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Display MoreQuestion for our panel??
On my PC I have different User Accounts,
however on one of them, the dreaded Blue Screen,
appears on every start-up, and on some tasks.
The other user accounts, have no problems at all??
HELP!
You can dump bad users... Control Panel and User Accounts will let you select and delete. Now I just use one since I'm the only one using it.
I got the following in an email recently, regarding forwarding of emails and protecting our privacy and that of others, and thought it might be useful to some folks here.
QuoteDisplay MoreDo you really know how to forward e-mails? This was written by a System Administrator for a corporate system. It is an excellent message that ABSOLUTELY applies to ALL of us who send e-mails. Please read the short letter below ...
Do you really know how to forward e-mails? 50% of us do; 50% DO NOT! Do you wonder why you get viruses or excessive amounts of junk mail (Spam)? Do you hate it? Every time you forward an e-mail there is information left over from the people who received the message before you and sent it to you, namely their e-mail addresses and names. As the messages get forwarded along, the list of addresses builds, and builds, and builds. All it takes is for some poor sap to get a virus, and his or her computer can send that virus to every e-mail address that has come across their computer. Or, someone can take all of those addresses and send junk mail to them or sell the addresses to spammers in the hope that you will go to the site and they will make five cents for each hit that they sell. That's right, all of that inconvenience over a nickel and because someone included visible e-mail addresses in their Forwarded message!
How do you stop it? Well, there are several easy steps:
1) When you Forward an e-mail, DELETE all of the other addresses that appear in the body of the message (at the top). That's right, DELETE them. Highlight them and delete them or backspace them or cut them - whatever it is that you know how to do. If you don't know how to perform at least one of these simple operations . . . LEARN! It only takes a second. You MUST click the "Forward" button first though; then you will have full Editing capabilities for the body and headers of the message. If you don't click on "Forward" first, you won't be able to Edit the message at all. (I find this a great time to correct spelling and remove, those pesty "send this to 10 friends and your wish will come true" false promises. If the message is very messy, drop it into Word or Wordpad/Notepad or whatever word processor you use. Editing within a word processing program is much easier than performing editing operations within the body of an e-mail message.)
(2) Whenever you send an e-mail to more than one person, DO NOT use the To: or Cc: options for adding e-mail addresses. Always use the BCC: (Blind Carbon Copy) option for listing the e-mail addresses of the folks you want to send the message to. This way the people you send to only see their own e-mail address and no one else's. If you don't see your BCC: option, click on where it says To: and your address list will appear. Highlight the address and choose BCC: and that's it. It's that easy!!!
When you send to BCC: you have to put at least one address in the “To:” field. What I have done in my address book is set up a “person” named “Undisclosed Recipients” and given my email address. That is the address I put in the “To” field.
Surfer, the Mrs. says "thanks" for adding the HOW of dumping the bad profile!
Chester 
On a Different Note...
Daylight savings time is coming and in case you haven't heard, the Government has changed it this year. This little change will cause your PC clock and emails to show the wrong time unless you apply a patch from Microsoft.
If you go out to Microsoft.com and do a search for DST you will find the patch there.
Have fun!
Try going here http://housecall.trendmicro.com/ and running housecall and see if it finds anything.
Hi Eric,
Tried this program,
it whizzes through, so far
but half way through, checking files and folders,
it seems to freeze,and even though I leave it on,
there seems to lots of activity on the PC,
but the red indicator and timer on the housecall, are frozen,
and it goes no further, and doesn't complete!!
Any ideas?
Keith,
I've used the Trend program before, and not had that happen, that I can recall.
In a similar vein, I'm sure we're not the only ones who have had a hard drive crash, causing the loss of a massive amount of information. Recently, the Mrs. picked up a portable hard drive, small enough to fit in a pocket, with 160 GB of space on it, to back up our computers. One thing we've learned is that anytime we start having minor problems, big ones are just around the corner, and you'd better have your stuff protected. This little external hard drive apparently makes it possible to access our files through any computer to which we connect it (it shows up in My Computer as an additional drive which can be accessed).
Chester
I think my problem has been sorted, I removed a lot of rubbish that was loading up on the system when it was booting up and while its still a little slow it is much improved and thanks to all who helped me.
