martymas

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  1. martymas

    Animation

    hi team. a friend emailed me and asked how to create animation. the Q has me at a loss to explain. i think he wants it to advertise a product.in cartoon form. im not and expert on animation i know what it is but to create it im lost. do you need programs. or can you create it from paint . can some one please explain so i can pass it on . as always i appreciate your answers. marty
  2. yo sultan have a good one . happy B marty
  3. hi hitest is fedora easy to configure your modem. unlike mandrake .lycoris. and ubuntu you need to know the. the console commands to configure your modem.and if you cant get on line. i have mandrake 10 .and 9.1 lycoris . and now ubuntu.and ive only been on line whith man.9.1 then i had to be walked throughthe setup on the phone fromm 200 miles away. at the time i had a duel boot with xp. but once i seperated them. i lost the connection and havent been able to get it back. with lycoris it i9s a commercial version of a linux product. if you want to get support you have to pay.and if you want to
  4. its funny about some things out of sight out of mind . biut thanks team im satisfied with you r replys . it comes in handy when you want a pee and dont want to turn your power light on. othe wise youd befeeling round in the dark. just joking hahaha thank again marty
  5. hi team i have this optical mouse . and darned if i know how to turn the red light off other than unplugging it from the compt. ive tried the mouse options. and the only other way is to turn it of at the power source. any ideas.ive had it for some time.and obviously i hadent noticed it . marty
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    Piracy

    im afraid i have to agree with bearskin. but what alternative have the ordinary user have win is easy to use and very user friendly . my grand daughter who is ten can operate it . that is why there is 60.000.000. known users . this has been an age old argument. i have . mandrake 10. mandrake 9.1. lycoris. and now ubuntu and cant use them because no where has linux given easy access to configuting . the modem. and with out being on line . what the hell is the use of an os . if you cant get on line. dial up users. have the biggest problem. to be able to configure the modem. it has to be done th
  7. hi team another bagel virus is on the loose out there. it is raging in the south pacific. but dosent mention that in this news letter . how ever where ever it is. take plenty of precautions . marty To read an HTML version of this newsletter, go to: http://www.trendmicro.com/en/security/report/overview.htm Issue Preview: 1. Trend Micro Updates - Pattern File & Scan Engine Updates 2. Return of BAGLE – WORM_BAGLE.AZ (Medium Risk) 3. Top 10 Most Prevalent Global Malware 4. Submit your Spam & Suspicious Files for Analysis 5. Webinar: Protect your Growing Business from Viruses and
  8. hey team i enjoyed those titbits ive sent them on to a freind. bit of a change from the norm good one marty
  9. ok team success this time ive installed firefox three times so far in this install.is a bit better. after reading the tutorials from cowsgonemad and hand plane. it seems to have gone better.i still need to get to grips ith this home page thing. but im getting better at it. i installed firefox on my p3. so i have plenty of sources.for me to p[lay with. . later i intend to install a quick browser on the p2 because it has less resources. i need a small quick browser. but that is in the future. however thanks foe every ones input. but ile be back again thanks ma
  10. martymas

    Piracy

    yes i have some chinese friends who are here as students . and microsoft is selling win 95 and 98 for the eqivelent of $10 dollars and i thought they had given up on these two sys;s my greed has become a respectable word now. marty
  11. martymas

