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Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Pamy, I use Firefox and love it ....

Pamy
Member

01-02-2002

Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 1:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thx LadyT! He put it on here and I think it is making this site move slower...maybe it will get faster after I use it more

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Thursday, September 02, 2004 - 2:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I don't notice any speed change ... I've put it on all my computers and use it instead of IE. I also use Thunderbird instead of Outlook Express ...

Egbok
Member

07-13-2000

Monday, September 06, 2004 - 1:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Legalboxer, I'm also leaning towards upgrading my Windows 98 to XP.

Have you made any decisions and if so, are you willing to share? This computer stuff is scary to me...LOL!! Thanks!


Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 8:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dra, have you heard if the conflict with SpywareBlaster is fixed?

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 8:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie: There is a new release of SpyWareBlaseter version 3.2. However, I've been reading several reports of this version not detecting Netscape 7.1 and repeatedly the response was a recommendation to change to FireFox 0.91 for your browser. I am not familiar with this program, but as you can see above, there are quite a few folks here that are using.

Hope this helps.

Egbok
Member

07-13-2000

Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 8:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dra, I was listening to this computer guy on KNX Talkradio and he was promoting the use of a program called Spyware X-terminator from Stompsoft.com, which removes whatchamacallits...tracking info on your computer.

Have you heard of this product and if so, what is your opinion? Thanks in advance!


Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 9:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
MsEggie: I had not heard of this program before. They promote themselves as better then anything else out there except their comparison is from March and all others have provided quite a few updated features since then. On their chart, the list AdAware 6 at $39.99 but as far as I know, it is still freeware, SpyBot is listed at 29.99 also, and is still free to download and use. (Of course both of these accept donations if I recall correctly.) Also, on Download.com this program has 61% (of 18 votes) negative rating for various reasons, most frequently that you cannot uninstall and the 'free' version does not allow you to remove anything it does find.

Meanwhile, TUCOWS (another online distributor of software) rates this program at a 3, Ad Aware rates a 4, and Spybot Search & Destroy is rated a 5 (the highest).

I would not be inclined to recommend this program unless there have been improvements and until an independent testing group can give a more unbiased comparison on it.

Hope this helps.

Egbok
Member

07-13-2000

Tuesday, September 07, 2004 - 11:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dra, not only are you helpful, but you are quick!! (Remember a cartoon from the 60's called "Quick Draw McDraw"??....get it?? QuickDra...LOL!!)

Thank you so much for your input...it certainly does help!!


Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 5:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dra, I don't use Netscape so does that mean the conflict with IE has been resolved?

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie: I'm not certain if the IE conflict is resolved. I didn't see any specific mention of any problems or resolutions with IE so I would only presume it is.

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 11:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dra, I am so sorry I missed your birthday last week!! I hope you had a great and happy day.

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 6:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Does anyone here know if a PC and a new MAC powerbook can share an existing cable modem? If so, what would be needed? I've read that there is a free program somewhere for the PC to make it capable to use an Apple AirPort, but I don't remember where I saw it!

I am also (alternatively) wondering if I can buy a Y-splitter for the line from the modem to the PC, so that the extra section can go to supply an Air Port.

Thanks in advance to all the kind geniuses in this thread. :-)

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, September 08, 2004 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Babyruth: You need a router to connect to your cablemodem. This will allow you to connect several devices to one internet connection through the router. There are many different routers available, wired and wireless, combinations of the two, etc. so choosing the one that is exactly right for you might take a bit of research.

Let me know if you need any help or if you have someone there that can assist you in your choices.

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Thursday, September 09, 2004 - 7:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Dra, thanks so much for the info. :-)
Will check into that. Ms Sweetpea is buying a Mac next week and will inquire about the router/modem sharing set-up while she's at the Apple store. What we already have is a desktop PC connected to a cable modem. We want to be able to use the powerbook wirelessly. Hopefully, it won't be too inextricably complicated.

Thanks for answering my post!

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 2:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Babyruth, to expand on Draheid's explanation; a wireless router would works great. The Powerbook will have a built in wirless card (802.11g).

Basically, it would be like this.

Cable from wall -> Cable modem -> Wireless router -> Computer

The above are all wired connections. The Powerbook would communicate with the router wirelessly.

Here's an example of a wireless router:

D-Link Router

D-links are nice because they're fairly Mac friendly.

Good luck!

Babyruth
Member

07-19-2001

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 5:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thank you, Wendo!!!!

Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 5:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I just have a (gulp-dumb) question about the clipart. I know that you can download smileys and such to use with your emails and IM's but how is everyone putting them into a post on TVCH?

Jmm
Member

08-16-2002

Friday, September 10, 2004 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Silly, Use: \image{name-of-picture} It will prompt you to go and find the image on your hard drive then you just double click on it and it will post.


Sillycalimomma
Member

11-13-2003

Saturday, September 11, 2004 - 1:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
yay! Thanks Jmm!

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
How do I post an Excel spreadsheet here? I know I've done it before using the \table command. But, the sheet I have is very wide, and I don't want to mess up the page width. I'm trying to make up a chart for the football pool game.

ETA: I just tried using the smaller font command, and it didn't work.

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 9:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Question about altitude. Does anybody know of a website where I can go plug in a city name or zip code and find out the altitude for that location?

Zachsmom
Moderator

07-13-2000

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 9:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Try this Juju

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 9:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Darn you Zmom! You beat me!

Except I was going to give you THIS link (its the first link on Zmom's link).

Zachsmom
Moderator

07-13-2000

Thursday, September 16, 2004 - 10:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post