PCWorks: Scandisk WinZip Logs

2003-11-10 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Here are two logs that I've never once used. In fact, I never had occasion to use any logs in my system. How would, should, or could, they be used? ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines make sure you've

PCWorks: Cable modem dial up modem

2003-11-16 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Question: Someone asked me (someone must have found my website and thinks I have some smarts; how wrong he is!!!), He writes: Can you run a cable modem as well as a dial up modem at the same time? I have Omni Pro fax and it transmits via phone line to office faxes. I tried running

PCWorks: Rundll32 Error

2003-11-18 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Windows 98 ... What causes, once in awhile, six Rundll32 lines in my Close Program window (Ctrl+Alt+Del)? And equally important, how would one go about researching this problem. I went to this Rundll32 Error page and don't know where to find the answer there.

PCWorks: Recommending AVG (v*irus checker)

2003-11-22 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Hugh  again, thank you for all your html teaching regarding the table tags that will take the place of the marginwidth tags (those that are inside the body tags). Maybe gradually, as I review the files in individual sections of the site, I'll make those changes. Same thing with the

PCWorks: Netscape address book

2003-11-22 Thread Harold B
Hello again (second try on this question), What might have happened here. I opened the address book after writing an email, and all I saw there were icons (all looking the same) but each one standing for a name I had listed. The only way I was able to see who belonged to each icon was to

PCWorks: Re: Recommending AVG (v*irus checker)

2003-11-23 Thread Harold B
Same thing with the CSS tags that obviate the need for font tags within the page. Usually I don't do it but should I want to change the font size for any line within the page, I'm assuming that in that case, I would have to do that with a font - /font tag. From: Hugh Vandervoort [EMAIL

PCWorks: Re: Netscape address book

2003-11-23 Thread Harold B
I apologize everyone, I discovered the problem. Now should it happen to anyone else, those little arrows looking left and right can move all the text off the visible part of the window. So the problem is solved :-) What might have happened here. I opened the address book after writing an email,

Re: PCWorks: Recommending AVG (v*irus checker)

2003-11-24 Thread Harold B
From Clint (How are you typing  and what does it mean? It may not display the same in all email programs, but I see it as a VERY thin HTML looking vertical line, much thinner than any vertical letters like i or the left side of D, etc. I just pasted it from your email to that area above

PCWorks: Re: Pixels

2003-11-24 Thread Harold B
From: Ann Parker Hi, I have a problem that is not too worrisome, but perhaps one of you can tell me what to do to make it go away. When I first turn on my computer, the resolution is 800x600, though I have it set at 1280X960 pixels. After I have gotten rid of all the things I have to delete

PCWorks: Mozilla Firebird

2003-11-25 Thread Harold B
Thank you Roger and Peter for the Mozilla suggestion: Roger wrote, I agree, Peter! Recently I have begun using Mozilla Firebird as a browser. It is sleek with some very nice features, but no email client to mess with. I use OE6 for email and set up Firebird as the default browser and they work

PCWorks: Re: Mozilla Firebird

2003-11-29 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Original comment: Now in the Quick Launch, I have Show Desktop, Mozilla, NS 7.1, NS 4.79 (still my default), Explorer, and of course, my sweet little eCleaner. It's gettin' mighty crowded down there. From Jeff: FYI, you can drag that Quick Launch to another side of your monitor.

PCWorks: Re: Mozilla Firebird

2003-11-30 Thread Harold B
Roger ... Strange that I never thought of dragging that red flame icon in the location bar to the desktop; the only time I did that drag step was to move a location to a particular place in the bookmark folder. The other time was when I was on Christopher Street in Greenwich Village (well, we'll

PCWorks: Launch Bar on top of desktop in auto-hide

2003-11-30 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Jeff said, You can drag that Quick Launch to another side of your monitor. That's what I did and love it. I have several icons sitting up there (I moved it to the top and made it auto-hide) I did it, it's a good idea but for one problem: to access that launch bar in auto-hide, you

PCWorks: Testing your v*irus scan

2003-12-01 Thread Harold B
Hello again, I saw this in Lockergnome.com, and thought I'd share it with you. To test your v*irus scan, Create a text file with notepad and type the line of garbage text below exactly as it appears. Save and then run your v*irus scanner over it. Does it work? If not, get a new v*irus scanner.

