HP Thin Client and Magic Jack

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:30 am

MagicJohnson wrote:I am using Windows XPe

Just install my image and it will overwrite everything on the ATA flash drive and then plug you MJ in and you should be good to go.

MagicJohnson · Post by **MagicJohnson** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 8:48 am

I downloaded the image from the HP website yesterday, put it on my usb flash drive, installed it from there and then plugged in my magicjack and now my magicjack works fine. Now I will save my image to my flash drive so I can restore anytime.

Thank you everyone who took the time to help me.

Now I'm thinking about upgrading my memory.

BTW, Who is Dan, and why should he pay us?

lymon · Post by **lymon** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 1:53 pm

MagicJohnson wrote: ...BTW, Who is Dan, and why should he pay us?

Dan Borislow, "inventor" of Magicjack and main mojo behind MJ. He should pay us because we provide more information about his product than his customer service people do

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 3:03 pm

MagicJohnson wrote:I downloaded the image from the HP website yesterday, put it on my usb flash drive, installed it from there and then plugged in my magicjack and now my magicjack works fine. Now I will save my image to my flash drive so I can restore anytime.

Thank you everyone who took the time to help me.

Now I'm thinking about upgrading my memory.

BTW, Who is Dan, and why should he pay us?

Why didn't yo use my image, by using the HP image you still have a thin client that doesn't work with MJ

seems to me you accomplished nothing.

MagicJohnson · Post by **MagicJohnson** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:54 pm

I loaded the HP image and installed MJ and it works. I think I accomplished something. But I appreciate yo help.

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Fri Oct 31, 2008 5:46 pm

MagicJohnson wrote:I loaded the HP image and installed MJ and it works. I think I accomplished something. But I appreciate yo help.

Sorry Magic, that was not supposed to sound as snippy as it does ... OK so I wouldn't make a good politician. Ya know that shit about people getting grumpy and lacking social skills as they get older... It' true and I have become very aware that sometimes I say things in a way that when I come back a few days later and read my own comments... well sometimes I can't believe I said what I said in the way I said it.

What I meant is I am very sure the mount of ram doesn't make any difference. If you flash with my image you should be MJ ready in the time it takes to do the re-flash.

Regards,

PS - With all the humility I can muster the flash I posted is excellent:

1. updated Ethernet drivers.
2. Java installed.
3. DirectX installed.
4. System priority adjusted for MJ.
5. All unnecessary junk files removed.
6. Latest MJ update is installed.
7. TeamViewer 3 Host is installed.
8. And all the other stuff I can't remember.

PS - 2, In fact for your first go and successfully flashing your Thin Client can be a daunting task and I should have given you accolades for your accomplishment. I rate flashing something you just spent good money for about as stressful as in the old days when you flashed an update to your New $3000 dollar computer's Bios and the first message you get is "This process could irreversibly damage your computer".

davrow · Post by **davrow** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 4:44 pm

HolmanGT and Stroths, you guys are the best! I'm having a blast playing around with this Thin Client.

But I decided to load Holman's image on my t5710 512/256. Used the HP utility to make a boot USB thumbdrive. It has a FLASH.IMG file on it (250Mb). When I UNRAR Holman's file I get a FLASH.MBR file (500 Mb).

I did not know how to reconcile this, so simply did as per the instructions and added it to my USB thumbdrive and booted the ThinClient.

First I removed the FLASH.IMG file. The ThinClient would not boot.

Put the FLASH.IMG file back on, and that is what it flashed.

Did I miss a crucial step? I'm feeling a little dumb right now...

Thanks to all the contributors to this thread, this is great!

David
San Diego

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 4:53 pm

davrow wrote:HolmanGT and Stroths, you guys are the best! I'm having a blast playing around with this Thin Client.

But I decided to load Holman's image on my t5710 512/256. Used the HP utility to make a boot USB thumbdrive. It has a FLASH.IMG file on it (250Mb). When I UNRAR Holman's file I get a FLASH.MBR file (500 Mb).

I did not know how to reconcile this, so simply did as per the instructions and added it to my USB thumbdrive and booted the ThinClient.

First I removed the FLASH.IMG file. The ThinClient would not boot.

Put the FLASH.IMG file back on, and that is what it flashed.

Did I miss a crucial step? I'm feeling a little dumb right now...

Thanks to all the contributors to this thread, this is great!

David
San Diego

David,

First you have to create a bootable thumb drive. Use the ThinState client in the XPe control panel.

After you have a new boot T.D. just add my image to the thumb drive and boot off of it. The rest is self driven, you just sit back and watch.

If you plug the new bootable thumb drive you just created into any other machine if it says anything about it is whacked would you like to fix or scan it make sure you always say no.

MagicJohnson · Post by **MagicJohnson** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:06 pm

Defintely.

lymon wrote:
MagicJohnson wrote: ...BTW, Who is Dan, and why should he pay us?
Dan Borislow, "inventor" of Magicjack and main mojo behind MJ. He should pay us because we provide more information about his product than his customer service people do

davrow · Post by **davrow** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:17 pm

Thanks for the extremely quick reply, HolmanGT.

I was using the thumbdrive as created on my PC. Once I had the ThinClient up and set to Administrator I realized what you just said is probably what I needed to do.

In the process now, will keep you posted.

Thanks very much!

Dav

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:19 pm

davrow,

I just noticed that you did make it bootable... Hmmm...

Actually on occasion I have had trouble getting the thin clients to boot from the T.D.s but never fear we can make it work.

I PMed you with contact information - give me a call - Cell Phone Please. Strange irony for guys packing free phone systems !!!!

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:22 pm

davrow wrote:Thanks for the extremely quick reply, HolmanGT.

I was using the thumbdrive as created on my PC. Once I had the ThinClient up and set to Administrator I realized what you just said is probably what I needed to do.

In the process now, will keep you posted.

Thanks very much!

Dav

Standing by... if it is not a silk purse in a little bit give me a call. It would be hard to explain some of the quirks when it does not see the T.D. as a boot drive.

MagicJohnson · Post by **MagicJohnson** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:25 pm

No worries. I was just thinking of increasing my ram in case i wanted to run other applications without them terminating because of lack of memory. This is not a big deal to me, just an afterthought. My main goal was to have a phone on 24-7 without leaving my main computer on, in order to save electricity and cut down on noise.

As far as my experience with the hp image, all I did was follow instructions from the hp website, played with the firewall settings and installed mj. I did not experience any problems along the way.

HolmanGT wrote:
MagicJohnson wrote:I loaded the HP image and installed MJ and it works. I think I accomplished something. But I appreciate yo help.
Sorry Magic, that was not supposed to sound as snippy as it does ... OK so I wouldn't make a good politician. Ya know that shit about people getting grumpy and lacking social skills as they get older... It' true and I have become very aware that sometimes I say things in a way that when I come back a few days later and read my own comments... well sometimes I can't believe I said what I said in the way I said it.

What I meant is I am very sure the mount of ram doesn't make any difference. If you flash with my image you should be MJ ready in the time it takes to do the re-flash.

Regards,

PS - With all the humility I can muster the flash I posted is excellent:

1. updated Ethernet drivers.
2. Java installed.
3. DirectX installed.
4. System priority adjusted for MJ.
5. All unnecessary junk files removed.
6. Latest MJ update is installed.
7. TeamViewer 3 Host is installed.
8. And all the other stuff I can't remember.

PS - 2, In fact for your first go and successfully flashing your Thin Client can be a daunting task and I should have given you accolades for your accomplishment. I rate flashing something you just spent good money for about as stressful as in the old days when you flashed an update to your New $3000 dollar computer's Bios and the first message you get is "This process could irreversibly damage your computer".

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:43 pm

MagicJohnson,

Are you saying you just plugged your MJ into the downloaded HP image and it worked?

That is strange, without changing the USB driver you normally get the "Blue Screen of Death".

Also the newer update version will run your MagicJack without complaining as it did in the past about no audio something or another and you had to install DirectX to get past this stumbling block.

However now that it will run without DirectX it will not run near as well as it will if you install DirectX. One very noticeable improvement is with full duplex. You will notice that if you talk while the other person is talking it will chop up the incoming audio. Adding DirectX will correct most of that and I am sure some other improvements I haven't yet discovered.

davrow · Post by **davrow** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 5:57 pm

HolmanGT, thanks for all your efforts, and your help.

Everything went smoothly this time. It even came up with the EWF lock green and locked, and came up as Administrator.

I'll get it to start up TeamViewer at startup so I can get rid of this clunky monitor I'm using during the setup, and I'll be all set.

I brought stroths EWF management programs over, nice to have simple desktop icons. Thanks stroths!

Haven't actually plugged MJ in yet. A few more minutes cleaning things up, first.

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:02 pm

davrow wrote:HolmanGT, thanks for all your efforts, and your help.

Everything went smoothly this time. It even came up with the EWF lock green and locked, and came up as Administrator.

I'll get it to start up TeamViewer at startup so I can get rid of this clunky monitor I'm using during the setup, and I'll be all set.

I brought stroths EWF management programs over, nice to have simple desktop icons. Thanks stroths!

Haven't actually plugged MJ in yet. A few more minutes cleaning things up, first.

Hmmm... I thought I had TeamViewer set to Auto Start?

OK I am waiting the here a loud Eureka when you plug you MJ in and it just works right out of the can so to speak.

MagicJohnson · Post by **MagicJohnson** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:20 pm

Yes, I downloaded the installation file from the HP website onto my regular, non-thin client, PC, ran it and let it load the image unto my usb flash drive. Then I took the USB flash drive and plugged it into my thin client, booted up the thin client and let it load the image unto my thin client. I rebooted the thin client then plugged in mj and let it do its thing. No mess no fuss, no blue screen. MJ works. Well, I do have some other issues with mj, like that fact that my mj number is busy most of the time when I try to call it from other phones (outgoing calls from mj work all the time), and voice mail cannot be disabled, but these problems don't have anything to do with the thin client.

I'm not a computer expert, but I do have more experience over maybe an average computer user. In the past I almost always ran into snags when dealing with computers, but not this time. Everything went smoothly.

I did have driver problems with original OS that came with the thin client when I bought it off of ebay, before I loaded a fresh install from the HP website.

HolmanGT wrote:MagicJohnson,

Are you saying you just plugged your MJ into the downloaded HP image and it worked?

That is strange, without changing the USB driver you normally get the "Blue Screen of Death".

Also the newer update version will run your MagicJack without complaining as it did in the past about no audio something or another and you had to install DirectX to get past this stumbling block.

However now that it will run without DirectX it will not run near as well as it will if you install DirectX. One very noticeable improvement is with full duplex. You will notice that if you talk while the other person is talking it will chop up the incoming audio. Adding DirectX will correct most of that and I am sure some other improvements I haven't yet discovered.

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:44 pm

MagicJohnson,

I am very glad it went so easy for you. But I think prior to the last update (maybe as far back as two updates) it wouldn't have gone as well. Those were the days it didn't like the ALi USB drivers and would absolutely refuse to run with out DirectX.

Which by the way IMHO is why I know that the YMAX folks read the mail on this site. The only way in hell they could have adjusted their code to resolve Thin Client problems would have been gleaned from this site.

But anyway if you get ambitious try adding DirectX and see if you don't notice quit a bit of audio improvement.

Salute, Mr. MagicJohnson

davrow · Post by **davrow** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:25 pm

HolmanGT,

You may have had it set to auto-start and I did not realize what the icon in the system tray was for. Anyway, that is okay now.

Computers are never as easy as they should be. Got it all set up, plugged in the MJ, and it failed to load. Gave me an exclamation mark inside a yellow triangle in the system tray.

Took MJ out of USB port, plugged back in, same thing.

Rebooted with MJ in place, success!

Then tried accessing it remotely via TeamViewer (note: used TeamViewer successfully prior to plugging in MJ). TeamViewer would not connect anymore. Caused the TeamViewer program to crash.

Figured maybe the extra "stuff" I loaded were causing it to run out of room. Although it should be RAM it was running out of, not FLASH. Well, deleted JAVA (figured I could always put that one back if I need it).

Now TeamViewer works while MJ is up and running. I'm very happy.

But, does removing JAVA make any sense for getting it to work, or was it coincidence combined with a reboot or two?

