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That presents another issue:I cannot reinstall Vista. I can only revert it to factory-default settings using Dell Restore (or something like that).Also just to confirm, the only 2 options for the drive is IDE and RAID, not AHCI.Is it also possible to find the IDE driver for Linux instead of using the other driver for Windows? Because Linux I can reinstall, but Windows I can't.

My hardware information:Dell Inspiron 530 system, Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.66 GHz, 500 GB hard drive, 4 GB memory.Vista is Dell-installed OEM version, service pack 1 was installed separately. The OS and disks were configured by the manufacturer.As mentioned in previous post, I am trying to use Ubuntu 8.04, the most recent version of Ubuntu. How do I configure the IDE driver for it to work?If I were to try another Linux distribution, would Kubuntu or Mandriva help?

If you reread my post, you'll already notice that I checked Ubuntu Forums.

On my new computer, I decided to install Linux as I need it for development purposes. Wanting to take a shortcut, I tried using Wubi, the Windows-based Ubuntu Installer. Everything went fine as it installed. I restarted the system to find revalidation errors when booting. It kept on repeating the same thing over and over so I thought that the Wubi installation was corrupted or otherwise damaged. I downloaded Ubuntu 8.04 and burnt it onto a CD-R and tried that instead. I couldn't even boot into the Live CD session because the same error came up. It looked like this: I went into the system CMOS and changed something from IDE to RAID (I think it was hard drive controller or something). Linux boot into the Live CD session successfully after that, and also installed properly. After that, I noticed that I couldn't boot into Windows Vista anymore. It would come up as © Microsoft Corporation and reboot itself. I switched it back to IDE and Vista booted fine. 1 problem though, Linux can't boot. The same error occurs when booting and it leaves me in a command prompt thing called BusyBox. I have looked at this page: https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=773225 and tried the 2 options suggested on page https://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=767668 but they don't work. I do not want to have to switch settings in the CMOS everytime I switch operating systems. What should I do?

On my new computer, I have a TV tuner installed. The problem is, Windows Live Messenger keeps detecting the TV tuner as a webcam. How do I stop any software from recognizing it as a camera?

Other than the ASCII art mentioned above, I don't see how you can create a three-dimensional game utilizing text only. By descibing the gaming environment, you can try making it as 3D as possible but visually, it is next to impossible to make a 3D text-based game.

Actually, other than the embedded web browser thing (which is not a big deal), BitTorrent includes all of these features. I would prefer to use that instead of third party Torrent software.Also, the site does not look well developed and there is not a lot of information on it. The product isn't listed on major download sites so I'm a bit suspicious about it. There are no screenshots on there that prove it works.

First of all, you do not need to use server side XSLT parsing to read an XML file. You can simply specify it as a stylesheet using an XML processing instruction in the XML file like this: <?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="yourFile.xsl" ?>. Second of all, for a beginner tutorial, I wouldn't make it as complicated with attribute names and multiple templates. I mean <xsl:call-template />? That is definitely not for beginners. Internet Explorer has the MSXML parser, Gecko-based browsers (Firefox/Mozilla/Flock) has a built-in XSLT parser and Safari/Konqueror can also read XSLT correctly too. You don't need PHP to parse XSLT, browsers can do it.

Well obviously that host wasn't very good on security (or you didn't have a good password). Good thing no files were deleted, passwords weren't altered (I'm assuming because you said you could still access FTP/cPanel).I'm not very familiar with WordPress, but you can check all your links and URLs to make sure they are either relative or they go to your Xisto site. This may take from a few days to several weeks to backup, verify and restore.Good luck.

Could you please include some more detailed information with your post? Things like source of information (e.g. a web site, Wikipedia, etc), what version of Windows you are talking about (XP, Vista, 2000) and any other relevant details would be helpful to understand your post.Right now I am left assuming that it is Windows XP that SP4 is being released to, but service packs generally include Microsoft updates that come from time to time, and so far none/few have been released since SP3, so I don't see any reason that SP4 is being developed right now.

I'm assuming you want to make a web-based text-based game that you can play in a browser from anywhere, right? Correct us if I'm wrong about this. First of all, you will need HTML knowledge to start building pages. This is very easy to learn, check out books at your local library or go to http://www.w3schools.com/html/. If you know HTML, you should also know CSS to style your pages (otherwise it will be pretty blank with the default font, size, colour, etc)! CSS is also very easy to learn and apply, it doesn't have to get complicated, but you can if you wish Now for the actual programming part. I strongly recommend you coding the game in PHP (Hypertext Preprocessor). PHP is a server-side scripting language that allows you to generate dynamic content (e.g. for each player) and it can work with a MySQL database to record information. You can learn from the official PHP site and/or the tutorials at W3Schools. If you do not wish to use PHP and MySQL for some reason, there is also ASP (Active Server Pages, a Microsoft technology) and JSP (Java Server Pages, developed by Sun/Java). I have no knowledge of either one of them. Remember, coding a text-based game can take months or years if you are unexperienced. Aside from the creativity portion of the project, you need to do extensive testing as with any other programming/development/design projects. Good luck!

