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I was taking a class this week for A+ OS certification. We got to a section on setting up an e-mail account with outlook. A few people in the class said they never did that, so the instructor has us do a quick walkthrough on it. We used actual pop3 …

I am pretty proficient in C++ and Java. I know that most progrmas could be written in either language. My question for those of you who have been out there for a while, do companies tend to use one programming language for certain types of programs? For example, is C++ …

I'm looking to setup a wireless connection to connect 2 LAN's in 2 seperate buildings to make a single LAN(a church office and a school office). What I need to accomplish is: 1. be able to share files between the 2 offices 2. the church office has a DSL connection, …

I did a fresh install of Fedora 10 on my laptop. I'm trying to get my wireless nic connected and not having much luck. The setup looks correct, has an ip, but can't access anything. I'm not sure what I am missing. 1. lspci command returns: 02:01.0 Network Controller(0280): Intel …

I've looked around the forums and did not find a lot of book reviews, so I figure I'll ask. Generally speaking, what are some good programming books? Any specific authors or series that you would recommend? Now to be more detailed, I know C++ and Java, and am familiar with …

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Heres what I got: Linksys WRT54G router Seimans SPeedstream 4100 ADSL modem SBC DSL ISP Up until earlier this week I had a SS 5360 modem and it worked fine with my Linksys router, never had a problem. Then this week my modem dies. I get sent a new one …

Has anyone else ever seen this happen? My machine has 2 hard drives with several partitions(c,e,f,g,h,i, and d for the cd rom). I booted from the winxp cd, and when it got to the point where it asked which partition I wanted to install Windows on, I noticed the drive …

This is something I am interested in opinions on. First, a little background. At work, the CIO made a discussion blog on the company intranet. He posts a blog, then anyone can reply to it with their thoughts. The CIO or some other high up person will make some replies …

I have an issue with a laptop with cybergatekeeper installed on it. CGK is used to enforce security policy when user connects through vpn. It runs an audit to make sure the laptop is complying with the policy, if it is, vpn connection is allowed. If it fails, vpn connection …

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So I find this site: [URL="http://www.dnscoop.com/"]http://www.dnscoop.com/[/URL] Supposedly calculates the value of a domain. Anyone know the accuracy of it, or is it just one of those "for fun" things? Punch in daniweb and see the number it spits out.

This school office switched from Macs to PC's recently. There were some documents that needed to be transfered to the PC. They saved them with a .txt and then copied them to the PC. For the most part that worked except for one file. It is an evaluation form(the others …

This situation might seem a little odd. Alot of questions deal with trying to get rid of that log on box when accessing a network share, where me, I need it to come back. I got a 15 user workgroup network at a church/school office. All computers are Win 2000/XP …

Here is something that has me stumped. At work I have a workgroup of WinXP PRo computers. 1 XP box is used as a file server in order to centralize file shares. I have 3 users setup where I redirected the my docs to a folder on the server. 2 …

I'm trying to get PHP up and running on my computer. I'm running win xp and trying to install php 4.3.7 and using apache 2 webserver. When I try to load a php file on by web browser I get a blank screen. According to php.net the issues is this: …

For those of you who have had the privledge of dealing with these people, how would you describe their knowledge/ability to do the job? I know by the term, they are not really qualified for the job, but get it anyway because they have the cert. The reason I ask …

I have a Brother HL-1440 laser printer in an office. The toner cartridge was just recently changed, and now the print is lighter with the new toner cartridge than with the old one. Initially the drum light was yellow, I fixed that by reseting the page counter after changing the …

HI, looking for some advice from the mac users here. I recently got a side job supporting computers in a church office. There is also a k-8 school filled with macs that I had nothing to do with until last week. The wants to upgrade it's computers(the macs thye have …

I came across this article recently: [URL=http://www.windowsecurity.com/articles/Disk-Based-Backup.html]Disk Backups[/URL] I've never had to extensive backing up myself. I've never used magnetic tape for storage. The stuff I've had to backup has always been small enough to fit on a Cd/DVD. For those of you who have used different mediums, what do …

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I need a little help connecting to a database in Java. The example in the book I have uses the following: [code] static final String JDBC_DRIVER = "com.ibm.db2j.jdbc.DB2jDriver"; static final String DATABASE_URL = "jdbc:db2j:books"; [/code] It goes on to use it: [code] System.setProperty("db2j.system.home", "C:/mysql"); Class.forName(JDBC_DRIVER); connect = DriverManager.getConnection(DATABASE_URL); [/code] First …

I'm looking to get a new laptop. Is the centrino chip the way to go even if I do not need extensive mobility?

I have a BS in Computer Engineering Technology(hardware/software mix) I got more interested in the programming than the hardware. So now I am looking for an entry level programming job but it does not seem like they exsist. My question is am I going about this the wrong way? Do …