Computer Help Forum

Labor is back in

Don McKenzie — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 05:39:26 GMT

On Tue, 07 Sep 2010 15:39:26 +1000, Don McKenzie wrote:

> and for those interested in politics, Labor is back.

Maybe. Until all the seats are declared I would not be so sure.

In any case, we will not know until the first no confidence vote call
which can not happen until parliament resumes in November.

Re: Iphone 4 WiFi 'N'

nospam — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:58:34 GMT

In article <>, Anne
<> wrote:

> I am not thinking about using 'N' with my 3GS as it only works with
> 'G'.

true, but you'll see a small benefit at the far ends of your house even
if you're using g. on the other hand, if you live in a small apartment,
it won't matter.

> Let me rephrase my question: do you see a big wifi improvement with
> iphone 4? If you can only use 2.4ghz with iphone 4 is it still a
> significant improvementnover the 3GS?

i don't have an iphone 4, but 802.11n is definitely faster even if it's
restricted to 2.4 ghz, plus you get a whole lot of other benefits in an
iphone 4, in addition to the wifi. also, the cellular radios are
faster, especially on uplink.

Router / Vonage adapter

mlucca1 — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 00:17:58 GMT

Hello, I have a Linksys WRT160 router. Setup was easy worked on both of my laptops and wifi printer. Bought a Vonage adapter, hook it up and now I can not connect to the internet. Sometimes my laptop get connected to the router but no internet connectivity. Vonage said I have to do a Port Forwarding, OK, how to do the setup of the Forwarding. My connection is as follows; DSL Cable Modem, cable to Vonage adapter, cable from vonage adapter to router, router wireless to computer, please help anyone.

Re: WTB: W7 Home Prem.

Adrian C — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 20:47:24 GMT

On 06/09/2010 19:59, Tim.. wrote:
> Which (online) retailer is doing the best deal at the moment ??
>
> TIA Tim.
>

MS are soon to offer an 'upgrade family pack' promotion for doing 3
machines at a time.

Not sure on UK pricing.

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Internode today announces Australia's first true terabyte broadbandplan

Don McKenzie — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:26:56 GMT

Don McKenzie wrote:
> Internode today announces Australia's first true terabyte broadband plan
> 6-Sep-2010
>
> Taking a lead from the over-size T-shirt shelf, Internode's 1000
> gigabyte (GB) XXL Easy Broadband ADSL2+ service drapes its customers in
> a true one-terabyte data quota plan, costing $149.95 a month when
> bundled with NodeLine telephone service.
>
> In a generous overhaul, Internode has doubled the data quota of its
> popular Easy Broadband plan ($49.95 bundled) from 50 GB to 100 GB per
> month and introduced 200GB ($69.95 bundled) and 300GB ($89.95 bundled)
> plans - dubbed respectively S, M and L. For customers with big data
> appetites, Internode provides the 600GB XL plan for $99.95 (bundled) as
> well as the true-terabyte XXL plan.
>
> http://www.internode.on.net/news/2010/09/195.php
>
> more details here:
> http://blog.internode.on.net/2010/09...lans-sep-2010/

I'd stick with iinet (who had the first true terabyte plan) rather than
go to internode. Internode are calling it the "first true plan" purely
because they don't make a distinction between peak and off-peak, which
is only a minor inconvenience. The more honest line would have been
"first terabyte plan with no distinction between peak and off-peak".

The main reason for sticking with iinet?

Internode : 1Tb with phone line : $179.95
iinet : 500/500 (1Tb) with phone line : $129.90

I think I'm willing to put up with the minor inconvenience of a split
cap to knock around 30% off of my bill a month. But then I don't need
that sort of volume.

Re: WTB: W7 Home Prem.

Paulg0 — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:21:11 GMT

"Tim.." <> wrote in message
news:...
> Which (online) retailer is doing the best deal at the moment ??
>
> TIA Tim.
>

OEM or retail?

Paul

290,000 files on my PC

GB — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:13:15 GMT

> On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:13:15 +0100, GB <>
> wrote:
>> Starting with a blank PC, I have added Windows and Office 2003. I
>> have installed all the updates. Now, Avira reports that it has
>> checked over 290,000 files on my PC. How can that possibly be
>> necessary? Where are they
>> all?
>>
>
> Change the option to view system & hidden files - you'll then see
> them.
> "Where are they all?" - on your PC!

I should have said before that there are 30k files in the windows directory.
I also copy the installation CDs onto the PC, so that's another 10k. Another
few 10ks in other directories, eg Program Files and My Docs, but I can only
find a total of under 100k. I am left wondering whether Avira is counting
every entry in the Registry as a file, or going through all the files on the
PC 3 times over? I am pretty sure that it's not checking the other drives
on the network.

