jcarle

Wouldn't it just be simpler to buy a keyboard conceived for the PC?

Excuse me? Yes, you read right. You said, "it's likely a faulty HDD". Why not take the approach, "To make sure it's not the hard drive, you should test it.". You start off with the mindset that the hard drive is responsible of the get go. In the way you structure your sentence, you're already dead set that the hard drive is responsible instead of assuming it's not and verifying it to be sure. Don't get all bent over this, it's just a suggestion. I'm trying to show you a different point of view, is all.

If anything was to happen Microsoft would simply incorporate some of Linux's features and/or code into Windows, why use a competing product for themselves, it makes no sense.

You will only ever have this issue if you do not keep your windows up to date.

Which further supports what me and spacesurfer said, you need to clean your printer and get fresh, original, toner.

What is your motherboard? Do you keep your windows updated? What exactly is your external drive?

RJARRRPCGP and Jeremy... piece of advice, diagnose before assuming. You both make hasty assumptions to blame hardware without any diagnosis whatsoever. RJARRRPCGP, you can't blame everything on leaking capacitors. Jeremy, there's a multitude of things which can lead to data corruption, the hard drive could be the least defective part. The motherboard, processor, memory, optical drive, drive cables and power supply can all play a part in data corruption even if the hard drive is in fact okay. There's a number of ways to do quick testing to eliminate most hardware issues which can then point to a more definitive conclusion as to the actual problem.

Edit: Darn - I hit edit instead of quote - sorry about that jcarle. I've lost your post, but what you mentioned about mainstream support ending years after the next product, rather than after it's release date is probably a widely-held belief, and I can't fault you on it. But, extended support goes to 2014 for XP Professional, so that's not anytime soon.

What kind of e-mail systems are you using?

Considering mainstream support for XP ends next year (14/04/2009), that's not going to be for long.

They may sound stupid, but if there's a red X on the Default FTP Site in the IIS management console, then you haven't started the service. If that's the case, right click on the Default FTP Site and choose Start.

Just learned of this tweak here... it's nice, very useful.

I know it's not going to help you with your situation, but I couldn't help myself from laughing when I read EPOS... what I read from that was Electronic Piece Of S***...

Anyone know the way to accomplish this same wait in JScript? I've got a pile of ancient apps and utilities I have to install this way. They're also installed on boxes with widely varying speeds (Think VIA 800MHz to AMD ~3GHz.) Setting a reasonable sleep time fails if there's a delay. And setting it high enough for the slowest box makes all the other setups painfully slow. Kel Wouldn't making a silent installer be easier?

It's a hell of an odd way to approach this... why don't you use a more reliable method, like changing a registry key, instead of using key output, which can be very unreliable and unpredictable.

I didn't know that was the case... that just blew me away. Is that valid only to people within the OS support life cycle?

Why didn't you call Kingston and RMA it? Kingston memory modules are guaranteed for life. I've sold and installed literally hundreds of Kingston modules and NEVER had a single problem. Not to mention that their modules, as mentioned above are guaranteed for life. Don't always believe what other people say. It's true that Kingston does not make their memory chips, in fact, 90% of all brands on the market do not make their own chips. Kingston does not use refurbished chips, they do use chips that don't meet higher standards but it's still great quality memory. It goes down something like this. Say Micron produces a batch of DDR2 800 MHz chips and out of those chips, 15% will cannot run at 800 MHz without error but do run at lower frequencies without errors, well Kingston will buy those chips. The ones that clock at 800 MHz will be sold as top quality 800 MHz certified chips to other OEMs. Kingston will take the other chips and determine what frequencies they can run at without errors. Say those 800 MHz chips that failed at 800 MHz run safely at 667 MHz, well Kingston will simply label those 800 MHz chips as 667 MHz modules. It's neither bad memory or refurbished memory, it's just a way to buy memory that didn't make triple A premium grade cut at a lower price.

Is there anyway you can connect to these services using normal protocols to be able to verify that it's alive? Telnet? HTTP? Direct TCP/IP?

Which services specifically?

I believe Directory is the entry that deals with actual file folders, I'm not sure what the Folder entry handles.

Do not double post.

It's certainly worth the effort to try because honestly, it's the only way you'll know if it's worth it or not.

Although I don't know what hardware they run on, I know they run Windows Server 2003, IIS 6.0 and .NET 2.0. Other then that, it's anyone's guess.

If what cluberti suggested doesn't work, I suggest using Active Undelete. It's great software that's saved my skin more then once.

Do not double post.