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If you're not in a rush, wait until you can afford a Core 2 system. They run so much cooler and so much faster then a Prescott.

Sometimes people cannot be understood. I don't see the point either, I don't think there's many people on this forum that see the point of buying a DVD combo drive when you can get a DVD burner for the same price. Depends on what you want. For the highest compatibility with older dvd players and the highest quality, Verbatim DVD-R (Single or Dual Layer). For a higher maximum burn speed and high quality but less compatibility with older dvd players, Verbatim DVR+R (Single or Dual Layer). If quality doesn't matter, then any other brand which strikes your fancy.

*brings the keg* Happy birthday dude!

You need to disable SFC.

Most ISPs assign only one IP, so a switch won't work.

I agree with you. However I have yet to resolve why compressing the WMP files causes the themes to turn off.

I wouldn't even go for that, I'd go for the cheapest socket 478 you can find, especially since you plan on using it as a (I'm guessing, file)server after.

Use a paperclip in the emergency release in the front, it will pop out the drive tray. Pull up on the very front of the drive tray to remove the bezel on the drive tray. There are 2 clips usually underneath, sometimes 4 (2 underneath, 2 on top) to release the full bezel on the actual drive. Remove the bezel, put back the drive tray bezel only and you should end up with the same thing as the OEM drive you're replacing.

As a nod to my 1024th post, I thought I'd write a bit about binary and vaguely about the origins of computing at a processor level. Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz was the first person to formally introduce the binary system in writing in 1679 when he wrote "Despite its length, the binary system, in other words counting with 0 and 1, is scientifically the most fundamental system, and leads to new discoveries. When numbers are reduced to 0 and 1, a beautiful order prevails everywhere.". Then in 1854, George Boole published "The Mathematical Analysis of Logic" which explained how to do calculations using the Binary system, what is known today as Boolean algebra. In 1937, George Stibitz built the first binary calculator while working at Bell Telephone Laboratories. Binac (Binary Automatic Computer) was the first computer to operate in real time. It took 3 years to build from 1946 to 1949 at the hands of Eckert and Mauchly. 1946 was also the year where the term bit for a binary digit was coined by John Tukey. All kinds of experimental computers were built by a large number of companies, though mostly IBM until 1971 when the first microprocessor was released by Intel, the Intel 4004. Not long after, Intel released the Intel 8008 in 1972, then the 8080 in 1974 and finally the 8086 in 1976. When the 8088 was released in 1979 and adopted as the processor for the IBM PC, things really started to take off. Ever since the 4004, computing has followed Moore's Law with amazing accuracy. Binary and computing has become such a way of life, that people are now learning to count binary on their fingers. Hats off to binary and computing, it's been a hell of ride. 1024th Post.

Verify that your motherboard's BIOS is up to date. Verify that your Windows Updates are all up to date. Verify that you have the latest version of your Chipset drivers installed. Verify that you have .NET installed (required by the ATI control panel). Verify that you have the latest version of the ATI drivers installed.

The hitch right now is that AMD is slashing all it's prices on CPUs because it knows that it's current line-up can't compete with Intel's Core 2 Duos. So dollar for dollar, it's hard to compare the two, but performance for performance there's a good difference. Look at this chart for example. Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 running at 2.4GHz using DDR2-800 vs. AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ running at 2.4GHz using DDR2-800. Since the WinRAR test is mostly CPU based, Intel wins by a full 32 second margin. Even bigger margin in the XviD chart, which is also CPU based. Thing is, the Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 is $308.00 while the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4600+ is $247.99. The Core 2 performs better in a tit for tat comparison but you pay a bit more for that. Hence why I suggested the Core 2 motherboard, but a cheaper CPU to hold you over until the prices on Core 2s and such drop.

LOL. Yours too?

It's open-source distributed computing. ... and it opens a port because it uses the bittorrent protocol to do so.

All of us who are good know what it's like to have their wives/girlfriends give us crap because we spend "just another minute" doing something on our computers, right cluberti?

Formely SysInternals BlueScreen

Where in the world are you people pulling this misinformation from? That is all completely false. Swapping a processor for a different processor does NOT require a re-install as long as the MOTHERBOARD does not change. The MOST that can happen is that Windows may require you to re-activate it. That's it.

