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Thank you all for your comments. Yeah, there's no way I am spending more than $10 ($15 tops).

Dahkoht, thank you for understanding and for your advice. The issue is not only money but mainly that this is an old person who has no interest in making any effort to changing over to a new system. He has pretty much told me that when this system dies that's it for him. He has no interest...

I am trying to help out a friend. His computer is DELL DIMENSION 1100 (D10116), MoBoard Intel D845GLVA, Celeron D 345, 2 GB DDR400, running Win XP SP3. It has integrated onbard video Intel Extreme 82865G Graphics Controller. My friend says the computer meets his (very basic) needs and he...

Well, using htaccess I have been quite successful in preventing hotlinking to the point where even attempts have pretty much disappeared. I guess people who try soon realize it does not work. On the other hand some may just copy the image elsewhere. So this got me thinking about other sites...

While it falls short of dynamic load balancing I believe you could try something basic in Windows by using two (or more) network adapters each connected to a different internet connection. You can use the ROUTE command to configure the computer's routing table so that traffic to certain specific...

Thanks, that was very clarifying and helpful. It does make things simpler for me. I will experiment and observe how the routing table changes automatically. One more question, what happens if there are two attached networks and *both* have internet access? Can Windows handle this? Will it...

I am trying to understand the Windows XP routing table and how the routing is done. For example: Active Routes: Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric 1) 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 192.168.1.100 30 2) 127.0.0.0...

Just so we're on the same page regarding terminology: I call a wifi Access Point the base where several wifi *clients* can connect simultaneously and I call "clients" those which are connected to an AP. Many people call a wifi to ethernet adapter device a "bridge" but this is confusing...

Well, I resolved the problem by forgetting about MS and downloading teamviewer which worked fine with no problems and which does not even need to be installed. It can be run without installing it allthough it can be installed which, I guess, would allow the program to remember its settings. I...

Have a look at the Windows XP Recovery Console http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314058

You can include computers in that list and the truth is that all these items do not consume that much individually. Generally I have measured items on standby at between 2 and 6 W. At 5 W it takes 200 hours (8 days) to consume 1 KWh which may be like 15 cents and that is the price for the...

I see there are no takers. It seems to me this software is not worth the trouble of learning it and getting it to work. When I finally get to issue an invitation it will work over the LAN but not over the Internet. I cannot get it to connect over the Internet. I am looking at the structure...

Win XP PRO SP3 When trying to send a Remote Assistance invitation I get an error message "A program could not start.Please try again." This error pops up even before the invitation is created so the problem is with the creation of the invitation and not with any later connection issues...

Thanks for all the responses so far. After much tinkering and experimenting so far I have an htaccess configuration which is working reasonably well for me. In summary here is what I do: 1- Using DENY block several IPs from link spammers, etc. RewriteEngine On 2- Totally block a named...

Good thinking. I have three optical drives on this system and it does not matter which one I select the result is the same. Also it makes no difference whether the digital audio option is checked or not. So it seems the drive itself is OK and the interface with the Player program is also OK...

Monkey34, thanks for your response. I am well aware of the red book audio CD standard but in this context that is not what it refers to. Rather, it seems to me it refers to the Windows file/service/program redbook.sys. At this point this is more of a learning and academic exercise than...

When Player crashes trying to start up the event viewer records the following event: Event Type: Error Event Source: Application Error Event Category: None Event ID: 1000 Description: Faulting application player.exe, version 2.4.0.0, faulting module unknown, version 0.0.0.0, fault...

Well, I am interested in learning a bit about these things so in that sense it is productive for me. Obviously I am not worried about a few hotlinks but I am also interested in what is common practice, standards, etiquette, etc. I can understand a site visitor saying "I just do not want to...

I understand what you are suggesting. Trying another audio device would confirm whether the Player program has a compatibility problem only with the VIA on-board device or with all audio devices in which case it would be a general problem with this installation of Windows XP. My guess right...

I have managed to write a .BAT file which disables the audio service, starts the Player program, waits 3 seconds for it to be up and running and then restarts the audio service. sc stop AudioSrv call "cmd /c start C:\Progra~1\CDPlayer\Player.exe" ping -n 3 127.0.0.1 > nul sc start AudioSrv...

