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3151.	Solve : Forum for Corel draw and adobe illustrator???
Answer» can anyone recommend me any good and ACTIVE forum for learning corel draw & adobe illustrator?? Thank you Have a LOOK through their HELP files. I think they have built-in tutorials, not sure. Anyhow, GOOGLE for Corel Draw Tutorials or Adobe Illustrator Tutorials.

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3152.	Solve : Multicore CPU question?
Answer» Does anyone know if specific cores serve a different purpose than the others in a multicore CPU such as x2, x3, x4, x6? I have a CPU gadget on my desktop with Win 7 and AMD Quadcore, and Core 1 and Core 4 seem more active than Core 2 and Core 3, while I would have expected the load to be balanced more evenly among cores unless an old program that doesnt support multi-core execution. Or if the cores are picked from whats next available in the core pool for multi-processing that it would be more random. DaveLembke, Really, that is a good question. I have just a plain old dual-core and load balancing is very poor oist of the time. I use Windows XP. That is what the PC came with. It is not a 64 bit CPU, but has two cores. Checking with the MS site, you don't find clear, concise answers to the question. AMD and Intel do not indicate the cores have assigned duties. The IMPLICATION is the OS and the applications have to be compiled to use more that one core. Here is an easy to read article. From PCWorld. Multicore: New chips mean new challenges for developers Quote from: DaveLembke on July 15, 2011, 10:38:47 PM Does anyone know if specific cores serve a different purpose than the others in a multicore CPU such as x2, x3, x4, x6? They don't serve specific purposes, no. Quote I have a CPU gadget on my desktop with Win 7 and AMD Quadcore, and Core 1 and Core 4 seem more active than Core 2 and Core 3, while I would have expected the load to be balanced more evenly among cores unless an old program that doesnt support multi-core execution. Or if the cores are picked from whats next available in the core pool for multi-processing that it would be more random. Take a fictitious scenario similar to what you describe. Core 1 and Core 4 sit idle, while Core 2 and Core 3 are being utilized at 20%. One might think, "well golly shouldn't it be distributing the work so that all the cores are doing 10%". Thing is, the entire point of Multiple cores is to speed up processing- one of the most expensive operation when it comes to threads/threading/cores is the context switch. Typically, if you have two cores at a given utilization, that is one thread running in each. In order to "distribute" that load to the other cores, The threads would need to be context switched to the other cores, which defeats the entire purpose of having the cores in the first place, which is to prevent context switches. I think the "problem" stems from people feeling that using more CPU/core% is somehow "bad"; this is covered rather well here. The same could be said for RAM usage as well... If i paid for 6G and i see 5.2 being used ...i'm pleased...not freakin out as some do.I see where this is going. The Fallacy of Scalability. A number of authors talk about this, but they do not put that phrase on the cover of a book. Would never sell. Nobody wants to know that scalability is non-linear. Q. If I have to CPU's will I get twice the performance? A. Do you catch more fish in a bigger lake? You need to seriously stop overthinking things... Just a heads up...I know this is not a scientific comparison, but I had a 3 GHz Pentium 4 which could encode certain flv videos to xvid with 32 bit single threaded ffmpeg at around 30 fps and now I have a 3 GHz quad core Phenom II 945 and it can do the same task with multithreaded 64 bit ffmpeg at 120 fps, so I feel I have a processor which is 4 times more "powerful". Thinks outside the box- Wait... isn't there an option to balance core load in BIOSes? something along the lines of Advanced clock calibration... http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherboards/397179-amd-advanced-clock-calibration-guide.html I know its meant for overclocking, but if one of the cores is underclocked, you could add voltage/increase the MHz a little to even it up...Why does it matter if some cores are doing more work than others at a particular point in time? I have seen an article (I can't find it just now) which said that the Intel i7 and upcoming AMD Bulldozer cpus allow for uneven core use because it is better for power consumption and cooling than forcibly equalising the loads. They even arrange to unload the idlest cores and shut them down. Quote from: TRANSFUSION on July 17, 2011, 01:48:21 AM Thinks outside the box- Wait... isn't there an option to balance core load in BIOSes? something along the lines of Advanced clock calibration... http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherboards/397179-amd-advanced-clock-calibration-guide.html I know its meant for overclocking, but if one of the cores is underclocked, you could add voltage/increase the MHz a little to even it up... We're not talking about either overclocked or underclocked CPU Cores. Quote from: Salmon Trout on July 17, 2011, 02:06:55 AM Why does it matter if some cores are doing more work than others at a particular point in time? It doesn't. A lot of folks seem to think they are smarter than the people who do this stuff (building CPU's and writing multi processor kernels) for a living, though.Thanks for everyones input on this. Was just thinking that maybe some cores were different than others vs exact clones of one another given my observation of Cores 1 and 4 being more active than 2 and 3. A bench mark run on the system pegs all 4 cores loading them all up with processes to crunch. I guess I was thinking that certain cores may have been created with specific duties similar to way back when you had to add a 80287 math co-processor to your 286 in the socket available for the 80287 math co-processor addon for crunching. I had to add a 287 coprocessor to my one system about 20 years ago because the 286 wasnt enough to handle the calculations with some early 3D graphics stuff I was playing with.Maybe you should try about running - Ten different CPU intensive programs all at the same time. Then see how the load is. lol ... nah I am satisfied with what BC stated. Probably just a fluke that cores 1 and 4 are more active in getting designation to handle threadsMy logic was that if manufacturers can take a quad-core CPU and DISABLE a core or two to meet production requests, they could underclock cores to meet power requirement standards. This got me thinking about logical vs physical cores. http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/showthread.php?t=73819

