Friar

the machine IS on sp2, i upgraded via the cd, which went on really easily, no problems. this problem is not connected as i did the upgrade quite a while ago.

I was pointed in the direction of www.showmypc.com by a guy at microshaft when looking at my problem in the above post. it is a free service and seems simple for anyone to use. I went to the went site and clicked on the "show my pc" button. this downloaded a simple/quick little program which generated a password/key. there is another option, which i assume the support guy used which was "look at another pc". i had to tell him the key, which i assume he then entered. and hay presto, he was in. i will try and use it from the support side and post back on its ease of use.

My problem in on my machine at work. I had my recent install of Office 2007 go funny on me, decided the only option was un-install and then re-install. Problem 1. I was not able to remove it via the recommended method of add / remove programs in the control panel so had to go through a long winded method which involed registry edits and deletes. Problem 2. I am not able to run any .msc services. i get an error message saying that i either dont have permission (i do/should) or that the mmc is of a later version Problem 3. After going through the uninstall routine I am not able to reinstall. I just get a message that says set up failed to comple and we are sorry for the inconvenience. Question 1 - I think the os may be screwed in some parts. the pc is working fine for everything else. Can i re-install the os over the top of the existing install. Question 2 - I am on sp2 , however the version of the os disk i have which came with the machine is sp1. a guy at microshaft said that it would be ok, do you agree? any other advice welcome Cheers Colin.

sounds like a "Barny" moment, all together now... "I love You, You love me.......... Top marks for a top man.

No problem sir, glad to pay a little back

Jim, The ship will change direction when you plot a waypoint. You used a moving ship. The rotaion with the keypad numbers only works on stationery objects. When you use the ctrl and left click to plot a waypoint from the object, it will re-orientate to that direction. the numberpad keys will not work in this instance. Cheers Colin

Is it true....was it him i saw when checking out who's looking at the forum.....can it really be......will he post here......is our long lost dog really back sniffing around.....

from the motivational thread....

Thanks GK, I'll have a look at them. I have been "googling" but have found nothing suitable as yet.

Does anyone know of a free package that would enable me to edit .pdf documents. I have one-off requirement to be able to edit an existing document that is in adobe .pdf format. I am trying to avoid at work spending £250 on a full copy of adobe acrobat The other option is to be able to take the text from a .pdf and put it into a word document Any one got any ideas?

nice one gk

JP -

i meant to say about ambient light - i often play with the central room light on, its reflections/lights in line of sight to the camera thats the problem

NOOOOOOOOOOOOO ! Not Elvis that is my worst nightmare, go to a Chinese restaurant for a nice meal and an Elvis impersonator comes on, its enough to make you puke in your won-ton soup

Salute JP! Just remember to watch out for background light on the tir and you will be fine. I sometimes to a quick check by going into the "view" option and clicking on the "tracking" tab. That should show 3 nice green blobs. If there is background light it will show as red patches. Useful for checking head movement as well. You can see if any of the blobs disapear which will mean that the camera will loose tracking. My weak spot was on looking up. As the top reflector went back the camera lost it. I cured it by raising the height of the camera and had it looking slightly down. It really is amazing when you add a bit of new tecnology to this game how often if makes it like finding it for the first time.

Following on from GK's post about an average Axis SEOW outing, please do yourself a favour and have a look at the following video by the same creator. His Polish story in two parts is also very clever and worth watching.

Happy birthday for sunday m8. from our brief meeting at duxford and from the ts channel you are, how do the young erks say it?, ah yes.."A diamond geezer" I shall raise a glass in the Priory to and perhaps get a couple of the sisters to do nice things to me in your honour. Cheers Mick, have a great day (except between 21:00 and 22:00gmt)

I am definatly on for that. I will probably do it in a day also, unless I can be persuaded to sleep in the back of the car at a camp site of course !

Yea, happy birthday. Come back and tell us how they do birthday parties in Wales

i watched some others last night, there is a mosquito mission which is really good as well. Very clever.

that really funny, had me giggling all the way, but what does the granny say at the end to finally crack everyone up, something about an "asshole" ?

fully allowing the canopy to slide back may be what was causing mine not to work, the gap between key preses was too short. I shall have to have a look at it again after taking it out.

Chris, Are you using the macro feature or multiple key presses? I had trouble with the macro feature getting all 3 commands to wotk for the canopy (toggle gunsight, open canopy, raise seat and the reverse to close lower seat, close canopy then toggle gunsight back

A candidate to be included...... http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=e1c_1199748135 :o :o

I have just come across the site below and thought those wishing to lean the skill may find it useful http://www.il2-fullmissionbuilder.com/index.php Cheers Friar