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Hello,

Would like to know what is the best way to recover a previously uploaded video or entire Video Album from my own Facebook account/timeline?

Today I get a program/plugin called MassFaces from Internet (who does this) and I would greatly appreciate if you could help me to use it or if you know other easy alternative way to do this.

I need to do this because I deleted by error some of my videos in my mobile phone, so as I have uploaded these videos in my Facebook account, I want to recover it to my computer/phone!

Reference/source: http://www.google.com/search?q=%22MassFaces%22

Kind regards. Thanks in advance.YTD works with Facebook, I also had to recover a video off of FB to have my copy back when my wife accidentally erased the 8GB SDCard. Was able to download with with YTD which is free, however when installing it be CAREFUL not to check the boxes for the toolbars they want to add like yahoo TOOLBAR etc, unless you want the toolbars added.

Thnaks GUYS!You can just uninstall it. I REMOVED it from my wifes computer which is running WINDOWS 7. Windows 8 should be just as easy.

Unless you want to RETAIN it, but not see the message on startup in which it would be http://www.howtogeek.com/162446/how-to-manage-startup-applications-in-windows-8/Thanks!

When i open a NEW message in my INBOX, my laptop immediately sends a reply even though no reply is created or sent. What can I do.What kind of reply does it send, is it the same ONE or a random reply? When did this start, did you install or CHANGE anything before it started happening? Does this happen with every EMAIL you open?

Windows 8
Excel 2010

I need to change FILE extensions on about 2500 items in a Excel worksheet. The extension is .JPG and is CASE sensitive when uploading to a website BUILDER. I need to change all the extensions from JPG to jpg. Choose Find & Select in the Editing group on the Home tab, and then select Replace on the PULLDOWN menu

Then in the dialogue box that comes up put in JPG for find and jpg for replace Fastone Image Viewer
http://www.faststone.org/FSViewerDetail.htm

Hello, I resigned from my employer recently and they let me keep their computer. I worked for a MAJOR Car and Home Insurance company. My login to the network is going to expire soon and I will not be able to use the computer anymore. I need to know how to erase all of the administrator stuff and convert everything to normal personal use before the login expires. Can you help?Desktop or Laptop ? ?
Make and Model # ? ?

Best thing to do with a used PC always is a wipe and clean install...
Depending on the Model it may have a hidden factory RESTORE PARTITION which would cost you nothing to use.Quote from: patio

Depending on the Model it may have a hidden factory restore partition which would cost you nothing to use.

Windows 7 Gold Disk 7.1.2 LTI

Regarding the "How to remove the horizontal line from MS Word" problem.

One Word makes this problem different for many. That word is FOOTER. When the horizontal line is in a footer it is more of a *censored*. But it can be done! Read on.

Having now spent the better part of a day (endless blog SURFING and Google queries) dealing with this problem (in MS Word 2007), I want to point out that a number of people in the replies were suffering the same problem as me - but it was NOT being solved by the solutions posted. As far as I know it has not been answered adequately on ANY of the forums. The problem was a horizontal line being automatically placed in the FOOTER section of the document.

Let me be clear - it is NOT a footnote separator issue.

It IS (ultimately ... ) a border clearing issue BUT, as was noted several times, highlighting the little one could of the line (in my case next to the page number) and then selecting "no borders" did NOT get rid of the line. BUT, it did something odd. In my case it jumped the line DOWN so it appeared BELOW (instead of above) my page number. But the *censored* line was STILL there! At this point I was pretty much ready to give up. Some people have reported that it jumped the line up. It WOULD appear that it jumps the line up and down – the important thing is that the line moves.

BECAUSE - this weird wrinkle turned out to be a blessing, BECAUSE, it meant I could now highlight the page number (now above the line), the dreaded horizontal line, AS WELL as the space BELOW the dreaded line. At this point, selecting the "no borders" option once more – finally deleted the line. FINALLY!!!!!

Repeating this once on another page SAW it disappear on every one of my 365 page footers. Allelujah.

Feel free to post this on your site as an update - it MAY save many others time and PAIN. BTW, I am not a tech or MS Word guru by any means - I just got lucky with trial and error - eventually. I hope it works for others out there.
I had the same problem with this horizontal line. It just appeared out of nowhere, when I was adding borders to a table.
I managed to remove it by selecting a small part of the line and then removing "page borders" (paragraph -> borders and shading -> page border). After doing this the line shortened a bit, and I was able to select and delete it. It was removed from all pages at the same time.
I have Word 2010.He's been gone for about 2 Years now...

Hello all, I am new here.
I got my USB Flash Drive icon to work with this code (saved as autorun.inf in the root directory):

[autorun]
label=Lac Phan
icon=happy.ico

The icon is called "happy" in the root directory. There is also another icon called "spurs" in the root directory.
How could I code it so that it alternates between the two icons as the USB flash Drive icon with each plugin/unplug?

Thank you.You would need to ADD a dismount routine that toggles ( OVERWRITES the root from a sub-directory SOURCE that has a subdirectory in it of 0 and 1 with each folder contailing the config to write to root. )

This is probably way more work than it is worth btw as for the drive is usually DISMOUNTED by using windows to disconnect the thumb drive and just yanking it out will not make this toggle function and could corrupt the drive. So you will need to write a dismount program that dismounts only this device, but before it dismounts it overwrites the root before the disconnect is established. In such a program you would also need to keep a counter file so it knows to toggle between counter value 0 and 1 and so when the counter is at 1 it set it back to 0 for the next cycle and so it remains on 0, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1 alternation etc in which = 0 is to overwrite the root with that info, and = 1 is to overwrite the root with the other info.

*Is this a high school programming project? Just sounds like something that would make for interesting project to show off in a classroom where it OTHERWISE is more work than it is worth.Thanks for replying!

I thought it would be an easy fix where I could understand, but it sounds tough. I guess this wouldn't be able to be do-able (and understandable) in a day, right? And the program is just for my curiosity
Thanks again though.

Someone ELSE's THREAD has appeared instead of mine?Where?