Thanks again for all your help!

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:42 pm

davrow wrote:HolmanGT,

You may have had it set to auto-start and I did not realize what the icon in the system tray was for. Anyway, that is okay now.

Computers are never as easy as they should be. Got it all set up, plugged in the MJ, and it failed to load. Gave me an exclamation mark inside a yellow triangle in the system tray.

Took MJ out of USB port, plugged back in, same thing.

Rebooted with MJ in place, success!

Then tried accessing it remotely via TeamViewer (note: used TeamViewer successfully prior to plugging in MJ). TeamViewer would not connect anymore. Caused the TeamViewer program to crash.

Figured maybe the extra "stuff" I loaded were causing it to run out of room. Although it should be RAM it was running out of, not FLASH. Well, deleted JAVA (figured I could always put that one back if I need it).

Now TeamViewer works while MJ is up and running. I'm very happy.

But, does removing JAVA make any sense for getting it to work, or was it coincidence combined with a reboot or two?

Thanks again for all your help!

Dave,

I wouldn't think Java had anything to do with the strange behavior but it might have eaten up too much of your ram. I have never tried to run in 256 megs since they started using DirectX but I do know that JAVA is a big application and I don't know how well it plays when starved for memory.

Actually on the JAVA, you don't need it anyway it is a carry-over from when MJ had the MagicFIX application on their WEB site and it was a JAVA application. That has long since disappeared so unless you intend to browse JAVA sites you won't have very much use for it.

davrow · Post by **davrow** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 8:34 pm

The 256 seems to be a very limiting factor. Fortunately, I just want a magicJack box, so I do not intend to do any browsing at all.

Still, with just magicJack running (and Windows normal background garbage) I'm consuming 183 of my 256 RAM. Not much room for other apps. TeamViewer is amazingly small and runs fine with this setup.

The ThinClient is fun, though, so I might get myself another and bump it to 1G/1G so I can use all the accessory programs I want.

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:55 pm

davrow wrote:The 256 seems to be a very limiting factor. Fortunately, I just want a magicJack box, so I do not intend to do any browsing at all.

Still, with just magicJack running (and Windows normal background garbage) I'm consuming 183 of my 256 RAM. Not much room for other apps. TeamViewer is amazingly small and runs fine with this setup.

The ThinClient is fun, though, so I might get myself another and bump it to 1G/1G so I can use all the accessory programs I want.

Dave,

When your feeling rich go to the Kingston site and look up your model thin client. I believe they want 36 bucks for a 512. I am on my way out to the garage looking for my damn MP3 player cable but I will see if I still have any 512 ram units left. If I do I will sell you one for half of whatever Kingston wants plus shipping. I think the last ram module I sent out cost me around $3.50 for the padded envelope and postage.

MagicJohnson · Post by **MagicJohnson** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 12:45 am

I will be buying more ram in the future. I kinda like browsing without hearing the fans and hard drive spinning. I might run Yahoo IM also. I think a little extra ram will help.

ret27m · Post by **ret27m** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:23 pm

I just got my MJ and I love it, ZERO problems

, I am going to buy a Thin Client HP T5710 1.2/512/256 for 130.00 to the door new in box, will this get me up and running or will i need to kick the ram to 512...Thanks...Jim

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 10:32 pm

It should be fine if your going to use it for MJ only. I actually bought one from the same place you did. I upgraded mine just because when I received my Thin Client MJ needed Direct X which required 512, but now it seems to work well with 256 since the most recent updates. If you want to upgrade contact HolmanGT he had some 512 laying around or at least he did in the past at a very good price.

solarpower · Post by **solarpower** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:16 pm

HolmanGT, your image worked perfectly fine. I had issues with my USB drive. Does your image has embedded XP or regular windows XP? The reason i am looking for skinned down version of XP is that i am unable to find drivers for embedded xp for my eHome 103 Wireless USB adapter. I appreciate your quick response during my installtion process. You rock!

Thunder · Post by **Thunder** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:28 pm

I use a D-Link DWL-122 usb wireless adapter and I just installed the regular xp driver and it worked perfectly on xpe. Just remember to due a commit.