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Solve : Multicore CPU question?

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Does anyone know if specific cores serve a different purpose than the others in a multicore CPU such as x2, x3, x4, x6?

I have a CPU gadget on my desktop with Win 7 and AMD Quadcore, and Core 1 and Core 4 seem more active than Core 2 and Core 3, while I would have expected the load to be balanced more evenly among cores unless an old program that doesnt support multi-core execution. Or if the cores are picked from whats next available in the core pool for multi-processing that it would be more random.

DaveLembke,
Really, that is a good question. I have just a plain old dual-core and load balancing is very poor oist of the time. I use Windows XP. That is what the PC came with. It is not a 64 bit CPU, but has two cores.

Checking with the MS site, you don't find clear, concise answers to the question. AMD and Intel do not indicate the cores have assigned duties. The IMPLICATION is the OS and the applications have to be compiled to use more that one core.

Here is an easy to read article. From PCWorld.
Multicore: New chips mean new challenges for developers Quote from: DaveLembke on July 15, 2011, 10:38:47 PM

Does anyone know if specific cores serve a different purpose than the others in a multicore CPU such as x2, x3, x4, x6?

They don't serve specific purposes, no.

Quote

I have a CPU gadget on my desktop with Win 7 and AMD Quadcore, and Core 1 and Core 4 seem more active than Core 2 and Core 3, while I would have expected the load to be balanced more evenly among cores unless an old program that doesnt support multi-core execution. Or if the cores are picked from whats next available in the core pool for multi-processing that it would be more random.

Take a fictitious scenario similar to what you describe. Core 1 and Core 4 sit idle, while Core 2 and Core 3 are being utilized at 20%.

One might think, "well golly shouldn't it be distributing the work so that all the cores are doing 10%".

Thing is, the entire point of Multiple cores is to speed up processing- one of the most expensive operation when it comes to threads/threading/cores is the context switch. Typically, if you have two cores at a given utilization, that is one thread running in each. In order to "distribute" that load to the other cores, The threads would need to be context switched to the other cores, which defeats the entire purpose of having the cores in the first place, which is to prevent context switches.

I think the "problem" stems from people feeling that using more CPU/core% is somehow "bad"; this is covered rather well here.

The same could be said for RAM usage as well...
If i paid for 6G and i see 5.2 being used ...i'm pleased...not freakin out as some do.I see where this is going.
The Fallacy of Scalability.
A number of authors talk about this, but they do not put that phrase on the cover of a book. Would never sell. Nobody wants to know that scalability is non-linear.

