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In Word '03, when I highlight text and type it doesn't delete the highlighted text, how do I fix that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.147.179 ( talk • contribs)
When I visit a website like Wikipedia, then refresh the page I do not get the latest version of the page. I have to right click on the article a click open in new window to receive a new version. Does anybody know how to fix this? 68.193.147.179 01:10, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
When I write a message from the program AOL, AOL adds on AOL.com AD on the bottom of the message 10 spaces after the messaged ended. But, it is only supposed to be there if I email from www.AOL.com. Does anyboby know why this is happening? 68.193.147.179 01:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I have a Sony PSP which I purchased last December. It was dropped the other week and since then it has kept freezing when I turn it on and sometimes won't even boot up. Does anyone know how I could fix it? I've heard of people putting theirs through way worse so I'm hoping it can be fixable. I bought it interstate and I don't know where the receipt is. Mix Lord 01:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Mix Lord 22:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
I am interested in who makes/provides the firmware (or perhaps it's a basic operating system) that runs the common, low-end GPS units commonly available. Not the higher-end models that run run Windows CE, but the monochrome, basic system seen on basic GPS systems.
Is there a single company that on-sells this OS to Garmin, Magellan and others?
Thanks. 130.101.152.94 01:45, 27 February 2007 (UTC)MJH
What are the relative merits of Scribus, QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign when it comes to typesetting books? The Adobe InDesign article says that books are usually typeset in QuarkXPress, but what makes this software preferable?
Also, does Scribus have support for ligatures, swash characters, and all the wonderful things that come with OpenType fonts? -- Siva 02:35, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Today I needed to access a site that's theoretically available only in the U.S. To circumvent this restriction, I used an open proxy. But the proxy is probably slower than my direct connection. What I'd like to do is enable the proxy only for that one site (and possibly others I'll specify later) and disable it for all others. I know you can set Firefox to use the proxy by default and turn it off for specific sites, but is it possible to do the opposite? Neon Merlin 06:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
function FindProxyForURL (url, host) { if ( dnsDomainIs(host, ".somesite.us") ) return "PROXY proxy.someproxy.com:8080; DIRECT"; else return "DIRECT"; }
I have a 60GB iPod which is almost full. Both iTunes and the settings screen on the iPod tell me that I have 515 MB available. But when I try and copy a single short song to the iPod, iTunes tells me that there is no space. So why isn't that 515 MB available to me? I've tried resetting the iPod but it doesn't help. Many thanks. -- Richardrj talk email 06:53, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
How is it possible to get my MAC iBook to restore itself to a previous date, like the System Restore option in Windows? In fact, is it possible? MAC Help was no use to me, as either I don't know what the keyword is (i.e. the name of the process), or it just doesn't exist. Thanks in advance! CCLemon-ここは寒いぜ! 10:00, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Does anybody know how long it takes the free version of Google Earth to pick up on Wikipedia articles. I noticed and changed the coordinates for Ottawa/Rockcliffe Water Aerodrome on the 16 February because it was showing up at Cambridge Bay. It is still shown on Google Earth at the same place as Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome. The main thing is that because the coordinates for most of the airports in the Yukon were entered in the format DD|MM|SS|00|W they all appear in Russia. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 10:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I have a Japanese iBook, but unfortunately the keyboard is set to UK settings for some bizarre reason (I bought it in Japan - it's just a coincidence that I'm from the UK). Anyway, I want to set the keyboard back to Japanese settings (e.g. so that single quotation marks are SHIFT+7, etc.) so I can reduce my typos. Anyone have any idea? CCLemon-ここは寒いぜ! 10:04, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I assume that you have enabled both a Roman layout and the Kotoeri layout for Japanese. If not, enable them via the International Preference pane (in System Preferences). Then use Command-Space to switch to the layout you need. You may have pressed Command-Space (or either Command-Shift-Space or Command-Option-Space, depending on your prefs) accidentally, which forces the keyboard layout to change. The procedure is similar to classic Mac OS, but I do not recall what it is off the top of my head. kelvSYC 22:09, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
why can't a pc from the same building on a different floor can not connect to the network on a different floor. in the same building.
