So I downloaded another crack, ran it and now when I switch my PC on, it goes through the normal DOS setup but just as it is about to reach the Windows screen, it just resets and goes through the DOS bit again. This also happens when I try to go via Safe Mode.
So am I totally buggered here? Is there hope or should I start saving my pennies for an official version of XP? Or even worse a new computer? Should I go to Microsoft confession and start repenting? Dear Bill Gates, I am sorry for what I have done, Amen. etc. etc.
― a nonny mouse (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 06:53 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Autumn Almanac (Autumn Almanac), Friday, 7 May 2004 06:56 (9 years ago) Permalink
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 06:56 (9 years ago) Permalink
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 07:18 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Ed (dali), Friday, 7 May 2004 07:23 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Ed (dali), Friday, 7 May 2004 07:27 (9 years ago) Permalink
Lost me already! How do I wind back to pre-SP1? Especially without a running windows system? What are Knoppix and DS Linux (was that a joke name or does it really exist?)
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 07:35 (9 years ago) Permalink
― caitlin (caitlin), Friday, 7 May 2004 09:12 (9 years ago) Permalink
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 09:38 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 7 May 2004 10:01 (9 years ago) Permalink
knoppix? nope, free as a bird. 700M download though (knoppix.org) hence ed's suggestion of Damn Small (which is only(!) 50M from here: http://www.damnsmalllinux.org/ )
andy
― koogs (koogs), Friday, 7 May 2004 10:53 (9 years ago) Permalink
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 11:05 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Friday, 7 May 2004 11:08 (9 years ago) Permalink
― dog latin (dog latin), Friday, 7 May 2004 11:10 (9 years ago) Permalink
― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:03 (9 years ago) Permalink
I don't really want advice, I just wanted to vent.
― cis (cis), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:18 (9 years ago) Permalink
now help with my CPU thing.
― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:27 (9 years ago) Permalink
www.dabs.com AMD Athlon XP 2600+ specs say:> Max Operating Temperature 85 °C
so 60'C seems ok. various overclocker websites have suggested better cooling systems though. and make sure the thermal compound between the chip and the heatsink is spread evenly.
― koogs (koogs), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:36 (9 years ago) Permalink
― g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 7 May 2004 12:48 (9 years ago) Permalink
― don (don), Friday, 7 May 2004 16:12 (9 years ago) Permalink
So I have no clue what's wrong, but thanks to AppleCare I'm not too worried. What I am worried, though, is that it will take a week or so to set up, and there are some files I'd like to have during that time (like, say, my resume!). Is there any way to use my roommate's iBook to access my iBook's harddrive? (I don't think I had "allow networked login" set up, grrrr.)
Thanks!
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:49 (9 years ago) Permalink
then attach a fw cable to both your computers and your hard drive will appear on roomie's desktop. don't forget to eject it before you shut down though! (shut down your computer by pressing the power button)
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:52 (9 years ago) Permalink
xpost Sweet! I thought there was a way! OK, hopefully she'll get home soon.
― Casuistry (Chris P), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:54 (9 years ago) Permalink
― s1ocki (slutsky), Saturday, 8 May 2004 15:57 (9 years ago) Permalink
"could not find server address. If your internet connection is up, this might be a problém with your name resolution service. please try again later"
― hmmm (hmmm), Sunday, 9 May 2004 11:14 (9 years ago) Permalink
― hmmm (hmmm), Sunday, 9 May 2004 11:43 (9 years ago) Permalink
― hmmm (hmmm), Sunday, 9 May 2004 12:28 (9 years ago) Permalink
― cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 9 May 2004 12:57 (9 years ago) Permalink
― ken c (ken c), Sunday, 9 May 2004 13:40 (9 years ago) Permalink
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 19:50 (9 years ago) Permalink
Airport Extreme is the new version of Airport, and it's the same as 802.11g (from what I can tell). The Airport Extreme base station is $199 - 249 depending on whether you get the modem and antenna port; since you can get other 802.11g routers for as low as $100, you may want to check that shit out instead.