We recently purchased a new computer with a 22" widescreen monitor that can do 1650x1050. I have it set at 1440x960 pixels and it looks awesome!My older computer had a 17" monitor that had a maximum screen resolution of 1280x1024.Either way, I would recommend using a liquid layout (widths in percents and ems) to accomodate most screen resolutions and browser sizes (you can't count on the user having the browser maximixed at all times).If you do need to use a fixed width layout, I would recommend making it a width of 1008 pixels to satisfy a minimum screen resolution of 1028x768.

Please keep in mind when using Limewire or any other perr-to-peer filesharing software that you are downloading LEGAL files. Most music, movies and software obtained through peer-to-peer software are copyrighted and are not legal. Of course there are exceptions, such as Linux distributions and open-source software.Personally, I use LimeWire and it is pretty good. But if available, I prefer BitTorrent as it is more flexible and allows more control over file transfer.Don't forget to scan your files for viruses and malware!

That would be good if you actually want the bullet/number to be hidden, but the point is that this could have been applied to other elements such as paragraphs, divs, etc. Also, I used minimal code to avoid confusion in the example.

It is part of Disk management under Computer Administration in Administrative Tools. It is in a way similar to GParted in Ubuntu that allows you to edit partitions, but in a limited functionality though (doesn't allow resizing or expanding).Is there a similar tool in Windows Vista though? I tried looking under System and Maintenance, but I couldn't find it.

Try moving the files in List or Detail view. There may be a problem with your thumbnail cache. And as others said, try System Restore if possible. A last resort is to wipe and reinstall Windows XP.

OpenOffice.org has a presentation program in its office suite. You can download it here at http://www.openoffice.org/. It also includes other office software such as Word (Writer), Excel (Calc), PowerPoint (Impress), Access (Base) and Math (for mathematical equations). If the office suite is too large to download, you can use a Google Account (Gmail account) to use Google Docs and Spreadsheets to create a presentation that you can present online or download.

I use AVG AntiVirus and so far it has caught all of the viruses that I received. Did you trying using HijackThis or msconfig in safe mode? This way, the virus won't be running unless it is an essential service. I once had a Microsoft virus telling me to install a security update and it just kept restarting itself everytime I restart the computer. Eventually I had to delete the partition.

I have played oGame a very long time ago and believe me, doing something like that could take many months. You would need to keep in mind users, ships, attack and defense calculations, buildings, positioning (time to travel) and most importantly, how you are doing to programming the calcuations and the database.I have used PHP in the past, but have never taken on a project of this size. So far I manage a little site with a login and a few tables to store information, but nothing like game computations.

How about something a bit more realistic software-wise, such as a hybrid browser?The security of Opera, the extensibility of Firefox/Flock, the HTML/CSS rendering of the Gecko engine (Mozilla), the speed of Safari and Opera. And the popularity of Internet Explorer would be nice.It would take a bit of programming for one but the most difficult part would be getting people to use it. Unless Microsoft updates Windows XP and Vista with newBrowser1, it would be hard to reach the popularity of IE, without some really persistent, effective advertising.As for hardware related technologies, I think that adding household appliances to a wireless network would be nice. With an open-source program, controlling your washing machine, dryer, refrigerator, dishwasher (if applicable), and maybe even your home heating and cooling system.

I've reviewed that list and basically it all comes down to appearance and control. I mean groove looks like something has been imprinted with a stamp, and inset and outset have their own unique way of popping in (or out). But by using my technique, you can almost emulate the 3D effects used in some versions of Microsoft PowerPoint.

It's kind of simple, but I think it is cool anyways. Using CSS border properties, you can make an element look 3D. Here's the code: li { border: solid #000; border-left-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px;}In this case, I have styled the list-item element to have a solid black border. The left and bottom side will only be 1px thick in order to make a difference between those and the top/right borders. This line, border: solid #000 , has no width set. I figured out that most browsers default to a 3px border with an unspecified width (give or take a few pixels). By setting the left/bottom border to 1 pixel, it will give the right/top borders a thicker look, creating a 3D effect. A change you can make to this is instead of thin left/bottom borders, you can have thin right/bottom borders. They will now look to be "pointed" left. I'm thinking that it will look nicer with right-to-left pages, but I'm not sure. I have found that setting the top border to be the thin one doesn't look as good as this is intended to create a visual effect, and most people read downwards instead of upwards. Experiment with CSS and you'll find really cool things you can do! (This is compatible with all CSS supporting browsers.)

So how do I install these emoticons? Where can they be found?

Yes I think that a database would be a better idea as it requires a password to access and is less work to use than by writing to a file each time. This is because unless you have specific permissions set, anyone can read that file and that may not be a good thing.With a database you can do so much more though, such as IP logging, browser (user-agent) identification, etc. This may or may not be useful but to most people it should be because it helps efficiently target their audience in some cases.

The quad-cores were cheaper, and from what I read in the Intel Processers post, I thought that people recommended that I get a dual-core processor. The speed was faster and the FSB was also faster so I thought Core 2 Duo was faster.