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Sia
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03-10-2002

Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - 5:01 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Ladytex.

Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 6:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
Help please

When I login to TVCH I no longer get the most recent posting folders at the bottom of the main page-this started yesterday

Taysmomcj
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03-24-2008

Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 6:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Taysmomcj a private message Print Post    
Sportsfan, check out the Questions to Moderators. This will answer your question:

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Sportsfan
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09-03-2007

Thursday, July 09, 2009 - 9:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sportsfan a private message Print Post    
Bummer! Thanks Tays

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 11:02 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
S.O.S. Draheid and/or anyone who is tech-savvy and who who can help please! My DH's computer is kaput. He keeps getting these two screens and can go no further. We've tried to follow the instructions on the screens but it won't allow us to do anything, the same 2 screens keep coming up. We've rebooted about a dozen times to no avail. Always, these same 2 screens. Our computer guru Bob, says we have to take it to be repaired. We are hoping it won't come to that. DH had a bad experience last time we took it to be fixed at Future Shop, cuz they were just interested in selling us a whole new computer system, and yet it's much newer than mine. So he wasn't impressed. I'll be posting the messages that he got in my next 2 posts. (If you have a PC & you press the CONTROL button and the + button it will enlarge your screen so you can read the screens I posted better.) Thanks in advance!

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

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Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 11:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Please don't take this as an expert answer, as I am far from an expert.

But I had the same exact problem with the "unmountable boot volume" thing. I assume DH's computer is on XP?

Back when I had the problem, I Googled like crazy, and most of the fixes involved using the Installation CD that came with the computer, following directions you'd find on one of the Google hits, and run a "check disk" scan.

My problem was I didn't have an installation CD, only the Recovery CD that came with the computer, which for the life of me I couldn't make work, as I couldn't fine any feature that would run a "check disk" scan.

The way I finally got back into my computer was to install Vista on in. This computer (a hand me down from my generous SIL/SIS) was originally supposed to have Vista on it. But when they bought it the Vista CD's were still on the way, so the computers were loaded with XP. When SIL got the Vista CD in the mail, they'd heard so many problems with Vista at the time they just kept XP on it.

When sis fixed my niece's computer (having a similar problem at the time) by loading it with Vista, she suggested it might work for mine. It was at least worth a try. So they found the original Vista CD that was assigned to this computer, brought it over, we loaded it and Presto I had a computer again.

I know that's not much help. But I thought you'd at least might like to know what I'd gone through at the time in case you can see any light at the end of the tunnel.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 11:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Who, thanks for responding so quickly! :-) I immediately called and read your post to my computer guru Bob, who says that DH's computer came with the XP system loaded on it. (He always orders our computers for us, and then sets them up for us.)

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 11:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
So we still have the same problem. :-( Any other suggestions folks? We're open to any and all ideas short of taking it into the shop. (Which we may ultimately have to do, but we're hoping not to.)

Thanks in advance!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 12:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
sounds like you may need to reformat your hard drive and reload all your programs ...

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I've never understood how computer manufacturers can legitimately provide computers with pre-loaded software and not provide support (cd's or at least support) if the software needs to be reloaded?

Have you consulted the manufacturer?

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 2:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
Most manufacturers now either provide recovery disk or a program on the computer to make your own recovery disk.
The problem is that the recovery disk basically is a ghost copy of how your hard drive came from them, and is different from a Windows CD from Microsoft.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 4:23 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Thanks LadyT & Jimmer: I suspect you may be right, sigh.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Just spoke to Bob who agrees. Now it's up to DH to decide if he'll reformat or take it in to Future Shop to be burped.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 5:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Windows Mail question...
somehow, i accidentally clicked on one of my email folders and turned it into a sub folder of another folder. i can't figure out how i did it or how to undo it. any clues?

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 5:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
Texannie, you should be able to just grab the folder and drag it back to "Local Folders."

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - 6:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
I can't. I can grab it and make it a sub folder of any other folder, but I can't make it it's own folder.

Draheid
Board Administrator

09-09-2001

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 12:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Draheid a private message Print Post    
Texannie: If there is another folder directly under 'Local Folders' level with the same name, then of course you can't drop it there. If not, then drag the folder and drop it directly onto the top 'Local Folders' and it should move there directly.

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Sunday, July 12, 2009 - 1:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Can you just make an entirely new folder where you want that one, then copy/paste the contents?

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 12:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Not a computer problem, but get this: Microsoft is going to give away the new version of Office for FREE! Big Tech blog

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Monday, July 13, 2009 - 1:11 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
Thanks Dra..that worked! I was trying to move it back to it's place and didn't think about dropping it into local folders. duh!

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 6:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
I think I just killed my laptop--does anyone know if it can recover from a Dr Pepper spill? It shut down immediately. I drained everything I could and have it upside down on a towel. Anything else I can/should/shouldn't do?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 7:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I know it's hard but don't turn it on until it's completely dry (24 hours?). Also try taking a hand hair dryer and blow it on the keyboard. Good luck!

Cathie
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08-16-2000

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 8:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Cathie a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Jimmer. My nephew told me to take the battery out and wait until it was all dry, but didn't caution me to wait 24 hours. I would probably have tried it sooner if you hadn't warned me. It is my work laptop so I am really crossing my fingers toes and eyes that it is okay by the time I go to work tomorrow (off today, fortunately.)

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, July 14, 2009 - 9:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I'm not positive about the 24 hours but generally the longer the better because you want to be sure that it is completely dry. The instinctive thing to do is panic and want to turn it on to see if it works but that is one of the worst things that you can do.

I hope it works for you but I suspect at best you may have a lot of problems with the keyboard not working properly.