Explore topic-wise InterviewSolutions in .

This section includes InterviewSolutions, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

801.

Solve : Avast free anti virus?

Answer»

There are two addresses with passwords showing in my list of passwords on Avast which I WOULD LIKE to delete as they are no longer relevant.  How do I do this please?The best thing to do is to un-install Avast and re-install it. Be sure that you don't save any DATA from the uninstall.Really - so I'd have to do this every time I wanted to delete someone?     Surely they'd have an easier way?First of all, why are you PUTTING passwords on Avast?Because it has a facility for it, and it's safe.
Avast has a FAQ and deleting an "Account" (username/pw combination it would appear) is described as:

Quote

To edit or delete previously added account details, follow these steps:

    Click an account tile to open the related details.
    Click Edit, then:
        Modify the data for the existing account, and click Save to confirm your changes.
        Click Delete to completely remove the account.
Thanks so much MASTERMIND - it was so easy after all, once you knew what to do.   It never occurred to me to "edit" then delete.

Many thanks again.
802.

Solve : How to setup a small utility USBvirusScan using command line for Antivirus scan?

Answer» Most of us know about a small but powerful utility called "USBvirusScan" but this is a program for advance users and not for beginners .

"USBvirusScan" REQUIRES the Antivirus- scan (AV-scan) command as command-line ARGUMENT.

you can FIND out about it here--
http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/usbvirusscan/

this program enable auto scan a usb media or any other removable media when inserted into computer and start antivirus scan for such removable media.

Although there are many antivirus programs available which perform auto scan removable media when inserted but some of antivius programe like "Norton Antivirus"does not support such feature. we have to manually scan for a particular usb stick or media.


I need help for that How to set command for "USBvirusScan" and enable Usb scan as soon as a usb stick is inserted into computer.

You can see a review of these set up if you can understand-

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/automatic-scan-for-virus-when-plug-in-usb-flash-drive/

I need a command for "USBvirusScan" to unable auto scan usb stick or media through my Norton antivirus.

My antivirus Details for command parameter as follow--

loaction-->

C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton AntiVirus\Engine\21.1.0.18\Navw32.exe
 

I have added as attachment a copy of "USBvirusScan" you can download and see.

there are other command line for Norton antivirus--

Running a scan at the command prompt

You can scan with Norton AntiVirus from the command prompt without opening the Norton AntiVirus main window. You type the path and name of the file that you want to scan or customize the scan by adding a specific command. The following are some frequently used commands:

/?

NAVW32 launches help and terminates.

/A

Scans all drives

/L

Scans the local drives

/S[+|-]

Enables (+) or disables (-) subfolders scanning

/B[+|-]

Enables (+) or disables (-) boot record scanning and master boot record scanning (for example, NAVW32 C: /B+ or NAVW32 C: /B-)

/BOOT

Scans only the boot records

/QUICK

Runs a Quick Scan

/SE[+|-]

Enables (+) or disables (-) a Quick Scan

/ST[+|-]

Enables (+) or disables (-) scanning of stealth items

[folder_path]\*[?]

Scans the files that MATCHES specified wild card

[drive|folder|file]

Scans the specified drive, folder, or file

/SESCAN

Performs Quick Scan in the background.

Norton AntiVirus displays the scans window only when a threat is detected.

To run a scan from the command prompt

At the command prompt, type the path in which Norton AntiVirus is located and the executable's file name.

The following examples show the syntax of a scan command:

"\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\Engine\version\NAVW32" /command_name
Where version represents the version number of Norton AntiVirus and command_name represents the command.

"\Program Files\Norton AntiVirus\Engine\version\NAVW32" [path]file_name
Where version represents the version number of Norton AntiVirus and [path] file_name represents the location, name, and extension of the file.
Press Enter.

Please note that i need only a command which enable "USBvirusScan" to auto run my Norton antivirus scan for a usb stick or any other removable media when it is inserted into my computer.


Kindly help me and create  command line for my antivirus to run through "USBvirusScan" .





[recovering disk space, attachment deleted by admin]Hello, Narendra_000

Just want to say I looked over your post and I got lost.
Maybe others are either not interested in the idea or they think it is too hard.

What about a AV program that can  be put on a USB stick and run in any Windows PC?  It is called "Portable AV scanner" and some are found on free download sites.

Five Free Portable AV Apps

Dear friend,

 I know what you want to say, but look what you have suggest me is not a solution of my question.
first of all understand my post if you cannot, you can go here to know--


http://blog.didierstevens.com/programs/usbvirusscan/

after that here--

http://www.raymond.cc/blog/automatic-scan-for-virus-when-plug-in-usb-flash-drive/


My Norton antivirus directory location is here--

C:\Program Files (x86)\Norton AntiVirus\Engine\21.1.0.18\Navw32.exe


Thanks.........

Hi 
From this link :
Code: [Select]"C:\Program Files\Norton Antivirus\Engine\20.1.0.24\navw32.exe" %%c:They haven't been BACK in 4 years...
803.

Solve : Youtube videos not showing up?

Answer»

I have a youtube channel where I have uploaded several hundred videos, all private. When I am on my desktop, I can view them all. I used to be able to view them on my mobile app also. About two weeks ago, when I scroll down the page, it says "more" but won't load. I can view pages and pages of my history, but not my own videos. I reinstalled the app, I THINK, but nothing helps. I am pretty tech slow. Can ANYONE advise me? Thanks . Your using Youtube App or some other app?

For my android devices I just have my GMAIL acct authenticate that is linked to youtube and so it works for me that way.

I had an issue once where it was acting up and I had to clear stored browser cache DATA and then it fixed it. There was like 800mb of bloat that was building from browser use.Uninstalling and reinstalling the Youtube App wont clear the browser cache that might have an issue that is CAUSING your issue.

804.

Solve : Can I create an autofill library in Excel??

Answer»

I'm sure there's a simple SOLUTION, but I cannot find it.  I use Excel to keep track of expenses and all other bank transactions for my wife's business.  Every month I send the accountant the spreadsheet and it typically has the same payers, payees, DESCRIPTIONS etc for every month.  If I'm working on a spreadsheet and enter "Office supplies" into my description column, then it will autofill "Office supplies" if I start to type it into any SUBSEQUENT CELL in that column.  However, I want it to remember "Office supplies" when I start a new spreadsheet the next month.  Is there any way I can add words or phrases, to a library, where the autofill can PULL from every time I make a new document?I don't know. 
But apparently it is said t o be easy.
See here:
http://www.dummies.com/software/microsoft-office/excel/how-to-create-custom-autofill-lists-in-excel-2013/
Quote

How to Create Custom AutoFill Lists in Excel 2013
Also:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOOuSe_s6pQ
Autocomplete Entries With Excel Drop Down List
805.

Solve : Computer periodically has Restore Down effect on and off?

Answer»

The problem is that my computer periodically freezes and unfreezes. Like when you make google RESTORE down and click outside its border and you can't type anything in google. KIND of like that but the restore down effect APPLIES to all of the windows and I can't type anything when it happens. It happens for 2-3 second and it goes away. Also my mouse cursor turns into refreshing ICON but with the cursor still on it whenever the freezing effect HAPPENED.

This only happened when I downgraded java or maybe when I added some missing dll file in the system. The dll file I added is api-ms-win-crt-stdio-l1-1-0.dll

806.

Solve : Recovery Manager Missing?

Answer»

Hi guys,

I have just BROUGHT a second hand HP Pavilion dv7-4285dx ENTERTAINMENT laptop and I am wanting to do a factory reset. I tried the f11 fucntion when windows starts up but it doesnt work, windows just opens up as normal. I have pressed the start key to LOOK for recovery manager but it doesnt come up.  I did a little digging and located the application but when i try to install it its COMES up harddick.dll missing. Can anyone help. Im Running windows 7No idea what the previous owner did...may have deleted the recovery partition...
You can order the recovery CD from HP however...Thank you for your advice. Is there no way I can reinstall the harddisk.dll From what I can find this seems to be what happens to those systems when somebody tries to upgrade the edition of Windows from the original installation. The only "fix" provided seems to be either a clean install of Windows (using normal Windows media and a appropriate license key) or using the Restore CD that Patio noted.Do i download the new install of windowsIt is PREFERABLE to use the HP DVD, if you can get it.
Maybe this will help:
https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windows/en-US/c3215dac-e74e-4a80-8479-e889e75ad255/installing-windows-7-oem-dvd-using-hp-oem-key?forum=w7itproinstall
Installing Windows 7 OEM DVD using HP OEM Key

Otherwise, you can download the ISO from Microsoft ft if you have the valid product key.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows7
The link above wants yur product key first.


Thanks for the advice amd help guys i ended up getting microsoft to log in and do a clean install of windows 7.

Thanks

807.

Solve : Gmails exported to excel or text file?

Answer»

Hi, I WANT to export my gmails to excel or text file and then import them into a DATABASE. How do I do it? Thanks.This might help: https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-transfer-data-from-Gmail-to-Excel

808.

Solve : Software to record video from netflix leagly?

Answer»

Hi everyone
I hope SOMEONE here can help me. I'm looking for a way to record some series from Netflix so i can also wacht them offline. I know that Netflix RECENTLY introduced a new app that can do that but i think the app is only Windows 10 and I have a windiows 7 so the app is not working. Can someone recommmend me software or something LIKE that, which is able to record Videos from Netflix
ThanksNetflix might have tight controls on what content can be downloaded and what cant. For this reason I would inquire with Netflix customer service with this request and see if they can point you to a windows 7 supported app to do what you want to do, since if they give you permission to, then its not illegal.   I use this software: https://www.playon.tv/features
i use tunbite. it is really easy to use and company sais that the software legal. And i use it all the time because like you i'm USING windows 7 and i NEVER received any complaints or sth like that.
http://audials.com/en/how_to_record_stream_capture_music_videos_movies_from/netflix.htmlThis voids the Netflix Terms of Service...unless you pay.

Topic Closed.

patio.

809.

Solve : Can`t add attachment to mail?

Answer»

I`m trying to add a small photo as an attachment to an email. This is what I`m doing.
           Scan photo in printer scanner.  Import to My pictures in PC. Win 7.
           Open new email ( I`m using Hotmail) and drag photo from Pictures to mail area.
           Send email to myself with COMMENTS.
   Sometimes mail gets thru` with message but no photo, but most times gets a Microsoft message saying Error occurred.
   All mail gets thru` always with text only.or further to this I can Rt. CLICK on image and open with Windows photo viewer.
Image shows in email area and I can post to myself.
 Same result as above.  Mail error 3209 occursAre you naming the photo and saving it proper ? ?

