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What the heck is this fella's?    I have just discovered this file,  as above HEADING,  which is full of other small files and it won't de deleted??    I know it's somekind of corrupted data, we used to be able to get rid of them in the old days with 'XTREE GOLD' anyone remember the program?    From the old DOS days!   I have used it right up to my 64 bit win7 but it won't work now.

I am using Win7 64; AMD FX(tm) Six Core Proccessor;  RAM 8.00 GB.  Bios A.M. BIOS v6.00PG.

If you need any other info please let me know GUYS.

I just want to delete it is all!XTree Gold is my all time favorite file manager.....

You may want to try  Move on Boot...

NOTE: There is a newer unauthorised version called ZTree....however i'm not positive it'll run on 64bit.You won't believe this bud, but this excellent program will not do it.   When I attempt it, a small brass PADLOCK appears on the file and it refuses to budge???    Looks like I need dinamite here my friend?    I assume you've tried in safemode ? ?There's another called KillBox...Naw forgot about safe mode bud.... which key is it plz ...I just tried some bud forgot the correct one mate? Tap F8 repeatedly at power-up...I thought it was f8 patio, tried it a couple of times but the cursor just hangs there blinking at me with no results .....looks like I got another prob..... [email protected]+!!%~!!where is this folder?Give this a try:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659.aspxthen how about this 2 software one is unlocker that can unlock any locked filed include by virus. here the link

http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/

and one more is delete helper that will delete any data as u choose how to do that. it name delete doctor. here the link

http://www.diskcleaners.com/#deletedr

i used both sofware n so far none it can't delete or remove. so try it. for unlocker, when u install last step please opt out all option and only choose explorer assitant that will able u to unlock file in mouse click. try it urself n see if it can solve ur problem Quote from: BC_Programmer on June 17, 2012, 01:51:29 PM

where is this folder?

then how about this 2 software one is unlocker that can unlock any locked filed include by virus. here the link

http://www.filehippo.com/download_unlocker/

and one more is delete helper that will delete any data as u choose how to do that. it name delete doctor. here the link

http://www.diskcleaners.com/#deletedr

i used both sofware n so far none it can't delete or remove. so try it. for unlocker, when u install last step please opt out all option and only choose explorer assitant that will able u to unlock file in mouse click. try it urself n see if it can solve ur problem

Give this a try:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753659.aspx

The folder is on my C: drive, the second folder down bud.      I have tried to uninstall using both the progams that Patio gave me both in and out of safe mode..to no avail??    Inside this folder there is a file named 'Graphics' which I opened.     It showed some pictures relating to a program I recently installed called 'IconXP' ..an Icon maker program.     I have uninstalled and deleted this program and STILL the *censored* file will not go!     ^&*%$£"000xxxx!!!    

Can ANYONE tell me what the heck is causing this problem please?

I get to a web page and see an ITEM, or picture, I click for a closer look and get this error message!   Its flippin annoying guys!The web page has broken links, maybe. If you don't say which page, and which items or pictures, impossible to say more.
Why don't you try to see the page with an another browser?Thats a good idea mate!   I have just updated most of my stuff and things SEEN OK now, but I will bear it in mind bud! All i've seen today is all your solved Topics....guess we'll seeya next Year.....      

Seriously...good news.Just to let yoos guys know this problem has GON 'cos I had to do a re-format and things are ok now.  Thanks here for your help, most of you guys are gems ...i'ts only the ODD ones who ain't LOL

I hope that no one's suggested these before!

I noted that you have a Windows Vista / 7 / 8 forum.  It makes sense to group Vista and 7 together as they run similarly, look the same and usually are equivalent in terms of compatibility with software and drivers.  However, Windows 8, although again similar, has a completely new interface that would lead to very different issue descriptions (not to mention it will run on ARM as well, which really is a massive difference), PERHAPS Windows 8 deserves its own sub-forum?  Does anyone else have anything to concur with this suggestion, or argue against with?

Also, there isn't a site suggestions or general site sub-forum.  Maybe you should have one?  Or maybe this was considered and decided against for some reason, whatever happened I SPENT a while thinking about where to put this topic so I have reason to believe it's worth considering.

Thanks for reading.I think you've raised a valid POINT.  I'm curious to know what others think.Seems like a pretty logical move to split them apart to me. Perhaps a sub-forum specifically for issues with the new "windows 8 environment" (aka Metro)? A whole separate forum for windows 8 may be a bit of overkill, but OTOH I guess it could simplify some things. I generally agree with the OP, windows 8 may need to be separated, especially as I predict a lot of topics POSTED will be specifically about compatibility or usability issues CAUSED by the environment changes and loss of a start menu.

In this post I’ll show you that how you can hide a drive. We always hide our folders or other documents for security purpose or personal causes. After reading this tricks you can hide your computer  hard drives when needed. Non-hide process are also GIVEN.

Hide your Drives more easily:

Hide:

To hide a Drive follow the following steps which are given below:

1. At first go to the ‘Start Button’ and go to “Run” Or press “Windows Logo key” + R.

2. Type cmd and press Enter. For this reason Command prompt will open.

3. Write diskpart in the Command Prompt and press Enter.

4. Then write list volume and press Enter. After that you will see the Volume number and Drive letter of the Drives.
5. Now if you want to hide a Drive you have to select its Volume number. To do that write select volume 1 (Let we want to hide a drive which Volume number is 1).

6.Then write remove letter E. Here E is the drive Letter of that drive which Volume number is 1.

7.Then restart your Computer.  After restart computer Drive E will Hide .

Non-Hide:

To Non-hide a Drive follow the following steps which are given below:

 

Follow the first 4 steps(1-4) which are given above in this post.

Then :

5. Now if you want to non-hide a Drive you have to select its Volume number. To do that write select volume 1 (Let we want to non-hide a drive which Volume number is 1).

6.Then write assign letter E. Here E is the drive Letter of that drive which Volume number is 1.


7. Then restart your Computer. After restart computer Drive  E will show.

I think to hide drives this tricks is most helpful to you. You can find more Computer tricks

Link Trmoved...

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]Other methods here.

holy CRAP! windows 8 is AWESOME....ultrabook/tablets are awesome....macbooks are awesome - IOS and androids are awesome!! everything is just SO awesome RIGHT now!! isnt it MIND blowing??

i been wanting a macbook, but win8 looks so amazing! are apple users having a heart attack now?

what should i get?

thanks

How do I FIND topics CREATED by me?Click on your USERNAME, then click on "SHOW POSTS"

For some reason one of the best of features of the iPhone 4s is not CONSISTENTLY working for me.

When I plug in my iPhone to the wall charger, I was under the belief it would automatically on the "photo stream" folder update with my latest photos.
It used to, but does not anymore. I have to manually add them by copying them from the iPhone on "my computer"

When I plug the iPhone DIRECTLY into the PC, I still have to manually add.

If I want to synch and update music; I have to direct connect into my computer.

I have Windows Vista, so is it possible some extension is unchecked and if not what is the solution?
It's very annoying that something I paid for is not working; this is supposed to save TIME but WIRELESSLY synching music and photos.


Got a message from MS Windows:

"ApplePhotoStreams.exe has stopped working"
A problem caused the program to stop working correctly. Windows will close the program and notify you if a solution is available.

Are there certain startup programs I need; as I have apple mobile device, bonjour service, iPod service.


Thanks.Have you tried reinstalling itunes and iclouds as suggested by apple website? See also SETUP here http://www.pcworld.com/article/242242/how_to_use_wireless_sync_in_ios_5.html

Hello all.......can anyone tell me if a Trojan or any type of virus can send explicit emails from a computer to (what appears to be) random explicit ads or EMAIL addresses?  Can said virus also copy previously typed words and phrases from the individual that owns the computer and use this in the text of messages?    For example, computer operator writes an email to a friend and says, "hey, I'll be in Chicago today...come visit!"  Then the same verbiage in that message, or other messages, ends up in a REPLY to some explicit listing on a social site or ten.  Can this be true or am I being lied to by someone that is actually sending these out and trying to cover up with a virus scare?   I could use a little advice from someone who understands viruses.....thanks! peoples e-mail accounts can be hackedYou're being lied to...

Any infection cannot edit an e-mail include a link and then re-direct it.an infection can't but a hacking can send those kind of e-mails and key logging can SEE what you pressedGood evening technologicallychallenged and welcome to CH

What patio is saying is true Quote from: patio on September 06, 2012, 01:23:00 PM

You're being lied to...

Any infection cannot edit an e-mail include a link and then re-direct it.

Gratitude comes in many forms, and on this forum we seem to have a number for it.

But unfortunately I seem to be unable to increment the number attached to people who have assisted me.  I'm anticipating a silly response to this odd sounding question, but maybe putting it in context helped?

How does one 'thank' somebody?Clik thanx in the lower rite corner of any Post...I actually can't see it, is it disabled for some users?I have attached a screenshot, I can't see it but maybe I'm not looking hard enough?

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]Just to ensure we are all on the same page. This is your last post in this thread "Thank Veltas | Report to MODERATOR | IP logged" . As patio has pointed out the part in quotations is located at the lower right corner of your post. You should see it on every post in every thread ((except one  (the post i mean) that you CREATED)) the quoted choices. So if i wanted to thank you i can chose any of your posts in any threads you participated in and click on the "thank Veltas" link and your thank count will rise by one. As the person creating the thank i will not be aware of the action except if i soon after NOTE the rise in your numerical thank value. By the way i recently had another member PM me on the very same problem. He was directed to the site administrator for possible assistance. We don't know if that person's issue was resolved. You may wish to follow the same avenue. truenorthVeltas, You are correct in your case for some reason the option (plus others) are not available to you. truenorthOkay, well thanks patio and truenorth for clarifying...

I'd increment your 'thanks' count, but...

