Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2017 April 30

= April 30 =

Microsoft Edge and Windows Server 2016
Is Microsoft Edge included in Windows Server 2016, as in Windows 10? GeoffreyT2000 (talk) 02:29, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
 * The answer is no as can be seen here. Ruslik_ Zero 08:05, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Sega controller compatibility with USB
How to make a six-button Sega Genesis controller compatible with laptop USB to enable playing on Mortal Kombat emulators and the like? Thanks. --212.180.235.46 (talk) 10:08, 30 April 2017 (UTC)
 * You need a special usb adapter if you want to use the original Sega controller. Or you can use any modern clone that already has usb interface. Ruslik_ Zero 13:04, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Uploading a large calendar from my old email to my new Google calendar
I'd like to finally make the jump to using my Google account, rather than my ancient ISP email. I have transferred my contacts by hand, and used EM Client to drag and drop my old emails, but I'm still struggling with my calendar. EMclient lets me export my old calendar in ICS format, but it's too big at 3.5MB to be uploaded directly thru my Google calendar settings page (their FAQ mentions a 1MB limit).

I tried exporting individual events to a folder, then dragging and dropping them into my Google calendar in EMclient, which appeared to work for all but 10 events, but only a few are visible on Google Calendar in my browser. I can't see a way of forcing EMclient to fully synchronise the calendar. Its own log shows no errors when I sync either my Google or my ISP accounts.

Any suggestions please for a way to make Google swallow all my events, without randomly (and silently) deciding to leave anything out? Can I split the exported ICS calendar into three or four bits small enough to be imported thru a web browser? --163.1.153.58 (talk) 12:49, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

I googled a minute ago and found that it is a known problem but I could not figure out how to fix it. --AboutFace 22 (talk) 16:55, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

URL links highlights
I hope I will describe the problem correctly. My wife has one email client and I have a different one. She must use hers because it is given to her by her prior employer. I've historically used mine and very happy with it. We both have HP Pavilion with Windows 10 on them. Now, if somebody sends me an email with a URL link in the text, e.g. "http://www....." this link will be highlighted if the cursor hovers over it, typically blue color and when I click on the link it will connect me to some Internet page.

In her browser the situation is different. The URL's are displayed but never highlighted. It is impossible to click on them, so in order to open that Internet page she has to highlight the link manually, copy it with Cntr+C, move the cursor to an address window somewhere, perhaps in a different window and paste it there with Cntr+V. It is a tedious procedure.

I wonder if it is a known problem and can be corrected by some parameter change? Thanks --AboutFace 22 (talk) 16:37, 30 April 2017 (UTC)


 * It might be a security setting which disables all links. StuRat (talk) 17:03, 30 April 2017 (UTC)

Could be, but how to change it? Is it in the server or the client? --AboutFace 22 (talk) 01:02, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * No one knows since you've provided way too little info for us to have any hope of helping, like what email client you're referring to. Or whether the URLs are actually links in HTML emails, or plain text and the email client is automaticaly intepreting them. Actually what info you've provided is contradictory or confusing since you first talk about an email client but you then mention "In her browser". When someone mentions an email client the general assumption is that this is a standalone email client. But are you actually referring to a webmail frontend in a browser? If so, this was very unclear. And is your wife also using a different browser to access this webmail frontend for some reason? (Which probably doesn't make any difference, but clarity is never a bad thing.) There is a fair chance what there is no real alternative other than changing the client in some way (and I don't mean the settings) but ultimately without more info it's impossible to say for sure. Nil Einne (talk) 02:24, 1 May 2017 (UTC)


 * What would be very helpful is if he simply said which email services are being used, such as "I use hotmail and my wife uses gmail." 209.149.113.5 (talk) 13:39, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * And what do you mean by "She must use hers because it is given to her by her prior employer"? People are usually not bound by prior employers. If you refer to an email address she doesn't want to lose then the email service may have an option to forward mails. PrimeHunter (talk) 14:07, 1 May 2017 (UTC)
 * It could be a setting. Lots of email clients (including web clients) allow the user to specify that emails are to be displayed as plain text. That would produce this behavior. However, it's difficult to say how to change this, as each email client is different. ᛗᛁᛟᛚᚾᛁᚱPants   Tell me all about it.  14:10, 1 May 2017 (UTC)