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Hello. By accepting AVG as my central protection unit I let in AVG browser. I don't want this, because it agressively sets itself as my default browser. I don't want to install it from my system, though, I wan't to disable it from running in my environment. Anybody here who …

I recently installed Windows ten in an older Toshiba Satellite P755=S5182 laptop. I have done this installation many times before and thought I had turned off most of the annoyances. I installed drivers and updates and a few programs ie, Chome , Acrobat Reader, etc. When I insert a USB …

Things like maintenance, website background, website title, favicon etc., where would it be best to store them? It would be single array of items. Do I just write it in flat CSV file, flat XML file, or use database for it (sounds pretty stupid to create single-row-table)? (*sorry for mess …

Have the Blackberry Curve 8330 and, through a USB cable, have been able to move data with my windows 7 notebook. Apparently changed something in the settings on the Curve and now when connecting the USB cable windows does not show the device and its folders. Hoping for guidance on …

I have used several methods to save a program's settings in the past. * System Registry * INI files (Encrypted\Plain) * XML file as a resource or external file * XML app.config etc. I'm wondering either: 1. What's your preferred method for saving your program's settings? 2. Is there a …

Hi All, Ive noticed something that maybe prompts discussion: Large social media sites like Facebook have a notificaton settings page, where the user can select what notifications they get emails about and which ones are just displayed when you login to the site. Instead of just unsubscribing or 'the occasional …

after a failed windows 8.1 update, computer will not boot.it saysautomatic repair then it stop and give the options to restore or cancel and restore does nothing, just the windows logo for hours and during this time it just keeps getting hotter and hotter.

I have reset an Acer Laptop running Windows 8 to its original settings and it has brought up German. i need to know how to get it back to English. I DO NOT SPEAK GERMAAAANNNNN!!!!!!!

Running Windows 8.1 Pro Preview (pb part of the problem) and trying to set up Mercury mail server. No matter how I start the config (via XAMP, directly from mercury.exe, as user or as Administrator) the settings are not saved. I exit it using the File\Exit Menu items. I edited …

Greetings, I want to know what is the best practices when setting new database options? which options I should switch them from False to True and vice versa

Hello Community, I was wondering if there is a way to to use the webbrowser to download a file silently without the download file dialog coming up. What i want is to use `Browser.Navigate("Download Path")` and i don't want the file dialog to show up i want it to just …

Hello! I'm creating an app where you can open Settings form and choose the background color, etc. This is how it looks like when one clicks on the color settings button: ColorDialog dlg = new ColorDialog(); dlg.Color = Properties.Settings.Default.bgdColor; if (dlg.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) { Properties.Settings.Default.bgdColor = dlg.Color; Properties.Settings.Default.Save(); bgdColorLBL.BackColor = …

Hi all. I have just setup iis on my windows 7 laptop. Just wondering if there are any settings I should change to make sure it is secure. Currently have the server running, and can access it by static ip from outside networks. Any help is much appreciated. Cheers

I have a web application that needs the identification or some uniqueness of the machine that is calling it. Based on that "id" of the machine the web application will provide information back relevant to that machine. I can certainly call my website with some unique Query params that will …

Hi, Ever had an application that you want to store user specific settings on? e.g. login name or Form background colours, User specifc DSN connections etc. So the next time they run the app the information is there for them? This can be achieved in VB.net with just a few …

I am currently working on a project in VB.net that requires the advanced power settings of the client's system to be set to allow wake up timers for when the system sleeps. Please I have been looking around for the solution. I desperately need it. Thanks in advance.

it is a dell keyboard. it works until i log in. it is a school computer. it stopped working when i opened the stickey keys command (shift x 5) and clicked random things in options to make the keys make random noises when pressed (didnt work btw, i learned this …

I have a masked text box and two text boxes. I would like to save all of these fields so that when the "open" button is clicked the field repopulate.... anybody have any idea on how to do this? If so please help me out. thanks in advance :)

Hi! I have question, is it possible from web page change information in php file? If it is then how? I tryed search google, but nothing. For exemple : I open settings page in my browser and there i have section Background color : <and here have input tag> and …

Hello Members of DaniWeb, I have run into an issue and need help solving it. I know how to go about adding items to My.Settings and I have already created the Specialized String Collection to My.Settings called List but I am having some trouble getting the items and the subitems …

[B][U]Settings to connect a Cisco 7960 handset running SIP firmware to SIPGATE UK[/U][/B] [B][I]Moderators: I actually came on here to post these settings on the blog I used to have on here but which seems to have disappeared, so I'm dropping this in here in the hope these settings will …

I am trying to send data from a contact form to my email adress. IT IS FROM LOCALHOST - THE SITE IS NOT ONLINE. My form looks like this: [CODE] <form name=form1 method=post action=send_contact.php> <p>Emne:</p><input name=subject class=input type=text id=subject size=64> <br /><br /> <p>Forespørgsel:</p><textarea name=detail cols=50 rows=7 id=detail></textarea> <br /><br …

Guys how do I save settings of a form like its background color, fonstyle, sontsize etc. I cannot save them as string or text into my access database.

Hello, I am a begginer in VB.NET programming and would like to know some most likely simple things to help me out on my next project. What I would like to know how to do is; Make my application remember an activation serial Make a user login with a 'New …

Hey everyone, Usually when I create a Java application I will use the built-in Preferences class to save user preferences. I believe this saves user information to the registry on Windows, and to other locations on Linux / Mac OS X. When I need to store a serialised object, I'm …

Hello, I was wondering if there is any way, I can have my Application save its settings upon exit or a save button to save to maybe a CFG File? such as textbox.text info, Checkbox.checked info, etc... If there is could you please help?

Hi all. I am coding a program and I want it to save what the user types in for next load up. So for example... User types 'hello' in texbox1 User closes program. User opens program few days later. User sees in textbox1 it says 'hello' Any ideas how to …

I'm sorry if I'm just missing something here or perhaps it's glaringly obvious to everyone but me... I've been ALL over this site trying to find some way to 'customize' which forums appear within the "My Favorite Forums" (purple bar at the footer of DaniWeb). IMHO it should be the …