In this photo of the Microsoft store in Mission Viejo, there are two islands of product immediately as you enter the store. On the left is various versions of Windows 7. What is the product on the island on the right? [more inside]
posted by ericc on Nov 19, 2009 - 3 answers

On Friday (23/10) I purchased Windows 7 Professional from the UK Ultimate Steal wesbite. You validate your UK University email address, pay by card and get an email with a link to the download site where there is a download manager. I can get that - and run it - but the three files it is meant to retrieve (Box1, Box2 & the installer) all fail to download correctly and I end up with three files all of 1Kb. I've tried it on my old XP SP3 laptop and my new Vista SP2 laptop (which I am upgrading), but to no avail. Digital River's customer service, is frankly, appalling. I've emailed from their website CS form and you wait two or three days for the same automated response detailing the process I described above. I emailed their main CS address, but got another automated response that due to high levels of spam they were no longer checking it. A quick look around google shows they've had serious problems and the whole thing is a bit of a hash. I don't really want a refund, just the product - but this is driving me nuts! Any ideas?
posted by Blacksun on Nov 1, 2009 - 6 answers

There's not a lot of info on either Adobe or MS's web sites about compatibility problems between Adobe CS4 Suite apps (particularly Premier, Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator CS4 versions). They suggest it's okay but don't come right out and say compatible (at least not where I have read). Any horror stories before I let our IT people order new Win 7 machines?
posted by aught on Oct 29, 2009 - 6 answers

How should I install Windows 7? [more inside]
posted by cheapskatebay on Oct 23, 2009 - 13 answers

I want to start using a spreadsheet to track and reconcile my various accounts. How do I start? [more inside]
posted by reenum on Sep 30, 2009 - 9 answers

PowerPoint 2003 confusion...why are the slide titles images instead of text boxes? Halp! [more inside]
posted by radioamy on Sep 2, 2009 - 6 answers

Came across a Microsoft eHome infrared transceiver (USB) in a pile of cruft my mother-in-law picked up at a garage sale. No accessories, just the transceiver. It works, but what can I do with it? (Or is it junk?) [more inside]
posted by caution live frogs on Aug 10, 2009 - 3 answers

microsoftfilter: Using MOSS, how can I add a column to a discussion board list to show the number of times an item has been viewed? [more inside]
posted by smelvis on Jul 27, 2009 - 2 answers

Microsoft Access question: I have an Access 2007 database hosted on a server. I have 10 staff members who use the database. I can get in the database even if someone else is in it. One of my coworkers cannot. Is this typical? [more inside]
posted by bibbit on Jul 14, 2009 - 9 answers

I need to make a template for an in-print events calendar, and I'm not sure what the best way to approach this project is. Advice please! [more inside]
posted by soviet sleepover on May 5, 2009 - 2 answers

Should I buy the Xbox 360 Arcade, or would a different model Xbox 360 be a better option for me? [more inside]
posted by teem on Apr 15, 2009 - 20 answers

sigh. using ms word 2003, sp3, and am trying to figure out how--or if it's even possible--to number all the paragraphs in the document. this is for a multi-reviewer document that has 1,745 paragraphs. [more inside]
posted by msconduct on Apr 13, 2009 - 5 answers

A Visual Basic 6 (ugh) runtime file distributed with our internal Access database has been killed by a recent Windows security update. It's hard to gather support information (especially since VB6 is about 8.7 million years old) and so I was wondering if anyone out there can help me track down a more recent copy of the runtime file in question—msflxgrd.ocx—or otherwise fix the problem? [more inside]
posted by bcwinters on Mar 9, 2009 - 8 answers

I've seen a quotation running around recently, attributed to Bill Gates: "Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight." Did he really say that? [more inside]
posted by pwnguin on Feb 18, 2009 - 17 answers

What might cause a SQLOLEDB connection string (containing an admin username/password) to briefly appear on-screen in a browser session and would I be crazy to buy a product that's had this bug for who knows how long without realizing it? [more inside]
posted by aydeejones on Feb 16, 2009 - 8 answers

The Windows ftp.exe command line program does not support passive mode. Can anyone point me to definitive documentation, preferably from Microsoft, that states this is true? [more inside]
posted by Roger Dodger on Feb 13, 2009 - 3 answers

In Office 2007 Microsoft has changed the user interface radically. I'm interested to find material which describes why they did that ? [more inside]
posted by southof40 on Dec 17, 2008 - 25 answers

Mac OS X / Microsoft Office 2004 (Excel) crash and failed file recovery has left excel in an endless loop of restore and crash. Can anyone help me to find and delete the (unwanted) auto-saved excel sheet that is causing this problem? [more inside]
posted by urban greeting on Dec 4, 2008 - 3 answers

In ms word, in endnotes, there's this little two-inch line in the upper-left corner to symbolize that you're in "footnote land," even on the second page of the endnotes and after. It's the same line that's at the bottom of the page before a footnote. Is there any way to remove this line? I have a mac, but I think the same issue comes up with PCs. I need to get rid of this line to fulfill the formatting requirements to post my dissertation, so any help would be much appreciated!
posted by jefsolo on Nov 29, 2008 - 2 answers

ExcelFilter: I need help creating a pie chart as a separate worksheet in Excel that counts how often values appear in a column and creates a pie graph based on that data. I'm stumped, I'm not using the right Google terms, and my company's help desk couldn't guide me through the process, either. (That sounds awkward, so I describe it more comprehensibly inside.) [more inside]
posted by WCityMike on May 19, 2006 - 9 answers

MS Excel: How do I convert a number representing seconds into minutes:seconds? [more inside]
posted by contessa on Apr 3, 2006 - 13 answers

I've got two columns in MS Excel. They each share 200 numbers. However, one of the columns has an additional 700 numbers. I want the column with 900 sorted in ascending order, with like numbers from the column of 200 beside those in the column of 900. How do I do that?
posted by panoptican on Feb 8, 2006 - 18 answers

I've lost my Microsoft Office install disk. Is it possible to transfer it from one Mac to another? If so, can I run both Macs on the same network without any troubles? (MORE INSIDE) [more inside]
posted by yankeefog on Jan 14, 2005 - 5 answers

My machine is a dinosaur (Win 2K, 700Mhz processor,) and after installing a new graphics card (NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400, 64MG), I'm having bizarro problems that never happened when I was just using the factory (ATI Rage Pro, 32MG) installed card... (more inside) [more inside]
posted by headspace on Dec 9, 2003 - 8 answers