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    Need to make WinXP system inaccessible during certain time of the day

    I'd like to make my Windows XP machine inaccessible during certain hours of the day. For example at a specified time, I need the system to just shut down completely (even if someone is currently using it), and then refuse to boot up again for a given period of time. Does anyone have any...
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    Installing gcc on Linux box

    I'm used to having gcc already installed on my Linux machines. One of my machines doesn't have it installed. I'm using Fedora Core... How can I install it straight from the installation CD's? Can someone give me some pointers on this? Thanks ahead.
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    Music CD won't play on computer

    I recently bought some new music CD's, and for some reason they won't play on my computer. I open my CD drive, and there aren't any music .wav files listed. There's an executable for a music video, but no actual files... is this some sort of anti-piracy deal? I just want to be able to listen...
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    CSS - Remove "highlight" from clicked objects?

    You had it right the first time -- The element is getting focus. Not a problem with borders. It only seems to happen in Firefox, not IE. I guess it's not a huge deal, but I'd like to eliminate it if possible.
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    CSS - Remove "highlight" from clicked objects?

    I have a couple buttons that I'm using on my site, which are being used as links (see code example below). When I click them, a dashed line appears, outlined the image. I'd like to remove this -- On click, I don't want this dashed outline to appear. Is there anyway to do this using style...
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    Where to find a product catalogue script?

    I'm trying to find a decent, and free product cataloguing script (preferably in Perl). I need to be able to list products online, without actually selling them. It would take me awhile to write something myself, so I was wondering if there was something decent available out there?
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    Getting footage from video games

    Thanks.
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    Getting footage from video games

    Well... I know nothing about video. I was hoping I could get a video card of some sort that would allow me to plug in the "video in" cable (not sure what that's called) directly to the video card, so I could record that way. But then I need some software to do the recording. I'm not sure...
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    Getting footage from video games

    I have an XBox, and I'd like to capture some video footage from a couple games. Is there a way to hook my XBox to my computer to do this? What hardware/software is required?
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    Using Windows Media Player to Record

    How can I use Window's Media player to record desktop actions? I've heard this can be done.
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    Network bandwidth monitor

    Is there a free tool available that can monitor network bandwidth being consumed?
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    New laptop

    It's been a couple years since I purchased my P4 1.6 ghz, so that's the last laptop based processor technology that I'm familiar with. I'm looking at purchasing a new machine, and I'm trying to figure out what the "Pentium M" is. Could anyone explain some of the high level differences between...
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    Windows starts up and display folders

    Whenever I start up my system, windows opens the system32 folder. How can I stop this from happening?
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    Password crackers

    If a user has physical access to a computer, is there anyway to make pw cracking more difficult? Or is choosing a strong password the best option you have? What makes a very strong WinXP and Linux password? I've heard passwords over 7 or 8 characters on windows, does not make them...
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    WinXP Priviledge Escalation Problem

    I have a password on the administrator account. Both mine, and the "hidden" administrator account that boots up in safe mode. So guest mode is more restrictive than a limited account?
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    WinXP Priviledge Escalation Problem

    Is it fairly easy for a limited user to escalate their privileges to administrator on WinXP home? I'm having a problem with a user who seems to be able to gain administrative rights fairly easily, even though he should be setup with just a limited account.
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    Using a Linux box as a router, limiting bandwidth usage

    Is there any software available for Linux systems that is capable of limiting bandwidth usage through certain eth interfaces? If not, how could I go about setting up bandwidth quotas on my network?
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    C structure question

    I need a C structure that can have a pointer to itself... ie: typedef struct { junk* j; } junk; Is there a way to do this?
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    setuid bit and unix scripts

    Got it, thanks.
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    setuid bit and unix scripts

    Thanks, I'll look into that. One question for you. #! /usr/bin/env bash What's the advantage to this over just doing (no env): #! /usr/bin/bash
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    setuid bit and unix scripts

