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I've installed GIMP and GhostScript on a Windows Vista computer. When I want to open an EPS file it sends this message
Encapsulated PostScript image Message
Error starting Ghostscript. Make sure that Ghostscript is installed and - if necessary - use the environment variable GS_PROG to tell GIMP about its location. (Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory))
GIMP Message Opening 'C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\pictures\aa1.eps' failed:
Could not interpret Postscript file 'C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\pictures\aa1.eps'
Any ideas on how to fix this? The EPS file isn't corrupted since I was able to open it using Adobe PhotoShop in another computer. -- Lenticel ( talk) 00:32, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I live in NJ and I want to send an audio file (lecture) to someone in Oregon but it's 26.4MB and too big to email. After compression, it's down to 26.2MB -- still to big. Must I copy it to a CD and snail mail it? What are my other options, pray tell? DRosenbach ( Talk | Contribs) 01:37, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I have data on a disk which I want to recover; linux suse 11.1
The disk has been damaged in some way. The upshot is this: I can boot up my computer using the damaged disk; but then the machine suffers from numerous problems including inability to mount anything such as a USB stick or another hard disk, or indeed an external floppy disk. So I can't copy information out. I can boot up my computer using another disk (suse 11.1/2/3) but then the system will not mount the original damaged disk.
The only files I really need are half a dozen text files. Does anyone know a way to extract information from a drive without mounting it? 131.111.23.212 ( talk) 12:18, 25 August 2010 (UTC). Ooops wasn't logged in. Robinh ( talk) 12:20, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
ifconfig eth0 a.b.c.d
On the flaky machine: cd /directory_where_files_are_located tar -cvf - your file names here separated with blanks|nc -l -p 4223 -q 2
On the target machine: cd /directory_where_you_want_to_save_the_files nc -q 2 a.b.c.d 4223|tar -xvf -
Code hidden to fix page formatting, click show to see!
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cd /directory_where_files_are_located && tar -cvf - your file names here separated with blanks| perl -e"use IO::Socket;$host=shift @ARGV;$port=shift @ARGV;$socket=IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr=> $host, PeerPort=> $port, Proto=> 'tcp',Type=> SOCK_STREAM) or die 'Can't talk to '.$host.' at '.$port;while (<>) {print $socket $_;} close $socket;" ip.of.target.machine 4223 |
cd /directory_where_you_want_to_save_the_files nc -q 2 -l -p 4223|tar -xvf -
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Where can I download a truly terrible virus? I need to find a virus that would extremly screw up any computer. A virus that would mess around with a computers important files and preferably a virus that would engrave some disturbing or pornographic images on the computer, that won't come off. Also it would be prefered if the virus could be easily reached and downloaded. A few months ago one of my friends told me about a virus he got that deleted his operating system and permantly engraved a picture of a old man jerking off in the background that could'nt be taken off. A virus of that magnitude would be great! Thanks in advance, and I would appreciate any help. Wikiholicforever ( talk) 13:53, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I assure you all, my intentions are not criminal or intending to damage peoples property. I just want to do this for research, to see how badly I can screw my computer up before I throw it away (I thought this is what wikipedia was all about, LEARNING) . I am not looking to create a virus, I just need to find a really terrible one (it may not be as bad as I described but still pretty dreadful), I know its hard to find one but thats why I came here. Please don't delete my question, as it is only for research purposes only. A link to a download would be just enough for me or a link to a site full of viruses. Thanks again and sorry for the misunderstanding. Wikiholicforever ( talk) 17:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
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I got Win 7 a while back, and was able to set it up so that my Vista machine could access the computer with full read/write access, and vice-versa. There was no problem at all, and I was actually pleasantly surprised with how easy it had been compared to earlier versions. However, now, since about a week ago, my Vista laptop is giving me a message saying I do not have permission to access the Win 7 laptop - it won't even give me the 'enter your password' bit. I have no idea how or why this suddenly started to happen, but, in any case, I am now finding it difficult to set up a connection again (it was so easy last time that it just wasn't memorable). Can anyone help me either fix problem? The Win 7 laptop can still access the Vista one with no problem at all. -- KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK) 15:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
You know what modal dialog box is the worst? Yes, you do. It's this one, from Office 2007, which is triggered when you close a document under certain circumstances:
There is a large amount of information on the Clipboard. Do you want to be able to paste the information into another program later? To save it on the Clipboard so that you can paste it later, click Yes. To delete it from the Clipboard and free memory, click No.
