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Just curious. Hehe, I was thinking about this the other day and now I'm wondering what all you fellow coders out there have done. So what's the HARDEST most complicated program you've written? It doesn't have to be efficient, heck, it can all be spaghetti code. The hardest thing I've …

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I NEVER turn my computer off! For if I do it takes 20 restarts (2 hours") to get it going again This is a NEW problem, after many years OK I changed the mouse I changed the keyboard I changed the power supply Always the same - at random, 90% …

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Service Pack 2 (SP2) for Windows XP is a recommended upgrade that fixes many issues (mainly security related). It includes all of the Critical Updates that have been issued since Windows XP was released, which should simplify new installations as well as reinstallations. This thread will help you decide if …

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I have the following problem: 2 years ago I did a Qbasic program which calculated a graphic, show this graphic on the screen and then the graphic is sended to Printer. The statement I used was << SHELL "prtscr.exe" >> where ptrscr.exe y a program which capture the screen and …

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If you want your BASIC progs to go on running on XP you can do any of the following:- (a) Get rid of Windows Wait 2years and CHINA will do this for you The reason Windows is a mess is it was forced to inherit all manner of conflicting protocols …

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I have discovered what Gates did (Nov 2004, his fix called SP2) to stop all applications like QBASIC working. What he did is deleted autoexec.nt Replace it and those DOS programs he sabotaged now work fine again, and it is so easy to do: What you put in it hardly …

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My CD R/W, working for 2 years, suddenly says all discs are blank But the winbdows troubleshooter says "This device is working fine" The disc goes round The laser lights (for 6 secs while searching the disc) And My Computer, drive E, says the disc is empty Please suggest some …

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ON Nov 15 2004 Bill Gates fixed my Windows XP by downloading stuff I tried resetting system to 1 Nov, but this DOES NOT undo the fix (Among other things this fix stopped all my thousands of Basic progs running) Is it time for me to reinstall XP? I have …

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On 15 Nov 2004 Bill Gates downloaded a "fix" to my Win XP (without informing me) From then on XP no longer allowed me to run BASIC I have been writing ALL my progs in BASIC for 30 years so this is catastrophic. Has anyone ideas who to contact who …

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