Computers and Related Hardware/Software

Anime Dad wrote:OK, my lappy is good to go. Got a replacement battery and AC adaptor for about $120 total, now it's great.

Good job, A-Dad...! :thumbsup:

One thing i'm still doing: Uninstalling printers. The boss has had, like, 3 different printers, but never uninstalled any of the crap that gets installed for any of them. :bleh:

I woulda thought you'd wipe the disc clean and do a fresh install... That'll clear out all of that crapola... :)

bmwracer wrote:
I woulda thought you'd wipe the disc clean and do a fresh install... That'll clear out all of that crapola... :)

True, in fact our IT guy offered to do that. I might even take him up on it :victory:

Anime Dad wrote:True, in fact our IT guy offered to do that. I might even take him up on it :victory:

Aww, that takes the fun out of it.... Do it yourself and enjoy the countdown as XP installs... :beaten: :beaten: :beaten:

bmwracer wrote:
Aww, that takes the fun out of it.... Do it yourself and enjoy the countdown as XP installs... :beaten: :beaten: :beaten:

LOL, yeah, mucho fun.

I've only ever done 1 XP install, but plenty of Win98 ones (Like ANY win98 user :banghead: )

Anime Dad wrote:I've only ever done 1 XP install, but plenty of Win98 ones (Like ANY win98 user :banghead: )

An XP install ain't too bad... I've done a number of them from upgrading HDs and stuff... The (semi) tough part is cataloging all the previously installed software beforehand... :sweat:

An unexpected down side to my recent car accident: I discovered yesterday that my recently-acquired lappy got damaged in the accident and won't boot :( I knew that it had slid off the seat, but I didn't know it had been damaged :banghead:

Anime Dad wrote:An unexpected down side to my recent car accident: I discovered yesterday that my recently-acquired lappy got damaged in the accident and won't boot :( I knew that it had slid off the seat, but I didn't know it had been damaged :banghead:

Collateral damage. :sweat:

Judging from the damage to the car, maybe the hard drive bought it. :sweat:

Hope you backed up recently. :fingerscrossed:

bmwracer wrote:
Collateral damage. :sweat:

Judging from the damage to the car, maybe the hard drive bought it. :sweat:

Hope you backed up recently. :fingerscrossed:

Luckily, there wasn't much on there.

I'm guessing the HD is cactus, hopefully they will put a bigger one in. Mine was 40G :fingerscrossed:

Anime Dad wrote:

Luckily, there wasn't much on there.

I'm guessing the HD is cactus, hopefully they will put a bigger one in. Mine was 40G :fingerscrossed:

Gonna cost $200, but that's with a 80G HD. I shoulda asked for a DVD burner too :beaten:

But i'm not paying for it, so it's all good :)

Anime Dad wrote:Gonna cost $200, but that's with a 80G HD.

Just for a new HD? :sweat:

bmwracer wrote:
Just for a new HD? :sweat:

That and re-installing Windows and Office etc :P

Anime Dad wrote:That and re-installing Windows and Office etc :P

Oh, that makes all the difference. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

bmwracer wrote:
Oh, that makes all the difference. :rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Doesn't bother me, since i'm not paying for it :beaten:

Anime Dad wrote:Doesn't bother me, since i'm not paying for it :beaten:

That always makes it easier to swallow. :)

I have to change links on at least a thousand html pages my site. Is there any (free) program that will do it automatically instead of me having to manually change them?

In what way do you have to replace them?

I don't get your question. Basically I have to change it from an old url to a new one. Like:

http://www.oldlink.com to http://www.newlink.com

cori wrote:I don't get your question. Basically I have to change it from an old url to a new one. Like:

http://www.oldlink.com to http://www.newlink.com

LOL, any text editor will do a find and replace, like if it's http://www.oldlink.com/link1 and you want to replace with http://www.newlink.com/link1 you just use a text editor to find http://www.oldlink.com and replace with http://www.newlink.com

You could try Crimson Editor, it's free and has a good find and replace:

http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

Anime Dad wrote:

LOL, any text editor will do a find and replace, like if it's http://www.oldlink.com/link1 and you want to replace with http://www.newlink.com/link1 you just use a text editor to find http://www.oldlink.com and replace with http://www.newlink.com

You could try Crimson Editor, it's free and has a good find and replace:

http://www.crimsoneditor.com/

So this program will do it all for me and I won't have to open and edit every single .html page that I have on my site?

cori wrote:

So this program will do it all for me and I won't have to open and edit every single .html page that I have on my site?

Er, that's a bit different.

You could try http://www.k-free.co.uk/find-replace-software.html , it seems to do what you want. I'd be making a backup of the whole site first though :sweat: