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How do I see someone else's screen on Windows XP so I can help them?
If both machines are running Windows XP, you can use Remote Assistance (instead of Remote Desktop) to see and control their machine, with their permission. Here is a writeup describing how to use remote assistance in Windows XPThere is another solution using...
Windows Server
VPNs
What is a VPN and why do I care?
VPN stands for Virtual Private Network and it is invaluable when you want to use UCLA licensed resources from off-campus machines.Specifically, the UCLA Library and the California Digital Library have licensed many different bibliographic and research database...
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Chrome
How can I create an account for computer access at SSC?
Social Science Computing labs are available to faculty, undergraduate students taking a Social Sciences course and both graduate and undergraduate students in a Social Science Major.Social Sciences Computing has six labs available for instructional purposes du...
Internet Explorer
What is the purpose of this knowledgebase?
The purpose of this knowledgebase is to share questions and answers among the dozens of Help Desks we have at UCLA. Some of our technology questions are specific to our departments, but our guess is that there are a large number of common questions. We believe...
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Who can post to this Knowledge Base?
Anyone employed by UCLA, full- or part-time, can post answers to this Knowledge Base and edit other people’s answers. All contributors' names will show up in the page history and all previous versions of answers will be saved. If you find mistakes in the Know...
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You should post anything that you think might be helpful in the future. This could include: links to UCLA resources links to resources of use to people at UCLA links to your own or other tutorials links to hard-to-find writeups links to useful resources...
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I am trying to develop an application using AJAX. Where do I find out more information?
You can find a quick AJAX primer at:http://mi6.ais.ucla.edu/devbriefs/ajax-primer
At UCLA, how can I filter spam?
The methods you have available to filter unwanted email will depend on your campus email provider.The following is a hopefully growing list of campus email providers and how to use their spam filters.Bruin OnlineFor users with @ucla.edu email addresses, refer...
In Unix, what do I do when a file I want to edit in vi says "Line too long"?
In Unix, when the vi editor says “line too long” it’s usually because it was copied up from a Mac where the end of line marker is different.This command works for me on Solaris:tr '\015' '\012' < in_file > out_fileSource: http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/help...