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 1:00 am

solarpower wrote:HolmanGT, your image worked perfectly fine. I had issues with my USB drive. Does your image has embedded XP or regular windows XP? The reason i am looking for skinned down version of XP is that i am unable to find drivers for embedded xp for my eHome 103 Wireless USB adapter. I appreciate your quick response during my installtion process. You rock!

Solar,

My image is XPe - However there is a person that uses the same name that I do, come to think of it it might even be me that has a copy of something called XP-micro. It is a 100 mega byte version of regular XP.

If you would like to give it a try I will PM you a down load link.

Caveat; I have never used it and know nothing about it except in the circles that are more interested in Skinny-Mini all solid state computers it is very popular.

As far as legal, I don't know why it would not be legal if you use one of your old XP license keys. Like I said I don't know much about it but I have a sneaking suspicion that it does not require a key and it is one of the version from pre call home versions... blah blah blah.

ret27m · Post by **ret27m** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:03 pm

HolmanGT will yer img work on an HP T5710 1.2/512/256 ? If so how do I get a copy of your img, also if I pm you could I get the link to the skinny ver of xp that will work on my TC? Thanks a million WOW I love this MJ zero problems so far

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Wed Nov 05, 2008 11:24 pm

ret27m wrote:HolmanGT will yer img work on an HP T5710 1.2/512/256 ? If so how do I get a copy of your img, also if I pm you could I get the link to the skinny ver of xp that will work on my TC? Thanks a million WOW I love this MJ zero problems so far

OK - I PMed you the links.

As far as my image working with your 512/256 it should. I also think someone on this forum used it with the same set up as yours and it worked but I don't remember who that was.

In any case it would only take about 15 minutes to find out if it will work and if you back up first you can always return to what you have now in about the same length of time.

ret27m · Post by **ret27m** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 4:06 pm

THANK YOU very much, I got the files downloaed and unzipped. I should get my TC mon or tue, I have been reading and am pretty computer savy DeskTop wise, so is there a paticular thread or a set of instuctions that will guide me thru getting the .img on the TC? Do I need to adjust anything in the BIOS? After I get the .img mounted and the TC booted do I simly plug the MJ in and start making calls? Again Thanks for everything....

tx169 · Post by **tx169** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:01 pm

Hi HolmanGT,
my T5710 will ship to me in a few days, can I get a link to your image of XPe. Thanks for your help.

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:13 pm

tx169 wrote:Hi HolmanGT,
my T5710 will ship to me in a few days, can I get a link to your image of XPe. Thanks for your help.

"You have a new PM"

Let me know if you encounter any problems, you shouldn't but "Poo-Poo happens" (paraphrased to be socially acceptable - I think

)

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 5:16 pm

ret27m wrote:THANK YOU very much, I got the files downloaed and unzipped. I should get my TC mon or tue, I have been reading and am pretty computer savy DeskTop wise, so is there a paticular thread or a set of instuctions that will guide me thru getting the .img on the TC? Do I need to adjust anything in the BIOS? After I get the .img mounted and the TC booted do I simly plug the MJ in and start making calls? Again Thanks for everything....

I have to run some errands but I will sketch out a little how to for my image installation.

Everything on a Thin Client is easy - just not always obvious.

ret27m · Post by **ret27m** » Thu Nov 06, 2008 6:01 pm

your the man HolmanGT, the members of this site are VERY friendly and helpful, I'm glad I stumbled into this forum.....

anant · Post by **anant** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:05 pm

Hi everyone:
I am new to these Thin clients and this forum. I started reading the posts in this forum. Very exciting indeed. I finished up to 13 pages. I intend to read all in next couple of days. There is fund of knowledge in all these posts in this forum. Lots of hard work got into.
I have a few questions ( could be stupid and might have been answered by someone If so please pardon me)
For the purpose of the Thin Client (TC) just for the dedicated use with MJ.
1. Does the memory 256 (F)/256 (R) adequate ?
2. Does the processor speed matter? What should be the minimum speed?
3. Since MJ will be plugged into USB of TC, does it matter if TC supports supports only 1.1 and not 2.0
4. MJ Support upgrades MJ SW from time to time. How do we get these upgrades into TC ?
I am tempted to jump into this fray.

