Topics by oalee

I need help, I have 2 8-port hubs and 12 computers. Can I connect the two hubs together to make it function as 1? If yes, how do I do it? Do I need special hardware or software to do it? I'd very appreciate all the help you can give …

I'm planning on building a new desktop probably in about a couple of months or so. I haven't been as updated with the newer parts and technologies as I was a few years ago due to changes in priorities (haven't lost love for computers though). I need suggestions on what …

I've been a member of DW for over 9 years now but it just got me wondering now how old DW really is? Anybody have any idea? Dani perhaps can enlighten me? :)

I haven't been here for ages. So much has changed and the funny thing is I have unread Private Messages dating back 8 years. LOL... I hope I can help out on some of the newer posts asking for assistance.

== I just need to know, I'm sure I'll be needing the info in the future. == Whenever I install win2k over win98/ME or I start on a clean install of win2k/XP, I always choose FAT32. This is mainly because I'm familiar with it, and NTFS can't be seen on …

I've been reading and posting again for the past 2 days after years of inactivity. (I've only had the spare time and resources lately) It is only now that I realized that I have missed so much since I became inactive. You know what? I actually missed DW and everything …

Good news to each and everyone that are actually having problems, have had problems or simply just needs help with Windows Vista Service Pack 1. Microsoft is offering Free unlimited installation and compatibility support is available for Windows Vista, but only for Service Pack 1 (SP1). This support for SP1 …

I have a desktop and a laptop, I use the desktop to connect to my ISP via dial-up. both computers are connected via a crossover cable since I only have to connect 2 PC's together. Both computers can see each other on the network, and both can share files and …

Dear all, I've been an active poster and a moderator of Daniweb. I have been AWOL for quite some time now and is very for being so. I have decided that I need this site to continually improve my techie knowledge more than the site needs me as a moderator. …

here's what I have, 1Ghz AMD Athlon 10GB HDD - primary master - FAT32 40GB HDD - primary slave - FAT32 Windows 2000 Pro the problem: It just happened, probably by a virus of some sort... my slave drive suddenly disappeared, there's this unknown device that show's up on the …

Hello all! I've been here on these forums for quite a while... I was thinking of installing Linux on my box to dual boot with my win2k. I'm just not sure what to use... I never installed/used one before... I'm looking for something that's easy to install, configure, and has …

I've been having this recurring problem with a trojan (I think). everytime i leave my computer online, there are email messages being sent to random addresses. When I check on the tasks running, there are random exe files that I keep on deleting. I delete the exe files and the …

I'm having this problem with one of my computers. I sure its infected with something but i'm not sure what it is, I think it's a trojan. It keeps sending e-mails to randomly generated users to specific servers. i.e. <random>@aol.com. since the e-mail client's smtp server is not set up, …

This just happened yesterday without me doing anything at all... here's the problem: I start up win2k, then I log onto it, then an error message appears that says "your system has no paging file or your paging file is too small." then it gives instructions on how to adjust …

I was just wondering, I keep on seeing other posts telling them to either modify hosts/lmhosts/*.sam files. What are these files for, I know they're for networking for windows, but what exactly are they? I', just very curious..

hi all, im a newbie admin here at work... i'm planning to setup a win2003 server. primarily a file server + a domain server... i have no idea on what to do, can anybody here help me or at least give me some pointers on how to start it... is …