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Will not let me save formula in customized fields Microsoft Project

Will not let me save formula in customized fields Microsoft Project

Will not let me save formula in customized fields

Posted: 24 Aug 2004 11:04 AM PDT

Hi,

Sorry to pop in but it occurred to me that it sounds as if you are trying to
type a formula directly into a field in a view. Forgive me if that is not
the case.
If it is...formulas are entered in Tools, Customize, fields
HTH

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Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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Adding conditional format to fields in Project 2000??

Posted: 24 Aug 2004 09:54 AM PDT

Hi Ron,

You were on the right track.
Did you take a baseline and compare current schedule to baseline?

HTH

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Microsoft Project Most Valuable Professional
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Running a macro on a set of collapsed tasks

Posted: 24 Aug 2004 09:33 AM PDT

Thanks to both Jan and Mark! (Or should I say "hartelijk bedankt" to
Jan??)

My code does go through each task in activeproject.tasks (as well as
checking for blank tasks so that they're skipped), so I'll have to see
what else could possibly prevent the macro from "reading" the info in
the collapsed tasks.

One theory down, thousands to go!

Thanks very much,
Phyl


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Semi-urgent help! - Event 'calculation' problem

Posted: 24 Aug 2004 06:35 AM PDT

You're welcome, Brian - you got it! :-)

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP


A Nony Mouse wrote: 

convert Gantt chart to PDF file

Posted: 24 Aug 2004 04:57 AM PDT

Hello,
Try PDF 995. It is freeware. 
to save as a PDF  
unfortunately the other person  

% Completion question

Posted: 23 Aug 2004 07:16 PM PDT

You'll need use a text field to hold your results with a function to convert
your calculated percentage from numeric to text and append the "%" character
to the result.

FYI, if you have 100 sites to convert and have done 37, you can use the "%
Physical Complete" field to record progress at 37% if you don't mind
figuring the percentage by hand.

I would suggest you think a bit more about your plan's structure and your
method of recording progress. In terms of monitoring whether you are on
time and within budget the breakdown you've outlined and your method of
recording progress won't help you actually manage the work very much.

Saying that 17% of the sites in Subregion 1 and 42 % of the sites in
Subregion 2 has been converted doesn't tell you WHEN Region 1 will finish,
whether you're ahead of or behind schedule, or how much it will cost.

Consider ... what if the circumstances of the installations are such that
the conversion of each site in Group1 only takes 1 day but Group 2's sites
are much more complex and take 10 days each? The 33% of the sites in Group
1 represent only 3 days of work while the 11% of Group 2's represents 30
days and it has cost you 10 times as much for the resources to do Group 2's
11% than it did to do Group 1's. Thus Subregion 1 is really NOT at 17%
complete in terms of the total time and cost required to do all the work.
Rather it actually is only 12% complete using my example numbers because you
have worked a total of 33 days out of a required total of 279 days.

--
Steve House [MVP]
MS Project Trainer/Consultant
Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs

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Automatic updating of external links

Posted: 23 Aug 2004 10:05 AM PDT

Hi Michelle,

Yes it definitely makes sense except that I still can't see how a milestone
can be "tracking a % complete status"; the milestone will only show 100%
complete when you set it to 100% complete explicitly, its % completion is by
no means calculated from other tasks
HTH

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predecessor 
it 
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can't indent/outdent or show/hide subtasks

Posted: 23 Aug 2004 07:03 AM PDT

Sort by ID again (being careful not to select Permenantly Renumber).


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'reacitvate' 
indent/outdent 

Work vs Duration

Posted: 23 Aug 2004 06:23 AM PDT

Yes and no

I agree that working with duration and deadlines makes sense. I do not
endorse the concept of % complete unless there are discrete countable
events - in another post, I indicated that if you were digging a 100 foot
trench and had dug 50 feet I would gladly give you 50% complete. However
most "white collar" work does not have discrete countable events (like
"Design" work) so percent complete is way too subjective... I'd encourage
"Done/non done" reporting and report out slippage against major
milestones...

