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Good point. I want to start with something simple, but I don't know what exactly is "simple" in the world of Microsoft programming. Also keep in mind that the tutorials that were suggested used Visual Basic .NET (the full version), and I am using Express, so I don't have that many features and stuff.The only thing I can make right now is a window with a button that exits the program when clicked on. :blink:A program that I could start working on is to store recipe data in XML files, it should be too hard I don't think. I mean, I could probably make it from PHP and some other XML stuff if I was dedicated enough.

I wouldn't call this exactly a new game because it has been around for quite a long time. It may be new on the computer, and it has certainly exploded in popularity these few years, but it has been around for decades. I sometimes enjoy doing Sudoku when I'm bored or else, but otherwise I find it much not fun enough. For the challenging puzzles, you are on your own, or with the help of a computer-generated solver (but that wouldn't be too much fun, would it?). For the easier puzzles, I find that it can take me from 5 minutes to 5 hours doing them. There is a PortableApp called Sudoku which (obviously) lets you play the game on your flash drive, iPod, portable device, etc.

Maybe you didn't understand my post correctly, but I am already doing web development, in PHP and MySQL.No I do not want to turn my Ubuntu Linux into a server running PHP and MySQL. Yes I already have a login script rigged up on a site that I am running, hosted here at Xisto.I need some tutorials and stuff for Visual Basic Express, not web development.

You can use Last.fm to create your own "radio station". It automatically inserts songs into your radio station by "scrobbling" the music that you play from iTunes, Windows Media Player, WinAmp or other people's Last.fm stations. And yes, it does have a feature to skip/forward songs. It also allows you to ban, love and recommend songs that are playing.

Ok, I would like to start learning programming but I do not know where to start. For web designing, I used to use Microsoft FrontPage 2000, that generated somewhat usable pages, but my first experiences with HTML was learning from a book that I got from the library, then I ended up at W3Schools, where I finished learning HTML and started other stuff, like CSS and PHP. For programming however, my first experience was using Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 Express edition, creating a "Hello World!" program (the simplest thing), and then trying to use some free tutorial books from Microsoft. It included video tutorials as well as an eBook that (supposedly) taught you to create 2 programs, a weather watcher sort of thing and a RSS reader. Both didn't work properly once I was done, even the downloaded sample files didn't run properly So then I tried something simpler, QBasic. It was very simple actually, and I followed a tutorial for kids, which was located at http://tedfelix.com/qbasic/index.html. It was well-written, and simple to do. But the programs that were created needed QBasic to run, which was fine as long as I'm the only one using them. But that wasn't my intent. I would like to know if there is something for Visual Basic Express that is as simple to follow and as extensive as W3Schools. Otherwise, I need some ideas to start programming. It seems to be interesting!

I would like to make a recommendation of X-Kings. (I know that no referral links are allowed:() X-Kings is a medieval based role-playing game that is turn-based, meaning that you wait every 30 minutes for a turn in order to get gold, food, units, etc. It is easy to learn, comes with a (slightly annoying) tutorial on first sign-up that you can follow. Once you are in the game, it is very competitive and you choose to play defensive or offensive, like many other role-playing games. There are guilds, large groups of people (also known as alliances in other MMORPGs), in which will help you with the game. The main goal is to purchase technologies and to gain military experience by killing units to gain points. Points are calculated using a math formula that involves multiplication of MXP (military experience) and technologies, along with other factors. It is quite fun once you get into it, and it doesn't require much time to play. You need to log on daily though if you want to be quite good at it. In fact, I have a website hosted here at Xisto for the purpose of my guild (alliance) in X-Kings, it is located at http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/. You can find out more there, and consider joining!

Actually, the reason for the <title> element to be a child of the <head> element is because the page title is part of the page's metadata, not direct page data. In other words, it is information that the browser (or "user-agent") uses. Although we see <title> data as the title of the window bar, it is considered to be information for the browser only.

