That's not so much an 'observation' as a 'generalization'. I know *I*
was curious, and asked why, but I don't recall any others asking. Or
caring.
On Wed, May 27, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Stephen Brownfield
steveei...@verizon.net wrote:
In my recent post about slow-motion, I think I may have observed a
Piqued. http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=piqued
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 1:31 PM, Brian Jones wjone...@carolina.rr.com wrote:
Interesting... a computer with no PCI expansion slots, and one drive bay.
It's like having a laptop in a desktop box!
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We're dying to know why a lay person would need this capability?
Anyone doing any kind of video editing already has programs that do
this (NLE's).
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Stephen Brownfield
steveei...@verizon.net wrote:
Steve,
Thanks. I think that is what she is looking for.
She might be a pro. Law enforcement, or any number of professions.
That's why I was asking. Aren't you curious at all?
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 7:01 PM, Reid Katan ka...@his.com wrote:
Quoting Tony B ton...@gmail.com:
We're dying to know why a lay person would need this capability?
Anyone
Ah! Of course, the biggest problem with this use would be the slow
frame rates the event was likely shot at (or rendered to later).
Although some HD can go up to 60fps, many common web video formats
drop that to only 15fps, which should leave little but a blur on
faster athletics, no matter how
Personally, I couldn't recommend anyone try to use a netbook as their
primary computer, but for something to carry around, why not? ANyway,
there doesn't seem to be any big sales decline:
Netbook sales will soar to 22 million in 2009
worldwide shipments of these sub-compact portable computers
Gmail labels are created in SettingsLabels. Or, if you have them
displayed on the sidebar, just click edit labels.
The trick to remember with Gmail is to set a filter for the new label:
Matches: subject:([CGUYS])
Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label Cguys
If you skip the inbox, it works more like
It might. But that doesn't mean we want all our computer discussion
lists to suddenly allow political discussions. Nor do we want our
political discussion lists to start discussing politics. We're smart
enough to follow one or the other as we see fit.
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:16 PM, Tom Piwowar
Oops. For the less nimble-minded, obviously I meant to say Nor do we
want our political discussion lists to start discussing computers.
Nasty thing about a mail list - no way to edit posts!
On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 9:38 PM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote:
It might. But that doesn't mean we want
Strangely, I haven't ever had a problem with this. All my el cheapo
snapshots look just fine. Well, I rarely print them out. Perhaps
that's where the error comes in? Still, the ones I _have_ printed look
fine to me too.
Can you post an example?
Perhaps part of my problem is that I don't see any
If an exploit pops up in software - notably Flash or similar, if
you've disabled the automatic updates then you've seriously
compromised your system. Exploits these days do NOT require that you
run a file to get infected. Constant and hopefully automatic updates
are your only protection.
I'm
Was it one of those nasty old D-sub monitor connectors? I once managed
to bend pins in one of those suckers. The wire was hard-wired to the
old monitor so I basically had to buy a new monitor. Or maybe I
managed to bend it back; I can't remember.
I dunno if the power light means much anymore.
In your new Vista, you can simply use Disk Manager for this.
On Sun, May 17, 2009 at 9:32 AM, Marcio m...@ix.netcom.com wrote:
My C: Drive has two partitions. One is much smaller and has the programs,
windows, etc. The other much larger has only two files because I have a D:
Drive with my
Vista's repartition function isn't great though. I tried to diddle with the
partitions on the wife's laptop and was unable to get C: down to the 50gb I
wanted; I believe I had to settle for like 75gb/150. There was only 10G on
C:, so I know Partition Magic would have done it.
Pretty easy to fool it. I tried two, and it couldn't identify either.
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Brian Jones wjone...@carolina.rr.comwrote:
Interesting tool... Reverse lookup for images! Give it an image, and it
can tell you the source.
http://tineye.com/
bbcode is really a replacement for html - it allows doing things without
using html, which is always a dangerous thing to allow members to do.
Yes, I see the character now. ☺ It's a high number so may only be present in
certain versions of the font, like maybe the Western whatever that we both
A quick search at gmail's Help shows this has been going on for over a month
now. I couldn't find a response from Google explaining it. OTOH, both my
Washington Post's came in this morning showing images.
