Forum: Geeks' Lounge  8 Days Ago |
| Replies: 412 Views: 20,627 |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge 8 Days Ago |
| Replies: 412 Views: 20,627 Re: There is an elephant on the loo!
The guy who came up with the idea of the red and green zigzag lines to indicate spelling and grammatical errors n MS Word is a big poker fan, and plays in World Tournaments. |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties 11 Days Ago |
| Replies: 7 Views: 224 Re: Cannot connect to the internet
Hello Po-e!
Is the Vaio running Vista or XP? Whichever it is, there is a network connection icon on the bottom right of the task bar (close to where the digital clock is). Right click it, and it... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge 11 Days Ago |
| Replies: 412 Views: 20,627 Re: There is an elephant on the loo!
Because by asking silly questions you get to the lowest level of a tower of information. I love the low levels. And thank you for your response, because I really have learnt something new today. And... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge 11 Days Ago |
| Replies: 412 Views: 20,627 Re: There is an elephant on the loo!
I would like to meet one.
Then why doesn't everybody react the same way? Any human being I know who is unexpectedly pricked with a sharp pin will jump, and make some sort of noise. Why isn't... |
| Forum: Storage 11 Days Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 252 |
| Forum: Networking Hardware Configuration 11 Days Ago |
| Replies: 4 Views: 229 Re: Managed switches
I have to say I have never used it to monitor traffic per se. But with regards to the interface, uumm, it seems pretty straightforward, but you might need to read the help file once in a while to see... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge 13 Days Ago |
| Replies: 412 Views: 20,627 |
| Forum: Storage 13 Days Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 252 Re: Primary boot disk device 0 not found
Right. Maybe a faulty IDE cable then? I mean that would be an easier problem to solve than having to re-configure the BIOS to see the drives, which I've had to do before *nightmare* |
| Forum: *nix Software 13 Days Ago |
| Replies: 3 Views: 421 |
| Forum: Networking Hardware Configuration 15 Days Ago |
| Replies: 4 Views: 229 Re: Managed switches
Hello mate.
I am a systems administrator myself, and we use Linksys Switches, which work fine. Cisco quality, industry standard, at apparently a fraction of the cost. However I have just checked... |
| Forum: Storage 15 Days Ago |
| Replies: 5 Views: 252 Re: Primary boot disk device 0 not found
Hi bottersbach
Have you checked in the BIOS menu, maybe there's something there that needs changing? Sounds like the board doesn't like not having two HDs anymore... |
| Forum: *nix Software 15 Days Ago |
| Replies: 3 Views: 421 |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 15 Days Ago |
| Replies: 4 Views: 171 Re: Explorer Can't See C: after Malware Attack
Or check out this page (http://windowsxp.mvps.org/driveicon.htm).
Looks more hassle free than letting the software do it for you, but you are still in charge of your PC's destiny so to speak. As... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 15 Days Ago |
| Replies: 4 Views: 171 Re: Explorer Can't See C: after Malware Attack
Hey there. Try this (http://www.reimage.com/). Looks good, although I have to say I haven't used it before and so you use it at your own risk. If you do decide to try it out, do backup all your... |
| Forum: Hardware Swap 15 Days Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 381 Old Laptops for sale
I have two old laptops that I would like to get rid of now, as I have no more use for them.
They're both Compaq Laptops, one is an Armada, the other is an Evo. They are pretty low spec, I'm talking... |
| Forum: Storage 15 Days Ago |
| Replies: 1 Views: 120 Re: Hard drive problem
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't this to do with a setting when you formatted the HD? I mean did you use a utility such as you get with an OS Disk? |
| Forum: Windows Vista 19 Days Ago |
| Replies: 60 Views: 1,722 Re: Does anyone like Windows Vista?
Could a mod please move the post to a proper thread or does she have to do it?
