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BT Without knowing your exact location, it looks like UPS ground would be $12.50. The UPS web site needed a city and area so I said Manhatten If you want to PM me with an exact address, I can figure it a bit closer for you but I think that will be pretty close. I'm figuring 8 pounds for the package thanks...........jr

BT............I will have to check on the cost. I'll get back to you ASAP. jr

Hello all....it's been a while, but I have finally upgraded my PC and I have some stuff to sell. I would prefer to sell it all as a package deal but I might part it out if it doesn't all sell as a package. Here's what I have: Motherboard--Gigabyte 7VT600-L KT600 CPU--Athalon SP 2500+ Barton Core / 333 FSB 1.87 MHz 1 Gig Ram --1 512 MB stick of Corsair DDR 2700 and 1 512 MB Genaric Cooling--Zalman CNPS6000 Flower Cooler with Fan and bracket Video Board--Chaintec (Nvidia) FX5200 128 MB AGP8X DVI I would like to get $65 for the whole package (plus actual UPS shipping) Payment method--Paypal pr

Thanks TT I know where the battery is...........is there anything special I need to know about changing that or is it just basically, hook up my grounding strap, and take out the old one and put in the new one. Any thing else I should be aware of?

I had a "checksum error" when I booted up this morning. It asked to load the defaults and I said "OK" and all is running fine. What exactly is a checksum error and why did I get one? What do I have to worry about here? Thanks, experts!! jim

It sure sounds like a bad battery Since it's new, I would think the warranty should replace it.

Oh Barb.....what wonderful advise I will pass that on to my kids for their kids...... Marry Christmas!!! jr

Well, I couldn't wait so I did it right now. I disabled the security center and everything else works fine. I set the auto updates to just notify and not download and install and it popped up with three updates which I did download and install and all is right with the world!!! Jsky, and Terrorist, thank you both so much for your knowledge and advise.....you guys have solved a MAJOR problem for me today and I owe you guys one!!!! Merry Christmas to you and yours!!! jim

I will try that this weekend when I have time to monitor the install and post back the results. Thanks you so much for the help. This has been a constant frustration to me since SP2 was released. jr

Well, since the Security center seems to be my problem, how do you disable it? I have a seperate firewall and AV program that I run. I used to always do a manual install of the updates but I couldn't do it when they started the requirement of SP2 to get further updates. I also use FF for my browser and Thunderbird for my mail program with Mail Washer Pro. If I could disable the security center without having to open it I could re-install the SP3 and I would be all set!!

A question for Jsky.... I downloaded and installed SP3 and I had the same problem that I had when I repeatedly tried to install SP2. The install goes OK......and I did follow your instructions that I saw posted above...and when I finally restart, the computer will boot up fine but here's the thing. Since I have automatic updates disabled, I get that little red shield in the lower right corner of the task bar. When I hover over it, my choices are open the Windows Security Center or go to the Microsoft web site. If I choose to open the security center, the Title bar of the window appears

Jsky.....adding the "0" to the MSDOS.SYS file did the trick. Works great.....just like I wanted it to. Thanks again..... jim

Thanks for the input, folks. A couple of the games would not run right in a DOS window, and you actually had to restart in DOS mode to get them to work, so Liz's idea wouldn't help with that. I will try JSKY's idea.. that sounds like what I was looking for. The problem with using a DOS emulator like DOSBOX is that the darn games won't even decompress or install a lot of the time so going back to a previous OS seemed like the only answer. I have LOTS of room on the 2nd HD so it's not a problem to have 98 installed. Thanks again for all the help......I'll post back to let you all know how

I have recently installed Win98 on a partition in my second HD so my grandkids can play some old DOS games that would not work under XP. I also have (in addition to XP) a partition with Ubuntu on it, as well. I use the Grub Loader to select which OS I want to boot up. I am sure that there is a way to get it to boot right to DOS and not have to boot into Win98 and then choose "Shut down" and finally choose "Restart in DOS mode" Does somebody remember which file to edit and what the command should be? Maybe it's not possible and I'll just have to get used to doing all the extra steps. Ideas

And...being the nice guy that you are, you're going to share and send it all my way tomorrow, aren't you thanks a bunch!!! jim

8:04 AM I know because my dad used to call me at that time on my BD to wish me a happy one.

I used to know a teacher at the middle school here and he always said that when kids turn 13, they should be shipped off to camp for 5 years!! Good stuff, Marty. thanks........jr

I was wondering how often (if ever) you need to update your BIOS. Should you expect to pay for this update, and if so, how much? These are probably "noobie" type questions but I was just wondering. Thanks

I hear the computer guy, Peter Green, on Wis Public Radio talking all the time about running two AV programs at the same time and most of the time, there are no problems. I suppose that you can get conflicts with certain programs but you will probably have to experiment. I run AVAST and AVG and they work fine.

MY personal favorite was in front of a dry cleaners. "Drop your pants here"

If you want your super glue to last longer, you should keep it in the refrigerator when you are not using it.

Or, as my youngest grandson so aptly put it........I'm FREE!!!!!!! Glad I've been along for the ride! Happy Birthday, BT.........MANY happy returns, too.

Boy, don't that bring a lump to your throat?? Thanks

Funny....but actually, that looks like a dry suit---don't wet suits "breath"??

If I wanted to make some cd's from records, how would I go about getting each song to be a track on the CD. Do I have to start and stop Audacity with each cut on the record? Or, is it possible to input the whole record and then cut and paste each cut as a new project and then burn it out to a CD?? Anybody tried this? thanks........jim