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How I saved $1800 by building my own computer!
Submitted by chris on February 5, 2007 - 02:35. Technical SupportAs promised as few weeks back, in Build or Buy your next PC?, here is final edition to build your own PC.
IE 7 does not playing wmv links under Vista...
Submitted by chris on May 5, 2007 - 00:36. Technical SupportMany others might be having this problems. This solution might help others fix "playing .wmv in IE problem".
Symptoms:
You have a link to a .wmv file (a video file), you click it and nothing happens.
What did not work (but this could also be the problem):
Make sure Apache has the appropriate mime for .wmv files (already did for me). This is not likely if you are on a shared hosting plan.
Javascript: Open a custom new browser window within your html code
Submitted by chris on February 23, 2006 - 09:19. Technical SupportWhatz up Andre!
1) The JavaScript function to open a new browser
(remember this is also called a popup...many tools will block it) is:
window.open("URL","Name","Optional_Windows_Attributes")
With:
URL(required): URL to the target.
Can be a relative path like myGreatPageName.htm or absolute http://www.sitebuddy.com
Name(optional): is the name of the new windows, it can be empty: ""
Optional_Windows_Attributes(optional): a comma separated list of Window
properties/attributes.
Javascript: Bookmark Page Script
Submitted by chris on August 16, 2006 - 00:39. Technical SupportCode to display the "Bookmark link in a web page. This script behaves differently for IE then other browsers (ie FireFox):
<script language="JavaScript"><!--
var txt = "Bookmark SiteBuddy!"
var url = "http://www.sitebuddy.com";
var who = "SiteBuddy Tech Help";
var ver = navigator.appName
var num = parseInt(navigator.appVersion)
Build or Buy your next PC ?
Submitted by chris on September 14, 2006 - 10:39. Technical SupportI often get asked "should I buy or build my own computer". Here are some and the pros and cons of building your own computer.
Pros:
Build your own computer (howto)
Submitted by chris on September 14, 2006 - 11:01. Technical SupportUpdate 02/05/2007: I have put together a few systems see How I saved $1800 by building my own computer!
Lost the Sound in Vista: Solution
Submitted by chris on July 17, 2007 - 13:50. Technical SupportSymptoms: No more system sounds on Vista. No more Flash sounds. I still had sound under Windows Media Player.
Cause: I used a tool called "Vista Manager" to clean my registry. Since my system was taking sometimes minutes to shutdown. Cleaning the registry it appears this tool also removes entries that are important to the sound system,

