Larian Studios Forums General Chat Chat (Anything) The PC "Help" Thread

Alrik, did you have OpenOffice ? Maybe the following solution is also possible with M$ Office :

- start OpenOffice
- open your Dbase file (*.dbf)
- choose a charset, you must maybe try severals
- you can now save this new calc document as a cvs-file
- import it in you favorite sql-server

Contact me, if you have problems or questions or i should wrote it in german <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

For your other question i haven't no easy solution <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/disagree.gif" alt="" />

I think you best use the dump command (I know mysql has one, not sure about firebird) It's dumps your DB in SQL statments.

This might also help

As for your Mail clients.

2 ways:

1st: Mail them to yourself and recieve them with pegagus and archive them in a seperate folder.

2nd: Conversion program Conversion
I'll try te see if there is no open source variant or freeware but now I have to go to school.

Okay, thanks, I'll keep that in mind.

I have OpenOffice and StarOffice, but no MS Office. I use WordPerfect and Textmaker instead. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

I'll see what I can do. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Edit : Can someone recommend me a good Newsreader ?

DOS games don't recognize my joystic.

Why is this ?

When I start DOS-based games under pure DOS (still have my Win98SE), thn they don't "see" it. I have it connected on my soundcard (a Soundplasterer <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> Live 1024 , and the stick itself is a thing from Saitek.

Alrik, it's possible you have to update your drivers for your sound card (dos drivers)

Don't think so ... I fear that it might have somthing to do with my USB connection (turned on) ?

mm something with occupied IRQ channels then?

I couldn't find any solution. Unfortunately Crative wouldn't help, too, because they have only 30 days after registration help; an entry in the forum there remained unanswered.

I decided to buy a gamecard, but I cannot get any, since nowadays everything's turned on by USB.


I'm quite frustrated now.


A different thing : I've read that there once was a "Baldur's Gate Comic". However, with Interplay being no more, their FTP Server as a source diosn't exist anymore. "Fileplanet" seems to have it but why the heck have I to register there ???

I'm a little bit further now. It seems that it doesn't generally work.

I think I'll build into my PC my old SB16 card, luckily I even have 2 ISA slots in here. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

By the way : A pace about DOS : http://devedia.com/dosghost

ok i have another problem
when i defragmented my c: partition (10 gig)
i got a list of files that couldn't be defragmented

Fragmenten Bestandsgrootte Bestanden die niet kunnen worden gedefragmenteerd
712 1 kB \WINDOWS\system32\config\system.LOG
264 8 MB \WINDOWS\SoftwareDistribution\Download\2536a548b4a83b6c7a416e0d99691bf7\shell32.dll
325 10 MB \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\WINWORD.EXE
381 13 MB \Program Files\Ahead\Nero\nero.exe
470 15 MB \WINDOWS\Installer\819530.msp
231 15 MB \Documents and Settings\Cris\Bureaublad\SageTV_V2_1_10Setup.exe

389 25 MB \RECYCLER\S-1-5-21-1614895754-602609370-682003330-1003\Dc85.wmv
274 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP759\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
267 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP756\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
276 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP757\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
263 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP765\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
273 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP758\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
334 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP769\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
298 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP768\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
335 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP752\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
324 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP760\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
285 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP766\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
274 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP761\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
255 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP762\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
271 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP763\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
291 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP764\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
260 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP754\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
242 25 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP755\snapshot\_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
840 45 MB \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Dr Watson\drwtsn32.log

987 62 MB \System Volume Information\catalog.wci\00010002.ci
348 109 MB \System Volume Information\_restore{3760509D-3865-4FE6-AC04-21BD0ABABF5A}\RP768\A0152139.msi
1,615 122 MB \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Symantec\Norton Internet Security Professional\URLLists
3,042 262 MB \Documents and Settings\Cris\Local Settings\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\Outlook.pst


[color:"orange"]i know that i made some backups from my registery, but apperently there are a bit to mutch of these, and i can't lokate them on my pc.
another strange thing is this norton url list wich is 122 mb large file!
and whats this dockter watson log file?

does anyone have an explanation why these files aren't deframentated , and were i can lokate all of these files? [/color]

Well, from my point of view you've already posted the paths of the files !

They should be on C: and under the windows folder.

Example \WINDOWS\system32\config\system.LOG becomes C:\WINDOWS\system32\config\system.LOG

That they are not defragged could mean they are in use or protected by attributes (system, hidden, etc).

Alrik.

[color:"orange"] i know that i made some backups from my registery, but apperently there are a bit to mutch of these, and i can't lokate them on my pc.
another strange thing is this norton url list wich is 122 mb large file!
and whats this dockter watson log file? [/color]

Doctor Watson, IIRC is a Windows/Microsoft program that can be used to analyze problems by qualified tech's, The Norton URL file is Big (me thinks) due to the fact that it stores all the BAD url's.

Hmm and if you go into explorer click Tools>select View you will find a list of boxes there , 1 of which consist of:"Show Hidden Files and Folders" click this, also there is a box called "Hide Extensions for knwn files" UN tick this, then reboot and you should be able to find your restore files, Prolly a whole heap of them <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

the only folder i couldn't find is the
\System Volume Information
and yes i already had the show hidden folders option set to "on" <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

Bean it should be here, look at pic <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />


Ok <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

hehe,
got it, (after some tweaking)
but now i can't acces the folder.
i do have administrator rights...

Hmm I think that would be correct, I believe (IIRC) that "System Volume Information" is a protected Windows system folder. iow "hands off" else the whole (windowless)cardhouse falls to pieces <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

Aah where's Lady_Rain when you need her <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/kissyou.gif" alt="" />

Isn't that the folder where win stores all the backup files ?

^^ Yup! ^_^

Big Brother's Sneaky Browser Tricks

Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

Interesting <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />...

Thanks for the link, Tsel <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />.

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