    I'm trying to make a "drop box" script. The idea was to copy files from the home directories of other users into my home directory. The users need to be able to execute the script, but they shouldn't be allowed to read it. They simply run it and specify some options and a directory. The...
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    setuid bit and unix scripts

    Does the setuid bit not work for shell scripts? I need a script to execute with the priviledges of the owner. So I use the setuid bit. However, this doesn't seem to work. I set the permissions exactly as they're set on the passwd program, but the script won't run under those permissions...
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    Using awk for pattern matching with regular expressions

    I'm running an awk script against a file that contains the output of all the running processes on my system using ps -ef The different fields are delimited by spaces. However, some of the fields, such as time have a ":" delimiter which makes the output look something like this: 1...
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    Perl Problems

    I have a website with about 10 perl scripts running on it. Monday morning, they all stopped working out of the blue... Unless I've been hacked, the scripts have not changed, because I haven't touched them. Here's the deal... I can log into the server via ssh and run the scripts fine...
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    Using grep to pattern match a list of files

    Hi, I have a list of files kept inside a text file, each delimited by a new line. I want to be able to take grep, open the file contained on each line, and search it for a specific pattern. ie: The text file I have (call it file.txt) looks something like this: file1.dat file2.dat...
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    Blocking control panel access for limited users on XP

    Is it possible to block out certain items such as the control panel, "run" under the start menu, etc from the screens of certain users? I'm using XP. What about on Win2k?
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    Eliminating Guest account on XP

    I want to get rid of the guest account on XP. Is this possible? Not just disabling it, but completely removing it. Can limited accounts reactivate the guest account?
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    Setting up linux to find multiple access points

    I use Fedora with my home wireless AP. That particular IP is setup with encryption. However, I also want to be able to connect to other open AP's such as at school, without having to change any of my configuration settings with iwconfig. I'd like to get it to behave similar to windows, where...
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    Browsing sites offline using wget

    I want to be able to download an entire site, so I can browse offline while I don't have internet access. Is this possible to do using wget? If so, how would I do it? I know how to download single pages using wget, but that's about it.
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    Question about a network IP address

    Nice -- that would make sense:) Thanks.
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    Question about a network IP address

    I'm curious. Since a network address, ie: one ending with a "0" -- x.x.x.0 cannot be assigned to a host, what is happening when you attempt to ping it? I've tried with a few different IP's. Sometimes I just get a 'request timeout' message. However, sometimes it appears to try and ping the IP...
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    Question on IP addresses

    Thanks. It doesn't sound like there are any good strategies for blocking individuals (tied to a single computer) from my site then?
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    Question on IP addresses

    On a large size message board, what are the chances that two posters would have the same IP address? Doesn't AOL pool their IP's so multiple people can end up using the same IP at different times? I'm trying to figure out how likely this occurence is. For example, if I block out an IP from my...
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    USB 2.0

    I'm trying to determine if I have USB 2.0. How do I figure this out?
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    add text across many files

    Sorry, forgot to mention that I need something for Windows.
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    add text across many files

    I need a program that can add/replace text across many different files. Anyone know where I can find something like this? I have many files that need the same changes made to them, and I don't want to go through each one.
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    C++ Question

    I'm learning C++, my background has been Java up to this point. I have a question about friend functions as they relate to operator overloading. I understand the overloading side of things when it comes to class functions. For example, you can combine operands of different types so long as...
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    Help buying Windows 2003 server

    I'd like to buy win 2003 server, so I can play around with it. Any suggestions where I could get it for a relatively low price? Every version I've seen seems to include 5 licenses. I only want 1. I found the "2003 Server Web Edition" for $390, but I'm not sure if that's what I'm looking for...
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    Mounting USB Flash Drive on Fedora

    How do I mount my 128 MB USB flash drive on Fedora? I looked under /dev/usb but there were quite a few devices listed there.
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    Maximum segment size vs. Max IP datagram size

    Okay, so technically I could have a MSS of 65355 (or whatever 2^16 is), but that's pointless because IP would end up having to fragment that anyways to meet the MTU?