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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3220 on: September 19, 2016, 02:45:14 AM »
Can you post the link?  I can probably create a page for you that will just load the video from that page.  So all he has to do is open the new link and it will just play the current video from that site.
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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3221 on: September 19, 2016, 08:17:27 AM »
Can you post the link?  I can probably create a page for you that will just load the video from that page.  So all he has to do is open the new link and it will just play the current video from that site.
This link should go to the current day daf:

https://www.ou.org/torah/dafyomi

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3222 on: September 19, 2016, 09:19:15 AM »
Don't think I can.  Maybe a more advanced programmer.  This is response header when going to your link:
Code: [Select]
HTTP/1.1 302 Found
Server: Apache
Location: /torah/dafyomi/bava-kama/111
Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *
Access-Control-Allow-Methods: POST, GET, OPTIONS, DELETE, PUT
Access-Control-Max-Age: 1000
Access-Control-Allow-Headers: x-requested-with, Content-Type, origin, authorization, accept, client-security-token
Content-Type: text/html
Cache-Control: max-age=2592000
Content-Length: 0
Accept-Ranges: bytes
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 13:13:23 GMT
Connection: keep-alive
X-Frame-Options: SAMEORIGIN

Location: field probably gets updated daily. 

You need someone who knows JQuery to do this easily.  The div that needs to be loaded from your link is:
Code: [Select]
jw-media jw-resetJQuery code is (from API):
Code: [Select]
$('#result').load('ajax/test.html #container');(https://api.jquery.com/load/)

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3223 on: September 19, 2016, 11:11:04 AM »
FWIW I don't see a popup when clicking the link.
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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3224 on: September 19, 2016, 04:31:18 PM »
Correct.
I haven't read up on it in a while, but i think the way it works is that since everything is virtual anyway, the same files are seen as being in both places at once, and you can edit them from either place.
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Due to the way Windows works, Dropbox will only monitor file changes if the files are located inside your Dropbox folder . . . you need to move the desired file/folder to your Dropbox folder, then create a link from its old location so that it can still be accessed from there:
[http://www.dropboxwiki.com/tips-and-tricks/sync-other-folders]

Doesnt look like this plan is going to work ...
Dropbox Folder Sync which is recommended on the page I linked above just moves the files to dropbox and replaces the original folder with a virtual one which defeats the purpose for me.
I'm looking into boxifier. It claims that it does notmove the files into dropbox, so that you can even syn an external HD that is bigger than the local drive -- seems like exactly what I need.

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3225 on: September 19, 2016, 04:39:26 PM »
[http://www.dropboxwiki.com/tips-and-tricks/sync-other-folders]

Doesnt look like this plan is going to work ...
Dropbox Folder Sync which is recommended on the page I linked above just moves the files to dropbox and replaces the original folder with a virtual one which defeats the purpose for me.
I'm looking into boxifier. It claims that it does notmove the files into dropbox, so that you can even syn an external HD that is bigger than the local drive -- seems like exactly what I need.
I don't think that site is correct. Since folder junctions are an internal NTFS construct, i don't think regular programs can tell the difference. Try it with one small folder and see if it works.

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3226 on: September 19, 2016, 04:40:05 PM »
I don't think that site is correct. Since folder junctions are an internal NTFS construct, i don't think regular programs can tell the difference. Try it with one small folder and see if it works.
Will do.
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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3227 on: September 19, 2016, 07:54:48 PM »
FWIW I don't see a popup when clicking the link.
This is what I get

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3228 on: September 22, 2016, 10:28:14 PM »
@Kayef -- that "pop-up" is because you hovered over the chat icon on the bottom right of the screen

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3229 on: September 22, 2016, 10:45:01 PM »
@Kayef -- that "pop-up" is because you hovered over the chat icon on the bottom right of the screen
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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3230 on: September 23, 2016, 01:00:49 AM »
Hi, I'm having issues creating a bootable USB drive to restore windows on a surface pro 4. I downloaded the recovery zip from Microsoft, but every USB drive I put in to my computer and try to copy the files onto it says there isn't sufficient space. The zip file is 5.95 gb, and I've tried with a 16, 32, and 128gb USB drives. I tried formatting them to no avail. I open the USB as a portable driver and then the copying starts, but it stops in middle with the same "insufficient space" message. What can I be doing wrong? Do I have to extract the zip and then copy it? Tia

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3231 on: September 23, 2016, 01:39:52 AM »
Hi, I'm having issues creating a bootable USB drive to restore windows on a surface pro 4. I downloaded the recovery zip from Microsoft, but every USB drive I put in to my computer and try to copy the files onto it says there isn't sufficient space. The zip file is 5.95 gb, and I've tried with a 16, 32, and 128gb USB drives. I tried formatting them to no avail. I open the USB as a portable driver and then the copying starts, but it stops in middle with the same "insufficient space" message. What can I be doing wrong? Do I have to extract the zip and then copy it? Tia
Online instructions are unclear, but some commenters claim extracting the zip archive first can solve this issue

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3232 on: September 23, 2016, 01:48:50 AM »
Online instructions are unclear, but some commenters claim extracting the zip archive first can solve this issue
Yep got it. Just saw your post. I tried that about a half hour ago, extracted the files first on to the USB drive. And the surface pro booted from it. Thanks! Perhaps the zip file was too big to fit into one partition, or maybe the root partition. Unclear, I'll try to figure that out later, after my surface pro is up and running. I got a bit confused bc I booted from usb on Android dozens of times before with no issues. I never extracted the zip before.

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3233 on: September 23, 2016, 02:33:27 AM »
If the USB drive was fat32, there would be a max filesize limit of 4gb, so if one of the files you were attempting to copy over was greater then 4gb, it wouldn't work..
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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3234 on: September 23, 2016, 02:36:09 AM »
If the USB drive was fat32, there would be a max filesize limit of 4gb, so if one of the files you were attempting to copy over was greater then 4gb, it wouldn't work..
Ah that explains it. I was copying the whole zip at once, which was 5.95GB. My experience until now was only with Android devices, which the OS zip was max 1.5GB. Thanks!

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3235 on: September 23, 2016, 02:36:23 AM »
Yep got it. Just saw your post. I tried that about a half hour ago, extracted the files first on to the USB drive. And the surface pro booted from it. Thanks! Perhaps the zip file was too big to fit into one partition, or maybe the root partition. Unclear, I'll try to figure that out later, after my surface pro is up and running. I got a bit confused bc I booted from usb on Android dozens of times before with no issues. I never extracted the zip before.
If the USB drive was fat32, there would be a max filesize limit of 4gb, so if one of the files you were attempting to copy over was greater then 4gb, it wouldn't work..
That would explain why it didn't work when he tried to copy the zip file (it's one file that's over 4GB)

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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3236 on: September 23, 2016, 02:37:03 AM »
If the USB drive was fat32, there would be a max filesize limit of 4gb, so if one of the files you were attempting to copy over was greater then 4gb, it wouldn't work..
Bingo!

The zip file is 5.95 gb
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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3238 on: September 23, 2016, 04:44:31 PM »
I'm using office 365 working on an excel spreadsheet when I just really that it hasn't been saving anything for some reason and now whole thing froze, anything I can do?
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Re: Computer Troubleshooting/Help Master Thread
« Reply #3239 on: September 23, 2016, 04:48:18 PM »
By default its set to auto-save at preset intervals of time. You should be able to retrieve those versions in the file menu.