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Reply #210 on: October 31, 2008, 09:17:58 AM

So according to processor explorer it's definitely still running but isn't taking up any CPU resources when windows tries to connect. Killing it however kills the connection entirely so it's obviously doing something however it doesn't seem possible to run this wireless adapter without it and it isn't able to connect to the router itself.

Is it possible I'm seeing some problem between the windows wireless and Linksys monitor in terms of talking to the router? Seems weird that it would work and then just stop but seems like it could make sense. Any ideas on how I could test this or better yet ways of fixing it if it's the case (would rather not just buy a new network adapter except as a last resort)

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Reply #211 on: October 31, 2008, 09:27:54 AM

There is a setting somewhere for having windows manage the connection.  You could try turning that off and letting just the Linksys app run or vice-versa.

I've had similar issues before but the Windows driver has always been sufficient for running the connection so I just kill the vendor app and take take it out of the startup routine.

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Reply #212 on: October 31, 2008, 09:50:45 AM

Ok I've managed to solve it. The adapter wouldn't work at all without the vendor program running so I nuked it from orbit, had to go and find the install CD again since windows wouldn't recognise the drivers I'd downloaded for it. Put the CD in without installing and then plugged the adapter and let XP handle everything, seems to have taken care of it. Thanks to everyone for chipping in with what turned out to be a simple fix that only took me a whole day to think of.

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Reply #213 on: November 04, 2008, 09:57:51 AM

Trying to find an easy to fix something really dumb in an Excel sheet. Someone at work designed a report that includes nifty little checkmarks and X's.
The report is online, and I needed a copy of the data, so I cust and pasted the whole thing in to Excel. Problem is, it put every one of those checks and x's in as a picture inside the cell. As a result, the whole sheet is slow as hell.

There doesn't appear to be any way to search for pictures in a cell, so I can't find/replace them to replace them .

Any ideas?

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Reply #214 on: November 04, 2008, 10:31:17 AM

Select all, copy, Paste Special text only into a new excel sheet? No idea if that's feasible or if it will work though.

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Reply #215 on: November 05, 2008, 09:05:00 AM

Select all, copy, Paste Special text only into a new excel sheet? No idea if that's feasible or if it will work though.

Yes copy from the web, "paste special"/text into excel then if you are lucky you might get the alt text for the images in the appropriate cells.  If that happens you can search in replace, if it doesn't then you lose all the information represented by the images. 

Alternatively if the online report was truly created in house you could nicely ask the person who did it if they can add an export to excel/csv feature.  Not sure what web tech was used for the report but exporting a csv is generally not that hard and how to do it is easily findable on the web.  I do this in php all the time.
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Reply #216 on: November 05, 2008, 11:56:39 AM

That's about what I figured. The images don't register as even being in the cells, so paste special isn't going to work. I worked around it by trimming the sheet down to just Florida data, since I'll be using it at a Florida tradeshow and won't need any other states 95% of the time.

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Reply #217 on: November 11, 2008, 07:29:00 AM

After nearly two weeks with no drive issues, the problem resurfaced this morning. I am beginning to suspect DRM on Hellgate: London is the culprit.



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Reply #218 on: November 11, 2008, 10:50:07 AM

Which is sort of ironic.

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Reply #219 on: November 11, 2008, 11:17:48 AM

Which is sort of ironic.

If by ironic you mean stupid, then I agree.  angry



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Reply #220 on: November 11, 2008, 07:50:57 PM

On the plus side, it'll only be a problem until the end of January.   awesome, for real
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Reply #221 on: November 12, 2008, 12:36:41 AM

On the plus side, it'll only be a problem until the end of January.   awesome, for real

Actually I usually play offline. Online you don't even need the CD in the drive.




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Reply #222 on: November 12, 2008, 06:23:17 PM

Heh, how stupid is this one?

I have a PDF. I need to add text to it.

How?

Without pirating something, please.

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Reply #223 on: November 12, 2008, 06:28:31 PM

If it's something someone gave you to fill in, like a contract or form, you should be able to add text in the adobe pdf reader. If it's not allowing such writing, it's meant to be printed and filled out - or they fucked up.

That said, there's no such thing as working with a PDF unless you pirate or buy something.
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Reply #224 on: November 12, 2008, 06:31:49 PM

Lame. It's just something I need to add my damn name to before I email it.

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Reply #225 on: November 12, 2008, 06:40:08 PM

You could hack the PostScript awesome, for real (assuming it's not encrypted...)
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Reply #226 on: November 12, 2008, 06:47:25 PM

Properties say there is no security on the file. Assembly, commenting, signing, and Creation of Template Pages is not allowed. Not sure if that helps at all.

