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Microsoft Word - Superimposed rows in a Word 2003 table

Superimposed rows in a Word 2003 table

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 01:48 PM PDT

Adding a new row to an existing Word 2003 Table sometimes causes some existing rows of the table to be superimposed on other rows in the table.

 

How can this be corrected?

Use the result which occurs first

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 11:24 AM PDT

I have a very simple but useful Word 2010 VBA macro which I use sometimes many times a day.  Recently I have noticed a pattern that would let me significantly improve it, but don't know how to make it work. The macro looks for any one of the possible quotes, i.e. a single or double quote or a left or right single or double quote, or the ` character.  If it finds one, it leaves the character selected and exits.  If it finds nothing the selection point should remain where it was.

There is a case where I would want to stop and exit before this point, when a particular known number (as a string) occurs.  I can see that two separate range finds are needed but how to choose the earlier result is beyond my VBA skills.

Suppose the following text:

O For a Muse of Fire, that would ascend

The brightest Heaven of Invention:

A Kingdom for a Stage, Princes to Act,

And Monarchs to behold the swelling Scene.15

Then should the Warlike Harry, like himself,

Assume the Port"" of Mars, and at his heels

(Leashed in, like Hounds) should Famine, Sword, and Fire

Crouch for employment.

If 15 is the number sought, then the macro should stop with 15 selected.

If 15 is not the number sought, then the macro should stop with the first " after the word Port selected.

I can't get "If Field Code" to work

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 10:37 AM PDT

Hi,

I have a Table in Word that 1 Column shows How many "Blank CD-R's" I have got, then I have a Column that works out if I have too many or too few CD's from a fixed number, I then want to have a third Column that puts a "Tick" or "Cross" whether I need to order more or not.

I will have either a Negative Number, Zero or Positive Number... So If the Number is Negative that it Will place a "Tick" to indicate that I need to Order More CDs.

Field Code in "Shortfall" Column = { =D3-200 \# #,##0;#,##0 }

Field Code in "Need to Order" Column = { IF E3<0 "P" "O" }

So what I want is if "Shortfall" Column is a "Negative Number" then Place a "Tick" in "Need to Order" Column, but if the Number is "Zero" or a "Positive Number", then a "Cross" is Placed in "Need to Order" Column.

Thank you in advance,

Neil

Reference Apa Style Sixth Edition citation without title

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 09:40 AM PDT

Hi,
I am using APA style for referencing as research requirement. The issue is title are appearing in the in-text citation and for every single reference i have to edit citation then under suppress check title option to remove title.

For Example,

(Before Suppress)

(Liu, Li, & Carlsson, Factors driving the adoption of m-learning: An empirical study, 2010; Teo, Factors influencing teachers' intention to use technology: Model development and test, 2011; Özdoğan, Başoğlu, & Erçetin, 2012; Wei-Han Tan, Ooi, Sim, & Phusavat, 2012; Park, Baek, Ohm, & Chang, 2014)

(After Suppress)

(Liu, Li, & Carlsson, 2010; Teo, 2011; Özdoğan, Başoğlu, & Erçetin, 2012; Wei-Han Tan, Ooi, Sim, & Phusavat, 2012; Park, Baek, Ohm, & Chang, 2014).

Is there any way out to set this as default setting instead of manually editing each referred entry then under suppress selecting title from edit citation ?? Additionally my first two reference is appearing with titles and rest is without. I have no idea why is so.
I want to get rid of the reference titles automatically.
Reply fast

How do I delete the thin lines at the top of the End Note pages in a long document?

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 06:59 AM PDT

I am working on a long document. In the beginning I was using foot notes but at the 40,000 word mark I decided that end notes would work much better as a few of the notes were long. I went through the foot note to end note conversion process and it worked--almost. I now have five pages of numbered end notes that look pretty good except there is a thin black line inside a dotted line box all the way across the top of each page and a shorter, additional, line (about 1/3 page width) on the first page.

