I meant...1394 connections???

[Jason]

I have a cable internet connection...and in my network
connections folder there are 3 items. The local
connection of course is there and the remaining two are
1394 connections. I don't have a home network, and I
don't use my ISP's network. I mean...I never go to say
Workgroup or anything like that. I also have firewalls on
those connections and sharing of files disabled...so...do
I really need those things? I don't even know what they
do. Thanks so much....

P.S. In display settings:
Which is better "true color 24-bit" or "32-bit" ?

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

You can run a network over 1394 just like you can over Ethernet. You can
disable them if you like.

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"Jason" > wrote in message
...
> I have a cable internet connection...and in my network
> connections folder there are 3 items. The local
> connection of course is there and the remaining two are
> 1394 connections. I don't have a home network, and I
> don't use my ISP's network. I mean...I never go to say
> Workgroup or anything like that. I also have firewalls on
> those connections and sharing of files disabled...so...do
> I really need those things? I don't even know what they
> do. Thanks so much....
>
> P.S. In display settings:
> Which is better "true color 24-bit" or "32-bit" ?
>

[Jason]

Will that hinder myinternet connection...(disabling them?)

and what about the display settings question?

thank you so much

>-----Original Message-----
>You can run a network over 1394 just like you can over
Ethernet. You can
>disable them if you like.
>
>--
>This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
confers no rights.
>
>
>"Jason" > wrote in message
...
>> I have a cable internet connection...and in my network
>> connections folder there are 3 items. The local
>> connection of course is there and the remaining two are
>> 1394 connections. I don't have a home network, and I
>> don't use my ISP's network. I mean...I never go to say
>> Workgroup or anything like that. I also have firewalls
on
>> those connections and sharing of files
disabled...so...do
>> I really need those things? I don't even know what they
>> do. Thanks so much....
>>
>> P.S. In display settings:
>> Which is better "true color 24-bit" or "32-bit" ?
>>
>
>
>.
>

[Ken Wickes [MSFT]]

No, it won't hurt your internet connection. Think of them as regular NICs,
you could plug in a 1394 cable and connect it to another computer.

24 vs 32? Frankly you will probably never know the difference. There are
the same number of available colors in each, just some size vs speed
tradeoffs. Go for 32 bit if your video card supports it in the resolution
that you want.


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"Jason" > wrote in message
...
> Will that hinder myinternet connection...(disabling them?)
>
> and what about the display settings question?
>
> thank you so much
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >You can run a network over 1394 just like you can over
> Ethernet. You can
> >disable them if you like.
> >
> >--
> >This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> >
> >
> >"Jason" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I have a cable internet connection...and in my network
> >> connections folder there are 3 items. The local
> >> connection of course is there and the remaining two are
> >> 1394 connections. I don't have a home network, and I
> >> don't use my ISP's network. I mean...I never go to say
> >> Workgroup or anything like that. I also have firewalls
> on
> >> those connections and sharing of files
> disabled...so...do
> >> I really need those things? I don't even know what they
> >> do. Thanks so much....
> >>
> >> P.S. In display settings:
> >> Which is better "true color 24-bit" or "32-bit" ?
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[Alan Muller [MSFT]]

The 1394 connections are for devices that can transfer data to your PC using
"FireWire". For example, if you had a digital video camera with FireWire
support (and appropriate software), you could download your home movies to
your PC very quickly without the need of a video capture card.

If you do not have any devices that utilize 1394 connections, then you can
go ahead and disable these connections. This is not necessary, however,
because these connections may come in quite useful someday. :-)

--
Alan Muller
Software Design Engineer in Test

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"Jason" > wrote in message
...
> I have a cable internet connection...and in my network
> connections folder there are 3 items. The local
> connection of course is there and the remaining two are
> 1394 connections. I don't have a home network, and I
> don't use my ISP's network. I mean...I never go to say
> Workgroup or anything like that. I also have firewalls on
> those connections and sharing of files disabled...so...do
> I really need those things? I don't even know what they
> do. Thanks so much....
>
> P.S. In display settings:
> Which is better "true color 24-bit" or "32-bit" ?
>