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Snuffles
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07-17-2005

Friday, April 18, 2008 - 3:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Snuffles a private message Print Post    
Bonbonlover... were your two computers MACs? If they are not MACs, there is freeware called dban (stands for derek's boot I think) which will erase the hard drive securely... I have a friend who used to work at a casino and that's what they use to clean the hard drives before giving the computers away. same friend now works in computer forensics, so I expect he would know if that's a good one or not.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Friday, April 18, 2008 - 6:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I had one thin blue vertical line and longer and longer boot up time. I was the monitor going bad.

All's well. Still faaaaast boot up.

Wargod
Moderator

07-16-2001

Friday, April 18, 2008 - 9:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
By the time Darren and Caleb got back last night, had dinner, and helped Kota with her math, it was time for him to go to bed so he didn't have a chance to look at it. He said he's working late today then has her softball practice, hopefully he won't have to work tomorrow and won't have to go to bed early and can check it out then, otherwise it'll be tomorrow.

Nightcrawler
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02-12-2002

Friday, April 18, 2008 - 5:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nightcrawler a private message Print Post    
ok more on my computer

thursday it went nuts and would not restart sometimes the mouse and key board would freeze up a lot

and if a pop up window would come up it would not go away without a restart and the more we had to restart the slower the restart got

so off it went to the computer doc.

he called today and said he had it running for 6 hours and it was running fine for him he had no problem at all, he checked it for bugs, worms, spyware, and all that stuff--it got a clean bill of health

we have a 10 year old keyboard i thought that might be it so I got a new one

are tower is just 2 years old
we just got a new monitor, mouse, printer/copier, keyboard now

when I got it home and hooked back up it was doing the same things

so I tried unhooking the the printer 1st and restarting same problem so i hooked it back up
then the mouse, then the mp3 cord, then keyboard
and I had the same problems

any idea what's going on it worked fine at the computer store and not here

please help if u can

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, April 18, 2008 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
What kind of mouse and keyboard did you buy? Are they connected correctly?

Nightcrawler
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02-12-2002

Friday, April 18, 2008 - 6:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nightcrawler a private message Print Post    
we got the tower made at the same store the keyboard and mouse evrything else came from
even the same sales person
and I even asked that and they said it should all work together fine?

Nyheat
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08-09-2006

Friday, April 18, 2008 - 8:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nyheat a private message Print Post    
I don't know Nightcrawler--it may be time to replace the system itself--you have everything else new now too, so may as well get another tower. they are getting cheaper, faster, and smaller all the time. Sorry not a solution! Maybe it's the precessor, worn down or something.

It may not be getting powered up enough to start up. Check the wall electricity socket--it may be faulty and not giving you the surge you need to start up. Maybe there's a blown wire behind the wall there from using the computer. Good luck!

Nightcrawler
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02-12-2002

Saturday, April 19, 2008 - 5:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Nightcrawler a private message Print Post    
well some good news
I just started are computer up today
it started up fine a little slower them it has in the past
but so far so good

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 10:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Is anyone else having trouble playing youtube videos? I reinstalled flash player to no avail.
Any advice? Thanks

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Saturday, April 26, 2008 - 11:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I'm not having any problems with yt videos. Sorry I can't help.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 9:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Help! My wireless optical mouse keeps not connecting. I have to keep pushing the connect button since last night. I checked the cables and everythings connected. And my wireless keyboard is working fine. My first thought was the battery but there's nowhere to open the mouse to check on a battery. It's a Logitech mouse.

Mocha
Member

08-12-2001

Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Gah nevermind I found where the battery goes lol.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 3:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I've had wireless keyboard and mouse for 4 - 5 years. I've only put new batteries in the keyboard once. I have to keep feeding the mouse. Love 'em though. Some less "spaghetti"!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 4:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
The youtube problem comes and goes. Mostly comes though.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Sunday, April 27, 2008 - 5:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Mocha, there has to be a place to insert batteries in the mouse itself. Check the top of it, see if anything flips up under the roller.

Mak1
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08-12-2002

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mak1 a private message Print Post    
KL, youtube plays for me but just lately it has very low volume. Everything else online plays at the regular volume, so I don't know what the problem is.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, April 28, 2008 - 10:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
KL, can you do a system restore back to a time when Youtube worked okay for you?

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 8:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
I guess I could do that. But the last time I did that(for unrelated thing) it screwed things up. I'll give it a shot.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
General virus safety.

Just a general note about Photobucket that they are apparently having some problems with viruses or trojan horse programs relating to banner ads. It is a random thing so it doesn't happen to everyone who accesses it. They are investigating and they seem to think they have fixed the problem.

As a general note, if you access a site and get some official looking pop up message saying you need to click to scan for viruses or install a program similar to this one – don't click! Use your task manager to close it.

FakeVirusMessage

Remember do not click anywhere on a message like the above.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Wow.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 2:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Costa I figured it out thx. And of course the next day the keyboard batteries died. The mouse needed AAs and the keyboard AAAs.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - 9:47 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
The system restore was ineffective.

Ketchuplover
Member

08-30-2000

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
solution found. I found a site that downloads youtube clips. Found a site that converts one type of file to another. I can watch youtube clips again :-)

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 12:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Yay!!!

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Sunday, May 04, 2008 - 6:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Youtube is working.......for now.