Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sat May 14 20:16:41 CDT 2011
It is a situation that can go either way when it comes to installing it in the home for basically home use. Is it a business because you do some business on your computers or is it just home use as in most cases a person would just use the equipment for pleasure. If the computers, in question, reside in an office and are only used for business then it is clear cut business use. Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Helmut Kotsch Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 2:09 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here-Update 4 It is my understanding that "DriveImage XML" is free only for private use. For commercial use you have to buy the Commercial Edition. Helmut -----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]Im Auftrag von Jim Lawrence Gesendet: Samstag, 14. Mai 2011 22:52 An: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues' Betreff: Re: [dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here -Update 4 I can send you an image file of a PE boot CD with a copy of DriveImage XML on it. Just write the image to a CD using any number of Nero type apps. Once done you can just boot up any computer, from the resultant CD and you can easily create a perfect bootable image of the current computer. The image can be created on any drive attached through USB or NIC connection. Using DriveImage XML, a free program, either the entire image, or directories or just individual files can be exported from the resultant image file. I know clients who keep a series of images for certain types of computers in their office, stored on their main server and these image files can just deploy for a new worker, through the LAN. I would think this would be a great system for a student training class scenario where you have no wish to have to fix a box once a student has finished doing all sort of horrible things on it...just re-image the box at the end of each course. ;-) Jim -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 1:25 PM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here -Update 4 Hi Jim, Thanks for the compliment - but, aren't you the one who pointed me in the right direction to begin with? Good idea to save a complete image. I've been meaning to learn about that. I guess this is the time. I do have all the router and network settings recorded. Student computer: yes, my home business is Tall Pines Computer Training. I also make house calls. T Jim Lawrence wrote: > Impressive and now I know where to come if I ever get in a sticky router and > network problems. > > I have one suggestion, words of wisdom (which I have rarely followed... > except in with businesses) and that is to create a complete image of NEW > perfect computer and store it. In theory when the computer fails, and it > will; it should be easy to re-install. Also save the router setting as that > sure makes it easy to recover from a hardware failure. > > "Student Computer"; are you doing onsite training at your home? > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris > Fields > Sent: Saturday, May 14, 2011 7:17 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] SOLVED!! Not Sure Quite What I'm Dealing With Here - > Update 4 > > Hello All, > > I thought I would finish the story. The Fields-Family computer has been > completely re-established. It took doing the reformatting and > reinstallation sequence twice - not sure why, but there were other > details going wrong, too, that may have had an impact. Anyway, first I > copied all the data files, documents, photos, music, videos, etc. from > the Fields-Family computer to an external hard drive. Then, I did the > complete re-installation of WinXP-SP2, with full reformat of the hard > drive. Then, I did the SP3 update. I re-established drivers for the > peripheral equipment. I set up the Admin account separate from the > Family account. I got Vipre installed, running, and regular scans > scheduled. Their copy of Office 2003 was not their original disk set > and they had no idea where the original set was. I had a spare set, so > I used that. > > Along the way, I noticed that the wireless network connection kept > dropping. You already know that my DL-415 router at the POE was failing > and I replaced it with a NetGear WNDR3400 router. Well, the DL-415 in > my office was also dropping the signal - I watched my link status > monitor and saw the signal drop out, then come back, repeatedly. So, > there is now a new WNDR3400 in my office, too. Also, I noted that the > USB wireless adapter on the Fields-Family computer wasn't functioning. > I replaced that with another new NetGear adapter. While I was buying > that, the store manager asked me if I wanted to invest $7 for a > three-year replacement guarantee, in case anything went wrong, or the > USB connector broke - and I burst out laughing, because that was exactly > what had happened to the old one. It had apparently been bumped - no > surprise there, with active kids and the adapter sticking out from the > front of the computer - and the connector had a nice slope to it at > about a 5-degree angle, rather than parallel to the rest of the body of > the device. So, yes, I bought the additional guarantee. This new > adapter came with a cradle, so, I used a USB port in the back of the > tower and placed the adapter in its cradle on a shelf above the > work-station. > > With all this new equipment, I reconstructed the entire wireless network > - starting with the router at the POE. With my new computer in my lap > and both new WNDR3400 routers sitting on the floor, I set the first one > up, named it, and created a new SSID name - made note of all the > settings. Then, I set the second one up, named it, and joined it to the > new SSID - made note of all the settings. This router is > cable-connected to the first router, no placed back in my office where > it belongs. The DL-415 router in the garage apartment is still working > fine. All the IP addresses are as they should be, and the 128-bit > security key is established for the whole network. It's working > beautifully, now. > > I've almost finished transferring the files and programs that I use all > the time to my new computer. This five-year-old one will probably > become one of my student computers here in the little classroom I have > in my home office, or maybe it will serve as a sort of backup machine to > use when I don't want to risk harm to the new computer - haven't > decided, yet. > > Just wanted to let you know I got it all working again, and corrected > some errors along the way - such as making sure the girls are not > working in an administrator level user profile, and their wireless > adapter is out of harm's way - things like that. Larry is working on > the bookcase and work station construction for the library in their > house. When that is completed, the Fields-Family computer will go home, > and I will have room for one more student computer here. > > Best regards, > T > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com