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Hello, After giving it about 20 minutes to start up, if it's still spinning, I would try booting off the OS X install disk. First power on the computer, insert the CD, and then shut it down. Power it on after about 30 seconds, while holding down the 'C' key …

Hello, The first line of defense in any computer security is a firewall. Many routers have built-in firewalls, but aren't as configurable as software firewalls. So if you have a gateway computer (a computer that all the data to internet has to pass through), make sure you install firewall software …

[quote=clarinda;258211]I have extra memeory in my Ibook G4. Can I transfer this to my new macBook ??[/quote] Nope. I believe iBooks use SODIMMS or something similar, whereas MacBooks use DDR2. Nowadays, almost every new computer has a different type of RAM (even if it's DDR2, there's subtypes that are incompatible). …

[quote=alyson]I am looking for Mac wisdom on a G3 Beige that I am reinstalling Panther... it has a G4 processor[/quote] Make up your mind! Is it a G3 or a G4? It can't be both. [quote]is Panther just too much for this g3/G4 setup???[/quote] If Panther's been installed before, it …

[quote=darrenw89;255552]you just know a kill-joy some place somewhere is working on it though; they always are. the one i loved was of an american guy trying to get his mate to tow his car out of the snow with his pick-up, forgeting that bumpers arnt classed as part of the …

Here's (in my opinion) some of the best Linux software available: [B] Stuff for your GUI:[/B] [URL]http://www.kde.org/[/URL] Still using Gnome? Need a more powerful environment? Maybe you should try KDE. It's a matter of personal choice, but I prefer it to Gnome. [URL]http://www.kde-look.org/[/URL] Allows you to download skins and anything …

Hi, this never really bothered me before, but now it sort of does. My ADSL connection's IP address is DHCP assigned, and when I first got it, I just plugged it into my Mac, and it worked painlessly, so I never gave it much more thought. But one thing I …

I would suggest installing this... [url]http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/file/information/7339/[/url] before going into the Printer Setup Utility and adding it. (And it [I]does[/I] show up in Bonjour, doesn't it?)

There's also a Firefox extension you can get that will automatically sync your bookmars with del.icou.us (a website that allows you to publicly/privately store your bookmarks): [url]https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1532/[/url]

Well, you must specify what you downloaded. Did you download the source code? (tarballs) Did you download a package? If you downloaded source, the general rule is: 1. Unarchive the tarball 2. In the command prompt, cd to the directory that contains the source code 3. "./configure" 4. "make" 5. …

Ever heard of Google? :p [url]http://themes.blogflux.com/blogger[/url] [url]http://www.blogskins.com/info/70409[/url] If you don't like any of the ones you find on the Internet, I would suggest you become a programmer and write your own. :)

Your battery's probably dead. Get it tested, and/or buy a new one.

[quote=pty] I suggest you look into [URL="http://www.freebsd.org/"]FreeBSD[/URL] (where apple based OSX) and other projects such as Darwin.[/quote] You can (re)compile the Darwin (Mac OS X's kernel). [url]http://kernel.macosforge.org/[/url] has instructions for downloading and compiling it (site is down right now).

[quote=Linuxblazer]Though it played a normal CD very well but when I try to play an mp3 it shows error.[/quote] Well, for one thing, post the error message! It would help a lot. One thing I do have to throw in is that many Linux distros refrain from including the Mp3 …

[quote]can anyone tell me why I would still need to enable WEP or WPA when without the necessary IP addresses a person is unable to access my network?[/quote] Simple. Have you ever tried running ipconfig on the command line? It gives out (at least) the gateway's IP address. Sure, DNS …

I would suggest setting your router up with static DHCP. You enter a MAC address and IP address into the DHCP section of your router config page, and then your computers will always end up with the same IP address.

[quote=TheNNS]The 8G nano costs $249, the 30G iPod costs $249, my question, who in their right minds is going to get the 8G nano?[/quote] You could have also made that argument a few years ago with the iPod and iPod Mini. The full-sized iPod cost just a little bit more …

[quote=coopstock;255543]My framedyn,dll is gone. With out it I can't do a system restore. It also caused my disc drive not to work so I cant reload windows what can I do?[/quote] [url]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319114[/url]

You can test the network connection by pinging. First, enter "ipconfig" in the MS-DOS prompt. It will spit back its IP address. Write this down if you need to, and then go to the other computer, open the MS-DOS prompt, and enter "ping " followed by the IP address of …

Of course, there's always a thin line between bravery and stupidity...

Excuse me for asking... how many reputation points does it take for it to show up on your profile; those green bars that say "Rep power"?

[quote]Cat5 and rj45 are two different types of networking cables.[/quote] Wrong. 8P8C, or more commonly known as RJ45 is a type of connector, which is a little wider than a telephone end, is used on CAT5 cables. (As you can see from the article, there is some confusion about RJ45 …

[quote=cheong_kk;254510]I have the same problem and I have tried to access the link for answer. But the link does not work. Can you help me again?[/quote] Does this work? [URL]http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/linux/RHL-9-Manual/custom-guide/s1-dhcp-configuring-server.html[/URL] If not, try this: [URL]http://www.google.com/search?q=dhcp+configuring+server+redhat[/URL] and click on this first hit. Edit: and WHY do you bump a year-old thread? …

After thinking about this for a while, why don't you turn on Mouse Keys? Plug in a mouse that still works, and enable Mouse Keys. Then, plug in the Mighty Mouse that doesn't work, and then use Mouse Keys to reprogram the mouse. Here is a screen shot of the …

1. Open the command prompt, and enter "ipconfig" 2. Read the IP address of the "default gateway" 3. Enter this IP address into your web browser. 4. Log in, and then look for Wireless Encryption. 5. For the best security, use WPA2, or just regular WPA (both are very good). …

[quote]I wanted to boot up with my Recovery Disc Tring to recover to the Default factory settings.[/quote] Try using a CD titled "Windows XP".

