Posts by happygeek

Just out of interest, Game_1, how do you watch radio again? ;-)

Morning Jason (well it is here in the UK) - hope you do better than Bono and find what you are looking for...

Apologies, but I don't have the time to provider considered answers to that list of questions right now; my own deadlines are calling.

However, I would suggest that you take a look at the following if you haven't already:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server-docs/identity/ad-ds/plan/security-best-practices/best-practices-for-securing-active-directory

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/active-directory-security-10-most-common-issues-rahisuddin-shah

https://adsecurity.org/?p=1684

All the best

James, I apologise for calling you a troll if you are not one. However, your responses so far have tended towards the aggressive when people here are only trying to help you.

For example: "if anyone has the brains to put an answer up" and "Dont answer tech boffin nerds, unless you can tell me" and "What ages are you guys?"

Now that last one may be a genuine question, but in the context of your previous posts it comes across as sarcastic and insulting.

As for not being smart advising you to throw away the 'cheap Chinese drive' I disagree, I think it was the smartest answer given so far. If you want a reliable drive that you don't have to worry about when it comes to the power adapter or frying your laptop, then a cheap, branded, known quantity drive makes far more sense than continuing with the unknown quantity.

If you do want to continue down that road, however, as my previous post shows there have been many answers to your question already...

In answer to your age thing post: I'm a grandfather of 6, father of 8, and have been writing about technology for a living since 1990. Along the way I have picked up (in the UK) a 'Technology Journalist of the Year' award back in 1996 and am the only three times winner of the 'Information Security Journalist of the Year' title and holder of the 'Enigma Award' for a lifetime …

What was your favourite April Fools' Day prank this year?

Here's mine to kick things off. If only it were true...

Google Japan got creative with a bubble wrap keyboard for typing and relieving stress at the same time. More here

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• As to the product, If you have a 9V supply that fits, that one first if it's the lowest voltage.

• No, it won't overstrain the DVD to be exact. It's more likely to blow the interface board.

• Lower voltage, less chance of blowing it to beyond and back.

• If it was mine, I would try with the lower voltage and lower amps to see if that's enough power to drive the drive, if you see what I mean. If it isn't, and you are willing to take the risk, I would then step up to the bigger adapter.

• Seeing as this power adapter was designed for precisely such slim dvd drives then something similar if you have it would be the best choice (Input: 100-240V- 50/60hz 0.45AMax Output: 5v - 2A)

James, if you really want help, then it has been given over and over. If you choose to ignore that, then it's up to you. Have a nice day.

Did you try it James? Any success?

What the Rev said. Lower voltage, less chance of blowing it to beyond and back.

If it was mine, I would try with the lower voltage and lower amps to see if that's enough power to drive the drive, if you see what I mean. If it isn't, and you are willing to take the risk, I would then step up to the bigger adapter.

Hi James

1. You also said "It is cheap Chinese brandless and cannot find specs online or manual and nothing written on the device." And yet you think it is us that are confused?

2. You sure know how to speak to people, all those who have responded so far are volunteers who donate their time here, considering you are the one wanting help.

3. Seeing as I am a nice guy, however, I would imagine that seeing as this power adapter was designed for precisely such slim dvd drives then something similar if you have it would be the best choice (Input: 100-240V- 50/60hz 0.45AMax Output: 5v - 2A)

4. It goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway, whatever you plug into it you do so at your own risk.

5. You are welcome....

Plug them all in and try. If it's that cheap a unit you can always go buy another if you fry it. Alternatively, as plenty of experienced and thoughtful members have already noted, you could just cut your losses and buy a branded drive for not much money anyway. If you haven't been able to work out the power issue, and you have the drive in front of you, then how are we meant to solve it for you with just 'cheap unbranded Chinese crap' to go on?

Well the link that kickstarted this thread is now showing properly, so looks like a job well done. Thanks Dani.

But you did ask why people think it was spam, hence my reply...

Rajan, the original question related specifically to the '100 tools' product/service in the link posted by the question setter. They also said they were using the tools and getting good results, and asked if the tools were any good. A very confusing position to be in. As the person has not come back after posting that, we can assume it was indeed spam: an advert to solicit folk to visit the linked site and nothing more. As such it is of no use in the wider SEO debate...

Luke, did you actually read the question? The OP is already using WordPress, and was asking about the best SEO plugins to use with it...

Thanks.

You still aren't explaining what coding problems you are having, and exactly where you need help. Our members cannot help you if you don't make it clear what your problem is. Just saying 'I am stuck' or 'I need code' isn't going to wash I'm afraid. All our members are volunteers, their time is as precious as yours, the demands upon it as great as yours. In other words, you have to show that you have made some effort with your assignment before they are going to put any efforet into helpign you with it. What they won't do is just hand over finished code, that really doesn't help you progress and develop in the long term...

That's a start, now you have to tell us what it is you need help with - the where you are getting stuck bit.

I have worked with Yoast on a few sites I contribute to, and it certainly helps the content provider to at least get the SEO basics right.