How do I delete these lines? I can not highlight them, click on them or edit them in anyway and I really do not want them. A couple notes: If I highlight the entire end notes section, the lines in boxes remain un-highlighted. In draft mode, the lines don't show, they are not there. In page borders my default is none.  

I just put word on my iPad but all the examples are in Spanish how do I change this?

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 05:43 AM PDT

Does anyone have word on their iPad but all the example resumes and other lists are in Spanish ? How do I change this to english?

Office 2013 cannot open files from network drives

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 05:28 AM PDT

hi,

i have the following problem: when ever i want to open a file from a network drive, word starts and immediately restarts. It doesn't matter if I open from within word (happens in excel also) or from the windows explorer. I am on Windows 7 x64.

The funny thing is, when I open the same file via the machine name (like \\server\folder\file.docx ) it suddenly works. ( x:\folder\file.docx  does not work. )

i even tried a full repair to no avail.

It's just a minor annoyance since we have a workaround for it, but it would be nice to get a solution for this.

thanks!

Single Word document, sharable in 2 different avatars - hidden + protected subsets

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 05:27 AM PDT

While I have read bits and pieces of mechanisms to hide certain parts of document and protecting document (against modification, s.a. to un-hide) using passwords, I am looking for guidance on best practices and a holistic approach to the problem.

There is a certain document which is updated quite frequently with fairly detailed engineering information, however, a less-detailed version of the same document needs to be shared with partners and customers, who should not have access to the detailed engineering information.

I was thinking of an approach where following things happen (not sure if some or all of these are actually feasible -- without extensive VB-scripting, which I am not familiar with):

  1. Document property called mode, could be manually set to EXTERNAL or INTERNAL. If EXTERNAL, the texts with engineering details get hidden and the whole document remained protected. If INTERNAL, then the texts with engineering details stay visible. This is true for on-screen and printed outputs.
  2. Trying to print (to printer, file or as PDF) or trying to save-as (PDF) causes the document to automatically switch to EXTERNAL mode.
  3. By default the document is always set to EXTERNAL mode, and modifying it would require the engineer updating it to explicitly turn it to INTERNET mode.
  4. Editing the document, all new text entered is automatically tagged/classified as hidden (i.e. visible only in INTERNAL mode). To make it visible in the EXTERNAL mode, text needs to be explicitly unhidden (tagged differently).

The motivation is to avoid having to write / maintain two separate documents, when all that we need is a perfect subset. This allows the document to automatically stay in sync with engineering version.

How can I achieve the above goals, with the kind of approach described above, or even an alternative approach.

hyperlinks

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 03:32 AM PDT

All hyperlinks in all documents (current and older) have automatically converted from text to URLs.  I can click on remove hyperlink but this is time consuming to get text but this takes time and also loses the hyperlink facility. Also contents list appears as a list of URLs and these cannot be removed.

I was advised yesterday to uninstall and re-install but no improvement.

Why can't I find and replace hard returns in Word 2013?

Posted: 05 Jul 2014 12:18 AM PDT

Word 2013 (running in Windows 8.1 on a Sony Vaio Duo 11):

Word IS UNABLE to "Find" or to "Find and Replace" a manual hard return.  It says nothing was found.

I believe I did the Search procedures properly.  I used the "Specials" option when choosing what to search for.

I am so tired of trying to re-create procedures for doing what I used to be able to do SO EASILY in WordPerfect 5.1 back in 1992.

Why won't this work?

Does anyone know??

Unable to download templates

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 07:33 PM PDT

I can no longer download any templates in word, excel, or powerpoint. I cannot access online help either! I have Office Home & Student 2013. Any ideas or suggestions would be appreciated.

*Original title: templates

How to set word pad as default for word pad file instead of MS word?

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 05:46 PM PDT

In XP, my word pad file are always opened by word pad, but in window 7, word pad file are opened by MS word.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to set word pad as default for word pad file instead of MS word?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions :>

Code 12007-4 when downloading MS Word 2013

Posted: 04 Jul 2014 03:56 PM PDT

Had computer at third party shop and lost MS Word 2013. Got it re-downloaded and worked for a few days, had it on my tiles but could not open it. Tried to down load it and it comes up with a 12007-4 error. Uninstalled it with the MS fix-it and tried downloading it again and it does the same thing. What do I do now?  

