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It installs IE7 x86 & x64 by default (both), it's installed by Automatic Updates. Anyway in my opinion Windows XP x64 is quite stable and such, never had a crash whatsoever! I hope to see a solution to this 'localhost' thing soon Merry Christmas , bakr_2k5

I prefer the 'localhost' way. Anyway those things you said will work too! But it just seems like somekind of bug, since Firefox hasn't such freeze-up with 'localhost'. I'll see if there would be more posts Thanks anyway!! bakr_2k5

Hi there,Internet Explorer 7 seems to freeze up when I put 'localhost' in the url bar? Though when I type ' 127.0.0.1' in there, there's nothing wrong !I switched from 32bit XP to 64bit XP yesterday and got IE7 for the first time.Installed XAMPP (latest version), tried to access it with ' localhost' and it hang for like 15 seconds,very annoying! ( it does that everytime I put ' localhost' in the URL bar )(Sorry for the small post, but there isn't much more to say!)Thank you for those who reply ,bakr_2k5

vujsa, this is fully understandable yes. And for the biggest part I completely agree with you. Though those flaws in it like abuse and so on, could be solved in a small 'beta' test to get some ideas how people could abuse the system. It's true that it's better to keep it simple, automated and working! But with this post from flashdiamond: It would overcome the work that moderators / admins would have to do, since all users do the work! But yes it's probably better to keep it this way it is since it's pretty safe, stable and robust! Still I stay with my opinion it would encourage users to post better and perhaps longer posts because of some rating / awarding system. Although the credits system is already something like a rating / awarding system. Great you have forwarded it to OpaQue, and not just dropping the idea of all this . I think it could possibly work but the cheaters out there would cause problems... Perhaps it should be reconsidered a few times (if OpaQue thinks it could work / improve etc) just to solve the cheats! bakr_2k5

Quite usefull piece of software! But when it gets more and more popular MSN / Live (miscrosoft, whoever) will block these kind of things, just like they did with MSN block checkers and so on. Anyway, aMSN (http://www.amsn-project.net/) has this already implemented in their tool. Back when I was on Linux (gentoo) I used this feature a lot. Perhaps MSN should implement this feature too, since lots of people would like this thing. And it could also be used to SOLVE sexual 'abuse' (like showing yourself on the webcam or something like that) on the networks, this way it's possible to let the police show the movie and with a screentest get the people caught! Though it would also be something like privacy violation, since their 'face' is saved to your harddrive and some bad *bottom* can post it on the net without knowing of the 'face' owner. My view on this But then again when microsoft implements it in MSN then people will shout like "You have stolen this from <someone's name>"... I know for sure that's going to happen! Just like they said Microsoft had stolen the tabbed browsing from Firefox, but Mozilla has stolen it from Opera... It's like something never ending. Though there has always be one with the ideas, and people can use then. Anyway I'm going to much off topic! bakr_2k5

This could work with the referral system yes. Atleast it would stop lots of people to abuse cause of the work that has to be done for that small amount of credits. But I think it would be a lot of work to record all these stuff. But it's a good solution if the referral system gets some votes or something, though I think Best Post of the Week will 'win'! Like Mark420 said, it's based on the popularity of the thread (hits, replies). And perhaps also what's the content of the post, like is it usefull, etc... For the needed time: The popularity shouldn't be that hard to 'log', perhaps with a little script all threads of that week could be printed. Though the content checks will take a bit more time like human eyes, but that could also be limited by picking the let's say top 5 popularity threads. bakr_2k5

Hi Nightfox, My firewall (Jetico Personal Firewall) says that windows auto update contacts these adresses and remote ports: - 195.85.129.24 (a26.ms.akamai.net, download.windowsupdate.com) remote port 80 - 65.55.192.29 (update.microsoft.com.nsatc.net, update.microsoft.com) remote port 443 Perhaps there are more when it actually FINDS new updates, then I'll edit this post! Don't know if this is usefull but it might help. You could loop the hostnames back to 127.0.0.1 via the hosts file or something (don't have any experiance with this on windows!). bakr_2k5

This is all true! But with some good checks, scripts and stuff like that, it wouldn't be a big problem. Anyway the Referal Link System didn't seem to be right so we discussed about other things.Like Mark and I said, Mark came up with the Best Post of the Week which is much better, it can't really be abused or cheated. And since spamming and whatever are not allowed on Xisto (and mostly all other forums), it can't be abused so Best Post of the Week would be safe. Just like Mark said in his post, it would encourage users to post good posts and be a bit more active. See it as a little contest or a game(?), it's not really about getting more credits since you'll get a small amount of them, it's more about writing the best post and get a small gift from Xisto in credits for your good work. And IF it get's abused somehow one of the admins just pulls the plug out. Oh yes, I had a thought at school. In association with the Best Post of the Week there could also be something like a Hall of Fame, although there is already something like that but that's for the amount of posts. bakr_2k5

