PCWorks: Re: Internet Explorer freezing the computer

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 posti

PCWorks: Re: Internet Explorer freezing the computer

> 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: Re: Internet Explorer freezing the computer

Hello again, > It happens sometimes that when a page comes in and I quickly use the scrollbar or scroll wheel on the mouse to move the page down (or up), the computer freezes. Could all this be due to not waiting for the entire page to download? What might I be doing wrong? ... Harold > Harold wh

PCWorks: Outlook Express - Blocking Sender

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

PCWorks: Internet Explorer not opening

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

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 not

PCWorks: Keyboard Manager

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 but

PCWorks: Let's end it on this.

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

PCWorks: Fonts - what's needed?

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 manage

PCWorks: GeoCities editor and Apostrophes

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 1stPage

PCWorks: GeoCities editor and Apostrophes

Hello again, CORRECTION ... Instead of apostrophes I meant quotes. Other than that, the problem is as stated earlier ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcwor

PCWorks: GeoCities editor and Commas

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

PCWorks: Spybot

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 = PCW

PCWorks: Re: Spybot

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 sh

PCWorks: Password on Rebooting

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 think

PCWorks: Re: Password on Rebooting

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 ent

PCWorks: Working with 15 windows

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: Msconfig Startup is blank

Hello again (Wndows 98 and a 4 year old HP Presario), I know most of my problems are my own doing (from tinkering). But how else will I learn the doings on this computer. Here's a new one . I looked into my Misconfig>Startup, and behold, there's nothing listed there. It's blank. What is even str

PCWorks: When those who know don't agree

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, o

PCWorks: Re: Sloppy floppy

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 > >

PCWorks: Outlook Express attachments

Hello again, 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 see the particular file icon

PCWorks: Re: Outlook Express attachments

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

PCWorks: Re: Outlook Express attachments

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 c

PCWorks: Re: Outlook Express attachments

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 cl

PCWorks: Re: Outlook Express attachments

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

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 fri

PCWorks: Re: Outlook Express attachments

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 tha

PCWorks: Re: Email not getting there and not undeliverable

Hello again, Original Problem This nurse can send email to everyone, except this one friend never receives it. This one friend can receive email from everyone except not from this nurse. And, this nurse never gets the email back as undeliverable. What should I prescribe to this nurse? Suggestio

PCWorks: Using "Find" in OutlookExpress

Hello again (OE 6) In most windows, using the keys Ctrl+F opens a Find box. You enter what you are looking for and there it is, "found" and upon continuous clicking "Find Next" you find all entries you are looking for. I find it very annoying that I can't do this with Outlook Express ... Ctrll+F

PCWorks: Re: Using "Find" in OutlookExpress

That worked. I do have a "Find" button but when clicking it, all I got was a "Find Message" window. No need for that as I don't keep too many messages in the folder. However, no customizing seems necessary; what I didn't realize was that the "down arrow" next to it opened all the Find possibilitie

PCWorks: Quotation marks

Hello again, For a few years I was plagued by the fact that my quotes in MSWord and Notepad were not registering correctly in GeoCities' editor making the HTML tag inoperable. For example, a bar would not show the dimensions correctly, as though there were no dimensions delineated. Our group was

PCWorks: Re: Quotation marks

> ORIGINAL QUESTION ... In GeoCities, their editor does not function with curly quotes (and quotes are a big part of html). In MSWord 2000, how can I change curly quotes to straight quotes? ... Harold > From: "Hugh Vandervoort" ... Harold, I know we've dealt with this before. Anyhoo, in Word, it's

PCWorks: Re: Using "Find" in OutlookExpress

Thank you, Jeff. Pressing F3 does it. Note that you only get one chance to use F3 in the original email but in the Reply window, F3 works best. On the other hand, as was pointed out here, the original window has a Find button; whereas the Reply window doesn't. However, your F3 does the job fine. St

Re: RoughDraft (Was - Re: PCWorks: Quotation marks)

