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KiXtart has been doing this in logon scripts for years. If InGroup("Production") Use X: "\\server\share" EndIf See this thread for my KiXtart logon script example.

I assume you aren't worried about losing the CentOS install? If that's the case, go into the RAID controller BIOS (should be Ctrl+M) and Initialize the array. That should wipe any configuration currently on the drives. WinPE and BartPE are both Preinstall Environments (BartPE is based on WinPE). You can create a CD that will allow you to boot the system into a Windows type environment without having to do an install. It's very handy for doing data retrievals or fixing problems. That's correct. As a matter of fact, if you do the install won't complete properly.

If I'm not mistaken you can run 4 monitors, but not while actually using SLI. What I mean by that is that you can use 4 monitors in Windows but you can only use two of them while running SLI in a game. That may have changed though...

For TVs, yes. But for monitors they decided on 16:10 for some reason. See the attached image for a graphical representation of the different video standards (which includes the aspect ratio for each resolution). Also note that the image has been reduced to 50% of it's original size and converted to a GIF due to the file size limits of the forum.

Widescreen LCD monitors are 16:10.

Just for everyone's information... For a NIC or switch to follow the GigE standard it must support auto-crossover. That means you can use a straight through cable and the port is supposed to auto-configure itself to crossover (if it's a NIC-to-NIC or switch-to-switch connection). I'm using that exact configuration on a high-end cluster system at work. Windows Clustering "requires"* a second NIC in each server for a heartbeat connection. In a 2-node cluster you can just do a NIC-to-NIC connection for the heartbeat. If they're GigE NICs then you can just use a straight-through cable for that connection. *You can get away with not having the heartbeat connection, but it's not recommended.

No need to keep bumping it...I'm sure everyone who would answer has seen it. It's too bad you can't buy this yet: http://ati.amd.com/products/tvwonderdigital/index.html ATI has had that ready to go for nearly 2 years now (it was first previewed in Jan '06).

What?! I pulled 5.x with my 7900GT when I built my system last year (I'm running XP, but I played with Vista before doing the final install).

That's a dynamic contrast. The actual contrast is either 800:1 or 1000:1. Samsung is pulling the same "trick" when listing their specs (they list a 3000:1 contrast ratio). Dell just came out with a new UltraSharp 22" (the 2208WFP). It has the 92% color gamut like the new HC version of their 24" and 30" monitors (oddly, the 27" had it long before those two models). Most typical LCD monitors have ~72% color gamut. The 2208WFP is on sale right now for $298 ($41 instant savings). Short of that I wouldn't look at anything other than the Samsung 226CW, which, as you found out, is near impossible to find anywhere. Even PriceGrabber doesn't list it anywhere. My understanding of the difference between the 226BW and the 226CW is much like the difference between the 2407WFP and the 2407WFP-HC...it has the new higher 92% color gamut. I'm not sure why no one is carrying it though. Maybe Samsung dropped it already?

You get around that by having multiple Office 2003 AIPs (one for each site) and creating a seperate Office 2003 GPO for each site (assuming that the computers/users for each site are in their own containers as they should be ).

If you're trying to copy the file to a location where regular users don't have write access, yes, it will fail. We use SMS here at work, but unfortunately I don't have direct access to create/push packages using it (it's a complicated setup...). What we came up with was to use AdminScriptEditor to package scripts to run with alternate privileges. We've been using this to deploy updates to our PCs via the logon script with great success.

Didn’t know they had 5 years warranty, to bad they don’t sell them here in Mexico (and I’m too small to distribute ) Eh? It's not 5 years...it's lifetime. If you're the original owner of the card and you've had it for 7 years they'll still fix/replace it under warranty. http://www.bfgtech.com/warranty.aspx XFX goes one further and allows you to transfer the warranty if you sell or give away the card (i.e. give it to your parents after you upgrade your machine). * http://www.xfxforce.com/web/support/showWa...rationId=730964 * Valid only in the US and Canada

I'm alternating between BFG and XFX at current (yeah, I know that neither have AMD/ATI cards). BFG has a lifetime warranty and XFX has a "double" life-time warranty (if you sell it, you can transfer the warranty...nice offer IMO).

