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Cannot extract this exe (even not with v1.6b):

http://www.desktop-xp.com/files/worldcurrencies.exe

from page:
http://www.3d-screensaver-downloads.com/free-money-screensaver.php

Why?

Peter

I had some issues with intallation in Vista Business. Some Registry items would not load.
Is it possible to use UE to read Norton Ghost files? I have some from Version 10 and earlier.
I am now using Acronis and have lost access to these files as Vista won't handler earlier versions of Ghost.

Secunia Software Inspector keeps complaining at me because the 7-zip component of Universal Extractor is now insecure, i.e. it needs to be updated to v. 4.57 due to a security problem with earlier versions. Any chance the 7-zip component of Universal Extractor can be updated to the current version? If that is not possible at this time, can I update it (directly) manually on my PC?
Thanks.

Rogue installer:
anti-virus-pro_org/Antivirusuk.exe

Error:

cmdTotal 1.02 (c) 2006/2007 KaKeeware, http://www.kakeeware.com

Target directory: E:\Misc\Malware\anti-virus-pro_org\Antivirusuk\uni_wznxvtm
Sorry, exception occured -> quitting!

Note: This post is just a first draft. It will be updated as I continue my research. I'm hoping to have all parts selected by the end of the week.

For the past couple of months I've been researching various home NAS (network attached storage) solutions. Currently, all file-serving and backups are handled by a desktop system in my living room - which also handles my website and e-mail, multimedia functionality (hence running it in my living room), and a whole lot more. As I'm getting rather tired of the noise and recent instability, I want to migrate all functionality off of this system onto other systems/servers better suited to the tasks. My first step is setting up a NAS system for my house.

As I said above, I've been researching this for quite some time now, mostly because I'm having trouble deciding which direction I want to take. The two main choices are:

• Setup a commercial NAS appliance (such as the Linksys NAS200)
• Build a dedicated NAS system, based on something like FreeNAS

A commercial appliance would be the much simpler route, and is mostly what I'd been researching, but for various reasons I'm actually learning towards building a dedicated system now. The primary reason, to be completely honest, is flexibility. If I build my own hardware and install a "real" OS on it, even though it may be used specifically designed to function as a NAS device I still have the ability to do anything else with it that I may want or need. With an appliance, I'm much more limited in what I can do here (if it's even possible at all). Some appliances do allow remote console access, but every one I've seen is very vague on details as far as what can be done once you've logged in. Without being able to test it out myself, I have to assume that I won't meet my requirements.

So, why is building a dedicated system such a hard decision? This breaks down into two categories:

• power, heat, noise (ie., efficiency)
• NAS functionality

Let me address the efficiency issue first as it's more straightforward. This box will be running 24x7, and I want something that's going to be as quiet and energy efficient as possible. The majority of the appliances I've looked at were designed with this in mind, and while some are much better than others, all are more efficient than a typical desktop system. I want to stick this thing in a corner and not ever see it or hear it; just have it run reliably and not make a significant dent in my power bill.

The functionality issue is a bit more complicated. I stated previously that flexibility was the primary reason I wanted to build my own system, which may seem to contradict with this current statement, but they apply to different scopes. The former is about OS-level functionality; the latter is more about hardware functionality. Eg., two features I'd really like from my NAS are hardware RAID 5 using four disks and hot-swappable drives, both of which a fairly among among higher-end home NAS appliances. Hardware RAID is easy enough to do on a custom built system, but how-swappable drives is a completely separate issue; short of a rack mount server or tower-style case (both of which are ruled out by the noise/efficiency requirements), options are extremely limited.

With all that said, here are the components that I'm currently looking at. Any and all feedback, especially regarding personal experience, is most welcome.

Unlike most custom built systems where the case is a fairly insignificant component, this choice of components in this system is almost entirely dictated by the case as I've only been able to find one that meets both the noise/efficiency and NAS functionality requirements described above. As a result, my requirements (and personal preferences) are:

• Mini-ITX motherboard
  • integrated gigabit ethernet
  • single PCI (not PCI-E) slot
  • at least one, preferably two GB RAM
  • optional: integrated CF (compact flash) support for OS drive
• low-voltage/wattage processor
• low-profile, 4-port SATA II RAID card
  • must be fully supported by both Linux and FreeBSD
• four energy-efficient 500 GB SATA II hard drives
• slim DVD-ROM optical drive

Case
Chenbro ES34069 - ~$185
+ PCI Riser card - where/how to buy?

Motherboard/CPU
Under Investigation:
Intel Mobile (socket P)
AMD Mobile (socket S1)
AMD Brisbane desktop core
VIA

Memory
undecided - will probably go with a single 1GB DIMM, specs depending on motherboard choice

RAID Controller
undecided - best choices so far (but would love a comparable at a better price):
LSI MegaRAID SATA 300-4XLP - ~$330 (PCI-X)
3ware 9550SXU-4LP - $300 (PCI-X)

Hard Drives
RAID (x4): Western Digital Caviar GP WD5000AACS - ~$100 (no NCQ?)
RAID (x4) (alt): Samsung SpinPoint T166 HD501LJ - ~$105
System: undecided - 2GB compact flash drive, 2GB IDE disk on module, or low capacity, efficient 2,5" hard drive

Optical Drive
Samsung SN-M242D - ~$40

Video Card
integrated

Power Supply
integrated

Network Interface Card
integrated

Sound Card
integrated

Input Devices
N/A

Operating System
FreeNAS or OpenFiler

For reference, here are the best appliance options I found:
to complete - QNAP, Storango, Irfrant, Thecus?