Also which email client / ?Questions.
Has it worked before?
What email tool do you use?
What is the type and size of the Photo?
Here is a link for email error CODES:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/942495/windows-mail-and-windows-live-mail-error-codes
But 3209 is not listed. Here is a reference to 3209:
Quote

The error Windows Live Mail Error ID: 0x8DE00006 pertains to account is temporarily deactivated and what you received is called HIP. It is part of the Human Interactive Proof (HIP) validation process. We have implemented it to verify valid users and to help stop both incoming and outgoing unsolicited messages (spam).

If you're not seeing the picture with characters and numbers when accessing account using Windows Live Mail or any email client, I suggest you access your account on the web based mail and check if the HIP will appear there. Once it appears, fill out the information there and submit. If issue will persist, clear your browser's cache and cookies or use a different browser or computer in VERIFYING your account.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windowslive/forum/livemail-sync/server-error-3209-windows-live-mail-error-id/30204e5a-e552-4462-9256-a3e07bc19e27
Does this seem relevant?
Thank you both for replying.
     Mail is Hotmail and am not using any TOOLS. Works for all mail text and photos in but not with my photos out.`
     Haven`t sent photo attachments before so can`t comment on past performance. Photo size is 100mm by 78 mm. black and white.
     When I click on Properties of photo in Pictures shows size as 36MB but when I open with something it shows size as 230Kb.
     It is this 230kb that I attach to a new email. The name is what it shows as in the Pictures file.
     Sending this is now giving an error message 0x8DE00005.
   
Respigi,
Did you already try this?
Go to https://account.live.com/ManageSSL Login with your Windows Live ID (Hotmail ID) and click the following radio button: Don’t use HTTPS automatically. Click the Save button. This will turn off the HTTPS security feature.
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_xp-networking/windows-live-mail-error-id-0x8de00005/84aa40f5-37ab-4a23-afd9-c1212eabbac5
Edit: Bad link. try https://account.live.com and see if it is possible to disable the https  feature.
810.

Solve : Cataloging/Removing Duplicate Photos?

Answer»

I need to clean up my hard drive - I have MADE copies of folders filled with pictures, as well as folders with compressed and cropped versions.

I'd like to build an archive of just the original, raw pics.

I know I can grunt through and compare folders, etc., by hand, but I'm lazy. I'd rather spend four hours researching an easy solution than three hours of work.

That said, I ran across this article:
http://www.howtogeek.com/200962/how-to-find-and-remove-duplicate-files-on-windows/

The "VisiPics" OPTION looks interesting.

Has anyone ever used any software to do something like this? What tips or tricks might anyone have?Before using a tool that will clean up to remove duplicates, I would perform a backup of your data, just in case you have files named the same in different folders and same file size which are different photos. Its rare that a file will be different and be such a close match, but its safest to back up the data prior to putting the decision making into an automated program that does the cleanup.

I just run a batch script to run across my computer and grab all JPG images and store them to an external device such as USB stick at the E: drive. I run the following instructions which targets the C: drive and grabs a copy of only JPG files, and RETAINS their directory structure so that if there are images of same file name, but images are different, images are then not lost to which file is newest or written last of the same file name.

Code: [Select]c:
cd\.
xcopy *.jpg E:\*.* /s/d/y/h
echo.
echo. JPG Image Grab from C to E drive Complete
echo.
echo.
pause

Here is a list of what each switch does:

Quote

/S           Copies directories and subdirectories except empty ones.

 /D:m-d-y     Copies files changed on or after the specified date.
               If no date is given, copies only those files whose
               source time is newer than the destination time.

  /Y           Suppresses prompting to confirm you want to overwrite an
               existing destination file.

  /H           Copies hidden and system files also.

My problem with my photos is that my camera takes pictures such as Photo001, Photo002, Photo003 and so on. And each time the camera is erased of images and new pictures are taken, it starts back at Photo001 and names the pictures the same as others even though the pictures are completely different. So I went with this method of getting all pictures to a USB stick, I can then go through and collapse the folders to GET all images into one folder, but I have to manually confirm that I wont be stomping a Photo001 that is in say E:\Data\Photo001.jpg with E:\DOCUMENTS and Settings\Dave\Pictures\Photo001.jpg

I havent used any of the tools at that link yet.



Thanks, Dave.

For a backup, I used SmartCopy to do basically what your xcopy script did. I will save that, though, because I've needed to run backups like that for work docs, etc.

I then made a ZIP copy of that backup - just to be safe!

I created a worksheet and I'm just going to catalog - subdirectory, number of files, starting file (akin to your Photo001 problem), and size of subdirectory. I'm hopeful I have entire subdirectories that are dupes, and I don't have too many intermingled.

I noticed ccleaner has a duplicate file finder, but it only works off name and size. Some of the ones in that link claim to be able to "read" the photo and determine dupes based off image. I suspect both would be a good scrub.

I'll take any other advice!

Just a word of advice...makin a zip is a good idea...i've seen dupe file finder apps completely bork a Win install waay too many times.
Yeah, I figure even though it doesn't save much space - it's a "Safe Space" from any utilities.
Duplicate finders that compute an md5 hash will find duplicate images. The hashes will match only if the files are identical on the binary level. There is a free "Duplicate Files Finder" on Sourceforge

https://sourceforge.net/projects/doubles/?source=directory
Instead of doing a hash, there is an old utility in DOS that compares two files.
File Compare or FC as we will refer to is from here on out, is a simple program that will compare the contents of text or binary files and is capable of comparing both ASCII and Unicode text. You can use this tool to display any lines from two files or two sets of files that do not match up with the others.
- from Google search. Quote from: Salmon Trout on December 08, 2016, 01:01:51 PM
Duplicate finders that compute an md5 hash will find duplicate images. The hashes will match only if the files are identical on the binary level. There is a free "Duplicate Files Finder" on Sourceforge
This sez it does NOT computer a hash... Running it now, we'll see.

I've squirreled away partial archives here and there, I want to make sure I build One Archive to Rule Them All. Quote from: joshua on April 21, 2017, 04:02:06 PM
try this program Duplicate Files Deleter
Steer clear! Not even a proper link.
Post removed...thanx for the heads up Salmon...
811.

Solve : HDR photo editor. Advice needed?

Answer»

The situation is the following: I have to say goodbye to my Mac and now I'm getting used to Windows. I'm an amateur photographer and I LIKE creating HDR images. Currently I use AuroraHDR https://aurorahdr.com but this photo editor is available only for Mac.
Do you know any alternatives for Windows?
P.S. I did google, but since the internet is full of FAKE reviews I'd really appreciate if SOMEBODY could give me a good advice based on his/her experience.What's the budget ? ?
Or are you lookin for Free ? ?Free is ok, but I doubt it'll do the job for me. So, up to $100. And without monthly payments if it is possible.I have no experience with this but thought I'd mention something I found via Google: https://www.hdrsoft.com/  This software is the SUBJECT of an article at https://digital-photography-school.com/how-to-create-an-hdr-image/

812.

Solve : Right click tools?

Answer»

i am curious as to what "right click tools" consist of and what they are used for. I am also trying to figure out what applications they can be applied to. any information you have will be helpfulWhat "right click tools" are you talking about?What you are calling right clik tools are actually context menu modifications...
They can be anything from Send To...email...copy ETC. etc....
Basically RITE clik shortcuts to any task within Windows or the app that's running...Again, I'd like to know what tools we're discussing.I'm not too sure what the "right click tools" are I believe they are beyond the basic undo, cut, copy, PASTE but I have not been ABLE to find out what they are there aren't very many pages about them but from what I can find I believe its an addition to the original right click tools that you have to install and the pages I am finding are saying they work with SCCM I was trying to figure out what they consist of and how to get them/remove themRight click menus vary, as patio mentioned, based on the context in which right click is used.  In other words, the contents of the right-click menu vary depending on what app you are using and where you right click.  For example, I am typing this reply in Firefox.  If I move my mouse around over different parts of the browser window and right click, I will as many a 6 or more different right-click menus.   If I move my mouse pointer down to the Windows taskbar and right click, I'll see a quite different menu.  Again, the the right-click menu vary depending on what app you are using and where you right click.   Does this help?



As Soybewan merntions, different applications will show different menu options. Firefox Addons can add items to the right-click menus shown in the browser, for example. SYSTEM Center Configuration Manager can be extended With various extensions, such as the Right-Click Tools, which your rather odd phrasing seems to have stumbled on, as I doubt you are using SCCM.

Windows Explorer/File Explorer and the Windows desktop can have the Right-click Context Menu expanded and extended with Shell Extensions.

813.

Solve : You do not have exclusive access to the database. ms access 2003?

Answer»

Hi, I installed windows 7 prof, and then I installed ms OFFICE 2003. Now I am creating databases. I have never got this messages before when installing ms office 2003 on win wp. When I code and make changes, this message pops up. "You do not have exclusive access to the database as this time. If you PROCEED to make changes, you may not be able to save them later." how do i get rid of it? Thanks. DeonI can tell you how to change the setting in Office 2010 (I don't have access to Office 2003, so you'll have to hunt around in OPTIONS):

FILE - OPTIONS - CLIENT SETTINGS - ADVANCED - DEFAULT OPEN MODE
Make sure it is SET to Exclusive and not SharedThank you, I have done that setting. problem still persists.Perhaps you need to run Access as Administrator? Quote from: DEON on March 30, 2017, 02:10:23 AM

Thank you, I have done that setting. problem still persists.
Well, then I'm at a loss. The only reason you should SEE that message is if file access is shared.thanks. I tried that. I have gone back to office 2010. Thank you. Goodbye
814.

Solve : office 2017 image or iso file, how to make:?

Answer»

I have a retail product key, and DOWNLOADED setup file, it then downloads and INSTALLS 3.93 MB of data, and takes a LONG time. I am using easeus freeware, how do i KNOW what files to backup to make an image backup. Thank you.

815.

Solve : How to use Excel Worksheet Functions to find multiple association?

Answer»

I'm using a Excel formula to pull data from a raw excel file ONTO a summary
sheet. The issue is that the VLOOKUP/INDEX/MATCH will pull the first--and
only the first--match (relative or exact-MATCH) it finds.

 If I am looking for a single formula code that has multiple associations, what function would I use to return those multiple VALUES?

 For example, if I am using a VLOOKUP/INDEX/MATCH formula to find a
 name(Tommy) and return the country in which he lives, and
 there are five Tommy who live in England, Germany, Italy,
 US, and Australia, what kind of formula would I use that would return ALL the values (countries)in subsequent rows instead of the first one found (such as England)?

