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Well, the Sager has a GeForce GT 425M 1GB video card. That's better than the Dell's GT 420M. Also, I can get the Sager for a lot less than the Dell.

Well I plan to use it for programming and entertainment. The reason I want the 1080p screen is for programming. I hate 720p because I can't fit many lines of code into the screen. I also like to play a game once in a while, so I would like to go with a dedicated graphics card. Did you ever have a Sager laptop? Or maybe friends/colleagues?

Hello everybody. I am in the market for a laptop around 1000 USD. After looking at some options, I have come across this laptop: Sager NP5135 It has high-end components for the price, but I have never heard of the brand name or the firm that makes it (xoticpc). I would like to ask you if you ever bought Sager branded notebooks, or notebooks from xoticpc. What experiences do you have with them? Do you think it's worth it to go with that laptop, or should I go with a more known brand (Dell, HP, etc). On the Sager notebook, I plan to choose the 1080p screen, Core i5-580M CPU and the Seagate XT hybrid HDD (500 GB + 4GB SSD). With these components, the price is 1026 USD. I don't think I can get the same specs for this price point in a more well-known brand of laptop.

These kind of problems are usually caused with dust building up over the years, and overheating the components. Check for dust in the CPU heatsink. You might also have dust in your power supply, but that's a tricky thing to open and clean up.

Thanks. Also, is there a place where I could see the software posted on MSDNAA, except for my university's site? So I could check it out every once in a while and see what's new there. My university's site just lists an alphabetic list of the software, so I can't see what's new, and what was posted when.

Hello. I have a MSDNAA subscription from my university, and I have some questions about it. This is mostly about the Vista SP2 integrated ISO not appearing there, but these are general questions too. I know Vista SP2 integrated ISO appeared on TechNet and MSDN, but I was waiting for it to appear on MSDNAA too so I could download it. But there has been nothing so far... I know that when a new product appears, the teacher that supervises MSDNAA for my school has to enter an admin page and approve it so it can be downloaded by the students. I have spoken to the teacher and he said that Vista SP2 integrated image is not available. There is only Vista Business, Vista Business with SP1, and Vista Enterprise in the same flavours. First. When a new product is available for MSDNAA, is it available to all the members in all the world at the same time no matter where they are from? Does Microsoft make any difference between schools in different regions? Second. I know that Windows Vista with SP2 integrated ISO is available for MSDN subscribers. Shouldn't it also be available for MSDNAA subscribers? In general, how long after the initial release of a product does it appear on MSDNAA? Third: The software that is on MSDNAA, is their ISOs exactly the same as the ones from MSDN and Technet? Does Microsoft modify the ISOs that are put on MSDNAA? Or are they exactly the same as the ones from MSDN and Technet? Fourth: I clicked "Details" on the MSDN page for Vista with SP2 ISO and it said it was available to the following levels of subscribers: That includes "Developer AA" which I am a part of. And still, it is not available for download. Why is this? If there is anyone who knows how things work regarding MSDNAA, I would be very grateful if they could answer my questions. PS: I know you guys are all about customizing Windows and integrating hotfixes and stuff. I don't want to integrate SP2 in my existing SP1 ISO, I want it untouched from Microsoft

So it is available on MSDN... I have a question. Does that "MSDN" include MSDN Academic Alliance? I have MSDNAA access from my university and Windows 7 RC isn't there. Only Windows 7 beta.

Finally... I've been waiting sooo long to see new features implemented in Total Commander. And now, we get the first public beta of Total Commander 7.50. I've downloaded it and gave it a run, and I really like the improvements (quick search, breadcrumb bar to name a few). Let's hope that the release version isn't too far away. You can grab a copy at the author's site www.ghisler.com

Well, it surely was the ISPs fault. Today, the problem was finally fixed. He has such a bad ISP... he should only pay for 3 weeks a month. If you add up the downtime, I think he is offline almost 1 week per month.

Thanks for the help rv31, but this didn't do the trick... I used those DNS servers but the problem still didn't go away. It must be a problem from the ISP that can only be fixed by them.

