Archived CalgaryPuck Computer Help Thread

[photon]

That's a not bad unit at that price (would never get it at $150), but there are some better out there.

For less you can get the Benq 1620 Pro from Memory Express for $70:
http://www.memoryexpress.com/

Or from BCom for even less ($62):
http://www.bcom.ab.ca/

And I would say the Benq is an overall better drive, though you should avoid the really cheap media for best results.

It'll burn CD's though with blank DVD's pretty reasonably priced they're even better (fit more on one disc).

For media, any blank DVD+R that says Made in Japan is good:
http://www.bestbuy.ca/catalog/proddetail.a...429&catid=20032

[Eddie Bronze]

Thanks for the links to some local places Photon, that's what I was looking for. These DVD's you burn music to (to get more on) will they play in a regular car audio cd player or will I need something special for that?

[photon]

If you want to play it on a regular car audio CD player then yeah you'll have to burn to regular blank CD's.

Some newer decks can actually read MP3's from burned CDs and DVDs so you could have 600MB or 4.7GB of MP3's rather than the standard 70 minutes of music, but unless your deck specifically supports that you'll have to burn regular CD's.

[hah]

Can someone help me out

My main hard disc drive is full. Any suggestions on what I should do?

The drive C: is 20 g.

I also have a D: drive that is 80 g and only 3/4 full.

Thanks in advance

[Flames89]

1. Delete the crap you don't need. I find it hard to believe you have 80G's of "have-to-keep" data (unless it is all movies and music

2. Buy an External HD, they are relatively cheap $100-300.

[Cheese]

hah hah.....bite your tongue cheese...bite your tongue!

Find this virus...it might help you!


Quick! Tell Everyone You Know And Even People You Don't Know

* If you receive an email entitled "Bedtimes" delete it IMMEDIATELY. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty. It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer.

It demagnetizes the strips on ALL of your credit cards. It reprograms your ATM access code and screws up the tracking on your VCR and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's you attempt to play. It will program your phone auto dial to call only 900 numbers. This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank.

IT WILL CAUSE YOUR TOILET TO FLUSH WHILE YOU ARE SHOWERING.

It will drink ALL your beer. FOR GOD'S SAKE, ARE YOU LISTENING?? It will leave dirty underwear on the coffee table when you are expecting company! It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with Rogaine.

If the "Bedtimes" message is opened in a Windows 2000/XP environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub.

It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses and pillows, it will also refill your Skim milk with whole milk.

******* WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN.

[Flames89]

Originally posted by Cheese@Jun 17 2005, 09:15 AM
hah hah.....bite your tongue cheese...bite your tongue!

Find this virus...it might help you!


Quick! Tell Everyone You Know And Even People You Don't Know

* If you receive an email entitled "Bedtimes" delete it IMMEDIATELY. Do not open it. Apparently this one is pretty nasty. It will not only erase everything on your hard drive, but it will also delete anything on disks within 20 feet of your computer.

It demagnetizes the strips on ALL of your credit cards. It reprograms your ATM access code and screws up the tracking on your VCR and uses subspace field harmonics to scratch any CD's you attempt to play. It will program your phone auto dial to call only 900 numbers. This virus will mix antifreeze into your fish tank.

IT WILL CAUSE YOUR TOILET TO FLUSH WHILE YOU ARE SHOWERING.

It will drink ALL your beer. FOR GOD'S SAKE, ARE YOU LISTENING?? It will leave dirty underwear on the coffee table when you are expecting company! It will replace your shampoo with Nair and your Nair with Rogaine.

If the "Bedtimes" message is opened in a Windows 95/98 environment, it will leave the toilet seat up and leave your hair dryer plugged in dangerously close to a full bathtub.

It will not only remove the forbidden tags from your mattresses and pillows, it will also refill your Skim milk with whole milk.

******* WARN AS MANY PEOPLE AS YOU CAN.

Well, that explains everything - and here I thought it was just my imagination...

