Sharesmagazine
 Home   Log In   Register   Our Services   My Account   Contact   Help 
 Stockwatch   Level 2   Portfolio   Charts   Share Price   Awards   Market Scan   Videos   Broker Notes   Director Deals   Traders' Room 
 Funds   Trades   Terminal   Alerts   Heatmaps   News   Indices   Forward Diary   Forex Prices   Shares Magazine   Investors' Room 
 CFDs   Shares   SIPPs   ISAs   Forex   ETFs   Comparison Tables   Spread Betting 
You are NOT currently logged in
 
Register now or login to post to this thread.

PC & MAC CLINIC - On line problem solving. (CPU)     

Crocodile - 16 Dec 2002 03:59

Haystack - 06 Apr 2006 21:37 - 4382 of 11003

The save as should do it for you. Here is what it should look like.There should be a dialogue box to ask you what field and text delimiters you want.

"Mr","P","Williams",123446,"Abcd",34556

Generally text fields have " " around them. The comma is between fileds.

Someties all fields will have " " around them as in: -

"Mr","P","Williams","123446","Abcd","34556"

The " " are necessary as the text fields themselves may have a comma , in them.

Iain - 06 Apr 2006 21:45 - 4383 of 11003

PLEASE HELP!
Had to format drive.Cant Re-install Xp pro.I get error messages
"SXS.DLL:SYNTAX ERROR IN MANIFEST OR FILE D:\1386\ASMS\6000\MSFT\VCRTL\VCRTL.MAN ON LINE 16
"A component file does not match the verification information in the component manifesto"
tried to put old copy of Xp Home But same problem.
Any ideas?

Ps.On Son`s Computer and he is not happy :-0

Spaceman - 06 Apr 2006 22:34 - 4384 of 11003

Iain, what type of XP is it? is it an OEM version?

Iain - 06 Apr 2006 22:36 - 4385 of 11003

I have the CD.Genuine one

Spaceman - 06 Apr 2006 22:41 - 4386 of 11003

But what type is it? also what sort of motherboard? has it been overclocked? is the CD-ROM working OK? can you check the CD on another PC to make sure its all reads OK?

Does the PC have any odd type of disk subsytem? eg RAID ?

Iain - 07 Apr 2006 09:19 - 4387 of 11003

Sorry Spaceman. Will check on another system.
ASUS Motherboard.Not been Overclocked.No odd sub system

Spaceman - 07 Apr 2006 09:37 - 4388 of 11003

Iain, I havnt seen that problem but I have a feeling its to do with problems reading the CD, either the CD itself or something to do with the CD Rom drive or the disk sub system.

I would diconnect any non essential drives (eg second hard disks or extra DVD drives) and try again.

Is the CD Rom very dirty or scratched? try giving it a gentle clean.

Iain - 07 Apr 2006 09:42 - 4389 of 11003

Gave disc a clean.Without any luck
With what you say I think it may be the Cd drive. In the past Ive had to try 2 or 3 times to load certain discs

Iain - 07 Apr 2006 16:02 - 4390 of 11003

Got a new drive.Sorted.
Cheers Tim :-)

scussy - 08 Apr 2006 00:04 - 4391 of 11003

had a slight problem,had a pc built high ish spec for gaming,and trading,
i have the ASUS motherboard A8N32_SLI DELUXE and it comes with an easy overclocking programe,so i had to tinker thinking it will do what it needs to do without any probs,i had a bit of a shock,my AVG was then out of date,so to was the S&D,AD-AWARE,etc
reset back to default but still was wrong,

the problem was it set the year to 2099,
all back ok now thanks to a nice man,a very nice man.just thought i should pass on the info,

steve

Seymour Clearly - 08 Apr 2006 08:00 - 4392 of 11003

I'm trying to download some PDFs onto my Palm Tungsten PDA memory card but the sync software won't let me, says there's no application to support this. However I have the latest Adobe reader for Palm on the machine. Can anyone tell me anything I might be doing wrong.

If I don't reply it's because I've gone away, but any help in the next 4 hours or so would be great!!!

Edit, sorted now. Isn't Google great :-)

Spaceman - 08 Apr 2006 10:53 - 4393 of 11003

scussy, overclocking can cause all sorts of unpredictable results. Its normally pretty safe but if you find your seld getting strange things happening its time to reverse a bit and try agains.

You can often get higher overclocks if you can alter core voltages etc but this is a fairly specialist area. I normally leave my machines alone until they are a year or 2 old then start playing with overclocking !

scussy - 08 Apr 2006 22:42 - 4394 of 11003

spaceman,
yes i think i will leave well alone for now,it's fast enough for now,
athlon 4200 x2,G.Skill 2GB DDR ZX PC3200 (2x1GB),gains 7800gtx graphics 512mb,

i might chat up my IT man who built it,but as you say it's a specialist area,

steve

CC - 09 Apr 2006 10:36 - 4395 of 11003

My Dad has decided to get on the internet. BT have returned this result for his phone line

Check availability - results

Note: Our records indicate that a line-sharing device is connected to your line. This is the reason that the checker has returned this marginal result and may mean that Broadband could not be delivered on this line. Further investigations would be necessary as part of the ordering process to confirm whether or not you could receive Broadband service at this address. This could result in a delay to the provision of Broadband

But he doesn't have a computer at the moment and wouldn't want to buy one if BT then said he definitely couldn't have broadband.

A postcode search reveals that 4mbyte is availavle locally.

Can I force BT to remove the line sharing device ?

DocProc - 09 Apr 2006 11:04 - 4396 of 11003

CC

Have a read at BT Line Sharing Devices or 'DACS'

Kayak - 09 Apr 2006 11:05 - 4397 of 11003

The 'line-sharing device' is called a DACS unit and is used when the trunk between the local street cabinet and the exchange does not have enough lines. It is basically a modem which puts two voice lines over the same physical line. There is a DACS box at the exchange and one in the subscriber's premises. Since ADSL needs its own phone line and its signal can't get through the DACS unit, ADSL won't work with DACS.

BT these days will normally remove the DACS unit if there are now spare lines in the trunk to which they can move your father's line, perhaps because it's since been upgraded. It does mean a delay in installation though.

Also, new lines are now not normally provisioned over DACS, so a trick that some people have used is to order a second line, specifying ADSL on the order, and then subsequently cancelling the original line.

Obviously he should wait until ADSL is installed before buying a computer.

Kayak - 09 Apr 2006 11:07 - 4398 of 11003

Good FAQ Doc although a little out of date.

DocProc - 09 Apr 2006 11:08 - 4399 of 11003

The only certain way to make sure that DACS is removed (or that your line is never DACSed in the first place) is to pay for the bandwidth you desire by upgrading to ISDN or ADSL - or something else which requires a higher bandwidth according to the contract needs for its supply.

DocProc - 09 Apr 2006 11:09 - 4400 of 11003

G' Mornin' Kayak

:-)

Kayak - 09 Apr 2006 11:11 - 4401 of 11003

Morning. Just cross 'cos I spent a long time typing that :-)
Register now or login to post to this thread.