I have booted Ubuntu 7.10 from DVD (haven't installed it) and I configured the internet connection. The patitions aren't even mounted. And the Internet still works as bad as it did before. Being saturday, the ISP left early and now there will be noone there until monday. My friend still would't get off my back until I did what they said. I erased all partitions, rewritten the MBR, powered off, removed the battery, waited 10 minutes, plugged everything back in, reinstalled Windows XP. After Windows finished installing, I didn't even install drivers, I configured the internet connection, connected, and what do you know... same story... After I installed the drivers I tried again... still nothing. I'm sure they told him the first thing that came into their minds to make him waste an entire day, so they shouldn't have to work on saturday.

Ok... I have a friend who has internet access from a local ISP here. Usually, it works at 200 - 300 k/sec real download. But for a couple of days, it has been working very slowly... That is, the webpages load slowly (or even don't load at all - they get timed out). But P2P applications like StrongDC++, torrents and messenger transfers work great. Even if a page does load, and he manages to click a download link in one of those pages, the download works great 200-300 k/sec. I told him to go tell the ISP what is happening, and here is what they told him: It's bad, the same thing happened to another person who has internet from them. It seems that a virus has infected his computer, a virus that not even symantec, nod32, or kaspersky can detect, and that he should immediatly format his entire HDD (delete all partitions), and remove his battery from the motherboard, wait 10 minutes, then put the battery back in, and then reinstall windows. A virus that can't be detected and makes your pages load slow? I kinda doubt that. Has anyone ever heard of such a thing? Or is this just bull**** from the ISP? PS: He uses Windows XP 32 bit and ESET Smart security 3

Hello. I have downloaded Windows Vista Business from MSDNAA, i get a free license because I am a student. Now I see that they have also added Windows Vista Enterprise to MSDNAA. I have been looking everywhere to see what difference there is between the two editions, but I came up with almost nothing. Can anyone tell me the differences between the Business and Enterprise editions of Windows Vista?

I also don't think SP3 caused a reduction in system performance. If anything, it made it a bit faster. I know that because I use XP on my 650 MHz Pentium III with 256 MB of RAM, and there, any performance loss is really noticable. The same goes for Vista vs Vista SP1. I never had any problems with Vista to say that I've upgraded to SP1 just to fix those problems. But Vista SP1 is faster. It even installed a lot faster than Vista with no SP. When a new Service Pack is released, I install it as an upgrade over my existing installation. Then, I wait for the CD/DVD that has that service pack already integrated to appear straight from Microsoft. I don't mess around with slipstreaming and modifying current discs to add the new SP to them.

I found this in your "session.txt" file (line 457): You checked an option somewhere in nLite to disable EXE icons. I don't know where it is because I don't use nLite, but that has to be the problem

Try to use chkdsk on it. And don't post twice!

Hello. I have recently moved to another city to study, and have taken my PC with me. I am staying in a dorm room, and have Internet provided by our university. And it sucks. I have Windows Vista installed, and i need to reformat my PC. But after i will format it, i think I will have a hard time downloading updates for Windows because of the crappy Internet connection. And I wouldn't risk even connecting my PC to the network before I update it and install an antivirus because there are so many people on the network that are infected. I was thinking of downloading the Updates for Vista at home and using an offline update tool, and I came across three of them: c't update generator link AutoPatcher link and Windows Updates Downloader link Using c't update generator, i downloaded all updates for Vista except SP1, and it downloaded it pretty quickly, creating around 70 MB worth of updates. The program is pretty much a collection of batch files that do everything, plus a GUI written in AutoIT. The program that is suppose to install the updates is also a batch file, so I don't know about it. AutoPatcher is a VB program, and it is still downloading now. The thing is, it says it needs to download 220.11 MB. That's a whole lot more than c't. Also, c't's updates are a bunch of CAB files, while AutoPatcher's updates are a bunch of EXEs and MSUs. Also, AutoPatcher has a nice GUI that detects what updates you really need and only installs them. Windows Updates Downloader - I have installed .NET and now it works. It downloaded about 60 MB worth of updates, and all of them are .MSUs and only one .EXE. And this program only downloads them, it does not provide a GUI for you to install them on the PC you want to update. You have to manually double-click each file and install it. So here is the question. What is the difference between these three programs? C't seems to have a smaller download size for the updates. But does it really download all of them? And also, can its batch files detect what updates you really need, and only installs them? Shouldn't AutoPatcher download the same files as c't? Why does the size of the updates differ so much? And I've seen that C't and WUD downloads about the same amount of files. Then why does AutoPatcher download so much? (60 MB vs 220 MB). And why do these all differ from Windows' integrated updater? That one detects, downloads and installs only what you need. From what I've read, all these programs also download useless updates that you may or may not need, and then detects at runtime whether you need them or not, and installs them only if you need them (Autopatcher and WUD - yes; c't - i don't know). I think that is just a waste of bandwidth and space. And please let me know if you know any other offline update solution for Windows Vista. EDIT: I have tried WUD too. Everything I have added is in blue