Meanwhile I have never heard of this kind of behaviour, a dodgy Bittorrent client, or a virus? (sometimes the two are... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 22 Days Ago |
| Replies: 17 Views: 774 |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 22 Days Ago |
| Replies: 17 Views: 774 Re: recover deleted profile from xp
But for bigger disasters - MoBo failure, fire, deadly virus, worm, a separate hard drive in the same computer will be as useful as dental floss in a beer-drinking contest. |
| Forum: Windows Vista 22 Days Ago |
| Replies: 60 Views: 1,722 |
| Forum: Windows Vista 29 Days Ago |
| Replies: 60 Views: 1,722 Re: Does anyone like Windows Vista?
Wow locksmith that DOES look good! Shouldn't have put IMG tags aroung the link tho, took me a few more seconds to view the link than normal :-p.
What's ur rig if you don't mind me asking,... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 30 Days Ago |
| Replies: 4 Views: 164 Re: Computer Freezes up
Is it a laptop by any chance? Cos I was just thinking along the lines that the board might be getting quite hot quite quickly, thereby causing it to freeze. I had an old laptop with that sort of... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 30 Days Ago |
| Replies: 17 Views: 774 Re: recover deleted profile from xp
Good shout Chizy, that's been my practice. People don't realise the importance sadly until something goes wrong.
Do you know about application backups though, I mean if your hard drive gets wiped... |
| Forum: Geeks' Lounge 30 Days Ago |
| Replies: 412 Views: 20,627 |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 30 Days Ago |
| Replies: 4 Views: 164 Re: Computer Freezes up
First question, did it freeze before you installed SP 3? Or did you buy it with SP 3 installed? |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 30 Days Ago |
| Replies: 2 Views: 314 Re: My dell computer - into Dos mode
Do you mean that it won't boot up XP? Or that it won't POST at all? I reckon you mean the former. Also do you want to boot into Safe Mode with Command Prompt, or into proper DOS mode? Because Safe... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 30 Days Ago |
| Replies: 3 Views: 101 |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 30 Days Ago |
| Replies: 17 Views: 774 Re: recover deleted profile from xp
I don't believe System Restore can help. Because basically System Restore has to do with system state settings, reg keys, etc, and does not undo user tasks like the creation of deletion of documents.... |
| Forum: Windows Vista 31 Days Ago |
| Replies: 60 Views: 1,722 Re: Does anyone like Windows Vista?
Haha my best is the guy who after being told the game, says "But why is it faster?" I have to be honest, I don't think that Vista is bad in itself as a concept, but what I do know is that my main... |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 31 Days Ago |
| Replies: 3 Views: 101 |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 31 Days Ago |
| Replies: 17 Views: 774 Re: recover deleted profile from xp
I may be wrong, but I don't believe that this is possible mate, depending on how it was deleted. If it was deleted through 'User Accounts' in the Control Panel, and the documents weren't shared or... |
| Forum: Posting Games Jul 17th, 2008 |
| Replies: 409 Views: 26,893 |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 17th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 508 Re: Drives open in new window!
Cheers silver. Interesting effect of some malware, but at all good in the end. It's gd to know that for every trojan developed, there's an 'exe' somewhere that can neutralise its effects. |
| Forum: IT Careers and Business Jul 17th, 2008 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 1,554 |
| Forum: Viruses, Spyware and other Nasties Jul 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 508 Re: Drives open in new window!
Hi silverbomb, and welcome to Daniweb.:-)
Now about your problem, are you saying that you've gone to Tools > Folder Options > 'General' tab > Open each folder in its own window, clicked Apply, then... |
| Forum: Posting Games Jul 9th, 2008 |
| Replies: 409 Views: 26,893 |
| Forum: Windows NT / 2000 / XP / 2003 Jul 7th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 246 Re: google home page
I agree with Oly. I would say along with Laser's suggestion to disable toolbars and add-ons, go to Add/Remove Programs and try to find this "Searchsave" (or the program it came with) and remove it.... |
| Forum: Posting Games Jul 6th, 2008 |
| Replies: 409 Views: 26,893 |
| Forum: Posting Games Jul 1st, 2008 |
| Replies: 409 Views: 26,893 |
