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There is more information about QMP here, but I have never used it. I use Windows Media Player because it does what I want it to and doesn't seem to slow the system or cause lock-ups, but that could be beacuse this PC is relatively new. I used to use Winamp on my last computer because it ran faster and was a bit easier to use and navigate around.

A triangular number is a number that can be arranged into an equilarteral triangle made up of that number of dots. For example, 3 can be made into a triangle, one dot above 2 dots. The next number is 6, a row of three dots below the previous ones. Wikipedia has some useful information.

Yeah this is great, and it seems to work on 99.9% of websites, although a few seem to have scripts that conflict with it or something and it fails. It's really annoying not having support for Opera, but hopefully they will code it soon. For the mean time, I'm going to have to switch to FireFox.

How can 666 possibly be a prime number? A prime number is a number divisible only by itself and 1, and 666 is divisible by 6, 3 and 2, and many other numbers. Do you mean that 666 is the largest triangle number with all the digits the same?

I had this problem a couple of years ago, all of the tabs and menu bars just disappeared off the top of the Task Manager window. I racked my brain for weeks trying to get them back, and as far as I can remember it was a keyoard shortcut that eventually worked. Try something like Alt + F, and see if that helps. If not try Space Bar or Alt + Space. I'll also ask around a few people and see if anyone else remembers how I fixed this. Edit: After asking around and a little experimenting myself, I have worked out how to get them back. Double click to the left of the End Task button. Everything should hopefully reappear. It's a toggle option if you have a lot of PCs or something on a network and want to view lots at once. Also, if the task that is running is MSMSGS.exe (note the extra S) then you are OK, that is the MSN Messenger system, and will do no harm.

The US government is simply trying to make an example of him, to show others what they are capable of. In some ways what he did was beneficial to the US government, as he revealed security holes in their systems, but he used hacking techniques to find them out. Logic tells you it's better to have someone hack into the system and reveal security holes than hack into a system and start a nuclear war. OK, a slight exaggeration, but it could happen. The term "hacking" is defined as: This brings up the arguement of "good" and "bad" hackers. Many companies, such as banks and security companies, employ prosecuted hackers to check their system security. You could say that the criminals here are NASA and the Pentagon, as they were a liability to the security of the nation, and their systems were open to use by terrorists, but Mr McKinnon's access was unauthorised and therefore illegal.

As you own a valid copy of Windows XP, there should be no reasons to stop you using it. As Inspiron has said, Microsoft uses a system that identifies your hardware, with each piece of hardware scoring a certain number of points. When you change a piece of hardware, you lose the points it had before. You are allowed to lose a certain amount of points, so you can do limited upgrades, but a major change such as the motherboard or hard drive loses a large number of points.Phoning Microsoft may help, and they might provide you with a new serial key over the phone, or send you one in the post. However, sometimes people have been required to send photographic evidence, just like you have to with insurance claims. Keep any packaging you have for the new motherboard and also make sure you keep the original serial key and certificate of authenticity. If you have that then it is very difficult for them to find a reason to deny you a new key.

When you use the code location.href, you are just using short hand for self.location.href. It's quite simple to get it to load in a frame, just use some code like this: parent.FRAMENAME.location.href="about.htm"If that doesn't work then replace parent with top and see if that helps.

I agree with Inspiron, you should try and centre your layout on the screen, as it does look a little bit weird having it on the left like that. The gaps between the boxes in the two side columns seem to vary randomly, and the 3 sections don't line up at the bottom. Try and get everything spaced evenly and lining up. The FrontPage buttons you have used at the top are overused on the web, and don't fit with your design. Try and find another button design if possible. For more help with the CSS design, have a look here. That is a premade 3 column design you just need to customise.

When I try to access your cPanel link it works perfectly, and presents me with a box asking me to enter a username and password. With the FTP address I am slightly confused that it ends .co.uk.com ? Surely it's either .co.uk or .com? Taking the .com off the end allowed me to get a default cPanel page, so that link works as well. So, that is probably the problem with the FTP account, use ftp.projectjim.co.uk instead. With the cPanel link, the only thing I can think of is that there is sometimes a certificate you have to accept if you use Opera or FireFox to browse, and especially if you have firewall software such as Norton. Make sure you accept any certificates if they are from Trap 17, normally labelled as the Gamma Server. Also, allow Trap 17 and your domain in your firewall software (if you have any) and see if that helps.

I don't think that the path is the problem, or the contents of that page, but purely InvisionFree's policies and settings. I'll see if anyone else with an InvisionFree board is able to put a PHP include in, but I think they stopped people being able to use PHP a few months ago.

