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Cndeariso
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06-28-2004

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 2:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cndeariso a private message Print Post    
hey, seamonkey, i run seti@home too! i want to find ET so bad.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 7:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
thanks for all your answers guys.

Jimmer, I don't think i have downloaded anything new lately.

As for what is running in the background- when I check ctrl alt del only updates from HP Agent is running as an application. As a process, there are piles of things running which came with the computer and which I can't seem to get rid of but they have been there since day 1.

Once that happened to me with teh monitor, I did shut off the hibernate feature. How do I kill the stndby feature???? Should I just leave it on screensaver all day or can i have the energy saver work ( or is that standby and therefore a stupid question )

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
go to your display properties, the screen saver tab, then on the bottom it says energy saver something or other, when you look at the options, I put go to standby never

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 8:33 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I put in over 10 years of computer time on the old Seti@home but then BOINC was driving me bonkers.. I had seti and einstein and weather prediction and something else running. For now I removed them all. But someday, I'll return, I suppose.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 9:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
Thanks Lady. I 've done it - so basically it is now set to turn off my monitor after 15 minutes but my hard drive never - is that the right settings for leaving it without using it for hours at a time?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 9:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
LOL - Want to start a fight in a tech area? Ask people if it's better to turn your PC off when you're not using it or leave it running.

My answer: I've heard so many different things about it over the years that at this point my answer is an unqualified "Don't know".

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 10:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
My mom leaves hers on. I turn mine off every night.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 10:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
LOL and I compromise. I turn it off overnight but leave it on all day in case I want to come and check something - however, if I leave my Apt during the day, then I shut it down How is that for being confused.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, May 10, 2006 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
That's funny! One thing I think most people agree on is that it is not a good idea to turn it on and off a lot, so your approach is probably a nice in-between.

Hootyhoot
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12-18-2001

Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hootyhoot a private message Print Post    
I'm so glad to have run across this thread! On my Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop, there are three little lights at the top right of the keyboard ... the second one comes on when you are in Caps Lock. The other two I have never seen on before and I don't know what they do. My problem is that the first light is on, and it seems like that is making the keyboard do something other than the letters on the keys. It seems to have an icon of a box with a 9 in it. (Am I making sense?) How do I get rid of that light?

Halfunit
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09-02-2001

Sunday, May 14, 2006 - 8:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Halfunit a private message Print Post    
Hootyhoot, your numbers lock is on. Look for a key that has NUM LK or something like that and press it. The light should go off.






ETA: I just tried to find a photo of your exact keyboard and you may have to hold down your Fn key while you press another key, perhaps the F11 key. If this doesn't work, let us know.


Jrs6494
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03-30-2006

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 12:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jrs6494 a private message Print Post    
Im trying to get two networked printer on to my computer. I know all about the add a printer wizard but what I cant do is get the network location of the printers. Its really annoying me. I have access to other computers on the network that are already configured but im not sure what to do. Please help!!!

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 5:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I leave my computer on but turn off the monitor.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, May 17, 2006 - 5:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
My Dell (desktop) keyboard has three lights (labelled) Num Lock, Caps Lock, Scroll Lock.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Friday, May 19, 2006 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
due to arthritis in my hands, I currently have three different mouse (mice???) hooked up to my computer at the same time. I use whichever one hurts the least that day. They are a cordless logitech thumb rollball, a wired logitech middle finger rollball and a normal wired Hp mouse that came with my computer. The HP is in the mouse port and the other two hooked up by USB ports.

My computer does not seem to have a problem with this. Whichever I use , it responds to.

Will this cause any longterm problem with my system?? or is this a perfectly legit thing to do??

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Friday, May 19, 2006 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
As it is working fine for you now, I see absolutely no reason why this will not continue to work for you in the future without any problems.

Jan
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08-01-2000

Saturday, May 20, 2006 - 3:53 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jan a private message Print Post    
thanks Jimmer - I should have mentioned that I just hooked them all up yesterday so I do not have any long term analysis but so far so good. It is astounding how, whichever one my hand happens to choose, the computer reacts to it!

Right now I am using the normal one with my left hand! so i am going to get some practice being a leftie too

Hussy
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08-06-2004

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hussy a private message Print Post    
Major problems here with my laptop. I do not know what happened but I couldn't boot up ..I get ..no operating system found...I have tried system restore cd's and it starts then freezes up. Has my laptop died? I have had it for 4 years it is a sony vaio with windows ME. I don't have a windows cd it all came already installed with the computer.. help...thanks Cin

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I suspect that your hard drive has gone to the great beyond. Dra might be able to suggest some tests that you could do to determine that?

Does it make happy hard drive noises when you try to boot up?

Draheid
Board Administrator

09-09-2001

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 6:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Hussy: I don't have any quick solutions for you to try. You might look around to see if you or someone you know has a bootable CD (or diskette if the laptop has a diskette drive in it) that you could boot with to see if the machine is ok. I don't really believe the computer itself is 'bad', just as Jimmer suggested, the hard drive may be failing on it. That isn't uncommon with laptops, really. And, lucky for you, they are relatively easy to buy at a reasonable price these days. The big problem you're likely to run into is finding the original install CDs to restore the system onto a new HD. You might want to see if you can pay someone to try to recover your old drive onto a new one and install it for you.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, May 24, 2006 - 6:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
I had a motherboard "go" on a laptop..

Hussy
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08-06-2004

Thursday, May 25, 2006 - 12:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hussy a private message Print Post    
thanks y'all for the info. I am not sure what to do at this point. I can't decide who is sadder my laptop died me or my 3 year old nephew that wants to play free slots.lol...Cin

Saggkl
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07-17-2002

Monday, June 05, 2006 - 6:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Saggkl a private message Print Post    
I have some clips on my Real Player, and I wanted to know if anyone could tell me how to get them from my real player to a file in my computer. Thanks

Resortgirl
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09-23-2000

Monday, June 05, 2006 - 11:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
Drah, I could use your expertise with a work related issue. It's a sensitive issue that I can't discuss here so if you have some time could you IM me? resortgirlp90
Thanks!

Resortgirl
Member

09-23-2000

Monday, June 05, 2006 - 2:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Resortgirl a private message Print Post    
Well maybe someone else could help. I don't have the administrator password on the computer at work, we have to get into it. Is there anyway to do this? The administrator was fired today and wouldn't leave the password