My favorite books have got to be: [LIST] [*][U][I]The Lord Of The Rings[/I][/U] by J.R.R. Tolkien [*][I][U]The Chronicles Of Narnia[/U][/I] by C.S. Lewis [*][I][U]Eragon[/U][/I] by C. Paolini[/LIST]

Just open up a partitioning program, clear the Novell partition and the Master Boot Record if necesary. A good way to do this would be to boot off a [URL="http://www.knoppix.org/"]Linux Live CD[/URL] and use fdisk.

OK, you used Software Update, right? (You can access it from the Apple menu). Click update, and it should update everything that needs updating, including firmware updates. You should check the firmware version. Choose Apple menu -> About this Mac. It should say 10.4.7. Earilier versions will not work. Did …

GMail by far beats all the others in terms of Webmail/POP access, with a 2.7 GB inbox... can't ask much more than that. Google Talk, however, isn't as great. For some reason, I find that buddy icons never transfer (maybe due to the fact that I use Adium). Probably the …

Some other good media players include [URL="http://www.apple.com/itunes/"]iTunes[/URL], [URL="http://www.winamp.com/"]WinAMP[/URL], and [URL="http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html"]MPlayer[/URL].

Get your hardware specs by running lspci, which is included with the [URL="http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/%7Emj/pciutils.shtml"]PCI Utilities[/URL] package. Once you know the exact model, Google to find the right module to install to provide support for the card.

Is cron actually running? It won't do any good to setup the process to run every [I]x[/I] hours, if cron itself isn't. You can check what's currently running by typing "ps -aux" into the command prompt. It might be quite a long list, so you may want to pipe it: …

Have you configured the router yet? You should make sure it's IP address settings are exactly the same as what your ISP gave you, and in some place in the configuration page, it should show you the status of your WAN: If it's got an IP address, sending and recieving, …

[quote=Klitzy;252324]Hi guys. I am a huge gamer but also love macs. Hard to be both and I would love to have a computer that could run high quality games but also be as shiny organized looking as a mac. Anyway, with the new intel core duo processors in the MacBooks …

[quote] Hey. What is this?[/quote] He's posting non-spam in the C/C++ forum to get nice green dots beside his name. :cheesy: It looks like you tried to post an image and it didn't quite work. Try clicking "Attachments" in the Advanced message window. Oh and try to explain the problem …

Open up a new Finder window, choose Applications->Utilities, open "Printer Setup Utility", and then select the printer. Click the "Make Default" button on the toolbar, and everything should be all right.

I've never subscribed to AOL, but I think the free version is great! The [URL="http://music.aol.com/archive/main.adp"]Music Archive[/URL] allows you to watch and listen to thousands of songs and music videos from all the popular artists. Then, there's AIM, which not only gives you a free IM account, also free mail, and …

Hmm... I think Ubuntu server edition would be the easiest, and that would run on your computer. If you want a highly optimized install, use Gentoo or Slackware. Debian would also work. Of all of these, Gentoo Minimal is the hardest to install, with Slackware being hard, but not if …

Wow that's quite the problem, although I do have to admit that you tried [I]very[/I] hard. I may not be able to fix it, but I'll give you some advice. It seems like you've got nothing to lose, so why don't you try the following: 1. Boot from a Windows-recovery …

Have you got any encryption turned on right now? It can often interfere with DHCP/IP addresses. Also other things to try: restarting router, checking config settings (espically DHCP), and changing connection settings.

I'm not familiar with shell scripting (I know I should be), but I [I]am[/I] good with other programming languages. Here's pseudocode for your problem: [CODE] index=0 while mychar != null: mychar = getchar(index, thestring) do parsing here . . . index= index + 1 end while [/CODE] Hope this makes …

Here's one way of approaching your problem (pseduo-code): [code] while !eof { increment fileline while (stillgoing) { increment index read line fileline from file if (compare string to one in database = FALSE) stillgoing = FALSE if (index > 5) insert lines in file } end while } end while …

[QUOTE=taillie]"suspect" that it has done something to my CD players[/QUOTE] Uh... don't you mean just "CD"? I seriously doubt that an IE update could kill your CDs, so that means it's just a matter of figuring out the problem. Make sure your CDs are clean and scratch-free, try booting into …

[quote=linux;247567]but when i click download, in the little IE download box, it says 686MB...[/quote] Doesn't matter... the server was probably acting up.

[quote=bjc3121991;249363]I had Windows Server 2003 because the computer was a gift. My computer then crashed and I wanted to install Windows XP Professional. I have never had problems before while trying to install Windows XP Professional. I have the disk ready I just need to know why it keeps telling …

[quote] Is it necessary to rebuild ALL of the modules each time I want to rebuild the kernel?[/quote] Yep... unless you hack it (which I don't recommend), you must rebuild all modules. The reason this is, is because some modules may have different dependancies, so as soon as the makefile …

To temporarily add a path, use the following syntax: PATH=$PATH:/your/path/here To add it permanantly, you need to edit the .profile file in your home directory, and add your path to the list there (which is also seperated by colons).

Try booting Windows into safe mode. To do this, tap the F8 key as the computer starts up. Then try again. Oh and this has nothing to do with Linux.

This is in the totally wrong forum. Don't worry, a kind mod will move it for you. :) As for your problem, there may be a setting in IE that allows you to save/not save form data (I'm assuming this is an Internet problem; you need to give more information). …