN, USB, etc..) reseated the heatsink again, tried with and without CD rom player, with a diferent VGA, with one of the three memory modules (tried each one individually).
Windows still doesn't work except on safe mode without network, no live linux cds ive tried work, they boot up but then stop in the middle with a kernel error (i don't know linux so i don't know what those errors are about).
I have no idea what it can be, memtest reveals no errors on the RAM memory, I tried memtest again, this time i messed around it and asked it to test all BIOS memory (?? im not sure of this) and there it tested something where it gives errors non stop, I don't know how to interpert these error messages, I went on memtest site and it doesn't help much.
What do you guys think?
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for some reason windows is now able to boot up only under safe mode and very seldomly
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memtest reported no errors, i reseated the cpu and the new heatsink still nothing solved!! I dont know what else to do
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i havent tried removing the heatsink and cpu yet, i reseted cmos and am running memtest to see if there is anything wrong, and i doubt that the heatsink could be misplaced, i left it yesterday idle on the bios screen for two hours and the temp was stable on the 38 and 39 celcius, but i will try that as soon as the memtest is over.
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did u put new thermal paste on the cpu b4 u replaced the fan?
yes and cleaned the previous one.
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ok here's what happened, i had a problem with my old heatsink, it stopped working, i changed it bought a new one, its working good i have a AMD Athlon XP 2200+, the fan is working at 2500 RPMs and the processor at 38/39 C in idle.
When I tried to boot up XP after the switch it would freeze during the boot screen, the blue loading bar froze as well, I tried to run a linux live CD which didn't work when it used to before, i tried to run windows install CD, it freezes after it loads all the necessary things to start the installation, it doesn't even go to the first install screen, it just freezes after loading everything.
i tried changing the memory, tried only with one slot of memory, and then tried the other three i had on the mother board, (3x256MB), no changes, I tried unplugging everything but the hard drive, still no changes, reseted the bios settings, including decrease the memory speed from 333 to 233, i downclocked the processor to see if any changes would work and still nothing.
I don't know what is wrong can you guys give me a hint?
Title Edited - Please follow new posting rules from now on.
--Zxian
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i have a problem here, my net's been down for about a month and when it came back kazaa no longer connected itself, i have no firewall and windows xp firewall is off, what could the problem be?
Moved to Software Hangout
--Zxian
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well no that doesnt work, that changes the resolution to 640x480 but keeps it full screen
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Safety in computing
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Mmmm, not getting into the benefits of upgrading talking of software or hardware, what came to mind was that the safety issue still is still our no1 problem and one that keeps a lot of us in business.
Apple has a tendency to tell PC that it has "no viruses, spyware or tons fo headaches" which is the general non IT public perception of a Mac platform, although we know that not to be entirely true.
It seems that in the way that the hardware surpassed many of our needs when it comes to software, it seems that the software has lost its ability to surpass hardware limitations, today Windows 7 takes up a good 8GB of space after installed, and a Ubuntu Install takes a lot of space also, I know we may have a lot of storage today don't get me wrong, it just seems maybe if we had more hardware limitations our software could actually work better for us by trying to surpass those limitations, the same way software developers work on mobile platforms that have very little space does that make sense to you?