Recent content by FredWagner

Try talking to technical people - information interviews - at the NSA, the CIA, and the State Department. One of them likely needs you NOW! Fred Wagner (retired, but still involved!)

Glenn - you started this thread in April, November is in sight. There is ALWAYS work to be had in IT. To quote on of many job search techniques from Richard Bolles book, "What Color is your Parachute?" - consider your skills, consider what you read in the trade blogs and magazines, and dream up...

could it be that the bios in the laptop just can't handle a driver bigger than 250GB ? Fred Wagner (retired, but still involved!)

Our current crop of local tech wizards managed to find a setting under a tab I handn't seen. It's up to 1600 by 1200, which is about what I needed. Calling our help desk actually helped ! Fred Wagner (retired, but still involved!)

Thanks - I'll give it a shot my next volunteer day - only there 1 day a week now that I'm retired! Fred Wagner (retired, but still involved!)

I found an old Gateway driver CD with files supposedly compatible with NT and Win2K, copied the driver files to the local drive, and tried an install. The system now shows the VX1120, but the best resolution is still 1280 x 720 VGA - next to figure out how to get it to try SuperVGA. Fred Wagner...

My treasured big glass monitor has worked for years, including with Win7. Apparently an update of some kind has removed the specific monitor driver, and now the system is using the driver for Generic VGA (Non-PNP), and the best resolution I can get isn't as good as what I had before - the...

When you press the function key to access the BIOS during boot, acan you see and select the drives in the choices there, or not ? Also, from working with Proliant's back in the early Pentium days, are the drives you want to use on the supported list from HP ? In those early days with Compaq...

Goom - great post! Your description of the double conversion UPS reminded me of a situation back when I was working in Omaha in 1986-87 - we had a custom database application running on a standalone PC in a lumber mill over in Iowa - HUGE rotary saws cutting up trainloads of logs, absolutely...

Goom - you're right - the generator is the likely source of fluctuations (rotational speed changes under load, mechanical governor), so the Line Conditioner is keeping the UPS from seeing the fluctuations coming from the generator. Ed - the law firm I worked for in the 90's had two Ferrups units...

The line conditioner I've been using has a tapped transformer and relays in it - so it adjusts the transformer tap to keep the output voltage within a narrow range. When there are power problems, you can hear the relays clicking, and watch the LED's that show the relative input voltage. Even if...

We downloaded and installed FoxIt Reader last night, and the problem is solved - works perfectly so far (haven't tried it on interactive forms, but those aren't the primary source of PDF's on this machine. Many thanks to all for the recommendations! The review of PDF readers will be interesting...

Another possibility is a line conditioner before the UPS - it will boost or buck voltage fluctuations from the generator, so the generator sees a constant voltage. I have an APC Line-R 1250 under my desk. Since this floor of our building was rewired, it hasn't been as active as when I put it in...

Kjv1611 - THANK YOU - I was hoping there would be an alternative reader - will give it a try. guitarzan - the problem exists in all profiles, and I've removed and reinstalled a succession of versions of reader - beginning to sink in that Vista is a lost cause - starting to consider backing up...

My Gateway laptop at holme has built-in camera and mike for Skype, etc. I would like to use it with an Amateur Radio app that brings received audio into the Mike In jack on the laptop. On my ancient Thinkpad where I used this same app, I remember an input mixer adjustment where I could reduce...