[wdvltalk] RE: OT: reformatting an external hard drive

2004-06-09 Thread The PuterBug
Thanks, Todd! I was afraid I'd need some kind of disk to put the system files back on it or something, guess not, heh? Deb At 08:02 AM 6/9/2004, you wrote: Deb, If this is going to your parents, I wouldn't worry too much about residual data. Therefore, yes. The right click, Format will work. If

[wdvltalk] OT: anti-virus w/a wireless network

2004-06-08 Thread The PuterBug
Hi there, It's my understanding that when one is using a wireless network the secondary computer receives all incoming stuff from the main computer via the wireless card on the secondary computer (in this case my laptop) through the router and the main computer. It's further my understanding

[wdvltalk] RE: OT: anti-virus w/a wireless network-Jon

2004-06-08 Thread The PuterBug
At 05:54 AM 6/8/2004, you wrote: Hi Deb, It's my understanding that when one is using a wireless network the secondary computer receives all incoming stuff from the main computer via the wireless card on the secondary computer Not sure exactly what you mean by incoming stuff, or whether you're

[wdvltalk] RE: OT: anti-virus w/a wireless network-Jon

2004-06-08 Thread The PuterBug
I'm sorry, I didn't realize this new thread thing happened. I have done this for a very long time and no one ever told me this. I will try to remember not to in the future. This method works really well on another list of mine. Deb At 12:01 PM 6/8/2004, you wrote: Again, hope I'm not being

[wdvltalk] RE: OT: anti-virus w/a wireless network-Jon

2004-06-08 Thread The PuterBug
At 08:19 AM 6/8/2004, you wrote: Hi Deb, I have a Linksys router. Plug the cable modem into the router, then the router cable goes to the port on the back of the PC. Sounds good so far, got any spare network ports on the back of the router? Yes. Well, I think they're called ports - you know

[wdvltalk] OT: reformatting an external hard drive

2004-06-08 Thread The PuterBug
Hi there, I currently have an external hard drive I use for backups. It's on the small side so today I bought a larger one. I have sold my current one and want to reformat it before turning it over to the new parents. There is no software that came with it, I plugged it into the firewire

[wdvltalk] Re: a little help

2004-06-03 Thread The PuterBug
Hi Andrew, If you're talking about the red lines lines of text, in Eudora that's done by the use of labels. I can right click an email and change it's label and I can change the colored labels to whatever I want them to be. Example: red=needs attention. Look for something like that in

[wdvltalk] Re: Compressed files

2004-05-23 Thread the PuterBug
At 01:29 PM 5/23/2004, you wrote: Hi list, I have a file with .tgz extension. I have tried to open it using win.zip, which has the extension listed in its options, and it won't work. Does anyone else know how I can get this file decompressed? I have downloaded several other unzip programs,

[wdvltalk] Re: Compressed files

2004-05-23 Thread the PuterBug
You're welcome, glad I could help =) Deb At 06:23 PM 5/23/2004, you wrote: Deb Thanks, it worked great. Jan • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password

[wdvltalk] OT: USB Root Hub duplicates in Device Manager

2004-04-22 Thread the PuterBug
Hi, I have just noticed that I have five instances of USB ROOT HUB in my Device Manager and two instances of USB Composite Device also in there. My computer seems to be taking longer to boot up. Do I need all these? I was under the impression that all one would need is one USB ROOT HUB.

[wdvltalk] OT: USB Root Hub duplicates in Device Manager

2004-04-22 Thread the PuterBug
Hi, (Please excuse me if this is a double post. My original never came through on my end.) I have just noticed that I have five instances of USB ROOT HUB in my Device Manager and two instances of USB Composite Device also in there. My computer seems to be taking longer to boot up. Do I

[wdvltalk] Re: SCR: http://www.stewartandcompany.net

2004-04-20 Thread the PuterBug
William, Very nice topper =) I particularly like how you did the we design success tag line. Only problem is, I can't read the text the fonts are so small, blurry and appear faded looking. IE6. I also would like to see it centered as you have alot of right side blank real estate

[wdvltalk] Re: SCR: http://www.stewartandcompany.net

2004-04-20 Thread the PuterBug
Whatever the default is for IE6. I don't mess w/those settings because I figure the average population doesn't mess w/them. Those w/a need to will, but Joe Public doesn't in my opinion and from what I see of stats. Deb At 12:55 PM 4/20/2004, you wrote: Thanks Deb, Cheryl and Janet...I'll

[wdvltalk] Re: Site problems or people problems??

