Netgear GA311 Works On Vista

Netgear has always been one of my most favorite computer network hardware companies. To me, they are a quiet and steady company that produces good quality products at a fair price. They're not full of fluff or hype. They don't over extend themselves too far like other companies do when trying to be all things to everyone, reaching into every market corner they can get into.

They have, over the years manufactured and produced reliable hardware and they continue to do so. In a prior post I mentioned that they had a retail network card the GA311, a gigabit card, that had printed on its retail box "Vista capable". I purchased this card from the retail store because it was the only one that even had VISTA written on it. The card didn't come with desktop software drivers but did have on it a link to their web site from which you can download the drivers for Vista but this was not true. The page on their site stated that Vista comes with the drivers needed already on the Vista media. It probably does but my Vista wasn't doing the right thing and the card did not work. I found in their support knowledge base forum that others were also having an issue with this card and lack of drivers.

Netgear did the right thing for their customers. After a about a week, they posted their drivers for download from their web site and they worked perfectly. Way to go Netgear!

So for anyone who may have come across this post either by researching whether the Netgear GA311 works on Vista or not before buying, I want to tell you to go ahead and BUY BUY BUY! The GA311 works on Vista. There aren't enough network cards compatible with Microsoft Vista yet and many old cards may not even get a new driver thus forcing users to get another card if they want to upgrade to the lates operating system. The Netgear GA311 definitely works on Vista - I'm using it right now!

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GA311 Doesn't work on Vista or newer Windows 10 & 11

OK, 35 dollars isn't exactly a lot of money but it's sorely missed when just thrown away or lost. Take for example the purchase of a brand new shiny network card from a reputable retailer and a reputable manufacturer. Both the retailer adding this in their inventory and stock with it stating on the box Vista capable and the manufacturer printing it there when it DOES NOT WORK.

The Netgear GA311 does not work with Microsoft Vista and Netgear has a special web page setup so people can go and check on products offered to see if they are Vista capable and also download drivers. The GA311 is listed and next to it not a convenient download link but a statement saying the drivers are included in Vista. Yeah Right! All copies except mine I guess. Maybe Netgear had a special magic Vista copy that had their drivers on the DVD...not mine.

Dell was very disappointing regarding this same Vista upgrade. The Dell system is a fairly new Optiplex GX280. A nice system with very good speed. Vista installed but without a network card the desktop is a big nothing. A useless black box with fancy LED lights on it. the integrated NIC of course doesn't work and after hours of trying every driver available from the manufacture because of course Dell had absolutely nothing on their web site for this desktop in regards to network card drivers - how lame. This is one of the reasons I prefer HP desktops over Dell's. Everyone in tech support knows that HP is great at providing support for their products especially in the form of drivers.

Supporting Technology with Technology

PC remote support software is even more in demand now with the release of Vista and with DST updates required in nearly every office across the country (except Arizona of course). Provide 4RemoteSupport online remote support to your customers or users anywhere around the world. All they need for remote support is a working computer and an Internet connection. PC remote support software doesn't have to cost an arm and a leg. Don't bust your budget by getting one of those over-bloated boutique brands of computer support software. Get the affordable flavor and keep you money in your own pocket.

Information Technology Support - Adventure (Rated PG)

Information Technology Support - Adventure (Rated PG)

Good recommendation for pc support software

Computer Support - Performed Remotely

Remote Support Software

I found another blog that has a nice write-up for a site that has 4RemoteSupport remote support solution. The product seems to have the bells and whistles that more expensive flavors of software that allow you to provide on-demand remote assistance software over the web. It costs a fraction of the price of the known brands. I'll be trying out the software my self. You can see it here: http://www.bloglines.com/blog/Puppet Supporting Tech-nol-O-gy - Desktop & Server Support Information and here: Computer Support

So you want Vista huh?

This fact about Vista is spreading rapidly but I think I would like to due my share in spreading the word too as my loyal readers expect it so much.

The new OS that Microsft is going to unleash upon us before the end of this year (2006 for those who are unsure) requires 1GB of RAM. Just think of all those memory upgrades that are going to be going on in the world. I could just see the dust falling out of some old systems that people are jus going to try to force Vista to work on.

Chip manufactures must be real happy. They won;t be able to keep up with the demand. Oh yeah, that works perfectlky with thier plans to raise the memory stick prices and oh what a very convenient excuse they have foound. I could just read it now, due to the large demand for desktop memory since the release of Microsoft Vista, memory prices have sky rocketed...blah blah.."

Powerful Telecommunications Management Tool

Tone Software Corporation Tonesoft

ToneSoft's ReliaTel application sounds like an incredible product for monitoring and managing telecommunication devices. The devices could be from multiple vendors too. This is an app that I would love to see in action. Enabling Technologies Corporation has selected TONE’s ReliaTel Remote Management solution to expand the Enabling Managed Services Monitoring business.

Powerful Telecommunications Management Tool Monitors and Controls Multi-Vendor Devices From one Location

"A single convenient application, ReliaTel gives authorized staff complete control of multi-vendor voice systems. The system enables authorized staff to control local and remote devices, enabling global monitoring from one location with a common interface. With no need to buy multiple management packages or depend on outside monitoring centers, maintenance and staff training costs drop dramatically."

