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2270

I have some audio files of my church choir I'd like to trim. Could you let me know of a low cost (preferably free) program that will enable me to do this.


29/10/12

895

1907

How to patch Yahoo!'s Zimbra Desktop client so you can use Australian English dictionary files.

12/09/08

1412

1844

Under Windows Vista when I edit a php file using Notepad++ and then check the file using Notepad the linefeeds seemed to have been ignored and yet it looks okay in Notepad++. What is happening?

25/03/08

748

1831

When I upload my files to my web server using my ftp software everything works fine. When I download the same files the lines are all merged into one big file. What can I do?

18/02/08

718

1763

I wanted to add a message to the phpbb registration form letting people know not to register via the form. This is what I did.

22/10/07

4508

1762

In phpbb 2 I would like a way to stop people from registering. Even though the information on the forum is public, participation is closed I will add people myself.

22/10/07

756

1723

When I use phpbb I have to log on twice.

11/07/07

333

1717

How do I make another person an administrator with phpbb?

06/06/07

401

1681

On setting up a computer using Fedora 6 and Samba to act as a file server, every time we accessed the share on the server using Windows XP, Windows XP would crash and our computer would sometimes restart.

21/02/07

85

1680

When installing Fedora 6 on an older machine using CDs, we kept getting file errors whilst installing.

21/02/07

146

1679

I'm trying to write a file from a Windows XP machine to a Linux Fedora 6 server running Samba. All the settings are the same as the Fedora 1 machine but I receive an "Access denied" message.

21/02/07

460

1678

When I went to set up Linux Fedora Core 6 there was insufficient memory and I continued in text mode. I've upgrade the memory. How do I get the computer to start in graphics mode?

21/02/07

204

1467

We converted our MyAds website from FrontPage to Nvu to evaluate this Open Source web page editor. These are the notes we collected whilst performing this work.

27/10/05

3504

1435

How to install aspell on a Windows XP computer with Australian English dictionaries.

06/10/05

3783

1390

How do I manually install the Australian English dictionary files available on your website for OpenOffice.org in Mozilla Thunderbird.

29/08/05

898

1389

How do I manually install the Australian English dictionary files available on your website for OpenOffice.org in NVU.

27/10/05

758

1303

When I plug in an old monitor to my Linux server (Red Hat using Gnome) I see the image repeated three times across the screen.

02/06/05

715

1302

I just put an old monitor on my Linux server (Red Hat Fedora with Gnome) and when the start the computer the screen just has lines going across it.

02/06/05

686

1196

When we went to install from the Fedora boot CD we received the following message: ISOLINUX 2.06 2003-08-22 isolinux: Disk error 01, AX=4293,9F

01/02/05

1177

1152

Quick look at Thunderbird 1.0 email client with the aim of seeing if it will provide an alternative to Outlook Express and Outlook as an email client.

04/01/05

5065

1046

The ANT build software did not work and kept looking for the runtime version of Java when it needed the software development kit version.

22/09/04

350

1045

Do you have any information on the command line options available for Mozilla?

22/09/04

997

1042

Can I use the Columba email package with OpenOffice.org under Windows XP?

14/09/04

602

1038

Columba is an open source java email client that has reached release candidate status. We decide to perform some quick testing in particular how this product can be used with OpenOffice.org.

07/09/04

16640

938

Common misconceptions with Open Source software based on our experience with OpenOffice.org.

14/03/04

17031

927

How do I set up 7-Zip so that I can right click on the file to open the zip archive under Windows XP?

02/03/04

827


Gimp


1898

When I try to copy an image from Microsoft Word 2007 to Gimp I get the message "This is no image data in the clipboard to paste". What can I do?

27/08/08

173

1509

Gimp is a very good free image editing program. However for many people getting started with it can be difficult. In this article we describe how to use the basic functions most people use when first using an image editing program.

09/01/06

7242

1265

When I paste an image into my document or web page the square area surrounding the image is white. Is there a way to make it so the white area does not show? (Note. This approach is better than the one in article 991. We left article 991 as it has a different approach and other information.)

02/05/05

2360

991

I have a logo which is a circular object. When I insert this into a document, the circular object has a square around it. How do I just get the circular object?

27/04/04

2694

296

How do you convert tiff files to jpg format?

05/03/03

247


Linux (Red Hat Fedora)


1330

When plugging in an older monitor on a Linux server I see three images on the screen. What should I do?

01/07/05

736

1329

After performing a restore of data from a Linux server to an alternate location which was a Windows XP Pro machine for testing, I went to delete all the restored data and received the message, "Error Deleting File or Folder. Cannot delete WhoIs: Access is denied. Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use." The folder "WhoIs" is a folder in one of the restored folders.

01/07/05

1659

1328

Using Pfbackup.exe with Outlook to backup my Outlook files to a Linux server fails with the message "Error Copying File or Folder. Cannot copy Outlook: Cannot find the specified file."

01/07/05

435

1327

When installing Linux on a Compaq Deskpro Pentium III/500MHz it failed with a message which contains the following text. "The application 'mini-wm' lost its connection to the display :1.0; most likely the X server was shut down or you killed/destroyed the application."

01/07/05

319

1326

When compacting an MS Access database on a Linux server I get the message "Cannot save the file. 'complete path of file given' is not a valid file name." It is a valid file name because it is the name of the existing file.

01/07/05

344

1325

I have a Windows XP computer and a Linux server. Other Windows computers can connect to the server by this one can't even though it can see the rest of the network.

08/08/05

736

1324

I have a Linux server running Samba. The drive letter does not appearing in Windows XP backup.

01/07/05

1118


Mozilla


1015

I'm using the MySpell dictionary with Mozilla. The problem is that it says that words ending in -ize, ization, etc., aren't mistakes. I realise that the z is an acceptable variation in Australian English but the house style is to go with the s. Is there any way I or you can change the dictionary to prefer the s variations?

14/09/04

975

772

I'm using Mozilla. When I clicked on the restore icon in the top right hand corner of the screen the title bar was off the top of the screen. Now I can't do anything with the Mozilla window.

10/12/03

749

89

How can I speed up opening Mozilla?

08/01/03

313




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