There are lots of reasons for a network not to work properly. Your PC could have an improper netmask or default gateway address set. The building's network could be misconfigured. The computers in your building might all be using NAT in such a way that they can reach machines in the outside world just fine, but not each other. If you can give us more information about your machine, and the machine you're trying to reach, and how, and how it fails, we might be able to give you some more specifically-applicable information. — Steve Summit ( talk) 01:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
When I start my computer, a nice little 1980s style menu shows up on my screen asking me if I want to boot Ubuntu or Windows XP. If I don't pick anything, GRUB (for that is what I am using) will boot Ubuntu 7 seconds later. This menu and and configuration is stored on my linux partition at /boot/grub/menu.lst
, and I can easily edit it in Ubuntu (or windows). My question is this: how does this whole thing work? I mean, the MBR is 512 bytes long, 446 of which is machine-code dedicated to launching the OS. Since 446 bytes ain't a whole lot of room to put code in (certainly not if you want a cool 1980s style menu!), I'm assuming it executes some code stored in my linux partition. That code then loads the menu.lst file and displays my options. But to do this, doesn't the computer have to mount a file system? I mean, how would the MBR-code find the GRUB-code stored in linux or the menu file, if it couldn't use a file system? And to mount a file system, don't you need the linux-kernel running? I mean, finding and opening is a system-call which the kernel sends to the correct driver, right? Does GRUB actually boot a tiny operating system, only to shut it down when I choose to start my "real" operating system? Or does it boot linux proper? I mean, it has to be able to read any number of types of file-systems, from Ext2 to ReiserFS to VFS, right? What's going on when I start my computer?
Oskar 17:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Mar 30 2006 stage1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102332 Mar 30 2006 stage2
Is there yet a distributed chess program designed to utilize the power of thousands of personal computers over the Internet to play a game of chess like the SETI program that uses distributed programming to search for life in outer space? 71.100.171.80 19:25, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Unless you are a true genius at chess, I would expect a single computer chess program can provide all the challenge you need. StuRat 05:26, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi all,
I downloaded a piece of source code that requires Java files from sun.plugin.javascript. Naturally I've searched the web and sun.com, but I can't find where I'd get such packages. Anyone have any idea?
Thanks! -Mary —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.110.73 ( talk • contribs) 20:51, 27 February 2007
hi, I have a spam problem on outlook express running windows xp. i get about 15 per day "giberish stock quotes" and "returned mail" . my isp is orange and my email is "fsnet.co.uk" the old freeserve one.
can you help?
I tried to set up a spam folder but it failed!
thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.105.76.80 ( talk • contribs) 21:55, 27 February 2007
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In Word '03, when I highlight text and type it doesn't delete the highlighted text, how do I fix that? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.193.147.179 ( talk • contribs)
When I visit a website like Wikipedia, then refresh the page I do not get the latest version of the page. I have to right click on the article a click open in new window to receive a new version. Does anybody know how to fix this? 68.193.147.179 01:10, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
When I write a message from the program AOL, AOL adds on AOL.com AD on the bottom of the message 10 spaces after the messaged ended. But, it is only supposed to be there if I email from www.AOL.com. Does anyboby know why this is happening? 68.193.147.179 01:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I have a Sony PSP which I purchased last December. It was dropped the other week and since then it has kept freezing when I turn it on and sometimes won't even boot up. Does anyone know how I could fix it? I've heard of people putting theirs through way worse so I'm hoping it can be fixable. I bought it interstate and I don't know where the receipt is. Mix Lord 01:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Mix Lord 22:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi,
I am interested in who makes/provides the firmware (or perhaps it's a basic operating system) that runs the common, low-end GPS units commonly available. Not the higher-end models that run run Windows CE, but the monochrome, basic system seen on basic GPS systems.
Is there a single company that on-sells this OS to Garmin, Magellan and others?
Thanks. 130.101.152.94 01:45, 27 February 2007 (UTC)MJH
What are the relative merits of Scribus, QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign when it comes to typesetting books? The Adobe InDesign article says that books are usually typeset in QuarkXPress, but what makes this software preferable?
