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Haha nice. I also got married, hence my absence for all these years. No kids yet although my wife likes to remind me they are on the horizon! My home PC set-up is ageing, with just a basic Core 2 Duo with a Quadro for dual screen PC that I took from work, and an Sandy Bridge i3 laptop shared...

Hi Sniper, The time to wait before posting is killing me :-) Peace out

Never heard of that before. Could you open up a remote Computer Management console, connect through device manager and disable the USB port that way?

I'd highly doubt the UPS could not handle a printer

Also in addition, I would challenge whether for a home user, a 3rd party client firewall has been necessary since Vista+ since the Windows Firewall now guards inbound and outbound traffic. Not only that, but almost everyone uses some kind of router supplied by their ISP which will provide some...

Thought I'd throw my two cents in here for anyone who might be listening. Having gone through various home edition and enterprise edition anti-virus through the years I can tell you that they all have flaws one way or another. Anti-virus alone will not protect you, common sense is the best...

Indeed, you will need a low profile PCI-E card as Ghostman 1 suggested. To be honest I would not get your hopes up about gaming on a Pentium 4.

Hi All I might possibly be back from the dead to help out! Who might still be around from those golden days?

The Dell & Lenovo are both essentially the same. What will you be using it for? In general terms you can't really go wrong with Dell or Lenovo.

Back from the dead and more debauched then ever

I think Xfree86 was forked around 2004 because of a change in it's licensing, which brought the arrival of Xorg as we know it today. I know that Xfree86 is still being maintained and updated but I don't know much about it i.e is it compatible with current proprietary graphics drivers and how it...

I'll have to consider Lexmark printers from now on... [Phoronix] Lexmark's Linux Secret (Testing With The Pro905 Platinum)

OK a few things to check. Is the folder set to Read Only? Have you taken ownership of the folder and all child objects? Have you granted the administrator account Full Control for the folder and all child objects? Have you checked for any stubborn hidden files and folders, or files that...

On the old server go to Run and type dcpromo. The wizard will help completely remove Active Directory from the server. Then, to join the older server to the new domain, just go into the Computer Name tab of the My Computer properties and enter the new domain name in

Thought i'd better start the "Happy NYE" HWF thread... so here goes... HAPPY NYE PEEPS! :P Get drunk, Get into a fight, Get laid, Get a hangover! Yessah!!