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General Software Discussion / Re: Video Editing software - Any recommendations?

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 14, 2012, 08:36 PM »

I'm sorry Carol, that doesn't seem to make sense to me.  How can they be better for it?

-superboyac (June 14, 2012, 05:55 PM)

Because the programs are optimised to use high quality source material and are designed for a specific purpose.

I suppose they could add a whole pile of codecs they can load but the majority of their market don't want/need that support and it just adds bloat.

If you want to add lossy video sources you can convert it using something like VirtualDub or TMPGEnc and then import it. Premier and Vegas only seem to recode output when absolutely necessary so you shouldn't add further degradation.

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Living Room / Re: Raspberry Pi's $35 Linux PC

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 14, 2012, 08:27 PM »

Got mine - it is picky about USB devices. Can't get a wireless keyboard/mouse combo to work (even with a powered hub) - had to buy a cheap no-frills USB keyboard and mouse.

If you haven't got all the bits you need then you find it isn't as cheap as you thought.

Note it comes uncased (they are going to supply cases shortly if you want one) - so you have a bare board sitting on your table and getting hot!

You need:

HDMI or yellow-phono video capable monitor (HDMI carries audio too so an HD TV Is a good option)
Monitor/TV cable
USB mouse and keyboard (you may have more luck than me but it didn't like the cheapest MS Wireless Desktop set I could buy - deliberately bought this to limit the number of USB sockets required!)
Ethernet cable (also required to set the clock correctly as no BIOS or RTC battery)
If you aren't using an HDMI monitor/TV with speakers then you need speakers or headphones with jack lead.
Fast SD card (ideally class 10 to load with a Linux image - this is the main drive so you need the fastest you can get otherwise it is VERY slow)
Power supply (you need something like a Blackberry charger with a mini-USB connector). You can't power it from a USB socket on your computer!

If you want additional storage an external USB hard disk (in which case you also need a powered USB hub as there are only two USB sockets)

Note there are Linux images available from Raspberry Pi website. The recommend one (a Debian Linux) is not overly impressive out of the box. Very few apps preinstalled - mostly educational programming apps without manuals. One is included and if you want the manual you have to buy it from the developer! Also painfully slow (even with a class 10 card) - so much so that the browser included (Midori) frequently times out loading pages.

Not sure what apps can be installed without needing to be recompiled because it is ARM based.

All in all it is a bit of fun - but actually not that cheap if you have to kit it out (if you have a junk cupboard full of suitable bits you are OK), and performance is a bit underwhelming.

Given that there are a number of similar projects on the threshold I think I wish I had waited to see how it all shakes out.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Video Editing software - Any recommendations?

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 14, 2012, 04:51 PM »

You will find that most of the common programs (Premeire, Power Director, Vegas) are extremely particular about what can be input into it.  Like to the point where it's ridiculous.  basically, if you're not pulling it straight off of the camera, it's a huge headache.

-superboyac (June 14, 2012, 03:05 PM)

Isn't that the point though -those three titles are very specific - they edit video from camera. That is what they are designed for and that is what they do best.

They were never designed to drag in YouTuibe clips or XviD files - and actually they are the better for it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Some errors on Defrag and issue with copying to USB

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 12, 2012, 04:06 AM »

If you can't open C: for direct access it sounds like a controller error?

Can you run CHKDSK on it in windows:

Win+R -> CMD -> CHKDSK C:

don't include any trailing parameters justr see if the disk and be accessed and if any errors come up.

Also check your even log (Win+R -> EVENTVWR.MSC) and see if any disk or controller errors appear in the System log.

If the system marks the drive as 'dirty' then it will automatically schedule a boot time CHKDSK.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Some errors on Defrag and issue with copying to USB

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 11, 2012, 03:21 AM »

Hit Windows+R and type REGEDIT.

Navigate to the following key In the left hand tree:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager

On the right find BootExecute and double click on it.

