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Displaying Quotations from Text Files

Question: How do I return only the first four lines (a quotation) of a txt-file to my asp-file? Answer: Use the FileSystem Object to open the text file and then

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Outlook Not Starting

Question: One machine on our NT 4 network (using Exchange 5.5 and Outlook 2000) cannot start Outlook. The error message is always along the lines of “Network Problems are preventing

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Asset Failed: Slot 1 Not Free in Page

Question: My NT production system is down. Here’s a breakdown: Update terminations, with error Inf -603, commit failed on table rfblg; RDBIF_SQL error on BSEG Running onchecks report BLOB Problems;

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Providing a Much Nicer 404 Error

Question: A user on my site clicks to retrieve a URL outside of my site, but the link is dead and the user receives a 404 error. Do you know

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Seeing Exchange Admin Permissions

Question: We use a GG in the NT domain to assign permissions to Exchange Admin. I have added a backup person to this group, thinking that they would then have

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Proper Casing of a Word

Question: How do I pick out the first letter in a word and convert it to an uppercase? Answer: Use this code: strWord = UCase(Left(strWord,1)) & Mid(strWord,2) This will convert

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Exchange Server and Windows 98

Question: Can Exchange Server run with Windows 98 or does it require NT? I want to use Outlook as a common pool of contact information within my office. However, when

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Protected Constructors

Question: Can a constructor in Java be declared as protected? Answer: Yes, Java constructors can be declared as protected. You will usually declare protected constructors when you do not intend