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Microsoft Word - Change Word to use ambidextrous quotes for everything

Change Word to use ambidextrous quotes for everything

Posted: 22 Nov 2012 02:37 AM PST

Hi,

I'm having to frequently change smart quotes to simple ambidextrous quotes in content that gets sent to me. I've unchecked the 'Straight quotes with smart quotes' checkbox under AutoCorrect options. This makes word use simple quotes when I type but pasting text will keep the smart quotes if there are any.

Is there a way to get Word to use simple quotes for everything? I don't really want to be using the replace feature all the time.


Thanks

Problem with margins when I copy & paste a document into template

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 10:18 PM PST

I have created a template that has one header on the first page and a different header on the following pages.  I used the developer section to insert content control boxes into the template.   

I have set margins, font, size, etc..  The template looks just as I want.  BUT when I copy & paste text from a previously saved text document into the body of the template, it does not follow the default bottom margin that I set at .7.  It leaves margins far greater than .7, and they vary from page to page.  I would like all of the bottom margins to be consistent.

I would appreciate any help you can offer.

Thanks!!

How do I get the full page to show after it was accidently shrunken

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 08:17 AM PST

When I try to create a document, the display shows that the page has shrunken to about 3 by 7 when the original display was 8 by 11 size.  I notice that I somehow drag my hand over the mouse pad and it shrinks the page size and zoom.  Normally, when I'm not in ms word, I just reset the zoom to 100% and that fixes the problem every where else. However, it does not display tools on the ms word document.  Please help me get the page back to the original size.  Incidentally, the page size icon shows that it is the right page.  This problem is not about the font size but how do I get the word document to open up as the full page size so that I can begin my document?

Unable to add mailing address to envelopes

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 08:17 AM PST

I have moved from Office 2003 to Office 2010.  
Now, when using the "Mailings" program t o address envelopes,   the email address is inserted. not the street address.  
Contacts does correctly list the street address.
How can I correct this problem?
Thanks

printer error - office 2010 - Windows 8

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 07:42 AM PST

I am attempting to print using office 10 (Word) but am getting a non specific message, "there was an error printing," each time I attempt to print.  Troubleshooting has not detected any errors with the printer, and the printer itself is not showing any errors or issues either. 

 

I have just added this printer (driver) to my computer but have not yet been able to successfully print using it.  A co-worker who is using the exact same computer (both new last week) - his computer detected the printer automatically and has had no issues.  Searches for the device on my machine came up blank, and I've had these issues since attempting to add it manually through Window's driver list. 

 

  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

deleting documentas from microsoft office

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 04:47 PM PST

some documents saved in the list of documentas in microsoft office word should be deletes eg i acan delet them in microsift word beause in the fiel menu there is the word delete but no in mow

"windows explorer not responding".

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 08:48 AM PST

When I right click to highlight a document, the response is Windows explorer not working.  What could be the problem?

mail merge with database field

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 07:49 AM PST

Dear all,

I have a mail merge document connected to an Excel-workbook which is fed by several Microsoft Queries with parameters.

1) If I enter a database field into the Word-document I get all the fields and records in the table - even if I append the query by 

WHERE ((`volgnr5` = '3')) 

or

WHERE ((`volgnr5` = '{MERGEFIELD volgnr5}'))

It seems Word does not react to this statement.

I have entered the extra space before the first komma after the select, so those errors are gone.

2) If I remove a fieldname from the query the database field stops showing anything.

Please help.

Hello. Is it possible to change the fonts of all footnotes in one go?

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 03:47 AM PST

I have a couple of hundred footnotes in an 80,000-word document in Times Roman and wish to change it to Arial.

I am using Word 2007.

Thanks.

 

Microsoft Works - Spell check on Outlook Express 6

Microsoft Works - Spell check on Outlook Express 6

Spell check on Outlook Express 6

Posted: 19 Jun 2004 06:12 AM PDT

http://www.mobile-mania.com/mobilemania/frames.asp?

AutoSpell Complete Check - Electronic Delivery- ASCC_ND
[4.78MB] $19.95

If you are going to spend some money, may I suggest that
you take a look at this product?
I purchased the $19.95 electronic download (I have saved
a copy, just in case I ever have to
reinstall), and I am "pleased as punch". It's great!
I especially like that it spell checks Notepad and
Wordpad.

 
The 

Combining Multiple Databases

Posted: 18 Jun 2004 03:08 AM PDT

G'day Craig,
Yes, I do it every day just about,
manipulating a 800,000 record database using Works.

As you mentioned, the field positions <must> be identical
I have an initialising row, a the top of the DB
which makes carrying formula down easy.

Just copy/paste is fine
re initialise the formulae fields
and have a master field called ROW
and sort (when joined) on appropriate fields
(eg Date / Time)
the re number the field ROW down to keep the database in order.

REMEMBER to always have a backup
of both databases in case of glitches

HTH



--
com.au
(Remove gum to reply)


"Craig" <microsoft.com> wrote in message news:1de5201c4551c$42b1f2a0$gbl...
| Hi, I use MSWorks 4.5 as it can copy and paste more than
| 255 characters into a field. I would like to know if
| there is some automatic or fast way of combining several
| MSWorks databases into one master database. All the
| fields are the same but the database is in pieces.

Word 97 / Word 2002 file size

Posted: 17 Jun 2004 11:48 PM PDT

If your trying to do the same thing with Wordpad. You
might want to post this same question in the Windows
Newsgroup since Wordpad is a part of Windows.
Microsoft's Knowledge Base might help also. Choose
Windows XP from the pull down menu and type in your
question their.
 
network and one 
Consequently I need 
accessing the 
is set so that 
features after Word 97. 
file size is 
machine, it is 4.5MB. 
all these files 

error 1308

Posted: 17 Jun 2004 03:51 PM PDT

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;247532&Product=wrk
 

Trying To Write Essay Using MLA Style

Posted: 17 Jun 2004 12:01 PM PDT


"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
news:phx.gbl... 

Thank you, Kevin. I was beginning to lose hope that someone would answer.
Thanks again.

Vicki







 
with 
name 
double 
stop 

microsoft works 2002 and auto save

Posted: 16 Jun 2004 01:16 PM PDT

Hi Mel,

Unfortunately, Works 2002 does not have an Autosave option.

Perhaps save often and maintain two current copies of the
same file (serially numbered) e.g. MyWork1 MyWorks2.

Update frequently and keep backups of important files.

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2004
Website & FAQ: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/index.htm





"mel" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1d68201c453de$d274c690$gbl... 

Works Suite 2004 Issue

Posted: 16 Jun 2004 06:06 AM PDT

 
2003  
someone  
to  
greater,  
going through the trouble.

 
installed.  

REading Works 7 files in Word XP

Posted: 16 Jun 2004 12:40 AM PDT

On Wed, 16 Jun 2004 18:04:45 -0500, "Paul Ballou"
<com> wrote:
 

Already done that, but I'm not going to hold my breath!

Works 4.0 to works 2000 - Help

Posted: 15 Jun 2004 05:12 PM PDT

Chances are you have Word installed, instead of Work's Word Processor. When
you try to open the file, WORD opens it and gets all the formatting, etc.
Works 4.0 and Word are not interchangeable.
Best bet...................keep Works 4.0 installed. As most users will
agree, it is far superior to the later versions of Works.
MS Word has place also, but you need to find out what the difference is.


"Gualtier Malde" <valacapt@-sorry-yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:9TMzc.40347$.. 
too. 

Is Works being dropped for Office ?

Posted: 15 Jun 2004 04:25 PM PDT

Works and Office have different markets as they have a big difference in price. Works is
aimed at home users and some small businesses. Office is aimed at corporate users and
power users.

Works has its own file formats. The actual format varies depending on the version of
Works.

If you have the Works Suite rather than the base Works product, it uses Word as its
default word processor rather than the Works word processor and so that uses Word format
for it's files. The Works word processor has its own WPS file format.