Alright, A few weeks ago (if I'm right) I asked if there was somekind of Referal Link System for Xisto in the shoutbox. Well there wasn't and we had a little discussion about it. (I don't remember any names only Mark's name so if you want some credit on what you said PM me, or let a blue guy do it ) Anyway some guy said it would be cheating, of course that's true but then again, Xisto gains more users, and the users gain more credits. I'm not talking about LOADS of credits but like 5 per referal or something like that. Well then Mark420 came up with something like the Best Post of the Week, which gains some bonus credits. Thus we kinda came up with something like a bonus system! We, he, she, it and I want(s) to know what you think about this and perhaps you have a better idea for the bonus system. When there are enough opinions / ideas whatsoever we'll make a nice list and maybe a poll or something and see if the admins would agree with it. bakr_2k5

You probably mean CurrPorts (http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/cports.html) this is almost the same as Sygate does, only Sygate functions as a firewall too. Anyway I have heard BAD things about ZonaAlarm free! Also I'm not into buying software or using cracked software. I mostly only use opensource or freeware software!Anyway thank you for your suggestions, but for now I'll stick with Sygate Personal Firewall till someone has a good alternative which is mostly the same as Sygate. Probably you should install Sygate Personal Firewall (just to see what's it like), then you'll know why I'm so in love with it bakr_2k5

My computer will be completely open to the world, since I set my router to use my computer a the DMZ (which forwards ALL ports to my computer) and there for I'm very much in need of a firewall Anyway I'll take a look at the Kaspersky Internet Security stuff. bakr_2k5 EDIT: Saw the Kaspersky Internet Security stuff, and it's not what I'm looking for. It a whole suite which I don't need. I only need a firewall and prefer Sygate Personal Firewall. Oh and my question was Is it still secure? and not Which firewall/security suite do you prefer? (no offence!!)

Hi there, First off a few days ago I switched from Linux to Windows (don't ask me why!) and trying to get it secure. Second, don't know if this is the right forum, but it seemed the best choice to me! Alright, now my question: Is Sygate Personal Firewall still secure? (it's quite dated now!) Symantec bought/destroyed Sygate. But I downloaded Sygate Personal Firewall from http://www.oldversion.com/ '>oldversion.com, it's the last version they released and it's the firewall that best suites my needs. I'm behind a router (with firewall) at the moment, but i like to be a DMZ host. And then I will need some good security Oh, I really hate it when a company buys up the good stuff! bakr_2k5

Answer to 1:No there isn't some kind of parameter in mlame or lame itself! CONSOLE This script runs the LAME mp3 encoder on multiple files: /usr/bin/mlame [options] <file 1> ... <file n> options: -? this help text -r remove files after encoding -f force overwrite of destination if exists -l low quality settings -h high quality settings -o "<lame options>" overrides script default options example: /usr/bin/mlame -r -f -o "-v -V 0 -b 112" a*.wav z*.aif g*.mp? And have tried all those parameters and none did the thing I wanted! Answer to 2: Yes you're completely right, but I don't consider myself a good programmer. I know some basics but none of the advanced stuff (soon it will come). Perhaps I'm a bit to faint-hearted (got that word from babelfish ), to do these things! Bakr_2k5

Perhaps you should have read the replays since it's already solved Of course I can't blame you . Bakr_2k5

Searched for while for PERL scripts, but the all seem web orientated or CGI stuff. So no real use. But I just discovered a standard linux program (at least I think it's standard ) called "rename". Very oblivious, well my topic lately are a bit lame guess I need more sleep... Anyway I just do this: CONSOLE rename -new-converted-file.mp3 .mp3 *.mp3And it works So problem solved, and thank you Mark420 for your reply! Think I'm going to work on a script for Nautilus (gnome's file manager) to integrate this stuff Bakr_2k5

Hello there,Today I've encoded lots of mp3's for my portable mp3 player (which only has 128mb ... ), Anyway I encoded them with Lame using mlame script (for those don't know it handles more files then one).Now mlame appends "-new-converted-file" to the filename. And renaming every individual file with the hand is A LOT of work . I tried to write a script to remove that "-new-converted-file" but they kinda all failed! And the "tr" command seems it can't handle sentences.Well does anyone in here have a clue or a nice script to do this? :POf course if you only give me a hint to do this. I'll write the script on my own. But if you feel like, you're free to do it (Please no reply about use "sed" or something like that without some explanation, I really don't know anything about it. And I just can't understand the whole "sed" thing . Thank you!)Bakr_2k5

