Tek-Tips is the largest IT community on the Internet today!

Members share and learn making Tek-Tips Forums the best source of peer-reviewed technical information on the Internet!

  • Congratulations SkipVought on being selected by the Tek-Tips community for having the most helpful posts in the forums last week. Way to Go!

Search results for query: *

  1. Prydonian

    Event ID 37 Kernal Processor power error and black screening

    Based on your description of the issue and the power of Google, there appears to be a lot of posts on this topic, 90% of which point to an over-temp condition... (the rest were out of date drivers and BIOS). Is the laptop running hot? Are the cooling fans running? Check the cooling vents for...
  2. Prydonian

    How to convert scanned documents to PDF/XPS

    Same thing for CutePDF... No watermarks, no toolbars... You just print with it as you would any printer and tell it where to save the PDF file. If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a veteran!
  3. Prydonian

    Desktop freezes

    I was having the exact same problem as the OP... I tried many different approaches to fix it but the only thing that finally worked was to turn off fast indexing on the hard drives. There really isn't much difference in speed when looking for something especially when you take into account...
  4. Prydonian

    blocking some websites in xp peer network

    You could give "Untangle" a try... It's a linux distribution that installs the O/S and app from one setup file. All you need is a dedicated workstation (PIII or better, if I remember)that has 2 E-net ports with one port connecting to your network and the other to your router so that all internet...
  5. Prydonian

    When PC boots, VPN tries to connect

    This explains it fairly well.... http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902.aspx If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a veteran!
  6. Prydonian

    Do you have recent experience with Dell?

    cdogg; I agtree about the self-service option. When we have a failed disc drive in the morning, the replacement from the HP depot arrives via Fed-Ex at 2pm the same day. Sweet! Mike, The IT Guy. If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a veteran!
  7. Prydonian

    Request for help with Stop Error

    Remember... Google is your friend.... I found this article which suggests that after you eliminate the hardware, and since you re-imaged, the software, you could very likely be the victim of a rootkit. http://icrontic.com/forum/showthread.php?t=50966 For the sake of arguement, I'm assuming...
  8. Prydonian

    Do you have recent experience with Dell?

    My previous position was at a DELL site and I never had an issue with the hardware preformance or the support. I now work at an all HP site, and for what it's worth, there is really only one glaring difference, and its totally a matter of opinion. DELL's DRAC (DELL Remote Access Card) is an...
  9. Prydonian

    Norton Ghost alternative?

    TT2006; From what I remember, your problem with Ghost2003 is that it doesn't have built in SATA drivers, so if you're imaging a machine with SATA drives, it all goes well until reboot time. When the machine restarts, Ghost2003 hangs because it can no longer "see" any hard drives. For the last...
  10. Prydonian

    Many files suddenly gone

    First off, if at all possible, remove the drive from the external enclosure and connect it directly to an internal disk controller (IDE or SATA) and see if the files/folders are back. Some enclosures are notorious for not working properly. If you are still missing files,download a copy of...
  11. Prydonian

    Remove SP2 from 2003 R2 server...

    You certainly can remove SP2, BUT BEWARE!!! If any updates were installed after SP2, you must remove them in reverse order of installation before removing SP2 or you run the risk of changing a server into a paper weight. For a technical explanation, see the following...
  12. Prydonian

    USB keys are not responding

    Check the drive letter of the USB stick on a computer it works on. There is a possibility that it conflicts with a drive letter assignment on your stationary PC. If so, change the drive letter of the USB stick to a known un-used letter and then try it on your stationary PC. Mike If you can...
  13. Prydonian

    5 minute delay on printer

    The only thing I could find on several Epson web sites (US, UK and RU)that says if the print head on the LQ-2180 overheats, it will stop printing for about 5 minutes to allow it to cool down. Epson states the duty cycle for this printer is 25% which translates into 2 hours of print time per...
  14. Prydonian

    Initialization Error USB Hard Drive

    On2Valhalla; Is it possible to try it with a different PC just to definitively narrow it down to the box or the drive? And Marine - Thank you for your service, and God Bless. Mike If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a veteran!
  15. Prydonian

    P5K Deluxe suddenly won't boot

    Next thing I would try is to breadboard the MOBO. Remove it from the case, place it on top of a non-conductive surface and connect only the bare minimum - PSU, KB, Mouse, 1 stick of memory and the video card/monitor. This will eliminate the possibility of the MOBO shorting against the case...
  16. Prydonian

    Dell 4550 can't find memory

    You say you replaced the memory... Did you use memory certified by DELL? I've seen perfectly good memory that worked fine in other boxes not even be detected in DELLs. This is due to the fact that they have proprietary motherboards and power supplies. When you first reseated the memory were...
  17. Prydonian

    Rebuilding partitioned RAID 1 array...partition first or not?

    Thanks, Tony! I'm glad everything is working OK! Mike If you can read this, thank a teacher. If you can read this in English, thank a veteran!
  18. Prydonian

    Can't assign drive letter to second drive with FAT32

    Always being one to point out the obvious, but seeing as how an old 20GB Maxtor has to be an IDE drive, is it jumpered correctly for use in your PC? If it is jumpered as a Master and you put it on a controller that already has connected, say, a DVD also jumpered as Master, you will get exactly...
  19. Prydonian

    Rebuilding partitioned RAID 1 array...partition first or not?

    Tony; Never having used the INTEL controller myself, but being a veteran of Adaptec and 3Ware, you don't do anything to the new disk drive except screw it into the carrier and lock it in place. The controller will automatically detect the new drive and do the following: 1. Format the drive so...
  20. Prydonian

    Fail to Post - plus clear CMOS puzzle??

    Ok. This thread is an example of why I love being part of this forum. We have people here who take the time to try to figure out a way to do the immpractical, the improbable and in some cases, the immpossible, knowing full well that it doesn't always come down to dollars and cents, that...

Part and Inventory Search

Back
Top