Linus' House of IT: 15 cents please

little man · 10-29-2010, 05:04 PM

dear linus

all that help you gave me to help turn the mousepad off on the new netbook? yeah, that i couldn't seem to manage to make work? turns out there is a function button on the keyboard that turns it off. *headsmack*

thanks for you patience and your help.

wil

Linus · 10-29-2010, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by little man

dear linus

all that help you gave me to help turn the mousepad off on the new netbook? yeah, that i couldn't seem to manage to make work? turns out there is a function button on the keyboard that turns it off. *headsmack*

thanks for you patience and your help.

wil

LOL.. sometimes it's bleedin' obvious.

Glad you found it finally.

WingsOnFire · 11-14-2010, 04:58 PM

Ok, possibly a stupid question here... I got a Verizon Mifi router that connects upto 5 computers wirelessly. Damon's pc doesnt have a built in wireless system but his desktop has a Linksys 4rt54g5(or S not sure) that is plugged into his computer in the antenna slot. Its a black plastic antenna looking thing (dont ya just love my ability to describe it? scratches my head).

There is no router just the antenna. I am assuming he needs the router as well right? Or is just the antenna piece possibly all he needs? He can not detect the wireless Verizon Mifi router and everything I see online has a router with it. So I am thinking he needs the router itself as well. Hes had it for years so not sure if he is missing part of it.

Thanks in advance!

Becca

Linus · 11-15-2010, 09:10 AM

Ya. Rumor is Mifi and Linksys don't like each other. Try getting a Belkin or other manufacturer (e.g., Netgear?) and see if that works better.

Medusa · 12-01-2010, 02:44 PM

Bubba - Do you know of a quick and dirty way to see if a file was encrypted using ASCII or binary. No encryption key available and its a ghost file that nobody seems to be able to open.

Tried my decryption process and it bombed on first record import.

Linus · 12-01-2010, 07:27 PM

Try opening it with Notepad or use vi. Copy the file first (to ensure the original is kept safe), change the copy's extension to .txt and use a plain text editor (not word or other more robust ones) to open it. Either at the top or bottom, it should indicate the encryption type.

Medusa · 12-01-2010, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Linus

Try opening it with Notepad or use vi. Copy the file first (to ensure the original is kept safe), change the copy's extension to .txt and use a plain text editor (not word or other more robust ones) to open it. Either at the top or bottom, it should indicate the encryption type.

I finally figured it out but Im filing this trick away for later

The original file was encrypted with ASCII then ZIPPED with another file and then encrypted AGAIN with binary.

10-29-2010, 05:04 PM	#1
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