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Honestly I don't know, but usually I tend to think just anything is possible in troubleshooting. If the symptom was only reproduced in normal mode of Windows operation, such has to be doubted too. Missing or corrupt system file can be a problem; this type of accident was fairly common (resulting in random unstableness, not necessarily a floppy drive error) in the Windows 9x age, simply because the system crashed a lot more often than in Windows 2000/XP. As you have tried with safe mode and also booting from diskette, that possibility would be crossed out. You may want to try some CD bootable type of Linux to triple check that the software/OS isn't the cause.

You can open a case for having killed your pet by putting it into a washing machine in trying to clean it; or having damaged your multi hundred thousand dollars suit by using your hair dryer to dry it.The bottom line of the story is that, in many regions of the world, one has the right to file a suit against anything but he is not guaranteed to win over the case.

It appears to me that you have already checked everything you should do.You changed the hardware part; the drive and the cable to the ones that you know should work and they didn't.You tried the operation in normal Windows mode of safe mode and booting (to some basic DOS, as I imagine) without success.The only thing remaining I can think of is, which was a case for me in the past, the physical placement - installation of the drive:when placed in the chasis, the drive might be under abnormal physical pressure, from the top or from the side, as an example, in a way that the head cannot align and/or move correctly to read the diskette. The cause in this case could be like the chasis has been damaged or bent somehow. In some cases the bend can be so small that you won't easily notice by looking at it.If you have tried working with the replaced drive connected to the PC but bare, i.e. not screwed into the chasis, this isn't your problem.In that case, I guess you will have to conclude to the motherboard's floppy I/F being faulty.

Talented indeed are those people who makes up these jokes; they are so good at entertaining others with stories that does not even have to be true.

I hope you have already raised a complaint against the store that has done the maintenence, repair or upgrade work and recovered from that situation, because that's certainly not a problem you should encounter when you have paid for a genuine copy.

A popular example could be like hosting a web server at home. Another example can be to build a file server.Those will mean part of your home network is going to be exposed to the internet in a wider way than not having any server, so be sure to take necessary precautions in terms of security if you do choose to do so.

Good grief, this is funny.Heard of many Microsoft humours in the past, but this one is for sure the most difficult one (at least for me) to reproduce and tell it to another person live.

I guess Marilyn Monroe's dying message with her phone handset in her hands was that sooner or later mankind is to be born with cell phones.Here in my country, over 95% of high school students (typically ages 16-18), and 60%+ of junior high's (ages 13-15) are cell phone owners. Cell phone operators are starting extremely heavy campaigns to lock in low grade elementary school kids (ages 7 to 9) and aged people over 60-65, since these are the bands with least posession rates. (One third [1/3] of the latter half of elementary school kids at ages 10-12 already have theri own.)Me? Well, I guess I belong to some generation completely forgotton by those phone operators --- like it or not, you're going to be obligated to carry one 100% on, all the time. Wish the airpline companies will do away with their in-flight phones and internet services.... they used to be the only place you are peace in quiet.

Heat can cause erroneous behaviour of electronics. You may be right with your intuition about the heat radiator --- was it very hot? Graphic cards are pretty vulnerable to heat, as you know. It may have been prevented to operate correctly, thus sometimes stopping at bluescreen and not further booting, or displaying in crazy colors. Other cause could be like loose connection/insertion of the video card into the PCI/AGP slot. It is also possible that it has been corrected when you have changed the graphic card to another one and changed it back.Otherwise, a worst case scenario is like the motherboard is about to fail.Scan (with your eyeballs, i mean) over the motherboard and see if there isn't any condensor starting to blow out browny electrolytic solution liquid.

There may be multiple points in your problem: 1) Are you using a so-called dynamic DNS service? Is your domain name "yourwebserver.com"? 2) When you say you want to access your web server with FQDN, do you mean you are trying to access the server like "http://www.yourwebserver.com/;? If yes, does your DDNS service support wildcard first of all? What do you mean by "real ip"? Are you trying to access the web server from Computer A, which is inside your LAN? What do you see when you try to access your web server from Computer A? Isn't it the web setup screen. Many routers, including Buffalo's do not allow you to access a LAN server from another LAN client using global IP.

Thank you for bringing this thread up....Reminds me of my good old days, visting this place.

You may find some clue from this thread: Need Help On Remote Access...

What is the virtue of publishing this report, from Microsoft's view?It would have been much more interesting to analyze that point than to be blinded by the fact that, in some benchmarks, Windows scores less. Read the whole document, as the original poster suggests, and think over.

By design and nature of the repeater product, you will suffer from speed down by roughly half.