New Office (2007) menus -- can we change them back to exactly CLASSIC menus? - Microsoft Office forums

New Office (2007) menus -- can we change them back to exactly CLASSIC menus? - Microsoft Office forums

New Office (2007) menus -- can we change them back to exactly CLASSIC menus?

Posted: 05 Feb 2007 11:41 AM PST

There are a lot of things wrong with the menus & toolbars UI for Office.
If you are interested in reading the background on the Ribbon UI, see
http://pschmid.net/blog/2006/10/09/58. It's an index to the blog posts
of the PM in charge of the Ribbon UI. His blog gives a lot of the
background of the Ribbon and talks a lot about its design. It makes for
quite some interesting reading.
 
All the keyboard shortcuts from 2003 (including the menu shortcuts)
should work without a problem. They are not displayed, but they lead to
the same functionality.
 
Back in beta 1, the Office apps were crashing all the time. It's quite
hard to learn a new UI when you have a crash every few minutes then file
a bug for it, etc.
 
Read the reasoning behind the Ribbon UI. In short, MS designed a new UI
because they didn't know anymore how to put all the new 2007 features in
a reasonable way into the old one.
BTW, you can create a resemblance of the old UI on the Ribbon. You'd
have to use RibbonX for it (the new customization model), it will take
quite a bit to do it and it won't look exactly like 2003, but it can be
done.

Patrick Schmid [OneNote MVP]
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Office 2003 - starting from scratch

Posted: 04 Feb 2007 10:23 AM PST

If you have some sort of proof that you own a retail (not OEM) license of
Office 2003, you can call Microsoft for a new product key. You will need the
CDs tho.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;823570

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"MAEO" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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How to uninstall Microsoft Office Activation Assistant (2007)?

Posted: 03 Feb 2007 09:19 AM PST

Thanks for replying... I can't understand how non-technical people deal with
all this. For example the pre-installed trial version of Symantec Security
Suite is exactly like the mob; when I tried to uninstall it, it told me I
shouln't, I should pay up, when I insisted it told me it wouldn't protect me,
I'd be unsafe, and suggested I not use the internet at all if I continue.
Vista is supposed to be the most secure Windows, yet I have this preinstalled
bully making me feel like it's going to punish me if I don't pay up. Heck
maybe it has, by making my system unstable? I wouldn't be surprised.

The other crazy thing is that the manufacturer not only loaded up tons of,
obviously paid for, third party software but also it's own crapware that is
eating up gobs of RAM, slowing everything down and making Vista completly
unreliable (although I can't tell if it's Vista, third party/OEM software or
drivers). I'm giving up... I'd have to spend many more days trying to
cleanup manually all that was pre-loaded, messing with the registry, startup,
cleaning system files. Since I already paid for Vista Premium with my new
notebook, I'm going to try and track down a full copy of Vista Premium retail
so I can borrow it, make a copy, and install it on the reformatted HD using
the key that was supplied with my notebook... I hope that works! If not, I'm
returning it... this whole experience has really left a bad taste in my mouth.

However, I'll point out that Microsoft continues to write bad software,
including the Office team that installs by integrating itself into the OS,
droping files all over the system and leaving 1001 entries in the registry
(it should install itself in it's own discreet directory and stay there, and
uninstall clean); and writing programs like the Activation Assitant that will
not uninstall itself... it's a sad state of affairs.

"CASellars" wrote:
 

Registry Cleaner? - after Trial version, before retail box 2007 of

Posted: 03 Feb 2007 07:53 AM PST

After reading the warning, I didn't run it, just uninstalled the trial
version, and installed the box version. I had no problems.
--
J. Raines


"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
 

Office 2007 beta uninstall

Posted: 03 Feb 2007 02:28 AM PST

There isn't a tool for uninstalling the Office 2007 betas as there were a number of them going on (including the sister product, MS
Expression web) at the same time and there is a large number of possible combinations that could be in play.

