http://www.winextra.com/forums/forum/7 Bring back the eXtra in Windows en-US Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:23:23 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.winextra.com/forums/search.php http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10793#post-54058 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:51:14 +0000 Billy 54058@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>Netgear seems to be taking a dive. Just spent over an hour setting up a customer's simple cable modem and wireless router. First, wouldn't work at all. Started thinking the new router was defective. Replaced the cat5 that came with the router and the ethernet connection started working. No wireless. After a dozen resets, I acquired the latest firmware for the router. Major change. New UI to learn. Still no wireless. Back to thinking the router is bad. "Limited connectivity". Grr. 3 resets and re-do of all info later, it starts working. </p> <p>What a headache. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10733#post-53766 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 05:28:13 +0000 ChadMan 53766@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1nmyy_how-to-make-a-mouse-work-in-mid-air_tech" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1nmyy_how-to-make-a-mouse-work-in-mid-air_tech</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10682#post-53518 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 14:36:05 +0000 moosepucky 53518@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>Another Newegg limited deal (few hours only).</p> <p>SATA III Corsair SSD</p> <p>90 gig so would be good for a C:\ (OS drive)</p> <p>I have been using a pci-e card based 100 gig SSD (raid 0) for a while and I can tell you it makes a BIG difference in overall performance to use an SSD for your OS and software.</p> <p>Not sure how $99 fits in (price wise) so make up your own mind</p> <p><a href="http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.newegg.com/Special/ShellShocker.aspx</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10669#post-53415 Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:13:19 +0000 moosepucky 53415@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>Good price ($249.99 + $5 shipping) from Woot on this scanner.</p> <p><a href="http://www.woot.com/sale/neatdesk-desktop-scanner-and-digital-filing-system-2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.woot.com/sale/neatdesk-desktop-scanner-and-digital-filing-system-2</a></p> <p>Nice piece of kit if you need something like this.</p> <p>Manufactures site with more details:</p> <p><a href="http://www.neat.com/products/neatdesk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.neat.com/products/neatdesk</a></p> <p>I'm looking for a win 7 x64 compatible flat bed otherwise would get this one. </p> <p>My canoscan 5000F has no x64 windows drivers. I need the ability to scan things other than paper.</p> <p>Anyone know if there are any Canoscan 5000F drivers out there somewhere? </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10656#post-53296 Sun, 16 Oct 2011 13:45:48 +0000 dontor 53296@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>Uo to six times, so says this article. Sometimes I just gotta wonder WTH someone was thinking when they came up with this.</p> <p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8827734/Table-salt-multiplies-hard-disk-space-six-times.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/8827734/Table-salt-multiplies-hard-disk-space-six-times.html</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10610#post-53091 Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:10:14 +0000 Nate 53091@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>FYI<br /> <a href="http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/23/ocz_synapse_cache/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/23/ocz_synapse_cache/</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10579#post-52941 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 10:51:21 +0000 Garry 52941@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/3pextkg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/3pextkg</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10569#post-52897 Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:04:05 +0000 Nate 52897@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p>A common one is no faster than SATA 2.0</p> <p><a href="http://techgage.com/article/battle_of_the_sata_30_controllers/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://techgage.com/article/battle_of_the_sata_30_controllers/</a> </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10522#post-52663 Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:49:52 +0000 Nate 52663@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218881/Start_up_to_release_stone_like_optical_disc_that_lasts_forever" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9218881/Start_up_to_release_stone_like_optical_disc_that_lasts_forever</a></p> <p>It's a ROM or Write Once Read Many disk. The material is not disclosed but it can be dipped in liquid nitrogen and then into boiling water with no data loss. At last! I've ruined more disks than I can remember when I accidentally did that.</p> <p>It supports Blue Ray, too, but does require a special writer which for now only writes at 4X,</p> <p>I guess <em>forever</em> means until disks are no longer supported (coming soon). So in a couple of decades you dig out a old reader and find that there's no longer an interface and drivers for your computer. And so on. </p> http://www.winextra.com/forums/topic/10482#post-52448 Tue, 19 Jul 2011 06:19:36 +0000 ChadMan 52448@http://www.winextra.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://scottiestech.info/2010/02/05/how-to-increase-your-laptops-battery-life-a-lot-with-crystalcpuid/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://scottiestech.info/2010/02/05/how-to-increase-your-laptops-battery-life-a-lot-with-crystalcpuid/</a> </p>