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Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
Another option under the Control panel is "Ease of access center" . There's an options for magnifying, optimizing visual display, etc. This section even talks to you as you are working with it.

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 7:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
Is there a game system that you can hook up to use your TV screen as the viewer? Like the old PONG game of the late 70's? Like Wii? Do they make card games? Then she could see well and she wouldn't be distracted by any shows...

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, June 09, 2009 - 8:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I like that idea. Or maybe just getting her a bigger screen so she can see it easier.

Sia
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03-11-2002

Wednesday, June 10, 2009 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Whoami, Babyruth's idea is a good one. I bought a "Bejeweled" controller for $10 at the Dollar Store. It lets me play "Bejeweled" on any TV; my kids like it for a distraction sometimes. Even my 5-yr-old nephew thinks it's fun, and the controls are easy for him to handle.

Trini
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07-06-2004

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 10:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trini a private message Print Post    
iMac question: my first mac had PC with windows media i need to have win media player, i tried flip4mac the sights are not up anymore...help

Trini
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07-06-2004

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 10:31 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trini a private message Print Post    
iMac ? 2
I have all my very important bookmarks from pc some where on my mac i cannot find it i know it's there because when i googled tvClub it allowed me to save it, i saw all my bm and folders yet i cannot locate it unless i bm a page - then it shows me..

Trini
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07-06-2004

Friday, June 12, 2009 - 10:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Trini a private message Print Post    
i solved it- needed firefoxplugin. thanks!

Debra
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11-20-2003

Friday, June 12, 2009 - 7:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
Yay Trini! Glad you figured it out.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 6:48 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Help! I need to take the info on THIS page and save it to pdf so I can upload it on another site.

I post scores for one of the corps on their website, so what the webadmin said I should do is copy the recap to Word, highlight the score of the corps in question (Troopers) in yellow, print it to pdf, then upload it on their site.

I'm running into two problems. First, I want to start with the date/location of the contest, and end with the list of judges at the bottom (the ads/background/etc encircling the recap aren't neccessary). For some reason, after copy/pasting to Word, the date/location of the contest is separated by a full blank page from the rest of the data, and I can't close up the gap. Oh, and I saved it with the page in Landscape, so I could get all the data across the screen.

Next problem is how do I convert it to pdf? I'm using Office 2000. If I click "print" (as that's the term the webadmin used), the only option I see is to "print to file." But I've never had any success using that (probably cause I'm not using it right). I've never been able to retrieve something printed to fle. I can't just "save as" in a pdf format cause I'm not given that option to do so.

I Googled "save word to pdf" and came up with several hits on various programs to use to do so. So I'm assuming I need an additional program now to do that? If so, can anyone recommend a good free program out there I can use? And then, can you tell me how to do the conversion? I only have Adobe Reader, not the one where one can edit a pdf file. Also, although I have a computer with XP on it, and can use that one if I have to, the one I do most of my work on now has Visa, and apparantly it doesn't like Adobe. So that may be a third problem (if I ever get this project that far).

Thanks in advance for your help!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 7:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
forwarded it to your comcast addy, who ...

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 7:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
sorry, I only converted the webpage. For the raw info, I'm not sure other than acrobat itself. I have a publishing program that I can save as pdf and in open office, you have an option I think.

Debra
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11-20-2003

Saturday, June 27, 2009 - 7:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
Lady is faster that me. I sent you an email to the football comcast address.

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 2:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
download the free version of a program called CutePDF here: http://www.cutepdf.com/
and it makes anything that you ever want to print a .pdf file. it sets it up so that you just hit the "print" button or command and it shows up in your list of printers.


Karen
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09-06-2004

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 3:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karen a private message Print Post    
I second landi's recommendation of CutePDF. Anything you want saved as a PDF, just hit print, and done. It's awesome.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 4:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
Thank you everyone! You guys are awesome!!

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 7:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
oh heck, I forgot about cutepdf. I use it to save all my online receipts.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 8:50 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Wow a free pdf maker. That is very useful!

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 9:03 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
On Macs, every printer driver comes with an option to "save as pdf". Just sayin'

Landileigh
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07-29-2002

Sunday, June 28, 2009 - 3:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Landileigh a private message Print Post    
i use CutePDF for saving recipes i find on all of the internet recipe sites, then it's easy to print out to take with me to get ingredients and to prepare the meal.

Sia
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03-10-2002

Friday, July 03, 2009 - 9:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Is there a way to disable the looping music that plays behind a games web-site page so that I can listen to youtube or a song on my windows media without the looping music interfering? I can't even find a volume control that will quiet the game's music. Thanks.

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Saturday, July 04, 2009 - 12:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
On my spades game I can right click on it and mute music so I guess it depends on the site.

Sia
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03-10-2002

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 7:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
My computer sometimes freezes up and when I check task manager and try to end the process on the offending program it seems to be a "dumprep.exe" process--or multiple instances of dumprep.exe--hogging all the processor's brain-space. Is it okay to stop this? Is there a way to prevent this?

Sia
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03-10-2002

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 7:23 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
Does anyone here use Malwarebytes free software for anti-spam/anti-spyware/anti-malware? A computer rep recommended it to me, but I have found that it hangs up it conflicted with Windows Defender until I gave Malwarebytes authorization to operate via the Windows Defender program.

If I use Windows Defender, do I still need Malwarebytes or some other malware/spyware program? Thanks.

Sia
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03-10-2002

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 7:37 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sia a private message Print Post    
When I pull up the task manager I see one instance of explorer.exe and multiple instances of iexplore.exe but I don't know why that is, unless this occurs when I have multiple pages or tabs open in Internet Explorer. In trying to research some of the running processes (via process library) I read something about iexplore.exe being a virus or trojan. Can anyone explain the diff between explorer.exe and iexplore.exe and whether the latter should be disabled? Thanks. I'm in a panic.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Tuesday, July 07, 2009 - 8:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
iexplore is main executable of internet explorer. explorer is windows explorer, which is basically your gui. Those files themselves are not viruses or trojans. your computer may be infected, which is something different. I do use malwarebytes and spybot on my computer at home.