PCWorks: Re: Illegal operation message

2003-12-03 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Windows 98 and I've been running ClnSys for a few years now. It's a dll cleanup program and now, as it gets to the end, I get this illegal operation message; the details are below: CLNSYS caused a general protection fault in module CLNSYS.EXE at 0001:23c3. Registers:

PCWorks: A personal favorites bar in Exporer

2003-12-04 Thread Harold B
Hello again, I have a question about Explorer 6. What I want to do is have what Netscape 4.79 has, a personal bookmark bar (here it would be a favorites bar). I configured Explorer so that I now have three lines up there. 1. the regular menu bar (file, edit, view, favorites, help). 2. standard

PCWorks: Another newsletter

2003-12-14 Thread Harold B
Hello again, I've been subscribing to PCWorks for some time now and am very happy with it; and even feel part of this family where we know who are the gurus, the wannabe gurus, and the newbies (I'm a wannabe newbie). I recently tried another newsletter because twice I never got a response from my

PCWorks: Re: Explorer Netscape

2003-12-15 Thread Harold B
Hello again, In Netscape I would initially visit those sites that I needed (banking, utilities, etc.) and then make the cookies file read only ... and it worked. Where is the cookies file for Explorer found and could the same trick be played as I did in Netscape? It would have to be a file

PCWorks: Re: Explorer Netscape

2003-12-16 Thread Harold B
Original question: In Netscape I would initially visit those sites that I needed (banking, utilities, etc.) and then make the cookies file read only ... and it worked. Where is the cookies file for Explorer found and could the same trick be played as I did in Netscape? It would have to be a

PCWorks: Re: Explorer Netscape

2003-12-17 Thread Harold B
Original Question: In Netscape I would initially visit those sites that I needed (banking, utilities, etc.) and then make the cookies file read only ... and it worked. Where is the cookies file for Explorer found and could the same trick be played as I did in Netscape? It would have to be a file

PCWorks: Re: Explorer Netscape

2003-12-18 Thread Harold B
Original Question: In Netscape I would initially visit those sites that I needed (banking, utilities, etc.) and then make the cookies file read only ... and it worked. Where is the cookies file for Explorer found and could the same trick be played as I did in Netscape? It would have to be a

PCWorks: Re: MSWord and left side alignment

2003-12-26 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Original problem: Using MSWord 2000, I'd like to move all text on some document over to the left. Right now, the left margin looks like that wavy left side that one often finds in viewing an html page. I want to keep the same paragraph and line structure; just want to eliminate any

PCWorks: Shortcut to get into Safe Mode

2003-12-29 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Something I just learned; a way to create a desktop shortcut that when clicked, will automatically boot you into Safe Mode. It works on Windows 98 ... maybe it will on other versions too. 1. Right click your desktop and choose NewShortcut. 2. In the command line enter: WIN.COM /D:M

PCWorks: Re: HTML

2004-01-05 Thread Harold B
Thank you, Wally ... that really helped as I had no idea how to accomplish it. I'm using it on a section of my site which I named, Sagacious Sayings. The entire site is what Hugh very wisely called my messing around (He's absolutely right). I find one difficulty: Where the numbers begin to have

PCWorks: Re: HTML

2004-01-06 Thread Harold B
Hello again ... well watcha know ... it looks good now (sorry) ... Harold I find one difficulty: Where the numbers begin to have three digits, the first digit seems to be half cut off. For example, see the lower section of this page: http://www.geocities.com/buddychai/Sagacious/Sag5.html

