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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 9:16 am
I found where to change wallpaper. My old warm tropical wallpaper was still there. But it had switched to "Internet Explorer Wallpaper" which was plain white. Huh? Weird. Why? How?
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Rosie
Member
11-12-2003
| Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 9:23 am
Wish I could help you, Colordeagua, but I have no idea what is going on. Hang in there, someone may come along with some ideas for you.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 10:35 am
I'm not sure Color, how you made the switch, but I have changed my wallpaper in "properties" & can change screen-saver there, etc. I do those things on purpose, but my kids have done things accidentally & without being able to tell me how these things happened, e.g. moving the toolbar from the bottom to the extreme left--and another time to the extreme right--of the screen. To prevent the kids from doing these things again, I've tried to use the "lock toolbar" feature, which might help prevent accidental changes. Yesterday I accidentally made the font size HUGE on my screen, and I kinda liked it. I told my 13-yr-old that I'd made a boo-boo, he shook his head & showed me how to re-size the font; it can be made smaller and larger with CTRL&+ or CTRL&-. Who knew?
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 10:49 am
Sia, I can also change the font sizes using CNTRL and the rollyball-thngie on top of my mouse.
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Sia
Member
03-10-2002
| Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 11:32 am
Cool, Mame, thanks for the tip. I feel like a dummy when my 13-year-old has to tell me how to do things with my iPod, my computer, my cell phone, etc. Why is it so instinctive with kids and so hard-fought for an old gal like myself? LOL.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 11:46 am
You're lucky Sia, to have a brainy 10 year old as your computer guru. I have to rely on my pals here online and on a buddy, Bob who is my computer guru.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 5:47 pm
Color, it could be a malware infection. I Googled desktop settings changed by themselves and got a LOT of hits. The first couple I read sound sort of interesting, but if your problem persists, I would try using System Restore first before you go trying any registry fiddling around. Well, go to my last paragraph here. Try that first. In fact, read a whole lot of sites and advice before you EVER start fooling around with your registry at your level of expertise. If you don't have any malware/spyware detectors on your machine, I would recommend Adaware and Spybot Search and Destroy (just Google download free adaware, etc.) Here is the link for Adaware (that A in the middle is very important, not to be confused with Adware.) Link Download the one that says - Ad-Aware Free Anti-Malware - with the little globe and yellow A logo. Here is the spybot Search & Destroy download link: Link You might also try a free online malware scan if you can find one. Oh, this looks like it could be trustworthy at least - Windows Live Safety Scanner, about halfway down the page. Maybe do that first before you try System Restore. Link
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, January 07, 2010 - 5:48 pm
Mods or Draheid - it is probably time to update the download websites for free software at the link above.
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Draheid
Board Administrator
09-09-2001
| Saturday, January 09, 2010 - 10:41 pm
Ok Juju, just for you, I've updated the page at the top with the latest links on most of the popular utilities. I double checked the direct download links and they seem to work fine. Please let me know if you discover anything that doesn't work.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 1:09 pm
You da best, Dra!!!
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 4:11 pm
This is why I get scared of / frustrated with 'puters. Just burned a disk on iTunes. Wasn't watching. Heard the noise. Done. Don't see anything on screen to eject disk. Press the button on my tower to eject disk. Nothing happens. Control - E. Nothing happens. Put paperclip end in tiny hole where disk drawer should pop out. Nothing happens. Even go to Start - My Computer - DVD-RW Drive. Click on eject disk. Nothing happens. If I shut down and turned on, would that help or really screw things up? What now?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 4:30 pm
I don't think shutting it down and restarting will damage your computer in any way and it will probably automatically eject the disk.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 4:31 pm
Thanks. I'll try that and be back.
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 4:31 pm
You did eject in iTunes right? Anyway, the above will probably get the disk out anyway.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 4:43 pm
I'm back. Nothing. ??? I wasn't looking at the screen when I heard the noise that indicates burning is finished. Looked at screen and saw nothing to click on to eject disk. While in iTunes, did Control-E which is supposed to eject. Nothing. Just tried pressing on button on tower to open door and eject. Two or three times and it did. Thanks, Jimmer. I am feeling sooooo old. Ancient? FWIW, I was burning two 30 minutes tracks. Only first burned? Try again, but not tonight.
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Karuuna
Board Administrator
08-31-2000
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 5:08 pm
Colord, throw that disc away and start over. Chances are there is something wonky with it, and that's why you had trouble!
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 5:28 pm
You're welcome. I agree that the disk probably won't work so starting over is a good plan.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 5:38 pm
Tried again. Success. Thanks. Could a problems with burning cause a problem ejecting?
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Jimmer
Moderator
08-30-2000
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 5:59 pm
I guess that's possible but computers are funny. Sometimes it can be hard to figure out why something didn't work and then works another time.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Sunday, January 10, 2010 - 10:57 pm

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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 3:00 pm
Netscape 7.1 user for email here. I added a new account to my Netscape email, and now neither my original nor my newly added email accounts will send outgoing mail (I can get the incoming mail). I keep getting the following message: "An error occurred while sending mail. The mail server responded 5.1.0. Authentication required. Please verify that your email address is correct in your mail preferences and try again." I have confirmed that both email addresses are correctly spelled. Is there something else I am missing or should be looking for?
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Tishala
Member
08-01-2000
| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 3:04 pm
Can I ask who your service provider is? For me, I can' use Outlook because AT&T blocks something Outlook uses to send the email. They can unblock it, if I want, but I hate dealing with them so I just live with Thunderbird.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 3:06 pm
Service provider is Comcast, Tishala. They don't block Netscape, they actually helped Colossus set up an account on this same Netscape email program yesterday that worked fine.
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Colordeagua
Member
10-25-2003
| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 3:35 pm
Tish, I suppose it matters where user is? I have AT&T DSL connection and Outlook Express came with for e-mail.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 9:21 pm
GAL, if it is absolutely not too much hassle, do yourself a favor and get a Yahoo or gmail e-mail account.
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