HTH
Mark


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comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by
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project xml schema advice

Posted: 23 Aug 2004 02:59 AM PDT



"Rod Gill" wrote: 

Thanks very much. Will do.

Jason

Microsoft Works - Product Key for Works Suite 99

Microsoft Works - Product Key for Works Suite 99

Product Key for Works Suite 99

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 08:01 PM PST

Microsoft would have charged you $10 for a new product key if they still
supported Works Suite 99. Check out the price of the current version on
amazon.com at
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0002KQOP8/qid=1108086405/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6602681-8752920?v=glance&s=software&n=507846
..

MikeC wrote: 

Orca Help

Posted: 09 Feb 2005 10:45 AM PST

I'm pretty sure IE is going to be a custom action launched by the MSI

"Stefan Krueger [MVP]" <nospam> wrote in message
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Works Suite 2005 has two wordprocessors - how can I have both ?

Posted: 08 Feb 2005 03:27 PM PST

When you have Works Suite the Works Word Processor is hidden. To gain
access, search for WksWP.exe , right click, select Send To, click Desktop
(create shortcut). Open Works Word Processor from desktop icon.

Ken

"The Bloke Next Door" <co.uk> wrote in message
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I asked but got no response: 

Really, does anyone here know how we can get the benefits of both WPs ?
After all, the Works 8 wordprocessor was there working just fine
before I installed Word 2002 - I hadn't expected to lose the Works WP
as I did, as I had only bought Works Suite 2005 to gain Word and Money.

So I'll ask the question again: how can BOTH WPs be made available ?

Works 2002 calling APIs?

Posted: 07 Feb 2005 07:15 PM PST



"Michello" wrote:
 

HELP! - Works 8.0 Word Processor Letters Crowded

Posted: 07 Feb 2005 12:53 AM PST

Hi Bob,

Thanks for letting us know knowledge base article "Q252874" found the
problem.

Ken

"Bob N." <microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Dear Ken:

EUREKA!!! YIPEEEE!!!! The explanation in this MS article
found the problem!! It was a simple matter of going into the Control
Panel in Windows XP and changing the printing parameters a little.
I would have never guessed what to do without the "Q252874"
article. My IBM Proprinter II dot matrix printer has always worked
fine at a text resolution setting of 240 x 144. Apparently on
Windows XP, the resolution needs to be reduced to 120 x 144.
That's OK. The printer still works, and if I want really good performance,
I realize I need to get a newer printer.

I'm really looking forward to using Works 8.0! :-) You've made the
difference to me in getting it into functional shape. THANK YOU!!!




"Ken" wrote:
 

protecting form

Posted: 06 Feb 2005 10:09 AM PST

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/macrosvba/TurnFmFlfResetOff.htm
see if this article helps
--
Paul Ballou
MVP Office
http://office.microsoft.com/clipart/default.aspx
http://office.microsoft.com/templates
http://office.microsoft.com/home

Control the things you can and Don't Worry about the things you can't
control.

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Changing from Works 6.0 to Word

Posted: 06 Feb 2005 04:35 AM PST

Thank you Kevin, I will certainly have a look at those links.

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" wrote:
 

Database: Need formular to calculate 5 highest values

Posted: 05 Feb 2005 06:29 PM PST

Hi Rodney,

Found it, but I not certain how it works?

Regards,
Kered
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How do I delete the Microsoft Works Calendar

Posted: 05 Feb 2005 10:09 AM PST

Hi Dennis,

Perhaps, use the Works CleanUp Utility helps.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=816273

HTH,
--
Kevin James.
Tua'r Goleuni
Microsoft MVP (Works) 1999-2005
Works KB Links: http://www.btinternet.com/~kevin.james1/WorksFAQ.htm





"Dennis M. Marks" <com> wrote in message
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|I am using Microsoft Works 7 Calendar with XP home. I am having a problem
| with reoccurring reminders. I want to completely reset the calendar and
| restart. I have done the following with no success.
|
| I deleted mswkscal.wcd in the commapp folder.
| I deleted Microsoft Works folder in Program Files folder.
| I reinstalled Microsoft Works.
| The old calendar still appears when calendar is started.
| It even has the same reoccurring reminder problem.
|
| How do I completely reset the calendar?
|
|
| --
| Dennis Marks
| com
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|

Page view in WP

Posted: 05 Feb 2005 04:57 AM PST

Thanks, that works. I also found it happens with Page Width and Margin
Width which you can access on the tool bar.

