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is there any reason, technical, usability, or business, that every manufacturer has to choose a different set of remote codes for their device? (thinking home entertainment stuff here). can it possibly be that they want the diddly money that comes in from forcing you to buy another of their remotes when you lose the original, because you don't feel like programming a universal? or is it just that the industry is too diddly to assume standards? i note that some vcrs have the capability to designate identical units as vcr1, vcr2, etc. and the remotes have the ability to address each independently, so it can't be just some halfbaked claim that it's so you can run your sony tv separate from your sanyo. grr, i'm steamed. Gzuckier ( talk) 03:05, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Sometimes while playing a full-screen video game like Grand Theft Auto IV or Far Cry 2, my computer completely stops responding. I can't open the Task Manager and my caps-lock and number-lock keys do not turn the lights on the keyboard on or off. So, I press the reset button on my computer's case. I understand that this may cause file fragmentation, but will it physically harm any of the parts inside my computer? I just replaced the motherboard and the video card. The video card is an ASUS EAH4670. The CPU is almost new. It's an AMD Athlon X2 Black 7750. I have 4 GB of memory. So, I know my hardware can handle the games. I'm using Windows XP Professional, SP3, with dual monitors. I'd also like to know why it's locking up. I checked the event log and I couldn't find anything suspicious. I haven't had a chance to test them out on my new hardware, but before the upgrade, VMWare VMs would also make it lock up occasionally. Does anyone have any suggestions?-- Drknkn ( talk) 11:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I would like to know if a wiki-type database or spreadsheet exists, where:
(a) Anyone can add/modify (and of course, view) (b) Once inputed, the information can be sorted/filtered according to whatever categories are of interest
I'm a musicology student. Using itunes, I've taken the time to input song name, album name, artists involved, year of recording, instruments played, country of origin, languages sung/spoken, instrument tunings, and repertoire information for thousands of recording of West African music. Now, if I want to find a version of the piece "Lamban" for solo balafon from Mali, or all the recordings by someone from the Coulibaly family made before 1973, or all the kora pieces played in the hardino tuning, I can.
Well, if an online version of such a database could be made (so that the information can be shared with anyone on the web and so that others could add to it), it would be a much more powerful research tool. But the key is sort/filterability (much as with MSExcel or iTunes.) Does anyone know if such an application exist? I've poked around on Google, but might not be using the right search terms.
Thanks very much for your time. 99.254.137.242 ( talk) 12:12, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Great! Thanks for the suggestions, Akrabbim. 99.254.137.242 ( talk) 20:30, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
How can I access it so it'll know what account to check?? I installed the program but cannot find the prefs panel. The links to viewing my inbox works but it doesn't know of any new messages because I've never told it my account info. Please help. I'm running WinXP. Thanks. 66.65.140.116 ( talk) 12:27, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Rather than having to do it month-by month for each subject area? All these answers have a lot of valuable info in them that it would be a pity to lose. 89.242.93.56 ( talk) 13:27, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
it's called google —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
82.44.54.133 (
talk) 16:09, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm trying to install the font Boton. I have the following .ttf files (they're none of them corrupted, I've opened them all in Font Viewer or whatever):
When I copy-and-paste these files into the Fonts folder of Control Panel, they all install fine. But only Boton Regular shows up in any program (Word, Inkscape, OpenOffice etc.) – any advice? Thanks! ╟─ Treasury Tag► constablewick─╢ 16:51, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Is there any way or program I can download that lets me select a process running in my computer's RAM and view the hex dump for that instant of the memory being used? I'm running Vista (64bit), so I doubt there's some native program that'll let me do it. Thanks!-- el Aprel ( facta- facienda) 18:46, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
My ram's (transcend ddr2 800 mhz) voltage is 1.8v. But in BIOS the voltage set to 1.9v which is fixed.
Is it ok to run 1.8v memory in 1.9v? Will it cause any problem?
