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How do I take a screenshot in Adobe Photoshop CS2? 68.193.147.179 01:07, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
how do you delete or rename items in the Grub menu at startup? Thanks!-- 71.195.124.101 01:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
hello, im new to bit torrents and im wondering what steps to take in order to put a dvd torrent on a dvd disc to play it on my home dvd player? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.230.51.250 ( talk) 08:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC).
Excellent thanks for that.Well I was kind of also thinking that I might of had to download a burning program or something special for dvd's, as you can see I am a novice at this, may I say thank god for wikipedia. I downloaded the linux torrent the other night and all i have are some useless files that I dont know what to do with. It was the Linux Light version. Having never used linux before I thought it might be fun to have a look. Once again thanks. ; )
Hi - I'm looking for a program like notepad (on Windows), but which has greater features. The specific feature that I'm looking for is the ability to alphabetise lists (with one item per line). If anyone know of such a program (on Windows), I'll be most grateful! Thanks, Mart inp23 10:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
The advanced Google search features don't include a country field. How can I restrict a web search to sites specific to one country (specifically Australia)? (Including "Australia" in the seach terms doesn't work.) Thanks. Shantavira 11:50, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Elaverick 13:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
I am trying to calculate the total average time to complete a case where I have two columns Column A is number of cases and Column B is the Average duration.
I can't just average column b, because if on day 1 there was 1 case solved in 60 min and on day 2 there were two cases solved in an average of 120 min If you strictly average the durations you get 90 min (60 + 120) / 2. If you multiply by the # of cases first you get 100 minutes (1*60 + 2*120) / 3.
the excel formula would look something like this, but this does not work. sum(a1*b1:a2*b2)/sum(a1:a2)
I could create an extra column to contain the product, but I was wondering if I could do somthing that looks like this.
Excel gives an error and automaticlly convets the formula to sum(a1*a1:b2*b2)/sum(a1:a2)
thanks, Czmtzc 13:38, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Image:Character Palette.png Does Windows have anything similar to Character Palette for a Mac? Nebraska bob 14:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
I have noticed that everytime I switch my ROUTER on my IP changes, but always in a range 52........... Also while I checked my latest USER: contributions I saw some contribs tht were not done by me. My friend explained something like "IPs in my network providers' range are DYNAMIC and they change everytime I log on. And they pass frm one person to another in the network. So your IP is never constant!"
So this implies That if an IP address is 'blocked' the real culprit can never be penalised as he does not hv a fixed IP. On the other hand it is a headache passed to someone else in the network.
Isn't this a loophole in blocking of IPs. Can anyone explain? Please!!!
Also how can I check my contribs. which are solely mine. As it is hurting to see someone who got my 'once' IP vandalizing and giving me a bad name.
I know making a UserID may help. Can anyone explain please. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.182.27.59 ( talk) 15:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC).
I have a weird problem with wireless internet on my IBM thinkpad T60. Every now and then, the wireless internet stops working. I have pasted on the right what I observe on my desktop tray. The wireless internet icon shows green waves permanently, and completely stops responding. It shows "excellent" signal strength, and the status is "connected", but it stops showing the name of the network. Everything related to networks connections, even in Control Panel stops responding. This can happen any time, and the only solution I have found till now is to switch off and restart again (shut down doesn't work.) I have even tried reinstalling my network driver. Any ideas what the problem might be? deeptrivia ( talk) 17:47, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Your firewall or router's firewall could be the cause. You might experiment by disabling your firewall(s) temporarily to see if that still happens. If you try repair a connection for example - once again the firewall(s) can either prevent it completely or make it take ages. If you do notice a major difference with the firewalls disabled, try looking into that. Rfwoolf 19:45, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I need to update the firware of my LG GSA-4167 which is currently on my primary IDE, but the "read me" file of the update software says I should place the device on the secondary IDE controller before running the firmware update. At the moment it's impractical for me to do so, so do you think I could do the update as it is anyway? Or would it cause problems? -- Sn0wflake 18:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
This also happened to me...and unfortunately it did not let me Update the firmware in this configuration...there someway to bypass this? Maybe a command line / shortcut command? Although I don't think an update will help my burner because I cannot burn double layer discs and I've read recently on forums that LG drives are known for their 2nd laser which burns the other Layer failing. Anyone know if this is true?
