Recent content by analogscott

Little piece of hardware, is exactly how they have done OEM sales in the past.

Have you tried turning off the Firewall temporarily to see if sharing becomes possible? This could help point a finger at the firewall.

i had the same issue and ran across this on the net, "Anyway, here is how I enabled ping response in Windows 7: Control Panel --> System and security --> Windows Firewall --> Advanced settings --> Inbound rules --> New rule --> custom rule in Protocol and ports: Protocol: ICMPv4 on the...

Thanks for the info. I work on what's most common, so I have to stay familiar with Windows. I've worked on a handful of MACs and 100s of PCs. Linux is pretty rare, so i've never been called to deal with it. Besides if people are using linux they probably don't need my help, they probably know...

Well, i'm mixed on all this. After reading djarrum's thoughts on linux, i took a look a ubuntu. I've looked at it before (1 or 2 years ago), but for some reason didn't really look much further. This time i decided i'd try to install in on an extra computer i have laying around. I'd love an...

I've said it before ( dearbillgates.com ), if Adobe would create a PC OS, it would be on.

I think it might stretch if one were wide screen and the other not wide (3x4). The best software for multi monitors is Ultramon. I've used it for years. I think they have some sort of free version now, but i paid the 25 or 30 dollars for the full version. I am the IT tech for a travel agency...

Has that ever been possible? I've run dual and triple monitors for many years, the only way i've seen that is if you run them mirrored.

I agree. They really took away quite a bit. Microsoft says "Enjoy, It's designed for you" and "PC, simplified". It was designed for somebody other than me, because the ability to configure the simple and efficient way i had my system set up before, is now not an option. Maybe take away options...

Well i did the Upgrade from Vista Ultimate to Win 7 Ultimate and have to say i'm a bit irritated with it. Maybe i should have installed from scratch but rebuilding my system from scratch takes a week. I have piles of dev apps with piles of configurations, so i was hoping an upgrade would go...