mommalina
03-02-2007, 12:21 AM
02/28/07 Wed Nite KH Computer Help Desk Chatroom Summary
Yawn! .. :sleep: .. I'm still half-awake. Photolady and I closed our chatroom at
about 1:20 am. A visitor was still officially present, but probably asleep.
We tied for 3d, 4th, and 5th place throughout the night. Not bad for a
once-a-week chatroom!
I lost audio and had to reboot twice during the session, losing part of the
text box and some of the oral conversation. Time for me to update Paltalk
and for a reminder for all of us to make sure we are using the latest
version of PalTalk!
BRIEF OR DETAILED CHATROOM SUMMARY???
Last night Elliot mentioned that when he travels (a lot), he can't join us in
the chatroom. As far as details go, he'll take everything he can get! How
many of you prefer an in-depth summary or something like last week's?
http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?t=6102
We have discussed a shorter, less detailed chatroom summary here:
http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?p=26005#post26005
Please let me know which you prefer!
WHO WAS THERE
KH MEMBERS - Lina, Doug, Elliot, Dan, Billy, Rich, Lawrence, Rob (kern),
Annie, photolady.
VISITORS WHO CHIMED IN - one_very_lost_soul, inspiration_14,
0o0Ibn AlseeeL0o0, Lizzard boy (Aussie compatriot for Lawrence), snwy36,
tweety_bird_20, DannyWilkerson, and our two red dots for the night, AlexWebs
and POSITIVE_023
COMPUTER-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
MONITOR POWER OPTION FAILURE
See my posts about this (for once it was not some dumb thing I did!)
http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?p=26770#post26770
OPENING/CLOSING DOOR SOUND
Two days ago I began to hear the computer emitting opening/closing-door
sounds. (Reminds me of that old radio program, The Shadow Knows! .. :eek: ).
Last night Doug directed me on a tour of my computer. Could not pinpoint
what triggers the sounds. (Net Meeting requires manual access. Don't use
instant message programs. Removed every trace of AOL and its ISP offer
when computer was new.)
BTW, Rob. I did find conf.exe. It listed blip.wav, TestSnd.wav, neither of
which opened/closed a door.
Guru Doug advised: just listen for the next time it happens, ctrl-alt-del to
task manager, look at running programs, and make sure no program which
could be the culprit is running.
CHINESE COMPETITION
China has new processor, supposed to be good, will not run Windows at
all. Google Godson-2 (Lawrence).
China's Godson-2 CPU is a MIPS rip chip
Fab tech only two generations behind
By INQUIRER staff: Monday 25 July 2005, 11:16
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=24882
MARKET RESEARCH firm In-Stat said that the Godson-2 64 bit
microprocessor shows that Communist China is close to being a major
player in CPU design.
Thanks, Lawrence! That web site led me to another interesting one:
China to topple Silicon Valley, threaten Intel, AMD
Country in semiconductor equivalent of "long march"
By Mike Magee: Friday 07 March 2003, 08:01
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=8182
THE DEVELOPMENT OF semiconductor technology in Red China is a
"long march" that is set to topple Silicon Valley as the world's centre of
chip technology, a market research firm has said.
In a report called China's Fabless Firms race beyond Foundation Stage,
iSuppli said that there's been a migration of integrated circuit (IC)
engineers from California and from Taiwan, and that's letting China rapidly
ramp up its advanced process technology.
VISTA
Rich forced to learn Vista, has no choice.
Some Vista salespersons are worse than politicians and used-car salesmen
(But Elliot knows a nice used-car salesman).
Adam had problem getting a a nic card to work on Intel board on Vista.
Dan was summoned to the rescue. NETLOGON is MANUAL by default on
a BUSINESS class Vista. Adam is using the exact same 865PERL board
that Dan is, and Dan didn't have a bit of problem with the onboard nic.
Rob's old Visioneer scanner works in Vista using XP driver. Forced it.
Downgrading from Vista to XP not easy. Hardware if made for Vista may
not have XP drivers. Issues right now on a big forum with HP laptops that
cannot take XP.
