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I think most standard video cards only support 2 displays, even if they have a third output, like S-Video. Everything else in your build looks like it could be anything, but you'll need to research on video cards. I know that you can get Workstation class multimonitor cards, but they don't always work well with games. For example, the FireMV I have in my PC, I can't even enable Aero in Windows 7. Also, with the popularity of touch-screen displays, I don't know if you need a special video card for those or what. So since you want something special concerning the video card, you should probably start with that and plan your build based on that. I'd expect you'll have more work figuring out the correct video card to get than the rest of the components.

Have you already looked at RIS or MDT 2010? If your company is a Microsoft Partner, you can also email your partner rep to see if they can recommend any methods that match your requirements, as they would know more about what you do than any random online people would.

Usually, the import ADMX function is designed to use packs not available on the OS. Here is one example: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=6243

Its almost always caused by poor connections. Connectors and cables that are not shielded properly (more prevalent in cheaper products) will pick up interference and this shows up as noise from the speakers. First I would try connecting the speakers directly into the sound card, without using the extension cable, and see if it is any better.

The thing I wonder about is the multiple monitors thing. How many monitors are we talking about?

Well you can export the data out of MySQL (for example) and it would save it as the commands to recreate the data. So a file that was made by exporting a table would say CREATE TABLE. Now, MySQL and MSSQL is fairly similar in how their syntax works but there are some differences. It may be easier to use a converter (they must exist) that can change a MySQL query saved to a file into one that you can use with MSSQL. I'm not familiar with other DB solutions and I'm fairly rusty in both of the ones I mentioned. But I have a feeling that there is a better solution for what you really want to do. There shouldn't be a reason to create 3 databases at all. It should be fine to just use one database. Database planning can range from simple to complicated... Some generic thing I came up with using 1 database. Table for users (user_id) Table for users job histories (user_hist) The table for users job histories would have a field for the user ID number stored in the user table. Then say you want to look at the job history of User1, when that user logs into the website, it already would have to check credentials, so you can easily store the user ID number at login and keep it in the session data. So let's say User1's user ID is 01. Something like... SELECT * FROM user_hist WHERE user_id = 01

In addition to bouncing our failed disks off tables or putting them in the freezer, I have found a new method: Putting them in the oven. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/26/exploding_computer_vs_reg_reader/

Take a look here: The 1GB RAM topic is in there at least. As far as the Creative drivers, I'm sure they are available somewhere. Sometimes they are on the original CD and sometimes it seems easier to find the CD than find the download.

It would be interesting indeed. I'd just think we'd see some other window manager surface to relevance for professional use without the toy'ish appearance. Still remember as a teenager when Win95 came up, that thing just looked hypnotizing and modern when compared to other options such as DOS and Win 3.x. I wonder if teenagers are indeed feeling the same "wow" experience with Win8 nowadays. I'm not sure if we will ever experience those days anymore. Computers are a lot more accessible and a way of life than it was say in the early 90s. Nearly everyone (here in the US) has a computer of some sort. Back in the early 90s, not everyone had computers and I recall that not even all schools had computers in them. It seems to me that computing even in the early 90s carried over a lot of the hobbyist feeling to it from the 80s. If I were a kid nowadays, I probably wouldn't see a computer as being some rare mystery machine that I wanted to learn more about, simply because they are everywhere and are no mystery.

I also had wanted something more out of Microsoft Bob. The strange thing about it is that it is designed to appear like a point and click adventure game. I knew it wasn't a game but I was always interested in the concept of it. I had no use for such a program as a kid as I didn't know anything about checkbooks or whatever else you could do in there. It probably made things more confusing for people than it needed to be. I'd expect that adults didn't like it because it looked too much like a game, and kids didn't like it because it looked like a game but wasn't. The Packard Bell version may be slightly cooler since you get to see your 3D house... but hope it doesn't rain because there is no roof. http://toastytech.com/guis/pbnav35.html

Many of the features seen on HD TVs with power saving are also available in computer displays. Unfortunately, data on temperature of the displays themselves are not readily available when looking at specs. I wonder how close the relation of wattage to temperature really is... Anyways, I found some page about different "green" displays you can get, for example: http://www.brighthub.com/environment/green-computing/reviews/65304.aspx But the obvious problem is that you wouldn't know exactly if any display is what you need until you could actually use it in that room.

