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Pictures disappearing from drawing canvas

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 03:08 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

Some of my pictures randomly disapears from work drawing canvas.

Sometimes it works, sometimes not.

Please look at my video and I hope to get a reply.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hSLu_soUCtw

This is very counter productive and should be resolved.

MS Word document not opening

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 02:37 PM PDT

I created a word document in computer A (Windows 7) and made it password protected. Now i open it in other computer B with same operating system (Windows 7), MS Word application starts but doesn't open that document. Only MS word window with menu bar is displayed. It doesn't even ask for password. I daily edit the word document in computer A and save another copy and protect it by using password. All these word files are opening in computer A but not opening in any other computers.

Please help

Changing default save location

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 01:44 PM PDT

Split from this thread.

Suzanne,  Are you still involved with this issue - I know the last post is almost a year old. My situation is that I wish your very last sentence was true here.  We upgraded everyone to MS Office 2010 and the Save As issue is causing lots of heartburn due to that option many times defaulting to users c:\drive vs the expected network locations files are opened and edited from. Users know how to drill down to desired network locations but are really getting hot under the collar about this issue since they already have to do this once to get to files that are archived multiple levels deep on a network drive to do reviews and updates - they save their work [renamed appropriately] and assume all is well. Then, when they are out of the office, their work [edited and re-named files] cannot be found as it is not in the expected folder but rather on their c:\drive locked away from other users and IT [where I am at] has to get involved with managers/supervisors needing to approve perusal of their personal profile area and moving of files. This has become very bothersome. There is no budget to upgrade to 2013 and no desire to downgrade to 2007. Perhaps a local fix or macro is available to address this?  Thanks.

Word 2010 Mail Merge: Records Only Merge to One Cell (top left) of Multi-Cell per Page, Multi Page Merge Document

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 01:13 PM PDT

I am merging contact information to cards (Avery template from Word selection) that are laid out two across five down.  I have entered my MERGEFIELDS in the top left cell of the document, selected recipients from the source, etc. and conducted the merge.  Every tenth record merges correctly into the top left cell of each page of the document, but no merged data appears in any of the remaining 9 cells on the page. 

Is there a general strategy on how to troubleshoot a problem like this? 

CLick to run configuration failure

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 12:35 PM PDT

I'm having an issue with opening Microsoft Word Home and Student on my WIndows 7 computer. It was installed on it before I got it, and I got it as a gift brand new from my grandparents in 2010. This started recently, but I can't open it anymore, it give me a box saying "Click-2-Run configuration failure". I have tried to Fix-It wizard from Microsoft, and it says that it won't work with my OS. (Not sure why, it's an HP notebook and Windows 7). I can't get a new product key from HP either, I went through their support and basically got the message I'm SOL. Is there anyway I can fix it myself? If there's a very detailed step by step guide that would be great as I'm not good with doing things to alter programs. I have Microsoft Word Starter 2010 if that helps. All I use out of the Office suite is Word, so I'd rather avoid having to buy it to use.

Irregular page numbering in Word Navigation view

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 12:18 PM PDT

I have a 75 page Word document that shows irregular page numbering from the Navigation view. The view show pages 1-6 normally, then the next page is 9 and page 11 is duplicated. This seems to be the reason I cannot add page numbers in the footer in the proper sequence. Am I able to change or re-format?

How do I stop Office 2013 from "helping" me so much?

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 10:45 AM PDT

I recently "upgraded" from Office 2010 to 2013.  Not only do I still see things that have been bothersome to me many others  but I see new "features" that only add to that list.

I don't need to have tool-tips blocking my cursor when I want to click on something.  I am intelligent enough to see the tip else where on the screen.

I do not need to have a bullet placed when I want to enter a line of asterisks.

I especially want to stop all these automatic spaces between single sentences and paragraphs that make my document look as if a 2nd grader wrote it.

The ribbon and borders used to have a blue color to it to separate it from the text screen and other windows.  How do I get that back?
I used to be able to click on a window and clearly see that it has been selected.  How do I get that back?

When I use the arrow keys to walk up and down the text, I realize that it will stop mid sentence where I last placed it but it does not stop in the blank lines anymore making it all that more difficult to find.  How silly is that? How do I fix that one?

Apparently word-wrap doesn't work anymore as I cannot see both ends of the lines I am writing.  I have to use the HSB to read sentences longer than 25 words.  How do I fix this?  Is this a feature of this web site or another one in MS Office that needs repair?