Thanks,
lwkt
You mean like this? Click IMAGE to enlarge)


See here

http://eimagine.com/how-to-return-multiple-match-values-in-excel-using-index-match-or-vlookup/


[attachment DELETED by admin to CONSERVE space]...Remember the formula in the above is an array formula.

816.

Solve : Monitoring tools?

Answer»

Good Morning All,

I am new here, I am James Shaw - 26 and currently training on a service desk. I have been tasked with finding and comparing features of Zabbix and PRTG and I am unsure if this is in the correct forum to post in to as well! (Please accept my apologies if not)

We use a number of monitoring tools for each customers needs but we are looking to further expand in to Zabbix, and remove PRTG as whole. I have attached a zip file with an excel document of a table with features of Zabbix to compare PRTG against them.

Now as you guess with this post I have no idea about either, and before asking anyone in work for help I would rather at least ask on line as I guess it would look better to - in attempting to gain the information required to compare.

I wonder if anyone could help me compare the two and if I have missed features out that can also be compared against each other to advise me on them (E.G on the list of Zabbix features, it doesn't say if it can monitor temperatures so can it? I know it can be done from add-ons) and PRTG website, well that is just an absolute pain to operate around in my own personal opinion and if an expert on here has used both, it would be better to have their help I guess than just reading "features"

I do want to become more competent in the use of Zabbix and learn more and this is just one small step as I will also have the chance sit down with the engineers and start implementing this.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

And look forward to reading through this forum as a whole as it looks like it could be really helpful in the long run!

Kind Regards,

James Shaw

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]I've done a fair bit of research into different monitoring systems and use Zabbix a fair bit so happy to discuss it although I'd rather not be downloading random Excel files from forums, if you can put the list of features directly in the thread (or include a screenshot) then I'd be happy to take a look at it.

As far as monitoring things like temperatures, you are correct in that Zabbix doesn't monitor everything like temperatures out of the box, what you would do is add custom "User Parameters" to the Zabbix agent configuration to fetch values such as the temperature then configure Zabbix to read this value and graph/alert based on it.  This is one of the things that I really like about Zabbix - How flexible it is for monitoring different things.  It can be a bit of a pain to configure these if you have tonnes of MACHINES although at that point I'd probably be looking into setting up some sort of configuration management tool (Puppet, Ansible.etc) to manage the Zabbix agent configuration on each host.  I've used custom User Parameters extensively to read SMART health data from the drives in a system.

If your machines have built in management controllers (Dell iDRAC, HP iLO, Supermicro BMC.etc) you can set up Zabbix to talk to those over protocols such as SNMP to pull out health values such as temperatures without relying on the agent.

Sure Zabbix is a bit of a pain to configure initially but after getting it up and running (Which probably took about a day to get a reasonable level of monitoring working) I'm very happy with how RELIABLE and flexible it has been.Yes I totally understand what you mean, security and all that. All it is a table of Zabbix features which I was going to compare between each other - unfortunately I find PRTG's website rather inconclusive to compare the 2 against each other.

I understand there is reviews etc all over, but this wouldn't really fit the needs and comparisons I was looking for. I do believe PRTG is much easier to install than Zabbix, and I believe we do use an agent for Zabbix over a wide infrastructure.

My excel SHEET just compromised of 2 columns, one has Zabbix features which I was then in the second column put a yes or no to whether PRTG could do this.

I know the internet is a large place, but not everyone review site actually compares the features down to the bone against each other so I thought I would post somewhere and see if I could get help.

Is there features I am missing? Anything that could be added to my Zabbix table I am missing that could be compared against PRTG? The more information I gather to compare against each other. The better.

Here is what I gathered from Zabbix website. ( Yes I cheated getting all this information )

PRTG vs Zabbix   
   
Zabbix 3.4 Feautres
   
Data gathering:
availability and performance checks   
support for SNMP (both trapping and polling), IPMI, JMX, VMware monitoring   
custom checks   
gathering desired data at custom intervals performed by server/proxy and by agents
   
Flexible threshold definitions:   
you can define very flexible problem thresholds, called triggers, referencing values from the backend database

Highly configurable alerting:   
SENDING notifications can be customized for the escalation schedule, recipient, media type   
notifications can be MADE meaningful and helpful using macro variables   
automatic actions include remote commands

Real-time graphing:   
monitored items are immediately graphed using the built-in graphing functionality   

Web monitoring capabilities:   
Can follow a path of simulated mouse clicks on a web site and check for functionality and response time
   
Extensive visualisation options:   
ability to create custom graphs that can combine multiple items into a single view   
network maps   
custom screens and slide shows for a dashboard-style overview   
reports   
high-level (business) view of monitored resources   

Historical data storage:   
data stored in a database   
configurable history   
built-in housekeeping procedure
   
Easy configuration:   
add monitored devices as hosts   
hosts are picked up for monitoring, once in the database   
apply templates to monitored devices   

Use of templates:   
grouping checks in templates   
templates can inherit other templates   

Network discovery:   
automatic discovery of network devices   
agent auto registration   
discovery of file systems, network interfaces and SNMP OIDs   

Fast web interface:   
a web-based frontend in PHP   
accessible from anywhere   
you can click your way through   
audit log   

Zabbix API:   
Zabbix API provides programmable interface to Zabbix for mass manipulations, 3rd party software integration and other purposes.
   
Permissions system:   
secure user authentication   
certain users can be limited to certain views
   
Full featured and easily extensible agent:   
deployed on monitoring targets   
can be deployed on both Linux and Windows   

Binary daemons:   
written in C, for performance and small memory footprint   
easily portable   
Ready for complex environments   
remote monitoring made easy by using a Zabbix proxy   

817.

Solve : Missing CODEC file(s) from Windows Media Player?

Answer»

I hadn't used the WMP for a very long time & today I tried to download some new CDs that I got, & it wouldn't rip them because it was missing the proper CODEC file.  I tried looking that up & found info on it, however, you had to know what CODEC was missing.  I hadn't a clue, neither could I find nor figure out what they were talking about.  I figured I could download the newest WMP version & when I tried to run the program it said I already had a newer version.  Tried to find that on my Programs and couldn't find a Windows Media Player file among the 75 programs on my computer.  I have VLC also on my computer but couldn't figure out how to RIP the songs with that program, either.  YEARS back I found MUSIC programs to be much more user friendly than what is offered today.  All I need is a program that will download the CDs so that I can pick the songs I want to Burn to a CD to play in my car.  Is there any Dummies version to fixing this problem OR is there another free Music program that is more user friendly?could you uninstall WMP then down load the newest version again and that would possibly contain the filesI tried downloading a new version and the notice popped up that I already had the newest version.  I was going to, as you suggested, delete the version I have presently, but when I
went to the list of Programs in the Control Panel, I couldn't find the Windows Media Program to uninstall it.   Out of 75 programs on the list, none of them was WMP, unless it is listed under
a different NAME and I'm just not computer savvy enough to recognize it??  Thanks for answering.
 What ver. of Win is this ? ?Windows 7 ProfessionalSee Here...

Make sure to DLoad a fresh copy of WMP...Well, I did as you suggested and unchecked the 3 check marks under Media and then restarted it.  I tried to download a fresh copy of WMP and when I clicked on the download, it told me it couldn't download because I needed to be validated that I had a genuine copy of Windows 7 on my computer.  It is genuine, however, it didn't tell me HOW I was supposed to prove to them that it was a genuine version of Win 7 so that I could download a fresh copy of WMP.  I went to the Microsoft website and that was totally useless.  Listed a lot of stuff about validation, but didn't tell you HOW you were supposed to do it.  If there is another simple, free program out there that will allow me to rip from a CD and then burn the songs I want to another CD for personal use in my car, I'd be very happy to download it.  I do not have an iphone or anything else that I can download music to, so CDs are what I am limited to.Media Monkey...Lots of programs to do that, thankfully.

Media Monkey (Patio's Link) is a good one.  It looks like the free version would be limited in terms of ripping CDs in some ways. I'd guess iTunes provides the same ability. I only have that on a rather old G4 and G5 Mac system I have but I was experimenting with that and was able to rip and burn Audio CDs- I doubt they removed that feature since.


Winamp is still a good Audio Program as well, which provides both. I use version 5 and haven't had issues going either direction (though I admit it doesn't come up very often).

CDBurnerXP Looks to support burning an Audio CD as well. It looks like you'd have to use something else to rip it.

I'm not sure but you might be able to use a program like IMGBurn to create a disc image of the Audio Disk and then write that to another disc to copy it over.
I think also you need to determine what file format the car CD player needs to make your burn sessions successful....I have no idea what format the car CD player uses.  I know that the CDs I made for it before WMP went on the fritz, were fine and I had no problem. 

I had downloaded a Windows 7 Codec Pack several days ago figuring that it would automatically fix the problem with WMP, however, when I opened it, it CAUTIONED about making changes if I didn't know what I was doing so I forgot about it.  However, I just went back to it and opened up Advanced Codec Settings and it showed a number of settings were disabled.  I am assuming this is reflecting what is on my WMP.  The ones listed DISABLED under ffdshow (64 bit) are:
MP3
MP1,MP2
WMA 7
WMA 8/9
MS ADPCM
MS IMA ADPCM
Other ADPCM
Mulaw/Alaw
MS GSM
True Audio
TrueSpeech
QDM2
Real Audio
IMC
ATRAC3
WAVPACK
AVIS
QT PCM
Uncompressed
It doesn't show how to change these settings.  Could these disabled settings be the problem with WMP and how would I reset them if this is the problem?
That looks like the Klite codec Pack info...
You can safely re-install it and accept all changes it wants to make...re-boot after.Tried installing the Codec file and that made no difference with WMP.  Downloaded Winamp and couldn't get that to find the CD to rip on D Drive.  Even went to youtube to find out what I was doing wrong and came up empty there.  Finally downloaded Media Monkey and that program is presently downloading my CDs and it looks to be fairly easy to use.  Thank you all for your time and your help.  It is very much appreciated. Kewl Beans...GLAD it's working...

818.

Solve : BIOS/UEFI options?

Answer»

I've messed around with my new(ish) PC's UEFI DualBios in the past, and now I'm trying to fix ANYTHING I might've messed up then. My motherboard is B85M-HD3, processor Intel Core i5-4430, 2x8GB RAM, AMD Radeon HD 7700 SERIES graphics card. A friend said I could clear CMOS, but I'd rather not, since this PC was bought as a build. Below is a list of OPTIONS I'm not sure about.

