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Remote Assistance is nice when you're trying to trouble shoot something specific to the user's profile though. A good example would be Outlook settings. It's also useful in showing them how to do something.

The 915GM video card should support it...especially since the lower model integrated Intel video controllers support it. @Biohead: Make sure you have the latest video drivers.

It's possible that Sandra isn't showing you the correct voltages. MSI probably has their own utility...try that one to see what it says. I would take what CPU-Z says as the correct value. The variation you're seeing in CPU-Z is probably from your power supply. If it's a cheap or low-end power supply you'll get flucuations like that. What power supply do you have now (make/model/etc)?

Those are called dumb terminals or thin clients. If all you're doing is hosting a place for them to check email, surf the web, and things like that then I would suggest looking into a decently powered server and using Terminal Services. You would then get a couple of "dumb terminals" (Wyse makes some of the best) to connect to the Terminal Server. Another piece of software I recommend checking into is SiteKiosk. It's specifically geared towards running public kiosks and internet cafes. There are addons for it to control the amount of usage time based on payment. http://www.sitekiosk.com/

What's the made/model as well? Something tells me it's a Lite-On drive...

An equivalently configured Dell server will probably come in quite a bit cheaper. Check out either a PowerEdge 1800 or PowerEdge 2800 (basically the same hardware but the 2800 can hold more drives). If you're looking for rackmount then those numbers translate to the 1850 (1U, 3 drives) and 2850 (2U, six drives).

Heh... No. What are the share and security permissions for the COMMON share? Have you made sure that users have access to both the share and the FONTS sub-directory?

Here's a KiX script that will query all the computers in a specific OU and then gather the OS information using WMI. It'll write all of the information to a Comma Separated Values (CSV) file and then open the file at the end of the script. You'll need to edit the $objOU value. Break On CLS Dim $Filter[0],$objWMIService,$colItems,$objItem $Filter[0]="Computers"; Or replace "Group" with "User" or "Computer" $objOU = GetObject("LDAP://OU=ComputersOU,DC=example,DC=company,DC=com") $objOU.Filter = $Filter[0] $X = RedirectOutput("os_versions.csv",1) ; >>>>>>>>Header Row<<<<<<<< "Computer Name,Status,Operating System,Service Pack" For Each $objOUItem in $objOU $WK = Trim(SubStr($objOUItem.Name,4)) ? "$WK" Shell '%COMSPEC% /C ping -n 1 -w 20 $WK | Find /I "TTL=" > ping.txt' If Open(1,"ping.txt",2) = 0 $LINE = ReadLine(1) If InStr($LINE,"TTL=") ",ONLINE" $colItems = GetObject("winmgmts:\\$WK\root\cimv2").ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_OperatingSystem",,48) For Each $objItem in $colItems $OS = $objItem.Caption $SP = $objItem.CSDVersion ",$OS,$SP" Next Else ",OFFLINE" EndIf EndIf $X = Close(1) Next $X = RedirectOutput("") Del "ping.txt" Shell '%COMSPEC% /C START "" os_versions.csv' Exit

Set it as a Machine Startup Script instead of a User Logon Script. "Users" don't have write access to %SYSTEMROOT%\Fonts by default.

Just make sure you have the clearance for the Panaflo's. Like I said, they're thicker than most other 120mm fans.

Panaflo's 120mm fans have long been regarded as some of the quietest you can get. However, they're usually thicker (38mm) than "normal" 120mm fans (25mm). At a quick look I just found this fan that is only 26.8db (the Panaflo's usually run about 35db). http://www.frozencpu.com/fan-191.html

Muwahahaha....

You would still have to have some sort of output connection. Doing these tasks in software would be MUCH slower than doing them with hardware acceleration. The devices you mentioned (sound, graphics card, etc) are designed specifically for those tasks and are highly optimized to do just those tasks. The system CPU could be optimized to handle all of these tasks, but it would make it a much more complex, and therefore MUCH more expensive (more so than having each individual device), piece of hardware.

Remote Desktop runs so much smoother. He really should be running a server OS on his file server. He's running 2000 Pro on his file "server". Are you sure you can get a console connection via RDP on 2000 Server? I know you can on Server 2003, but I'm not so sure about 2000 Server.

Yes, but with a good password policy by the time the password is cracked it will probably have been changed. Our current policy is minimum 8 characters, remember last 9, expire every 90 days. DISA "guidance" is something like 12 or so characters, remember something like the last 25 and expire every 45 days (or something to that effect...I'd have to look it up). Fortunately we don't have to adhere strictly to the guidance. We're also going to be mandatory CAC logon soon as well so I'm hoping that will make things a bit easier (and adds a layer of physical security because you'll have to have the card with PIN).