Also, does Scribus have support for ligatures, swash characters, and all the wonderful things that come with OpenType fonts? -- Siva 02:35, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Today I needed to access a site that's theoretically available only in the U.S. To circumvent this restriction, I used an open proxy. But the proxy is probably slower than my direct connection. What I'd like to do is enable the proxy only for that one site (and possibly others I'll specify later) and disable it for all others. I know you can set Firefox to use the proxy by default and turn it off for specific sites, but is it possible to do the opposite? Neon Merlin 06:12, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
function FindProxyForURL (url, host) { if ( dnsDomainIs(host, ".somesite.us") ) return "PROXY proxy.someproxy.com:8080; DIRECT"; else return "DIRECT"; }
I have a 60GB iPod which is almost full. Both iTunes and the settings screen on the iPod tell me that I have 515 MB available. But when I try and copy a single short song to the iPod, iTunes tells me that there is no space. So why isn't that 515 MB available to me? I've tried resetting the iPod but it doesn't help. Many thanks. -- Richardrj talk email 06:53, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
How is it possible to get my MAC iBook to restore itself to a previous date, like the System Restore option in Windows? In fact, is it possible? MAC Help was no use to me, as either I don't know what the keyword is (i.e. the name of the process), or it just doesn't exist. Thanks in advance! CCLemon-ここは寒いぜ! 10:00, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Does anybody know how long it takes the free version of Google Earth to pick up on Wikipedia articles. I noticed and changed the coordinates for Ottawa/Rockcliffe Water Aerodrome on the 16 February because it was showing up at Cambridge Bay. It is still shown on Google Earth at the same place as Cambridge Bay Water Aerodrome. The main thing is that because the coordinates for most of the airports in the Yukon were entered in the format DD|MM|SS|00|W they all appear in Russia. CambridgeBayWeather (Talk) 10:02, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I have a Japanese iBook, but unfortunately the keyboard is set to UK settings for some bizarre reason (I bought it in Japan - it's just a coincidence that I'm from the UK). Anyway, I want to set the keyboard back to Japanese settings (e.g. so that single quotation marks are SHIFT+7, etc.) so I can reduce my typos. Anyone have any idea? CCLemon-ここは寒いぜ! 10:04, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
I assume that you have enabled both a Roman layout and the Kotoeri layout for Japanese. If not, enable them via the International Preference pane (in System Preferences). Then use Command-Space to switch to the layout you need. You may have pressed Command-Space (or either Command-Shift-Space or Command-Option-Space, depending on your prefs) accidentally, which forces the keyboard layout to change. The procedure is similar to classic Mac OS, but I do not recall what it is off the top of my head. kelvSYC 22:09, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
why can't a pc from the same building on a different floor can not connect to the network on a different floor. in the same building.
There are lots of reasons for a network not to work properly. Your PC could have an improper netmask or default gateway address set. The building's network could be misconfigured. The computers in your building might all be using NAT in such a way that they can reach machines in the outside world just fine, but not each other. If you can give us more information about your machine, and the machine you're trying to reach, and how, and how it fails, we might be able to give you some more specifically-applicable information. — Steve Summit ( talk) 01:40, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
When I start my computer, a nice little 1980s style menu shows up on my screen asking me if I want to boot Ubuntu or Windows XP. If I don't pick anything, GRUB (for that is what I am using) will boot Ubuntu 7 seconds later. This menu and and configuration is stored on my linux partition at /boot/grub/menu.lst
, and I can easily edit it in Ubuntu (or windows). My question is this: how does this whole thing work? I mean, the MBR is 512 bytes long, 446 of which is machine-code dedicated to launching the OS. Since 446 bytes ain't a whole lot of room to put code in (certainly not if you want a cool 1980s style menu!), I'm assuming it executes some code stored in my linux partition. That code then loads the menu.lst file and displays my options. But to do this, doesn't the computer have to mount a file system? I mean, how would the MBR-code find the GRUB-code stored in linux or the menu file, if it couldn't use a file system? And to mount a file system, don't you need the linux-kernel running? I mean, finding and opening is a system-call which the kernel sends to the correct driver, right? Does GRUB actually boot a tiny operating system, only to shut it down when I choose to start my "real" operating system? Or does it boot linux proper? I mean, it has to be able to read any number of types of file-systems, from Ext2 to ReiserFS to VFS, right? What's going on when I start my computer?
Oskar 17:27, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 512 Mar 30 2006 stage1 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 102332 Mar 30 2006 stage2
Is there yet a distributed chess program designed to utilize the power of thousands of personal computers over the Internet to play a game of chess like the SETI program that uses distributed programming to search for life in outer space? 71.100.171.80 19:25, 27 February 2007 (UTC)
Unless you are a true genius at chess, I would expect a single computer chess program can provide all the challenge you need. StuRat 05:26, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
Hi all,
I downloaded a piece of source code that requires Java files from sun.plugin.javascript. Naturally I've searched the web and sun.com, but I can't find where I'd get such packages. Anyone have any idea?
Thanks! -Mary —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.96.110.73 ( talk • contribs) 20:51, 27 February 2007
hi, I have a spam problem on outlook express running windows xp. i get about 15 per day "giberish stock quotes" and "returned mail" . my isp is orange and my email is "fsnet.co.uk" the old freeserve one.
can you help?
I tried to set up a spam folder but it failed!
thanks —Preceding unsigned comment added by 91.105.76.80 ( talk • contribs) 21:55, 27 February 2007