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    Got A Business IT Problem That Needs Solving?

    32 bit software on 64 bit system Title: 32 bit software on 64 bit system Submitted by: Michael, Nelson County, Virginia The Background: I own a small structural engineering consulting firm. We do a lot of CAD work and structural analysis. My CAD software is old – AutoCad 2000 – but it’s...
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    Daily Broadband Slowdown - It was the NAS!

    It WAS Verizon and NOT the NAS! Ok. I duped myself. http://forums.smallnetbuilder.com/images/smilies/redface.gif Itwas a total coincidence that the broadband speed picked up when I turned off the NAS. I called Verizon again, and they were having some sort of problem in the evenings. We're...
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    Daily Broadband Slowdown - It was the NAS!

    Hello. I've got a Maxtor Central Axis NAS with 2T. For the past week or so, my Verizon DSL broadband speed was dropping off from about 2000 kbps to around 200 to 300 kbps, sometimes dropping to zero. This was happening every day at about 6:00 pm. I have no backups, scans, or any other...
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    FAT32 Formatting Failure for USB backup drive

    That's got it! Thanks! Thanks Tim! I followed your advice, and reconnected to the Windows machine, and deleted the partition. I then plugged back in to the Central Axis. Here's the interesting little wrinkle though. If I go to the "format" page of the web interface (for the plugged in USB...
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    FAT32 Formatting Failure for USB backup drive

    Hello all. I've got a Maxtor Central Axis 2TB NAS, shared by a very generous friend. I've been trying to backup the NAS files, or some of them, to a Maxtor one touch 250 gb drive that I've had for awhile (plugged into the NAS via USB). First time I plugged in the One Touch, I got the message...
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    Parallel Port Print Server?

    Thanks Mr. Higster! I'll check it out. M Curry
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    Parallel Port Print Server?

    Hello all, My first post here. I've briefly browsed thru some posts here, and this would seem like a simple one for you guys. I'm a consulting engineer working from home. I'm working toward a NAS to replace an old file server (old dell) but that old file server also acts as a print...
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