"Kevin James - MSMVP Works" <org> wrote in message
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Microsoft Word - Why does the space between heading and top margin differs between pages, even though Word "claims" it isnt?

Microsoft Word - Why does the space between heading and top margin differs between pages, even though Word "claims" it isnt?

Why does the space between heading and top margin differs between pages, even though Word "claims" it isnt?

Posted: 01 Jul 2013 02:53 AM PDT

Hi,

This is driving me nuts, because I dont know even where to start looking for solving this.

Please look at my screenshot of the template Im making. This shot is taken on page 3 in a document. Page 2 ends with a page break. On the first page (pictured) there's a Heading 1 with a 18pt space above. The page ends with a page break. On next page, there's a new Heading 1. Also with 18 pt before. Both headings are in their original heading format. Both headings are, according to word with 18 pt space above. But clearly there's some 10 pt missing somewhere, beacuse they dont align with each other (and this looks really bad if you print the text). 

How do I make sure that when a page starts with a heading there's always the same amount of space above?

Many thanks in advance.

//Karin

Opening Files

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 09:57 PM PDT

When I try to open a file, all I get is folders.  Example:  I click on "My Document" and it shows me a bunch of folders instead of folders and files like it used to.  Then when I go to the folder, there is nothing there.  The files I want are still in my computer and I can find them by doing a search, but I want it like it used to be.

Centre Text in a MsgBox

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 02:26 PM PDT

Hi All,

 

I have some questions about the use of MsgBox.

 

I Know you cannot centre text with a command in MsgBox, but I have thought of a round it, but not sure if it will work, but I'm stuck, and would like some help please.

 

1. Can you set the Height of a MsgBox?

2. Can you set the Width of a MsgBox?

3. Can you set where on the screen that it will be displayed, ie. can you Centre it in the centre of the screen?

 

I would like to use the following code to centre the Text...

 

MsgBoxWidth = Width/2

TitleWidth = len(Title)/2

Space = MsgBoxWidth-TitleWidth

Gap = Chr(32) * Space

 

MsgBox(Gap & Title)

 

I'm not sure How do you set the Size of a MsgBox, and How do you convert the Gap to show the space size as in Space.

Ie. If Space = 10, how would I show it in Gap as "          ", so I can use code above so that the Title will be centred in the MsgBox.

 

Thank you in advance

 

Neil

Count entries in mail merge document

Posted: 30 Jun 2013 09:58 AM PDT

I have a spreadsheet listing people and their dependents.  I am creating a mail merged personnel page listing the names of the dependents.  In excel, I can easily count the number of dependents.  Is there anyway for Word to count the number of non-blank entries that are made showing dependents names?

My lables print, but without addresses

Posted: 29 Jun 2013 10:08 PM PDT

I have created the master file in excel, created the label and selected the fields, but only get the first line.

Use Cross References between Word Documents

Posted: 27 Jun 2013 06:36 AM PDT

I would like to use cross references across documents (numbered items, equations, etc).  I can create a hyperline to equations but the numbering is lost (Equation 125 in the first document becomes Equation 1 in the second).  The hyperlink works correctly but because Equations appear to be numbered sequentially in each document, the numbers don't carry over.   I would also like to be able to cross reference section numbers as well.  Any thoughts?

YI561403.CAB not found while installing - Microsoft Office forums

YI561403.CAB not found while installing - Microsoft Office forums

YI561403.CAB not found while installing

Posted: 27 Sep 2004 04:04 PM PDT

The MS Office 2003 Basic Edition is an OEM package
(i.e. sold with new computers). That cab file should
be available on your Office CD.