Print Spooler? Now we are getting technical beyond my capacity. This is a google on print spooler: http://www.google.com/search?client=googlet&q=%22Print%20Spooler%22 and I, for one, have no patience reading this "stuff" (sorry to label it as "stuff" but it's "stuff"). Maybe some day... . Anyhoo, a

Spooling (Was - Re: PCWorks: RoughDraft)

Hello again, All right, I did some homework and this is what I found: In computer science spooling is an acronym for simultaneous peripheral operations on-line. It refers to putting jobs in a buffer, a special area in memory, or on a disk where a device can access them when it is ready. Spooling

PCWorks: RoughDraft and dictionary features

Clint ... I'm using Windows 98 on this 4y/o HP computer. I don't know why I'm having no problems with the dictionary/thesaurus and spellcheck. All I know is that after installing RoughDraft, when accessing the dictionary etc, it asked me to install WordWeb. I really didn't have WW installed at that

PCWorks: RoughDraft and Print Spooler

Not so, Clint (I hope we're talking about the same thing ... again, it works fine, with all the features, and without Print Spooler in the system tray (or working) ... Harold Note to the group. I'm sorry for the extended messages on this RoughDraft; I only mentioned it originally because I was hav

PCWorks: Formatting a reply

Hello again, This question has come up before and I still can't get it right. I also notice that in most postings, the problem persists. When I want to reply, I click the Reply button and then remove whatever postings that are not related to what I am replying to, and either make my point before

PCWorks: Re: RoughDraft and dictionary features

I didn't have to do anything. I installed RoughDraft, then installed WordWeb, and there it is, working fine. Maybe someone in the group who is using XP and has RoughDraft and Dictionary all working together can help you. I'm just a poor Win98 man. > From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" (Clint) > O

PCWorks: Re: XP Pro: Can't get rid of strange file in my Recycle Bin.

I have Windows 98 so can't be sure if this works for your system but I remember having an empty folder in my root c-drive that wouldn't delete and it took some doings in the registry to remove it. I really was easy to do. In your case, after doing what Clint suggests, and if all else fails, I would

PCWorks: Formatting replies to our group.

Hello again, Personally I enjoyed our brief exchange of ideas in formatting email. Slightly different from the techie part of our discussions but it showed a human quality to our being here in this group. Here's a posting that I once sent that was never answered (note that I'm talking about the di

PCWorks: Re: Formatting replies to our group.

use Ecleaner when I was on 98x, and it will > remove all > > the <<<, but it still leaves all the white blank spaces and the > screwed-up > > formatting the >>> create. So does the XP Notepad. So, you still > have to go > > through the entire email and get

PCWorks: Re: Formatting replies to our group

Hello again (using OE 6), Trying not to belabor the group with this point; seems many have more serious problems to discuss. I'm talking about seeing threads that look like this: > > Exactly, I hate those >> brackets too. When I have a long thread > going with > > a customer and I try and refer

PCWorks: Re: Formatting replies to our group

Thanks, Clint, I'm asking what I asked Lynne in private who was explaining to me how the settings in OE affect the word wrapping ... So is the bottom line that nothing can be done because there are too many variables involved (the sender, the receiver, and the ISP) and the thread paragraphs will co

Re: PCWorks: Backing up Registry

I know that Windows stores the entire contents of the registry in two files: System.dat and User.dat, and those two files are involved in the backups. But now the obvious question: What is the purpose of the Export/Import options? ... Harold > BTW and FWIW, I've heard that doing the "export" route

PCWorks: Re: Backing up the Registry

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wally) > > A long while ago (win 95/98) I discovered that the registry has a mind of its own. If you export the registry while some of the Keys are open, you will not export the full registry. I think what is exported has something to do with which keys are open. The time

PCWorks: Re: pcworks- Open With ... Adding and Removing Items

> From Wally > You said that the problem of adding or removing programs from the "open with" window was already solved. I missed that. Can you give me a short explanation as to how to do it. ... Wally Response What I did in Window 98 was first add the file to the "Registered file types" list in "F

