Hardware & Devices

Justin Perez15-Jun-07 9:04

Justin Perez

15-Jun-07 9:04

Yeah, the only thing I'd be using this system for would be development. I was thinking of a Dell Inspirion E1505. It's cheap and it looks like it has what i'd need. Here are the processor and memory specs. I think this would suit my needs well. What do you think

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5300 (2MB Cache/1.73GHz/533MHz FSB)
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHZ, 2 DIMM

Also, I'd get windows vista(unfortunatley). Should I get Vista Buisness?

Dan Neely15-Jun-07 9:50

Dan Neely

15-Jun-07 9:50

Make sure you get a 7200rpm HD. The only concern with the Inspiron line is that they're not built as solidly as the latitudes and XPSes are. IF you leave the machine on your desk continually it's not a real concern but if you're going to be dragging it all over the place you really should spend the bit extra for sturdier components.

I'm not using it for development, but my home laptop is vista and I haven't had any real problems with it. IF you're concerned about it though, the business/ultimate licenses allow you to downgrade to XPpro legally.

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Dave Kreskowiak15-Jun-07 10:10

Dave Kreskowiak

15-Jun-07 10:10

Justin Perez wrote:
It's cheap

Need I say more?

Hard drive speed, RAM, and CPU are going to drive this more than anything. The bigger, badder, and faster you can get, the better, and longer it's going to last you before you have to upgrade again.

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J$15-Jun-07 10:19

15-Jun-07 10:19

If you are considering getting a Dell, you may want to check out the eDealInfo[^]. Every day I check out their site, they have deals on Dell computers. Also, make sure to check out the Coupons section, it could save you some cash Suspicious | :suss:

MatrixCoder16-Jun-07 6:27

16-Jun-07 6:27

Let me reword that. I've had no serious problems. I've had to replace a couple of parts, but they've always been really good about it. And they're a lot better than Gateway.

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#realJSOP27-Jun-07 1:43

#realJSOP

27-Jun-07 1:43

And max out the memory.

In other words, get a desktop instead.

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PC problem

Sahar11115-Jun-07 4:05

Sahar111

15-Jun-07 4:05

hi Guys,
Hope you are doing well, I would like to ask about a problem which i am encountering when ever i try to switch on my PC.
It give me this message:
" Isass.exe-system error"
"Insufficient System resources exist to complete the API."
so it is continuously starting up windows???/

Considering that before this problem occured i was having "Low disk space " message alarm was appearing all the time.
Please help me in resolving this serious problem, as i can't work on it at all.
Thank you,

Amit_bh15-Jun-07 4:24

Amit_bh

15-Jun-07 4:24

hello there I just came to know if this can help you ..

Recommendation for isass.exe:
DISABLE AND REMOVE isass.exe IMMEDIATELY. This process is most likely a virus or trojan. It is highly recommended to Run a Free Performance Scan to automatically optimize memory, CPU and Internet settings.

Regards

Amit Bhardwaj

Dave Kreskowiak15-Jun-07 4:36

Dave Kreskowiak

15-Jun-07 4:36

You probably are running low on disk space.

But, ISASS.EXE is a virus. You're probably going to have to start he machine in safe mode, delete that .EXE, free up a bit more space, and run a virus scan on the drive.

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Matthew Faithfull15-Jun-07 10:40

Matthew Faithfull

15-Jun-07 10:40

I don't think Isass is a virus, part of windows I think. I would try rebooting into Command Prompt, Safe Mode and deleting the pagefile. It's the disk file that contains virtual memory and I suspect in your case it's currupt hence the "low disk space". You may actually need to free some disk space as well.

Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.

Dave Kreskowiak16-Jun-07 14:47

Dave Kreskowiak

16-Jun-07 14:47

LSASS.exe is part of Windows, ISASS.exe is not.

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Mount manager and IOCTL_DISK_SET_DRIVE_LAYOUT problem

Matthew Faithfull28-Jun-07 7:15

Matthew Faithfull

28-Jun-07 7:15

Pressing or holding the F8 key during Boot up of your PC should get you a menu which will give you the option of various Safe Modes. I would select command prompt only and then delete the offending file from there. In the very unlikely event that this virus is so nasty that it manages to prevent itself from being deletable in this situation then a professional removal tool will be needed from one of the virus protection companies. McAfee's products are more or less useless so they tend to have to supply such tools for free for the viruses their standard products can't otherwise remove which makes them a good source for such things. Googling Isass should get you started.