2004-03-27 Thread the PuterBug
Comes up fine for me (nice looking!) Deb IE6 on XP and cable modem _ At 04:08 PM 3/26/2004, you wrote: The address is www.chanis.net - I tried chanis.net too and got there as well. Any advice would be much appreciated. • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join

[wdvltalk] Re: OT: Eudora Problem-Joseph

2004-03-17 Thread the PuterBug
At 03:00 AM 3/17/2004, you wrote: Deb, You encourage me to give Eudora another try. I do want to keep my website addresses separate, and that worked well before (when it was working). It will be on a different machine too, so that might make a difference. Joseph I understand, I don't want to

[wdvltalk] Re: Sitecheck Please - National Home Awards

2004-03-11 Thread the PuterBug
At 06:49 AM 3/11/2004, you wrote: Would appreciate some feedback and an allround check of a new site that I've just finished. Very nice, Jim =) I like the design particularly the outline effect. Simple but classy. Never saw anyone use that kind of nav before. Interesting thought. It looks

[wdvltalk] Re: Creating a password protected directory

2004-03-10 Thread the PuterBug
Hi Ali, Since I'm not techie material by any stretch of the imagination and things like .htacess confuse the heck out of me - I do have one suggestion for you: http://www.html-password.net/ it's only $30 to buy. I have the trial version and it's pretty cool, but I let it lapse before I had a

[wdvltalk] Re: http://www.fireballmedia.ie/clients/premier/index.htm

2004-02-26 Thread the PuterBug
Thanks, Jac! Deb At 02:06 PM 2/26/2004, you wrote: da! da! well at least I think that's how I did it!! lol cheers jac. • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a

[wdvltalk] Re: [wdvltalk] http://www.fireballmedia.ie/clients/premier/index.htm

2004-02-26 Thread the PuterBug
I'm on cable and it's popping up just great here. Very nice looking site except it's got an hz scroll of about 1/3 of an inch at 800x600 and I just LOVE these rollovers: http://www.fireballmedia.ie/clients/premier/kitchens.htm not to mention those kitchens are fabulous! Don't suppose you'd

[wdvltalk] Re: Page Test please

2004-01-19 Thread the PuterBug
At 09:12 AM 1/19/2004, you wrote: May I impose upon you all for a brief looksie (espeically the Mac crowd). No Mac, but IE6 getting an hz scroll of about an inch on both pages. If possible, I think the pictures could use a little less blur. I like the design =) Deb • The WDVL

[wdvltalk] Re: email hiding, might this work?

2004-01-17 Thread the PuterBug
BJ, You could use this: http://www.hiveware.com however, found out that people that don't have js enabled will not be able to use it. So, instead many have resorted to things like these little freebie programs offer: http://www.codefoot.com/software/ecloaker/index.html

[wdvltalk] Re: what do I need to do this?

2003-12-12 Thread puterbug
At 08:50 AM 12/12/2003, you wrote: I can't think of an alternative to a database. It would be very easy to do with a database. Does the isp provide php and mysql? drew I would have to find out from the client, but he's been pretty scarce. I don't know yet who he's hosting with or what services

[wdvltalk] Re: what do I need to do this?

2003-12-12 Thread puterbug
That will be just fine. You can e me offlist: [EMAIL PROTECTED] when you get the personal addy. LOL ref your last line, sounds so familiar! Deb At 09:28 AM 12/12/2003, you wrote: Sure mail away but I won't be in the office until Monday. I'll get you a personal address in mid

[wdvltalk] Re: what do I need to do this?