I am using xfx 750i SLI mobo.-- 119.30.36.51 ( talk) 19:04, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Scenario: At work my laptop is docked and connected to the corporate LAN (and dual screens). I would therefore like the Novell login dialog and Novell groupwise to autorun at startup. When I get home I use a 3G card for internet access (and no dual screens, only the laptop screen) so I'd like for these two apps not to startup. In addition I'd like the system to auto-detect my monitors and correct the aspect ratios and en/disable dual monitor support. Is there any software for Windows XP that can automate this? It should basically sit in the background monitoring the system configuration and autorun things based on what's plugged in. Zunaid 21:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I use MSIE v7 on XP. I recently cleared my cache and cookies etc. Now every time I try to login to Facebook, MSIE decides it has to terminate and brings up the "I give up" message pane. Any suggestions as to what to do about this? AFAIK, all other websites are working fine. -- SGBailey ( talk) 22:23, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
In the end I used Ghost to restore an old copy of drive C. All then worked, so I'm happy again. No idea what got corrupted though. -- SGBailey ( talk) 09:36, 7 October 2009 (UTC)
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is there any reason, technical, usability, or business, that every manufacturer has to choose a different set of remote codes for their device? (thinking home entertainment stuff here). can it possibly be that they want the diddly money that comes in from forcing you to buy another of their remotes when you lose the original, because you don't feel like programming a universal? or is it just that the industry is too diddly to assume standards? i note that some vcrs have the capability to designate identical units as vcr1, vcr2, etc. and the remotes have the ability to address each independently, so it can't be just some halfbaked claim that it's so you can run your sony tv separate from your sanyo. grr, i'm steamed. Gzuckier ( talk) 03:05, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello. Sometimes while playing a full-screen video game like Grand Theft Auto IV or Far Cry 2, my computer completely stops responding. I can't open the Task Manager and my caps-lock and number-lock keys do not turn the lights on the keyboard on or off. So, I press the reset button on my computer's case. I understand that this may cause file fragmentation, but will it physically harm any of the parts inside my computer? I just replaced the motherboard and the video card. The video card is an ASUS EAH4670. The CPU is almost new. It's an AMD Athlon X2 Black 7750. I have 4 GB of memory. So, I know my hardware can handle the games. I'm using Windows XP Professional, SP3, with dual monitors. I'd also like to know why it's locking up. I checked the event log and I couldn't find anything suspicious. I haven't had a chance to test them out on my new hardware, but before the upgrade, VMWare VMs would also make it lock up occasionally. Does anyone have any suggestions?-- Drknkn ( talk) 11:34, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I would like to know if a wiki-type database or spreadsheet exists, where:
(a) Anyone can add/modify (and of course, view) (b) Once inputed, the information can be sorted/filtered according to whatever categories are of interest
I'm a musicology student. Using itunes, I've taken the time to input song name, album name, artists involved, year of recording, instruments played, country of origin, languages sung/spoken, instrument tunings, and repertoire information for thousands of recording of West African music. Now, if I want to find a version of the piece "Lamban" for solo balafon from Mali, or all the recordings by someone from the Coulibaly family made before 1973, or all the kora pieces played in the hardino tuning, I can.
Well, if an online version of such a database could be made (so that the information can be shared with anyone on the web and so that others could add to it), it would be a much more powerful research tool. But the key is sort/filterability (much as with MSExcel or iTunes.) Does anyone know if such an application exist? I've poked around on Google, but might not be using the right search terms.
Thanks very much for your time. 99.254.137.242 ( talk) 12:12, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Great! Thanks for the suggestions, Akrabbim. 99.254.137.242 ( talk) 20:30, 6 October 2009 (UTC)
How can I access it so it'll know what account to check?? I installed the program but cannot find the prefs panel. The links to viewing my inbox works but it doesn't know of any new messages because I've never told it my account info. Please help. I'm running WinXP. Thanks. 66.65.140.116 ( talk) 12:27, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Rather than having to do it month-by month for each subject area? All these answers have a lot of valuable info in them that it would be a pity to lose. 89.242.93.56 ( talk) 13:27, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
it's called google —Preceding
unsigned comment added by
82.44.54.133 (
talk) 16:09, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I'm trying to install the font Boton. I have the following .ttf files (they're none of them corrupted, I've opened them all in Font Viewer or whatever):
When I copy-and-paste these files into the Fonts folder of Control Panel, they all install fine. But only Boton Regular shows up in any program (Word, Inkscape, OpenOffice etc.) – any advice? Thanks! ╟─ Treasury Tag► constablewick─╢ 16:51, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Hello! Is there any way or program I can download that lets me select a process running in my computer's RAM and view the hex dump for that instant of the memory being used? I'm running Vista (64bit), so I doubt there's some native program that'll let me do it. Thanks!-- el Aprel ( facta- facienda) 18:46, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
My ram's (transcend ddr2 800 mhz) voltage is 1.8v. But in BIOS the voltage set to 1.9v which is fixed.
Is it ok to run 1.8v memory in 1.9v? Will it cause any problem?
I am using xfx 750i SLI mobo.-- 119.30.36.51 ( talk) 19:04, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
Scenario: At work my laptop is docked and connected to the corporate LAN (and dual screens). I would therefore like the Novell login dialog and Novell groupwise to autorun at startup. When I get home I use a 3G card for internet access (and no dual screens, only the laptop screen) so I'd like for these two apps not to startup. In addition I'd like the system to auto-detect my monitors and correct the aspect ratios and en/disable dual monitor support. Is there any software for Windows XP that can automate this? It should basically sit in the background monitoring the system configuration and autorun things based on what's plugged in. Zunaid 21:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
I use MSIE v7 on XP. I recently cleared my cache and cookies etc. Now every time I try to login to Facebook, MSIE decides it has to terminate and brings up the "I give up" message pane. Any suggestions as to what to do about this? AFAIK, all other websites are working fine. -- SGBailey ( talk) 22:23, 4 October 2009 (UTC)
In the end I used Ghost to restore an old copy of drive C. All then worked, so I'm happy again. No idea what got corrupted though. -- SGBailey ( talk) 09:36, 7 October 2009 (UTC)