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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 6:40 pm
Oh Jeeeeeeddddd! Any sites out there where I can find some printer ink cartridges for cheap? ( I don't like those refill kits ) I have a Canon inkjet, BTW. You da man, Jed!
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:03 pm
Your welcome reader. :o)
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Ducky
Member
08-27-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:06 pm
Jed we are still enjoying the Go Sing karaoke player that you first posted when you started this thread. Still here and have been reading and wanted to tell you Thanks also. 
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:13 pm
Carrie I don't know of any right off hand, but, I can tell you how to do a cheap fix. :o) A quick yahoo search came up with this site... shop4tech Ink has free shipping and there is no minimum purchase amount. First off you need to look at the bottom of your ink cartridges. Do you see a little green/red/yellow pad? And on the other one you should see a black pad. You can buy one of those 20 buck refill kits and use it. OR you can goto your local office store or arts/crafts store. :o) Look for a needle and syringe, and four of those little bottles of ink. You'll need green, red, yellow, and black ofcourse. :o) Simply inject the right color into the right colored pad on your cartridge. :o) The little bottles of ink cost around 2.50/3.00 around here. So far we're up to 10/14 bucks. Now for the needle. Not sure where you can get one other then the local "southern states" or other place that sells farm supplies. Ask for parvo shots for your dog. Or something cheaper. They have one shot that costs about a dollar, but, I don't remember the name of it. :o) So there's a 20 dollar kit you can get at walmart, OR there's the homeade version for around 16 bucks.
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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 7:54 pm
Jed, I don't know if Canon makes their cartridges with a thicker ink or what, but I've tried the refill kits and the ink just runs right out, quite a mess. But, that site you gave me will work. It's 5.49 for each unit for my type of printer. Not bad. Thanks!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, May 11, 2004 - 11:09 pm
Carrie92, also take a look on ebay. Sometimes you will have sellers who have bought out whole closed offices and their miscellaneous supplies. I can get my $33 toner cartridges, brand new in sealed packages, on ebay for around $5 each.
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Carrie92
Member
09-15-2003
| Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 3:48 am
Here's one: You know that little box that pops up that asks if you want the computer to remember your password? And the little check box that says "Don't ask me again."? Well, someone checked that box. How do I get it back? I hate typing my password in on sites I go to all the time. Oh, I have WinXP, if that helps.
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Rupertbear
Member
09-19-2003
| Tuesday, June 01, 2004 - 6:18 am
Carrie, I think it's this: Go to Tools at the top of the page, Internet Options, Content, then Auto Complete and/or My Profile.
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 12:03 pm
WOW I've been neglecting haven't I? :o) Ok this is a simple cheat you can all use. :o) Ya say you have alot of information to remember? A test ya wanna cheat on? Or maybe there's a really cool scavenger hunt that you have to keep track of. But, you can't carry pen and paper? Ok I've got a tip for ya that you might think hmmm how can this come in handy? But, it will more often then you might think. :o) This is an Ipod or similar MP3 player tip. :o) This is all you need ... a portable MP3 player and some time. :o) Take information like answers to a test for example. Or that speech that you just can't seem to remember. Record it to your computer and save it as an MP3. Now take that MP3 load it up to your Ipod or other MP3 device. And boom you can goto the board room with that speech ready to roll. :o) And everyone will think you remembered the whole thing. :o) This has more uses then just cheating at tests and things like that. If your a really nervous public speaker having the speech playing secretly in your ear is a big confidence boost. :o) Hope you can make use of that. :o) Jed. :o)
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Thursday, July 01, 2004 - 12:09 pm
Need to remember information in a secret way? Got candy? heh :o) Ok here's one that's great for passing secret messages to people. And it's also good if you need to remember alot of information. Say your on a date and really nervous about it. Well take a pack of any kind of candy or anything like that. Mentos works well... :o) This takes a little set up before hand. It's great for passing information. I could be a spy with all this stuff. heheh or maybe I already am one? :o) Ok carefully unwrap your candy wrapper.. we'll use mentos cause it's big and easy to unwrap. Scan the paper with a resolution of 600 dpi or higher. :o) Now your ready to spy... :o) Just open the scanned pic of the wrapper in any photo editing program. Now edit the ingredients to say whatever you want it to say. Print it out on shiny paper so it looks more real. Now you just have to get some glue and boom instant hidden information. :o)
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Friday, July 09, 2004 - 11:03 am
Free games from jed. :o) Ok I have two websits for you. The first one is for the game maker in all of us... you know you wanna make your own point and click adventure games. Like the crimson room and other games I've seen people on here play. So here's how you do it... Just go here>>>>>> Adventure game studio And have some fun. :o) Now the second file for today is for the gamer in all of us. I know not all of you want to make a game for yourself or for your kids. So here's a place to go play your favorite old console gamming classics. :o) Just click here>>>>> Console Classix Enjoy. :o) Jed. :o)
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Wednesday, July 14, 2004 - 12:17 pm
Free game. :o) This is for the action gamer out there. :o) Just follow this >>>Link<<<< and your at the download page. :o) I'll be back with more in the days to come. I'll put some more helpful tips up too. :o)
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Monday, October 11, 2004 - 3:50 am
Free Tip time... maybe I'll do two maybe a free file too? I dunno :o) Ok I think I once gave a tip on large icons and large fonts. But, I didn't cover how to make your desktop fonts stick out a lil better. This tip is really handy for anyone that has a little trouble reading the letters on desktop. It also makes fonts on webpages look a little different. Lets see if you like it. Right click on desktop (anywhere that's blank). :o) In the window that pops up click properties. Now a new window will pop up and it will have a few different tabs at the top. Look for and click the tab that says appearance. Now you should see a button that says effects.. Click that. A new window will pop up, and in that window you should see a box with a checkmark in it. Beside of the box it will say something like "use the following method for smoothing the edges of screen fonts." Under that there will be a pull down arrow. Click that and select clear type. Click apply at the bottom and ok on the next window. Now your fonts should be easier to see then they were before. The shadows under the fonts will be a bit bolder and darker.