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I will take a look at that and see if I can use it. I have already done a work-around where I change the background color of the Start Screen to red while the installer is working, and then change it to green when it is done. And anything that requires user interaction has to be done manually for now.

Ok well the thing that moved around in those logs was the 9500, so focus on that and see where you get.

I seem to recall that the ATI All-In-Wonder series have TV Tuners and are included on that link under ATI video cards.

I have found that some drivers will not install on Windows 8 because the installation package checks for what is installed already. Windows 8, being so new, actually does have some signed manufacturer drivers in it already, not just random Microsoft ones. Depending on what the board actually is, I'd expect audio and video drivers to get an update at some point in the future, and then become available on that site.

This is my new favorite.

Not going to make a new thread for WinPE4 since it isn't too different. The build of the PE is the same as WinPE3 with some exceptions. - You can add Powershell package - You don't need to use the set-resolutionx64 (not compatible) and WinPE4 should set resolution to the optimal it thinks the display can use... I didn't test setres.exe because I don't work with 32bit WinPE anymore. - WinPE4 does not have BCDBoot.exe in it by default, so you will need to copy this in additonally. NOTE: You cannot use the basic functions of this HTA to work with Windows 8 or Server 2012 images. Imagex.exe does not do the job unforuntately. This still works with previous OSes the same. You'll have to manually use DISM to capture/deploy Windows 8 images!

I am finding some online stores that have it, but not in stock. All these stores are either Russian or Czech. Plenty of drivers out there tho! Is there a specific reason why you need this one card? Does it offer something you can't do with other products?

Oh there is a USB NIC on there too? Is it an external device?

I think that Phenomic was making the point that his Linux system is less crash-prone than Windows is perceived to be. Why, I have a brand-new Windows 7 machine, and got my first BSOD one day into owning it when I tried to install the graphics card driver offered by Windows Update. --JorgeA Ha that's what you get! Device drivers from Windows Update. The reliability of a computer is solely dependent on how it is used. I've always wondered why people use the uptime as some sort of no-contest value in the OS debate. In the end, no OS is better than another in a general use standpoint so there is no reason to even have a debate. I see someone say Linux has uptime of 26 days, but this means nothing to me. I ran a Shoutcast/Quake 3 "server" on a Windows 98 PC that had uptimes of about 3 months before reboots that were needed. And even the workstation I am using right this second (Windows 7) has a current uptime of 1035:14:42 or 43 days.

Take a look in the registry here: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon Erase the data in DefaultUserName key and reboot to see if that helps any.

You could have SiB exist as a tray icon that is normally hidden. If an update is available, have change its icon and make it not hidden anymore. Similar to MSSE if your definitions are out of date, it will turn orange and become unhidden. If an update is available, in addition to the color change, your tray icon could use a tooltip notification at OS boot.

There have never been AFAICR SCSI2SCSI "converters" (or at least they must have been peculiarly "rare"), I have only seen "passive" adapters (pinout converters) or "full fledged" ISA, MCA (SIC!) or PCI SCSI cards. Additionally (and I do have my experience with mixing SCSI things ) I don't recall any similar issue , as far as I know you can "mix together" all kind of SCSI devices, of course performance may depend on the "slower" device.... It would be interesting if you could provide some data .... jaclaz Unfortunately no data available. Just old tech support knowledge from jobs of years past. It has something to do with using a pin-adapter on some form of SCSI Iomega drive (Zip or Jaz) to adapt to either Fast/SCSI-2 or maybe SCSI-Wide. All I remember is that such things weren't covered under warranty because they had the habit of causing damage to the drives. Something about it running too fast on those controllers. Definately not about chaining drives, although I do remember that putting a Zip drive in between chained Macs didn't work.

Are these adapters, or the drives themselves, smart enough not to allow the faster SATA speed to damage the drive? I seem to recall that some SCSI types using an adapter, connected to a newer or faster SCSI spec could actually damage the drive.