Archive through June 24, 2001

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Karuuna

Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 06:40 pm Click here to edit this post
I added more to my response. I keep hitting the post button before I finish my thought! Sorry! :)

Bijoux

Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 06:42 pm Click here to edit this post
Thanks Karuuna. I don't have internet explorer. :(.

Lancecrossfire

Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 06:48 pm Click here to edit this post
Bijoux, sorry to hear about your problem. I was going to post something to you about your last line, however was able to refrain. I sure wish you could be in chat Bijoux.

Ms. Karuuna won't be as lucky though.

While Karuuna has IE 4.5, she is in desperate need of a computer. (I have held off for SO long!)

<Lance ducks, runs, and prepares will>

Karuuna

Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 07:18 pm Click here to edit this post
Bijoux - You can d/l IE 5.0 for free at Mactopia. don't know if they still have 4.5 available.

The link is Mactopia IE 5.0

Karuuna

Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 07:19 pm Click here to edit this post
Lance -- I'll deal with you later. I am still so dismayed at your total lack of support in chat last night, when Grooch was harassing me.

Karuuna

Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 07:20 pm Click here to edit this post
Oh and Lance, neener, neener too!

Lancecrossfire

Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 07:21 pm Click here to edit this post
Grooch wasn't harassing you--she was just talking to you about planes. hehehe

Karuuna

Wednesday, June 20, 2001 - 07:23 pm Click here to edit this post
That's what I meant!!!! LOL
I'll never be able to take another vacation, meet another TVCHer, because I'll be so afraid to fly. I'll have to rent one of those vulgar mobile home thingies and drive all around to meet ya. And believe me, the world is safer with me flying, than it is with me driving one of those giant monsters!

Grooch

Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 07:55 am Click here to edit this post
How do you get rid of cookies from your computer?

Zeb

Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 08:03 am Click here to edit this post
Milk.

However, it doesn't do a computer good. nyuk!


There is a program called Cookie Cutter and another called Cookie Pal that are free downloads on the net. All you do after you run it is select the COOKIE tab, choose the browser you are using, highlight everything listed and click delete.

For those that use Netscape, after you do this you will want to go to the Netscape menu, select Edit, Preferences, Advanced, and uncheck "warn me before accepting a cookie" or you will get an annoying popup message.

Danzdol

Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 08:14 am Click here to edit this post
grrrrr Here is my latest frustration:

Everyone in the world knows how to download music but me........
Believe it or not I am great with computers and electrical equipment BUT I am missing (what will probably be something minimal )to make it work .

At home I have a Sony Vaio Comp. I bought, Rewrittable CD's and downloaded music to my comp.Now, I tried to download them to the cd and it says it is not for use in a home stereo or car.So, hello......why else would I want a cd for?
SOmeone told me I had to format the disk before hand. I did that-NADA.

What am I missing?

Grooch

Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 08:16 am Click here to edit this post
I think you need the nonrewritable cd's to play them in the car or stereo.

The rewritable cd's are for computer data.

Wow! I know a computer answer!

Zeb

Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 08:18 am Click here to edit this post
Re-writable CDs (CDRW) are different from CDRs. CDRWs are mainly for backups and use on your computer CD-ROM while CDRs can be used on both your computer and home or car stereo. Go buy a stack of 80 Min. CDRs and try again.

Grooch

Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 08:18 am Click here to edit this post
Thanks, Zeb. But do you need to download a program? There's not a manual way to do it, w/out a program?

Danzdol

Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 08:22 am Click here to edit this post
I have a program the comp brings to work with...I am going to kick some serious a** at the guy who told me to buy rewritable cd's...........I'm going to make him eat them..

No really I am not that violent.)

Thanks I will go buy those and let you know what happened. Do they need to be formatted?or are they good to go...

Zeb

Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 08:27 am Click here to edit this post
If you are trying to backup music or data files, the easiest program to use is Nero Burning Rom. If you are trying to backup full CDs then the best thing to use is DiscJuggler. However, until you register them, they will not burn at the full burning speed of your CD writer.

There are two ways of putting music on a CD. You can convert the MP3s into WAV files and create an Audio CD to play on your stereo (some programs make this conversion for you like Nero) OR you can backup all your MP3 files on the CD and use WinAmp to play them only on your computer. I know there are now portable CD players (like Sony Discmans) that will now play a CD full of MP3s.

Danzdol

Thursday, June 21, 2001 - 08:37 am Click here to edit this post
thanks...Is that neroburningrom.com?

I do want them to listen to at home....I am also interest in learning to mix music not back to back songs but mixing music samples with voiceovers and limited eight counts etc..........

I am really good with the "old school" way...I need to get updated and it frustrates me that I am late on this...:)

Faerygdds

Saturday, June 23, 2001 - 12:16 am Click here to edit this post
OK.. I'm great at software and most hardware, but when you get down to basics... I've been out of the field for a wee bit too long... someone help me out here...

I'm just about ready to upgrade my cpu and motherboard... I really want a high end P3 because it's frankly more cost effective for the reliability and speed. (I also hate being a beta tester unless it's my program -- and YES... I HATE debugging :) )

So I chek out pricewatch.com and start scrolling down to look for P3's... ok.. here's the question...

I see Athlon, Duron, and Celeron (of which I KNOW celeron=crap) I also see athlon 266, tbird, abd 200...

question to all current techies.. what in the HECK am I looking FOR??? LOL

Just to let you know.. I left the field about a year and 3 months ago and I feel SO behind!!!

Someone help me out???

Grooch

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 03:32 pm Click here to edit this post
TV question here.

I was watching tv when all of a sudden it shut itself off. We had thunderstorms earlier, and it's possible it's still thundering somewhere around here. Nothing else electrical went off, and the vcr and satellite box still stayed on and and still workingworking.

I went to manually turn the tv back on, the power goes on and I get the green power light on for a few seconds then it turns itself off to standby mode. It's a 52 inch projection tv. Does anybody have a clue what is wrong? My husband is going to kill me!!!!!

Help!

Wcv63

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 03:37 pm Click here to edit this post
Did you unplug it for a while? I have tempermental Tvs that require bizarre rituals to work at times.

Grooch

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 03:40 pm Click here to edit this post
Dang. I'll go try that. Then I will have to reprogram it. Arggghhhh!

(Thanks, Wcv, I'll try that right now.)

Grooch

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 03:46 pm Click here to edit this post
Well, I couldn't figure out what cord (out of a million) belong to the tv, so I unplugged everything.) No luck. It's still doing the same thing. :(

I am dead meat. Wait... I'll tell him the tv was off, and after the storm was over, I went to turn it on, and that's when the problem happened. Yeah, that's my story.

Wink

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 03:53 pm Click here to edit this post
Grooch a 52" TV????

Grooch

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 04:07 pm Click here to edit this post
Yes, but that's just the extra one we keep in the butler's bedroom.

Wcv63

Sunday, June 24, 2001 - 04:22 pm Click here to edit this post
Tell hubby The Butler Did It!