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Or seeing the dollar signs in the eyes of the Cable Provider pondering the additional income for “Third Party Equipment Connection Charges”.

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After posting this, I realized there are about 3 articles today covering this subject in one form or another.

Although I have thrown cable out in the past,  I’m not sure I could do it again.  There are too many “cable” only shows I watch. 

Granted I could download the shows within in days after they are broadcast, wait until they show up on Hulu or other streaming venue (that’s presume they show up at all), or again wait for the DVD/Blu-Ray (some waits will be longer than others).  I currently prefer the timeliness of recording and viewing these shows on my schedule.  Downloading shows through bittorrent , to me, is similar to using a P2P network for downloading, At Your Own Risk.  Certainly, I’ve done it when I’ve missed certain episodes of a show, but I try not to if I can help it.

I’ve watch a number of shows through Hulu and the commercials are very short compared to commercial TV, but your not going to get the immersive experience.  Not to mention if you need to go to the networks website to view, it leaves much to be desired in most cases (I’m being nice)

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After posting this, I realized there are about 3 articles today covering this subject in one form or another.

Although I have thrown cable out in the past,  I’m not sure I could do it again.  There are too many “cable” only shows I watch. 

Granted I could download the shows within in days after they are broadcast, wait until they show up on Hulu or other streaming venue (that’s presume they show up at all), or again wait for the DVD/Blu-Ray (some waits will be longer than others).  I currently prefer the timeliness of recording and viewing these shows on my schedule.  Downloading shows through bittorrent , to me, is similar to using a P2P network for downloading, At Your Own Risk.  Certainly, I’ve done it when I’ve missed certain episodes of a show, but I try not to if I can help it.

I’ve watch a number of shows through Hulu and the commercials are very short compared to commercial TV, but your not going to get the immersive experience.  Not to mention if you need to go to the networks website to view, it leaves much to be desired in most cases (I’m being nice)

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2 areas to look at.

1. Go through the BIOS and verify the sleep settings (my apologies if this is a bit vague but BIOS settings vary from PC to PC)

2. As for the NIC, go to the Device Manager and check the Power Managment under the network cards properties.  There should be a setting “Allow this device to wake the computer”.  I usually enable (checked) this setting.

I think there is a guide that Babgvant put together about computer sleep settings.

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2 areas to look at.

1. Go through the BIOS and verify the sleep settings (my apologies if this is a bit vague but BIOS settings vary from PC to PC)

2. As for the NIC, go to the Device Manager and check the Power Managment under the network cards properties.  There should be a setting “Allow this device to wake the computer”.  I usually enable (checked) this setting.

I think there is a guide that Babgvant put together about computer sleep settings.

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Presuming you can boot using the low resolution mode and you have a readable display,  First thing I would do is check the display properties and set the resolution to 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 (I would also check the refresh rate is set to 60 Hz, at least for now) then reboot see if you have a readable display.

I know the old CRTs can have problems with the refresh rate being set to anything the display can’t handle.  Not sure how LCD/Plasma displays will handle the refresh rate (I usually use 60 Hz for “flat” panels).  And there is no doubt that an incorrect resolution can/will cause problems similar to what your picture showed.  By the way, by incorrect resolution I mean a resolution the display can’t handle or was not designed to handle. 

If you can’t get a decent display after rebooting from the “VGA” mode, then I would consider removing or reinstalling the graphics driver.  Oh, if VGA mode doesn’t work you’ll need to remove the driver from safe mode.

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Presuming you can boot using the low resolution mode and you have a readable display,  First thing I would do is check the display properties and set the resolution to 800 x 600 or 1024 x 768 (I would also check the refresh rate is set to 60 Hz, at least for now) then reboot see if you have a readable display.

I know the old CRTs can have problems with the refresh rate being set to anything the display can’t handle.  Not sure how LCD/Plasma displays will handle the refresh rate (I usually use 60 Hz for “flat” panels).  And there is no doubt that an incorrect resolution can/will cause problems similar to what your picture showed.  By the way, by incorrect resolution I mean a resolution the display can’t handle or was not designed to handle. 

If you can’t get a decent display after rebooting from the “VGA” mode, then I would consider removing or reinstalling the graphics driver.  Oh, if VGA mode doesn’t work you’ll need to remove the driver from safe mode.

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If you tuner salad, you’ll probably piss’er off.  Not good WAF.  ::)  😮  ;D

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If you tuner salad, you’ll probably piss’er off.  Not good WAF.  ::)  😮  ;D

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The picture is there I can see it.

I presume you have rebooted more than once after the update.

I have experienced issues upgrading older Intel graphics drivers hosing the display if the PC wasn’t rebooted to an administrative account.  And in the case of Win7 it could be UAC messing with it.

I would certainly try pressing F8 and try the VGA mode option.  It won’t fix the problem but it can help in undoing the update.

[i]OK, so starting with Vista it is called “Enable low Resolution Mode”

And from the picture it does look like an incorrect resolution that HDMI or the TV doesn’t like[/i]

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The picture is there I can see it.

I presume you have rebooted more than once after the update.

I have experienced issues upgrading older Intel graphics drivers hosing the display if the PC wasn’t rebooted to an administrative account.  And in the case of Win7 it could be UAC messing with it.

I would certainly try pressing F8 and try the VGA mode option.  It won’t fix the problem but it can help in undoing the update.

[i]OK, so starting with Vista it is called “Enable low Resolution Mode”

And from the picture it does look like an incorrect resolution that HDMI or the TV doesn’t like[/i]

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A couple of simple thoughts…….

Check the CMOS battery (I don’t think the battery is the issue but..) and you could try EBay for an identical mobo to help ease the non-reinstall issues.

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A couple of simple thoughts…….

Check the CMOS battery (I don’t think the battery is the issue but..) and you could try EBay for an identical mobo to help ease the non-reinstall issues.

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[quote]osted by: babgvant
Do companies have to pay extra for an OS license beyond what they pay the OEM for it?  SW licensing is such a dark art Smiley[/quote]

No, but in many cases it is a cross between consistency and support. 

The user interface changes between XP and Vista/W7 can be an issue. (on this machine (XP) I do it this way, on the other machine (Vista/W7) I do it another way.  Think Control Panel for one)  For some users this can be a big deal until they get used to it.

It’s easier to support a single OS, even if they are all Windows based OSes.

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[quote]osted by: babgvant
Do companies have to pay extra for an OS license beyond what they pay the OEM for it?  SW licensing is such a dark art Smiley[/quote]

No, but in many cases it is a cross between consistency and support. 

The user interface changes between XP and Vista/W7 can be an issue. (on this machine (XP) I do it this way, on the other machine (Vista/W7) I do it another way.  Think Control Panel for one)  For some users this can be a big deal until they get used to it.

It’s easier to support a single OS, even if they are all Windows based OSes.

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