Read the rest of the news article on Tone Software's site

SyndicationPro :: View topic - A First Step To Becoming A Web Media Mogul

SyndicationPro :: View topic - A First Step To Becoming A Web Media Mogul

Projecttions estimate that advertising through the use of video will reach 640billion dollars by end of 2007. With industry leaders such as ClipSyndicate leading the charge. Viodoe news is becomeing more prevelant as broadband increases in the home.

Cantata Technology and Direct 2 Mobile Marketing Win Microsoft Speech Server Partner Spotlight Awards

Source: Yahoo Finace News

Cantata Technology(TM), the world's leading independent provider of enabling communications technology, announced today that it has won the Microsoft Speech Server Partner Spotlight Award for its Brooktrout® TR1000(TM) for Microsoft Speech Server platform. The award was presented at the Microsoft Speech Server Partner Summit in Seattle. Microsoft also presented an award to Direct 2 Mobile (d2m) for a cutting edge mobile application based on the Brooktrout TR1000 for Microsoft Speech Server platform. The Microsoft Speech Server Partner Spotlight Award recognizes achievements in developing useful, customer-friendly, forward-thinking applications for automated speech and telephony solutions that also cut costs for companies of all sizes.

Microsoft bestowed another Speech Server Spotlight Award for a cutting edge mobile application deployed on Cantata's Brooktrout TR1000 for Microsoft Speech Server. The application, by Direct 2 Mobile (www.d2mm.com), won in the Best Mobile Solution category. It provides a real-time marketing tool for retailers that allows shoppers to receive promotions to their cell phones while they are in a store. Consumers dial into the d2m system and speak the name of the store where they are located. The d2m application recognizes the name of the store using speech recognition and validates the account using caller ID. Then the application sends a message using Short Message Service (SMS) to the consumer's cell phone with directed promotions and offers available specifically in that store.

Rendercore Launches Macintosh OSX Support for LightWave 8.5

Source:Digital Animators
May 23, 2006

Rendercore's proprietary premier remote rendering solution "RenMan" allows all clients who are connected to the Internet to access Rendercore's sophisticated and secure renderfarm. This allows clients to manage jobs in progress through the intuitive interface by allowing automatic uploads of files for submission and monitoring of submitted jobs remotely and efficiently, from anywhere, anytime.
Rendercore in the past year has added numerous modules and versions of many of the computer graphics tools to its product list in order to continue to meet the growing needs of its client base.

About Rendercore
Founded in Hollywood in 2002, Rendercore offers on-demand, remote rendering services and solutions for the customers from such diversified industries as entertainment, architectural, engineering and industrial design who demand huge computing resources.
With over 3Tera Hz computing power built on the latest Intel dual Xeon and dual core processors, a cutting edge super-computing infrastructure and the industrys first remote rendering software, Rendercore's renderfarm provides instant on, outsource rendering capacity for users of Alias Maya, 3D Studio Max, Cinema 4D, LightWave, Brazil r/s, Turtle.

Nanya Will Launch New DD3 Memory Modules for PC Category

Source: Softpedia
5/4/2006

A Taiwanese memory chip manufacturer, Nanya Technology, announced that it will start producing its new DDR3 memory modules for PCs, releasing the DDR3 dynamic random access memory (DRAM) in 2008. The company is the fourth chip maker to turn to DD3 products, after Elpida, Infineon and Samsung.Even if the prototype of the new Nanya PC3-8500 1GB DDR3 unbuffered dual in-line memory module (DIMM) utilizing 512Mb 1066MHz chips was shown during the SemiTech Taipei 2006 conference, there are no devices supporting the new product. On the other hand, Intel Corp., the world’s leader in memory technology, is expected to launch its first chipset for PCs that supports DDR3 memory in the second half of 2007.

Advantages compared to DDR2 (manufacturer’s recommendations)

• - The components are twice as fast as today's highest speed DDR2 memory products.
• - The first computer systems equipped with the advanced DDR3 memory technology are expected to arrive in late 2006. - The main advantages of DDR3 are the higher bandwidth and the increase in performance at low power.
• - The DDR3 SDRAM devices will offer data transfer rates up to 1600 Mbps (megabits per second).
• - The supply voltage for the memory technology is being reduced from 1.8 volts for DDR2 to just 1.5 volts for DDR3 targeting a work day equivalent of battery time. The voltage reduction limits the amount of power that is consumed and heat that is generated in connection with the increase in bandwidths.
  

Oklahoma Ranks Near Bottom In Educational Technology Study

Source:Kotv
5/4/2006

According to a national study, Oklahoma ranks 44th in the nation for access and use of educational technology.Education Week's annual report titled "Technology Counts 2006" gave Oklahoma a 69.5, compared with the national average of 76.6.
The study graded states on 14 indicators spanning three general areas. The areas include access to technology, use of technology and capacity to use technology.

SonicWall Rolls Out E-Mail Protection Wares

Source:InformationWeek
May 2, 2006

The new SonicWall Email Security appliances will incorporate anti-spam, anti-phishing, and messaging security software SonicWall obtained in its February acquisition of MailFrontier.

This year, SonicWall plans to roll out new SonicWall Email Security appliances that pack the inbound and outbound messaging protection tools from the MailFrontier deal, said Gleb Budman, senior director of product management at SonicWall, Sunnyvale, Calif.
Software that loads SonicWall's new Email Security 5.0 messaging security software on Windows 2000 servers is available now for small- and midsize-business and enterprise environments, Budman said. The first appliances for SMBs are due out in May, with enterprise appliances following in mid-June.