Sorry to take so long to reply. I was away from the net for several days.

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Ugluk13-Jun-07 6:40

Ugluk

13-Jun-07 6:40

OS win2k , winXP

The problem is that after setting an partition entry with IOCTL_DISK_SET_DRIVE_LAYOUT the mount manager does not notify itself of the new volume arrival. All that it does is dismounting the volume that corresponds to the partition entry. The partition entry and content of the volume that it maps is in a consistent state.

To set it manually in the mountmanager we need the \harddiskvolumeXX DeviceName which is generated by the volume manager drivers(ftdisk.sys or dmio.sys)

Is there any user mode control code or method to force mountmgr to rescan volume list or to obtain \harddiskvolumeXX or force volume manager , partition manager or disk manager to do a rescan?

Thanks in advance

How I can konw the GetDevicePowerStatu() using what DLLs

Jone_liuVC10-Jun-07 22:23

Jone_liuVC

10-Jun-07 22:23

hi all,
I met a problem that I need know what DLLs the GetDevicePowerState() funtion using, because I found this API funtion runs fail in WINPE enviroment.
I think I have missing some important Dlls.

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Dos Real Mode and memory

tommypa7510-Jun-07 0:30

tommypa75

10-Jun-07 0:30

Hello everyone,

i'm trying to solve strange problem which occurs in my small program
the basic idea is: [i'm working currently on virtual pc in dos real mode + borland c++ 3.11]

1) user gives me address in memory like 0xf4abc3d4
2) i have to start execuing program from that address

in order to not hang pc i should put 'ret' instruction to that
address and then start executing my program. Any idea how to do this ?

i've already written some code but unfortunately i doesn't work
properly (sometimes pc hangs because i don't know how to put ret instruction
to the specified address in memory)

bellow is my snippet of code:

unsigned long long *ptr;
unsigned long long *a = (unsigned long long*)malloc(sizeof(unsigned long long));

cout << "Give an address in memory: ";
scanf("%x",a);

// get pointer to that address
ptr = (unsigned long long*)*a;

// make a jump to that address
asm {
mov ax, ptr
// how to put 'ret' instruction before making call ?
call ptr
}

Any help will be appreciated

Kind regards
tommy

Re: Dos Real Mode and memory

Paul Conrad13-Jul-07 13:37

Paul Conrad

13-Jul-07 13:37

Have you figured this out or still working on it?

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Plzz help

Sahar1119-Jun-07 8:24

Sahar111

9-Jun-07 8:24

Hi All,

I have got a serious problem in my Pc. When ever i switch it on ,it make "signing up windows" as if it was restarting over and over again ,i am not at all able to go to the start bar at all.
Can anybody please help
Thanks,

Sahar

Re: Plzz help

MatrixCoder11-Jun-07 17:37

how can I design network???

11-Jun-07 17:37

This should help:

Continuous Reboot Before Login.

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amitmistry_petlad 8-Jun-07 16:55

amitmistry_petlad

8-Jun-07 16:55

hi!
I want to design network for 25 pcs for students who worked on indivisual login(I mean different user)(client/server).Basically I am software related person.But now I have also worked on hardware and networking side.

Can any body help me or hint me how can I design?
if I use window server 2003 for server then which configuaration is required for clients????

or better to guide me some other network OS.

thanks in advance.

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MatrixCoder8-Jun-07 17:35

8-Jun-07 17:35

First, you'd be better off using Linux. It's great for networking and is so much easier to control, unlike Windows. This should get you started:

Google: Networking With Linux

Hope this helps!

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Neo: That's why it's going to work.

amitmistry_petlad 8-Jun-07 23:27

amitmistry_petlad

8-Jun-07 23:27

sir , I am working as faculty and programmer in the firm
so I have to designing the network as per the university rules. Linux is not in the syllabus so it is better provide me some idea on windows server 2003.

"Success lies not in the result , But in the efforts !!!!!"
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MatrixCoder9-Jun-07 13:23

9-Jun-07 13:23

Sorry about that. Try this instead:

Google: Networking With Windows 2003

Hope this helps.

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Neo: That's why it's going to work.

amitmistry_petlad 12-Jun-07 18:39

amitmistry_petlad

12-Jun-07 18:39

Thanks !
Can you provide me ebook for window sever 2003???
or provide me a link ???

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MatrixCoder12-Jun-07 18:57

12-Jun-07 18:57

EBooks are illegal, however Amazon.com has some good books: Windows Server 2003.

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Neo: That's why it's going to work.