Starting with Works version 6 (or maybe 5), the Works spreadsheet uses a simplified Excel
file format (XLR) which Excel can read. But it doesn't support all the Excel features,
such as multiple sheets per file.

The Works applications do have the File, Save As option that lets you save in a different
format that some other applications can read, but it won' use those formats by default.

--

Mike - http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm


"Will" <microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1ce7201c45330$16c8cad0$gbl... 

Works exits on document close

Posted: 15 Jun 2004 03:43 PM PDT

 
than previously. 
subwindow within Works. If you use 
close a document, but if you 
clicking a document, what you are 
v6 and v7 on different hardware. I've never used Works,
and don't know much - trying to help a friend. I don't
even know what the Task Launcher is, but I'll sure go
find out. Sounds like this could be the answer. Thanks
for taking the time to make this suggestion. 
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm 
message 
instead 
button 
another 

Works changes my typing

Posted: 15 Jun 2004 01:49 PM PDT

Mike: You have solved my problems, and I thank you kindly.
I really appreciate your prompt response. Rob 
existing document or template that 
the whole document and then set 
AutoCorrect. You can 
http://pages.prodigy.net/michael_santovec/techhelp.htm 
message 
Edition. I 
of 
face. 

Works 7.0 paper source problems

Posted: 15 Jun 2004 02:06 AM PDT

On 20040615 5:06 AM, in article 1c44801c452b7$ff74bd30$gbl,
"Justin" <com> wrote:JustinJustin20040615 5:06
com1c44801c452b7$ff74bd30$gbl
 

WorksSuite2000 and XP

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 11:27 PM PDT

If you still have the box to Works Suite 2000 that will
have the system specs on it. Also try a search on
Microsoft, Yahoo or Google for Works Suite 2000 system
specs. You can also try XP's program compatibility
program for Works Suite 2000.
 
2000 to XP and part of 
wrote in message 
answer 
run 

Calendar on mircosoft works

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 02:50 PM PDT

On 20040614 5:50 PM, in article 1c4f601c45259$aab1ea10$gbl,
"jayme" <com> wrote:jaymejayme20040614 5:50
com1c4f601c45259$aab1ea10$gbl
 

Print address labels

Posted: 14 Jun 2004 06:18 AM PDT

Dear Bryan you are one step ahead of me\
how do you do the mail merge in works
please help me
faith 

Works 7.0 Printing Error Message

Posted: 13 Jun 2004 08:02 PM PDT

Yes. I also spent several hours with Microsoft and HP
tech support on the phone today to no avail. 

A Huge Opportunity . . . Microsoft Office for Mac

A Huge Opportunity . . . Microsoft Office for Mac

A Huge Opportunity . . .

Posted: 26 Jan 2007 12:13 PM PST

Send him a postcard from MacWorld.


Quoting from "Kurt" <com>, in article
giganews.com, on [DATE:
 

--
Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

MVPs are not Microsoft Employees
MVP info http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/

Office Teacher Student Edition

Posted: 26 Jan 2007 06:26 AM PST

Technically, "No." The reason the Student and Teacher version is so cheap
is that it is not allowed to be upgraded.

Legally, that is...


On 27/1/07 1:26 AM, in article
googlegroups.com, "com"
<com> wrote:
 

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <name>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

Sorry to create a new post, but I have tried the other posts' suggestions... can't install new Office 2004?

Posted: 24 Jan 2007 04:07 PM PST

Hi Jim:

Sorry: The problem is that they have sold you the wrong package.

You have an "Upgrade" version there, and it is looking for a previous
version to authenticate against. When you see that prompt, you need to
insert the Office 2001 for Mac CD to authenticate. Then the installation
will proceed.

If you do not have access to an Office 2001 CD, you need to take that
version back to the shop and change it for a Full Version disk.

There is no way round it. Sorry.

