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Re: How to change drive letters? [Marc]24-Jul-05 13:22 [Marc] 24-Jul-05 13:22  Thanks for the effort, but the problem was already solved (see 1 post up). In the diskmanagement you can change drive letters, but not of the system partition, and that is what i want to do. But thanks anyway! Re: How to change drive letters? toxcct24-Jul-05 20:57 toxcct 24-Jul-05 20:57  you cannot change the letter of the partition where the system is installed... i had the same problem (Windows was supposed to install on C:, but it did on H: just because i had some peripherals connected). i just disconnected the other HDD and reinstalled windows. i think you're not obliged to disconnect the hard disk which contains other partitions ; fdisk might provide a function to de-activate a partition... TOXCCT >>> GEII power [toxcct][VisualCalc] Re: How to change drive letters? [Marc]25-Jul-05 7:35 [Marc] 25-Jul-05 7:35  You can change the drive letter of the system partition, but then you will probably f*** windows up. I found an article that showed how to do it. With the help of that article i did some tweaking in the registry. windows started fine, until i clicked on a user, then it hung. maybe i had to change some system variables too, i don't know. Anyhoo, windows got stuck, so i reinstalled windows just like you. I disconnected that stupid cardreader, and everything worked fine! Is my NIC dead? David Wulff19-Jul-05 9:27 David Wulff 19-Jul-05 9:27  Today, for no apparent reason, I am unable to connect to the network using the onboard network port on my PC. I have tried plugging another machine in by just unplugging that machine and plugging the cable straight into the new one and it works fine, so the problem seems to be with the computer not the network or hardware. When I plug the cable into the computer it lights up green and starts flashing like it normally does when it was working. In Windows, the status reads "network cable unplugged" but if I disable and then enable the adapter it flashes up as "acquiring network address" for a split second before returning to the previous message. Any ideas? Can I test something? Change something? Does this sound like the port on my computer has suddenly died? Any help would be appreciated... I don't have the space to isntall a PCI NIC as all the slots are in use, and I would rather not have to replace the whole damned motherboard for a $1 component. Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (QT) Re: Is my NIC dead? Andy Brummer19-Jul-05 10:35 Andy Brummer 19-Jul-05 10:35  Check to see if the nic was disabled in the bios. Then reset settings for the bios and check that. After that check to see if there is a bios settings reset jumper on the motherboard. Also, you might want to test it with a minimum of extra cards plugged in. Another common culprit is windows update "upgrading" drivers. I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon Re: Is my NIC dead? David Wulff19-Jul-05 12:24 David Wulff 19-Jul-05 12:24  I shall check out the bios and give what you've said a try. I dont think it would be WU though as it hasnt downlaoded anything in a about week and the NIC was working this morning. Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (QT) Re: Is my NIC dead? David Wulff22-Jul-05 8:30 David Wulff 22-Jul-05 8:30  I tried everything you suggested, and played with a couple mroe settings I found, but nothing seemed to help. I installed a PCI NIC in place of the PCI WiFi card for the time being. Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (QT) Re: Is my NIC dead? Andy Brummer22-Jul-05 19:44 Andy Brummer 22-Jul-05 19:44  That's the problem with the integrated devices. If they do fail, they are part of the motherboard. Another possibility is that you have a network cable that is close to tolerence. In that situation you will get ittermitent connection, some NICs will work some won't and the ones that do work will have outages, but it sounds like the NIC probably failed. Most "hardware" problems are really driver/software problems so you typically have to go much further out of your way to elminate software problems. Some of NIC companies had diagnostic applications that ran under DOS that might be able to give a more definite result, but like I said it's probably let out the magic smoke. At least they make motherboards with dual NICs these days. I can imagine the sinking feeling one would have after ordering my book, only to find a laughably ridiculous theory with demented logic once the book arrives - Mark McCutcheon Re: Is my NIC dead? David Wulff23-Jul-05 0:04 David Wulff 23-Jul-05 0:04  I've spent so much time trying to get it working over this past week that now I'm prepared to just let it be. In the not too distant future the whole machine will need rebuilding anyway so I will cycle the motherboard round to a testing machine and then see if I can find some diagnostics software to run on it. Ðavid Wulff Audioscrobbler :: flickr Die Freiheit spielt auf allen Geigen (QT) Re: Is my NIC dead? Graham Bradshaw20-Jul-05 5:28 Graham Bradshaw 20-Jul-05 5:28  David Wulff wrote: I would rather not have to replace the whole damned motherboard for a $1 component. If it is dead, you can get USB network adapters, so if you have a spare USB port, you're back in business. can i play the same sound file on two different sound card at the same time max_xiayi16-Jul-05 4:23 max_xiayi 16-Jul-05 4:23  anyone has done such job?please give me some hint!Thanks a lot please contact: max_xiayi@hotmail.com Re: can i play the same sound file on two different sound card at the same time El Corazon17-Jul-05 6:03 El Corazon 17-Jul-05 6:03  max_xiayi wrote: anyone has done such job?please give me some hint!Thanks a lot why would you want to? Same sound file two cards, are you trying to reach 14.2 sound or something? You can go up to 7.1 sound easily now so the