Posts by Dragon57

I can really identify with your adventure and pain, been there, done that, ugh. I really considered changing professions after my adventure. Perhaps becoming a chef is the thing. Pots and pans do not require upgrades very often if you...

You can hit the key combo: windows key and then L This will lock the computer. You can't lock files/directories, but you can changer permission on who can access them if the files are on an NTFS partition. Just right click, then...

The screen saver in XP doesn't become protected until the timeout you set has passed. Manually starting the screen saver will not enforce the password until the timeout has gone by.

You can drag a shortcut of your favorite screensaver from the system32 directory out the desktop, then double-click on it when you want to run the screensaver. Is this what you are talking about?

Agreed. The X4 performance tweaks they have been doing have caused me a lot of grief. My VPN client will not connect unless X4 stuff is turned off. I am sure the drivers and firmware will get there eventually, but for now, the normal...

What version of IAA are you using?

Strange. Those MS folks are very tricky. According to my inside contacts, they pulled it because of some bugs that were discoverd right after posting the .a point release. Now it is back with the same name. Hmm, did they fix them and...

Weird thing, MS just pulled the 9.0a release from the download site.

For what is it worth, we recently switched from using IBM T series laptops to Toshiba's where I work. They were in the field for very few months when the sales force started to complain loudly about the build quality and lack of speed of...

I use the Dlink DWL-900AP+ access point and DWL-650+ pcmcia card. The access point just had a firmware upgrade that boosted the output wattage which increased the coverage inside my home by quite a bit. Highly recommended.