This is obviously a slight bug with the forum, or a moderator has manually disabled this for me (for whatever reason).I just had a thought. Have you tried this usage of the CH forums on different browsers? I don;t believe in our previous dealing with this concern the aspect of a browser was mentioned. I use Opera principally but also Google Chrome and Sea Monkey and no issues with any of them.truenorthI've had the issue with IE8 on Vista, IE9 on 7, and Firefox on XP, 7 and Ubuntu.  No browsers work so far.  The exception is that near to my account creation I was able to thank people for my posts, I am no LONGER able to do this.Suggest PMing the Administrator don't think the mods can do much for you on this problem.truenorth
P.S. If you do decide to go that route be patient the Admin is a very busy fellow.truenorth

Both machines have Easy Transfer opened up, but get error MESSAGE, Windows Easy Transfer CABLE is not recognized. Seems like the easier they try to make things, the more they dont work.Did it worked before changing the cable? What KIND of cable are you USING and operating system are involved? See also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Easy_Transfer for other things to consider.Am transferring XP to Win. 7, the cable is called Data Link easy copy.Complete Instructions

The software needs to be installed on both PC's...

Well I am making the Ultimate "WIRED" Lan Party Rig and am having issues trying to find Cat 5 extenders.

I took a gaming TOWER and integrated the router into it. I took an old NIC butchered it to be passive by soldering a custom Cat 5 cable to the Female RJ45 after killing traces to that adapters optoisolator so that a Cat 5 cable plugged into the back of the computer from a DSL or Broadband modem is passively sent to the internal router. I then have a short Male-Male straight thru cable from port 1 on the router to the integrated NIC on the motherboard. I then will have 4 Female Cat 5 (RJ45) jacks at the front bottom face of my computer tower for others to plug into that are passed to the 4 available ports of the router that is mounted internal to the gaming tower. I cracked open the router to take the board out and mount it internally to the gaming tower and will be soldering LEDs mounted to the face of the system for each ports activity via ribbon cable going back to the router with solder taps for LEDs to function. For power to the router I took a female P-connector and cut the end off the 12Volt power supply and used the 12VDC legs off the P-connector and used heat shrink to make my own P to barrel connector cable so that the router that is installed internally is powered off of the computers power supply via an available P-connector.

I have everything I need except the one part that is nowhere to be found are Cat 5 extenders which are 1ft in length and have a normal Cat 5 (RJ45) Male jack at one end and a "snap in" Female Cat 5 (RJ45) on the other end. At my last job I had a couple of these and I cant remember where I got them. I could go with a wall-mount type bank of 4 Cat5e's, but I think it would look much better with snap in females vs looking like a wall-plate bank of 4 Cat5e's at the lower face of the computer tower.

Anyone seen what I am talking about and if so, who sells them?   Worst comes worst i could always make my own I suppose, but it would be NICE to buy ones already made vs having to solder up 32 wires and heat shrink them up.

Every once in a while I come up with a frankenstein type build. The one day i realized I could integrate a spare router with a P-connector TAP, and the project spawned off from that...LOL  http://www.cyberguys.com/product-details/?productid=21304 Just had a thought that I could epoxy these couplers to the face of the computer, with the nasty glob of epoxy out of view and rigid enough to take pressure of plugging and unplugging. Plastic on the inside face roughed up to anchor as best as possible to the plastic vs delaminating from it when flexed.  Going to hold out to see if anyone points me to the snap in extenders that i am trying to find vs this coupler/epoxy, and short patch cable solution.

Back to hunting for them  It'll be a bit of a wait, but I typically rely on eBay for this type of thing:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rj45-8-Pin-Male-to-Rj45-Female-8-Pins-Extension-Cable-/260954468699?pt=US_Networking_Plugs_Jacks_Wall_Plates&hash=item3cc219315b
http://www.ebay.com/itm/0-5m-Network-EXTENSION-Lead-Cat5E-RJ45-Ethernet-Cable-/190688812641?pt=US_Ethernet_Cables_RJ_45_8P8C_&hash=item2c65f05e61

This lot from AliExpress costs a tiny bit more, but the shipping is more reliable and about twice as fast:
http://www.aliexpress.com/store/product/Free-Shipping-RJ45-Male-to-Female-Cable-Ethernet-Lan-Network-Adapter-Cable-10pcs-lot-Wholesale/801681_378662199.html


Of course, that's if you don't mind using Chinese products.  I know a lot of people have qualms about it, but when it comes to cables, I have never had any issues.Thanks for suggesting those sources with direct links. Those are similar to what I am finding as well extenders without the female RJ45 socket with snap-in outer body. The ones I had a few years ago had a plastic spring like loop on TOP and bottom of the female RJ45 body that allowed for you to pass the Male end with cable into a square hole and when you push the female into this square hole it would snap-in and lock to the panel. The Male end then plugs into whatever is on the inside of say a cabinet, and in my case a computer tower.

Here is an example of a rocker switch with the snap-in design to snap into a panel. The extenders I had were just like this on the female outer body so that they can snap-in to a panel and hold snug and flush just like this switch in the picture of this link.  http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/POWER-FIRST-Rocker-Switch-2VLR2?Pid=search

All the ones I am finding are extenders without the snap-in, and they must exist if I had them a few years back. Really wish I knew were we ordered them from.Make your own...all the parts are available at CB's linx...Okay, I see what you're saying now, Dave.  I'm sure they must exist somewhere, but I personally haven't seen exactly what you're describing and I'm not entirely sure where you should start.  It's a bit of a pain, but you might have to go with patio's suggestion unless someone else has a better lead.I think the reason you're having problems Dave is that male RJ45 plugs connect to stranded cable and the female RJ45 sockets connect to single core cable.
The plugs have a little spear that penetrates the stranded cable when you crimp them.
The sockets have little scissor blades that go either side of the single core cable when you crimp them.Thanks for everyones assistance. Right now it looks like it will be less troublesome to go with couplers mounted with epoxy so that they act like jacks. I then wont have to solder 32 wires, the cost of materials will be cheaper and quality better. I am also considering modifying a bracket and have a coupler mated to it, so that I dont have a trashed NIC in a PCI slot acting as a passive device. This way it will use an empty slot space that doesnt match up with a PCI or PCIe slot and out of the way of video card etc. So that was Rev A and now onto Rev B a cleaner mod! Also with the couplers I could quickly disconnect the short Cat 5e patch cables vs have a cable bundle that is permanent to the face of the tower.Found This...

And These,,,Or These...

                     Good morning DaveLembke

I think what you are looking for is a keystone jack these come in punch down style and tool less design then they snap into the wall plate and the wallplates have from 1 hole to 6 holes.

Like this and the plates look like this if you want them

You can get these from ALMOST any where like homedepot, lowes etc.

I put these in because it sounds like you want to mount the RJ45 jacks into the case and then just use the other links for the extension cable if you still want them.

If you can cut a square hole the keystone jack will be held in place with the snaps.

I really hope this helps, Mike

SENIORS & COMPUTERS..........

As we Silver Surfers know, sometimes we have trouble with our computers.
I had a problem yesterday, so I called Eric, the 11 year old next door, whose bedroom looks like Mission Control and asked him to come over.

Eric clicked a couple of buttons and solved the problem.

As he was WALKING away, I called after him, 'So, what was wrong?
He replied, 'It was an ID ten T error.'

I didn't want to APPEAR STUPID, but nonetheless INQUIRED......

'An, ID ten T error? What's that? In case I need to fix it again.'

Eric grinned ... 'Haven't you ever heard of an ID ten T error before?

'No,' I replied.

'Write it down,' he SAID, 'and I think you'll figure it out.'

So I wrote down:

ID10T Error

I used to like Eric, the little sod.
LOL thats are old one but a good one!
I once knew someone who told me they were going on holiday to 'Are Ten' (!?!?!)

She had to show it me on a map before i realised she meant RIO   (R10)

Happy birthday BRONI. truenorthHave a Great One Broni...

And many more.you are    truenorthBroni? Broni? Bueller?

WELL, happy birthday ANYWAY my friend Wishing you all the great things in LIFE, hope this day will bring you an extra share of all that makes you happiest.

I'm not understanding this message from a RETURNED email that I sent. Can someone shed light on this::



(DNS) for the destination computer is not configured correctly.
The FOLLOWING is a list of reasons why this error message could have been generated.  If you do not understand the explanations listed here, please contact your system administrator for help.

     - The host does not have any mail exchanger (MX) or
       address (A) records in the DNS.

     - The host has valid MX records, but none of the mail
       exchangers listed have valid A records.

     - There was a transient error with the DNS that caused
       one of the above to appear to be true.

You may want to try sending your message again to see if the problem was only temporary.

     DNS for host gayforit.com is mis-configured.

The following recipients did not receive this message:

     <[email protected]&GT;
 
 Please REPLY to <[email protected]>
 if you feel this message to be in error.
Gayforit.com doesn't exist...so logically you wouldn't be able to send an email to an gayforit.com address

A computer processor developed by Intel as an upgrade to the 386 processor series and commonly referred to as the 486 or i486. The 80486 has 8k of memory cache BUILT into the processor with 32-bit databus architecture and was available in clock rates ranging from 20MHz to 33MHz. The 486 was available as either a DX or SX, the DX features a built in coprocessor, the SX does not. In addition to the 486SX, a 486SX2 was also available and was capable of doubling the speed. In the picture to the right, is an example of the Intel i486 SX processor with the OverDrive socket.

In 1990 the 486SL was introduced and utilized less power than the 486 and is mainly used in portable computers.
On April 1991 Intel released the 890486SX (codenamed P45 and P23) for $258.00 that ran at 16MHz, 20MHz, 25MHz, or 33MHz, a lower clock speeds than the DX.
On March 2, 1992 the 486DX2 (codenamed P24 abd P24S) was introduced and ran at double the clock rate of a 486. Thus, a DX2 on a system with a 33MHz bus would run at 66MHz. Alternatively referred to as the i486DX2.
In 1994 the 486DX4 (codenamed P24C and P24CT) was introduced, it tripled the clock rate of the 486 and has doubled the cache (16k). If you had a 33MHz it would make it a 100MHz. Note: there is no 486SX4.


