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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 11:23 am
This is for Landi. She gets upset if I don't post the latest Office Max freebies every now and then. This week at Office Max - 50 CD-RW's FREE after two mail-in rebates. Yes, RW's. It is a good deal. If you are inclined to get any, may I recommend you go to Office Max RIGHT NOW? Deals this good usually sell out pretty fast, like on the first day of the sale, which is today. It is a no rainchecks item. Other great buys this week are 128 MB xD digital picture card for your camera $39.99 after rebate and five different kinds of memory card readers free after rebate. Oh, and an internal CD-RW drive $9.99 after rebate. Oh, and one more! LOL. 256 MB DDR PC2100 RAM $9.99 after rebate. That is as cheap as that RAM ever gets. Oh, wait, wait, wait - 54G wireless notebook card (top of the line technology right now for either 802.11b or 802.11g connections, the Sponge will be along shortly to tell us if I am wrong in this characterization) - $29.99 after rebate. Okay, I am done. Remember to check those Office Max ads, folks.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 11:24 am
Grannyg: It would depend on the type of interface the drive uses. It could be SCSI or USB/FireWire. In each case, the PC would require a compatible interface to connect the drive. Once you have a way to connect the drive, you should be able to use it on any platform, including the PC. If you have the brand and model number available, I would be happy to research the drive and provide detailed suggestions for you on how to utilize the drive with a PC. Just let me know.
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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 11:30 am
I don't remember exactly but I'm thinking it had a plug like that of a printer? Does that make sense?probably not, i really can't remember I don't have the brand and model but I can get that tomorrow. You are the GREATEST!!! The man of my dreams!!next to my darling hubby of course. jmm knows of my mad affection for you but some of the others might not!!
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 11:38 am
Grannyg: MACs often use a DB-25 (the same connector for your printer on the PC side) for the SCSI interface. In order to make use of the drive on a PC then, would require you to have or install a SCSI interface in the PC. This interface would need to have the same DB-25 connector or you would need to obtain a compatible cable to connect the drive to the computer. If you need more information about connecting to a particular computer, the brand & model of computer would also be helpful along with the same information for the drive. Let me know how I can help.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 11:43 am
Hey Juju, look what I made for you over here

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Grannyg
Member
05-28-2002
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 11:54 am
Thanks a million. I will get all that info for you tomorrow. 
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Sunday, April 18, 2004 - 2:58 pm
Oh! Very cool, Dra! You know I have to keep the fires of consumerism lit on the board.
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Mags
Member
06-26-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 11:19 am
I can't find the old BB thread that talked about how to do video captures. I have never done it before, but a friend of mine wants to capture some video off of a site and you can't download it. I was wondering if someone could help me and let me know how it's done. Do you have to buy software? (he doesn't really want to do that). I'd appreciate any help you can give me. I don't think I have a member folder anymore....
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 11:55 am
Mags: You can download a free utility called 'Irfanview' from irfanview.com which has the ability to capture the entire screen, the active window, or the content only of the active window. It can be configured to capture automatically as often as every second or manually by pressing a key to capture. The program has many other useful features such as batch processing a collection of images (ie. when auto-capturing a window, you might want to batch crop all the images to remove the borders, etc.) to simple resizing or converting the format of an image. BTW: When you download the program, you probably won't need the plugins that are available on the site unless you have other applications to use the program for. Also, keep in mind that another problem with screen capturing video is the settings of the video player. Often to give optimum video performance, the program may use a scheme which prevents the screen capture program from seeing the actual video, ie. you end up with just a blank screen capture even though you were watching the video at the time. These settings are different in each program and for each file type to be viewed. Hope this helps. Please don't hesitate to come back with any further questions.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 12:29 pm
Hi, I have a minor (hopefully), but annoying problem. My computer screen has shrunk. It is about one inch off of the top. Adjusting on the monitor, even a little bit, only distorts the picture. Is there something simple I can do? I am no computer wiz.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 12:54 pm
Vee I hate to suggest this, but it sounds like your monitor may be starting to go bad on you. This 'symptom' is typical of older monitors as their high voltage components start to wear out and cause this problem. You might try various display settings on your windows desktop (presuming you're using a windows computer) to see if a different size and/or color 'depth' setting makes any difference. To access this setting, you can point to your desktop and press the right mouse button (right-click on your desktop) then point to 'Properties' on the popup menu and press the left mouse button (left-click on properties). Display Settings control panel should appear on your screen. Left-click on the 'Settings' tab, make a note of the current settings, then try adjusting the size or color depth, one at a time. If you have a 'test' button please use it. If you're happy with the results, then save the setting by clicking on 'Ok' to save and exit. If you don't find something there that helps, simply click 'Cancel'. Hope this helps.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 2:02 pm
Thanks, Draheid, I tried what you said, but the slide button would not go "one at a time." It was all or nothing. Also, there was no test button, there was an "advanced" button. This monitor is two years old. Does that count as old? The computer itself was built by a friend who went into the computer business having grown tired of social work. I think he needs to get back to the Department of Human Welfare pronto if the problems we've had with this thing are any indication of his ability. Anyways, I'm keeping what you said on file so that I won't be totally shocked when the thing crashes and burns. Thanks for your help!