That's EXACTLY what I meant! Thank you! Damn, I'm not clearly minded these days. It's so simple and even can't think of this! Hmm maybe I was thinking a bit too much the difficult way! Anyway thanks, if I need it I know how to ... Although those posts earlier from m^e and jlhaslip kinda discouraged me to do this. But I might be handy sometime! Bakr_2k5

else { echo "<span style=color:red>$error</span>";}I would change this toelse { echo "<span style=color:red>$error</span>"; include("./html_form.php"); // Or whatever the page with the html form thing is called!}(note: please scroll a bit down to my EDIT thing if you're mad about it )This prints the $error's and the html form (with the values) on the screen. If you don't do this, and hit the back button, it gives that annoying pop up about "POST already sent" or something like that. And as mastercomputers said, those trims()'s could be much less. $username = trim($_POST['username']);or$_POST['username'] = trim($_POST['username']);For the javascript redirection at the end, use META tags or PHP "header()" function, since not everyone has javascript enabled. Lastly a little correction else { if(!eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $_POST[email])) { $error="The e-mail you entered was not in the proper format!"; }}Should beelse { if(!eregi("^[_a-z0-9-]+(\.[_a-z0-9-]+)*@[a-z0-9-]+(\.[a-z0-9-]+)*(\.[a-z]{2,3})$", $_POST[email])) { $error.="The e-mail you entered was not in the proper format!"; }}If you don't see it, the dot after $error As for the "eregi()" thing, don't know anything about it, but mastercomputers said it had to be changed. Oh man I feel bad now Bakr_2k5 EDIT: For the first change, never mind! I didn't know it was a "one page script", sorry about that

Uh when I visit btsearchsoft in Firefox it kinda disturbs my eyes... Like HUGE text, Layout is totally screwed up, all links open in a new tab, the Flash thing not working (although it's a problem on my side ), etc. Doesn't look like a professional business to me (if it's a business) Bakr_2k5

Yes that's completely true, but it was just a thought that popped into my head! And it was more like a question if it was possible. But I'd guess it IS possible but like m^e and you said it's not worth it, and could break things. So I'll quickly "remove" the thought and go on with life Thank you all anyways!! Bakr_2k5

Alright then, that's what I wanted to know To bad the can't / won't change the hosting username without recreating, when it's needed. But then again, it would be a lot of work I think! Thanks, Bakr_2k5

TaMeR,Does this count for every one? Not that I want to. But when I want I know it :POh, yes, what about the hosting account name?Bakr_2k5

@pyost: This isn't exactly what I had in mind. You see, the "empty" rows don't exist. They are deleted true the mysql DELETE thing. Which ends up with 1,2,3,5,6,8,9,10 (4 and 7 are deleted) so those aren't empty they just don't exist. And I have set the "id" field from the "news" table to "auto increment". BUT when I delete a row 4&7, the id's don't get updated to "recount auto_increment" so it leaves a gap between id 3&5 and 6&8. Well there isn't more to say I think. Maybe you don't exactly understand what I mean, but I'm no professional in English ! Although your explanation was very clear but just not what I'm looking for. (Hmm... It could also be that I don't understand what you mean, but then I'll hear it from you ) Well thanks anyways! @miCRoSCoPiC^eaRthLinG: I hope you can dig it somewhere from your memory Bakr_2k5

Ok, didn't know that! But what about this? <?PHP$query = "SELECT * FROM non_existent";$menu_result = mysql_query($query) or NULL;if($menu_result == NULL) { echo "Yes";} else { echo "No";}?>Here "or" is a PHP function if I'm right (right?). So it should pass the PHP like NULL to $menu_result. And not the "no value set" thing. So $menu_result = NULL .. And it's the same thing as: <?PHP$var = NULL;if(is_null($var)) { echo "Yes";} else { echo "No";}?>Which results in "Yes". So I don't really understand it! Maybe it's something i misunderstand about the "or NULL" thing. Well my point of view seems logical but for PHP itself it isn't logical ! Bakr_2k5

Hello you all, I've got a question Let's say I have a database width the table "news". It contains about 10 items which is ordered by the field "id". Now from my admin page i do this: <?PHPmysql_query("DELETE FROM news WHERE id=4");?>And a few days later i do: <?PHPmysql_query("DELETE FROM news WHERE id=7");?> Now there are two gaps in the table => 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10 (no 4 and 7). It want to reallocate the whole table to fill the gaps like this => 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Of course true a php script which lies in my admin environment. But I can't figure out how to, so i thought let's ask it here Bakr_2k5 EDIT: Perhaps it can be done with a temporary table or something like that, but still don't know really how. And it would be nicer if it could be done without the temporary table END EDIT