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Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Tuesday, February 03, 2004 - 7:31 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Hello everyone I know there are several places across the net to find free files. But, sometimes ya don't even know ya want the free file till ya see it. So why would you search for it.

Well I thought I'd have a place for us to set up some files and tips.

Here's a file for all you parents out there... Does your child like leggos? Then blockcad is for them... This file lets you play leggos on the computer's desktop.

blockcad

have fun.

Jed :o)

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 7:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok here's a tip for ya. How many people use that speaker icon on the bottom right hand side of the screen(the taskbar)?

Not me for one... well ok sometimes, but, not many people use it at all.

Wanna get rid of it? Ok lets do that.


1. right click on the speaker icon and in the window that pops up select and click adjust audio properties.

2. in the new window that pops up you should see something that says something to the effect of "Place volume icon in the taskbar" and a little box which should be checked right next to that line.

3. Uncheck the box and click ok at the bottom of the window..

that's it we're done. :o)

Now it's gone cause well... most of us use the actually physical speaker to adjust volume. :o)

to bring it back

1. click on your start button then control pannel.

2. Then in control pannel double click the multimedia icon.

3. Click the audio tab and click the box next to the line that says something like show volume control on taskbar. :o)

Jed. :o)

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 8:46 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
This tip /free file can be used by prettymuch anyone. Umm the two main uses are this... Do you think your kids have been on sites they shouldn't be on? Or do you wonder just where they are going online when your not in the room watching?

This program will monitor internet traffic and tell what sites have been visited and what sites left cookies. For the more advanced user this file can be used to manage temp internet files and cookies. :o)

webspy

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 9:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
ecco??? is anyone reading this thread? hehe :o)

One more then I'm off to make da seepies :o)

Hey all you singers and uhhh me :o)

this is a cool little karaoke machine for your pc.

gosing!! There are tons of songs on site and you can download the maching right there it shows the words as your supposed to sing them.

It even cues ya when it's time to sing. :o)

Jed.

Spygirl
Member

04-23-2001

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 9:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I love the Karaoke machine idea! i'm gonna look at that one :-)

Ducky
Member

08-27-2000

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 9:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Great thread Jed! I'm going to go try that Karaoke machine thing to LD will like that. I remember you did something like this in the past.
I did the one where you could set music to wake you up from your computer.Thanks again!

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 9:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
rdJed, I am interested and reading. Keep 'em coming, please.


Wargod
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 10:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Going to check out the lego's one, Jed, thanks!

Carrie92
Member

09-15-2003

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 10:55 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Google who? We have Jed!

But I have a feeling you might get barraged (sp?) with questions... like this one:

Any idea where I can get a good Euchre game to download for my PDA? I have a Palm Zire.

Twiggyish
Member

08-14-2000

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 2:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Jed. I'm looking at these places. I love free stuff =)

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 3:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks everyone it's good to know my stuff is being read. :o)

Carrie92 I love getting questions and feed back on stuff. But, ya got me on that one I'm not a pda guy :o( But, I do know that most pda games (if not all) are either shareware that you can use a few times then ya gotta pay. OR ya gotta buy them right off.

that being said I do know of a page that has pda games and Euchre is one of em.

Euchre

Well cause I've been doing music things today. Here's a little known windows media player tip. If your sitting jamming to the tunes on the pc. And the phone rings the last thing ya wanna do is struggle for the phone and navigate the mouse to mute the song.

So just tap the F8 key and windows media player mutes. Tap it again and ya got your sound back.

The F9 Key turns it down a little and the F10 Key turns it back up. :o)

Now I'm off to fix my car's brakes. :o)

Cindori
Member

07-25-2003

Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 7:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
It would be nice if you could tap an "F" key or something to fix your brakes, yes?

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 5:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Been looking for that F key from the day I got the car. :o)

So ya say ya got a hankerin for making your own gif files? Well ok then try the Tile machine it lets you make tiles.

From the tile you can move on if you like your tile you can post it in the gallery.... Mine is on like the fifth page. :o)


Jed

Strawberry
Member

07-18-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 6:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm glad you didn't say these were time-saver tips! I downloaded that gosing file and I lost track of time. I didn't even make it over to the Tribond thread last night.