PCWorks: Re: pcworks - Backing up Registry

>From: "Ann Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Clint, during the past nine years, I have had three computers, a Mac and two PC's, one with 98 OS and the present one with XP. I have never backed up my Registry, for the simple reason that I just didn't know how to. Is there a simple way that you could tel

PCWorks: Changing PDF to JPG

Hello again, Is there a way to change a PDF file into one jpg? What was sent to me is a poster (a picture with text on it) with a height greater than the desktop window. Therefore using "PrintScreen" won't capture the entire poster. So ingenuity to the rescue and still nothing worked: I tried cap

PCWorks: Changing PDF to JPG

Now I see the problem. I'm using Acrobat Reader 4.0, and the latest version is 6.0. This version I have is a free one (or it was free when I originally downloaded it). Unless you know a higher version that is currently free, and since this version gives me what few PDF files I ever download, I'll s

PCWorks: Open With --- Adding a program

Hello again (Windows 98), How does one add a program to the "Open With" window? Specifically, I use both Lview and IrfanView for my graphics (for the group, both are free and highly recommended). I put both exe files are in my Program Files folder. My jpg's and gif's are configured to all open wi

Re: PCWorks: Open With --- Adding a program

That's a hell of a good idea; why didn't I ever think of it. It's even better than "Open With" ... although (out of curiosity) I'd still like to know how it's done. It would be nice having both options. The reason I ask is that I like working with Lview (which has some advantages) but there are tim

Re: PCWorks: Open With --- Adding a program

> From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" (Clint) > I don't know if you were aware but the IrfanView shortcut (and just about any > other .exe shortcut) on the Desktop can have (image files in this case) > dragged to it and it will open. I wasn't aware of that either (thank you). I might have known i

PCWorks: User changed their name in registry, now has several login prompts for '98 and DUN

> From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" (Clint) > Hi all, can anyone answer this please? Someone had to change their name as > it was entered on a '98 PC and this caused some odd things to happen. > - -- > "..changing my name in the registry keys seemed to have caused >

PCWorks: Correction

Regarding the constant need to type in a ID and password, I've had that problem (especially after a freeze now and then), and what is usually suggested is to type in a user name without adding a PASSWORD. Sometimes it has to be done a few times until something clicks. I don't know why but eventuall

Re: PCWorks: Open With --- Adding a program (aka formatting replies to the group)

Clint ... We have it all together now and here you picked up an old thread; something I posted some time back. With your help, with Lynne's help, we already know that little can be done to keep the threads "in line" because of reasons you outlined below. The problem is solved (note that I used eCle

PCWorks: Open With --- Adding a program

> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Go to http://www.baxbex.com and DL their OpenExpert program. I use it and its great! > > "OpenExpert adds 'Open with' to the context menu of any chosen file type, using any applications you decide. So you can easily open your graphic files with your favorite paint progra

PCWorks: AVG and ZoneAlarm

Hello again, Windows 98 ... I have AVG (free edition) and ZoneAlarm (version 5.1). Question is, exactly what should I be keeping open while on the internet? In other words, when it comes to AVG and ZoneAlarm, what should I have in the System Tray (lower right hand corner of the Taskbar) and/or, wh

PCWorks: Getting "Open With" in right-click menu of all files (aka "Open With --- Adding a program")

Hi Wally (I'm using Windows 98) ... I hope you have no damage there however, I've been doing this for some time now with never a glitch. After making the appropriate changes in the Registry, when I right-click any file, I get two options on top: "Open With" which only appears once, and "Open" (and

Re: PCWorks: AVG and ZoneAlarm

Thanks, Clint ... I want to make sure I understand completely. With ZoneAlarm, I guess you mean the brown/yellow icon with the ZA letters on it. But with the AVG program, which one would I open in the System Tray ... the Control Center (which easily goes into the Tray) or the actual "AVG for Wind

PCWorks: Re: Changing PDF to JPG

> From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The current version at the link I sent is v6.01 or something like that. How did you get v5? - -Clint A more pertinent question would be, "What am I doing up 5:45am answering email?" That's the free version that is offered on the page yo

PCWorks: Acrobat Reader (aka: Changing PDF to JPG)

> From: Peter Kaulback <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Harold, are you running 98 or 98SE? Acrobat reader 5.05 is for 98 while Clint is correct that version 6.01 is for 98SE and above Peter Kaulback I think Clint concluded that version 6.0.1 is for XP (and maybe other advanced versions) but not for 98.

