Shirley, Jim's golf and baseball games are great and well worth a try.
running them should be symple just do the following:
First, download and install the winkit file. To download it, as previously
stated, when asked, click on save and save the file somewhere (for example
in your my
Sean, out of interest why do you suggest reformatting as the answer to any
computer related tech support question?
Appologies for seeming abrupt, but it just seems someone mentions some
slight problem, which might be as much a case of a user not yet knowing
the ins and outs of how to
I personally use 7zip, but you shouldn't need an extractor to handle
Jim's games as their self-extracting archives, just use the unzip button.
Beware the grue!
Dark.
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wow your second name is format, I think.
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From: shaun everiss shau...@xtra.co.nz
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 4:04 AM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] question on games
um why exactly will your hard drive not accept
Hi Spensor.
If you go to http://audyssey.org/ you can logue into your account with your
E-mail address, and set a lot of list options, including whether or not you
recieve mail. This is better than unsubscribing sinse you don't have to
resubscribe when you get back, just go to the site, logue
Hi Orin,
Yeah I thought some people would do that. Not sure how much real
guitar you've played but it's not uncommon to see people using both
hands on the fretboard for lead work. There's a few techniques like
tapping that are built entirely on that idea, very Final Countdown era
hehe.
Is the iPhone accessible? Doing something with the game would be nice. It's
collecting dust right now.
Cheers!
Jason
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Ryan Strunk ryan.str...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi Jason,
I don't believe any of the three in existence have online scoreboards.
However, the fact
the iphone 3gS is yes
On 7 Jan 2010, at 10:27, Jason Allen wrote:
Is the iPhone accessible? Doing something with the game would be
nice. It's
collecting dust right now.
Cheers!
Jason
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Ryan Strunk ryan.str...@gmail.com
wrote:
Hi Jason,
I don't believe
Hello,
Yes, the iPhone 3GS 16 GB and 32 GB models are fully accessible. So is
the iTouch 32 GB and 64 GB models.
David Chittenden, MSc, CRC, MRCAA
Email: dchitten...@gmail.com
Jason Allen wrote:
Is the iPhone accessible? Doing something with the game would be nice. It's
collecting dust
Just noticed this thread and, being a big fan of Sudoku, had to put my two
cents worth in.
Azabat Software is a bit different than the other games that are usually
mentioned here in that it is aimed primarily at blind and partially sighted
people who have little or no computer experience. They
Hello Shirley,
When you say my hard drive won't accept compressed files only
applications what does that mean exactly? I think rather than assuming
this or that won't work on your computer the best thing to do is ask
someone on how to solve problems like this as you seam to be having a
lot of
Hi all
I totally agree, I'd be willing to give whatever assistance I possibly
could in the endeavour of gaming.
Ron
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 9:23 AM
Subject: Re:
Hi Dark,
Agreed. Shaun's comment to reformat is way out of line. It appears to
me Shirley's problems are just that she isn't familiar with the ins and
outs of her computer system and there probably isn't anything seriously
wrong with her computer. Instead of assuming there is something
technical
Hi folks,
After a hectic Christmas holiday, we have cleaned up the website a little, and
we are now hopefully on the run again. However, there is a slight hitch.
On December 26, 2009, at approximately lunchtime, our main machine became
unusable due to a motherboard failure. According to the
Might want to consider on getting a WHS, Windows Home Server. I did a
pod cast on Blind Cool Tech a few years back on it. I still got mine
and got over 6 TB of backup info on it. If a drive dies I don't lose a thing.
Currently It's been running for 3 years non-stop. You can also host a
One suggestion is to use an online backup service like carbonite:
www.carbonite.com
or Mozy:
www.mozy.com
Both backup services are very accessible and both offer unlimited secure backup
for around $55 per year.
Karl
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Okay... here's y take on it, and I want to know what you all think... cause
I'm curious, having thought about this for a while.
Yohandy's right. The notes scoll down and hit a line, and you have to hit
them as they either get close to or actually hit the line.
as for learning it... let's
Hi Dark,
True, but on Windows Vista and later you need to run the setup file with
admin rights or it will give you an installation error. I suspect if
Shirley is using Vista or Windows 7 it is this error she is getting, and
in that case it is a simple matter of running the install as
administrator
Hey Clement,
There are a few reasons why I thought learning sounds needed to be
there even for drums, if you've got a sec I'll run them by you.