As far as I am aware, InvisionFree stops you using PHP in your forums as it could be used maliciously. A friend of mine tried it a few months ago, and couldn't get it to work correctly, which resulted in them moving the forums. I presume you have looked on the support forums for InvisionFree, as I'm sure someone else will have asked if it's possible. The only other solution I can think of is that you may already be in PHP, so you may have to do one of these two: include('');OR?> <?php include(''); ?> <?php

The TPM chip is just like an ID card for your PC. Just like the ID cards in the UK, I am not opposed to having one, what I am worried about is the data that it contains and the possibility of that data being used for malicious purposes. Surely hackers would develop software to read the 'key' from your TPM chip, and then create a chip with that key and install it in their own PC, then they have full access to the Internet as if they are you.I would also get worried about freedom of speech and things like that. It would be much easier to trace anything on the Internet to a specific PC, and people who express certain views and opinions could be traced, although they may not want to be. Also, what would happen with PCs in places like schools, colleges and libraries? They are used by hundreds of people, so people could still use these PCs to do activities the TPM chip aims to stop.Reading further into the TPM project and Trusted Computing, it seems that they have mainly been installed in PCs for office use and large corporate networks, and that they are mainly activated by network admins for logging and security checks. They are lso used to ensure that if a PC gets stolen, it can't be used, and it stops people conecting their own PC onto the corporate network. Also, there are plans to put a manual user override into the chips, so users can change settings and effectively turn them on and off.

I can see the Flash header perfectly. lairz is probably right, but the problem may also be down to ad blocking software or a firewall. These can sometimes block Flash animations and animated images, and treats them as adverts. Make sure your friend allows your site to show Flash movies and animated images in their browser and any firewall, antivirus and ad-blocking software they may have.

There are supposedly lots of governments and organisations that are developing very small flying devices, with cameras and microphones that could be used to track people and monitor certain buildings for security reasons. I remember seeing TV programs a few years ago, showing off mechanical dirds with video cameras inside them, but they were massive and cost many thousands of pounds. With current technology and materials it would be entirely possible to create something like this, and I have seen people attempt it, although there always seems to be a problem with balance.I am sure that governments are developing such devices, you can even buy kits to make them yourself, although they are not that sucessful. Obviously if a government did develop a working version of this, they would not be too quick in publicising it!

I just tried it, and if you try and create the folders the usual way, by right clicking and selecting New Folder, if you type one of those names in, it won't change the name, but you get no error messages or any explanation at all. Typical Microsoft You also cannot use the names for files either. It's all down to some basic error checking Microsoft started when DOS was used as the main front for PCs, which prevented device names cropping up in folder and file commands. Microsoft released a few patches for Windows 98, but they didn't really fix it, and I can't find anything for XP. Supposedly there are a few workarounds for it, but they take ages, and it hardly seems worth it. Interesting find, though, Wolverine.

I didn't have a clue where I posted most frequently until I looked at my profile. I'm most active in the General Talk forum, which has 11% of my posts in it. It's not really that surprising, as I do spend some time looking around general talk, just to see what random, interesting topics come up.

I have to disagree with you, ankitunlimited. I have used loads of these different pieces of freeware to allow you to create PDF files, and most of them work incredibly well, if you follow the setup instructions correctly. Some require you to set specific page borders and such in the actual document, otherwise it won't print well. They don't normally offer such a wide range of features, but password protection and editing prevention are normally included. If you need to turn newletters and other documents into PDFs to put on the web then download it, but don't expect anything spectacular.

