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Well, no but there's always a first time for everything. But we have hurricanes and now Jeb Bush continuing as our Governor, himself a walking disaster. Will they do off site storage on the Space Station?

THere is a lot on the internet about it. Just do a search on Google for Broadband Routers. HEre is one site I found which seems pretty informative. http://www.homenethelp.com/router-guide/index.asp

I got rid of ZA and any other type of software based firewalls in favor of a router that has a built in firewall. It is problem free. Just plug and play. And in tests, it is just as secure as Zone Alarm. Routers used to be expensive but not anymore.

A solution for those with money to burn. But what if there was an earthquake and the bank vault got destroyed along with my computer? Maybe I better think of out of state data storage or multi-state data storage solutions. Does Fort Knox rent out space? But you are right.... at least a 4th drive could be an option. Swap it out ever 6 months or so. (I hate backups)

Thanks guys. I am really trying to get away from tape backup devices. I really like the simplicity of this removable hard drive / Raid 1 thing. And yes, Zix, ONE large hard drive should do us for a good while. The downside of this interesting solution, however is that I will need three drives to hold the contents of one. But it seems to be the ultimate in ease and security for us lazy backer uppers. Just pop it out and replace it with another and take one home. But if I am going all out I suppose I will get three of these: http://store.westerndigital.com/product.asp?sku=2017748 But I just thought of one other potential problem with this. Suppose a file is discovered missing that had been deleted a while back maybe even months ago? With my method I will have no older backups to go back and check. Damn...always something. Any suggestions?

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Thanks Rocky but I am not interested in guys resizing my jpg. Is this the place where you 9th Corps leaders learned all this wisdom maaanny years ago? [This message was edited by igotout on November 04, 2002 at 22:51.]

I rebuke ya'll

Pmosh - this is for a work server for a small business with critical data. (Plus the songs alone are 3 gigs at that site.) CD's as backups for me are too small even at my home. But I agree it is suitable for most people and hold a lot more than a Zip. After all, most people do not even back up at all. I also like the idea of external drives they are so cheap now. But I also like the idea of off site backups in the worst case scenario of a fire or other disaster. For example, years of scanned family and other photos are at my home as well as DVD videos of family stuff going back 15 years. It is irreplacable. Also dozens of important personal email messages and documents. I have it all backed up and in a vault.

Can I join yaaaaa'llll nyyynth Corps when ya'll go a travelin? Ya'll are gonna need me to keep you on the riiiight path.

Zix - I may have found something that suites what I am looking for. Raid 1 for redundandcy combined with hot swappable drive bays. The idea is to have 3 drives. Two for the Raid 1 array constantly mirroring one another. Each night (or just every few days in my case) it appears that I can replace one of the drives and take it off site. "If disaster strikes, and you no longer have access to your computer, the "mirror" drive can be used in any PC to access your complete operating system, data, and applications?even without the RAIDcase. You are instantly up and running, with all of your data up to date and intact." This appears to eliminate the hassle of tape backups and annoying backup software. What do you think? Click here to view this product: DupliDisk Raid Case John R.

Krysillis - you indicated you have a 3 com modem. Do you even need a modem? You said you have a cable connection. Therefore if you do not anticipate needing your 56k dial up modem then why not remove it? Is it connected to a phone line? You certainly do not need it for internet connection if you are using a cable modem. That will be one less thing to gum up the works. I am removing my floppy drive next week as I NEVER need it anymore. (They are fast becoming obsolete.) A modem is very simple to remove. All you need is a phillips head screwdriver. Just open up your case and remove it out of the slot it is in. John R.

Do you use Outlook Express for your email? Here is a site you should bookmark. It is a non-Microsoft site that tells you everything there is to know about every detail of Outlook Express: http://insideoe.tomsterdam.com/ For example do you know how to back up all your email messages and your address book? Do yo know how to transfer ALL your OE settings to a new computer to make it exactly the same as it was on your old computer complete with all your old email messages? Do you know how to perform Maintenance on your OE folders to prevent a slowdown or loss of archived messages? This site has it all including a handy search feature. It is known that even Microsoft technicians refer to this site to find out information. Excellent if you really want to clean up you Outlook Express and make it work most efficiently.

