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Tool bar issue was resolved. I forgot what I did to bring it back but it was part of reloading IE, and removing item in the Highjack this. I removed everything in 04. Thank you Rory for the regedit info!!!

I was laughing so hard that I did not edit my post. I was just typing to fast! Thank you for the heads up though. I know all of this has been a waste of my time, but then again I have learned a lot! Maybe I will learn to hack a Z80!!!!!!! Noooooooo!!!!!!!! Just kidding!!!!!!!

I never could find poleedit.exe! I did a search in regedit and I could not find it there either! I am still laughing my butt off about this "hack"!

On one of the computers I found MSN IM, and other various programs, and I saw a few programs were off the machine that were originally there. I was really curious, and I called this ex employee, and I asked him "How in the hell did you get past all of the blocks?"!!!!! At first he would not fess up, but I had to hand it to him that I was impressed that he could do it. He finally had to tell me what he did. I was waiting for a long list of computer code, and gibberish when he told me........ "Hit start > Help > scroll down to control panel > press display, and your control panel will come up"! I was stunned! Actually, I was speechless!! I asked him how did he change his screen settings? You have got to be kidding me!!!! "Hit start > Help > Properties > press display, and then you can change settings!" WTF!!!!!! This is so easy my 5 year old daughter could hack these machines!!!! I am speechless! I did not realize how easy it was to make changes. I am glad he did not share his Knowledge with the rest of the staff!!! LOL! NEXT STEP LOCK DOWN HELP!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!

I use IR Cameras for the front door, back door, office door, and an ATM if they have one. I use inexpensive mini B/W cameras for pool table, table area, and bar area. The bars and nightclubs that can not afford $16,000.00 for 16 cameras really appreciate these cameras! The drawback is that you need the beer neon signs, pool table lights, rope lighting, and other low light sources to make it work effectively. I have found no picture difference with the plain jane model verses the xtra low lux version. (ECL 374 verses ECL 360X).

I regained right click, and the use of tools in IE. Reloading win 98 from it's own startup program listed in win 98 file, reloading IE, and using HighJack this. I still cannot right click on desktop therefore I cannot get to properties. I still have no control panel therefore I do not have add/remove programs I found an icon for internet options and created a shortcut on the desktop. In IE view, I still cannot do anything with toolbar. Options are still greyed out.

A member of our forum was gracious enough to provide me with a rcvr. Thank you SpyTown!

Ok! Here is my pick for a camera! http://www.engadget.com/2006/06/23/worlds-smallest-camera-wants-to-meet-your-innards/ (I am not promoting the web site, only the picture of the product).

I agree with you on that one. I have a customer with a 1.2 camera, and needs a rcvr.

When talking with this company.. http://www.expeditemediagroup.com/index.htm This will be over the internet. Typical memberships requiring credit card for an account.

A business is being built. They would like a system design for the cameras, and for the software used for chatrooms. I am presently doing the surveillance setup, and they were really impressed at how we approached them, created a system design, and covered "all of the bases" in the presentation. He would like to do a multiview video chatroom. ____________________________________________________ I have never done any software of this nature. Has anyone done a setup similiar to this? Can a computer be set up for muliti room chatroom, such as two, or four rooms? It would be interesting to see if voip could be linked in as well. The building is not built yet. If you were to ask questions I may not have the answers. I would imagine from the way they are talking the rooms size will be 10 X 10. Be creative! I am looking for over the top ideas! Thank you in advance!

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We had an IT guy set everything up. I have to really commend him on his set up. These have been running since 99 with out any incidence. Not one BSOD that I am aware of! OK, I know! These are locked down so tight that I could shove a piece of coal in the 3.5 drive bay, and pull out a diamond! I wish I could find this guy! There were times I had a thought about softening the settings, but I knew I would just be opening myself up to the employees going to places where they shouldn't, and downloading "FREE GAMES", and what have you! I went in to reg edit, and I did a search for "block control panel". I found a setting, and I deleted it. It did not work. For me, its just a curiosity!

I act as a "General Contractor" and I sub out specialty work. I like to learn as much as I can. I may not know how to rebuild an engine, but if a mechanic tells me my Flux Capacitor needs to be replaced then I would know that he is playing me. When I am out of my element I depend on the "experts" for advice. A fool and their money are soon parted. I don't want to be snowed either. I will use the experts advice, and I will use advice from this forum, and from there I can make an informed decision, and give my customers the best service that I can provide.