Is there any prospect to have this program work to my benefit instead?

how to save caption labels and built in equations that i made and use them in another computer

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 10:44 AM PDT

i have in my main computer a lot of settings saved in microsoft word such as caption labels and built in equations, i would like to use them in another computer but when i open the docx file in another computer these saved settings are gone.

how can i use them in all of my computers without having to re made them in each one?

Word claims someone else is editing my document

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 10:08 AM PDT

I have a document stored on a network.  I move it to my hard drive to work on because of how slow the network is.  When I go to save the document one of two things happens:

1) I get told that someone else is editing the document, except there isn't anyone else editing the document.

2) I get a message saying that I have read only access, but nothing turns if off.

In both situations I have to resave the file with a different name.  Which isn't working, I now have multiple versions of documents in multiple folders when all I want to do is edit the document on my hard drive and then move it back into the network folder.  

What do I do?

Text highlighing in additional colors, beyond the 15 colors available

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 09:49 AM PDT

Word offers 15 colors for highlighting text. But except for yellow, they're sometimes too intense,  and they make the text difficult to read.

One alternative that I see is the paragraph shading, which offers many colors. However, that seems to work only for an entire paragraph. And even if I want to shad the entire paragraph, the shading goes to the end of the line, and does not stop at the paragraph mark.

Are there any other options for highlighting in colors that are less intense? Is there any way to shade a paragraph and have the shading stop at the paragraph mark?

Thanks.

Microsoft Word 2010

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 09:38 AM PDT

I'm having difficulty with getting addresses/labels onto my envelopes.

Only one line of an address is populating the labels window from my original document.

I have attached a screen shot to demonstrate the issue.

How do I fix this issue?

BTW:  I'm new to this arena so please be gentle with me.

Section Breaks

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 08:37 AM PDT

I am trying to figure out how to keep the text from rolling to a new page in the first section and not going to the second page which is the beginning of the next section.  The sections are next page breaks and page 1 has a different header from page 2.   Once I get this set I want to set the document as a template so that my users can enter their data but don't want the template editable.  Any help would be appreciated.

Open recent files command on Quick access toolbar in office 2013

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 07:34 AM PDT

October 24, 2014

How to place "open recent files" command on Quick access toolbar in MS Word 2013

 

I just upgraded to Office 2013 and have found that one of my most used shortcuts appears to no longer be available.   The icon that I could place on the quick access toolbar (QAT) to display a list of recently open files is no longer available.  I understand I can reach this list by clicking on file then click open then see the list.  If anyone from Microsoft sees this post – please consider allowing your customers the option and convenience of the former method and add the functionality back in the next update available for MS Word 2013.  If anyone knows how to get that shortcut back on the quick access toolbar I would surely appreciate telling me how to do this. I know how to customize the QAT the option just isn't there.

 

Thank you

Endnotes in Word

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 06:19 AM PDT

I have a large number of documents created with Word 97. These documents have endnotes. In that version it was possible to view the main text and the endnotes simultaneously, the former in a window on the top half of the screen, the latter in a window on the bottom half (with adjustable sizes). I can't figure out how to get Word 2013 to do the same and will be grateful for any advice.

Bold font is not shown in pdf output from word

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 05:17 AM PDT

When I use a pdf printer, all is fine, but using the build-in save as pdf function, bold comes out as non-bold.

That is very weird.

Thanks for helping!

Bluetooth Issues on Ipad while using a keyboard

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 03:32 AM PDT

I have major issues in using WORD on the Ipad with office 365.  Right now as i type this on the ipad with a keybord, its perfectly normal. When I try to type a word docuent in Office 365 the lag time is so slow for the kepboard to respond it takes 10 times longer to type a simple document. Ive checked for Office 365 updates and found nothing. The time it takes to type a simple document really renders the program useless to me to the point that I dont want to subscribe another year to something that doesnt work properly.  Anyone else have this issue and if so, have you found a solution? Its great to have WORD on the ipad and if it worked would be a HUGE plus as I do a lot of documents on the move which is why I didnt want to be tethered to a desk top version.  I have also noticed on the iphone I dont get the individual Microsoft icons for word, powerpoing and Excel like the ipad and I cant save to the actual device. I recently bought the iPhone 6 plus 128GB for this purpose and find I cant do it.

Thanks for any advise or help!!

Office 2013 Error Messages

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 03:13 AM PDT

I have successfully installed Office 2013, but consistently receive error messages, in particular one relating to Macros and won't open the document. It suggests changes be made to allow Macros in the "macro security settings" section of The Trust Centre. I have tried every option here, to no avail.