*I enjoyed the read on the homepage of 486 historical timeline. I had a bunch of 486 machines which were purchased cheaply or given to me when the Pentiums and Athlon's were the processor to have in the late 90s and people were looking for a free computer removal solution VS paying the LANDFILL to dispose of them. For a while I was fixing them up and donating them to schools with no budget to afford computers. The last 486 I had was the 486DX4 100Mhz with 24MB Ram which I ran Windows 98 SE on. I ended up retiring this system in 2000 when the motherboard was not Y2K compliant and so everytime I booted the machine I had to change the date otherwise when surfing on the web security certificates would complain with out of date etc when running AOL 4.0 on 33.6k modem. With the 50+  486 systems that I worked on to put back into operation I was surprised that I only came by 1 AMD 486 processor system, a 40Mhz that was in a Compaq. Intel seemed to own the market back then I guess as far as CPUs went. These days I am thinking its more like 50/50 with Intel's and AMD's out there in peoples computers for CPU's, and back when I bought my Athlon XP 2800+ system in 2004 the usage was probably 33% AMD and 66% Intel. These days I prefer AMD to Intel due to price to performance COMPARISON. But up until 2004 I was strictly an Intel customer for CPUs.

I have the product key STICKER for my laptop and have NOTICED that it is entirely DIFFERENT from SIW and Speccy is reporting. Anybody SEEN this or experienced by chance on any of your computer?



SIW License info.The only thing that I can assume is that a differnt key seemed to be USED.  You can run Magical Jelly Bean too make sure that it is but, thats just what I think

Greetings everybody,
I'm 19 years old and swedish, my grammar isn't top notch.

Okey, so me and my friend have this problem, we want to PLAY HOMM3 together with separate computors. He in his home and me in mine. But we can't REALLY get it to work. We've been using Hamachi to MAKE some sort of server (I'm not really sure how these things goes, I'm not that experianced in hosting servers and playing games with friends PER distance). We can't really get it to work, "the game was not FOUND" and such.

 So I'm wondering if anyone here know some sort of solution to our problem (sorry I couldn't be more specific), or if anyone knows how to do this at all. Not sure though if the problem might be that my friend has a Mac and I have a Vista. It wouldn't surprise me if that was the case.

Thank you for your time and I hope someone will reply!
/Olivia.Hamachi Forums...

Just wondered with everything out there. Are these STILL being USED at allMotorola still makes them, so some MUST be using them.
http://www.motorola.com/Business/US-EN/Business+Product+and+Services/Two-Way+Radios+and+Pagers+-+Business/PagersLol. 0-I
 You don't WASTE enough of our time in your other threads?

What's happening to iGoogle?

iGoogle will be retired in 16 months, on November 1, 2013. The mobile version will be retired on July 31, 2012.
   Full Story...


I am not surprised.
Until recently, Google has been attempting to make iGoogle the "standard homepage" of its users for a while, but it seems like they have been giving up this last YEAR. I remember when it was first introduced how many link they would put at the bottom of the Google homepage.

I am not, nor have ever been, the kind of user who likes to have a busy homepage. The last thing I want to see when I open a new Internet window is the news. I am plenty happy to go to Google.com and just see a search box, because that is usually the only reason for why I am there.
I did try to force myself to use it, since I do like the idea of having my calendar and email summaries in one place, but I had/have other ways of monitoring those things (telepathy being one, if you were wanting to know.)

Yesterday, I SAW that one of my computer REPAIR clients was actually using iGoogle. This surprised me, she was older, but USES the computer for multiple tasks (trip planning, genealogy research, emailing friends and family, etc). This was the first time I had seen anyone use iGoogle on their computer (and most of the people who's computer I repair use Google as their search engine.)
Quote from: Zylstra on July 13, 2012, 12:39:15 PM

I am not, nor have ever been, the kind of user who likes to have a busy homepage.

What's happening to iGoogle?

iGoogle will be retired in 16 months, on November 1, 2013. The mobile version will be retired on July 31, 2012.
   Full Story...

Good morning

Is it possible for CH to have a SECTION for service manuals to be uploaded. Like if someone is looking for a service manual for a HP8150 printer and needs to find a part number or diagram to repairs? or for a laptop service manual for part numbers or diagrams

The same for drivers on some HARDER to find equipment, laptops, desktops etc

The same for service PACKS we had a OP that needed XP sp1 etc. But some web sites want people to sign up or just give you the run around by clicking on links just to get what you want to download.

I know my self I have about 9 gig's worth of service manuals and I also have about 200 gig's of vendor specific equipment and these cover laptops / desktops etc all of these are without COA / keys just ISO's.

The same thing for OEM disks like XP SP3 ISO, or Windows 7 32 or 64 bit ISO's again all these are just the ISO's no COA or keys etc.

Thank you hopefully we should be able to do something to help others out there, Mike   It would take a ton of Server space to have Service Manuals listed here...

Maybe create a page with links to them...that would also be about 35 pages long.

As far as OEM ISO's Service Packs etc. we cannot do that legally here.There are most likely copyright issues with manuals. I just checked some manuals I have, both paper and electronic, and the ones for my Shuttle motherboard, Labtec speakers, Mustek camcorder, Kodak camera, Sony DVD burner, Hitachi TV, Toshiba DVD player, Netgear router, Alacatel mobile phone, Dell laptop, Seagate external HARD drive, ALL have copyright notices in them.

A DNS changer is bad program ...

Then is an ip changer a bad program?

My friend is going to be getting a new PC, and she found ONE she's interested in:

http://www.microcenter.com/product/388471/EL1358G-51W_Desktop_Computer_Refurbished

Here is the info:

"AMD Athlon II X2 220 Dual Core Processor
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64-bit)
3GB DDR3-1333 SDRAM
1TB 5,400RPM Hard Drive
DVDRW Drive
Memory Card Reader
NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE
10/100/1000 Network
Display Not Included

The REFURBISHED eMachines EL1358G-51W Desktop Computer is the ultimate tiny-but-robust entertainment/task center. This desktop is only one-third the size of a traditional PC, so it can easily fit anywhere in your home or home office, and packs the applications and components you need for excellent all-around performance -- ideal for everyday computing. In addition, the EL Series is easy to use, with buttons, ports and slots positioned in front for quick access."


Is this a good PC? And what I really want to know is: Is this a good PC for a game called The Sims 3? My friend owns all the Sims 3 expansion packs, and stuff packs. Will she be able to run this game on high settings, and will it run smooth?

Info about the Sims 3 (system requirements) :

http://www.thesims3.com/game/systemreq




If you guys have any SUGGESTION on a good PC, at a good price, I'd truly appreciate it the info. 

Price range: $210 and down. (On a BUDGET)

I really want to help my friend get a good PC! But it can't be that expensive! Please remember the budget.   


Thank you!Additional Note: I would like for her to have a core i5 processor, also I want to make sure she has a good graphics card.

As you can see, I'm really going to need you guys help! If you know where I can get a PC as mention above (core i5 if possible) at a good price ($300 and down) I would truly appreciate the info.


Edited: I've found 3 PC's. Please let me know what you think, and please let me know if they're available at a cheaper price.

Gateway SX2370-UR30P Desktop (Black)
http://www.amazon.com/Gateway-SX-Series-SX2370-UR30P-Desktop/dp/B005JCS6ZU/ref=sr_1_19?ie=UTF8&m=A2E24JJ1WDBFI9&qid=1349145791&s=generic&sr=1-19


Gateway DX4860 Intel i5 2320, 4GB DDR3, 500GB HD
http://www.amazon.com/Gateway-DX4860-Intel-2320-500GB/dp/B005SGD7BU/ref=sr_1_5?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1349145364&sr=1-5



Gateway DX4850-45u Intel Core i5-2300 6GB 1TB Blu-ray DVDRW Windows 7 Desktop PC
http://www.brownbox.com/gateway-dx4850-45u-intel-core-i5-2300-6gb-1tb-blu-ray-dvdrw-windows-7-desktop-pc/?gclid=CPjdpq2h4bICFehDMgodfWoAaQ

Can someone please TELL me if there is a way to see what has been clicked on or viewed once a person is on Yahoo or MSN? For EX: When YOURE reading the latest news on Yahoo and then you start CLICKING on various other pics and videos?? Thanks!!!!!Who are you spying on ? ?Isn't browser history SUPPOSED to do that? Referring to visited sites.Yes. For more information on how to avoid this, check out torproject.org

I wondered if its not POSSIBLE to ether do a VPN or AD hoc to share its connection to get online with like a laptop. We only can get DIAL up an my DAD has bi dollars an cant really see this screen.   With out JAIL breakin

Sorry guys, but I cannot find a good answer on Google so I post the question here. No. Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 28, 2012, 03:30:54 AM

No.

In high school i wouldn't try to get girls, and so people blamed me that i didnt have a gf because i didnt take the initiative.

Now i do, when i see a girl i like on fb or on the other forum i go to, i send them a friend request and a PM that says "hey watsup"

99% of the time they ignore me.

I asked a few people and they said its creepy to just randomly talk to girls.

 All my life people have been telling me, "OH dude, just go and say hi, you have to take initiative."

Now they are saying its creepy to say hi?

Girls are something I will never understand, the rules keep changing on how to talk to a girl. Also why is it that a guy would respond to a girl he doesn't know on fb.

but not the other way around?RANDOM STORY TIME. this happened almost 10 years ago (9, really) so it might not be 100% accurate, but it was pretty epic. Though it doesn't have much to do with this topic. Than again this is a rather odd topic to find on this forum regardless so I thought I'd give it some content. No offense.