GETTING MIC TO WORK ON VISTA DESKTOP
Visitor inspiration_14 has new desktop with Vista and can't get mic to
work; has sound. (Asked if she could remove Vista! .. :( ).
Rich instructed her go into Control panel, set for classic so you see all
icons, go to Sound&Audio, put a checkmark in box that says put icon in
tray for sound, double-click speaker in tray, then choose properties for
playback, and make sure microphone is checked; then do same for
recording. When you see microphone show up on panel, be certain it is not
muted. Find sound. Place volume icon in task bar......then Rich left to get
on a Vista box. Rich: Did you succeed in helping her get the mic to work?
LINUX
Elliot has CD, Doug may try Linux.
Visitor one_very_lost_soul explained that beryl is a 3D environment
for your X window session. He offered these three interesting urls (for
some reason I could not get the sound on the first two):
Ubuntu Beryl save Windows XP...The Real "Wow"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOWeeVvhiAw&NR
Beryl 0.1.2 Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eDI4-IH58s&mode=related&search=
XGL+Beryl+Ubuntu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDHTPvtDJ_w
PHOTOLADY TO THE RESCUE!
Visitor AlexWebs's auto play feature of XP Pro laptop would not come
up when he inserted dvd, asked how to enable it. I couldn't follow it all, but
Photolady solved his problem! .. :hail:
OTHER DISCUSSIONS
DIRTY OLD MEN
No, not sexual predators, just slobs! We have unnamed members who
boast about leaving dirty dishes in the sink and dishwasher while their
wives are away for a period of time.....and they don't mind getting yelled
at when the lady of the house returns to a messy house and a kitchen
which makes Taco Bell and KFC look like an antiseptic hospital operating
room.
MEDICAL CARE
We talked about incompetent military and civilian medical specialists. Just
ask Doug, a paramedic, about taking his asthmatic son to an Emergency
Room. I don't think I'm paranoid about running AV and spyware scans; but
after my stint in the WACs and later as a military dependent, I definitely
am whenever one of my children is at the mercy of a medical professional!
Behave yourselves, and join us next week, same time, same place.
Lina
Yawn! .. :sleep: .. I'm still half-awake. Photolady and I closed our chatroom at
about 1:20 am. A visitor was still officially present, but probably asleep.
We tied for 3d, 4th, and 5th place throughout the night. Not bad for a
once-a-week chatroom!
I lost audio and had to reboot twice during the session, losing part of the
text box and some of the oral conversation. Time for me to update Paltalk
and for a reminder for all of us to make sure we are using the latest
version of PalTalk!
BRIEF OR DETAILED CHATROOM SUMMARY???
Last night Elliot mentioned that when he travels (a lot), he can't join us in
the chatroom. As far as details go, he'll take everything he can get! How
many of you prefer an in-depth summary or something like last week's?
http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?t=6102
We have discussed a shorter, less detailed chatroom summary here:
http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?p=26005#post26005
Please let me know which you prefer!
WHO WAS THERE
KH MEMBERS - Lina, Doug, Elliot, Dan, Billy, Rich, Lawrence, Rob (kern),
Annie, photolady.
VISITORS WHO CHIMED IN - one_very_lost_soul, inspiration_14,
0o0Ibn AlseeeL0o0, Lizzard boy (Aussie compatriot for Lawrence), snwy36,
tweety_bird_20, DannyWilkerson, and our two red dots for the night, AlexWebs
and POSITIVE_023
COMPUTER-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
MONITOR POWER OPTION FAILURE
See my posts about this (for once it was not some dumb thing I did!)
http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?p=26770#post26770
OPENING/CLOSING DOOR SOUND
Two days ago I began to hear the computer emitting opening/closing-door
sounds. (Reminds me of that old radio program, The Shadow Knows! .. :eek: ).
Last night Doug directed me on a tour of my computer. Could not pinpoint
what triggers the sounds. (Net Meeting requires manual access. Don't use
instant message programs. Removed every trace of AOL and its ISP offer
when computer was new.)
BTW, Rob. I did find conf.exe. It listed blip.wav, TestSnd.wav, neither of
which opened/closed a door.
