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General Discussion Area / Re: One for the Geeks?

« on: 18 October 2006, 12:54:17 »

There are quite a few similar programs out there

'distributed computing' is the techy name

Some are more 'worthwhile' than others

I use one looking to cure cancer

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/viewJoinNow.do

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General Discussion Area / Re: One for the Techies Not car related

« on: 13 October 2006, 15:47:10 »

Ive lost faith in Norton, had several virusus it hasnt known about.
I use AVG and norton at the moment (until subscription runs out).

Also look at kaspersky anti virus (http://www.kaspersky.com) , thats meant to be good, and there is a 30 day free trial so you can see if you like it.


I also run anti spyware frequently - adaware (http://www.lavasoft.de)

All helps keep a nice clean system.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Is super unleaded worth the money?

« on: 06 October 2006, 10:17:32 »

This will annoy a few im sure, but I'm loving Tesco's super unleaded at the mo,
Very good, up with Vpower, prefer it to esso or bp's offerring, and its cheap, esp with 5p a litre off with your shopping, Ive just filled up at 83.9 per litre!
I hate the ordinary stuff though, car runs horrible on that.
I do think vpower is better than optimax as well.

However this is in 4 pot's, the father-in-laws Cav v6 runs about the same on anything (even petrol-diesel mix! he has a van as well and sometimes gets em mixed up!)

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General Discussion Area / Re: Oooops

« on: 05 October 2006, 15:05:25 »

Just round the corner, I'll keep my eyes peeled for ya motor!

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General Discussion Area / Re: Oooops

« on: 05 October 2006, 14:37:59 »

Its all change, Chester chain etc, all just been demolished for housing, still nice though, very quiet where I am.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Oooops

« on: 05 October 2006, 09:13:05 »

LMAO, Saltney!, well Saltney Ferry to be precise.
been there 7 years now, Upton proir to that.

When were you there?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Oooops

« on: 05 October 2006, 08:14:30 »

I took the windscreen out on my old company Astra the same way, had a upvc 'plank' to get home from b&q, opened the boot, slid it in up onto the dash, fitted perfectly.
Shut the boot, and.....Crack, ooooooo, pretty windsceen patterns!

insurance report said stone damage, phew!

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General Discussion Area / Re: What other cars you guys drive ?

« on: 18 September 2006, 19:19:35 »

Mazda 626 for me
Estate, 2 Litre, R Reg.

Its big and comfy, it will do till I find a nice meega Estate to swap it for

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General Discussion Area / Re: Calling all I.T People....

« on: 14 September 2006, 11:54:12 »

Ok, I use one called NETOP, works very well, not much bandwidth needed, has clients for windows, dos, unix, mac, os/2 etc etc etc, ive tried loads, this is the best to me,  Works great for controlling my home pc from work , as well as 2nd pc from a 1st.  If you want to talk further about it, pm me.

Good luck

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General Discussion Area / Re: Calling all I.T People....

« on: 14 September 2006, 08:08:16 »

Did you think about the software solution, with 1 host pc, the others as 'guests'  The one I use has versions that will run on most platforms?

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General Discussion Area / Re: Calling all I.T People....

« on: 13 September 2006, 12:02:20 »

fyi....If you are now looking at a different approach, may I suggest a look at some of the viewsonic monitors, mine is a VP191B (off top of head) which as 1 dvi and 2 vga connections, thats 1 monitor on 3 computers! (good selection on www.overclockers.co.uk normally), that would just leave you needing KM switch (or KVM but ignore the weak V part).

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General Discussion Area / Re: Calling all I.T People....

« on: 13 September 2006, 08:12:32 »

Ive used a lot, including installing data centre solutions for a large bank, talking units from £50 to £10000, and to be honest they are not great.

Have you thought about a software solution?  ie using remote control software over a network?

I think this will work out much cheaper for you, and you will probably be happier with the results.

Biggest problem ive had with kvm is picture quality, its ok for business apps, but not much more than that, another issue can be the mouse, they often need re-syncing because the mouse doesnt match the cursor movement.

If you want to take this to PM i may be able to recommend you some software.
This solution may or may not suit your requirements, If you can have 1 computer on, to use to access the others, then its fine.  If you want to just use computer 3 today, 4 tomorrow etc, then its not so good.

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General Discussion Area / Re: Thinking of buying

« on: 25 August 2006, 19:26:37 »

Well, it didn't sell again!

I wonder if they will drop the price before re-listing again

 :-/

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General Discussion Area / Re: Thinking of buying

« on: 20 August 2006, 09:14:43 »

No probs,
Teased the previous owner a bit asking 'awkward' questions
not advertising xpc etc, bit naughty.
Got fed up in the end and said 'best if I just see the car to see if it fits my needs'
didn't bother though, cos could see they didnt want to budge on price.
If I could have quickly found a buyer for my mazda I would have probably had it at the original £1300.

I can't get at all my pm's from vxon to tell you more sorry cos my old id 'kind of' got banned for pm'ing anyone who started a topic like 'new omega owner needs help'  .....guess someone didnt like the help I suggested.

http://www.vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk/showthread.php?t=98255

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General Discussion Area / Re: Thinking of buying

« on: 20 August 2006, 07:36:14 »

Tis a guaranteed good car that one, nearly bought it a few weeks ago....

The history
boozy_nights's old car from vxon, ask him about it.
he got rid cos he (well his wife,) needed something bigger.
sold on ebay for 1300
bought by a 'sarahs_angels' I think who kept it about a month
not at that funny looking dealer who sells more busses than anything!

here are some 'old links' to it
search on boozy's posts to see its problems.
Ive spoke to him since he sold it so he would have no need to alter truths about it.
off top of memory 1 heated seat doesnt work, 1 rear seat doesnt match.

previous sales of this car...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/1999-VAUXHALL-OMEGA-MV6-WHITE_W0QQitemZ130004427018QQihZ003QQcategoryZ9858QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/VAUXHALL-OMEGA-MV6-ESTATE-1999-WHITE_W0QQitemZ270013863177QQihZ017QQcategoryZ9858QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

*edit* amended links not to be the same twice