2003-12-12 Thread puterbug
Hi Stephen, Thank you, I figured this would be best offlist but if ya'all are willing to listen to me and help out, I'll glady put it here if it gets that far. I would love to know how to set up a simple database, have only use cms's that I just have to actually do the initial setup and

[wdvltalk] Re: what do I need to do this?

2003-12-12 Thread puterbug
That I don't know yet, but now that I know it's needed info, I will ask the client. Again, he's not been quick in answering so could be awhile. Started out he wanted this today (asking for it on Tues) but he's slacked off in responding so everything is on hold. Right now, I'm just finding

[wdvltalk] Re: what do I need to do this?

2003-12-12 Thread puterbug
Stephen, You are so funny! and I love your attitude. I'm glad I asked here and that you said keep it here. I'm sure I'll find plenty of help if it gets to that point. For now, I'm going to wait to hear back from the client. No sense going nuts until I get some answers. Deb Offlist!

[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] ie 5.5 download

2003-12-11 Thread puterbug
At 09:51 PM 12/11/2003, you wrote: I find myself with a 128 bit encryption pdf and IE 5. I need to upgrade to IE 5.5 to be able to use 128 bit. M$ isn't letting anyone download it and so far all Google roads lead back to M$ and IE 6. My reluctance on IE 6 is because I do not think my set up

[wdvltalk] what do I need to do this?

2003-12-11 Thread puterbug
Hi, I don't know what kind of script I need here or what it's called in order to go search for one. This is what it (as simply as possible) needs to do: This is for a sign-up form. When presented with choices to select, when a choice is selected this selection then becomes no longer available

[wdvltalk] Re: load times again : www.leisuredomes.com

2003-12-05 Thread puterbug
Jac, Don't know about load time on dialup, but very quick on cable and very cool looking site! Found one glitch on this page: http://www.leisuredomes.com/about.htm the photo in the center cell at the bottom needs some space between it and the text. Text is butted right up against the photo.

[wdvltalk] RE: OT Drive Image software question

2003-11-29 Thread puterbug
Hi Cheryl, Thanks for all the info. I ran into one glitch w/the .net framework. I installed 1.1 and it swapped out my opening screen (I have it ste up so that I don't have to login) and presented me w/a login screen each time which I hated. So, this morn I did a rollback and grabbed v1.0 of

[wdvltalk] RE: OT Drive Image software question

2003-11-29 Thread puterbug
Hi Cheryl, Thanks, I have Tweak but you reminded me I haven't transferred that yet over to the new computer, thanks! I don't think I'll upgrade net framework unless there's a valid reason to. This is working fine so farr. Deb At 03:13 PM 11/29/2003, you wrote: Download PowerToys for Windows

[wdvltalk] Re: Simple IMG... Qestion

2003-11-27 Thread puterbug
At 06:01 AM 11/27/2003, you wrote: Dear all, May I ask a rather simple question? I know it sounds weard! *gg* I truly don't know if in the IMG ... Tag I can define a text that is displayed below the Picture that is displayed. Or must I program this separately? You can add text to the alt tag and

[wdvltalk] Re: Any Recommendations for a Shopping Cart?

2003-11-21 Thread puterbug
At 12:43 PM 11/21/2003, you wrote: Can anyone point me toward some simple code without getting involved in big legal situations. www.mals-e.com Deb • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To:

[wdvltalk] Re: WebDevCoop.org

2003-11-20 Thread puterbug
Hi Gang, I haven't followed this entire thread, but I do have a suggestion to make from the little bit I did grab and that would be to use a CMS instead of just plain boards and a site. I have done both. Integrating a portal into phpBB was more than I wanted to handle. The CMS will make

[wdvltalk] Re: css problem

2003-11-20 Thread puterbug
At 09:59 PM 11/20/2003, you wrote: For some reason, my page is looking lousy in IE 6.0 and I can't figure out why it's not reading the style sheet default.css. Can someone please check out this page using IE only and tell me if there is a problem on your browser too.