I would rather learn to undo what I have. I am more interested in tinkering, and learning. These were used for a call center, that was built in 99. I never had a chance to switch OS. Now that I have an excuse, I can get off my can and make it happen. I just was not interested in licensing 10 + Win XP. Thanks!

GRRRR Installed ie6 Start>Settings> GRRRR NO Control Panel!! AAAAAAAA!

In all honesty you hit it on the head. Maybe I should let you continue to think that this is not the case, but I cannot be dishonest. They were refered to us from a business. This business had severe security issues. They have clients that "fall in love with the ladys, and try to meet them outside after shift changes, or after hours. The ladys were approached at their cars by strangers. Some customers are nice, and well intentioned, others are delusional, and others are just "creepy", and others are very dangerous. Video surveillance has given the club the tools that they need for security. Electronic access keeps those that do not belong out of the dressing area. They also have issues with the ladys exboyfriends, and exhusbands. Some past situations have really gotten out of control. You can never stop these situations, but you can limit them, and you can contain them to a degree. Customer fights can be an issue as well. This new company went seeking advise for similiar security issues. In the preplanning stage our name came up many different times from many different customers of ours. I look forward to any IP challenge, and I look forward to those on this forum who will guide me, challange me to highest excellant standards, and to those who will point me in the right direction where I can educate myself rather than be spoon fed, and not learn anything at all. To all on this forum who who have helped in my time of need, and to those who will help in the future I thank you from the bottom of my heart.

With all of the nightclub, and bars that we do, I have built a good reputation among them. He has not answered my email as to who recommended us, but we are very greatful for referals.

Does anyone have any ideas for the "control" panel? My thought was to use a dark red tinted piece of plexiglass. Using vinyl stick on lettering, I was going stick these on for the shop name, and for all of the numbers for each button. I will drill out all of the button holes, and then apply the vinyl, and then paint the whole board black. Before the paint dries I will pull off all of the vinyl numbers, and lettering. I will back light the panel which should make all of the words, and numbers shine in a bright red glow. Anyone with an Idea for a very strong paint that will not flake, or wear off. The paint will wear off, but I mean to avoid a very cheap paint. At the same time I need something strong, but not melt the plexiglass. Then again I could use glass, but that sounds like a pain in the neck, but three feet lower. For the buttons: I do not want to use video game buttons that require blade switches as there will not be enought room for the all of the blade switches. Videogame switches would be ideal as they can take repetitive pressing. Any other button selections? For back lighting I was going to use compact fluorescent lights. The other idea was to do everything in black light paint. I have a black light cannon left over from a night club project. I can use this to illuminate an entire wall with UV light. I had thought about using UV carpeting as well. I thought that might be over the top. Do I really want to look like a Spencer's novelty store? Do they make black light posters with cctv products? NO? Darn! I could make the store look like a scene out of the movie Tron. The scene I am describing is the bike race scene. Little over the top? Yes, I guess you are right!

Ok! I like the EmAvi. It appears to be 98 compatible. Thank you very much for the info! I really appreciate it!

Awesome Ideas cctv-down-under!!!!! I liked the PTZ tracking idea! That is a great one! I feel like an idiot for not thinking about leaving the motion detection screen up! I did one of those "smack my hand on my forehead" motion when I read that. I do not know if I said DOH! when I smacked myself! Same thing with the eye chart! DOH! I read on the forum about those life size boards that are set at a distance apart. I had thought about doing that outside, and have some cameras pointed at those distance markers, but I never thought about the eye chart! I like your description on how to do that! I stealing that idea for sure! I like the barbie box idea. Our showroom is very dark, and we do as you described. I point the camera out the plate glass windows, and everything is in silouette, and when I move the camera to a darker part of our interior I show how a good camera adjusts rapidly, and how a cheap camera takes a second to get it's video back in. Thank you for shopping at Wal Mart! GREAT idea! I would like to do a Welcome audio as well! I had thought about buying one of those gobo projectors, and have our logo painted on the rug at the entry way. I do not know if I want the logo to be static, or if I should have it rotate, or not. I like the idea of pumping video through various DVRs, and using this AVI file to demonstrate the various compression methods. Some people want great detail, and they do not mind the snapshot effect, and others want full motion, and will sacrifice the clarity, and those that want the H264 can have their cake, and eat it too! In a teen club many years back we rented 4000 sq feet in the back of a raquet ball court, and fitness center. To get to our club you had to go up a flight of stairs, and walk down a very long corridor to get to the opposite end of the building, and take a flight back down. This long walkway over looked all of the raquet ball courts on the left hand, and right hand side of the railings. The courts were closed, and we would put strobe lights in each courtroom with ext cords. We put 4 speakers in the ceiling, and we played audio tapes. You have to imagine walking down a very dark corridor, and the only light source are all of these rooms blinking back, and forth, and up, and down the corridor. When you got to the center of the corridor the speakers would mess with your mind. Speaker number 2, and 3 were left, and right channels of a tape player, and we panned the audio back in forth during the recording. It would def give you that "Dolby" feel from front to back! We played a record backwards, and it really created an eerie feel to the sound track. We took samples from the group Then information Society. We had snippets of "I want to know, what your'e thinking", and bits of "pure energy" which is a voice over from the song, and they sampled it from the Star Trek series from Spock. When you stood in the sweet spot in the middle the corridor the effect was awesome! We used two $20.00 cassette players, and amps from a pawn shop. Thank you for the awesome ideas!

