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How to create this kind of calendar[edit]

Are there free software/websites available to allow one to create a personal calendar identical to this layout from Union College?:

http://www.union.edu/news/calendar/academic-calendar/

Thanks. Acceptable (talk) 01:05, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

The calendar on that website is created using a service called Trumba, which isn't meant for personal calendars. Here is a list of some web-based personal calendar software you might look at: http://web.appstorm.net/roundups/15-cool-alternatives-to-google-calendar/ —Noiratsi (talk) 07:52, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Sequences[edit]

Users are welcome to take a look at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Mathematics#Sequences. →Σ σ ς. (Sigma) 01:37, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Real War[edit]

Is it true that Real War installs malware on the computer which allows third parties to track it on the Web? 24.5.122.13 (talk) 05:58, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

You must have read that somewhere. Can you tell us where? Astronaut (talk) 10:02, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

No I didn't, neither -- I tried to install it on my new computer, just to see if it works with Windows 8, and when I did, Norton Internet Security interrupted the install and returned a "Trackware.ADH" heuristic virus alert. I wonder what's going on here? 24.5.122.13 (talk) 08:17, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If it is a genuine copy bought from a shop, you could try asking the manufacturer/publisher - Simon & Schuster Interactive in this case - or the support forums. If, on the other hand, it is some download from a warez site, what did you expect? - Warez sites are often a source of malware. Astronaut (talk) 10:08, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

If its genuine software then this could be a false positive. Heuristic tests are more general tests looking for possible problems rather than a specific match for a known virus. Looking at the document for symantec [1], "Trackware.ADH is a detection used for various Trackware programs." it could be code used to track your activity which could easily be a required function of the software. The Damage Level is Low. --Salix alba (talk): 10:35, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I've had Norton use one of its heuristic tests to tag a program I wrote myself, and the program didn't do anything suspicious. I don't put too much weight on heuristic warnings. Jc3s5h (talk) 16:23, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Of course it's a genuine copy -- I know better than to download stuff from sites I can't trust! So, it's probably just some legit functionality for multiplayer that got tagged as trackware, right? 24.5.122.13 (talk) 23:22, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

to replace my Time Machine backup disc (Snow Leopard)[edit]

As I said last week, my Mac won't let me copy backups directly from a Time Machine disk to a new blank disk.

Here's what I intend to try next:

Make images (.dmg), on the new disk, from the volumes on the old disk. (There are two small volumes other than the backup volume: a Tiger startup volume, for use with my PPC Mac in case I ever use it again, and various things saved from before 2002.) That's done.
Repartition the old disk. (The Classic volume is mostly empty.)
Restore the other volumes from the images, but copy the backup volume back as an image.
Reformat the new disk.
"Restore" the backup disk image to the new disk.

Anything obviously wrong with that plan? —Tamfang (talk) 06:31, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Screenshot in Asha 501[edit]

Hi, Is there any software to screenshot in Nokia Asha 501? Is it possible to take screenshot from PC itself? I've tried a application named Nokia Screen Dumper. But later understood it's a fake.--Joseph 17:13, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Can anyone help me?--Joseph 05:35, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

There's a emulator available from Nokia, can you use this? F (talk) 07:09, 22 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

How can I download a part of Wikipedia?[edit]

If I want an offline copy of all wikipedia articles about history or French films (just as an example), how can I do that? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 185.13.202.241 (talk) 20:44, 20 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Start with Help:Books, especially noting the first paragraph under Step 2. —Nelson Ricardo (talk) 00:08, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder why someone needs to download Wikipedia. It is always out there, at your fingertips. What a strange idea! --AboutFace 22 (talk) 19:49, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Not everyone has a fast, unmetered Internet connection at their fingertips at all times. In fact most people don't. -- BenRG (talk) 20:47, 21 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Special:Export. --— Rhododendrites ^talk | 19:53, 24 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]