anant

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 2:35 pm

anant wrote:Hi everyone:
I am new to these Thin clients and this forum. I started reading the posts in this forum. Very exciting indeed. I finished up to 13 pages. I intend to read all in next couple of days. There is fund of knowledge in all these posts in this forum. Lots of hard work got into.
I have a few questions ( could be stupid and might have been answered by someone If so please pardon me)
For the purpose of the Thin Client (TC) just for the dedicated use with MJ.
1. Does the memory 256 (F)/256 (R) adequate ? 512/512 is what I consider minimum, but 512 256 will work.2. Does the processor speed matter? What should be the minimum speed? I have never used one of the 800 MHz units it should work. I use the 1.2 & 1 GHz units. 3. Since MJ will be plugged into USB of TC, does it matter if TC supports supports only 1.1 and not 2.0 No the MJ will work with either 1.1 or 2.0 ports, at least for the time. With 1.1 you are picking the oldest thin client you can get and if MJ ever decided to enforce 1.1 you will be out of luck. I don't think they will ever do that, they want the biggest possible market but you never know, 1.1 is fast becoming a White Elephant.4. MJ Support upgrades MJ SW from time to time. How do we get these upgrades into TC ? The upgrades will take care of themselves, worst case you will have to unplug and reinstall the MJ to initiate the update.I am tempted to jump into this fray.

anant

anant · Post by **anant** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 1:56 pm

Hi:

I have purchased T5710 on ebay last night NEW HP Thin Client T5710 XPe a 1.2GHz /512F/256R I got e-mail it is already shipped. I would expect it in next couple days. I paid $ 129 with free shipping. I could not find a used one at a lower price. May be I am very late in the game as prices soared up due to euphoria built up on this forum. I myself could not wait long enough to get lower price due to the excitement built up in this forum. If anyone is interested, the seller is Xtreme-ge on ebay.

May be this TC is adequate for my MJ use as a starting point. I need all the help I can get from this forum especially stalwarts like HolmanGT and many others like him. I am in the process of reading as many posts as I can. There is fund of knowledge in the many posts in this forum. The problem a newbie like me get into is where to start and how to proceed. If will be very beneficial if someone can lay down the necessary steps to get the TC-MJ running without reinventing the wheel.

anant

ret27m · Post by **ret27m** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:31 pm

anant
i bought the same unit from the same source as you. it will indeed be brand new never opened, they are really nice. i kept mine stock (1.2-512F/256R) and it worked perfectly using HolmanGT's .img. you wont be able to anything with it but run your magicjack unless you upgrade your ram to 512. i am quite literate with computers and XP but the thin client with XPe threw me for a bit of a loop until i was informed of a few tricks on how to get control the the operating system. HolmanGT squared me away, and i was up and running in no time. the folks on this site are very friendly and helpful, if there is any thing i can do to help you get started let me know. remember we get free long distance with magicjack so a helpful phone call is no problem.......Jim

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 2:49 pm

ret27m wrote:anant
i bought the same unit from the same source as you. it will indeed be brand new never opened, they are really nice. i kept mine stock (1.2-512F/256R) and it worked perfectly using HolmanGT's .img. you wont be able to anything with it but run your magicjack unless you upgrade your ram to 512. i am quite literate with computers and XP but the thin client with XPe threw me for a bit of a loop until i was informed of a few tricks on how to get control the the operating system. HolmanGT squared me away, and i was up and running in no time. the folks on this site are very friendly and helpful, if there is any thing i can do to help you get started let me know. remember we get free long distance with magicjack so a helpful phone call is no problem.......Jim

Jim,

You're the man! "What goes around come around" a very nice way to make others feel this is not such an indifferent world after all.

Regards, and as far as the flowers you sent my way ... well thanks but

I like to pretend to be humble but I eat it up.

ret27m · Post by **ret27m** » Mon Nov 17, 2008 10:43 pm

lol...Geroge if it werent for you id still be scratchin my rear end wondering how to find the (My Computer) icon on my Thin Client. I cant keep my hands off of this thing, I want a 5720 now......

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 12:21 am

ret27m wrote:lol...Geroge if it werent for you id still be scratchin my rear end wondering how to find the (My Computer) icon on my Thin Client. I cant keep my hands off of this thing, I want a 5720 now......

