The Official Computer Tech Support Thread

[Freebase Dali]

Originally Posted by NumberNineDream

@ FD, as you obviously noticed my extremely distracting, annoying Bold shoutbox font, I really need a way to get rid of this thing.

I tried clicking the [B] button, and it's obviously not the reason of the boldness, as I never clicked it, nor there's a star in it (showing that it's clicked), nor does my font get back to the standardized form when I refresh the page.

I went to the Internet Browser preferences, and the default font there isn't set to Bold. I opened the forum with a different Browser, and the Bold was gone. So it's surely a problem from here (can't use the other browser as, Safari sucks).

So is there any other reason that may cause that thing, so I can at least check?

Have you tried to change all your shoutbox font settings, testing them, then changing them back to default?
If not, try to change each option all at once... aka, enbolden, underline, italicize, change the font color, and the font face. Then write something in the shoutbox. It should reflect your changes. If it does, change everything back to default and use a font face that is not bold in form.
If it doesn't reflect those changes, then your browser simply isn't translating the shoutbox font changes anymore.
If that's the case, I'll need to know what browser you're using in order for me to troubleshoot further. And please don't say Internet Exploder.

[NumberNineDream]

Ok, seems like the 'bold' part is gone, but the B|I|U buttons don't work much on all fonts. Well, I'll only be using that standard normal face one, so not bothered for now.

btw I use Opera, and of course not IE.

[Freebase Dali]

^ Yea that's strange. Avast usually picks everything up right away, and even then I scan anything I download. But if the virus isn't in Avasts virus database, then.. ya know.

[FETCHER.]

I have a slight problem, not a big thing (I don't think) but when I type my keyboard jumps like mid sentence and I start typing in the middle? Could you help me stop it pretty please ?

[Zer0]

Originally Posted by kayleigh.

I have a slight problem, not a big thing (I don't think) but when I type my keyboard jumps like mid sentence and I start typing in the middle? Could you help me stop it pretty please ?

Are you typing on your laptop by any chance? If you are it probably jumps because your hand is hitting off the mouse pad as you type. It happens to me sometimes on my laptop. Best solution there is to turn off your mouse pad and use an ordinary USB mouse if you can.

[Guybrush]

Another thing you can do is disable the mouse clicking function on the touchpad. Typically, a touchpad has two "mouse buttons" under it that you use for clicking, but you can also just tap the touchpad to execute left button clicks. This tapping can be useful, but it often leads to unintentional clicking. If it's causing trouble, check the settings for your mouse in the control panel and see if you can turn the tap-click function off.

[Freebase Dali]

Or she could be dealing with a poltergeist...







Oh man where is Neapolitan when you need him.

[FETCHER.]

yeah I had an exorcism carried out and its now away!


If I was so lucky. the way I type my wrists rest on either side of the touchpad, and yeah it's a laptop. I've used other peoples laptops and it seems its pretty common on them, it's just so annoying.

[Thrice]

I want to send this girl a playlist I made on iTunes. I've tried winzip and rar and have tried emailing it with Gmail, and also tried to just upload and share. Please tell me I dont have to upload each song individually. Its a damn big file. 292MB

[storymilo]

Originally Posted by Thrice

I want to send this girl a playlist I made on iTunes. I've tried winzip and rar and have tried emailing it with Gmail, and also tried to just upload and share. Please tell me I dont have to upload each song individually. Its a damn big file. 292MB

Either go with CC's recommendation and try using Megaupload, or try splitting it into 2 parts and uploading them separately, then sending her both links. What file sharing service are you using?