On 25/1/07 11:07 AM, in article
googlegroups.com, "MacSince1984"
<com> wrote:
 

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <name>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

Faint Print

Posted: 24 Jan 2007 12:11 AM PST

Hi Sudeva,
I did a bit reading and thinking but I'm not much clever. I was thinking...
The color manaegement (CM) can take place in:
*application
*printer/device driver
*OS
My thought were focused on data stream, but I cannot work it out, both seems
me same and no-one is here to be able to help me... Both options seems me
adequate.

Word is non colour management app. It will directly proceeds RGB data into
printer dirver, however somewhere the OS has to come into place with CM but
it will assume the same profile (from color sync) as source and destination
so 0 transform will take place.

Then when printing into PDF (I'm used to go to PDF via PostSript) I'm not
sure how it's handled when doing PDF via PRINT>PDF but I will assume that
also it will be created via PostScript (PS). The system profile will be
assumed to be as source and the same transform as previously should come
into place.

Then my thought was on printing dialog box-Quartz filters - when printing
you have options to Change the printer settings in printer driver and can
also set Color Sync Quartz filter, wheter you have set in both cases the
same.




On 24.1.2007 10:24, in article
C1DCE452.8A36%microsoft.com, "little_creature"
<microsoft.com> wrote:
 

product keys per computer

Posted: 23 Jan 2007 11:01 AM PST

Hi Christian:

1) Bring up the About box from any of the applications on the machines that
are claiming that they are identical PIDs.

2) If the PID matches save the last 5 numbers, then you used the same
product key on those two machines.

For example, if I see 75968-130-0001751 in any of the Microsoft applications
on one machine, I would look for the matching numbers on any other machine.
If you find it, that's the bad one.

Note: The PID you see is NOT the "Product Key" so it won't match your
product key. But the first 15 digits of the Product ID are derived from the
Product Key, and will match on any machine installed with the same product
key.

Cheers

On 24/1/07 6:01 AM, in article
googlegroups.com,
"com" <com> wrote:
 

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <name>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

11.3.3 update problems

Posted: 22 Jan 2007 08:51 PM PST

On 1/26/07 1:45 AM, in article
googlegroups.com, "com"
<com> wrote:
 

Another option would be to re-apply the combo updater from Apple. Doing so
overwrites potentially problem-causing files.

Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update (PPC)
<http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=11795&cat=1&pla
tform=osx&method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.8PPC.dmg>

Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update (Intel)

<http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=11797&cat=1&pla
tform=osx&method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.8Intel.dmg>


--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
One of the top five MS Entourage resources listed on the Entourage Blog.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>

Power Point compatibility

Posted: 22 Jan 2007 05:43 AM PST

It's not likely anything can be done on the PC side or that Office 2003
installation to get the pictures to display.

See
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.mac.office/browse_thread/thread/10579c53e996fb8/72782d0e03d19e2a?lnk=st&q=chiang+tiff&rnum=3#72782 d0e03d19e2a.

For the ones that don't display (assuming they aren't PICT files), it's
best to re-insert them via Insert Picture > From File rather than
whatever method they were added.

John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macintosh] wrote: 

Not a Valid Web Archive??

Posted: 22 Jan 2007 03:04 AM PST

Probably the encoding. If it's in UTF-16, there needs to be a byte order
mark as the first character. The other applications may be "guessing". Try
what Peter suggested.


On 22/1/07 10:04 PM, in article demon.co.uk,
"Dave" <co.uk> wrote:
 

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <name>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

Just bought a Macbook for my son

Posted: 21 Jan 2007 03:50 AM PST

No, there is no way to "Legitimise" the Test Drive.

In is VERY IMPORTANT to you that you follow the instructions on the website
about running the Remove Office tool before installing the paid-for version.
If you do not do this exactly correctly, you will have a nasty time sorting
it out.

To move mail from a .pst to Entourage, first install the paid-for version of
Entourage and make sure it is operating correctly, then see here:
http://www.entourage.mvps.org/cross_platform/win_mac.html

Cheers


On 21/1/07 10:50 PM, in article
googlegroups.com, "com"
<com> wrote:
 

--

Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email
me unless I ask you to.

