CataclysmCow

How about just a list of steps?

I honestly don't know. I'd have to look it up which I probably will get around to one of these days. I've heard a lot of explanations of why, but none of them really made sense. A bit of it has to do with compatibility with Macs I believe, but don't take my word on that. It can be usefull though; if you are confident enough to keep good habits and consistency. You could use it to keep histories, explanations, details, etc. of the file in question. I use it primarily to keep notes on changes to versions and permissions of a file. When I update a file or change permissions I'll make a note

In NTFS the "file allocation table" is called the MFT (FAT uses file allocation table), but you have the general idea. When you take originalfile.exe and create a stream on it called streamfile.doc you essentially have 2 different files. They are completely independant of eachother except for the fact that streamfile.doc is referrenced by originalfile.exe. You can make any changes to originalfile.exe short of deleting it and it will not affect streamfile.doc in any way (and vice versa). originalfile.exe will function just as it always has and appear no different. Think of it as files and fo

Oo! Oo! What's "file stream?" How's it work? What's it for? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You'll see them referred to as ADS (Alternate Data Streams). It's a feature of NTFS that allows you to attach multiple streams of information to an existing file. These streams do not show up in directory listings so the stream remains hidden. The stream is not part of the file it's bound to so the original file appears the same as well. If you create a 16MB stream onto a 1kb file the file will still appear to be 1kb. The syntax for accessing streams is, filename:streamname Say if I had a data file named

Changing the file attributes will not accomplish anything. The file is still reported by the filesystem and is shown in searches, readable by anyone and can have it's attributes changed by anyone with permission. If you really want to hide the file I'd suggest using the file stream feature of NTFS. It will be completely undetectable without the use of some rare 3rd party utilities.

I don't think anyone had a just reason to call you a thief, but this isn't going to be completely legit and MS will likely not reactivate your license. The licenses issued through MSDN, Partner Program, Actions Packs, and most volume license programs are not transferable. You have to use them on company hardware for company purposes. You can't pass them out to your friends and family. Some of these license agreements are very strict. If your friend is a reseller then it's legit, but if he's just "in the biz" with a Partner Program or some other volume license agreement he can't pass out li

You changed your hardware (the HDD) so the wpa.dbl file is no longer valid for your current setup.

Changing to port 80 makes no sense, PG7 - even if she did have nested NAT routers. It isn't acting as just a switch/AP, but it should be. Notice that she has two subnets - 192.168.1.0/24 and 192.168.2.0/24. Unless there's a specific need for it, it's not wise to nest NAT routers. Connect your wireless router to your wired router using LAN ports - don't use the WAN port on the wireless router. You'll need to also change the address of the wireless router and disable the DHCP server on one router. When you entered the external IP of your router (the 68.x.x.x address) in your web browser you g

WPA doesn't re-exchange keys with every packet. TKIP encrypts each frame with a new unique key. Setting up for enterprise WPA won't speed things up either as it only affects the PMK exchange. What do you mean by "the computer just sits idle"? What exactly are the symptoms you are running into? Speed hits due to encryption are going to depend a lot on your hardware. What adapters and AP are you using? For the adapter are you using the manf's client manager software or WinXP SP2's WZC?

Unless the traffic was encrypted at a higher layer (SSL for example), yes the traffic is in clear type for all to see. You don't need to be associated with the AP in order to sniff WiFi traffic. Remember that if you leave your WLAN open you aren't just giving people access to your network, you are giving them access to your computer as well. It takes about 2 minutes to gain full access to a typical WinOS computer. The easiest way to secure your WLAN is to use WPA. I believe Airsnare still uses Ethereal/Winpcap? Winpcap will only "see" traffic on the network you are associated with. You'

Why?

ZA should allow you to define your local network as a "trusted zone".

You can't turn it off in XP Home. In XP Pro goto "tools"/"options" in an explorer window or "folder options" in control panel. On the view tab you'll find it at the very bottom.