Q. If I have to CPU's will I get twice the performance?
A. Do you catch more fish in a bigger lake?
You need to seriously stop overthinking things...
Just a heads up...I know this is not a scientific comparison, but I had a 3 GHz Pentium 4 which could encode certain flv videos to xvid with 32 bit single threaded ffmpeg at around 30 fps and now I have a 3 GHz quad core Phenom II 945 and it can do the same task with multithreaded 64 bit ffmpeg at 120 fps, so I feel I have a processor which is 4 times more "powerful".
Thinks outside the box-
Wait... isn't there an option to balance core load in BIOSes? something along the lines of Advanced clock calibration...

http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherboards/397179-amd-advanced-clock-calibration-guide.html
I know its meant for overclocking, but if one of the cores is underclocked, you could add voltage/increase the MHz a little to even it up...Why does it matter if some cores are doing more work than others at a particular point in time? I have seen an article (I can't find it just now) which said that the Intel i7 and upcoming AMD Bulldozer cpus allow for uneven core use because it is better for power consumption and cooling than forcibly equalising the loads. They even arrange to unload the idlest cores and shut them down.
Quote from: TRANSFUSION on July 17, 2011, 01:48:21 AM

Thinks outside the box-
Wait... isn't there an option to balance core load in BIOSes? something along the lines of Advanced clock calibration...

http://www.overclock.net/amd-motherboards/397179-amd-advanced-clock-calibration-guide.html
I know its meant for overclocking, but if one of the cores is underclocked, you could add voltage/increase the MHz a little to even it up...

We're not talking about either overclocked or underclocked CPU Cores.

Quote from: Salmon Trout on July 17, 2011, 02:06:55 AM

Why does it matter if some cores are doing more work than others at a particular point in time?

It doesn't. A lot of folks seem to think they are smarter than the people who do this stuff (building CPU's and writing multi processor kernels) for a living, though.Thanks for everyones input on this. Was just thinking that maybe some cores were different than others vs exact clones of one another given my observation of Cores 1 and 4 being more active than 2 and 3. A bench mark run on the system pegs all 4 cores loading them all up with processes to crunch.

I guess I was thinking that certain cores may have been created with specific duties similar to way back when you had to add a 80287 math co-processor to your 286 in the socket available for the 80287 math co-processor addon for crunching. I had to add a 287 coprocessor to my one system about 20 years ago because the 286 wasnt enough to handle the calculations with some early 3D graphics stuff I was playing with.Maybe you should try about running -
Ten different CPU intensive programs all at the same time.

Then see how the load is. lol ... nah I am satisfied with what BC stated. Probably just a fluke that cores 1 and 4 are more active in getting designation to handle threadsMy logic was that if manufacturers can take a quad-core CPU and DISABLE a core or two to meet production requests, they could underclock cores to meet power requirement standards.

This got me thinking about logical vs physical cores.
http://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/showthread.php?t=73819

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3153.	Solve : how to make my pc quicker?
Answer» Quote Cleaning registry can help improve computer performance Well, we'll stay at disagreement here, but that's fine. Let's put it another way. If you're experienced computer user, feel free to play with your computer settings, INCLUDING registry. If you're not, leave registry alone. Quote from: mcxeb52! on December 19, 2008, 06:08:28 PM Registry to me, is like your roomand if it's constantly being cluttered with junk, it's not going to be pretty. But if you take away something from there that shouldn't be, then if you (or the PC) can't find it, there's a problem. Cleaning registry can help improve computer performance, whether or not that performance is visible or not and so the short answer to registry cleaning is that your computer will run better if you OCCASIONALLY clean your Windows system registry. So doing registry cleaning with your monthly tuneups with the good programs you have should KEEP your PC tidy enough. Start Here Actually for once google did it's job as the top link is pretty good. Keep in mind the writers PROBABLY know the OS better than all of us here Again it's not an argument...just a different point of view. I've never experienced a performance gain with cleaning the registry. And i TEST an awful lot of software Quote from: mcxeb52! on December 19, 2008, 06:08:28 PM Registry to me, is like your roomand if it's constantly being cluttered with junk, it's not going to be pretty. But if you take away something from there that shouldn't be, then if you (or the PC) can't find it, there's a problem. Cleaning registry can help improve computer performance, whether or not that performance is visible or not and so the short answer to registry cleaning is that your computer will run better if you occasionally clean your Windows system registry. So doing registry cleaning with your monthly tuneups with the good programs you have should keep your PC tidy enough. I like to think so as well. It's part of maintenance and if you never perform a registry clean, you will run into problems because of that and possibly slow down your computer.

