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A message keeps comming up on my computer that says ERROR "Could not find file flash.ocx" it is driving me crazy because it comes up every ten minutes, I click "ok" or X to close it but it keeps comming back. Anybody know how to make it stop??-- ChesterMarcol 00:58, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash
) go to Start then Run and type cmd
and press enter. Then type:regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash.ocx
How come when you go to the domain name "net.net" [2], it just has a blank page with the text "This space intentionally left blank"? What is the purpose of this mysterious website? -- Candy-Panda 05:34, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
What's going on with the RealVNC website? -- froth t 07:14, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Whiule you await their website you could look at tightvnc or ultraVNC. GB 01:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
After going through several VMware products, I'm flooded with a dozen different "tunneling adapters" when I do ipconfig /all. They're listed as "Disabled" and I don't see them in the windows network connections applet. How do I remove them altogether? -- froth t 08:07, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
What are the minimum (and recommended) system requirements for running Ubuntu (the latest version 6.10). I have an old computer that my younger sister uses so I need an OS that is very simple to use and similar enough to the Windows environment that she is familiar with. If I remember correctly, its system specifications are Pentium III 486MHz Processor, 256MB RAM and 40GB Hard Drive. I'd guess that it also has Integrated Graphics and Sound. -- AMorris (talk)● (contribs) 10:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
what are the advantages and disadvantages of for loop in java programming? 202.53.8.210 12:48, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
While I agree this is probably a homework question, one of disadvantages may be that when you write the code, you may accidentaly make it an infinite loop. If you meant to write:
for(int i = 1; i > -5; i--) { System.out.println(i); }
and you accidentaly wrote:
for(int i = 1; i > -5; i++) { System.out.println(i); }
The latter would be an exampel of an infinate loop because the integer i is 1 and will always be greater than -5 if you count up for each iteration. And when you see that the CMD window is going crazy and you never get the prompt to press any key, you have to move your mouse to the x and exit out the window. I eally don't believe that this is a major disadvantage as the advantages far outwiegh it. If you wated to write the same code without a for loop, you be looking at something like this:
int 1 = 1; System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; // or i-- System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; System.out.println(i);
As you can see it is MUCH easier to write the for loop than have to write it over and ovr and over again. Just imagine if you had to make it in the 100's or something liek that. There. Even though I'm on Spring Break, I still do people's homework for them... 14:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
@ 2007-03-13T14:27Z
for (StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer("Some String"); st.hasMoreTokens(); System.out.println(st.nextToken()));
A nice trick is making an infinite loop with for (;;)
. --
h2g2bob 16:59, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
I think a problem with this question is that there are two kinds of for loops in Java. There is of course the for that was mentioned above, and there is also the enhanced for loop. But obviously since the questioner didn't make the distinction, I don't think there is a issue in ambiguity. I'll go hide back in my hole now. -- Ķĩřβȳ ♥ Ťįɱé Ø 04:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I got some answers when I asked this question a couple days ago, but after I responded with another question, attention seemed to wane. So I'm asking that second question again. Are there any suggestions for a (hopefully free) note-taking program that might include in-document links (so that I could click, say, on "Napoleon" in my notes and it would take me to the section I had designated), easy timelines, simple formatting, all for WINDOWS XP? Thanks, Sashafklein 15:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
The best way to take notes is to just have one big text file. You can edit it in vi or MS Word or whatever you feel comfortable in. Everything will be in one place you won't lose, it will be easy to move from computer to computer, it's easy to backup, easy to search, etc. I've done this for years, and never regretted it. -- TotoBaggins 22:42, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Whats the best home console? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.7.9.211 ( talk) 16:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
@ 2007-03-13T21:15Z
@ 2007-03-14T16:05Z
@ 2007-03-13T22:05Z
How do i save streaming video from the net onto my comp if there is no option such as save. Like from sites like utube etc. Just that i want to have some trailers available offline. Do i have to go into temporary internet files and do something? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.95.191.49 ( talk) 17:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
Would appreciate statistics (by geographic regions if possible) on use of traditional browsers (laptop, desktop) vs. mobile devices for simple web transactions such as text messaging. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jessjas ( talk • contribs) 17:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
Hi! I have a serial key of office 2007 full version. I used it to convert my trial version to a full version but had to recover my laptop due to something and thus install offive again. Now when i use the key, it says that the number of attempts of this key has expired. Do i have to buy a new key or can i do something like search in my registry and do something? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.95.191.49 ( talk) 17:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