After clicking ok on this error message several times, another error message appears "changes have been made to the global template" and invites you to save or don't save. If save is selected the error message re-appears, and selecting don't save returns to the macro error message.

The error message details that the document being opened has been constructed with macros that need support and that this software doesn't have this.

Any suggestions would be very welcome...

'Clear all' missing in Style Pane - Word 2010

Posted: 24 Oct 2014 02:36 AM PDT

Hello,

The option 'Clear all', to clean all formatting, usually placed at the top of the Style Pane in Word 2010, has disappeared in some documents. Any idea how to get it back?

Many thanks in advance!

[JK]

SEQ and REF field code usage

Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:42 PM PDT

We have a document that we are inserting a field code (SEQ) to consecutively number claims on an application, and then we want to refer back to other claims by number and we are using a bookmark (REF Code) there. For example: 

6. The system of claim 5, wherein some other stuff happens.

The 6 would be a SEQ code for the claim and the claim "5" uses a REF code to the bookmark for the prior claim. We are currently using a bookmark to the claim with a bookmark name for Claim 5. (Like CL5). so the field code looks like this:

{ REF CL5 \h  }

In a different document that came from somewhere else, instead of a manual bookmark, it uses a REF code with some kind of auto generated bookmark name. That code looks like this:

{ REF _Ref268462847 \h \* MERGEFORMAT }

That would work better for us because if claim 5 changes to claim 6 because another claim is inserted just before it, the bookmark names will become very confusing. 

I cannot figure out how to get those hidden bookmarks to generate or how to grab them when setting the REF field code. Can someone help me?

Office 365 word

Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:14 PM PDT

I can not send a document by email with word. It states MAPI failure , what do I do to fix problem?

transformation of margins while change in page setup

Posted: 23 Oct 2014 04:12 AM PDT

i am a user of MS WORD 10.The default page size is A4. I have changed the page size to A3. a message displays to fix the margins.If i click 'Fix' the margin setup is very vague.there is 13 cm from bottom,5 from left which all total is very uneconomical for me to print the page as it costs to print per page.If change the marginal setup to narrow,images get cut from all four sides in proportion.please help me

Signing Microsoft Word online

Posted: 22 Oct 2014 09:44 PM PDT

Can you please tell me how to sign a form sent to me on Microsoft Word?  I need to sign online and email back asap.  Thank you

Substitute for MS Outlook/Exchange functionality - Microsoft Exchange

Substitute for MS Outlook/Exchange functionality - Microsoft Exchange


Substitute for MS Outlook/Exchange functionality

Posted: 08 Sep 2007 06:04 AM PDT

Yes I'm aware of that. We have CALs for clients (for MS Exchange 2007), but
since we're using OpenOffice clients don't have MS Outlook, so we need to
buy extra Outlook licences for users. This is besides Exchange CAL
additional cost for Outlook licence, since Microsoft is so great that has
excluded Outlook licence from MS Exchange 2007 CAL. Don't know why ????
My way of looking at this...If we don't use MS Outlook with Exchange (we're
using Outlook Express or Thunderbird) there is no need that we have MS
Exchange, so it will be best to move back to Linux mail server! If more
people will do that, maybe Microsoft will reconsider and include Outlook
back into CAL in the next version of Exchange.
Regards,
Miha

"Rich Matheisen [MVP]" <com.NOSPAM.COM> je napisal v
sporocilo news:com ... 


smtp relay deny

Posted: 07 Sep 2007 07:02 AM PDT

Hi John:

The problem is I can send a email from Internet to my exchange server, but I
can send a email from my domain through exchange server to Internet. It seems
the smtp server of those web sites(yahoo, hotmail, etc) block my smtp relay
from my domain.

Any idea? Thank you a lot.

Regards

"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
 

integrating SP2 into Exchange 2003 installation?

Posted: 06 Sep 2007 09:51 PM PDT

Exchange 2007 is the first Exchange version that can be "Slipstreamed"
There's no problem with applying the SP though, just the time it
takes.

Exchange 2007 Transport Queue in a RamDisk?

Posted: 06 Sep 2007 11:16 AM PDT

Thanks for your continued assistance Mark,

I have setup perfmon to run until monday afternoon - monday morning should
be our peak email load for the week.

I am checking inbound emails/sec and outbound emails/sec for
intra-organization, inbound and outbound emails. Lets see what this comes up
with.

Thanks!

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
 

Help/Help Topics crashes System Manager

Posted: 06 Sep 2007 07:46 AM PDT

Lee-
That did the trick. Thanks.

"Lee Derbyshire [MVP]" wrote:
 

where can I learn about how to lock down Exchange...

