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General Software Discussion / Re: Add tabbed documents to MS Office

« on: October 25, 2009, 05:31 PM »

Heh, my bad Clearly had 2007 on the brain.

I'm surprised that there don't seem to be other alternatives?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Add tabbed documents to MS Office

« on: October 25, 2009, 09:09 AM »

I haven't used the add-on (since I only have Office 2003) but since I was a bit bored, I thought I'd post a few of the developer's recent responses to comments from users:

Comment 165: PPT 2007, an error occurred with the tab, and it is now in list of Disabled Add-ins (plug-in) and I cannot enable it

Click on Office Button-->Options-->Add-ins-->Manage--> and select Disabled Items --> Go --> and click on the disabled add-in--> Enable

Comment 169: This clashes with Office 2010 so Word 2010 does not start up

Close 2010's EDP. Office Button--〉Options--〉Trust Center--〉Trust Center Settings...-->Protected View-->Untick "Enable Data Execution Prevention mode".

Someone did mention that the developer should setup an English version of the website..

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Living Room / Re: Members Only! A good way to randomly view DC

« on: July 08, 2009, 04:20 PM »

Loved that one!

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Living Room / Re: Would appreciate advice on laptop overheating and registry issue

« on: July 05, 2009, 05:41 PM »

Hi all

Firstly: thank you all very, very much for taking the time to provide little me with all your thoughts and advice!    I almost thought I'd clicked on the wrong thread as I read through the many different posts.

After going through what everyone has said, I think it might be best for me to start by clearing out this dust.

As TucknDar asked, I haven't actually ever cleared out the laptop fan of 'dust' (just attempting to hoover around the back of the grill)  so this might well be a major factor. I was about to rush out to buy a can of this compressed air (I've used it in the office for my keyboard) after reading through mrainey's link by Fred Langa. Then read about the possibility of electrical discharges and fans turning the wrong way mentioned by Shades and 4wd and so decided to hold back.

This really is a huge learning curve for me (and a big phew!) - it seems like there are quite a few  pitfalls to look out for -  I had a look at the service and reference manual links kindly posted by 40hz, but realised that NEC have, very surprisingly, posted downloadable service manuals for some really old models (e.g. Versa 6000)  and really news ones, but nothing for those inbetween (including my Versa E6000) - so I've taken his advice and have dropped Tech Support an email to request for a similar manual.

Hopefully I'll be able to identify all the necessaries specific to the Versa E6000 to start clearing out the dust very soon, but if push comes to shove, I think I will take up mouser's advice and just buy a new one.

Especially now that the wireless seems to disconnect much more during normal use, it might be time for a hardware change.

Thank you all very much for your advice!  As mentioned in my first post, they are all really appreciated - I certainly never thought that there could be so many things to try and think about, but this is very very helpful.

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Developer's Corner / Re: Amazing looking forum software -- AJAX/Web 2.0 at its best

« on: July 04, 2009, 04:38 PM »

The MetaForum software rather reminds me of WordPress' bbPress, which is being actively developed I believe.

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Living Room / Would appreciate advice on laptop overheating and registry issue

« on: July 04, 2009, 04:20 PM »

Hi

I haven't been an active member of DonationCoder (apologies) but I do enjoy reading the newsletter that comes through to my email, and was wondering if it might be possible to get some advice from people here with some problems I've been having with my 5 year old laptop.

1. Laptop Overheating:  I play a very old Valve game called Team Fortress Classic (on Steam), and several months ago, my laptop would suddenly turn off mid-game.

Initially I thought it was the wireless card going awry, as every time I booted the laptop after a sudden-death, I would physically have to press the wireless button on my keyboard to 'reset' the wireless.

But after installing Notebook Hardware Control, I am now wondering if it might be the CPU as the temperature does get rather high sometimes (80 degrees celsius) according to its monitor.

I have now attempted to 'underclock' the CPU using this program, and if I play TFC, I find that my laptop doesn't shut down suddenly, but after about 5-10 mins, my wireless connection will disconnect, only to reconnect again after about 10 seconds (effectively kicking me out of a game)

The laptop model is an NEC Versa e6000, and without knowing where the actual hardware sits, I wonder if the CPU could cause the wireless card to overheat.

If it is the CPU overheating, what would be the best way of dealing with this without using an external laptop cooler?

2. Small registry problem: In a bit to clean up my system a while ago, I started using Revo Uninstaller to uninstall programs. Somewhere along the line I forgot to check each 'registry' entry before deleting, and now when I try to use Launchy (application launcher) or the Start Menu - to open up e.g. 'My Computer' I receive an error:

This file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Create an association in the Folders Options control panel.

If I click on the link on my desktop to My Computer, it works just fine.
 I have tried using the filefix for 'lnk' and 'cpl' reg files at Doug Knox's site, but to no avail.

I know it's rather cheeky of me to ask for help without contributing much towards the community, but any advice would be really much appreciated!

Many thanks.