Is there any way to disable the stupid "Wireless network connection is now connected" bubble that pops up from the wireless connection icon in the system tray? It pops up every time I start my laptop from sleep/hibernate and doesn't go away until I click it. I don't want to get rid of the icon, just the connection notification. Cheers — Matt Eason ( Talk • Contribs) 17:42, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
I have Microsoft Office. Specifically, PowerPoint. I'm making a project in PowerPoint, but the idiotic program measures everything in inches (which is not conducive to a sprite comic). I searched in vain for a way to convert it to pixels, but could find none. And this is a general question, about Microsoft Office in general. Thanks for your help (I hope this question wasn't too badly written). 69.81.50.3 22:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Head to your windows control panel, select regional settings, find the tab with regional options, click customise, click the numbers tab, and change the measurement system to metric. Thats for XP, for other windows some of these steps will be omitted. Apply all the change and restart powerpoint. GB 01:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I have some titration data I collected in a lab and would like to use it to add a proper titration curve to the Titration article. Everything I did is in Excel, but I'm not sure if taking screenshots of a graph in it is the best way to do things, are there any free graphing utilities that are usable in Windows that could give me a better plot, maybe even export to SVG? Atropos235 23:12, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
From Excel you can export the file to
HTML. The chart will turn up as a
.gif image in a
subdirectory. From here you can open the picture in the Microsoft office picture manager, or
pixia or other picture editor and export it or save it as
.png format which is acceptable to Wikipedia. In the past I also used
PowerPoint for this purpose as it can save directly to .png format. You can copy and past the chart to PowerPoint.
GB 01:28, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I want to learn how to create code (pref. C++), like to start a program on my computer at a set time, but i can't find anywere to go on the internet, could someone please help me? -- 210.54.78.132 03:33, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
time()
, which returns the number of seconds since the
Unix epoch. To find out what that is for any date or time, use mktime()
. Do searches for time.h
(the C header file for this),
this looks a good site. To run the command, system()
is easy (there are newer alternatives tho). If you're looping all the time try putting sched_yield()
in the loop (which will lessen the processor time it uses) and/or
renice the process. --
h2g2bob 10:07, 16 March 2007 (UTC)Computing desk | ||
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A message keeps comming up on my computer that says ERROR "Could not find file flash.ocx" it is driving me crazy because it comes up every ten minutes, I click "ok" or X to close it but it keeps comming back. Anybody know how to make it stop??-- ChesterMarcol 00:58, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash
) go to Start then Run and type cmd
and press enter. Then type:regsvr32 C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash\Flash.ocx
How come when you go to the domain name "net.net" [2], it just has a blank page with the text "This space intentionally left blank"? What is the purpose of this mysterious website? -- Candy-Panda 05:34, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
What's going on with the RealVNC website? -- froth t 07:14, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Whiule you await their website you could look at tightvnc or ultraVNC. GB 01:45, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
After going through several VMware products, I'm flooded with a dozen different "tunneling adapters" when I do ipconfig /all. They're listed as "Disabled" and I don't see them in the windows network connections applet. How do I remove them altogether? -- froth t 08:07, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
What are the minimum (and recommended) system requirements for running Ubuntu (the latest version 6.10). I have an old computer that my younger sister uses so I need an OS that is very simple to use and similar enough to the Windows environment that she is familiar with. If I remember correctly, its system specifications are Pentium III 486MHz Processor, 256MB RAM and 40GB Hard Drive. I'd guess that it also has Integrated Graphics and Sound. -- AMorris (talk)● (contribs) 10:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
what are the advantages and disadvantages of for loop in java programming? 202.53.8.210 12:48, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
While I agree this is probably a homework question, one of disadvantages may be that when you write the code, you may accidentaly make it an infinite loop. If you meant to write:
for(int i = 1; i > -5; i--) { System.out.println(i); }
and you accidentaly wrote:
for(int i = 1; i > -5; i++) { System.out.println(i); }
The latter would be an exampel of an infinate loop because the integer i is 1 and will always be greater than -5 if you count up for each iteration. And when you see that the CMD window is going crazy and you never get the prompt to press any key, you have to move your mouse to the x and exit out the window. I eally don't believe that this is a major disadvantage as the advantages far outwiegh it. If you wated to write the same code without a for loop, you be looking at something like this:
int 1 = 1; System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; // or i-- System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; System.out.println(i); i = i - 1; System.out.println(i);