Guru Doug advised: just listen for the next time it happens, ctrl-alt-del to
task manager, look at running programs, and make sure no program which
could be the culprit is running.
CHINESE COMPETITION
China has new processor, supposed to be good, will not run Windows at
all. Google Godson-2 (Lawrence).
China's Godson-2 CPU is a MIPS rip chip
Fab tech only two generations behind
By INQUIRER staff: Monday 25 July 2005, 11:16
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=24882
MARKET RESEARCH firm In-Stat said that the Godson-2 64 bit
microprocessor shows that Communist China is close to being a major
player in CPU design.
Thanks, Lawrence! That web site led me to another interesting one:
China to topple Silicon Valley, threaten Intel, AMD
Country in semiconductor equivalent of "long march"
By Mike Magee: Friday 07 March 2003, 08:01
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=8182
THE DEVELOPMENT OF semiconductor technology in Red China is a
"long march" that is set to topple Silicon Valley as the world's centre of
chip technology, a market research firm has said.
In a report called China's Fabless Firms race beyond Foundation Stage,
iSuppli said that there's been a migration of integrated circuit (IC)
engineers from California and from Taiwan, and that's letting China rapidly
ramp up its advanced process technology.
VISTA
Rich forced to learn Vista, has no choice.
Some Vista salespersons are worse than politicians and used-car salesmen
(But Elliot knows a nice used-car salesman).
Adam had problem getting a a nic card to work on Intel board on Vista.
Dan was summoned to the rescue. NETLOGON is MANUAL by default on
a BUSINESS class Vista. Adam is using the exact same 865PERL board
that Dan is, and Dan didn't have a bit of problem with the onboard nic.
Rob's old Visioneer scanner works in Vista using XP driver. Forced it.
Downgrading from Vista to XP not easy. Hardware if made for Vista may
not have XP drivers. Issues right now on a big forum with HP laptops that
cannot take XP.
GETTING MIC TO WORK ON VISTA DESKTOP
Visitor inspiration_14 has new desktop with Vista and can't get mic to
work; has sound. (Asked if she could remove Vista! .. :( ).
Rich instructed her go into Control panel, set for classic so you see all
icons, go to Sound&Audio, put a checkmark in box that says put icon in
tray for sound, double-click speaker in tray, then choose properties for
playback, and make sure microphone is checked; then do same for
recording. When you see microphone show up on panel, be certain it is not
muted. Find sound. Place volume icon in task bar......then Rich left to get
on a Vista box. Rich: Did you succeed in helping her get the mic to work?
LINUX
Elliot has CD, Doug may try Linux.
Visitor one_very_lost_soul explained that beryl is a 3D environment
for your X window session. He offered these three interesting urls (for
some reason I could not get the sound on the first two):
Ubuntu Beryl save Windows XP...The Real "Wow"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOWeeVvhiAw&NR
Beryl 0.1.2 Demo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2eDI4-IH58s&mode=related&search=
XGL+Beryl+Ubuntu
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDHTPvtDJ_w
PHOTOLADY TO THE RESCUE!
Visitor AlexWebs's auto play feature of XP Pro laptop would not come
up when he inserted dvd, asked how to enable it. I couldn't follow it all, but
Photolady solved his problem! .. :hail:
OTHER DISCUSSIONS
DIRTY OLD MEN
No, not sexual predators, just slobs! We have unnamed members who
boast about leaving dirty dishes in the sink and dishwasher while their
wives are away for a period of time.....and they don't mind getting yelled
at when the lady of the house returns to a messy house and a kitchen
which makes Taco Bell and KFC look like an antiseptic hospital operating
room.
MEDICAL CARE
We talked about incompetent military and civilian medical specialists. Just
ask Doug, a paramedic, about taking his asthmatic son to an Emergency
Room. I don't think I'm paranoid about running AV and spyware scans; but
after my stint in the WACs and later as a military dependent, I definitely
am whenever one of my children is at the mercy of a medical professional!
Behave yourselves, and join us next week, same time, same place.
Lina