Re: [Blind-Computing] How to get program back into system tray

2008-07-07 Thread Parham
Again it would depend on the program in my opinion. It would probably be in the settings of the program somewhere. --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email: parham90 at GMail dot com - Original Message - From: "Betty Rains" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sen

Re: [Blind-Computing] Dual Core versus regular

2008-07-07 Thread Parham
Dual core is two cores as you know, so an AMD 2.2 would be in fact 4.4. And, AMD's performance is much better than Intels. for example, I had an AMD 1.6, and my friend had an intep Pentium 4 2.6 GHZ, and when we compared them together with a CPU testing program, mine got a higher rank, although

Re: [Blind-Computing] Glux

2008-07-07 Thread Parham
Actually it's neather Glux nore Glulx. It's GLX, but it depends on the interpreter what they name it. Widely it is knnown as Glulx, yes. --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email: parham90 at GMail dot com - Original Message - From: "Milos Przic" <[EMAI

Re: [Blind-Computing] Glux

2008-07-07 Thread Parham
Adrift is another format of writing interactive fiction. GMud, however, is for playing multi-user dungeon games, which are online, multi-user games. Interactive fiction is offline, and only you play it. Adrift, Inform, JACL, Tads, Glux, all of them are interactive fiction writing languages. ---

Re: [Blind-Computing] How to get program back into system tray

2008-07-07 Thread Betty Rains
On the other side of this coin, how do I delete things I no longer want from my System Tray? I assume this does not delete the program itself, just its location. - Original Message - From: "Mike & Barbara" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "-Blind Computing" Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:57 AM S

Re: [Blind-Computing] Video card driver question

2008-07-07 Thread Russ Breitenstein
FS Support is correct, you need the drivers for your video adapter. Follow Aiden's instructions and get the name and manufacturer of your video adapter. Go to the manufacturer's website or do a Google search to download the drivers. If the computer is home-built I would start with the motherboa

Re: [Blind-Computing] Video card driver question

2008-07-07 Thread Frank Ventura
Can you get Narrator to work or maybe even SA to Go? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Tipka Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 7:13 PM To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Video card driver question Aiden, Thanks

Re: [Blind-Computing] Email doesn't open some times

2008-07-07 Thread DoubleLegal
Hi Chris, Well, I just switched from using the paid version of AVG to the free versions of Avast and Zone alarm. AVG was giving me too many problems, so I decided to get rid of it. This Email problem happened with both AVG and AVAST/Zone alarm. I never thought about my virtual memory. I'll have

Re: [Blind-Computing] Glux

2008-07-07 Thread Milos Przic
Isn't it Glulx? Milos Przic msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skipe: milosh-hs - Original Message - From: "Parham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 9:40 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Glux > Glux is an interactive fiction interpreter. Interactive fiction games are

Re: [Blind-Computing] Video card driver question

2008-07-07 Thread Brian Tipka
Aiden, Thanks for the help, but without the graphics drivers I can't get Jaws to read what's there for me. Guess I'll have to get some sited help. Thanks again. Brian - Original Message - From: "aiden gardiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [Bl

Re: [Blind-Computing] A minor googlemail problem

2008-07-07 Thread Kerby Hill
Check our outlook settings to see if you have it set for html view in messages. I think it's under tools options somewhere in there. Kerby - Original Message - From: "Alex Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 4:02 AM Subject: [Blind-Computing] A minor googlemail

[Blind-Computing] Dual Core versus regular

2008-07-07 Thread Alan & Terrie Robbins
I am contemplating updating one of my computer units @ home while I can still get the XP Pro operating system with it. I know nothing about dual core processors which many have now. How does the speed and performance of a dual core processor rank to a regular For instance, I the machine I have n

Re: [Blind-Computing] Video card driver question

2008-07-07 Thread aiden gardiner
Hi, Right-click my computer, choose properties, go to the hardware tab, then select device manager. look for anything to do with your graphics card. Hope this helps, and sorry for the lack of description, Aiden - Original Message - From: "Brian Tipka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Mon

