Question about navigating the Web

Sometimes when I want to go 'back' to a previous page on the Net a box comes up and asks if I'm sure I want to do this....I can't remember the exact wording. Can someone tell me what this means?

"+That will happen if you have entered some data on a web page, then use Back, before the data has been sent. It is warning you that anything you typed into the page will be lost."+
All of you contributed to that statement, which makes perfect sense. When I'd get that message, "Are you sure", I hadn't noticed that I'd probably backed out of a form I either filled in or intended to but didn't fill in. As a matter of fact, when I copied the statement above, then hit "Reply", the box to reply was there but because I wasn't sure I'd copied the words correctly I clicked to go 'back' to copy them again, and there was the box asking me if I was 'sure' I wanted to do that. I had proof of the truth of the above statement in short order! Never have I received such a good and true answer! Thanks so much!

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ENTRY 2:
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As a startert for ten, try this that I had lying around form a previous
forum response.
java -cp <whatever> Httpd 808
and connect to http://localhost:808 to get an eye-full.
If you should use this for anything approacing a commercial
purpose, I will, of course, expect sizable sums of money to be
deposited in my Swiss bank account on a regular basis.
Darn it! I'm serious!
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Hi.
I dont know how to resolve a problem or how to focus this stuff.
I'll try to explain myself.
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Hi Vishal,
I did as you suggested but it didn't work... see below more details.
Thanks
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regularly. And then I want to program a VI which have the same function as the
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逍遥浪子 wrote:
I have some question about USB communication: I want to make my VI communicate TI-DSP by USB, now, the driver of USB on DSP have done, and there are a test program writen by VC and a driver fold(with a .inf and a .sys files), when I install the driver and run the test program, the driver program on DSP run regularly. And then I want to program a VI which have the same function as the test program, so I unload the driver on PC firstly, then install the DSP in NI_VISA according to "Using NI-VISA 3_0 to Control Your USB Device - Tutorial - Instrument
Drivers". When I sent the standard control request using the VISA test
panel, the status below happened. I don't know what wrong with my step. Dev
Phase
Data
Info
Time   Cmd.Phase.Ofs     ---
----- ------------------ 15
CTL    80 06 03 00 - 00 00 04 00 GET
DESCRIPTR 5.2sc
56.1.0        14
CTL    80 06 03 00 - 00 00 04 00 GET
DESCRIPTR   11us
57.1.0        14
USTS   00 00 01
c0
canceled
2.0sc
57.2.0        15
USTS   00 00 01
c0
canceled
5us        56.2.0 PS: the
software I use to capture the data is BUSHOUND 1、Do I have to install the .sys driver file in VISA? How can I install the driver file without losing the device in MAX? 2、
Someone told me it must be done by calling .dll fies in LV, but I want
to know if LV can program the function directly without calling .dll
file?
This thread
contains already a related answer and explains what a sys driver is.
While you could theoretically use the Call Library Node to call all the
necessary Win32 API kernel functions to connect to a device driver,
this would be very cumbersome and not doable without a real good
understanding about C programming. Writing an interface DLL instead
won't need more C programming knowledge at all but will give you a
clean interface to that device driver which eventually could be used in
other programming environments as well.
Rolf Kalbermatter
Rolf Kalbermatter
CIT Engineering Netherlands
a division of Test & Measurement Solutions

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I've been experimenting with robocopy recently, and most switches seem self explanatory for the most part; although I have a question about the /B switch.
The help says the following:
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I've checked multiple forums and websites to try and elaborate on this a little more, and from my understanding this switch enables backup mode that essentially gives the ability to change the acls of a file/folder when the account running robocopy does
not have sufficient privileges, to perform a successful copy.
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This is a very useful thread with a lot of hostility in it.
I have to agree with Jonathan and hazymat: there are few other forums that will discuss the exact function of /b switch, the TechNet article just says "copies in Backup Mode" (I have the article bookmarked), and when doing a google search, THIS page comes
up as the top result! Kinda difficult to tell people they should go search, when you are the exact destination of that search, isn't it? ;)
No offense to anybody working hard to help out here, but this is why sites like Stack Exchange will overshadow every traditional tech forum very soon. More concise question/answer format, more civil, and they actually encourage old questions developing new
answers! All q&a is cataloged for future reference. Their focus is on being a 'resource'.
The negativity here is unfortunate, you guys have great potential to be a very helpful resource for people. Who are you trying to be, the guys with all the answers, or the guys who say "get out of here, your answer isn't in here. Go search for it."?
Regardless, many thanks to jrv! for helping me with my robocopy batch SCRIPT which I just used to create an automated backup! Take care boys. And yes, I just bumped your old-old thread.
Unfortunately I think you miss the point. RoboCopy is an application. It is not a script. This is a scripting forum. Many people come here nd never read the forum guidelines and do not ask script related questions.
The /b switch is documented in RoboCopy help. Of course it assumes the reader is a trained Windows tech and knows what backup mode is. It is used by nearly all backup software when backing up a live system..
¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Question about using the Captivate KO

