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I have xvfb installed on a headless SSH server. I can run firefox and other X programs over SSH. When I run glxgears, it is slow, running at around 300 fps. But when I use -info, it says that the graphics card is a Radeon X1600. That is the graphics card that my laptop runs, the one I'm using to access the server. THe actual server has no graphics card! Why does it say that the server has an X1600? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.31.170.32 ( talk) 03:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I have weird hobbies. I want to get a fatbits view of some ancient MacOS fonts (Los Angeles and Geneva 24). ResEdit would be the appropriate tool, but it doesn't run anymore. Suggestions? — Tamfang ( talk) 05:52, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
In Perl, this works as intended:
print ($a / 40300);
print " meters\n";
But this will only print the number:
print ($a / 40300) . " meters\n";
Why is that? Is there a way around it? I've been pondering this for quite some time. Thanks! › mysid ( ☎ ∆) 08:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
print(($a / 40300) . " meters\n");
print +($a / 40300) . " meters\n";
print $a / 40300, " meters\n";
print(1+2) + 4; # Prints 3. print (1+2)+4; # Also prints 3!
When I start-up Windows the following message keeps popping up:
Setup UPDATE [-u] [-f] [-n] [-o] [-z] [-q] [-l] -u Unbeaufsichtigter Modus -f Erzwingt das Schließen anderer Programme beim Herunterfahren. -n Keine Dateisicherung für Deinstallation. -o Überschreibt OEM-Dateien ohne Abfrage. -z Kein Neustart nach Abschluss der Installation. -q Hintergrundmodus (keine Bildschirmausgabe). -l Listet installierte Hotfixes auf. OK
Although I can just click OK and go on, it is annoying to always have to do it.
I think this message is the result of a open-source program installation that went wrong. I don't remember exactly what program it was. But I was to get rid of it.
Any ideas? Mr.K. (talk) 09:10, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I decided to defrag today. At first it went well, but at about 15%, it suddenly stops and gave this message
"Defragmentation is complete for: (C:) Some files on this volume could not be defragmented. Please check the defragmentation report for the list of these files."
I tried running it again but it just gives the same message after about 2 minutes in. I don't understand what's going on, but it looks pretty messed up (down there). I should point out that the last time I defragged this disk was probably over 2 years ago... So I want to tidy it up now, but now I can't? Help.
View Report:
Volume (C:)
Volume size = 74.52 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 56.19 GB
Free space = 18.33 GB
Percent free space = 24 %
Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 27 %
File fragmentation = 48 %
Free space fragmentation = 7 %
File fragmentation
Total files = 190,740
Average file size = 426 KB
Total fragmented files = 4,479
Total excess fragments = 574,697
Average fragments per file = 4.01
Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 1.47 GB
Total fragments = 44,094
Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 11,796
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0
Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 242 MB
MFT record count = 206,041
Percent MFT in use = 82 %
Total MFT fragments = 71
Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
1,196 6 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\The Very Best of Chopin\12 Chopin_ Etude In C Minor.m4a
2,164 12 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\The Very Best of Chopin\10 Chopin_ Noctune In E Flat.m4a
970 14 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Dream Theater - Honor Thy Father.mp3
967 15 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Dream Theater\Dark Side Of The Moon [Pink Floyd Cover]\Cd 1\05 Dream Theater - Money.mp3
1,026 16 MB \WINDOWS\Installer\2ff158.msi
862 16 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Dream Theater\Dark Side Of The Moon [Pink Floyd Cover]\Cd 1\03 Dream Theater - Time.mp3
1,492 18 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Dream Theater\Dark Side Of The Moon [Pink Floyd Cover]\Cd 1\06 Dream Theater - Us And Them.mp3
3,464 22 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\The Very Best of Chopin\13 Chopin_ Sonata #3, First Movement.m4a