I sold three units to a 67 year old still active Brokerage Agent. He just called me this morning and told me he had purchased two more and even opened one up to add more memory on his own.

What do you think - Should Thin Clients come with a warning that "many have found the purchase and fondling of same to be extremely addictive, use at your own financial and marital peril".

ret27m · Post by **ret27m** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:44 am

YES a warning may help some but when you tie it in with CUS (Computer upgrade Syndrome) people like myself are in big trouble, thank goodness my wife understands my sickness or I could be sitting on the curb.

anant · Post by **anant** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:37 am

Hi folks:

I have a couple of general questions.

1.What is the optimum placement of the TJ / MJ unit before the router ( in between cable modem and router) or connected directly to the router by ethernet cable ?

2.Has anyone checked the quality of the MJ in/out calls in the following situations.
a. MJ plugged into regular computer
b. MJ plugged into TC
c. ATA ( such as Innomedia) with MJ SIP credentials.

anant

ret27m · Post by **ret27m** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:58 am

1. I plug in at router and go straight to the TC, I found wireless connection to be a bit choppy.

2. a and b. I get the same quaility from a desktop, laptop or TC (awesome)

c. you lost me there im not sure what sip is...sorry

anant · Post by **anant** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:21 pm

Hi:

I have been struggling to uninstall software on my Sandisk cruiser micro 1GB.
So I used the website http://www.u3.com/uninstall/ and followed till the end. I did not get a finished msg.
How can I check if the sw is uninstalled ?

Some others should have done this before. I need comments. Is there any other easy way and how can we check after uninstall if it was uninstalled properly.

My trials:

I see at the Sandisk site:
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STEP 2 - Remove U3 LaunchPad
1. Click the U3 icon on the System tray (located at the lower right corner of the screen).
2. Mouse over Settings and select U3 Launchpad Settings.
3. From the Uninstall tab, click Uninstall U3 Launchpad.
4. Click Next to begin.
5. Select Yes to restore data from the drive after it is re-formatted then click Format.
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I could not see U3 icon in Step 2 and I could not proceed.
I further googled and found a forum wherein a poster said as follows.
tranxene
October 21st, 2006, 01:17 PM
In order to get rid of these annoying U3 features, just download the w32 executable (http://www.u3.com/uninstall/) and run it on a win box. It will remove all U3 related stuff on the stick and the pc. This also affects the hidden partition on the USB device, which appears as hard drive.
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davrow · Post by **davrow** » Tue Nov 18, 2008 5:32 pm

anant, it is just a storage card. Delete it and it is gone. No need to "uninstall", you cannot "install" something to a memory card.

If you want to be really, really, really sure... just format the USB cruiser.

Boondocs · Post by **Boondocs** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:50 am

Wow this is great!!! Thanks guys for all the hard work. I want to get the MJ off my PC and move it to a TC. I see a lot of them on Ebay is there a preference ? I would assume 1.2g 512/512 would be the best but with the 1 gig work? The ram can be upgraded so I would not be concerned about that.

Also HolmanGT can I get a link to your image of XPe and the small version of xp so I am prepared when the client comes in.

HolmanGT · Post by **HolmanGT** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 6:09 pm

Boondocs wrote:Wow this is great!!! Thanks guys for all the hard work. I want to get the MJ off my PC and move it to a TC. I see a lot of them on Ebay is there a preference ? I would assume 1.2g 512/512 would be the best but with the 1 gig work? The ram can be upgraded so I would not be concerned about that.

Also HolmanGT can I get a link to your image of XPe and the small version of xp so I am prepared when the client comes in.

512/512 is the best unless you plan on doing a whole lot of other things with it. Everyone says they will and never do so 512/512, is that sort of like "54,40 or Fight" no ignore that it is a whole different deal.

I will PM you the link, I have posted it someplace around here but I don't think that is a smart idea since I my network storage has some bandwidth limits and I have come pretty close to exceeding them at times.

PTravel · Post by **PTravel** » Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:01 pm

HolmanGT wrote:512/512 is the best unless you plan on doing a whole lot of other things with it. Everyone says they will and never do

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