One time I was at a grocery store. Well, that's not true. I've actually been to them several times, but this was one specific instance. Anyway, what I was getting is neither important, nor do I remember it, though I do remember I also got a few peanuts. This was odd because I'm not usually a peanut person and also because it helped me in a "crowning moment of awesome" to quote tvtropes. Anyway, as luck would have it one of the registers was staffed by one of my friends I had been working up the nerve to ask out. In actual fact that was partially why I chose that store, though the main reason was it was the closest. Nonetheless, opportunity smiled upon me. As I waited in line the customers ahead of me turned out to know her. (Which isn't surprising, they turned out to be two of those pretentious and inexplicably popular girls that every high school seems to have, though not to the scale that TV and movies seem to suggest. Nonetheless,  They were your typical shallow B-words. Anyway In typical B-word fashion their exchanges with her consisted primarily of passive-aggressive comments. Some high-school CRAP which I don't remember and wasn't important, and was certainly inappropriate GIVEN the setting, but of course being the queen B-words of the school they felt they were above all things. I saw my chance when they said something to the accord of "how do you expect guys to notice you if you don't look beautiful" and with that last word she did one of those idiotic things where she shook her hair around. Pretentious git. (This made no sense because the girl in question was pretty bloody good looking if you ask me) I jumped into this, much to all three of their surprise since I was usually the quiet type. "Well, let's see, I've talked to both of you (addressing the "customers") and I've talked to her. With her I've had interesting conversations on a variety of subjects and issues, some of which she is clearly my intellectual better; with you two, on the other hand, I believe I would have had an equally intellectual conversation if I was to tape two cantaloupes to a piece of cardboard. Obviously, I cannot speak for all guys, but for myself I'd much rather associate with and be seen with somebody smart like her (at which point I pointed at the girl behind the counter) than either of you two, who on a good day might be able to combine your abilities to match this container of peanuts at checkers with some extensive tutelage".

CROWNING MOMENT OF AWESOME. When I think of school, that event is the first thing I think of. Naturally, all three of them were speechless. I remember hearing the one person who was behind me in line giggling. They were already done their transaction so they left, and she started to ring me through. "So what am I smarter than you at, exactly?". "That, you will need to find out on your own.".
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After that event, which was one of those stories that just BEGS to be told, our circle of friends started referring to those other two girls as "the cantaloupes". It was awesome. Then she moved away and I haven't seen her since. The end. It's beautiful. I was considering having it made into a television series. With the appropriate plot changes to incorporate explosions. My idea was that it would occur in winter and somehow in the ten minutes I was in the store the entire thing would be covered and snowed in. I'm sure I can cover that with some stupid psychobabble. Maybe I could have a robot that I built that is an expert at human-cyborg relations to explain it. Anyway basically what happens is the weight on the ceiling is intense enough to cause a rafter from the high ceiling to break loose. I would swoop in and grab all three of them and take them to safety, without breaking a sweat, thanks to being ten feet tall and built like a tank. At this point a variant of the above scenario would occur, possibly ending with the drinking of maple syrup. As time wears on the individuals locked inside form alliances and separate into different tribes. dictated mostly by which areas they occupy. For example, there would be the produce tribe, the dairy tribe, and the delicatessen tribe. I make a nemesis, Tim, too. During the SECOND season, everything changes however as we discover that the grocery store is in fact a starship, however the bridge of the ship is in one of those "employees only" doors and as such is protected by a magical force field allowing only employees to enter. This is where my character's love interest (my past one, but no matter) comes in.(Oh yeah all the other people working there were turned into soup late in the first season by the raiders from the noodle isle.). She's the only one that can go through the force field, but the moment she steps through it, the U.S.S Quality goes on red alert, which alerts the manager to her presence; he's been locked in his office since the start of the series locked in his office, because he has a rare disorder that makes him want to tie people up and take them hostage for no reason. So of course she get's captured and I yell one of those NOOOO things. I was thinking the scene could be a Piano solo by Randy Newman, much like the series intro. Of course, because I'm 10 feet tall and built like a tank (much like my real life self, of course) I manage to use the power of love to break through the employees only force field, with a little help from a bazooka I find in the firearms isle (I guess it's an American grocery store), and an experimental laser I find in the spice isle, which is a clear case where somebody decided they didn't want something and just plopped it on the nearest shelf. This only makes me angrier, of course. So I manage to break through and get the Manager to surrender his prisoner. At this point there is a tearful scene:

BC Played by The Rock: I'm here to rescue you! haha, I've always wanted to say that. Seriously though you alright? The manager didn't try to force you to do anything cruel or unnatural, like watch I Love Lucy or anything, did he?
BC's old love interest whose name started with a K but I've embarrassingly forgotten:You've changed!
BC Played by the Rock: yeah, I was able to find a change of clothes. It was touch and go there for a while, glad you noticed.
K: No, I mean you're different now. Now you use violence to solve problems instead of before, where you just sort of let other people deal with it
BC Played by the Rock: yeah, it rules
*this part would be in the spoiler commercial*
K: I'm pregnant.
BC: Cool, I don't remember the fun part of that, though, which concerns me. Was it really that bad that I blocked it out of my memory?
K: It's Tim's
BC: Oh, that's a relief. I was worried for a MOMEN.... HEY WAIT A SECOND.


And cue ending credits of that episode. naturally played by Randy Newman.

I think it holds real promise myself. It's better than Lost, at least.

Anyway, as to your "issue". Don't think of it as "talking to girls", because all you are doing is talking to people. There aren't really any separate set of rules, aside from originally sticking to neutral topics.

Most importantly is to not use Facebook for this. It just comes off as weird, as you've seen. Forums, even more so. Quote from: STC on May 10, 2012, 08:08:03 AM

I asked a few people and they said its creepy to just randomly talk to girls.

Hi there

hello,
 I hope someone could help me with the composer and title of this classic piece..i have extracted it from Saint's Row The Third but i want to know the title of the full piece ..here is the LINK to the first few seconds of the symphony..

http://www.4shared.com/mp3/MCHoowGs/interface_media_00104.html


Thanks
NO,
I don't want to download that just to answer your question.

Can you sing of hum the main melody line of the piece? If so, you can get the name of the sound from a 'name that SONG' web site.
Or watch the video:
http://mashable.com/2009/08/30/find-that-song-name/
EDIT: Sorry wrong video; Instead go here:
http://www.namemytune.com/find.aspx
Or preview 100 popular classic excerpts.
http://www.kickassclassical.com/classical-music-popular-famous-best-top-100-list.html
Google worked for me to find a complete list of the RADIO stations with artist and song title in the game so you might want to give it a try.The William Tell Overture.
Just hum a bit of it.
Ta daa , Ta daa  , ta tat ta tat ta daaaa.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Tell_Overture
Geek-9pm

10/10Do you have the line of the song? Kindly post it here. Hate DOWNLOADING lol Quote from: chope on October 04, 2012, 08:16:21 PM

Alternatively you can use the iPhone app, Shazam. Just play the song in question on your com n turn Shazam on.

If I have a question regarding android OS is there a proper PLACE to POST this? If there is a proper place please kindly direct me. Should this be posted under bsd, Unix, and Linux? 

Thanks.

MikeThis is as good a place as any. What's your question?Thank you Allan for the quick reply.

I just GOT an Asus transformer pad tf700t, it is running ice cream sandwich (android 4.0.3)

My problem is that I can't find a WAY to send existing files or folders to the home screen. I am only able to create shortcuts to apps or create folders on the home screen by dragging two shortcuts together, but have no option to move existing files or folders to the home screen. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.


MikeI'm not familiar with that device, but I can tell that on both my iPad and my Razr Maxx (Android) cell phone, I can drag the icon to the edge of the screen and wait a second or two, and it will move to the NEXT screen.Found an answer on the XDA forums. ES file manager has this option, downloaded it and worked perfectly. Quote from: giardmi09 on October 03, 2012, 11:56:31 AM

ES file manager has this option, downloaded it and worked perfectly.

Figured I'd SHARE this. My Netgear ROUTER's power supply started to fail even though protected behind a UPS with all my other hardware.

Symptoms of Router:

Green Power LED dimly lit.
No Network Connectivity

Tested PSU of router with Digital Multimeter and measured 4.13VDC ( way too low )

Solution to fix this:

Take an old LG Cell Phone PSU and CUT the END off, then cut the plug with length of cord off the original Netgear PSU. Match the positive (+) pole by sticking multimeter lead in it, and perform continuity test with wire at other end that is cut and copper exposed. Where continuity is found you have your (+) wire. Luckily on the LG Cell Phone PSU the 2 conductors were color coded Red(+) & Black (-), so knowing the (+) wire, I connected this to the copper strands of the LG Red wire and applied electrical tape to insulate (+). Next just join the 2 wires left over which are (-) and electrical tape to that joined wire pair. Then make a strain RELIEF loop and wrap tightly in electrical tape this section where the new PSU cord and the Netgear jack section of cord are joined.

Whalla 10 minutes later back in business with a properly functioning Netgear Router!   

Glad I keep AC and DC power supplies from devices that are long gone. Its times like this when it pays off to dig through a pile of them in a box and find correct voltage and type of voltage as well as Amp rating!   

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Today's computer word

Pentium II

Codenamed Klamath the Intel Pentium II 233MHz is introduced on May 7, 1997 and introduced slot 1, a new physical architecture that ENCASED a circuit board within a plastic case. This new development enabled the processor to be easily added and removed. However, previous owners of Pentium motherboard could not upgrade to this new chip unless the motherboard they had also included the slot 1 interface. The Pentium II runs from 233MHz to 450MHz.

