Date: 08/08/05     Keywords: browser

see i dont know what happened
this weekend i was playing World Of Warcraft and
there started a pretty bad storm outside...

now i just kept playing because i am
a huge nerd...
well i just kept playing and in less than a minute
the storm knocked out my power so i shut down...

when i started back up my connections were all messed up so i..

1: Unplugged/ Replugged all connections to modem
2: Repaired the connection
3: Reset the router
4: Restarted...

now my problem is this,
i can go on World Of Warcraft, AIM, and my torrent program
so i obviously have an internet connection there
but my browsers will not work...

i have Firefox and IE (which i never use)
but neither will load a page...

if anyone here knows why this is and how i can fix it it
would be greatly appreciated because
im completely baffled to why this is happening..

Thanks in advance

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/744523.html

Date: 08/08/05     Keywords: software

Does anyone know of any free (as in beer, preferably as in speech (i.e. Open Source) as well) software to handle time sheeting in a multi project/case environment? Basically what we need is something that will allow people to set up tasks and then log time against it so we can extract reports.

Thanks.

Edit to add

I thought I'd better give a more detailed description of what we're looking for.

It for a trade union office where we have a number of shopstewards (over 100) who work on cases on behalf of members. Cases broadly divide into Representations (representing members individually in displinary procedures, grievence procedures &c or assisting another steward in such tasks), Consultations (not representing any particular member but negotiating on behalf of the members as a group or a subset (e.g. everyone in a particular department) with management) or Administration (internal meetings, training &c). Each case involves a number of tasks such as meetings, preparing documents, training sessions &c. What we're looking for is somethng that will allow each steward to record their time against tasks in different cases so that we can report on how much time a particular steward has spent on union tasks, how much time as been spent on particular sorts of cases (e.g. grievences relating to racial harrassment, consultations on departmental restructuring &c) and whatever else we need to know about so that we can ensure that our time is being used effectively.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/744437.html

Date: 08/07/05     Keywords: no keywords

I tried to open some old files of mine but I got an error that reads:

Can not load Word For Windows 6.0 files

Any idea what I can do to fix this?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/743758.html

Date: 08/06/05     Keywords: no keywords

I am having problems with the FEAR demo. The text shows up all garbled. :( I figure its likely my vid card as I haven't upgraded in a while. I have a Gefore 4. Any suggestions as to settings?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/743195.html

Date: 08/06/05     Keywords: database

On registering - personal - domains & providing the info for the Whois databases...
It seems requirements for up-to-date, accurate contact info can make some people apprehensive.

What're some of the practices y'all use?
E.g. just the correct home address/tel, Whois guard services, incorporation, nonsense/incorrect info (riskier) etc.
Thanks.

geeks

ubergeeks

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/743031.html

Date: 08/05/05     Keywords: browser

I'm thinking about switching over to Thunderbird from Outlook Express since I already have Firefox as my default browser. Is that a good thing to do or does it not matter which one I use? Thanks in advance.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/742873.html

Date: 08/05/05     Keywords: web, linux, hosting, google

So i'm in the market for getting VPS web hosting. I've found westhost, which seems to have a great deal going on. Have any of you heard of them, used them, or have horror stories about them? I've googled a bit for information about them, but as always, first-hand experience is more reliable.

Any other VPS recommendations if you have it would be great.

xposted to geeks and linux

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/742459.html

Date: 08/04/05     Keywords: asp

I just started a community for those interested in classic Active Server Pages. Check it out. Feel free to join or pass the link around to others. classicasp

Thanks.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/742267.html

Date: 08/04/05     Keywords: linux

I have a client with Red Hat Linux 8.0 as a file server; here are my questions:

1. I need a program that will sync the time with a time server on the internet.

2. Is there a native program that Linux uses for tape backups? If so, what is it?

Thanks

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/741690.html

Date: 08/02/05     Keywords: no keywords

I have an external hard drive with quite a considerable amount of memory that is encrypted with Windows XP EFS Encryption. The original OS that it was encrypted under has been completely formatted. Therefore, I am now left with a bunch of unusable encrypted files on this external drive. The files are important to me, but as I being a college student don't have the sufficient funds to take it to a data mining company.

My question is: How, if at all possible, can I try to decrypt these files. I do not have the original OS on the computer, but I do still have the computer that the files were encrypted on. My research across the net comes up with programs that can dig for EFS Encryption Keys on the OS, but these don't generally work because they don't exist anymore. What I'm assuming, is that there is a way to decrypt the files with a program although it may be tedious and time consuming. I currently have two computers both about 1.5 Ghz and 512 DDR Ram.