Since this is 2010 and I am no longer using a floppy disk for my primary storage medium, I would like to never see this dialog box again. Does anyone know a way to configure Office to banish this thing? Comet Tuttle ( talk) 17:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
There is any Web crawler program that is very easy to use and free? To be more specific I want to download every song page of pandora website (example: http://www.pandora.com/music/song/anberlin/whisper+clamor ). If possible i want want one that is able to download only the pages that fit on the search, like downloading only the pages with "electric rock instrumentation" on it or not downloading pages with "folk influences" on it. 201.78.204.144 ( talk) 18:03, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I've been patrolling new pages, and a couple of times I've Googled the titles of a brand new page, only to have the new Wikipedia entry returned as the first hit. How is that possible? Exploding Boy ( talk) 23:57, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
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I've installed GIMP and GhostScript on a Windows Vista computer. When I want to open an EPS file it sends this message
Encapsulated PostScript image Message
Error starting Ghostscript. Make sure that Ghostscript is installed and - if necessary - use the environment variable GS_PROG to tell GIMP about its location. (Failed to execute child process (No such file or directory))
GIMP Message Opening 'C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\pictures\aa1.eps' failed:
Could not interpret Postscript file 'C:\Users\Admin\Desktop\pictures\aa1.eps'
Any ideas on how to fix this? The EPS file isn't corrupted since I was able to open it using Adobe PhotoShop in another computer. -- Lenticel ( talk) 00:32, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I live in NJ and I want to send an audio file (lecture) to someone in Oregon but it's 26.4MB and too big to email. After compression, it's down to 26.2MB -- still to big. Must I copy it to a CD and snail mail it? What are my other options, pray tell? DRosenbach ( Talk | Contribs) 01:37, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
Hi. I have data on a disk which I want to recover; linux suse 11.1
The disk has been damaged in some way. The upshot is this: I can boot up my computer using the damaged disk; but then the machine suffers from numerous problems including inability to mount anything such as a USB stick or another hard disk, or indeed an external floppy disk. So I can't copy information out. I can boot up my computer using another disk (suse 11.1/2/3) but then the system will not mount the original damaged disk.
The only files I really need are half a dozen text files. Does anyone know a way to extract information from a drive without mounting it? 131.111.23.212 ( talk) 12:18, 25 August 2010 (UTC). Ooops wasn't logged in. Robinh ( talk) 12:20, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
ifconfig eth0 a.b.c.d
On the flaky machine: cd /directory_where_files_are_located tar -cvf - your file names here separated with blanks|nc -l -p 4223 -q 2
On the target machine: cd /directory_where_you_want_to_save_the_files nc -q 2 a.b.c.d 4223|tar -xvf -
Code hidden to fix page formatting, click show to see!
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cd /directory_where_files_are_located && tar -cvf - your file names here separated with blanks| perl -e"use IO::Socket;$host=shift @ARGV;$port=shift @ARGV;$socket=IO::Socket::INET->new(PeerAddr=> $host, PeerPort=> $port, Proto=> 'tcp',Type=> SOCK_STREAM) or die 'Can't talk to '.$host.' at '.$port;while (<>) {print $socket $_;} close $socket;" ip.of.target.machine 4223 |
cd /directory_where_you_want_to_save_the_files nc -q 2 -l -p 4223|tar -xvf -
Question answered and collapsed. See talk page. |
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The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it. |
Where can I download a truly terrible virus? I need to find a virus that would extremly screw up any computer. A virus that would mess around with a computers important files and preferably a virus that would engrave some disturbing or pornographic images on the computer, that won't come off. Also it would be prefered if the virus could be easily reached and downloaded. A few months ago one of my friends told me about a virus he got that deleted his operating system and permantly engraved a picture of a old man jerking off in the background that could'nt be taken off. A virus of that magnitude would be great! Thanks in advance, and I would appreciate any help. Wikiholicforever ( talk) 13:53, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I assure you all, my intentions are not criminal or intending to damage peoples property. I just want to do this for research, to see how badly I can screw my computer up before I throw it away (I thought this is what wikipedia was all about, LEARNING) . I am not looking to create a virus, I just need to find a really terrible one (it may not be as bad as I described but still pretty dreadful), I know its hard to find one but thats why I came here. Please don't delete my question, as it is only for research purposes only. A link to a download would be just enough for me or a link to a site full of viruses. Thanks again and sorry for the misunderstanding. Wikiholicforever ( talk) 17:02, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
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I got Win 7 a while back, and was able to set it up so that my Vista machine could access the computer with full read/write access, and vice-versa. There was no problem at all, and I was actually pleasantly surprised with how easy it had been compared to earlier versions. However, now, since about a week ago, my Vista laptop is giving me a message saying I do not have permission to access the Win 7 laptop - it won't even give me the 'enter your password' bit. I have no idea how or why this suddenly started to happen, but, in any case, I am now finding it difficult to set up a connection again (it was so easy last time that it just wasn't memorable). Can anyone help me either fix problem? The Win 7 laptop can still access the Vista one with no problem at all. -- KägeTorä - (影虎) ( TALK) 15:25, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
You know what modal dialog box is the worst? Yes, you do. It's this one, from Office 2007, which is triggered when you close a document under certain circumstances:
There is a large amount of information on the Clipboard. Do you want to be able to paste the information into another program later? To save it on the Clipboard so that you can paste it later, click Yes. To delete it from the Clipboard and free memory, click No.
Since this is 2010 and I am no longer using a floppy disk for my primary storage medium, I would like to never see this dialog box again. Does anyone know a way to configure Office to banish this thing? Comet Tuttle ( talk) 17:23, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
There is any Web crawler program that is very easy to use and free? To be more specific I want to download every song page of pandora website (example: http://www.pandora.com/music/song/anberlin/whisper+clamor ). If possible i want want one that is able to download only the pages that fit on the search, like downloading only the pages with "electric rock instrumentation" on it or not downloading pages with "folk influences" on it. 201.78.204.144 ( talk) 18:03, 25 August 2010 (UTC)
I've been patrolling new pages, and a couple of times I've Googled the titles of a brand new page, only to have the new Wikipedia entry returned as the first hit. How is that possible? Exploding Boy ( talk) 23:57, 25 August 2010 (UTC)