3153.

Solve : how to make my pc quicker?

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Cleaning registry can help improve computer performance

Well, we'll stay at disagreement here, but that's fine.

Let's put it another way.
If you're experienced computer user, feel free to play with your computer settings, INCLUDING registry.
If you're not, leave registry alone. Quote from: mcxeb52! on December 19, 2008, 06:08:28 PM

Registry to me, is like your roomand if it's constantly being cluttered with junk, it's not going to be pretty. But if you take away something from there that shouldn't be, then if you (or the PC) can't find it, there's a problem.

Cleaning registry can help improve computer performance, whether or not that performance is visible or not and so the short answer to registry cleaning is that your computer will run better if you OCCASIONALLY clean your Windows system registry. So doing registry cleaning with your monthly tuneups with the good programs you have should KEEP your PC tidy enough.

Start Here

Actually for once google did it's job as the top link is pretty good.
Keep in mind the writers PROBABLY know the OS better than all of us here
Again it's not an argument...just a different point of view.

I've never experienced a performance gain with cleaning the registry. And i TEST an awful lot of software Quote from: mcxeb52! on December 19, 2008, 06:08:28 PM

Registry to me, is like your roomand if it's constantly being cluttered with junk, it's not going to be pretty. But if you take away something from there that shouldn't be, then if you (or the PC) can't find it, there's a problem.

Cleaning registry can help improve computer performance, whether or not that performance is visible or not and so the short answer to registry cleaning is that your computer will run better if you occasionally clean your Windows system registry. So doing registry cleaning with your monthly tuneups with the good programs you have should keep your PC tidy enough.

I like to think so as well. It's part of maintenance and if you never perform a registry clean, you will run into problems because of that and possibly slow down your computer.