[glb]Flame[/glb]my post was titled "imesh" on computer softwareI have reposted my new topic now and it has come up OK this time. It's just that there are two "imesh" threads now and one of them contains some poor soul's question about something completely different!The forum can be a bit buggy.This is NOTHING wrong with the forum. You know you're RESPONDING to a post from 2005, right?

Greetings - Win 7 home premium 64 bit. Just trying to install open office (DOWNLOADING from Apache open office.org) as I have on other machines in the past. After I save the file and try to install the program, I get an error window "windows cant open this file" it is evidently a .part (partial) file. Doing a web file association search reveals numerous frightening downloads that CLAIM will solve this problem. WHATS up ? Thx.Sorry - After I posted this question I noticed it was STILL downloading in the background. I'm an idiot. Yall have a good one !I have done that also.
SOMETHING new in FF so that it doesn't make it clear the download is still in progress. Very frustrating. Indeed I was using FF. I appreciate the affirmation Geek !

My Outlook 2011 INBOX has become infested by black DOTS. They have appeared alongside every MESSAGE listing, under the 'priority' heading.

I can only think this happened when I TRIED to clear duplicates using a PROGRAM which didn't work.

Any ideas out there?

Hi, thanks for all your replies.

I fixed Mom's email problem right after I posted this.

Hi, thanks for all your replies.

I fixed Mom's email problem right after I posted this.

How ? ?

I am having a morning of *censored* with Microsoft Word. It just keeps crashing whether I'm trying to save something, copy/paste something, or even type something. Ill get the infamous crash box. I went into my event VIEWER and these are the events that I am seeing. Note: I do not see the Bluetooth add in listed at all in my add ins.

Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 9/16/2013 10:34:58 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: MerylsLaptop
Description:
Faulting application WINWORD.EXE, VERSION 14.0.7106.5001, TIME stamp 0x520b3934, faulting module gdiplus.dll_unloaded, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x515ba857, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x740c74b2, process id 0x7f0, application start time 0x01ceb2e7b86317c6.
Event Xml:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">


1000
2
100
0x80000000000000

179950
Application
MerylsLaptop



WINWORD.EXE
14.0.7106.5001
520b3934
gdiplus.dll_unloaded
0.0.0.0
515ba857
c0000005
740c74b2
7f0
01ceb2e7b86317c6




Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 9/16/2013 10:19:05 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: MerylsLaptop
Description:
Faulting application WINWORD.EXE, version 14.0.7106.5001, time stamp 0x520b3934, faulting module gdiplus.dll_unloaded, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x515ba857, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x740c74b2, process id 0x1f18, application start time 0x01ceb2e7435a3315.
Event Xml:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">


1000
2
100
0x80000000000000

179945
Application
MerylsLaptop



WINWORD.EXE
14.0.7106.5001
520b3934
gdiplus.dll_unloaded
0.0.0.0
515ba857
c0000005
740c74b2
1f18
01ceb2e7435a3315





Log Name: Application
Source: Application Error
Date: 9/16/2013 10:15:49 AM
Event ID: 1000
Task Category: (100)
Level: Error
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: MerylsLaptop
Description:
Faulting application WINWORD.EXE, version 14.0.7106.5001, time stamp 0x520b3934, faulting module gdiplus.dll_unloaded, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x515ba857, exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x740c74b2, process id 0x1e8c, application start time 0x01ceb2e5a0c4b199.
Event Xml:
http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">


1000
2
100
0x80000000000000

179940
Application
MerylsLaptop



WINWORD.EXE
14.0.7106.5001
520b3934
gdiplus.dll_unloaded
0.0.0.0
515ba857
c0000005
740c74b2
1e8c
01ceb2e5a0c4b199






Theres about 6 more crashes. Can anyone tell me how to fix this? Thanks so much! Do you have iCloud installed?
Yes I do. I do have an Ipad.Please uninstall iCloud and see if the problem persistsCan I just disable iCloud perhaps? I am a frequent user of it. It's up to you. If you want to see if Word works, please uninstall it.I more or less turned it off so its no longer running, opened up word and am pretty much just doing random typing and saving. No crashing as of it. okI went to copy/paste something in Word and it crashed again. :/ Quote from: Allan on September 16, 2013, 11:51:04 AM

It's up to you. If you want to see if Word works, please uninstall it.

Does anyone know of a good program to use for testing RAM memory? I usually use Memtest86+ but on my current computer the 3.5a version LOCKS up & the latest version crashes on start up. I'm also not FOND of the built in Windows program.

[I do currently have either a faulty stick of RAM or faulty mobo socket so that could be causing instability in the programs]Quote from: Accessless on September 09, 2013, 04:39:04 AM

[I do currently have either a faulty stick of RAM or faulty mobo socket so that could be causing instability in the programs]

calling a program memtest86+ does raise my suspicions a little that it can't cope with that much memory.

It shouldn't be resuming Windows as it's designed to run from a bootable CD...
You're doin something wrong here...

Around the Internet and in Magazines you can find recommended RAM amounts for typical users. You also will find many places proclaiming RAM as the BEST performance for your dollar upgrade. I don't disagree at all, but I want you to understand what RAM actually does, and why it can be such a valuable upgrade. Your computer's RAM (Random Access Memory or simply short term memory) is where your computer stores certain data that it uses frequently so it can be accessed easily and quickly. The capacity of the RAM will effect the computer's speed and performance. Random Access Memory is different from hard drive memory. Hard Drive Memory stores most of your pictures, music, programs, and other data.

Your computer's RAM (Random Access Memory or simply short term memory) is where your computer stores certain data that it uses frequently so it can be accessed easily and quickly. The capacity of the RAM will effect the computer's speed and performance. Random Access Memory is different from hard drive memory. Hard Drive Memory stores most of your pictures, music, programs, and other data. Around the Internet and in Magazines you can find recommended RAM amounts for typical users. You also will find many places proclaiming RAM as the best performance for your dollar upgrade. I don't disagree at all, but I want you to understand what RAM actually does, and why it can be such a valuable upgrade.

I currently run Outlook 2010, I have already set up an email account.