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This gave me a flashback of the movie 007 Golden Eye ( 1995 ), where the actress named Natalya a programmer/hacker walks into a computer store in Russia and requests for access to computers more POWERFUL than were available at the time. When the Pentium-II came out I was like, hey we are finally catching up to the computers referenced in the movie.

My Temporary Internet Files folder has a file that will not delete.  fcue-sprite   
What is it ?
A 'sprite' can refer to a computer GAME graphic or small animated image. Is there a particular concern you have with the file? You can always use an AV scanner on the file to check if it's safe.It seems to be a yellow image in PNG format from login.yahoo.com. I expect if you delete it, then it will come back every time you GO to Yahoo.

fcue-sprite.png
Thanks for the answers.  I did get the yellow FRAMING... but now when I cleanout my temporary internet file it's gone.  STRANGE...  gremlins, or possible SOMETHING I did?  After signing on the internet and doing my normal routine stuff, I check the Temp Int File and fcue-sprite file is not there.  so for some reason or something... i'm not bothered with it anymore.  Keeping my fingers crossed. 
I'm just naturally suspicious of files that won't go away.

This was a pretty cool app; but since I put it on my PC it became slower.
I deleted it yesterday and the PC has run better.
Is this app known to cause these problems?No idea. However have you maximized your RAM on the computer ? Also if there are a lot of graphics particularly with MOTION your graphics card might be a factor. truenorthI had a weather app installed on my Windows XP system that I removed because it seemed to be slowing the system.  Also, if I recall correctly, they started bundling the ASK toolbar with it and did not give the user an easy way to decline the ASK toolbar.  I'm not sure what I had is the same Weather Channel app you're talking about but, suffice to say, some of the weather apps can be problematic.

I've been using the WeatherCenter gadget with Windows 7 for months now and I'm satisfied it.  Another thought occurred to me after my initial response. If this weather app is important to you when you install it disable it as part of the "start" menu and that may eliminate the problem it is creating re slowing down the computer.truenorth Quote from: truenorth on September 15, 2012, 12:44:19 PM

Another thought occurred to me after my initial response. If this weather app is important to you when you install it disable it as part of the "start" menu and that may eliminate the problem it is creating re slowing down the computer.truenorth

Anyone know of the best way to store data for safe/secure keep, where temperature and humidity could\would be an issue. I have a bunch of data that I dont want on some online storage location ( taxes, financial documents, inventions, etc ), but yet an onsite backup isnt good enough if for example if my home burned down etc. I have been using DVD's to store this data, but I noticed that the disc's after 4 years in the trunk of my car are showing signs that humidity is eating them away at the outside edge where the the aluminum is sandwiched between the 2 plastic layers and there is a grey/black corrosion happening. Since the data starts on the inner track and works its way out towards the edge as the capacity of the disk is used during the burn process, I am guessing that if I burned say just 4GB of the 4.7GB capacity that I could just rotate this set with a new clone of these disc's every so many years, and the .7GB space would be area that I expect to errode from humidity etc.

BUT... ONE thought I had is to do away with the disc's all together by cracking open a 16 or 32GB thumb drive and dip the entire PCB into epoxy to make it immune from humidity to everything except for the 4 conductors of the USB 2.0 jack which are generally gold plated, and would not be dipped. But I haven't gone to this extreme yet. In my area temperatures can dip as low as -30F on a RARE winter occasion, and I am not sure if thumb drives hold up under this kind of extreme cold or not for both data integrity as well as functionality. Could one be erased for example under extreme cold. I suppose the best test may be to take one of my cheap 1GB sticks, get a checksum of it, subject it to extreme cold via Dry Ice etc, and then perform a checksum test afterwards to see if the data is 100% or there is some or total data loss.

For some reason etched aluminum on a CD or DVD seems safer under extreme cold than flash chip(s)

I suppose I could buy a $40 small document type firesafe and bore a hole into its side and mount a laptop hard drive into it with a USB cable protruding out of it in which inside one of those USB to SATA adapters powers the drive and allows communication with it. Temperature and humidity extremes would be gone if stored in my home. And if there was a fire it "should" hold up if it protects paper documents, it should protect a 2.5" laptop hard drive. The hole would be plugged with the same clay looking stuff that wire rats use between rooms when running Cat5e/Cat6 between rooms with firewalls to keep fire from spreading from room to room via wire/cable ways. This stuff should keep the hot gas from a fire from getting inside the safe.

Online I have seen firesafe's with SSD's mounted in them, but they are more expensive than what I want. I am guessing that encasing a thumb drives PCB into epoxy and keeping the jack exposed might be my cheapest best bet with it stored in my vehicle somewhere safe, but figured I'd open up a discussion on this to see if there is a better method.


There are somewhat specialized "archival" DVDs that claim to last 50 years.

As for flash drives, Heat and cold don't cause electricity to flow so I don't see how they could be responsible for loss of data on a flash drive. Obviously I doubt they will hold up to absolute zero or the surface of the sun, but I'd wager that they won't have problems coping with the temperature ranges that the Earth's climate can put out. Quote from: BC_Programmer on October 26, 2012, 04:42:55 AM

As for flash drives, Heat and cold don't cause electricity to flow so I don't see how they could be responsible for loss of data on a flash drive.

Data Retention Time
A common concern with nonvolatile erasable memories is data retention. As explained in Section 3.1.1, over time, the floating gate charge is reduced due to leakage introduced by oxide defects. With higher temperatures, leakage current increases and, thus, the charge on the floating gate is reduced more quickly than at lower temperatures. This temperatures dependence follows the Arrhenius equation:

(1)

Where
AF = Acceleration factor
Ea = 0.6 eV = Activation energy
k = 86.17 × 10–6 = Speed constant
T1 = Temperature 1 (K)
T2 = Temperature 2 (K)

The Arrhenius equation gives an acceleration factor (AF) for data retention based on a temperature difference. Because it would take too long to MEASURE a data-retention time at 25°C, these measurements are done at a much higher temperature to accelerate the process. In the data sheets of MSP430 devices, data retention is specified to exceed 100 years at 25°C (77°F). This value is industry accepted and all vendors specify 100 years as the flash data retention duration at 25°C, despite it being extremely conservative.

Further tests show the exact number of years at 25°C is 1324 years.

[...]

At 50°C, (122°F) the data-retention time is reduced to 16 years only.

The safe accommodates standard size hanging file folders (not included) and is rated for a 1/2-hour fire protection for items such as CDs, DVDs and USB drives up to 1550-degreess Fahrenheit.

Man, its been forever since i've been here, and I come back with another issue!  I have a desktop that randomly shuts off on its own. No BSOD just black. It will run every now and then for extended periods, and then BAM, shutdown. The power supply was recently replaced to get the thing so it would even turn on anymore. I dont know what all Info I need to GIVE but here's a short list.

OS: Windows XP Home

Okay, really short list.... Quote

No BSOD just black.

When I try to hook up my Computer to my tv I get a messge TELLING me it's the wrong formatTell us about the computer with particular emphasis on what connections for audio/video output it has. ALSO what TYPE of tv and what input OPTIONS are available for audio/video.truenorth

I have a bit of a random issue I have a user who's account keeps locking I have pin pointed it to his own laptop but cant figure out what the cause is. 

I have tried clearing internet history, google chrome history and saved passwords. 

Removed password from the user account and manage credentials, removed NETWORK drives and mapped them BACK.  I have looked for services running that could be run with other credentials.

The pc is windows 7 pro and the issue started once the users changed password.  I have tried starting the pc off the network and putting it on the network once logged on but again is locking the account and showing the password entered wrong.  I started the computer in safe mode and the account never locked as soon as I booted back the account locked right AWAY. 

Also checked wireless profiles and removed

Does anyone have any ideas could there be a service running that is causing it?  I have the user on another computer and the account never locked out while on this computer and on the domain controller is showing locking from his computer?  What protection apps are on both the User's PC and the server ? ?It's trend that is used as anti virus but I would have thought had it been this it would of happened on the other laptop as well.

I think it could be service running the other THING I am going to try is just creating a new profile and see if it does the same on the pc MIGHT be a bit quicker than going through all the services to find which one it is.  New profile on pc worked out would have liked to have found out the service that caused it but the new profile worked out and did not have that much data to moved to the profile. It nay very well have been the User's error...do they have Admin rights ? ?

Just bought a new wide screen TV that has a USB built into the side for USE with a flash drive. I'm able to view Pics but the only video format it supports is Motion Jpeg. I have DOWNLOADED a few converters (Wondershare Ultimate Video Converter, AVS Video Converter, ffdshow Video Converter), but even though they claim to convert to Motion Jpeg, there isn't an option for it in the directory. Is there any program that SOMEONE can sugest that actually converts to Motion Jpeg?

Thanks
JohnWhat os are converting the videos on?
have you tried this one http://sourceforge.net/projects/avideoconverter/?source=directoryI'm using Vista Home Premium. I tried Ace also but they don't have MJpeg in the list EITHER. Maybe I'm just missing something. Any other ideas??