When the beta isn't removed through normal procedures, add-remove programs, it's often because the installation was already broken.
If you review the Knowledge Base articles for steps to remove a broken 'regular' Office installation manually they're not far
different. Broken installations come from adding other software or add-ins over time or using utilities such as computer 'speedup'
or 'registry cleaner' ones that are 'helping'.

There is a risk to relying on time limited beta software, although it is easy to get used to using it and forgetting it's 'test
software'.

For many people the basic steps in the MSKB article, removing all prior betas and related add-ins, from Add/Remove Programs in the
Windows control panel, do work to have a clean environment to install the release version of MS Office 2007. It is the quality of
operation that is one of the prime reasons for starting clean with release software rather than focusing on 'upgrading' a beta/test
software.

=================
<<"ilv-m" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:com...
Since this is the Office installation topic, would you kindly post the answer
here? This is not a 'misc' type of issue, but a show-stopper for us too.
We're glad to see that so many others want this Office 2007 installer defect
fixed so that hopefully Microsoft will either do that, or provide an
automated clean-up tool to deal with the problem.

The extremely time-consuming manual steps described in the KB's about this
problem are ridiculous. The people with the info to write the steps into a KB
should have incorporated the clean-up in the Office 2007 RTM installer, or
provided an Office 2007 beta wipe-down tool to make sure that Microsoft's
best and brightest customers are not angered by this kind of sloppiness.
Business is being lost as we and our customers wait for a reasonable
solution. The competition for a botched Office 2007 release is to do nothing
but stand on Office 2003.

If we were flying in Microsoft-designed aircraft, with such poor quality control, we would probably all be dead. >>
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Will Retail box product key activate trial version of Office 2007

Posted: 02 Feb 2007 06:50 PM PST

Milly -

The more I read your responses, the more I respect you. I've seen others
telling people they don't need to dump the trial. I recommend they do and
was beginning to feel like I was singing a solo. Thank you for making the
"Uninstall the trial first" song a duet. :-)

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375




"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
<org> wrote in message
news:%phx.gbl...
Uninstalling the trial version will remove any leftover vestiges of the
timebomb. Always uninstall the trial (user data is never touched or
removed) and install the retail version you purchased.

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, hisplaceresort asked:

| I downloaded Office 2007 Professional awhile back. My trial is about
| to expire, and I just bought the retail box version upgrade.
|
| I have just gotten everything like I want it... settings, email
| accounts in Outlook, autocorrect entries in my normal.dotx and
| normalemail.dotx, etc.
|
| I REALLY do not want to have to uninstall the trial and reinstall
| from the box.
|
| Can I just use the box product key to activate this trial version???
|
| I noticed that uninstall was suggested to another person who had a
| student version, but...
|
| Someone please tell me yes... :-)

Vista Business and Office 2003 compatibility

Posted: 02 Feb 2007 02:55 PM PST

Thanks for the follow up Garrett. Funny your accepting EULA in safe mode
worked and accepting it normally didin't.

CH


"Garrett" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

Rebooting Office Issues

Posted: 02 Feb 2007 02:12 PM PST

I'm not sure what a win update is but I bougt a cable to connect a phone to
my computer and it wasn't supported by Nokia. I have rebooted and reinstalled
Office now and everything is fixed and fine!! Thanks heaps.

"DL" wrote:
 

Outlook did not install with the Standard Office suite 2007.

Posted: 02 Feb 2007 02:00 PM PST

That should be answered by someone with more knowledge than me.... but:

I do know that all your Outlook stuff is kept in a file that ends with a
..PST designation. So if you do a search (*.PST) you should find it. It's
probably called outlook.pst but do a wildcard search incase it's something
else. It will be PST though.

That contains everything: e-mails, contacts, folders etc. It'll probably be
quite large (mine is 194 megs!)

Save a copy of it somewhere before you delete your stuff, as well as a note
of what folder it was in, because chances are that it will be in the same
folder in the new installation. You would then only have to copy that file
back into the new folder.

C.