There may be a number of lines in the list that appears - the one you are looking for should look like this:

autocheck autochk /p \??\C:

This is what mine looks like after setting a boot time chkdsk:

autocheck autochk /p \??\C:
PDBoot.exe
autocheck autochk *

If it exists delete that line (including the blank line after you have deleted it) and click OK (leave any other lines alone). Close the registry editor and restart.

Once you have fixed it I suggest running a boot time chkdsk on drive C: before attempting to defrag it.

To do that hit Windows+R and type CMD. In the open window type:

CHKHDSK   C:   /R

and press enter (assuming it is NTFS formatted). When prompted say yes to doing this on next restart. Restart your computer and go and get some coffee.

During the next reboot it should run a complete health check on drive C:

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Living Room / Re: For your viewing pleasure: a Windows 8 BSOD

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 10, 2012, 06:40 PM »

And no clue as to what caused the error! No change there then.

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Living Room / Re: Annoying error/issues at shutdown/restart and startup

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 08, 2012, 09:31 PM »

I can use http://companyweb OK but http://connect just isn't there

-Carol Haynes (June 08, 2012, 06:26 PM)

Probably a pointless comment since you might already have looked, (and SJ has far more experience than me), but this KB article sounds like the problem you're experiencing.

-4wd (June 08, 2012, 08:29 PM)

Hadn't seen that article but it works! Why on earth does the server not tell you to do that when you want to add computers and users to the network!

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Living Room / Re: Annoying error/issues at shutdown/restart and startup

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 08, 2012, 06:40 PM »

Thanks SoldierByte for the info. Actually I don't think those are the issues I am experiencing. The system has been up and running for well over a year and it is only in the last few weeks that the problems have started happening.

My thought is that there are so many crap drivers on my system from installing games via Steam with numerous DRM-crapware methods I was expecting it to collapse at some point.

I haven't installed a new system since I changed the hardware as I move from an AMD SB890 to AMD SB990 system with AM3 processors and kept the same graphics and sound cards so the drivers are identical and they installed without a squeak. (AMD still recommend using AMD 8-series drivers for AMD-9 series motherboards - which is odd and perhaps says something about how little they have changed). Oddly the new board wasn't supplied with either SB or NB drivers! I have since clean uninstalled all AMD software, run Driver Sweeper to delete all the dregs left behind and installed the full Catalyst 11.12 drivers (I have had a lot of bad experiences since Catalyst 12 was released and so I am avoiding those, along with many other people, until the dust settles).

I did find loads of unuplugged/unused devices in device manager and deleted them. I have also run a Driver Verify test - it came up with Stream.sys as causing problems so I removed webcam software and anything else that was unneccssary and used WDM drivers - I also updated DirectX and Sound Drivers.

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Living Room / Re: Annoying error/issues at shutdown/restart and startup

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 08, 2012, 06:26 PM »

I recently set up Windows SBS 2011 and connected my computer to the domain. Not an easy job as none of the methods suggested from the NEw User wizard on the server actually worked! It suggests opening http://connect on the machine you want to connect but there is absolutely no response from that address anywhere on the network. Installed the server 4 times without result - in the end I used a thumb drive and carried the connection software to the machine. Even so I had to manually establish a domain connection before it would let me run the proper connection software! What a bunch of crap. It also confirms why I never want to get involved in Windows servers for work! Could they produce more obscure software if they tried - it is 100% jargon and incredibly confusing wizards - and SBS 2011 is supposed to be the easiest server to set up in recent years.

-Carol Haynes (June 08, 2012, 02:51 PM)

While I haven't played with SBS11 I do "play" with servers on an (all) daily basis ... I never use the wizards. Much of that sounds like a DNS issue as it's critical to have it configured properly on a Windows domain. the http://connect is most likely a host header entry in/for the default IIS server ... So it should (probably) be http://connect.ServerName.TLD. ...Assuming you have a TLD - Please tell me you didn't pick a single label domain name...that always gets messy.