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Edition on my XP Professional system. Is this the problem? >>
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Office 2003 Editions explained
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Installing SR3 for Office 2000 with SR1 installed

Posted: 27 Sep 2004 10:11 AM PDT

This may sound crazy, but I would recommend that you
try going to the Microsoft Windows Update site at:
http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/en/default.asp.

Update your Microsoft Windows here, and when that is finished
click on the words on the page heading that say "Office Update".
This will take you to the site to update all of your Office products.
Both of these sites will search your computer to determine what
updates you need for your computer. It takes all the guess work
out of it. I suggest you use them on a regular basis.

At the Office Update site, I suggest that you do them in sequence:
I.e. do not install SP3 without first installing SP2. You WILL have
to make several trips at each of these sites as there are some
of the updates that must be installed by themselves.



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downloaded 
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only 

Patch Package error on reinstall

Posted: 27 Sep 2004 07:28 AM PDT

My guess would be that you didn't clean enough stuff out with the
installer utility, so the installer program is still looking for the
same patch as earlier or maybe it's looking for a different patch now.

joel wrote:
 

My first computer died and I am trying to reinstall my XP Office .

Posted: 26 Sep 2004 04:41 PM PDT

No you don't have to uninstall it first because the machine has gone kaput so you can't do anything with it. I have intsalled the same copy of my XP Office Professional on many machines and I have lost count of them now!.

Also, you can install OEM on any machine you want provided it is not linked to the bios of the PC. Dell and most OEM software isn't and so multiple installation is quite possible.

Rules are made by Bill Gates to be broken. So break them to avoid disppointing him!!.


garfield-n-odie wrote:
 

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I use non Microsoft products wherever possible which requires no activation.

I use Netscape 7.2 as my default browser which has everything I need for my work.

I believe in good Financial Management!! I do not believe in enriching rich jerks!

My Office XP Cd is BROKEN!!!

Posted: 25 Sep 2004 09:26 PM PDT

"Barry" <com> wrote in
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How about a million dollars? Just email it to me, you can send it as
an attachment or... why not just give us your credit card number and we
can all take what we think is fair.

NOTE! I don't think anyone's that foolish, but I'm KIDDING! PLEASE DO
NOT POST YOUR CREDIT CARD NUMBER HERE!

Is it possible to install Office 97 onto Windows XP

Posted: 25 Sep 2004 08:46 PM PDT

"Ken" <microsoft.com> wrote in
news:2dbf01c4a37b$7364d770$gbl:
 

Yes. You should install Office 97 and ALL the updates from the MS
website before installing Service Pack 2 or you could run into
problems. You can google prior posts here and in the Windows XP group
for details.

Accelerator for Proposals, Spanish installation error

Posted: 25 Sep 2004 07:21 PM PDT

Hi Marcos,

MS Office Business Accelerators are supported in a different area.
You can access that area from the information on this page.
The discussion group was setup mainly for the scorecard accelerator
http://www.microsoft.com/office/solutions/accelerators/scorecards/faq.mspx

You may also want to post in the Sharepoint Portal Server discussion
groups on this error.


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news:com...
Hi,

I downloaded Office Solution Accelerator for Proposals in spanish (because
our Sharepoint Services version is in Spanish). When I tried to install it, I
found an error 2368 in Windows Installer. I wanted to report the issue in the
main Support site of Microsoft, but I didn't find the product listed. <<
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Office 2003 Editions explained
http://www.microsoft.com/uk/office/editions.mspx

Office 2000 Installation Disk Corrupted

Posted: 25 Sep 2004 01:44 PM PDT

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <org>
wrote in message news:phx.gbl...

snip! 
snip!


What kind of virus is the "(insert latest virus name here) virus"?

sp3 for Office XP

Posted: 25 Sep 2004 01:26 PM PDT

Hi,

What is the exact error/warning message you receive?

I suggest you try the steps in the following KB articles:

232143 Various Error Messages When MSI File Creates and Modifies Files and
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=232143

837826 "The expected version of the product was not found on your system"
error
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=837826

837827 "Setup cannot update the file... " error message when you install
Office
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=837827

330043 The "Microsoft Office XP Update Deployment" white paper is available
at
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=330043

I hope it is helpful.