"Tirado" <com> wrote in message
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Unable to remove beta version of Office 2007

Posted: 02 Feb 2007 09:07 AM PST

There were hundreds of thousands of people who used the Beta. A backup is
always helpful before you install something onto an OS like Beta office.
That MSKB will get the Beta out. Backup the reg keys by exporting each one,
than when you have Beta Office out and Office 2007 if that's what you want
to install in, restore the 4th reg subkey in the MSKB as I've said by
clicking on the reg export and your Add/Remove will be back to normal.

CH

"ukguy" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Installation Stalls out

Posted: 02 Feb 2007 07:00 AM PST

I received this for my new laptop through my office's home use program. I
purchased the license for about $20. All I need is to be able to create, read
and edit word, excel, and power point documents, so I saw no need to pay out
the extra cash for the more up to date software.

In anticipation of further questions, my system does meet the minimum
requirements, but has a tendency to have this same problem with standard
updates, downloads and installations (Java plug ins, Windows Updates,
Security Updates, Norton/Symantec Updates, Adobe Acrobat Reader), so I think
the problem has more to do with my configuration than faulty software and
disks.

2007 Spell Check Not working

Posted: 02 Feb 2007 06:17 AM PST

I just did. If I log out and log in as any other user the spell check works
fine. It's only when I'm logged in as myself that there is a problem. I was
logged in as myself when I installed the software.

"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <mvps.org> wrote in message
news:eMV$phx.gbl... 

Failed to uninstall Office professional 2007 Beta

Posted: 02 Feb 2007 01:46 AM PST

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928218/en-us

--
Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]

Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. All
unsolicited mail sent to my personal account will be deleted without
reading.

After furious head scratching, Jeremy Cox asked:

| I cannot remove remnants of the Office 2007 Beta
| when I go to add/remove programs - the Office 2007 items are all
| 'MUI' files and have no change/remove button next to them.
|
| In my furstration I am going to get a full Officce 2007 professional
| set - but when I come to install it, will these MUI files prevent me
| from installing?
|
| I tried downloading the trial version but got an error message as it
| said first i had to uninstall the beta version.
|
| Any thoughts?

Do I need to save all my documents befor installing Office Pro 200

Posted: 01 Feb 2007 09:30 PM PST

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the informatio. That has been a great help. I appreciate your
taking the time to answer my neopohyte questions.

Thanks again,
MG
--
Pax et Bonum


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

Office 2007 deployment on Terminal Server 2003 R2

Posted: 01 Feb 2007 04:03 PM PST

Thanks, but that page is the root of the resource kit documentation which
I've already been through and which leads to the TBD link I referenced.
Still no info specifically about Terminal Server deployment.

Karim

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
 

Office 2007 Add-Remove Features Broken

Posted: 01 Feb 2007 11:41 AM PST

Solved. I simply went through the appropriate .Msi modules in my folder,
Right Clicked each one and took "Repair". Once that was done, the add
remove features came back on line.

"R. McCarty" <com> wrote in message news:... 

Office 2000 problems after hard drive upgrade...

Posted: 01 Feb 2007 09:41 AM PST

Thanks for the advice, everyone. I'll post back after I've completed the
operation. Hopefully, I'll have good news to report.


"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" <com> wrote in message
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Moving Office 2003 to another PC

Posted: 01 Feb 2007 09:24 AM PST

I will give it a shot. Thanks

"JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote:
 

less strain for my eyesight ... How can I do this with a normal theme?

Posted: 01 Feb 2007 08:14 AM PST

> That's why I said VGA mode. You'll need to run with 640x480, or use Vista 

Nah.....that is not correct.. you can have 256 at any resolution on XP. I
must say that you indeed were right!
With 256 colors the Office 2007 interface reverts to a classic like
appearance.

For those who are reading this thread and want to do the same, you can
download QuickRes plus from greenparrots (free edition) that lets you go to
256 colors on XP

download here>>> ttp://www.greenparrots.com/aqr.html
SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM TO FIND THE 100% FREE EDITION!