As you can see it is MUCH easier to write the for loop than have to write it over and ovr and over again. Just imagine if you had to make it in the 100's or something liek that. There. Even though I'm on Spring Break, I still do people's homework for them... 14:21, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
@ 2007-03-13T14:27Z
for (StringTokenizer st = new StringTokenizer("Some String"); st.hasMoreTokens(); System.out.println(st.nextToken()));
A nice trick is making an infinite loop with for (;;)
. --
h2g2bob 16:59, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
I think a problem with this question is that there are two kinds of for loops in Java. There is of course the for that was mentioned above, and there is also the enhanced for loop. But obviously since the questioner didn't make the distinction, I don't think there is a issue in ambiguity. I'll go hide back in my hole now. -- Ķĩřβȳ ♥ Ťįɱé Ø 04:19, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I got some answers when I asked this question a couple days ago, but after I responded with another question, attention seemed to wane. So I'm asking that second question again. Are there any suggestions for a (hopefully free) note-taking program that might include in-document links (so that I could click, say, on "Napoleon" in my notes and it would take me to the section I had designated), easy timelines, simple formatting, all for WINDOWS XP? Thanks, Sashafklein 15:13, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
The best way to take notes is to just have one big text file. You can edit it in vi or MS Word or whatever you feel comfortable in. Everything will be in one place you won't lose, it will be easy to move from computer to computer, it's easy to backup, easy to search, etc. I've done this for years, and never regretted it. -- TotoBaggins 22:42, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Whats the best home console? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 209.7.9.211 ( talk) 16:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
@ 2007-03-13T21:15Z
@ 2007-03-14T16:05Z
@ 2007-03-13T22:05Z
How do i save streaming video from the net onto my comp if there is no option such as save. Like from sites like utube etc. Just that i want to have some trailers available offline. Do i have to go into temporary internet files and do something? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.95.191.49 ( talk) 17:17, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
Would appreciate statistics (by geographic regions if possible) on use of traditional browsers (laptop, desktop) vs. mobile devices for simple web transactions such as text messaging. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Jessjas ( talk • contribs) 17:25, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
Hi! I have a serial key of office 2007 full version. I used it to convert my trial version to a full version but had to recover my laptop due to something and thus install offive again. Now when i use the key, it says that the number of attempts of this key has expired. Do i have to buy a new key or can i do something like search in my registry and do something? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 61.95.191.49 ( talk) 17:28, 13 March 2007 (UTC).
Is there any way to disable the stupid "Wireless network connection is now connected" bubble that pops up from the wireless connection icon in the system tray? It pops up every time I start my laptop from sleep/hibernate and doesn't go away until I click it. I don't want to get rid of the icon, just the connection notification. Cheers — Matt Eason ( Talk • Contribs) 17:42, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
I have Microsoft Office. Specifically, PowerPoint. I'm making a project in PowerPoint, but the idiotic program measures everything in inches (which is not conducive to a sprite comic). I searched in vain for a way to convert it to pixels, but could find none. And this is a general question, about Microsoft Office in general. Thanks for your help (I hope this question wasn't too badly written). 69.81.50.3 22:00, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
Head to your windows control panel, select regional settings, find the tab with regional options, click customise, click the numbers tab, and change the measurement system to metric. Thats for XP, for other windows some of these steps will be omitted. Apply all the change and restart powerpoint. GB 01:37, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
I have some titration data I collected in a lab and would like to use it to add a proper titration curve to the Titration article. Everything I did is in Excel, but I'm not sure if taking screenshots of a graph in it is the best way to do things, are there any free graphing utilities that are usable in Windows that could give me a better plot, maybe even export to SVG? Atropos235 23:12, 13 March 2007 (UTC)
From Excel you can export the file to
HTML. The chart will turn up as a
.gif image in a
subdirectory. From here you can open the picture in the Microsoft office picture manager, or
pixia or other picture editor and export it or save it as
.png format which is acceptable to Wikipedia. In the past I also used
PowerPoint for this purpose as it can save directly to .png format. You can copy and past the chart to PowerPoint.
GB 01:28, 14 March 2007 (UTC)
Hi, I want to learn how to create code (pref. C++), like to start a program on my computer at a set time, but i can't find anywere to go on the internet, could someone please help me? -- 210.54.78.132 03:33, 15 March 2007 (UTC)
time()
, which returns the number of seconds since the
Unix epoch. To find out what that is for any date or time, use mktime()
. Do searches for time.h
(the C header file for this),
this looks a good site. To run the command, system()
is easy (there are newer alternatives tho). If you're looping all the time try putting sched_yield()
in the loop (which will lessen the processor time it uses) and/or
renice the process. --
h2g2bob 10:07, 16 March 2007 (UTC)