Peripherals
Init Display First:
IGFX
PCIe 1 Slot
PCI

Internal graphics:
Enabled
Disabled

Intel Rapid Start Technology:
Enabled
Disabled

BIOS Features
Fast Boot:
Enabled
Disabled
Ultra Fast

Limit CPUID Maximum:
Enabled
Disabled

Boot Mode Selection:
Legacy
UEFI
UEFI and Legacy

Storage Boot OPTION Control:
Disabled
UEFI
Legacy
Legacy First
UEFI First

M.I.T.
Performance Enhance:
Normal
Turbo
Extreme

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

819.

Solve : Pioneer 4200nex car headunit sd card song order?

Answer»

I've posted this on a few car audio forums but have not received a response and since this might be more software based, figured I would try on here. If it is in the wrong group, please move it.

I have a 4200NEX with a 128 GB SDXC formatted to NTFS which the head unit orders the songs alphabetical.

I have the card organized by X:/artist/album/disc#-track#-songname. I use the same FORMAT with itunes, music bee and poweramp on my phone but this 4200 is the only thing that doesn't seem to sort it correctly.

I sent PIONEER a support ticket and they came back with "it does not support SDXC cards" so I tried a 8 GB SDHC (FAT32) card and the same thing happens.

Kinda second question but how do I get album artwork to show up?

Thanks.What does "it doesn't sort it correctly" mean?

What is it doing and what is your expectation? Quote from: BC_Programmer on August 28, 2016, 04:48:59 AM

What does "it doesn't sort it correctly" mean?

What is it doing and what is your expectation?

When playing an album, the songs are sorted by song name alphabetically, not track number.Ah- so it is sorting them correctly, but the issue is that it is not sorting them by file name, but by the Track Title in the MP3 TAG info.

You could use a tool like mp3Tag to change the Title field of all the music files to include the track number. if it plays the tracks alphabetically it should then play them in track order.

It's also possible somewhere in the software/settings there may be an option for what order to sort by.
820.

Solve : install office 2003 in windows 8 pro?

Answer» HI, I want to install office 2003 in windows 8 PRO. I received an error message. Is is possible to install?What is the error message ? ?...Where is this Office from ? ?I have installed Office 2003 in Windows 7 64 bit and Windows 10 32 bit and 64 bit, so Windows 8 should be possible.
Try running the installer in XP or WIN 7 Compatibility Mode.  Once installed, SET the various Office exe's to run in XP or Win 7 Compatibility mode as well.He's apparently been abducted...Thank you, i am back. Sorry. I now used window 7 pro 64bit and have had no problem. Thank you. So office 2003 has installed using window 7. Good BYE!
821.

Solve : Re-enabling Status Screen in Corel Graphic Suite X8?

Answer»

I recently re-installed Corel GS X8, I'm already REGISTER this Product & activated. but after re-installation my Product STATUS Screen went blank. how to re-enable this screen as SHOWN as previous screen (Status Verified).

How can I re-enabled my blank status screen

[ATTACHMENT deleted by admin to conserve space]

822.

Solve : Blocked address?

Answer»

I have been using my hotmail email address for over 20 years, and my local library tells me they are sending emails to let me know when a book is available - but I am not getting their emails.

I wondered if it may have been accidentally blocked at some stage, as they are using the correct address.   Is there a way of checking?Check the SPAM folder...I already do that automatically when checking mail.     I would not have asked the QUESTION otherwise.Up until about a year ago, I would receive notification that a reserved book was available from the library.   We checked the address they had, and it was correct.Microsoft has been killing off Hotmail little by little. I would move this notification service to a different e-mail such as a gmail account which should be around for a while. Yahoo isnt even safe these days since they are in money troubles. Microsoft is nudging PEOPLE away from Hotmail. Maybe this is their nudge to you to move onto a different e-mail.


http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/hotmail-no-microsoft-outlook-email-services-explained/Well the hotmail address comes under Outlook mail now - guess that's the same thing.

Reluctantly I will have to move to gmail. 

Thanks for your help.

I am getting more spam and junk these days on hotmail. QUOTE from: DaveLembke on March 24, 2017, 05:33:08 AM

Microsoft has been killing off Hotmail little by little.
No, they rebranded it to outlook.com. Hotmail addresses going back to 1997 will still login and still receive mail PERFECTLY fine. You can still create an hotmail address up to today.

From accounts that send a lot of E-mail, webmail (including gmail) usually results in message deferral which makes it take much longer to arrive. The idea is to "throttle" possible spammers, since generally it is spammers sending out a crapload of E-mails. It's worth trying another webmail though as it might function differently.

Just "anecdotally" but we've found gmail to be the biggest pain in the *CENSORED* when it comes to sending E-mails. inevitably complaints that customers didn't get monthly statements or reservation notifications turns out to be because gmail is involved somewhere in the loop.
Quote
No, they rebranded it to outlook.com. Hotmail addresses going back to 1997 will still login and still receive mail perfectly fine. You can still create an hotmail address up to today.

From accounts that send a lot of E-mail, webmail (including gmail) usually results in message deferral which makes it take much longer to arrive. The idea is to "throttle" possible spammers, since generally it is spammers sending out a crapload of E-mails. It's worth trying another webmail though as it might function differently.

Just "anecdotally" but we've found gmail to be the biggest pain in the *censored* when it comes to sending E-mails. inevitably complaints that customers didn't get monthly statements or reservation notifications turns out to be because gmail is involved somewhere in the loop.

I'm not that fond of gmail either (I've had an account but don't use it).   I guess I will stay with Outlook mail till it becomes unbearable.

Meanwhile I have changed my library address to another address (Microsoft Office) - tho I prefer to keep this address for specific items.

Thanks for your help.
823.

Solve : About recovering deleted text files?

Answer»

How can i get my Word and text files back from a formatted PARTITION ?
i really need only the text files CUZ they are V.important for me !
Any Help ! You can try a 3rd party UTILITY such as Recuva. If that doesn't work and if they are really important, there are companies that will retrieved data for you, but they are very EXPENSIVE.

824.

Solve : Acquiring Avery DesignPro 5?

Answer»

Old computer (hard drive) is dying, but still working.
New ASUS is up and running fine.
I have used Avery DesignPro 5 for years, and have a massive file of business cards, labels, etc., etc., etc.
The "new" Avery Design & PRINT is downloaded, but it "butchers" the old business cards when they are opened.
I've searched the net to find a DesignPro 5 download for the new computer without luck.

Can ANYONE either give me a site where I can GO to GET the DesignPro 5 download, or give me a way to move (copy) it from the old pc to the new pc?

Avery's comments that the new software works with old files doesn't ring true.

825.

Solve : Merging Many Folder together?

Answer»

is there anyway to merge about 2000 folder in 1 folder !
i rly NEED it ASAP !
and thanks Not enough information.
Where are located those 2000 folders in one location or in diffrents PATHS ?
PLEASE be more explicit and give more information about your issue !https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/643697/merging-many-folder-together/

826.

Solve : Is Excel 4.0 Gonna work using windows 10?

Answer»

Is the old Excel version 4.0 gonna work on the new windows 10 operating system?Hi John1397,

Excel 4.0 is a 16-bit application. Is the windows 10 going to be the 32 or 64-bit version?
I looked at the net, that with 64-bit version there isn't a direct way to run 16 bit applications, because the 16 bit subsystem was REMOVED in the 64 bit versions, but the 32 bit versions still have it.
BTW, I'm just CURIOUS, why do you need to run Excel 4.0 in a modern COMPUTER? Quote from: Thomas_JK on March 26, 2017, 02:55:20 PM

why do you need to run Excel 4.0 in a modern computer?
For the Easter egg, maybe?Won't work on x64 (as mentioned),but I was able to install it on Windows 10 32-bit just now.

Without a floppy disk drive I imagine it might be a bit more annoying, though it SEEMS to install fine when you copy the contents to the hard disk and install from there. Quote from: Salmon Trout on March 26, 2017, 03:37:41 PM
For the Easter egg, maybe?

:-) I would like to try that. I have Excel 4.0 on a Win 3.1 system, but how does one bring it up?
I googled it, but didn't find the answer. Quote from: Thomas_JK on March 27, 2017, 02:19:39 AM
I googled it, but didn't find the answer.
I googled for "Excel 4.0 easter egg" and the THIRD hit was this page

https://twitter.com/mattbarton/status/561576439095386112

Which has a link to this page with a video:

https://www.facebook.com/126630270681106/videos/932183793459079/

10th hit leads to page with these instructions:

http://crashreboot.blogspot.com/2009/04/easter-eggs-we-have-loved-excel-4.html

1. Open a blank document and select Options, Toolbars.
2. Click on the Customize button, and in the Categories list box, select Custom.
3. From the top row of icons, select the Solitaire icon and drag it onto your regular toolbar.
4. Click on OK without assigning any command to the button.
5. Click on Close to get rid of the Customize dialog box.
6. Maximize the worksheet.
7. Press Ctrl+Shift, and click on the Solitaire icon.

You can replay this animation any time in this or subsequent sessions by opening a new file and repeating the last two steps.




827.

Solve : Intel NUC booting not working?

Answer»

Hi There. i am novice to computer. ( I am mechanical engineer in 40s). I have recently found NUC. However it did not have SSD. So I bought one. But now I have problem. First problem - OBVIOUSLY it does not boot up. So I downloaded Ubuntu and burnt it on USB using isotousb.com. However as soon as I insert USB, computer keyboard mouse stop working. I tried to play with BIOS but still that issue exist. If I start it with USB inside, it GET stuck and nothing COMES up. Now I take USB off and it comes with error message that "BIOS has detected unsuccessful POST attempt(s)" Press 'Y' to ENTER Setup or 'N' to cancel and attempt to boot with the previous settings.
After searching many hours on this forum and others, I find nothing to fix this problem.You might want to ask for HELP in a forum of NUC users and experts such as: https://communities.intel.com/community/tech/nuc/content

828.

Solve : About laptop?

Answer»

Hey guys.
Today is my birthday and i'm going to buy a laptop: ''Hewlett-Packard ENVY 17 17.3" i5 8GB 1.0TB Windows''
17.3" 1920x1080 . (Full HD)/INTEL Core i5-6200U,2.3GHz/NVIDIA GEFORCE GT 940M (2GB DDR3 VRAM)/with Windows 10/En
I wanted to ask if it will be good for some games i want to play like ''cs:go '' to RUN it without fps lag? And also for future travelling to collage and stuff..
Sorry for bad english.  That would be a great computer, as I KNOW someone who uses it. Good choice.

829.

Solve : Word Question?

