Bernice: maybe you turned off your cookies ?

BadBoy7: hmm you could be lucky then and it might just be the fan ... but might still be the complete graphics card

BadBoy7: then my guess would be the graphics card .. which is costly :-(

or maybe just the fan on the graphics card if you are lucky .. but then it would show some screen at first and lose it later

BadBoy7: it could be someone (or something like a cat) accidently touched the button on the monitor disabling the autoselect

another issue could be the graphics card : if thats broken then the monitor gets the power, but no signal from the pc and you get this message

BadBoy7: it coud be manually set to vga or dvi while the connected cable is the other type
try selecting all your input channels in your monitor settings

does anyone have experience with running a mac in a virtualbox ?

i have windows7 and suse10 running in my virtualbox now and would love to have a mac in it as well :)

virtualbox can be found here : http://www.virtualbox.org/

basically i am looking for an image of a mac harddisk :)

SMART ALX: you probably get no signal from your computer
try the monitor on another computer to check the monitor itself

if it works try another cable between your computer and your monitor
if that still doesnt work then my guess is that your graphics card is broken :(

Bernice: do you have a new device connected to your usb or serial port ? did anything in the hardware config ?

diogenysos: thanks for trying ... i tried some more sites (less legal ones as well) but no other results :(

we will do an 'all clear' which will remove the passwords and then upload the program from our server (and hope its the same as the one which was running, or at least with not too many differences :))

we have an fx3 plc (mitsubishi) with a program in it
we want to review the code in the plc with the code on our server
(there is some confusion about the running version) but the fx3 plc is keyword protected

there is a program called keyread which can read the keycode from the plc
http://idownload.ws/Keyread/view.html

but when i try to download the program it only gives me a .zip file with a .doc file telling me that its not available anymore

i am looking for another mirror where the program might still be available, but i cant find any

does anyone know this program and where i can still download it ?
or does anyone maybe have this program ?

hotmail works fine in chrome .. it just gives a warning in which you can click to continue

i am using the old fashioned version of hotmail though, so i am not sure about the new version

facebook has quite some troubles with chrome .. much of the actions in the 'applications' in facebook dont work

one weird thing : when i use my scrollwheel it works fine on some pages (for example the search results of google) but backwards on other sites (like brainking and hotmail) .. when i scroll up my page goes down and vice versa :)

hi,

i need a cable from any pda to rs232

we used to use a hp/compaq ipaq pda with the following cable: http://www.pdashop.nl/product-gallery/11573/0

these pda's arent available anymore though .. so we need to switch ...

the software we use on the pda's (written by me so i could change it a bit) uses com1 (rs232 port)

the current pda's seem to use mini usb ... so i am now looking for a mini usb to rs232 converter .. which i cant find :(

i can find a lot of usb to rs232 converters (which i use in another project without any problems) ... but i couldnt find a pda with plain usb on it yet .. and i am not sure wether the driver for these usb-rs232 converter will work on windows mobile

does anyone have any ideas ?

MadMonkey: hmm not sure .. maybe you visit this site more often than other sites ?
maybe the other sites have different files for each page while brainking uses something else (i think :)) ?

i play a lot of backgammon games, quite some battleboats (didnt play ludo for a few weeks though), and some more games, but everything looks as it should for me

maybe fencer just added this for overseas players ;)

MadMonkey: blaming ms always works :)
i know on my old machine at home (win98se, 400mhz, 128mb ram) i do have problems with refreshing, when i go to a game which i played previously (and i havent cleared the cache) then i might see the old board as it was at that time (although i can be several moves further as i might have played those moves at my machine at another computer) .. also when i go to the discussion boards i might see old messages as new (and new ones missing)

pressing F5 (or even ctrl-F5) solves this .. therefore i think its a cache problem

the battleboats-as-dice problem seems a bit like this

of course your machine is a bit better than my older machine .. but maybe brainkings load increased a bit causing this to happen with not-so-old machines as well ? or maybe the traffic is routed differently making data arrive slower and the browser grabs the (wrong) cache files? .. i am not sure if last scenario can happen though :)

MadMonkey: lol .. brainking has its bugs for sure .. but i dont think this is caused by brainking .. if it is then i should get those bugs as well, and i never did

what type of machine do you play on ?
(os, cpu, ram)

MadMonkey: i never had those problems, neither at work or at home or at my laptop .. so it cant be on brainkings side

my guess is that its your cache

xmas is soon: i am wondering though if 7.5 will be free as well .. and what will happen with the updates to free 7.1 .. and what will happen to the updates to the virus database for the free 7.1 :)

xmas is soon: http://free.grisoft.com/doc/1

GRISOFT is announcing a new version of the AVG Anti-Virus Free Edition. This new 7.5 version with improved performance and full compatibility with the latest Windows Vista version is available. Users that are using AVG Free 7.1 will be provided with a specific dialog, within the next few weeks, with the opportunity to choose the right option fulfilling their needs. AVG Free 7.1 version will be discontinued on 15th of Jan 2007.

