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 | Your profile links to a site about the software in question, so it seems like you are actually the vendor. If that's the case I doubt we will be able fix your product. Have I misunderstood? Please do clarify your connection with the product.  |
| | Whether to pass parameters by reference or value largely depends on the type of data you're passing to a function. Passing by reference is more efficient for complex types. Instead of copying the whole object, you need only pass a reference or pointer to the object, which is typically 32 … |
| | Use a USB to IDE/SATA cable, such as this:  This one supports 2.5 and 3.5 inch IDE drives (PATA), SATA devices, and includes a separate power supply. Once connected it's no more difficult than using a USB thumb drive. For more info try searching the … |
| | Yesterday I deftly managed to submit a post with a broken image. See: [retrieving photos from hard drive](http://www.daniweb.com/hardware-and-software/threads/482573/retrieving-photos-from-hard-drive#post2110926) The image immediately followed the first line but now returns an HTTP 404 error, possibly because I removed it as an attachement. Wasn't immediately aware of the problem because my browser had … |
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| | > Google looked over every file in the sitemap, and discarded those it did not care for. The most likely reason :-) > We cannot schedule the indexing process nor can we tell the exact time period. But you can give search engines a hint by using sitemaps, see: [<changefeq>](http://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html#changefreqdef). … |
 | Have you tried [jQuery](http://jquery.com/)? A quick example to get you started: <!DOCTYPE html> <html> <head> <script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-latest.min.js"></script> <script> $(document).ready(function(){ setTimeout(function(){ $("#img1").fadeOut("slow"); },2000); }); </script> </head> <body> <img id="img1" src="your-image.png"> </body> </html> When the document finishes loading the image (not included) should begin to fade out after a couple of seconds. … |
| | >Suppose [http://www.abc.com](http://www.example.com) and... As a side note it's better to use **www.example.com** or one of the other top level DNS names that have been reserved for this purpose. You can't guarantee what any other domain might point to in the future. |
| | I need to kill a process from the command line: taskkill /f /IM WINWORD.EXE The command works just fine when using an administrator account, but fails for standard user accounts with "Access is denied." Is it possible to grant a standard user rights to kill a specific process? What privilleges … |
| | Take a look in the documentation for [System.Net.Mail](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/System.Net.Mail.MailMessage(v=vs.110).aspx). The MailMessage Class page contains some example code you might find useful. Does this help? |
 | Re: Gray Hat SEO > Grey hat is acutally the combination of both black hat and white hat. It's not like mixing paint you know. SEO methods either violate guidelines or they do not. If you disagree, please feel welcome to prove me wrong. Could you show us an example of a combined technique? |
 | Is the date and time on your system correct? |
| | Re: emulator 8086 >We don't do homework for students. That's not entirely true, is it? Daniweb's [rules](http://www.daniweb.com/community/rules) say: "Do provide evidence of having done some work yourself if posting questions from school or work assignments." So Pinky, if you happen to be stuck on a particular aspect of an assignment, don't be afraid … |
 | Try setting the CSS style to `clear: left` for the DIV elements on lines 1, 11, and the other one not shown in your snippet, i.e. the DIVs that are the immediate ancestors of the image tags. |
 | >-Primary IDE channel no 80 conductor cable installed The primary IDE channel is where older PCs normally expect to find a boot disk. Check the cable between your motherboard and harddisk. Has it been inserted correctly and in the right orientation? Also check that the jumper settings on the boot … |
| | It's usually a good idea to check a distro's [Hardware Compatibility List](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_compatibility_list) before installing Linux to see which devices are supported. Something you may want to do before ordering your laptop. For Ubuntu the information you need is possibly found in their forums. As a general rule though, the more …  |
| | It's possible you may be getting some interference from other devices. Cordless phones for example commonly use 2.4 GHz. > Remember, 5GHz has a shorter range than 2.4GHz, but by also having a shorter wavelength, it will better penetrate things like walls, floors, etc. Surely it's the other way around, … |
 | The load method is asynchronous, is it not? Although it needs time to retrieve serverstats.php, the call itself should return almost immediately. So how long does it take to call lines 5, 6 and 7? I suspect it's just a few milliseconds, and then your blank message displays for the … |
| | Log on as an administrator, take ownership of the file, then change its permissions. Using a command prompt you could try the following: takeown /F myfile.txt icacls myfile.txt /grant Everyone:f Note that permissions on a file or folder can be changed by its owner, regardless of any existing permissions. You'll … |
 | Re: SEO Benefits > Results we get from this are permanent. How can the benefits of SEO be permanent? Search engines periodically change their algorithms. Can you be sure what works today will still provide a benefit six months from now? Take keyword stuffing for example - if you applied that old SEO … |
| | Windows 8 features a new interface and support for touch-screen displays, which might interest a few people, but I see no compelling reason for desktop users to upgrade.  |
 | PDF is not HTML. If you want to display the PDF inside a DIV element you'll probably need to convert it to HTML. Alternatively you might use an IFrame. Let the browser request the resource from your server - you can set headers in the response stream to tell the … |
 | They should be available on python.org. Look for the x86 MSI installers. http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.6/ http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.7.3/ |
| | You might need to take ownership of the file before you can delete it. Log in to a command prompt as administrator and type `takeown /?` to get more help.  |