From the breif bit of playing I did on Rock Band it seemed that the
buttons you were expected to press often didn't match what I was
hearing on the song
Hey gamers. I have windows XP so maybe that's why I can't save compressed
files. Also, I can't install until I get this computer under my name. For now,
it's under school policy. Have fun!
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Ouch damien, - nasty!
Myself, for backup purposes i use a full external self-powered harddrive
which even has a separate power supply, and spends most of it's time in my
bottom draw when not actually used to back things up.
I do admit though, if this and my main desktop failed
I seemed to remember from one of her earlier posts that Shirly was using
Xp, hence my explanation, though i could well be wrong of course.
I personally stil don't see why microsoft have to muck about with all this
multi user account sicurity shinanigans, when there are so many people who
Hi Shirly.
If your using Xp, my instructions should work fine so long as you have
permission to install to the program files folder (which at least in theory
you should have unless the computer isn't actually yours).
Unzipping should also not be a problem either.
Perhaps if you explain
an external hd is on my to get list, right before a surround sspeaker
system and an IPhone.
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From: dark d...@xgam.org
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 5:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] X-Sight Interactive News
Ouch
Hey Dark. This is what I do. I press on the game I want, enter save, press the
Save In box and press enter. When I do that, there's a cu-ding sound. I check
my memory drive and nothing's there. I'll try again. Have fun.
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the main benifit of user accounts is that applications can't exicute harmful
code on your computer. Also windows form of user account control is not a
good example. Actually they made many mistakes among others that the
interface is buggy and annoying.
As this is not game related I'll stop
Hi Shirley,
Whatever the problem is it isn't Windows XP. All versions of Windows,
Linux, or Mac OS can save compressed files. When you save a file when
the save dialog comes up make sure to select the download location for
the file and then click the save button.
HTH
On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 10:41
Hi Shirley,
I'm not sure what web browser you are using such as Firefox, Internet
Explorer, or Opera so my instructions will be rather generic. When you
press enter on the download link a dialog will pop up asking you to run,
save, or open the file. Tell it to save the file. Another dialog will
Hi Philip
Ok, I understand.
You've got for sure many requests, and replying to all of them would take
very long.
So it's really the best way to post a message on the website.
Regards
Clauido
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hmmm
well truth be told its what I do when I have no idea how to fix something.
I had it lucky though for a while was easy to do and I have backups of
everything.
Since I have not heard an issue where sertain files are not accepted on other
drives, of a user's system, etc then there are 2
grin
Actually wish I could solve more issues.
Although I put myself out as knowing heaps of things all you need do is take
away my list boxes, checkboxes buttons and radio controls.
through in a regedit, and I will be completely stumped.
if its on the screen, if I can run it and if I can fix it
depends on who's opinion you hit.
If you ask some on dolphinusers like onj louis etc it is but has issues that
well you wouldn't want, there are people saying how bad it is.
and well that it really is just inaccessible.
then you read sites like www.digitaldarragh.com
and www.blindcooltech.com
that because most blind people don't give it a chance
On 7 Jan 2010, at 20:03, shaun everiss wrote:
depends on who's opinion you hit.
If you ask some on dolphinusers like onj louis etc it is but has
issues that well you wouldn't want, there are people saying how bad
it is.
and well that
hmm I feel for you.
I had a drive do this a bit ago.
I mannaged to recover most of my stuff.
however yeah I know the pain.
I have 2 drives both by western digital an elements drive for data and a mybook
drive for other backups, I sink these every so often and mostly things are up
to date.
On the
I do love mine, then again I already have a surround sound system,
though no plans to buy an Iphone as yet, ;D.
Beware the Grue!
Dark.
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From: peter Mahach piterm...@gmail.com
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, January 07,
hmmm if you are at school it may be an issue.
School may in fact dissallow the fact you can't install apps, or in fact
download anything.
They can regulate what you see and hear.
And for good reason, I was trying to figgure out issues on a tech network.
Aparently if security hit the network, well
Hi Shirley.
where are you saving the games? it's entirely possible your computer is
saving them in a whacky place. The bah ding sound usually means something
has downloaded.
If you use the drop down boxes in the save dialogue you should be able to
choose a folder, I for instance have
well dark I was worried that my main system would die I had some cds but these
were out of date, in fact the last cd I made was in 07.
Most stuff is to big to backup to cd now anyway.
the issue with the drive took about 2 months to find out it was actually dead
then another 3 months to find
Hi Jim,
I appreciate the information.