[Blind-Computing] Video card driver question

2008-07-07 Thread Brian Tipka
Hi friends, I'm trying to set up a Windows 2000 Pro computer. I have installed Jaws 9 with the latest up grades. When I start up the computer I get a message that says Jaws video intercept. When I contacted Jaws technical support, they said that they had run into that problem many times in the pa

[Blind-Computing] RE Vista and JAWS

2008-07-07 Thread First CRC Tom Vos
It would be highly advisable to be using JAWS 9. Otherwise JAWS will be much like it is under the older operating systems, but you'll have to learn a few new things in Vista. Give yourself some time to play around and learn the ropes. Blessings, Tom _

Re: [Blind-Computing] Email doesn't open some times

2008-07-07 Thread Chris
Hi, what antivirus/firewall are you using? This may be taking up memory, thus the problems you're experiencing. Yes, you've got 1 GB of RAM, but don't forget virtual memory is used sometimes, and this may be running low, hence Windows fooling to believe that you're running out of memory, both ph

Re: [Blind-Computing] More Help with Assignment

2008-07-07 Thread Chris
Hi, thanks for the help, greatly appreciated. I'll give this a try, but I'm not sure what results may come out. Thanks again, and take care. -- Chris Hallsworth Please visit my blog at http://chrishallsworth.wordpress.com You wrote: Hi Chris, Have you considered using the date function? For exa

Re: [Blind-Computing] Firefox install problem.

2008-07-07 Thread Junior Lolley
I have tried to install firefox 3 and get through The install just fine. When I click on firefox it will not come up. I have windows xp home sp3 and jaws 8.0. Does anyone have any ideas? No matter what I do it will not work. Thanks much. Junior Lolley kg4itd Liberty County E. C. -Original

Re: [Blind-Computing] Glux

2008-07-07 Thread Patricia Dunbar
did this take the place of G-Mud games or that one think it was called, Adrift? - Original Message - From: "Parham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 2:40 PM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Glux > Glux is an interactive fiction interpreter. Interactive fiction games a

[Blind-Computing] Vista and Jaws

2008-07-07 Thread Portia Scott
Hi all, I was wondering. Is there anything I should know about using Vista Ultimate with Jaws? Thanks, Portia. Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Visit the Blind Computing home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www

Re: [Blind-Computing] Glux

2008-07-07 Thread Parham
Glux is an interactive fiction interpreter. Interactive fiction games are the kind of ones that are text-based, and you need to type in commands to play. For more info, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email:

[Blind-Computing] Firefox install problem.

2008-07-07 Thread James Scholes
Hi all, I am trying to install Firefox 3, however after clicking the install button, the installer just hangs. It says not responding, and I cannot do anything with it. It has done it every time I have tried to install Firefox in the past. Does anyone have any ideas how I can fix this? All help

Re: [Blind-Computing] More Help with Assignment

2008-07-07 Thread Lennie Rinaldi
Hi Chris, Have you considered using the date function? For example: =date(108,7,7) The 108 represents the year 2008. I found that trying to calculate numbers of days between dates only works with the date function. After you set up the date, you can format it as mm.dd. or any other format

[Blind-Computing] Email doesn't open some times

2008-07-07 Thread DoubleLegal
Hello everyone, This problem takes a bit of explanation, so please bare with me. I have 4 different Email addresses; all using Comcast as the ISP. I never have any trouble opening Email on my main address, but when I switch to the other addresses, sometimes when I try to open an Email, I get a

[Blind-Computing] Glux

2008-07-07 Thread Lino Morales
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[Blind-Computing] More Help with Assignment

2008-07-07 Thread Chris
Hi all, well I'm truly stuck. It turns out that in the date column of the share_prices worksheet, the cell's format is custom, with dd/mm/yy as its format. I need to calculate the number of days of data for each month of the year, starting from Jan to Dec. I tried the countif function, but I end

