01:52 by Robert Ilbrink?.

Great show Leo. You often tell listeners to stay off the dark side of the internet. Up till now that was not easy. Did you know that there is a good plugin for various browsers that will tell you if you can trust a website? I use it and it is great. The website is: www.siteadvisor.com

01:58 by Robert Ilbrink?.

Oh, b.t.w. it could be that you mentioned this earlier on one of your shows, but I only listen to the podcast and your podcast is released long after the actual show. Even if you had them published immediately, I would probably not be able to listen immediately since I am subscribed to more than 90 other podcasts…and I am running behind…

03:55 by Martyn King?.

Leo,

I am an avid listener from Sydney, Australia. I suffer the same issue as Robert here with the podcast being released approx. 3 weeks after the actual air date. Firstly, why does is there such a delay and isn’t there any way that the process could be shortened to a week perhaps like the show archives made available directly though this site? Also is it possible to publish the Skype details on the site as telephoning in on he regular telephone number (800 520 1 KFI) is not possible for me as the call costs would be astronomical.
Keep up the great show

10:08 by Listener_RV?.

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now passes the Acid browser test.
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Note: Safari (Mac OSX) is the only other browser to also pass the acid test.

11:26 by Larry?.

Leo, I have a small company that uses the xp operating system, Having used windows system’s from windows 3.1 through nt, I have no real problems with xp system, My 10 desktops use xp and are on 24 hr’s a day. I am in no hurry to up-grade.

11:32 by Tony Myers?.

Windows Vista delayed? Not that big a deal to me. I wasn’t all that anxious to do the hardware upgrade anyways. XP works and I practice safe computing so I don’t have any major security concerns right now.

I’d say that for me it’s all about content these days. The plumbing doesn’t matter as much. Of course the OS needs to keep up with the times, but I’m not sitting on pins and needles waiting for the next upgrade. Yeah, I’d agree it’s kind of a yawner.

11:40 by Greg.

TRY LOOKING OUTSIDE THE BOX !

My computer was shutting off all by it self a the same time every morning. After about two weeks of logging the exact time, checking all the software possibilities and removing one hard drive and replacing it with another - then changing the motherboard, I figured the problem - My power company was switching something on the grid at that same time of day everyday. The small serge or most likely drop caused the computer to abruptly shut off !!

11:48 by .

Computer Shuts Off on Wednesday

Back in the early 70′s I had a customer whose computer shut down every Friday at 6:00pm. Turned out the power company switched electric networks at this time every week. His shut down could be an actual electrical spike. There is expensive power monitoring test equipment for this, but that is overkill in this case. He might plug a digital clock into the same line (remove battery back up) and see if it starts blinking when his computer turns off.
Good Luck

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11:59 by oepapel?.

Hi Leo,

I just tried using your suggestion regarding sfc /scannow. It ran and then told me it needed my Windows XP install CD. Well, My install CD is original, no SP1 or SP2. I do NOT want it installing system files from my install disc and downgrading to before SP2. This looks like a giant pitfall in the program.

12:01 by Bobert.

Macs and Linux boxes are nice. But the real truth is that the majority of software is coded for the PC (with apologies to WINE). Top-end games or apps are usually not available for Mac or Linux.

12:23 by Shalf?.

USB Bus Power

USB Hubs (including the ones built into computer motherboards) are required to provide 5 Volts at at least 100 mA to the devices.

A device may not draw more than 100 mA from the hub without permission from the hub. If given permission it may draw up to 500 mA. If the hub doesn’t give permission for full power, the device is allowed to turn itself off and refuse to operate.

So, powered hubs (and motherboards) will generally allow 500 mA on each port.
Unpowered hubs generally are limited to 4 ports: they request 500 mA from their host, and give 100 mA to each of their ports (using 100 mA internally).

12:31 by Dean Penderghast, Consultant?.

Hey Shalf:

That’s good to know. I do have a powered USB Hub 4 port hub and the power is connected to the hub. But if I have the Radio Shark plugged in and then plug in my I/O Magic external 2.5 80gig HDD, the HDD will not come up. If I unplug the Radio Shark then plug in the drive, it does come up. Is there something I can run or use to test how much power a USB port is drawing? This might be a good tool to use with clients as well.
Thanks!

12:34 by Bill from bakersfield?.

I have never used a MAC, I have always used Windows and Leo Laporte is right, If you want to get away from a Bad OS you need to use somthing other than Windows. I have NO COMPLAINT about Leo. He has the best windows help on the radio, as well as other TECK Info. I may move to a MAC someday, But I love keeping my 6 windows home computers working for now.

PS — I LOVE MY IPOD - UH-OH

12:34 by Bobert.

For oepapel: try checking out http://www.autostreamer.com

Slipstream your original XP cd to SP2. A service pack DOES replace or update system files. XP is based on NT.

12:35 by Dean Penderghast - Consultant?.