Yup, done all that several times. Same results with older and latest audio drivers. Have also reinstalled the software several times. tried all different possibilities I could think of but results are always the same. It seems there is some glitch that causes an incompatibility between the...

I am having problems with CD Player Version 2.4 which I have been using for years and I like it. It has worked without problem in every computer where I have installed it, until now. I have installed it in a new computer and When I start the program it crashes directly without even really...

Oh, now I think you were just marking the thread as interesting for you to follow and not really answering my question. In that case never mind. It just flew over my head.

Could you please elaborate? I am not an expert in this matter. This is my first contact with .htaccess and I am struggling and learning htaccess as I go along. I googled "dot folder" but could not find anything relevant. BTW, I am using a shared server on a commercial hosting service...

I have a personal (vanity, not business) web site and I got tired of other sites hotlinking to my files so now I am using .htaccess RewriteEngine to prevent it. Requests for graphics files with a referrer field from my own site get served and those from other sites get blocked. So far so...

Zonealarm 9.2.102.0000 and Windows XP Pro SP3. I set every single program in ZA to ASK before it is allowed Internet access and observe the behavior before finally granting permanent access. When I use some programs they behave normally. For instance, with Google Earth, ZA correctly asks...

Old Hippie, yes, it is like that. I do realize that these things are very cheap these days and not worth spending a lot of time over them but I take it as an opportunity to tinker and learn. For some time now I have had the idea of securing a USB pendrive to the desk, hidden somewhere and...

Well, in the Device Manager I disabled the virtual CD-ROM drive and now it does not show up in Windows Explorer. Of course, this solution would have to be repeated in every other machine where I use it but it is better than nothing. I would still like to find a better solution, recovering the...

Thanks. While you were preparing that post I saw that the diskpart command utility is available on my XP machine but it does not recognize the USB drive so I will try with Vista to see if it does. I am familiar with drive numbers, partitions, etc. so if I screw up it is because I made some dumb...

Bahamut, thanks for your post. I checked and there is no autorun file in there, only the PPS presentation. (One of the first things I do when I configure a new system is disable all autoruns. I have no idea why this crap is on by deafult.) I tried the U3 removal tool but it does not...

I have a USB pendrive memory that was given to me some years ago as some company's advertising. When I plug it in to the computer TWO devices appear in Windows: a "CD-ROM" which contains a PPS file with a presentation of that company and a "removable drive" which I can use normally. I would...

I sense a certain hostility and people trying to blame me for asking the question all wrong. I think my question is pretty clear what I was trying to achieve but whatever, I have no interest in engaging in pointless arguments. My problem has been solved so I will answer a few questions and this...

Well, pretty much everything since everybody was telling me that what I wanted to do could not be done because ... I wanted to use a smartcard just to log into my stand-alone computer and pretty much everyone was telling me it could not be done. On the other hand it seems to me like a matter...

Well, common sense told me what I was looking for had to be possible and I persisted and it turns out I was right and it was even much simpler than I imagined. Much of the information contained in the previous posts is just plain wrong. From the Dell website I downloaded for free Embassy...

Well, yes, as I said, I realize bank cards, credit cards, etc can be of the Smartcard type. I do not have one myself and I need to learn a bit about this for work. We are involved in something which is strictly commercial and I feel I need to know more about how these things work. I might try...

Thanks, I'll look into it. Activclient costs about $65 which is more than I'm willing to spend without knowing if it will work for certain but I'll try to find out more.

Yes, it seems the drivers are included with the OS so that without installing anything the interface is different. It seems that the only way around it is to take the memory card out of the camera and put it in a card reader. In that case it behaves normally. I just wish I could do the...

I used to have a Fujifilm 2400 camera which, when plugged into the USB port of the computer, would behave just like external USB memory. Using Windows Explorer I could copy files from camera to computer and from computer to camera, delete them, see how much space they took, how much was left...

I guess what I need is the "middleware" then. Where can I find some? I am just totally confused by all this. It seems in some European countries the government-issued ID cards, as well as bank and credit cards, are smartcards which contain certificates which certify the holder who can use...

Thanks for the replies. Well, if the Smartcard thing only works with computers which are part of a domain then I guess I am out of luck because mine is not. This seems quite complex. I just thought I could use a Smartcard to log into my own computer and to hold whatever certificates I have...