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Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Friday, February 18, 2005 - 10:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yep, to activate it you have to restart.
thanks.

Cathie
Member

08-16-2000

Friday, February 18, 2005 - 4:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Yes, I did it today and it was a breeze. I disabled System Restore, rebooted and then defragged. She now has 14.5GB of free space! Thanks again for the tip, Bob. I only used Windows ME for about 6 months a few years ago and never reached the point of having a problem like this.

Reader234
Member

08-13-2000

Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 2:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I'm ready to give up. I scanned 3 pictures, but I'm unable to tweak them with a photo program, the computer doesnt seem to mesh, I can email them as attatchments, but even after doing that the computer is not recognizing the images into a save mode...

can this illiterate photo computer person be helped?

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Saturday, February 19, 2005 - 10:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Solved my own question of Feb 5 regarding a Bluetooth connection. My friend with the Bluetooth wireless connection problem is here visiting, with the laptop. What she said is the Bluetooth connection is not it at all. It is her firewire port!!!!!!!!! Windows XP decided to put a firewire port under Networking. Go figure. For those who are really geeky and want to know, Google 1394 connection. I don't have time to splain it all now, as it is severely past my bedtime. Friend's wireless connection appears to be working fine. Just read in today's newspaper that the MacDonalds here on the island (about three blocks away) has wi-fi. We might go there tomorrow to try it out for sure.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 8:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Juju: You asked about a way to get into BigDog's laptop last night but the message was lost to the restore process. I responded with this suggestion:

Visit Bootdisk.com and download a bootable diskette image for Windows/ME that should let you boot the machine to a DOS prompt. Then run the ScanREG program to see if that will recover the registry for you. You will probably have to change from the A:\ prompt to C:\ then into the Windows directory to find the ScanREG program. If you need any help, let me know.

Hope this helps.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 8:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Not sure if this got lost or not, but is there a way to archive an entire discussion here at TVCH on your home computer? Some of the discussions are very informative/entertaining and I wouldn't mind having a copy. (I know how to save pages but you would have to do each one individually).

Landi
Member

07-29-2002

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 9:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
you can do what i did, click on "file", then "save page as", and in the "save page as" box make sure it says "web page, complete" and then save it onto your hard drive. you can then later do a "file", "open file" and all the pictures/graphics/etc. are saved.

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 9:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Jimmer: There isn't an easy way to save an entire conversation, archives included, from this forum. Was there a particular area you were interested in saving? Most of the public discussions are archived for downloading and offline viewing. Member only areas are not saved though. If you have a question about a particular area or specific need for something, write to moderator@tvclubhouse.com with your request. Perhaps we can help.

Jimmer
Member

08-30-2000

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 1:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks Dra and Landi. I kind of figured that would be the answer. I just wanted it mostly for general interest and nothing too specific.

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 2:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
oops wrong thread...

Juju2bigdog
Member

10-27-2000

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 9:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Funny how things work out, isn't it? This morning when I found all of yesterday's messages were GONE after I posted a big, long description asking for help with Bigodg's laptop crash, I decided to plunge on by myself.

Draheid, you will probably smile to know that I DID go to bootdisk.com on my own and download a Windows ME bootdisk, then I had to get it onto a CD. My Nero Express CD burner has an option for making a bootable CD, and I chose that option, but you had to be making it from a floppy, so I first put it on a floppy and then burned a CD.

So far, so good. THEN, I could not figure out how to get to DOS, or how to boot to the CD drive. I messed around in the setup for a while, still didn't see any way to do it, and finally decided to go ahead and reinstall the whole Windows ME shebang.

So I put the recovery CD in, and I STILL had to figure out a way to get it to boot to the CD drive. Finally on one of my improper shutdowns, I got a one tenth of a second flash of the Gateway screen that said in little gray letters at the bottom, Press Esc to boot to CD-ROM. And I hit Esc so fast and started the reinstall immediately, that it wasn't until several seconds into the reinstall that I realized I probably could have put the bootdisk CD back in there and booted to it! I actually did have the instructions I found somewhere on the internet that said I should do ScanReg/restore once I got to DOS.

ACK!!!

And so I spent many hours today reinstalling software and downloading five years of software updates. And Bigdog is back in bidness.

