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Yes, sadly. After doing some searching with the google I have found all kinds of unflattering stories about him. I now know not to take him seriously. KP

Starting to think you're both right. I know I can't listen to Security Now because he really gets on my nerves quickly.

Thanks to all for the advice and suggestions.
KP

Thanks everyone for the info. Sounds like it's really nothing to worry about. I'm so new to networking stuff beyond the basic that I'm not always sure what's good or bad.

I suspect instronics is...

Hello all,
I am a networking noob (moron, actually) and am not sure if this is something I should worry about or not. I just set up a Smoothwall Express firewall and later ran a Shields Up scan at...

Overheat problem solved!!! Despite staring at installation instructions over & over, I had put the brackets on wrong, resulting in a very tiny gap between cpu and heatsink. Tech support sent me...

No, I hadn't seen that, thanks for the link. I agree, it's too hot. I'll keep messing around with it and see what I can come up with. KP

The cpu is set at the default in the bios. I thought about cranking it down just a tad to see if that made any difference.
KP

Thanks bagggi. I ran Prime 95 last night and watched the temps. The cpu temp stayed decent but the individual core temps all jumped up to 100 C very quickly. A short time later the computer shut...

I downloaded a different program called SpeedFan. It's showing me the same temps, sort of...

Perhaps I'm just stupid (ok, I am), but I don't really know whether I've got a problem or not now. ...

Nihil,
Just re-read your post and I think you thought I was giving my temps in Fahrenheit, but actually I was posting the temps in Celsius. Let me know if I'm misunderstanding you.

I'm running...

Thanks Nihil. I was concerned with that expensive fan and heat sink that my temps, even in these conditions should be lower than 75C during idle time.
KP

Hi everyone, long time no see. I built a new I7 machine recently and feel like the cpu temps are a bit higher than they should be. I removed the heat sink / cpu fans, cleaned off the paste and...

Xubuntu and DSL both work great on old machines, but I think Xubuntu would maybe be a little too much for yours. DSL should work ok.
KP

Hey! We have twice as much corruption in Illinois!!! :D
KP

Thanks Gore, I'll have a go at it.
KP

Very cool, thanks for the idea. I've got a FreeNAS box I back up important stuff too, but I'd like to be able to do full system backups when I have enough storage available.

Actually, I'm...

Didn't know that, thanks! I haven't really had time to install any other apps yet or do any other testing. Hope to get some time after work tonight to play with it some more. KP

I finally got around to installing Slackware 12.2 on my old Pentium II. Hope you don't mind a really long post, but this is my recap of how things went during the install.

First,here's a...

Getdataback by Runtime Software is another good one. The NTFS version is about $80.

Thanks for the info. I don't have it installed on anything right now, but I still have the installer on a cd, so maybe I'll give it another try sometime. I may dual boot it on my desktop after I...

Welcome from another noob. :) Seems like a very friendly place; I think you'll like it here.
KP

I'd recommend you report him to Charles Soludo. I get emails from him all the time and I think he's pretty tight with the FBI director. :D

I used to dual-boot PCLinuxOS on my laptop with XP Pro. I liked it, although I didn't have access to the updated repositories due to to being too cheap to pay for access. For the heck of it, I...

Good to know all that. Any networking issues?

Intelligence? I know some FBI people and only a few of them show any intelligence at all :D