Dani, any news on this?

No problem.

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Good luck, and I hope you find the training camp you are looking for before summer arrives.

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Glad to have been of help, good luck with your ongoing research...

Hi Justin - so your assignment is due in 24 hours, which means you must have lots of code ready to show us.

All you need to do now is post your code, or partial code, along with the precise problems you are facing and I'm sure someone will help you out.

Seriously though, Jeddo, you really do need to be a little more specific in what you are asking. If you want serious answers that is. Currently it's somewhat akin to walking into a bar and shouting 'how can I get rich quick' to be honest.

So, take a deep breath and think about what it is you really want to ask. It may help if you think about what help you expect to get, and 'instructions on making money with my phone' isn't going to cut it...

Go to Music Magpie or similar and sell it.

when you haven't put any effort into it yourself?

Or, indeed, even any effort in asking the question beyond cut and paste/copying of a question someone has asked of him/her...

If I was a teacher I think the report would consist of three simple words: Must. Try. Harder.

What Assert said. I put a link to my website in my sig, I don't force anyone to click on it and I don't post just to try and get those clicks. Would I care if the sig facility was declared illegal by that <irony>very sensible</irony> Trump chap? Nope, not at all. Would make forum moderating a whole heck easier and wouldn't hurt genuine sites with good content either.

Care to share your coding attempts so far, and explain where you are getting stuck? DaniWeb doesn't do your assignment/homework for you, but is happy to help guide you in the right direction if you show at least some effort...

Unfortunately I'm having some problems with my telepathic capabilities. Care to tell us what problems you are having, in enough detail that someone might be able to help you resolve them?

PS. ddanbe - sorry for the upvote and positive rep (why am I apologising) it was meant for Mandy, but you deserve it as well so will not try to fix it :-)

Hi Mandy, have another welcome from me - hope you find what you are looking for.

Thanks for your contributions so far, keep them coming... :-)

They are all over the place, looks very messy and far from helpful when people are trying to help other members.

Looks like a spam post to me, but let's see if there is any follow-up shall we?

OK, which of the dozens and dozens of tools on the page that you link to are you talking about? Or are you asking 'are all these 100 tools helpful?' in which case I think my spam impulse is correct. Especially as you say you are getting good results, so obviously you must think they are helpful so why ask the question?

Sorry jkon, but for someone whose sig states 'rational thinking' I found that posting to be very hard to decipher. Can you try again please? What devices, is this still on mobile? What posting did this happen on? Were you trying to add/remove rep or up/downvote a post?

If you will not tell, as you say in your post, then why should anyone bother trying to answer?

I think that jkon is using a smartphone, where there are only the preview and ? options showing. If I recall correctly it was felt that hardly anyone would be trying to input code on a smartphone, so keeping the editor/screen clutter free was more important.

I'm sure Dani will be along soon if that's not the case.

a reference for using markdown with the editor or a deep and meaningful discussion

Somewhere between the two, methinks... :-)

I'm with Jim on this one. I like the conversational and friendly tone of the document (I didn't write it, before you ask) which gets the information across in a way that will be accessible to everyone. It's not that long, and it is to the point IMHO. Diafol, your grumpy old fart status is confirmed.

@Stephen_21 - are you asking about forums in general, this 'forum' (DaniWeb) or another forum in particular?

What are you tweeting?

How many followers do you have, and what are you doing to increase your follower count?

Let us know how you get on @gurupts

Another convert to Macrium Reflect, I hope. It's really dead simple to get your head around once you get going...

Just about everybody has elaborated on this, as a very quick search on Google would have revealed: https://goo.gl/xki2mb

Maybe you could be a leeeetle less generic with your question? What do you want to achieve for your business using Twitter? Do you already have an account up and tweeting, if so where is it doing well and where less so? What kind of business are we talking about, as some business models will be better suited to using Twitter than others.

OK, the ball is back with you...

Then there's do not post a question with one account, and answer it with another account, both exposing the same sig links of course, eh sinelogix/sinelogix1

To the OP and Pamela: here's the link to more info about Norton Ghost 15 including options to buy. Quite why you couldn't have Googled that I do not know, unless you were expecting a link to some pirated version which would be against the rules here at DaniWeb (both posting it, and asking for it).

http://www.symantec-norton.com/Norton_Ghost_15.0_p115.aspx

Dani? Any news as to what is happening here and how it can be prevented?

Welcome Afif. However, please read our rules especially with regards to spamming if you don't wish to outstay that welcome very quickly my friend. Two of your posts (with content to be found all over the web, and with links to your company) have already been deleted...

Yep, it's a post-post process. And it's badly broken in a way that will prevent folk from following valid links and, as an aside, think the poster of them is a numpty :-)

No it doesn't Jim, the embedded link is displaying as broken here.

There you go, it just happened when I tried to reply here about 30 seconds ago.

I have now put the original URL back into my post and told the member how he can get to it while DaniWeb goes and lies down to recover from the funny turn it is obviously having...