Hello, I do not see why a Power User account should be prevented from connecting to the network --- just experimented with my XP Pro wireless mobile PC, creating a Power User account and it has no problem. It's true a Power User account cannot change network settings, but once you make a successful connection configuration with an Administrator account, the Power User account should simply inherit it. Maybe we need a couple of troubleshooting, to narrow down the possible cause. Using this PC, can you possibly try the followings maybe? 1. connect to LAN with a LAN cable, and see if problem exists with the Power User account. 2. move the PC closer to the wireless router, and see if the problem still reproduces. 3. change the USB wireless adaptor to any other wireless adaptor (preferably not a USB one), and see if that changes anything. And two questions: 1. Is the Power User virtually "losing" connection that is once established, without any reboots and/or PC power off/on? Or is it that a Power User cannot connect to the LAN first of all, after start up? 2. Have you assigned a static IP to the PC, or is it configured to obtain it from the DHCP? I am in little doubt if your problem is maybe related to the USB wireless adaptor + Windows XP problem: When you restart your Windows XP-based computer, you cannot connect to your wireless network

I would say, do what you think is correct.Leave your door wide open as you go to bed, or replace your keylock; you could get an alternative security system installed, if you think that'll work better --- these are all free choice of yours.

Greetings, Happy New Year, Yes, it should work fine. The Barracuda 7200.9 PATA models are one of the latest series on the market; the performance of your 120GB model is basically the same as the 400GB model, only with less capacity so you should be happy with it.

This is a Windows vulnerability, not an IE vulnerability. Unfortunately, the fact that you are using Firefox or Opera does not make you automatically pure-white and clean, if you do not take the necessary precautions as should be taken with any other case. Do not open, download files from untrustful sources. Do not click on "OK" without giving a moment to think over. That's all you need.

Recommendation - Conclusion Seeing what you plan to do with your PC, my personal conclusion is that there is no real reason you must look for another drive than the mentioned Seagate 120GB drive. (I beleive there are currently two variations of Seagate 120GB/PATA models on the market; the Barracuda 7200.7 Plus or the Barracuda 7200.9 - do you know which one it is?) To add to this conclusion is the reputation of Seagate drives' quietness --- an important factor, but often left behind. Reference Having my conclusion said first, here are some consideration points for you to make up your mind finally. For the above use, there wouldn't be any improvement even if you have changed for a "faster" drive. These application simply do not require higher transfer rates than what most drives available on the market today provides. For this one, let's make an example:The time you would need to read 20GB of data using drives with a transfer rate of 58MB/sec and 44MB/sec are respectively approx. 5.9 minutes and 7.8 minutes. (Note: In reality, there are a lot more factors to take into consideration when it comes to file copying, so I cited read performance to make the comparison simpler.) So the consideration point here is: how often would you do such operation, do you really need it and if yes, how much in $$$ would you value such difference? Some Backup Data As mentioned in previous posts, an HDD isn't fast just because it has SATA. In the benchmark results linked below, you will even find that a Segate 400GB PATA is faster than the same hardware based 400GB SATA version. The Seagate 400GB models (the Barracuda 7200.9), though, is faster than its predecessor Barracuda 7200.7 Plus series, regardless of interface. HDD Benchmarks [from Tom's Hardware]

As well said by wutske, as of today, having a SATA does not automatically mean superiority to PATA. What affects more the transfer rate of a hard drive are: density (i.e., capacity per platter) and rotational speed. There is currently no hard drive unit existing yet that can even reach the max nominal performance of ATA133 interface's 133Mb/sec. It is exactly which HDD you have picked up, that decides the speed, and not the type of interface. Having said that, SATA will show significant advantages in some usage scenario. As pointed out by some above, RAID is an example; otherwise it is a heavily multitasking environment that needs the help of SATAII's NCQ feature.It is true, forward looking, that PATA will be gradually be obsoleted and eventually eliminated, by which time you will probably find new drives -- with newer hardware designs -- only launched with SATA I/F.At the end of the day, what defines the optimal solution is, for what purpose you are building your system. For example, if it is a dedicated system to steaming video over your home network all day long, you may want to go with drives with higher transfer rates. As an opposite example, if the system is to be placed in your living room, you will want to choose a drive with lower rotational speed, thus less noisier, less heat, even at the cost of slight speed down.Well, my real point was: you don't have to be too disappointed just because you have picked up an PATA drive.

If what you are thinking is just one more HDD, on top of the 4 IDE devices that'll be connected to the motherboard's embedded IDE ports, you may want to consider using an external HDD enclosure as an alternative to adding an IDE controller. It's a handy solution, too. If it is more than one more drive, forget it. Should you choose to add an extra controller and drives inside the case, be careful your power supply has enough capacity on its 12V line.

Hi WeaponX,You can forget about the UPnP settings, for the use of UltraVNC SC.Good luck.