PCWorks: Re: HTML

2004-01-06 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Correction ... here's the problem: This page: http://www.geocities.com/buddychai/Sagacious/Sag5.html (numbers in lower half, starting with 220), looks fine in Netscapge but NOT in Explorer. Could someone please explain the reason? ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List

PCWorks: Let's keep this list together

2004-01-24 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Much of the discussion on the list now has to do with WindowsXP and poor little me is still working with Windows98 so I now spend more time just reading the postings. And regarding v*ruses and spam, I think I'm free of the former and just get my share of the latter. All I'm

PCWorks: Let's keep this list together

2004-01-24 Thread Harold B
Addendum: Btw, in that group, on the topic of being debt free, there were 31 postings concerning this subject in my digest form ... 31 postings (with tons of thread repetitions) telling me how happy this individual is being debt free, incuding the blissful state of being drunk ... what a world

PCWorks: Run time error prompt

2004-02-01 Thread Harold B
Hello again, A friend, when accessing my site, http://www.geocities.com/buddychai/Navigator.html ... writes to me saying: I do not know why, but I have not been able to open your web site. I click the url and get a 'run time era' prompt. If you have any ideas, let me know. Now I'm not plugging

PCWorks: Autoexec Warning in Safe Mode

2004-02-15 Thread Harold B
Hello again ... HP Computer 3+ years old, 30 gig hard drive, Windows 98... Another year passed and I decided to give the computer a thorough scandisk. I found it taking a bit longer than a few hours (didn't realize that my screensaver wasn't helping). After 10 starts (I had it going all night), I

PCWorks: Config.sys Warning in Safe Mode

2004-02-15 Thread Harold B
Another warning in that same safe mode was: Windows has detected a new MS-DOS resident program named 'COMMAND'. This program may decrease your computer's performance. Would you like to see more information about the problem? (I clicked yes). The following information was provided: [Filename]

PCWorks: Autoexec and Config.sys files

2004-02-16 Thread Harold B
Hello again ... HP Computer 3+ years old, 30 gig hard drive, Windows 98... Thank you, Jorge. I never knew they weren't important; I bet there are thousands of of files in any operating system that needn't be there. Personally I've done a lot of housecleaning and am satisfied with the results. But

PCWorks: Re: Autoexec and Config.sys files

2004-02-17 Thread Harold B
Hello again ... HP Computer 3+ years old, 30 gig hard drive, Windows 98... You just taught me a great deal. Not what the big Donald calls a deal but nevertheless, a great deal. 1) I never knew that the original config.sys file was so unnecessary, 2) that it is so easy to create a config.sys file

PCWorks: Re: Autoexec and config.sys files

2004-02-18 Thread Harold B
Hello again --- HP Computer 3+ years old, 30 gig hard drive, Windows 98.. JORGE WROTE ... If you need having the numlock off, you have two options: 1) Open notepad, write this line as follows: numlock=off and save the file as c:\config.sys 2) If you want to play a little with the BIOS, go there

PCWorks: Backing up the entire OS.

2004-02-19 Thread Harold B
Well, Harold, glad I was able to help a little bit from my painfully limited knowledge, wish you the best of luck, and suggest you put aside those outdated HP restore CDs ... you' d better have handy a copy of your operating system and your favourite programmes and most needed data .. Just

PCWorks: Re: Backing up the entire OS

2004-02-20 Thread Harold B
Hello again --- Hewlett-Packard (almost 4 years old), 30 gig HD, approximately 3 gig used (that includes 413 MB in my Program Files folder), and 26 gig free (the reason I have so much free space is that I back up all setup files on RW/CD's (G-d bless 'em), and sound and graphics I keep to a

PCWorks: Re: How to: Get Rid of BackWeb

2004-03-06 Thread Harold B
Hello again, I ran Spybot again this morning - it is gone! You can check on Description and it has something to do with popups where it gets on there - believe it said HP. I immunized it first and then went in and selected all and deleted. I also did a Search for Backweb and then removed

