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I have set my computer using the BIOS Power Management functions to start my computer at 7:00 AM so a program I run everyday can start at 7:30 AM. THe program includes a line of code to check time and end the program at a certain time. From there the power management section of the display properties sees the system is idle after 5 minutes and puts the system in hybernation. Trouble is the system does not always restart at 7:00 AM and the program never starts running. The system just stays in hibernation. Is there a beter way to accomplish starting the computer in the morning so the program can run and then shutting down the computer when the program is finished in the evening. Adaptron 00:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
please state your operating system, as this is where you would issue a command. TehKewl1 04:15, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
From what I can see, the computer starts up at 7:00AM. Unless this start-up process takes 25 minutes, the computer will be idle for more than 5 minutes before the timed start of the program at 7:30AM and would go into hiberbation. This could be why the computer just stays in hibernation instead of running the program. Perhaps you should start the computer at 7:20AM instead? Just my thoughts -- yaninass2 | talk 04:26, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Windows XP. I've tried a new aproach. Instead of using Task Scheduler I simple put a shortcut to the program in the startup program folder and the bios power management start time set for 7:30 AM. The display power option is now set for hibernation after 30 minutes of the computer being idle and the program set to stop at 7:00 PM. After the program stops the system goes idle and then into hibernation but unless I shut if off the bios pwer management will not start again at 7:30 AM. Is ther a way to shut it down instead of going into hibernation using the power option? I don't see any options listed other than hibernation. Can I add a key or otherwise teak the registry? Adaptron 16:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm trying to design a marquee for use on a mock website, but I don't know much HTML, specifically something that causes a break between two sentences on the same line (like 10 spaces or something). With my marquee, one sentence scrolls accross, then I'd like a small break before the next one (as in, both would be visible but there'd be a gap separating them). If I use "br" it creates a new line and the marquee doubles in height. Can anyone help? -- Bronzey 08:22, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
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If i have a normal ms office 2003 word document and i want to split it up into 3, for example, columns but i dont want the title to be in one of the columns and i want it to be across the top as normal; what do i do???-- 84.66.6.35 09:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
How do you put a horizontal line in Word??? Iv looked everywhere but cant seem to find it.
( i have MS Word 2003) thanks-- William dady 10:09, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Just a normal horizontal line like the ones you get on newspapers under the title, iv dont it before but i cant remember how to do it. (also i think you can get them on website programs, like frontpage, and they have their own button)-- William dady 10:33, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Do I need to be paying line rental on my landline phone for DSL to work? I'm looking at ditching my regular phone service for VoIP, but don't know if I need to have line rental active. Thanks.
Here in Australia, cable broadband is ridiculously expensive (the average is $100 USD per month, with a 20GB-per-month download limit). ADSL is limited to 1.5Mbit.
I recovered the hard disk from my crashed laptop. It has all my outlook express mails and addresses in an archived format. It's possibly encrypted too. How can I recover them? I know had the laptop been working, there's a way to export all outlook data, but what can I do now? deeptrivia ( talk) 14:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm trying to construct a query in PostgreSQL to to the following, and not having much luck. I have a list of purchasing records, each one with a product ID, a purchase date, and a price. My select is grouping by product ID. I want to also be able to ask, "what's the first and last price paid for this item?". The initial query I came up with was select min(purchasedate) as firstdate, max(purchasedate) as lastdate, min(case when purchasedate = firstdate then unitprice else NULL end) as firstprice, min(case when purchasedate = lastdate then unitprice else NULL end) as lastprice from purchaserecords group by productid;, but postgres claimed "column "firstdate" does not exist"; I suppose I can't use a previously defined field in another aggregate column. If I try to substitute in max(purchasedate) for lastdate, it says "aggregate function calls may not be nested". How can I make it do what I want it to do? grendel| khan 14:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
What is the general features, usage, key manufactures, and the latest advncements and innovations in a printer
Can you tell me if pitch synchronous granular synthesis is equivalent to pitch synchronous overlap and add (psola) method? THNX! -- Ulisse0 15:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Thnx again! -- Ulisse0 17:16, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Is the a way to save of otherwise convert bmp formatted files to png formatted files in Visual Basic 6? If not is ther an add on or a program that will convert a whole folder full of bmp files to png? Adaptron 16:06, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay, thanks very much for your help. Infanview will work fine although a plug-in, add-on or routine to do the conversion and save from VB6 would be nice and eliminate several steps. Since Infanview seems to have command line capability maybe I can use if from VB6. Adaptron 22:40, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I want to use a duplicate file finding program to remove duplicated music files. Of course two tracks that sound the same when I play them wont necessarily be exact duplicates (they could be different sizes, different formats and different names) - would this present a problem? -- Username132 ( talk) 17:06, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I inserted my Ubuntu 6.06 disc (64-bit for my AMD 64-bit processor) and after loading to a black screen with a mouse pointer, I get a small repeating blip from my speakers over and over. This also occurs in graphics safe mode. A few months ago it worked fine, then it did this, a month later it worked fine and now it's doing this. Why is it so flaky? Someone at the Ubuntu forums suggested checking for loose connections inside the case but that sounds a bit wishy-washy, especially since WinXP runs fine. -- Username132 ( talk) 17:11, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello, I was wondering how to place my webpage into different categories that way my page that I just created will be seen under specific categories. Thank you for your help.