My problem is as follows;

If I open Outlook, and wait till its fully loaded,i.e. its done a full sweep and downloaded any new emails,

if I then try and send ( or even reply back to a new email, the following happens.

I see that the Archives Outbox is bold and has a figure [ 1 ] ( in green ) this stays and stays and stays even if I close Outlook down even if I reboot, it is still there.

If I try and send another one the same thing happens except the figure now changes to [ 2 ]

That was tried at 10:50 yesterday morning and its still there after I booted up this morning

Please help

Regards


Tony


[recovering disk space, attachment deleted by admin]I"m using Outlook 2007 so we have some differences. Anyway, I'm wondering why you are doing current activity (new messages and replies to recent messages) in the Archives area. Do you not have an Outbox under Personal Folders, which is outside of Archives? I'll try and make it clearer for you;

Quote from: scubatony on September 07, 2013, 03:26:26 AM

I currently run Outlook 2010, I have already set up an email account.

If I open Outlook, and wait till its fully loaded,i.e. its done a full sweep and downloaded any new emails, into my inbox where my email account resides( see attachment)
if I then try and send ( or even reply back to a new email, the following happens.

I see that the Archives Outbox is bold and has a figure [ 1 ] ( in green ) this stays and stays and stays even if I close Outlook down even if I reboot, it is still there. See attachment

If I try and send another one the same thing happens except the figure now changes to [ 2 ]

That was tried at 10:50 yesterday morning and its still there after I booted up this morning see attachment

Please help

Regards


Tony

Maybe this will help: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2663435

Maybe this will help: URL edited out as per regs

I have purchased Norton antivirus but the chest not WORKING properly what to do?Uninstall and Reinstall Norton AV might fix this. Then perform DEFINITION updates. If this is the Norton that came with the system new and you have not paid for an extension to the protection through SYMANTEC, then it may have DISABLED protection, however I have only had where Norton's Definition Updates Expire and it continues to run on old definitions and reminds me over and over again to pay to update. I have since uninstalled Norton from all my systems and I run Microsoft Security Essentials which is free from microsoft. Have been using that for over 3 years now with no INFECTIONS and no problems.

Whenever i try to run a complex program or game on my COMPUTER it will freeze then the screen goes black and then it shuts down. When i restart my computer it SAYS that: WARNING! THE CPU HAS BEEN CHANGED. I have no idea why it says this or what has happened

My system information:
Microsoft Windows XP
Professional
Version 2002
Service Pack 3

Computer
Intel(R)
Pentium(R) D CPU 3.40GHz
3.40GHz, 2.00 GB of ram

The File system is NTFS
My hard drive model is ST3250820AS
With 127 GB of ram

My sound card is NVIDIA High Definition Audio
My video card is NVIDIA GEFORCE 8400GS

I currently do not use a anti virus program because i tend to try to remove them manually myself because i don't trust anti viruses too much.

If someone could please help me id be very thankful!

P.S i am not sure this is in the right thread because i have no idea whats causing this problem or what type of problem it is considered
Sounds like a dead/flat CMOS battery to me...
Part # CR2032...available anywhere.
"Bout the size of a dime on the MBoard...remove all power sources when replacing it.Thank you so much i went around and found another CMOS battery put it in and it works like new thank you!Anytime...
Glad it was a simple solution...we love those here.i know right.
It might have also been over heating because when i replaced the battery i noticed it was dusty so i cleaned it out and i saw that the cp fan was litterly caked with dustIt's good to remember to do that regularly...
I do mine APPROX every 3 months...

Hi,

I am copying a current workbook to another NAME using a macro, and I want the macro named Workbook_Open to be copied to the new file, but I cannot get it to work.
Can anyone help?

Thanks,I think some clarification or more precise wording might help in understanding your question.
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I am copying a current workbook to another name using a macro

I want the macro named Workbook_Open to be copied to the new file

I used GMX together with the good old Eudora for sending out mails for years without much trouble. For three days, however, sending out mails doesn't work, the SMTP server sends this message back: 550.5.7.0 Need to authenticate via POP3 first {mp029}

Receiving mail via GMX however works.

What's to be done in ORDER to send out mails again via GMX? Thanks for letting me know your knowledge.Mine works. But if it were to fail it would not be fault of GMX. I went through this before. Let me explain.

Some ISP companies will block all SMTP except for their service. They will tell you it is for everybody's good. Yet they offer no proof that the block was needed.

You can do at least three things.
1) Just resign yourself to use only what they provide.
2) Calling the support and get the details of how to fix this.
3) GO to a service that has more respect for its customer.

Personally, I think this is abusive competition and should be punished. But I don't have the nerve to start a class action suit.
I don't think the WORST such as it's being blocked...
I suggest revisiting your POP 3 and SMTP settings...From what I've seen in other forums, many GMX users have the same trouble. No solution seems to be around.

These users unisono complain about the non-existing customer service of GMX. And: Calling GMX is not a wise idea - they charge like *censored* for their "answers" that make the problem even worse.

If I want to post in http://forum.gmx.com/forum/forums/show/2.page, there is no "new topic" button coming up. GMX is not REPLYING when I report them this faulty behavior... It's a merry-go-round! Could anybody here please tell me at least how to post in the above mentioned forum? Thanks in advance.Personally with all the other Free choices available i'd dump them like a hot potatoe...Quote from: patio on May 31, 2013, 08:33:04 AM

Personally with all the other Free choices available i'd dump them like a hot potatoe...

Sorry to say, but I'm not interested to know what you would do.

Adobe Acrobat X has a nice FEATURE called ACTION Wizard. By using it I can automate the printing of PDF FILES in batch mode. Is it able to automate the printing of PDF files using the free VERSION of Adobe Reader?I'm sure you know you're talking about two very different products. I do not believe Adobe Reader has a feature to automate the printing of PDF files.

By the way, I see that Adobe Reader XI is the latest version of the reader. See http://www.adobe.com/products/reader/features.html for info.

Hello,

I have a database with two columns, column A is date of clinic visit, and column B is patient name. I would LIKE to be able to calculate the average days between clinic visits per patient. Im having lots of trouble figuring this out, I would greatly appreciate if anybody could help.

