a few various questions about computer problems

[ubamous3]

1/ i have been using namewiz as a tool to rename my files (mp3's mostly for me), and i m pretty satisfied with it except that it only renames files, not folder names; is there such a program out there that will rename folder names as well as files?


2/ I was told that there's really only1 kind of ethernet cable, but when i went to a local office supplies store, i saw at least 3 different types (and i forgot the names ofthem) but is it true that there are different grades/qualities of ethernet connection cables and how much of a difference can it make in terms of helping data transfer within LAN and from the internet?

Also, how do u know what kind of cable you have? my guess is mine is the most basic/cheap one.

3/this might be an elementary question,but i notice that when i save a url from opera or myie2 that has hyperlinks in it. Sometimes when i click on the hyperlink, it takes me to the corresponding website; but sometimes, it tries to pull data from my hd and of course if that's the case nothing comes up b/c i didnt save the corresponding file. So when u look at a web page with links; how do u know whether to just save that page or save every links on it as well (without actually having to test every single website of course )

4/ Printing text or ranges from web pages; I was told that in a web page, if you highlight the text and go to file ->print or ctrl P, it?ll print just the selection you want instead of the whole web page; but I tried that and it didn?t work (when i select the range and print, the option to print just the selection is greyed out and not available); is that trick a real one or it?s not really true?
Plus, when I print some web pages, it gets cut off on the right edge a lot even when I set my page margin to be real small on left and right; is there a way to work around it so that i can printthe whole web page? some web pages have printer friendly pages but most don't

5/ recently i hav been havign trouble reading email that i have forwarded to myself from my aol account; when i get it in outlook express, it comes as an .eml attachment, but when i doubleclick on it, nothing happens; i even went to
file manager\tools\folder options\file types\and associate outlook express with .eml files and still doesnt open the message; i used to be able to read forwarded emails from aol without any problems before; dont know what happens now

6/ computer freezes when im in ms excel and word:
my computer has been freezing up a lot lately when i am in either ms word or excel; i am on win2k pro and have ms office xp (sp2 i think); it used to almost never happen before and now the freezing only happens with word or excel while i 'm typing or copying and pasting.

When it freezes, i can't even do a ctrl alt delete; i have to reboot it manually.

I tried looking in the event viewer in systems and applications for error logs but found nothing.

I hope someone can shed some light .

Thanks in advance!

 

[big_gie]

1/ i have been using namewiz as a tool to rename my files (mp3's mostly for me), and i m pretty satisfied with it except that it only renames files, not folder names; is there such a program out there that will rename folder names as well as files?

I once used "1-4a Rename" (http://www.1-4a.com/rename/) and "Magic File Renamer" (http://mfr.queryweb.com/index.html) Didn't used them a lot...

2/ I was told that there's really only1 kind of ethernet cable, but when i went to a local office supplies store, i saw at least 3 different types (and i forgot the names ofthem) but is it true that there are different grades/qualities of ethernet connection cables and how much of a difference can it make in terms of helping data transfer within LAN and from the internet?

I didn't know, but it could be true. I'm not sure if it can make a big difference on your lan @ home... Ethernet is 10Mps, maybe 9 with cheap wires. But 9 Mega bits per second is fast enought Generaly you need good wires when you computers are fare away. Side by side it wont change a thing.

Also, how do u know what kind of cable you have? my guess is mine is the most basic/cheap one.

Don't know... sorry

3/this might be an elementary question,but i notice that when i save a url from opera or myie2 that has hyperlinks in it. Sometimes when i click on the hyperlink, it takes me to the corresponding website; but sometimes, it tries to pull data from my hd and of course if that's the case nothing comes up b/c i didnt save the corresponding file. So when u look at a web page with links; how do u know whether to just save that page or save every links on it as well (without actually having to test every single website of course )

This is a choice of the site's wemaster. Here's the code for a web link on a HTML page:

<a href=http://www.cdrbase.com/showthread.php?t=32154>a few various questions about computer problems</a>

It can be more complex but that's the basic. But it's not necessary to include all the "http://www.cdrbase.com/" and he could use:

<a href=showthread.php?t=32154>a few various questions about computer problems</a>

If the person is already browse the server (www.cdrbase.com), he will recognize this type of link as one of the server's.

