Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Computing/2019 January 29

= January 29 =

Can't see the "look inside" in books in amazon.com
Hello there, I suddenly noticed that I can't see the preview pages of books in amazon.com. Whenever I open the book by clicking on book cover it shows the blank white page. Front Cover; Copyright; Table of Contents; First Pages; Index; Surprise Me! - I clicked on all of this contents in book sections with no results. Why is this happening? Thank you--103.231.162.134 (talk) 10:56, 29 January 2019 (UTC)


 * I can see a small selection of pages, but the book is copyright, and Amazon want to sell it, so they are not going to show all the pages.  Dbfirs  14:19, 29 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes, hyperlinks (from the ebook version) do not work online, But you can scroll through to selected portions of the book using the next page button.--Shantavira|feed me 14:22, 29 January 2019 (UTC)


 * There's a solution to this as I had the same problem. Open firefox browser and type "about:config" then proceed. In search section write "root" and a list will appear. At the end of the list you'll find a preference named "security.enterprise_roots.enabled" change the value from false to true by double clicking on it. Then you can open book preview page--NAHID 12:32, 3 February 2019 (UTC)

Grid cartogram with equal country sizes
Where can I find a GIS shapefile representing every country with an identical (perhaps rectangular or hexagonal) cell? This would be a simple case of a cartogram in that the variable controlling country size depiction is constant (instead of representing population, electoral votes, or any of the other attributes often driving cartograms). Hayttom (talk) 13:49, 29 January 2019 (UTC)
 * This image shows what I'm looking for - but I'm hoping to find, rather than having to make it as a shapefile.Hayttom (talk) 14:11, 29 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Thank you very much. It just works :) :)--103.231.162.134 (talk) 14:21, 30 January 2019 (UTC)

deleting protected directories
I have developed serious health problems and need to resign my job. I gave my administration one month until the end of February, but in fact it is mostly for me. I am thinking about what I need to do to leave minimal footprint in the place which I actually love. This morning I went into a disk directory, sort of personal one and deleted as many files and directories I could. Then I discovered a folder which I kind of suspected existed but still was surprised to see. It is "Recent Places." All folders there and there are numerous, are protected. Some of them are not really mine, probably from the system.

Is there way to clean them up? I am not the administrator.

Thanks AboutFace 22 (talk) 17:53, 29 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Are you referring to Windows 10? If you turn off the "show recently opened items" setting it should delete all the saved pointers to recent places. You can then turn it back on and they will remain deleted. There are more detailed instructions here. CodeTalker (talk) 22:19, 29 January 2019 (UTC)

It is actually Windows 7, but it is a great idea and I am sure it should work. Thanks, - AboutFace 22 (talk) 22:07, 2 February 2019 (UTC)

You're talking about your work computer? Unless you have some personal stuff on it that you don't want them to see (in which case ask about secure deletion, but you made a boo-boo by putting it there), just turn it in to the company IT department when you leave. In all likelihood they will completely wipe the disk before giving the computer to the next person. Sorry to hear about your health issues. 173.228.123.166 (talk) 01:16, 3 February 2019 (UTC)