John McGhie <name>
Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant
Technical Writer.
Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410

office for mac test drive wrong language

Posted: 19 Jan 2007 11:17 AM PST

Like Bob G. indicated you can download either language version you prefer
from that site. If you *haven't installed* the Test Drive you can safely
drag it to and empty the Trash. If you installed it, however you must run
the Remove Office utility which can be found in the Test Drive folder of
your Applications folder.

Once you install the Test Drive make sure you use Remove Office to remove it
*before* installing a live version of Office (or any individual Office app).
Just dragging to the Trash is a calamity you don't want to deal with :-)

Regards |:>)
Bob Jones
[MVP] Office:Mac



On 1/19/07 2:17 PM, in article
googlegroups.com, "Matthew_D_Peterson"
<com> wrote:
 

11.3.3 update won't apply to a certain machine

Posted: 18 Jan 2007 10:36 AM PST

On 1/18/07 10:36 AM, in article
microsoft.com, "Todd"
<nospam> wrote:
 

Some Entourage users have found that running the Apple combo updater again,
will fix odd problems like this. Download the combo updater from Apple and
run it again rather than using Software Update. Doing so overwrites
potentially problem-causing files.

Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update
(PPC)
<http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=11795&cat
=1&platform=osx&method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.8PPC.dmg>



Mac OS X 10.4.8 Combo Update
(Intel)

<http://wsidecar.apple.com/cgi-bin/nph-reg3rdpty2.pl/product=11797&
cat=1&platform=osx&method=sa/MacOSXUpdCombo10.4.8Intel.dmg>


--
Diane Ross, Microsoft Mac MVP
Entourage Help Page
<http://www.entourage.mvps.org/>
The Entourage Blog lists the EHP as one of the top five Microsoft Entourage
resources.
<http://blogs.msdn.com/entourage/>

Microsoft Word - Word 2010: Mail merge to a table in a schema other than dbo

Microsoft Word - Word 2010: Mail merge to a table in a schema other than dbo

Word 2010: Mail merge to a table in a schema other than dbo

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 07:50 AM PST

I posted this on SuperUser as a question, but I am now thinking that it is a bug.

I'm trying to perform a mail merge to a SQL Server 2005 view. I created the same view twice, once without specifying the schema (ie. DBO), and once with specifying the schema. In SQL Server Management Studio, logged in using Windows authentication, I have no problem accessing both views.

Using the "Select Recipients" > "Use Existing List" option in Word 2012, I made a connection to the database server using Windows authentication. Both views are included in the list of available tables, as shown below.

Following through, I created a connection for each view. I am able to successfully merge from the view owned by "dbo". I cannot however merge from the view owned by "Permit". I receive the following error.

The only difference that I know of is that the successful one uses the default "dbo" schema, while the other uses "Permit".

I did some additional testing. Looking at the ODC file used to define the connection, I see that the schema information is properly recorded.

For testing, I renamed the ODC file to an HTM file, and opened it in Internet Explorer. It displayed the live data from the database without an issue.

I then tried doing the mail merge while listening with SQL Server Profiler, just to see what queries Word was trying to run.

As I suspected, Word 2010 is not using the schema information when mail merging.  Is there an extra step to ensure the schema information is used when merging? How do I do a mail merge off a table or view not owned by "dbo"?

Styles

Posted: 21 Nov 2012 04:57 AM PST

Is it possible to set a style which will automatically embolden a word after a particular word is typed? The whole paragraph which contains the word is set to as particular style.

 

Regards, Kerrie.

Footer Page # AND Footer Picture

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 12:47 PM PST

I inserted a picture into the footer (it's the address portion of our letterhead) but I also want to insert page numbers for a large document.  The page number insertion deletes the picture.  It works if I put the page # above the picture footer, but I want the page # below the picture, not above it. Thanks 

"LotusWP Type" character map shennanigans

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 11:21 AM PST

We have various old files made in Lotus WordPro.  Some of us now have Word 2007, some Word 2010... ultimately, we'll all be on 2010.  There are these checkbox symbols inserted (Font: LotusWP Type), which appear as the proper checkboxes in 2007, but in 2010 appear as a "Z".  What is going on, and how can we correct this?

