Computer Questions Not Worth Their Own Thread II

aimeeandbeatles said:
How did I figure at least one person would say "Don't buy it"? :rolleyes: Sigh.
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Of course there's always going to be people who say "Don't buy it!" That's just the way it goes.

aimeeandbeatles said:
Id ask in the Civ5 forum but it would get buried under heaps of people probably saying that.
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Doesn't really matter. Every forum here has a topic point, and your question belongs in the Civ5 forums. Getting buried is just the chance you're going to have to take.
 
So this morniong AVG is giving me what I'm quite confident is a false-positive:

";"C:\Windows\Installer\10229.msi";"The file is signed with a broken digital signature, issued by: ASUSTeK Computer Inc..";"
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(ASUStek being the manufacturer of my PC)

Probably safe to ignore this, right?
 
Broken digital signature... you know sometimes you open a file and it says "Do you want to run this" and it shows the company name sometimes or (Unknown Publisher). That thing that makes the company name come up broke which might mean its been compromised. You can run it through VirusTotal if you want.
 
How old is the file?

If it's a new file you just downloaded than that's a little suspect. It could mean that the file isn't actually from ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Is this a new driver you downloaded? If you find a version of the driver/file doesn't have a broken signature you should use that. But if you're getting it from a trusted source then your fine, to the extent that you trust the source.

If this file has been on your system for a while, then you're fine. It probably means that the signature expired.
 
Firefox has a tool to sync bookmarks across your different computers. I haven't tried it yet and don't know how good it is. But I prefer Chrome, and a little bit of Googling suggests that Chrome has it too, but perhaps not as good.

Complicating the picture, I have a SUSE Linux machine as well as Windows at home, and Windows at work. So whatever sync I use has to unite these.

Advice appreciated.
 
There was a program called Xmarks; however I heard it was shutting down and Im not sure of the current status... try look that up.
 
Ayatollah So said:
Firefox has a tool to sync bookmarks across your different computers. I haven't tried it yet and don't know how good it is. But I prefer Chrome, and a little bit of Googling suggests that Chrome has it too, but perhaps not as good.

Complicating the picture, I have a SUSE Linux machine as well as Windows at home, and Windows at work. So whatever sync I use has to unite these.

Advice appreciated.
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I think there are builds of Chrome that work on linux machines. Chrome has that link feature that you mentioned, it syncs bookmarks to your google account (it actually saves them in your Google Docs folder if you look).

Something I also do, is set up a Dropbox account and export my entire bookmark list as a single html file. This file can be uploaded and restores all your bookmarks just the way you had them (in folders, and the bookmarks bar, etc). I also believe this works between Firefox and Chrome.

Since Dropbox is crossplatform (linux + windows) I might think about this method if I were you.

I also sync my passwords using dropbox and keepass (there is a linux version of keepass also).
 
Thanks all. I'm using Firefox sync now and am trying to install Dropbox on my Linux machine. But first I need a C compiler, which is installing as I write this.

I think this just might work.
 
Souron said:
How old is the file?

If it's a new file you just downloaded than that's a little suspect. It could mean that the file isn't actually from ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Is this a new driver you downloaded? If you find a version of the driver/file doesn't have a broken signature you should use that. But if you're getting it from a trusted source then your fine, to the extent that you trust the source.

If this file has been on your system for a while, then you're fine. It probably means that the signature expired.
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Yes, the file is from last December. I've only had this machine since June. Thanks for the help.:)

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Ha. When I go to google to search for that issue with the broken digital signature, this thread is the first page that comes up: http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&s...expired+signature&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=

Good work guys:goodjob:
 
Ayatollah So said:
Thanks all. I'm using Firefox sync now and am trying to install Dropbox on my Linux machine. But first I need a C compiler, which is installing as I write this.

I think this just might work.
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Linux should come with a C compiler - gcc
 
OK I not sure how I can explain this, but Ill try the best I can.

I know in Windows Photo Gallery (which pops up when I import pics off my digital camera) there are tags for the photos. Is there a way to do that for any file, either with a shell extension or a alternative file manager? I looked it up and there is a function built into Vista, but not for RTF files. I also work with some PDF files.

A big important thing would be not having to re-do everything after I reinstall the system or move the files around or something. So it would help if it could do that with-in the file but I dont know exactly how that would work.
 
Can't you just paste the text from the RTF into a Word document (or some other word processor), then add tags? You could probably automate it using some VBA stuff (macros etc.).

RTF files are tagless for backwards compatibility I expect.
 
I hate .doc files. :p Anyways, theres also some PDFs
 
Question: I found a folder in the root of my C drive named "NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNXCCC,,XXC,M,,,,M;,C,,,,,,MM,Z." A google search turns up no results. Should I be alarmed?
 
you should scan the folder for viruses. even if it doesn't turn up any viruses you should delete it. i've never seen a folder like that or similar in my life.

usually folders with names like that are out of the ordinary.
 
If it was a hidden folder I'd be worried.

Was the creation date around about when you had concussion aimee? You could have a very clever cat too ;)
 
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