1,276 27 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Dream Theater\Dark Side Of The Moon [Pink Floyd Cover]\Cd 2\01 Dream Theater - Echoes Pt. 1.mp3
1,748 33 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Symphony X - The Odyssey.mp3
1,958 36 MB \Program Files\Sierra\Counter-Strike\valve\halflife.wad
4,363 44 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\The Very Best of Chopin\14 Chopin_ Piano Concerto #1, First Movement.m4a
1,218 76 MB \Program Files\Morrowind\Morrowind\Data Files\Morrowind.esm
1,283 82 MB \Program Files\Age of Empires 2\Data\graphics.drs
3,338 256 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\Local Settings\Temp\IMAGE.img
2,646 280 MB \Program Files\Adobe\Illustrator CS2 installation\Data1.cab
1,968 291 MB \Documents and Settings\Guest\Local Settings\Temp\~PST1297.tmp
7,138 307 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Cinderella\Cinderella Part 1.avi
3,633 432 MB \Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\DLCShiveringIsles - Voices.bsa
3,168 480 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache.dat
4,231 597 MB \Program Files\Backup.bkf
21,839 620 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Fantasia 2000 - Walt Disney\Fantasia 2000.AVI
913 629 MB \Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Epsxe\CD images\Final Fantasy VII - cd3.img
21,053 684 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Ghibli Studio\My Neighbor Totoro.avi
8,290 689 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Alcohol 120\NEW.mdf
8,289 689 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Alcohol 120\FFIX Disc3.mdf
28,681 700 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children.avi
31,558 700 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Ghibli Studio\Whisper of the Heart.avi
8,035 735 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Alcohol 120\Images\FFIX disc1.mdf
156,361 4.00 GB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Suikoden III DVD\Suikoden III.I00
I did have a look at Defragmentation, but couldn't find any info that might help. Aurora sword ( talk) 10:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
chkdsk /R
Just a small reminder, please back up everything that you need. Use another administrator account to do the backup for Milka's documents and setttings. The good news is that most of the fragmentation seems to be in the folder "documents and settings". Maybe you could back up everything, delete the user, and restore the backup?
I would suggest moving the documents and settings to another partition but it is too much hassle. I tried it and it did not work perfectly for me. Kushal 12:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I'd actually do it the other way around: take out your hard disk and connect it as a second drive on someone else's PC and run a diagnostic on it (Norton Disk Doctor, then Norton Speeddisk). -- Ouro ( blah blah) 17:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
It does help if it is in the same disk but NOT in the same partition. However, just to be safe, I would back it up to an external drive. On the other hand, Ouro's suggestion seems to be very good and avoids the hassle too! Do you have another computer that has the disk software that Ouro mentioned? Kushal 17:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know where I can find detailed information about this microprocessor? I've tried the IBM Journal of Research and Development, but there isn't anything there. Google searches don't seem to turn up anything either, except for a IEEE paper that is unfortunately available through subscription only. Thanks. Rilak ( talk) 11:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I have a little problem here that I doubt can be solved, but if it can, I'm sure this is the place that can do it. I would like to be able to talk to someone that lives a long way from me. Actually talk so they can hear me, via the internet. However I don't have a microphone that I can plug into my computer, and at the moment it seems unlikely that I will be able to get one. so I thought maybe you could suggest another way in which we could talk. HS7 ( talk) 13:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
1 How can I talk to someone through headphones? I really can't see how that would help, unless there's something I'm not getting here.