My pleasure. Glad it helps. You just have to pay attention to which benchmark you're looking at. Some benchmarks don't really focus entirely on the CPU and the difference in performance can be attributed to the difference in the platforms. For example, AMDs often run higher scores in games because of the integrated memory controller... except that it takes away from the benchmark of the actual CPU. Yes, the memory controller is part of the CPU but you're talking about a reduction in memory latency and NOT an increase in raw processor power. But if you select a different benchmark which is completely reliant on the CPU, such as DivX encoding or RAR compression, it's a whole different story. First, EVERY SINGLE INTEL CPU that is on the market NOW runs at 533MHz, 800Mhz or 1066MHz FSB. Future Core2s will continue to run at 1066MHz. So your statement is flawed. Second, there are three new processors (The E6650, E6750 and E6850) which WILL run at 1333 FSB, but that won't be launched officially until Q1 of 2007, maybe even Q2. So before motherboards become available for them AND the processors become available on the retail market AND prices come down to affordable levels, we're looking towards at LEAST Q4 2007, if not Q1/Q2 2008. So is the fact that future processors will run at 1333MHz FSB relevant? No more then the fact that one day we'll be using DDR3 and SATA3 and USB3. You can't future proof against everything, there's ALWAYS going to be a new technology around the corner. And plus, is there really a relevance between going from 1066MHz FSB to 1333MHz FSB when E-66 is used to an old Athlon Thunderbird 1GHz? Nope. It's a question of balance, and I'm sure anyone who is able to be objective can see I struck a good balance between price, performance and upgradeability with the motherboard I suggested.

He forgot to mention "Slave yourself to your computer for years." too.

I believe it is my understanding that each one is required for applications that require those. IE: If the application was built for 1.1, then 1.1 is needed. *As far as I know*.

You need to either use a DNS service like DynDNS.org or you need to run a DNS nameserver on your server and have your domain's nameservers point to your server.

The differences between chipsets are crucial, especially when dealing with Intel. The northbridge controls what processor, memory and video card you'll be able to upgrade to and the southbridge controls what kind of mass storage options you have, the kind of audio, usb ports, pci slots, and things like that. Here's three chipset diagrams where the southbridge stays the same, but the northbridge changes: 975X NorthBridge: http://www.intel.com/products/i/chipsets/9...75x_diagram.gif 955X NorthBridge: http://www.intel.com/products/i/chipsets/9...55x_diagram.gif 945G NorthBridge: http://www.intel.com/products/i/chipsets/9...45g_diagram.gif Notice how the configuration of the PCI-express graphics slots change as well as the processors supported yet all the southbridge (ICH7R) options stay the same. Now, put aside the fact that the northbridges are different, look at the differences between the southbridges: ICH7R SouthBridge: http://www.intel.com/products/i/chipsets/9...55x_diagram.gif ICH8R SouthBridge: http://www.intel.com/products/chipsets/q96...965_diagram.gif 10 USB vs 8 USB, 6 SATA vs 4 SATA, Gb LAN standard not optional. Motherboard manufacturers revolve around what the chipset can do, some manufacturer will add on 3rd party chips for, say audio, sata/ide or usb, but at the core, certain things cannot be changed without changing the chipset, such as processor support or memory type. Hence were the importance of choosing the right motherboard. The manufacturer you choose determines the additional features (aside from the reference chipset features) as well as the quality of the part. One of the reasons why ASUS is so highly recommended is because most of their motherboards are of great quality with more features then anyone ever needs.

The culprit was the fact that the paging file was set to disabled. Apparently Diskeeper does not function properly without the pagefile. Also, turning off the pagefile caused the PerfOS.dll counters to throw an error, which set them to disabled, which in turn caused an error with vmauthd (Authorization service of vmWare workstation). I enabled the page file, rebooted, re-enabled the PerfOS.dll counters, rebooted, cleared the event logs, rebooted and everything is beautiful.

http://weblogs.asp.net/cfranklin/archive/2...1/14/37503.aspx And as long as you read and write the same Struct, everything will be fine.

An even better approach would be to create a struct of the data you want to store, then create a generic list of that struct, essentially creating an arraylist that's typed to a custom struct.

I only suggested that processor to keep the price down. I don't think you understand the concept of what I did. The motherboard is core 2 compatible, but building a core 2 system would blow your budget because core 2 CPUs are several hundred dollars. But having a motherboard that's core 2 ready give you the options to upgrade to it in the future. You can build the same machine with a Pentium D 930 or any other LGA 775 processor since the motherboard takes them all.