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Hello everyone! Another serial mouse question! (I did not want to revive my 1 year old dead thread for this) I'd **love** to use my 1988 Logitech ClearCase serial mouse with... well with any Windows OS other than Windows 3.1 (It seems to work fine). This mouse is actually a …

I have found the following post re this issue does any body have any idea which is correct [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Comdlg32] "NoFileMru"=dword:00000001 2.HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer Value Name: NoRecentDocsMenu Value Type: REG_DWORD Value Data: 0 or 1 0 = Yes, allow recent docs 1 = No, do not allow recent docs Value Name: ClearRecentDocsOnExit Value …

Hi, I have recently been building my own computer for the first time, but I have been having some problems with my monitor. When I turn my computer on everything appears to be working, I can control my fans and I can open/close my disk drive. Unfortunately, when I look …

To be honest Tablet Pen Drives are the best. Even they get wasked with your clothes, they work. My tablet pen drive recently got washed with my clothes and still its working.

Which free anti virus is good for Windows 7?

Hi, hope somebody can help. I have this problem quite often lately.Maybe is because I study php and mySql and practice with examples given in tutorials.I don't know.Also I am selective about installing updates, I don't install updates that I don't need, like updates for Office since I hardly use …

hi guys ....pls i wanted knowing ...if i buy a book on windows server 2008R2 /2012.....and am using windows server 2008.....will ther be any issues

hi frend how cn i give a newly install windowserver 2008 on my pc a root domain name.....so that i could do automatic deployment of printer configuration on group policy an so fourth on my pc

My computer takes very long to shutdown about 8 minutes when i played games. If i didnt play games it is a bit faster but still takes about 6 minutes to shut down. It didnt do this till recently.... My pc specs: CPU: Intel core i7 8 cores at 1.73 …

Hi, A problem Ihave not been able to solve: P.C. is off. move or knock the keyboard and the P.C. boots. now even though the P.C. is off the keyboard light is on. (wife noticed this morning)so I pressed a few keys. P.C. did not start. It's temperatemental, if one …

Hello Daniweb Members, I was hoping someone could give me a break down on server virtualisation, in correspondance to what I am currently running/planning on running. I understand that one of the main reasons for server virtualisation is to save money on physical hardware, reduces space, can act as a …

Is there a way I an compress a file in Linux for Windows? I recently sent a compressed folder to a Windows recipient and I don't think they were able to open the file.

Hello, There is a service that is running in services.msc called Disk Defragmenter with a description "Provide Disk Defragment capabilities." If I look in msconfig under services, it's also listed in there with a check mark in the box. Now if I look in the Event Viewer in Windows Log …

Anyone use this distribution? I have a big big problem with the keyboard -- it misses characters or irradically repeats random characters. I might press a key quickly once and the driver will repeat it 100 or more times. Other times it misses the key altogether.

Hi there, quick question. Say my laptop is connected to a wireless network, and I then decide to plug the wire in, does the wired connection takes over? In other words with both the wireless and the wired cable connected, which one take precedence? thanks

Hey all, I'm having a problem with my Internet Explorer. Every time that I try to use it I simply get, "The Page Cannot Be Displayed"/ "Cannot find server or DNS error". However, despite this my Mozilla Firefox works without any problems. What seems to be the issue at hand? …

Hello, I am working for a family who are not around this week and asked me to call their service provider to get their internet back up. I called their service provider and we got the modem connected directly to the computer so there was internet activity. We did not …

I recently received a new 64-bit laptop and is my first endeavor into 64-bit computing. I installed all my usual packages through yum (I am using fedora 64 bit) and it downloaded all the 64-bit versions of the packages. I went to install an rpm packaged by years ago by …

Hello Community, I was wondering why can't i access my website on both of my computers, but for some reason i can access it on my ps3. I can't even access it from filezilla, i't is like my computers are ignoring my website, and on both computer i get this …

Hi everyone I have uninstalled ubuntu from my laptop but it still appear in the grup what should I do , to get rid of it??

Is it okay to install 2GB ram in one slot and 1GB to other slot (channel a of channel b) of my motherboard? my motherboard is from MSI. model is K8NGM2 Series MS-7207(v1.X) Micro-ATX Mainboard.

I recently purchased a Lenovo Yoga 13 ideapad laptop, it is great but for some odd reason I can't scroll around in the Microsoft Store. It is frozen but I can open the search though... Any ideas?

Hello Daniweb Members, I have just finished setting up a simple DNS Server using BIND9 on Ubuntu, the main reason I did this was that it should theoretically make browsing faster as it doesn't need to send requests to my ISPs servers which are appeoximately 241 miles away... or at …

hello everyone, just wondering: would buying a second identical hard drive and setting up raid 0 on my computer be worth it? Will raid 0 give me a preformance boost? Or should i upgrade my drive from my stock WD10EARS (Western Digital Green) to a Western Digital Black? Specs: Gateway …

Sorry about this post, This is the oldest Windows catagory I found. Anyway , I have installed Windows 3.1 on an old 1.6 GB hard drive I found and it runs fine! But I want to know how to get a sound card to work with Windows 3.1. Here are …

Hello everyone! I have a Dell Latitude Cpi. I know it is old but it run some cool old games i have. unfortunatly, the battery only lasts 1 hour if im lucky. I'm just wondering if there is anyway I can extend the battery life? Windows Me reports that it …

Hello This problem is occuring on my Dell Latitude Cp[I]i[/I] A400XT. I just reinstalled Windows ME to try to resolve the problem however the system monitor reports that the cpu is 36-79% in use all the time (even after 10min of being idle). I asked for help in another thread …

Hello! Just a question, I have a Bell turbo hub but my computer is at the other end of my house so I hardly get 2 bars when I connect to the turbo hub. I can't move the hub because my family's computer has no wireless card. I don't want …

Hello Daniweb, I've been dreaming about server racks recently, and the £800 price tag which goes alongside some of the 19U models. I then found Two Post server racks, which costing about 1/8 of the price is something that I might actually be able to afford! I've been looking at …

I am wondering if anyone knows what is the best and easiest way to convert EDB file into PST file. I tried Exmerge utility but it can't convert my EDB file into Outlook properly anyone recommend best EDB to PST Converter tool? so, please suggest me.....

