h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Hi Toni,

welcome to h2g2. I am Mort one of the <./>ACES</.> who are here to welcome and help newcomers to the world of h2g2.

If you want to choose4 yourself a nickname click on the 'preferences' button and you can enter one there. This will help people recognise who you are when participating in conversations.

I see you are a Pythyon fan! If you leave a post at <./>ASKh2g2</.> somebody will be sure to direct you in the direction of other pythons!

To help get you started Rocket Man A725500 and Shea A534953 have created a list of useful links. They will help you to navigate the areas of h2g2 and where to get specific help such as techno help from the <./>GURUS</.>
Dont worry it will all soon make sense - well as much as anything does here!

Feel free to pop round for a or and anytime by clicking on U204689 or reply to this message and i will get back to you as soon as possible!

Mort

mort,
i dont know if this is the right place to go, but ive been all over the web looking for help, i have a problem with my computer in that it no longer does sound, sound has dissapeared not even a little logo in the bottom right hand corner of the screen and it is really starting to bug me, I HAVE TRIED EVERYTHING!!! i wad wondering how to (and if it is even possible to, if not then there should be...)make a general plea for help to people knowlegeable in the ways of computers, (unlike myself ahem..)thats about it, thanks for your help
toni xx

Hi toni,

no sound. That happened to me and it was very annoying.
It was because i had chosen to have sound through the wrong modem. (my modem does my sound for me and I have an internal and external one!)

You say you have tried everything so that is probably everything that i would have suggested

Since you dont even have the audio symbol it suggests that the Sound program is deactivated as opposed to broken speakers etc.

On my START MENU I have an option to choose SETTINGS. This then takes me to the CONTROL PANEL. There i have an option to choose SOUNDS AND MULTIMEDIA which is where i edit my sounds. Of course it depends which windows you have (i have windows 2000)

But since you have been through this and checked it already then that wont be much use to you

I think my best suggestion would be to ask the <./>GURUS</.> Although they are really here to help with h2g2 problems they are all so techno minded that they may be able to help. Otherwise you could try <./>ASKh2g2</.>.

In fact do both and double your chances

Hope you get it fixed soon.

Mort

i went to the GURUS in the end, theyre really good! by the way, how do you do all the smily faces and stuff, i figured out that : ) is and i presume : ( is but how do you do all of the others???

Glad you got it sorted - I know those Gurus are very clever people!

The ? Its a secret

Some of them do indeed have a 'shortcut' but most dont - particularly the more exotic!

Because we are all so laid back here on h2g2 the work is all done for us! <./>Smiley</.> This page has the whole list of them and how to write them.

(If you want to enter the smiley in Guide-ML then click on the smiley picture and it will give you the full guide code)

Otherwise it is as easy as this. < dragon > (no spaces) is < yikes > is and < run > is

But beware.... they smileys are addictive!!!

Mort