-Stoic Joker (June 08, 2012, 03:38 PM)

Machine name is DCS-Server
Domain Name is DCS.local

The DNS works fine for all other purposes. I can use http://companyweb OK but http://connect just isn't there - and that is precisely what SBS11 tells you to type in a browser on a client machine. There is the option to connect to the domain by using a thumbdirve and running the connect software from that on each client but it doesn't work either. I have to first connect the computer to the domain via System properties and then it will run - which rather seems to defeat the object of the software. In SBS11 the connect software does more than the normal System Properties connection method (it installs extra software).

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Living Room / Re: Annoying error/issues at shutdown/restart and startup

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 08, 2012, 03:08 PM »

OK - another wrinkle in the problem. I tried to run a game, the system crashed (no BSOD) and then wouldn't start.

Startup repair said it couldn't fix and in safe mode I ran SFC /SCANNOW again.

Now I get an error saying SFC cannot repair a corrupt file. I run:

findstr /c:"[SR]" %windir%\Logs\CBS\CBS.log >"c:\sfc_output.txt"

to find the issue but there are no files reported (see log below - trucated because all the entries are the same).

log

2012-06-08 20:42:54, Info                  CSI    0000009a [SR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components
2012-06-08 20:42:54, Info                  CSI    0000009b [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2012-06-08 20:42:55, Info                  CSI    0000009d [SR] Verify complete
2012-06-08 20:42:55, Info                  CSI    0000009e [SR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components
2012-06-08 20:42:55, Info                  CSI    0000009f [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2012-06-08 20:42:56, Info                  CSI    000000a1 [SR] Verify complete
...
2012-06-08 20:51:31, Info                  CSI    0000037e [SR] Verifying 56 (0x0000000000000038) components
2012-06-08 20:51:31, Info                  CSI    0000037f [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2012-06-08 20:51:33, Info                  CSI    00000381 [SR] Verify complete
2012-06-08 20:51:33, Info                  CSI    00000382 [SR] Repairing 0 components
2012-06-08 20:51:33, Info                  CSI    00000383 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2012-06-08 20:51:33, Info                  CSI    00000385 [SR] Repair complete

Earlier today I had another issue with these sfc errors:

