Help me apolyton, you are my only hope!

[SlowwHand]

A recent post over at Techie Buzz explained how to access the answers of the Expert Exchange forum. Users who regularly search the Internet for solutions will eventually stumble upon that forum which on first glance provides answers to questions only to registered - meaning paying in this case - users.

Users who do not stop here and turn their back on the forum in frustration can actually access the answers quite easily without having to use third party services or changing their web browser’s configuration. What many users fail to realize that the answers are right in front of them, or more precisely right at the end of the scrollbar.

The Experts Exchange forum uses a very clever forum disguise to make visitors think that they can only access the answers if they signup as the banners and information directly below the question suggest. If they happen to scroll down further however they will realize that all the answers are located below that block.

There is one requirement though. Only visitors who are coming from search engines will be able to see the answers this way. There is however a quick and easy way of achieving this. Copying and pasting the title of the thread into a search engine form will do the trick. The posts at the Experts Exchange forum are usually well indexed and one of the first entries should be a direct link to that forum post.

A click on that link will open the Experts Exchange page with the question and its answers which are located below the middle block.

Try this at the referred site.

[DaShi]

Try restoring your computer to just before the update. This is a shot in the dark though. Since Open Office pulled a file from 3 days ago, it seems very unlikely that it has your lost data.

[Chemical Ollie]

If GOD likes you, he will help you!

[Asher]

And props to Vista for crashing out Open Office rather then being able to successfully close it! Why am I not allowed more then 4 hours to delay an update!

Vista does not crash Open Office. You were ****ing stupid for using Open Office.

When Windows reboots, it sends an EXIT signal to all programs which then handle that (prompt to save, etc). After that times out it sends a FORCE QUIT signal which tries to kill it.

If the program crashes, it's the program's fault. Open Office is godawful, this is what you get for using it.

[DaShi]

Apparently it is a huge bug with autosave.
And props to Vista for crashing out Open Office rather then being able to successfully close it! Why am I not allowed more then 4 hours to delay an update!

This is more likely a problem with Open Office than Vista.

[SlowwHand]

Also, for future reference:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/help/HP101407291033.aspx

[Q Classic]

Look guys, if you can help me, great. If you can't just leave it for someone who can help me.

Can (i.e., the ability to) and will (i.e., the desire to) are different things.

[Q Classic]

Also, for future reference:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/he...407291033.aspx

Microsoft Office != OpenOffice.

[Asher]

Also, for future reference:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/he...407291033.aspx

He isn't using microsoft office

[Q Classic]

Turn off Auto Updates.

A better solution to this, I think, would be to disable the automatic download and installation. You can set the options so that it notifies you before download, and then notifies you before install, and you have to confirm in both cases to proceed.

[Wezil]

Look guys, if you can help me, great. If you can't just leave it for someone who can help me.

I detect a whiff of desperation.

[Asher]

I'd help him if he promises not to post for a year.

[SlowwHand]

I see that program now. I never saw it because I never looked for it.

[Asher]

I see that program now. I never saw it because I never looked for it.

A wise move. Stay far away from Open Office.

[self biased]

is this that irony everyone's been telling me about?