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What you guys are forgetting (or just conveniently ignoring) is that the
sync *is just fine* back at their location. If they throw it off enough so
that yours looks good, that's going to throw it off for everyone else. And
then it will change again for the next program.
It's absurd to think the
So you're saying outright that the station engineer sees this bad sync, but
does nothing about it. And won't, unless forced by the FCC?
I don't know; I can't really debate that I guess. But I do know that signal
still has a lot to go through between the time it leaves that control room
and before
What you may be describing is standard bbcode which replaces some
character combinations with graphics on some web forums.
She's probably got html email turned off, so she doesn't see the graphics
you send via email. Or, you've got yours set to only send plain text email
(a wise decision in the
I would, but I've given up on it. Aside from being in a separate thread, I
can't see any advantages, and several disadvantages. The final straw this
morning was finding out dragdropupload didn't work in that window.
Also annoying was that in the systray it shows a single FF icon with a
flyout,
A Google search turns up a ton of removal instructions.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Spyware+Protect+2009
On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 6:05 PM, Stephen Brownfield
steveei...@verizon.netwrote:
A friend of mine said he was getting this message that his computer was
infected with all sorts of
What they don't warn you about in RAID school though, is that after a
failure, when the RAID is being rebuilt, your data is 100% vulnerable!
And this striping process can take 24 hours or more for large disks!
How _likely_ is it that you'll have two failures in a row? Well, the
drives *are*
Believe me, this is far from the truth. I just finished reading yet
another article in TV Technology (a trade mag) about lip sync problems
and what can (and can't) be done to fix them. Some fascinating new
software that can actually read faces/lips to try to determine if sync
is bad. However, the
Has anyone tried Prism yet?
http://www.webmonkey.com/blog/Mozilla_Brings_Webapps_to_the_Desktop__Challenges_AIR__Silverlight
I'm trying it with gmail, but it seems odd - I keep looking for my other tabs.
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Avoid RAID like the plague if at all possible. For photo work there is
absolutely no reason for it. It just complicates the system, which is
the antithesis of backup. Instead, use that second drive to alternate
monthly backups, always keeping alternate backups off site.
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at
I think you're confusing the topic by introducing talk of serious
commercial audio formats. Most people are quite happy with .mp3's. And
right now you can store the most mp3s on a blu-ray disc. And that may
be the format that will last the longest.
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 4:01 AM, Eric S. Sande
She didn't SAY she wanted a live backup. She said: I just want to
have a [raid] setup to back-up my photo archive..
And even if she does, just how live does a backup need to be? RAID
complicates the system. That can be difficult to justify in the real
world. Assuming she shoots daily, there's no
WTF are you talking about? The pictures are NOT in a program.
Programs cannot have pictures 'in' them. They are on the hard drive.
I have yet to see a backup program offer to backup all the pictures
'in' photoshop. Reason? It's a stupid concept.
On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 10:13 PM, Tom Piwowar
Careful. I think the audio cds are some sort of oddity that has
already paid royalties or some nonsense like that. You just want
generic (or Data) cds.
Wait. Actually, I'm not sure I'd go to cd anyway. You can get a lot
more albums on a DVD.
A much more important question is: What type of
If we're taking a vote, I'd put Picasa at the bottom of any list. Yes,
it simplifies things, but it does so by *hiding* everything from the
user.
i.e., First, users have no idea *where* they're keeping their
pictures. Might be in c root, might be 15 levels down. File management
techniques are one
Heh. If you've ever watched an episode of Antiques Road Show, you know
that *some* people have way too much money and will pay ridiculous
amounts of it for the most worthless junk. Including old audio
recordings.
I threw all my old LPs away years ago when it was apparent all the
tunes were
Because doing these things themsel;ves *teaches* people about how
they're done. Yes, you can GIVE them fish, but if you don't teach them
HOW to fish, they'll always be stupid.
