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  • SNBForums Code of Conduct

    SNBForums is a community for everyone, no matter what their level of experience.

    Please be tolerant and patient of others, especially newcomers. We are all here to share and learn!

    The rules are simple: Be patient, be nice, be helpful or be gone!

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    Need help with funky MS networking services behavior

    Joe and K, Joe, great idea. I disabled both the Server and the file server services, and neither of those, I'm dismayed to say, dispensed with the Svchost issue. The source isn't obvious. I have not yet started it in safe mode without networking, but as I mentioned, the Svchost starts up...
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    Need help with funky MS networking services behavior

    Dear all, I have run this question by several forums so far, with darn near no response. I would like to think that SNB users have a good bead on these issues, and can at least help clarify the issue I'm experiencing, even if a conclusive diagnosis is elusive. I have run a full spectrum...
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    Time for an article! How easy is it to use Intel AMT?

    Hello everyone, I'm reinstalling Vista, and am finding three Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) firmware/drivers/app downloads available that weren't available when I first bought this laptop. I know that Intel has released the Software Developer's Kit (SDK) for this hardware-based...
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    Challenge: Best value multibay external enclosures & controllers?

    Just goes to show you too, how much more subtle things are when you're buying online. I've only ever seen pictures of the enclosures when pricing them -- never the PCIe cards that are included in the deal. Be nice if that were more obvious. On the other hand: Suppose they'd shown the PCIe...
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    Challenge: Best value multibay external enclosures & controllers?

    Makes very good sense. I am now approaching enlightenment! Ever hear that anecdote about the Zen master who walloped his pupils with a board when they were on the verge of enlightenment? I have a feeling that's how my first server build is going to go. Thanks, 00R! a.k.a.
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    Challenge: Best value multibay external enclosures & controllers?

    Thanks, 00Roush. The cases themselves can't function as servers without CPUs, motherboards, etc., which won't fit. I didn't realize -- if I am understanding you correctly -- that you can take the PCIe cards out of these setups and put them in a different setup (with room for CPU, motherboard...
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    Ofice setup

    That's a bummer, Bob. It's still possible he has his hands full with the day job, feels embarrassed about this, or forgot to subscribe to the thread. Any of those would fit me to a T. :D a.k.a.
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    Challenge: Best value multibay external enclosures & controllers?

    How do you build DAS that can convert into NAS? Thanks 00Roush, The Rosewill looked reliable -- it was good to hear your vote there. But then you start thinking, "This is still a little silly -- $40 on a single-drive enclosure? And why are these enclosures always maximum 1TB? Isn't it better...
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    Challenge: Best value multibay external enclosures & controllers?

    Thanks, 00Roush. Yes, I've read that, but you're right, I needed to re-read it to understand the port multiplier dimension of SATA/eSATA. Has anyone had good experiences with other brands? Is this really the case? That SansDigital is the only game in town that users have experience with...
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    Ofice setup

    Nicely put, Scotty! That's as succinct a statement as I've ever heard. And how about Networking 102?
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    Challenge: Best value multibay external enclosures & controllers?

    Just looked at them. You've used them? Thankfully, Newegg seems JUST to have added a section for "external enclosures." It never had one until now that I could ever find. Makes things slightly easier to compare. I'm trying to remember the really arcane details now. This is why I just find...
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    Rsync to Online Storage? Recommendations?

    Wow. Dividing things up does sound ideal. Can I just ask for clarification, however, out of unblissful ignorance? Which is it? You have a desktop and ... 1. One NAS hooked into the desktop, to which, at nighttime, you hook up your laptop, and using Acronis, do incremental backups to an...
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    Challenge: Best value multibay external enclosures & controllers?

    Hello everyone, I am looking for your advice on the best value in an external enclosure setup. This is hard to get good advice on. Even if you just have a site to point me to, I'll take that as a useful bit of advice. The purpose is to provide greater than 1TB backup space for a laptop...
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    Rsync to Online Storage? Recommendations?

    I know this is a sleeper of a thread, but I thought I'd pitch in here. It won't answer your question, but it will give you a necessary warning. I shopped around quite a lot for online backup, and all I can say is, its time has not yet come. My requirements were 1) 1+TB storage, 2) nothing...
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    Gigabit Ethernet Need-to-Know

    Tim, Roger, and Dennis, It's very helpful to hear all this. Thanks for jumping into the discussion. Maybe I'm misunderstanding how processors handle I/O activity, but where's the NAS storage server/client app that does what the torrents did for P2P? How about a backup app that takes...
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