Sample database:

A B
16-Mar-10 Smith, John
10-Oct-12 Smith, John
22-Dec-12 Smith, John
5-Feb-09 Smithers, Jane
24-Nov-12 Smithers, Jane
5-June-11 Springer, Mary
12-May-13 Stein, Jason

It would like to figure out a way for column C to display days between EXAMS for each patient (IE Smith, John would be 939 days between visit 1 and 2, and 73 days between visit 2 and 3).

Thanks to all,Have you TRIED:
Code: [Select]=A2-A1
=A3-A2
etc.
Quote from: oldun on May 31, 2013, 07:24:25 PM

Have you tried:
Code: [Select]=A2-A1
=A3-A2
etc.

I thought I just had to convert MP3s to WAV and then select create NEW audio cd, but everytime I do (on multiple burning programs it tells me) that there is no R-RW disk in the drive, or that the disk is full (when it's not) I've even tried to erase the disks and I get a message saying 'cannot erase disk, the disk is full'
I'm using all purpose RW disks (at least that's what it says on the case) with 4.7gb space.

Thanks in advance

Edit:Just got another failed message where it says
'operation failed, the current disk format is incompatble'What program(s) is/are you using? if it's Nero or similar then there's no need to convert to wav first but you must use CDR or CDRW. You cannot use DVD media to create an audio CD!Thanks
*censored* i've no cd-rw
All I want to do is COPY them onto my X-Box, I don't suppose there is some way to hook my mp3 PLAYER up to it?
Or any other way to do it?You can write MP3s to a DvD if that's what you're after but you need to make a "Data" disk RATHER than an "Audio" disk. I don't have a clue where the X-Box is concerned but I would imagine that it has the capacity to play MP3 from DvD.

[size=14]The outbox in my OE6 will not empty after sending. It just keeps re-sending (making me so popular with my contacts). I have to MANUALLY delete. Solutions?[/size] [/font]:-/Here's a REFERENCE that might help: The Other E-Mail Threat: File Corruption in Outlook Express. I think I'd start with compacting your OE messages. To do that, go to Tools Options, MAINTENANCE, and CLICK on the button for Clean Up Now.

Outlook calendar shows BOLD for dates where I have no appointments, INSTEAD of non-bold. RUNNING XP Pro, Outlook 2000 SP3 - any IDEAS?

I have Microsoft Office, c/w Word. Today the menu bar has disappeared, I've removed and reloaded, still not there, it's in EXCEL but not word... Without the main tool bar I am extremely frustrated... any one have any ideas? :-?Do you KNOW where to find your "normal.dot" template? If not, do a search for it. Once you've found it, rename it or delete it, then load Word up again. Has the problem gone away?THANKS I tried to find the File Normal.dot but can't find it on the C drive, any idea where I might find it? Reloading the Office package has not been succesful yet (tried 3 times now...)
Did you use the Windows find/search facility? The Normal.dot file will be stored somewhere under your profile, but you'll need to ENSURE that you're looking in hidden files and folders, because the "Application data" folder under your profile is hidden. On WinXP, the folder is usually at (e.g.) C:\Documents and Settings\Rob\Application Data\Microsoft\Templateswell, i finally found the files and deleted them. I repaired/reloaded the software and the problem still exists. I am so confused as to what is causing this? HELP!!! - Well I got it to work... thanks all for the guidance, it took a little more tricks to make it work and I'll share them for the benifit of everyone...
Note - I failed to find the files the first time because I failed to search the hidden fies
I also went to the Microsoft website and uploaded the service pak for XP and any other upgrades and that did not help.
Also adding to the frustration was that even with the normal.dot file deleted off my computer when I tried to open a file on the computer I have networked it still did not work...copying the file from the "good" system also did not work.
THE SOLUTION:
on the Microsoft site - under assistance - I discovered that I could start Word from the run menu and use a "switch" to disable it from starting up with the normal.dot file that was missing the menu bar. So I used a command under the run option of programs/office/winword.exe /a ... the "/a" was the key - this promptedme to open a new file which I did from the Office Software manual using the normal.dot file ... the next step was to save as "template" - I did this and hooray I'm back in business

Well, looks like I'm going to have to bite the bullet and cone up on outlook 2002 and see if it will do it for me from there. Thanks for all the help.I would suggest trying an email campaign website such as this ONE:
http://www.campaigner.com/campaigner.html

If you do mass mailing frequently, it's a very EASY tool to use. You can upload your contact list to your online account

They PROVIDE templates, or you can INSERT your own html. Then you can send out tests to see if your email is working properly. It also has an option to send either PLAIN text if it detects that the email doesn't support html.Thanks, I'll look into it.

Hey, in Office I keep the "Recently Used File" list set to ZERO... Lots of people use these machines, and it doesn't do for folks to be following what other people have been reading/writing/etc.

Is there a way to do that in Acrobat Reader? I'm using v 7.0.7, and I can't find any documentation anywhere that will let me change it... I'm sure there's a regedit hack, but man I don't want to go in blind.

ThanksSo you don't want Acrobat to remember what you recently viewed? Try one of these solutions... (1) Access the Acrobat Help feature or website and find out that way, or (2) See if CCleaner will erase that for you. You download CCleaner at www.download.com ... Good luck

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Try one of these solutions... (1) Access the Acrobat Help feature or website and find out that way...

...and I can't find any documentation anywhere that will let me change it...