[wdvltalk] RE: OT: need advice ref adding external hard drive

2003-11-18 Thread puterbug
At 08:34 AM 11/18/2003, you wrote: Deb, You do not need any special hardware or cables. If you have USB 1.1, your devices will all run at the 1.1 speed. The beauty of USB is that you can keep adding devices and adding and adding and adding... I think the USB limit is 27 devices for 1.1 and

[wdvltalk] RE: OT: need advice ref adding external hard drive

2003-11-18 Thread puterbug
At 08:55 AM 11/18/2003, you wrote: Yes, it is running @ USB 1.1 speed. GR! So typical. You probably wanted a cable for the printer and they promptly showed you to the best we have and it would be USB 2.0 (and more $$$). Thankfully they are backward compatible. Well, not exactly. I

[wdvltalk] OT: setting up external hard drive for backup purposes

2003-11-15 Thread puterbug
Hi, Just wondering if anyone out there would mind sharing their expertise as to the best way to set up an external hard drive for backup purposes. What hardware does one need to do this via USB connection? What software is recommended to use for the backups? How do I determine what size

[wdvltalk] Re: Dreamweaver support? Does it exist?

2003-11-14 Thread puterbug
Hi Mike: Have you tried their support forums? I found this link on their site where they indicate several ways to contact support: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ Deb Is it me? Or does Macromedia offer no support for Dreamweaver? My company is having a serious problem with this otherwise

[wdvltalk] Re: Content Management System software

2003-11-03 Thread puterbug
At 01:57 AM 11/3/2003, you wrote: Hi All, Can any one help me where I can get/download the CMS software. You can go over to www.oscommerce.com they have many you can play with for testing purposes. Deb • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To:

[wdvltalk] Re: Autoresponder Trouble

2003-10-31 Thread puterbug
At 12:02 PM 10/31/2003, you wrote: Hello Everyone, I have a big favor to ask of anyone who is willing. Then click the link at the bottom of each email (after the confirmation message of course) to see if they get the next one, I would be sooo grateful. This really should only take like 5

[wdvltalk] Re: Change Hosting Company

2003-10-13 Thread puterbug
At 12:46 PM 10/13/2003 -0700, you wrote: Hi, Need advice/hint for couple questions regarding issues after changing hosting company: 1. Same domain name, but, of course, different IP after the website re-launched with new hosting company. Is there any need to re-submit the website to Search

[wdvltalk] Re: Change Hosting Company

2003-10-13 Thread puterbug
At 04:40 PM 10/13/2003 -0700, you wrote: Thanks, Deb. But I am kind of being lost to the second part of your reply: If the content is completely different (you mentioned subject ... does that mean the subject/topic of the website changed? Or did you just mess with the current content? Google

[wdvltalk] RE: Domain manager

2003-10-03 Thread puterbug
At 06:30 PM 10/2/2003 -0400, you wrote: Domain Name Analyzer http://www.findgoodnames.com/ Free That looks pretty cool, Hugh ... thanks for sharing the link =) Deb • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send

[wdvltalk] Re: [google] registration of site

2003-10-01 Thread puterbug
At 10:30 AM 10/1/2003 +0200, you wrote: Hi Guys I've been trying unsuccesfully to register a site on Google. I never recieve an email saying that my site was registered successfully when I register it on DMOZ. Then it never appears on the dmoz website (and i've done it 3 times in the last 4

[wdvltalk] Re: free counter programs

2003-09-12 Thread puterbug
At 01:47 PM 9/12/2003 +0530, you wrote: can anyone tell me where i will get free counter programs without any conditions attached or do anyone know how to configure matt's scriptarchive.com counter program. stephen Might want to check these out: http://www.statcounter.com/ http://cqcounter.com/

[wdvltalk] Re: Small town

2003-08-28 Thread puterbug
At 11:10 AM 8/28/2003 -0500, you wrote: The problem with using templates for web sites is they all look alike after a little while, there is no room for innovation or customization for your clients. Templates are great for letters, invoices, and lists, but disaster for web sites. I agree, to

[wdvltalk] Re: Small town

2003-08-28 Thread puterbug
Quoting Peter MacGregor [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How do you solve the problem, Deb? I'm not an artist either, so am always looking for ideas. By offering custom design to all my clients. If someone requested a template, I would do it for them, but my site designs are all original. No 2 clients of

