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  1. Chr1sUK

    General question about protocols on servers

    I have recently read that there are 4 particular protocols that cannot run on a server at the same time. Dispite having done networking for the past year, I was not aware of this per se. I understand that two of these protocols are DNS and DHCP. What are the other two? FTP and NNTP by any...
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    Hard Drive - Can see files but can't access them

    A friend of mine has been having trouble with his hard drive. He took it back to the people who built the pc, who said nothing could be done and replaced it, and let him keep the dodgy drive. You can see all the files and folders, but no files can be opened. Any suggestions, theres alot of...
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    Finding out the type of RAM

    I am going to be doing an upgrade job on a friends computer, which includes a memory upgrade. The only problem is, I am not sure what kind of RAM is in the machine. They do not know themselves, and there is no documentation stating which type of RAM the machine takes. As a general rule of...
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    Learning more about the Phone System

    Hi, I would like to learn more about the phone system. I am currently doing a networking degree which includes CCNA certification, and I am interested to see how phone systems work in more detail. I live in the UK. Some website recommendations would be greatly appreciated :) TIA.
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    Home network has stopped working for no apparent reason...help!

    Ok, bit of a strange one... I have been going on the internet with my laptop by using my main pc as a gateway for nearly a year without any troubles. I recently upgraded to 1mbit internet with the same ISP (bt). Now, for some reason, I cant get on the net...but it shows that the lan is...
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    MS Word - New Blank Document is not blank....

    Little bit of an issue with one of the copies of Word we have running in the Office. When the user tries to create a new, blank document, there is already text on from a previous letter. I have no Idea how this got there, but all I need to know is how to change it so that it starts blank? TIA
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    Excel Print Problem

    This morning when trying to print a particular document on a particular printer, all that printed was this message: PCL XL error Subsystem: KERNEL Error: IllegalOperatorSequence Operator: SetPageScale Position: 3 Now I have absolutley no Idea what this means...
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    Adding totals

    I am busy with a spreadsheet that shows all motor insurance claims for a particular company. Each claim has a claim code. I have inserted a worksheet to show the breakdown of claims by claim code, and the total amount of money that has been paid out as a result of such claims. To total up the...
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    Copying worksheets to a different workbook

    I need to add worksheets to 14 different workbooks for weekly tabs from the start of July - End of August. Naturally, I would rather not have to do this all manually, 14 times, as this would take ages. There only seems to be a move or copy option, but that doesn't seem to do the trick. Surely...
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    NIC Issue?

    In the last month, we have had two computers go down with what seems to be exactly the same problem. In the first case, replacing the NIC solved the problem, no action has been taken yet in the second case. What happens: User logs on to the PC (domain), but cannot access any network services...
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    POP3/SMTP

    The company I work for had some problems with their email the other day becuase of a "change from POP3 to SMTP." I thought that one was used for outgoing mail, and one for incoming mail....but I think I may be wrong there. I would appreciate it if somebody could clear this up, and briefly...
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    Home wireless connection troubles.

    Having a bit of bother with a home Wireless connection. I am not particularly in the knmow with wireless stuff so I could use some help. The setup: Wireless Router, connected to a phone line (ADSL) Then the PC connects to the router to get online. The problem is that it is a multi user pc...
  13. Chr1sUK

    Numbering pages in word...

    Pretty simple question.. Can you choose which page the numbers start from in Word? I have a document that needs numbering, but the actual page 1 is page 9 in the document... Whats the solution?
  14. Chr1sUK

    Strange problem?

    Just been at my mates to do what should have been a reasonably routine job... A file had corrupted, windows would not boot, and the file needed to be replaced (HAL.DLL was the file). Now usually, this is a case of getting a working version of the file, putting it on a floppy and then copying...
  15. Chr1sUK

    CCNA Part 2

    Hi all, I have just finished my first year of Cisco Training for the CCNA, this was Introduction to Network models (1) and Introduction to Network Configuration (2). I achived high marks on both exams, and I also passed the Voucher Exam in part 2. (got 79% :D) Does this give discount on my...
  16. Chr1sUK

    Quick solution to doubling the value in a cell.

    Hi all. I am doing a spreadsheet at work, and there is one particular column where i need to double the value that is curretntly in it. It is a currency column, eg £2.50. I have tried =(cell ref)*2 but that just doesn't work, but I know there must be a quick way thats so simple I have...
  17. Chr1sUK

    'Professional' site colours

    I am making a website and I want to use a professional looking background colour. Preferably a blue or green. Can any of you give me hex codes for such colours? Any help appreciated, TIA.
  18. Chr1sUK

    Making a logo rotate.

    Hi all. Please spare me as I am a complete newbie to flash. I have designed some logos for a website that me and a friend are making. I want to make one of these logos rotate, but I have no idea where to start in Flash. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks :)
  19. Chr1sUK

    Search accross entire workbook

    A colleague of mine uses a very large spreadsheet with many worksheets to it. Finding things can take a long time, as currently, they use the Ctrl+F function to find data. This only seems to work on that particular worksheet. Is there a way to search accross an entire workbook? Thanks in...
  20. Chr1sUK

    Using VBA to alter cell background color

    I am working on a spreadsheet, and where a cell is empty, I wish the background to be yellow, so that the user knows that he/she needs to enter data into it. When data is entered, the cell should return to white as normal. Off the top off my head I tried... If cells.text = " " THen...

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