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I'm not sure how much that would help. The airflow through the second fan would now be turbulent, thereby greatly reducing it's efficiency. Small cases do have that drawback of limited airflow, but one suggestion would be to get a Nexus or Yate Loon fan. They've got much better airflows than the SilenX fans (SilenX lies about their airflow numbers) and are still very very quiet. I've got a 120mm Nexus and an 80mm Nexus and I can barely hear them going.

You beat me to it... I just saw this as well... Very very interesting move by Microsoft. Edit - What works and what doesn't in Microsoft Virtual PC 2004

harunaksoy gets my vote this month. That wallpaper is just too good...

I've done something exactly like this. A simple 12V power brick from a dead router, a switch, and a 120mm case fan. It's a pretty easy project, and if you've got the right soldering tools, shouldn't take you more than an hour to complete. Just cut off the output plug coming from the power brick (the one with 12V on it). Find out which wire is 12V and which is ground using a voltmeter/multimeter. Hook those wires into the switch and then wires coming out of the switch and connect them either directly to the wires coming from the fan, or into a standard molex connector. If you want to be fancy, you can get a double-throw-double-pole switch and put a resistor in series on the second throw to slow down the fan. You'll have to play around to find the right resistor for the speed that you want, but you'll end up with a fan that has a high, low, and off setting.

There is a search function and a dedicated website (look for a link at the top of the page) that could answer your question. Topic Closed

It's actually a WIP plugin for XPLode. If you go to Wraith's new forums you can read a little more about it.

You've used nLite to remove stuff from Windows - therefore ask in the nLite forum. Topic Moved.

Whoa... Intel's about to jump back in an undisputed top spot soon. With almost complete dominance in the notebook market and Conroe on it's way, it's now time for AMD to play catch up.

- Troubleshooting Windows STOP messagesYeah - either bad hardware or bad drivers. Try seeing if you can find ALL updated drivers for ALL your hardware. If the problem still persists, then you'll have to do some deeper troubleshooting (i.e. removing/replacing one piece of hardware at a time) to see what isn't right.

Plain simple answer - downloading any CD of XP from anywhere but a Microsoft distributor (MSDN for example) is illegal. It just is. As for your licence - 99% of the time, the licences that come with purchased computers are OEM licences. This means that the licence is tied to that hardware (you can't install it on another computer). The CD that you downloaded was labeled as a corporate version, and was designed to handle Volume Licence Keys (or VLKs) - not OEM keys. The only way for you to legally get a CD for your comptuer is to get it from your computer manufacturer. Also - if you're going to ask if it's legal to do something or not, and then several members tell you it's illegal - don't do it! It's a little silly to ask a question and either not wait for the answer or to go against it anyways. Since there shouldn't be any discussion about this in the first place - Topic Closed

Dyndns.org is another free Dynamic DNS service. I use it at home, and there's an added bonus - my router does the updating for me (WRT54GL). Anytime that the internet IP changes, the router automatically updates the dyndns.org servers.

Moved to Software Hangout

Don't bump your own post after only 8 hours - we see the posts anyways, and it probably hasn't been moved far enough down the page to warrant a bump. As for your question - yes, there should be a way of not using the Netgear wireless client. Uninstall the software and driver package completely. Uninstall the device from device manager again. Then take the CD and put it in the drive, but do not install the software. Connect the hardware (or just reboot), and when the "install hardware wizard" comes up, just tell it to automatically install the drivers. It should find them on the CD and copy the files that it needs. This is generally how I install all of my hardware when I get it - that way I can have drivers for three different digital cameras (just as an example), and not have three different pieces of software fighting over control of the JPG format. Another way of doing this is to download the latest drivers from Netgear's website and extract them to a directory. Follow the same steps as above, but you'll have to specify the directory to find the drivers in. With a little common sense and thinking you should be able to find the right folder. You'll want to do the second method, since you'll be wanting the latest drivers for your wireless card.

Watch the "Search" video here. It's pretty freakin quick IMO. Even when you haven't just created the files, the search is very fast. Also - a point to note - that's the Portege M400 tablet. It only comes with integrated shared graphics, and yet the Aero interface is still that responsive

If you're talking about a home media center with oodles of disk space, then fine - go for FLAC or some other lossless format. If you're limited on space, like for a portable music player, then MP3s will do you just fine. Chances are at 320kbps VBR format (quality 2) you won't hear the difference between it and the CD when you're walking down the street or in your car. There's all the background noise that gets in the way. The problem with WMA is that it's very proprietary. There are very few media players out there that can deal with WMA reliably, while just about every audio software and portable hardware out there supports MP3s.

Wow.... this is great. I placed the order for that cable and a 1ft USB-iPod cable as well last night, and in the confirmation e-mail, I realized that my postal code had been entered wrong. I called their customer support number and I was talking to a real live person within 30 seconds. *Names have been altered for privacy protection... Now THAT'S great customer service. I'll let everyone know how long it takes for them to get here, but if it's within a few days, this is going to be where I get the hard to find stuff from now on!

@suryad - XPize isn't something that runs in the background - it patches the files that are already loaded with Windows. If you're worried about it affecting your system, install it on a VMware computer to see the differences.

OH MY GOD!!!!! THANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOUTHANKYOU!!!!!! Sorry for the caps, but BigBrit - you're my hero! USB 2.0 Liberator, Am To Am, 1ft This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks again!

@crahak - Thanks for the link, but those types of cables don't support USB 2.0. Since this is for my external hard drive, the extra speed would be nice. @puntoMX - I was thinking that, but I'm just worried that my soldering will come undone after a while or something of the sort. I'd rather not have to keep fixing it if I can find a pre-made one. It looks like 3ft is the smallest that they go... I wish that there were cheap USB ends, bulk cable, and crimpers. I've got about 600ft of Cat5e sitting at home with all the amenities, so I can make my own network cable as short or as long as I want, but not USB...

You could make a second partition and mount it to the second folder in D:. That way, the drive size of D: would only show the rest of the contents, and the other partition can be whatever size you want.

Ok... I've had it with this thread. It doesn't contribute anything useful at all. Unless you've got stupendous amounts of money to throw around, you wouldn't buy Windows Server 2003 to run as a workstation. Server 2003 Web starts at about $400 and the prices only go up from there. As a workstation, there's very little that you gain with 2003 over XP. If someone has a really valid reason on why this thread should be re-opened, PM me. Topic Closed

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You might need to take ownership of the folder. Find the folder that you want to access and then follow these instructions. How to take ownership of a file or folder in Windows XP

There's also the fact that Vista was built on a modular structure, instead of the integrated design process that Windows 98, Me, and XP were built with. That modularity requires that each part be self sustaining, meaning that there might be some duplication in the code. It's a trade off there. Did everyone also forget the fact that the only install sizes we've seen so far are for the Ultimate edition - the largest and most feature-filled of the Vista lineup? I'm sure that the basic version, which doesn't have Media Center, Aero, bla bla blah in it will be considerably smaller. @Lunac - did you also think about the people who've never used a computer before? Sit them down in front of Windows98 and then sit them in front of XP. If they take their time to look at the screen, they'll probably find what they need easier in XP. Same goes for Vista. Pretty much everything you need is only a couple of clicks away. You might not like the Luna theme, but most "newbies" do. How many of you have actually used Vista instead of just bashing it?

I actually like it better. The B form jack is too close to a circle or a square IMO, so you've got to figure out which one of 4 ways it goes in, while the A jack is only up or down. Not to mention that some "A" ends cables have the USB symbol on the "top" of the plug, making it easier to figure out one way from the other.