Chappy

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  1. Aghhh...I'm SO far behind here... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
  2. Sorry folks, I've been so busy in the background here, I've fallen behind on my birthday greetings... HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!
  3. That place has been on the edge of total disaster from day 1 to start with, it's only a matter of time really. Pete, Mike & myself worked hard to get that place created and then try and maintain the TTV dignity on that board, but the G4 admins totally lacked the foresight and the expertise needed to maintain a forum like that. I personally believe that once they started allowing folks to get away with some stuff they allow there, that they soon lost control over it. Then it was a matter of time until it was getting out of hand and they lacked the people skills it would take to regain contr
  4. These are the uninstallers (rollback options) provided by MS for any of their Critical Updates that come with the rollback option in case of problems. These are not the updates themselves, they're already installed, but if you have issue with any of these and you've deleted them, you have no way to resolve it by uninstalling. While it is "technically" safe to delete these, if you're not having a problem with HDD space, I would advise leaving them alone.
  5. No word from Il Wiccan yet, I'm getting worried here.
  6. Yep, sure is Liz....good observation!
  7. Chappy

    Hiya Folks

    Good to see you again Tictoc, and HAPPY HOLIDAYS to you & your's too!!
  8. I can't get it! I just get a blank page, first time was an advert kinda thing about kids & drugs (kids have the BEST drugs..) with a spinning wheel, then click Continue but I just went to a blank page. Tried it again and this time no ad but also no page. Progress bar says "Done"...well if the page is a plain white blank window, then I guess it is done...and very well I may add
  9. Thats usually the case in most free things like this Sid, the more advanced features are only available in the paid versions. I'm not sure you'll find one for Windows that will do this in a free version, unless there's an open source one that's been ported for windows systems somewhere. Good Luck tho!
  10. I think it's GREAT when our members post pictures of their lives or whatever, for other members to see!! I think it shows how well we trust each other here to be comfy enough to do that. Kepp em coming folks! We enjoy seeing things about you or your area or your pets...whatever.
  11. I wonder how much thought was put into these actual web addresses...not much from the looks of things Read them carefully and see what I mean... 1) Who Represents?, a database for agencies to the rich and famous: http://www.whorepresents.com 2) Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views: http://www.expertsexchange.com 3) Looking for a pen? Look no further than Pen Island: http://www.penisland.net 4) Need a therapist? http://www.therapistfinder.com 5) Mole Station Native Nursery, based in New South Wales: http://www.molestationnursery.com 6) Gas central
  12. WHOOHOOOO!! Thats my girl, Darlene!!! Those bugs don't stand a chance with that kind of medicine.
  13. To ALL of our wonderful members, Staff, and Administration teams... MERRY CHRISTMAS & HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! May the holidays and new year be blessed for you & yours! I couldn't have wished for a better forum to administrate, you folks make this job a joy to do for you, and I cherish the many friends I have here and the ones I've yet to meet! Take Care everyone, drive safely this holiday season, and we'll see you all later.
  14. Hi Everyone I just recieved a PM from Marty saying that he just got out of the hospital from a bout with Double Pneumonia! As you probably know, this is a very serious illness and it can permanently damage the lungs if you survive it at all. He said he is still coughing blood at times but that he's on the mend and spending most of his days in bed resting. He won't be posting until he's recovered, so I wanted to take this opportunity to ask our members to send their prayers and best wishes for a speedy recovery!! (not like I have to ask you folks...I know you well enough) GET WELL SOON MARTY, &
  15. If the sticky I saw when I visited yesterday is to be believed; Dave and I were just a couple months ahead of time and they will be cancelling Call For Help and closing the board after all. At least there has been a little extra time for folks to stay in touch. Hey Pete You & I both know that their original intent was to close the Tech board completely, and open the CFH board with the launch of the program. It was only after the uproar we caused that they did the about-face and quickly decided to keep Tech under the name CFH. It was very obvious in that memo what their intentions were, it
  16. Hey man...I know where you come from here, this has been a VERY difficult year for me as well. So of course we will wish that everything gets better for the both of you in the new year, we all need this at one time in our lives at least. Merry Christmas & Happier New Year Naming_is_Hard!!!
  17. I'm gonna drop him an email with the addy he registered with. This is not like Il at all to be MIA this long, and another thing...I haven't heard from Marsh either, and he usually mails me once a week or so.
  18. Actually, I think its time to close this one up. As stated, we are in the process of setting up a PRIVATE forum for these types of subjects, where opinions will be allowed to be expressed, but not to the detriment of other members. Issues will be allowed to be openly discussed, views stated, and in many cases, you'l be allowed to get away with a bit more there than you can here, but ONLY if the posts don't start attacking members. We'll explain more of the rules this new board will have shortly, this is an issue we need to have hammered out completely before it's launched, therefore its taking
  19. Hmmm....that is odd. His last post here was Oct 09/05, does anyone know if he's posted at G4 lately?
  20. Apology not necessary, but thank you. It's really nice to see that the admins take complaints seriously and then act to resolve them. That is very comforting and all too unusual on most other forums.. The password required forum sounds like a good idea. Not sure how much I'll use it, but nice to know it's available. Thanks for the great work. Joe Hi Joe! Yes, it was necessary, we don't take our members for granted here at BT's, after all the only reason we are here is because of all of you. Without our wonderful members, we are nothing, so we work hard to make this place what you folks want,
  21. Well, not as many folks as you think, knew about this. I've fielded many questions about why a cmd window won't resize horizontally, and these were from folks who are genuine windows experts. Many think it takes a reg hack to do this and many also don't know there's a right-click option for cmd windows. I guess it goes back to their pre NT kernel days...
  22. Haha...this could easily become the 100 Net Commandments!!
  23. Hi Everyone! Well, a can-O-worms has certainly been opened here, and rest assured that your Besttechie Admin and Staff are working on the solution to this as we speak. I would however, like to issue a formal apology to Irregularjoe concerning the removal of his image, it was a mistake on the part of BT Admin, and should not have been removed....sorry Joe! As Macmarauder pointed out, this has brought to our attention the need for an area for those who wish to discuss these types of issues, and we are currently working on a forum format that will allow those folks a private arena in which to do
  24. Hi folks Just to let you know, this issue does NOT fall under any area concerning copyright issues, so its fine to answer Jen's request here. Sorry for any misunderstanding that this may have caused..and Jen, I certainly hope that you can find what you're looking for. Thanx