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In my Windows 7 machine, whenever I switch a folder view setting between icons and thumbnails, the change always affects all folders, including the desktop. I make the change by ticking or unticking the box in Organize -> Folder and search options -> View -> Always show icons, never...

Hello, I'm back at Digit forum after a long long absence. I'm thinking of buying the Xonphone 5 for my wife. It's available for 8k at Snapdeal. The specs look really good for the price but technical specs alone don't tell the whole story. User reviews at Snapdeal contain quite a bit of...

I've heard of SMC Intnl before but haven't dealt with them yet. On doing a trial checkout at their site, I came across their note saying that orders can be cancelled within two weeks of placing the order. This has me puzzled. What happens during those two weeks if the order is NOT cancelled...

This is meant to help those who'd like to be able to estimate the charges they'll have to pay when shipping something by Speed Post. I wondered if I should post it in the thread "Poll: Courier Service Feedback", but it didn't seem to be quite appropriate, so I'm posting it separately. One...

I occasionally need a flatbed scanner, but not often enough to justify buying a new one. So I'm looking for a used one. The seller must be willing to ship. Shipping charges and other conditions can be discussed in private. Hard to say how much I'm willing to pay as it depends on the model. As...

The GF 6200 AGP card used by my deceased nephew's wife and their young son has gone kaput and they cannot afford to replace the entire system yet. So I'm looking for a stop-gap replacement for the AGP card. I'd like something better than a 6200 if possible. A 6600GT or 7600GT would be great...

I don't visit TDF regularly these days, but I think the number of messages in a member's box used to be limited to 100. And unless I'm mistaken, the limit still was 100 a few days ago. I had about 80 messages but was reluctant to clear them out as I occasionally refer to old messages. I sent...

During my last visit to Mumbai last year, I lost a guide book that I bought almost 20 years ago, but still found very useful. I wonder if anyone can help me get another copy or a similar publication. (GPS, Google Maps and Google Earth are great, but nothing beats a book in certain...

Hi everyone. I'm back after an absence of 4 months - I was concentrating on some projects in electronics. I need some help in getting certain types of LEDs for one of my projects. It shouldn't be difficult for someone who lives in a major city. But I live in a remote location and Indian shops...

For the past two days or so, I have not been able to access the BSNL user account page. It's not that I can't log in. The page does not open at all, giving an "Internal Server Error" message. I can open other pages on the BSNL site. My IP range is 117.199.xx.xx. Could anyone using the same...

Can anyone please help me find drivers quickly for a Compaq C791TU laptop? The laptop belongs to someone who bought it in another city where she's studying. She says that it came with Windows XP. Since Compaq dropped support for XP some time ago, it must have been installed by the shop...

Someone close to me is joining Wipro and has been told to report on the 11th Aug at Hyderabad. I had a quick look at Google maps but didn't find the address where he is to report. Instead of doing a more intensive search, I felt that there are probably forum members who could point it out. Can...

Time for one of my absences from the forum. In the past, I was away at times due to various reasons. This time it's because I'll be going to Kolkata tomorrow escorting a patient to AMRI Hospital in Salt Lake, and I probably won't have internet access. Don't know how long it will take - could be...

Hi all, I need to find a motherboard for a specific application and have decided on a set of features. I've done a lot of searching but there seems to be very few that fit my stringent requirements. It's possible that I missed seeing some of them. I hope someone can come up with a suitable...

Is it my imagination? Is it my ISP? It seems to me that, after the closing of TDF for maintenance this afternoon, it's loading much faster than before. Is it a temporary phase or have the TDF authorities finally done something concrete? (I have not yet checked all the bugs we used to complain...

Coming back after an absence of several months, I've noticed that the number of views for a thread is always one more than the number of replies. If you add the OP's post, the number of views is always equal to the number of posts in a thread. This means that no one views a thread without...

I posted a new thread in Chit Chat last night and briefly got a message saying that the post would show up after it has been approved by the mods. More than 14 hours have passed since then but my post still has not shown up. There's nothing that could remotely be considered offensive in that...

The other night, I noticed that one of our wall clocks had stopped. I checked the battery with a multimeter and it was very low. I'd run out of new AA cells but I didn't want to leave the clock showing the wrong time because my family relies heavily on that particular clock for their morning...

I've been self-employed all my adult life and I don't intend to change, but someone close to me got a campus placement with Wipro. Joining date is March 2009. He has also received an offer to a government job in our home town, albeit at a somewhat lower salary, and he's asking for my advice...

Have you committed any blunders on the internet - big or small? Something you wish you could retract or just something that now seems funny, silly, crazy or otherwise, but was not intended to be so at the time. If you've been active on the big net for some time and claim that you've never made a...