But if you save to your HD both link and click on those links, it won't react the same. the "long" one will redirect you to the real site since its "hard coded". The second and short one will try to find the file showtread.php on you HD in the same directory as the one you've saved from internet. If you did saved it, you will be seeing it. If not, well you wont see it

So to check this, you'll have to check the source code of the web page. When saving a page, you could look at the code and edit the links to remove the "_http://www.cdrbase.com/" for exemple.

4/ Printing text or ranges from web pages; I was told that in a web page, if you highlight the text and go to file ->print or ctrl P, it?ll print just the selection you want instead of the whole web page; but I tried that and it didn?t work (when i select the range and print, the option to print just the selection is greyed out and not available); is that trick a real one or it?s not really true?

You can with IE, Mozilla and Firebird (Opera lacks printing support... come on guys @ OperaSoft... printing IS important! )
All you have to do is select what you want, File/Print and check "Print selection". It's weird that you can't access this option... Try a different broswer (I recommend Firebird, really great!) or reinstalling it.

Plus, when I print some web pages, it gets cut off on the right edge a lot even when I set my page margin to be real small on left and right; is there a way to work around it so that i can printthe whole web page? some web pages have printer friendly pages but most don't

Web pages aren't done for fiting on a 8½'' x 11'' (or A4 for european ) paper. The are done for a 15'' display, or even 19'' display... Fitting those pages on paper is not ideal. Some web sites as a "printer friendly" version (like banks sites or hotmail) but most don't. What you could do is:
-print "paysage" and not "portrait" (in your printing preference)
-print with a "zoom" (opera support this... wow ) but that wont give you great results...
-some pages uses tables (a bit like excel...) so you could just print what you want (the cells you want...)
-make a PDF from the site, and maybe it could print better...
-take your display, put it on your scanner, scan the screen, edit the picture, strecht it, print it, zoom it via your job's copier, that would be the best...

5/ recently i hav been havign trouble reading email that i have forwarded to myself from my aol account; when i get it in outlook express, it comes as an .eml attachment, but when i doubleclick on it, nothing happens; i even went to
file manager\tools\folder options\file types\and associate outlook express with .eml files and still doesnt open the message; i used to be able to read forwarded emails from aol without any problems before; dont know what happens now

The only thing I have to say is:
outlook and aol SUCKS!!
Take something else
Foward in e-mails reacts strangly... sometimes they "attach" the message, someimes not... I wont be able to hlp for this... sorry

6/ computer freezes when im in ms excel and word:
my computer has been freezing up a lot lately when i am in either ms word or excel; i am on win2k pro and have ms office xp (sp2 i think); it used to almost never happen before and now the freezing only happens with word or excel while i 'm typing or copying and pasting.

Uninstall Office and reinstall it... Check http://v4.windowsupdate.microsoft.com/ for updates... (I think theres an "Office Update.com" site?)

How long win2K has been on your computer? After 4 to 6 months its a good thing to reinstall windows, and less if you play much inside of your windows... (my case... ) It resolves many "unknown problem" inside widnows...

good luck

 

[VIPER_1069]

/ I was told that there's really only1 kind of ethernet cable, but when i went to a local office supplies store, i saw at least 3 different types (and i forgot the names ofthem) but is it true that there are different grades/qualities of ethernet connection cables and how much of a difference can it make in terms of helping data transfer within LAN and from the internet?

for lan and internet use and file sharing use 10/100 crossover cable in whatever length needed this should suffice

thats what im using right now and works fine for 2 puter on NIC network cards and internet sharing using one system as internet server on ADSL

 

[VIPER_1069]

.eml extensions are usually outlook express emails and have to be opened with outlook express usually.. that has used fancy graphics/stationary for email composure