[wdvltalk] OT: Tom Fosson or whoever posted the email cloaking link

2003-08-21 Thread puterbug
Hi, I'm told I missed what could be a very important post, a link to a script for cloaking email. My source tells me she thinks it's Tom Fosson who posted it. Would whoever did, please repost it for me? Pretty please? Thanks, Deb • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join

[wdvltalk] thank you for the email cloaking link

2003-08-21 Thread puterbug
Hi, I got 3 responses to my previous post, THANKS TO ALL and no more are needed :) Deb • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An Email To: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Send Your Posts To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To set a personal password send an email to

[wdvltalk] Re: SCR: www.seacargoservices.ie

2003-08-18 Thread puterbug
At 03:04 AM 8/19/2003 +0100, you wrote: guys if you have the time can I get a check on www.seacargoservices.ie please. I think it might be a bit on the heavy side. All the ususal - browsers, loadtimes, etc... as always - much appreciated :o) jac. Hi Jac, Personally, I LOVE IT! Checking in IE6

[wdvltalk] Re: [Site Check] http://mk.mechavox.com

2003-08-14 Thread puterbug
At 12:30 AM 8/14/2003 +0100, you wrote: Hey guys and gals, I was wondering if I could get a site check for: http://mk.mechavox.com It'll be moving to it's own domain this week and I want to make sure it's ready :) Design is cool as is the slogan :) only problem I'm having is reading the

[wdvltalk] Re: SCR (please): www.emmabuckley.com

2003-08-14 Thread puterbug
At 05:28 PM 8/5/2003 +0100, you wrote: everyone, thanks for all your input comments. Deb Amanda - I'll mention the copy the photo issues to John Emma, I think you're right on both. cheers jac. I'd be interested to hear what they have to say. Deb • The WDVL Discussion List from

[wdvltalk] Re: SCR (please): www.emmabuckley.com

2003-08-04 Thread puterbug
Hi jac, Well, since everyone else seems to have hit the glitches ... my comments are on another topic. I think the home page photo is wrong for the site ... sorry, to me it says sex not nutrition. I won't elaborate any further than that, although many thought run through my mind. The photo

[wdvltalk] Re: OT - URL for lost manuals

2003-08-03 Thread puterbug
I don't know if this is what you're looking for: http://www.livemanuals.com/ Deb www.puterbug.com www.pixelresources.net At 06:55 PM 8/3/2003 -0700, you wrote: I recall hearing about a website that you can go to and download manuals you've lost (I think for just about anything - not just

[wdvltalk] Re: OT - URL for lost manuals-Brenda

2003-08-03 Thread puterbug
Brenda, Just letting you know I almost missed your reply as it showed up amongst numerous wdvl signature notes. Might want to consider removing all those when you reply to a post, just a suggestion. At 08:18 PM 8/3/2003 -0600, you wrote: http://www.livemanuals.com/

[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] Zonealarm

2003-07-01 Thread puterbug
At 10:01 AM 7/1/2003 +0100, you wrote: Quick heads up for those using Zonealarm (I know there are a few fans on this list): http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/31481.html Sigh, I'm not a user of it ... but I just have to say, apparently there is nothing immune to those $%#@ hackers! Deb

[wdvltalk] Re: Anyone able to access PostNukes site??

2003-06-26 Thread puterbug
At 07:07 PM 6/26/2003 +0100, you wrote: Don't have much time to wait -- but nothing is coming up. This is on Opera now showing 1min 40s and 2min 20s. Hmm, indeed. Joseph3min and still nothing I think this may be more widespread than just theirs, I have sites not coming up as well, not

[wdvltalk] Re: (OT) Use AVG to autoscan Eudora email

2003-06-24 Thread puterbug
What was the result of the send, I use Eudora as well but am using Norton, would be nice to have a free one that works! Thanks, Deb At 01:05 AM 6/24/2003 +0100, you wrote: If you can actually execute it, it will output EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TEST-FILE! . If that happens, it's bad news since

[wdvltalk] help with Apache mod_rewrite - RewriteRule in .htaccess

2003-06-23 Thread puterbug
Hi, Is there anyone here that has experience and the (patience and) ability to instruct a newbie-dummy in how to write a few .htaccess lines so I can make my site search engine friendly? I've been trying for hours to figure this out and all I manage to do is to crash my site when I try a new

[wdvltalk] Re: Operating System Not Found!!!

