Date: 09/29/07     Keywords: no keywords

What I want: a script that takes, as a single argument, a MySpace profile, and then sends a friend request to everyone on that profile's friends list.

So if there's another photographer I know with a huge friends list, and most of his "fans" know me, too, I can just automate friending all of them.

Does such a thing exist?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1111802.html

Date: 09/28/07     Keywords: no keywords

I may have asked this question a long time back, but I can no longer find it. I lost the little two computers icon that shows me that I am connected. How do I go about getting that back? Thanks in advance.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1111531.html

Date: 09/26/07     Keywords: no keywords

Here is a program I wrote in C++, but I cant get it to compile and I dont understand why. Even programs I enter from the book wont compile and its irritating. Can anyone look at this code and maybe tell me why it wont pass the compiler? It looks like I got everything in the right place...all the quotes and whatnot. any help and id be sooo grateful




#include

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1111254.html

Date: 09/26/07     Keywords: security

Does anyone know if the full version of Trend Micro's Internet Security has been released yet? The following link has me believing YES, but I don't want to buy it, and then it not be the full version.

https://store.trendmicro.com/store/tmamer/AddItemToRequisition/productID.80562800/quantity.1/pgm.12772100/OfferID.328422609/srcID.TIS16s_RenUpgr_RenewNow_PreExp_TIS14?SN=PGEF-0012-6699-7329-6070;REFCIF0840P120

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1110978.html

Date: 09/25/07     Keywords: no keywords

Okay, I'm pretty much tearing my hair because of this...

Does someone have the (bleeep) drivers for the Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC Network card? Without them my PC keeps restarting itself, and I've searched for them in the Realtek homepage without any luck.

(I use Windows XP, if you wonder)

Thanks in advance! :D

- x-posted to other comms.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1110776.html

Date: 09/25/07     Keywords: security

 I am intrested in getting into the IT security field and was wondering which certifcations I should obtain such as CCNP or maybe the CCSP. And also roughly what the salary would be. 

I will cross-post everywhere! 

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1110402.html

Date: 09/25/07     Keywords: xml

I'm working on making a program that will integrate numerous word docs and information from user input in a Windows Form to generate one new document. I was running into some issues as far as trying to figure out how to integrate static text content (stuff that is consistent in nearly all these final generated reports) into this new user-generated report. Someone suggested using WordML as a way to generate these documents. Just from looking it over it does look quite promising and much easier to integrate than the Office Interop Class, but I'm not quite sure how I would be able to take multiple WML files and then merge them and create these new documents, not to mention that while there are some big chunks of static text, there are also a few dynamic fields, such as date, subject address, etc; and I'm not sure how I integrate all these things into WordML. I have experience with XML and C# (Version 2.0 BTW) but not alot with integrating both in this fashion. Does anyone have any experience or advice with how to deal with this? It would mean a lot to me, as this is a major project (for me) that I'm undertaking but could potentially result in major changes (positive ones) in travel costs and turnaround times. Thanks.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1110047.html

Date: 09/25/07     Keywords: no keywords

For a film, I'm looking for a minute LED which we can fit into a prop collar. (Think RUNNING MAN) Less than 1 inch tall by 4 inch wide.

It must display numbers, for a countdown sequence (HH:MM:SS)

Red numbers, black background. I'm thinking I may buy a cheap clock, etc. and rip it out of the housing....unless someone has some thoughts where I can get something at an electronics store or online ASAP.

Thanks all!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1109913.html

Date: 09/23/07     Keywords: google

Well, I think I need to take the computer away from my boyfriend and his brother... They broke it again.

System: Dell XPS Gen5, approx 2 years old
OS: Windows XP Home Ed

So his younger brother shut down the computer the wrong way because he was to lazy to wait for it to shut down the right way. So I turned it back on (later of course) & this wonderful message greeted me:

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt

C:\windows\system32\config\system

You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup CD-Rom. Select "r" at the first screen to start repair.