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Monday, October 11, 2004 - 4:36 am
FREE TIP #2 :o) Tired of seeing your pointer as an arrow or an hourglass all the time? Windows XP offers a number of alternative pointer schemes, such as Dinosaur(kinda cool if you have kids), Ocean and Sports. Click start, then control pannel Now look for the mouse icon and double-click it, a In the new window that pops up select the Pointers tab. Next to where it says Schemes, click the pull down arrow and select a scheme to preview its pointers. Click OK to apply the scheme you want to your desktop. :o) There ya go.
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Monday, October 11, 2004 - 5:09 am
Free files/tip twofer :o) Ok does your windows xp start menu really need a shadow? er umm NOPE! :o) Does it need to be faster.... I'll bet most of ya will say yeah to that. So here we go. This first one tells you how to make your windows xp start menu perform better and faster. That's right you can rebuild it you have the technology. er well ok we'll just tweak it. :o) Ok if you don't know how to use the registry editor you might want to go carefully into this tip. :o) Anytime you make changes to the registry it's a good idea to first make a back up of it. Ok here we go... Click start then click run. In the box that pops up type regedit now hit enter. Now your registry editor will open in a new window. In the new window click file. Then a drop down menu will pop up. See where it says export? Click that and save the file name it something like regbackup Now we are ready to play with the registry! :o) I'll continue this tip next post. :o) I wanna let everyone explore the registry editor and try to back it up before I go on. jed
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Monday, October 11, 2004 - 5:34 am
Part two. :o) This is how we make that start menu go faster. :o) Click on your start button. Then click run. In the window that pops up type regedit Now the fun begins. :o) In your registry editor you will see two windows. The one on the left is mostly where we are gonna be working. Notice on the left you'll see something like this - mycomputer (and there will be a standard lil pic of a computer) Under that you will see something like +HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT +HKEY_CURRENT_USER We wanna click the + sign that is beside the one that says HKEY_CURRENT_USER Now it will expand and you will see lots of options. The one we're interested in is + control pannel. Click that and it will expand out and we'll see more options. We're looking for +desktop This time we don't click the +sign click the folder or click the word desktop. Now we go to the window on the right. Slowly scrool down the right window untill you see menushowdelay. Right click on that. In the window that pops up select modify. Now after you have done that a window will pop up and there will be a number probably 400. Change that number to 1 then click ok. And close the registry editor. Boom done now your start menu will be faster. :o) Ok I promised a twofer so here's part two of the twofer. How's a faster boot speed sound to ya? Ofcourse when you turn on the computer you want it to go fast so you don't have to sit and wait for it to boot up. Well I can't walk you through this tip.. But, I'll let microsoft stand in for me.. sure it's substandard work, but, they have the files you'll need. Ok they are promising a booted pc in 30 seconds nice eh? Well here's a link for all the tools (see free files) and instructions you need. :o) enjoy. boot fast
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Monday, October 11, 2004 - 5:54 am
ok one more cause I messed up that last link. :o) Do ya not like when you install a new program in xp and it goes to the back of the list? I hate it so here's how to fix it. Click start. then click programs. Now when the list of all your programs pops up right click anywhere in there (even if it's over a highlighted program) Now in the window that pops up. Select sort by name. :o) done. :o) Jed.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, October 11, 2004 - 11:17 am
Jed, are you SURE that tip above backs up the registry? I happen to have an old back up from Windows ME on my old computer, that ended up over here in My Documents when I copied documents, and it is 9.08 MB. The back-up I just made is 1.28 Kb. I happen to have been reading stuff lately that involves editing the register, and everything I have been reading says in order to back up the register in XP, you have to first get out your XP CD and install the back up program. I haven't done that yet because I have done a couple regedits in the recent past and not screwed them up, and I have gotten cocky. LOL. Oh, talking Windows XP Home Edition here. I might actually be talking apples and oranges.