Have a nice day!

Best regards,

Sarah Lu
Microsoft Online Partner Support
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? - User License Question - ?

Posted: 25 Sep 2004 01:08 PM PDT

Thanks Milly!

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"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]" <org>
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Do I uninstall Office 2000 before I install XP Office?

Posted: 25 Sep 2004 11:27 AM PDT

"Milly Staples [MVP - Outlook]"
<org> wrote in
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There may be some settings in Office 2000 you'd like to keep,
installing 2003 on top of 2000 should retain them for you.

Office XP SBE Licence query

Posted: 24 Sep 2004 03:27 AM PDT

I don't know why you want to create Admin Install for the machines which already has XP Office preinstalled. I suggest the following:

1) Run the following utility on each machine to obtain the product keys for the machines and write these down on sticky labels and stick them at the back of the machines.

http://www.magicaljellybean.com/downloads/kf141.zip
http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/keyfinder.exe

2) Now logon on EBay and see who is selling Office XP CDs and buy just one copy for future reinstall in case of hard disk crash. People do have these problems quite a lot on these Newsgroups!! Also, make sure you have kept 3 copies of the CDs you buy so that installing Service Packs bcomes easy!!

Microsoft will NOT sell you any volume licenses for Office XP as they want to oush their latest software o generate more revenue for poor old Bill Gates. You could buy 20 VLKs for Office 2003, or wait until next year for Office 2005.

You already have 20 licenses, OEM though, but who cares unless you want to create more work (i.e. make yourself look busy – mind you I used to work for an American Corporation in London – Tyco remember? where I found that Americans like keeping themselves busy pen pushing!) for you to reinstall Windows XP and Office XP on each machine.

There is nothing illegal in what I have said because you have inherited the machines and therefore the licenses that came with them. When you say inherited do you mean you have just changed jobs and so you are now in charge of the IT systems?

Hope this helps.


DanF wrote:
 

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I use non Microsoft products wherever possible which requires no activation.

I use Netscape 7.2 as my default browser which has everything I need for my work.

I believe in good Financial Management!! I do not believe in enriching rich jerks!

Can't setup Office XP 2002

Posted: 23 Sep 2004 11:53 AM PDT

Gene wrote: 


You cannot figure what is wrong?! You cannot figure what is wrong?! You
cannot comprehend an error written in plain and simple English?! Makes me
wonder how in Hades name you managed to post!

You have an upgrade. If you no longer possess the product you used to
qualify for the upgrade, or it came preinstalled on another system, then you
may not use the upgrade. You cannot use any other product, other than the
one used originally, as the licence is now 'assimilated' into the upgrade
and the two are inseperable. If you no longer have it, you will need to
purchase Office 2003.

--
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lose his marbles?

Office 2003, Compressed CD Image, MST files, no Local Install. Sou

Posted: 23 Sep 2004 08:19 AM PDT

Hi GMan

Many thanks for that info - it's given me a good place to start.

It looks like the setup doesn't like creating the Local Installation Source
unless I put in the full path for everything. I've copied a part of the log
I've got below.

I've got a few days off work now, which should give me a bit of time to
ponder :¬)

Once again, many thanks for your help.

Adrian


*************************************
Found NTFS drive.
Local Cache Drive: C:\.
Found enough space on drive "C:\" to cache all feature cabinets.
(CDCACHE=AUTO) - There is enough space to cache some or all of the image.
Drive for this download is C:\
Adding temporary sources
Added temporary source: temp-setup200904a.MST (\MST\)
Failed to download file: setup200904a.MST.
Error 0x8007000f
Failed to download file.
Retrying error for resource: setup200904a.MST
Download retry 0 failed: 0x8007000f
Download retry 1 failed: 0x8007000f
Download retry 2 failed: 0x8007000f
Error 0x8007000f
failed to wait for file
Cleaning up temporary sources
Deleted temporary source: temp-setup200904a.MST (\MST\)
Couldn't perform local caching.
***************************************
"GMan Slater" wrote:
 

proret.msi

Posted: 23 Sep 2004 04:17 AM PDT


Thanks, thayt's what I finally did do - at first I thought I could 'repair'
it

 
cant 
install 
no 

Change shortcuts to usual (Paste = Ctrl+V i/o Shift+Insert)