Every time I try to run virus scan notebook shuts off. This happened with AOL's Safety and Security Center with built-in McAfee; Norton AV and now with MSN with McAfee. Today I sat at desk to see at what point this occurred and it was during scan of WINDOWS\DRIVER CACHE\i386\driver.cab where it seemed to stop. I had noted this previously when running Norton AV. Geek Squad at Best Buy thought it could be a power supply problem, but this only happens when running anti-virus, spybot, etc. I went as far as formatting HD and reinstalling with original CD and this is still happening. I checked the file (DRIVER CACHE) and the information in there refers to the Atheros WIRELESS NETWORK Adapter installed in the notebook. I went to their website but did not find any information for any driver updating necessary for this component. Has anyone had this problem with their computer and, if so, were you able to fix the problem ( and how)? Any help WOULD be greatly appreciated. Please feel free to email me directly.
Funny thing... My neighbor recently had the exact same issue! His was due to an overheating issue. For some reason, his file in i386 GOT corrupted, and when the computer would hit it with a virus scanner, the computer would restart... What you need to do is find a way to get some air flowing in there... Better than what you have now obviously... It sounds crazy, but, he opened-up his laptop, got his vacume cleaner, put it on reverse mode (PUSHES air out) and put the vacume hose inside the computer to keep the air flowing... This gave him time to then repair the i386 file, and his computer works fine today lol

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I RECENTLY purchased a dell pc, with windows xp as the os. the login screen displays the name helen (who is the previous owner) when i came to put it on the internet it said i needed to be an administrator, going into user accounts there is only 1 account and that is helens, you do not have the option to add an account or anything. booting up in safe mode also only allows you to log in as helen. If you go into computer management in users ect there is another user listed who is an administrtor and also the administrator account, but i am unable to gain access to either of these accounts, does ANYBODY know what else i can try as i have never had this problem before.

many thanks,

JohnI would do a clean install of XP, you never know what Helen has left on that machine. Agreed. Hopefully you got an operating system CD, or you GET to buy one of those too. Check with *censored*-enso obviously no other way around it then other than wiping it i didnt really want to have to do that :-/That's the extra security of XP, assuming that is what you are using.

There goes your evening!

(I don't miss long reinstalls, loading programs, ANTIVIRUS, anti-adware programs, etc. any more as I can do that with Linspire in under 10 minutes. That's right. Blank hard drive to all programs and OS loaded and surfing the net in 10 minutes! Sorry, I just needed to make a plug for it.)John Cutler...... If you go to contol panel /user accounts ...... select change an account .......then high light Helen Computer Administrator ......click on it ...and select change my name .........once thats changed ......now you should be able to change the password and your name will show up whenever you start up windows .

Hope this helps you .

dl65 The problem is that helen is NOT an administrator, there does not seem to be any administrator, i dont want to have to wipe it.Can you get hold of Helen? You will need the mystery password.Yes i can get hold of helen but she has no password on it, when you go into user accounts you have the option to create a password, but as she only a user and not an administrator, it really is of no use. I beleived all administrator accounts could not be deleted, but they are certainly not showing on this computer.Quote

I beleived all administrator accounts could not be deleted

In excel, what is the difference between =number and number (example. =1 and 1) in the formula bar? They seem to be the same.......... :-?I'm pretty SURE = is used if you are doing an arithmatic equation. Addition and what have you.

FlameFlame is right. You can simply enter numbers in cells and that requires no = sign. But, if you want to enter an equation or formula, then, where a number is the first member of the equation or formula, it must be preceded by the = sign. Oh good I was right lol That computer apps class came in handy lol

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Oh good I was right lol That computer apps class came in handy lol

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My cursor is going all over my screen without my doing anything. Can anyone help??? I am running Windows XP and have a microsoft mouse with intelieye. I disconnect the mouse and try using the built in mouse on my Dell 8600 INSPIRON lap TOP and the same thing occurs. ThanksHave you SCANNED for viruses and Spyware? Do you have protection? Do you have a FIREWALL installed? Are you connected to the internet? When did this start? Have you made any changes to the system before this happened?

[glb]Flame[/glb]Yes to all. It seemed to have started right after I installed an internet accellarator. I have since deleted this but it didn't help. Don't know it this has anything to do with it but it won't let me download any updates to my spyware. Always gives the message it has timed out and it has not even been active for a minute. I'll bet that internet accelerator had all kinds of cr*p atrtached. Scan that machine good and learn a lesson.

If it says " click here to make your computer faster, BETTER, etc." go to any other web page immediately and do NOT click on it!

Sounds like you might have picked-up a worm... Well... Your options are a bit limited... Before we talk about them, please tell me which operating system you are using, and also what you are using to protect yourself from viruses and Spyware... What are you using for a firewall? Run scans to see if your protection can help you...

[glb]Flame[/glb]If Internet 'speed' accelerators actually do a good job and come for free, don't you think your provider would have given you a CD full of them to prevent anyone from complaining?

Some people lack Logic.. Where's Mr. Spock when you need him?Just an aside to your situation: I was in a computer class and the instructor had a spy ware program that he used to check on the students to see what they were doing , and he could take over the machines and do whatever. I knew he was looking at me when my cursor suddenly moved to the side of the screen.
Occassionally, my cursor at home does this, and immediately check for spys, bugs and ner-do-wells! I run spy-bot and EZ-Trust AV, plus a firewall, and the stuff still filters thru...I'm looking over your shoulder for some sound avise also.

Hey,
i have reasontly borrowed the game quake 2 from a friend and it has done somthing to directX, i have since learnt that quake was notoriously bad for these sorts of things and computers in general. now some other programs wont REGISTER i have the correct directX.

Computer Specs:
Hyundai digital,
Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz
2.23GHz, 480Mb of RAM

thats about all i can tell you as i have no IDEA about computers! :-?
can i do anything or should i just format my computer? your help WOULD be greatly appreciated!
cheers, lincStart>RUN>dxdiag
What dxdiag is shown?It tells me i have:
directx 9.0c

i noticed that this was search my computer, i just tryed the programs which were causing the problem and they worked, i hope it wasn't a one off that they did,

cheers aye, appreciate it.
linc

Boot to a windows 98 floppy and at the prompt type fdisk and erase all partitions then reboot to same floppy and type format c/ at the prompt.Hi i don't have no back-up disk for any windows
some one else used there's to put windows on mine
So is that going to be a SECOND hard drive in the new COMPUTER? If so, that's an easy fix.No it will be the only one, but its got a different windows set up to the one that the motherboard as and i have no back-up disk for any windows but i do have a cd call drives & utilities version 8.01 which came with the new computerAs mentioned in the other thread you MUST have a legal copy of Windows to install (to make Bill GATES happy). The other CD is just for drivers to get your hardware to function with Windows, once it gets loaded.

