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  6. Happy Birthday Jsky!

    in Open Chat

    Posted

    Thanks for the BD Wishes...

    Happy 50th Jsky! Hope you have a wonderful day and start preparing for a weekly Aarp advertisement :thumbsup:

    Liz

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY

    and Blim's right about all the AARP crap

    Mark

    You mean they get worse.... :blink: Get one or two a month now, and it's been around 8 months already :(

    Setting another goal starting today. Had my first session with SDQuits. It's a smoking program offered by the state. Just have to go through five counseling sessions in a years time over the phone. And they will pay for the three month supply of Chantix. I start on the 4th of Feb. And my quit day is valentine's day. So we'll see how that goes.

    And I'm ready. I'm tired of hacking all the time, never having enough wind to do things, I what to see what the world smell like again, and see what food really taste like.

  8. Vista's Readyboost

    in PC Tips and Tricks

    Posted

    Note:

    If you have a Flash Drive that is ReadyBoost Compatible.

    And you get a message about your drive not meeting performance specs. Down at the bottom of the ReadyBoost window you will see a check box that is checked by default saying it will "test this device at startup".

    Uncheck this box and Vista will then recognize your drive and utilize it as a ReadyBoost drive.

  9. Got A College Email Address? Want Office 2007?

    in Open Chat

    Posted

    Office 2007 is really nice. Especially the way it integrates into the Vista look.

    But a Small warning.

    Office 2007 in not yet backwards compatible. They have a compatibilitie plug-in for Office 2000 on up, to be compatible with 2007. But not the other way around. Somethings just don't work. Certain file types don't match.

    (Make different file types using Office 2007 and then open them in an older Office product, you will get a messages to download the compatibility add-in)

    For instance. I have done all my different webpages the old fashion way using Office 2000 and Word 2000. I can use any Office suite up to 2007 and can make changes. And everything works great. But if I even open a webpage in Office 2007 the page becomes corrupt and never works the same. (that's why I have to use Windows XP for editing).

    The only way I have found to get around this, would be to completely make a whole new site (every page) and recreate everything using Office 2007. (I don't really want to go through all that)

    Just a small warning.... Other then that It's a great program.

  11. (update) Bios Not Accepting Changes?

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    I agree 10,000 percent with Bubba Bob. The battery is what holds the BIOS information. You do need it to hold any changes to the BIOS. Other wise when you turn it off. It is off.

    It works like a battery in an electric alarm clock. The battery keeps the time when the power goes off, and the time will still be correct when the power is restored. If you have no battery, it will default to 12:00 and flash at you. Same with the BIOS.

    Basically that is all the battery in your PC does. It keeps the BIOS running at the correct time until the power is turned back on. other wise it just flashes the default setting at you. instead of 12:00. It's the boot order or any other settings you make changes to.

  12. Thanks My Friends For All The Emails

    in The Comedy Club

    Posted

    Well... I'm glad we could help keep you safe in todays world... You have to keep your eyes open and be on the lookout at all times... ^_^

    Now if you will excuse me.... I have to send this on to 144,000 people in the next 70 minutes so my wish will come true.

    I'll start with the BTs members page. That will take care of a couple thousand e-mails.... :lol:

  14. Lavasoft Turning To The Dark Side?

    in Security Alerts

    Posted

    Well....

    lavasoftsupport.com

    dslreports.com

    billpstudios

    I have known Corrine for a number of years. She runs her own tech related website, Is a M$ MVP, member of ASAP, Is highly qualified at HJT. And has spent allot of time in the past working and helping at Lavasoft. She Moderates and Admins at numerous tech sites.

    I'm kinda apt to listen to what's going on.

    And Michael Helander, Vice President of Marketing for Lavasoft doesn't really deny the fact. As per the first link.

  18. Internet Explorer 7 Startup Error Message

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    OK....

    Let's try this.

    Go to your Start Menu > All Programs > And you should have an IE Icon listed in all programs. R-click on it and drag it down and hold it over "Back" (lower part of the start menu). It should convert back to the main window. When your normal Start Menu opens move it up to where you want to put it. (you should see a black line where it will fit). Then just remove the old Icon from the start menu properties.

    I just did that on mine and it worked.

  20. Internet Explorer 7 Startup Error Message

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    Try dragging and dropping the IE Icon from the desktop onto the Main "Start Menu". (The quick Launch is down on the taskbar next to your start menu). And place it under the old IE Icon. If it stays there. Then just go into the start menu properties and uncheck IE in the properties menu.

    Or see if you can drag and drop the bad icon out onto the desktop (you can L or R-Click to do this) and then see if you can r-click on it to open up properties. Sounds like either the "Target" Or the "Start In" command on the original IE Icon has been changed.

  23. Deciding On Ram For The New Rig

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    Vista 64bit can use way more total Ram. If your motherboard can handle it. You could slip in 4 sticks of 4gig Ram sticks and still upgrade to more. I can't remember the total amount the 64bit version will support. It gets restricted by the motherboard specks. But it will handle a large amount.

    Vista 64 has a way of utilizing 32bit apps. A lot of things that would not work on XP-64 will work on Vista-64. So far only one Firewall I tried failed because of the 32/64 bit incompatibility. Also there is no restrictions on the amount of Ram the system will allocate to a program. If your running a intense 3D poser program. Or are into heavy graphic rendering. Vista-64 will give it what it can. If it want 10gigs to run that program. It will get it, if you have the Ram resources.

    I have heard differences on gaming. There are list of what 64bit will play as in games. And it's a good list. (just google). All the new games are listed.

    There are a couple games that they say to install under XP in "compatibility mode" to get better performance.

  25. Deciding On Ram For The New Rig

    in Windows 10, 8, 7, Vista, and XP

    Posted

    This is for 32bit Vista, The rules change for the 64bit version.

    The BIOS would see all 4gig. But depending on your hardware. You might only see 2 to 3.5gigs of ram showing up tops.

    Depending on your motherboard, on-board verses hardware Graphics board.

    Vista will allocate Ram to different hardware during boot and will show what is left that is usable. If you use on-board graphics, you would see less available Ram. As Vista turned a portion over to graphic control. Thus Vista will never show the full 4gigs on any display or monitor you use. The 4gigs of Ram is there. But you will only see what's not being used by the PCs Hardware.

    Vista 32bit will also only allocate up to 2gigs of ram to any said program usage. Meaning if you run a graphic intense program, only a total of 2gig will be sent to control the need. leaving the other 1 to 1.5 gigs for other necessities.

    As for the speed of your ram verses the cool look. With the 32bit version, you probably wouldn't notice a difference. Slight if any. So if you want the cool sticks with the LEDs. And you have a see-through case. Go for it.

    Remember, This is for 32bit Vista, The rules change considerably for the 64bit version.