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I have a Dell Optiplex GX250, it has been a very stable platform. I bought this machine after destroying two previous machines with my requirements. One Gateway and one made by a local PC Shop. Most of the time the machine is used for Access development, however, over the years the needs have...

I was playing around with my birthday present my wife gave me, it sends the signal from my video card to my TV, and I made a stuff up. I couldn't get the picture on the TV and fiddled around in the advanced settings. It seems I have overlayed the desktop with the secondary monitor desktop...

I am not sure where to post this, as this is nt my area at all. A software application I have requires a hard drive fingerprint to validate the software. However, on my desktop machine the hard drive fingerprint is returning nothing. Why?

I am not a hardware person, I only understand hardware from what I read in the magazines and can recognise a hard drive and RAM stick and so on on site. But that is as far as my interest goes. So generally I wander down to my computer store when things go bang, kaboom, or just aren't right in...

I am using a list box to return contact details. Is it possible to have the listbox format each line to the appropriate mask for each number?

I have a module building controls on a form. One of these controls has a control source of: =dpsStar([controlName]) I have the controlname currently as a string. How do I handle the change to populate the controlsource?

I have set up a class for scanning, it uses an invisible image to grab the scanner returned result. Part of the functionality I am trying to enable is to acquire the image without saving. This means I end up with code something like: ctl=Forms("frmInvisible").imgScan Whish VBA...

I have the following code in my application. The second set of functions dpsOkNew, and NoNew according to microsoft enable me to grant full permissions on the table for the duration of dpsUpdateTable. However, every time dpsUpdateTable runs I am getting a message that I do not have permission...

I have been playing around with the security settings on a database getting it ready to dispatch. I've not needed security before so it is a bit of a headspin, and I am getting myself in bother. Initially I could not get any users to log in. I seem to have that sorted, but now I have secured...

I have made a form to handle not in list events. It works fantastic until I hit a subform. The procedure works by setting properties in the calling form for the the recordsource of the combobox and the field we are trying to add new data too. The newdata and the formname are passed as...

I am attempting to use a partition query to produce an aged equipment report. I set up a mock up attached that explains the problem better. I can get the query to function fine, but suspect there may be instances where the columns may be omitted due to no values returned. I would like to fix...

I have made an application and tested it fine on a target PC I own. I was just about to issue it and thought about the screen size. If my forms look fine on a 17inch at 800 by 600 will a 15 inch running at 800 by 600 look the same or will the forms be resized to the smaller screen? My forms...

I would like to create a custom menu to play avi files using whichever player is resident in the operating system of the client machine. Anyone know how to approach this?

I have a subform which is unbound. It has to be unbound to build the query as the returned values can change and are not known at development time. On the main form I have a field txtClientLink. The underlying query contains several functions including one to return the value of...

I have a new computer running Windows XP Pro. The system is in fact only about 2 weeks old. Naturally I have been loading a lot of software programs since then as the machine came with only the operating system. Although I disk clean, defrag and scandisk regularly it seems to me the system...

I have two tables set up something like: tblMsg ChemMsgID Msg tblParameter ParamID other stuff ChemMsgID In the table tblMsg I have been adding and deleting messages so I now have ChemMsgID like: 1, 8, 14,15,16 etc But when I access ChemMsgID from tblParameter I am getting Id numbers of...

I am about to order a new computer, but before I do I want to check on a few things relating to hard drive data. I am thinking of using XP Pro as I think, from Microsoft.com it offers more features towards what I want to do. The drives are an 80 GB and a 40 GB. I thought I would like to...

After the debacle with my old computer http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/lev2/66/lev3/68/pid/602/qid/501750 I have decided to sell it and buy another one. Privelage of being older, you earn more money, generally. Anyway I am stuck between a Dell and an IBM. They are configured...

I have computer which is just 14 months old. IT was set up like: Motherboard: MSI M7T266 Pro 2 CPU: Athlon 1600 XP Ram: 256 MB Crucial Hard Drive: IBM 60 GB Video Card: Milkystar Geforce 2 Ti Modem: Yeah it's got one etc I have had no end of problems with the CPU Fans...

I have previously copied examples from Books on custom properties. I am trying to make a custom property for a form. My aim is to create a generic form that fires on the not in list event of a combo box. I have a module which is working if I pass in the name of the form. Function...