Posted: 05 Sep 2007 09:37 AM PDT

- There are no GPOs for controllng Exchange Server configuration - that's
done through the Exchange management tools (console, shell, and some xml
configs).
- You can disable Outlook backgrounds by creating an ADM file (used with
GPOs)
Create a NewStationery value in
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Offi ce\11.0\Common\MailSettings

This KBA shows you how to do this for Outlook 2003/2002 (leave value of
NewStationery blank):
How to lockdown stationery for Outlook 2002 and Outlook 2003
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924230

Not sure if the above applies to Outlook 2007.
--
Bharat Suneja
MVP - Exchange
www.zenprise.com
NEW blog location:
exchangepedia.com/blog
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Lots of unable to relay errors lately

Posted: 05 Sep 2007 07:48 AM PDT

That was my thought as well, but its nice to have it verified.
Thanks,
Joe

"Ed Crowley [MVP]" wrote:
 

line 91 -object expected

Posted: 05 Sep 2007 06:48 AM PDT

Ok, I finally got it working. I was using two many authentication options.

I just selected basic clear text now, that works. (plus anynomous user)

It's more complicated than it should be.

Thanks,
JG
"merlin2049er" wrote:
 

Cannot Receive mail from hotmail

Posted: 05 Sep 2007 06:42 AM PDT

I contacted to Microsoft support about the problem. It seems that they
resolved the issue somehow. We are receiving e-mail from hotmail domain now.

Regards,

Burak
--
Burak


"John Oliver, Jr. [MVP]" wrote:
 

Exchange 2007 - Edge "eating" outgoing NDR

Posted: 05 Sep 2007 04:06 AM PDT

Hi Bharat,

Thanks for your reply!

You're right in the 3rd point - The NDR were disabled in "*" Remote Domain
properties.

Thanks!

--
R.V.


"Bharat Suneja [MVP]" wrote:
 

Identify Exchange 2003 Version

Posted: 04 Sep 2007 08:44 PM PDT

Got It!

Thanks

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
 

Moving from ISP to Exchange 2003

Posted: 04 Sep 2007 05:26 PM PDT

You'll have to ask your ISP about that, but I don't think you have to worry
about losing e-mail if you follow the strategy I suggested. All mail should
end up in the Exchange server or in the ISP mailbox, so just have the users
check the old mailbox and pop any remaining mail one last time a couple of
days after the switchover.
--
Ed Crowley
MVP - Exchange
"Protecting the world from PSTs and brick backups!"

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Email can't be sent or received just for one remote client

Posted: 04 Sep 2007 06:37 AM PDT

Just an update on the problem.

I tested the rpc over https on another machine for the same user and work.

I recreated another profile on the problem machine and setup rpc over http
for administrator and it work. Then after some retries, magically, the
problem user emails work on the problem machine.

Thank you for everyone's help.


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windows 2008 and exchange 2007

Posted: 03 Sep 2007 06:09 PM PDT

huh?
i am running the lastest release of 2008
the download is dated june 26

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" <org> wrote in message
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Daylight Time Saving

Posted: 03 Sep 2007 12:26 PM PDT

Hi Mark,
I thought Exchange would handle this correctly, but wasn't sure, needed a
confirmation from those who have the experience.
Thanks for your help,
Luca

"Mark Arnold [MVP]" wrote:
 

Published in the address book: 0 (1 = True / 0 = False)

Posted: 03 Sep 2007 09:03 AM PDT

On Sep 5, 3:18 am, Stéphane Ricour <com> wrote: 

Also, I checked, and there are no users hidden from the address
lists...

Any other ideas? It's really driving me crazy.

POP3 not responding??????????

Posted: 03 Sep 2007 06:14 AM PDT

Dear Lanwench,
Thnx for your interest in my post. we have exchange 2003 with SP2 installed
ono it. i have noticed 1 more thing, that is even if i POP his emails over
LAN i do not get any response from MS Outlook/Outlook express....in the
status bar it only shows me "Receiving 1.2 kbps of 892KB" and thats it. it
doesnt move forward and no emails are downloaded.

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]" wrote:
 

E2.3 Sp2 Event ID 9791

Posted: 31 Aug 2007 06:54 AM PDT

Thanks for the info. Prior to reading it, I set the online maintenance to
end 30 minutes earlier and my EV archiving to start 30 minutes later. They
were overlapping. This seems to have resolved the issue.

"Dgoldman [MSFT]" wrote:
 

Windows installation over Linux - Forums Linux

Windows installation over Linux - Forums Linux


Windows installation over Linux

Posted: 06 Jul 2007 03:24 AM PDT

JOHN MATHEW wrote: 

Nightmare.

