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Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 1:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I hope the printer fairies came and fixed your computer overnight Jan. You can always do what I do with my HP printer when it tells me there is "no paper" and it has a whole stack there to grab. I tell it I'm going to throw it out the window into the street where the cars can run over it and pulverize it into a million pieces. It usually decides the paper I'm feeding it is good enough after all!

wonders if Dra saw my name as "last poster" in this thread and thought, "oh no, not her again!>

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 1:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Draheid, sorry I haven't followed up. I was out of town, had my pocket book stolen the first day out of town, back home getting everything back together, etc., etc.

Anyway, I haven't tried the recording freeware software. I decided to just use my Mac. LOL! I did DL them and should I decide to use my PC again, I'll try them out.

Thanks for helping out. :-)

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Awwww, Wendo....that is the absolute pits, to have you pocket book (btw...is that a purse or a wallet?) stolen!!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Sunday, May 23, 2004 - 2:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
RB, I think of a pocketbook as an old-fashioned term for a purse.

Whoami, I'll post after you do, so we can fool Draheid into thinking I have one of my 1001 little questions again. Or worse yet, that I am giving out amateur advice that will blow up someone's computer. :-) Juju2littleDra

Jan
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, May 24, 2004 - 9:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
computer fairy

Thanks Rupertbear for lending me your computer fairy. She worked her wonders over the weekend!!! YAHH!!!!!

Dra, I unplugged the printer from both electrical and computer and left it that way from Sat night until this AM. I plugged it back into both this AM but changed the ink after turning on the printer, BEFORE I actually turned on the computer. Everything worked as it was supposed to and I now have black ink in my printer.

Thanks for your help once again. Each day I thank my lucky stars for access to you and your help

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 1:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not really a computer problem, but computer related.....

Does anyone know where to get something like this, only downsized to fit a monitor (this one is for a TV)? I've measured my monitor, and although this one would fit width wise, the length is too long.



I have a bunch of figurines I'd love to display around my computer, and this is the closest idea I have for my setup.

Or, maybe you know of a set of shelves I can incorporate in my setup....

To refresh your memory....

My Portal To TVCH

Eliz87
Member

07-30-2001

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 5:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Who, what a neat idea! I did a search on Yahoo! for "computer monitor shelf" and it returned several options. I hope this helps.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Tuesday, May 25, 2004 - 4:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey cool Eliz! Thanks. I'd Googled some similar term a while back, and only got results for shelves you put the monitor on. This time it came back with some hopeful hits.

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 3:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rubertbear, pocketbook = bag or purse, etc.

I had a bag stolen with my wallet, laptop, handheld, cell phone, ipod, and various other gadgets inside. *sniff* I miss the stuff.

I'm waiting for my insurance to approve my claim. Interestingly, the person did not steal my new digital SLR camera that was sitting right next to the bag. Go figure.

Thanks for thoughts.

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 5:27 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Sorry it got stolen Wendo. :-(

Hi, Draheid,
I'm posting from a neighbours house. Today it said there was a new update for Zonealarm, so I downloaded it.
Just now when I tried to log on, it keeps coming up that black screen, that asks you how you want to log on: safe mode, normally, last best configuration.
I selected the last two options to try to get logged on, as all it keeps doing is taking me back to that page.
At the top of the page it does say something about you may have recently updated something.
Any help would be vastly appreciated!

Rupertbear
Member

09-19-2003

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 5:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Okay, I think I have it fixed except Zonealarm has disappeared from the bar.

I went in under safe mode and did a system resore. I'm back in business but not sure if I should try to restart ZA. I have Sygate anyway.(Fort Knox you know.)

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 8:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rupertbear: I would discourage trying to run both Sygate & ZoneAlarm at the same time as I suspect this would cause the conflict you've been dealing with. You should completely uninstall one before installing the other. I personally prefer ZoneAlarm only because it's what I use. I haven't tried Sygate for their firewall product so I am not familiar with it's effectiveness.

The System Restore probably reset you to the startup configuration before you upgraded/installed ZoneAlarm. If you want to switch to ZoneAlarm completely, I recommend first uninstalling both products, then install only the ZoneAlarm again.

Hope this helps.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 10:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Is there a way to use IrfanView to put two pics side by side? I want to use two diff pics of my boys for my profile pic.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 10:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Whoami: In Irfanview, click 'Image' then 'Create Panorama image' and you will be given the choice of 'Horizontal' or 'Vertical' then a section to 'Add images'. Add whatever images you want to the list, then click 'Create image' and you'll have your side-by-side image.

Hope that helps.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 10:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Well, gee. That was just too flippin' easy! Thanks!

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 10:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm sorry, would you like me to make it more complicated for you??

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 10:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL. No. I'm just I couldn't figure that out myself!

So, my profile is already updated. Aren't they the cutest boys?


Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 10:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I am very frustrated with my dsl. Just reconnected the dial-up so I could get a message through to you.

DSL still says So. Cal. is being affected and they are aware of the problem. My computer indicates that DHCP is disabled, email round trip test failed. Pop3 Server Ping Test failed. SMTP Server Ping Test failed and a firewall is preventing connection on dsl. Can't find Internet Explorer. This began yesterday and phone calls to DSL provider plays a recording that says the engineers are working on this problem.

Jmm
Member

08-16-2002

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 10:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
They are beautiful, Who. And by the way, don't you just hate it when he does that? Now imagine living with it. LOL Pfffffttttt love you Dra.

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 10:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
LOL. I wish I could live with that kind of knowledge. Along with a handyman kind of person who could get my *@!# lawnmower to start (and then mow the lawn). I feel pretty darn useless sometimes!

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 11:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hey, Dra? Is it okay if I ask the VERY SAME question again in about a month? :-)

Whoami
Member

08-03-2001

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 11:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Oh Juju, don't tell me someone asked the same question I did a month ago? I guess that confirms I'm really stupid!

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 11:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Rosie: I'm sorry you're having trouble. It sounds like your system has been configured to default to all connections (SMTP, POP3, etc.) to go through the DSL. If that is the case, there probably isn't much else you can do but wait for the DSL to come back online for your area. Since you are able to post, you may be able to access your e-mail through your browser by using an online interface such as www.mail2web.com temporarily to at least get your messages.

If there is anything specific I can help with, please let me know.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 11:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Juju: Sure, and I'll have to go out and discover it again and post it but I don't mind.

Whoami: No, I don't recall the question being asked before. I think Juju is just trying to suggest she might suffer from CRS when she finally needs that feature in a month or so.

Rosie
Member

11-12-2003

Wednesday, May 26, 2004 - 11:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
DRA - you are still wonderful! I have been trying to do just that -- access my email, with no luck. I will try your suggestion right now. Thanks again.

Oops forgot to post this. This is what happened when I tried mail2, etc.
Error : MSN email accounts are not POP3 compatible.
You must have POP3 compatible email account to use mail2web