Recent content by woutertal

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    Backing up

    Xp-pro offers the NT backup utility (system tools). This utility rocks! You can use it just for data backup, but it also quite nicely backs up system state data (register hives etc). I guess that where it really becomes handy is when you have a system crash or if you want to migrate yr disk...
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    Funny Picture Thread

    Henyman.... Keep it cool mate. Remove the pic. This thread is supposed to be funny. Gonaads is right. Remove it please.
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    zonealarm being so damn annoying

    Zonealarm's effeiciency is doubted by many, they say hackers have a good laugh when they find a potential victim running ZA. Use Sygate! It's free and excellent.
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    Can I STOP an unused harddrive from within xp-pro?

    Thanks for the tip, I might have to do that or buy another drive. I was wondering however if there would be some software or command that could stop the drive.. If windows can shut all drives down, it might be able to shut only one down as well..
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    Can I STOP an unused harddrive from within xp-pro?

    I use it periodically for backups, so pulling the plug and putting it back everytime is a bit too much.. No, it's a Samsung :)
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    Can I STOP an unused harddrive from within xp-pro?

    I have an old noisy HD :eek: on my system that I only use for backups. The high-pitch noise is driving me mad. Is there a way to stop the disk running, without affecting the way my other HD runs? :confused: In power options any setting seems to apply to all drives together. Or is the only...
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    Valid net speed tweak?

    Hi there! This is my first post. Congrats to everybody with a great forum. :) I have been testing this tweak on a 1-way satellite system with 1 MB/s in a LAN, for about two weeks. On the LAN interfaces I cannot detect any change in speed. On the DVB interface though, I have a...
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