When you install and run it, an icon appears in the tray, right click it and
select the color/resolution combination you want

-K


"Patrick Schmid [MVP]" <mvps.org> wrote in message
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Reinstalling Office 2003

Posted: 31 Jan 2007 05:07 PM PST

How to order a replacement CD for Microsoft Office
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;302822

--

JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

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"RickT" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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how to install scanner

Posted: 31 Jan 2007 10:20 AM PST

This newsgroup is for questions about Microsoft Office, so your question
is completely off-topic here, but see
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/softwareCategory?product=57854&lc=en&cc=us&dlc=en& lang=en&cc=us
..

kicosmestiza wrote:
 

Unsupported install paths

Posted: 31 Jan 2007 05:42 AM PST


HI Bob, thanks for your reply

I am using "\\server\share\Office12\setup.exe /config
\\server\share\Office12\Enterprice.WW\Config.xml

and the only thing I have done is to create the .msp in
\\server\share\Office12\updates and \\server\share is definetly on a non
removeable disk.


"Bob Buckland ?:-)" wrote:
 

Help me to configure the printer - Forums Linux

Help me to configure the printer - Forums Linux

Help me to configure the printer

Posted: 01 Aug 2006 02:41 AM PDT

kaari <com> wrote: 

General, if somewhat aging, advice on Debian printer setup:
"Printing Setup" on http://linuxmafia.com/kb/Debian/


First stop for any printer driver issue on Linux should be
http://www.linuxprinting.org/ (linked from the above), as it
lets you know what are the recommended filters ("drivers") for
just about any printer.

(FYI, when you're asking for Linux help about a piece of hardware,
please use the _complete and correct_ name for that hardware -- since
your helpers may need to search on it. You did not do so.)

For the HP DeskJet 3535, you reach this detail page:
http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_3535

Please note that it recommends, not surprisingly, the hpijs filter
("driver") as your overall best choice -- or its "HPLIP" superset.

I note, in searching the packages.debian.org engine, that Debian has
packages "hplip" and "hplip-data" -- and that the notes say you need
package "hpoj" (primarily intended for HP OfficeJets; thus the name),
instead, for parallel-port models as opposed to USB or JetDirect.
You'll probably need to also request packages "hpijs",
"foomatic-filters", and "foomatic-filters-ppds" -- in addition to what
my article (above) mentions.

How to upgrade FC4 to FC5 using BT-downloaded DVD ISO image?

Posted: 31 Jul 2006 04:03 PM PDT


Stephen Pennine wrote: 

I'm unfamiliar with FC, and it's variants, but concerning all ISOs,
Images, and d/l files;
ALWAYS run the md5 checksum (or sha1sum) against anything you d/l, and
do it _before_ you burn the image to CD/DVD. (so as not to create
coasters, but more importantly: to ensure the resulting CD/DVD will be
of use and accurate). Knoppix CDs have the ability to perform checksums
against themselves at boot time, perhaps other LiveCDs do as well.

Regards

getting Fedora off my Windows machine.- boot sector problem

Posted: 30 Jul 2006 07:46 PM PDT


Rick Moen wrote: 

Hi Rick;
FWIW -- There doesn't appear to be the 2 'other' most commonly used
commands listed there at that link - namely;
FIXMBR
BOOTCFG /rebuild

Only FIXBOOT is discussed which doesn't fix a HDD MBR, but only the (a)
partition's Boot sector.

The author of the site appears quite knowledgeable about windows, and
even posts links to quite a few respectable ms mvps' sites -- I even
likely have that page bookmarked in my win98 boot area (Dual boot box)
-- but I haven't had a need to fire it up for perhaps a month now or so
;-)

I commend the author for both maintaining the site for ms users whom
need help -- and for posting screenshots and for posting concise
instructions about using the RC in XPoop ;-) But I disagree about the
methodology to restore an XPoop MBR. As noted via another poster: a
simple win98 comand 'Fdisk /mbr' (which IIRC, only rewrites the 1st
440bytes of 512 and leaves the 64 bytes of the MPT untouched) -- or the
_preferred_ (in this case) XPoop's version 'FIXMBR' will rewrite the
MBR. NTFS (as opposed to win98's FAT16/32) uses the usually mostly
unused 8 bytes (the leftovers) to mark(ID) the MBR as it's own.