Scott:

Right click on My Computer, then click on Manage. Now click on + sign next to “Services and Applications” on the left hand side. Now click on the Services option. On the right hand side, look for a service called “Wireless Zero Configuration” and double click on it. Now change the ‘Startup Type’ from Automatic to Manual. If you want, click on the STOP button as well to stop the service right now.

By changing the service from Automatic to Manual, this service will not load up when your system boots up.
Hope that helps.

12:38 by Shalf?.

Hi Dean.

Heard your question, that is a mystery. Given that your hub is powered it should have enough power for all the ports. It sounds like one of these devices is misbehaving, either the hub doesn’t really have enough capacity or one of those two devices is drawing more than is allowed.

I don’t know of an easy plug in diagnostic tool. I’ve used a USB cable cut open to allow me to measure the current.

12:44 by Lynellia?.

Why hurry for Windows Vista? Every time a new version of Windows comes out, PC experts tell us to upgrade, then with each newer version, we get more miserable headaches to deal with. Let’s wait, wait, wait, and see, see, see. Doesn’t Microsoft have a bunch of hackers to see if they can break their OS before release. Why isn’t hardware firewalls and such built into PCs? I still like Windows 3x/9x because it runs older software for kids that is not bloated, but then there were OS stability issues. Newer Windows are more stable but with lots of other headaches, and newer software is bloated. After we’ve been burned a few times, we should have learned our lesson. Should’nt we?

12:56 by .

Leo,

Most text in books and on documents are either 10 or 12 point. You can scan at 300 dpi (black and white) and this should work fine. For smaller text, your caller will need to go to 350 dpi or 400 dpi. I run into this with older text books. There is also the issue of scanning brightness and contrast. Many document scanners have an auto setting for this.

I have been using Abbyy FineReader for over a year now (current version is 8) and process anywhere from 3000 to 10,000 pages a day (per batch) and found this program to be near bullet proof and accurate. The batch processing is very efficient. I set up the process after scanning, let it run and forget about it. Most of my batch runs are multi page .tiff images conversions to PDF image over text files. I wish it had some more flexibility, but overall, it is a great program.
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12:58 by 3ghz?.

I don’t see why Leo has to tout macs, and others tout Windows. Every OS has advantages and disadvantages. For example, macs are more secure, but Windows has many more apps available. We should focus on giving strengths and weaknesses on operating systems, not saying that Windows is nothing compared to Macs, or Macs suck. Because all that is going on on Leo’s radio show and the comments section of this web page is that people are touting spacific os’s. I’m not trying to flame anybody, I’m just giving my opinion. P.s. I’m talking to you too, Leo.

• It doesn’t do any good to have a zillion apps if your box is so infected that you can’t do anything with it.
• On this show, Leo specifically said that advanced users can get away with ANY OS. Newbies will have to make a huge investment in time (if not money as well) to make a Windoze box secure.
• He also said that any Unix system can be made more secure than any Windoze system — and that a Mac (OS X is Unix) is easier at this OUT OF THE BOX.

12:58 by Bobert.

Running Vista Beta2 on an Athlon Xp 2000; 512 Mb RAM ; 64 Mb 8X AGP(DirectX 8.0); ATA 100 HDD. Hmmm.. comparison would be running XP on P2/3 with 256 Mb of ram. Kind of pokey. Vista requires a DirectX 9.0 video card and at least 1Gb of RAM. Plus a fast CPU..oh and a SATA drive. Maybe you should just buy a new PC?

13:02 by John T?.

Leo,

Your last caller should check his Windows Firewall or his software firewall if one is installed.

13:11 by Janet.

For this person who wants to run Linux on his Mac, he can try Slackintosh. I’ve never used it, but it might be a start.

13:29 by Dennis?.

what was the entry for the hidden control panel? something that Leo said “control users 2″????

13:32 by Richard in West Covina?.

Start>run

type:
control userpasswords2
hit ENTER key

13:33 by Dennis?.

Thanks Richard.

13:40 by Bobert.

I’m not a big Mac fan. But then, I’m a techie. I like turning knobs and pushing buttons. For the average user, a Mac is easier to learn than a Linux box or a PC. But software for Macs is lame. It’s like going to an old video store and being limited to the Beta section. You look over at all those neat VHS titles….Fedora Core 5 has been released.

 “Software for Mac is lame?”
 There are more cool and usable open source softwares
 on Mac OS X compared to Windows.

13:51 by David?.

I’m sure one can find many faults in Dell, HP, Sony and Gateway etc… hardware.

14:00 by Bobert.

http://www.linux.org/ You can try a Live Evaluation CD/DVD of many different Linux distributions. No install needed, runs in memory off of your cd or dvd player. Excellent way to test your hardware for compatibility with different distros.

14:46 by Dean Penderghast - Consultant?.