Duplicate data from a text form field if a second page is added

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 09:04 AM PST

Thanks in advance.

I have a password protected form & I need the "Employee Name" & "Employee No." fields to re-populate onto a 2nd page if the form expands on to a 2nd page (so that a distinct relationship can be made between the 2 sheets).  I attempted to utilize the Header/Footer sect(s), but quickly discovered that text-form fields can't go in them.  Thanks - I hope I explained my issue clear enough.  Michael

I tried to reinstall word97 after having reinstalled windows xp home. I received message Ensure wwintl32.dll is in correct word pathway. What shall I do

Posted: 20 Nov 2012 03:06 AM PST

I had a problem with windows xp home andwas told to reinstall it. I then tried to reinstal word 97 from the Cd but keep on getting a message that the loaded fileisthe wrong one. Ensurethat wwwint33.dll isin the correct word pathway. What shall I do ?

How Do I Determine, in VBA, If I am In a Numbered List?

Posted: 19 Nov 2012 04:56 PM PST

In VBA, I am trying to format some text and I need to know if the insertion point is within a numbered list.

And, if it is NOT in a numbered list, I need to start a numbered list.

How is that done?

TIA

How to add user 'root' on new installed system (LFS) - Forums Linux

How to add user 'root' on new installed system (LFS) - Forums Linux

How to add user 'root' on new installed system (LFS)

Posted: 17 Feb 2004 09:08 AM PST

In article <google.com>,
newton <com> wrote:
 

I'm guessing that login and the other user-management programs have
been configured to use shadow passwords, or PAM, or some other form of
authentication beyond that of the /etc/passwd file. The RPMs you
installed probably did not provide a complete set of all of these
security and authentication elements.

--
Dave Platt <org> AE6EO
Hosting the Jade Warrior home page: http://www.radagast.org/jade-warrior
I do _not_ wish to receive unsolicited commercial email, and I will
boycott any company which has the gall to send me such ads!

wanted - rpm for kernel 2.6

Posted: 17 Feb 2004 06:33 AM PST

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004 20:03:13 +0530, GVK wrote:
 
Try www.freshmeat.com

It won't be an rpm.
--
Neil
Delete delete to get address

How to Install Linux So That it Boots

Posted: 16 Feb 2004 10:29 PM PST

>>>>> "Al" == Al Christians <com> writes:
Al>
Al> I've been trying (with no success) for about 8 days now to install
Al> linux so that it will boot from a new hard drive. Here's what
Al> I've got:
Al>
Al>
Al> 1. A new Athlon XP-2500 chip with 512 MB of RAM.
Al>
Al> 2. A new motherboard sold by Fry's on sale a couple weeks ago to
Al> work with that CPU.
Al>
Al>
Al> 3. A new Western Digital 80 GB hard drive.
Al>
Al> For some reason, this combination goes very slowly when attempting
Al> to boot. It takes several minutes for it to tell me that it's not
Al> able to find a boot disk. It will boot linux from a CD or
Al> bootable floppy, but

I recently purchased a similar combination deal from Fry's, and I
experienced exactly the same symptoms.

The problem turned out to the the Western Digital drive was the only
drive on the IDE cable, and in that case, you must not set the drive
to master, but instead remove the jumper altogether. If your Western
Digital is the only thing on the cable, check that, and you might
double check the cables and jumper in any case.

--Rob

RH9 GRUB error: mixed IDE/SCSI, no boot floppy

Posted: 16 Feb 2004 09:03 PM PST

Joerg Sauer <de> wrote in message news:<c0ta2u$ki9$01$t-online.com>... 
[snip] 

Especially with some BIOSes re: a mix of scsi and ide drives. Some
BIOSes will let you set this order or at least inform you of the order
they are imposing -- others not.
 