If you've got the basic version of Airport (ie no Extreme) then you probably have 802.11b on your notebook, so getting the Extreme or 11g version of the wireless router won't be all that important unless you're planning to upgrade your notebook down the road. Since cable and DSL connections are already slower than even the 802.11b (basic Airport) setup, you're not going to be gaining anything by overspending here. And getting an 802.11b router may be a bit cheaper than 11g...but probably not by much.
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:33 (9 years ago) Permalink
thanks, btw!
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:37 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:38 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:39 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:59 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:03 (9 years ago) Permalink
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007KDVJ/qid=1084399427/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i1_xgl23/103-9923206-1101432?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005854B/qid=1084399475/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i2_xgl23/103-9923206-1101432?v=glance&s=electronics&n=507846
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:04 (9 years ago) Permalink
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:10 (9 years ago) Permalink
I saw a D-Link access point (b, not g) at my local supermarket for $40 (after rebate) or maybe it was $30?
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:19 (9 years ago) Permalink
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:27 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:44 (9 years ago) Permalink
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:48 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Casuistry (Chris P), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:49 (9 years ago) Permalink
The Internet <--> cable or DSL modem <--> optional: router <--> your computer
If you're plugging your computer directly into your modem, you don't have a router. If you have a box with multiple Ethernet ports on it between your modem and your computer, you probably have a router.
The new DSL/cable broadband sharing routers are great because it logs onto the net for you (especially if you have DSL connection that requires PPPoE authentication, because it means you don't have to use that dumb and unreliable software client that DSL providers stick you with) and then uses network address translation to change your IP #s in your inner network. This means that people can't waltz directly into your computer from the outside world, they have to hack a bit first (this one is especially true if you're on a cable modem connection, where a direct connection of your computer into your modem might well result in your computer showing up in the networks of other people plugged into cable modems in your neighborhood).
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 22:37 (9 years ago) Permalink
When I try and unpack dmg files of games and stuff, I get a failure message that says "invalid checksum". What does that mean?
― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Thursday, 13 May 2004 01:01 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 13 May 2004 10:26 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 13 May 2004 13:22 (9 years ago) Permalink
― Sean Carruthers (SeanC), Thursday, 13 May 2004 13:24 (9 years ago) Permalink
Plus out of the box, 'It just works' functionality.
― Ed (dali), Thursday, 13 May 2004 14:00 (9 years ago) Permalink
this started happening with random things I was downloading; I eventually "fixed" it by repeatedly pausing the download, waiting and resuming the download to check to see if the download speed had picked back up
― cake-like Lady Gaga (DJP), Monday, 24 September 2012 03:04 (7 months ago) Permalink
anyone else got the 'green dot moneypak' virus? got it on the laptop i do most of my writing on in the middle of the night while i was working on a couple of things with deadlines, really fucked me up. have already gone through the motions w/ one site's advice on how to fix it to no avail.
― some dude, Monday, 24 September 2012 03:05 (7 months ago) Permalink
Saw someone else mention this, but at least through iTunes I can't even pause these ones for some reason! Its only giving me the 'x' to completely cancel the download.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 24 September 2012 03:09 (7 months ago) Permalink
I don't download podcasts, maybe you can't pause them
can def pause music/apps
― cake-like Lady Gaga (DJP), Monday, 24 September 2012 03:11 (7 months ago) Permalink
All of my other podcasts download over 100 kbps, but these are all at 3-4 kbps on the high end. I just can't figure it out. If all my downloads were this slow, it'd obviously be a speed or connectivity thing, but it's just these three things. And the fact that they're all NPR gives me a common denominator to make me think its on their end, but no one else seems to be having issues with them and they won't respond to feedback.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 24 September 2012 03:12 (7 months ago) Permalink
A little searching shows that people have had problems if they download directly to an external hard drive, which I do, but disconnecting that and downloading directly to my hard drive doesn't help. Also saw a suggestion to turn off the firewall or adjust settings to allow iTunes to connect. Tried that, still no dice. So its apparently not an iTunes thing or an external hard drive thing. This is baffling.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 24 September 2012 03:35 (7 months ago) Permalink
Alight, so tested this on my wife's laptop on three different occasions and same problems there. Is there some weird reason our router would just be having trouble with downloads from one particular source?
