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What command or action does it take to close his dial-up connection? Is he running something like AOL, where closing the program essentially closes the connection? Or is there a Taskbar icon that needs to be closed? Or what? I'd search shareware sites for utilities that can close running programs and see if they can be modified to have a shortcut icon close a particular program, then I would program that icon's properties to use a shortcut key combination. You'd wind up with a Windows shortcut that reacts to a particular key combination and closes the necessary program.

Looks like you're cursed with good looks -- In this day and age if you're a good looking, well groomed male, someone will assume you are gay. It's always tough to be caught up in an inaccurate stereotype, but the maturity level of your peers means that's often all they have to go by (they have yet to experience the depth and breadth of humanity, so they sometimes form their opinions based on stereotypes). If you hear someone mention this rumor simply say, "I'm not," and get on with your life. Let them know by your disinterest that their tongue-wagging is inconsequentional to you. The more you

Uh-huh, they don't want you to turn it off. At this point I'd do a web search for something like: IPODDER SPLASH SCREEN DISABLE If the manufacturer has a fix, it'll turn up. If others have found the solution, it'll turn up.

Yeah, I don't think the driver would affect only those keys. How old is it? Any, umm, spills lately? Any rough handling ('cause it sounds like a circuit board problem)?

One idea that's worked for me in various programs: Search the Windows Registry for the product name and see if there's an obvious setting for "splash." A value of "0" usually turns it off (if it exists).

That was strange ... I don't remember that kind of rambling from Marsh, am I just forgetting or .... ? I don't like the direction some of that took (hesitate to even state it, but it sounded downright suicidal).

About as good a reply to the grammar police as I've ever read. However ... When it's laziness or "fun" ways to type, it's annoying, especially when you're asking for help. You want someone to take the time to answer you, but you can't take the time to ask a coherant question? In a hurry? What, the kitchen's on fire and you have to hurry up to call 911? At least take the time to post a coherant quesiton, or else save it until after the fire's out. The only time I've ever mentioned poor grammar though was if the question was nearly or completely indecipherable. I feel bad for someone wh

Just in case it's not clear, TWAIN is a standard for devices to talk to one another, it's not necessarily "a file," as you stated in your first post. TWAIN capability is built into most device drivers for the devices that can use it, so just getting and installing the correct drivers should get you up and running.

Personally, even after turning off restore and clearing everything out with various tools, I'd either run the IE repair tool or even reinstall IE. Each tool may, or may not, make a clean repair. I'd hate to have trouble after all that work, so just in case I'd "fix" IE back to a fresh state before I tried to use it.

We're not so far from that. Every time I see someone walking around with a BlueTooth earset, that blue glow coming out of their ear, I think about that. Resistance is futile. I should'a said, "that blue glow coming out of their ear while they're talking to, I dunno, the Queen or something,"

Sending it ahead sounds good to me. Even if you install it in a VCR if they 'see' the VCR they may ask you to demonstrate that it works. May be a problem if it's NOT a VCR any more.

Fred Langa is a well known and respected geek, err, computer expert. I receive his newsletters and this "XP-on-a-disk" was covered a while ago. I would not hesitate to try something Fred recommends, he is sure to have tested it out thoroughly. Side note: I can't understand how someone can create an XP disk, containing enough XP code to run the OS, without bumping into some MicroSoft copyright infringements. Maybe the fact that it's FREE has something to do with it as there is no profit, but isn't it like giving away XP for free? Better grab this while Bill Gates is still sleeping.

Actually, that's a good point to bring up. Who puts items in the fridge, BEFORE you even open them? Yup, mine goes in the fridge.

Aww, poor wuddle CFH. I think I'm gonna visit Chris Pirillo & LockerGnome, just for old time's sake. (Gaak! That annoying voice! I can actually hear it in my head!)

Hmm, not exactly what I was picturing, and that's a lot of prep time and ingredients (bananas?) but .... I bet they're delicious. (Savin' the site for later, looked interesting.)

You could just behave yourself and not get banned from forums. (I keed!)

Being a ST geek, I "get" it, but good luck convincing the rest of the world.

A web search for "Error Message - 800A0035" (without the quotes) turned up a ton o' results. Skipping the "sponsored" results, , it appears to be a VBScript error. You may be missing some VB files or have other trouble with scripting. I didn't have the time to read them all so I guess you'd have to search through them to see if they describe how to repair VBscripting.

Sure sounds like the controller circuits in the monitor, but then that's just my gut feeling.

There are a lot of choices at HP but like others here, I would look at Epson first. They get good reviews, they don't rape you for ink (I could spend $40 a week for HP ink if I printed everything I wanted to print) and besides, my Niece and Nephew are extremely happy with theirs (so that settles that).

I wouldn't go so far as to blame MicroSoft, I assume MS would make even more money if they sold the OEM's the CD and book. It's more likely the manufacturer's way of cutting costs in such a competitive market. My system's five years old (where's the dinosaur smilie?) and came with both the original Windows CD and the Windows booklet, but I am aware that's rare now (if ever done). Actually it's a trend that extends throughout consumer products: Many products are cheaper than ever, but we're losing something in the process. I wonder if the high-end units, the ones that still sell for $2500 a

Bummer, PB&J Pops, you could'a been a millionaire. I'm sure there's some trick o' the trade that would make it work though (read: chemical modification of the PB to make it freeze hard). Hey, what type of PB did you use? Try all natural. Maybe without stirring the oil back in. C'mon! You can make it work! I wanna PB&J Pop!

Looks like it's one of those "trade-off" issues. I think you'll notice the difference since the hard drive is the main speed bottleneck on modern PCs. Anything you can do to decrease that bottleneck should be plainly visible. Of course, it will only affect activities that require reads/writes to and from the hard drive. If you have enough RAM installed and depending on how you use your PC, the hard drive may not be accessed all that much (do you see the drive light flickering all the time?). Once a program is loaded it may not need to access the drive for quite some time, for example. Where's

I can't imagine it is impossible to clean the case sufficiently, just use a good solvent. But in today's climate, I would rethink traveling with an ammo case. There must be an equally good substitute available. Yeah, come to think of it, even if they are pleased there's no actual ammo in there, I assume you'll be filling that thing with wires and electronic devices. Now does THAT sound like something you want to bring to an airport nowadays?

D-I-S-G-U-S-T-I-N-G. Mustard ice cubes? Peanut butter ice cubes? (No, wait, licking a pure peanut butter popsicle? That sounds OK.)