Incidentally how do I get my anti virus programme called AVG to load up automatically within the task bar at the bottom of the screen when the system boots up.
Thanks again.
It should load automatically by default on system startup. Check under the options/preferences. It should be in there.
By the way, I am not so sure that you don't have a trojan or other sneaky virus. You mentioned before that Trend Micro antivirus hangs on a file check, and now your AVG doesn't start up automatically?? It might just a be a setting but it sure does sound odd. If it was my computer that was doing this, I would have backed up my important files and formatted and reloaded the OS already.
Have any of you computer-savvy people ever recorded music from a turntable or tape deck to a CD or DVD, via your computer? Can it be done through the "line in" jack?
Yes I have Jim. You'll need a phono to mini-jack cable and find a piece of software to record with. When I did it I used software from a computer magazine, but I would think there are dozens of free utilities that you can use if you don't already have one on your computer. Recording software often comes bundled with your sound card.
Regards
Popol Vuh
There's your answer Stumpy. And yes, it doesn't sound to bad either. Obviously the source has to be in good condition to get the decent sound.
Thanks for the info, guys. I realized after I posted that I forgot to ask if I needed special software or not.
I recently won an LP in an ebay auction that's supposed to be in mint condition so guess there'll be no problem with the source.
I also have a big collection of vinyl records from my pre-CD and pre-computer days that I'd like to extract some of the music to CDs.
Yes I have Jim. You'll need a phono to mini-jack cable and find a piece of software to record with. When I did it I used software from a computer magazine, but I would think there are dozens of free utilities that you can use if you don't already have one on your computer. Recording software often comes bundled with your sound card.
Regards
Popol Vuh
Can you clarify something for me, PV?
As you know, the output on a stereo receiver or tape deck consists of two channels, or connecting cables, normally red and white. Yet the computer only has the one "line in" jack. Or at least my computer only has one.
How do you reconcile the two-for-one difference to achieve a stereo effect on the CD/DVD that you burn?
BTW, I downloaded a free program (Musicmatch Jukebox) that will enable me to burn a CD/DVD using an external source for the sound.
Hi Jim.
It is in the plug. The mini jack end has two channels (one in the tip and one in the base of the plug). They cables goes to one plug each. If you go into an electronics shop or a hi-fi dealer and explain what you are going to connect he will give you the right cable. It shouldn't cost more than a few dollars.
Regards
Popol Vuh
Hi Jim.
It is in the plug. The mini jack end has two channels (one in the tip and one in the base of the plug). They cables goes to one plug each. If you go into an electronics shop or a hi-fi dealer and explain what you are going to connect he will give you the right cable. It shouldn't cost more than a few dollars.
Regards
Popol Vuh
Thanks, PV - you've been very helpful and informative. I'll let you know how it turns out when I get around to doing it.
Have a neighbor who drives me absolutely nuts calling my wife wanting to gossip. Told the wife I was gonna get her a set of walkie-talkies so she and the neighbor could blab to their heart's content while not monopolizing the phone. Anybody know of a good reliable brand of walkie-talkie with range of a mile or two?
Nex-tel is pretty good. My Bro-in-law and his sons, use it all the time.
My wife and I had Nextel for two years because we were stuck behind a contract. It was the biggest ripoff I've ever dealt with. After the 2 years we went back to our old carrier and we are much happier. The Nextel agent lied to us and the customer service never helped us with the problems. Plus when we tried to disconnect and change I did it on the day we signed the original contract, Nextel tried to charge us early disconnect fees. Had to have my lawyer send them a letter to back off or else. I wouldn't wish Nextel on my worse enemy.
My wife and I had Nextel for two years because we were stuck behind a contract. It was the biggest ripoff I've ever dealt with. After the 2 years we went back to our old carrier and we are much happier. The Nextel agent lied to us and the customer service never helped us with the problems. Plus when we tried to disconnect and change I did it on the day we signed the original contract, Nextel tried to charge us early disconnect fees. Had to have my lawyer send them a letter to back off or else. I wouldn't wish Nextel on my worse enemy.
From what you've said here, Nextel sounds more like a cell phone company than the brand of a walkie-talkie. The device I'm thinking of shouldn't require the "services" of an umbrella company.