PCWorks: MSWord - Tear-off tabs.

Hello again, A friend selling a house on his own asked me to help him by making a notice (which he'll duplicate), using MSWord 2000. Of course I know how to make the main part of the poster in portrait orientation, but I'm having trouble making those "telephone number tabs" (those tear-off section

PCWorks: Re: MSWord - Tear-off tabs.

Thank you, David, and thank you, Lynne (Lynne is quite knowledgeable in MSWord and sent instructions of the list). Putting your ideas together, I'd summarize how to make tear-off tabs as follows: 1. Go to Table, Insert, Table, Number of columns, Number of rows, AutoFit to window, Click ok. 2. Clic

PCWorks: Pitstop Website

Hello again, Most of you probably know about the Pitstop computer diagnostics website. It's been around awhile and I recently gave it a try. The result was a page with all kinds of information. My question to those familiar with the site is: Is this information "for real" and how is it to be used?

PCWorks: Re: Pitstop Website

No, Clint ... the information below is just a small part of what Pitstop gives. What you see below is 19KB of info; what Pitstop gives gave was 207KB of info (big difference, and that's after removing what was unnecessary). However, if you say it's information is not all accurate, that's another ma

PCWorks: Re: Pitstop Website

Hi Clint ... With the little I know, I'm convinced that evaluating any computer setup is like a doctor diagnosing and prescribing what is best for any given patient ... much depends upon the lifestyle of said patient, how he wants to live his life, what activities he wants to engage in, etc. Patie

PCWorks: Win Setup

Hello again, I use a maintenance file called BeClean. Last week I used the Disk Clean Wizard of the BeClean program and deleted the Win setup folder (I forget, maybe it was a file) ... as a result, I think I saved about 35MB. Computer is working fine and if I have to setup the system again (Window

PCWorks: Re: Win Setup

Harold wrote: > I use a maintenance file called BeClean. Last week I used the Disk Clean Wizard of the BeClean program and deleted the Win setup folder (I forget, maybe it was a file) ... as a result, I think I saved about 35MB. Computer is working fine and if I have to setup the system again (Wind

PCWorks: Re: Win Setup

been used to "setup" Windows. If so, how would I have used it in any way that I don't use the System Recovery CDs? -- Harold B  From: Keith It is used to make changes to your system. the recovery disk does not have these cab files available except by doing the destructive restore. Y

PCWorks: Internet attack

Hello again, I usually ignore these "the sky is falling" emails that often get around the internet. The following came to me and I'd like to know if there is any validity to it. It doesn't matter to me because as a matter of course, I always have the VBScript Script File disabled (I don't even kno

PCWorks: Re: Internet attack

I tried it and it's a different world. In plain text, email just ain't the same :-). I mean, Lockergnome's Windows Fanatics has a completely different look and I didn't even know how to read it. So I'll pass on that one, Jeff ... and take my chances. -- Harold > This is why I have my Outlook Expre

PCWorks: Re: Internet attack

All right, I'll try it again. Where should I look, because I'm using OE 6 and don't see any option where it (Lockergnome, for example) "provides a link to HTML version" --- Harold From: "Jeff Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Harold, It's a shame people are willing to risk security just to make ema

PCWorks: Finding favorites in IE

Hello again --- I recall that in Netscape > Bookmarks, I was able to find a bookmark by using the URL for said bookmark. How would I do this (finding a Favorite using the URL) in Internet Explorer 6? ... Harold = PCWorks Mailing List = Don't see your post? Check our post