Posted: 22 Sep 2004 01:10 PM PDT

At installation my shortcut keys in MS Office are all weird. For example,
Paste is Shirt+Insert and not Ctrl+V. Same with Cut, Copy, etc. Does anyone
know how to get them back to what we are all used to without head-on
reprogramming each of the commands?

MSO 2000 Outlook

Posted: 22 Sep 2004 09:54 AM PDT

..pst

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Post all replies to the group to keep the discussion intact. Due to
the (insert latest virus name here) virus, all mail sent to my personal
account will be deleted without reading.

After searching google.groups.com and finding no answer, Roland asked:

| Thanks for your post. I tried exporting and when selecting
| "Import/Export" my two export options are to export to a file and to
| the timex data link. I selected "export to a file" and options are
| many and none metion address book. Maybe you could guide me through
| this. Many thanks...

How do I get Setup to recognize a "missing" file upon installation

Posted: 22 Sep 2004 09:01 AM PDT

After trying different drives and exiting all other programs something caused
the file read and copy to work. I got a copy on my hard drive and completed
the installation. Don't know what made the difference - one of those
mysteries of life.
Office SP1 update executed without problem.
BrianD


"BrianD" wrote:
 

Microsoft Office XP registration via telephone

Posted: 21 Sep 2004 07:59 AM PDT

For information about replacement manuals, disks, drivers and service packs,
product orders, policies related to copying software on additional computers,
licensing, and product registration, Microsoft Customer Service is available
Monday through Friday, from 6:30 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. Pacific time. To contact
Microsoft Customer Service, call (800) 426-9400.

To register your product and to find information about product registration
issues, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

https://register.microsoft.com/regsys/regsys.asp?sl=10&wizid=6225

"Danni R." wrote:
 

Software RAID-5 crash - Forums Linux

Software RAID-5 crash - Forums Linux

Software RAID-5 crash

Posted: 16 Sep 2004 06:36 AM PDT

Scott Odom wrote:

/ ...
 

1. If you don't have a backup of essential data, make one by any means
necessary.

2. Configure and mount the entire array as though is it being created for
the first time.

3. Test the array exhaustively.

4. Restore the backup data to the array.

I am absolutely amazed by the number of times we see this same situaiton
arise in posts here. Choosing a RAID array over a single drive can, and
often does, create a system that is much less reliable than one with only
one drive, for the reason that, if one of the RAID array drives fails, the
operator can't figure out what to do to get the array back up again.

This is why Charles Lindbergh chose a single-engine airplane for his
historic flight across the Atlantic in 1927. His argument was that few of
the multi-engine airplanes of the time could stay aloft with only one
engine, so a multi-engine airplane was ultimately less reliable than a
single-egine plane.

The argument can be made that the Lindbergh example has nothing whatever to
do with multi-drive RAID arrays, but that is only true if the operator
knows exactly what to do if a drive fails.

--
Paul Lutus
http://www.arachnoid.com

bprof on fedora core 2

Posted: 16 Sep 2004 04:12 AM PDT

On Thu, 16 Sep 2004 04:12:48 -0700, shane wrote:
 

You assumed wrong...... It's just a warning. Here a quick check;

rpm -qa --queryformat '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}.rpm\n'
compat-gcc

It's one long line with a space before the package name.

And by the way you could have installed both (assuming the two RPM's are
in the same location) by; rpm -ihv compat-gcc*.rpm bprof*.rpm

Read 'man rpm' and see why the switches 'h' and 'v' are nice.


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softraid, spare to active

Posted: 16 Sep 2004 02:03 AM PDT

Gerrit Polder <nl> wrote: 
 

And you are adverse to taking out one of the presently active mirror
components? The spare will dive right in to take over when you do.