Johnhttp://www.flv-converter.biz/flv-to-mjpeg-converter.html
http://www.ehow.com/how_5539563_convert-avi-motion-jpeg.html

First link: FLV > MJPEG
Second link: AVI > MJPEG

Perplexed!!  A few weeks ago, I noticed some odd performance events after being on the internet for AWHILE.  Now, it has gotten much worse.  I have a HP computer with XP Pro.  Here are the symptoms:
1.  It begins after actively using the internet for a 2 or 3 hours.
2.  Text and graphics on pages start to blank out in various places on the screen PAGE.  As you hit refresh, the blank areas move around and about.  The minimize sessions at the bottom can blank out.  Efforts to do anything give unpredictable displays.
3.  In the beginning it seemed that deleting internet temp storage using "tools" helped      eliminate the problem but now, when possible to use, it doesn't seem to always work.
Even that delete option window starts to be unresponsive and starts blanking out.
4.  All system restore points are gone as if wiped out.  After I reboot, I can set a new restore point and it and any others set stays on until the problem reoccurs again - then gone!
5.  There have been a couple of times when I go to the "stand by", "turn off", "restart" window, and click on one, the system does not respond and I have to simply power off.
6.  When I reboot, the problem is gone except for the desktop icons mentioned next.
7.   My desktop now has a series of odd icons added to it.  The number can vary from 3 to   10.  Each one has a square at the top with a smaller square in the center with what appears to be EXTREMELY tiny icons INSIDE (can't really see well).  Under that larger main square, there is a series of smaller squares in two rows that vary in number.  There may be 5 in one row and 8 in the second row.
8.  I ran an AVAST scan and found two items listed.  The first was simply a statement about insufficient storage.  I couldn't click on it.  The second was a setup file name identified with a virus named "Sality".  On it I was given several options so I selected the "repair" one and it came back complaining about insufficient storage.  So I then selected the quarantine "chest" option for the file.  It worked but did not fix the problem.
9.  I ran some Malware programs and found no issues.  Ran CCleaner to remove listed temporary storage types but was surprised to see a large number of used storage there.
10.  Looked at both of my disk drive properties and both have a HUGE amount of free space.  I have 1024 RAM. 

I appears if I just reboot every couple of hours of internet use the problem would not occur.
What is reboot doing to fix it?  Any ideas appreciated.Here's An Update:  The problem reappeared.  All symptoms the same with this additional information. 
1.  When the blanking out and reappearing of the text/graphics of the page I'm on occurs I noticed it does so as I circle and move the mouse cursor around on the page.
2.  I clicked on one of the odd icons the error added to my desktop and was presented with a "Open With Window" heading window.  Under the heading there was "Choose The Program You Want To Use To Open This File".  Under that was the word "File:" followed by a series of squares that appeared with the icon.  Under that was a list of 12 COMMON programs on my system (Adobe Reader, Family Lawyer, etc) you could check.
3.  I ran the Windows Chkdsk program in the repair mode on both my disks (drives C and D).  Some minor index deletes were listed by nothing significant.

I visit SEVERAL forums which requires me to use a password trouble is most of my passwords are not the same for obvious reasons so at the moment they are written down in a note book , where would the best place to be on my computer where i could store them for EASY access....I am running Windows 7 if THATS any help.....probably simples ..Much appreciated.http://lastpass.com/Thanks for the speedy reply,rather than having to download a programme would rather store them in a file or document or something where i could view them by entering a single password if that is at all possible or somewhere secure. ???Cheers.If you've never used a password manager (and I'm guessing you haven't), I SUGGEST you give lastpass a try. At it's most basic level it will store your passwords and enter them for you when you visit the various sites, but it offers many more features you'll find interesting and attractive. And it's free.Here's ANOTHER free one, old but still works on all Windows OS.
http://www.pcworld.com/product/947048/password-pal.html

I can USUALLY cut a selection from my XL table and paste it into the FrontPage webpage I am building.
Today when I paste, the table becomes inlarged to TAKE over the whole width of the page and further.   I cannot shrink it by grabbing the the margins and pushing them over or by using the little square dots to decrease the size of the page.   It just insists on being toooooo large.
The cells stretch out for several feet wide.
What is wrong?I presume XL means Excel.  Some more info MIGHT be HELPFUL. 

Your OS?  Version of Excel?  Version of FrontPage?  Was this working right before you posted here?  Did you make any changes to the table just before this happened? 

I suggest some experimenting to try to determine the cause.  Open a new Excel window, enter some simple data in table and paste it into FrontPage.  See whether you can get a successful outcome with some TESTING of this nature.

Hi!

Due to the obvious risk of being locked I will keep this attempt nice.

MS Excel is the best program Microsoft has ever designed (I mean that).

But newer versions are simply too and unneccesarily complicated (I use a vintage version, i.e 97).

Most people don't need all the features that today comes with a program.

My point is that new programs, more often than not, are larger and thereby consumes unneccesary CPU power.

My vision is that applications should be scaled down to a minimum when we buy them. If we then want additional featutres, like f.i 100 fonts & sizes instead of only one, then we could simply buy it. Module for module.

But we do not need all these features by default. And it slows down the processor...

Because I love my simple and primitive Excel-97 so much, I f.i want to add that it do not have that childish animated paper clip. Because who needs that? Really? Grandma, or? 

One more benefit with my vintage version is that it can do log-log plots. Which I haven't found in later versions (2003).

This is either because I suck at windows or that the program has been adapted to economics (with bar-grahs and other useless stuff).

My vision is to be able to speed things up while keeping the amazing and simple concept of single-cored processors intact and at the same time keep the visual or audial experince nice.

Because let's face it, where is the computer evolution headed, really?

Multiple-cored processors will not solve the problem in the long run.

Neither will sci-fi quantum-computers or the like do (probably).

Because what should we do later on when all programs has mutated to even larger ones? Use 100 cores?

Of course not.

We should use the resolution that is NEEDED for the specific application. And not generally "good to have, I can compress it later".

In the long run, precompressing by f.i directly use 8-bit audio instead of 16-bit (read that this automaticly gives an addional 30 times in compression compared to MP3) my idea might not work either.

But if we refrain from designing bigger and bigger programs, my solution will hold and everyone will get their resolution, quality and speed they want. We got all the advanced HW that we need! It is a software problem!!

It is interesting to note that camera manufacturers compete with number of pixels. There's lots more to fotographing than resolution. I f.i bought a camera recently. It had some 8 MPIX. But I only wanted to upload the pictures to fb and other chat forums like yours. I finallly found a feature which could compress the pictures from default 3,5MB to some 130kB. I was happy there for a while but I realized that I wanted the camera to take the pictures with the low resolution by default. Guess what? It was not possible!

So here is YET another point to my vision.

But if I wanted to manufacture a (very) large photo to hang on my wall then yes, higher resolution is (for fun) needed.

Take care!

Best regards, Roger
PS
Attaching yet another fun picture of my pet project







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Due to the obvious risk of being locked I will keep this attempt nice.

MS Excel is the best program Microsoft has ever designed (I mean that).

But newer versions are simply too and unneccesarily complicated (I use a vintage version, i.e 97).

Most people don't need all the features that today comes with a program.

My point is that new programs, more often than not, are larger and thereby consumes unneccesary CPU power.

My vision is that applications should be scaled down to a minimum when we buy them. If we then want additional featutres, like f.i 100 fonts & sizes instead of only one, then we could simply buy it. Module for module.

But we do not need all these features by default. And it slows down the processor...

One more benefit with my vintage version is that it can do log-log plots. Which I haven't found in later versions (2003).

This is either because I suck at windows or that the program has been adapted to economics (with bar-grahs and other useless stuff).

My vision is to be able to speed things up while keeping the amazing and simple concept of single-cored processors intact and at the same time keep the visual or audial experince nice.

Multiple-cored processors will not solve the problem in the long run.

Neither will sci-fi quantum-computers or the like do (probably).

Because what should we do later on when all programs has mutated to even larger ones? Use 100 cores?

We should use the resolution that is NEEDED for the specific application. And not generally "good to have, I can compress it later".

In the long run, precompressing by f.i directly use 8-bit audio instead of 16-bit (read that this automaticly gives an addional 30 times in compression compared to MP3)

But if we refrain from designing bigger and bigger programs, my solution will hold and everyone will get their resolution, quality and speed they want.

It is interesting to note that camera manufacturers compete with number of pixels. There's lots more to fotographing than resolution. I f.i bought a camera recently. It had some 8 MPIX. But I only wanted to upload the pictures to fb and other chat forums like yours. I finallly found a feature which could compress the pictures from default 3,5MB to some 130kB. I was happy there for a while but I realized that I wanted the camera to take the pictures with the low resolution by default. Guess what? It was not possible!

But if I wanted to manufacture a (very) large photo to hang on my wall then yes, higher resolution is (for fun) needed.

But dual cores is also stupid. This is because it only increases speed twice and that probably is a happy(!) estimation (please correct me if I'm wrong).

Because I suck at windows I do not understand how to make such nice quotes like you do, so this will have to do:

I still think that this is the wrong approach for the future. Multiple cored processors will not solve our future need for faster and faster computers

(which "incompetent" software companies, no name, will indirectly require).

This is simply exactly because of what you say with "We've reached the clock speed limit". And I say "we can't use 100 cores in the same space. We must reduce the amount of unneccesary data chewed by our poor processors". I know I sound like a dinasour, but I mean well 

My friend (the one I "hated" for a while) got in contact with a friend in the USA. His friend asked him what type of computer he had. My friend said a Mac running at 30MHz. His friend said, well that's prehistoric! But yet he could still keep in contact with his friend. One more thing, did his computer take 100 times longer to start than mine? Guess what, no!

I'm sorry, but I keep on insisting that the programming can be made to be much more efficient than today.

Today my beloved collegue and friend fixed a computer password problem. It ran Windows 7. It had a processor of 2,2 GHz and 2GB of RAM.

Turning on the computer took a while but not that irritating. Logging in took however over a minute! Clicking around yielded the (actually quite nice) new type of timeglas (a rotating circle). And whatever we did yielded that same timeglas. Wait, wait, wait, that is.

Windows...

Is this the future? I hope not!

With regard to photographing I understand your point. And I have learned. I discussed it with my friend today. I almost (obs) immediatelly understood that if you take a picture of pure resolution you can not increase the resolution afterwards.

I am actually that much of a drunk that I tremble so much that I can't solder my CPLD to the arrived Schmartboard. So I am trying desperatelly to make one of my collegues to do it for me. I have tried for a month now but nothing happens.

Attaching the architecture of my CPU.

Here are my thoughts and questions after once again having read all your nice inputs:

1) What is context switches?