So of course I hop on my laptop & Google the hell out of the problem, but nothing I find is working. I really don't want to reformat AGAIN. There's schoolwork & other important files. We could save them last time, but I can't even get into Windows desktop.

I can get into the Recovery Console on the CD, but what to do after that is beyond me. I don't get prompted for select the installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console or a password.

Macrosoft (I know I spelled it wrong) says to type "md tmp". I get "Access is Denied."
Somewhere else said to type "chkdsk"/"chkdsk /p". I get "The volume appears to contain one or more unrecoverable problems."
On another page it said to get into the system restore, but I can't...
Same page said I should make the bad hardrive into a slave on another computer, don't have one I can do that with. *pets her laptop* I wouldn't want that thing anywhere near mine anyway.
One said to skip the Recovery Console, & go into the install & use the repair option there, but there was none...

I can follow directions pretty well, any help would be great.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1109386.html

Date: 09/23/07     Keywords: no keywords

How come I cant see my program results printed anywhere?

For ex:

#include

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1109082.html

Date: 09/21/07     Keywords: spam

I though it was just me, but after the last Thunderbird update, the spam filter went all to hell. It doesn't even screen things with "Viagra" in them, and it doesn't learn - I keep deleting political spam from the same address over and over. Turns out a friend is having the same experience. Anyone know what happened? Or how to fix it?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1108543.html

Date: 09/20/07     Keywords: html

Editing GRUB menu
http://boff.wordpress.com/2007/01/17/editing-bootgrubmenulst-to-change-the-grub-boot-menu/

What to do when GRUB dies
http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/grub.html

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1108367.html

Date: 09/20/07     Keywords: no keywords

Here is the quote I received on a computer that I am THINKING of buying. The computer I have is many many years old. The best I can't get is a wireless, or satellite, connection.

Does this seem like a fair deal or a rip-off?

I hope this is understandable.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

1 Mid Tower-2 Front USB CSL TS001 Blk/Slv 300w

1 DG31PR Intel Core 2 Quad/Duo, 1333/1066/800 MHz FSB,
On-Board NIC 10/100/1000, Video & Intel High Definition
Audio, LGA775 Socket, DDR2 667/800 (4GB max)

1 Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz 1333MHz FSB 4MB L2
Cache LGA775 Processor PN: BX80557E6750

1 Seagate 250GB IDE Hard Drive

2 DDR2 512MB 5300 667mhz

System Price (Sales Tax & Monitor Not Included)

SUB-TOTAL $ 767.00


OPTIONS NOT INCLUDED IN TOTAL
1 Data Transfer Charge-$48.00/per hour and Taxes $ 59.00
He has XP Home to Transfer as well as a DVDRW Drive

TOTAL $826.00

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1108169.html

Date: 09/17/07     Keywords: no keywords

In the overall scheme of things, how fast/slow is a Intel Celeron CPU 1.70 GHz processor? As you can probably tell from a lot of my recent posts, I don't know much about the inner workings of computers.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1107684.html

Date: 09/17/07     Keywords: no keywords

I just took my keyboard apart to clean it. I know where everything goes, but I was wondering if each of the five arrow keys has a particular place it has to go into?

Cross-posted to my regular journal

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1107430.html

Date: 09/15/07     Keywords: no keywords

I'm going to buy a new PC soon (happy me).
Primary objective: PLAY
Secondary objective: Internet.
This is my configuration, any suggestions, what can i change?
Tower: Thermaltake Soprano VX - Black+ 400W PSU VD6400BNS
Cooler: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
Motherboard: Abit AB9 Intel® P965 Socket 775
RAM: OCZ 4Gb Kit DDR2 800MHz PC2-6400 Vista Performance Gold 4GB 5-5-5-16 OCZ2G8004GK
HD: Western Digital 320GB 3.5 7200Rpm 16Mb Buffer SATA II WD3200AAKS
DVD: Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7170 18X Black Bulk
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 2GHz 2Mb BOX
Video: Leadtek nVIDIA GeForce 8800GTS 640MB PCIe
Price is something like 1500$ Anyway, please, don't leave comments like "Buy 8800 GTX Ultra" I'd be happy, but I don't have money.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1107091.html

Date: 09/15/07     Keywords: software, html, linux

Those who have been resisting Linux will have their last excuses removed by the following program:

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Boot-Manager-Disk/Wubi.shtml

Excuses excuses excuses

1. I don't have a CDROM drive / I don't want to burn CDs / I don't HAVE CDs

Wubi downloads and mounts Ubuntu Feisty Fawn 7.04 directly from hard disk. No optical drives required.