Thanks for posting that Jed! I really love that one. It's lots of fun.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 6:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok one more then nappy time for me for the morning :o)

How many of ya have tried those games that come with your cell phone? I hate em they are kinda fun, but, ya burn out on em pretty easy.

You can however mod a few cell phones out there and play real games... good ones and lots of them. Try going Here.

You can see what phones are supported and what games are available. It also tells you how to mod the cell phones it's pretty simple. And ya got me to help should ya need me. :o)

Jed.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 10:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks for the reply Strawberry. It's great to get some feedback cause that was I know more of what people wanna know. :o)

Lumbele
Member

07-12-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jed, there are oodles of keys on my new keyboard I never use for fear of what havoc that may bring, and I don't read instruction booklets on principle.LOL
So you telling us what we can do with those (no comments from the peanut gallery, please) without overloading those computer-challenged among us with information, really is a great help. Thanks!

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 6:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Lumbele.

This one is mean and ya only wanna do this to that office jerk. Remember caution this is only for someone you gotta get back at.

So lets say your at work and this jerk is always messin with your pc. And you need to get him back really bad. Then he steps out for a restroom break. NOW"S YOUR CHANCE!!!
Ok here goes

1. in windows xp click on start then control panel.

2. Find and double click regional and language options.

3. Now in the new window that popped up you'll see three tabs. Regional options. Languages, and advanced. Click the Languages tab.

4. Now you'll notice at the top there is a box that's called text services and input languages. Click the details button in there.

5. Now add a keyboard layout.

6. Remove the US keyboard layout.

Most people will buy a new keyboard thinking that there's a problem with the keyboard.

Jed.

Dipo
Member

04-23-2002

Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 7:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
JED, ROFLMAO, I must remember this, I just thought you were going to change the language, not eliminate the keyboard, I am still LOL, i wish I would have known this sooner. This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Friday, February 06, 2004 - 2:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Dipo.

Heh there are tons of neat tricks you can do like that. I'll post more later on. I'll try to stick with the helpful stuff though. :o)


OK another tip.

Most webpages that offer help at some point are gonna ask you to open my computer. So now ya gotta minimize everything to open something else up.

Lets put a shortcut to my computer on your taskbar. It's easy...

1. Right click on my computer.

2. Select create shortcut.

3. Drag your new shortcut to the taskbar.

Done :o)

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Friday, February 06, 2004 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Ok how about a file. Although this one isn't free. The demo version is free and no idea how long it lasts.

But, because I showed you earlier how to spy on your kids to see where they have been surfing. I thought I'd provide something for those of you not interested in the spygame :o)

This file is called Amiweb.

Amiweb is a browser that only allows kid friendly sites. Great for that 10 year old that wants to surf. Above is a link for the demo... the actual full download is about 40 bucks.

Try it ya might like it. :o)

Jed.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Friday, February 06, 2004 - 3:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Don't have photoshop? Want to edit images, but, don't wanna spend the green to get Photoshop?

Well I have a file for you. :o) It's called The gimp.

The above link will take you to the download page. There is a FAQ there that you should read. It has many features that are very similar to photoshop but, it's FREE!!! :o)

The download for the gimp is Right here.

You might want to goto the page and read the faq first. Remember The gimp is constantly in development so bookmark the page. It will improve and fix bugs as it goes. :o)

Jed.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Friday, February 06, 2004 - 3:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Lemme know what ya think of the files so far people... and if there is an application that you use. Or want to use, but, don't wanna pay for it. Ask me I might have an alternative. :o)

Jed.

Jed245
Member

11-01-2002

Friday, February 06, 2004 - 4:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
FREE photo editing software and more... :o)

Ok The gimp may seem a bit annoying to ya cause of the plugins. But, it's a good program honest.

Well if you don't want that then let me offer you this PhotoPlus 5.5 it's 100% FREE! :o)

But, this page has more to offer then PhotoPlus it also has DrawPlus 4, PagePlus 5, 3DPlus 2, And webplus 6.

You can download them individually, OR you can order a CD that has all FIVE programs and all you pay is $4.00 shipping and handling.

OH yeah the Page is here

Ya gotta give this one a try people... there are screenshots of what it looks like on that page as well. :o)

Jed.

Luvmyjrt
Member

09-18-2003

Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jed, how do you disable Windows Messenger popups?