[Cheese]

Virus Update, 1/22/00

Symantec Virus Alert Center

Hello Subscriber,

As part of our ongoing effort to keep Symantec clients up to date
on virus alerts, this e-mail is being sent to all Symantec subscribers.
A new, deadly type of virus has been detected in the wild. You should
not open any message entitled "LAUNCH NUCLEAR STRIKE NOW",
as this message has been programmed to access NORAD computers in Colorado
and launch a full-scale nuclear strike on Russia and the former Soviet
states. Apparently, a disgruntled ex-Communist hacker has designed a
pernicious VBScript that actually bypasses the U.S. arsenal's significant
security system and takes command of missiles and bombers directly. By
opening the e-mail, you may be causing Armageddon. Needless to say,
Armageddon will wipe out your hard drive and damage your computer.

Again, we warn you, PLEASE, DO NOT OPEN ANY E-MAIL ENTITLED
"LAUNCH NUCLEAR STRIKE NOW". YOU MAY CAUSE A FULL-SCALE
NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST.

As a precaution, all U.S. nuclear missiles have been set to
"Do Not Authorize Launch Via E-Mail" to prevent an accidental
armageddon. However, due to a Y2K bug, the possibility still exists
that you may end life as we know it on this planet by opening the
aforementioned e-mail.

VIRUS NAME: ArmaGeddyLee, HappyOrMaybeNot00, OopsWrongButton00
TRANSMITTAL METHOD: VBScript attached to e-mail
HAZARD: Extremely Super High
AREA OF INFECTION: Detected in wild
CHARACTERISTICS: Destroys life on earth via nuclear armageddon

Please forward this warning to everyone you can. Thank you for your
attention to this matter,

Sincerely,

The Symantec Anti-Virus Team

[Buff]

Well for starters, do like Flames89 said; delete the crap you don't really need.

Which browser do you use? For starters you can delete your temporary internet files. Then you can redirect them to the D: instead of the C: Just let me know which internet browser you use and I'll tell you how to redirect the temproary internet files folder.

Run Disk Cleanup:
Start->All Programs->Accessories->System Tools->Disk Cleanup
Select all items that have anything in them (it'll show how much space is being used, so anything over 0kb can be deleted). Once you've selected everything to be deleted select OK, and wait for the process to finish.

Uninstall any programs that you do not use anymore.

If you have a lot of songs that you do not want to delete but don't listen to them directly from your computer, then burn them to a cd in their mp3 format. If you want to make a music cd at a later date then you can easily copy the songs you want back onto your computer.

[I-Hate-Hulse]

Look into three things:

1) You may have installed programs onto your C: drive, not your other drive.
2) Your My Documents, My Pictures, My Music folder might contain several large items. It too stores itself on C:
3) Delete the My Pr0n directory....

[Bend it like Bourgeois]

A question for the techies:

I have 2 systems: a Dell box at the office and a Dell box at home.

The Office box is a P4 2.5 or so running XP pro with integrated sound and video.

The Home box is a p4 1.6 or so running XP home with seperate sound and video.

Other than the occasional game of NHL 2004 I pretty much use the two computers for the same stuff, and the office box is noticable faster.

I'm 'retiring' for a few months and want the best of both worlds. Can I do something with the hardware/software to make 1 better computer out of both?

[calculoso]

Look for a TEMP or TMP directory. This can usually be located by going to a DOS prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd) and typing "set"

Look for the "TEMP=" and "TMP=" lines, go to these directories (may be the same one) and look at the files there.

[Buff]

Originally posted by Bend it like Bourgeois@Jun 17 2005, 10:15 AM
A question for the techies:

I have 2 systems: a Dell box at the office and a Dell box at home.

The Office box is a P4 2.5 or so running XP pro with integrated sound and video.

The Home box is a p4 1.6 or so running XP home with seperate sound and video.

Other than the occasional game of NHL 2004 I pretty much use the two computers for the same stuff, and the office box is noticable faster.

I'm 'retiring' for a few months and want the best of both worlds. Can I do something with the hardware/software to make 1 better computer out of both?

Assuming you have the expansion room in the business computer, you should be able to move the video card and sound card from the home computer over to the business computer.

If the RAM is the same type you could maybe add more ram if you have open slots or switching a stick or two(assuming it adds up to more RAM)

You could even increase your HDD space by putting in the HDD with XP Home and making it a slave drive, and the existing HDD with XP Pro the master drive. You won't have two operating systems to boot from... although you could have it set up to do so if you wished. (but if you got XP Pro why use XP Home?)

