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Got a new monitor and am having a strange problem

So my new monitor I got hates me. Reasons I came to this conclusion are: My resolution(s) don’t fit my screen, I have to move the mouse to the top of the screen to go up and see the top of windows, I have to move the mouse down to see my taskbar and stuff [...]

.pdf file … print option disabled

One of our co-workers recently had an article published in an online magazine and we got a copy of the article from the publisher in .pdf format. For whatever reason, the print option is disabled. I guess they don’t want us printing the article.
Anyone know how to "undo" this?They don’t want [...]

External hard drive enclosure?

I’m thinking about replacing my current 250Gb SATA drive with a . Anyone have an enclosure they can recommend?

I think . Who knows, it came with my HP PC.well, anything with an SATA internal connection will work. It mainly depends on what kind of external connection you want, USB, FireWire, eSATA, ect…
I would [...]

Windows 2008 server to act as wireless access point

Anyone have any idea how to set this up?
Google has not helped muchit can be done but you must have the right card. MarvelSoftAP is one piece of software that works with some cards.
Overall, it is not a recommended approach. If you are using Win2k8 for routing, it’s recommended that you use a [...]

has anyone ever written an Eclipse plugin?

why is it so incredibly frustrating to find concise tutorials on creating an Eclipse plugin? I search for "Eclipse plugin tutorial" on Google and I get crap from 2002 that’s written for Eclipse 2.0. even stuff written for Eclipse 3.0 aren’t very good.
while im at it, ill just ask specific questions in case anyone [...]

Programming for Beginners

I am looking to get into programming/Dev work.
I have been doing HW/network/tech support for a long time and I am burned out on it. I was talking to one of our developers at work and he suggested reading up on and starting with C# and ASP.net.
Any suggestions/thoughts/book recommendations for a newby? I have absolutely 0 [...]

Is it posibble to use iPod as a hard drive?

So I have this Dell in my home, thats been collecting dust the past few years, because the hard drive fryed up or something during a power surge. The support guy said to put in a new hard drive.

I’m wondering, instead of going out and buying a hard drive, could I use my blank iPod [...]

Does anyone know..?

.. how i can downgrade from Vista to XP i don’t have a cd and can’t seem to find any links to help me online, do i need to purchase a cd from microsoft or should i contact acer?.
Can i buy it online?
I have an Acer Aspire 5100 and i feel that Vista crashes too [...]

Wanna get my A+ cert – Find me a good book!

I was thinking of just getting the VERY top seller (the one by Michael Meyers), but then I figured maybe one wiht a more recent publish date (like the one by J. Brooks towards the bottom of the page)?
Help? Thanks.I’ve used study guides from fravo.com for a few certs and they are amazing…
They also guarantee [...]

Wardriving setups

We do it here at work, but I’m really not happy with either of our setups. Just wondering and interested in comparing notes with others. We drive a large area and scan for un-authorized access points or mis-configured ones for our company.
Our first setup is:
Win XP
Netstumbler
Earthstumber (convert ns1 logs to google earth)
Google Earth
Proxim Ornico Gold [...]