xmas is soon: ah ok .. thats the message i got as well i think ..

i only got the message once though .. my gf was at the computer at that time so i didnt pay much attention and expected to receive it again next time i would start my computer ..

i am using AVG
last week when i started up my computer AVG told me there would be no updates anymore in 2007 ?

does anyone know of any nice rpg with online servers without a monthly fee ?

something like diablo (although preferably a bit more rpg) on the battlenet servers

gambler104: go to your network connections, right click on the connection you want to use, but which doesnt work, and click on 'reset' (i hope thats the english term they used :)) .. or turn it off in that screen, and when its off, turn it on again

if you want to use your wireless connection, be sure its turned on in network connections

maybe your router doesnt allow the mac addres of your laptop ?

are you trying to connect to another computer from your laptop ? or are you trying to use the internet connection of that other computer ? or are you trying to connect to the network via a router ?

it did work when you had the lan cable connected ? but it doesnt now that you are trying to do it wireless ?

Hrqls: the encoding classes wont help me .. i need to send 1 byte which has to hold characters from ascii value 0 to ascii value 255 .. the only encoding class which sends only 1 byte is the ascii encoding which sends the 63 (3F) when i try to send a character with ascii value of 128 or higher

but! (yeah! ;)) i can also send the string or character array as a byte array ... which then bypasses the encoding class (or simply doesnt need it)

this works! ;)

so for the loop to send all characters with ascii value from 0 to 255 i now use :

byte[] bytArray;
bytArray = new byte[256];
for (int intI = 0; intI <256; intI++)
{
	bytArray[intI] = (byte)intI;
}
comKAR.Write(bytArray, 0, 256);

which works flawlessly

thanks for the help and ideas .. it set me on the right track and made it work :)

Hrqls: i am on the right track .. it doesnt send 3F anymore .. but now what should be 80 sends C2 80
81 is now C2 81, ...., FF is now C3 BF

i will see what i can do now ... at least the parity error (which wasnt one imo ;)) is gone

Hrqls: i found something!!

By default, SerialPort uses ASCIIEncoding to
encode the characters. ASCIIEncoding encodes all
characters greater then 127 as (char)63 or '?'.
To support additional characters in that range,
set Encoding to UTF8Encoding, UTF32Encoding, or
UnicodeEncoding.

before i open the port i will try

comKAR.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;

hexkid: thanks

that would be nice .. but i think the receiving side has to receive decode the 7 bits back to 8 bits again and i have no control over the receiver side

will have a look though, it might be a solution :)

Marfitalu: thats the same message which i get when i shutdown my laptop .. i dont get it all the time .. but sometimes i do .. its quite annoying .. and a irritating blue color :)

Mr. Shumway: yes thats what i thought as well .. but it only occurs with characters with an ascii value of 128 (80) or higher .. and with all of them .. so it cant be an accidental loss of data

the databits are set to 8 in my program
i dont know how to check the databits of the serial port on the ipaq though .. it doesnt have a real serial port .. it uses a special cable to the normal connection on the ipaq (which normally ends in an usb connector :))

maybe the cable cant handle 8 databits ? but that would be weird as its serial data and not parallel so the data itself shouldnt matter

that leaves the driver (which is a default driver as i didnt have to install anything) or the serialport control in c# (or the functions i use to control the serialport) ?

volant: i use regclean (from microsoft) which also compresses your register

and i use easycleaner which also offers the options to remove useless files and removes a few more registry entries

i am making the application for an ipaq (windows mobile 5.0)
i am using c# (i am more experienced in vb6, but i need c# for the ipaq)

i just found out that the 3F character is sent when a parity error occurs
so maybe thats the problem ?

i made a lot of application which used the serial port (all with vb6 though, and 1 with c#) and i never got a parity error (maybe i was just lucky ;))

can anyone explain to me when a parity error might occur and what might cause it ?

any ideas are welcome as it will offer me something more to test and check and continue from

thanks in advance ;)

i hope anyone can help me

i am trying to send a string of characters (ascii codes 0 to 255) over the serial port using the SerialPort control in C# (vs 2005 pro)

the characters arrive nice and sweet ... up to 7F, the characters with ascii code 80 and higher (hex) are sent as 3F all the time (as soon as the 8th bit is used 3F will be sent)

does know anyone what could cause this problem, and maybe how it can be solved or done otherwise ?