You can even add another optical drive from the home computer into the business computer (assuming there is room)

So in a nutshell, if there is room you should be able to strip your home computer of all its parts and put them in the business computer as additions and/or replacements.

[Buff]

Originally posted by calculoso@Jun 17 2005, 10:28 AM
Look for a TEMP or TMP directory. This can usually be located by going to a DOS prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd) and typing "set"

Look for the "TEMP=" and "TMP=" lines, go to these directories (may be the same one) and look at the files there.

or just let disk cleanup empty these for you. If it is in the temp folder you don't need it.

[Maritime Q-Scout]

just a quick question. When I'm listening to music using Windows Media Player I can't hear my e-mail notifications.

Wouldn't be a problem but as I sit and read at my desk, I have my headphones in and am facing the window, NOT my computer screen. So I don't see the visual notifiaction, and need to reply on the oral one.

So while I normally wouldn't like my music interrupted by "DO-DO" or something like that, I would like to know if I have e-mail when it comes.

Anyone know how to fix that? How can I make it so I hear my e-mail notification?

[Incinerator]

Originally posted by Maritime Q-Scout@Jun 21 2005, 12:12 PM
just a quick question. When I'm listening to music using Windows Media Player I can't hear my e-mail notifications.

Wouldn't be a problem but as I sit and read at my desk, I have my headphones in and am facing the window, NOT my computer screen. So I don't see the visual notifiaction, and need to reply on the oral one.

So while I normally wouldn't like my music interrupted by "DO-DO" or something like that, I would like to know if I have e-mail when it comes.

Anyone know how to fix that? How can I make it so I hear my e-mail notification?

Get an MP3 player?

[Buff]

Originally posted by Maritime Q-Scout@Jun 21 2005, 06:12 AM
just a quick question. When I'm listening to music using Windows Media Player I can't hear my e-mail notifications.

Wouldn't be a problem but as I sit and read at my desk, I have my headphones in and am facing the window, NOT my computer screen. So I don't see the visual notifiaction, and need to reply on the oral one.

So while I normally wouldn't like my music interrupted by "DO-DO" or something like that, I would like to know if I have e-mail when it comes.

Anyone know how to fix that? How can I make it so I hear my e-mail notification?

Try Winamp? I really can't remember but I think with Winamp playing music I've heard system noises. I'm not sure.

[dustygoon]

Is there a way to play music files from my computer to my stereo? I don’t want to use wires….I have a wireless network set up in my house (802.11g) but would consider other alternatives. I have an up-to-date stereo tuner. I don’t want to spend a fortune on a “media centre PC” which hooks up to your stereo. I have heard about something called an airporter but I find the whole thing a bit confusing.

[MolsonInBothHands]

Originally posted by dustygoon@Jun 29 2005, 12:25 PM
Is there a way to play music files from my computer to my stereo? I don’t want to use wires….I have a wireless network set up in my house (802.11g) but would consider other alternatives. I have an up-to-date stereo tuner. I don’t want to spend a fortune on a “media centre PC” which hooks up to your stereo. I have heard about something called an airporter but I find the whole thing a bit confusing.

Since you have a wireless network, you could go with something like this this

...

or if you have an XBOX hooked to your stereo and network you could run a media cente r application off of it.

[dustygoon]

Originally posted by MolsonInBothHands+Jun 29 2005, 07:00 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MolsonInBothHands @ Jun 29 2005, 07:00 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-dustygoon@Jun 29 2005, 12:25 PM
Is there a way to play music files from my computer to my stereo? I don’t want to use wires….I have a wireless network set up in my house (802.11g) but would consider other alternatives. I have an up-to-date stereo tuner. I don’t want to spend a fortune on a “media centre PC” which hooks up to your stereo. I have heard about something called an airporter but I find the whole thing a bit confusing.

Since you have a wireless network, you could go with something like this this

...

or if you have an XBOX hooked to your stereo and network you could run a media cente r application off of it. [/b][/quote]
Thanks Molson! Exactly what i was looking for.