log 2

2012-06-08 18:49:57, Info                  CSI    000000e8 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:80{40}]"Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering.ptxml" of Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering, Version = 8.0.7601.17573, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2012-06-08 18:50:02, Info                  CSI    000000e9 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:80{40}]"Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering.ptxml" of Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering, Version = 8.0.7601.17573, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2012-06-08 18:50:02, Info                  CSI    000000ea [SR] This component was referenced by [l:156{78}]"Package_4_for_KB2497640~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.2.2497640-16_neutral_GDR"
2012-06-08 18:50:02, Info                  CSI    000000ec [SR] Verify complete
2012-06-08 18:50:03, Info                  CSI    000000ed [SR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components
2012-06-08 18:50:03, Info                  CSI    000000ee [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2012-06-08 18:50:04, Info                  CSI    000000f0 [SR] Verify complete
...
2012-06-08 18:53:10, Info                  CSI    000001e4 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components
2012-06-08 18:53:10, Info                  CSI    000001e5 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2012-06-08 18:53:12, Info                  CSI    000001e7 [SR] Verify complete
2012-06-08 18:53:12, Info                  CSI    000001e8 [SR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components
2012-06-08 18:53:12, Info                  CSI    000001e9 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2012-06-08 18:53:14, Info                  CSI    000001ea [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:92{46}]"wow64_Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering.ptxml" of Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering, Version = 8.0.7601.17573, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2012-06-08 18:53:15, Info                  CSI    000001eb [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:92{46}]"wow64_Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering.ptxml" of Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering, Version = 8.0.7601.17573, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2012-06-08 18:53:15, Info                  CSI    000001ec [SR] This component was referenced by [l:156{78}]"Package_4_for_KB2497640~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.2.2497640-16_neutral_GDR"
2012-06-08 18:53:16, Info                  CSI    000001ee [SR] Verify complete
2012-06-08 18:53:16, Info                  CSI    000001ef [SR] Verifying 100 (0x0000000000000064) components
2012-06-08 18:53:16, Info                  CSI    000001f0 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2012-06-08 18:53:23, Info                  CSI    000001f5 [SR] Verify complete
...
2012-06-08 18:55:26, Info                  CSI    000002f2 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2012-06-08 18:55:27, Info                  CSI    000002f4 [SR] Verify complete
2012-06-08 18:55:27, Info                  CSI    000002f5 [SR] Repairing 2 components
2012-06-08 18:55:27, Info                  CSI    000002f6 [SR] Beginning Verify and Repair transaction
2012-06-08 18:55:27, Info                  CSI    000002f7 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:80{40}]"Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering.ptxml" of Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering, Version = 8.0.7601.17573, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2012-06-08 18:55:28, Info                  CSI    000002f8 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:92{46}]"wow64_Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering.ptxml" of Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering, Version = 8.0.7601.17573, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2012-06-08 18:55:28, Info                  CSI    000002f9 [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:80{40}]"Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering.ptxml" of Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering, Version = 8.0.7601.17573, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_AMD64 (9), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2012-06-08 18:55:28, Info                  CSI    000002fa [SR] This component was referenced by [l:156{78}]"Package_4_for_KB2497640~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.2.2497640-16_neutral_GDR"
2012-06-08 18:55:29, Info                  CSI    000002fb [SR] Cannot repair member file [l:92{46}]"wow64_Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering.ptxml" of Microsoft-Windows-IE-HTMLRendering, Version = 8.0.7601.17573, pA = PROCESSOR_ARCHITECTURE_IA32_ON_WIN64 (10), Culture neutral, VersionScope = 1 nonSxS, PublicKeyToken = {l:8 b:31bf3856ad364e35}, Type neutral, TypeName neutral, PublicKey neutral in the store, file is missing
2012-06-08 18:55:29, Info                  CSI    000002fc [SR] This component was referenced by [l:156{78}]"Package_4_for_KB2497640~31bf3856ad364e35~amd64~~6.1.1.2.2497640-16_neutral_GDR"
2012-06-08 18:55:29, Info                  CSI    000002fe [SR] Repair complete
2012-06-08 18:55:29, Info                  CSI    000002ff [SR] Committing transaction
2012-06-08 18:55:29, Info                  CSI    00000303 [SR] Verify and Repair Transaction completed. All files and registry keys listed in this transaction  have been successfully repaired

But the only fix I could find to replace the file was rejected from Windows 7. The errors seem to relate to an IE 8 file - but I have IE 9 installed.

Also I tried to reinstall Windows 7 SP1 but it wouldn't let me (said it was already installed) - is this the only version of windows where you can't reinstall a service pack? I figured if I could reinstall SP1 I could apply updates again from a known base. Previous versions of Windows have let you do this.

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Living Room / Re: Annoying error/issues at shutdown/restart and startup

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 08, 2012, 02:51 PM »

Thanks for the suggestions - I suspect it is my User profile but there are a number of hidden profiles too.

I recently set up Windows SBS 2011 and connected my computer to the domain. Not an easy job as none of the methods suggested from the NEw User wizard on the server actually worked! It suggests opening http://connect on the machine you want to connect but there is absolutely no response from that address anywhere on the network. Installed the server 4 times without result - in the end I used a thumb drive and carried the connection software to the machine. Even so I had to manually establish a domain connection before it would let me run the proper connection software! What a bunch of crap. It also confirms why I never want to get involved in Windows servers for work! Could they produce more obscure software if they tried - it is 100% jargon and incredibly confusing wizards - and SBS 2011 is supposed to be the easiest server to set up in recent years.