You will need to change all the applications or run VMWARE.

Not sure photoshop is available in Linux..might be better to go MAC OSX :-)
 

installing live linux onto disk???

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 05:40 PM PDT

On Thu, 05 Jul 2007 17:40:25 -0700, cyloafterx wrote:
 
Just for clarification, have you already been able to boot from your live
CD? Or is this your question:

"How do I burn a downloaded iso file to cd-r ?"

--
Douglas Mayne


debian dependency problem

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 05:01 AM PDT

Eric Wong wrote: 

Sarge used to be stable, now it's oldstable. Most likely your /etc/apt/
sources.list still reports "stable".

You'll have to change into either "sarge" or "oldstable" and retry but
this time use aptitude, not apt-get.

Ottavio
http://www.pledgebank.com/boycottvista

Install Netscape 7.2 onto Fedora 7 ...failed

Posted: 05 Jul 2007 12:15 AM PDT

On 5 Jul, 08:15, Tanhks <com> wrote: 

What does "yum insall netscape-[whatever].rpm" say? Yum is your friend
for resolving that kind of dependency issue.

usb disk insists on being readonly

Posted: 04 Jul 2007 11:56 AM PDT

On Fri, 06 Jul 2007 11:38:09 -0000, lalawawa
<info> wrote: 
You are using an old unsupported version of Ubuntu. ntfs-3g is in the
current version 7.04.


--
If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs, then
you clearly don't understand the situation.

ufs-tools: compile on modern system

Posted: 03 Jul 2007 03:27 AM PDT

Package: libufs2
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Installed-Size: 60
Maintainer: Guillem Jover <org>
Architecture: i386
Source: ufsutils
Version: 0.0+2004.06.26-4
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4)
Filename: pool/main/u/ufsutils/libufs2_0.0+2004.06.26-4_i386.deb
Size: 8766
MD5sum: 62df0acc78ebd3340ab19ecd63cb35d3
SHA1: d02610cc5ef6a2b8cb4e594c91caefc24e5ac069
SHA256: c4514aeafb631f0da43c08c481c9474989770150d74b58945e 3da75e96030df5
Description: UFS filesystem shared library
Shared library to manage the UFS filesystem, mostly used in BSD or derived
operating systems. This include FFS, UFS and UFS2.


Package: ufsutils
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Installed-Size: 400
Maintainer: Guillem Jover <org>
Architecture: i386
Version: 0.0+2004.06.26-4
Provides: fsck-backend
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.3.2.ds1-4), libedit2 (>= 2.5.cvs.20010821-1), libncurses5 (>= 5.4-1), libufs2
Conflicts: hurd
Filename: pool/main/u/ufsutils/ufsutils_0.0+2004.06.26-4_i386.deb
Size: 148140
MD5sum: 42c4d0048596c75b559ef8c3e458e5c8
SHA1: 56089b2f47ad4306f9da8a4dd431782311add61c
SHA256: b994d1d7edcb1a82d876d43dd3d481cc012795e41f5af4a0cf a0ac27376e1652
Description: UFS filesystems utilities
Utilities to manage the UFS filesystem, mostly used in BSD or derived
operating systems. This include FFS, UFS and UFS2.

what is /dev/shm?

Posted: 02 Jul 2007 03:33 PM PDT

On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 11:41:54 +0900, "google-rambo88" <com> wrote:
 
Search for IPC, inter process communications

Grant.
--
http://bugsplatter.mine.nu/

Partitioning problem

Posted: 01 Jul 2007 01:59 AM PDT

I'll give it a go tonight when I get home. Thanks for all your
assistance.

I'm using an older version of Ubuntu at the moment, because I bought a
book on Learning Ubuntu Linux and it had a CD at the back of the book
to use. It is an old version but I figured since the book directly
refers to its features during its explanations, I'd better stick with
it while I'm still learning. Once I've got to grips with the basics,
I can seek out and install the latest version, probably "Feisty Fawn",
which I understand can read and write to NTFS partitions anyway. I
imagine before long all the major distros will go over to NTFS, so as
to be compatible with the inevitable Windows partitions and data
that's already on most people's PCs when they install Linux.

Steve

Is crontab sensitive to time zones

Posted: 30 Jun 2007 04:20 AM PDT

John Hasler wrote: 

Not sure that is correct.
Crontab itself runs as a root type process..it will pickup presumably
what the server time is reckoned to be as the time to execute a script.