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 24 September 2012 03:46 (7 months ago) Permalink
P much just liveblogging this for my own amusement at this point, but tonight's update: one of the three downloaded as usual in like 25 seconds, the second says its going to take about 2 hours, the third keeps stopping with errors after giving me estimated download times of 128+ hours. WTF.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:54 (7 months ago) Permalink
you've tried multiple computers in your home, have you tried your work computer? or wi fi at a cafe or something?
― boxall, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:58 (7 months ago) Permalink
Yeah I tried downloading one of the three at my office today and it seemed pretty normal, took like 2 or 3 minutes.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 00:59 (7 months ago) Permalink
And I've narrowed it down a little, both of the ones I'm still having problems with are associated with WBEZ Chicago, more specifically than just NPR. So there's a common link, but I still don't get why it would be with just stuff from that site.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 01:02 (7 months ago) Permalink
the way their pledge break requests make it sound, every public radio program seems technically and fiscally responsible for the bandwidth of their respective podcasts.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 01:11 (7 months ago) Permalink
I don't know. I thought I had gotten somewhere with both of those two, but they timed out with errors. I sent their tech support an email, but never heard back from them.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 01:37 (7 months ago) Permalink
i remember emailing TAL once asking if they thought about torrenting their podcasts to reduce bandwidth costs and they said they were considering it! but... I guess they were just considering it.
They should change their name to All Things Considered...but only Considered.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 01:40 (7 months ago) Permalink
lol
So after more googling I see this isn't a rare problem, found a lot of advice about making sure you have the latest iTunes (I do) but to also try flushing your DNS cache or trying to download with your Firewall off. Tried both, still no dice.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 01:52 (7 months ago) Permalink
This is really frustrating.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
i dunno if it screws up your itunes thing or anything, but I believe TAL and most wbez programs let you download directly as standalone MP3s? (at least for the latest week's show)
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:22 (7 months ago) Permalink
That's what makes this so frustrating, completely setting aside iTunes, trying to download the mp3 files directly from the TAL or Sound Opinions sites results in the same insanely slow speeds. Which, like I said, leads me to believe this is a WBEZ issue but they refuse to respond to emails and no one else seems to having problems. Its like my router just refuses to play nice with their download server. I've tried with/without fireall, through iTunes, through the sites directly, I'm lost.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:32 (7 months ago) Permalink
urm... not to make ira glass mad but um... here:tpparty.com/447.mp3
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:36 (7 months ago) Permalink
Thanks, I'm actually more interested in figuring out why this isn't working. So following the trail, it actually looks like these two podcasts in question (TAL and Sound Opinions) do come from different servers, so that isn't the common link I thought it might've been.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:44 (7 months ago) Permalink
Before I give up again for now, one last silly question. Is it possible that its an issue with just my provider? Like Comcast is just having issues with these particular servers? Does that even make sense?
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:46 (7 months ago) Permalink
You could be having packets being dropped between you and the host. Open up a terminal and ping the domain.
― svend, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:47 (7 months ago) Permalink
i was able to get it pretty fast so i think it is something on your end (either comcast or your setup)i dunno if comcast still caps people's bandwidth? have you tried the ol' turn off router, turn back on litany?
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:49 (7 months ago) Permalink
No packet loss coming back when I pinged the domains.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:54 (7 months ago) Permalink
Everything else I download has been absolutely fine, I mean just now I downloaded another podcast that was twice the size of TAL and it was done in about 45 seconds.
if you have a wireless setup, the QOS might be messed up? Also, if you got it already, I'm going to remove it for fear of Sarah Vowell showing up at my doorstep with a billy club.
