Recent content by macdude425

I made the user an administrator - no dice. I moved the computer into the generic Computers organizational unit (which is basically wide open, GPO-wise) and no dice also. I tried changing the permissions on the Adobe program folder so that this user had total control - that didn't do anything...

I have a computer running Vista (Business, 32-bit) that will not allow Adobe Reader to be run as a certain domain user. The user has their privileges severely locked down (no right click, access limited to Internet Explorer, Adobe Reader, and Windows Mail). On all of the other computers...

Have you updated the system to IE6 yet?

My work laptop used to dual-boot between XP and 7 (XP was the first partition, 7 the second). Today, I decided that I no longer had any need for XP, and wiped the partition, then moved the 7 partition and grew it so that it took up the entire drive. Now I am told that I no longer have a...

Doubtful. There's no domain controller, and if it was done just on the local machine, the network guys would try to get us fired (yeah, that makes no sense, but so does a lot of other stuff around here). Not to mention, when I say that the USB ports don't work, I mean that literally NOTHING...

Nobody can seem to find the driver disk that came with the computer. I downloaded the chipset drivers from Dell's website and tried that (a different link than the one above, since the computer has XP), but no luck. I checked with the guy I replaced in the IT department - he's 100% sure that...

Where I work, I have a laptop (Dell Latitude D520, C2D, 1GB RAM, etc. etc.) that inexplicably has no USB support in Windows (XP Pro SP3). I know for a fact that the USB ports do actually work because I can boot from USB devices. However, as soon as Windows starts, the USB ports do nothing...

Being that I'm a bit out of the loop on new hardware, I need some help putting together a decent-performing rig for a client of mine. I need case, motherboard, and CPU only and I'd like to keep it below $400. TIA.

Excellent movie, but... SPOILER: Good God, Clint Eastwood sings worse than Chuck Norris. Commence the joke-making. /SPOILER.

In iTunes itself, unfortunately not.

Bombich Software: Carbon Copy Cloner I've never used this program, only it's (now defunct) companion NetRestore, but it worked flawlessly.

See post title. All suggestions welcome (within reason that won't get me in serious hot water - keep in mind that I also WORK for my school.) TIA.

Item of note #1: NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER NEVER use Ndiswrapper unless a) no Linux driver exists for your card or b) it's so unstable that the developers tell you it's not yet ready for use. This is not the case with the 2200BG. Intel provides a very nice, very stable driver that is relatively...

That's what I was thinking, but for most people I know (especially this guy), the difference in price is imperceptible considering the power they want/need. School/school/work/work/work. Make that college, high school, work, side business, tutoring.

I'm helping a friend build a new machine, and he's a little out of the loop as far as what's good these days (further out of the loop than I am). I've finally convinced him that Intel is the way to go for his processor, but he asked "So, is there any reason to get AMD anymore?" So, is there?