Linux is free if you can get a list of your hardware, CPU, RAM, hard drive size, make/model of motherboard, sound card, vieo card, etc. I can advise there.When you have finished building your new computer just set the cdrom as first boot device in bios then boot the computer with your OS disk in the cdrom.
W2k & XP will both format & partition for you.I've try'd that and it didn't work it keeps going to a page that say safe mode
safe mode and blab blab
safe mode and prompt command
windows start normal
don't know whats programed on motherboard
how do i make a back-up for my xpYou are stuck until you get a legal Windows to load. Until then you will always get that message. What you are WANTING to do cannot be done (legally).

Are you saving your changes in bios correctly?
If you set the cdrom to first boot & boot with the OS cd in the cdrom then it should work. No question.
Are you sure?

I accidently deleted a file ( my tax return ) when I was prompted to SAVE or not save. Is there a way of recovering that file?? I have no idea what file extension was USED or what format turbo tax uses...

thanks for your help in advance

Rookhhhmm... Sorry... Not that I know of... Do you ahve GoBack software such as Norton GoBack? Any backups made?

FlameCan you look in the recycle bin for it? The data file ends in .tax

With the frequent reminders to save, you should have a COPY somewhere, although it MAY not be complete.

Lesson learned, HUH?

I am using the group SCHEDULES option on public folders, but am unable to change the VIEW so that I can SEE a month at a time. Does anyone KNOW if this can be done?

i'm TRYING to install the holidays update for my 2002 outlook and when i DOWNLOAD the file and try to install it i GET the error MESSAGE "the expected version of this product was not found on your system."
i'm confused because i definetly have 2002 outlook and it's just not working.
this is the file i'm trying to install... http://support.microsoft.com/kb/910619

i was hoping someone here could help me.Have you installed Office XP Service Pack 3 ? Which OPERATING system are you using anyway? Have you read the installation instructions?

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Have you installed Office XP Service Pack 3 ? Which operating system are you using anyway? Have you read the installation instructions?

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my computer is:
Compaq
win XP home SP2
2.4 ghz celeron
386mb ram
128 mb nvidia FX 5200
CD-ROM that came with comp that i dont use
LG drive that reads and burns everything cds, dvds


i have roxio easy cd&dvd creator 6. a while back it was working fine. then it started not letting me choose to burn on the LG drive in the setup its not one of the options. so i'm like meh and use nero instead.then later when i booted up my computer and clicked my user i got the "blue screen of death":

A problem has been detected and windows has been shut down to prevent damage to your computer
FILE_SYSTEM.....................
Technical Information:
***STOP:0x00000022 (0x000202ef, 0xfe433768, 0xfe4336b0, 0x82ac828

so then i went into safe mode cuz it still wont boot and used system restore to go back to when it was working. then when it booted up again and i got the "your system has recovered from a serious error" so i sent the error report. the microsoft website said that some component of roxio was to blame so i downloaded and installed the update that was supposed to fix this. guess what? it didn't fix it and i got the "blue screen of death" again so then i went into safe mode and uninstalled roxio then i booted up again and it was fine. then later i decided that a reinstall of roxio shud stop it frum doing that so i installed it again. once again, "blue screen of death" so i went into safe mode and uninstalled it again.

so anyone got any suggestions?

oh also i dont think its a virus i hv norton 06 and ad aware and whn i got the "blue screen of death" for the first time i downloaded like 5 trials of diff antivirus progs and scanned and they didnt find anythingI believe there are known issues running both Nero and Roxio on the same computer... at least there were with some older versions.. as I now have them both too... I believe it was Roxio 7 something. Try removing Nero and roxio.. then install roxio first.i can't uninstall nero cause i don't have a CD for it because some ppl at a computer store installed it when they installed windows for mewell.. you could always ask for a copy... since they were so kind to offer it before.. I've never seen any issues between Nero and Roxio but I have seen issues with Roxio and XP or InCD and XP or Roxio and InCD.
Most of issues are cured by disabling the XP CD burning service, uninstalling InCD and ensuring that Roxio is fully patched.oh ya i also have inCD but where did i get it thats odd?well i can't really patch it cus i get the blue screen of death when i rebootInCD is the PACKET writing application for Nero. It's Roxio counterpart is DirectCD, which I believe is now known as Drag2Disk or similar.you might also have a hardware problem, like the cd drive dying, bad ram, corrupt video drivers, or power supply going.uh its not a hardware or driver problem all my drivers and programs r the latest version i keep my comp very neat also it can't be a hardware prob cause it works perfectly with eveything elseQuote

uh its not a hardware or driver problem all my drivers and programs r the latest version i keep my comp very neat also it can't be a hardware prob cause it works perfectly with eveything else

Okay, I have this problem. My ex made this computer for me and he decided to be an idiot and spell my name wrong. So now everytime I use MS-DOS or whenever I view my c:/ drive it says "ARILLE" instead of "ARIELLE" is there any WAY that I can fix this? It's just becoming bothersome more and more every day.Hi Arielle,

What is it you are trying to change? Your account name, computer name or registered owners name?the name of the computer

you know when you open ms-dos and it says the name of your computer after c:/

i want it to say "arielle" instead of "arille"

i tried changing the accout name didn't work, i tried changing it manually by going to "my computer" and click the c-drive and renaming it and it doesn't work

i just want to change it without having to REINSTALL everything again

X_XArielle - please please tell us what OS you are using. You mention MS-DOS so is it safe to assume you are NOT running XP??oh sorry, i meant command prompt, i forgot that there was a difference

but yea im running XPIf your command prompt is logged into the c: drive either you're seeing your default directory or the label on your c: drive. If it's your default directory, use the REN command to change it. Make sure you're at the root level (c:\ when you do). If it's the label on your c: drive, use LABEL command to change it.

You can also use "My Computer" (Windows Explorer) for both these tasks.