 

I have exactly the same manual page as you. I would be careful to create
the array in degraded format with only one (or at least only known good)
component active, somewhat like


mdadm -A --force /dev/md0 --level=1 -n 1_more -x 1_less /dev/sda1 missing missing missing

(or use -C if -A will not allow change of -n and -x). Then put in the
"missing" components.

What was wrong with using mkraid?

 

Do you?
 


Peter

cannot boot from floppy

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 11:35 AM PDT

Christian Heinze <de> wrote: 

I'd also say that there LILO IS installed on the floppy.

Thy hitting the tab key on the boot prompt and see what happens.

ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware/bootdisks/

has a variety of bootdisks, one of which should suit you.

Yours,
Laurenz Albe

Graphical terminal (n00b alert)

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 10:05 AM PDT

"Baho Utot" <org> wrote in
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So what? The OP does and he's asking the question.

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How to specify where to write MBR

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 08:31 AM PDT

Lew Pitcher wrote: 

that unfortunately doens't work. I did it and it did write to the MBR I
wnat, but the boot doesn't complete; at bootup it says

LI

and just hangs. I dug around and found out that's cos my /boot/boot.b is
in the wrong place.

my /etc/lilo.conf file:
prompt
timeout=50
default=fedora1
boot=/dev/hde
map=/boot/System.map
install=/boot/boot.b
#message=/boot/message
lba32

image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=fedora1
initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.img
read-only
append="hdb=ide-scsi root=/dev/hde7"


other=/dev/hde2
optional
label=DOS

HELP! Crashed system.

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 05:40 AM PDT

Ken Tew <wpic.upmc.edu> wrote in message news:<cia8gf$n76$srv.cis.pitt.edu>... 
[snip]
 

kde 1.x has not been maintained for ???? and is loaded with bugs, etc.
If a newer kde (eg., 3.2.3 available for RH8 and up) is not to your
liking, I would suggest you find a wm that you _do_ like and that is
_still_ maintained -- your life will be _much_ simpler.
 

The _entire_ install process _with_ new partitioning on this old PII
350 took about 45 minutes (somewhat stripped using customn install) --
the newer install programs are _much_ cleaner, quicker, and there is
_no_ reason to repartition your hard disks if you don't want to --
just reformat to your preferred fs (ext3?). BTW, it is _highly_
recommended to wipe a disk after a thorough hosing just to make sure
that no bit gremlins remain on disk -- running badblocks will do ;-)
 

Assume now you've learned the reason(s) why you should not go rolling
your own libc files until you fully understand the implications. The
last "official" errata update from RH was glibc-2.2.5-44.i686.rpm
(2003-11-13). Even RH8 and RH9 are at 2.3.2. And you didn't even
mention upgrading gcc :-( 2.3.3 doesn't show up till FC2.
 

Since you're using an X window manager -- kde -- you will find that
all those old configs are (all but) useless. Even XFree86 configs may
be problematic and newer distros get them pretty good at install
anyway.

Same may or may not apply to your app configs -- only you can tell.

Use a rescue cd of some sort (I've used http://www.sysresccd.org/ ) to
boot up and just try to write the data to cd from the command line if
necessary. Note that above cd can be loaded into memory then
unmounted, thus freeing the cd to be used to burn data to cd :-)
There are probably other similar cds.

Due to changes in distros, kernels (2.4.x or 2.6.x), threads (nptl
now), XFree86 vs X.org Foundation vs freedesktop.org -- well, you get
the picture: it's finally time to bite the bullet and do the new
install/upgrade thing ;-)

And after installing from iso's (?) get familiar with apt/synaptic if
not so already.

hth,
prg
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partition magic stops working after installing linux

Posted: 15 Sep 2004 05:01 AM PDT

On 2004-09-15, John Karuski <com> wrote:
 

Windows will only assign drive letter to partition type it recognizes;
e.g. FAT, NTFS. This is actually a Good Thing, because if Windows thinks
it should be able to read the linux partitions, it will pitch a fit until
you either 1) reformat the partitions to a type Windows can recognize, or
2) edit the partition table so that Windows doesn't think it should access
them.
 