PCWorks: Explorer 6 freezes

2004-03-07 Thread Harold B
Hello again, I just went through a complete restore making Explorer 6 my default browser, starting to use Outlook Express to access my email (in a way not as convenient as the email access I had with Netscape), and in general, omitting some of the unecessary programs we often download and put

PCWorks: Yahoo

2004-03-10 Thread Harold B.
Hello again ... Yahoo (and I'm not cheering) Everytime I open Explorer, to any page, I get the following message: There is an update to the Yahoo Companion. It will take a few seconds to install. Would you like to install now? Now I neither want Yahoo nor its companion, nor do I want that Yahoo

PCWorks: Volume Control

2004-03-11 Thread Harold B.
Hello again, Thanks for the way to eliminate the Yahoo Bar on Explorer and the idea of Google Bar. I'm not sure I need it because I had Google in my Links Bar, but I'm giving it a try. A few more bars and my window will be as narrow as a Brink's gun portal. Now a new problem: I had earlier

PCWorks: Volume Control in Systray

2004-03-16 Thread Harold B.
Hello again, Now a new problem: I had earlier removed the Volume Control from the Systray (Control Panel, Multimedia, Uncheck show volume control on taskbar). I do that after I configure it, and then use the volume control knob on the keyboard. Now, all of a sudden, the Volume Control is back on

PCWorks: Outlook Express vs MSOutlook

2004-03-16 Thread Harold B.
Second question, Now that I'm not using Netscape, and getting accustomed to Explorer 6 (thank you, Hugh), I started using Outlook Express. And it looks good although I miss some of Netscape's features. I also notice after I restored the system that I also have Microsoft Outlook which also

PCWorks: Vollume Control in Systray

2004-03-24 Thread Harold B.
Hello again, Original question (Windows 98) ... After the last system restore I easily removed the volume control from the systray. Then something happened, and it came back again. And in Control Panel Multimedia, the box to remove it was grayed out with a very dim looking check in it (but the

PCWorks: Explorer window size

2004-03-24 Thread Harold B.
I do have another question. Again, all of a sudden (why things happen all of a sudden I'll never know). Internet Explorer keeps opening in less than maximum size. How can I configure it to always open maximized? ... Harold --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus

PCWorks: Explorer window size

2004-03-24 Thread Harold B.
I do have another question. Again, all of a sudden (why things happen all of a sudden I'll never know). Internet Explorer keeps opening in less than maximum size. How can I configure it to always open maximized? ... Harold --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus

PCWorks: Explorer window size

2004-03-28 Thread Harold B.
Hello again, To retain the maximized window, make sure that first it is maximized. Now hold down the control key and click on the x to close. This will usually set the preference for that application. Keith Thompson I tried it, Keith, and it doesn't work. Seems no matter what I do, the

PCWorks: Re: Internet Explorer size

2004-04-01 Thread Harold B.
How 'bout that !!! ... I finally got it to work. What I did was to change the icons a few times. There might have been something I did originally with changing icons that took away the Run line in Properties. Whatever, now it opens in maximized in both locations. Thank y'all for your patience ...

PCWorks: Re: Internet Explorer size

2004-04-02 Thread Harold B.
I'll answer Clint and bubbly Babs together: Changing icons --- I always knew about, but haven't used the Run (normal, minimized, maximized) box, for a long time. When I went to use that feature by right clicking the shortcut Properties, I noticed that that Run box wasn't there. And yet it still

PCWorks: Removing footers from email

2004-04-03 Thread Harold B.
(BTW, whomever is using AVG, you can remove that AVG footer from being displayed in all of your posts). Sorry ... I forgot to remove that AVG footer ... Harold --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.644 / Virus