I would def be interested in doing text overlay using AVI files! If you could point me to a web site, I would appreciate it. If you have to create a program let me know how much it would cost. I have a bunch of old computers with 20 GB hard drives loaded Win 98 (not SE). It would be great if I could do something off of this platform. I could put all of the computers below/behind the display cabinets, and run wiring to "built in" monitors. No I really do not need to use the antiques with win 98, but I would rather not have to license 10 extra XP Pros. I do not know what it would cost if I went and bought 10 $99 MB and try to put together basics systems just to run avi files. Are there any I/O boards that work on older computers? It would be great if I could get the computers to trigger DVR alarm inputs, and have the computer play some audio files. Hey! Anyone work for Disney World? Maybe I can recreate It's a small World"! When I get the chance I find out what kind of computers I have. I know they are running on AMD chips, with Maxtor drives. Thanks kensplace for the ideas!

If I set up a board with numbers, and buttons, and I have this hooked up to the alarm inputs of a DVR, and I also use an alarm recorder/anunciator to say a sentence, or two, then I could possibly turn off, and on lights that illuminate the various cameras on the display and this would give me the interaction that I am looking for. I find some customers do not want to "talk" to a sales person, and other times we are so busy that some customers do not get attended right away. If I am working with a "tire kicker" I will soon move to the next customer, but sometimes I have a live "fish", and I cannot get to the other customers. Sometimes it is not to bad as I can give a "dog, and pony show", and all of the customers can just listen in. This happens once in awhile as some people are out doing site surveys, and the Office manager is out doing the banking, and picking up lunch, and another can be busy with Fed Up, and UUUPs with packages, and products. Some customers are there for electronic devices, or anti bugging devices, or for full blown video surveillance systems, or for electronic access, or the DIY that needs help with the......... It would be nice to have an interactive showroom, kind of like a muesum or something. What recorder/aununciator would be inexpensive enough, and yet give good speech quality? Are there any that have an audio output so that I could run the audio through a stereo with speakers, and a subwoofer? Are there some that have a time lag from closure to speech? Which one should I avoid, and which one would you recommend. I can also have a "bank" or relays that can create triggers in a timed sequence. I thought of being able to push one button, and a regular camera will show the inside of a "closet" with the interior light on, then show it with the light off, and then the camera just shows a black picture, or the lack of lighting, then the next sequence show a short ranged Ir cheapo camera, and then it will switch to a long throw IR, and then to a true day/night camera. This would be done in a sequence with an anunciation of what is happening in each screen shot. For lighting I imagine I would just use the "hockey puck" low voltage lighting on the product shelves. Anyone with any good ideas? Any electronic gadget that I may have overlooked? Thanks in advance!

Hey Galen how are you doing? To you, and everyone, have a Happy Fourth of July!!!!!

It is 20 feet wide. It is divided in half. The back half is for receiving/shipping, customer install staging, tech bench, and tool storage. The front half has an office area, and the show room. Total it is 1600 feet. Shhhh! It is $750 a month! Actually Dot is going to buy the property, and demolish the building to expand a major intersection. Technically we are living on borrowed time. We are closer to lower income clients, but the intersection that we are on is priceless for the exposure. We have debated to move to the plaza (excuse me! I meant an open air mall), in the "rich city". I would be willing to knock down the walls, and reconfigure it.