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    Is there an iPad app for use as a conference/web conference tool

    I have been tasked to try and figure out a way to integrate our sales forces new ipads into the next sales convention as a way to present and interact with people. So the deal is 50 people in a conference room, 10 individuals remotely. We need all people to be able to see and hear each...
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    South Korea City Question

    I am reviewing a list of data from a site our company works with in South Korea and i keep seeing discrepancies like Ansan and then on the next like a different company with Ansan-si. My question is is there a difference between the two and if so why the addition of -si to alot of the city names.
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    Linking sharepoint to a SQL Server job notification. Possible?

    So I am kicking around an idea at work and before I bring it up to my boss and the sharepoint folks I want to know if it is even feasible. Here is the scenario. We have some SQL server jobs that run nightly that load data in the database. At the moment in the morning if the jobs succeed...
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    no cellular service over data center

    So recently my seat at work was moved (3rd floor) to over the data center (2nd floor). Since then my blackberry and iPhone get no cellular service (AT&T). We don't have wireless in the building either (Security reasons). Is there anything i can do to help my signal on either of my phones...
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    First Choice DB Software and .FOL files. ? For old school comp users

    So i am trying to help out a friend who owns a business. He has an old computer running Windows 98 (not se) that has business information from the mid 80's to the mid 90's on it but was retired. He wants to try and recover the information and get it into a usable format. The software that was...
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    Recommend me a new wallet

    So after 12 years my wallet is basically falling apart. I need a wallet that is black leather, can hold 3-4 cards and also holds pictures. I would like to keep it under $50, but I am looking for a quality wallet brand that is going to look nice and hold up for another 10-15 years. My last...
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    Using Excel to link to certain eBay information

    So i have an excel document with numerous tabs that have price guides and the various lots I am looking and it values lots using vlookups and name information. On the main page is basically a summary of the lot names, time it ends, value and current price. I am looking for a way to link...
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    backup software for mac capable of ntfs?

    So on my mac i have the ntfs driver so I can read and write on ntfs drives. I have two external 1tb drives formatted for ntfs. 1 is full of data and I want to make the other a backup for it. So far all the backup software i find is not capable of using ntfs. Is there a software capable of this?
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    Atot Effect needed: Please help my daughter become this weeks kid of the year

    My wife submitted our daughters picture for this weeks kid of the year. Anybody willing to spend the 15 seconds to vote for Juliana it would be greatly appreciated and I will hope for good karma to come your way :) Please vote for Juliana. http://photos.parents.com/category/vote/photo/799382...
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    how to verify multiple files exist in perl

    this might be a remedial question but I am very new to perl hence why I am having a problem. I know the basic way to check for one file. #!/usr/bin/perl -w $filename1 = '//network_share/file.TXT; if (-e $filename1) {print "File Exists!"} else {print "File does not exist!"} How...
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    Software automation recomendations

    Here is the confines i need to work within. My boss wants me to automate a process. So far I have used perl for pushing source data files around. Now I am at a point where i need to interact with a third party app. This is a completely closed source application and the vendor will not give...
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    Vault and Storage unit auctions. Anybody with experience?

    So there are about 50 different TV shows on this subject right now, but i was wondering if anyone had real life experience with one of these? What's it like? Apparently gentle giant moving down the street from me is having a 50+ vault auction next month. Are the chances of you getting garbage...
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    Need backup software suggestions. Please help.

    So I here is my scenario. I have 2 laptops and 1 desktop. The laptops (win 7 and Mac OS X) both drop any important information onto a network share on the desktop. The 64 bit XP desktop has 3 smaller internal hard drives which all back up to 1 large external usb hard drive. I am looking...
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    Unable to partition GPT protective partition

    I am constantly hopping back and forth between my mac, my ubuntu box and my xp 64 box with my flash drive. Suddenly today now it won't recognize properly. It is saying it is two partitions when it should be only a fat32 partiton. It is an 8gb flash drive but it says one partition is 200mb and...
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    Wireless driver does not support WPA2. Help.

    So right now i have a Belkin F5D6020 ver.2 wireless pcmcia card which uses the atmelwlan wireless driver. My system is running lucid puppy. my home network is running wpa2 encryption. I install the driver and the system recognizes the card but when i go to configure it tells me that the...
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    Bios sees keyboard but windows doesn't

    I have a strange issue i've never come across before. I am helping out a relative. They have a dell vostro 220 running winxp. It was infected with alot of virii and was blue screening. I've popped the drive out and cleaned it up (avg, mbam and ad-aware). I put it back in the machine and it...
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    How do i get rid of a woodpecker? *Update*

    So a couple days ago i heard a knocking on my house and went outside to discover that a woodpecker has taken a liking to my house and chewed up some of the wood. So i shouted and it flew away. I got up on the ladder to figure out why it was there and apparently at one time there had been a...
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    DVD Decoder and windows 2000. need help

    Ok so I am working on a DSL/Win2k dual boot for a very old laptop 333mhz 328mb ram. So far DSL is working fine but on the windows 2k side the machine is not able to read any dvd's. I put a dvd in and it says I need a dvd decoder. I've looked around but have not been able to find anything that...
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    SQL Server db size, name, version query