PCWorks: Re: Removing footer in email

2004-04-03 Thread Harold B.
Marlene (answering your offline email saying that some of my email is coming directly to you)... Once upon a time I was a happy guy using Netscape and thinking that my website looked the same on all browsers. So one day, I opened IE and didn't recognize my site. I got to talking with Hugh

PCWorks: Re: Removing footer in email

2004-04-04 Thread Harold B.
Thanks, Vern (and Clint) ... I'm using the free edition. I opened the Avg Control Center, clicked the Email Scanner tab, and unchecked Certify Outgoing Messages ... Let's see if that works. If it doesn't, then maybe I should have closed OE and reopened it OR, it was necessary to reboot the

PCWorks: Re: Removing footer in OE email

2004-04-04 Thread Harold B.
Eureka, it worked !!! ... using minimum invasive techniques. Thanks again ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner [EMAIL

PCWorks: Keeping Connected

2004-04-09 Thread Harold B.
Hello again, In Outlook Express, going to ToolsOptionsConnectionDial-up, one finds a check box saying Hang up after sending or receiving . What happens with me is that every once in awhile (maybe after a forced re-boot), that box seems to check itself. I don't want it checked (and I'm the

PCWorks: Yahoo Bar in Explorer - IE6

2004-04-15 Thread Harold B
Hello again ... How does one get rid of the Yahoo Bar in Explorer (IE 6)? ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner [EMAIL

PCWorks: Outlook Express hanging up internet connection

2004-04-16 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Here's the situation: In Outlook Express there is the option in the Connection tab of unchecking Hang up after sending and receiving ... and of course, I keep that unchecked. Once in a while, as it comes to all people, the computer freezes. No problem with that; a cold bootup and

PCWorks: Re:Outlook Express hanging up internet connection

2004-04-17 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Responding only to keep the archive updated. Sometimes things get fixed in ways we'll never understand. Nothing came from PCWorks and a bit desperate, I opened the option window again, and just checked, unchecked, (or unchecked and checked) some of the connection options there and

PCWorks: Setup files

2004-04-19 Thread Harold B
Hello again, I have 104 setup files and logs in my system. Some are in Windows, some in Cabs, a whole bunch in Program Files (Internet Explorer and X-setup). What are these files used for? And is it safe to delete these files? ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't

PCWorks: Re: Explorer window size

2004-04-19 Thread Harold B
While I'm here, just want to update you on that problem I had when Internet Explorer would not open maximized. Seems I was using the icon in Quick Launch that came with the pre-installed system. That was a strange icon in that it had the appearance of a shortcut (had the change icon button), but

PCWorks: Re: pcworks-digest V2001 #1181

2004-04-19 Thread Harold B
One mo time ... Windows 98 ... How do I get rid of the Log Off line that appears in the Start menu right above the Shut Down line? I hope the answer is in the registry; I like hanging out there ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your post? Check our posting

PCWorks: Re: Explorer window size

2004-04-20 Thread Harold B
Clint says ... Harold, you still haven't mentioned if *ALL* IE windows are now opening in *TRUE* MAXIMIZED screen. Fav's folder, desktop shortcuts, links in OE, etc. - -Clint Response ... For *truly* maximized, I just go to View and click Full Screen ... although THAT maximized makes me nervous

PCWorks: Re: Explorer window size

2004-04-22 Thread Harold B
Howdy Hugh (long time no talk; I'm still gradually adding css to the pages), I looked for thumbs.db and find no files like that in the system. What's most puzzling is that the Favorites folder shows, in the Status Bar, that there IS a hidden file there. When making all files visible, no

Re: PCWorks: Re: Explorer window size

2004-04-22 Thread Harold B
Regarding Shortcuts (Windows 98 and Outlook Express) Seems to me that there are two kinds of shortcut icons in IE (as seen by the Properties of each). In my case, I'm talking about a shortcut to access GeoCities; though that shouldn't matter. 1. The usual shortcut where the Properties shows two