2003-06-23 Thread puterbug
Been a lng time since that happened to me, so I'm real rusty here, but to get you off to the possible beginning of some help, I think the first question others might as is this, can you boot to you OS off a floppy or cd boot disk? Deb At 09:21 AM 6/23/2003 +0100, you wrote: it's

[wdvltalk] Re: help with Apache mod_rewrite - RewriteRule in .htaccess

2003-06-23 Thread puterbug
Thanks, Jon. These I didn't have. A bunch others but not these. Unfortunately, there doesn't appear to be a tutorial in the world that's going to help me figure this out on my own. Some seem to be a simpler read than others, but non simple enough for me to understand and do. Deb At 12:04

[wdvltalk] Re: help with Apache mod_rewrite - RewriteRule in .htaccess

2003-06-23 Thread puterbug
At 01:08 PM 6/23/2003 +0100, you wrote: If you can show us what you've done so far, and what error messages you got, that would be really useful :-) Hi Jon, Thanks for taking the time to write all those instructions out. I will have a go at understanding them after I give you some examples.

[wdvltalk] Re: Possible OT: phpBB Install question...

2003-06-22 Thread puterbug
When I installed phpBB I found their instruction -manual- to be quite easily written and helpful. If you don't have that, go to their site and grab it. I printed out a copy of the entire thing and put it in a folder and have referred to it from there. Deb At 12:12 PM 6/22/2003 -0400, you

[wdvltalk] Re: Search Engine Placement Problems

2003-06-17 Thread puterbug
At 09:50 PM 6/16/2003 +, you wrote: Hi Deb, Thanks for this knowledge. I had a look at the dance, and the site is not listed anywhere there. I will wait and see, as you suggest. My own sites are jumping around and I'm getting nervous myself. When I got up tonight I checked my business

[wdvltalk] RE: OT reformatting a hard drive error

2002-09-29 Thread The PuterBug
At 09:12 PM 9/29/2002 -0500, you wrote: Then you can reformat from within Windows which will leave you with a clean disk. Cheryl, I've always done this from the dark side of DOS. How do you do it from within windows? Deb • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join

[wdvltalk] RE: OT reformatting a hard drive error

2002-09-29 Thread The PuterBug
At 02:20 PM 9/30/2002 +1200, you wrote: Only caught this bit of the convo and not the snipped part so excuse me of off track. You can't format the drive that Windows resides on via Windows itself. If you can boot to CD then do so with your Windows CD in the drive - Windows will format and

[wdvltalk] RE: OT reformatting a hard drive error

2002-09-29 Thread The PuterBug
At 02:44 PM 9/30/2002 +1200, you wrote: shouldn't need to go to the a prompt. Browse to D:\autoplay.exe (replace D with your CD Rom drive letter) That's only going to reinstall Windows. I need a fresh drive this one has never been formatted since it was purchased and it's about 4 years old

[wdvltalk] RE: OT reformatting a hard drive error

2002-09-29 Thread The PuterBug
At 02:53 PM 9/30/2002 +1200, you wrote: Windows will ask you if you want to format the drive prior to installation - choose yes if you so desire Jay You're kidding? You're not kidding? Oh, that would be way to easy but hotdiggitydog I'll give it a try! Thanks! Deb • The WDVL

[wdvltalk] RE: OT reformatting a hard drive error

2002-09-29 Thread The PuterBug
At 02:57 PM 9/30/2002 +1200, you wrote: :) Forgive me if I lead you up the garden path as it's been a while since I toyed with Win 9x Well, I just tried your trick and it started working alright, then got to 31% and I got the error msg: insufficient memory and it quit on me G!!! Deb

[wdvltalk] RE: OT reformatting a hard drive error

2002-09-29 Thread The PuterBug
At 03:07 PM 9/30/2002 +1200, you wrote: strange - try a cold restart (turn puter off/on) beforehand. Are you running short of disk space? Maybe low on virtual memory. Delete all temp files, internet files and as much as you like from program files (seeing as you intend to reformat) Well, that