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 2:09 pm
Oh, I neglected to say that the screensaver in the background shows in that one inch space at the top. If I try to drag the screen up, it is as if I were placing it behind a curtain. Not that this makes any difference...
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 2:33 pm
Vee: Actually that does make a difference. I presumed you were saying the 1 inch 'border' was completely blank. If you're seeing the background on the entire screen, that's a whole other issue but I can't think of what it is off the top of my head. Can you tell me what version of Windows you are using? Can you post the brand/model of the monitor? Also, a 2yo monitor is not usually considered old. Let me know this info and I will work on a more appropriate solution.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 3:55 pm
Dra, we're running Windows 98. The monitor is a Samsung, SyncMaster 750s. Sorry about not providing all the information that you needed. I can be a real ditz.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 4:00 pm
Okay, so does a router just wake up one day and say "I guess I will be broken today?". I have been having internet access issues and Comcast says everything is good to the modem, so it must be my router. Now I was online this morning and everything was working great. Now this afternoon, it is wacky. Oh, I did turn off the power to the router and then repower and things seem to be working a little better.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 4:22 pm
Vee: Have you tried maximizing an open program to see if it will fill the screen or does the board 'disappear' in the 1 inch area around the screen? On setting the resolution, you might try reducing the color depth to have more options for the resolution. Often the display adapter will only support certain screen sizes based on the number of colors to display. The 'Advanced' button gives you the option to adjust the refresh rate of the adapter. This is truly and advanced setting and I do not recommend changing it unless you're comfortable with what you are doing there. If possible, I would suggest you see if the person who built the computer would be able to have a look at the situation and adjust those settings for if if these other tests don't work for you. Hope this helps.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 4:26 pm
Dipo: No, Routers do not generally wake up and decide to quit working. It sounds as though your cablemodem may have dropped the IP address and your router didn't renew automatically until you powered it off and back on. There is probably a recessed button on the front of the router you could use to reset it rather then powering off and on but either will work. Of course, a lot also depends on how you have the router configured and what features it has to automatically renew the address assigned by the cable company. If this continues to be a problem, you may want to try bypassing the router and connect the cablemodem directly to your computer to determine if the problem is in fact with the cable service or in the router configuration. If it works directly, you may need to completely reset the router to the original settings and see if that works. Let me know if any of this helps please.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 4:37 pm
Yup, maximizing doesn't change things. Go back and talk to the guy who built this? Hmmmm maybe! Thanks again for your help.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 4:42 pm
Why is my @#$@##^^#%#@$^ computer freezing up all the time??? It seemed to happen most often at sites with alot of pop ups (pop ups are blocked) or alot of "stuff" going on. It seems to help if I am constantly deleting my temp internet files but it is getting worse.
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Vee
Member
02-23-2004
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 4:43 pm
Oh, here I am again...Winamp is the only program that I know of so far that is able to maximize normally. I did everything you suggested that I could possibly try...back to the source, I guess. Someone has suggested that my Webshots may be the problem...say it isn't so. I couldn't live without the tulips and daffodils.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 5:10 pm
Vee: Ok, now I'm confused. I'm not familiar with Webshots. I do know there are some PCs that were marketed as 'Free' with the understanding that the outer portion of the screen would be filled with advertising. These would force the screen to keep the outer edge free for these ads. What you may want to try is typing 'Ctrl-Alt-Del' to bring up the task menu. Write down the list of items in that window and post them here. I will locate the information on what each is and advise if any of those are the culprit for your troubles. It is beginning to sound like this may be a program that is running causing these problems. Let me know what you find out please.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 5:12 pm
Texannie: Your description suggests you may have some adware or spyware that has gotten on your computer. I recommend going to Lavasoftusa.com and download AdAware 6. Install this and run the program to scan your system for any problem programs. Typically, if you haven't run this before, you will see several items (I've heard of as many as 377 items on one machine) that the program detects as being a problem. Allow the program to delete everything it finds. Hopefully this will clear up your problems. If not, next we'll dig out the link to SpyBot Search & Destroy to run as well. Hope this helps.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 5:22 pm
Have it, runs all the damn time cause I am always having to reboot. I have spybot too.
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Draheid
Moderator
09-09-2001
| Tuesday, April 20, 2004 - 6:03 pm
Texannie: ZoneAlarm?
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