PCWorks: Finding Favorites in IE

2004-05-11 Thread Harold B
Hello again, I know I was able to do it in Netscape. How does one find any given URL in IE's favorites? In fact, where in the IE window can one find any particular favorite? In the Organize Favorites window, I see no general find applet. I do see where one can find names of favorites in

PCWorks: Re: Finding Favorites in IE

2004-05-12 Thread Harold B
Nope, I don't mean putting the favorites in any specific order. That I know can be done in the Organize Favorites window. I was thinking of using the Favorites folder but I don't think it would Find a specific URL (which Netscape did). One program can do one thing, the other program can't but can

PCWorks: Re: Finding Favorites in IE

2004-05-13 Thread Harold B
Thank you for the help. You guys have given us three excellent programs for Searching in Favorites. For anyone interested, they each have their special features as follows: Favorite Search http://www.dzsoft.com/favseek.htm puts an icon in your Explorer Tool Bar, which opens a search pane in the

PCWorks: Explorer window - left pane is a pain

2004-05-10 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Big problem ... I'm using Windows 98 and in my Explorer window (the only one I use; that's the one with a double pane), the plus marks in the left pane do not work. They only open up as I open up folders in the right pane. Although I never use the Open window, the same problem

PCWorks: Re: Explorer window - left pane is a pain

2004-05-10 Thread Harold B
Sorry to bother you ... problem was fixed by re-installing the last copy of the registry. I must have removed an important key controlling the left pane of the Explorer window. That was a close one; good thing I had that backup ... Harold Original problem ... I'm using Windows 98 and in my

PCWorks: testing

2004-05-14 Thread Harold B
This is just a test; previous message responding to Marlene's sp*m posting was returned to me. = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list

PCWorks: Re: Icons on Quick Launch toolbar keep rearranging themselves

2004-05-06 Thread Harold B
It's a scary situation when someone with Clint's expertise (which I highly respect) has problems with stabilizing his Quick Launch tray. With a few other things we read about hear in PCWorks, the first thing that comes to my mind is staying with Windows 98 ... big deal, so 98 freezes now and then.

PCWorks: Re: Icons on Quick Launch toolbar keep rearranging themselves

2004-05-04 Thread Harold B
Don't blame me; I'm just a little guy in nyc who has no idea what the heck he's doing :) A while back trying to get IE windows to open maximized, I was messing around with some things Harold said, and I deleted the IE icon (very first icon on the QL toolbar), then added it again. =

PCWorks: Modem speaker volume

2004-05-01 Thread Harold B
Hello again, I like to keep the modem noise during dialup down. The way I've always done that was Control Panel Modems Properties Speaker volume Off For some reason, I now hear the modem dialup while the Speaker volume is still configured as Off ... any ideas there? ... Harold =

PCWorks: Re: Modem speaker volume

2004-05-02 Thread Harold B
Thank you, David, or anyone else interested in where my sounds are coming from :-) I went to Control Panel Sounds, and found no volume adjusting option there nor do I find any reference to Audio Devices. What I do find is one tab labeled Sounds with three sections: Events (showing all the

PCWorks: Re: Modem speaker volume

2004-05-03 Thread Harold B
Thank you Roger and David, The modem dialup noise has been beaten. We won over modern technology and I have overcome those funny noises. We did it Roger's way: As for you modem, you can get to that by going to the control panel modem properties connection advanced: where it has extra

PCWorks: Modem speaker volume

2004-05-03 Thread Harold B
Having whet my appetite on the subject, this page might be of interest to anyone concerned with modems: http://www.modems.com/general/extendat.html Click the link, Speaker Control ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines

PCWorks: MSWord - backing up auto correct entries

2004-05-18 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Before any castrophe, how would one back up auto-correct entries in MSWord 2000? ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm

PCWorks: Re: To ise or to ize

2004-05-27 Thread Harold B
It's outrageous what the English do to the English language. When will the English learn to spell? In Australia it's even worse; maybe it's because they are upside down down there ... Harold Fascinating, I had no idea we spelled the same words differently... Babs = PCWorks Mailing

PCWorks: Internet Explorer freezing the computer

2004-05-30 Thread Harold B
Hello again ... Windows 98 and IE 6 It happens sometimes that when a page comes in and I quickly use the scrollbar to move the page down (or up), the computer freezes. Usually it doesn't happen if I use the scroll wheel on the mouse. What might I be doing wrong? ... Harold = PCWorks

PCWorks: Re: Internet Explorer freezing the computer

2004-05-30 Thread Harold B
Correction: Computer also freezes when using the mouse's scrolling wheel. Could all this be due to not waiting for the entire page to download? ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines make sure you've followed proper

PCWorks: Re: Internet Explorer freezing the computer

2004-05-31 Thread Harold B
Hello again ... Windows 98 and IE 6 It happens sometimes that when a page comes in and I quickly use the scrollbar to move the page down (or up), the computer freezes. Usually it doesn't happen if I use the scroll wheel on the mouse. What might I be doing wrong? ... Harold Correction:

PCWorks: Outlook Express - Blocking Sender

2004-06-09 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Correct me if I'm wrong but I always thought suspicious email should not be opened but rather should be blocked. How do you do that in OE? I ask because the only way I know to block sender is to highlight it (which opens it) click Message click Block Sender Does email have to be

PCWorks: Internet Explorer not opening

2004-06-14 Thread Harold B
Hello again, After logging onto the internet and attempting to open IE (6), I get a window that says, Microsoft Internet Explorer (and has a white X on a red circle). The message in it says: This window is busy. Closing this window may cause some problems. Do you want to close it anyway? OK or

PCWorks: Address Book in OE

2004-07-03 Thread Harold B.
Hello again, In my address book, the Export and Import lines are grayed out, making it impossible to back it up without actually copy/pasting the exe file from OE to wherever I back it up. Another problem with it is that all of a sudden if I have two words where the first name should go and

PCWorks: Keyboard Manager

2004-07-05 Thread Harold B.
Hello again (HP Pavilion and Windows 98), Don't know how it happened (maybe as a result of some computer freeze as computers are wont to do), but I lost my entire Keyboard Manager files. Now on the keyboard I cannot use a few that I found helpful (two shortcut buttons, Find button, and Standby

PCWorks: Let's end it on this.

2004-07-11 Thread Harold B
Hello again; sorry, I came in late and can't resist this (and I apologize to Marlene) IT'S BEEN SAID: The other one that lots of people do these days is to say, then instead of than, and vice versa. Like: He's bigger THEN me, instead of, He's bigger THAN me ... Dale CORRECTION ... He's bigger

PCWorks: Fonts - what's needed?

2004-07-15 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Happy to report that all is working well on the computer now. Seems it helps to get rid of programs that have been downloaded and installed over the years but never really needed. It's like life; you are better off traveling with as little baggage on your shoulders as you can

PCWorks: GeoCities editor and Apostrophes

2004-07-20 Thread Harold B
Hello again, An old problem that is getting bothersome: The apostrophes in the geocities editor (unless I type them in directly) are not being effective in the html tags. I tried copying/pasting from MSWord using various fonts, tried copying/pasting from Notepad, and tried the same using

PCWorks: GeoCities editor and Commas

2004-07-21 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Jeff called to my attention a common error I make in sending postings and he is absolutely right. What I would do is send a posting and if I caught an error in it, I would send just the correction in another posting. This might be fine if one is getting the digest version of

PCWorks: Spybot

2004-07-25 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Whenever I run Spybot (Search Destroy), one problem shows itself called, DSO (dee, ess, oh), maybe it's DS0 (dee, ess, zero) ... which I then fix by clicking the Fix button. Questin is, why do I keep getting this problem listed when running Spybot? ... Harold = PCWorks