    Piracy

    hi team look what i found. dont know many it affects . but it is rampart in places like china U.S. E-Mail This Story Printer-Friendly Format Microsoft's Profit Doubles as Compensation Costs Fall; Sales Growth Slows Procter & Gamble Earnings Rise 13 Percent, Helped by Asian, European Units AT&T Shares Jump on Optimism SBC Will Agree to Buy Company for $16 Billion Microsoft To Begin Blocking Fake Windows Users From Downloads Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp., the world's largest software maker, said it will fight piracy by requiring some customers to verify they have a
  12. hi team well i have egg on my face . and i feel i didnt take to much notice and also goes to show how . firefox ignorant i am. i typed mozilla in the search box and it showed the mozilla browsers . so i pressed install on the first one i saw then went to make a cupa and do some chiors. and guess what im installeng mozilla thunderbird. but i couldnt stop the install .so i went on with it. now i found thunderbird hasent got google .which suits me. but thie version i had on some time ago. how ever ile perservere with it. for a wee while. god i feel embarrassed. after posting in for advice i get
  13. ok team ive got it on and learning. ive played around with the customise . and i think i have the rudiments of it but have along way to go. i have to get round this google thing . it seems firefox is an off shoot of google . google is every where on the thing . where the hell is mozilla or fire fox. now this home page thing where do i go to make firefox my home page and leave google in the rubbish bin . hey guys sorry for whining . but windows has spoilt me. has netscape got an operating sys or is it a browser. i used to have it as a sys once but.that was so long ago . i think they develope br
  14. hey thanks team this is my third go . but after reading the tutorial from handplane. it may not be so complicated. how ever ile be back for more info again thanks ; marty
  15. and here look here hey team look what i found bill mallinson. alert look here i havent scanned it for rubbish tho it has come from a a trusted person at world start. i cant seem to get my scanner working properly. marty remember this little guy chris perrillo so if you go in here scan it first . ive been and avery thing is ok at the moment. lm
  16. hi team recently i installed a new modem. which happened to be linux compatable. when i installed it windows wanted me have it verified .by microsoft i didnt want this as i intend to duel boot with linux. well it wouldnt let me on line i spent hours and hours trying to get on line and it was saying wrong user name and password.which ive used for years . well i hunted for reasons until i went to, internet options -connections- settings networking-propertys and for curiosity i checked .client for microsoft. and i was on at once . does this make you think who is controling who. has any one else
  17. martymas

    Scam

    hi team here is another alert from bill mallenison. from world start .i saw this some where else . but it wouldnt hurt to post it again you cant be warned enough when it comes to scams and rubbish marty A mass e-mail posing as a plea for aid to help the victims of last month's Asian tsunami disaster is actually a vehicle for spreading a computer virus, Web security firm Sophos said Monday. The worm appears with the subject line: "Tsunami donation! Please help!" and invites recipients to open an attachment called "tsunami.exe" -- which, if opened, will forward the virus to other Intern
  18. i hope you dont mind me comming onto this thread . ive just downloaded firefox and in another thread i asked how i get rid of this monster google . but thankfully Digidave has answered my Q thanks to both of you. marty
  19. ok guys i botched up the first install. i was getting these error pages . and cant find the server . how ever i reinstalled on my p2 that way if i make a mistake i wont loose my data . i do have one querry how the hell do i get rid of this google home page ive always regarded it as an overrated blown up hunk of nothing . in all the years ive had a compt ive always used msn search bar. for all i need when i first got google some years ago it was full of spyware and when i emailed them they said it had to be paid for .so ive never been there since . now their greed has set in and they feature o
  20. hi team it seems firefox. so i will try it but i will need your advice . i had it on once but that was a long time ago . if i recall it was another name then. how ever ile get back. i hope you guys dont mind. marty
  21. hi team i like to commend the directers of this board for bringing new forums to this board. i refer to the tutorials forum . for mugs like me this is great. in all the years ive been posting to boards this is only the second time iv encountered it when at techtv a poster called Jokers had a web site it started out as a help board but jokers turned it into a website . at the time.i needed all the help i could . what i like about the idea it encourages people to help them selves and depends less on the posters .so thumbs up to tutorials look in here but havent seen it since.so to beluga.youve
  22. hi ghorjus. my bios is Bios Award Modular bios 51pg. i havent a clue what this means . ive searched all through the p3 bios for an option but cant find any thing. the p2 is straight forward. a friend said to be able to put this option in a p3 you need to change . a jumper pin ,but thats beyond me. in the p2 i can turn my screen on and it goes from welcome screen to my desk top.not as quick as that of course.but faster than it was. if i need to see that boot up screen i can always go in and turn it on again. to think when we were at techtv i wouldnt have thought of these sort of ways to toggle
  23. hi team ive decided to try another browser. k-meleon. slim browser. im not that shook on these two.but i know they are fast and k-meleon has a new version . any suggestions or links. thanks marty
  24. hi chappy welcome.the advantage you have you know so much about compts . that it wont be any problem to you god ide love to have your knowledge. but you do pass it on to us mugs. as a side note, you are canadian arnt you. well next year the world indigenous diabetes conference is held in Edmonton. im not even sure it you spell it like that.how ever im part of that contingent and im looking forward to it . so any info about edmonton would be welcome. you take care my friend. linux sent me 10 disks of an OS CALLED UBUNTU. and it is free they will post it to you. i havent got to grips with i
  25. hi ghorjus i cant answer your Q i just wanted to say hi. what about the help files is there any thing there marty