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George sounds sooo much like my Dad..... Liz

Sidekickcat, I agree, a proper Victorian needs Turrets, gables and all the trimmings! We have a some beautiful Queen Annes from the "Lumber Baron Era" in the city nearby (Bozodog, ever been to the Hackley House in Muskegon?), but they are in bad neighborhoods now:( And I agree about lack of insulation--blowing that in was the first and best improvement we made! Although the tall ceilings sure are nice in the hot weather. No pocket doors--the dining room was an addition and there is an unusual arch between the two rooms (we call it our conversation piece) which after years of research, I th

Hi Vile, My house was "started" in 1857, I am told. It was originally only 2 rooms and has been added on to since--the latest being a "too small" back porch in the 1950's. It looks like your typical 2 story Victorian farmhouse--no turrets or bay windows. It still has wood siding with pretty gingerbread on the top windowframes, "roofers nightmare" steep roof, the tall skinny "wavy" glass windows (well, some panes have been replaced over the years) and the bottom floor has birdseye maple wood floors throughout. The "first parlor" (living room) is square and a couch just won't fit right--it was

Found some pastries for you, Vile. Hmmm, is Macmarauder trapped in one of his "cute sites" or is he still doing cinnamon experiments in the basement? My Mothers Day was pleasingly uneventful once again since I quit celebrating it, although I did break down and called my mom. Son told me "Happy Mothers Day", because his girlfriend made him, and Hubby made supper so I could work on reclaiming flower beds--spent all summer last year painting the house (and victorian houses are big), so boy are they neglected. Its warm again!!! Yea!! We keep flipping from 30-40s and snow to 70s, no "inbetween"

Thanks, Handplane! I especially like #4 Emailed this to the 2 people in my address book that are "old enough to get this"! Liz

Hi Robroy, Thanks for the "escape route" on the floppy disk--going to try them out--maybe today! (Son wants to try to reinstall the broken CDburner software to get some songs out of PG first) I use Mcafee Firewall and VS--I'm usually a big supporter of Mcafee (especially since you can get it free with rebates) but every once in a while they produce a flop version, and there is a glitch or two with the latest update, according to their forums, but nothing to do with IE. It updated a "good week" before we did all this stuff. I looked at the log and that "Bootstrap Client" thing has not appear

....Oh dear..... At least with XP, you get these polite "I'm so sorry we encountered a little problem" boxes instead of the scary "Illegal Operation" boxes and Blue Screams of Death!! Liz

Hi Marty, So far that sounds terrific. I've seen links to similar gadgets in other forums, but the descriptions sound so complicated that I've never even clicked the links. This one "looks" easy so far. Thanks, Liz

Hello All, I don't celebrate it because for 10 years, I ended up with either sick kids, head licecapades-ugh, or "family rumbles" (I decided it was a jinx), but just want to wish all the Moms (genetic and honorary, single Dads, too) a Happy Mothers Day! Liz

Thanks, Terrorist, Knowing that the Firewall is blocking Netbios already, I feel much better knowing its supposed to be blocked I think Son made a copy of the disk you suggested, at least I see a floppy labeled "BT--ME" on the desk that wasn't there a few days ago! Glad to see he is reading things here and not just playing in the Arcade! Liz

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Jimras, a big Congrats for a big achievement!! You are now one of the Elite Liz

Phew, after a busy week, the kids are out and I can catch up on things!!! Next week is "merely" soccer, band concert and prom, so I may have a little more time. Regarding the Emergency Start Up Disks we made---how do I exit/end this program once it starts? (whether it works or not!)--as I have no idea what it will look like or how it behaves. I'm assuming it will look like a DOS program, right? Do I just shut down the PG and remove the disk, or remove the disk with it running or exit out of the program (and how)? I need an escape plan Rummaging through the Gateway stuff, I discovered I also

Hi All! Sidekickcat, you're definitely a mom-and a great one, too--just a mom whose kids don't share your genes!! I have a lot of those, too, who I love as much as my own. Vile, that co worker sounds like a trip! From researching and printing items for personal use at work to how he treated you is just impolite and wrong. You had every right to offer your help for a fee, after all, it's your time, you're going to his house and you're doing the work! If it were me, I wouldn't let you leave my house without payment or a barter! And $35 hour is a bargain when you consider your expertise and

Yes, quarantine would work great unless SON DELETES the quarantine file before seeing if the idiot box works right! ! Me thinks he won't do that again! He said, "Uhhh, doesn't 98 have a system restore?" as I slapped my forehead and sighed....I'm Dummybook educated and he took a college class in computers...geesh! Sometimes I think that boy took too many soccerballs in the head. We tried fixing IE, reinstalling it, restoring it, all that stuff and nothing worked--not showing in Ad-Remove Programs anymore. And seeing as the PG almost never did work right, a fresh install hopefully will fix

