Forum: Windows Software Apr 18th, 2009 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 740 I had the same trouble.
My printer knows it can't print that close to the edge of the paper, so it won't do it.
Telling the printer that the paper is a different size just moves the definition... |
Forum: Windows Software Apr 18th, 2009 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 321 My question is:
Why do you have 50000 files in your "my Documents" folder?
How many of those files are actually in active use and need to be synchronized?
Using My Computer, I created a... |
Forum: Windows Software Apr 18th, 2009 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 803 Those sound like uninstalled files that need the proprietary installer to extract the files and install them. |
Forum: Windows Software Apr 18th, 2009 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 687 They were probably permanently deleted.
I always backed up my outlook files to the backup CD once a week, so if something horrible happened, I had copies.
See if a backup disk was made before... |
Forum: Windows Software Apr 18th, 2009 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 367 I thought something like this was happening, and found out that a website I access for my job was installing software on my computer without my permission. It was a player needed to use the website.... |
Forum: Windows Software Apr 18th, 2009 |
| Replies: 9 Views: 429 Your employer's system administrator probably disabled the preview pane on every employee's computer because it is a security threat.
Phishers have created ways to find out personal, company, and... |
Forum: Windows Software Apr 18th, 2009 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 2,207 This appears to be a way to let someone else create a local version on his own computer to use, rather than locking him into read-only use.
Have you tested to see what happens if the user tries to... |
Forum: Windows Software Mar 24th, 2009 |
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Forum: Windows Software Feb 24th, 2009 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 1,331 You can set Excel to make a selected number of columns from a text file in that form. I just taught students how to do that the other day. |
Forum: Windows Software Feb 22nd, 2009 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 699 Maybe you could install Outlook in a different folder. |
Forum: Windows Software Feb 22nd, 2009 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 1,580 Find the original program's exe file, right click, and select Create Shortcut. It will be created in the same folder. Then drag the shortcut where you want it. Repeat for more shortcuts.
This... |
Forum: Windows Software Feb 22nd, 2009 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 1,331 Adobe Reader has a "Save as text" function.
Then you can use the import function to get the data. |
Forum: Windows Software Feb 18th, 2009 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 1,580 They made a change in Windows that removed the protection from dragging the icons out of the start menu. They used to be protected from change, but they are no longer protected.
It is always safer... |
Forum: Windows Software Feb 17th, 2009 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 699 This is one of the things that really bugs me about most commercial software. When I try to do a simple task, the software does other things "for me" that I didn't want. Examples:
- Office... |
Forum: Windows Software Feb 17th, 2009 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 861 The problem is that a new install of IE has to be taught what to do with a .gif file. |
Forum: Windows Software Feb 17th, 2009 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 1,580 The real problem is usually that someone has dragged the icons to the desktop, then later deleted them. Now they are gone.
Be sure to COPY icons when you put them somewhere, rather than moving... |
Forum: Windows Software Jun 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,784 Your ISP may be either prohibiting attachments, or configured by a setting in your user preferences to prohibit them. |
Forum: Windows Software Jun 14th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 3,201 This is a setting on what to do with read mail. It is under Options in the Tools menu.
It could also be that a spam filter is thinking the emails are spam and taking care of them as such. |
Forum: Windows Software Jun 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 716 It means Microsoft is greedy. It wants to make sure your product is genuine, so you have to register with them.
If you downloaded it from Microsoft, they should have given you the key in some way.... |
Forum: Windows Software Jun 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 4 Views: 1,759 The driver might be compatible, but the software to control and use the camera might not be.
Take it as a rule of thumb that most software that needs real-time operation will not survive a... |
Forum: Windows Software Jun 10th, 2008 |
| Replies: 7 Views: 3,214 This kind of garbage should be banned.
Don't buy software with such protection. |
Forum: Windows Software May 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 459 Are you talking about Excel or Access?
You can add a comment to an Excel cell. |
Forum: Windows Software May 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 725 Any software that removes other software is greedy, and belongs in the trash can. |
Forum: Windows Software May 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,674 This is a setting in the Options dialog box. |
Forum: Windows Software May 31st, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,392 Most real-time software has to be rewritten to work with new versions of operating systems.
What OS is the game specified to run on? |
Forum: Windows Software May 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 504 Did your hard disk get fuller? |
Forum: Windows Software May 20th, 2008 |
| Replies: 13 Views: 2,828 |
Forum: Windows Software May 15th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 477 Do you in fact have a CD burner?
Is the burner program in simulation mode? |
Forum: Windows Software May 9th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 1,101 Unmean yourself to use IE. :icon_biggrin:
Note that there are several settings for different kinds of text. You might have to change a setting for monospace fonts.
It might also be that a font... |
Forum: Windows Software May 9th, 2008 |
| Replies: 5 Views: 1,333 The unformattable medium is CD-R. |
Forum: Windows Software May 9th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 875 They probably stuck something in the file to stop an ipod from copying the whole file. |
Forum: Windows Software May 9th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 1,714 There is only one way Microsoft would have my respect, and that's the day they STOP CHANGING THE OPERATING SYSTEM. |
Forum: Windows Software Apr 28th, 2008 |
| Replies: 1 Views: 434 This is not available in Word.
I would suggest some kind of posting software (like this forum) with no possibility of editing the posts. Then have a trusted person compile the posts into a... |
Forum: Windows Software Apr 22nd, 2008 |
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Forum: Windows Software Apr 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 12 Views: 1,838 Your DVD player for TV won't play any computer files. You have to convert it to video to do it on your TV. |
Forum: Windows Software Apr 12th, 2008 |
| Replies: 2 Views: 609 Since I don't have it, I can't say for sure, but there should be a configuration setting in either the downloader or adobe itself, usually in the Tools, Options, or Edit menus. |
Forum: Windows Software Apr 6th, 2008 |
| Replies: 37 Views: 5,209 It worked once for me. Then they started loading slow again the next time I booted. |
Forum: Windows Software Mar 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 6 Views: 2,412 The trick is to subtract the two stereo channel signals from each other in amounts that null out the vocal..
- The easiest way is to record the surround output of a Dolby Surround decoder without... |
Forum: Windows Software Mar 25th, 2008 |
| Replies: 3 Views: 639 HTML has no transparency function.
Transparency on the Internet is achieved with add-on plugin software. Thus, no possible translation into HTML of a PowerPoint presentation with transparency... |
Forum: Windows Software Mar 21st, 2008 |
| Replies: 8 Views: 1,825 I got it, but I couldn't get it with the Windows sound recorder.
To get it in time for my presentation, I did the quickest thing I could think of: I hooked a stand-alone CD recorder to the audio... |