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3154.	Solve : How does one complain to AT&T??
Answer» soybean: Thank you, that helps clarify. I LIKE visuals. This e-mail thing has got me bugged. I have been using e-mail for years, and I've had different Internet service providers. The issue I have with AT&T DSL service is very annoying. They do allow me to use of their e-mail accounts. But each account can be verified with AT&T DSL service B4 I can use it for outgoing mail. That is the key issue that really gets to me. To my surprise, some of a free e-mail companies also take that kind of position. They will not let you use their SMTP service unless you register and VERIFY which e-mail addresses are going to use. I just didn't realize. Also, great majority of free e-mail services do not have any provision for you to use SMTP. They expect you to use only their webmail service. A webmail service is a form of HTTP that lets you receive and send e-mail without the use of a POP server or an SMTP server. I have gone through reviews of about 50 different services, and just a few offer POP and SMTP service. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For concise reviews of popular Enail companies, consider there items fro Wikipedia (Note the article about Ajax in the link below has information that appears to be very off topic. It reads as a rough history of Google Mail.) Ajax (programming) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29 FastMail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastMail.FM Gmail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail Hotmail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail Live Mail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Mail Quote For the webmail service once called Windows Live Mail, SEE Hotmail. Hotmail http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail Yahoo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_mail Fastmail.FM will sell you POP and SMTP service. But I want it FREE! That's all for today. I will monitor this thread for comments. Quote But each account can be verified with AT&T DSL service B4 I can use it for outgoing mail. That is the key issue that really gets to me. I'd really like to see a source for this as i have an AT&T account and have never, never encountered these issues at all. I'll wait... Quote from: patio on July 15, 2011, 01:27:40 PM I'd really like to see a source for this as i have an AT&T account and have never, never encountered these issues at all. I'll wait... Patio, you are RIGHT. You can get it to work. But the problem is understandinkg how. The documentation is either out-or-date or just wrong. Here is just one of many fellow complainers. http://corriehaffly.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/sending-mail-in-outlook-with-att-dsl/ Quote Sending mail in Outlook with AT&T DSL I just killed a good part of my day trying to figure out how to get Outlook (2003) to send mail with AT&T DSL’s SMTP settings. Now, I don’t consider myself to be very savvy in terms of getting networks and internet connections and such to work, but I have configured Outlook several times in the past with various ISPs and didn’t have any problems as long as I had the proper setup instructions. We had SBC/AT&T DSL a couple years ago and email receiving and sending was fine. This time, however, I was stumped. The handy booklet that comes with AT&T’s DSL modem has these instructions (which can also be found if you Google various phrases such as “Outlook AT&T DSL SMTP” ... I’m still very disappointed with the AT&T live chat support that I interacted with. Is it really such a rare occurrence for someone to want to use a non-AT&T email address that they never run into this? Or was it a ploy to get me to pay for tech support? Seeing as how verifying email addresses through Yahoo was an integral part of the process and Outlook had NOTHING to do with it, my opinion of their customer support is currently very low. This was, of course, a few years ago, Things may have improved. Hard to say. I have used AT&T for over two years, On and off. It is still hard to get the right documentation. The quote above is from a search. I have found some answers. I will post them when I get is sorted out, It is rather obvious, but AT&T does not tell you. You can BUY SMTP service, but I want it FREE. Yes, there are FREE SMTP services that AT&T will not block. They have to be SSL, which is not plain SMTP on port 26. I will come back later with a list of FREE SMTP with SSL. I am slow, but I will do it. Quote I Will Return. - Douglas MacArthur Quote They will not let you use their SMTP service unless you register and verify which e-mail addresses are going to use. I believe I've more or less said before that this is non-sense. And now, I say it again. I just conducted a test to prove what I already knew but decided to do a new test anyway. My mother uses AT&T DSL. I exported a POP3 account provided by my ISP (which is not AT&T), emailed it to mom, established a remove connection to her computer, imported the email address into Outlook Express on her computer, and then received and sent messages from that account on her computer. This involved no contact whatsoever with AT&T. Sometime last year, I did this with another AT&T user. In that case, I setup a POP3-enabled gmail account in her email client. No calls to AT&T to "register" or "verify" which account she was going to use. Think about it. Why would an ISP require some kind of registering and approval procedure to setup some non-ISP POP or IMAP account in an email client? The only valid reason for such a requirement would be to prevent serious cases of email spamming, and they can probably detect that with account monitoring tools. The ISP's role is to provide Internet access, which would include a full range of uses (http, ftp. pop, imap, etc.); their role is not to rigidly police how customers use their Internet access. I agree with you on one point - AT&T support is usually awful. Biggest Red Herring of the Year Finalist...... And Then I said, "Oatmeal, are you crazy?" I think that SUMMARIZES this thread.Are there bananas in the oatmeal ? ? Cause that would be crazy...I am not through yet. And what does Oatmeal have to do with it? As mentioned, it is not the POP that is at issue here. You can POP all you want with AT&T DSL. The issue is when you reply or send a mail in Outlook Express or Thunderbird using the SMTP instructions provided by AT&T. If you ignore the AT&T documents construction and do your own thing, you can make it work. I have done that, and I want to make a list of free services where you can do that without giving any money. I can do it with the SMTP I got from FASTMAIL.FM, but I had to pay for it and use their instructions, not the AT&T instructions. Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 15, 2011, 06:31:35 PM The issue is when you reply or send a mail in Outlook Express or Thunderbird using the SMTP instructions provided by AT&T. You still don't get it. Why would you seek SMTP instructions provided by AT&T to setup a non-AT&T email account? That's absurd. What you need to do in such cases is seek the outgoing server info from the email account provider, not AT&T. When I performed the test described in my previous post, the account I imported into my mother's computer is one that uses smtp.embarqmail.com for the outgoing server. I had no contact whatsoever with AT&T about this. The outgoing server coding comes from the provider of the email account I was using, which happens to be one provided by my ISP (not AT&T). Quote You still don't get it. Why would you seek SMTP instructions provided by AT&T to setup a non-AT&T email account? Because that is exactly what AT&T says to do. Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 15, 2011, 07:03:19 PM Because that is exactly what AT&T says to do. You're being mis-lead. AT&T tech support is lousy. Again, do not call them for assistance with setting up an email (POP/IMAP/SMTP) account unless it's an AT&T account. For any non-AT&T account, you need to get the account settings from the email provider, not AT&T. Quote from: soybean on July 15, 2011, 07:37:16 PM You're being mis-lead. AT&T tech support is lousy. Again, do not call them for assistance with setting up an email (POP/IMAP/SMTP) account unless it's an AT&T account. For any non-AT&T account, you need to get the account settings from the email provider, not AT&T. You said it, soybean. I will allow that I am sometimes not too bright. Now in my defense, let me say that AT&T and Yahoo have got a look of people fooled. Here is a direct quote from a support area in the Yahoo mail stuff. Quote http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/bizmail/pop/pop-12.html Yahoo! Small Business > Yahoo! Small Business Help > Business Email > Using POP Access I use SBC Dial or DSL and cannot send email from my POP client. What happened?AT&T and its partners have implemented a program aimed at combating unsolicited commercial email (spam). AT&T now filters port 25, which means that many of its users are now required to send email through AT&T's own SMTP servers. If you use AT&T to gain access to the Internet (via a dial-up or DSL connection) and have purchased a Yahoo! Small Business plan that includes email, you will likely need to replace the Yahoo! SMTP server address in your POP settings with an SMTP server address specified by AT&T. See the list of settings. You may also choose to opt out of AT&T's port 25 filtering program. If you opt out of this program, you will continue to use Yahoo!'s SMTP servers to manage your outgoing email. To opt out of the AT&T port 25 filtering program, simply make your request using AT&T's designated online form. Within 12 hours you will receive a notification from AT&T that you can once again use Yahoo!'s SMTP server to send email. For more information about AT&T's SMTP requirements, please visit the AT&T help center or contact AT&T DSL support at 877-SBC-DSL5 (877-722-3755) or AT&T DIAL support at 866-SBC-DIAL (866-722-3425). Is that true? Is it out of date? Can't they give customers the correct information? Why is it so hard to tell them to use another method that does not user port 25. Many mail services allow SSL over port 465. But don't expert AT&T to even hint that you can use another port and protocol. Some most free email does nnot have SSL. The certificate costs money. So do not expect it from a free service. But there are some. I still searching.