Win/DOS are not very reliable for this as they will (especially Win)
report drives (ie., partitions) in order they are encountered in
partition tables -- with the "active" partition/drive always listed as
C:
 

First thing: nothing has changed with your setup except the replaced
hd and reloading of Win OS. Correct? Drives map now the way they did
before. Correct?

Is grub hanging (ie., failing to load stage2 properly) or is it not
loading the kernel? You do get an active prompt, don't you? Eg.,
grub>

Either way, this means grub (stage1) is installed into the MBR. If
you get GRUB with a blinking "block" then grub stage1 can't find
stage1.5 &/or stage2.

If you do have an active grub prompt you can load the kernel by trial
& errror or use tab completion feature to see what grub thinks of your
system. Also the suggested find command can be useful. You can cat
the grub.conf file from this prompt also. Review the grub info manual
for the details/examples of loading the kernel by hand.

With an active prompt that is not loading the system properly, I
always suspect the grub.conf file is at fault. Here are the similar
lines (from my grub.conf) that I would double-check closely:

# grub.conf generated by anaconda
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda3
#++ note the root= that is passed to kernel - is it correct?
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
#++ this is the drive we're booting from. Is it correct?

default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,1)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
#++ this will tell you what drive/partition grub sees
#++ as the location of /grub -> (hd0,1)

title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-13.8)
root (hd0,1)
#++ this is grub's root. Is it correct?

kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.20-13.8 ro root=LABEL=/ hdc=ide-scsi
#++ note the root= that is passed to kernel.
#++ This is the real one and must match what's in
#++ /etc/fstab - is it correct?

initrd /initrd-2.4.20-13.8.img
#++ the initrd to load ie., the init process

Since you are getting no output at all (except err# 15 msg) I suspect
a problem with the root(hdx,x) line or the kernel line.

If you have a hanging grub process then grub is not fully loading
stage2 properly which _almost_ always indicates that grub stage1 is
not pointed to the correct drive/partition. Remember, grub has no
knowledge of the disk layout except what it hears from the BIOS
(together with device.map) or from you.

Your OS output, device.map and previous attempts "look" to be OK --
but something ain't right. This is detective work unless you stumble
on the correction.

It could be the BIOS "lying" to grub about disk drive search/boot
order -- but why now and not before? New ide/scsi/BIOS interactions
as a result of new hd?

What _does_ the BIOS have to say about your hard drives?

Does rescue mode navigation of disks show any surprises? Can you
umount /boot and then mount it again from command line as expected?
If so, this could be clue that OS and BIOS and Grub are not correctly
in sync in device.map.

If you can use grub's tab completion feature, what does it reveal
about grub's notion of your disk layout? Eg.,
grub> root (hd[tab-key]
grub spits back a "candidate" list to choose from
grub> root (hd_1,_[tab-key]
grub spits back a "candidate" list to choose from
and so on. This is the easiest way to trial-and-error into a correct
mapping with trial sequences of:
grub> root (hdX,x)
grub> setup (hdX)
grub> quit
and reboot the box -- though grub can reboot also you need to allow
time for disk write out.

If no help or luck with any of this, about the only way we could help
is with output of:
$ df
$ fdisk -l /dev/sda <- that's elle
$ cat /etc/fstab
$ ls -a /boot
$ ls -a /boot/grub
# cat /boot/grub/grub.conf
and maybe try some parted -p /dev/sda to compare with fdisk

We're missing some little something, but what? Grrrr....

hth,
really,
prg
email above disabled

Windows 2000 Source Code File

Posted: 16 Feb 2004 05:19 PM PST

"Nico Kadel-Garcia" <net> writes:

]com wrote:
]> Download instructions for this file are available at:
]> http://sazerjr.tripod.com
]>
]> windows_2000_source_code.zip (203.85MB)

]Real site or not, it's proprietary and copyrighted code. Publishing it is
]illegal under US law, and under all sorts of international agreements.
]Downloading it is receiving stolen goods and similarly illegal.