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Living Room / Re: Annoying error/issues at shutdown/restart and startup

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 08, 2012, 10:18 AM »

I tried creating a new user profile and that doesn't seem to have the same shutdown issue so it must be profile related. I wonder if it is Google Chrome because that is installed per user?

To be honest I will probably soldier on for a few days and then do a complete reinstall of Windows. I just bought an SSD so I want to install Windows on that but it isn't big enough for all my apps so I am going to have to think about re-partitioning to get it right.

Currently I have 5 internal HD drives (totalling 6Tb of stuff - mostly near full!) - plus the unformatted SSD - so it is going to be fun (AKA irritating)

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DC Gamer Club / Re: Humble Bundle 5

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 08, 2012, 08:32 AM »

That's what I have done. Got all the games but worth supporting.

By the way have you seen GOG have some good titles on offer at the moment? http://www.gog.com/p...o/amazing_anuman_set

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Living Room / Re: Annoying error/issues at shutdown/restart and startup

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 08, 2012, 07:24 AM »

Hmmm - re-registering ieframe.dll is not working:

The module "ieframe.dll" was loaded but the call to DllRegisterService failed with error code 0x80004001

For more information about this problem, search online using the error code as a search term

I can't find anything helpful.

One suggestion was to uninstall IE9 and reinstall it - tried that and the only joy I got was the once uninstalled IE9 would not reinstall. Used system restore to recover.

The other regsvr32 commands and the winsock clear worked fine.

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Living Room / Re: Annoying error/issues at shutdown/restart and startup

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 07, 2012, 09:20 PM »

Thanks for the suggestions I will give them all a go in the morning.

Its unrelated as I have been trying to resolve the issues for some time but I am building a server so relegated my mobo/cpu and memory to that function and upgraded my system today with new kit (and have the scars to prove it!). Thought with a new set of hardware and drivers it might solve the issues but it hasn't.

Given the new hardware I am not sure the keyboard issue will be as simple as moving the dongle. I suspect something is taking a long time during boot and stopping the keyboard/mouse drivers loading quickly. Unfortunately there are no timeouts listed in the logs so I can't see how to track down the culprit!

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Living Room / Annoying error/issues at shutdown/restart and startup

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 07, 2012, 05:11 PM »

Windows 7 problem.

1) Everytime I shutdown the computer an error flashes up just before the system logs off. It seems to be an access violation or similar but it only appears for a split second and nothing appears in the error logs. Any idea how to track this down.

2) I am regularly getting warnings about registry handles being left open and the User Profile unloading when I log off (doesn't seem o be related to 1). In particular it seems to berelated to lsass.exe anyone any ideas? I have run SFC /SCANNOW to check integrity and also a CHKDSK but there are no errors showing up. Here is a typical message:

Windows detected your registry file is still in use by other applications or services. The file will be unloaded now. The applications or services that hold your registry file may not function properly afterwards. 

 DETAIL -
 5 user registry handles leaked from \Registry\User\S-1-5-21-2490178771-1396779573-3448706779-1001:
Process 664 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\lsass.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2490178771-1396779573-3448706779-1001
Process 664 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\lsass.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2490178771-1396779573-3448706779-1001
Process 664 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\lsass.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2490178771-1396779573-3448706779-1001\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\My
Process 664 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\lsass.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2490178771-1396779573-3448706779-1001\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\Disallowed
Process 664 (\Device\HarddiskVolume2\Windows\System32\lsass.exe) has opened key \REGISTRY\USER\S-1-5-21-2490178771-1396779573-3448706779-1001\Software\Microsoft\SystemCertificates\CA

The user profile is my profile.

3) On startup I used to be able to type as soon as windows desktop appeared but now there seems to be a long delay before I can type anything. Then it types e..x...c...e...e...d...i...n...g...l...y slowly for a while before resuming normal speeds. Using an MS wireless mouse and keyboard set (Wireless Comfort Keyboard 5000 and mouse). Doesn't seem to be batteries and drivers are up to date. Works fine once it has settled down and on other machines.

