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Lesleyjack
Member
06-20-2005
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 6:44 pm
Does anyone know how to resize a picture? I scanned a picture of the new BB house and tried to post it, but it exceeded the kilobytes and couldn't be uploaded to the message boards
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 6:57 pm
First you need an image editor. Two excellent free ones are Faststone and Irfanview. Once you get the editor there are two basic ways you can reduce the file size. One is to make it display smaller. We like everyone to keep images uploaded to TVCH to no more than 700 pixels wide. So reduce the image either by cropping or using the image resize feature in your software A second way is to save it as a lower quality jpg. Your aiming at dimensions less than 700 pixels wide and a file size less than 65k. Be sure to save a copy - do not resave your original! Hope that helped a little. Let us know if you have further questions or need more details.
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, June 12, 2006 - 8:08 pm
Lesleyjack, you can download Irfanview from HERE. I use it all the time! I'd never heard of Faststone, but HERE is their website. Looks like I'll check that one out myself when I get some time! And if all else fails, there are several people here who are more than happy to resize the picture for you. Myself included. If its easier for you, just e-mail the pic to me, and I'll resize it for you. If you do, please let me know if you'd like me to e-mail the resized pic back to you, or just post it on your behalf (and in what thread). E-mail addy in my profile.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Tuesday, June 13, 2006 - 5:23 am
Thanks for posting the links Whoami. You might enjoy Faststone. For some reason it is not as well known. Irfanview is very good but Faststone is excellent as well. It has some very nice features.
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Buttercup
Member
09-10-2000
| Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 10:35 am
Is there an easy/quick way to transfer "everything" on my old laptop onto my new one? Or do I have to install everything all over again My new laptop and I aren't quite "friends" yet, so just the thought of all the work possibly ahead of me copying things has me less than excited about this Qosmio thingie. Oh, by the way, I have an external 300GB hard drive if that can be of any help at all. Help 
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 10:48 am
If you are just talking about the data, the best approach is to always keep all of your data in one central folder, with sub-folders for organization. That way it is just a matter of copying that one folder to your external drive and then copying back onto your new laptop. It also makes it much easier to back-up your data if it is all in one folder. If you are talking about copying the programs, there are ways of "ghosting" the programs over to the new drive, though I'll let someone else explain that as they probably know more about that than I do. It is convenient but the downside is that you also get all of the mess that has accumulated over the years. It's more work, but cleanly installing all of the programs on your new notebook will probably make it work better.
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Buttercup
Member
09-10-2000
| Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 12:45 pm
Jimmer, as usual, you are a peach for responding and helping out My data files and folders are well organized so that shouldn't be a problem. However, I have some programs that have lots of data entries that I really don't think I'm going to be able to re-enter (if I was single and childless then it probably could be done ) What about bookmarks in IE--can they be copied and transferred? Of course, that is an area that could use some belated spring cleaning Anyway,if somebody could explain the "ghosting" that would be greatly appreciated!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Thursday, June 15, 2006 - 1:10 pm
No problem Buttercup! IE bookmarks can be copied and transferred. You can also transfer your Outlook (or Outlook Express) folders, address book and accounts. Which programs have the data entries? I would think that the data entries would be stored somewhere that they could be transferred as well.
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Retired
Member
07-11-2001
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 12:54 pm
Buttercup - Kim Komando wrote about moving favorites/bookmarks today in her tip of the day. Hope this helps. Moving Favorites to a new computer Q.I just purchased a new laptop and want to transfer my Favorites. Is this possible? And if so, how? Thanks for your help. A.For those who don’t know, you can keep Web addresses in Favorites. That way you don’t have to remember those addresses. Nor do you have to enter them manually. The Favorites feature is built in to Internet Explorer. Firefox has a similar feature, called Bookmarks. Either can be easily moved to a new computer. Most programs that migrate data between computers probably will include Favorites. Windows XP has such a program—Files and Settings Transfer Wizard. According to Microsoft, it will transfer Favorites. However, Firefox is not listed among the programs with which it works. So it may not transfer Bookmarks. Favorites and Bookmarks are also easy to transfer manually. For Favorites, start by clicking File>>Import and Export. A wizard will open. Click Next>>Export Favorites>>Next. Select the Favorites folder and click Next. Select a file or address to export to and click Next>>Finish. You can burn that file to a disc and move it to the new computer. Or e-mail it to yourself. On the new computer, click File>>Import and Export. In the wizard, click Next>>Import Favorites>>Next. Browse to the place where you put the Favorites file, and click Next. Select the Favorites folder and click Next>>Finish. To export in Firefox, click Bookmarks>>Manage Bookmarks. Click File>>Export. Select a folder for the file and click Save. To import, click Bookmarks>>Manage Bookmarks. Click File>>Import. Select From File and click Next. Select the file and click Open. Don't forget to back up your Favorites or Bookmarks. The process is similar, but I have a tip on my site that covers it. http://komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=1722 While you're there, you should also read my tip on organizing your Favorites. http://komando.com/tips/index.aspx?id=1432 Visit my site for more enlightening tips! Kim 
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 5:24 pm
Quick question.... Wasn't there some sort of performance issue with Windows XP Service Pack 2? Seems like people were having all kinds of problems with conflicts and stuff. I remember something that made me decide not to install the SP2 when it kept coming up on the "automatic updates" suggestions. Anyway, now I'm getting daily notifications that "Support for Windows XP SP1 ends on October 10, 2006." And to continue getting support I need to upgrade to SP2. Were there issues to SP2? Or did my brain make them up? And by chance are those issues now resolved?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 5:39 pm
I seem to recall hearing some stuff too at the time it was released. Having said that, I've been running with SP2 for ages now with no issues.
