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Here's my situation: I have a 512 Mb USB2 memory key with DSL (Damn Small Linux) on it. I copied it over to the key bit by bit from the iso of DSL. The key mounts under OSX and all of the files are usable, but how do I boot to it? I have boot camp installed, if that matters.-- 67.181.167.227 01:35, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Restart and hold down the option key and select it from the menu.
Is there any way to get an Xbox to run with an LCD PC monitor without anything in between -- by using a composite-to-VGA converter, component adapter, something like that? Preferably with the ability to convert 1920x1080 or 1280x720 to this particular monitor's native resolution of 1680x1050. 202.10.86.63 09:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I have been having trouble with my computer clock for a while now. I boot up the computer, log in and the clock is usually set to something way off the real time, and sometimes the day is wrong as well. My current computer clock shows 4:34AM, but I know that it is around 8pm-ish. I try resynchronising my computer clock with Microsoft's "time.microsoft.com" server and the NSA time server, but it tells me it encounters an error when synchronising with the server. Any ideas what might be going wrong? – Se bi ~ 09:34, 20 June 2007 (UTC) P.S. My local time is +10 hours.
How do I record sound off youtube using my computer? -- 124.181.44.233 13:47, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
My modem can play video DVDs like movies, episodes of shows, and others. But when I put in a blank DVD that has stuff I recorded on TV or dubbed on TV, it wouldn't detect it. What can I do to upgrade the modem to detecting a recorded/dubbed TV DVD without a problem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirdrink13309622 ( talk • contribs)
For the summer vacations, I bought a mobile internet card for my laptop. I'm paying by the megabyte, and would like to minimize expenses. I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.4, Windows Xp. So I unchecked "Load images automatically" and "Enable java" it the "Tools|Options|Content" dialog. However, Flash animations (and images) are still downloaded. There is a "Manage file types" button in the same dialog, but the button that I would like to press for SPL and SWF objects, "Remove action", is grayed and inacessible; I only have the options of specifying which program to open the file in, or to save it to disk, which implies that it will be downloaded whichever alternative I chose. So my questions are:
I have installed the Adblock-plus plugin, which alleviates the Flash problem somewhat, but far from totally. And yes, I have tried Lynx, but found the user interface too limited for my needs. Thanks for any advice. -- NorwegianBlue talk 18:00, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
OK, so putting a shortcut to the Elmo page on the Sesame Street website onto the desktop, for the young folks to click on. Most of the time, it has Elmo's face as the icon. Sometimes it has just the generic IE6 icon, and they can't recognize it. i didn't specify any icon in the "properties/change icon" box. ?? what gives? Gzuckier 18:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's the explanation: I use Maxell DVD-R discs with a gold-like label with an SP mode storage of 2 hours. They can record TV and have movies and episodes of shows burned onto them. My computer is an HP vs17e with an HP modem. It detects blank DVDs with movies and episodes of shows burned onto them, but doesn't detect blank DVDs with recorded stuff from TV. What do I thoroughly need to solve the situation?
I wanted to add an image in a certain spot on my webpage, and I did so by adding this to the style sheet:
td#navbar ul:after{content: url("image.gif")}
and it worked great and went right where I wanted it to go. Now I'm hoping to resize it, and the first thing I tried was
td#navbar ul:after{content: url("image.gif"); width:166px}
and no amount of fooling around can get that to work. Does anyone know why? Should it work? Is there another way to make it work? Obviously I can resize my image file or go back and put it into the html manually without css, but I don't want to do any of that and I'm now curious as to why this wouldn't work. Thanks :: Registrar 18:45, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
gahh, good point. Thanks
Registrar
19:06, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
hi,
is there anyone with the phone number 01234 567890? or 01234 01234? etc?
another thing...can you kind of 'personalise' your HOME phone no. , like number plates, in any way, i know you change it sometimes, ie for security reasons or if your moving house but still local, but can you just go to BT and ask to change it to something else?
thanks, -- 84.67.217.53 19:49, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
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Welcome to the Wikipedia Computing Reference Desk Archives |
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Here's my situation: I have a 512 Mb USB2 memory key with DSL (Damn Small Linux) on it. I copied it over to the key bit by bit from the iso of DSL. The key mounts under OSX and all of the files are usable, but how do I boot to it? I have boot camp installed, if that matters.-- 67.181.167.227 01:35, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Restart and hold down the option key and select it from the menu.