Hi, I can not print pdf files from my system. I have windows xp sp3. When I did search over internet If I would uninstall adobe reader then I will be able to print pdf files. But my problem is this I dont see any adobe reader software in add …

Just got a 16 GB PNY flash drive from Wal-Mart and formatted it to ext4. Any idea how I could put access security on the drive? I would prefer security to protect against other OSs as well. Thanks.

Hi I have an Antec Easy Sata hotswop hardrive caddy. I have been using it with two hard drives. It seems that I need to restart Windows (version 7 running on a Dell 490 workstation) to get a replaced drive to be recognized. What seems to happen is th name …

Hi.... :S I need some advice from the Exchange Server 2003 experts ! [B]General info :[/B] - windows server 2003 - exchange server 2003 - windows xp pro with office 2003 - 300 users/mailboxes. [B]Problem: [/B] due to a hardware failure a exchange server database crashed. the worst news was... …

I made a website in php4 that I want to swtich over for my database, I'm a linux newb, I just thought I would write a simple sed script to change the username and password used in mysql_connect: #!/bin/bash for f in * do sed 's/mysql_connect('localhost','user1','pass1')/mysql_connect('localhost','user2','pass2')/' <$f >$f done exit …

Hi, I've had a look around the forums but I couldn't find a specific answer to my query. I'm following a worksheet I was given from university. We have just started working on SQL and databases and on the worksheet it uses SQL 2008 Server Management Studio. The version I …

ok my situations is when i turn my pc it goes thru the normal procedure of starting up. all the way till you see the windows xp logo then it just goes away and the monitor is blank (a black screen). i tried the repair and that did not fix …

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone knows "What is validity" in terms of Sharepoint? Thanks

I instaled Adobe reader 10 in my Laptop and the next thing I saw ia that it took over all my desktop icons ,any thing that I click it try to open with Adobe reader and ask me to associate Adobe reader with a programe before it can work, even …

I have just set up a server at a local youth club, im fairly new to networking, although i do know alot considering i only started in july. I have set up ADDS on a windows Server 2008 R1 (vista) machine, i have loaded so far, 5 client PC's to …

Hi.. I have an application developed and deployed using sccm 2007. Now, we are to migrate the entire application to SCCM 2012, leading to some issues with the system database. eg : SMS_R_System in SCCM 2007 becomes VSMS_R_System for SCCM 2012. I need to map other such table changes. Can …

Mobo: Asusrock Z77E-ITX VGA: EVGA Geforce GTX670 FTW (fearing its broken) CPU: Intel i5 2550K PSU: Seasonic SS-560MK Gold Cooling: Antec Kuehler H20/Stock Mem : 2x 4GB Crucial 1.2Volts low profile Hi, This is a lot of text but I am trying to be as detailed as I can. I …

I have user's 4510s laptop that wont boot. According to him the there was a powercut and they shutdown the machine but when they tried to restart it wouldn't boot. Presssing ESC does nothing and even putting Hiren's CD does not boot from the CD. the scenario is similar to …

Hello Daniweb, I have the following setup: * The router (Netgear DG834Gv5) is upstairs and connects to the ADSL, connected to it is a Cat5 going to a PDSL * Downstairs, the PDSL joins and goes to a second router (D-Link G624T) which I've turned into a Wireless bridge (disabling …

Hi All! So, I have a shared windows host with IIS 7 with godaddy, so that I can use MSSQL/TSQL (which, as I understand it, is not available with Linux). However, my server configuration education was with Linux, and focused on the wonderful all encompassing .htaccess file to configure environment …

All the browsers including Chrome, Firefox and IE8 are not working. When I open them, it keeps loading the page but does open the website. Internet Connectivity is there because utorrent is working. I reinstalled chrome but that did't work. I cleaned up the browsers hisotry, also did "ipconfig/renew", "ipconfig/flushdns" …

This is a list of my startup programs. The 2 files circled come up as not found when I boot up and I have to click OK to get the computer to continue the boot. I have unchecked them but the configuration window will come up during the boot process …

the only thing that i can see on my iphone is connect to itunes

Hello Daniweb members, I am having issues when attempting to go to a domain name I own. When I type it in, the page shall load up a login for a 'goahead Web Server' and 'MW3520 Multi WAN Router'. Here is a run down of what I've got setup: * …

Hi, I need to grep lines that contain three words from files in the same directory And next to the greped line I need to have the file that the line came from. Example: The directory is: /var/logs The files in the directory are: XSLog2012.05.14-15.40.48.txt XSLog2012.05.14-15.49.01.txt XSLog2012.05.14-15.57.11.txt XSLog2012.05.14-16.05.07.txt XSLog2012.05.14-16.11.41.txt XSLog2012.05.14-16.18.26.txt …