PCWorks: Re: Spybot

2004-07-26 Thread Harold B
Hello again, Yes, Clint ... that's the version, 3.1 that I *was* using. Now that I trashed it, what might I use to replace it? Maybe I have enough guards guarding my precious files. They include AVG, SpywareBlaster, SpywareGuard, and Ad-aware. Anyone who gets within three yards of my files get

PCWorks: Password on Rebooting

2004-07-27 Thread Harold B
Hello again, I might be missing a certain pwl file because upon rebooting I get that window asking for my user name and a password. A side question here is exactly what do they mean by a user name in this context? Anyway, I enter my email user name, harold7 and do not enter any password thinking

PCWorks: Re: Password on Rebooting

2004-07-29 Thread Harold B
Hello again, ORIGINAL problem ... I might be missing a certain pwl file because upon rebooting I get that window asking for my user name and a password. A side question here is exactly what do they mean by a user name in this context? Anyway, I enter my email user name, harold7 and do not enter

PCWorks: Working with 15 windows

2004-08-03 Thread Harold B.
Hello again, Spoke with someone in Florida (not in any newsgroup) who said he uses BellSouth, pays $48 per month. He has an external modem that costs $150, has 1 ghz and 500mg of RAM, has fast access DSL and can handle up to 15 windows open (I think he's talking about chatrooms). My question: How

PCWorks: When those who know don't agree

2004-08-09 Thread Harold B.
Hello again, CLINT When they had auto update enabled, M$ dumps every conceivable update on your PC, of which the majority you don't even need, and also of which the majority will screw up your PC. HUGH ... No MS update has ever broken my PC. No MS update has ever broken the PC of anyone I know,

PCWorks: Re: Sloppy floppy

2004-08-23 Thread Harold B.
Dale, there is no question about it. If you spend a lot of time with a lot of nudes on your old hard drive, eventually you will have a sloppy floppy. I know this from experience ... Harold Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 01:54:17 EDT From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PCWorks: Sloppy floppy I

PCWorks: Re: Outlook Express attachments

2004-08-29 Thread Harold B
Hello again (using Outlook Express 5), I recently had to reinstall Outlook Express. All works well except the attaching of doc and txt files. Picture files attach fine (although within the email itself, and all I see in the Attach line is a small MS icon). I remember that previously I used to

PCWorks: Re: Outlook Express attachments

2004-08-31 Thread Harold B
Hello again (using Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6), Update on problem ... I now have Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6 running, and everything on the computer is working fine. The ONLY problem is that when sending a txt document to myself in OE, although the icon shows up upon

PCWorks: Re: Outlook Express attachments

2004-09-01 Thread Harold B
Hello again (using Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6), Original problem ... I now have Internet Explorer 6 and Outlook Express 6 running, and everything on the computer is working fine. The ONLY problem is that when sending a txt document to myself in OE, although the icon shows up upon

PCWorks: Re: Outlook Express attachments

2004-09-02 Thread Harold B
Hello again ... and that FIXED IT Solution ... In Outlook Express, go to tools-options-security, and uncheck 'do not allow attachments...'. For some reason, when I copy rich text into a new mail window, it still shows the rich text. I have to click tools-rich text, then tools plain text to get it

PCWorks: Email not getting there and not undeliverable

2004-09-02 Thread Harold B
Hello again, One of the head nurses in Coney Island Hospital, who is just starting out with a computer (imagine, she knows less than I do), is having a problem with sending email to one particular friend. This nurse can send email to everyone, except this one friend never receives it. This one

PCWorks: Re: Outlook Express attachments

2004-09-03 Thread Harold B
You are right; you did tell me. And I said the checkbox wasn't there. That's when I had OE 5 and I must have looked and not found it. As you said, and you were right, OE 5 doesn't have that option. And then after installing OE 6, I didn't think to look for it. What's even more disconcerting is

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