[wdvltalk] Re: OT laptop computer use

2002-09-20 Thread The PuterBug
At 08:34 AM 9/20/2002 -0500, you wrote: Deb wrote: I have always used a rack under my laptop in order to allow for more ventilation. Thanks for the input, Tim. I did test my laptop last night, ran it for about six hours and it never did get hot a bit warmer I think than w/the rack but not hot

[wdvltalk] Re: OT - Mailbox hacker at large?

2002-09-07 Thread The PuterBug
At 11:36 AM 9/7/2002 +0100, you wrote: I've just received an email with a virus attached (Good old Norton squashed it as it came in!) but it appears to have come from an email address at a website that I run for our local church. Now this mail address isn't shown anywhere on the site - I just

[wdvltalk] RE: OT ftp problems

2002-09-05 Thread The PuterBug
At 09:20 AM 9/5/2002 -0500, you wrote: Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Components, Internet Information Server Only available on XP Pro. If you are using XP Home then I believe there is an Apache build that will work on it but someone else would need to help you set it up. Oh well,

[wdvltalk] Re: OT ftp problems

2002-09-04 Thread The PuterBug
At 08:05 AM 9/4/2002 +0100, you wrote: - Original Message - From: The PuterBug [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Joseph. I just tried the program, it didn't help. Nice, try! One thing worth a try with strange ftp problems in WS-FTP, go into advanced and untick passive transfers

[wdvltalk] RE: OT ftp problems

2002-09-04 Thread The PuterBug
At 12:48 PM 9/4/2002 +0100, you wrote: Hi Deb, Start Settings Control Panel Scheduled Tasks Add Task is where you go to set this up as a scheduled job - it's pretty straightforward (alhough I haven't done it with ping before :-) I just went there and looked and tried to program it

[wdvltalk] RE: OT ftp problems

2002-09-04 Thread The PuterBug
At 09:54 AM 9/4/2002 -0400, you wrote: Sorry, Deb, but I must agree with Jon on this. If your FTP program was staying connected after more than a few minutes of inactivity, the server was flawed - or had some serious security holes. Personally, if I ran across a host that let me stay connected

[wdvltalk] RE: OT ftp problems

2002-09-04 Thread The PuterBug
At 04:25 PM 9/4/2002 -0400, you wrote: Another observation: how does one 'ping' an FTP session? If I ping mydomain.com, that has nothing to do with the FTP session. Pinging ftp.myhost.com only pings the *public* ftp site - not the one I use for uploading/downloading site files. I hope you come

[wdvltalk] RE: OT ftp problems

2002-09-04 Thread The PuterBug
At 07:49 PM 9/4/2002 +0100, you wrote: - Original Message - From: The PuterBug [EMAIL PROTECTED] This just makes no sense at all. I can't be the only web designer in the world that keeps their connections open when working, can I? Does everyone else open the connection, upload

[wdvltalk] RE: OT ftp problems

2002-09-04 Thread The PuterBug
At 10:42 PM 9/4/2002 -0500, you wrote: From: The PuterBug One question, do your pages look the same on your local server as they do on the real server when they're done? Yes, depending on your OS putting a server on your local computer is a lot better now. Under Windows 95/98

[wdvltalk] Fwd: OT repost ref DWMX error msg

2002-08-30 Thread The PuterBug
Morning People, I'm going to give this one more try since I really do need an answer and so far, nobody seems to have one. Maybe someone new will see the post and know how to fix this. Plus, I now have more information. The last few times I've posted for help on the Macromedia forums I

[wdvltalk] custom error page problem

2002-08-29 Thread The PuterBug
HI All, I just made a custom error page for my site. I have the option of adding all of these to the page, but I don't know which ones might be necessary: !--#echo var=HTTP_REFERER -- !--#echo var=REMOTE_ADDR -- !--#echo var=REQUEST_URI -- !--#echo var=HTTP_HOST -- !--#echo var=HTTP_USER_AGENT