2 The point is so that we can hear each other talking, not just hear the computer saying what we've typed.
3 I already considered that, and I'm sure if it works, I'll be just as able to do it myself.
Sorry, but thanks for your help anyway. HS7 ( talk) 14:44, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
The telepathy sounds easier. I'll give that a try. HS7 ( talk) 14:58, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
OK, I'll try a different approach. is there any way that with no experience with computering or engineering or anything like that I can make my own microphone from stuff around that house that noone else wants? HS7 ( talk) 16:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Right. I'm not going to steal anything, I wouldn't even know how. but I notice skype was mentioned up there a bit, and even I know what that is. Would it actually be possible though without the microphone? that's basically the whole problem here. HS7 ( talk) 17:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I've figured out another way, i could get one of those phones that you can get the internet on, that soundly like it could work. but even if it would, i think I'll just give up and buy a microphone when I can find one. I live in a little village so I doubt there will be any places that sell them near here. Thanks for all your help. :) HS7 ( talk) 19:30, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
• Download skype ( for free ) and spend about £20 on a sykpe phone http://www.travelizmo.com/archives/ipevo-skype-phones.JPG this is a usb phone which enables you to chat online with any other skype user via the internet. Radiofred ( talk) 23:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I subscribe to a service that requires my consent via email each and every day that I require that service. I can email them on work days in the morning but not at weekends or when I am on holiday so I lose the service for that day. Is there a service available online where I can set up one email to be sent per day to one receiving email address on a repeated basis. The email text will always be the same. Mccartrey ( talk) 13:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
That works a treat thanks. Mccartrey ( talk) 15:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I hear from lots of websites that if one installs the iPlayer software, one can download a DRM-protected WMV of the program, and then play it in WMP. Is there a way to download these wmvs without installing extra software? Is there a site like KeepVid that works out the link format to the direct WMV? Thanks Porcupine ( prickle me! · contribs · status) 14:44, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm using Windows XP Pro in my system.the problem i have is that we i turn on my computer,windows boots up and i even see the loading screen;but once it gets to the login screen,i can only see a mouse cursor in my screen and the rest is black.I don't have any clue as to what is the problem.Please help Chidam17 ( talk) 17:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I believe it is some fault with the Windows XP explorer. Have you tried Ctrl + Alt + Del Control-Alt-Delete? Does the computer respond to that? If you can get to Task manager, you can go to File > New Task (Run) >> and then type in something stupid like "my computer". Explorer should start up. (This does not work if you are not logged in.)
If that did not work, you might want to reinstall Windows altogether. If you have a bootable installation CD, you might want to reinstall Windows. To back up your stuff, you can boot with a LiveCD of Ubuntu and copy your files or you can simply take the hard disk to another computer and make a backup copy of it there. Hope that helps, Kushal 17:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
explorer
Well, I had that problem with my computer before. When I entered a valid command, just that window came up but not the taskbar. Then I tried something stupid, and taskbar and desktop and everything came up along with an error message. But the bottomline is that it worked. Kushal 19:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Only thing different is that for me, it happened after I logged in (AFAIR). Kushal 19:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to delete individual files from the Recycle Bin, but not every file from it using cmd.exe. Also, is there some command that allows batch files to delete other programs without moving it to the Recycle Bin, or moving it to the Bin, then deleting it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 63.28.135.182 ( talk) 18:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
1. My pentium PC can no longer start up from my hard disk. i can not start up from the floppy drive either. I have replaced the floppy drive with a new one so i know that its not the drive which is at fault. What do i do to get my PC hard drive working again.
2.i am running windows 95 on my PC and when i boot-up, it displays a black screen and the following message appears "a device file that is specified in the system.ini file is damaged. It may be needed to run windows. You may need to run the windows setup program again. If the file was included on another software package, you may need to reinstall the software that uses the findilc:\windows\system\VMM32\NTKERN.vxd" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leoaboki ( talk • contribs) 18:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
=IF(B5<3000,*.1,IF(C5=S,x=.18,x=.15)IF(B5>3000,*.x) Bellum et Pax ( talk) 21:15, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
=IF(B5<3000,B5*0.1,IF(C5="S",B5*0.15,B5*0.18)) – Outriggr § 06:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
=B5*IF(B5<3000,0.1,IF(C5="S",0.15,0.18))
hi i'm making a program about piracy. i'm looking for some experts who know a lot about piracy. can anybody help provide me with some infomation about piracy. not just computer piracy, but all piracy (eg books, music, video game). if anybody can help provide some infomation or point me in the direction of some one who can i would appreciate it. thanks for you time POKEMON RULES ( talk) 21:28, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi all, I have a question about wether it is possible to run MediaWiki or another Wiki offline or not. I don't have a server, nor do I have my own webspace. I know that you can run html pages offline as well, so I was wondering if this is possible to do with Wiki software as well and if so, how to get started. Thanks a lot, Amanda T/ C 23:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
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I have xvfb installed on a headless SSH server. I can run firefox and other X programs over SSH. When I run glxgears, it is slow, running at around 300 fps. But when I use -info, it says that the graphics card is a Radeon X1600. That is the graphics card that my laptop runs, the one I'm using to access the server. THe actual server has no graphics card! Why does it say that the server has an X1600? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.31.170.32 ( talk) 03:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I have weird hobbies. I want to get a fatbits view of some ancient MacOS fonts (Los Angeles and Geneva 24). ResEdit would be the appropriate tool, but it doesn't run anymore. Suggestions? — Tamfang ( talk) 05:52, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
In Perl, this works as intended:
print ($a / 40300);
print " meters\n";
But this will only print the number:
print ($a / 40300) . " meters\n";
Why is that? Is there a way around it? I've been pondering this for quite some time. Thanks! › mysid ( ☎ ∆) 08:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
print(($a / 40300) . " meters\n");
print +($a / 40300) . " meters\n";
print $a / 40300, " meters\n";
print(1+2) + 4; # Prints 3. print (1+2)+4; # Also prints 3!
