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Now, I had so much trouble with Windows98 that XP was a dream!!! My beef with Vista is the hardware requirements. For someone who isn't a "power user", it makes no sense to spend extra money on Ram. And the $299 celeron computer (including the monitor!) I'm typing on now is non-existant, sad for families on a tight budget. Liz

Happy Birthday, Monster! Hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for all you do 'round here. Liz

And don't take Bubba Bob seriously!!! (you are so naughty, Bub! ) Annoy other posts? Oh, you and I will get along just fine, annoying is my specialty. Liz

Hi Kim and welcome to Besttechies!!! Glad you joined us. This is a fantastic group of people here and after reading your introduction, you're gonna fit right in. So look around, put your feet up and hope to hear a lot more from you Liz

I think a big key is careful surfing.......but if anyone else uses your computer, it's probably best to have some protection. No one is gonna respect your idiotbox like you do yourself. Thinking of last week when 10 year old niece was playing "Barbie-sites" online and got a couple pop-ups (thank God she got me and didn't click on them!) Liz

Good news, Hondaboy!! Liz

Happy Belated Birthday, Jim! I'm sorry I missed it! Hope you had a wonderful day Liz

In the meantime, maybe call your ISP and see if they can temporarily disable your email? Or would that mess up the hijack process? I wouldn't think so since that would be done on their server? Liz

Is that the only site you're having trouble with, Spirittoo? If so, there's probably a quirk on the site's end and there's nothing you can do until THEY fix the problem. As far as resetting the cable modem, no it doesn't reset itself when you turn off the computer. Turn off PC Unplug Cable Modem--the power cable is usually the top one Wait one minute Plug Cable Modem in Wait till the lights quit dancing about Turn on PC Your cable modem has been rebooted! Liz

Wishing everyone at BT's a Blessed, Safe and Happy Easter! Love, Liz

Happy Birthday, Kat! Hope you have a great day Liz

Heyyyyyy, it's 10:16PM! Thanks, Jeff Liz

Do you mean AVG Antivirus? If so, it is a good one and available HERE. Liz

Like Jdoors said, how easily we forget the sound of thunder or the flash of lightning in the middle of winter! We're only used to hearing wind and horizontal snow hitting the house this time of year. Yup, we get thundersnow up here, too and say, "what the heck was that??" Hondaboy and Pete, thinking of all those folks in the Southern states! Man, 1/4" of snow and Southern towns shut down, I can't imagine how y'all handle a foot of the stuff. Even though we still have a good foot of snow in the yard (not counting the drifts) and the snowbanks have melted to about 4', you Southerners have my

Daughter's happy, life is GOOD!! I'm proud of her and tell her congratulations on her new toy! It looks just like my Daughter's new Mac...but now she wants THIS LOL, hey it's pink!! Just make sure you barge in on her browsing so she doesn't dare go anywhere she shouldn't! Edit--Photobooth pictures, Steve?? Are those the special effect pics that my daughter took of herself with her webcam?? Liz

Happy Birthday, Barb! Hope you have a wonderful day! Liz

Ohhhh, I forgot all about that. March 1st was sunny, March 2 broke a heat record at 56 (only 5 foot high snowbanks now!). Today it's winded, rained and now snowing but still mild. That means the end of March is gonna be crummy. Crap. Crap. Crap. Another Crap. Liz

Pretty comical article! Kudos to Boat for finding it http://dotnet.org.za/codingsanity/archive/...windows-xp.aspx Liz

Happy Birthday, Option! Hope you have a terrific day Liz

Happy Century, Joe!! Hope you have a wonderful day Liz

I GOTTA get the kids to take a pic of my area. 6ft snowbanks on the side of the driveway. Yesterday when I shovelled (again!) I had to carry the s*** to a shorter bank because I'm not tall enough to toss it anymore. We "only" got just over 100 inches so far, but we haven't had any thaws to get rid of the crap. The one day it did thaw, we were treated to another foot the next day. At least the SUN was out today and it was over 32degrees!! Liz

LOL, Ok, Amanda's COMPUTER catches viruses faster than any other computer I've seen Liz

Ah-ha! and thanks-- I imagine that spinrite would be cheaper than buying an OS if one doesn't have the necessary disks, so not *too* cheap . Called Aron and he said reloading windows is the way to go as it's been reformatted plenty o' times (his girlfriend catches viruses quicker than anyone I know!). Liz

Oh, he chose all the options (one at a time, of course!) Yuck, but THANKS!. Well, I'll call him and let him know. This idiotbox is more possessed than my Gateway, so not surprised--she's replaced it with a laptop---he is over there critter-sitting and playing with it (bad TV on Fridays...even with moviechannels!) What is spinrite? Does it live in a floppy or CD? Liz

I KNOW this is a common problem as I remember reading this question a bunch of times, but I can't remember the fix! And trying to Google this, hah!! Son is tinkering with his girlfriends Frankenputer-- He starts it, it comes up with the screen, (ad libbed...) "You didn't shut down the computer properly, choose one of these safe mode last good configuration normal winders another choice that I can't remember" He chooses, it restarts and goes back to that message He checked all the connections and checked for dustbunnies, I told him to make sure the Ram is seated properly. What's the fix??