2. I don't want to format another partition

Wubi doesn't need another partition. It creates a virtual disk volume inside your Windows partition that's nothing but a FILE.

3. Undoing the Linux is a pain in the ass

Not with Wubi, because the uninstall program undoes the dual boot and removes the boot entry painlessly. It does it from the Vista bootloader too, so it could go back from Vista/Ubuntu OR Vista/XP/Ubuntu tripleboot with equal ease (yes, Wubi is the easiest way to triple boot Vista/XP/Ubuntu that I have ever seen. Note: If triplebooting, do not go directly to Ubuntu on the Vista boot menu after first boot; Go to XP entry, then finish the install from the "Ubuntu" bootloader entry in the XP bootloader)

4. What if I want to reinstall? I'd have to download all over again

Oh no you don't. Tell Wubi to save backup ISO when uninstalling. Reinstallation is as easy as telling the install to install on the same drive letter again.

5. Too much trouble to install on multiple machines on my home network

What kind of dumb excuse is that?? But anyways, I discovered this trick myself- Uninstall, copy the "wubi-save" backup directory created by the uninstall to all the computers you want, and install on all the machines. Wubi does not care about the difference between reinstalled and copied backups.

6. Nvidia cards are fine but my ATI card dies

Okay. You're kind of semi-out of luck. ATI bites. But you can still try using Envy to work around the card http://thedarkmaster.wordpress.com/2007/03/12/install-painlessly-nvidia-or-ati-proprietary-drivers-on-ubuntu-edgy-dapper/

If that doesn't work, try Ubuntu Ultimate Edition (I may have to do that on my new gaming machine because of the @#$% X1900GT locking up the screen before I could do anything in an xwindow): http://ubuntusoftware.info/faq.html

There. No more excuses. If you're on Windows and still haven't tried Linux, hop to it. I used Wubi on my dual-procesor PIII server and it was easy as cake, in some respects even easier than Windows.

What, more?

7. Installing like that would make it work slowly

It didn't "work slowly" on mine. I still watched hi-resolution anime fansub using the included player (after some updating). The funny thing is that had I tried to use windows programs on that machine to play the same file it would stutter badly. The Linux way of handling things is probably more efficient.

8. I can't access files in Windows partition / Windows network from Linux right away

You can. Ubuntu played nice with Windows after Wubi installed it.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1106901.html

Date: 09/15/07     Keywords: no keywords

When you do the START>RUN thing, is there something you can type in to bring up the "MY COMPUTER" folder?

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1106589.html

Date: 09/15/07     Keywords: no keywords

I finally got hold of the encryption key that allows me to access the wireless modem, but now I think I have a configuration problem.

Does anyone want to take a stab at this? I'm sure it's really simple and I'm probably complicating things a whole lot.

Let me know and we'll knock heads.

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1106212.html

Date: 09/13/07     Keywords: spyware

I've got a friend who desperately needs Windows XP reinstalled. Her machine is infested with spyware, and I don't think that running Windows Defender and Ad-Aware is going to cut it. However, she is from Korea and her laptop was purchased in Korea (and has a Korean QWERTY keyboard).

If she buys a copy of Windows XP English, can I still set it up to use the Korean language for the interface and, more importantly, the keyboard? Or am I hosed and need her to buy a copy of Windows XP Korean off the 'net so that everything works correctly?

Thanks!

Source: http://community.livejournal.com/computergeeks/1106017.html