DirectX 10 support with drivers/software not only hardware (I read it like you say it´s only hardware ), if you think about it; You need a 400 US$ and up video card to run Vista, who the F*CK would use Vista, only the people who spend to much money, use it professional or play games like a hardcore gamer (don’t forget the show-offs). M$ does crazy stuff, but they still thin commercial. Why do you need a $400+ video card? Do you think NVIDIA and ATI are going to make mainstream cards that don't support DX10? It'll be the same thing they did with their DX9 cards...the entry level cards at ~$75USD all the way through the enthusiast cards at $450+USD all support DX9. They'll do the same thing with their DX10 cards. And also, if the hardware doesn't support DX10 features no amount of driver magic is going to add that. So yes, it is all hardware. The drivers are just the operating systems interface to the hardware. Besides, it's already been stated that technically the entire 6x00/7x00 line, from the 6200 up, will be able to run the full AeroGlass interface. Yes, I know they're DX9 parts and not DX10. Of course, DX10 isn't in the current beta so there's no telling if you will actually be getting all of the full AeroGlass features on these cards (small things like the 3D window stacking, animation effects, some shadow effects, etc). Don't judge it on how the current beta runs. It's beta right on through to the drivers. Nothing has been tweaked for performance yet. Even Solitaire runs sluggish. Some of us who work in the tech industry will have to be evaluating it right away. Fortunately I have both a TechNet Plus and MSDN subscription at work so I can start testing a little early. I'm not even going to get into that. I won't even work on a 9x machine if one of my users brings in their personal PC for assistance. Windows XP will take advantage of both. If you think single-threaded applications can't benefit from running on an operating system that's multithreaded you're wrong. Even Hyperthreading helps in most cases. Take two identical PCs with, for example, P4 3.2GHz HTT capable CPUs. Turn HTT off on one, on for the other. Now run two instances of SETI on both machines...see which one finishes quicker. This is a common misconception people have because they've been told for years that "applications that aren't designed for SMP will see no advantage on an SMP system". While it is true that the application will see more of a benefit if it's designed for SMP, there will still be some benefit there if it's not. The OS still handles thread priorities. If you have two that aren't specifically coded to take advantage of SMP/SMT running on a system at the same time, they'll run much smoother on an SMP/SMT system than the will on non-SMP/SMT system. Again, the OS handles process/thread priority and will move processes/threads to the other CPU if one is busy. It's a synthetic benchmark designed to stress the video card. I think SuperPI is SMP/SMT aware. Try running it and compare the times. I know SiSoft Sandra 2005 SR3 is SMP/SMT aware. It's 4GB for the 32-bit version (because that's the limitation of 32-bit CPUs without using PAE and/or 3GT). It's 128GB for the 64-bit version, and that's just an arbitrary limit placed by Microsoft because by the time anyone needs that much XP should be long gone (but as you say...there are those who still hang onto 9x for some reason). I noticed a performance increase with my workstation at work moving from 2GB to 4GB...but then again I normally have Outlook, AdminScriptEditor (uses .NET 2.0), Photoshop CS, couple IE windows, FrontPage 2003 and any number of other applications all opened at the same time. Some people actually need that much space. My home file server has 1.25TB. @vegettoxp: Go ahead and start laying out your blueprints. Blueprints are much easier to update as the new technologies are released than actual hardware.

Bold statement considering neither are out yet. Taking into account the benchmarks I've seen so far, Conroe will definitely be able to hold it's own. I don't put much stock in synthetic benchmarks, but those are some pretty incredible gains. Hardcore or not, but you need a card that handles SM 2.0 and better It's not even the shader model support that matters. It's gotta be able to handle all of DX10...which, of course, isn't even out yet (won't be until Vista since it isn't be released for XP). As for the Raptor drive...go with the 150GB. It uses denser platters and has double the cache so it'll be faster.

Word.

When you have the Trusted sites dialog box open, there's an option at the bottom for Require server verification (https:) for all sites in this zone. Uncheck it and you'll be able to add http: sites.

Since you're in a position to know or find out... Is the "Network security: Do not store LAN Manager hash value on next password change" going to default to Enabled for Vista/Longhorn Server? It's something I already enable on our workstations, as well as "Send NTLMv2 response only\refuse LM and NTLM". I was just wondering if I'd continue to have to manually do so.

It's not possible. Windows 2000 Professional doesn't have a Remote Desktop "server". You'd either have to move to a server OS or, as FAT64 said, upgrade the machine to XP. There are third party tools that will do it, such as VNC or pcAnywhere, but you'd still be better off just upgrading the machine. Why not just put a server OS on it and create a small domain?

Some people have missed the point that he wants to do it remotely. Yep, it does, including service pack level.

Geez, wish I had the time for that. It doesn't happen often...besides, I needed the script anyway.

I read this the other day when it was originally posted on the MSFN main page. It's a smart move, IMO. The timing couldn't have been better since we were checking into setting up a development cluster based on Virtual Server 2005 (cluberti may remember me talking about that before). It's also going to come in handy next year when we purchase the replacement servers and drives (finally talked 'em into going fiber channel!! yay!) next year for our existing cluster.

What sort of tools are you looking for? ISOBuster is one of the best, IMO, when it comes to opening just about any CD/DVD Image format. It'll let you extract files from an image without having to burn the image. http://www.isobuster.com/