WHERE the pics are is important because some of those pics should be
backed up. Ask the average Picasa user where their
Don't waste a lot of time, as most of these have probably been
released digitally years ago. I especially can't imagine why you'd
bother with tape, but even CD has been superceded by DVD, and now you
_should_ be considering blu-ray.
On Sat, May 9, 2009 at 6:53 PM, Mike Sloane
Hackers Want Millions For Data on Prescriptions:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/07/AR2009050702515.html
Just another opening salvo in a cyber war that's sure to heat up as we
become more connected. It will be interesting to see how low they can
bargain the pirates.
CompUSA has a complete HP Compaq 6735s notebook for $329.
http://tinyurl.com/ctcrvw
No need to go into lengthy explanations about email; just hook him to
Yahoo or gmail.
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On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 10:41 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote:
CompUSA has a complete HP Compaq 6735s notebook for $329.
http://tinyurl.com/ctcrvw
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Of course, he can actually get an *almost free* new computer if he's
willing to sign up for a long term (2 yr?) 3G contract. That may not
be a bad deal at all, depending on his needs. With a connection to the
cell network, it's 24/7 access wherever he is. A very important
feature for many people.
Sometimes you can just highlight and copy. Sometimes a screen capture
app might help, giving you a perfect pixel-by-pixel copy of what you
see.
Isn't Firefox up to 3.0.5 now? Make sure you've got the latest version.
On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:13 PM, computerg...@att.net wrote:
Hello all. I
Yes, *I* cringed. But then I realized you must mean you keep *copies*
of these files, and sync it constantly to your main system.
But why all the bother? If you have broadband, just keep these files
in the cloud.
I still cringe a bit too when a client sends me a U3 flash drive. Not
a big problem
I sure wouldn't recommend a casual user - especially one that fears
reinstalling a few apps - to install a RC version of Windows 7! At most it
will be good for a year, at which point they would likely need to do a clean
install again. I mean, who would trust an upgrade to an RC, even if that
path
The minimum contract is $60X24=$1440. I assume this is the crappy old 3G
dial-up speeds network? This might be worth it if the whole family could use
that connection for internet access all over the city. Or is this limited to
one unit, a second computer costing another $1440/2yr?
On Thu, Apr 30,
My first reaction was This guy is an idiot. But I think you may have just
misunderstood. Perhaps he was saying that, for the cost of him installing
it, you might be better off waiting a couple years for Windows 7 SP1. Or
something.
Anyway, MS has no intention of killing off Vista before XP, but
What in the world are you talking about? I've upgraded *clean* many times
and never lost anything. Are you not happy with your current backup
strategy?
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 7:25 PM, Rev. Stewart Marshall
popoz...@earthlink.net wrote:
I hope they find a better way to upgrade or a lot of us
Maybe so. When I say I've always done clean installs, it has nothing to do
with cleaning the PC. I usually mean I just buy a new system drive, format
it, and install the new OS on it. Then I restore my personal files and
programs. Takes maybe a day. Many of my programs are on a different drive so
Yes, but those don't require you to attend their installation. Like I said,
it's rarely taken more than a day to do that. Or, more likely, I just do it
as the app is needed. The three you mention take all of about 10 minutes of
effort. Hardly a major project.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 9:31 PM,
Negative. I can probably count on one hand the number of clean installs I've
done. Win98 to Win2k, Win2k to WinXP, WinXP to Vista, And soon Vista to
Win7.
I have many downloaded apps. These days I never purchase physical media if I
can avoid it. They re-install as easily as anything. Five minutes
You may not be confused, but many will be. It's tough enough in a 60
second spot to try to tell them to re-scan channels. What would even
be the point of attempting to teach them how to re-program a single
channel manually?
Comcast just changed a couple channels in our lineup and I had to
rescan
No question, Final Cut is one of the more difficult NLEs to learn.
Very steep learning curve. Probably rivaled only by Avid.
But let's not confuse your decision to go with a difficult app - one
that virtually demands training - to then praise the trainers needed
at whatever cost. You guys could
Who cares?
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Ha! Clearly in your own mind, anyway. Tell me one thing you can do with FCP
that I can't do in virtually any other NLE - pick a random one for
comparison - maybe Grass Valley's Edius.