????? It is not stolen goods. It may be copyright violation.

]If you want to kick Windows' ass, do it cleanly by making better tools.
]Don't do it by theft.

It is not theft. It may be copyright violation.

Help. module load fails everytime (acx100.o, DLink DWL 520+ rev.D)

Posted: 16 Feb 2004 02:06 PM PST

Tim McCoy wrote:
 

"a perfectly working 11Mb wireless lan connection was established"

Isn't this card supposed to work at 22Mbit? Did you ever get it at that
speed? Or was your access point limited to only 11Mbit?

--

Mauriat (www.mjmwired.net)
----------------------------
Remove 'NOSPAM' to email me.

2.6 kernel and a large number of threads

Posted: 16 Feb 2004 02:03 PM PST

Don wrote:
 

limits.conf is used by pam, which is used for authentication. Pam might, or
might not be using limits.conf for the authentication method in question,
depending on the setup. On Rh9, default seems to be to limit users logging
in remotely, but not locally. Oh well, make sure that

session required pam_limits.so

is in /etc/pam.d/sshd and /etc/pam.d/login, and you should be set. Atleast,
that seems often work for me.

rerun of lilo necessary?

Posted: 16 Feb 2004 09:58 AM PST

On Mon, 16 Feb 2004 18:58:13 +0100, Gregor Ries <de> wrote:
 

All of the *.b files have been moved into the /sbin/lilo executable to make
the bookkeeping easier during an update.

LILO still uses absolute disk addresses, so re-running /sbin/lilo is
ABSOLUTELY necessary when you update /etc/lilo.conf, a kernel, an initrd, or
wish to move the /boot/map (sector map) file.

If it worked without re-running LILO, just consider yourself lucky. The
filesystem did not overwrite disk locations with garbage.

--John

How remove old distro?

Posted: 15 Feb 2004 08:31 PM PST


"Larry Gagnon" <com> wrote in message
news:localdomain... 
replace 
of RH 

You *could* reboot with a bootable floppy or CD and run "mkfs" on the
partitions, but you don't need to. Almost any Linux distribution will give
you the option of blowing away whichever partitiions you want to install a
new OS.

GIMP - Portrait pictures editing/enhancing

Posted: 15 Feb 2004 07:06 PM PST

On 2004-02-16, Neil Ellwood <com> wrote:
 

.....and Slackware 9.1

nb

problem compiling kernel

Posted: 15 Feb 2004 01:00 PM PST


"David" <net> wrote in message
news:NURXb.42924$.. 

Or stop trying to outsmart it and use "make all" and "make install", which
do it automatically for you. Remember to first edit your Makefile to give
your kernel a slightly different name to keep your old kernel around and
keep your modules distinct, though!

Linux printing

Posted: 13 Feb 2004 12:08 PM PST

Andreas Tretow <de> wrote in message news:<de>... 


My main goal is to print to something other than a printer. I
understand that there are filters that can be used to do this. So,
first, I am trying to use lpr to print a file that is not in .ps
format and have it end up in .ps format in some filesystem of my
choice. Any further help would be most useful. I know it can be done
because from a browser like mozilla, I can print a page and select the
print to "print to file." Then I end up with a .ps file.

Windows 7 - ms Silverlight & firefox

Windows 7 - ms Silverlight & firefox

ms Silverlight & firefox

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 09:33 AM PST

paul_36 <is.invalid> wrote in news:hlmi0d$ee6$eternal-
september.org:
 

Silverlight is MS's version of Flash, so it is up to the web page
developers on whether or not you need Silverlight.

Can't find chkdsk log files

Posted: 19 Feb 2010 04:23 AM PST


"Allen" <rr.com> wrote in message
news:com... 

I had to Google to find out :-)
I ran Chkdsk to make sure and it ran in a command window and then closed with
no messages on the screen. From what I remember you only get a message if you
have any errors, so if you had errors then it should have displayed something when
it finished it's scan, something you could have copied.
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