question seems rather bizarre. _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb) Re: can i play the same sound file on two different sound card at the same time Alexander M.,19-Jul-05 10:11 Alexander M., 19-Jul-05 10:11  It is possible, but the application has to support it. Don't try it, just do it! How can I know when the system clock gets adjusted davidjaybrown14-Jul-05 9:39 davidjaybrown 14-Jul-05 9:39  I need to write a little app that can detect when the system clock gets adjusted. (within limits) In a perfect world, I guess Id like to know what process does the adjustments, but that may be the subject to some follow-on post. Can anyone direct me to some thread here in TheCodeProject? Basically, I need to access the system's TIMECLOCK (the one that is adjustable, and shows me the time in the lower right corner). I also figure I need access to the systems UPTIME CLOCK (that just humms along - regardless of whatever time the TIMECLOCK says). I *think* that what I want to do, is just do an infinite loop where I read the SYSTEMCLOCK, compare it to the previous reading. If its within the limits of time I *expect* to elapse, then all is good. I just sleep another 1000ms or some such, and test again. If I detect that somehow the clock has gone backwards, or jumped forward more than say 1500 ms, then I want to append to some logfile that a time-adjustment has occurred... Can anyone give me some guidance on this? Is this a workable strategy? (I ask because I dont really know what my 'sleep 1000ms' step will do if the clock is adjusted during my sleep... basically, WILL I KNOW if a time adjustment has taken place? (even if its a slight nudge forward or backward). How does this work behind the curtain? Free candy-bar to the guy (or gal) that puts me on the path to elightenment. Thanks, -Newbie Dave AIM: KewlBean36 Re: How can I know when the system clock gets adjusted Michael Dunn14-Jul-05 20:08 Michael Dunn 14-Jul-05 20:08  Check out WM_TIMECHANGE. I'll take an Almond Joy please. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP LINKS~! Ericahist | 1ClickPicGrabber | CP SearchBar v2.0.2 | C++ Forum FAQ Strange things are afoot at the U+004B U+20DD Security Descriptors error.. icowa12-Jul-05 18:08 icowa 12-Jul-05 18:08  Hi all, Just wanna ask this.. I used Norton Utilities 2005 (Disk Doctor) and it keeps saying my Security Descriptors are not fixed. It tells me to Click the 'Fix Errors' and to enable Surface testing, which I did and restarted the system for it to fix it... After half an hour plus of waiting, it gets done and when back in windows, using norton disk doctor again, it reports that the security descriptors are still not fixed... Anyone have any ideas..? Why I did Disk doctor in the first place is my system tend to randomly reboot itself lately? Could this be the cause? thanz all.. Re: Security Descriptors error.. Alexander M.,19-Jul-05 10:10 Alexander M., 19-Jul-05 10:10  Ever tried chkdsk/scandisk? Don't try it, just do it! Re: Security Descriptors error.. icowa19-Jul-05 14:39 icowa 19-Jul-05 14:39  Tried it, doesn't work.. read this from symantec's own site but the problem still there... hehe.. any idea what kind of errors this problem may or may not cause... thanz.. Can’t power down the computer Hugo Migneron12-Jul-05 3:43 Hugo Migneron 12-Jul-05 3:43  XP does the complete shutdown sequence and at the moment the computer should power down, the hard disk light goes on and remains on even though I don’t hear disk head movement. Using the power switch is no help, the computer remains on unless I unplug it. When I plug it back, the hard disk light goes on again and remains on. The computer starts normally when I hit the power switch. Any idea? Thanks Hugo Migneron Re: Can’t power down the computer Dan Neely12-Jul-05 5:12 Dan Neely 12-Jul-05 5:12  If it's been doing this since you bought it, my thought would be that the indicator might've been connected to the mobo backwards. ALso in this case the HD light would be going out when in use instead of turning on. Beyond this I'm stumpted. Re: Can’t power down the computer Hugo Migneron12-Jul-05 8:12 Hugo Migneron 12-Jul-05 8:12  dan neely wrote: If it's been doing this since you bought it It started doing it a while after the computer was bought, so I guess it cannot be the HD indicator. Thanks for your reply anyway! Hugo Migneron Re: Can’t power down the computer toxcct13-Jul-05 1:59 toxcct 13-Jul-05 1:59  did you scan for viruses ? TOXCCT >>> GEII power [toxcct][VisualCalc] Re: Can’t power down the computer Hugo Migneron13-Jul-05 3:20 Hugo Migneron 13-Jul-05 3:20  Yes I did scan for viruses and spywares and there were none. Just out of curiosity though, could a virus/spyware cause such a thing even if XP is closed at this point? Hugo Migneron Re: Can’t power down the computer toxcct13-Jul-05 5:13 toxcct 13-Jul-05 5:13  i think so... some viruses (not a spyware at this point) can update the bios, or change the sector 0 with their own code to be loaded at the very begining when the hard dirk is read... however, what happens when you keep the power button of your computer pressed longer than 5 seconds ? TOXCCT >>> GEII power [toxcct][VisualCalc] Re: Can’t power down the computer Hugo Migneron13-Jul-05 5:27 Hugo Migneron 13-Jul-05 5:27  toxcct wrote: however, what happens when you keep the power button of your computer pressed longer than 5 seconds ? It doesn't power down the computer like it is supposed to. The only way to make it stop is to unplug it. I spent quite some time looking for a solution over the web and didn't find anything related and I don't really see what could cause this. I would guess it's a hardware problem since it is such a low level issue, but I tested the HD in another computer and it is not defective. I am starting to think that exorcism might be the only solution Thanks! Hugo Migneron

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