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soybean: Thank you, that helps clarify. I LIKE visuals.

This e-mail thing has got me bugged. I have been using e-mail for years, and I've had different Internet service providers. The issue I have with AT&T DSL service is very annoying. They do allow me to use of their e-mail accounts. But each account can be verified with AT&T DSL service B4 I can use it for outgoing mail. That is the key issue that really gets to me.
To my surprise, some of a free e-mail companies also take that kind of position. They will not let you use their SMTP service unless you register and VERIFY which e-mail addresses are going to use. I just didn't realize.
Also, great majority of free e-mail services do not have any provision for you to use SMTP. They expect you to use only their webmail service. A webmail service is a form of HTTP that lets you receive and send e-mail without the use of a POP server or an SMTP server. I have gone through reviews of about 50 different services, and just a few offer POP and SMTP service.
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For concise reviews of popular Enail companies, consider there items fro Wikipedia
(Note the article about Ajax in the link below has information that appears to be very off topic. It reads as a rough history of Google Mail.)
Ajax (programming)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_%28programming%29
FastMail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FastMail.FM
Gmail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gmail
Hotmail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail
Live Mail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_Mail
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For the webmail service once called Windows Live Mail, SEE Hotmail.
Hotmail
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hotmail

Yahoo
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahoo_mail
Fastmail.FM will sell you POP and SMTP service. But I want it FREE!
That's all for today. I will monitor this thread for comments. Quote

But each account can be verified with AT&T DSL service B4 I can use it for outgoing mail. That is the key issue that really gets to me.

I'd really like to see a source for this as i have an AT&T account and have never, never encountered these issues at all.

I'll wait... Quote from: patio on July 15, 2011, 01:27:40 PM

I'd really like to see a source for this as i have an AT&T account and have never, never encountered these issues at all.

I'll wait...