PCWorks: Re: Internet Attack

Hello again --- Sorry for the lag in this thread but I'm trying to find what appears to be not there. Jeff --- I'm using OE 6 and don't see any option where Lockergnome "provides a link to HTML version" --- Harold From: "Jeff Dougherty" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (referring to plain text version of all

PCWorks: Re: Finding favorites in IE

> I recall that in Netscape > Bookmarks, I was able to find a bookmark by using the URL for said bookmark. How would I do this (finding a Favorite using the URL) in Internet Explorer 6? ... Harold > Respone 1 From: "Support-OrpheusComputing.com" -- Do you mean you can't find the location of the "F

PCWorks: Re: Finding favorites in IE

> In Netscape, it was convenient if I wanted to see if some site I might be looking at and wanted to save was already in my Bookmarks folder; I would enter the URL to see if maybe I already had it, EVEN if I had changed the name of the site in the Bookmarks folder ... the URL would always be the s

PCWorks: HP/Compaq Pavilion Item # L250-4092

Hello again, TigerDirect advertises a computer with the following features: HP/Compaq Pavilion A742X AMD Athlon XP 3100+ / 512MB DDR / 160GB HDD / DVD+RW / Windows XP Home / Desktop PC After rebate, the final price of the above is $549.99 (nobody would ever say $550, but that's advertising). One

PCWorks: Re: customizing start menu

John --- I can't tell you what's wrong with your Taskbar Properties > Start menu window, but another way if you have to configure your Start Menu (which you probably know) is to R-click your Start button > Explore, and work from there. Or you can go directly to C:\Windows\Start Menu, and work from

PCWorks: Re: HP/Compaq Pavilion

Thank you Roger, Carol, Hugh, and Clint for your input in my purchasing a new computer question. I'm just a bit frozen now in making a decision. Many years ago, I knew my future wife 6 days and then asked her to marry me. Now that I'm interested in upgrading to a new computer after having this one

PCWorks: Only testing

This is a test to see if my postings are showing up. Three times I tried to post a followup on the "Customizing Start Menu" thread and three times it hasn't shown up. It wasn't world-shaking but I'd still like to know "wassup". ... Harold -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by A

PCWorks: Re: PCworks archives giving out e-mail addresses now

Hello again, Much of this discussion is involving some of our more astute members of the group (of which I am not). However, I looked into the archives to see what we are all talking about and behold, there on the bottom of one of my postings, is a button directing anyone in the world who finds hi

PCWorks: A fatal exception 0D at 2837:000029E

Hello again, All right, I know you are smiling. Yes, I still have my Windows 98 and unfortunately still have that penchant to delete files in the computer and keys in the registry that I think unnecessary. And maybe the following problem has nothing to do with that. Here goes: Everything is worki

PCWorks: Re: A fatal exception 0D at 2837:000029E

ORIGINAL PROBLEM: > Everything is working fine on and off the internet. I can restart the computer with no trouble. BUT, everytime I go to *shut down* the computer, I get an illegal whatever message on the desktop, I click OK, the screen goes black, then on a blue background I get the following mes

PCWorks: Resources free after startup

Hello again . (30 Gig HD, 256 RAM, Windows 98, 5y/o HP Pavilion) With AVG and ZoneAlarm in Systray, the opening resources seem in My Computer > Properties > Performance is 74%. Running in MISCONFIG , Startup is: SystemTray (must be kept running) LoadPowerProfile (two lines, both the same) Keyboar

PCWorks: 1954 Computer hoax

Hello again, Just letting you know that I placed a correction on that 1954 Rand vision of the 2004 computer. It's not the only time I've ever been "taken" but this time it didn't cost me any money: http://www.geocities.com/buddychai2/1954Vision.html Eventually I'll remove the page but since it m

PCWorks: Re: Resources free after startup

FROM CLINT: What's your CPU speed Harold? Do you have your video drivers installed? If you're running generic video card drivers your resources can be lower than they should. You could also have a resources leak. You can find a lot on that in search. Are you getting this startup info just from MS