But, yes, as Davey said, I installed Windows, so what do I expect? I used to
know what all the files on the Dos disk did. Ever since then, it's been a
mystery.

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it turns out that it would have been better if it had gone wrong.

Re: recover wireless key

Wes Groleau — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 15:41:52 GMT

In message Borg
<> was claimed to have wrote:

>nospam wrote:
>
>> i don't know either, but when i upgraded to a new phone it connected
>> without having to enter in the wifi password which was nice because
>> it's a pain to type. on the other hand, i had to re-login in a bunch of
>> apps which was a royal pain in the butt.
>
>
>Mmm A brand new phone already had the password to your Wi-Fi on it ?

.... after restoring from iTunes, yes. Same happens on iPad.

Re: windows only seeing a dvdrw as a dvd ram

Jim — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:00:56 GMT

On Mon, 06 Sep 2010 08:58:09 +0100, andrew fox
<> broadcast:

>On 06/09/10 02:00, Jim wrote:
>> On Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:14:49 +0100, andrew fox
>> <> broadcast:
>>
>>> Its a sata drive if that helps, am i missing something, drive works
>>> ok in mint 9 as a burner, and is recorded as a rw in device
>>> manager.
Sorry I missed that you were using "device manager" for your data so
trying another burning software program probably wont work.
>>>
>> Don't forget, a "dvdrw" drive is one type of "dvd ram" drive
>>
>> Regards,
>> Jim
>
>
>my windows burning program says i havnt got a burner!
>
Regards,
Jim

Re: My mobo cpu fan 'broke' but I found a work around: use a house fan!

bbgruff — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 21:42:40 GMT

RayLopez99 wrote:

> On Sep 1, 11:43 pm, RayLopez99 wrote:
>
>>
>> Also of interest: seems that Socket 478 is designed to "pierce" the
>> motherboard--it exists on both sides on my mobo. I just noticed this--
>> I assume it's the Socket 478, not the heat sink, i.e., it's a plastic
>> contraption that exists on both the front and the back of the mobo.
>
>
> Update: I bought a new heat sink and fan today, installed the same,
> and now problem solved. This thread described by situation perfectly,
> see the comment by "Tony":
> http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/Pentium_4/Intel-
Pentium%204%202.4%20GHz%20-%20RK80532PE056512%20(BX80532PE2400D).html
>
> I may have applied too much thermal paste, because the temperatures
> did not drop as dramatically as I thought...but they're within the
> limits of this chip and without throttling occurring due to high
> temperatures.
>
> Now the only problem I have is that a case fan seems to be giving off
> that ball bearing noise...on occasion. No way you can lubricate
> these, can you? Took a look and they look like you cannot get any
> lubricant in them without shorting out those copper windings.

Glad to hear that you solved the CPU fan problem properly - isn't that better than your Heath Robinson set-
up? :-)
Your case fans are not so urgent, but replacement is trivial - and very cheap. Why not do it?

charging iPad

Lynn — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:18:37 GMT

Davoud:
> > Yes, when you connect your iPad/iPhone/iPad to a charger it will turn
> > itself on if it is not already on. But you don't have to leave it on;
> > can turn it back off again while it is connected.

Lynn:
> I tried that but each time it turned itself back on!

Sorry, I can't help you with that, as it's outside of my experience. If
I turn my i-Thingies off after plugging them in, they stay off.

Davoud

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How long will a digital footprint last!?

Nomen Nescio — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:41:26 GMT

David Springthorpe might not want his great grand kids googling his name.

How long will a digital footprint last?

George Orwell — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:40:15 GMT

David Springthorpe might not want his great grand kids googling his name.

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Re: Second hand machine -worth spending time on?

Mike Tomlinson — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:14:57 GMT

Tony Houghton wrote:

> Except that during most of the P4 era AMD's processors were superior
> to Intel's in nearly every way (they even invented x86_64) and they
> still have a better design for heatsink mountings.

They also stuck to pin grid array which is, IMHO, far better than LGA.
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Re: Second hand machine -worth spending time on?

Bernard Peek — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 13:06:54 GMT

On 05/09/10 13:50, grabber wrote:

> My question is, could processor overheating have been the cause of the
> intermittent slowness? I'm reluctant to spend too much time on it if it
> is never going to work properly. It is certainly not just the relatively
> low specs of the machine - I used plenty of this batch at work and they
> are up to the basic web surfing etc we need it for.

The key questions are what type of processor does it have and how much
memory. Some ex-corporate machines only have 512Mb of memory and a
modern OS will struggle with that. If it's 3 years old then the
processor is likely to be a P4 1.8 at least, and that's perfectly
adequate for basic office/web use given enough memory.

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