When I start-up Windows the following message keeps popping up:
Setup UPDATE [-u] [-f] [-n] [-o] [-z] [-q] [-l] -u Unbeaufsichtigter Modus -f Erzwingt das Schließen anderer Programme beim Herunterfahren. -n Keine Dateisicherung für Deinstallation. -o Überschreibt OEM-Dateien ohne Abfrage. -z Kein Neustart nach Abschluss der Installation. -q Hintergrundmodus (keine Bildschirmausgabe). -l Listet installierte Hotfixes auf. OK
Although I can just click OK and go on, it is annoying to always have to do it.
I think this message is the result of a open-source program installation that went wrong. I don't remember exactly what program it was. But I was to get rid of it.
Any ideas? Mr.K. (talk) 09:10, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I decided to defrag today. At first it went well, but at about 15%, it suddenly stops and gave this message
"Defragmentation is complete for: (C:) Some files on this volume could not be defragmented. Please check the defragmentation report for the list of these files."
I tried running it again but it just gives the same message after about 2 minutes in. I don't understand what's going on, but it looks pretty messed up (down there). I should point out that the last time I defragged this disk was probably over 2 years ago... So I want to tidy it up now, but now I can't? Help.
View Report:
Volume (C:)
Volume size = 74.52 GB
Cluster size = 4 KB
Used space = 56.19 GB
Free space = 18.33 GB
Percent free space = 24 %
Volume fragmentation
Total fragmentation = 27 %
File fragmentation = 48 %
Free space fragmentation = 7 %
File fragmentation
Total files = 190,740
Average file size = 426 KB
Total fragmented files = 4,479
Total excess fragments = 574,697
Average fragments per file = 4.01
Pagefile fragmentation
Pagefile size = 1.47 GB
Total fragments = 44,094
Folder fragmentation
Total folders = 11,796
Fragmented folders = 1
Excess folder fragments = 0
Master File Table (MFT) fragmentation
Total MFT size = 242 MB
MFT record count = 206,041
Percent MFT in use = 82 %
Total MFT fragments = 71
Fragments File Size Files that cannot be defragmented
1,196 6 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\The Very Best of Chopin\12 Chopin_ Etude In C Minor.m4a
2,164 12 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\The Very Best of Chopin\10 Chopin_ Noctune In E Flat.m4a
970 14 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Dream Theater - Honor Thy Father.mp3
967 15 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Dream Theater\Dark Side Of The Moon [Pink Floyd Cover]\Cd 1\05 Dream Theater - Money.mp3
1,026 16 MB \WINDOWS\Installer\2ff158.msi
862 16 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Dream Theater\Dark Side Of The Moon [Pink Floyd Cover]\Cd 1\03 Dream Theater - Time.mp3
1,492 18 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Dream Theater\Dark Side Of The Moon [Pink Floyd Cover]\Cd 1\06 Dream Theater - Us And Them.mp3
3,464 22 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\The Very Best of Chopin\13 Chopin_ Sonata #3, First Movement.m4a
1,276 27 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Dream Theater\Dark Side Of The Moon [Pink Floyd Cover]\Cd 2\01 Dream Theater - Echoes Pt. 1.mp3
1,748 33 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\Symphony X - The Odyssey.mp3
1,958 36 MB \Program Files\Sierra\Counter-Strike\valve\halflife.wad
4,363 44 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\My Documents\My Music\Music\The Very Best of Chopin\14 Chopin_ Piano Concerto #1, First Movement.m4a
1,218 76 MB \Program Files\Morrowind\Morrowind\Data Files\Morrowind.esm
1,283 82 MB \Program Files\Age of Empires 2\Data\graphics.drs
3,338 256 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\Local Settings\Temp\IMAGE.img