This tutorial will explain how to create a basic timer using Visual Basic Express 2005. If you don't have it, it's free and you can dowload it from Microsoft's website. All you need is a few minutes to sit down and read this and a version of Visual Basic. OK, so what will this timer actually do? Well, you are able to enter a number of minutes and a message, and then click a button. Once the timer is up, your message pops up and you are reminded! So, basically it's a little reminder system. I use it to remind me when TV programmes start, when I have to go somewhere, all sorts of things, and I'm sure you'll be able to find a use for it too. Start off by opening Visual Basic. I'm using the 2005 Express Version, but this should work with most versions, but things will look different. Create a new project by clicking File > New Project.... Give it a logical name and click on OK. Screenshot You are presented with the customary blank form. Drag on a NumericUpDown, a TextBox and a Button. Arrange them something like this, but you can use your own layout. Then drag on a Timer, and you can place this anywhere, as it will appear at the bottom of the screen. That's the layout done! OK, onto the code. Right click on a blank section of the form, and select View Code. You will now be presented with this: Public Class Form1End Class What we need to do first is detect when the button is clicked, and start the timer up. Above the code area there are two drop down boxes. These allow you to choose various actions for the code. Change the left hand side one to say Button1 and the right hand one to Click (Screenshot). Some code will be automatically added, and whatever you put between it will happen when the button is clicked. Between those two lines, add the following code: Dim Minutes As Integer = NumericUpDown1.Value Timer1.Interval = Minutes * 60 * 1000 Timer1.Enabled = True MsgBox("The timer has been set.", MsgBoxStyle.Information And MsgBoxStyle.OkOnly, "Timer Set")Lets go line by line. The first line creates a new variable which will store our time. It takes the number from our NumericUpDown1 and stores it as an integer. The next line sets the interval of the clock to 60,000 times what is in the variable. This is becuase the timer only accepts times in milliseconds, so if we times the number of minutes by 60,000 we convert it to milliseconds. The third line starts the timer, and the last line prompts you with a notice to say it works. Now we need to set what happens when the timer has finished. Back on those two drop down lists, choose Timer1 in the first one and Tick in the second. Between the two new lines, type this: Dim Reminder As String = TextBox1.Text MsgBox(Reminder, MsgBoxStyle.Information And MsgBoxStyle.OkOnly, "Your Reminder!") Timer1.Enabled = FalseAgain, line by line. The first line takes the text you type in the text box and copies it to a variable. This variable is then set as the main text in a message box, which is displayed when the timer is up (Screenshot). The final line turns the timer off, otherwise it would run infinitely and you would be reminded every few minutes of your message. That's it, the code is finished. To try it, click on the green start arrow in the toolbar at the top, or push F5. You can of course add labels to the form to give some idea of what needs to be written in it. One modification I would definitely make, however, is making the text box accept multiple lines, which can be displayed in your message box. To do this, go back to the form designer tab, and click on the text box. On the right hand side, in the properties panel, scroll until you find the property Multiline and change it to True. Now you can drag the text box to make it taller and fill the available space on the form. You can also rearrange things and change the size of the form. After a bit of touching up, mine looks like this. To turn your application into an EXE file you can run, click on Build > Build Project Name. If you get any errors, post them here, PM me or email me and I'll do my best to help.

I have used an AMD processor in my last 3 computers, as they seem to run faster for the money, and are more reliable than their Intel counterparts. Most people who choose Intel normally choose them for laptops or becuase they are bundled with the PC. Most people who build their own PCs seem to use AMD chips.

I have a Radeon X600 from ATI, and in the Control Centre I have this screen (click here). I am sure that nVidia has something similar. It works by using two of the monitor ports on the back of the PC, one on the graphics card and one connected directly to the motherboard, using the integrated graphics. You then use the Control Centre to chosse what sort of monitor each one is, and set the settings for each one. You then have choices on what to idsplay on each one, and where they are positioned. For example, you can spread one image across both displays or have each monitor show entirely different screens and act like separate PCs. You can also tell it where each monitor is, if you split the image, so you can make an extra tall or wide desktop. nVidia's Dualview is something similar to the screen above, but it requires you to have two monitors attached to the same graphics card, using a splitter. If you have integrated graphics as well as a graphics card you should be able to use the method above. The integrated monitor port often has tape or a rubber bung over it, so you don't use it accidentally.

The Interactive Advertising Bureau published a list of acceptable banner sizes here, although I don't think this is set in stone, and is simply a guide to 'normal' sizes. Things like signatures, userbars and other images have no set standards, although certain sites and people often prefer certain sizes.

I have been on forums before where referral links, advertising and stuff like that is allowed, and that results in the majority of threads being full of adverts, spam and referral links. Xisto has a thriving community where the members contribute with thoughtful, logical posts. Referral links aren't really necessary for the forum to survive, and if anything it would result in more annoyed people than pleased people. As serverph has said, you could just list your referral links on your site, or go to a site where they have specific referral link pages to swap eachother's links. People would still try and post referral links under 200 posts, and I am sure that there would still be problems. The only option would be to add a special section for people to post referral links, but this would get abused.

I presume you are installing a forum or suchlike? This information is needed to allow the pages to call other scripts, save information in other files and stuff like that. For the first one enter your web address, where the script is stored. For example [colour=blue]http://forums.xisto.com/no_longer_exists/]. The next one is mainly used for accessing files, and you can get it from looking in cPanel. The last one looks like it should just be the 'friendly' name for your site. Try looking in the installation help files for more information.

Linux and Windows are totally different, made for different reasons, by different people, in different ways. I have used Windows for most of my life, simply because when I first saw a Linux distro, it was command line based, and I like GUIs, just to make life easier. I want to start using Linux on my laptop, but it's finding the time to learn how to use it. I know how to use Windows, but that's the same as knowing how to use Open Office or Google Talk, it's all different software. One advantage of most Linux distros over Windows is that you can use a live CD first, to see if you like it, before you commit yourself to it.