Answer»

In my Microsoft Word I am suddenly getting some kind of "autofit" thing going on. The words seem to be adjusting their spacing or something when I reach the end of a SENTENCE. It was doing that before. I think I hit a key on my keyboard, like ctrl, instead of shift and now this thing is happening. I was just trying it and what it does when I GET to the end of the sentence the space between just two letters shifts,as I can see to make make each sentence at the same place and the end of each sentence. So my question is how did I turn this on and how do I shut it off. I looked up autofit on the web but it wasn't what I was looking for, I may have been calling it the wrong thing.

ThanksTry clicking on the little arrow on the bottom right of the paragraph SECTION and setting those settings to DEFAULT. Does that change anything? If not would you mind attaching some screenshots, its not very clear what you mean by spacing.Maybe I said it wrong. What I mean is usually in a sentence when it gets to the edge of the page it moves to the next line and that edge of the page the sentences are uneven, don't end at the same spot. But now no matter how many words or letters in the sentence that edge of the page is the same spot, an even line down the side the page. I think it's a margin issue on the right side of the page and I don't know how to change. You can see on my first post and this ONE that the words at the right edge of the page don't stop at the same place, one is longer, another is shorter. The spacing thing it is doing is that when the sentence gets to the right edge of the page and moves down to the next line Word is spacing the words so the right side of the page is even, unlike this post. If this post was in my document all the last letters of each line would all the way to the right edge of the page (except this line).Press Ctrl-J to disable Text Justification of a paragraph.Oh so it is hyphenating word instead of just bringing the word down to the next line and keeping it together?Welp I see what you mean. Go with what BC_Programmer said.Yes BC that worked. I thought it had to do with accidentally hitting the Ctrl key, I must have hit that and the J key. Hitting Ctrl-J effected only one paragraph at a time. I suppose I could have highlighted the whole problem section and then hit Ctrl-J.

Thanks for the help.

830.

Solve : laptop power on but doesn't display and CPU fan is not spinning?

Answer»

Laptop power on but doesn't DISPLAY and CPU fan is not spinning
Even after connecting to an external LCD MONITOR it still doesn't display. I have even tried,  removing the battery and holding the power button for about 60 seconds but still doesn't work.
The laptop once FALL from my hand but was working even after that before it eventually started the "no display and fan not spinning" problem

Please any HELP will be WELL appreciated

831.

Solve : whatpss software?

Answer»

pls how can i download whatpps on my laptop windowns 7,,,i have try downloading it from different source but i dont understand it,,,pls i NEED direct links to download it.... thanksWhatpps or Whatpss .... ? Either a TYPO is in the subject line or in request for help and google doesnt show what it is

Can you share a link of what software this is?Maybe the OP means WordPress.

WordPress is an online, open source website creation tool written in PHP. But in non-geek speak, it's probably the easiest and most powerful blogging and website content management system (or CMS) in existence today.
-from Google
It is written mostly in PHP and requires server to generate HTML pages.
Many people use it to have a blog USING their own domain name. But of course, yuou have to have a web space for the domain.
Or,
Anybody  can go to www.wordpress.com and GET a free SITE and no software is required. Just sign up and start writing your blog. Millions do it.
Again, the correct spellings is  WordPress as one word.
Google it!It's likely WhatApps...Assuming you are referring to WhatsApp, the mobile messaging platform.  You should only download the Windows application from their official download page here: https://www.whatsapp.com/download/.  Alternatively you can use their web application here: https://web.whatsapp.com/

832.

Solve : Movie Star 5, Lauching... Troubles?

Answer»
I'm trying to get Movie STAR 5, running for VIDEO editing.  I was able to install it for them without any problems an can LAUNCH it mostly, when it tries to load Font: Lao UI it halts an just stays there with the splash screen an the Unit has to be restarted since, it can't be ended in task manager.  Have Windows 8.1 Professional, an I think a lot of the UPDATES that are required an released by Dazzle.  I also, had to set it to compatibility an run it in Windows XP SP 2.  Still can't get it to work an I EVEN ran it in different comparability modes an wasn't able to get it to run other then in XP
833.

Solve : Premiere Pro help?

Answer»

Hey guy's

Can someone please solve this PROBLEM?

If you look on the right of the image I cannot drag video/audio into a timeline


How do I get this back>?Is this the TRIAL version of this?Yes, trial version Is this trial a full featured trial for a TIME period or is it crippled because its a trial version? I havent used this software, but I have seen where trials aren't full featured or if they are its like 1 project it will allow you to WORK on and then the next time it wont function anymore etc as a means to keep people from exploiting trial software to get around buying the product. They even got good at knowing if the trial was installed before where it leaves hidden registry keys so that you cant just START over for another 14 or 30 days etc by uninstalling and reinstalling as some software in the past use to allow you to do to run another stretch of trial period for free. Cant chat any further on extending trials or getting around their limitations though.

834.

Solve : An alternative software?

Answer»

Hi all.

Is there an alternative software to Adobe Acrobat READER to view .pdf format file?https://www.google.com/search?q=acrobat+reader+alternatives&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8I use Foxit...an excellent FireFox ADDON... QUOTE from: PATIO on MARCH 07, 2017, 12:22:28 PM

I use Foxit...an excellent FireFox addon...
Same here.May thanks for help
835.

Solve : Want Electronic Lab Program.?

Answer»

A few years ago I bought an Electronic Lab program. I don't remember what it was. It had copy protection and that made it hard to use if you did not have the manual at hand. Well, I lost the manual and the floppy disks.
Now I see there are some free programs out there. Which are GOOD? Here is a screen shot of one. That is enough to let yu KNOW what it is. You make a DIAGRAM using standard items from a library and then apply poser and the software emulates what it might do in real time.
Do you know which ones a re both good and free?


[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]https://www.freecadweb.org/wiki/About_FreeCAD
http://brlcad.org/gallery/diagrams
http://archimedescad.github.io/Archimedes/screenshots.html
http://wiki.librecad.org/index.php/LibreCAD_Brief_Overview
http://www.qcad.org/en/qcad-screenshots
http://www.openscad.org/gallery.html
http://solvespace.com/index.pl
..... etc.

I havent tried any myself but there are some reviews on the platforms from users that did

836.

Solve : Google voice + Android + Wi-Fi password = SNAFU?

Answer»

I have an Android tablet.
Here's the problem. Recently the tablet went over to using Google voice recognition for search inputs. That's FINE, in fact I rather like it. But apparently there are some programmers who work for Google who have not even any idea of what they're really doing. It's not enough to write code, it has to be usable in the real world.
For some reason the Google voice recognition was to take over any kind of input, including the input needed to type in the password for my Wi-Fi. I made a change to my Wi-Fi and had to type in the password again. But I cannot get the keyboard to come up, instead I get this little thing that wants me to On it and start talking in Google speak. Well, the password input does not accept Google speak. The password in what can be any combination of upper and lowercase letters and symbols but never spaces. The Google speak geek thing in search spaces between words and other items.
Or to put it another way, it is  SNAFU.
And I'm not the only one, this has been causing problems for people that want to use passwords instead of voice recognition for different things. How in the world can such a large corporation make such a stupid mistake? Do they actually have programmers that never heard about passwords?
Anyway, I'm starting to rant. When I need is a good workaround so I can get my tablet working again on a different wireless router. From time to time I have to change passwords or go to some other place and use somebody else's password. Like you I go to McDonald's and want to use their Wi-Fi I need to have some kind of access.
Does any of this make sense to you? Do you understand my frustration when I have to enter a password that might have any combination of letters and symbols and numbers and it wants me to speak instead of type.
Any suggestions welcome. But don't tell them to ditch the tablet.
I have a Samsung tablet and I sometimes use Google's voice command feature but have never experienced the kind of hostile takeover described by you.  For example, if I tell Google to open an app or open a certain website, I can later do the same thing using the normal touch-screen technique with no issues.  Likewise, when using my smartphone.

I think I would not use Google's voice command to try entering the password for a Wi-Fi connection.  I SAY this because, if I tell Google to open a website where the website name has a hyphen in it, Google fails to recognize that character, whether I say "hyphen" or "dash".  So, I suspect that trying to use Google's voice command tool where you need to enter upper case and lower case letters, numbers, and special characters, is not going to work. 

I normally only use my tablet with one of two Wi-Fi connections; one of those is my router at home; the other is me using my smartphone as a Wi-Fi connection for the tablet when I'm away from home.  So, I don't need to be entering passwords for Wi-Fi connections since I always only use these two connections.

If I did ENCOUNTER the problem you've described, I think I might try visiting a Best Buy store and ask a Samsung REPRESENTATIVE (in the Best Buy store) about it. 

EDIT: By the way, you might find a bluetooth keyboard an easier way to type characters with your tablet than using the touch screen since you have some vision limitations (which you've stated in some of your posts).  Yes, I am gong to try the Bluetooth keyboard and see if that helps.
Meanwhile, I did change  the password to a common English word the Google Voice  can recognize. A similar issue is some devices that do not have a easy way to do capitals or symbols. My daughter has a device that will not do a capital letter.
Not being able to use strong passwords on a mobile device undermines the reason for even having a device.
What I mean to say, is if we can not have privacy, then lee's just go back to public pay phones and forget cell phones. Quote

What I mean to say, is if we can not have privacy, then lee's just go back to public pay phones and forget cell phones.

Like you would really do that ? ?
Where's the closest 1 to you ? ?
Quote from: patio on FEBRUARY 28, 2017, 11:47:22 AM
Like you would really do that ? ?
Where's the closest 1 to you ? ?
You have a good point.
Even Superman, with his powers, has a hard time finding a phone booth.

 
Quote
...
supermanPhone booths have all but vanished from the American landscape, to the delight of the myriad faceless number crunchers who toil at Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile. It’s bad enough that the extinction of the public telephone has created so much hardship for cellphoneless citizens like myself, but far worse is the chilling effect it has had on the crime-fighting work of Superman. I am not the first to note that as phone booths and pay telephones have been uprooted from street corners, sightings of the Man of Steel  have become few and far between.
http://www.anotherthink.com/contents/essays_on_faith/20130815_the-truth-about-supermans-phonebooth.html
837.

Solve : Firefox installation missing Profile ini?

Answer»

Hi guys, I just installed from their site the LATEST version of Firefox on my notebook. Its working just fine. The weird thing is that the installation, as FAR as I could search, did not show a Profile, nor a default TITLE. Any IDEAS why this happened and is it GOOD or bad? Like I said its working so far. BTW, the search included the  Appdata\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profile, where its usually found.No need to double-post...

Topic Closed.