I'm guessing you've gotten this question before, but since i'm not willing to search through the archives to find it: I bought a new dell laptop that i'm pretty happy with, but for some reason (i guess to save power,) the screen becomes very dark the second i unplug it. i tried fishing around for a solution throughout the control panel and settings, including power settings, but i cant find how to disable this. any help? Sashafklein 19:47, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
theres usually a FN button on most laptops. hold this down, and look for two icons like suns (usually somewhere around the F8 or f9 buttons, or on the arrow keys itself. hold Fn and press these buttons and it should brighten your screen. hope that helps. -JOE
Even at full brightness, it is common for a laptops to dim thier displays slightly when running on battery. I think this might just be a side effect from the change in voltage, but it is none the less common. - Ridge Racer 14:14, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
I am trying to make a black t shirt with an image i made in adobe. so that i don't have to pay to print black onto the tshirt, i made the image transparent in adobe and saved it as a jpeg. there are two problems. the first is that there was white on the image i made, and on the website where i made the tshirt (custom ink), the white does not display at all. it's just become transparent, it would seem. also, everything that is not white is ringed by white on the website. so my image that was supposed to show directly against the black is lined with a bit of white. would both these mistakes probably be problems with the website? should i have done something different with the image? thanks Sashafklein 19:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Interlaced? Sashafklein 03:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
custom built by ABS computer (abspc.com) here are the basic specs:
Awesome Series P4 2.8GHz 120gb hd Geforce FX 5900 Sound Blaster Audigy 1gb DDR CDRWdrive (not sure of speed) DVD drive Antec Case 2 fans, blue LED lighting XP home SP2 installed
never had any problems with it.
can anyone just give a rough estimate as to how much this might be worth? if you need any more detailed information please let me know. thanks in advance.
Dear all,
I would like to ask if anybody knows a website that can provide source control for *one* file only for simple users (students). We want to basically prevent concurrent changes to the same file by implementing a simple check out - check in procedures.
Thanks a lot in advance, Tommy
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I have set my computer using the BIOS Power Management functions to start my computer at 7:00 AM so a program I run everyday can start at 7:30 AM. THe program includes a line of code to check time and end the program at a certain time. From there the power management section of the display properties sees the system is idle after 5 minutes and puts the system in hybernation. Trouble is the system does not always restart at 7:00 AM and the program never starts running. The system just stays in hibernation. Is there a beter way to accomplish starting the computer in the morning so the program can run and then shutting down the computer when the program is finished in the evening. Adaptron 00:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
please state your operating system, as this is where you would issue a command. TehKewl1 04:15, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
From what I can see, the computer starts up at 7:00AM. Unless this start-up process takes 25 minutes, the computer will be idle for more than 5 minutes before the timed start of the program at 7:30AM and would go into hiberbation. This could be why the computer just stays in hibernation instead of running the program. Perhaps you should start the computer at 7:20AM instead? Just my thoughts -- yaninass2 | talk 04:26, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Windows XP. I've tried a new aproach. Instead of using Task Scheduler I simple put a shortcut to the program in the startup program folder and the bios power management start time set for 7:30 AM. The display power option is now set for hibernation after 30 minutes of the computer being idle and the program set to stop at 7:00 PM. After the program stops the system goes idle and then into hibernation but unless I shut if off the bios pwer management will not start again at 7:30 AM. Is ther a way to shut it down instead of going into hibernation using the power option? I don't see any options listed other than hibernation. Can I add a key or otherwise teak the registry? Adaptron 16:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm trying to design a marquee for use on a mock website, but I don't know much HTML, specifically something that causes a break between two sentences on the same line (like 10 spaces or something). With my marquee, one sentence scrolls accross, then I'd like a small break before the next one (as in, both would be visible but there'd be a gap separating them). If I use "br" it creates a new line and the marquee doubles in height. Can anyone help? -- Bronzey 08:22, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
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If i have a normal ms office 2003 word document and i want to split it up into 3, for example, columns but i dont want the title to be in one of the columns and i want it to be across the top as normal; what do i do???-- 84.66.6.35 09:23, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
How do you put a horizontal line in Word??? Iv looked everywhere but cant seem to find it.
( i have MS Word 2003) thanks-- William dady 10:09, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Just a normal horizontal line like the ones you get on newspapers under the title, iv dont it before but i cant remember how to do it. (also i think you can get them on website programs, like frontpage, and they have their own button)-- William dady 10:33, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Do I need to be paying line rental on my landline phone for DSL to work? I'm looking at ditching my regular phone service for VoIP, but don't know if I need to have line rental active. Thanks.