Patio, you are RIGHT. You can get it to work. But the problem is understandinkg how. The documentation is either out-or-date or just wrong.
Here is just one of many fellow complainers.
http://corriehaffly.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/sending-mail-in-outlook-with-att-dsl/
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Sending mail in Outlook with AT&T DSL
I just killed a good part of my day trying to figure out how to get Outlook (2003) to send mail with AT&T DSL’s SMTP settings. Now, I don’t consider myself to be very savvy in terms of getting networks and internet connections and such to work, but I have configured Outlook several times in the past with various ISPs and didn’t have any problems as long as I had the proper setup instructions. We had SBC/AT&T DSL a couple years ago and email receiving and sending was fine. This time, however, I was stumped.

The handy booklet that comes with AT&T’s DSL modem has these instructions (which can also be found if you Google various phrases such as “Outlook AT&T DSL SMTP”
...
I’m still very disappointed with the AT&T live chat support that I interacted with. Is it really such a rare occurrence for someone to want to use a non-AT&T email address that they never run into this? Or was it a ploy to get me to pay for tech support? Seeing as how verifying email addresses through Yahoo was an integral part of the process and Outlook had NOTHING to do with it, my opinion of their customer support is currently very low.

This was, of course, a few years ago, Things may have improved. Hard to say. I have used AT&T for over two years, On and off. It is still hard to get the right documentation. The quote above is from a search.

I have found some answers. I will post them when I get is sorted out, It is rather obvious, but AT&T does not tell you. You can BUY SMTP service, but I want it FREE.

Yes, there are FREE SMTP services that AT&T will not block.
They have to be SSL, which is not plain SMTP on port 26.

I will come back later with a list of FREE SMTP with SSL. I am slow, but I will do it.
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I Will Return. - Douglas MacArthur

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They will not let you use their SMTP service unless you register and verify which e-mail addresses are going to use.

I believe I've more or less said before that this is non-sense. And now, I say it again.

I just conducted a test to prove what I already knew but decided to do a new test anyway. My mother uses AT&T DSL. I exported a POP3 account provided by my ISP (which is not AT&T), emailed it to mom, established a remove connection to her computer, imported the email address into Outlook Express on her computer, and then received and sent messages from that account on her computer. This involved no contact whatsoever with AT&T.

Sometime last year, I did this with another AT&T user. In that case, I setup a POP3-enabled gmail account in her email client. No calls to AT&T to "register" or "verify" which account she was going to use.

Think about it. Why would an ISP require some kind of registering and approval procedure to setup some non-ISP POP or IMAP account in an email client? The only valid reason for such a requirement would be to prevent serious cases of email spamming, and they can probably detect that with account monitoring tools. The ISP's role is to provide Internet access, which would include a full range of uses (http, ftp. pop, imap, etc.); their role is not to rigidly police how customers use their Internet access.

I agree with you on one point - AT&T support is usually awful. Biggest Red Herring of the Year Finalist...... And Then I said, "Oatmeal, are you crazy?"

I think that SUMMARIZES this thread.Are there bananas in the oatmeal ? ?

Cause that would be crazy...I am not through yet. And what does Oatmeal have to do with it?

As mentioned, it is not the POP that is at issue here. You can POP all you want with AT&T DSL. The issue is when you reply or send a mail in Outlook Express or Thunderbird using the SMTP instructions provided by AT&T.

If you ignore the AT&T documents construction and do your own thing, you can make it work. I have done that, and I want to make a list of free services where you can do that without giving any money. I can do it with the SMTP I got from FASTMAIL.FM, but I had to pay for it and use their instructions, not the AT&T instructions. Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 15, 2011, 06:31:35 PM

The issue is when you reply or send a mail in Outlook Express or Thunderbird using the SMTP instructions provided by AT&T.

You still don't get it. Why would you seek SMTP instructions provided by AT&T to setup a non-AT&T email account? That's absurd. What you need to do in such cases is seek the outgoing server info from the email account provider, not AT&T. When I performed the test described in my previous post, the account I imported into my mother's computer is one that uses smtp.embarqmail.com for the outgoing server. I had no contact whatsoever with AT&T about this. The outgoing server coding comes from the provider of the email account I was using, which happens to be one provided by my ISP (not AT&T). Quote

You still don't get it. Why would you seek SMTP instructions provided by AT&T to setup a non-AT&T email account?

