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Did you try to use your user account pw?
Yes, I hit Enter as if no pw and tried two other pw possibilities. All failed, then I repeated process several times, using different variations of the 2...

Repair install requires the Admin password. I don't think I ever had a Windows password -- the only password protection I ever installed was on my user account.

Windows XP Professional won't start on my old Dell 8600 Inspiron laptop, due to a corrupted Windows/system32/hal.dll file. I'm trying to repair using the Windows XP Installation disk, but it asks...

My elderly mother needs a cell phone for emergency use only. She will probably never use it -- only if her car breaks down on the road, etc.

What is the best plan for such occasional use? I've...

I have Direct TV with 200+ channels, but they do not provide "local" channels, such as ABC, CBS, Fox, or NBC, so I will be unable to watch the Superbowl.

Is there some way to view it online at no...

By "initial combustion chamber", I meant the burner compartment. See edited language above.

The burner compartment has 2 wires attached to what may be a temperature sensor just inside the...

Unit: Carrier WeatherMaker 9200 gas furnace, with an HSI ignitor
Symptom 1: Thermostat is calling for heat, as evidenced by a flame icon on thermostat face, but no action in the furnace.
Symptom...

To answer: inducer seemed to start and run for about 10 minutes. Not sure about ignitor, but the noise level increased as if furnace was "working", but air blowing out of vents is weak and not...

The furnace is about 5-6 years old, and advertised as "ultra-efficient". Gas furnace is inside, Carrier Tech 2000SS A/C is outside. Heat won't come on, despite my reset efforts:
-turn thermostat...

Clough,

Thanks for the advice. I was merely trying to be helpful, and in giving the source for my answer and using the wording "appears to be", was trying to point tlbnbwm1130 to a Website where...

Lisa's suggestion seeks compensation for all expenses, rather than just 2 hours of attorney time plus a day of work. Excellent!

I do expect to win the protective order battle:
at the end of the...

Question a) This question was asked under Chemistry some time back. Below is what I thought was an excellent answer by rudi_in.

Will I be able to prevail in small claims court against the plaintiff's attorney and/or her?

My ex-girlfriend filed a motion for a 2-year protective order to keep me out of our jointly-owned...

Regarding the no-show appearance, it was at a hearing for the 2-year protective order, so maybe my attorney figured she would just file anew if I was granted a default judgement.

I knew most of...

I Googled "closer to my dreams" and got Goapele. Is this the song you're talking about?

Artist: Goapele
Song: Closer

Closer to my dreams
Getting over, I'm gettin' higher
Closer to my dreams...

My ex-girlfriend from a failed romantic relationship has undertaken a series of actions that range from petty to unfair to just plain mean. We are not married, but are co-owners of a house, where...

Moved to criminal law

Believe me, the relationship is permanently over. Trouble is, joint house ownership, and occupancy, complicates the separation.

I have no intention of staying with her merely to get the gifts...

Our relationship has become toxic. She has taken back numerous birthday and Christmas gifts she has given me over the last 4 years, claiming that because she bought them and has receipts to prove...

I guess I have to hope that his mother's current desire to get rid of him exceeds her desire to oppose me. It's a touchy situation. Thanks to excon and Fr_Chuck for the answers.

Update: She claims she plans to find the now-21-year old son another place to stay -- and I hope to solidify her plans by requesting a protective order against him if he is not out within a week.
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I would like to make a copy of some DVDs I own to let others borrow without risking loss of the originals. I have several questions:

1. Should I use DVD+ or DVD-? What is the difference and how...

Absorbing all the kinetic energy makes sense, but Wikipedia (last time I looked) states that momentum essentially represents how hard it is to stop something. Since kinetic energy and momentum have...

I thought a googolplex was a googol to the googol power.

ebaines gave a specific example illustrating the general concept that the mathematical product of the two quantities is constant. As one quantity increases, the other becomes correspondingly smaller...

An easy way to arrive at Capuchin's assertion that mercury is less dense at higher temperature is by considering how the level of mercury in a thermometer behaves when the temperature rises.

For slugs, pour beer into shallow pans. Supposedly, they crawl in, drink, get drunk, and drown. It worked for me, and is presumably more humane than other ways of killing them.

I don't know...

This question is old, but surprisingly, it doesn't appear that anyone ever answered it. Your example problem asked the weight of a 100 pound person traveling at 0.6 times the speed of light.
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Regarding augustknight's comment: Actually, water, steam, and ice can all co-exist at a single temperature -- the so-called triple-point, but I don't remember what temperature and pressure this...

Labman,

Makes sense. Thanks for this and the Avogadro's number answer.

You might want to search Google. It's been a while since I looked at this issue, but I seem to recall that the claim is that several studies have validated that it is more energy efficient to set...

I seem to recall that Avogadro's number is 6.02 x 10^23.

How exact is this number and how is it derived?

buddy de: Were you asking about the mass of an object as it approached the speed of light? I'm not looking at a textbook right now, but others can correct me if I'm wrong. I believe

mass at...

Maybe this belongs under Chemistry, but if water cannot get hotter than 212 degrees at sea level before boiling, why do some recipes call for faster (rolling?) boils rather than a simmering boil?
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Does your textbook specify a formula for the standard deviation of a binomial distribution?

If not, it's been a very long time since I took probability and statistics, but I believe the standard...

Thanks to all for the explanations; it indeed appears that my "little learning is a dangerous thing".

Dr D: It is a lady, but she is quite intelligent, has had considerable education, and currently has a straight-A average over halfway through a PhD program in nursing, with considerable emphasis on...

I appreciate the votes of confidence from ordinaryguy and CaptainRich, but forgot to ask that respondents mention their credentials.

Are either of you HVAC experts, or is anyone else out there,...

Whose AC philosophy is more defensible and why? (I have a strong opinion on this, but want to be able to show the other party a response from an objective, disinterested third party.) Do both sides...

This question is essentially identical to one my girlfriend and I constantly disagree over. I am an engineer, but no expert on heating and cooling. However, here is how I look at the question -- it...

Municipal water. I, too, figured that if it was a good idea, it would already be common practice. I'm no AC expert, but I don't understand how spraying water on the coils would drive down suction...

From Eq 1, x = -4.

In Eq 3, substitute -4 for x, and solve for y =1.

In Eq 2, substitute known values for x and y, and solve for z.

Would wetting outdoor cooling fins improve the efficiency of an AC unit?

The unit in question is a central AC unit, but presumably the principle would remain the same for window units.

AC...

Does that mean I can invite other people to move in, or must I get her permission first? If I can invite without permission, I might be able to use that as some leverage.

In both cases, I only...

We haven't specifically discussed selling the house or division of proceeds recently. It was my (verbal) understanding going into the deal that our investments would be equalized after she sold her...

My (former) girlfriend and I are joint owners of a house in VA. I made a much larger down payment, but the title/deed does not specify unequal ownership. The relationship is now so unpleasant that...

I am an unmarried joint owner with right of survivorship in a Virginia house. My relationship with the other owner is now horrible and I want to make her 2 sons, ages 20 and 30, move out because...