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Monday, October 11, 2004 - 11:29 am
Yep Juju it works, but, the problem is I only put how to back up a registry file. :o) With windows xp you do need the back up utility that came with the windows xp disk. But, that isn't always the case. First click start, then programs then system tools then see if there is something in there called back up. IF so then that is what you use and your ready to back up the registry in xp. If backup isn't listed then you need your windows cd to use the registry back up utility. I only put how to back up the one file cause that's all we're making a change to. But, that's just how I roll. :o) heheh I've always wanted to say that. Anyway your better off if your just starting out backing up the entire registry. I'll skip the lesson on that because the windows cd has a wizard that will guide you through it all. :o) There isn't a difference between home and pro though so it's not apples and oranges. :o) ER ok gimmie a sec here... lemme just pull up a handy link registry wizard help Now we should be good to go that link also has instructions for 95 and other windows os's :o) Jed.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, October 11, 2004 - 2:17 pm
Yep, that is one of the pages I have been on. I apparently have a corrupted copy of Internet Explorer on my brand new computer with my first time ever XP, so I have been all over the Microsoft and geek help pages trying to find out how to fix it, short of reinstalling the Windows XP. Whose bright idea was it to make IE an inextricable part of the XP operating system? And Jed, in case you are inclined to make any suggestions, I have tried the two most common things they say to repair it. Neither of them worked. Yesterday I tried the one of editing the register so I could reinstall just IE. That didn't work either. I may try to cripple along with the corrupted version until I leave for the winter and then reinstall in the spring. I am now using Mozilla Firefox for a browser. Unfortunately, my dialup ISP is Juno, and it relies on some IE components, so I get Juno errors, but nothing fatal so far. Anyway, don't want to get this thread off-topic. I'll post over in Computer Help if I get desperate.
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Jed245
Member
11-01-2002
| Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - 2:09 am
FOXFIRE!! Juju that is my favorite browser so far. I like Avant browser too, but, fox fire looks a little mroe like IE and it's faster then IE I think. I think I posted both foxfire and avant as free files earlier if you want to give avant a try. :o) So IE is corrupt eh? How's this for a trick...Goto microsofts website to see if you can find an older version of IE on the site. IF so download and install the older version. Then go back for the newest version and download/install it. I know that sounds like I'm reaching, but, I've done that before and it worked like a charm. Now if Microsoft still has outdated versions on site??? Ahhh just cause I can here's a link to download IE 6 Hope that helps. :o)
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - 2:41 pm
Heh. That's where I started a couple weeks ago. I am ahead of the game. I already have IE 6.0 on a software CD I made. See, that's why I am wailing about IE being an integral part of XP now. When you try to install IE, you get this error message:
And I have been here: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=318378 and done both the scannow and regedit procedures. Neither of those worked. The scannow goes into a sort of endless loop of saying I have wrong files and to put in the SP2 CD (which I have) and then it spends about ten minutes perhaps replacing files, but when I reboot, nothing is changed, Juno is still having errors on shutdown, IE may or may not work. The regedit scared the crap out of me when I rebooted and it said I have removed internet explorer and did I want to remove personalized files. Then when I went to reinstall, it gave me same old error message as above, newer version, cannot proceed. BUT, I still seem to have IE, and still have Juno shutdown errors and may or may not have IE working. And just to save you time, there is one more repair thingie that I found on the geek sites. I forget what it is now, but it didn't work either.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - 9:37 pm
Juju: Have you tried 'System Restore' to a 'Restore Point' prior to when you began having these problems? You should find 'System Restore' located in 'Start - Programs - Accessories - System Tools - System Restore'. There should be several restore points available, select one from a time just before you began having these problems. You should be aware that any software or updates you have installed since that time may be disabled by this, however, it might give you a point to work forward from that actually works like it is supposed to. To be safe, you might want to first create a current restore point so that you can return to this same setup if the process doesn't help. Hope that helps.
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Tuesday, October 12, 2004 - 11:22 pm
I'm suddenly getting concerned about spyware. I have a couple programs installed on my computer--spybot and panicware pop up blocker--so are these enough? I know some people love ad aware, but I don't really relish spending money on it...but I will if I must. Also, UCLA is now recommending Mozilla. Opinions? I can't really get rid of IE6 anyhow...
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Wednesday, October 13, 2004 - 12:20 am
Tishala: Ad-Aware SE Personal Edition 1.05 is still Free to download and use. I recommend a combination of AdAware & Spybot to get almost all such programs cleared from your computer. (The link is to download.com so you can retrieve the file directly. Adaware's homepage is www.lavasoftusa.com if you prefer to start there or need help with anything from them.} Hope this helps.
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