It's normal behaviour for Windows machines that aren't using simple file sharing. If there is a share on the OS and simple file sharing is turned off it will automatically ask for credentials. There is a setting to allow the requesting machine to automatically pass current credentials, but this is turned off by default on non-domain networks. What OSs are you using? WLAN encryption isn't an issue here.

It's unlikely that you need any tweaking; XP is already "tuned" as a single user, desktop OS. Unless you are using your machine in a uncommon way it's unlikely that you'll see much performance increase from anything other than turning off eye-candy. What characteristics of XP where you hoping to change?

Your math is fine. In one minute you can expect to send 82.5MBs using 802.11b @ 11Mbps. That's not data throughput though ("bandwidth"). That's signaling rate. Your data has to pass through a process that keeps slapping on additional information onto the packets you want to transmit. The total amount of everything going "through the air" is not only your data, but this extra information which takes additional time to send which means your data won't see the total 11Mbps. If you are streaming ~80MBs over 2 hours you'll have no issue at all with 11Mbps. Streaming something less compressed

Toots, you seem to have a real problem with anyone who posts anything that you can argue with. You have a long post history of flying off the handle with no reason. Your post is largely insultive and completely judgemental. I don't expect you to change anymore than I expect your expectations of me to change, but maybe you should be made aware of it? Right, so I'm some high class snob who's out of touch? I spent 3 years of my life recovering from a chronic, systemic illness and had to support myself completely off the goodwill of others. I spent years rebuilding my career and business.

The rated speed of 11Mbps is the maximum signal rate. Networking protocols work in what's called a "stack". Each protocol is a layer of the stack and as the packet travels up the stack each layer tags a little bit of info onto the packet called the header. The physical layer is seeing 11Mbps, but after the 802.11 header, the IP header and TCP header are applied you aren't getting a full 11Mbps in data throughput. There's more lost to application overhead too. You'd still easily be able to handle 82.5MBs in a 2 hour period though. I don't think I could stand to watch anything that was compr

I'm not on the up'n'up of tech support jobs at Best Buy and your local Comp USA, but I dont' think I've ever seen an A+ cert as a requirement for a job position. I know a lot of people who are in a position to hire for IT support and I don't think any of them have ever made any judgement calls based on an A+ cert. They are in a position where they are accountable so they invariably look for experience. I occasionally do hiring for a company I work for when I get overwhelmed or we need PC repair techs on staff. And as snooty as it sounds I think I'd actually give less value to someone who

What OS are you running on the server?

I'd be weary of a site that can't even get it's facts straight. SATA II is not an interface. There's SATA-150 and SATA-300. SATA II was the name the of the SATA specifications committee and now refers to a group of extensions that can be offered on SATA150 or SATA300 devices. The advice that you quoted is correct though. To give you an idea of transfer rates the best SATA drive available (WD740GD) can push a little more than 70MB/s sustained on the outter cylinders. It averages out at about 60MB/s. Typical 7200rpm drives average out under 50MB/s. In real world use you'll usually only se

The first case you linked is $90.

I don't know who I'd suspect more - an engineer or a lawyer.

To me A+ certification is about on par with a GED. It's not going to do much for you, but if you are in a bind or want a head start when you are young it can lead you onto better things. It's a pre-requisite for some other certs that, IMO, are just about as useless. I'm not aware of any employer that requires one, but it would probably give you an advantage if you were to apply at somewhere like Best Buy's Geek Squad or something similar. If you are working for yourself I'd forget it. Your customers aren't going to even know what an A+ cert is and it's unlikely that they'd even care. I don

You aren't going to see any difference in performance just in the difference between ATA and SATA (all other things being equal). ATA-100 is more than enough throughput for even the fastest 10k drives right now. The only real gain SATA has over ATA in performance right now is NCQ (Native Command Queuing). You'll only see a gain here in an application like a file server handling requests from dozens of users with multiple disks. Typical single user PCs just can't build up a queue length deep enough to take advantage of NCQ. Benchmarks I've seen for single user machines show little to no i