Premiere dropped support for Macs for a couple years due to lack of demand,
but it's currently available for both
Heh. Just spotted another one; seems timely. Remember to take all
these quotes with a grain of salt; these are the truly discontented.
I'm just about to move to [] from 1and1 (who are awful btw,
please anyone reading this do not even consider 1and1, even if they
offer you lifetime hosting for
Both Yahoo web hosting and Godaddy web hosting seem to get fairly high
marks. Or, i.e., not a whole lot of negative remarks.
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Perhaps you did, but if you didn't offer a step by step how to export
a tree view folder list from sed to html, then nobody's interested.
I'm not even sure it's *possible*, not to mention the hassles
involved. Be lots easier for the OP to just get one of the shareware
tree view apps.
On Tue, Apr
Actually, Silverlight is supposed to be an alternative to Adobe's
ubiquitous Flash. In fact, it's the *only* alternative, as nobody else
has even attempted to offer one. I thought you were all opposed to
monopolies and all in favor of alternatives?
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Tom Piwowar
Huh? MS didn't develop Java, did they? I thought that was Sun. The OP
said *MS* had a history of creating apps and then not sharing them
with everyone for free.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 12:47 PM, Tom Piwowar t...@tjpa.com wrote:
Can you name a single example of that? Probably not...
Java. Even
I can't get this to work in Firefox, IE7, or Opera. All I can see is a
single directory, not a tree view. Or is there a trick I'm missing?
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 1:02 AM, b_s-wilk b1sun...@yahoo.es wrote:
I sometimes browse my hard drive from a browser, especially the 'invisible'
system files,
I've heard of nothing but trouble from free hosting. But for a long
term family site that may be the cheapest way to go (you may still
have to pay for the domain name). However, these days you need to
consider the newer Web 2.0 solutions like Facebook and Myspace
instead of an independent website.
I regularly participate in 4 different hosting forums and we're used
to hearing people moving from 11 with nothing but complaints. Of
course, those are the ones that leave - the ones that are having
trouble.
The main reason I didn't go with them for my sites is because they're
in Europe somewhere
The semi-flip answer: The ones that are out of business don't. To stay
competitive with the likes of discounters like 11, they all have to
put hundreds of accounts on shared servers nowadays.
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 6:42 PM, db db...@att.net wrote:
How can you tell who doesn't oversell their
We haven't heard back from the OP yet, telling us just what he needs.
I still think if we're talking a small site, he may be better off with
a [free] blog or Myspace site. Much easier for the average person to
create and maintain. They don't even have to learn what FTP is, much
less oddities like
Perhaps this does need to be explained to you, though I doubt it.
Apple's profit was not from computers; those sales actually fell.
Translation: Not good news for you.
MS's losses are indicative of the economy right now; very few
companies reported profits. Translation: Not good news for you.
Oh, I'm not sure that's the lesson here. Anyone with a great need for
security already understands hacks like XSS and CSRF. Throwing out the
baby with the bathwater and going back to POP or IMAP is hardly a
solution. Like suggesting that because cars are dangerous we should
all go back to horses.
You're not alone. This happened to me last week and I just brushed it
off and added the event manually. Today I did a bit of searching, but
found no solutions.
The iCalendar format:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ICalendar
How it's _supposed_ to work:
You're really going at this piecemeal. Why don't you tell the list
what it is you're trying to do and that should get some more specific
answers.
On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 7:00 PM, Judy Cosler jfcos...@gmail.com wrote:
on computers manufactured since when?
a) check Wikipedia, but it's unlikely your equipment uses it. The
latches help hold it in place. b) maybe Walmart; are you sure you
_want_ the _cheapest_ cables? c) no
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 5:54 PM, Judy Cosler jfcos...@gmail.com wrote:
what is a DisplayPort Cable with Latches?
where is
A quick Google search gave this:
http://malektips.com/windows_xp_0009.html
PS If you're using IE, I hope you're using the newest version 8.
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:06 PM, Michael S. Altus michb...@aol.com wrote:
When I mouse over icons on the Windows XP taskbar, balloons pop up that
provide
Aren't you the one I specifically warned about arguing with a box of
rocks? I said it would only give you a headache. Feeling it yet?
Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell the
difference.
On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 2:29 PM, Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.com wrote:
of these balloons?
Tony B ton...@gmail.com replied:
A quick Google search gave this: http://malektips.com/windows_xp_0009.html
Chris Dunford replied:
A quick Google search gave this:
http://malektips.com/windows_xp_0009.html
I think this is talking about the ones I mentioned in my reply
Never use digital zoom. It only removes resolution you can use later
when you zoom in.
Oh, I'm with the use both crowd. I'm not going to lay on my belly to
get low shots, so I try to guess what's happening with the LCD. Ditto
macros. But I probably just point and shoot (and crop later) more than
How is that possible, as they only show up if you hover over a button
for too long? If you use Win+tab or alt+tab you don't see them at all,
and if you just go down and click the one you want you don't see them
for more than a fraction of a second.
Of course, if you only have a single layer
Don't feel too bad. I too have had nothing but trouble with iTunes,
mostly on XP machines. Fortunately, it's not like the program is
actually _needed_ for anything, so these days I just recommend against
using it at all.
I have removed iTunes and re-installed new versions a few time already,
You type that into your address box (about:config). But be careful.
Don't change anything in there unless you know what you're doing.
Really, the only options you might need to change for tabs is in the
ToolsOptionsTabs.
On Sat, Apr 11, 2009 at 8:31 AM, Judy Cosler jfcos...@gmail.com wrote:
I use my middle mouse button to open links in new tabs.
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM, Sue Cubic scu...@earthlink.net wrote:
I have Firefox set to new pages should be opened in a new tab. This works
fine if I click on a link in a new email. However, if I attempt to open a
new site from my
A laptop? Strangely, everyone I know - myself included - drags around
mice with their laptops, so I *always* have a middle mouse button
available.
As Tom said, if you don't mind using two hands there are hotkeys. You
can also right-click and open link in new tab. Thing is, you don't
want EVERY
Heh. That scroll wheel *is* your middle mouse button. Press it down.
On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 8:08 PM, Sue Cubic scu...@earthlink.net wrote:
No, not a laptop. It's a Logitech Trackman Wheel mouse. No center
button--in the center is a scroll wheel.
Yes, but oddly, my own experience with eSata, and one other editor
here, is that it's flaky. i.e., the drive will suddenly slow to PIO
speeds. This isn't always apparent. I had to install a disk speed
tester to verify when this was happening. A warm reboot would bring
the drive back up to speed.
Someone asked me about a .csv they'd been sent last week, and I was
pleasantly surprised to find that I didn't need to recommend she
install *anything* in order to deal with it! Everything was possible
for free from her browser.
What really surprised me was how complex the free Zoho db app is. It
Careful. When you argue with a box of rocks, you'll never win, and
you'll just give yourself a headache.
On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Chris Dunford ch...@covesoftware.com wrote:
I'm perfectly well aware of what the thread was about. What you said was,
This is not normal. You have a problem somewhere - one of the
interfaces, or maybe bad cables.
Note that USB3 is FULL duplex. Yes, it operates in BOTH directions.
At 5gbps (theoretical maximum), USB3 is 6X faster than firewire800.
The next firewire in the works, firewire3200, is still slower
I wasn't forgetting your vast experience. I'm just telling you that
USB does not have this problem normally. Clearly there's something
wrong somewhere. If you're being paid to fix it, I hope you've come up
with a better solution than to install 1394 in all those machines.
Actually, I see my own
Seeing as how surround sound is a MUST for my gaming setup, mini
stereos are OUT. But that's okay because there's nothing wrong with my
Turtle Beach sound card and cheap Acoustic Authority 5.1 speakers with
remote volume control (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0002QKUUM).
It's capable of
Ya, about 15 meters is the maximum length of a firewire cable. But you
can get extenders (e,g,
http://sewelldirect.com/firewireextension.asp). I have no idea if they
work well for capturing as we've never used one. The problem is that
you really need the deck close by to capture, not across the
in a nicer
looking media player. Seems to go ok, no hiccups so far.