I actually do have some of your games on my other laptop computer. I
was particularly fond of your Monopoly game. Also, the golf game has given
me hours of stress relief. Thank you. I am going through college and need
all the stress release I can get.
Hi Shirley,
I understand that your computer is currently the property of the
school. So, you may need authorization from the school tech support to
install a game. As far as downloading a game goes you may be able to have
someone else down load the game to a flash drive or burn it to a CD on
I'm sorry willem, but in all the years I've used computers I've seen far
more problems with user accounts than I have applications creating harmful
code, - I backup constantly anyway).
IIf this is the purpose, it strikes me the cure is worse than the
desease, if ever there was
Accessibility and usability are two different things. Nobody could
argue that the iPhone 3GS is inaccessible, because the screen reader
ships installed on it and gives you access to every app that ships
with it. There's even a more accessible way of enabling it for the
first time than there is
well linux manages security better than windows.
in fact windows is trying to get security set right like linux.
unfortunately linux does not have uac.
Most things are allowed but if you need to access something that needs access
well you need the root password.
and ofcause you can bypass that
Hi Damien,
Man, I really feel for you. That really is some bad luck. I hope you
will be able to recover something from this desaster.
Cheers!
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well you need 2 to be safe really.
At 06:34 a.m. 8/01/2010, you wrote:
an external hd is on my to get list, right before a surround sspeaker system
and an IPhone.
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010
hmmm where are you saving the downloads
you may have to save em to a directory on the hard drive, they may be in your
my docs folder thats the default.
At 06:36 a.m. 8/01/2010, you wrote:
Hey Dark. This is what I do. I press on the game I want, enter save, press the
Save In box and press enter.
This is why I never read his Emails. Bad advice like this infuriates me.
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From: dark d...@xgam.org
To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 2010 10:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] question on games
Sean, out of
Hi all,
First of all this isn't going to be an off topic post. I recently heard that
people have been able to correct the bug in the latest version of Monkey
Business that prevented you from playing the Wild West level. The bug seems to
be caused by the level's map file being misplaced during
Nope. As a musician and competent guitar player I understand where you're
coming from. And I've heard the same as well, about how the thing feels
different when playing on an actual drum kit. I wil say though, that if you
want to play the drums, rockband is as god as a place as any to start to
Hi Shaun,
Actually, most modrn Linux operating systems don't have or use a root
account. Instead they use an admin tool called sudo which allows a user
to execute admin commands using a standard account. For example, to
install MOTA on Ubuntu Linux you would run the setup like
sudo dpkg -i
Hi Bryan,
First, thing you need to do is go to tools and options, and set show all
hidden files and folders to on. Then go to
c:\users\user name\application data
and here is where it gets tricky. The Vissta application data folder is
broken down in to local and roming subdirectories. I'd try the
Hi Dark,
I'm sorry to say that is a pretty jaded position for someone who's only
experience is using Windows XP and earlier. Other operating systems like
Mac OS and Linux have a completely different approach to multi-user
accounts than does Windows. I really wish you would not judge every
Sounds like quite a bit of experience. How do you keep from getting
confused when using a different OS? (grin)
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To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org
Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 2:37 PM
Hi Damion,
Wow-I definitely feel sorry for you. That's crazy-your luck seems to be
nonexistent. Personally, I have never had anything quite that drastic
happen, but I have had system crashes-that's never fun.
Best Regards,
Hayden
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Hi all,
I am about to try to make something along the lines of a simple program.
This would involve an edit box and a buttion, but I cannot seem to find how
to add from controls. I read that you go to the toolbox, but that is an
accessibility nightmare, and I cannot get the JAWS cursor to land on
Hey all. one thing that would be great on the new monopoly game would be for a
way for the user to retrieve a forgotten password or details in general if the
user deletes an email with those details or forgets them.
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Hi Hayden,
A very easy way to have an edit box in VB6 is by using the InputBox. You just
need a line of code such as
a$ = InputBox(Enter your name, )
Of course the Enter your name is just the prompt and can be changed to
anything that you want.
You might also want to take a look at the
Hi Hayden,
Sorry, forgot to mention, the InputBox and MsgBox automatically give you the Ok
button etc.
BFN
Jim
Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
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Hi,
Add to that that the average price of data recovery--which involves breaking
the seal on a drive--is minimum $845. I had a drive crash on me once and
thought my data wasn't worth $845...but in this case, wow. I hope you can
find a place that will do it cheaper.
Munawar A. Bijani
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