Is there any way to get an Xbox to run with an LCD PC monitor without anything in between -- by using a composite-to-VGA converter, component adapter, something like that? Preferably with the ability to convert 1920x1080 or 1280x720 to this particular monitor's native resolution of 1680x1050. 202.10.86.63 09:13, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
I have been having trouble with my computer clock for a while now. I boot up the computer, log in and the clock is usually set to something way off the real time, and sometimes the day is wrong as well. My current computer clock shows 4:34AM, but I know that it is around 8pm-ish. I try resynchronising my computer clock with Microsoft's "time.microsoft.com" server and the NSA time server, but it tells me it encounters an error when synchronising with the server. Any ideas what might be going wrong? – Se bi ~ 09:34, 20 June 2007 (UTC) P.S. My local time is +10 hours.
How do I record sound off youtube using my computer? -- 124.181.44.233 13:47, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
My modem can play video DVDs like movies, episodes of shows, and others. But when I put in a blank DVD that has stuff I recorded on TV or dubbed on TV, it wouldn't detect it. What can I do to upgrade the modem to detecting a recorded/dubbed TV DVD without a problem? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sirdrink13309622 ( talk • contribs)
For the summer vacations, I bought a mobile internet card for my laptop. I'm paying by the megabyte, and would like to minimize expenses. I'm using Firefox 2.0.0.4, Windows Xp. So I unchecked "Load images automatically" and "Enable java" it the "Tools|Options|Content" dialog. However, Flash animations (and images) are still downloaded. There is a "Manage file types" button in the same dialog, but the button that I would like to press for SPL and SWF objects, "Remove action", is grayed and inacessible; I only have the options of specifying which program to open the file in, or to save it to disk, which implies that it will be downloaded whichever alternative I chose. So my questions are:
I have installed the Adblock-plus plugin, which alleviates the Flash problem somewhat, but far from totally. And yes, I have tried Lynx, but found the user interface too limited for my needs. Thanks for any advice. -- NorwegianBlue talk 18:00, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
OK, so putting a shortcut to the Elmo page on the Sesame Street website onto the desktop, for the young folks to click on. Most of the time, it has Elmo's face as the icon. Sometimes it has just the generic IE6 icon, and they can't recognize it. i didn't specify any icon in the "properties/change icon" box. ?? what gives? Gzuckier 18:01, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
Here's the explanation: I use Maxell DVD-R discs with a gold-like label with an SP mode storage of 2 hours. They can record TV and have movies and episodes of shows burned onto them. My computer is an HP vs17e with an HP modem. It detects blank DVDs with movies and episodes of shows burned onto them, but doesn't detect blank DVDs with recorded stuff from TV. What do I thoroughly need to solve the situation?
I wanted to add an image in a certain spot on my webpage, and I did so by adding this to the style sheet:
td#navbar ul:after{content: url("image.gif")}
and it worked great and went right where I wanted it to go. Now I'm hoping to resize it, and the first thing I tried was
td#navbar ul:after{content: url("image.gif"); width:166px}
and no amount of fooling around can get that to work. Does anyone know why? Should it work? Is there another way to make it work? Obviously I can resize my image file or go back and put it into the html manually without css, but I don't want to do any of that and I'm now curious as to why this wouldn't work. Thanks :: Registrar 18:45, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
gahh, good point. Thanks
Registrar
19:06, 20 June 2007 (UTC)
hi,
is there anyone with the phone number 01234 567890? or 01234 01234? etc?
another thing...can you kind of 'personalise' your HOME phone no. , like number plates, in any way, i know you change it sometimes, ie for security reasons or if your moving house but still local, but can you just go to BT and ask to change it to something else?
thanks, -- 84.67.217.53 19:49, 20 June 2007 (UTC)