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Remove Filter  | I've been trying to find a way to filter the Event Viewer in Windows by the description instead of the event type/source etc. I figure that i need to use the XML tab to customise it as there is no option in the basic filtering for what I want. One …  |
| | I'm trying to get my computer to output audio in mono but despite selecting the option within the Ease of Access centre to enable mono audio, my audio is still coming out stereo. The reason I need mono audio is because I need to hear all of some audio tracks …  |
| | I got a new case (Thermaltake View 27) and I'm having trouble undoing the screw on the PCI shield thing where the GPU should be. I can undo all the other screws except this one. Can anyone provide tips on how I can go about getting it loose so I … |
| | So I'm having a huge brain fart here and I know for a fact I am going about this the wrong way. Unfortunately, I can't refer to previous work I've done where I have done this correctly as I no longer have access to them. I have my index page … |
| | I have had a look online but can't seem to find what I want. I can find RDP clients for Linux but that is not what I want. I am looking for some software so that a Linux server can be used as a relay or proxy. The idea is …  |
| | I have been tasked with making some internal software (as you can probably tell from the section I'm posting in, it's PHP based). I have been asked to make it so the user is automatically logged in and doesn't need to have another password for another piece of software. The … |
| | I think I am missing something obvious here but I can't see what. I am pulling information from another file using `file();` which works as expected - putting each line in to an array. The file contains some HTML tags but is just a text file (not a full web … |
| | As the title suggests, I'm looking for a command line text editor with syntax highlighting. I don't have a GUI installed and I don't intend to install one which is why I need a command line one. I usually use nano for my text editing but this doesn't come with …  |
| | I think it would be a good idea for the question asker to mark the posts or the users who contributed to finding the answer to their query. The reason for this is because I occasionally see that post such as "What [previous user] said" which isn't in any way …  |
| | I am looking for a calendar I can embed on my website which will have a list of events I will be holding/attending/etc for all to see. I have had a look at a few solutions but none of them seem to do what I want. What I want from … |
| | I tend to use XHTML due to browser compatibility. In almost all cases where I've worked with XHTML, the content has displayed in every browser the same and the times it didn't was due to certain browsers *cough*IE*cough* not supporting the CSS styles I was using. When HTML 5 was … |
| | Hi, I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the correct place as this is related to nginx configuration and not specifically PHP scripts. If I am posting this in the wrong section, please let me know and I will post it in the correct location (unless a Mod is … |
| | Hi there, I've not been on here in a while. I'm having trouble with a PHP function and I'm pretty sure I'm missing something very obvious or I'm doing something wrong so hopefully someone can help me reach that inevetable facepalm or headdesk when I realise what I'm doing wrong … |
| | Hi everyone. It's been a while since I've needed help with a PHP problem. Hopefully someone here knows what I'm doing wrong because I can't see it. I am trying to use rename() to rename an image file which is in a subdirectory of a subdirectory the script is running … |
| | Hello everyone. Hopefully somebody can help me. I have an old 250 GB external HDD which I used to use for data storage. It's a fairly old model (bought it in 2005) and the USB port on the caddy seems to be broken. At first, I could have the HDD … |
| | I have a server which is hosting just a single site and because of this, I intend to redirect all traffic from domains which isn't mine to my domain. For example, if a random person decides for some reason to point their domain to my server, when my server gets … |
| | I currently have a problem where DVD's will not output any audio to the front speakers of my 5.1 surround sound unless something else is also sending audio there. For example, I watch a scene with lots of dialogue but I only have the background audio. If I open up … |
| | I am trying to write a shell script but I only want it to run if there are no files with a specific name found on the server. I know how to check for a specif file which would be done like this: if [ -f /path/to/file ] then echo … |
| | I have spent weeks looking for a solution online but I have turned up with nothing. I am running Windows XP Professional (this has been tried on both service pack 2 and service pack 3) but every time I try to run the Cisco VPN client I get "Error 56: … |
| | I recently bought a 3DTV (today, in fact. Just waiting for it to arrive early next week) and the only thing I need is an HDMI cable which can carry a 3D signal since my current one is only v1.3 which I believe cannot carry a 3D signal. I know …  |
| | I currently have a small script I've written that basically takes an incremental backup of a folder which looks similar to this: [code] #!/bin/bash cp -ruf /home/folder4/subfolder/ /home/folder5/ cp -ruf /home/folder3/subfolder/ /home/folder4/ cp -ruf /home/folder2/subfolder/ /home/folder3/ cp -ruf /home/folder1/subfolder/ /home/folder2/ [/code] Now this runs fine, only updating the files that …  |
| | I've been trying to set up my computer so that I can remote in to it while I'm away from home but it doesn't seem to be working. At first, I thought the problem may be with my router not forwarding the ports properly or something like that but when … |
| | My dad recently got an HTC Widfire and I was setting it up for him because he didn't want to ruin it, despite the setup being very simple. I had set up the e-mail using the default "Mail" app that came on the phone (not the Gmail one) and it … |
| | I plan on making a web server for myself. Just a small site for myself containing my blog and a small infrequently updated webcomic, nothing huge and commercial and was wondering what is generally the best Linux to use for this. I have made web servers before using Windows XP … |
| | Post your riddles here! Here's an easy one: A bicycle takes exactly 40 minutes to travel a 40 minute journey. How long would it take a car that goes twice as fast? |