2,646 280 MB \Program Files\Adobe\Illustrator CS2 installation\Data1.cab
1,968 291 MB \Documents and Settings\Guest\Local Settings\Temp\~PST1297.tmp
7,138 307 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Cinderella\Cinderella Part 1.avi
3,633 432 MB \Program Files\Bethesda Softworks\Oblivion\Data\DLCShiveringIsles - Voices.bsa
3,168 480 MB \Documents and Settings\Mason\Local Settings\Application Data\Google\GoogleEarth\dbCache.dat
4,231 597 MB \Program Files\Backup.bkf
21,839 620 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Fantasia 2000 - Walt Disney\Fantasia 2000.AVI
913 629 MB \Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Epsxe\CD images\Final Fantasy VII - cd3.img
21,053 684 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Ghibli Studio\My Neighbor Totoro.avi
8,290 689 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Alcohol 120\NEW.mdf
8,289 689 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Alcohol 120\FFIX Disc3.mdf
28,681 700 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children.avi
31,558 700 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Ghibli Studio\Whisper of the Heart.avi
8,035 735 MB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Alcohol 120\Images\FFIX disc1.mdf
156,361 4.00 GB \Documents and Settings\Milka\My Documents\Anime & Movies\Suikoden III DVD\Suikoden III.I00
I did have a look at Defragmentation, but couldn't find any info that might help. Aurora sword ( talk) 10:25, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
chkdsk /R
Just a small reminder, please back up everything that you need. Use another administrator account to do the backup for Milka's documents and setttings. The good news is that most of the fragmentation seems to be in the folder "documents and settings". Maybe you could back up everything, delete the user, and restore the backup?
I would suggest moving the documents and settings to another partition but it is too much hassle. I tried it and it did not work perfectly for me. Kushal 12:47, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I'd actually do it the other way around: take out your hard disk and connect it as a second drive on someone else's PC and run a diagnostic on it (Norton Disk Doctor, then Norton Speeddisk). -- Ouro ( blah blah) 17:22, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
It does help if it is in the same disk but NOT in the same partition. However, just to be safe, I would back it up to an external drive. On the other hand, Ouro's suggestion seems to be very good and avoids the hassle too! Do you have another computer that has the disk software that Ouro mentioned? Kushal 17:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Does anyone know where I can find detailed information about this microprocessor? I've tried the IBM Journal of Research and Development, but there isn't anything there. Google searches don't seem to turn up anything either, except for a IEEE paper that is unfortunately available through subscription only. Thanks. Rilak ( talk) 11:56, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I have a little problem here that I doubt can be solved, but if it can, I'm sure this is the place that can do it. I would like to be able to talk to someone that lives a long way from me. Actually talk so they can hear me, via the internet. However I don't have a microphone that I can plug into my computer, and at the moment it seems unlikely that I will be able to get one. so I thought maybe you could suggest another way in which we could talk. HS7 ( talk) 13:07, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
1 How can I talk to someone through headphones? I really can't see how that would help, unless there's something I'm not getting here.
