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Tagurit
Member
04-09-2003
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 10:29 am
I knew the answer but I asked dh and there hasn't been any update since we went from 7.0 to 7.1 quite awhile ago. It has to be several months or more that we have been on 7.1. I logged in on my own profile. Didn't go under dh or anything. After I had this mess up, I switched users to see what dh's side was like. He has no difference at all and the register screen never came up. Like I said, this screwy thing happened last month too. Never affected dh this time nor last. Dh shut down the computer while I was still logged on last night. Our computer asks "do you still want to do this while others are logged on" and he said yes. He was wondering if there was a connection there. I can't even remember if this was the case the last time it happened. Thanks for your input Draheid. Things like this always happen to me when dh is at work. lol
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 11:14 am
Tagurit: I'm concerned about the computer informing you that others are logged in. When you 'switch' to DH's login, do you use 'Switch Users' or do you actually log out before logging in again under his profile? If you were logged in when he shut down, without you closing the programs you were using, ie. Netscape, it is very possible that your settings were not saved and that caused you the situation you describe. I highly recommend that you never shut down a computer while anyone is still logged in. Log them out first, after closing any programs they may be running, then shutdown the computer. Hope this helps.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 11:32 am
Hey, Dra..did you see my problem???
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Tagurit
Member
04-09-2003
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 11:34 am
When we are both home using the computer we both use "switch users" to get out of our profile so that someone else can use the computer. And then at night, I will log off after I am done and he is usually the one to turn off the computer. I just didn't log off last night as I had a headache and didn't bother coming back on. It makes sense that it won't save the program but what I find odd is that I only lose my emails. The home page (Netscape) is the same and I don't lose my bookmarks. I would think it would make me start from scratch. Thank goodness it didn't! And, don't worry, dh has been well informed that most likely this is his fault and never, never turn off the computer when any of use are logged on. I think he has learned his lesson. lol Thanks for all your help!! 
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 11:45 am
Oh heck Texannie, I couldn't see it - the text is too small on my screen! I'm not sure what settings have been altered to cause your screen to appear incorrectly for you. Is it only webpages and your desktop and local programs are correct or everything is messed up now? If it's only your browser, check to see what the settings are on your 'View' menu - text size, etc. If it's everything, then you need to check the settings in your display properties for appearance. You may need to select a different setting, apply that, then reselect the preferred settings and apply that - to make sure Windows understands to reset them to your choices. Hope that helps.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 11:57 am
The desktop looks fine. It's the toolbars, any window that opens that are huge, same with games. All the settings for those are where they should be.
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Luvmom
Member
10-17-2000
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 1:00 pm
Hi, I just got a new computerwith Windows XP.It's got Windows Messenger.I unchecked Windows messenger from the windows file and downloaded msn messenger 6.1 but as soon as I start my internet the old windows messenger starts up.I tried to uninstall it with my norton uninstall but it says the file is protected.It is not in the add/remove program list.Is there something I can do?
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 1:18 pm
Texannie: Have you checked the monitor settings under the 'Display Properties - Settings' tab and make sure color depth hasn't possibly changed. This can affect the refresh rate which also affects graphics performance and appearance on your monitor. You might also try setting a different 'Appearance' in Display Properties and see if that helps. If changing the appearance helps, set it back to your preferred setting and check some of the detailed settings to see if they were changed for some reason. Luvmom: If you click on 'Tools - Options' in Windows Messenger, then click on the 'Preferences' tab, you will see a setting for 'Run this program when Windows Starts' - uncheck that setting and click 'Ok'. Then close Messenger. Finally, right-click on the icon on your system tray (right side of your tool bar but left of the clock) and click 'Exit' to close the program. That should prevent it from automatically starting in the future. Hope this helps.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 2:58 pm
Did that initially. grrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 3:23 pm
Texannie: I'm sorry - it was either that suggestion or recommending you power down completely and then reboot hopefully reinitializing everything but I presumed you already did that too. Is this affecting all scroll bars, including windows explorer, notepad, etc. or just web pages and e-mails through your browser? You also mention problems with games. What type of games and what are the symptoms there? What kind of maintenance were you running in safe mode? I presume defrag or similar??
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 5:11 pm
Yep, defrag ect. I fiddled some more, it's still not perfect but it's tolerable.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Wednesday, February 04, 2004 - 8:39 pm
Luvmom, when I was staying in my friend's house in San Francisco and using his computer with Windows XP, the Windows Messenger was driving me CRAZY. (yeah, okay, some folks say I am already crazy, no driving needed) All he was getting was spam porn messages on it. I went to www.google.com and probably entered something like "disable windows messenger" and found out how to shut it down. Okay, and here is a tip for people here: Before I ask a question here, I usually try Google first. Chances are if I am having a problem, somebody else in this whole wired world has had the question before me. The trick is in knowing what words to put in the Google search box. Try to break your problem down into its simplest components of what you want to know.