Thank goodness I took Draheid's advice over a year ago when he said I should make a CD of software just in case I ever had to reinstall things. It sure beat hauling out dozens of CD's or downloading it ALL. Lord knows I downloaded enough stuff today.:-)



Kstme
Member

08-14-2000

Tuesday, February 22, 2005 - 10:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Just thought I'd let all those who tried to help out, yesterday, know that Dell has <very reluctantly> taken the puter back. Three techs said, 'Yes, there had to be a glitch in the system and they couldn't fix it!' THREE TECHS!

We've ordered a Gateway, so keep your fingers crossed.:-)

Thanks again!!

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 2:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Good luck with the Gateway. Dell didn't offer to replace the bad one?

Kstme
Member

08-14-2000

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 7:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Wendo, Dell became belligerent, to put it mildly. They offered us $200 to continue trying to fix the problem. Wanted us to reload Windows (this had already been done, twice) and drop all unnecessary programs, i.e., works, word. We bought the puter to have those programs as part of the whole package.

Since we were still within the 21 day window, they are forced to take it back. They've even gone out of their way to make this difficult, too. The lady Thekid talked with, the first time, didn't even give us correct information regarding the return!! We had to call back and, at that time, we did find a very nice lady who gave us the correct mailing information to get it on it's way.

All in all, our experience with Dell has not been a pleasant one. We own two Gateway puters and have never experienced anything like this, so that's why we went back to who we know and trust.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 7:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I live in Texas, and I would never own a Dell...it's Gateway all the way for my family!!!!

Julieboo
Member

02-05-2002

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 8:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Macs rock! Consumer reports had a list of 10 reasons you should buy a mac. Of course I forgot what was on the list. One of the best reasons is that Macs are rarely invaded (infested-what's the right word?) with viruses...

Also they are so easy to use. Just plug 'em in and go!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 8:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
I have heard that claim too..why are Mac's seemingly immune to viruses?

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Wednesday, February 23, 2005 - 8:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Because virus writers want to cause the most damage so they write them for Windows. Windows has shown just how vulnerable it really is, and more people use it.

Wendo
Member

08-07-2000

Friday, February 25, 2005 - 7:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
As Ladytex wrote, the goal for virus writers is to damage as many computers as possible. Macs are a small percentage of the overall computer market, at most 5%. Because Windows is ubiquitous and widely used it makes it more of a target.

Windows has vulnerabilites, yes. But Macs have their open holes too. They're just not as exploited because it's just not worth it the bad guys. In fact, all operating systems have holes and vulberabilities. Windows is just the target because of it's 95% or more market share.

If the Mac OS had become the dominant OS, I think it would be facing the same issues today that Windows does.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
My puter seems to freeze up, not all the time, but sometimes when I am trying to read a pdf file. I looked and I have the 6.0 version of Adobe, and the website shows a 7.0 version, but when I go to install it, it's the 6.0 version......
first, is there a newer version?
and why would i sometimes freeze up and sometimes not???

Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 6:44 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie: Adobe Reader is now up to Version 7.0.0 (the version I have installed - there may have been updates in the last month slightly newer than that even.) Does your firewall prompt when new/updated software is trying to access the internet? Do you have the same problem if you download (right-click and 'save target as' on the link) the pdf file then view it offline?

I would recommend you download the version without the extra software Adobe would like you to have and direct without using the Adobe download manager. You should receive a file called 'AdbeRdr70_enu_full.exe' at about 19.8MB (20,311KB) in size. This should install itself into your operating system and any browsers you are using at the same time. I would recommend uninstalling any previous versions though, then restart the computer to be sure they are completely unloaded.

If you continue having trouble getting the new, let me know and I will see if there is any way I can send this version to you.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Tuesday, March 01, 2005 - 6:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Thanks, I try that Dra.

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 7:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
OK..another prob. ran spyware check today and came up with a new one, didn't know what to do with it.
Bridge, Brower Helper Object
windows\downloadprogramfiles\rntx.dll
windows\downloadprogramfiles\rntx.int


Draheid
Moderator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 7:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
Texannie: YIKES Computer Associates indicates that information suggests a trojan virus on your computer!!!!

Texannie
Member

07-16-2001

Wednesday, March 02, 2005 - 7:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post    
hmm...ran Stinger and McAfee and nothing detected.......will get this thing off.


they are not the exact same files as listed??? does that mean they are the same are not?