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Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Monday, March 23, 2009 - 8:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
Jimmer those settings were already selected. But thanks anyway.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, March 23, 2009 - 3:50 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Dogdoc, has it cleared up? If so, it likely was a server glitch.

When you go to get your e-mail, where to you normally go? Do you open internet explorer? Or do you have a separate program that pulls down e-mail for you?

For example, when I use my Juno e-mail, I have a separate program that does not use Internet Explorer. I click on my Juno icon, enter my password, and then Get Mail. When I use my Yahoo e-mail, I first have to open a web browser, like Internet Explorer of Firefox, and then go to Yahoo.com and then Mail.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 5:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Looking at getting a Dell Mini 9, but have a question about broadband. There is no broadband included in the price. The only built in cellular broadband offered is AT&T. I do not want AT&T. What other options could I have if I choose not to get the AT&T?

eta: it has bluetooth options (what is that?)

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Friday, April 10, 2009 - 5:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Hmm I just noticed I can get Ovation U727 Sprint Mobile Broadband USB Modem (higher price) with Bluetooth.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 8:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
for some reason when i cut and paste from an email to a word document, i get a message that it's too large to copy. but it's not! LOL
it just started this week and i can't figure out what caused it and how to fix it.

Rissa
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03-20-2006

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 4:55 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Rissa a private message Print Post    
Is there a bunch of invisible formatting? Like tables/margins etc? Can you try right-clicking and then view source, try to copy just what you need from there? If it's more of a technical issue then that then someone else will have to jump in.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 23, 2009 - 5:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
no..nothing like that. just text

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 7:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
anyone???

Chewpito
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01-04-2004

Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 9:38 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Chewpito a private message Print Post    
Texannie, I have no Idea...Somtimes when my computer does those auto updated it changes some stuff in my outlook express and I have to go into options and change things back...but Im not sure about you...
I have a question and Im wondering if I need a computer geek to help me...
When I went to do a disc defrag last week it gave me a message saying 'Disc defrag has detected that Chkdsk is scheduled to run on volume: (C;). please run Chkdsk/f.
"what does that mean, I looked up some prob solvers and it says somthing like I have a dirty 'somthing or other'...and Im afraid to screw with it...."....does any one know what this is and what I should do.

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Sunday, April 26, 2009 - 9:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
What email program are you using?

Debra
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11-20-2003

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 9:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
Texannie when I do a paste into Word I almost always use Edit, Paste Special, Unformatted Text.

Maybe I have over simplified the question but that works for me. It then keeps whatever formatting that I have in the Word Document.


Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Debra, you might not have helped Texannie, but you sure helped me (if I can remember it). I am all the time bothered by trying to paste something into Word, and it keeps the formatting from the original document and screws up my Word document, and I didn't know how to get rid of it.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 11:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
outlook express.
it happened today copying text from a webpage to a work document. i use copy/paste.
but it's not reverse. i can copy paste from a word document to a website, no problem.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
ok..just tested something
when i open a WORKS document, i can't copy/paste, but i can in WORD.

Debra
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11-20-2003

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 11:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
Yay Juju! I always use copy/paste I figure less chance of errors when bringing info over.

Texannie sound like you are getting closer to a solution. Click here for results of my google search using "pasting in works"

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 12:14 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
thanks, Debra!

Debra
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11-20-2003

Thursday, April 30, 2009 - 6:17 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Debra a private message Print Post    
Your Welcome, hope it helped.

Ketchuplover
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08-30-2000

Saturday, May 02, 2009 - 11:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ketchuplover a private message Print Post    
This morning I put plastic wrap over my keyboard as a dust cover. Wish I'd thought of it sooner.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Thursday, May 07, 2009 - 3:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
Gotta give kudos publicly . . . Had computer problem this morning. You all know (Bob) I AM computer illiterate. My local tech help said the problem was in the connection. Called AT&T(DSL). Did go 'round and 'round with Tier 1 tech support. Ugh! But eventually talked to Shane at AT&T in the San Francisco area. He quickly knew what the problem was and he/we got it fixed in short order. Not too big of a deal, but I didn't know. It was NOT a connection problem. If all tech support / customer service was like Shane . . . aaaaaah.

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Monday, May 11, 2009 - 3:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
I need help. I had an ancient computer from 1999. My sister took pity on me and gave me her old computer which, while still old, is two years newer than mine. Here's the problem: It's supposed to have a hard disk capacity of 40 GB, but it says it only has 3.66 GB. After finding that system information feature (which my old computer didn't have) I discovered that it said:

Partitions 1
Size 38.17 GB (40,982,151,168 bytes)
Partition Disk #0, Partition #1
Partition Size 3.67 GB (3,940,360,704 bytes)

I know nothing about partitions. Can someone tell me if this is a problem I need to fix? I know I can't get by with the less than 2 GB of storage left.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, May 11, 2009 - 4:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Another question: Is there a way to set up alerts on your computer? I use comcast for internet and I was thinking there was some way to set up alerts but didn't know if I would need a software or something. TIA.

Kookliebird
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08-04-2005

Monday, May 11, 2009 - 4:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kookliebird a private message Print Post    
You may need to do some disk cleanup. If you go to the c:\ drive and right click, select Properties. Usually, there is a button that says 'disk cleanup'. Press it, it will calculate how much space you can free up if you do the disk clean up. Once the proposed list appears, you would be able to select or deselect what should be deleted. For example, you may want to delete temporary and Recycle bin files.

If that doesn't free up some space, I would say next look to see if there are any programs loaded that are not needed. Go to the Control Panel and select 'Add or Remove Programs'. Look to see if there are any programs that you do not need. For example, if I have Photoshop Elements version 4 and Version 5, I would uninstall Version 4.

Anyway, try that to see if it helps.

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Monday, May 11, 2009 - 8:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
We had just run the System Recovery program so there were no extraneous files or programs that could account for all those missing gigabytes. It's saying there are only 1.35 GB of free space and 2.3 GB of used space. I can't figure out where the other 36 GB went. I'm stumped.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, May 11, 2009 - 9:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Curlyq, I expect that the smaller partition is the System Restore feature of your operating system. Normal, nothing to worry about.

If you screw up your machine somehow (or it messes up itself, or whatever, let's not assign blame), you can use the System Restore feature, and it will go into this partition and restore your computer back to a time when you were not having the problem that caused you to resort to System Restore.

To check if you have System Restore turned on, go to Start>Programs>Accessories>Tools>System Restore and see if it is turned on. That is also how you access it in case you need to use it.

In other words, unless somebody here comes on and says otherwise, don't worry about it. If it ain't broke, don't fix it, and I am pretty sure it ain't broke.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, May 11, 2009 - 9:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Just re-reading Curlyq's original question - Go to Start>My Computer>C:, and right click on the C: and select Properties. That should show you how much space you have free on your main partition of your hard drive. The bigger partition is the one you want to pay attention to, not the small one.