838.

Solve : Using Mapsto find surface elevationsof a place.?

Answer»

What on-line Apps would give me the elevation of any location I want?

For example, I would like to plan an exit route for my family in case a flood should come in this area.  Some of the ROADS go thigh ground, but there're some dips along the way.  I need a way to find what places along a highway might dip below the flood plain. I t grid sing Google maps, but could not find a quick way to find elevation information.
Any ideas?
Maybe a Android App for my smartphone or iPhone?


Many Weather sites have elevation maps.Perhaps you'd be better off contacting your local environmental authority - I'm sure you have something like that? Or at least the national environment AGENCY, whoever that may be. They would probably provide you with the most accurate information and advice.One source is the geographic topology maps issued by the government, but these often are very COURSE ant only show levels in 40foot marks. So you might be in a 35 foot hole and not it on the map.
https://education.usgs.gov/lessons/geospatialwebsites.html
I did a Google search and found there is an App that will give you a map like Google and let yu pick elevation for any point. But there are no topographical contours.
You use topographical** map to see  if yu can do a witless link from your house to grandma without going up on the ROOF.

**
QUOTE

top·o·graph·i·cal
relating to the arrangement or accurate representation of the physical features of an area.
"the topographical features of the river valley"
    (of a work of art or an artist) dealing with or depicting places (especially towns), buildings, and natural prospects in a realistic and detailed manner.
I thought you were escaping an impending flood....not setting up wireless to Grandma's house... Quote from: patio on February 13, 2017, 10:39:41 AM
I thought you were escaping an impending flood....not setting up wireless to Grandma's house...
How did you know?
I do research...
839.

Solve : Scrolling and Printing?

Answer»

I need help with using the scrolling PROGRAM FASTSTONE CAPTURE.

How to select the parts of the pages I want to scroll before starting the actual scrolling plse?

My THANKS in advance.

GuzeppiI moved this post to the appropriate forum and DELETED your duplicate THREAD. Please do not post the same question more than once. Thank you.

840.

Solve : Ninite.?

Answer»

Im sure there are a ton of people who have seen this tool before but I did a forum search and it did not appear anywhere. Even if I expose this to 1 new person I THINK it helps. Often times we get a lot of users who come into the chat and have to do a fresh install and a lot of time I like to reccomend https://ninite.com/. Pretty neat tool that goes through a list of commonly used programs and installs them through one package. I personally use it often as it skips the tool bars and bloatware that can be added when doing a manual install.Ive used it before, but instead of having to rebuild fresh each time i have to rebuild a system, I build my system back from an image through a drive to drive clone process using Macrium Reflect. If you are not setting off to the side a spare hard drive with a clean build to be able to revert back from a image, then ninite works good. I havent used it much though because I install spare hard drives in my desktop computers to keep as a quick system recovery.

 I got a great deal on 160GB SATA HDD's for $12 each through newegg and most drives contain less than 50GB data. These extra drives are mounted in the case and left disconnected until needed. I build the system on these smaller drives for OS and all necessary software. Then when its built to a point that I am satisfied with it becoming the recovery state for the system for the future, I then clone this 160GB drive to say a 500GB drive. Then when clone is complete resize the C: partition to take up all remaining space to be used for C:. Disconnect power and SATA communication cable from the 160GB drive and run on the 500GB drive. When the 500GB drive is in need of a wipe and make clean state, I just attach both drives and run Macrium Reflect and clone the 160GB stomping on top of the 500GB drives data and resize the C: partition after first getting any important data off of the 500GB drive.

Years ago back during Windows 2000 Professional and Windows XP, I use to use Ghost 2003 and burn a DVD-R Ghost Image after the build is complete for the OS and Software and place it into a jewel case and then place that in a ziplock bag and lay it in the bottom of the computer tower making my own system recovery media set for my own builds. So that I never had to go through the boring process of feeding software to a tower and updates.

Both required me to still perform updates to software and OS as for the recovery state was locked in time and anything from that date forward for software that was out of date would need to be updated. I could always also turn on the 160GB drive and run it through updates and then disconnect it so that the next time its used to clone the drive it is that much more up to date requiring lesser updates.

For my large game library of steam games I made a copy of the games on my 4TB external and so I dont have to redownload large games over again. I just tell steam to install the game, and then kill my network connection, and manually copy the game contents to the target directory, then enable the network connection in which it picks up where it left off with install in which it detects that the game is there, it then goes to 100% complete for the game and I am able to run the games. Havent had to do this in about 2 years but last time I did this it worked for steam.It's a shoddy rip-off of the original...which was nLite.

Shame on them for the naming scheme...

But hey...it uses TupperWare as an endorsement...(probably not certified btw)...so how bad could it be ? ?The other thing not mentioned is many of those apps listed are affiliate links...and come bundled with your garden variety of adware etc...

Ninite does not come with adware. And ive never heard of the previous tool before.Please re-read what i posted...i never stated the app comes with adware.

It pays to do your RESEARCH...nLite was the original. Quote from: patio on March 03, 2017, 02:27:42 PM

It pays to do your research...nLite was the original.

It does indeed.... But even a cursory look shows the two programs do completely different tasks.

nLite is for slipstreaming software and drivers into Windows Installation media. It is called NTLite for the more recent versions, supporting Vista through Windows 10.

Ninite is basically intended to allow installing applications without having the included adware or other required "UNCHECK this" stuff. (Toolbars, etc.) Has nothing to do with preparing ISO's or slipstreaming.

Using nlite/vlite/ntlite to slipstream ninite onto an install is apparently fairly common- you slipstream ninite then as part of post-install, and then have niinite handle installing desired software, rather than slipstreaming a bunch of applications onto the media.

Personally, if I was to use something like that, I'd rather not rely on a commercial product, since it feels very "Open sourcey" (eg apt-get on Linux). So I'd probably use Chocolatey.

The only contention i have is you seemed to pigeon-hole into strictly a tool for slipstreaming drivers into a Win install..
Used properly it could do all the above listed...and was much cleaner doing so.Could you explain what you mean? both nLite and NTLite appear to be quite clearly deployment tools intended for creating custom installation media.  If you want to call that pigeonholing, well, that is on nLite then, since it states directly that it "will guide you through the process of building a custom Windows installation" and if you select an invalid Folder for the Windows Install Media, it will have a message which includes "nLite is for a pre-install environment only, meaning that it cannot modify an existing Windows installation."

There is no automated database where you can check off Firefox or Skype and have it added; you add the executables. of course, you can have them run silently or without adware with the right switches, but it's not an updating tool.

The closest I can seem to determine is that NTLite allows a mounted deployment image to have software installed on a running system. eg a WIM that you added Firefox or Skype or Chrome or whatever to can have that installed directly to a running system. But I cannot find any way to, say, have software updated in some automatic fashion, which is part of the purpose of ninite.
841.

Solve : Macro touch recorder apps (names required)?

Answer»

Hello,

I would appreciate very much if you could please provide me some apps (just the NAMES) to record actions including touch commands on a Smartphone. I'm looking for an app that doesnt need root access (android), nor be jailbroken (iOS).

Any ideas or suggestions?

Cheers,
BurtonCurious what you need to automate for a smartphone and WITHOUT root access. Something of the such could be used in many negative ways... curious of a positive use for this?Why should a macro app that doesnt require root access be more dangerous than an app that requires root access but is freely available on the internet?Without root access would be more dangerous because it doesnt require elevated privileges to carry out its task. So it could run and carry out whatever with lesser privileges, and simulating someone tapping their fingers in places automated with a macro can delete information for example without root privileges needed Thats Why 

So what do you need a macro for that has a legal and non malicious use? (intent required) About ready to close this out...unless the OP clarifies the intentions...The aim of the macro is to save work and time by implementing a single instruction that expands automatically into a set of instructions performing a particular task. 

If you dont have such a proposal or solution, then please just say so. If you do have a proposal for such a TOOL thats available (or anyone else here), then I would gladly go closer into stating what my intentions are.Fair answer.
There are both free and paid Apps that do a kind of macrofor Android. For Windows it was/is called Auto Key. So you look for 'auto key android' in Google play and find some results.
Here is one:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.prohiro.macro&hl=en
Quote

HiroMacro is available on Android devices with auto-touch macro.
Script by recording a USER’s touch to create jobs, and it can be played repeatedly.
Using a simple scripting language. You can easily implement powerful features.
Also:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.creaart.autokey&hl=en
Quote
Control application for AutoKeySmart and Chackabay+.
About Android Scripting:
https://autohotkey.com/board/topic/68614-android-scripting/
That shooed keep you busy.   


Quote from: burton on February 18, 2017, 02:24:30 PM
If you dont have such a proposal or solution, then please just say so.
This isn't the way to make friends around here.
Quote
If you dont have such a proposal or solution, then please just say so. If you do have a proposal for such a tool thats available (or anyone else here), then I would gladly go closer into stating what my intentions are.

For most its not like trying to pull teeth to get answers as to what they want to do. In order to best help you we need to know all details. Additionally we also have to be careful that we dont assist in anyone making anything malicious with info we provide so sorry that I havent been of much help yet on this.
842.

Solve : graphics cards problem?

Answer»

Hi,

Got application where we NEED to take  camera signal feeds and send signal over single MODE fiber about 2km with this SDI over fiber extenders. I am USING AJA SDI to HDMI to get to my computer inputs. The problem is I can get it all to work.
Is it possible because of GRAPHICS cards ?
Please advise
Thanks

843.

Solve : Software for 3D Mattress Section creation?

Answer»

Hello there, i have a mattress store and i wanna create mattress section images for my website, 3d if possible. I dont have any prior experience with 3d SOFTWARES. Is there an easy way to do it?I believe Cyberlink has one or more software products that will do that.  See http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/50982.page and/or search through their website for info on their products. You could hire someone to do the 3D rendering to make 3D objects to make the mattress. This way they already have the pricey software and skills to pull it off at a agreed upon cost.


If I was to do this, my method would be a low tech and take a 12 x 12 or larger room and mark the center of floor and then lines out from center at degree intervals for each snapshot of the mattress, and at the end of the lines a dot say 10 feet away from center allowing a 10 foot radius if travel from center all around so objects lesser than 10 feet can fit within this space and be pictured and camera remains at the same distance from the center point, and a tripod used to keep the height off the floor the same for each picture. Lighting in the room you would want to make to your liking, shadows or no shadows. I would probably go with 20 pictures at 18 degrees each snapshot if you want 360 degrees of turning ( rotation ) of the mattress clockwise/counter clockwise.