Hello All! An amusing story from our newspaper--Benton Harbor, MI marching band planned on performing the song "Louie, Louie" (or "Louie, Lou-I") in the Benton Harbor Floral Parade Saturday. One of the parents complained, saying the lyrics were "raunchy"--which led to the school superintendent ordering the band not to perform the song, even though the band wasn't going to sing it. Apparently, the lyrics are a "lament of a seafaring man for the girl he left behind and contain no profanities or vulgarities." In 1963 the FBI spent TWO years investigating the lyrics before declaring they were n

There are a LOT of terrific writers on this board--I like the "trained writing", the "head leaks" and the "gabbies" Something buried in Montague?? Maybe thats why my address doesn't exist in Google's satellite pictures--sure hope you used Terraservers directions, Macmarauder! And compliments to spelling Montague correctly--the telemarketers are hilarious when they try to pronounce it--"Montag, Montage and my favorite, Montagkwee". Of course I wait for them to attempt the pronounciation Apparently none of them ever heard of Romeo and Juliet.... Thanks for the Belarc info, Barb, I remember r

Thanks, Bearskin, So far Teatimer has worked on the PG--at least it alerted me when Mcafee was trying (unsuccessfully) to update. Somewhere I read to uninstall or disable all that virus-spyware stuff before reinstalling. When I reinstall the virus-spyware stuff (IF the reinstall 98 works, that is) I will not install Teatimer to be on the safe side!! Seeing as everything was fine after Spybot was installed, I think it was something I removed in Adaware that broke the internet, but not going to take any chances!!! Liz

Hi Robroy, With this do you mean to see if it works? I've been wanting to do this to make sure we made it right, but I've been chicken . Will it boot to just letters and numbers (DOS) or will it boot to windows? (if it works, that is) Any idea what it would do if we didn't make it right? And most importantly, how do I "get out of it" after I try it? Thanks, Liz

Hello All! Haven't been to the Cafe for a few days, spending my now limited internet time lurking in Windows Support trying to decifer instructions Trying to share one internet ready computer with the kids leaves little time for Mom. Mac, thanks for the missle--I loved the screamplay. I think the missle is hovering over the Possessed Gateway (now known as PG) waiting to strike, unless it went to Robroy's place first. Sidekickcat, don't you just hate it when "one simple task" takes practically all day and leaves your mood shot??? Oh!!, I remember you writing about celery and blood pressure

Hi Macmarauder, Your description is exactly the way I envisioned the Registry, complete with wolves and dorky glasses!! Made me laugh! I always figured it was some scary DOSthing full of H_KEYS that once you went there, you were trapped forever and your computer died. (sigh, I've read too many Hijack This advice posts) I actually WENT into the Registry(!) to confirm my Product Key number, thanks to your Geekstogo link in Windows Support, I was so scared of the thing, thats why I googlehunted it.

Thanks Terrorist for a great translation! One additional further translation needed? "Yes formatting will wipe the drive. This can be done with the floppy bootdisk." Wait, is this floppy bootdisk the Gateway System Restore CD, the Windows 98 CD, the Emergency Start Up "square disk" that we made today or something different??? And Macmarauder, that Geekstopandgo link is wonderful. The pictures really helped translate the printed stuff. Murtu and Terrorist, thanks for clearing up the Fat 32 confusion--I remember reading about converting Fat 16 into Fat 32 somewhere, and I was afraid rein

Hi All, Am going thru the links--thank you all so much! (feel free to keep the advice coming) Son goofed around with the Possessed Gateway today and yes, the internet explorer is definitely broken--not even showing in add/remove programs anymore, yet the desktop shortcut and the icon in the left side of the taskbar are still there. The firewall works (log shows baddies being blocked) and Spybot Teatimer works, but AIM doesn't work and its the Mcafee Updates giving us the illegal operation boxes. Assuming these gadgets need IE to work. Questions: (there will be a lot of 'em ) 1. The Possess

Hi All, While poking around the web, I found an awesome site that explains the Windows98 Registry with pictures. It's not nearly as scary as I thought!! I am guessing that XP's registry can't be all that bad either after reading this. Now I'm not saying to change anything (!) but after seeing the instructions and pictures, I at least am not scared to death of the program anymore.... registry There is also an area on the left side of the website with more options for us beginners to check out--some complicated stuff for the experts, too. Liz