Rip music using Windows Media Player (Rev: 1.1)

My niece asked me on how to rip music from the music CD and store it as mp3 format in her (Windows XP OS) computer so that she can transfers the mp3 music to her handphone later. You can use Windows Media Player (free) to rip music and save it as mp3 format. You can download Windows Media Player 11 (24.5 MB) for Windows XP OS from Microsoft website.Assume you are using Windows Media Player 11 in Windows XP computer and have placed your music CD into...

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"No flash video displayed" error in YouTube (Rev: 1.1)

SituationIn YouTube website, my niece's computer (Windows XP OS) running Internet Explorer (IE) version 7 browser cannot see the flash video displayed on her screen. The error message was"Hello, you either have JavaScript turned off or an old version of Macromedia's Flash Player. Get the latest Flash player".She had already installed the latest Adobe Flash Player version 9.0.124.0 for IE 7 from Adobe website but it still did not work.Solution1) Open the Window Explorer. Kindly navigate to C:\WINDOWS\system32\Macromed\Flash folder2) Locate the file...

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"Boot command is disabled" error in OBP (Rev: 1.1)

SituationWhen the Sun Fire V480 server with Solaris 9 Operating System (OS) is power on, the screen is blank for a long period of time (more than 15 minutes) before it finally show the diagnostic result and an ok prompt. I decided to upgrade the OS to Solaris 10. I placed the Solaris 10 5/2008 (SPARC) DVD into the DVD drive.From the ok prompt,ok boot cdrom-> boot command is disabledSolutionAlthough the Sun Fire V480 server switch is turned to the normal power on position, I suspected the server was in diagnostic mode during power on because...

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