I don't use Windows Vista right now, but I got a book from the library that was by Microsoft and it seems that UAC is quite cool. Let's take a look at the glossary, shall we? It sounds good, after all, it is a Microsoft book. Now let's take a look at what Wikipedia says: So therefore, it helps keep the computer safe by letting the user explicitly permit software to run that "could disrupt your computer or affect its users". Here is an interesting passage I found in Wikipedia also: There are a number of configurable UAC settings. It is possible to:[8] This means that if you are an administrator, or the only user on the computer, then you can disable the prompt entirely! Personally, I wouldn't do that, I think it is cool. But if it annoys you so much, you can do that. I think that the benefits outweigh the criticism. To disable UAC for administrators, you can use Group Policy Editor to do that. But I don't think Administrators have to enter a password anyways, so why disable UAC? I may be completely wrong about this, I don't use Vista, yet. But it seems pretty logical to me right now.

Apparently it is off in mine. Maybe it is off in everyone's also.

Why don't you just embed the flash in your site using YouTube's embed code? Then you could have "streaming videos" on your site.

I prefer just cleaning out temp files and stuff using CCleaner. I don't do much customization and tweaking in Windows. I've actually never heard of this software before by others, so I don't know if I can trust it.

Well I haven't experienced a huge number of record additions in my MySQL databases or anything like that. I don't think it is a spam bot registering on my forms.I sure find it strange though, every other month doesn't have requests from IE4.

PHP stands for hypertext preprocessor. It is a server-side scripting language that allows you to create dynamic pages that can be different for each user. Many application are built off and can be created using PHP. For example, many forums, shoutboxes, login/membership sites, role-playing games and major sites use PHP. This is just a small amount of what PHP can do. PHP is commonly used with MySQL to store data, such as usernames, passwords, email addresses and other information about users and/or other stuff. An example is that each member of Xisto has a specific row set in a table in a MySQL database that is accessed every time there is user activity. Also, each topic of the forum is stored in a row, also known as a "record". While PHP is a free server side scripting language, and MySQL is a database system, the main competitor to PHP and MySQL is ASP and MSSQL. ASP is a Microsoft-based technology that is similar to PHP, but runs on Windows machines only. MSSQL is similar to MySQL, it is also a Microsoft-based technology. I recommend the use of PHP over ASP because it is free, it is easier to learn and that Xisto supports it. For your own server/testing purposes, you can download PHP at http://php.net/. There is also plenty of help there to get you started in learning and using it. For more help, you can always visit the PHP Tutorial at W3Schools. I hope you understand more about PHP now.

It looks like you are trying to include a part of the Google UK search page into your site. I don't know why you are doing that, but your post doesn't state clearly enough to tell us what the problem is and what you want to achieve with PHP/ASP. Perhaps you can explain better of what you need to do. Notice from pyost: Was it really necessary to answer this two-and-a-half-year old post? Not to mention that Enter hasn't even visited Xisto during that time period

Actually, you could create multiple user accounts and download Windows SteadyState. Then you can hide drives in there, and control many things for each user account. It is much easier than editing the registry.

If you don't view the files as thumbnails, then I don't think that Windows XP will create the Thumbs.db file in the folder itself.

Yes, I tried that before, only it didn't work. Then I found out that you need a crossed-cable for that to work. So then I used floppy disks to transfer everything. I didn't have a USB drive, mp3 player or CD Burner back then.

You can always get robots not to find your forum by having no links to it from any sites then giving to link to people you want to invite

Actually when I took that screenshot, I had about 7 toolbars hidden. And I would install every toolbar in the world that doesn't collect personal information, display ads, and/or otherwise annoy me. In fact, I would fill my whole monitor with good toolbars. I don't mind the screen space taken up at all. Spyware bothers me, but good toolbars are good. By the way, I was using Mozilla Firefox, not Internet Explorer

I checked my stats for 2007 and found an alarming number of users in one particular category. Then I checked each month and found this: Lots of requests as shown there! Now what uses IE4 these days?

To make school fun, you have to enjoy what you are doing. So take subjects that you find interesting, like integrated technology if you like working with metal and wood, or business if you enjoy using computers. Extracurricular activities can be excellent. Most people go for sports, which is fine, but there are also many other things such as yearbook club, help desk, etc.Friends are an important part of school and an important part of your life. You don't want to choose the wrong people to hang out with. Friends are people who you can talk to and stuff. It's fun to do assignments together and your friends should be there when you need them. The "fun" things are fine. Listening to your iPod, playing video games, hanging out, but remember to do them in moderation. If you do them too much, you have prioritized wrongly and will have a harder time concentrating on the education part of school.I personally disagree with the girlfriend part of it, unless you are a girl. Having a girlfriend will only distract you from your studies, etc. Also, I would rather hang out with a group of peers than to hang out with 1 person. It's your choice.