Googling those other 2 commands should yield a wealth of information
about their uses.

Another thing I recall when messing with XPoop's RC -- the XP CDROMs
contents (atleast in the i386 Dir) are compressed files with names like
NTDETECT.CO_ ,so decompressing them into their proper name is necessary
if trying to replace those files (originally found in root C:\). Win98
uses the "extract" command when doing this, whereas winXPoop uses the
"Expand" command.

I've had the displeasure to endevour on such a journey once or twice ..
I forget if the 'Expand' command is needed (instead of 'copy' as
outlined in the link) , or if RC already knows (assumes) this, and does
the expansion on it's own (perhaps the CDROMs version of 'Copy' invokes
expansion ?), but I don't think I recall it that way when I did it.

Well -- so much for my limited XPoop exp ;-)
Just wanted to point out some possible mis-steps that may occur if you
link to that particular site.

Regards

cant install SUSE 9.3, 10.0, 10.1 on raid0

Posted: 30 Jul 2006 09:12 AM PDT

thanks for your input. one of the drives was faulty. now i'm waiting
for a replacement.

Installing Linux on Vaio PCG-SR7K

Posted: 30 Jul 2006 08:35 AM PDT

zalek wrote:
 

Stop with the DVD's, serously. Use the CD's: they're just as easy to burn,
and will probably work much better.

I've installed Vaio's before, and it can be a bit of an adventure to get all
the drivers into the base installer: working from CD is more reliable.

100% / and swap usage

Posted: 28 Jul 2006 11:18 AM PDT

On Sat, 29 Jul 2006 20:51:00 GMT, Jean-David Beyer <net> wrote:
 
No --^^^^^ 

And one may go through swapfile creation, just for fun:

root@deltree:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=128
128+0 records in
128+0 records out
134217728 bytes (134 MB) copied, 15.0909 seconds, 8.9 MB/s
root@deltree:~# mkswap /swapfile
Setting up swapspace version 1, size = 134213 kB
no label, UUID=736a6bbf-a14b-446b-81f2-f1293746a288
root@deltree:~# swapon /swapfile
root@deltree:~# cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/hda3 partition 257032 0 -1
/swapfile file 131064 0 -2
root@deltree:~# swapoff /swapfile
root@deltree:~# rm /swapfile
root@deltree:~# cat /proc/swaps
Filename Type Size Used Priority
/dev/hda3 partition 257032 0 -1

Calling a partition "/swap" does not make it a virtual memory paging area.

So if OP posts 'ls /swap', 'cat /proc/swaps', 'cat /etc/fstab' and
'fdisk -l' we might see what's going on in there.

Performance loss by using swapfile isn't that much. File or partition,
the drive head still needs to seek to the swap area.

With a swap partition there's no filesystem layer (directory) to follow,
making a separate partition a little faster.

Cheers,
Grant.

Flash and Linux and component directory

Posted: 28 Jul 2006 10:15 AM PDT


Lenard wrote: 

Wow!!! I don't know how to thank you! I have been asking and asking
and asking forever and now the problem is solved. Honestly, I have no
idea yet what system_u and .. are but definitly going to learn them.
Anyway, the problem is solved. THANKS INDEED.

I was about to reinstall my linux box!!!

Amit.

Logrotate appends extra numbers to logfiles

Posted: 27 Jul 2006 03:38 PM PDT

com wrote:
 

Something tells me that sysadmin's going to be buying everyone dinner.
The bit about setting utmp to 755 permissions, in particular, is very,
very bad. You want to leave utmp severely alone.

Linux RH on Asus P5AD2 3.0 Intel - Ethernet not Detecting

Posted: 26 Jul 2006 03:54 PM PDT

It's kind of wierd. I ran the Ubuntu on the same system and it was
detecting everything including onboard devices. I guess Ubuntu has
resolved my issue. I'm not going to worry about it.

Regards,

Thanks for your replies.

MQ


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