skeet6961

hardware is better given u've got support for it - meaning u'r sound card must be supported to use it in the game

repair install by booting xp cd ... choose repair when u see it. and a longshot ... pull all peripherals and boot.

sounds good. i'd tell the admin that if they add userID for each, they'd save lots of $ on cams/tapes hehe ... but i hear ya on the ip vs locaiton point.

maybe try to train them to NOT hit DEL? xp home does not support full file level permissions for what i'd do w/ xp pro but ... u MAY be able to use the 'windows shared computer toolkit' which offers some nifty preventative measures. it's avail from MS and u should read the docs before u attempt to do such as some prep work in terms of having to repartion might be necessary. even if u kill off the DEL key on the keyboard, they can still purge files. i think the best method here is 'if u DEL it, u don't get it back' ... that SHOULD be enuff to teach them. no offense intended but ... if they can

u lost me ... but i don't really need to know. in any event, the admin would be able to help u. why u'r hooked on the IP is puzzling ... all u'r gonna get is a location. u want the userID i'd add that this is a direct responsiblity for the admin. that's my point here. u should direct this to them and ... i can't seem to get the idea of why u can't just ask them

what os? check u'r file permisions and/or group memberships. u can't, in all practicality, prevent users from deleting their own stuff.

shouldn't u ask the netadmin at u'r school? u'd need them for this anyway.

it only appear to use Javascript. u should be able to add to u'r trusted zone and go. and the blockers should, of course, allow google.com as well.

change channels, repostion antennae, etc. wireless is wireless and it's going to vary on conditions.

assume that u do have a modem and a seperate dialup setup? IOW - i'm tryin to figure out why u need the checkbox

what os? have u tried safe mode /w networking if it's xp? is u'r account admin level?

Whoa. It's probably an incompatibility between the player/ the video card/ the video drivers. Not much you can do if those three things can't play nice together except change one or more of those items. For example, use a previous version, or a newer one if available. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ok, is there anyway i can use the VLC Media Player to play the WMP videos online? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> turn off video excelleration in u'r vid control panel and test.

what is the physical position of router vs lappie? move it close. real close. then do u still have issues?

yes. .1 is the router. it's not the IP of the machine that u wanna handle vnc thru. u can't really setup to 'get to any machine' using this method. u CAN setup to get to ONE machine. and that machine's IP is the one should enter here and check. eg - u wanna reach PC1 at 192.168.1.10, u setup PC1 at static .10 and then setup the checkbox in port forwarding as such. u SHOULD setup all such machines as 'static' to do this. and i should add that the only protection u have here is the VNC password. make it a GOOD one since anyone can 'see' the service and they'll know what it is

as to #2 - they may be available but they may not run IF the prog requires admin to RUN it ... some progs do not consider privs at all. u'll need to deal w/these on a 1 x 1 basis really

symantec also has drive image thru their powerquest aquistion. not sure they sitll produce or support it but i've always preferred it to ghost.

i've had a few 200 gigs just plain croak. i stopped using maxtors since.

I didn't disagree with that part, thats why i didn't quote it. Oh well, seems like we all agree on one thing..Brooke Shield needs to shave more often...no, thats not it...encrypt it and forget about it...yeah, thats it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> now THAT was funny ... re: the quote stuff ... i read it wrong then. mea culpa. i'm used to full quotes cuz it's all i know. i'm old. heck ... i don't even like edits where u can remove orig material. i've read so many threads that just fall apart until i realize that the edit button took out most of the gist <{POST_SNAPBACK}> But you agr

I didn't disagree with that part, thats why i didn't quote it. Oh well, seems like we all agree on one thing..Brooke Shield needs to shave more often...no, thats not it...encrypt it and forget about it...yeah, thats it. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> now THAT was funny ... re: the quote stuff ... i read it wrong then. mea culpa. i'm used to full quotes cuz it's all i know. i'm old. heck ... i don't even like edits where u can remove orig material. i've read so many threads that just fall apart until i realize that the edit button took out most of the gist

I'd agree with that. That aside, I have seen a dramatic upswing lately in secured vs unsecurednetworks (now that its become easy to do and fairly reliable) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i haven't ... that could change w/ some of the newer products and the 'auto config' stuff they've got but ... i still see a huge number of wide open wlans. maybe they want em that way. the only reason i responded above is that u quoted me only on the ssid part of my post. i said the encryption part in that same post. if that was quoted, i'da just kept reading on

in RE to statement #1. Heres a link to a google search with tons of ways to spoof a mac address and how to's, so its really not hard and just about anybody can do it. Targeting someone has nothing to do with it. Most people who squat on wifi don't care about your email etc, they want your bandwidth to do something that is not traceable to them. and in RE to #2 I've never seen a Great white shark eat a person but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Read the specs on 802.1, the ssid is contained in just about every packet anyway. It was never designed as any type of securoty measure. If safte

what's in startup? and is u'r sound scheme a default one? i'd check all programs that start automatically for the chimer. mike lin's startup control panel should help here. google on 'mike lin' and u'll find it. u can open u'r sound control panel and test each sound item to match u'r chime. that should give u some headway in determining what is causing it.

And anyone can easily grab your mac address and spoof it just like you are doing, MAC filtering is also NOT a security measure. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> spoofing is beyond 'anyone's capability generally. u'd have to really have someone targeting u to do this. and i've yet to see a crippled wlan from disabling ssid. it will stop those who don't know.

rclick mycomp/manage - then see the logical disk manager tool. rclik all u'r drives and reset them to UNUSED letters - temporary if u've got some letter conflict - then order them as u wish. should have added for clarity: in the diskmanger tool, u'll see the partitions in color coded sequence. u can rclik over each and choose 'change drive letter'. u can change anything cept for the system drive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hey skeet6961 good to see you here you will be an asset for ever helping people even at g4 with all that confusion your info was spot on good one glad your here . mart

SSID is merely what u name the network. call it something and then make sure u'r clients agree to the name. particularly if u disable the SSID broadcast. if broadcast is on, then anyone in 'range' will 'see' the SSID. u should use some form of encryption here regardless. wpa is solid. MAC = the hardware 'code' that each network device has. it's a number stamped at factory so that the device is uniquely identifiable on any network. no two are the same. u do nothing w/ this mostly but i think u'r refering to the linksys MAC cloning or filter ability. the cloning allows u to 'fake' the MAC addre