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From: Stan Starinski on 9 Jan 2010 20:17 > I'm 54 years old and have been using PC's since they were invented So you started in 1976? By the way, Asus is not a bad brand, it's favored by techies, do-it-yourselves, etc., it's not a "cozy" brand like Apple. Their specialty is bare-bone motherboards for desktops, and sleek laptops with more substance, than appearance. Despite that I'll still buy an HP again, when it's time, for political reasons (too long to explain why). Second, Windows7's been perfect here, as well. I think you were having a bad day/bad luck, and no reason to blame either Asus or Windows7. When you write optical disks e.g. DVDR, be sure to select most conservative settings, without bells & whistles of "life file system", UDF and other invitations for trouble. Choose Mastering, Disk-at-Once, maximum compatibility and don't let it run too clos eot capacity limit, AND make sure long filenames are not nested too deeply inside filetrees., AND make sure your DVD writing software is set up to "verify" disk after writing. It takes a long time even on most pwerful computers, but if you write critical data, time is not the priority. Quality is.
From: RJK on 9 Jan 2010 20:34 "Stan Starinski" <China(a)stealsUSJobsPatentsSoftwareMusicVideo> wrote in message news:ep$dsKZkKHA.4912(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... >> I'm 54 years old and have been using PC's since they were invented > > So you started in 1976? > By the way, Asus is not a bad brand, it's favored by techies, > do-it-yourselves, etc., it's not a "cozy" brand like Apple. Their > specialty is bare-bone motherboards for desktops, and sleek laptops with > more substance, than appearance. > Despite that I'll still buy an HP again, when it's time, for political > reasons (too long to explain why). > > Second, Windows7's been perfect here, as well. > > I think you were having a bad day/bad luck, and no reason to blame either > Asus or Windows7. > When you write optical disks e.g. DVDR, be sure to select most > conservative settings, without bells & whistles of "life file system", UDF > and other invitations for trouble. > Choose Mastering, Disk-at-Once, maximum compatibility and don't let it run > too clos eot capacity limit, AND make sure long filenames are not nested > too deeply inside filetrees., AND make sure your DVD writing software is > set up to "verify" disk after writing. > It takes a long time even on most pwerful computers, but if you write > critical data, time is not the priority. Quality is. hi :-) ...can't really remember year - 1st PC was 8086 8mhz with 512kb+128kb=640kb ...oh those wonderful days when one fought with Quarterdeck to get everything stuffed into that high memory area ! ...and manually configuring DOS 3.2's himem.sys and emm386.exe etc ! (extended mem. manager and expanded memory manager etc. !) DOS 2.1 and another OS was shipped with it ...until MSDOS won the day ! Asus x5DIJ looks and feels lovely, and Windows 7 is responsive and lovely but, why on earth I'm here at 1:30am still waiting for this "AI Recovery" software to produce 4 x DVD's is somewhat disappointing to say the least ! regards, Richard
From: C.Joseph Drayton on 10 Jan 2010 21:39 On 1/10/2010 7:26 PM, Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] wrote: > Stop it, > you are making me feel old! > LOL ;) > Russ > I hate to tell you this Russ but, if you remember all of that stuff . . . YOU ARE OLD!!!!!! Me of course, I am still a kid so I guess I must have read all that stuff somewhere <LOL>. Sincerely, C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T CSD Computer Services Web site: http://csdcs.site90.net/ E-mail: c.joseph(a)csdcs.site90.net
From: Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] on 10 Jan 2010 22:05 LOL Thanks a lot! I'm not old, I'm well seasoned :) Watch the Movie War Games With the IMSAI 8080 http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/imsai-8080/index.html My College Professor had one. I was jealous Russ -- Russell Grover - SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] Microsoft Gold Certified Partner Microsoft Certified Small Business Specialist World Wide 24hr SBS Remote Support - http://www.SBITS.Biz Microsoft Online Services - http://www.microsoft-online-services.com "C.Joseph Drayton" <c.joseph(a)csdcs.site90.net> wrote in message news:hie314$6hu$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > On 1/10/2010 7:26 PM, Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] wrote: >> Stop it, >> you are making me feel old! >> LOL ;) >> Russ >> > I hate to tell you this Russ but, if you remember all of that stuff . . . > > YOU ARE OLD!!!!!! > > Me of course, I am still a kid so I guess I must have read all that stuff > somewhere <LOL>. > > Sincerely, > C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T > > CSD Computer Services > > Web site: http://csdcs.site90.net/ > E-mail: c.joseph(a)csdcs.site90.net
From: Bill in Co. on 11 Jan 2010 00:17
C.Joseph Drayton wrote: > On 1/10/2010 7:26 PM, Russ SBITS.Biz [SBS-MVP] wrote: >> Stop it, >> you are making me feel old! >> LOL ;) >> Russ >> > I hate to tell you this Russ but, if you remember all of that stuff . . . > > YOU ARE OLD!!!!!! > > Me of course, I am still a kid so I guess I must have read all that > stuff somewhere <LOL>. > > Sincerely, > C.Joseph Drayton, Ph.D. AS&T LOL. Let's face it, we must be old! Not only from remembering all that, but from witnessing the "changes" in society. But that's another (and a sad) story. |