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Comment on How to install Windows XP on a Gateway GT5628 with Windows Vista by james

james — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:41:09 +0000

For the people who want to buy a CD or iso of this split-stream disc, I am sorry, that is something that is something I can’t readily do for a wide variety of reasons.

Comment on How to install Windows XP on a Gateway GT5628 with Windows Vista by james

james — Tue, 31 Aug 2010 13:35:38 +0000

The article was written before Windows 7 existed and many people did not want the pre-loaded Vista OS on their new machine for a variety of reasons. Windows 7 comes pre-loaded with the appropriate drives and Vista came with the appropriate drivers so there is nothing to do as Vista / Win 7 already work. I am unsure about how this makes the article poor in any way as it is optional and just my method which did work and that computer is still on that same XP install over 2 years later.

Writing in all caps with poor language does not instill me with confidence in your methods.

Comment on How to fix Harbor Freight’s 48 x 96″ 1150lb trailer with 12″ wheels by james

james — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:22:54 +0000

2047 is correct, I will fix it in the original post, thank you for catching the typo!

Comment on How to get new Allworx firmware when your Allworx box fails to download the files by james

james — Mon, 23 Aug 2010 02:21:04 +0000

I’m glad to hear you had a good experience with Allworx support and were able to get a technical person to walk through wireshark data as it provides a LOT of detail. I will check the port negotiation, this is something I haven’t had to look at on any piece of equipment since 2002 or so with the exception of dealing with GigE and jumbo frames. All of our Enterprise level equipment has properly handled port negotiation and our devices are all GigE full duplex with the exception of a few devices which are 100M full duplex.

With regard to the Allworx Support, our reseller didn’t have the technical knowledge to understand our problems and Allworx said talk to your reseller. This went back and forth and we have gotten little technical help. I would love to simply call support and receive the excellent help you have, I truly would. I am also keenly aware that there may be some other network issue at play here though our enterprise network is behaving at peak performance otherwise. I would love to work with them to figure out the issues but they won’t give me the time of day and our reseller just doesn’t have the technical knowledge. So here we are. Stuck. With a product that might perform well if we could get support and figure out the issues. As it stands, our phones are the weakest link in our corporate network and we plan to migrate away from Allworx due to the too frequent problems, total lack of support. To your point, this piece of equipment is so important to our business that we will need to replace the Allworx product due to poor performance and reliability.

Comment on How to get new Allworx firmware when your Allworx box fails to download the files by Josh

Josh — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 04:31:32 +0000

You guys having trouble with this PBX have to have something going on that’s network related. It sounds like you may have Duplex issues on your switches. The PBX needs to be set at a static speed and your port on your switch needs to match. Forget about AUTO. Not going to work. If it does, expect it to fail at some point. You need to ensure that you configure this device perfectly or you WILL have problems. This is a very important piece of equipment in your network, like your router, layer 3 devices and backup. You need to pay special attention when configuring this device and if you do not know how to do something don’t guess, call support! The support is actually very good…but you are right; they cannot reproduce YOUR network problem! You need to work with them and figure it out. I have been on the phone with support for hours running wireshark to find out the specific issues going on on my network and they have been great. They could have “flushed” me but they worked with my instead.

Thanks guys.

PS - Randy @ Allworx is an allstar!! Thanks for the all the help!

Comment on How to fix Harbor Freight’s 48 x 96″ 1150lb trailer with 12″ wheels by Darren

Darren — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:09:24 +0000

Found it at bearingbuddy.com DUH. lol question did you mean pn 2047 not 20407?

Comment on How to fix Harbor Freight’s 48 x 96″ 1150lb trailer with 12″ wheels by Darren

Darren — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:05:17 +0000

DUDE, you ROCK, been serching for days for the best bearing replacements and dust caps since i disenegrated mine last weekend coming back from the track. One thing though. where did you order the bearing buddy pn 20407 with cap / protector pn 19b i googled it and cant find. Thanks.

Comment on How to fix Harbor Freight’s 48 x 96″ 1150lb trailer with 12″ wheels by PLD

PLD — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 18:42:16 +0000

Thanks so much for doing the seal and bearing research. you cannot get these at the local parts store since most of the catalogs they use are in inches instead of mm.

Comment on How to install Windows XP on a Gateway GT5628 with Windows Vista by Mane

Mane — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:39:52 +0000

THIS GUIDE IS [language edit], IM SORRY, I KNOW YOU HAD THE RIGHT INTENTIONS WITH MAKING IT BUT IT’S [language edit], JUST GET WIN7 AND WHEN IT ASKS YOU FOR A DRIVER USE THE DRIVER IT8211F_Windows-Driver from [link removed, non-working]

LOAD IT ON TO A USB AND BROWSE TO THE VISTA FOLDER AND THE DRIVER WILL SHOW UP, WORKED FOR ME

Comment on How to fix Harbor Freight’s 48 x 96″ 1150lb trailer with 12″ wheels by Mike

Mike — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:34:43 +0000

On my Grease seal the number printed on it is 30 52 10. I have the 4×8 folding HF trailer. You say your grease seal is 30×52x7. Do you think they changed the size?