200.12.231.42 22:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC) Ag for MemTech
You may have to take out the burner and attach it to another computer to perform the upgrade. I did an LG upgrade recently, and it asked me to take off the slave disk that was on the same cable. I was able to follow the instructions, and the firmware upgrade did work. I had a lot of trouble finding a genuine firmware however. The firmware upgrade is very sensitive and if it screws up will damage the drive. GB 05:52, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
What's it called when an inactive internet broswer window forces itself to become active once it's finished loading, hence "snatching" away your attention? I've often had this happen with webmail programs; I open the webmail, then a new window, begin typing an address, and find the windows "switch" in the middle of my writing, sometimes resulting in a text input I never intended. It seems like this might be related to the way some popup ads can hide by sticking themselves behind other windows. Any word for this "feature"? Lenoxus " * " 20:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
With Photoshop CS and CS2 (haven't tested CS3), everytime i type some text with the Text Tool, I noticed that the quality of the text is not as good as text editors. For example, when I print using optimal DPI and printer settings, the text shows up quite visibly pixelated when compared to text printed with Microsoft Word. This could be perhaps that the text is turned into pixels when you type in PS, but regardless, is there any way to change the quality of the text in photoshop so that it matches the quality in text editors such as Microsoft Word? Jamesino 23:25, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Is there a way to download the snipping tool in Windows Vista to my Windows XP Home laptop? 68.193.147.179 23:27, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, does anyone have suggestions for a cheap and well supported graphics card for openSUSE linux? Thanks!-- Ryan 23:47, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
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How do I take a screenshot in Adobe Photoshop CS2? 68.193.147.179 01:07, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
how do you delete or rename items in the Grub menu at startup? Thanks!-- 71.195.124.101 01:33, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
hello, im new to bit torrents and im wondering what steps to take in order to put a dvd torrent on a dvd disc to play it on my home dvd player? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 60.230.51.250 ( talk) 08:02, 6 April 2007 (UTC).
Excellent thanks for that.Well I was kind of also thinking that I might of had to download a burning program or something special for dvd's, as you can see I am a novice at this, may I say thank god for wikipedia. I downloaded the linux torrent the other night and all i have are some useless files that I dont know what to do with. It was the Linux Light version. Having never used linux before I thought it might be fun to have a look. Once again thanks. ; )
Hi - I'm looking for a program like notepad (on Windows), but which has greater features. The specific feature that I'm looking for is the ability to alphabetise lists (with one item per line). If anyone know of such a program (on Windows), I'll be most grateful! Thanks, Mart inp23 10:48, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
The advanced Google search features don't include a country field. How can I restrict a web search to sites specific to one country (specifically Australia)? (Including "Australia" in the seach terms doesn't work.) Thanks. Shantavira 11:50, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Elaverick 13:30, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
I am trying to calculate the total average time to complete a case where I have two columns Column A is number of cases and Column B is the Average duration.
I can't just average column b, because if on day 1 there was 1 case solved in 60 min and on day 2 there were two cases solved in an average of 120 min If you strictly average the durations you get 90 min (60 + 120) / 2. If you multiply by the # of cases first you get 100 minutes (1*60 + 2*120) / 3.
the excel formula would look something like this, but this does not work. sum(a1*b1:a2*b2)/sum(a1:a2)
I could create an extra column to contain the product, but I was wondering if I could do somthing that looks like this.