Any relevant information would be greatly appreciated.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/741344.html

Date: 08/02/05     Keywords: no keywords

can anybody spare an invite to oink?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/741039.html

Date: 08/02/05     Keywords: no keywords

Folks,

I recently started getting the odd error:

dma_intr: error = 0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC}
dma_intr: status=0x51 {DriveReadySeekComplete Error}

I did some googling and descovered that this is most likely either a) my disk about to crash, b) my motherboard about to fry, c) my controller not entirely supported.

The latter two seem most likely since it occured on both drives.

I have since recompiled the kernel to exclude the udma driver and the problem seems to have stopped occuring. What I would like to know however is if these errors will have resulted in data loss or if the driver would have attempted to write the data again.

This is particularly important since the machine has been running for about a day with this kernel and I only noticed this when attempting to diagnose another problem...

Thoughts?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/740609.html

Date: 08/01/05     Keywords: no keywords

For whatever reason, my pc froze and I had to restart it. Now ALL of my bookmarks in firefox are gone, and the "bookmark tooblar folder" which I renamed to "links" was restored. Oh why? It took so long to compile those bookmarks ;_;

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/740538.html

Date: 07/31/05     Keywords: ebay

http://cgi.ebay.com/HOW-THE-HELL-DO-I-MAKE-MONEY-BY-LEAVING-MY-PC-ON_W0QQitemZ6789913715QQcategoryZ3713QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Any idea of what program this seller is advertising?

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/740312.html

Date: 07/31/05     Keywords: php, programming, software, css, html, xml, database, asp, sql, java, security, web

A few weeks ago, I asked about programming languages and which I should learn, and your reaction had me thinking that I could have offered more info about what I hoped to do with computers. My request was so vague that I can see why you found it difficult to reply. Perhaps this time I'll do better. To make things easier, I'm providing a list of what I want to do, and I ask you if you know what languages or applications I should consider in order to fulfill my technological goals. I'd like to: build web pages provide internet security for large & small clients make computer games build my own OS from scratch (a big task, I know) create, edit, download, and manipulate multi-media images and files develop application software build and manage my own server develop databases get a general feel for everything else, in case I ever need it So my current list of stuff I wish to learn now includes: Java Java Script Perl C, C+, & C++ PHP SQL CSS HTML XML Adobe Photoshop Adobe Illustrator Flash & Dreamweaver .Net (VB.net, ASP.net, C#) CGI If you know anything about the above, feel free to post: What are each of the above used for? How did it come out? Are any of them similar or used for similar tasks? Etc., etc., etc. Finally, I was told to learn some Assembly language, but unless I am mistaken, I think I learned that already. If someone could give me a rundown on what it is, I could be sure if its what I think it is. I think I learned 8086 in my day (came with a card, too), so all I have to do is review it I think. Your help and suggestions are welcome and I thank you in advance for your time.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/740093.html

Date: 07/30/05     Keywords: no keywords

"Exception: Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

What the heck does this mean??? It appears when I try to run a system config utility that I've had forever.

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/739457.html

Date: 07/30/05     Keywords: rss, software

Hello!

There's a new folksonomy software project - MyProgs.net.
You can store there list of programs you use, but the real point is something much more interesting:
You can easily find new / interesting / popular software in various categories, track after specific categories and many other things, like always knowing when your friend or colleague found another interesting program.
For example, here is my list: MyProgs.net/kuchin
There is also RSS support :)

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/738968.html

Date: 07/30/05     Keywords: no keywords

I want to add memory to my computer, but can someone please advise me on what type of RAM chips to buy, and how to properly insert/install them (I've never done this before)?

Some info about my computer:

Pentium Celeron (currently has only 64MB of memory)
Operating System: Windows XP (just upgraded it last night)
CPU manufacturer: Compaq

Any tips would also be appreciated. Thanks!!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/738759.html

Date: 07/29/05     Keywords: no keywords

Hey all you geeks, I'm moving soon and dumping a lot of my computer crap that I've been collecting. ie Dell QuietKey keyboards, memory and motherboards. Currently they end in 22 hours, but I'm sure I'll be putting some more stuff as soon as I find it while packing, so keep checking for good deals. Hell, let me know if you want something and I'll end the auction for ya. (unless someone already bid on it.)

I know this may not be allowed to post here (I'm lazy and don't want to search the community) just politely let me know, I'll remove the post.


My Auctions, Check em Out!

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/738011.html

Date: 07/29/05     Keywords: no keywords

......................

digital Xmas card from 1950

post done with [lj-cut]

Source: http://www.livejournal.com/community/computergeeks/737611.html