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  1. Dual mode booting

    If that is the way you choose to go I would suggest a removable drive bay enclosure.We have systems like that at tech school that have removable hard drive bays,....tha drives screw into a plastic housing and go in and out like drawers in a dresser. they also have locks to keep them from coming...
  2. Dual mode booting

    Just wanted to add it woud seem that there would be a need for a dual and or quad core processor to use more than 4gb of memory at one time on a 32 bit operating system, dual core would allow win 7 to run 2 programs simultaneously on one processor,...quad cores could theoretically run 4 such...
  3. Dual mode booting

    Thats a good question,.I'll have to research it some here,Signage. Xp by default will not access more than 4 gb of ram so I don't think they would have rewritten the program just for that.Virtual machines only emulate processors and hardware environments so the os can run in a simulated...
  4. Dual mode booting

    Compatibility mode works for a lot of programs in the 32 bit versions of windows 7 but you'll need to run virtual xp in order for the 32 bit drivers to function in 64 bit windows 7. edited to add,...a 32 bit operating system can only recognize 4 gb of ram,... thats it no more. If you want to...
  5. Scanner

    You don't say which OS you are running but if I were you I would be sure to check that the scanner is compliant with "windows image acquisition"(WIA) before I spent any money. It seems Mickeysoft in their infinite wisdom decided to change the way scanners work when they went to vista from xp...
  6. Dual mode booting

    There are several options to dual boot,all you really need is the proper partitions for the boot sequence of each OS. I can personally boot into linux, ubuntu win xp or win7 here. I have to do this in order for my studies at tech school here so it is not by my choosing. Some of the folks at...
  7. Locate Utilities

    Seems awhile back I was working for the sign division of the local awning company here and we had a work order for an install,...well the boss got a rush call for the install and we told him we were waiting for the underground locators service to mark the site first. No no no that was stupid and...
  8. Win98 install over XP? HELP!!!

    I would download a copy of super fdisk then and use that to partition and format the drive,..http://www.ptdd.com/manual2.htm
  9. Win98 install over XP? HELP!!!

    ddarlak is correct ,...win 98 will only use fat32 whereas win xp uses ntfs ,....you need to partition and format the drive when you install win 98 ,..it should be an option in the install,...
  10. Arthritis anyone???

    Go see a doctor,..They pay to go to school for over twelve years in most places and then have to prove their ability as an intern. There are many side effect of arthritis and one is fatigue. If you take the meds doctors prescribe it may and or may not completely affect the affliction but it...
  11. Does this guy seem alittle odd?

    RUN Forest,...RUN !!!!
  12. image redirects to adult site

    another way to fix this in firefox is to check the box in the tools menu/options/advanced/accessibility menu "to warn me if the site redirects me to a new page or tries to reload" this will open a toolbar at the top f the page like pop-ups do with an allow button and or an x to close the...
  13. my laptopis running very slow online....need suggestions

    before you go for a reinstall or recovery setup check your power options,..some laptops will switch components to a low power setting to conserve battery power such as the wireless adapter etc.,...it might just be the thing has done exactly what you or the factory told it to do,...go figure,...
  14. Okay... Who took my straight edge?

    We used to blame the constant theft of tools in our shop on the "Sign Shop Bandit",...He is a lousy thief,... but he sure can hide stuff,.....
  15. Finger print reader

    we have had a couple of those readers go bad on laptops at school,..all you have to do to bypass them is disable the device in the rom bios and or remove the motherboard battery to short the bios password to access the setting,...locks are for honest people,.....and locksmiths usually can get...
  16. FC7000 pen down???????????

    you need to check the pen carriage for debris that might hinder the up and down movement on your pen(or blade holder) some times a cleaning with alchohol on a q-tip will get rid of any old vinyl scrap that may have gotten stuck to it when a cut goes bad and we've all had one sooner or later that...
  17. Asphaltum Alternative for Gold Leaf?

    alsphaltum is basically a varnish made from bitumen,...it is basically refined tar roofing cement if you strain it and thin it properly the old fashioned roofing patch should suffice,..check the contents on the label and be sure it is traditional oil and asphaultum based,not the newer water...
  18. round man

    hello hightop I am roundman on this forum but my real name is Tim Barrow and I live in...

    hello hightop I am roundman on this forum but my real name is Tim Barrow and I live in Winston-salem if you want you can give me a call at 336-655-7101 ,...maybe we can get together on some work and or be a resource for business purposes,..just a thought,...I always like to enlarge my business...
  19. How many of you do work for Fire and Emergency?

    Over the years I did well over a hundred firetrucks for a dealer in South Carolina. It included alot of gold leaf ,hand lettering and some pictorial work on some malteese crosses. Then one day the dealership bought a couple of rolls of sign gold and a plotter deciding they could do it themselves...
  20. How did you get into sign making?

    I was always talented at art in school and received several awards in high school including a scholarship to the NC govorner's school for the art dept. During Jr. high my dad made me work in a sign shop one summer to keep me off the streets in the seedy working class neighborhood I grew up...
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