Maybe this helps. i tried the REN command but it keeps saying "syntax command incorrect" is there a certain way to input it into the command_prompt?label c:\arielleokay it CHANGED the c:\ in "my computer" to arielle but in command_prompt it stayed the same (arille), why wont it change there?Is there an autoexec.bat file loading somewhere, or autoexec.nt? Search for it.

if present and it says "prompt Arille" anywhere, change it to prompt $P$GIf you want to change the computer name just right click on My Computer> 'right' click properties> click the computer name tab and change the name!Control panel, User Accounts, Pick a Task, Change an Account, username.

Hi All,

I am using MS Outlook 2000 for my email program in Windows XP Home EDITION with all updates. LATELY when I access an email message to VIEW it, the message will automatically MINIMIZE and go to the taskbar. Is there a setting or procedure to stop this so that I don't have to go to the taskbar each time I WANT to read an email message?

Thanks

Mick

Hey, yesterday I reinstalled Windows XP on my drive, and I was givin instructions through the first half of it, But the person that HELPED me isn't going to be AROUND for a few days, but my problem is that, I have no sound, and my Display is large, and I cannot change it.. I hope I didn't seriously screw anything up.You have to load your video and audio drivers. What computer or motherboard make and model?I have a Dell Dimension 2400, but i am not sure on what type of Motherboard I have... P.S. I really suck with computers.Click on this for ALL drivers on your system. Video and audio should be all you need, and it is real easy to install with Dell!

http://support.dell.com/support/downloads/devices.aspx?c=us&l=en&s=gen&SystemID=DIM_PNT_P4_CEL_2400&os=WW1&osl=EN

If you are not sure exactly what components are in there, you can download Everest to see.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4181.htmlActually, for me, Everest will not tell me with motherboard I have. Dell likes to play that game. It may work differently on ANOTHER system HOWEVER.

FlameThey are pretty much the same for the life of the product. You can enter your service tag at the Dell web site and see what was shipped. Belarc will also take you right there. With Dell the motherboard number is not as important as the model number.

Hi I downloaded YPOP



but could not locate the help FILE or the procedure to configure it with
outlook Express.

Can anybody THROW some illumination? shouvik........Quote

but could not locate the help file or the procedure to configure it with
outlook Express.

About a year ago I had a freeware program called Handy Notes. It was great. I could easily access it and could any notes or numbers in order and pull them up very quickly. I had to switch computers and now I can find Handy Notes but I can't seem to get it installed. It there a program out there very similar to it. It was great for phone numbers, SSN's, web site user name and passwords, etc.. I really need a program like this. Any suggestions?

Thanks!Perhaps you should find out why you can't install handy notes.
Why can't you install it? Where do you get it? I'll give it a try for you.Fed, if you want to try it, use this link.... I think it's the right one... http://www.download.com/HandyNotes/3000-2351_4-10123197.html?tag=lst-0-2 ... Flashygram, where did you download your current copy?

[glb]Flame[/glb]I originally got handy notes from HandyNotes.com. I just tried your link. It downloads ok but I can't run it. I always get this same message. Big red circle with black X in middle and it says, "There was a problem loading your notes. The notes file (HandyNotes.xml) might be corrupted. Please refer to he README.TXT file.
Error: Illegal XML character: .
I referred to the section about download problems and tried again but still no luck. I don't understand this. It's too technical for me. I do have automatic updates and as far as I know I have service pk.2 also. Now what?
Thanks! I'd do just about anything to get this program back up & running!Worked for me. Was it uninstalled properly? What else happened when this quit working?I assume it was originally uninstalled properly since it was done by a computer tech that was highly recommended. A little BACKGROUND, my hubby passed away and I returned my son's to him and took over my hubby's PC. he computer tech was supposed to restore hubby's to original or wipe it clean but I don't think the tech actually removed any programs. He then put on the programs that I wanted on there. He made a CD with handy notes & incredimail so he could put it on my hubby's PC which I was now going to use. Neither worked. I had to download IncrediMail again and I have not been able to download handy notes since. The tech told me that my hubby didn't have the disc to wipe everything clean so he had to do it manually. There are some things that still come up under rons documents but they are things I use. Am I totally messed up? I have to leave for about 2 HOURS or so but will be back soon & anxiously await any suggestions you have. Thanks a bunch! So it sounds like there were other problems as well. I wish you had a knowledgable person nearby who could a) Restore things to a working state, and b) save all necessary data, if any when doing that.

There are obviously things wrong with Windows in that system that a good reformat and reinstall could fix.

Well the tech was supposed to be the best in his testing and he didn't even go to school. Apparently my hubby accidently got rid of the disc that was needed to wipe out all his info. and I don't know if any other copies could be obtained. I can't fault the tech. for that. So I guess this means I'm just out of luck for handy notes. I'm not sure what the little spam thingy means that says triple posters will be sent to the sin BIN but if I have asked for too much help, I'm really sorry. Thanks for what you were able to help me with.flashygram.........
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I'm not sure what the little spam thingy means that says triple posters will be sent to the sin bin but if I have asked for too much help, I'm really sorry.

I'm not sure what the little spam thingy means that says triple posters will be sent to the sin bin but if I have asked for too much help, I'm really sorry. Thanks for what you were able to help me with.

I'm using the IF formula in Excel, and I want to make the cell blank if the statement is false. How do I do that?

The formula =IF(logical EXPRESSION, 1, "") doesn't WORK, because if you check to see if the cell is blank using the ISBLANK function, it comes up FALSE (meaning the cell is NOT blank). Go ahead, try it. It doesn't make sense.

So, what do I do? I've tried replacing "" with NULL, BLANK, EMPTY, etc. with no luck. Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks,
JoeQuote

So, what do I do?

If a cell contains "", Excel plots it as a 0 (zero).

Hmmm, interesting. So, any cell that contains a formula can never be blank?

I want it to be blank because I'm plotting the data. If a cell contains "", Excel plots it as a 0 (zero). However, I don't want it to be plotted as a zero, I want it NOT to show up on the plot. Any ideas?

Hmmm, interesting. So, any cell that contains a formula can never be blank?

I want it to be blank because I'm plotting the data. If a cell contains "", Excel plots it as a 0 (zero). However, I don't want it to be plotted as a zero, I want it NOT to show up on the plot. Any ideas?