My colleague and I are trying to get our course published,
using the Captivate KO. (We have tried inserting the Captivate quiz
using ActiveX, but neither of us have any experience with ActiveX,
so this seemed to be the better option.)
We are trying to publish the Authorware file now to test it,
and are running into problems. We have to publish our courses so
they play over the web (for testing) and through Plateau LMS (for
students to receive credit for the classes). The file location for
our courses is a shared server.
When we publish the file, from the web, we can't see the
Captivate KO quiz at all, and from Plateau we get a Runtime error
when the quiz begins to play. Basically, it is a failure across the
board.
We are thinking the problem lies in the literal/relative path
question when we first upload the quiz into the KO. Does anyone
have any idea what the right method for this would be?
(Everything works when the file is on one of our hard drives,
and that person publishes the file. It plays just fine for that
person, from her hard drive. So, that's how we've narrowed it down
to a path problem, when we move it to the server.)
Thanks!
SO

Hello,
You need to enter a valid Adobe ID, which consists of an e-mail address and your password. You can use the same ID as for the forum. The file to be reviewed will be stored on acrobat.com, reviewers get a link where they can download the file and the (free) Reviewer. It works fine.
Lilybiri

Need to ask a question about getting the iPhone 5 without an upgrade available.

Alright so I have currently an iPhone 4S and do NOT have an upgrade available. My question is how do i go about buying the 5 then? From what I know, Apple sells "unlocked" phones at around $750 (I want the 32gig version) but wont come out on launch day. Is there a Verizon specific phone that I can get instead of an "unlocked" phone that would cost cheaper and I can get it on launch day? Or do I have to preorder it through verizon's website?
Another thing is...is there certain fee's that I would have to pay to go along with the phone if I can buy it?

Pernoe: I'm no expert, but this is the way I understand unlocked phones. Unlocked phones that use GSM technology can work on either T-Mobile or AT&T networks. Unlocked phones that use CDMA technology can work on either Sprint or Verizon networks. I can't tell you the difference between GSM and CDMA... I just don't really know what it is, just that AT&T and T-Mobile use GSM and Sprint and Verizon use CDMA.
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Questions about flashing the bios

Hi everyone. I have a few questions about the process involved in a bios update.
First, I should tell you I have a Lenovo G470 that sometimes has problems booting.
The problem is I turn on the laptop and after 2-3 seconds it shuts down. I see the logo, and nothing else. After that I can spend hours trying to turn it on again, and keeps failing. After some time, I turn it on and use it without problems.
Before these problems, I had experienced similar troubles, but I could fix it (in my way) and I explained it in this post: http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Lenovo-3000-and-Essential/Lenovo-g470-shutdown-problems-in-intervals-of-...
Ok, In that post a reply says that a possible solution could be a Bios update. So, I've been thinking to flash the bios to solve my actual problem, but I would like to ask you some questions:
1. Updating the bios could be a solution for this case?
2. How long does it take to update a lenovo G470 bios? (I ask this because I read that if a problem occurs in the middle the damage can be serious, and in the past I had these random shutdowns, so I'm a bit afraid)
3. How am I sure if my bios is or not updated? (there's a way to check this from windows?)
4. Finally, if you could give me a link to download the correct bios update I'll thank you.
I think that's all. I apologize for my basic english and hope you could give me some clues on this, because, as you see, I'm a total newbie.
Thanks!

hi alemaneitor,
Regarding your questions:
1. Yes, flashing the BIOS may help solve your problem as it will re-write the configurations on the CMOS. Take note though of the changelogs or README (repair changes) as the latest BIOS updates fixes critical issues on the hardware.
I've also seen some units that act the same as yours and doing a gpu reflow most of the time fixes the issue - see this thread in reference.
2. In flashing the BIOS outside of Windows, it takes less than a minute. If you need to run the BIOS flash utility inside Windows, it may take 1-2mins.
3. If there's a new BIOS that fixes critical issues, it's most of the time uploaded on the lenovo website (in some cases, BIOS updates are not available to the public and can only be used by service technicians)
4. The latest BIOS update for the Lenovo G470 is the one below that fixes an issue on units that can not enter BIOS after restart under compatible HDD mode (see README.TXT)
BIOS Update for 32bit Windows
40cn33ww_32.exe
3.28MB
BIOS Update for 64bit Windows
40cn33ww_64.exe
3.67MB
Regards,
neokenchi
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