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October 16

internet svc

my internet svc keep cutting off at work would like instructions how to run forefront to check for virus — Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.241.76.237 (talk) 16:26, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

It's highly unlikely that a virus is your problem. If you're running Windows and can't get an IT person to help you, you should go into the Control Panel to the Network part, and find the function that allows you to troubleshoot the network. Looie496 (talk) 19:20, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Faking EXIF metadata?

I've raised a WP:PUF for an image with confusing EXIF information — specifically, a public domain notice in the metadata. I'm quite uncertain of what's going on, and the only other person who's comment on the image isn't certain of everything either. Could someone who knows about EXIF metadata chime in on the technical side of things at Wikipedia:Possibly unfree files/2012 October 16? Nyttend (talk) 18:25, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

The copyright license metadata field for images is easy to change in Photoshop. There is no "faking" — it's just a field you can fill in, edit, or not. It's not a technically-created field, in the sense that the camera doesn't generate it. --Mr.98 (talk) 22:47, 16 October 2012 (UTC)

Not directly relevant to the original question, but for all your EXIF needs I recommend ExifTool. Free as in both beer and speech, and you can work with all the fields, not just copyright. One particularly nice feature is the ability to add or subtract a constant offset from all date fields-- take a picture of an accurate clock before you download your photos, then adjust all your pics by the delta that makes that one come out right.--Trovatore (talk) 23:01, 16 October 2012 (UTC)