Excel gives an error and automaticlly convets the formula to sum(a1*a1:b2*b2)/sum(a1:a2)
thanks, Czmtzc 13:38, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Image:Character Palette.png Does Windows have anything similar to Character Palette for a Mac? Nebraska bob 14:12, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
I have noticed that everytime I switch my ROUTER on my IP changes, but always in a range 52........... Also while I checked my latest USER: contributions I saw some contribs tht were not done by me. My friend explained something like "IPs in my network providers' range are DYNAMIC and they change everytime I log on. And they pass frm one person to another in the network. So your IP is never constant!"
So this implies That if an IP address is 'blocked' the real culprit can never be penalised as he does not hv a fixed IP. On the other hand it is a headache passed to someone else in the network.
Isn't this a loophole in blocking of IPs. Can anyone explain? Please!!!
Also how can I check my contribs. which are solely mine. As it is hurting to see someone who got my 'once' IP vandalizing and giving me a bad name.
I know making a UserID may help. Can anyone explain please. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 59.182.27.59 ( talk) 15:13, 6 April 2007 (UTC).
I have a weird problem with wireless internet on my IBM thinkpad T60. Every now and then, the wireless internet stops working. I have pasted on the right what I observe on my desktop tray. The wireless internet icon shows green waves permanently, and completely stops responding. It shows "excellent" signal strength, and the status is "connected", but it stops showing the name of the network. Everything related to networks connections, even in Control Panel stops responding. This can happen any time, and the only solution I have found till now is to switch off and restart again (shut down doesn't work.) I have even tried reinstalling my network driver. Any ideas what the problem might be? deeptrivia ( talk) 17:47, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Your firewall or router's firewall could be the cause. You might experiment by disabling your firewall(s) temporarily to see if that still happens. If you try repair a connection for example - once again the firewall(s) can either prevent it completely or make it take ages. If you do notice a major difference with the firewalls disabled, try looking into that. Rfwoolf 19:45, 7 April 2007 (UTC)
I need to update the firware of my LG GSA-4167 which is currently on my primary IDE, but the "read me" file of the update software says I should place the device on the secondary IDE controller before running the firmware update. At the moment it's impractical for me to do so, so do you think I could do the update as it is anyway? Or would it cause problems? -- Sn0wflake 18:43, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
This also happened to me...and unfortunately it did not let me Update the firmware in this configuration...there someway to bypass this? Maybe a command line / shortcut command? Although I don't think an update will help my burner because I cannot burn double layer discs and I've read recently on forums that LG drives are known for their 2nd laser which burns the other Layer failing. Anyone know if this is true?
200.12.231.42 22:51, 6 April 2007 (UTC) Ag for MemTech
You may have to take out the burner and attach it to another computer to perform the upgrade. I did an LG upgrade recently, and it asked me to take off the slave disk that was on the same cable. I was able to follow the instructions, and the firmware upgrade did work. I had a lot of trouble finding a genuine firmware however. The firmware upgrade is very sensitive and if it screws up will damage the drive. GB 05:52, 10 April 2007 (UTC)
What's it called when an inactive internet broswer window forces itself to become active once it's finished loading, hence "snatching" away your attention? I've often had this happen with webmail programs; I open the webmail, then a new window, begin typing an address, and find the windows "switch" in the middle of my writing, sometimes resulting in a text input I never intended. It seems like this might be related to the way some popup ads can hide by sticking themselves behind other windows. Any word for this "feature"? Lenoxus " * " 20:06, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
With Photoshop CS and CS2 (haven't tested CS3), everytime i type some text with the Text Tool, I noticed that the quality of the text is not as good as text editors. For example, when I print using optimal DPI and printer settings, the text shows up quite visibly pixelated when compared to text printed with Microsoft Word. This could be perhaps that the text is turned into pixels when you type in PS, but regardless, is there any way to change the quality of the text in photoshop so that it matches the quality in text editors such as Microsoft Word? Jamesino 23:25, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Is there a way to download the snipping tool in Windows Vista to my Windows XP Home laptop? 68.193.147.179 23:27, 6 April 2007 (UTC)
Hi, does anyone have suggestions for a cheap and well supported graphics card for openSUSE linux? Thanks!-- Ryan 23:47, 6 April 2007 (UTC)