However a users timezone will be picked up by any user installed
scripts, under user space crontab entries. That wonlt affect WHEN they
are executed..tho.

Why not test by setting your local user TZ to something weird, and
installing a cron script and have it simply echo the date?


linux os that can detect a secondary/slave harddisk having windows (xp)

Posted: 29 Jun 2007 01:42 AM PDT

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 09:45:57 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:
 

Certainly. I just mentioned a distro that is very easy to install, from
the live CD, as he stated he was using a Knoppix live CD, and couldn't
install from it. I use SUSE, Mandriva, Slackware, and PCLOS, and PCLOS is
by far the easiest to install for a newbie, which, from the question, I
would assume the OP is.

--
imotgm
"Lost? Lost? I've never been lost... Been a tad confused for a
month or two, but never lost."


UPS and Linux...

Posted: 28 Jun 2007 12:13 PM PDT


"Jean-David Beyer" <net> wrote in message
news:0irhi.890$.. 

Hi,

Now that I have worked it through, your post makes sense to me. I think I
can offer an explaination as to why I needed to build a new initrd as well.

This is speculation, but it appears that different initrd's are installed
during setup based upon which filesystem is selected at install. Since
ext2 was selected (years ago) during install, an initrd that didn't have
ext3 support was used. The original ext2 initrd was ~90K while the initrd
that I made with ext3 support was ~145K. Once I put the old modutils back
in, it began to load correctly. I built new modutils in preperation for
building a 2.6~ kernel, but in haste overlooked part of the installation
where you were advised to do a "make old", which copied your old modutils to
..old files. Did a force install of the old modutils, then installed the new
modutils correctly. The new initrd is now finding the .old files (which it
needs, since still using 2.4.20-6 kernel.) Was going to build a 2.6~
kernel, but now that everything is working, don't see any need to.
Security isn't a concern since nobody can get at it. Never had any problems
related to the 2.4.20 kernel. "If it aint broke, don't fix it."

None of the stuff that I do with it is critical. I've always had a fancy
for sensors and "real world" computer integration going back to Tandy TRS-80
Coco's. Just various projects here and there. Some do things that are
practical, others do things just to do them... Even though there are
ready-built gadgets and animals to do much of the same things these days, it
is just fun to do them yourself.

Thanks!


Updating kernel using yum and adding a driver disk

Posted: 28 Jun 2007 05:03 AM PDT

On 28 Jun, 13:03, Jean-David Beyer <net> wrote:
 

This can be..... fraught. For example, many el cheapo IDE controllers,
and drivers with them, re-order the devices at odd moments. The
published add-on drivers for Promise controllers, for years, had a
hard-coded setting of switching the /dev/hde and /dev/hdf drives to
look like /dev/hda and /dev/hdb, to try and force the Promise managed
drives to be seen first.

Ye ghods, those things were *awful*. It's why I try to get 3Ware and
Adaptec controllers these days: more robust, more supported, and more
consistent in their quality and behavior.

Help me choose a Linux Distro

Posted: 23 Jun 2007 10:42 PM PDT

Artificer wrote: 
Damn Small Linux. It doesn't even require installation.
 

My Dsl Browser 

Yes, as above 
place that 
DSL has Fluxbox ans JWM 
as above 

Once you got the grips with DSL you can switch over to Debian.

Ottavio
http://www.pledgebank.com/boycottvista

Is it Memory or processor?

Posted: 23 Jun 2007 01:24 AM PDT

sridhar wrote: 
 
memtest86 is normally written to a floppy, and you just reboot the system
from the floppy. I write it to a CD-ROM instead, since my experience with
floppies is that they are very short-lived. They used last longer, but they
were never very reliable.

You just boot with the floppy (or, in my case, the CD-ROM) in place. It is a
stand-alone program; it does not matter what Linux distribution, Windows
version, or what you run on your computer, but it must run the *86
instruction set.

http://www.memtest86.com/



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Building kernel - a couple of quick questions

Posted: 22 Jun 2007 07:17 PM PDT

Darren Salt wrote:
 
For the classic reason: because it was there. 
It is 32-bit.

Another one? I want to incorporate some changes to the .config file, but
the info is supplied as just that. I can't find them or anything likely in
the menu. Is there a way to work from .config to the menu?

Doug.
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GRUB won't boot with a ServerWorks H1000 controller (SATA)

Posted: 22 Jun 2007 01:41 AM PDT

I demand that Doug Laidlaw may or may not have written...

[snip problem which turned out to be a BIOS bug] 

Sound works fine here - CK804 driven by ALSA intel8x0, kernel configured &
built locally. (Are you sure that you don't mean built-in sound hardware?)

