― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 19 February 2007 13:59 (seventeen years ago) link
― koogs (koogs), Monday, 19 February 2007 14:07 (seventeen years ago) link
― MarkH (MarkH), Monday, 19 February 2007 14:09 (seventeen years ago) link
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.
― caek (caek), Monday, 19 February 2007 14:22 (seventeen years ago) link
many thanks !
― Ste (fuzzy), Monday, 19 February 2007 14:25 (seventeen years ago) link
test
― Keith, Sunday, 21 September 2008 21:43 (fifteen years ago) link
why do people make .docx files?! they are awful and a pain in my non-vista ass.
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 31 August 2009 23:23 (fourteen years ago) link
It's the new default for MS Office from what I can tell. I've been having to deal with .xlsx files too.
― jaq, Monday, 31 August 2009 23:34 (fourteen years ago) link
i call bullshit
― jergins, Monday, 31 August 2009 23:39 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― te,he (tehresa), Monday, 31 August 2009 23:41 (fourteen years ago) link
i AGREE. i hate when people send you docx. rude.
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:20 (fourteen years ago) link
get with the times grandpas
― max max max max, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:22 (fourteen years ago) link
why would ms completely change the format though, it's like they don't even care about user-friendliness at all
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:23 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― te,he (tehresa), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:25 (fourteen years ago) link
docx keeps my babby in diapers and meatloaf on the table so plz keep this on the sandbox k. no reposts.
― jergins, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:31 (fourteen years ago) link
jergins is steve ballmer?
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 00:34 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― jaq, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 15:30 (fourteen years ago) link
jergins up to his old tricks eh
― max max max max, Tuesday, 1 September 2009 15:42 (fourteen years ago) link
yeah i use open office. it sucks but at least it's not ms office.
― spite n ease (harbl), Tuesday, 1 September 2009 16:08 (fourteen years ago) link
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.
― quincie, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 12:47 (twelve years ago) link
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
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 29 November 2011 12:54 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― quincie, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 13:05 (twelve years ago) link
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??
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
But they're all out of date bc they don't sync :(
update: I have now shown the iphone who is BOSS
― quincie, Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
riphone
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Tuesday, 29 November 2011 17:58 (twelve years ago) link
the internet cannot tell me how i run a .rom
can ilx?
― daramaracas.jpg (p much resigned to deems), Wednesday, 30 November 2011 01:01 (twelve years ago) link
quincie, what did you do?
― Sandbox Jesse, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 04:18 (twelve years ago) link
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 :(
― quincie, Wednesday, 30 November 2011 14:53 (twelve years ago) link
how do i fix my backspace key - it is stuck. i have a dell. laptop.
― sarahel, Thursday, 8 December 2011 21:46 (twelve years ago) link
does anyone actually LIKE Perforce
― OH NOES, Monday, 12 December 2011 20:33 (twelve years ago) link
hi can anyone recommend an easy and free bit of software that will rip my dvd's to avi format?
― Fozzielad, Saturday, 17 December 2011 01:00 (twelve years ago) link
I don't have data on my phone. how can I load the kindle app onto it? It's a blackberry.
― calstars, Sunday, 18 December 2011 21:35 (twelve years ago) link
Download it to computer and sync w cable?
― Stevie :-D, Sunday, 18 December 2011 21:50 (twelve years ago) link
also fozzielad everyone seems to love HandBrake
― Stevie :-D, Sunday, 18 December 2011 21:52 (twelve years ago) link
cheers x
― Fozzielad, Sunday, 18 December 2011 21:55 (twelve years ago) link
Oh, thanks for your response, quincie. My bookmark for this thread got muffed up.
I thought I had a another boring question, but I think it's sorted. But I'll ask anyway: Malware Bytes: C/D? Is free good enough, or upgrade to Pro?
― Sandbox Jesse, Tuesday, 27 December 2011 17:08 (twelve years ago) link
I have a bunch of manilla folders in my bookmarks toolbar on Firefox. (Categories like humor, music, news etc.) I would like to replace the folders with icons (images I find or make). As it is I have to hover over the manilla folders to discover what they are as I can't seem to memorize them by position. How can I do this? I use the Smartest Bookmarks Bar addon fwiw. Can't seem to figure this out via Google search.
― wrinklepause, Friday, 30 December 2011 02:44 (twelve years ago) link
Ok, help. fucking help. I have this insane malware on my laptop now called Win 7 -- it's a fake antivirus thing that seems to have completely fucked up my computer. I get tons of popup windows, all my start menu options are gone, many programs won't open, etc.
I ran a special tool that disables the processes associated with the program. It actually worked, and then I ran adaware, which removed two "trojans" after a long scan, and I thought everything was fine. But it's still there and the next time I booted it was the same problem again.
To make things worse, I can't find my windows discs. HELP
― Hurting, Sunday, 1 January 2012 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
Mrs. Redd's relative got this same virus yesterday, I think she just took her computer to Staples and let them fix it. I think you can also use some other software to get rid of it, but you might have to also manually delete stuff from the registry
― I'm in the sandbox with the tombstone HOOS (James Redd), Monday, 2 January 2012 00:50 (twelve years ago) link
my moms opened a fedex email and had the same thing happen. she had to take it in to fix it too
― kamb, Monday, 2 January 2012 01:50 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, exactly the fedex announcement. Although it was in the spam filter
― I'm in the sandbox with the tombstone HOOS (James Redd), Monday, 2 January 2012 01:53 (twelve years ago) link
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.
― Hurting, Monday, 2 January 2012 03:03 (twelve years ago) link