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 8:42 AM, Tony B ton...@gmail.com wrote:
First I would just install VLC. If there's anything you can't play
after that (unlikely), go after it individually.
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 9:14 AM, mike xha
The first USB3 products are expected in Q4 2009 or 2010. It's hard to
say when the first camcorder USB3 interfaces may appear, but if I had
to guess I'd say NAB April 2010 for early prototypes, another year for
shipping models.
But you're behind the curve already. Camcorders use memory cards, and
You are incorrect. See http://tinyurl.com/4nms5n . And high end pro
camcorders are also doing away with tape; Panasonic has no tape models
at all this year. You're right that some tapeless systems use hard
drives or disks, but solid state memory is cheap these days so that's
the direction
However notice 1.5 hours on 8 GB card. Video takes a lot of room, and if
you are doing a lot of recording have lots of cards available.
What some shooters do is offload during the day. Most any laptop will
hold hundreds of hours of video footage, so you can keep shooting all
day long with 1 or
Are you drinking again today? She didn't specify a particular type of
network. Fact is, many post houses use networks - gigbit and fibre
channel - both faster even than firewire 800.
The reason I didn't implement networking (NAS - network attached
storage) for our workstations is twofold. First,
First I would just install VLC. If there's anything you can't play
after that (unlikely), go after it individually.
On Sat, Apr 4, 2009 at 9:14 AM, mike xha...@gmail.com wrote:
I'm looking at a clean install currently and am asking for opinions on the
best (lightest) installer pack for playing
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Bad cable or connection? You didn't say what it sounds like
Ya, I routinely re-wire our wireless microphone cords from 3
conductors (proprietary socket) to 2 (mini plug). They're only 2 feet
long so it really doesn't affect performance.
2009/4/2 E. Riley Casey rileyca...@espsound.com:
So what? The balanced to unbalanced conversion apparently worked fine
I don't really see why digital input would be much better, assuming
the mic in is working. This is just voice, not the philharmonic. But
if the sound card is really bad it could be a workaround.
And beware - I once got a USB headset, and the darn thing cut off my speakers!
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009
What I can't figure out is: If this is just an April Fool's joke, how
was I supposed to know about it? I'd expect a blurb somewhere on my
gmail page.
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Nope, nothing on iGoogle either for me. I just ran across another one
on the TechCrunch twitter - CHI.MP:
http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/01/chimp-lets-you-own-and-keep-your-web-identity-all-in-one-place/
As with Autopilot, it's completely feasible. Hard to tell if it's a joke.
On Wed, Apr 1,
Bad cable or connection? You didn't say what it sounds like on the PC.
Does a mic plugged in there sound okay?
On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 2:24 PM, David Turk dt...@indianahistory.org wrote:
We've been using Audacity for several months now to capture audio from a
reel-to-reel, with good results.
The problem with putting gadgets anywhere is keeping them visible. If
you keep them all on one side, at least you can try to open windows
opposite it. I use the Google sidebar which has always allowed one to
drag widgets all over. But I don't, because I want them all together
so I can see them.
I made the mistake of recommending Acronis to a friend a year ago and
it couldn't delete old backups then. Absolutely unbelievable that they
would expect users to go in manually and delete files!
Anyway, we got Norton Ghost working for him. Easily allows you to keep
x backup points.
A different
You made a huge mistake in not getting a Vista computer. If you had,
you'd have had all the good features of Windows 7 already. WinXP is
really an old and tired looking OS at this point. There's simply no
way I could do without the improved security in Vista.
On Sat, Mar 28, 2009 at 11:50 PM,
You don't say *which* version, so I must suspect it isn't Office 2007,
because if it was, you'd see right on the Home tab to the left in big
size Paste, Cut, Copy, etc. All right out in the open, not hidden away
behind menus. I can't imagine what would be easier for novices.
Of course, it's
I expected the same reaction from both my wife and my boss when they
were first faced with the new layouts. Oddly, neither of them said a
thing to me or even asked my help with anything. In both cases it was
months later when I thought to ask them if they were having any
trouble and neither were.
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