2) What is cycle-eaters?

  I call these cycle-eaters because, like the monsters in a  bad  50s horror movie,
they lurk in those shadows, taking their  share of your program’s performance with-
out  regard  to the  forces of goodness or  the  US. Army. In this chapter, we’re going  to
jump right  in  at  the  lowest  level  by  examining  the  cycle-eaters that live beneath  the
programming  interface;  that  is, beneath your application, DOS, and BIOS-in  fact,
beneath  the  instruction set itself.
Why start at  the  lowest  level?  Simply  because cycle-eaters  affect  the  performance  of
all assembler code, and yet are almost unknown to most  programmers.  A full under-
standing of code optimization  requires an  understanding  of  cycle-eaters and their
implications. That’s no simple task, and in fact it is in precisely that  area  that  most
books and articles about assembly programming fall short.
Nearly  all  literature on assembly programming discusses  only  the programming inter-
face: the instruction set, the registers, the flags, and the BIOS and DOS calls. Those
topics  cover  the functionality  of  assembly  programs most  thoroughly-but  it’s  perfor-
mance above  all  else  that we’re  after.  No one ever  tells  you  about  the  raw  stuff  of
performance, which  lies  beneath  the  programming  interface, in the dimly-seen  realm-
populated  by  instruction prefetching, dynamic RAM  refresh, and wait  states-where
software meets hardware. This area is  the domain of hardware engineers, and  is almost
never  discussed  as  it relates to code performance. And  yet  it is  only  by understanding
the mechanisms  operating  at this  level  that we  can  fully  understand  and  properly im-
prove the  performance  of our code.
Which brings us to cycle-eaters.

3) What is superscalar architecture (Pentium)?

4) Pentium, 32-bit wide address AND data bus?

5) Pentium I = fastest single core available (100MHz)?

6) Vista, a good example? 

What is SuperFetch?

Hardware pushing software forward. Is this really true?

9) 32-bits times RGB = 96-bits and not 128?

10) CMYK?

12) With "automaticly generated code" I think they are using predefined functions with lots of available parameters while only using a very few each time (please correct me if I'm wrong).

13) There is no line b, should be before beep, yes?

What is Alpha? Intensity, or? I thought only RGB was needed.

1) We do not need all the features a program nowadays provide (this will just make it load/start more slow than neccesary)

We do not need the hysterical resolution that nowadays are common (but the long-term use is hard to predict...)

3) I am not certain anymore but it seems like we could write more code-effective programs (using single cores and assembly)

4) Multiple cores are not the future in the long run (because there's a limit on how many cores you can actually use)

5) Maybe the problem (read slow computers) isn't the high-level language. Maybe the problem is badly designed compilers.

If it isn't you Mr G, then it's got to be you Mr B! 

Could someone please explain Alpha in laymen terms. I do not understand english so well. But as far as I understand, RGB is enough. And I can't understand why it isn't always enough.

Hi!

I want to apologize for my last post. I got crazy and mean. I will not make that mistake again.

This topic concerns how I think you can design a simple and quite fast computer from scratch.

These are the items you will need:

1) A modern fast single-cored CPU of plain Von-Neumann architecture. This CPU may be of 32X16-bit organization (or it may even be of 16X8-bit organiztion if you don't foresee too complicated programs and huge memory utilization).
2) A SSD-drive is preferred for maximum speed. While speed is not that prioritized but simplicity is, you could use an ordinary USB-memory as the drive (it might even be more simple if you use a SD-memory instead. I do not know the complication difference of this).
3) While speed is secondary at this level, I am thinking that RAM may be omitted. But I am not certain of this. My CPU testboard uses a PROM as the "drive" and a RAM for f.i the Stack. It would be interesting to know if you can use the USB-memory for both.
4) The CD-ROM may be omitted. The only time a CD-ROM is really needed is while installing the OS for the first time. But this may be done from a USB-memory instead (I have a vision that you could buy arbitrary OSes at certain on-line cubicles/cafees).
5) Audio is generated by a simple D/A-converter and nothing more.
6) Graphics is generated using old-school VGA (which I do not know so much about, but it sounds simple enough).
7) Auxilery ports are USB-ports only. Say at least four (TWO out of those being the KEYBOARD and the mouse respectively). But I do not know how these actually works. Other than they consist of 4 pins. Two for supply and two for serial data in/out. I have much to learn here. But I imagine that you can hardwire the protocol for at least the keyboard and mouse (and the drive). But when it comes to an AUX-input I don't know how to take care of this.
An ordinary Ethernet interface (there's no "ordinary" here for me either)

From the above you could understand that no mechanical devices whatsoever are used. This might make the computer last longer and even be faster than normal.

I also think that the computer should be command-based in a monocrome text-interface like MS-DOS or Unix. Starting a graphics program only when needed i.e for CAD-programs. A browser might actually consist of only reading the plain text on the different sites and presenting the links as plain text wlile being able to send those links as an input to a command, f.i "Display" and thereby display the picture.

I know most of this isn't new because Unix and Linux already excist but you will learn even better if you build it yourself.

What do you think?

How much of a dinasour am i? 

Best regards, Roger
PS
This is my passion!MY FIRST COMPUTER

My first computer will consist of:

1) My home-brewed CPU (on a CPLD). This is an extemely simple 16X8-organized CPU which even can't do MUL/DIV (but this will be solved software-wise using different kind of shifts and adds).
2) A 32kB large program-memory (EPROM)
3) A 16kB large RAM (for the stack and variables)
4) A 16kB I/O area (either you read from it or you write to it, anywhere within the reserved space)
5) Two 4-bit hex-switches as primitive input-device (instead of keyboard)
6) One 8-bit LED-array as primitive output-device (instead of display)

The first program I will run (P2) is a polling-program that polls for two different values and DISPLAYS that value when it fits and then moves forward to polling for another value. And when it finds that value it displays it and jumps back to the beginning.

There is lots of micro programming that will have to be accurate to make these five instructions (out of 36) work.

I am very excited about the possibillity that this might actually work!

I think the main problems will probably be the timing and the mechanical assembly (read all wire-wrappings that I really can't check and some tight soldering on the CPLD-Schmartboard Unit, CSU).

I have however tested, using an Ohm-meter, that there are no shorts on the CSU.

Tomorrow I will plug in all the ICs!

Then I will soft-start it all by putting the voltage at 9V and slowly turn the amps up.

Wish me luck!

Best regards, Roger
PS
Attaching a picture of the fitted CSU.

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]My CPU is now armed with all neccesary ICs.

The next step is to set a supply to 9V and slowly turn up the Amps.

I have measured that the CPU will not begin to smoke.

After I have SUPPLIED my CPU project I will try to download the actual CPLD program to it.

I am quite confident that this will work.

But I am not so confident that the rest will actually work.

But guess what?

I don't care! 

I would be quite satisfied if I am able to download the program.

The rest is a bonus!

MY SECOND GENERATION COMPUTER

My second generation of a computer will have an ordinary keyboard (PS/2) connected to it.

It will also have an alpha-display connected to it.

The PS/2 keyboard interface I think consists of a RS232-protocol. I will, somehow, design a serial to paralell interface for that.

Then I will echo this ASCII-value to the display.

This new program will then just echo the binary value of a single pressed down button. I am not sure, but I think I can make the CPU poll for a value which differs from $FF (i.e no pressed down button) and when it founds a different value, it could just echo that to the dispaly.

The programming art of programming EPROMS is somewhat tedious so maybe I will adapt a SD-memory as program memory instead. But I think I will wait with this part.

Take care!

Best regards, Roger

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Figured I'd share this in case anyone else decides to make one of these. I wasn't satisfied with having to open and close one of these to add new data, so I decided to mount a 500GB External Hard drive into mine and drill 2 x 1/2" holes in the side of the safe to allow for USB Cable and power cord to pass thru to the drive that is MOUNTED snug inside of it. Used concrete bit to punch thru it. It drilled through quickly as for the cement that this safe is made from is almost like hard packed sand and soft to drill. What is not shown in this is that I will be going to the hobby store to pick up modeling clay that is the type that you can fire or bake to harden or leave to dry to harden. I am going to pack that clay into this hole with cables to plug the hole and KEEP it fireproof for the drive inside. Also to mention that the safe I picked up for 50 CENTS more is waterproof with a rubber gasket that seals when closed. Safe was $29.96 at Walmart. External drive I already had and was a convenient spare for this PROJECT. 500GB is overkill for the data I need to store, but its better to have too much space than too little.

This drive will be powered only when accessing this drive, as for a hard drive in the confined space inside a firesafe by direct example would probably cook itself to death if it was running 24x7. So for quick writes it can remain shut and locked, and for long read/write access I can pop the lid open on the safe and let the drive breathe.

Only modification I had to make to this Seagate External was that the plastic base was too wide so it conflicted with lid shutting. So I popped the base off, unscrewed 3 screws, and took reciprocating saw to it to shave about 3/4 of an inch off the one side. Of course the hacksaw to make a cleaner cut was M.I.A, so I placed a metal bit into saw and cut it while not attached to Hard drive. Definitely would not want to cut this when drive is attached to rattle/jar the heads into the platters..LOL   Then reattached the base which helped make the drive a snug fit. Cut base side is hidden from view with drive mounted laying inside the way it is in pics, and the base was just a clam shell of plastic, no PCB's etc.

Now to backup all important data to it with it tucked in a hidden location near outer wall, a cooler location if there was a fire ever on my single level home.

Thanks Everyone who assisted in a prior forum post which helped me come to this project solution vs Epoxy Thumb drive in car trunk etc.