This isn't really a solution, but have you considered using a different
tool to handle partitioning? GNUPartEd works well with both Windows and
linux filesystems and with QTPartEd as the GUI actually looks and feels a
great deal like Partition Magic.

You might want to try the "System Rescue CD" (http://www.sysresccd.org/)
for a self-contained, bootable CD with these and other useful tools.

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Lisa daemon...

Posted: 14 Sep 2004 03:23 PM PDT

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 17:37:01 +0200, Jose Maria Lopez Hernandez
<com> wrote:
 

Thanks for that but there is no chkconfig in there or revealed on a search
from /ect/ in all subdirectories.



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Dual boot Linux-Win98, LILO problem

Posted: 14 Sep 2004 02:21 PM PDT

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 12:09:43 +0200, Eric Moors <land> wrote:
 

Versions of LILO since 22.5 (out now for over a year) have a simpler, and more
general syntax:

boot-as = 0x80

This is now the preferred syntax, as the BIOS device codes of disks are
determined by the LILO boot loader dynamically (at boot-time), and the
appropriate drive mapping is installed if necessary.

As long as the disk configuration is static, the older "map-drive" syntax may
be used. "map-drive" will be retained in future releases of LILO for backward
compatibility.

--John
 

Windows won't start after partition resize

Posted: 14 Sep 2004 12:59 PM PDT

Harry George <com> writes:
 

1. From http://homepage.ntlworld.com/allcam/hddformat.html

For Windows 2000 and XP user, it is a little bit complicated, you have
to choose according to your situation:

1. If all your computers have Windows 200 or XP, NTFS is certainly
the choice;

2. If you wish to have two or more operation system on the same
computer, such as Windows 98 in one partition and Windows XP in
another partition; you'd better choose FAT32, otherwise you can not
access the Windows 98 partition when you are running Windows XP, or
access the Windows XP partition when you are running Windows 98.

3. For those people who use portable hard drive or external hard
drive:

3.1 If all your computers are in NTFS format, choose NTFS
for your portable hard drive;

3.2 If your computer have both Window 98 and Windows XP, and
the system hard drive ( where the Windows 98 and XP are
installed) should be FAT32, and the portable hard drive
should also be FAT32;

3.3 In situation of 3.2, if you are not going to use the
portable hard drive under Windows 98, you may well choose
NTFS, as this will allow you to use a 250GB hard drive
under one drive letter (such as F:)


2. From "man mkfs.msdos"

DOS 6.x WARNING
The DOS 6.x FORMAT command looks for some information
in the first sector of the data area of the partition, and
treats this information as more reliable than the information
in the partition table. DOS FORMAT expects DOS FDISK to clear
the first 512 bytes of the data area of a partition whenever a
size change occurs. DOS FORMAT will look at this extra
information even if the /U flag is given -- we consider this a
bug in DOS FORMAT and DOS FDISK.

The bottom line is that if you use cfdisk or fdisk to change
the size of a DOS partition table entry, then you must also use
dd to zero the first 512 bytes of that partition before using
DOS FORMAT to format the partition. For example, if you were
using cfdisk to make a DOS partition table entry for /dev/hda1,
then (after exiting fdisk or cfdisk and rebooting Linux so that
the partition table information is valid) you would use the
command "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/hda1 bs=512 count=1" to zero
the first 512 bytes of the partition.

BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL if you use the dd command, since a small
typo can make all of the data on your disk useless.

For best results, you should always use an OS-specific
partition table program. For example, you should make DOS
partitions with the DOS FDISK program and Linux partitions with
the Linux fdisk or Linux cfdisk program.


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problem installing gparted

Posted: 14 Sep 2004 08:13 AM PDT

Bjarke Thor Iversen wrote: 

You need the gtkmm-2.4 or greater version package installed
in your system, otherwise the configure command won't create
the Makefile and make install doesn't work.


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Package Managment

Posted: 13 Sep 2004 02:23 PM PDT

Thx. :)


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