I heard Leo talk about a website that will send a CD of a Linux system with the best of the best on it. I don’t see that posted yet, so can someone give me that website please?

  http://www.google.com/search?q=ubuntu

16:31 by John?.

Someone with a Dell comp had to keep using system restore disc. could be the actual cd/dvd disc drive is at falt. I had a comp with a bad dvd drive would install windows xp all seemed well until sertin activites were performed. Then because of missing files/? . System seemed fine till running a game that would crash to desktop.

17:19 by WALDO.

I am very happy with XP my system is well maintained and i seldom have any Bugs when i get one i usualy catch it very Fast and eliminate it. Most of the Problems i Have is between Hardware and 3rd Party software Clashes. I also keep all the Neighbors up and running and i have located many problems in thier computers Compaq and Dell and our ISP could not FIX ,,,Win 98 is ok to if you Know how to use it.. Most Problems are not the OS it is the USER.. if i update i think i will wait till 2008 or 2009 Maby they will have the Kinks out By THEN

19:15 by Gilbert?.

Recently, I had a customer whose DSL would go down about 7pm every night, and stay off until morning. Worked great all day.

It turned out he had a ‘Dusk to Dawn’ lamp plugged in very near to his wireless router, and even though the desktop was using the wired portion, the interferance shut down the router.

19:20 by Gilbert.

Oh, and the shortcut for the Run box is just Windows key, and ‘R’ key. “Windows, Run”

I will have to try the AT command, sounds like a great tool.

19:20 by Waldo?.

For ERIC the Guy Who wanted to copy settings for Desktop ,fonts ,,,Go to tools - Folder options - View tab and put a dot in the show hidden files and folders click ok Then open C drive in My Computer Then open Documents and settings Open his user file and he should see application Data and Local settings then use a burning program to copy those to disk take the disk copy and replace the folders back to the restored or second Computer. Or he could copy the WHOLE Documents and settings Folder and he would have Everything.

19:48 by 3ghz?.

I’m posting this again because someone deleted my post. For those who claim that Leo is anti-windows and and are saying that anti-mac posts are being deleted while anti-windows posts aren’t, I did an experiment. I sent one anti-mac post and one anti-windows post. Both were deleted extremely quickly. So shut up all you apple fanboys and ms fanboys.

22:34 by JZA.

Interesting, the called from the guy that was asking about Wireless compatibility with Ubuntu didnt show up in the show summary.

Well here is the answer I gave at leo’s forum which is pretty good straight from the Ubuntu Wiki:
3com 3CRSHPW196
3com 3CRWE154G72
AtlantisLand A02-WP-54G
Cisco Aironet 4800,35x
Dell Truemobile 1150
D-Link DWL-650
D-Link DWL-G520
D-Link DWL-520+
D-Link DWL-650+
HP WL220 PCI
Linksys WPC 11 (Ver.3)
NetGear WG511T
US Robotics WIreless Turbo Pc Card 5410
A-Link WLAN54MB
Original link

06:35 by MartyinIowa?.

For HDMI switchers (2×1 or preorder 5×1) and cables galore, try monoprice.com

12:07 by mattbr?.

Ray in Temecula,

If you can’t remember your passwords or, in your case they randomly change weekly, instead of reformatting try this utility: Offline NT Password & Registry Editor
It’s a Linux boot disk with a utility to edit and reset the NT/XP password file (hive). Best part, it’s FREE.

19:33 by Drm?.

did leo talk about”phantom i boss” or something. it limits time on the internet and can track websites?? he uses it for his daughter for safe surfing etc. i remember him saying it was hardware and not software.??

  Search this page for “Sponsors” or “iPhantom”.

12:20 by Dan.

Dan’s momma raised a fool!

07:29 by george-george?.

The system shutdown can be affected by the 115 VAC from the wall outlet. Most power supplies have a number of protection circuits built into them. The resolution and proof that this is the problem can be difficult to ascertain. I recommend a Un-interruptible Power source to resolve this problem. The cost is low and the UPS is worth the additional protection provided even if this isn’t the problem.

22:00 by Colin?.

for Eric in Bakersfield, try using microsofts synctoy. it saves all your individual settings in XP, which sounds like what you want to do. I found this program very useful, when backing up before re-installing.

22:02 by Colin?.

for Eric in Bakersfield, try using microsofts synctoy. it saves all your individual settings in XP, which sounds like what you want to do. I found this program very useful, when backing up before re-installing.

18:41 by Mike.

Re Windows Vista.

I think these days most of us are very unexcited by our Operating system. Its just an enabler that allows us to get on the ‘net, or do email, play games etc.

So most of us don’t care about the OS itself.

I think what will happen is that Vista will be released whenever it is and when we buy a new computer we’ll get it then. The rest of us wont’ bother upgrading until we buy something like a game or new hardware that ONLY runs on Vista and we’re forced to upgrade. This is what happend to many people I know that moved from Windows 2000 to XP.