 | Re: Happy 2014 :) > they really new hold to throw parties! Couldn't wait to open a bottle, eh? Happy New Year everyone! |
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| | The user-agent string contains the information you need. Using JavaScript you can access it through the browser's navigator object, e.g. `navigator.userAgent`. |
| | Check the HTML source and you'll discover Facebook and Twitter links are marked as rel='nofollow'. They are not 'do follow links'. The same is true for DaniWeb. In fact most sites that allow guest posting mark links as 'nofollow' to deter spammers. Links marked as 'nofollow' will not pass page … |
 | Goaway would be a great name for a tour company. What do you think?  |
| | Try removing the battery. I'd normally expect the Vaio to work off mains alone. If it doesn't, this might suggest a problem with your power cable or adapter. Let us know whether it works. When charging batteries that have been completely exhausted it's not unusual for the charging indicator light … |
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 | If you're able to remove the back-links then there's no need to disavow them. The disavow tool is intended to be used as a last resort, when all other efforts have failed. Whether you should remove the links is another matter. Are they having a detrimental affect? This is something … |
| | To access the char using a pointer the pointer must be dereferenced, which is additional work for the processor. The size of a pointer is also larger so might consume more memory, but it depends on how it's laid out in memory. As the char is inside a struct, and …  |
| | Hi Kwesi Have a read of the [GNU Public License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html), just the preamble section. It should give you a general idea of what opensource is about. There are of course other opensource licenses, AGPL, MPL, Apache and MIT. If you're looking to include opensource software in your projects, make sure … |
| | Have you installed the [Windows Azure SDK](http://www.windowsazure.com/en-us/downloads/) for your development environment? Once you have done so you'll find options for creating Azure projects and deploying them from within Visual Studio. Azure provides a variety of ways to host web sites: * Windows Azure Web Sites (WAWS) * Web Roles (Cloud …  |
| | You might be able to disable directory browsing in your web server's configuration. Visitors should then see an HTTP 403 error page instead. Another option would be to redirect requests for the URL to products.html, or some other page. If a web server finds a default web page located in … |
| | > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=1M Simply filling a drive with null characters is insufficient to prevent data from being recovered. The process of sanitizing a disk properly invovles slightly more work. Standards such as HIPAA set out specific requirements for sanitizing hard drives. A typical requirement is to set all … |
 | Hi M, There are a variety of ways you can pass data between pages. Have you considered using cookies, session variables, query strings, or form requests? Could you tell us which methods you have tried. Which methods do not match your requirement and why? You may find Microsoft's [ASP.NET Session … |
 | There's a C implementation in the Adobe PostScript SDK. Have a look on the developer site, under [filters...](http://partners.adobe.com/public/developer/ps/sdk/index_archive.html#fi) |
| | Is that URL correct, or have the NSA squished it already? Doesn't seem to be working.  |
 | Re: javascript+html Hi Shika I'm unsure what you meant by... > ...the division of class should come inside the second division Which class were you referring to? Could you explain further? Looking at your code, there are a couple of problems I can immediately see. On line 29 you're attempting to append … |
| | > In what way could I make the post better or at least look better? It's generally good practice to keep code as short as possible, especially when seeking help. Minimal examples are easier to read and can help others to understand what your code is about. Putting your characters … |
 | Search engines will crawl any public content on your website and possibly index it. A URL doesn't necessarily have to be in your sitemap. As long as the content is linked from another known source, sooner or later it will get discovered. If you wish to restrict indexing of content, … |
| | > ... when i tried to change the permissions i get "access is denied" If you're unable to change permissions as an administrator, you possibly need to **take ownership** of the folder first. Folder properties > Security tab > Advanced > Owner tab > Edit... |
 | You could probably use [cURL](http://curl.haxx.se/) or [wget](http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/) to produce a copy of the site. These utilities are commandline HTTP clients. They'll see what a web browser normally sees, enabling you to capture HTML, JavaScript, stylesheets, and images. Dynamically generated content may also be captured, but any server-side code that generated … |
| | Rubberman! Are you suggesting people aged over 40 don't know about computers? :-o |
| | In case you've missed the news, Google finished rolling out Penguin 2.0 yesterday. They're expecting the algorithm change to have a noticeable affect on 2.3% of US English queries. Further info on Google's Webmaster Central Blog: [Another step to reward high-quality sites](http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.hk/2012/04/another-step-to-reward-high-quality.html) Do we have any winners and losers here? |
| | Someone I don't know was given an encrypted hard disk and a USB stick containing the keys. The hard disk had a glass platter. He was instructed to hide the USB stick somewhere safe, and 'accidentally' drop the hard disk if challenged. The glass platter would break and any data … |
 | Hi Beep Have you checked the EXIF data? The x-resolution and y-resolution fields should match the image. If they don't, Windows Photo Viewer uses these values regardless and displays a squashed image. This sort of problem can apparently occur when a photo is resized or rotated, typically with older image … |
| | The output of grep and other commands can be saved to a file by using a greater-than '>' symbol to redirect the standard output stream. Try something like... grep "some pattern" some-file-to-search.txt > the-results.txt To double space the resulting file, you might want to try 'sed', the steam editor. See …  |
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