| | Hello everyone. I am currently building a website for a business I plan to start up sometime this year. I have a few questions as to what the requirements are for an e-commerce site and best practice for some parts. I will number the questions so that they can be … |
| | Who thinks that LEGO Karate Kid should be the next LEGO video game to be made? Based on the original trilogy, of course. It'll fit their 3 story format they've used. It may be hard in some parts to make it 2 player though. The tournament for example (unless they … |
| | I'm currently building a website for a small charity and they've asked me if it was possible to make an admin area where they could access some of their work when they're out and about so they don't have to fill in forms twice. I can do this as I … |
| | Back in 2004, I started a 2 year college course. This course was Btec National Diploma for IT Practitioners. That course is a level 3 qualification in computing (in case the course title wasn't obvious enough). I finished the course and passed, being the 4th best in the class. Today, … |
| | Share your experiences that you've had with "experts" who have made you want to facepalm from their stupidity and users which have less than minimal knowledge. For example, people that wonder why their computer doesn't turn on during a power cut. My most recent one that I can recall is … |
| | Is there a way to make the width of the page, or an element within the page only change by a certain amount depending on the width of the screen? For example, I have a white box with 6 items in. Each item is its own box and has a … |
| | 1. Separate pages. Each page coded completely independently. 2. Index page with content as included files. An index page with everything that would appear on every page coded in then a simple if statement to check which page should be displayed, likely depending on the URL (e.g.: index.php?page=news). 3. Content … |
| | Due to the uselessness of the IT team in my place of work, I have written a small batch file for the people in my department to map a network folder to a drive letter since the network path is too long and Windows will not allow us to open … |
| | This isn't the first time I've had this problem and the last time I had it, I didn't note down how I fixed it. I just spent the last hour or so looking for solutions to this online and to my surprise, nowhere actually has an answer. My external hard … |
| | I just had a problem with my computer here at work and I knew the problem and solution straight away but I do not have sufficient privileges to fix the error on my account so I had to contact IT to get it done. It's taken the guy who came … |
| | What is the proper way to use sessions? I have a forum on my site which I've coded from scratch but I've not been using sessions for the users and instead I've been using just cookies to determine if they're logged in or not. I know my current way isn't … |
| | Hello all, How would I go about getting my site to redirect any visitor to [url]http://site.com[/url] rather than [url]http://www.site.com?[/url] I have searched the forums here and have tried various coding people have provided but none of it seems to work. Could someone maybe post a step by step guide on …  |
| | Is there a way to have multiple conditions using some sort of "or" so that I don't have to nest so many if statements? I currently have cells like this: [code=Excel Formula] =IF(E2 = "District1","North",IF(E2 = "District2","North",IF(E2 = "District3","North",IF(E2 = "District4","North","Not North")))) [/code] I have tried using OR in two … |
| | I'm having a brain fart today and can't figure out something. I have the formula: [ICODE]x + 20% = y[/ICODE] Which can be expanded to: [ICODE]x + ((x / 100) * 20) = y[/ICODE] What I'm trying to do is find out what [ICODE]x[/ICODE] is when I know what [ICODE]y[/ICODE] … |
| | If I was to set a wildcard in my subdomain (*.example.com) to redirect to www.example.com, would that affect any pre-existing subdomains (for example, blog.example.com) or would it only redirect things I haven't set? |
| | Hello everyone, If I was to set my site to redirect any subdomain to the main page in the htaccess file like so: [code] RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(.*).example.com RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.example.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.example.com/ [P] [/code] Would this mean that if I was to type in elephant.example.com it would redirect … |
| | I am planning on getting a new computer soon with a 64bit version of Windows 7 Home Premium. The whole computer will be custom built by myself and I will be getting each part separately. What I want to know is this: If I put my current computer's hard drive, …  |
| | I haven't done any C++ programming for quite a while now and the last compiler I used was Dev C++ (not sure which version/release but likely an old one). I want to start programming in C++ again but I'm an unaware of which free compiler would be the best to … |
| | I am planning to start up a new business soon and part of it is selling online. I was planning on using PayPal in the early days to handle the payments until we can afford good enough security so that we can hold data such as credit card information ourselves. … |
| | The joke: An SQL query walks into a bar and sees two table, walks up to them and says "Can I join you?" The riddle: Halloween == Christmas - Why? |
| | Is there any way of making an e-mail form using ASP/ASPX? I am limited in what I can do since I'm not a root administrator on the website this is for. The site uses Contensis as it's content management system so if there is some way of doing it via … |
| | Is there a way to set the keyboard languages via the registry? I need to set some computers to have English (UK) as the primary keyboard language but also have Polish as a secondary. This is only needed for some users though so the plan is to have it run … |
| | I have been waiting for three days now for someone in the IT department where I work to update Acrobat so that I can use it. I don't know why they're taking so long because all they need to do is log in as an administrator then click "update" on … |
| | I'm currently at work and updating some pages on our website so they work on both the current and new site. I am trying to view the changes I've done to the current page I'm working on but IE8 won't hard refresh and display my changes on the new site. … |
| | I am looking to create a digital questionnaire which isn't web based. I need it to be a word document or PDF file (or something similar) that anyone could download to their computer and fill in on their computer (or if they choose to, print it out then fill it … |
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