i am using the code below :

string strMsg = "";
for (int intI = 0; intI <256; intI++)
{
  strMsg += Convert.ToChar(intI);
}
comKAR.Write(strMsg);
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Summertop: there might be a firewall configured in the router

i have little experience with firewalls though, so i dont know how you can check :)

Mr. Shumway: *nod* i was thinking the same .. that will the next stage though .. first i will have to find some nice existing widgets and have some examples :)

does anyone know of any nice widgets ?
i am just starting to run some and wonder if there are some nice ones :)

for anyone who wants to try some as well, its easy.
download the konfabulator and install it (runs on windows xp)

lately i see this hoax (fake virus alert) appear on a lot of boards and even got it in one of my mailboxes.

its a hoax so please dont send it on

chattytea: could be that key then ... someone at work had a dell and had the same problem :)

i dont remember where that key was .. it could be on the same key as the print screen key or the numlock key .. or somewhere on the top right of the keyboard

i wont be back at work until the 13th, i can findout for sure when i am back :)

chattytea: what brand is the laptop ?
maybe he has an extra key like capslock/scrolllock/numlock .. this key is usually called 'funlock' .. it locks the special functions which are underneath normal keys

it can also be 'f mode' or 'f lock' or anything like that

Andersp: The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is said to be standard

for anything with html i like w3schools which also talks a bit about standards

Summertop: i have also seen bad networks cause problems like this .. no total hangups but systems which are so slow they are almost hung

bitwisexor: there are also virusses which constantly try to access your A drive, when there is no disk in it it can cause damage .. the same with virusses which set your display settings so that it can damage your monitor

BIG BAD WOLF: *nod* me too .. i hardly used hjsplit myself .. and now use my 1 gb usb stick whenever needed ... hjsplit might be easier in use than winrar though .... at least i can see my dad easily use hjsplit but not that easily use winrar to split a file :)

harley: you can also use HJSplit to split the files and join them back again on the other computer.

another option would be to use an usb stick of a sufficient size

Czuch Chuckers: thats different per player .. often via an usb cable .. sometimes the player can be inserted as an usb key itself .. sometimes via bluetooth .. sometimes via a memory card

Czuch Chuckers: i like CDex a lot. its a free program with which you can easily convert your cds to mp3s

mrloupcity: you say you get your cable (internet i guess) via your company .. does this mean you first make a connection to your company and from there connect to the internet ?
in that case it might be that the security on your company network doesnt allow your wife computer to get online

can you try to use the network card from the xp (your) computer in the the computer of your wife (be sure to install the same drivers as you have installed on your xp machine) and try it then

are you sure the drivers which you use with the cards on your wifes computer are correct ?

i have very little (none :)) experience with windows me .. but i heard its very buggy .. i dont know in what functions though

Arctic Warrior: maybe cleaning your cache might help ? clean your history, cookies, temporary internet files, cache, etc.

playBunny: conclusion : it can happen to the best :)

(i see some blonde hairs on your bunny face :))

playBunny: I now know :) lol :)

i was a bit grumpy this morning ... soar throat and my laptop didnt work as it should .. much too slow .. then noticed the sysop had been busy on it .. i noticed a lot of garbage in my root folder .. which i dont like .. so i deleted those .. i doubted about ntldr ... but was too grumpy to check and deleted it :)

yep i am a fool .. and blonde :)

WARNING! dont ever delete the file NTLDR!


this morning i was cleaning up my computer at work and deleted the file NTLDR. I should not have done so!

after that i rebooted and got the message :
NTLDR is Missing
Press any key to restart

i couldnt even get into the boot menu (safe mode).

i could create a boot disk, and then boot up from there .. but that wouldnt allow me on the NTFS disk c: where i deleted the file.

i tried to do a recovery via the windowsxp cd, but i needed the admin password for that (which i had entered 3 or more years ago and didnt write down (yeah i am a fool :))

so i was badly stuck!

Here i found a free bootdisk which allowed me to read the ntfs partition, but i couldnt write to it

Here i found a boot disk which contained the NTLDR file, but still i couldnt get to my NTFS partition

Then i found This bootdisk!! this allowed me to boot up and even copy to the NTFS system

be sure to use 'copy ntldr c:\' with the backslash, otherwise it wont work

i am a happy person again :)
*phew*

Backoff: thanks for the long post :) my situation isnt in your post though :)

the mouse works perfectly when connected directly to the usb port of the pc, so the mouse is usb 1.0 compatible and the drivers are ok

the mouse works perfectly when i have removed it from the usb hub and plugged back into the usb hub when the pc has boot up .. so the usb hub is working perfectly

the only problem that occurs is right after booting up .. my mouse doesnt work .. somehow because it doesnt see it through the hub when the mouse isnt plugged in while the pc is running already .. it has something to do with the order of startup .... but i cant find a way to change that