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:56 (7 months ago) Permalink
Go ahead and take it down, thanks, I wouldn't wish her on you.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 02:57 (7 months ago) Permalink
this might be a long shot but type this in a terminal and see if it downloads faster that way:
curl -O http://audio.soundopinions.org/podcasts/sooppodshow356.mp3
― Philip Nunez, Tuesday, 25 September 2012 03:03 (7 months ago) Permalink
Started out decent, but within about 30 seconds it was estimating 11 hours to finish.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 03:06 (7 months ago) Permalink
Oh well, thanks for the suggestions, I'm giving up for tonight. This is giving me a headache. I keep hoping it'll magically clear up the next day, but after 2 weeks I don't think that is likely.
― heated debate over derpy hooves (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 25 September 2012 03:08 (7 months ago) Permalink
crossposted from the RSS thread I bumped a little while ago
The way Firefox handles RSS feeds, as folders full of links to the constantly updating list of stories, is perfect for me. In almost every other respect, I've started to loathe Firefox. Is there ANY way to get Safari or Chrome to do this, either via a setting I haven't figured out or a plug-in or extension?
― Dr. Alfred P. Falfa (WilliamC), Monday, 4 February 2013 17:29 (3 months ago) Permalink
Never used it, but try Foxish for Chrome?
― Bob-omb The Videogame Industry! (Will M.), Monday, 4 February 2013 18:08 (3 months ago) Permalink
Haven't tried it, but this seems to do it: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/rss-live-links/hcamnijgggppihioleoenjmlnakejdph?hl=en
"you can set up REAL bookmark folders with REAL bookmarks a-la REAL Firefox Live Bookmarks."For REALs
― Øystein, Monday, 4 February 2013 18:14 (3 months ago) Permalink
Thanks -- I think that might be the one.
― Dr. Alfred P. Falfa (WilliamC), Monday, 4 February 2013 18:50 (3 months ago) Permalink
I need some help with Windows 8: I've just updated to it, and I tried both Avira's and Avast's free antivirus software, but they both kept crashing Windows, because apparently they aren't fully compatible with 8 yet. The Avast homepage suggested a patch to fix the problem, but that didn't help, the crashes continued... So I uninstalled it, and at the moment I'm using Windows 8's own anti-virus/anti-malware application, Windows Defender. Are there any free antivirus software that would be absolutely compatible with Windows 8, or should I just trust Windows Defender is good enough at protecting my computer?
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 20:19 (3 months ago) Permalink
I've found AVG to work well. I still use Windows 7, but it is supposed to be compatible with 8.
― Lee626, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 20:52 (3 months ago) Permalink
I dunno, after Avira and Avast I googled info on other software, and I found comments where people say AVG kept crashing Windows too.
― Tuomas, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:03 (3 months ago) Permalink
you should be fairly ok as long as you don't download anything, and sequester the stuff you do download. there's no guarantees though.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:05 (3 months ago) Permalink
Everything crashes Windows
― Lee626, Wednesday, 6 February 2013 21:31 (3 months ago) Permalink
I never had any crashing problems with Windows 7, so I guess the problem is that antivirus companies haven't yet managed to adjust their products well enough to Windows 8, and/or that Windows 8 simply isn't very good at working with third-party applications. Most of the other apps on my computer have continued to work fine, though, without any need to update or patch them, so I guess it's more of a case of the former. I wonder how long it'll take them to make their antivirus software fully compatible with 8? (I guess they aren't in a terrible hurry to fix problems in product they give out for free...)