For the website to have ability for users to rotate the 3D like mattress since its actual pictures of the mattress its real and lifelike and visitors at the website could click on a left or right button web navigation buttons to turn the mattress clockwise or counter clockwise.

With 20 pictures if it starts at picture 10 and they click the right button it will step to picture #11 18 degrees counter clockwise, and if they click it again the right button its picture #12 an additional 18 degrees counter clockwise. If they keep clicking they will be able to rotate the mattress pretty quickly all the way around and end up back where they started. Clicking left button on the webpage would turn the mattress clockwise at 18 degrees per click.

You could use this room for taking anything you want to create a 3D 360 degree like view of and the HTML to pull it off would be not too complicated. Java Script or PHP etc with Java Script being the easiest to code up but primitive type of web interaction in a web world that is mostly Flash and HTML 5

If you want to have where you can zoom in and zoom out and rotate the mattress on any axis for real true 3D rendering, then the smoke and mirror type of camera trick I mentioned above wouldnt work out too WELL because my suggestion lost cost your on a 2D plane around the radius around the object that rests in the center of the 360 degrees. You would need a camera setup similar to Hollywood to have the camera on a track that could rotate around the mattress from any gimbal assisted angle from center point and create a spherical image request type of system possibly Numbers used for degree steps on the X axis and Letters used for degree steps on the Y axis to keep track of what image snapshot belongs where for the 4 buttons up/down/left/right to call to the correct image. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimbal

What direction are you looking to go... use of actual pictures to generate a 3D 360 degree like from a fixed camera angle to center environment or someone to render your mattress in a CAD like environment to make it that way?

Also do you have any experience with HTML and do you have access to your websites HTML code to alter it or do you have a webmaster who controls this?

*I took advanced PHOTOGRAPHY in college as my arts program requirement and had a lot of fun with it and you really have to enjoy angles and mathematics to make seamless 360 degree panoramic where multiple pictures blend together as a loop so someone standing center to that loop of pieced together images sees it all around without transitionary flaws where each image is joined to the next. That was my final project a loop of photos taken at exact degrees out from center point, camera being center point, and the greater number of images taken the more precise the loop of spliced together pictures is without noticable flaw. Your project if a camera is used is the inverse of my final project. Instead of pictures out away from center in my project, your on the outer ring looking in to center at a fixed distance away from center point. I was going to make a hemispherical project in which someone could step in one location and lower the hemisphere over their head and look around from any angle and feel as if they are standing exactly where the images were taken but I couldnt come up with a gimbal that was without error as well as lighting was a problem lowering a hemisphere over someones head as for they are now with their head in a half circle in the dark, so a loop of images on a fixed plane spliced together was my project so that lighting for the person viewing it all wasnt a problem and looking out at a fixed axis you can see a location 360 degrees but looking up your looking at the ceiling of the classroom. I had images on a large rube like lamp shade that people could walk onto a marked box on the floor and pull a cord and this would lower the tube around them so they could look around 360 degrees from where image was taken. When they released the cord, a counterweight brought the rube with images in it back up so they could walk off without knocking their head on it or having bend down to stand up inside and bend down to walk out as well as people are different heights and so the further you pulled the cord the further down the tube traveled to where it could be pulled to anyones line of sight without havingt o look up or down at it while inside, just pull cord to desired picture height and hold the cord and look around, then release the cord and it would slowly raise back up for the next person to do the same.Thank you DaveLembke for the reply. It is obvious that you're an expert in this kind of stuff! And although your suggestions was very specific and detailed,they were too complex  for me.I'm attaching a couple of images of what i want to do.I dont want my images to rotate. Please TELL me if there is an easy way of doing it myself,without having to pay any proffesssionals.

[attachment deleted by admin to conserve space]So you just want to add these 2 images to your website then. They are then non interactive, they are just there static on your website?

Who does your websites web design and who is your web master?I'm the one making the website using a ready template from Wix. I am an amateur at this , that is why my questions may seem a bit annoying and childish. I just want to create static decent looking, matress section images. Nothing too fancy. What i need is sth simple for the time being.Can you share your website so i can see what you have now, what your currently working with to make suggestions or is the page not live yet? And not childish at all, coming here we have no clue as to skill level until some questions given and answers received, so your new to this and we are patient with that. We know to be more descriptive now and not talk above your skill level.

Also you can do this all on your own, but I have also seen people hire out the initial build of a website, and then when completed the maintenance to update pictures, price tags, product into etc then handled by someone with lesser skills than a web developer to keep costs down.To tell you the truth the page is not live yet, because i am focused on solving the image issue.I am just actively searching of ways to do it myself.My budget is really tight at the moment and i cant afford to hire a proffessional for this.You might want to look into a WYSIWYG website builder then. It will allow for you to place content down and the coding is handled by the program that assists.

One really easy way of making a information webpage one that has information but no point of sale e-commerce functionality to it would be if you have experience with Microsoft Power Point or Word, you can create the layout with information and pictures placed as you want them and then save your project as a HTML document. Then its just a matter of paying for a web host or going with a free one that would be ad supported and could have ads that pull customers away from your website elsewhere, so a cost would be to have the site hosted unless you bought a DOMAIN name, and ran your own apache server and payed for electric to keep that running. *Its not very expensive to use a web host service and less of a headache.

There is also a Word to HTML converter tool here, but not sure how well it works. i have never used it but saw it in a google hit: https://word2cleanhtml.com/

My preference would be to do it in Power Point vs Word for HTML but its up to you to go that route or find a website that is a WYSIWYG for making your website.

Have you bought your domain name yet? If you havent that is important. This will be a fee to maintain and if not paid for before expires you can lose your domain name. Some out there look for businesses to mess up and then they will buy up the domain before the business can and hold it hostage at a cost to have it back. Rare that this happens but it has happened. The other thing most businesses do is buy up all domain names of all variety of sites under the same name, so they pay extra to own .com .edu  .gov  .net and so on so that noone can run a website with a very similar domain to your own.

Another option for creating your web pages is WordPress.  https://wordpress.com/

844.

Solve : Inability to open Microsoft Excel program?

Answer»

Hello All .........
Firstly, thanks for noticing this New THREAD (my first).
Secondly, I find that I'm prohibited from/unable to open any new or saved Excel files.
I double click. There is a hint of a flash of the opening Excel logo/page which disappears and I receive a pop-up, informing me that,

"There was a problem sending the command to the program"

I've found that after pinning Excel to the TASK BAR, opening it from there, choosing 'File' > 'Recent', I can choose a recently(?) used folder, then an Excel file and it will open just fine.
But it's a royal pain in the coit.
I would be grateful for any LIGHT that anyone can shed on this problem.
Jim
See this MS article: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/3001579/excel-how-to-troubleshoot-an-error-occurred-when-sending-commands-to-the-program-error-messagesThat support page looks pretty comprehensive, but for what it's worth, this happened to me once and REINSTALLING a fresh copy of MS Office worked like a charm!

845.

Solve : Word free download?

Answer»

I was just on Cnet and they have a few free DOWNLOADS for WORD 2007, which is what I had been using.  When I had to get work done on my computer, somehow it got deleted and I have no word program.  I am running Windows 10, Intel Core I-5-4460, CPU 3.20 GH2, Ram: 8:00 GB, System Type: 64-bit op sys.  I don't use it much, but there are times when I want to type a letter, a fax, lists I want to print and save.  I have a very old Corel Word program on here from 1998, but when I try to pull up things I have typed before (like my sister's resume), it won't bring them up.  Is it a safe thing to do to download a free Microsoft Word 2007?  I don't want to pay a lot of money for a word program and I saw some on ebay that says they have never been opened, but they say it is for Vista 7 so I don't know if that would work on my Windows 10.  I'm not comfortable doing things with my computer until I ask someone first.  I may make things worse, I'm just not real computer savvy.  The Word 2007 was put on this computer by someone who has moved away with his disk, so can't ask to borrow it again.  Thanks in advance for any advice!

You said:
Quote

I have a very old Corel Word program on here from 1998, but when I try to pull up things I have typed before (like my sister's resume), it won't bring them up.
Please give more detail. If the document was saved in the Word Perfect format, it should still be readable by Corel Word Perfect.

EDIT: Do not try free version of any Microsoft PRODUCT. The only really free Office Suites are either Apache or Libre Office. Both can import from other formats. Try this:
http://www.libreoffice.org/

Reference:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LibreOfficeRegardless of what Geek-9pm says, there really is a free, no catch, version of MS Word.  SINCE you say you don't use your word processing software much, why not use the free on-line MS Word here: https://office.live.com/start/Word.aspx?omkt=en-US

The only real downside is that you need to have an internet connection to use it.

I stand corrected.  Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 09, 2017, 05:31:49 PM
The only really free Office Suites are either Apache or Libre Office.
They are not the only ones.  I've been using WPS Office for a year or so on a PC I have running Windows 10.  Quote from: Geek-9pm on January 09, 2017, 07:16:02 PM
I stand corrected. 
Gotta be careful with those "absolute" answers!    Quote from: strollin on January 10, 2017, 08:47:42 AM
Gotta be careful with those "absolute" answers!   

Absolutely!!!I'd love to see a link for the Free Word DLoad myself...Google:
get MS word free
....  Why ? ?Findthe Fre Word link...
Find:
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/can-get-microsoft-word-free/
Or:
https://products.office.com/en-us/office-online/documents-spreadsheets-presentations-office-online
You Tub:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jKa03L9lMU
Link #1...It;s not Office ...and the 2 instances of Office are A) the online ver,,,,,Duhhh...and B) A trial ver. that expires.

Link #2...again just the online ver...

Link #3...again a uTube ver. on how to use the online ver...

Now why did you want me to waste my time again ? ?
Patio, can I get you a virtual beer?

 Thanx...You guys are crazy FUNNY!
846.

Solve : DX Question?

Answer»

I bought an old Dell Optiplex 360 computer with a 2.93 GHz Core 2 Duo cpu and win7pro64 to use until I get my GAMING computer built.  It had no graphics card so I am thinking I'll use this one.  EVGA GeForce 210 DirectX 10.1 01G-P3-1313-KR 1GB 64-Bit DDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready Low Profile Ready Video Card  This computer has DX11 but the graphics card uses DX10.1  How do I go about changing over to DX10.1?  Will it replace DX11 if i download it?
ThxDirect X 10.1 is the maximum supported for this video card according to nVidia. Additionally this video card is weak. It wont hold up well to most modern games and will likely lag unless you reduce the graphics settings. I got one of these cards for free and I wasnt impressed with it at all, the older GeForce 9800GT works so much better than the newer Geforce 210. Additionally even the GT 430 I had was also weaker than the 9800 GT and the GT 430 is a DirectX 11 card. So I stuck it out with the older 9800GT in the one system of mine because the 9800 GT is better than low cost somewhat modern cards.

