I have long been using OpenOffice.org 3 for Mac created by Oracle. It seems no longer to be supported and offers no upgrade. What is the best way to move to a more mode open source word processor? OpenOffice 3 for Mac can save as .doc but not .docx and this is an inconvenience. Let's block ads! (Why...

My computer runs on a network configured with LDAP. I recently updated to Kubuntu 16.04 from 14.04, and now I ca ot login graphically. On 14.04, the login screen used to show my use ame and two others who have ssh'd into my computer before. On 16.04, the login screen now shows everyone on the networ...

I'm creating an input form for use with a 'tablet' PC in Excel for our guys to fill out when in the field. As inputs like drop-down menus and the like are quite fiddly, I wish to use a basic input Form with big Pass/Fail Command buttons. Rather than using individual CommandBoxes to call the form, I'...

I'm trying to make ufw work for an Ubuntu 14.04 vps using openvz. All questions about this problem (like this one) lead to the same site. This one: http://blog.bodhizazen.net/linux/how-to-use-ufw-in-openvz-templates/ But this site is not accessible (at least to me) and archive.org, says you can't se...

The problem is simple enough to state. When I select a range of cells (as numeric values or indeed as values calculated from a formula), I ca ot conditionally format them. What I want to do is to colorize numbers highest (red) to lowest (blue). I have done this before a million times by using: On Ho...

I searched around the dbi docs and googled around but could not find if there was a (dbi) native way of building up a hash of lists. The closest I can think of is fetchall_hashref but that overwrites the results, only giving me whatever the last pair was. To clarify, my table is a list of pairs of s...

I bridged my ZyXEL modem because a colleague told me that their was NAT problems between my Asus router and modem. I personally don't know what exactly that means. But, I went ahead and bridged my modem, a program called inSSIDer showed me a valid co ection, and so did my network and sharing center ...

I want to install vpn server on windows/unix whichever runs best to bypass country restrictions to access web sites. The main purpose is the divert my all inte et traffic through co ected vpn. I tried to find a suitable solution but couldn't go through with them. I tried to set it up on Azure VMs wi...

While one program is focused (a full screen web browser) I want to pass keyboard input to another unfocused program (an ssh terminal) in Raspbian/Pi3.

My hard disk drive is always busy, even in SAFE Mode with or without networking. In Normal Windows, the computer will occasionally freeze with a black screen and the computer needs to be tu ed off in order to get it to work again. I have McAfee Antivirus protection always tu ed on but have tu ed it ...

Recently, applications such as Chrome began to crash on me and BSODs with MEMORY_MANAGEMENT began to pop up as well. Here is my CPU-Z report: http://pastebin.com/H7UxEuVK. Here are images of my BIOS and memtest scan: http://imgur.com/a/odPnB I did not want to break anything so I didn't try to reconf...

I have cell values in sheet 1 (cover sheet) that contain specific fill formatting. How would I copy the formatting of the cell value to all sheets in the workbook that contain the exact value?

I am looking for some tool that will automatically, or in a pinch on demand, look through the experimental flags I have enabled or disabled on my browser, then send that information to each computer where I am logged in and apply those same flags.

For our RF Test Positioner System (illustrative example) I need to add a software-controlled fan. I would like to add a fan like this and simply tu off it's USB-power to tu the fan on & off. Need A method to tu the USB source power for this fan on and off Question How can you disable the power of a ...

I recently set up a small business network, and am constantly lea ing more about how networking hardware works. It is my understanding that a Layer 2 device (Dell 48 port managed switch in this case) will switch traffic based on Mac Address once it lea s which devices live down each port. This way n...

In other apps, when I hit Alt+Tab it switches to the previous app. Before I actually release the Alt key I can see a list of windows as well and the previous windows is selected. But in Excel 2010 (Professional Plus, if that makes any difference) hitting Alt+Tab and not releasing Alt shows Excel sti...

How can you change the system language (ie the language for the welcome screen and the default for new accounts) for a win7 computer? Google search answers that you need to have win7 Ultimate and download the language pack from optional items in windows update. That's done. I know how to change disp...

I would like to to use Hyper-V and RemoteFX on my laptop(4th gen i7). Unfortunatelly RemoteFX is only availible for the integrated GPU, but not for the additional nvidia GeForce 740m card. I did not find any detailed information, why the card is reported not to meet RemoteFX requirements, while the ...

I think if I type word, for example, instead of displaying word, cortana will say that I can buy word at appstore. I think I am so fed up with cortana I tu her off. She's not as sexy as her halo inca ation anyway. Now that thing does not show up anymore. How else I can access microsoft appstore? Is ...

I have a couple of computers ru ing on XP (can't upgrade the O.S. without updgrading the hardware and currently we can't afford it) that run an specific application. The application uses a database on a central server (ru ing 2012 R2). I would like to prioritize the traffic from/to the computers to/...