― Tuomas, Thursday, 7 February 2013 09:37 (3 months ago) Permalink
Why did the BBC news page just shrink in Chrome? Not in any other browser, and fiddling with Chrome's settings via 'zoom' doesn't help (just makes the font bigger on the settings page :/)
― ljubljana, Sunday, 10 February 2013 15:46 (3 months ago) Permalink
why can i suddenly not save textedit files? it's TEXTEDIT, nothing ever goes wrong in textedit, there's nothing TO go wrong. anyway i open up my macbook and start working on some documents and they are fine and then for absolutely no reason and out of nowhere suddenly it won't let me save as i work - no explanation, just a box that says this file cannot be saved. and then autosave goes a bit nuts yelling at me that it can't work and the problem needs to be resolved.
this has happened before intermittently but i've always managed to get it working again, but this weekend it KEEPS HAPPENING even when the problem seems to go away for a while. i've tried repairing permissions and deleting the "autosave information" folders in my library and it keeps coming back and i NEED IT TO NOT DO THIS and HELP PLEASE
― flamenco drop (lex pretend), Sunday, 31 March 2013 09:11 (1 month ago) Permalink
Finally going to have to buy a new computer ... have been thinking about it for a while but my computer crashed yesterday and wouldn't start without a system recovery (meaning I've lost everything on it). Any recommendations? My (fairly random) budget was £500. But I can go up without too much stress if need be. Want to be able to email, write documents, store some (but not loads) of music and compile/burn CDs.
I'm thinking of also buying a camera so I'll want to be able to do some photo stuff but not really sure what. Would prefer not a laptop. Had a potter around PC World and there seemed to be some okay computers around £350-£500 but couldn't really distinguish between them. Bonus points for neatness/compactness but not essential. Any ideas?
― djh, Monday, 1 April 2013 18:33 (1 month ago) Permalink
did you already do the system recovery? your data could still be retrievable if you boot from a CD.
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 1 April 2013 18:35 (1 month ago) Permalink
I've already done the system recovery (admittedly, in a slight panic).
― djh, Monday, 1 April 2013 18:42 (1 month ago) Permalink
i dunno if a mac mini is under £500, but i would get that in lieu of thinking about the tons of PC options out there,or I might just get a new hard drive instead, if the machine is otherwise OK.
― Philip Nunez, Monday, 1 April 2013 19:26 (1 month ago) Permalink
Thanks Philip.
The machine is seven or so years old - it's slow, noisy and has been throwing up error messages for a while.
Quite a few people have been suggesting getting a Mac - I used to be "brand loyal" but moved over to a PC after my last Mac froze on a daily basis.
― djh, Monday, 1 April 2013 19:38 (1 month ago) Permalink
Anyone know if any PCs have a function similar to Apple's "Time Machine" - which, if I'm understanding this - automatically backs up your computer contents?
― djh, Tuesday, 2 April 2013 19:07 (1 month ago) Permalink
OH god help me ILX I am going totally crazy here in Kyrgyz Republic using a WiFi connection from my hotel on a MacBook Pro using Safari. I can surf the web- sorta- as in I can see cnn.com, ILX (duh), and various google queries work, but . . . .
I can't get Gmail to load - like, at all- as in, I never get to see the page where I could enter my account info- I just search for it and nothing ever loads
I can't get my university employer email server site to load (J0hns H0pkins Un1versity)
I can't get Facebook to load
BUT I CAN STILL USE THE WEB. What. The. Fuck. I am assured that, unlike China where I have been for the past eleven days, there is no government censorship or firewalls or other monkeying around with web use. So it's not something external. Is it my computer? Some kind of network setting? Some kind of browser setting? Some Flash issue? I have already resent DNS settings in Network Preferences as per the suggestions of some forums. I haven't seen my inbox in three days and while yeah I am on sabbatical it's still a big no- no in my line of work to have no way to see my inbox, let alone wanting to be in touch with my bf while I am clear across the world in Central Asia, etc.
Help me ILX! You're my only hope!
― the tune was space, Saturday, 27 April 2013 15:40 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
You mentioned resetting dns, but have you tried changing it to someone else? Google (8.8.8.8 & 8.8.4.4) or opendns (208.67.222.222 & 208.67.220.220) might help. I've defo had similar problems as a result of crappy isp dns servers before..
(Or, could it be related to crappy hotel wifi having problems with ssl..?)
― sktsh, Saturday, 27 April 2013 16:27 (3 weeks ago) Permalink