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Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 10:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Is a burning technology that your CD or DVD burner apparently has. It uses special blank disks and you burn your data on one side, flip it over and then burn your label on the other side.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 8:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
You have to buy LightScribe CD's or DVD's to use the LightScribe burner.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, August 05, 2008 - 9:28 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Just popping in to Thank y'all for convincing me a while ago to try FireFox. I'm using it now and it's quite nice. :-)

Grooch
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06-16-2006

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 7:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Grooch a private message Print Post    
Thanks guys! I don't know anything about about burning cd or dvd's. So, I won't need to update it. Makes me wonder why it's on the new computer in the first place.

I was just worried it was some kind of program that would infect my computer. I can rest easy now. :0)

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 10:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
MB, you are welcome. Most people who try Firefox seem to like it. And it just seems to be a bit less buggy than IE. Occasionally you will get a webpage that acts squirrelly on Firefox, in which case, you copy the address, open IE, and paste it in the address bar there.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 10:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
You don't even have to do that. You download the add ons that allow you to open the page using the ie engine with one click.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 5:08 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Oh, that's right, I keep forgetting about that. I haven't got that add-on. I suppose I should.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, August 06, 2008 - 10:20 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Ladytex, how do I get that add-on? I don't see it under Tools>Add-ons. And I didn't see it at the Mozilla add-on site.

I have Firefox 2.0.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 4:51 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
ie tab

ie view

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Thanks! I downloaded IE View. Have to restart to install it, and not ready to restart just yet.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 4:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
UGHHH!!! Can anyone help with this? My FIL is emailing me... says he can't use Outlook to send mail, he is getting the following error message:

Subject 'Re: THE CLASS REUNION', Account: 'pophm.sympatico.ca', Server:
'smtphm.sympatico.ca', Protocol: SMTP, Server Response: '552 5.3.4
Requested action aborted; number of recipients or message quota reached',
Port: 25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Server Error: 552, Error Number: 0x800CCC6D

Your server has unexpectedly terminated the connection. Possible causes for
this include server problems, network problems, or a long period of
inactivity. Subject 'error messagefrom sympatico', Account:
'pophm.sympatico.ca', Server: 'smtphm.sympatico.ca', Protocol: SMTP, Port:
25, Secure(SSL): Yes, Error Number: 0x800CCC0F

I have asked him if he is sending something inordinately large to everyone in his address book (something he does #&$^$% often LOL) and am waiting to hear back. Anyone have any suggestions? Trying to avoid driving over there.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 4:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
I think I got it. His provider has an email limit of 250 per day. I found that if you just call and ask they will up it to 5000 but no way I am telling him this... annoying 250 people in a day is enough!!! LOLOL I told him he will have to wait until midnight for a new quota cyle to begin and to stop spamming people he considers friends. LOL

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 8:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
I have an HP Photosmart 2610 All-in-one Printer. I have always loved it.

A day or two ago it made an awful noise, like you might hear if you forgot to hit the clutch on a stick shift. It was only a second or two. Then tonight, the same noise and NOW . . . couldn't happen at a worse time, of course--(I'm gaining about 2 new customers per day--when printing out some documents (some portfolio/some landscape), and now the printed documents show the image is compromised. The tables on some have borders that look like they were drawn free-hand by 6-year-old and the typeface is very blurry on the bolded copy--and where I have highlighted some copy with an overlay of color--the wash of color is uneven and streaky.

Anyone know what is wrong with my poor printer? Is it something that can be fixed? Or is it time (no, no, no) to get a new printer?

Thanks very much!! I am going to go to the HP site (somewhere . . . I'll find it), but if some smartie here knows, I'd appreciate hearing what gives here.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, August 07, 2008 - 9:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Sorry, HP, don't know.

Rissa, LOL on not telling him he can up his quota to 5000.

Ladytex, naturally I forgot all about downloading the add-on, but I just right clicked on this page, and there it is!!! Absolutely cool! Thanks again so much.

Ladytex
Member

09-27-2001

Friday, August 08, 2008 - 5:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
HP, I would open up the printer to make sure nothing is in there, ie paper piece, paper clip, etc. If you have some canned air, blow it out. then shut it down and try again. If if happens again, you just may have to purchase a new printer. Trust me it will cost less to buy a new one than to have it repaired ...

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Friday, August 08, 2008 - 5:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I hate to think of these items as disposable but LT is right that if you continue to have problems with it, the best move for you is to get a new one.

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 12:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
Help! I have a Dell PC with Vista Home Premium Operating System. I need an inexpensive or reasonably priced all-in-one Printer/Scanner/Copier that will work with Vista. I've been reading the horror stories about printer compatibility problems with Vista. Any suggestions on what I should buy?

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 1:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Bombay, we have an HP brand all in one and we use it with Vista on our Dell Notebook. We've had no problems at all.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 2:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I would have thought Vista has been out long enough now that the incompatibility bugs have been worked out by now. If I went to a store today, I would expect a machine I bought to work with Vista.

And I just saw a very inexpensive all-in-one for sale somewhere today. Try going to bensbargains.net and see if that is where I saw it. I think it might have been, since I just barely perused today's newspaper ads.

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 3:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the info. I'll check things out at bensbargains. I was looking for an HP, Karuuna so that makes me feel much better.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Sunday, August 10, 2008 - 9:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Bombaycat, the stuff on bensbargains.net changes every day, but if you keep checking there every day you will probably come across a bargain one of these days. Before you but anything, look at the comments people make about each listing. There seem to be lots of adolescent boys hanging out there, so you have to ignore their comments, but a lot of times the kiddies know if it is a real bargain or not and the comments will say if not, or maybe even where you will get a better deal.

Warning about bensbargains - they have a lot of listings for Buy.com. Do NOT buy anything from Buy.com that has a rebate. They will figure out a way to screw you out of the rebate if at all humanly possible. In fact, don't buy anything from them at all if you can help it. Word to the wise ...

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 6:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
Thanks for the warning. I hate rebates anyway. They require you to jump thru too many hoops and by the time you get done it isn't worth it.

I'll probably pay a little more and purchase from a local vendor or some place on-line I know I can trust.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
bensbargains.net is not itself a seller. They just collect supposedly the best deals available on the internet and publish them, so there are tons of legitimate sellers on there.

Herckleperckle
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11-20-2003

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 2:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Herckleperckle a private message Print Post    
HELP NEEDED RIGHT AWAY ABOUT A NEW PRINTER PURCHASE!!

Okay, we have to buy a new printer tonight! What should we buy? I love the HP all-in-one, but my hubby is now leery about it, since it appears to be a goner. We are trying the canned air first, but I did just go through all kinds of diagnostics with it with a support person. I think it's dead.

So what should we buy?? Help needed right now, please!! Thanks soooooo much!!

Aurora23
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03-22-2008

Monday, August 11, 2008 - 2:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Aurora23 a private message Print Post    
to be able to suggest a model, we need to know how you plan to use it. do you want to print photos? flyers? emails? do you want to scan items? do you want to use it as a fax? the more info you can provide as to your user preferences the better we can help you decide on a model that reflects your lifestyle.