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 3:18 am
I have a friend who is having a problem getting rid of one of those pesky auto install task bars called Intelligence Explorer. She runs Win ME.. any suggestions? Thanks guys
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 7:43 am
Mygetaway: The consensus of information I find on Intelligent Explorer suggest using SpyBot Search & Destroy to remove this spyware. You can provide the following link to your friend and have her download that program to help eradicate this problem. http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?page=mirrors Hope that helps.
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 8:33 am
Hey, wondered if anyone had a suggestion for a quick fix. We disabled a former user on an XP computer yesterday, and today we're getting the "administrator" login page requiring a password (the likes of which we don't know) to access anything but a guest account. I can't get into much of anything on it - even the internet connection access has been firewalled. Anyone? I'm really irritated right now, if you can't tell. I hate having to call computer technicians about ANYTHING!
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 8:53 am
Goddess: Can you get into chat? (I'm in there now if you can, just join and we can talk about this situation.)
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 8:58 am
On my way - I'm on a different computer, obviously (LOL)
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Goddessatlaw
Member
07-19-2002
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 12:09 pm
Hey, Dra - the website you directed me to is fabulous, and would be something I could find my way through but the files on it are compressed and my computer (the one that's down) wouldn't open them. So I tried unzipping them to a folder and then downloading onto disk, but the downloading caused our other computer to crash (no big deal, it rebooted otay). Sigh. Looks like we'll have a visit from the friendly computer guy in the morning. Thanks so much always for your help, though. It just chaps my ass to have to have an office call on something like this. LOL. Take care and see you in chat soon.
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Cassie
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 12:30 pm
Dra Appease my curiousity please. You mentioned above that you were in chat. Is there a thread or link for chat on this board. I've often seen posts about members "chatting" somewhere but don't know what it means. Thanks.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 12:39 pm
MGA, my neighbor had one of those mystery toolbars too. We installed Ad-Aware on his computer, ran it, and later the toolbar disappeared. I also at one point got a Lycos toolbar installed on my computer by accident and couldn't get rid of it. Ad-Aware got rid of that one too. Ad-Aware is free spyware detector and eliminator, probably same sort of thing Dra gave link to above. Cassie, go look at the top line of writing on this page. You will see a link for Chat.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 12:41 pm
Cassie: There is a link on the top menu, right side (left of the login) for 'CHAT'. If you click there, you will then see a page asking what 'channel' you would like to join. Choose the main channel on the top of the list and a java program will open in your browser. You will be asked for your username to chat under. You should be able to use your same name as here but there is a slight chance someone else on the chat network has registered it instead. (NOTE: The chat service is not 'connected' to TVCH so never use your TVCH password on chat if asked for a password.) If that is the case, you will need to choose a different name. Usually just add a hyphen to your name (ie. Cassie- should work for you. If you encounter problems getting into chat, you may need to clear your temporary files before trying again. If you want to chat and find nobody is there, you may want to post in the Chat Reminder thread and usually if anyone is available, they'll join you too. There is usually a good group of folks in there starting around 8-9PM EST every night. And there has been talk about having folks in chat during the day too. It is always available, it's just a matter of getting others to join you. Hope that helps.
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Cassie
Member
07-15-2000
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 12:45 pm
Thanks, Dra 
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Mygetaway
Member
08-23-2000
| Thursday, February 05, 2004 - 3:41 pm
Hi Dra.. and Juju.. I know I had seen reports of that tool bar problem here before, that's why I posted the question. Plus I bragged that we have the smartest people on the net that could answer any question!! (LOL) I guess it's more of a pop up problem from some game site she went to. Ion-thunder or something. It keeps freezing her out and making her puter run funny. I guess she has AdAware and that isn't working. She said her problems are getting under control, so I guess the info I passed on helped. It's just someone I met while playing Keno at Slingo games. So thanks for the help!!
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Cathie
Member
08-16-2000
| Friday, February 06, 2004 - 2:37 am
Is anyone here running SETI on your computer? We have been participating for a few years and I guess I'm really wondering if it is worth the time and resources (even though it does run in the background.) Is this still considered a worthy project? We reached the 20,000 mark tonight and I thought that might be a good place to stop, but if anyone out there knows anything about the usefullness of their current data collection please share your knowledge with me! Thanks!
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Whoami
Member
08-03-2001
| Friday, February 06, 2004 - 6:10 am
Not really a problem, just a minor annoyance or two.... 1. I like having the status bar on my windows show. I click/checkmark for it to show, but each time I re-open the window, I have to check it again. Is this normal, or is there a "permanent way to leave it checked? 2. I have a couple of game folders with shortcuts in them for my games. I like to have the shortcuts view be on "icons." The last two days, suddenly when I open a folder its set to view "tiles." I reset it to view as icons. The next day its back to "tiles." Is there something that's been done to reset it back to tiles automatically? I run Windows XP Home Edition.
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