Graphics, though - good reputation? No, that belongs to Intel and those nice
shiny _open-source_ drivers of theirs. That said, I'm using older ATI mainly
because I can easily get dual-head working with their hardware and it has
better open-source support than nVidia.

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Getting the list of members in a group.

Posted: 20 Jun 2007 03:59 AM PDT

On 2007-06-20, voipfc <com> wrote: 

Again, I'm surprised not to see this suggestion:

getent group

This does suffer from the same drawback as looking solely at /etc/group,
in that it won't tell you where a userid has his primary gid listed in
/etc/passwd but not in /etc/group. But it has the advantage that it
will list all available groups, if your box is an NIS or LDAP (pam_ldap
or nss_ldap) client.

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Can't get dual-boot to work, always goes to Vista

Posted: 19 Jun 2007 03:33 PM PDT

On 20 Jun, 14:31, Mike Silva <com> wrote: 

Well, that explains it. It's finding your MBR from the first disk, the
Windows MBR. You may be able to tell your BIOS to look at your second
disk for an MBR first, or you can over-write that one with the grub
boot loader, or you can even record your Linux MBR to a file and add
it as an option for your Windows boot loader.

thanks to the group

Posted: 19 Jun 2007 11:22 AM PDT

Yes well sadly when you have an install base, its difficult to switch
over. Like trying to wean a vampire from blood.

Regards.

How to install linux from floppy, without a bootable cdrom drive?

Posted: 18 Jun 2007 10:26 PM PDT

On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 22:26:04 -0700, two_wheeled wrote:
 

Debian (www.debian.org) and ArchLinux (www.archlinux.org) both have a
boot floppy install option for those systems that can't boot off the CD-
ROM. Both can also do a network install, if you prefer, but you'll need
a high speed connection, if you don't want the install to take a week. ;-)

I just installed Debian Sarge (2.6 kernel) on a Thinkpad 240X which has a
non-bootable USB CD. Worked just fine. (You'll only need Disks 1 and 2
for a normal install with GUI.) Tried Debian Etch, but it didn't have
the driver for my CD-ROM on the driver floppy, and was unable to transfer
the install over to the CD. Too old, I guess. I'm going to try to do a
distro-upgrade -- Sarge to Etch -- via the net once I get everything
configured.

Haven't tried Arch other than reading the docs. It seems way too cutting
edge for such an old (7+ years) notebook.

Stef

incomplete back-ups

Posted: 18 Jun 2007 08:07 PM PDT

s. keeling <ab.ca>: 

Sorry.

tar czvf ...

"z" is gzip compression. Drat.



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How to Upgrade glibc???

Posted: 17 Jun 2007 02:46 PM PDT

Michal Jaegermann wrote: 
Possibly, but I believe Red Hat will support RHEL3 for another three years
or so. So he should just run up2date to get the newer versions. It may take
some time since they are up to RHEL 3.9 already (although they do not call
these things by dot numbers).


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How can I get usual screen output in piped tar command?

Posted: 15 Jun 2007 05:57 AM PDT

voipfc <com> wrote: 

Sorry. I think I just sent a partial post with wrong stuff thinking
I was cancelling it. Switch to cvf and then add 2> verbose.file
before the pipe to intercept stderr into a file.

Can't login with xwindow

Posted: 12 Jun 2007 08:27 AM PDT

On 2007-06-23, Doug Laidlaw wrote: 

It may or may not be. Run levels 3, 4 and 5 can be anything. It
depends on what the distro sets them to.

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how to start mysql server at boot time

Posted: 12 Jun 2007 01:06 AM PDT

grace wrote: 

This is normally full automatic on modern Linux distributions. If you
use Debian, Ubuntu or Gentoo Linux, they ship already scripts which
helps to start MySQL full automatic at boot up.
Maybe your Linux distribution has also a package which contains already
MySQL?

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Custom Numer Fields Microsoft Project

Custom Numer Fields Microsoft Project


Custom Numer Fields

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 11:26 AM PDT

Thank you so much. Sometime you look at something for so long it will never
some to you. Thanx again!!!!

"Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
 

Project Sumary Task

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 10:25 AM PDT

You're welcome Neal and thanks for the feedback. (The option to make the
Project Summary Task appear always has long been on my list of wishes.)
Julie
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Display additional fields in an MS Project Calendar view.

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 09:45 AM PDT

You are very welcome and thanks for the feedback.

Julie

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news:com... 


