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September 27

Windows XP: Keywords Column in Windows Explorer

While in Windows explorer I set the keywords in properties for a file. But when I look in the Keywords column, the keywords do not appear. What's going on? When I was searching the internet I noticed that these guys seem to be having the same problem http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7813_102-0.html?forumID=5&threadID=207046&messageID=2734156 124.171.206.126 (talk) 10:05, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

You are ahead of me, I can't even select the keywords metadata to add as a column in Explorer. I don't use Explorer though, seems to work fine in Directory Opus. Couldn't find anything on the knowledge base @ Microsoft. I doubt you can fix that. Equendil Talk 14:43, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Thank you. So it seems that this is a real problem with Windows explorer, does anybody else agree with that assessment? 203.214.40.78 (talk) 00:52, 2 October 2008 (UTC)

I've got the same problem, anyone who can help?

KbdEdit

With KbdEdit can you assign a string of letters to a chord of keys? Eg. By keying "TH" together, the word "the" might be displayed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by My name is anetta (talk • contribs) 18:16, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

Try AutoHotkey if KbdEdit doesn't work.118.90.31.41 (talk) 04:48, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

You mean [1] this?My name is anetta (talk) 16:45, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

Saving downloadings

Hi, everyone. I'm sure this is a stupid question but being an older man it's not easy for me to learn some computing issues.

Where or how do I have to save software downloaded? example: want to download a free antivirus. Thanks in advance for your help. --189.135.143.31 (talk) 19:45, 27 September 2008 (UTC)Mannix

Hello, sir! It does not matter where you download it. Some people prefer to download it to their desktop. Then, when they are done installing, they can just trash the installation file easily. Kushal (talk) 20:42, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

As Kushal says, it doesn't matter where you save it as long as you remember where you put it. For simplicity's sake, I created a directory (a folder) called Downloads, and that's where I put all the files I download. If you use an operating system like Windows XP, you could create a folder called something like My Downloads inside the My Documents or My Computer folders... wherever would be easiest for you. --- OtherDave (talk) 10:37, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

One thing that's important to learn is to only install software (especially the free anti-virus kind) that's from a trusted source. If you've gotten the software "offered" to you, say from a website's "banner ad", that can be very risky. There's lots of great free software (wikipedia for example) but it's extremely important where you get it. An example: if you call Sears to order something it's (relatively) safe to give them your credit card number. But if you get an unexpected call from "Sears", it's a safe bet you're being conned.

See Witchata Public Library's Guide to Defensive Computing and List of antivirus software. Good luck. Saintrain (talk) 00:04, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

How do I compile Live USB system creator?

I am trying to compile Live USB system creator, with a modification posted here, so it would run on Super Ubuntu, does anyone knows how to compile it into a .deb file? (I tried some methods on the internet, but they did not worked) Thanks. SF007 (talk) 20:26, 27 September 2008 (UTC)

1. Making debian packages isn't the easiest thing in the world. There's a packaging guide at the ubuntu wiki, but it's a lot of reading.

2. You can simply do that change directly at the installed location

gksudo gedit /usr/share/python-support/liveusb/liveusb.py

The change will be reverted if you reinstall the package.

3. Regardless of whether "Remastered Super Ubuntu" is supported at launchpad or not, the patch proposed by Carles González Silva is valid. Parsing the output of du -sm is better than parsing the human readable output of du -sh. In my opinion, it should be considered a bug in the software as it will break things eventually.

-- Reep (talk) 00:48, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the tip, good idea, the only problem was that the workaround did not seem to work... :( Thanks anyway. SF007 (talk) 15:48, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

<embed>

Is there any way to change the default color of an <embed> (for an mp3) ? It looks a little weird on my webpage in its normal color.

or... is there a cooler alternative that looks great for a basic html/css page? 78.148.73.105 (talk) 23:14, 27 September 2008 (UTC)andy

My understanding of it, which might not be right, is that the EMBED tag can result in a number of different types of applications playing the embedded file depending on the setup of the individual machine (for me it might be QuickTime, for you Windows Media Player, for someone else Real Player). Whether the colors are customizable in such an approach would depend on the player but the answer is generally "no". If you want to have control over things you embed you need to use formats that give you that control, e.g. embedding the MP3 in a Flash movie and then embedding the Flash movie into your page (which will only play with the Flash player and lets you customize everything), for example. --98.217.8.46 (talk) 19:52, 28 September 2008 (UTC)