    I am working on a query right now that if i run it on a specific server it will tell me the name of all the databases on it as well as size of the database along with version of the particular app. I am stuck on syntax at the moment. Here is what I have. If I run this on the server I am able...
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    unable to access partition from desktop or externally

    I am helping my cousin out and he has a strange issue I can't get around. He has a compaq desktop that is run xp media center edition. It has two partitions (a recovery partition and a user partition). I try to boot the machine and even if I choose safe mode the machine just keeps boot...
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    Perl Script to add a file to a .zip and then delete

    I have been trying and can't get things to work as a whole. I will give you the scenario and what I am trying to do. For example. Currently every night a uniquely named txt file is getting dropped onto my main C:\ drive. I want to create a script I can schedule to run each morning that...
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    Where to file a small claim lawsuit?

    I'll try to give a quick backstory. My wife and I got married last may 09 in Newport, RI. We hired a photographer from Maryland who is based out of there. My wife and I live right outside of Boston, Ma. We bought a whole photo package from the guy which included $1200 for a top of the line...
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    How can you detect an intermittently faulty jack?

    So i posted on here recently asking how to set up static ip's in a router. After 2 trips to the site and over 9 hours of testing and configuring I thought everything worked perfect (i even worked with the tech support to verify I did everything correctly) the network worked fine. The next day...
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    Static IP and router cannot get to internet

    So I am trying to help out a npo who just got a new isp. They got dsl service and it is a static ip. I am trying to configure the router and i thought i was doing it right but cannot get to the internet. For example the piece of paper that they were given from the isp says (note these are...
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    ReDoing network for small office new ideas

    So I am volunteering to help a not for profit redo their network and I am looking for some ideas. Currently their network is linksys wireless router hooked to an old 10mb switch. They have 7 desktops and 1 printer hardwired and 2 laptops wireless ocassionally. Their budget for all...
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    201 CMR 17 Mass. Data Protection Law

    So a friend of mine asked me this question and I am not quite sure. My friend works for a non-profit consisting of approximately 15 employees their network only contains the personal information of the employees and their financial data. Would they need to be compliant with 201 CMR 17 Mass...
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    Automated File to move files from inside zipped files. Is it possible?

    So I have been trying to wrap my head around a concept that I am not sure if it will work. I was thinking batch file but I am open to just about language as long as it can be automated to run at a certain time. Each night I have a set of 8 files that are placed in 8 separate folders in 8...
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    Can't get scanner part of AIO printer to work in Ubuntu

    So I have a HP officejet all in one model 600 printer hooked up via parallel port. I have gotten the printer and fax to work via the HpLip driver. I am using Ubuntu 9.10 the problem is I just cannot get the system to recognize the scanner part of the device. Xsane keeps saying it can't detect...
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    Social Engineering Legalities

    I know a person that works with a smaller sized not for profit organization (approx 20 people). They really don't have much IT to speak of they all use their own personal e-mail accounts for work(yahoo, hotmail, gmail, comcast,etc). Within the past 3 months they have had an issue where a...
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    CompUSA wireless G router for $14.99

    I just got back from the local Compusa in woburn, mass. and they had the compusa wireless G router on sale for 14.99 after a 14.99 instant savings. The website doesn't say anything about it but there was a sign in the store saying for august 12th and 13th. It is actually a decent router and...
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    boot loop with new ata controller card

    So i bought a SIIG ata 133 controller card. It installed fine with the provided driver and shows up under computer hardware. It works fine to this point but then i add a hard drive to the controller card and suddenly whenever i try to boot up the machine it boots up and sees the drive fine...
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    what happened to saturday morning cartoons?

    Ok so this is the first time i have been awake this early on a saturday in a long long time. I suddenly decided to revert back to when i was 8 years old and wanted to watch saturday morning cartoons. I go to check channels 4, 5 and 7 and there is not a single cartoon. What in the world? I...
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    linksys wrt54g gone haywire

    ok so apparently the electrical company was working outside today while i was away at work. I use a linksys wrt54g v3 router it is locked down with wpa and ssid hidden and all that good stuff. I come home and suddenly only one computer is getting a connection the router is handing out only one...
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    is it possible to ultravnc through a web browser?

    So I set up ultravnc for my lan. All machines can access each other no problem but i am looking to go a step farther. I want to be able to access my machines via a web site from a web browser. Sort of like a logmein.com kinda thing (no i don't want to use logmein). tried going around the...
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    same workgroup on different routers not seeing each other

    So let me just start with the setup i have a motorola 5100 cable modem which goes to a linksys wrt54g router. Off of this router is a wired xp desktop and two wireless xp laptops. Also attached to the linksys i have a gigafast ee-400r router which runs across the house via cat5 to another...
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    Need helping finding a socket A heatsink

    Ok well I am trying to rebuild an old computer into a low end media center. Everything is going well so far except the heatsink. It is a Socket A Amd Duron 1.0ghz The heatsink on it sounds like a jet engine. I am trying to find a very quiet replacement for it. The motherboard does not have...