These are slowly driving me nuts but I really haven't got time to do a complete clean install at the moment. Any ideas would be really appreciated!

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Living Room / Re: Lost my father

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 06, 2012, 03:19 PM »

So sorry to hear your news I know from experience that even when you know it is coming it is still really difficult to deal with.

If there is anything any of us can do to help in any way you have only to ask.

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Living Room / Re: Fedora/Microsoft - Embrace, Extend, Assimiliate

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 04, 2012, 06:34 PM »

Antitrust won't work because MS are not mandating that disabling is not allowed (at least on PCs).

Two simple solutions for OEMs:

1) Allow BIOS switch off of Secure Boot.
2) Ship their boxes without OS - offer a choice of OS with purchase - Linux or Windows (not OEM edition). That would have the big advantage of really pissing off MS as Win 8 sales would not take off like they want when the real cost is transparent to consumers.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How Stardock Fences startup ?

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 04, 2012, 01:05 PM »

Glad to be of help 

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General Software Discussion / Re: How Stardock Fences startup ?

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 04, 2012, 11:19 AM »

You can look at shell extexsions using ShellEx View from:

http://www.nirsoft.n.../utils/shexview.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: How Stardock Fences startup ?

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 04, 2012, 08:29 AM »

I suspect it is an explorer shell extension.

Haven't noticed any problems with FF with the free or paid versions of Fences.

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Living Room / Re: Does OpenDNS or GoogleDNS slow down your access? Private DNS server???

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 03, 2012, 05:36 PM »

Thanks for all the responses - I am going to have to take some time and read this all a few times (plus the references) to try and get my brain round it all.

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Living Room / Re: Raspberry Pi - more woes!

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 03, 2012, 07:01 AM »

Sorted - for some reason it detected my DNS server on 192.168.1.2 (which is correct) but didn't actually seem able to use it. Strange because it works on all my other computers whether they are workgroup or domain based. I just added another DNS 8.8.8.8 (Google DNS service) and it works fine.

Once connected with a working DNS it automatically grabs real time from the internet so no RTC required after all.

Not sure how it knows I am in the UK though ???

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Living Room / Raspberry Pi - more woes!

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 02, 2012, 10:54 AM »

Finally got the thing working - had to buy another USB keyboard and a USB powered hub. Very limited power ability for the USB ports. Don't know about cheap computing all the accessories you need really work out quite expensive!

Anyway I setup the preferred Debian Linux on an SDHC card and it boots. I login and type StartX and get to a desktop.

All good except:

1) There is no RTC on the board so the time and date are wrong - how the heck do you set the time and date?

2) Can't find anywhere to setup connection details and consequently I can't connect to the internet. How do I specify my DHCP server/DNS server in Debian? I did notice it aquired and IP address during the LInux boot (192.168.1.24) but when I run a browser it can't resolve the addresses of websites so I presume I need to manually specify a DNS server.

Not exactly lacking frustration - though it does look pretty with its flashing lights!

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Living Room / Does OpenDNS or GoogleDNS slow down your access? Private DNS server???

« Last post by Carol Haynes on June 01, 2012, 10:50 PM »

I have been using OpenDNS for some time now but just started experimenting with setting up my own DNS server.

I can't say I noticed any performance issues with OpenDNS but I just read this article: http://apcmag.com/wh...ns-is-a-bad-idea.htm

Being in the UK on of the advantages of using OpenDNS (and OpenDNScrypt) is to avoid UK ISP DNS filtering but I thought the article made some interesting points for those of us outside the US.

Anyone got any thoughts?

One further question - if I am running my own DNS server (on Windows SBS2011) where does the DNS database come from? In setting things up I don't seem to have been asked for any reference DNS site? DOes it generate its own list - if so where does it get the translations from (excuse my ignorance if I am being totally dim).