Re: PCWorks: What actually do those language update downloads do???

2002-05-24 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Clint Hamilton
I 'think' they are for a webpage to be presented with the correct alpha-numeric characters for a given language. -Clint God Bless Us All Clint Hamilton, Owner http://OrpheusComputing.com © - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Clint, I am most thankful that you can check or

Re: PCWorks: What actually do those language update downloads do???

2002-05-24 Thread Ralph_Baumgartner
Ed, I am not disagreeing with you at all with regard to the fonts, since that makes perfect sense. BUT, then I have the question of why are they offered as an update feature with regard to Win9x/Me, but I have never seen them offered as an update feature for my Win2K system at work??? This has

Re: PCWorks: What actually do those language update downloads do???

2002-05-24 Thread Ralph_Baumgartner
Gerry, I am not disagreeing with you at all with regard to the fonts, since that makes perfect sense. BUT, then I have the question of why are they offered as an update feature with regard to Win9x/Me, but I have never seen them offered as an update feature for my Win2K system at work??? This

Re: PCWorks: swap file

2002-05-24 Thread Gerald E. Boyd
At 03:35 PM 5/24/02 +1000, Jim Cladingboel wrote the following: Gerald E. Boyd wrote on Thursday, May 23, 2002 1:29 AM Subject: Re: PCWorks: swap file Moving the swap file to the end of a disk drive is actually a good thing. Let's assume the disk drive looks like one long line like:

Re: PCWorks: What actually do those language update downloads do???

2002-05-24 Thread Peter Kaulback
Ralph, these added features are already available by default in win2k. In Control Panel choose Regional Options to add any of these additional languages to your computer. Peter Kaulback In the hour of 07:58 AM 5/24/2002 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spoke this: Gerry, I am not disagreeing with

PCWorks: Syncing Start Menu for both Administrator and All User - possible????

2002-05-24 Thread Ralph_Baumgartner
Peter, Thanks much for the info. Unfortunately, that was what I was afraid I was going to hear - BAH AND HUMBUG!!! Boy, have I found out about the user/administrator issues here at work. When I started and got this system, which had been my big boss'es system (he was getting a new one at the

Re: PCWorks: What actually do those language update downloads do???

2002-05-24 Thread Ralph_Baumgartner
Peter, Another difference between 98 and 2K it would seem I have found with your input. I can not tell you HOW many times I have looked at this control panel item, and never, for some reason, realized that this was a part of the settings available in this control panel selection. I can tell you

RE: PCWorks: What actually do those language update downloads do???

2002-05-24 Thread Linda Johnson
Yep, I hear ya, Ralphit took me a while to get used to that stuff in 2K too Now I have XP Pro and the learning process starts all over, yet again *sigh* Linda Publisher ~ ABC ~ All 'Bout Computers Owner ~ Linda's Computer Stop http://personal-computer-tutor.com/main.htm Author/Teacher ~ MS

PCWorks: Online Payment Services

2002-05-24 Thread Carol Warman
We have a new client who is looking for a way to accept payments via her website. I recall a thread on this list a while ago regarding Paypal. I'm interested in any feedback on this service as well as any recommendations for other services of this type. Thanks, in advance. Carol Warman

Re: PCWorks: Online Payment Services

2002-05-24 Thread Keith Thompson
My son sold a number of DVD's on Ebay a while back. (about 200 of them). He said that the only way he would do that sort of thing again is by using PayPal. Apparently, the ease, security, etc is well worth it. (I think that he said there was some sort of charge. Keith Thompson Carol Warman

Re: PCWorks: Online Payment Services

2002-05-24 Thread ETM
As someone on the buying side of eBay, I don't ever bid on anything sold by anyone who is not using PayPal. It offers security on both sides of the sale. I don't allow PayPal to access my checking account, back up my PayPal payments with a credit card. My credit card is where I would back out

PCWorks: Recycle Bin message

2002-05-24 Thread Harold B.
Fellow PCWorkers, When opening the Recycle Bin (which is doing it's job), I get a No page to display window with this message: Action canceled ... Internet Explorer was unable to link to the Web page you requested. The page might be temporarily unavailable. What's happening? Harold B.