Well, I tried rmdir with a question mark before I posted and i tried it again now. It does not work. I created a folder called "a©d" in c:\ I opened up the command prompt, went into c: and typed this command: "rmdir a?d" This is what I got: "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect." But "rmdir acd" works

That does not work for folders. rmdir can't use wildcards

Just use the plain old "c" instead of that symbol. It works in Vista. If it does not, here is the way to go: Copy the © symbol in the clipboard. Create a folder named "ab©de" in c:\ Open a command window, go to c:\ Type "rmdir ab" (no quotes) and then press TAB. TAB will search for all files beginning in "ab" and automatically complete the folder name. See what folder name it finds for the folder "ab©de". That is the way I did it in Vista, and it found "abcde", and I tested that you can replace "©" with "c" for any file/folder. Good luck.

Does it show up as a "USB Mass Storage Device" ? There is another possibility: it could have a smaller partition than the maximum size. To see if this is the case, you should delete all the partitions on it and create one big partition. To do that, click on Start>Run, and type in "diskmgmt.msc", and click OK. You should be in Disk Managemet. This is a tool included in Windows that allows you to create/delete/modify partitions on your disks. There you should see the MP4 player, and its partitions. Try deleting the partitions on the MP4 player, and then creating one single partition, formatted as FAT32, and do a full format. You should also be able to see the size of the player there. WARNING!!! Be careful not to delete the partitions on your hard drive. This case might be farfetched, but it's the only thing I could think of... And another thing: If you recently bought it from a store, you should have a warranty. I suggest you take it back, show them the problem, and ask them to replace it. It's your right. Or better yet, you should ask for your money back, and buy another model from another store. I personally know somebody who has had an MP3 player that wouldn't start up anymore, after a couple of weeks after she bought it. She took it back, they replaced it, and the new one has the same problem. Good luck with it.

I've found what I wanted. Thank you

Hi. Does anyone know where I can get info about how to make an Aero wizard using C#? I have looked everywhere and I can't seem to find anything

Hello. Let's say I have a WCF service running. How do I make a Windows Forms application (in C#) to talk to that WCF service, to call its functions?

Here is what happenes to me: I have made an unattended XP CD. I have patched the uxtheme.dll file so it'll work with ALL themes. I want to use a custom themes file, so I modified in winnt.sif the "CustomDefaultThemeFile" key. When XP is running graphics-mode setup, I made it run a program that asks the user to enter the user name, computer name and workgroup. If the user does not enter them, it uses "User" and "Workgroup". After XP finishes installing, I use the RunOnceEx method to install some apps. I have made it check if the user has entered a name in graphics-mode setup. If he has, it continues and uses that user name. If he doesn't it asks the user and program name at the end of RunOnceEx. So here's the problem: If the user enters a name in graphics-mode setup, the custom theme is used If the user does NOT enter a name, and the program runs at the end of RunOnceEx, the system uses the Windows Classic theme. Does anyone know why? Some help would be useful...