2 The point is so that we can hear each other talking, not just hear the computer saying what we've typed.
3 I already considered that, and I'm sure if it works, I'll be just as able to do it myself.
Sorry, but thanks for your help anyway. HS7 ( talk) 14:44, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
The telepathy sounds easier. I'll give that a try. HS7 ( talk) 14:58, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
OK, I'll try a different approach. is there any way that with no experience with computering or engineering or anything like that I can make my own microphone from stuff around that house that noone else wants? HS7 ( talk) 16:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Right. I'm not going to steal anything, I wouldn't even know how. but I notice skype was mentioned up there a bit, and even I know what that is. Would it actually be possible though without the microphone? that's basically the whole problem here. HS7 ( talk) 17:19, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I've figured out another way, i could get one of those phones that you can get the internet on, that soundly like it could work. but even if it would, i think I'll just give up and buy a microphone when I can find one. I live in a little village so I doubt there will be any places that sell them near here. Thanks for all your help. :) HS7 ( talk) 19:30, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
• Download skype ( for free ) and spend about £20 on a sykpe phone http://www.travelizmo.com/archives/ipevo-skype-phones.JPG this is a usb phone which enables you to chat online with any other skype user via the internet. Radiofred ( talk) 23:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I subscribe to a service that requires my consent via email each and every day that I require that service. I can email them on work days in the morning but not at weekends or when I am on holiday so I lose the service for that day. Is there a service available online where I can set up one email to be sent per day to one receiving email address on a repeated basis. The email text will always be the same. Mccartrey ( talk) 13:26, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
That works a treat thanks. Mccartrey ( talk) 15:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
I hear from lots of websites that if one installs the iPlayer software, one can download a DRM-protected WMV of the program, and then play it in WMP. Is there a way to download these wmvs without installing extra software? Is there a site like KeepVid that works out the link format to the direct WMV? Thanks Porcupine ( prickle me! · contribs · status) 14:44, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I'm using Windows XP Pro in my system.the problem i have is that we i turn on my computer,windows boots up and i even see the loading screen;but once it gets to the login screen,i can only see a mouse cursor in my screen and the rest is black.I don't have any clue as to what is the problem.Please help Chidam17 ( talk) 17:03, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
I believe it is some fault with the Windows XP explorer. Have you tried Ctrl + Alt + Del Control-Alt-Delete? Does the computer respond to that? If you can get to Task manager, you can go to File > New Task (Run) >> and then type in something stupid like "my computer". Explorer should start up. (This does not work if you are not logged in.)
If that did not work, you might want to reinstall Windows altogether. If you have a bootable installation CD, you might want to reinstall Windows. To back up your stuff, you can boot with a LiveCD of Ubuntu and copy your files or you can simply take the hard disk to another computer and make a backup copy of it there. Hope that helps, Kushal 17:37, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
explorer
Well, I had that problem with my computer before. When I entered a valid command, just that window came up but not the taskbar. Then I tried something stupid, and taskbar and desktop and everything came up along with an error message. But the bottomline is that it worked. Kushal 19:53, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Only thing different is that for me, it happened after I logged in (AFAIR). Kushal 19:54, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi, I was wondering if there was a way to delete individual files from the Recycle Bin, but not every file from it using cmd.exe. Also, is there some command that allows batch files to delete other programs without moving it to the Recycle Bin, or moving it to the Bin, then deleting it? Any help would be greatly appreciated. 63.28.135.182 ( talk) 18:13, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
1. My pentium PC can no longer start up from my hard disk. i can not start up from the floppy drive either. I have replaced the floppy drive with a new one so i know that its not the drive which is at fault. What do i do to get my PC hard drive working again.
2.i am running windows 95 on my PC and when i boot-up, it displays a black screen and the following message appears "a device file that is specified in the system.ini file is damaged. It may be needed to run windows. You may need to run the windows setup program again. If the file was included on another software package, you may need to reinstall the software that uses the findilc:\windows\system\VMM32\NTKERN.vxd" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Leoaboki ( talk • contribs) 18:27, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
=IF(B5<3000,*.1,IF(C5=S,x=.18,x=.15)IF(B5>3000,*.x) Bellum et Pax ( talk) 21:15, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
=IF(B5<3000,B5*0.1,IF(C5="S",B5*0.15,B5*0.18)) – Outriggr § 06:00, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
=B5*IF(B5<3000,0.1,IF(C5="S",0.15,0.18))
hi i'm making a program about piracy. i'm looking for some experts who know a lot about piracy. can anybody help provide me with some infomation about piracy. not just computer piracy, but all piracy (eg books, music, video game). if anybody can help provide some infomation or point me in the direction of some one who can i would appreciate it. thanks for you time POKEMON RULES ( talk) 21:28, 19 February 2008 (UTC)
Hi all, I have a question about wether it is possible to run MediaWiki or another Wiki offline or not. I don't have a server, nor do I have my own webspace. I know that you can run html pages offline as well, so I was wondering if this is possible to do with Wiki software as well and if so, how to get started. Thanks a lot, Amanda T/ C 23:48, 19 February 2008 (UTC)