[wdvltalk] RE: custom error page problem

2002-08-29 Thread The PuterBug
At 09:27 AM 8/29/2002 +0100, you wrote: Hi Deb, I have the option of adding all of these to the page, but I don't know which ones might be necessary: IMHO the only *necessary* stuff on an error page is an error message and a contact us for help link :-) snipp Like I said, you don't

[wdvltalk] RE: custom error page problem

2002-08-29 Thread The PuterBug
At 09:42 AM 8/29/2002 +0100, you wrote: Yes, most definitely! THANKS SO MUCH, and even more so for being here at this hour of the morning. grabs third cup of coffee It's nearly 10:00 in London, you know... :-) Cheers Jon LOL! You're so cute! That explains the Cheers you send to

[wdvltalk] 2:29pm in India g

2002-08-29 Thread The PuterBug
At 02:29 PM 8/29/2002 +0530, you wrote: IT'S NEARLY 2:29 PM IN INDIA. DO U KNOW THAT ? NOo, I didn't . amazing ain't it? What's the date there, though? It's Aug 29 here, oh and it's 2002 g Deb • The WDVL Discussion List from WDVL.COM • To Join wdvltalk, Send An

[wdvltalk] Re: open child window help please

2002-08-28 Thread The PuterBug
At 12:25 PM 8/28/2002 +0100, you wrote: On Wednesday, August 28, 2002 at 11:57, The PuterBug wrote: TP HELP PLEASE! I've spent the last 3 hours working on this and nothing I TP do makes it work. The url is above. What happens is that I finally TP got it coded so that I don't get a javascript

[wdvltalk] OT DW MX error msg help

2002-08-27 Thread The PuterBug
Morning People, Well, since the last few times I've posted for help on the MM forums and haven't rec'd any responses, thought I'd try this list. Here's the latest DWMX problem. I say DWMX because this problem isn't happening when I tested it in DW4. I have created a page that uses a ssi

[wdvltalk] print button in pdf file not working

2002-08-27 Thread The PuterBug
Hi, I'm having a heckuva time getting a javascript print button to work in a .pdf document. I have an .htm file that I convert to .pdf which I have uploaded and tested for the print function in both NS4.76 and IE. Both browsers print the document. I'm using Adobe Acrobat 5 on an XP machine.

[wdvltalk] OT NS mail address book

2002-08-10 Thread The PuterBug
HI, Hoping someone has the answer for this. I have to redo a computer, and the owner wants their address book saved so it can be imported into a new email program. This is an NS address book. The file I need to save is the pab file, right? Thanks, Deb • The WDVL Discussion List from

[wdvltalk] RE: OT NS mail address book

2002-08-10 Thread The PuterBug
At 10:30 AM 8/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: You don't say what email program they are using. If Outlook find out the path to the .pst folder (either find/search .pst or through Control Panel Mail or Outlook itself but that varies by Outlook version) and simply copy the whole pst file to disk/zip or

[wdvltalk] Re: [OT] Child Protection Software

2002-08-09 Thread The PuterBug
At 11:09 AM 8/9/2002 +0100, you wrote: Hey guys, I'm after a cheap (i.e. Free!) child-protection software package. It's for a public computer in the centre where I'm working with Physically Disabled people. If anyone can help, that would be great! Cheers, Matt What are you wanting it to

[wdvltalk] Re: IP addresses

2002-08-09 Thread The PuterBug
At 01:28 PM 8/9/2002 +0100, you wrote: Hi all a quick question for you - I have been given an IP address for uploading a site. I have also noticed on the site admin page for the same domain that the IP address listed is different to the one I was given for FTP. Is this right? - I might be wrong

[wdvltalk] Fwd: Re: [hosting] anybody can recommend a nix host?

2002-07-30 Thread The PuterBug
Subject: Re: [wdvltalk] Re: [hosting] anybody can recommend a nix host? At 03:41 PM 7/30/2002 +0900, you wrote: You won't go wrong with venturesonline.com. Just thought I'd pipe in. Cheers Shanx Really? You have experience with them? I've been very impressed so far, but haven't signed on.