Re: [Blind-Computing] request for a tutorial

2008-07-07 Thread David Ferrin
Rick's the only guy with an OEM disk. I tried hard to pick one up at various places without success. I wasn't even able to get a price on XP pro. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "firoz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 11:31 AM Subject: Re: [B

Re: [Blind-Computing] request for a tutorial

2008-07-07 Thread firoz
that will be great news we all are waiting for such useful tutorial firoz - Original Message - From: "David Ferrin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 2:03 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] request for a tutorial > Rick was working on such a beast a while back but I d

Re: [Blind-Computing] update on the pc terning it's self off

2008-07-07 Thread Russ Breitenstein
Mitch Before you declare the problem solved, I believe I would take aiden's advice and check for 'dust bunnies' inside your computer. It's unbelievable how much dust can accumulate. Take care, Russ - Original Message - From: "Mich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "blind-computing @jaws-users.co

Re: [Blind-Computing] computer terning it's self off for no reason

2008-07-07 Thread Rick Justice
Hi Mich, Based on an earlier post from you, concerning the free space on your hard drive, you need to make some changes in at least 2 areas. 1. You need to free up more space on your C drive. Windows requires at least 15 percent free space for maintenance, and the page file. The fuller your hard

Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game

2008-07-07 Thread Jacob Kruger
Excellent! Hadn't thought of looking at the options menu item, and you do have to find the Glulx menu (Alt + G) to get there, but, it even seems to have around 59 voices in there (some of them demo, but anyway). Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...Fate had broken his body, bu

Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game

2008-07-07 Thread Jacob Kruger
Makes sense, and doesn't really seem to be a problem anyway. Was also just wondering if there's a list of 'commands' somewhere, along the lines of: look, take, ask, give, open etc. etc. Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA '...Fate had broken his body, but not his spirit...' -

Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game

2008-07-07 Thread Parham
Well, that speech has a bit of problems... like not being able to silence the speech when the description is too much and things... although the writing language I use in my game uses GLK (the same thing that glux uses). --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com emai

Re: [Blind-Computing] A minor googlemail problem

2008-07-07 Thread Parham
Well then, it goes back to GMail. I'll check it for you as soon as possible. --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email: parham90 at GMail dot com - Original Message - From: "Alex Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 1:51 PM Subject

Re: [Blind-Computing] A minor googlemail problem

2008-07-07 Thread Alex Stone
Parham, This wasn't checked. Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Parham Sent: 07 July 2008 12:08 To: blind-computing@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] A minor googlemail problem Hello Alex, Go to your outlook settings,

Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game

2008-07-07 Thread Alex Stone
Having just downloaded glux, I was pleased to find that it will self-voice. In the options dialog box, there is a buton for speech, which seems to work pretty well. Cheers Alex -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Parham Sent: 07 July 2008 12:02

Re: [Blind-Computing] A minor googlemail problem

2008-07-07 Thread Parham
Hello Alex, Go to your outlook settings, and in the read tab, uncheck "read all messages in plain text". See if it helps. --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email: parham90 at GMail dot com - Original Message - From: "Alex Stone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To

[Blind-Computing] update on the pc terning it's self off

2008-07-07 Thread Mich
hi all. this morning after I turned on the computer it seems to be back up and running. I am doing a scan as I write this to make sure that things are all ok. I also have pulled the tower away from the desk quite a bit to give it breathing room and so that it hopefully won't over heat since tha

Re: [Blind-Computing] A very old text-based DOS game

2008-07-07 Thread Parham
Hi Jacob, I'm afraid you have to work with Glux without any scripts pretty much. After a while, you would get used to it; I don't even switch back to pc, just read the responses and type in the edit box. --- Contact info: Skype: parham-d MSN: fire_lizard16 at hotmail dot com email: parham90 at GM

[Blind-Computing] A minor googlemail problem

2008-07-07 Thread Alex Stone
I receive all the mails from my googlemail account in Outlook 2003 via pop3. Unfortunately all my html e-mails seem to be being converted into plain text, which means I can't click on links in my e-mails but have to copy and paste them into Firefox. I've looked at all the options in gmail, but can'