It's the weekend. I'm drunk. Where am I and how did I get on this thread? Will someone pass me another beer?

Does the phone happen to ring when this happens? In some BIOS settings you can have features that cause the computer to "Wake up" or start up when the phone rings if the line is connected to your computer. (This must be for the purpose of receiving a fax if you have fax software, answering software or somethng like it.) Just a shot in the dark. I have seen this happen before. To fix it go into your BIOS settings and disable this so-called "feature". It could be also happening with the "Wake on LAN" setting. Others may know more. Let me know if this is a possibility that this is happening. John R. PS - Also check your Event Viewer to see if you have anything unusual listed there at the time when this happens.

You are on an internet site, say.... making a post on GreaseSpot. You open an email which contains a link to some other site you want to see and suddenly your post is no longer visible because your browser went to anohter site. Wouldn't it be nice if the link instead opened a new browser window so you weren't taken away from the page you were on? You can easily do this. Open Control Panel and go to Internet options, then click on the Advanced tab. Scroll down to the section called Browsing and look for an entry that says " Re-use windows for launching shortcuts". Uncheck that option, click apply then OK. Now your browser will do this. I personally feel as if this ought to be unchecked by default but it is not.

That almost made my 50 year old heart stop, Excathedra. Why you do that to me!!!!! Between that and laughing my a** off reading ya'lls posts I feel out of shape. "Cough, cough." Does anyone want to run around the block with me for some points? Oh, and I found an old Emporia picture of Mr. Tuttle who "is his own Grandpa" as he stated on another thread:

What operating system are you using? Are you on a network, other computers connected to yours? Are yuo sharing an internet connection? Can you state exactly what the error in event viewer reads? Others may know more but I do not think you need dhcp. I forgot what it stands for right now but with more info I can try to find out what the error message means.

A cool free utility from Microsoft is called Tweak UI. It provides access to system settings that are not exposed in the Windows default user interface. There are many settings and options that you can only set from Tweak UI. You can setup your mouse to your liking by setting click speed, hover sensitivity, etc. You can also customize many Explorer settings, taskbar settings, My Computer settings, and a wide variety of other settings. One of my favorites settings is to adjust how fast the menus in windows pop up. I like them to be very fast. All these settings can also be accomplished by going into the registry but it is much easier to do by using Tweak UI. Bear in mind that Microsoft does not support this free product. But I have never had any problems using this utility. All users except Windows XP go here to get this useful tool: Tweak UI Windows XP users get your version here: Tweak UI for XP Download it and install it. XP and 2000 users....you may need administrative rights to adjust or change some of the global settings which may affect all users. Enjoy John R

This is for XP and Windows 2000 Users. For previous users of Windows 98 who have now switched to XP or 2000 there is a valuable tool you need to use frequently to see what is happening in your system both good and bad. It is called Event Viewer. There are a number of ways to get to it but a simple one is to go to control panel and click on Administrative tools. From there click on Event Viewer. In the left pane click on System. In the right window you will see lots of information. Enlarge the windows and expand the columns so you can read things clearly. Do you have any Red X's...Errors listed there under recent dates? How about any yellow triangles which are warnings? If you do then you need to investigate why. This sometimes can help you trace down some serious errors that may be happening behind the scenes without your knowledge. Your goal is to have a clean Event Viewer with no warnings or errors. You may get occasional warnings or errors if something goes wrong here and there. But you want to avoid having repetitions of the same errors and warnings over and over. Click on the Event and you will find information. Take note of the Event ID #. Search on Microsoft's Knowledge Base by entering in this Event ID# as the search parameter. You may find a clue about the error and what to do about it. If not, post it here and we may be able to help find some info about it.