Here in Australia, cable broadband is ridiculously expensive (the average is $100 USD per month, with a 20GB-per-month download limit). ADSL is limited to 1.5Mbit.
I recovered the hard disk from my crashed laptop. It has all my outlook express mails and addresses in an archived format. It's possibly encrypted too. How can I recover them? I know had the laptop been working, there's a way to export all outlook data, but what can I do now? deeptrivia ( talk) 14:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I'm trying to construct a query in PostgreSQL to to the following, and not having much luck. I have a list of purchasing records, each one with a product ID, a purchase date, and a price. My select is grouping by product ID. I want to also be able to ask, "what's the first and last price paid for this item?". The initial query I came up with was select min(purchasedate) as firstdate, max(purchasedate) as lastdate, min(case when purchasedate = firstdate then unitprice else NULL end) as firstprice, min(case when purchasedate = lastdate then unitprice else NULL end) as lastprice from purchaserecords group by productid;, but postgres claimed "column "firstdate" does not exist"; I suppose I can't use a previously defined field in another aggregate column. If I try to substitute in max(purchasedate) for lastdate, it says "aggregate function calls may not be nested". How can I make it do what I want it to do? grendel| khan 14:14, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
What is the general features, usage, key manufactures, and the latest advncements and innovations in a printer
Can you tell me if pitch synchronous granular synthesis is equivalent to pitch synchronous overlap and add (psola) method? THNX! -- Ulisse0 15:02, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Thnx again! -- Ulisse0 17:16, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
Is the a way to save of otherwise convert bmp formatted files to png formatted files in Visual Basic 6? If not is ther an add on or a program that will convert a whole folder full of bmp files to png? Adaptron 16:06, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Okay, thanks very much for your help. Infanview will work fine although a plug-in, add-on or routine to do the conversion and save from VB6 would be nice and eliminate several steps. Since Infanview seems to have command line capability maybe I can use if from VB6. Adaptron 22:40, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I want to use a duplicate file finding program to remove duplicated music files. Of course two tracks that sound the same when I play them wont necessarily be exact duplicates (they could be different sizes, different formats and different names) - would this present a problem? -- Username132 ( talk) 17:06, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
I inserted my Ubuntu 6.06 disc (64-bit for my AMD 64-bit processor) and after loading to a black screen with a mouse pointer, I get a small repeating blip from my speakers over and over. This also occurs in graphics safe mode. A few months ago it worked fine, then it did this, a month later it worked fine and now it's doing this. Why is it so flaky? Someone at the Ubuntu forums suggested checking for loose connections inside the case but that sounds a bit wishy-washy, especially since WinXP runs fine. -- Username132 ( talk) 17:11, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Hello, I was wondering how to place my webpage into different categories that way my page that I just created will be seen under specific categories. Thank you for your help.
I'm guessing you've gotten this question before, but since i'm not willing to search through the archives to find it: I bought a new dell laptop that i'm pretty happy with, but for some reason (i guess to save power,) the screen becomes very dark the second i unplug it. i tried fishing around for a solution throughout the control panel and settings, including power settings, but i cant find how to disable this. any help? Sashafklein 19:47, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
theres usually a FN button on most laptops. hold this down, and look for two icons like suns (usually somewhere around the F8 or f9 buttons, or on the arrow keys itself. hold Fn and press these buttons and it should brighten your screen. hope that helps. -JOE
Even at full brightness, it is common for a laptops to dim thier displays slightly when running on battery. I think this might just be a side effect from the change in voltage, but it is none the less common. - Ridge Racer 14:14, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
I am trying to make a black t shirt with an image i made in adobe. so that i don't have to pay to print black onto the tshirt, i made the image transparent in adobe and saved it as a jpeg. there are two problems. the first is that there was white on the image i made, and on the website where i made the tshirt (custom ink), the white does not display at all. it's just become transparent, it would seem. also, everything that is not white is ringed by white on the website. so my image that was supposed to show directly against the black is lined with a bit of white. would both these mistakes probably be problems with the website? should i have done something different with the image? thanks Sashafklein 19:53, 24 October 2006 (UTC)
Interlaced? Sashafklein 03:00, 25 October 2006 (UTC)
custom built by ABS computer (abspc.com) here are the basic specs:
Awesome Series P4 2.8GHz 120gb hd Geforce FX 5900 Sound Blaster Audigy 1gb DDR CDRWdrive (not sure of speed) DVD drive Antec Case 2 fans, blue LED lighting XP home SP2 installed
never had any problems with it.
can anyone just give a rough estimate as to how much this might be worth? if you need any more detailed information please let me know. thanks in advance.
Dear all,
I would like to ask if anybody knows a website that can provide source control for *one* file only for simple users (students). We want to basically prevent concurrent changes to the same file by implementing a simple check out - check in procedures.
Thanks a lot in advance, Tommy