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Ladytex
Member
09-27-2001
| Friday, June 16, 2006 - 7:04 pm
I've been running SP2 on about 100 computers with no issues. I think the problems were resolved with one or another of the updates. Make sure you run windows update as soon as you go to SP2. There will be at least about 30 or so critical updates to install.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 12:51 pm
Whoami, what you are remembering is that when it first came out, some of the more cautious people were afraid that it might have bugs, and they were waiting a while to install it and see what happened. But nothing happened, so within about 30 days, most everybody went ahead and installed it with no problems. I would for sure go ahead and install it. And what Ladytex said above, do all the updates.
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Buttercup
Member
09-10-2000
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 5:12 pm
Thanks, Kim! My new laptop is finally starting to look like the old one but with improved behavior 
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Luvmom
Member
10-17-2000
| Saturday, June 17, 2006 - 9:32 pm
Actually,I still have problems since installing SP2. All system updates and my shut down runs so slow and I haven't been able to fix it since.
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Friday, June 23, 2006 - 6:51 pm
Hey Dra.. I know you've helped with this problem in the past, but I'm sure it's long ago archived and dumped. How to you get your little sound bell icon to show up in your right corner system tray. I know it's somewhere in sound properties or something, right? Please help. We just updated my computer again and I'm STRESSED to the max. I'm not good with change when things don't go my way the first time...lol. I ran hubby out the door screaming too... (Ha ha, but not so much.) We got a new motherboard with faster processor and I now have a gig of RAM. I also got a CD burner which I have no clue how to use yet... but that's for another day. I just want my volume control back with one little click, ya know. Thanks SO MUCH!! PS, I have Win 98se.
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Jmm
Moderator
08-16-2002
| Friday, June 23, 2006 - 7:04 pm
Mygetaway, Hope I'll do, Dra is working on something else. 1. Click on Start 2. Settings 3. Control Panel 4. Sounds and Audio Devices 5. Middle of page under mute - Check "place volume icon in the taskbar".
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Friday, June 23, 2006 - 8:04 pm
Hi JMM, thanks for coming... but that didn't work. I only have a "sounds" folder. Inside that is only the choices for the window and MSN sounds. I have some new audio thing, but don't know anything about it. Thanks anyway, I appreciate it.. <huggzies> I'll keep checking back in case someone else can think of a different way. 
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Zachsmom
Member
07-13-2000
| Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 1:48 pm
I forget how to do this. When I right click on an animated gif, I only have the option to save as a bmp file. How do I change my settings?
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 2:34 pm
Zachsmom: Clear your cache. Click 'Tools - Internet Options' then click 'Delete Files', check 'Offline' and click 'Ok' and 'Ok' to close (after it finishes deleting all the files). You may need to restart your browser (close and open again) to have it see that the files have been cleared. That should restore the ability to save files as something other than .bmp files.
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 2:38 pm
Mygetaway: Click 'Start - Settings - Control Panel' then double-click on 'Multimedia' in the Control Panel. Look for the checkbox that says Show volume control on the taskbar and make sure it is checked. You should find this by itself near the bottom of the window.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 3:44 pm
Two questions.. 1. When I run defrag, I get a message saying some files couldn't be defragmented and do i want to save the log. Why couldn't they be defragged and do I want to save the log? What do I do with the saved log? running XP 2. Are there any good FREE porn blockers?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 4:48 pm
Some system files can't be defragmented. That is normal. Beats me what you would do with a log. I don't have an answer to your second question.
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Saturday, June 24, 2006 - 9:37 pm
Thank You, Thank You, Thank you, Dra. I knew it was so easy, and was all around the idea, just not THERE.... LOL. I even opened that folder and looked right past it.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, June 25, 2006 - 4:14 am
Thanks Jimmer, LOL!
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