This one is for windows XP and for those who are not uncomfortable going into the registry. You must be logged on as Administrator or have Administrative rights to do this. Backup your registry if you are uneasy about changing the registry. I believe XP keeps track of previous good registry settings somewhere as well in case you mess up. Go to startRun type in regedit. Then Navigate to: HKEY_Local_MachineSystemCurrentControlSetControlSession ManagerMemory ManagementPrefetchParameters Click on the key in the right window called EnablePrefetcher Change its value from 3 to 5 to make programs open faster.

Bob - of course we were both there and Sunesis too, having all been in the 7th Corps. I was in my usual spot in the back of the room where one could sleep easier. I saw many of the women just covering their eyes in disgust. And remember the uncomfortable, dead silence in the room? I got the sense that most everyone could not wait until it was over. Some thoughts that later crossed my mind and still do: ___________________________________________ Where did he get this video and under what circumstances? Why would he carry it around on the motorcoach with him (where there was a video player in the back bedroom area)? Had he shown it to others such as LCM and other top leadership including other women in top leadership positions? Why was not Mrs. Wierwille present to witness this video? Had she seen it and did she know her husband was showing it to us? Why were we not given an option to stay or leave the meeting if we did not care to watch this filth? We could have been warned in advance that it contents and encouraged not to watch if we did not care to be exposed to this material. If I recall these were very imoprtant Night Owls when VPW was visiting. You simply did not consider NOT being present for his every word. Did he explore the possible legal ramifications possessing and showing this bestiality video to hundreds of single young men and women, 99% of whom had never been exposed such gross pornography? John Richeson 7th Corps survivor Tampa, FL

Now, as to cleaning up the startup group, these are recommended steps. Right click (or double-click) on each of those icons in the system tray (the area of the taskbar by the clock) and open each of the associated programs one at a time. Check each of their options/preferences/configuration (whichever applies) for an option that reads something like "allow to run in system tray" or "allow to run/load at startup" and disable that option. That will take care of many of them. For the windows controls, things like mouse controls, display controls, volume, etc., go to Control Panel and check under the various applets. Most of these have an option to run or not run in the system tray. Next check the startup folder. StartProgramsStartUp and remove shortcuts to programs that you don't need at startup. You can also check the [windows] branch of win.ini by clicking start/run win.ini. See if there are any entries after load= and run=, if so edit them (as win.ini opens in notepad by default, you make your changes and click file/save) and leave those lines open (they should end with the equal sign). Those lines are generally open ended by design, but often times a program will place an entry in them. Then Reboot. Now, for whatever's left (Don't do this first), we can use msconfig.exe. Start/Run/and type MSCONFIG. Click on the Startup Tab and scroll through the list of entries. Everything with a check in the box is starting up every time you boot the system, whether you are actually using that program or not. These are usually the result of the program writers' arrogance as previously mentioned. Uncheck the ones that you don't need running automatically. Win98 only needs scan registry, system tray, and the 2 entries for load power profiles. It is also generally accepted that you leave the virus scan entries (2 or 3 depending on your AV program) alone. Some Mice need to have an entry checked for proper performance. EVERYTHING else is optional. Note that this does not uninstall or remove any program from your system, it merely prevents them from loading at boot, each of them can still be run from it's start menu entry or .exe file in the program folder. When you are done, click apply/ok/ and restart as instructed for the new settings to take effect. The reason we do this step last: If a program has an option within itself to load or not load as part of the startup group, then disabling it in msconfig, rather than within its' own options/preferences/configuration, will cause the program to rewrite that entry. This causes the often seen "duplicate" entries in the startup tab of msconfig.exe. WIndows 2000 and 98 users, to get MSCONFIG working on your systems click here: MSCONFIG Not sure what some of the items in MSCONFIG mean? You are not alone. I am convinced this is by design by the pesky vendors who put those things there in the first place so you can not easily turn them off permanently. No problem. I found a neat web site that has alphabetically listed hundreds of these entries with clear explanation as to what they mean and wheter they are needed. Click here and bookmark this useful site: Startup list I hope this helps someone to free up the resources of your computer by getting rid of all the junk that can cause problems and conflicts.