Rollback Not working correctly in Trigger on MSP_TASKS

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 09:12 AM PDT

Deepak Mahadevan wrote:
 

Yikes!!! It is really a bad idea to have this kind of thing going on
against Project's tables. you are pretty lucky that it did not really
up your project.

You would be best served enforcing these rules within an application level
VBA event.

http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5032122.html#
This shows how to use these events. The example here looks at changes and
asks for a password but you can change the code to your own needs.

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Customised Fields - naming

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 08:51 AM PDT

In article <#phx.gbl>,
"JackD" <momokuri@gmail> wrote:
 

Jack,
As usual you are right. I just didn't look closely enough at that
possibility. To verify my answer I used a file that had the custom
fields renamed and I assumed that is what Steve had also. Bad assumption.

John

duration vs. elapsed time

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 08:08 AM PDT

Brian,
Thank you so much for your prompt and accurate adivce. Once I got the proper
view, it was smooth sailing. Thanks again...NYLA

"NYLA" wrote:
 

autosize row in Project file with Visual Basic

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 07:25 AM PDT

Thanks John.

"John" wrote:
 

Working with Customized fields

Posted: 13 Oct 2005 06:32 AM PDT

Brian is absolutely correct. Custom field formulas can only reference the
task they are based on. You can't reference other tasks.

And he is right that I have some code for this. Check out the "Ready to
Start" macro here:

http://masamiki.com/project/macros.htm

You need to adjust the 80% to 100%, but it sounds like it does what you are
asking.

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Issue with FF and SS external dependencies

Posted: 12 Oct 2005 09:38 PM PDT

Hi Brian,

We have the issue even if the dates have not changed. If the PM creates the
link, saves the schedule and immediately reopens it, he/she gets the dialog
box.
Again, this issue is for FF and SS links only. For FS links it works fine.

Chris

"Brian K - Project MVP" wrote:
 

creation dates with templates

Posted: 12 Oct 2005 12:05 PM PDT

Thanks for the reply.

No the template is not in a project file. It is an enterprise template.

Installing MS Project trial version

Posted: 12 Oct 2005 10:57 AM PDT

Hi Justin and ed1671,

Sorry the only further advise I can suggest would be to order the trial CD
from Microsoft. The information is in the link below.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/project/prodinfo/trial.mspx

Hope this helps.

Julie

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news:com... 


Document Access

Posted: 12 Oct 2005 10:28 AM PDT

Mark --

In the future, please post your Project Server questions to the
microsoft.public.project.server newsgroup, as this newsgroup is devoted to
the use of only the Microsoft Project desktop application.

To answer your questions, team members are not added to the project's
SharePoint subweb until they have been assigned to at least one task in the
project. This is by design and it is how the system is supposed to work.
Hope this helps.

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Project 2003 Resouce Issue

Posted: 12 Oct 2005 09:20 AM PDT

Hi Andrew,

You are most welcome and thanks for the feedback.

Julie
"Andrew" <com> wrote in message
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task in outlook

Posted: 12 Oct 2005 05:20 AM PDT

You're welcome Richard and thanks for the feedback.
Julie
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news:phx.gbl... 


Assigning resources at the summary level

Posted: 11 Oct 2005 06:59 PM PDT

In article <com>,
Robert <microsoft.com> wrote:
 


Robert,
This issue has been brought up many times in this newsgroup. You can do
a search on the subject and get all kinds of opinions. Generally,
linking to Summary Lines is a bad idea because the user needs to be
extremely diligent and careful to avoid two major pitfalls. The first is
creation of circular relationships. The second is unexpected changes in
the schedule (i.e. normal links on performance tasks are fairly easy to
see and predict but Summary Line links can cause some "sneaky" things to
happen). If you are familiar with circuit ysis in electronics,
Summary Line links are like sneak circuit paths.

If you have successfully used links on Summary Lines in the past, you
are either extremely lucky or very cognizant of their quirks.

John
Project MVP

Removing duration from the calendar view

Posted: 11 Oct 2005 04:14 PM PDT

In article <com>,
dave <com> wrote:
 

Dave,
To be honest, I don't know. I never use the Calendar view but playing
with it a little it might be possible to do what you want but it
certainly won't be pretty (i.e. very readable). What I ended up doing is
to set up a separate 1 day task on the Finish date of each task. Then I
filtered the view so only the one day tasks were visible. Finally I set
the Format/Bar Styles for a line bar type (noncritical task). Like I
said, not very "pretty".

Project isn't all that flexible when it comes to presenting the data in
certain ways and the Calendar view is one of them.

John
Project MVP