Just realized looking back that I misread your help REQUEST. I thought you wanted DX11 vs DX 10.1

The games themselves if they require an older DX then usually the games will invoke a call for older. For example on my one computer that I play older games on, the games came with DirectX 9 bundled with them and  they are either using the 9 that came with them or the DirectX 10 . I have yet to have any games that dont play with a newer version of DirectX. Although 20 year old games like Diablo and Carmageddon have problems with newer video cards causing a screen with rainbow acid trip colors when played on new systems. http://www.diablofans.com/forums/diablo-iii-misc-forums/diablo-legacy-forums/diablo-i-hellfire/70388-colors-for-diablo-are-messed-upThanks for that info Dave, since I have the medium tower optiplex 360 that card should fit ok.  The only hurdle I would have after that would be to find a 450 - 550w psu it requires that will fit my case.  Are there any out there you know of?  Oh, and also this mb only has 2 ram slots and is limited to 4gb of ram, would that change ANYTHING?That Geforce 210 should work fine on a 300 watt power supply or better. System I am on now has only 2 RAM slots and maxes out at 4GB. With the Core 2 Duo CPU the types of games you would be running should fall into the 4GB being plenty of RAM. Multitasking would eat up RAM so just limit what you have running at the same TIME which woudl also make for games to run better with CPU not having to juggle too much.So are you saying not to use the 9800GT?If you have a 9800 GT that would run better than the Geforce 210. Sorry it took a couple days to get back to you. Was going through a deeper search of active threads here and found yours to respond to.

Also to note, performance also depends on what your going to be running for games. Some games will run fine on a Core 2 Duo and a 9800 GT while others may require you to set the graphics settings lower to be able to play games with an acceptable frame rate.I want ot know where this "9800GT" comes from...The OP never mentioned it... Quote

« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2017, 10:59:49 PM »

    Quote

So are you saying not to use the 9800GT?

Was thinking same thing when this question was slipped in on Feb 7th, but maybe they have one of these kicking around since it was a fairly common card. The 9800 GT would be better than the 210 if they have one. But it all comes down to what games they are going to be playing. Could be a game they want to play that doesnt work well with either card.
847.

Solve : Advice: Having a Windows 7 OS in the Cloud?

Answer»

Hi Everyone!

Hopefully this is the right place for this question. I'm an experienced PC user but only now I'm starting to wrap my head around Cloud SERVICES and solutions.

I work as a Mechanical Engineer, and I rely on a lot of high-end engineering applications to perform my work. These applications also require a lot of resources, like fast processors and big chunks of data.

What I'm looking for now is a solution that allows me to my whole Windows 7 OS as it is (installed apps, current settings, current data) through the internet. Meaning, if my computer eventually breaks down or was lost or stolen, I'm able to access my OS immediately through a Cloud / VPS service / Virtual Machine, and can carry on the work like nothing happened.

Are there solutions like this, and if yes, what would you recommend? And most importantly, are these solutions safe?

Thank you!
Quote from: symba06 on October 23, 2016, 09:34:07 AM

What I'm looking for now is a solution that allows me to my whole Windows 7 OS as it is (installed apps, current settings, current data) through the internet.
Looks like you left a word out of your sentence at "... allows me to my whole ...". 

Numerous options for cloud file STORAGE are available, some free and some fee-based.  I'm using Microsoft's OneDrive as a location for some of my files so that I can access them from any computer connected to the internet, including my Android tablet.  For more info, this PC Mag article MIGHT be HELPFUL: What Is Cloud Computing?  Some of the cloud storage services feature synchronizing files between your computer(s) and your cloud storage.

If you want to remotely control your computer, I think you need to consider using services such as GoToMyPC and TeamViewer.  Article: 5 ways to access and control your PC remotely
Hi soybean,

Thanks for your answer. Yes, I meant "allows me to have my whole Windows 7 OS as it is through the internet.

I understand that there are cloud based solutions for file storage. However, I looking for a Virtual Desktop alternative, where my whole operative system would be in the cloud. Quote from: symba06 on October 23, 2016, 12:37:12 PM
I looking for a Virtual Desktop alternative, where my whole operative system would be in the cloud.
That option does not exist.  Windows 7 is not designed to run somewhere in the cloud.  The closest you can get is probably Windows Azure, but using Windows 7 Pro or Home in a "cloud" environment VIOLATES the EULA so you can't use them there. Windows 7 Enterprise N, however, is currently available through Azure and would run via the Cloud.

Windows Azure is rather pricey, however.
848.

Solve : FlashPlayerPlugin_22_0_0_209.exe problem?

Answer»

Hello,

When open some web page, they freezed.
I then open Windows TASK Manager and found FlashPlayerPlugin_22_0_0_209.exe was running.
If I stoped the flash by select FlashPlayerPlugin_22_0_0_209.exe and clicked the End Process button in the  Windows Task Manager, the web page can work again. However,

very quickly,  the FlashPlayerPlugin_22_0_0_209.exe will run again and the web page freezed again.
What I can do?

Thanks a lot for your help!What web browser are you USING when this happens?  Have you tried a different browser? Yes, I tried both iexplore and firefox and got the same problem!23.0.0.162 is the latest version.  I suggest you go to http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer.html and get the latest version. Thanks a lot.
Yes, I think you are right, and I will try the new version.Soybean,
I have DOWNLOADED and INSTALLED the new virsion, it is wroking fine.
Thanks a lot!
GLAD to hear that problem is solved. soybean,

After I downloaded and installed the new FlashPlayer version, it was working fine. However, today, when open some webpages, they freezed again.
I then open Windows Task Manager and found no FlashPlayer was running. After quite a long time, the old version FlashPlayerPlugin_22_0_0_209.exe started to run and the webpages started to work!
Is this means some webpages need the old FlashPlayer version while some webpages need the new FlashPlayer version?
What I should do now??i have just been getting a msi U135DX computer and when i try to play games on it it keeps comming up that i have to download shockwave and also a adobe flash player and i have tryed and tryed and i carnt doit can someone plz help me plz Quote from: nawalita on October 23, 2016, 04:23:18 PM

Try to see can be a problem from the browser

HuHH ? ?
849.

Solve : Can not open Windows Defender?

Answer»

Vista HOME Premium
 Windows Defender is turned off. clicking on "Turn on and open Windows Defender"
 the message is Error oX80070564

  Trying to see which PROGRAMS are running when windows starts. Your question was considered elsewhere a few years back.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/protect/forum/protect_defender-protect_start/0x800705b4-window-defender-error-code/39cfc886-bbec-4b48-9503-5a6c59bd1694

Does that work for you?  It did not work because I probably could not follow the directions properly. It starts with "Open Run"
      Do I click on "Start" and type ln  "Services, msn" in search window?

 NOTE for Step 1.  FIRE Wall is on and I have Norton by Symantec but it was never activated.Thats part of the issue...you should only have 1 A/V app installed...Defender and Norton are both A/V apps....decide on 1 and ditch the other.

850.

Solve : How to Turn off/Disable Mcafee Temporarily from System Tray?

Answer»

I have an HP Pavilion laptop with Windows 8.1 .  I want to temporarily turn off/disable Mcafee in the system tray while I install Nero 2015 Classic.  I did not see the options for this, so I searched Google.  The results say "double click the icon, then click Advanced tab".
There is not an Advanced tab on my home screen for Mcafee Antivirus Plus.  The options I have are Navigation, Manage Security, and the status of the various services of the software, such as Virus and Spyware PROTECTION.  I checked Mcafee support site with no better results.  The forum search only here does not work.  How do I turn off/disable it temporarily?

Thanks
Should be under Manage Security...if not try rite cliking the icon and it should have a disable option...First of all,Ido not have the answer. Instead I have questions.
Is there some ISSUE with your current system?
Why would you need to add or change anything?
Have RUM ae a full backup for yur system recently?

If you an not happy with Mcafee Antivirus Plus, you should um-install it completely before changing over to anointer AV. Yo udo not want two AV systems running at the same time.

Here is an article bout how to um-install Mcafee.
http://www.wikihow.com/Uninstall-McAfee-Antivirus-Plus-2012
My suggestion is to makes sure you have a full backup at this point.
If something goes wrong, you can recovery  and get back to where you were.
Thanks for your responses.  The options I have when I click on Manage Security are:

virus and spyware protection - real time scanning is on
web and email protection - firewall is on
data protection
mcafee updates - updates are current
your subscription is active
PC and Home Network Tools
Security Report


I am not having trouble with the software.  I don't want to change anything with it.   I am not unhappy with it.  I do not want to uninstall it.  I want to temporarily disable it while I install software, which is a normal procedure.
What happened with right clik ? ?Here is a wiki that looks like what you want.
The idea is to only disable, but not remove the program for a short time.
http://www.wikihow.com/Disable-McAfee
Quote

McAfee keeps your computer safe from virus infections, but sometimes you may need to disable it in order to install a program, or perform some other advanced task on the computer. You can quickly disable McAfee from its System Tray menu, but what if you need to uninstall it completely? This is where THINGS get a little tricky. See Step 1 below to learn how to disable or uninstall any McAfee product.

Quote
2
Double-click the McAfee icon in the System Tray. This is located in the lower-right corner of the desktop. The icon looks like an "M" in a red shield. If you don't see the icon, click the arrow button at the edge of the System Tray to expand the Tray and display all the icons.
How that is want your want.  Sorry about the right-click.  I checked and the options listed did not indicate anything about exiting or closing the application.

Thanks Geek for the link.  That looks like exactly what to do.  It tells how to turn off scanning without disabling the entire application.  I guess this is semantics.  I consider disabling software (or hardware) and/or removing it from the system tray different than turning features off or on.  That's why I couldn't find the appropriate option the first time.

I actually did install the software before I posted this topic, but certain parts of the installation at the end (which I call advanced automatic) failed with error code 23.  I was able to open the software afterwards and burn a cd, which is all I needed to do for right now, but I do want to complete the installation.  However, it's going to be one week before I try anything more with it, because I will be using it this coming weekend to burn a cd for somebody, and I do not want to disrupt anything by re-installing the software to prove the point about Mcafee AV.

The Nero forum support said the following in this topic http://forum.nero.com/nero_eng/topics/error_code_23
Quote
Generally the error code 23 issue is caused by the installer.  Please try to download the installer again, and check the MD5 checksum and deactivate the Antivirus during the installation process.