Both Dell systems have 4x1GB sticks. Actually, there are five systems in total...two Precision 490's and three Precision 650's. All with 4x1GB RAM. I had 4x1GB on one of my older home brews as well. That system was built around an Asus P4P800-E Deluxe using an Intel 865 chipset. It also worked without problems. The only reason I split the RAM up again is because I built another system but didn't want to spend anymore on RAM...so I just "suffered" with 2GB and moved the other 2GB to the new system. I'd go with that as well. I've read about compatibility problems with 2GB modules. I'd almost be willing to bet that if you purchased the PC2-6400 4GB kit from this page it would work without a problem (since Crucial guarantees it to work with that motherboard).

I did, and in the benchmarks where it matters it wasn't performing up to my standards. Personally, I'm switching back to WD drives. I just got a WD5000AAKS for the express purpose of attaching to my DVR (Scientific Atlanta 8300HD). It works perfectly where the 400GB Seagate 7200.10 I had on the DVR before was giving "hitches" about every 10 minutes or so (sometimes more often). Plus the new WD drive gave me 100GB more space for recordings. I now have a total of 660GB of space for my DVR.

I know for a fact it's not a problem with 32-bit XP handling 4GB RAM...I'm on a Dell Precision 490 worksatation right now that has 4GB RAM and is running 32-bit XP without any problems. Previous to this workstation I had a Dell Precision 650...again, 4GB RAM and 32-bit XP without a problem. It's more likely that there was some compatibility issue with that motherboard and the RAM you had. Intel motherboards can be kinda picky about RAM (note that's Intel made motherboards, not Asus/Gigabyte/abit/etc motherboards using Intel chipsets). I'm not sure why the problem only showed up in 32-bit XP, but I still say it was a hardware compatibility problem.

WD's competing drives beat it in nearly every category...and they're cheaper.

That shouldn't be a problem. XP does support 4GB of RAM no matter how you slice it (single 4GB stick, 2x2GB sticks, 4x1GB sticks, 8x512MB sticks, etc). If it turns out to be a problem, then it's a hardware issue, not a Windows issue. Why it's only happening in XP 32-bit is a different matter and that could be some sort of compatibility issue in a driver and you may have found the certain combination that makes it happen, but that still makes it a hardware issue.

Well, as far as FPS in games there will be no difference. There's a difference in application load times though. Perpindicular recording allows the data to be packed more densely on the drive. The denser the data, the less the heads have to move, resulting in faster data retrieval. All newer SATA/PATA drives on the market now are perpindicular drives. Beware the Seagate 7200.11's though. Seagate's sustained transfer rate claims had me thinking the drives were going to be the ones to beat, but the review I read the other day showed otherwise. http://techreport.com/articles.x/13440

I can play Half-Life 2 on my 7900GT at 1920x1200 with everything turned up, 4X AA and 8X AF.

First and foremost...did you install the Intel chipset drivers?

Turn on VSync on the game. LCDs don't have a vertical sync like CRTs do. Sometimes disabled VSync can cause "tearing" on the screen with LCDs.

You can do the same thing with the Dell if you use a wireless network (provided you also use a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse, such as the ones that come with it). Given that scenario you only have the power cord going into the back of it. I wouldn't either (for me), but there's a lot of LAN party goers that will though. The screen is bigger than what's available with laptops.I would, however, love to have these sitting on our desks at work. So much less clutter. And yeah, Gateway's looks like nothing more than a laptop without a hinge/lid. I like the Dell design much better.

Why waste that much money on a video card if you're going to disable everything it does? I know that competitive players used to turn off a lot of stuff to get the FPS advantage (particularly in Q3 where a higher constant FPS means faster strafe jumping), but that's a thing of the past with todays systems. With your system and that card you should be able to play CS:Source comfortably at 1024x768 even with FSAA and AF turned on to reasonable settings.

I know it happened with 2003, but I think it actually started with 2000 (which was called NT 5.0 at the time). I could be wrong as well though...