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What are the differences between POP and IMAP

Email

(Note: The following is really about POP3 and IMAP4.)Basiclly, IMAP is a more complex protocol that is more suitable for users who frequently access their e-mails from more than one machine. POP is a much simpler protocol that basically just supports listing, ...

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What is Slashdot?

Useful Links

Slashdot is a well-known website that provides a nice starting location for up to date news and commentary about current events in IT and technology in general. Users submit links to stories and people can discuss these stories.The offical URL for Slashdot is...

Repack Adobe Reader for fast install?

Applications/Software Adobe

Want to repack the adobe reader exe into an MSI for faster deployment?1. Downloaded the full file AdbeRdr70_enu_full.exe, unchecked the boxes Yahoo toolbar and Photoshop Album 2.0.2. Run the file AdbeRdr70_enu_full.exe and after the file had been extracted in ...

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Where can I find scanners on campus?

UCLA Tech Resources

Scanners and scan services available for faculty and teaching assistants (restriction may apply to department/divisions): Center for Digital Humanities – CDH and each Humanities Administrative Group also have multifunction copiers, which convert single or mult...

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Print Deposit Accounts at Social Sciences Computing

UCLA Tech Resources Social Sciences Center for Education, R...

Balances transfer over quarter to quarter. Records from prior quarters are kept at the front desk. Be sure to tell the consultant that you have a balance remaining from a previous quarter so they can input it into the system.

Where can I buy that super efficient electronic stapler that is at SSC?

Useful Links

Lots of people ask about our stapler at SSC. It’s a black Swingline electronic stapler, and it staples about twenty pages without a problem. Most people find it very helpful in getting the job done. Known problems include paper jams, but this mostly occurs whe...

Where is the nearest copy machine from Social Sciences Computing?

UCLA Tech Resources Social Sciences Center for Education, R...

The nearest copy machine is downstairs in the Public Arts Library. You will need a UCLA copy card which you can get at any UCLA library and cash.

Are there headphones for student use at Social Sciences Computing?

UCLA Tech Resources Social Sciences Center for Education, R...

Yes, there are. You can borrow them from the front desk. The consultants will ask you for your Bruincard or driver’s license as collateral.

Projector rental for staff and faculty within the Social Sciences?

UCLA Tech Resources Social Sciences Center for Education, R...

SSC has three portable projectors for loan to staff and faculty within the Social Sciences. The projectors are suitable for use with desktop or laptop computers.The potential renter must send his/her name, department, and the intended day of equipment rental ...

Where can I download Sophos Anti-virus and how do I install it?

Cybersecurity

Sophos Anti-virus is offered to all faculty, staff, and students at UCLA. Sophos is offered by BOL and can be downloaded at this link:https://www.it.ucla.edu/bol/software-downloads/sophos-antivirus

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What are some Winzip alternatives for Windows?

Applications/Software

7-zip is a free alternative to Winzip and offers a variety of options for compressing files. 7-Zip can compress and uncompress file extensions such as 7z, zip, gzip, and tar.7-Zip can uncompress files with file extensions such as rar, iso, cab, deb, and nsis....

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Why can't I make a copy of a Movie DVD?

Useful Links

Most DVDs have two issues preventing you from making a copy of a DVD:1) DVDs are encrypted with a measure called CSS, Content Scrambling System. CSS prevents people from copying movie files to their computers and from burning these files to a DVD.2) Movie DVD...

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Creating Distribution Lists in Outlook

Email Outlook

These basic instructions came from Microsoft On the File menu, point to New, and then click Distribution List (DL). In the Name box, type a name. Click Select Members. In the Show names from the list, click the address book that contains the e-mail addresses y...

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What is Samba?

Applications/Software

As the front page at samba.org says, “Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients.” Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS implementations, and allows for interoperability between Lin...

Can I connect to Samba using a Mac?

Applications/Software

Yes you can! To connect to Samba on your Mac, be sure you’re not clicked on any applications (so it should say Finder next to the Apple menu). Then go to “Go” menu and select the option “Connect to Server.” In the “Address,” type in smb://www.servername/use...

How to disable the Style Whitelist in Kupu

Applications/Software

Kupu is the default WYSIWYG editor that ships with Plone 2.1.×.By default, Kupu does not allow the use of inline styles.For example, if you have some HTML as follows:<div style="width:20px; background-color: #CCCCCC;"> Content Here </div>Kupu repla...

Telnet to a mail server ; testing, relaying, etc...

Email

In Windows go to “Start”, and click on “Run”. Then type “cmd”. This will pop up a Dos window. On the command line type “telnet”. This will bring up the telnet client. To connect to a site type “open [the dns of the site or ip] [port]”. What is a port? Imagine ...

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Change the Default NumLock State in Windows XP

MacOS, Windows, and Linux Windows XP

Problem: Numlock is enabled in the BIOS but doesn’t work on the XP logon screen.Solution: You can edit the registry and set the numlock to be enabled on login. The info from the link below says it enables or disables the numlock feature after login but it wo...