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Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 11:04 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
Mictay: I just bought a new laptop/lcd monitor power cord off ebay for $17 shipped. You need to get the model number and then go to ebay and see what they have. For $2 less I could have ordered one from Hong Kong, but the one I got came from PA and came in 3 days instead of 2-3 weeks.

If you post the laptop model number, somebody could probably help you locate the correct part for the best price.


Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 1:56 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Since I bought my new computer in the Fall, I haven't been able to remember how to activate a spell check for these posts. A friendly reminder would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

Mictay
Member

09-29-2006

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 2:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
Thanks for all the info,I'll check on ebay or amazon first,then check Best Buy!

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 2:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
Mame, Click "Edit Profile" (top right corner of every page) and then under Preferences one of the options you can select is "Spell check my posts". :-)

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 6:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    
I'm back. Doin' well with my Mac and lovin' it mucho. But...I haven't totally changed yet.

This is my wireless printer. Bought it with Mac on Feb. 5 and just took it out of the box yesterday. According to someone on another message board who has it with most recent version of Mac, it's basically plug and go. Sticker on box says not to INSTALL CD if you have most recent version of Mac which I do. But can I insert CD in Mac disc drive for instructions without the download / install automatically starting. I wish there were printed instructions in the box. There's virtually none. What do I do?

Karuuna
Board Administrator

08-31-2000

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 6:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Karuuna a private message Print Post    
Colord, generally you can. I've never seen a Mac CD that runs without interaction.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 8:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
There isn't an autorun function on Macs, like there is on Windows. Insert the disc. If for some reason the installer starts automatically (and I doubt it will), just cancel out of it.

Colordeagua
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10-25-2003

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 8:41 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Colordeagua a private message Print Post    


I SOMETIMES have a problem with bold, italics, url, etc. codes when posting since getting the Mac. Is it me or something technical? No problems when I had PC.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 10:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Mictay, I would also buy one from ebay. I have VERY good luck with buying electronics on eBay, even from Hong Kong. Although Bob is right, it takes a very long time to get the stuff from Hong Kong, but it always works, and the sellers are VERY cooperative. It's just a matter fo how long you can wait if you order from Hong Kong or Singapore.

Tishala
Member

08-01-2000

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 10:10 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
Mictay, you also might want to look at newegg.com. They have excellent deals on computers and electronics. It's where I got my TV, home theater, computer, printer, audio and video cables, etc etc

I just looked and they have them as cheap as $8

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Monday, March 01, 2010 - 11:22 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Aw that's great Jimmer, thanks muchly!!! :-)

Holly
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 9:13 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Re spellcheck: I just turned this on and can see how a wrong spelling is highlighted. What I can't see are the suggested corrections. Is this feature not available on the TVCH spellcheck?

Jimmer
Moderator

08-30-2000

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 9:32 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
No suggestions Holly. You're on your own with that one.

The other minor problem with the board spell check is that it doesn't handle plurals very well (thinks for some reason that they are misspelled).

Just a quick plug for the Firefox browser. It has a nice spell check built in so you can see misspelled words as you type and it offers suggestions. :-)

Holly
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 9:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Tx, Jimmer. I think it's time to download Firefox. Would you recommend removing IE or keeping it?

Jimmer
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08-30-2000

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 10:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jimmer a private message Print Post    
I don't think that Microsoft will allow you to remove IE. Anyway, I'd keep it around just on the extremely slim chance that a site works better with it than Firefox.

Mictay
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09-29-2006

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 10:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mictay a private message Print Post    
Ok so I plugged in the charger and it lights up,so i'm thinking it's not the charger,the laptop won't even turn on.I have it plugged in right noe thinking maybe it just needs to be charged???Not sure what it could be.Any suggestions?

Bob2112
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06-12-2002

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 11:25 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bob2112 a private message Print Post    
I use a free browser add-on from http://www.iespell.com to spell check. After running the installer I can now right click in the posting box and select "Check Spelling" and it pops up a box like this for each misspelled word:



You can "Add" a word to your dictionary and it will not show up misspelled again. Great for user names and acronyms.


Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 12:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Definitely do not remove Internet Explorer. Components of IE are used to display other programs, such as help for various systems (that use HTML Help). Just install FireFox and use it as your default browser.

Mictay, if you have the laptop plugged in and the laptop is not turning on, then either the charger is NOT working or there's something else wrong. Even if you've completely drained your battery, if the charger is plugged in and working, the laptop would turn on. I'd suggest taking it to Best Buy or seeing if someone you know has a charger you can use to test it out with.

Mameblanche
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08-24-2002

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 12:30 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Jimmer, I AM also using Firefox, yet it's not doing the spellchecking/correcting for me. What do I need to activate to do this? (It worked like a dream on my last computer, btw.)

What I'm doing now is when the TVCH spellchecker catches a booboo I cut and paste the word into google and google lists it for me correctly. It's a pain in the buttocks!

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 12:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Under Tools > Options, select the Advanced icon. In the section title Browsing, select the check box to "Check my spelling as I type."

BTW this is also where you set FF to be the default browser, Holly.

Mameblanche
Member

08-24-2002

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 12:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mameblanche a private message Print Post    
Costa, I already have that box checked in FF (which is my default browser). So not sure why it's not working.

Holly
Member

07-22-2001

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 1:03 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Costa, I'm sure you can tell I'm not a computer geek, lol. BTW, is it wise to let Microsoft keep downloading updates or should I stop it? Sometimes their updates seem to screw up some of my software, eg. logitech for one, but then I wouldn 't know what to allow and what not.

Holly
Member

07-22-2001

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 1:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Bob I downloaded ieSpell and already like it. :-)
But...when I right click in this box, all I get is a window saying "spell check complete". I don't get the option to add names (eg. ieSpell) as your post above indicates. How do I get to the option box?

Holly
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 1:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Holly a private message Print Post    
Ignore that post, Bob. I just tested it on another name (not its own!) and voilĂ ! up came the box. Thanks for sharing this, it's really handy.

Costacat
Member

07-15-2000

Tuesday, March 02, 2010 - 3:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I'm a computer security geek but I also have a lot of apps that could have conflicts with some of Microsoft's lovely patches. So I don't do automatic updates of anything EVER. I will go check to see what they list as necessary and maybe manually apply the update. I rarely do anything optional. :-)