[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]DL, An interesting "solution". However i have a concern re your objective being realized by your safe method. By drilling through the wall of the safe and introducing the USB cable from the outside world i fear that cable will be come a combustible material and transmit heat/flame into the interior. To what extent that will occur remains to be seen as to a certain degree that fire transmission will be limited by the available oxygen in the closed interior of the safe. If you can find a way to create the temperatures of a typical house fire and have associated flame available for the low cost of a USB cable you could test this concern (or just ignore it  ) truenorth Quote

It drilled through quickly as for the cement that this safe is made from is almost like hard packed sand and soft to drill.

If you can find a way to create the temperatures of a typical house fire and have associated flame available for the low cost of a USB cable you could test this concern (or just ignore it  ) truenorth

Normal cement will explode at a certain temprature. I found this out the hard way once while using a cutting torch...

It is claimed that the following things need to be done to the computer, on a regular basis. If these things are not performed, the computer is liable to slow down and malfunction. I found this information on the Internet.

It is necessary to remove the following items regularly: 

1. Remove:- Corrupted Files, Internet Temporary Files, Cookies, Cache Files, URL and Download Histories.  Windows Temporary Files and Log Files, Unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, Class IDs, Pog IDs, Shared DLLs, Application Paths, Icons and Invalid SHORT cuts, Unused Applications, Unused Windows Components, Unused User Accounts and Old Restore Points.
Remove:- Temporary Files and Recent File Lists (MRUs) from many applications including Media PLAYER, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinAce, WinZip etc.

2. Remove:- some programmes that launch by default, when windows start up.

3. Carry out Defragmentation and cleaning Registry Keys.

    How much of this is true?
Quote from: floccinaucini on November 15, 2012, 06:03:30 PM

It is claimed that the following things need to be done to the computer, on a regular basis. If these things are not performed, the computer is liable to slow down and malfunction. I found this information on the Internet.

It is necessary to remove the following items regularly: 

1. Remove:- Corrupted Files, Internet Temporary Files, Cookies, Cache Files, URL and Download Histories.  Windows Temporary Files and Log Files, Unused and old entries, including File Extensions, ActiveX Controls, Class IDs, Pog IDs, Shared DLLs, Application Paths, Icons and Invalid Short cuts, Unused Applications, Unused Windows Components, Unused User Accounts and Old Restore Points.

Remove:- Temporary Files and Recent File Lists (MRUs) from many applications including Media Player, Google Toolbar, Netscape, MS Office, Nero, Adobe Acrobat, WinAce, WinZip etc.

2. Remove:- some programmes that launch by default, when windows start up.

3. Carry out Defragmentation and cleaning Registry Keys.

    How much of this is true?

Thank you TechnoGeek for the comprehensive reply. Could you also tell me how I can access:

1. MRUs/Recent File Lists.
2. Start up programs (to see if I can delete some of them).
3. How can I find whether there are any corrupted files and what can I do about them?

When a program is disabled in 'Start Up', is that action not reversible?

Hello everybody! I could need some advice about the following situation:
Since short, in our company we have the possibility to order sandwiches/dishes from a caterer on friday. there are over 100 employees and this takes up way too much time. I would like to automate this system a bit. Maybe some of you could give me help.
The idea is this:

Every department (average 7-10 pple) has a list with the available sandwiches/dishes/desserts,... With a mouseclick, the items on this list are copied to a separate file (Notepad or something simple). Every department sends this file to the secretary, and she mails the lists to the caterer.
After delivery (packaged separately per department), they can sort out amongst themselves who ordered what.

Any tips are greatly appreciated!!

Thanks, JS A TRANSACTIONAL Database with a web user interface or Access Database with Visual Basic etc for the user interface to shared database is easiest method in which a report can be generated in the end with all sorts of INFO. You can basically make an internal point of sale system, generate a report that has the order info, fax this to caterer after printing it, and then perform another print out that has everyones orders by department and that then would be broken down into employee names with totals due etc. Also would be beneficial to add a certain percentage to cover the tip to the caterer etc.

Then your only left dealing with making sure everyone paid 

The biggest reason why you need it to be a transactional system is because if everyone is in say an Excel order form document 2 people open at the same time to the shared location by which this single document resides, Bob orders his Sub and saves and closes the worksheet order form, and then Doug edits his copy and then saves his order, Bobs order is now gone as for Dougs information overwrote Bobs changes.

HTML Forms are a GOOD interface for users, but you would need to have a system to handle all the information received, and options to handle this information are ( send to e-mail or send to database ) pretty much. And the send to e-mail wouldnt help you much since thats the issue you have now.

Does your workplace have somone able of creating a transactional database for everyone to access through a neat user interface with drop down menu's etc of what the caterer can create? If you do, your all set. Otherwise I am not sure if anyone here would make one for free or not. Its a pretty involved project to make interface for the menu and then the database.

Its too bad your caterer doesnt make a website with ability to order. If they already have one, then see if they can add a feature for your company to process group ordering.

I use to support a food store chain that had a catering department and supported a product called Cheftec, a program for keeping track of the Catering Department as well as processing orders. Problem is that its not cheap software and requires to be installed on a server with SQL database.Thanks for your reply.  You sound like a pretty smart guy! 

I'm following you (for the most part anyway), but I could not make such a system.   Neither would my boss like it if I hassled up one of the IT guys for this.   A bit more simple would also be sufficient.   What would work is some sort of hyperlink that, when clicked, copies the item into an email/notepad/word document. 
There is a person per department responsible for the financial side.  There will be no problem there.  They will pay when they collect the order for their department, or no food! :-)  By the way, I'm in Europe, Caterers here make A LOT of money without tips :-)

I like your professional approach very much.   Actually you are lightyears ahead of me...   but there is no need for an individual system.  The list could be available on 1 computer per department, everybody takes 2 mins to order, and goes back to their own space. 
Basically speaking, I could open the product list next to an empty email, and everybody could just copy/paste their order to that email.  But It would be nice to have a system that's more automated.

Thanks, JS
 
Glad to be of assistance.

- If ordering per department
- And each department has its own Excel Spreadsheet Order Form Name
- And only one computer is used to process the order per department so that all orders are saved under the same file name and none are lost due to overwriting.

You could then access this Excel Spreadsheet and print out a page per department that also tallies up the amount due as attached. I put some test data in and set the tax to 9% which is our meals tax where I live. You can adjust it any way you want to add/remove features.

I am thinking that if you have say 8 departments ordering and each department has its own spreadsheet file name, you can have 1 shared folder on your network and you can just open each excel spreadsheet after they are done ordering and print a detailed list and it already does the math for you. The departments themselves can break down who owes what money if someone orders 2 or 3 items etc they can break out a calculator and then add tax is necessary. When done you can copy the empty order form back to the shared space and so its empty ready for their next days orders, or if you can teach people to open a custom template for each department and then save the spreadsheet as a different file name than that of the original template copy, each day the follow the same routine and all you have to do is delete the order form that is populated with information.

A Database would be so much cleaner and require less cleanup, and would have RULES. Excel is a quick free solution if that works for you.

If you need help adding features to this excel worksheet just ask and I or someone else can assist. Excel is easy 

[year+ old attachment deleted by admin]You guys are making me hungry...

Interested in finding out the Pros and Cons between Windows 7 and Windows 8. And feedback from those who have used both.

I realized that I am going to have to buy a copy in order to support end users, and I am not thrilled with the changed GUI.

Someone told me that it runs faster than Windows 7 and more efficient is this true?

Is there a desktop option yet to make it look like Windows 7 Desktop vs the Mobile App Touch screen look that I saw in Beta testing that so turned me away from it as a flop of a GUI?

I saw a view of one guy on youtube who claimed to run a test between both OS side by side on same hardware and his system reported booting in 34 sec to the Windows 8 user interface with Windows 7 lagging by almost 30 seconds. With so many edited/fake videos out there you cant really trust everything you SEE. I have seen so many times before Apples to Oranges on youtube with comparisons. Those who dont see the problem give a thumbs up, but those like myself thumbs down it and post a comment on the issue.

There is also a video of a guy with 6 displays and his co-workers slipped Windows 8 Beta onto one of his displays. The guy was like.... ok... I want my REAL PC back, i cant deal with the interface madness. Thats sort of how I am feeling even though i am going to have to buy a copy to learn it to support it.  I installed it as a dual boot on one of my systems only because of my involvement on support sites. I'm not crazy about it, but yes- there is a desktop that is similar to previous Window versions. What happens is you boot to the "metro screen" (the one with the live tiles) but then there are several ways to get to the desktop view. Problem is, there's no start button or Start Menu as such (though you CAN get to a list of all apps). You can install one of several free apps that will restore the more familiar Start Menu / Programs Listing (a Google search or two will help enormously with advice on making the W8 interface more like W7).

Other features and general maneuverability are also less intuitive than previous Windows versions (you have to move the mouse to corners or sides of the screen to bring up menus and options, shutting down takes several clicks and is not the easiest thing to figure out, etc).

Is it faster? Faster is relative, as is always the case. But yes, it does seem to be "snappier". As for boot time, hard to tell - my W7 boot takes up to 5 minutes to finish loading, but I have a lot of "stuff" that loads on boot. W8 is essentially a clean install - haven't loaded any apps yet - just playing with the interface - so of course it boots quickly.

Give it a shot - you're going to have to at some point in time anyway.I haven't seen...or timed my boot process in many years...i poerup...and i go make coffee.
Not sure why boot times are so critical to many end users. Quote from: DaveLembke on November 16, 2012, 02:16:25 AM

Someone told me that it runs faster than Windows 7 and more efficient is this true?

Is there a desktop option yet to make it look like Windows 7 Desktop vs the Mobile App Touch screen look that I saw in Beta testing that so turned me away from it as a flop of a GUI?

There is also a video of a guy with 6 displays and his co-workers slipped Windows 8 Beta onto one of his displays. The guy was like.... ok... I want my REAL PC back, i cant deal with the interface madness. Thats sort of how I am feeling even though i am going to have to buy a copy to learn it to support it.