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- How do I... Create an animated image in Flash for my Web page?
- good job.great details, but I was hoping to see the animation in motion at the end. I will have to do it my self.RE: How do I... Create an animated image in Flash for my Web page?Wonderful. Just like magic.M-O-O-N - that spells moon!Pretty cool, laws yes!get the zip fileGet...
- Tags: CSS, Now IT, polancoay@..., swf, Web, fla
- Discussion threads 2007-11-15
- printing a text file in VB6
- hiI have a text file created from within VB. I need to print it. I have been using DOS command till now "shell(type filename > prn)" but that was to printer connected at LPT. Now it is laser printer connected at USB or COMM port.I am a beginner....ThanksVKVPrinting...
- Tags: Printers, Document management, vrinda@..., Now IT, printer, text-file, printing, Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
- Discussion threads 2007-10-27
- USB Mass Storage Device - Endless Loop
- Hi,I installed Windows Vista and it worked fine for about a day. Now it keeps seeing a USB Mass Storage device that isn't there and then it alternates between seeing it and not seeing it. It happens so frequently that my games can't run smoothly and when I'm...
- Tags: hamilton456@..., USB Mass Storage device, USB, Now IT
- Discussion threads 2007-10-20
- What's your choice?
- I'd say depending on the quality of the computer from desktops to lap tops, name brand doesn't really matter. If the lap top/desktop suites you, then it sounds like you're going to buy it. =} I usually stick with Hp components because it has good quality in looks and...
- Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Branding, Now IT, kouie_cha@..., laptop computer, desktop, ROM Drive, brand, window, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2007-10-02
- New Newsletter Format - I HATE IT!
- What happened to the easy-to-read format of your newsletter? The new format is very difficult to read, starting with the tiny Times New Roman font or whatever it is. And the layout is confusing. I used to LOVE getting my daily newsletters. Now it is a...
- Tags: Corporate communications, It's Just Me, newsletter, Now IT
- Discussion threads 2007-09-13
- U-Who? What your colleague's flash drive might be hiding
- Last time, I provided some methods and motives for disabling Windows' AutoRun capability. That post was prompted by my recent exposure to a device which exploits that system feature: a U3-enabled USB flash drive. Every helpdesk pro should be aware of these products, and the implications they have for making...
- Tags: Idea, USB Flash Drive, USB, Computer, U3, William Jones
- Blog posts 2007-09-07
- 10 keyboard shortcuts to speed formatting in Excel worksheets
- Excel 2007 sort keyboard shortcutsSeveral times almost every day for the last ten years or so I've used Excel to sort data on two or three columns.Pre-07: alt-d-s- focus is on what column to sort, use arrow keys to select, tab twice for the next column.Now: alt-d-s- focus is on...
- Tags: Keyboards, Microsoft Office, jskean@..., Now IT, Microsoft Excel, keyboard shortcut, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2007-08-31
- Dell Inspiron 6000 Extended Desktop display function not working.
- A few months ago my laptop screen went black in the middle of a movie. Now it is visible during boot sequence, but stays black after that. I hooked up an external monitor and all was working well until the other day when I clicked the Extended Desktop...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., Jessica.Funk@..., external monitor, monitor, desktop, Dell Inspiron, Now IT
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Upgrade Ubuntu with apt-get for a smoother transition
- I recently discovered a few servers still running on Ubuntu 5.10 ‘Breezy Badger,' which officially had its support withdrawn in April of this year. Now, it's certainly not a good idea to have any server running without security updates available on tap. While it would be easier to take the...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Server, Aptitude, Dapper Drake, Justin Fielding
- Blog posts 2007-08-29
- network design
- I am a student and have a group project to design a network for a charitable hospital. All of my group has bailed out. I need help !the project is for 62 employees 7 depts network design hardware software and needs for the end user server network devices cabling and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, NETWORKING, Servers, Processors, E-mail servers, fomoco.dakid@..., network, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise, network design
- Discussion threads 2007-08-08
- A pragmatic approach to training programmers, part three
- Is this something you think should be done?Is this type of school and learning program a good idea, or is it a bad one? Take the poll, or leave comments here.Thanks!J.JaRE: A pragmatic approach to training programmers, part threeI think this is an excellent program. Very thorough. I also do...
- Tags: Workforce management, Justin James, pragmatic approach, training programmer, training
- Discussion threads 2007-08-06
- How to...hide duplicate values in an Access report
- When pulling Access data together into a meaningful format, you may find that reports repeat data. Depending on how you're using the data, you may, or may not, want to display those duplicate values. Even properly normalized tables won't eliminate duplicates in a report, like this one.Now, it's normal to...
- Tags: Access
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- External Hard Drive Problem
- The other day my external hard drive fell off the coffee table onto a hardwood floor. I didn't think much of it because it had fallen before and I hadn't encountered any problems. But this time, it wouldn't pull up any of the information on the drive -...
- Tags: jillhartness@..., hard drive, data recovery
- Discussion threads 2007-07-18
- The Conflict Of Style Over Content
- I have been attending and even delivering training recently. I have been presenting a section of a half day update course that has been delivered to our field force, covering the segment of the training that covers our updated mobile call logging system. I was sent a PowerPoint file that...
- Tags: Training, support, PowerPoint, Help, General, Customer Relations
- Blog posts 2007-07-17
- World's most useless tech support document
- Your nominees for most useless tech support document are...Now it's your turn--nominate the most useless tech support document you've ever seen. It has to be a true tech support document. A posting by some person in some tech support forum doesn't count. I'm looking for an actual...
- Tags: RexWorld, Now IT, tech support document, useless tech support
- Discussion threads 2007-07-19
- 6 weeks and counting- The3Day, 2007
- I had to take a moment and thank everyone who jumped in to donate to something that I think is worthy enough to train 600 miles for and walk 60 in three days.I set a higher bar this year and I worked my tail off in various fundraising activities- but...
- Tags: TiggerTwo, Now IT, walk, donation
- Discussion threads 2007-07-17
- 5 MORE e-mail habits that waste time and cause problems
- In a previous article, I discussed a few common blunders associated with e-mail, such as veering off onto a new message topic without changing the subject line, omitting a subject line altogether, and using Reply To All when it's not necessary. Now it's time to continue this unfortunate list with...
- Tags: support, Help, Helpdesk
- Blog posts 2007-06-25
- Scheduling Work Tasks During Lunch?
- When I was a young PC tech about 18 years ago, I did not value my lunch hour at all. Now it is sacred. My employer is very strict on lunch, they assume everyone takes an hour lunch break whether they do or not, so you cannot make up for...
- Tags: john.gooch@..., lunch
- Discussion threads 2007-06-21
- SQL Server Replication
- Morning! Here's a good one for you! Pub: SQL2000 SP3 Dist: SQL2000 SP4 Sub: SQL2000 SP3 Transactional Replication (Pull Sub - Anonymous) I'm at a client site looking at the best way to get them up and running should there be some form of failure in the transactional replication and...
- Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, server, simon@..., log reader
- Discussion threads 2007-06-15
- "Respinning" My Stance On Fedora 7
- A couple of months ago I tore into the Fedora developers for how they were approaching the upcoming release of Fedora 7. It seemed as if they were going to forget about the users needs and basically tell them what they can and can not have. It looked like they...
- Tags: Linux, Installation, Get Jacked, General, Fedora, distribution
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