There's just a line asking for my name in a blank spot, and I want to add it....damnit.


edit: Just to be clear...I'm not trying to do anything dishonest here. It would just be a Lot more convenient if I could type in this bit of into and email the form to whoever I intend to mail it to, have them print it out and fill in what they need to fill in, and return the paperwork to me. I'm trying to save myself a trip to physically deliver a single page to someone.
« Last Edit: November 12, 2008, 06:52:07 PM by Strazos »

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Reply #227 on: November 12, 2008, 06:57:51 PM

Heh, how stupid is this one?

I have a PDF. I need to add text to it.

How?

Without pirating something, please.

http://www.foxitsoftware.com

Specifically  http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/pe_intro.php

I think it is still free. 


edit:  Looks like they make you jump through more hoops than before though for the demo or trial.
« Last Edit: November 12, 2008, 07:00:25 PM by Tige »
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Reply #228 on: November 12, 2008, 07:13:04 PM

Downloaded their editor...and when I saved, it adds red "evaluation purposes" nonsense into my doc....ugh.

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Reply #229 on: November 12, 2008, 07:26:28 PM

Downloaded their editor...and when I saved, it adds red "evaluation purposes" nonsense into my doc....ugh.

That sucks.  They used to have a small, unobtrusive watermark on their demos. 

That was my best shot for a .pdf editor unless there is a way to find the evaluation text within the program and remove it.
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Reply #230 on: November 12, 2008, 07:37:03 PM

I guess I'll just ask the recipient to fill in my name when they print it. I was trying to avoid this, but it's such a small thing I hope they don't think much of it.

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Reply #231 on: November 13, 2008, 06:13:06 AM

Can't you just take a screenshot and draw your name in with Paint?
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Reply #232 on: November 13, 2008, 02:22:33 PM

Illustrator can modify pdf's not free or cheap but you probably know someone who has it.

The screenshot thing works too, once you are done just print it to a pdf writer to make it a pdf again (i personally use pdf redirect and it is free).
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Reply #233 on: November 13, 2008, 03:20:00 PM

Ah, good ideas. I'll have to see if anyone I know has Illustrator.

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Reply #234 on: November 15, 2008, 07:30:47 AM

MS Word 2007 can write PDF, just can't read it.  Might work for you.

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Reply #235 on: November 15, 2008, 08:15:48 AM

Suggestions that would have taken less time than you've invested so far:
  • Retype the form in Word
  • Print the form, write in your name, put it in an envelope, mail it
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Reply #236 on: November 15, 2008, 10:07:18 PM

- Form has goofy graphics, tables, and shit. PITA to reproduce.

- Snail mail takes too long. I'd be better off walking it there.

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Reply #237 on: November 16, 2008, 12:13:48 AM

Fax it. Every copy shop has a buck a page fax service.
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Reply #238 on: November 16, 2008, 09:49:14 AM

I have an old Compaq Presario 2200 laptop I needed to reinstall XP Home on (been a few years and the computer had many ghosts in machine). I want to back this thing up periodically though to prevent what's turn into about 10 hours of work moving back and organized files. However, I can't find even the default Windows Backup program. I assume it wasn't included under XP Home.

So, suggestions? I'll take anything competent and free, though all I really need to do is back up the entirety of My Documents.
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Reply #239 on: November 16, 2008, 09:56:17 AM

If the only thing you need to hold is My Documents, can't you just use a compression program?  I use WinRAR, but there are several out there.

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Reply #240 on: November 16, 2008, 09:58:59 AM

Sorry, I should have added more details.

I want to back up the folder to a different volume on my network. And I want that to recur weekly. And I want it to happen automatically at around 1am.
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Reply #241 on: November 16, 2008, 03:52:35 PM

I have rsync scheduled to do my backups.  It requires mapping a network location to drive letter or a machine which can handle SSH, and a bit of fiddling, but it works alright.  If you want, I can give you my scripts and the programs to download.

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Reply #242 on: November 17, 2008, 01:36:31 PM

Use SyncToy, it's a free Microsoft PowerToy.  Works great for me.

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Reply #243 on: November 17, 2008, 08:24:45 PM

Thanks!
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Reply #244 on: November 19, 2008, 12:07:31 PM

Goofy question, and I don't have a lot of time to research it.  Our fiscal year is ending in about 24 hours.  :(

We have a art room in our library and we're thinking about putting a LCD TV in there to show a power point presentation that simply rotates through its panels all day.  We found a 19" Samsung LN19A650 19" High Def LCD TV w/ USB 2.0 port.

Is it possible to use this like a digital photo frame, where we don't need a PC but can put the power point on a flash drive, install that into the USB and let that run all day?  I'm thinking it won't work... as the LCD has no way to recognize what a power point is.  But I really have no idea, and don't have enough time to research it. 
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