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If a cell contains "", Excel plots it as a 0 (zero).

That is ONLY because of the way the formatting is set up for that cell. Have you tried my above suggestion?

A *censored* WINDOWS PISSES ME OFF ! THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I WRITE THIS POST ! So:

This could be a solution:
Check the directory C:\Documents and Settings\[Your USERNAME]\Desktop\... and c if the FILES u r, looking 4 r in there. I they r then stupid Windows moved ur System Folder: "Desktop", to another location :EXCLAMATION . To undo this use Tweak XP (I think and Tweak UI and Co. would also do it ) and change the system Folder : "Desktop" back 2 C:\Documents and Settings\[Your Username]\Desktop\... .

I hope this helps, cause' my friend also had the same problem, but he reinstalled Windows before I had a solution 2 the problem.
/meWhen I first had this problem going to my desktop through my computer, C:, documents and settings, user name, desktop. Nothing was there, I did this before RUNNING system restore. After I did the system restore I got the same thing as on the direct desktop i had folders but no files inside them.
Someone else suggested I use Tweak UI but they weren't sure if it would work because I went staight to system restore. Where can I get Tweak UI and how do I run it?



(What the *censored* did I do!!!!!!!!)

Hi everyone,


I recently upgraded my outlook express with outlook 2002. I run my computer and laptop with linkysys wireless router. My FIRST question is how do I go about receiving mail automatically with outlook? When I open outlook now the only way I can see new messages coming in is through the tools send and receive all. Nothing gets to me automatically like with OE. My second question is is there a way to synchronize outlook without a third party software to send and receive the same emails on both machines? I understand while using OE I left my messages on the server which is ok but I'm hoping for something better.

My thanks to all in advance
ChristianRe: first question: Go to Tools, Options, Mail Setup, and check the box for "Send immediately when connected."

I don't know the answer to your second question, but I BELIEVE you may find some pertinent info by opening Outlook Help and searching on "synchronize".For Outlook,
To change, how often it checks for new mail automatic,

Click Tools - Send / Recieve - Send/Recieve Settings (at the bottom of the drop-down list) then click on Define Send/Recieve Groups
Make sure "Schedule an automatic send/receive every _ minute is checked,
click on the up-down to the right of the number to change how often Outlook checks.
If you wish the same email to be available on both accounts, you really need to use IMAP to access your email rather than POP. Check with your ISP whether they PROVIDE an IMAP SERVICE. We can talk you through setting it up.

I am a student in SEE-University (MACEDONIA). There are some computer centers where you can use computers, but the problem is You can not use mIRC to relax some time (because of closen ports)!
So, I wonder is there any software who can find free ports for connecting!If you ar eusing some ELSE's computer and there are RESTRICTIONS you should ABIDE by those. There is a reason for this, and if you don't KNOW ask the Administrator of the system to explain it.

It is not a random occurrence.

Howdy! I went to my control panel to look at the add and REMOVE programs section and noticed that I have TWO VERSIONS installed on my computer of Microsoft Office Professional XP.

today i bought and installed trend micro PC-cillin antivirus. shortly thereafter my computer got really bogged down and everything took a really really really long time to respond. i pulled up the process manager and it showed 100% of the processor being used. it kept using 100% for a few minutes. i even had to do a forced shutdown because nothing was doing anything. then i ran safe mode and tried to uninstall but i couldnt because i was in safe mode. i ran autoruns and DELETED the registry keys for running the program on startup. then i started normal and everything ran fine except i still cant uninstall. it says "it says this action is only valid for products that are surrently installed." i am running xp with a p4 2.66ghz and 768mb ram.Are you using Windows XP? TRY doing a system resatoration to a time before you installed the software.

FlameYep.. a lot of Anti-virus programs want to lock down your HARD drive for safe KEEPING... And if you have more than one Anti-virus program installed they will tend to FIGHT with each other until you disable one of them. But now that you've gotten it disabled at startup you might try the disc again to see if it will uninstall for you. If not, try running ccleaner... it's been mentioned several times in other posts.What process was using the processor slices?thanks guys but i got it.How did you fix the issue?

FlameI also recommend B Safe Online - it's a great antivirus/firewall program, and it doesn't bog down your system either.
http://bsafehome.com/

I don't recommend Pc-chiin, Norton, or Mcafee, for Antivirus issues, but I do recommend B Safe.

I was typing a fairly long LETTER in Outlook when the power went out -- and I think you know the rest of the story.

I don't see any kind of auto save features in OE, but I just thought I'd check if there is any hope of me being able to recover it, or is the letter gone? (I did not save it at all... was just typing away for over 30 mins.)

(And yes, in the future all long letters will now be typed in Word!)

Outlook doesn't auto save, sorry. Outlook DOES auto-save, to the drafts folder. Check there first.That's news to me Rob, do you know where the settings are for it?
ie: Save every 5 mins kind of stuff?I'm sorry - I don't use Outllok Express (ack phht); I imagine that kind of setting if it exists is buried somewhere in the registry. I've never particularly investigated, but in my use of Outlook (which has a very similar auto-save to drafts FEATURE) I get the impression that the draft is continually saved as you go along. So if you crash, the email should be fully intact up to the point where you were when the crash occurred.

That's just my impression though - I've never tested it specifically.Yep, this is one of the DIFFERENCES between OE and Outlook. OE has no auto-save feature. In Outlook, the option to set the auto save feature is in Tools, Options, Preferences, E-mail Options, Advanced E-mail Options.Ok thanks for the infor. I did check the drafts right away after the computer crashed but there was no document there. I guess there MUST be some obscure setting for it somewhere. Oh well, back to typing out the lette again... this time in Word

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Ok thanks for the infor. I did check the drafts right away after the computer crashed but there was no document there. I guess there must be some obscure setting for it somewhere. Oh well, back to typing out the lette again... this time in Word

Ok thanks for the infor. I did check the drafts right away after the computer crashed but there was no document there. I guess there must be some obscure setting for it somewhere. Oh well, back to typing out the lette again... this time in Word

Pants. Yet another reason to ditch O.E.