Yes, it is perfectly acceptable to have an account at Xisto as well as an account at Xisto. I have that, only I don't have the time to make posts for both forums The account here is the one that is hosted, the account at Xisto is just a lurker You cannot use the same username to be hosted on both sites because they are run by the same server or something. So therefore you can't have firefoxrocks.astahost.com AND firefoxrocks.trap17.com because it will cause complication problems. But you can still post with the same username on the FORUM. Xisto's forums deal with computer and technical topics more, Xisto forums are rather less technical and are suitable for people who discuss real life stuff.

First, I would like to quote on this: Please don't give Microsoft any ideas. Now for my opinion: I personally like open-source software better. Here are a few comparisons: OpenOffice.org versus Microsoft Office. I like to say that Microsoft Office is definitely much more powerful than OpenOffice.org, but some people can't afford such a huge package. At least they are release different, cheaper packages, the Student edition is just fine for me. OpenOffice.org can save in the .doc file format, which is the utmost importance when sharing files with the family (as they prefer Microsoft Office, although OpenOffice.org can do if I don't have it installed yet), and transferring files to and from school, where their computers use Microsoft Office also. So I cannot absolutely ditch Microsoft Office for OpenOffice.org, but I would like to say that if everyone that I worked with uses OpenOffice.org, there wouldn't be a need to utilize Microsoft Office, as I do not require their "powerful, advanced features". Mozilla-based (SeaMonkey, Netscape, Firefox) versus Internet Explorer. I definitely have to say GO MOZILLA!!! This is because not only do they have better security and ease of use in their software, but also that it is more extensible than Internet Explorer (extensions vs. ActiveX addons). Internet Explorer renders pages rather slowly I would say. Now that every browser has tabbed browsing, there isn't much to compare there. But you need to use Internet Explorer at certain times. Some examples are Microsoft Update, and also when you get to the odd IE-only site (http://zone.msn.com/en-us/home to name one). :P The GIMP versus Adobe Photoshop. I have never used Adobe Photoshop before so I honestly cannot make a good comparison there. I would say that The GIMP meets my needs just fine. I am not going pay $600 US or whatever just to do some occasional graphics editing. If only there were more tutorials for the GIMP, that would make it popular and better. GAIM versus. Windows Live Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, etc. This is a tricky decision. I personally like Windows Live Messenger better because it has its own features for IM, and that it looks better If GAIM improves to support many of the WLM features then I may like it better. Also, Yahoo! and Windows Live messenger can communicate with each other now, but only for typing and nudging. It needs to get better. ClamWin versus other anti-virus software. I think that ClamWin is good for scanning and stuff but not for real-time use. For real-time use, I prefer AVG Free or Windows Live OneCare, but I'm willing to try others if need be. And now for the biggie: Ubuntu Linux versus Windows XP Home Edition. I like both. Windows XP is more compatible with programs and games and stuff, compared to using WINE on Ubuntu. Ubuntu is very high-maintenance, and requires an above average skill level of Linux knowledge in order to keep it working properly with the updates. I have had to reformat the Linux partition many, many times whenever I updated. I do not recommend Ubuntu for new users, even though it is "Linux for human beings". I may like Ubuntu if I had technical support for it, like when bundled with Dell computers. I like the games that are included with Ubuntu, and it is easy to use if it works properly. For the majority of users though, I'd stick with Windows and use layers of security software. To wrap it all up, I would say that open source has its ups and downs. Closed source freeware also has its benefits, such as Opera Internet Browser. It's all up to your computer expertise, the systems you work on, and most importantly, the people you work with.

It is hard to believe that that is real because of the available graphics/video editing technology that is available to us nowadays. The gasp at the beginning sounds real though. By the way, include more information in your post to make it more useful, just a suggestion.

Let's see, our basic needs are: food, water, shelter, oxygen, energy and interaction with others.I don't see "computer" in there. LOL :PThere are many people in different countries that are too poor to own a computer. So therefore it is possible to live without computers obviously. Certainly computers and the Internet has made our lives easier to communicate and retrieve information, like getting the weather, reading books, online banking, etc. But we could already do that without the use of computers back then.Computers enhance the quality of our lives by making it easier to know stuff and also to entertain ourselves whether it is hardcore JSP programming or just playing Tetris.