There is no real super-easy way/application, to let someone take control of another's PC over the Internet, without any intervention by the owner at all. If that was possbile, that means there is a security problem. (I know there are some server-based solutions in the market, but those are for the large-scale deployment by off-site/remote maintenance pro's and companies, for example.) So, be it Windows Remote Assistance or a VNC variant that you will want to use eventually, there are certain number steps of configuration unavoidable. By further reading into the descriptions at UltraVNC site, I find that the SC (SimpleClick) feature they offer should best fit your needs. It will reduce the config hassle for your counterpart to the minimum, while it gives that task over to yourself; what you will do is to pre-configure a couple of things for your counterpart to use UltraVNC, and you will send that pre-configured package to him over e-mail or some other way. You will have to do the following setups on your own local network: 1. Define one PC that you will want to use to control the other's and assign a static IP to it; this is a must-requirement to use UltraVNC across routers (=over the internet) in this scenario. (I see that you have multiple PCs within your LAN; I'll come back to the point as to how to handle this situation.) 2. Forward port 5500 to the defined PC, with its static local IP. 3. Find out what global IP is assigned by the ISP to your router. Since your global IP will likely change each time you connect to your ISP, you will need to check it up every time you do a preconfiguration. This info is needed for you to preconfigure the UltraVNC SC package for your counterpart. It should be noted in the "HOST" section of the "helpdesk.txt" Then create the customized UltraVNC SC package. I am not further going into details of how to create it, as this should be self-explanatory at their site. Once the creation is done, hand it over to your counterpart. He will start the SC executable, and you will start UltraVNC Viewer in "listen mode" on your end. You may want to advise your counterpart to simply turn off his third-party firewall software, if any, only during the connection for the ease of operation; otherwise, he may be seeing warning messages telling him there are some outbound connection being made, to which he should agree. I have tried this myself successfully using two different networks with Windows XP machines at both end. [Assigning static IPs] Assuming you are the admin of your home LAN, in other words, there is no one else on the network who will manually and randomly change the IP settings of the PCs, I would recommend you to provide all the permanent PCs with a static IP. Like that way you will have less chance of PCs fighting for an IP. Additionally, it will be handier should you decide to set up a server inside your LAN later on. You can still leave your DHCP on, just in case somebody comes and visits you with a wireless PC and you want to let him use your network. Keep DHCP ranges separate from the pre-assinged IPs, in order to avoid such "visitor" PC try and grab a pre-assigned IP. Example: Your DHCP range (found in the router setup) : starts from 192.168.1.45 Your PCs --- Desktop : 192.168.1.31 Laptop1 : (Wired adaptor) 192.168.1.32 (Wireless adaptor) 192.168.1.33 Laptop2 : (Wired adaptor) 192.168.1.34 (Wireless adaptor) 192.168.1.35 ... and so on If you do not want to assign static IPs to the whole fleet, that's okay. But do assign one to the PC you want to use for UltraVNC, and keep that IP number away from the DHCP range. From what you are writing, my guess is that your router is configured to assign IPs starting 192.168.1.4X, so it should be safe for you to try 192.168.1.3X numbers. It shouldn't mess things up, but in case you really don't get a connection, do not panic. Put it back to "automatic assignment" and it'll be fine. Just make sure there aren't many PCs booting up at the same time you are changing IPs. With Windows Remote Assistance, static IP isn't really a must-must, so long as you have UPnP on both ends and MSN Messenger or Windows Messenger is working with the two parties on-line at the same time. (Other way around, if UPnP isn't active then yes static IP is a must.)

Yes, a Windows XP Home Edition PC can be connected to, from a PC using XP Home Edition through "Remote Assistance." (cf. But NOT with Windows "Remote Desktop"; this is for Windows XP Pro only.) In order to get Remote Assistance work, both sides of the connection must have their router/firewall/port settings configured adequately, on top of global IP availability. It is possible that in some cable ISPs, global IPs are not made available to the user, and that's why I was asking what the counterpart connection is. To recap, the followings have to be configured at both ends, for using Remote Assistance: 1. Router Port Mappings Found the following link that is tailored for your router: Port Forwarding for the Westell Versalink 327W Note: This port settings is the same for Remote Assistance and Remote Desktop. 2. Firewall Port Settings 2-1. ZoneAlarm ZoneAlarm should be configured to allow both inbound and outbound connections using TCP and UDP on port 3389. 2-2. Windows XP ICF "Remote Desktop" should be checked to allow inbound connections (for receiving Remote Assistance.) 3. UPnP Setting UPnP should be turned on in your router settings. In very very brief, UPnP is a technology that allows an application (in our case Remote Assistance) to know the global IP from the router. Without UPnP activated, Remote Assistance cannot deliver the right IP address to the other side of the connection behind routers. Once the settings are done on both sides, the one willing to receive help should start "Ask for Remote Assistance." [Other Reference Materials] Start a Remote Assistance Session from Windows Messenger Supported connection scenarios for Remote Assistance

After all, Windows wasn't developped for the ultimate purpose to help one learn better how anything can be described in "0" and "1". I guess it was neither created to teach someone how the "0" and "1" can be stored and read to/from a medium.Did automatic gear change system of automobiles contribute in getting people know more about how engine power is transmitted through the shaft and rotate the wheels? I doubt it. Was it invented for that purpose? Did it help people operate a car easier? I'll leave it to others to answer these questions.True is that many things in our life are getting more complicated therefore the "blackbox" is getting bigger and bigger. Automatics or Windows has served its purpose by promoting the growth of blackboxes; to make cars or computers easier and popular.I agree if you wanted to learn (or wanted to teach someone) how computers operates, Windows isn't your choice. You have the choice of picking up something better for that purpose.You will want to give it a few more moments though, to name which one it is; you certainly do not mean that one which boots from a CD/DVD directly into a beautiful GNOME/KDE desktop without any hastle, nor a spam and/or virus protection. "Linux", alone, isn't the answer.