PCWorks: Re: Customizing the Start Menu

Hello again (sorry for this late posting) --- I've been holding this in my Sent folder and just realized why it never got posted. In this email I spelled out words like h*ack, h*cker, and h*cking. It was meant to go out months ago. > From: "John O'Flynn" > Harold, your second suggestion (going to

PCWorks: Re: A fatal exception 0D at 2837:000029E

Ben, Clint, Argus, Hugh, and Dr. Watson, I thank y'all but not having the patience and thinking that all responses were in, I sent the following to the group a few days ago. But for some reason it didn't get to you (Marlene tells me that it was because I used the word, "h*ck" and I don't mean heck

PCWorks: Re: Resources free after startup

Go and download a little free program called Balarc Advisor. http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html It will answer all your questions about your computer. --- Ben Moore What an excellent link that is!!! (three exclamation marks). Anyone interested should know there is no space between "free" and

PCWorks: Re: Resources free after startup

CLINT SAYS --- Harold you don't know your CPU speed? When the PC boots it will be on the first POST screen. I don't remember where to find it on Win98. Only you are going to know if you have generic or the real video drivers installed since in the Device Manager even with generic drivers install

PCWorks: Re: Resources free after startup

CLINT SAYS --- Harold you don't know your CPU speed? When the PC boots it will be on the first POST screen. I don't remember where to find it on Win98. RESPONSE: Here it is . Aida32 gave it to me (another great program for getting information about your own computer) CPU Type Intel Pentium IIIE

PCWorks: Re: Resources free after startup

CLINT SAYS: We've been discussing getting the real video drivers for your "video card" and I can see from that info that it appears you don't have a card but have integrated video. This means you're going to have to get the video drivers from the PC manufacturer. Try searching that area you spoke

PCWorks: Bill Gates

Hello again, This is not exactly technical but still computer related. Some of you guys have been around computers for many years; maybe even from before 1970. I don't mean to offend anyone now but at that time, Bill Gates was a freshman or junior in high school, maybe 14 or 15 years old. Questio

PCWorks: Re: Tweaking TweakUI

JOHN SAYS: Every time I open TweakUI I get warnings from RegistryProt and Spybot that an important registry entry has been added/changed, and I refuse the change. Evidently this is TweakUI trying to put itself into my Startup. (Why on earth would I want to do that?) Is there any way I can get it to

PCWorks: Re: Resources free after startup

Hello again, Like Pope Julius II said to Michaelangelo, "When will this damn ceiling be finished?" (Well, maybe he didn't say "damn"). Here goes: With AVG, I have the following running in msconfig, startup: AVG7_CC --- that is the Control Center AVG7_AMSVR --- that is the Updater AVG7_EMC --- tha

PCWorks: Re: web page question

> Anyone know what I need to do to my webpage to make things work with Firefox? --- Vern This doesn't answer your question, Vern, but on your opening page, , in the left pane, all but the last link do not work. I'm using IE 6. --- Harold An aside --- How could y

PCWorks: Re: Resources free after startup

In a way the problem is resolved. Although I don't have 98% resources free upon startup like you young'uns, I'm not having any unusual problem with the system. I feel better now having seen the following two pages: Startup Problems --- http://www2.whidbey.net/djdenham/Uncheck.htm Startup Items Lis

PCWorks: Mozilla Firefox

Hello again, My new passion is getting accustomed to this Mozilla Firefox browser (I got the idea from Vern's posting). Firefox can be downloaded from: http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox&os=win&lang=en-US That's one long URL, no spaces if you have your window reduced in size. You'll ge

PCWorks: I need a shortcut - a bat file?

Hello again, My Standby button on the keyboard works very well, in spite of the many warnings from the group about some dangers in using it. So as long as there is no problem, when I'm not by the computer, the computer is on Standby (no fan going, system is resting, and I presume fewer resources a

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