A thread for boring computer questions.

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Netscape 4.x won't read background-color and is scrunching content. Argh! But don't trouble too much about it, I can always bother my techie brother, he might know. :)

P.S. yeh, I thought of shifting to Buzz or ModPlug but they're just not quite the same, y'know?

At least, those are the things I'm currently blaming, but even before XP completely stuffed my ability to use IT (it nearly worked in 98 if I didn't mind reinitialising my sound drivers - ctrl-I, I think - every few minutes when a weird buzzing noise would start) I'd stopped getting any tracks finished, so maybe I've just lost whatever inspiration I ever had.

If you can tweak Modplug to use the same layout and commands as IT then it should be far less of a leap since it's really just a plain tracker and no new commands to learn but the interface certainly put me off, you're right that it doesn't feel the same.

I give up on the DHTML thing but I would suspect that Netscape doesn't like the absolute positioning in pixels. If you could rewrite it in tables that should work, as long as you don't have too many tables nesting in convoluted ways inside each other.

The Mac OS X can connect to ftp servers, as can most web browsers.

For Mac OS X, in the finder from the Go menu choose Connect to server. It the box at the bottom type in ftp://serveraddress.here/(path is you like)/ and click connect. If you have a login put in your login and password. Or for anonynous put in login anonymous, password: your email address. The ftp server will then mount on your desktop.

I want to know if I should get a TOWER or a PIZZA BOX STYLE er... box! What do people recommend eh?

However if you must be contrary and buy a pc, get a tower, you've got space for extra drives if you need them. You ought to be able to put a pc together from parts.

Anyway, he's just a heathen with a heretical email address.

Mac OS X all the benefits of Unix with a useable interface, good design and free entry into a club off insufferable slobs.

Dog latin, it sounds like something is up with your pc. Give us some specifications. That freerip that someone recommended somewhere up there seems pretty quick although it is adware and you should find version 1 (google found it just like that) as version 2 installs spyware.

i've messed up the My Music shell folder. i tried to move it to another partition, but just dragged it over there, not using the right click "move here" thing - (i'm not sure whether things would have been ok had i done that or not) all the files are intact, it's just that i've lost the link to the folder in the start menu. i've tried doing it manually in the registry, but the path i enter always disappears. maybe there's another key i should be editing (i'm mainly looking at HKCU\software\microsoft\windows\current version\explorer\shell folders)

i've moved it back to C:\ with no luck. it takes about 45 mins to move the folder, so i can't practically just drag it all over the place to see what happens. i guess i should move the files out and then dink around with the folder.

anyways, ideas appreciated

I've just installed Debian linux on virtual PC so I can run pySLSK. Its all installed find

I've type in xinit it start up Xwindows. It gives the error:

Fatal server error:
no screens found

Its found the emulated graphics card fine but gives that error.

any ideas?

(This is now the thread where Ed updates about his adventures trying to get Debianlinux and pySOulseek working)

Also is there a util that allows me to tell what ip address a DHCP server has assigned Debian?

I just switched to XP and have a stupid system tray problem. I thought I'd posted it on this thread but I don't see it, so if I'm being repetitive, forgive me. I don't have a connection icon in my system tray when I'm connected to the internet. I've gone to Network Connections, right clicked on my connection for properties, and selected "show icon in notification area when connected". An icon then appears. I also have it set to "always show" on my system tray but the icon disappears right after I log off, and then deselects itself in Network connections when I dial up again. It seems like it may be a prob with XP and my ISP software...annoying.

select the 'taskbar' tab if it's not already

uncheck "group similar taskbar buttons"

if the reason you want to always have the icon is so you have something to click on to connect/disconnect, then i suggest putting a network icon in your quicklaunch. also, if you are on a broadband connection, there is a way to get an icon which will connect with one click, rather than popping up the "dial" dialog box. right click the start menu - properties, hit customize button. advanced tab. in the scroll down menu, look for network connections - select "display as connect to menu". the dialup icons in this menu will still bring up a "dial" box, but the broadband connections will just connect automatically when you click them, and you can right click --> disconnect them. so you can copy this shortcut to your desktop or quicklaunch. you could remove the menu from the start menu after you copied that shortcut, if you don't want it.

enough blabbering out of me ;-)

Thanks for the explanation of the taskbar "always show" not showing...that makes sense in a microsoft-being-ridiculous kinda way.

Woohoo!

That site delivered. Thanks so much. I did a little dance.

Changed the SATA mode and the BSOD went away.

Glad you got in and even more glad the BSOD went away!

(Be careful because Win7 is end of life and won't be getting many security updates - but you probably already knew that..)

Yes.

That machine has actually never been online or connected to a network since I got it.

I started looking at the local free ads and see I can get plentiful desktop units that would be a step up in terms of CPU with Windows 10 installed for about £60-£100 so that's exciting.