Search results

  1. M

    NTLDR Issues During Bootup

    I have an issue with my computer. It has windows xp installed and runs fine except...for some reason, the NTLDR not found error shows up unless I boot with the XP CD in the drive. I don't have to run setup or anything, I just have to leave it in the drive. Is there anyway around this?
  2. M

    all you excel experts looking for some help

    looking for a way to do a vlookup dynamically. Basically, everday I have a spreadsheet that needs to link to values from a spreadsheet created the prior day. Then tomorrow I will have the same spreadsheet link to today's values, and so on and so forth. Now, this obviously works as a normal...
  3. M

    Live Webstreaming (Multicast) Question

    Question for anyone familiar with webcasting. Here's the scenario: Running windows media encoder to run a video stream. I can get an outside user to view my stream on their windows media player. But after two maybe three users, the bandwith will chop down to a very very slow rate since my...
  4. M

    Robotic Vacuums

    So I was last minute shopping on Friday at sharper image and happened to glance over and give some serious thought to the robotic vacuums they have there. There are two them they carry I think? EVac and Roomba? So I bought one for my parents, they haven't yet tried it out, but I have to say...
  5. M

    Build a Car

    What car website would give a good judge of the price a dealer would give? I've tried autobytel.com & cars.com, but either they have me fill out the things I want and then before I get a price direct me to a dealer to contact, or they give me the msrp price which is sometimes several...
  6. M

    Family Guy Update

    Does anyone know the deal with family guy? I've seen "marathons" on FOX with old episodes, but I'm curious to know are they launching new ones anytime soon?
  7. M

    Election 2004 Voting

    I live in the NY metro area and in the last year or so I've been seeing significant hype from all sorts of media to get out and vote - radio, booths at school, tv, etc...but one thing that I was thinking about to help improve our voting turnout, is the possibility of voting via the internet. I...
  8. M

    Razor Shaving - Against or With the Grain

    against the grain....
  9. M

    Macro help

    I have a macro in Excel and I'm trying to track where it goes wrong, is there a way to go step by step and see what it's doing?
  10. M

    Adobe Photoshop for $80

    In all honesty, I found this as a google ad, looking for tutorials, it seems fishy, but I couldn't find anything specific. If it is legit, then it's cheaper than even my school discount. Sorry if this is not in the right forum...but I didn't know where else to post it, because it could...
  11. M

    Manufacturer Support on Educational Software

    Had a question about support from manufactuer's who release versions of their software for educational purposes. For example, I can buy premiere pro or photoshop at a sixth of the full price cost but I wanted to know, do I lose out on anything that the full version would have by doing so...
  12. M

    Manufacturer Support on Educational Releases

    Had a question about support from manufactuer's who release versions of their software for educational purposes. For example, I can buy premiere pro or photoshop at a sixth of the full price cost but I wanted to know, do I lose out on anything that the full version would have by doing so...
  13. M

    Spyware Issues

    I'm running windows xp sp1, and I have the following items on my computer that I just can't seem to remove msbb.exe webrebates1.exe ualvwg.exe I tried googling the first two, and there were a lot of different forums on the issue (most referred to something called hijack this???) but a lot of...
  14. M

    Locked out of Windows XP

    Disregards all my other accounts, and when the login screen shows it displays "Administrator" username, I don't remember my password for the admin, is there anyway to log back in?
  15. M

    Blank DVD Question

    I know with blank cds it really doesn't matter too much anymore, but with blank dvd's does the brand you select matter? How do you know if a blank dvd is high quality, or will crap out within a year or so?
  16. M

    802.11x

    I'm not as up to date on the topic as I would like to be, but what exactly are the differences between 802.11b and 802.11g ---- if I am looking to wire my apt with a few friends what is better?
  17. M

    For All Coffee Lovers but Shower Haters....

    My first posting! http://www.xoxide.com/noname16.html It's caffeine soap, personally I doubt I would ever use it, but my old roommate loved it when I showed him. Anyways, here's the text right off the site: AV Caffeine Soap Tired of waking up and having to wait for your morning coffee to...
  18. M

    Adobe Premiere

    I'm a little new to the software, but I want to scroll text across the screen, but when I do it comes up very blurry, and I can't reduce the speed or the way it looks when it moves across the screen. I've tried taking a photoshop file in 720X480 resolution and using that but still no luck. Any...
  19. M

    Does anyone know if you can check Aim Profile Visits

    I have a question. I know that there are things like subprofile.com and imchaos where if you actively choose to click on the link the opposing user can see that you've checked their profile, but is there a way someone can see if you are checking their regular profile. For example if you just...