Boring computer questions in the Sandbox

the open file dialogue box choose Advanced output and select either h264 or mp4v (with mp4a for the video) from the transcode options. Use 2048 for video and 192 for audio in terms of bit-rate.

there is no advanced output option in the open file box! and where are the transcode options?

so i clicked save, then did the transcoding options you suggested, then ok...and there is a file in my videos, but it's not right, it just says it's a file.

MAGICAL PROGRAMME that can convert scanned-in documents (ie articles) into... EDITABLE WORD-PROCESSOR-TYPE TEXT??????!!!!!!!!!???????

Is this right? Or has he set it up wrong.

Is this right? Or has he set it up wrong.

If Talk Talk comes with a cheap USB ADSL modem (which appears to be what they recommend) then that's how it works, and he has set up properly. If he wants to avoid "connecting", the best thing to do is invest in a [wireless] router, which has the added bonus of allowing multiple computers to share the same connection.

many thanks !

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why do people make .docx files?! they are awful and a pain in my non-vista ass.

It's the new default for MS Office from what I can tell. I've been having to deal with .xlsx files too.

i call bullshit

ughhhh nooooooo

how do i fix my office suite? i have 2004 for mac? i tried downloading update but it did not install and i have the system requirements covered as far as i know.

i AGREE. i hate when people send you docx. rude.

get with the times grandpas

why would ms completely change the format though, it's like they don't even care about user-friendliness at all

yeah i mean even some windows machines won't read these docs (like the one at my old job).
wish gates would write another nasty letter.

docx keeps my babby in diapers and meatloaf on the table so plz keep this on the sandbox k. no reposts.

jergins is steve ballmer?

You could try using OpenOffice to convert them. It's available for the Mac OS.

The new x formats are XML coded for lols - this is what the newest injunction/lawsuit against MS is about btw, them trying to appropriate and close another open protocol viz IE handling of html and Access's weird variant of sql.

jergins up to his old tricks eh

yeah i use open office. it sucks but at least it's not ms office.

How the fucking fuck do I get my gmail contacts onto my new iPhone? This is going to drive me batty. Googling kept turning up the same "solution" that doesn't work for shit.

GAH I hate technology. Except for ILX. Love you boo.

i have had a nightmare month with various laptop, desktop, hard drive and car radio issues,

Solved most of them by breaking the shit out of the item in question.

I mean, 'solved' tbf

My latest solution is to put an apple sticker on my Dell so that it will act like a Mac. Also to rub the iphone up against the Dell screen to help the gmail contacts get in there via direct contact.

Would live an answer. All of my Gmail conacts are on my iPhone bc I previously had an Android, which syncs beautifully w Gmail, and when I got iPhone, they transferred. I think??

But they're all out of date bc they don't sync :(

update: I have now shown the iphone who is BOSS

riphone

the internet cannot tell me how i run a .rom

can ilx?

quincie, what did you do?

I had turned on iCloud for contacts and then followed the instructions for using Exchange to pull them from my google account, which did not work. So I went into itunes and tried to pull them that way, which did not work either, at least I turned *off* iCloud and then used itunes to import, then switched back to iCloud. Haven't yet tested whether or not the contacts will synch between iphone and google :(

how do i fix my backspace key - it is stuck. i have a dell. laptop.

my moms opened a fedex email and had the same thing happen. she had to take it in to fix it too

Yeah, exactly the fedex announcement. Although it was in the spam filter

I think I fixed it -- first you have to get this thing called RKill (just google it) which stops all the processes. You need the file with a disguised extension (it's .com or .something else instead of .exe) so the virus doesn't block it. Then after it stopped everything, I made sure McAfee antivirus was fully updated (this took a long time for some reason -- I think the malware might have made screwed something up). Finally, I ran a full scan using mcafee, which found like 20 different infected files. Then I restarted and had to run one more scan, and finally a lot of my files were back, although things are still a little screwed up, e.g. netflix/silverlight wouldn't work even after I reinstalled the browser and silverlight.