Yes it's a USB CD/DVD drive. The weird thing is that it boots Linux and Bart PE CDs just fine. It's only MS disks it has a problem with. Geoff P.S. Happy New...
Yeah, I thought about that but it gets odd. It's an Electrovaya SC3000. I've never flashed the BIOS, and I've had it for a couple of years. But the web site: ...
It's probably that the Linux CD has drivers for your on-board USB and the Windows CD does not. ... It's probably that the Linux CD has drivers for your...
I don't think it's getting that far - it's a pretty immediate failure. You know, at the time you'd normally get the 'Insert Boot Disk' error. I don't think...
Nope - I thought that too, but I burned a Vista 'Disk 1' ISO on to a CD, and it wouldn't boot either. Geoff From: win_tech_off_topic@yahoogroups.com ...
... [mailto:win_tech_off_topic@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Shawn A. Van Ness ... Could be. I'd expected to have problems booting BartPE rather than the MS ...
Hello, everyone: I've saved a Word 2007 document via the 'compatibility mode', and sent the file to someone who has Word 2003, and she can open the file, all...
Hello, everyone: The formatting does appear correctly (and my apologies for the miscommunication). However, when a Word 2003 document is created with a...
I'm no expert but try this. You'll need to send your correspondent the template as well. I have no idea if that needs to be saved in a special way. The...
... just fine... I think that makes my top-ten list of craziest things I've heard... ah well, good luck w/ the rest of the Vista install. Intel 915 graphics...
I'm glad it's not just me that thought it was odd... After that the Vista install was a breeze, and the new tablet features do seem worth the upgrade. I like...
I am not sure where to start on this. When we do a new release of our software, I have to RDP (in some cases get on their VPN first) to 21 of our customers...
One possible solution would be to use Foldershare to replicate the files automatically. The main advantage is that the replication happens in the background...
But, Foldershare has had its problems in the last weeks, i.e. it was incredibly unreliable, with the high point of moving files to the recycle bin although it...
So am I the last one to see/use one of these? We recently opened up a savings account with HSBC online. You have to enter your second password using your...
If WinForms try ClickOnce first, then google AppUpdater failing that. Otherwise, keep the zip files in a known location and build the downloading part into the...
(Changing the subject to not mess with Greg's thread) Yes, unfortunately, last month there was an issue which caused trouble for people that have files with...
Any keyboard logger worth it's payload in bits would also take a screenshots at every key or mouse click. My bank introduced a flash logon that also records...
<rant> My initial reaction is that it seems stupid. But then I feel that anything that *forces* me to take my hands off the keyboard to fool around with that ...
I turn off a LOT of system services (services.msc) & scheduled tasks ( schtasks.msc) on my portable systems. Mainly to reduce disk I/O, but some of them do...
FWIW, Bank of America - for all the other problems it may (or may not) have - will text you a temporary key to a device which you already own - your phone. At...
... have to enter ... Pretty cool ... Forcing the user to manually type a password AND use the mouse? Ick. Hopefully that's only during registration. But...
HATE it. Takes waayyy too long to log in. Thankfully it's not an account I need to log in to very frequently... (ps: PayPal.com is currently offering...
... It occasionally is hard to login, but it always automatically resumes. I've used it for many years now (literally) to keep my music collection and IE...
... +1 and as a paying consumer of them before it was acquired, Microsoft even did the right thing and refunded my money! I have NEVER (permanently) lost a...
... I suppose you mean software based ones... but my favorite keyloggers are the ones the plug in between the keyboard and the motherboard... of course in...