Because that is exactly what AT&T says to do. Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 15, 2011, 07:03:19 PM

Because that is exactly what AT&T says to do.

You're being mis-lead. AT&T tech support is lousy. Again, do not call them for assistance with setting up an email (POP/IMAP/SMTP) account unless it's an AT&T account. For any non-AT&T account, you need to get the account settings from the email provider, not AT&T. Quote from: soybean on July 15, 2011, 07:37:16 PM

You're being mis-lead. AT&T tech support is lousy. Again, do not call them for assistance with setting up an email (POP/IMAP/SMTP) account unless it's an AT&T account. For any non-AT&T account, you need to get the account settings from the email provider, not AT&T.

You said it, soybean. I will allow that I am sometimes not too bright. Now in my defense, let me say that AT&T and Yahoo have got a look of people fooled. Here is a direct quote from a support area in the Yahoo mail stuff.
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http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/smallbusiness/bizmail/pop/pop-12.html
Yahoo! Small Business > Yahoo! Small Business Help > Business Email > Using POP Access
I use SBC Dial or DSL and cannot send email from my POP client. What happened?AT&T and its partners have implemented a program aimed at combating unsolicited commercial email (spam). AT&T now filters port 25, which means that many of its users are now required to send email through AT&T's own SMTP servers. If you use AT&T to gain access to the Internet (via a dial-up or DSL connection) and have purchased a Yahoo! Small Business plan that includes email, you will likely need to replace the Yahoo! SMTP server address in your POP settings with an SMTP server address specified by AT&T. See the list of settings.

You may also choose to opt out of AT&T's port 25 filtering program. If you opt out of this program, you will continue to use Yahoo!'s SMTP servers to manage your outgoing email. To opt out of the AT&T port 25 filtering program, simply make your request using AT&T's designated online form. Within 12 hours you will receive a notification from AT&T that you can once again use Yahoo!'s SMTP server to send email.

For more information about AT&T's SMTP requirements, please visit the AT&T help center or contact AT&T DSL support at 877-SBC-DSL5 (877-722-3755) or AT&T DIAL support at 866-SBC-DIAL (866-722-3425).

Is that true? Is it out of date? Can't they give customers the correct information? Why is it so hard to tell them to use another method that does not user port 25. Many mail services allow SSL over port 465. But don't expert AT&T to even hint that you can use another port and protocol.

Some most free email does nnot have SSL. The certificate costs money. So do not expect it from a free service. But there are some. I still searching.

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3155.	Solve : Reg: mail hosting?
Answer» hello all, am just looking for FREE mail hosting services on web ... i READ ONE article about google is providing this services for schools , organizations and small business..... but i didn't fine any link or any option regarding this on www.google.com/a REGRADING small business support... i just want to know is google providing this facility.... could any one able post that link to me... thanks for repply Google Apps? http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/r-article-a-112272-m-7-sc-31-where_to_host_your_email-i Does your organization have a website? If so, why not use the web hosting service for your business email? Even some of the very low cost hosting plans offer UNLIMITED email accounts. For example: http://www.totalchoicehosting.com/

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3156.	Solve : Help Appreciated on MS Excel.?
Answer» I need to create an EXCEL spreadsheet with a Sheet for every month of the year. (I can do that!) What I am struggling with is how to create a "sub-sheet" within each months work-sheet for every day of each month. I hope to be able to have 12 work-sheets, each of them having upto 31 "sub-sheets", each of which can be individually edited with that days usage data. Can anyone offer a solution to this? Thank you.Well, a sheet is a sheet. There's no such thing as a "sub-sheet", or sheet inside a sheet. I suggest you consider other techniques. One might be to name ranges in your sheets, creating a RANGE for each day of the month. If you go through this range NAMING PROCESS for a whole month in one sheet, you can copy that to other sheets.

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3157.	Solve : Blue-Tooth Question?
Answer» I dont now a lot about blue-tooth an all but my dads phone has it an I thought it would be good to get him something to HOOK to his pc to see the stuff on it so i need like a reciver then or something right?You'd need a BLUETOOTH adapter, yes. These are usually USB, and FAIRLY inexpensive - around £10 here in the UK.that be the u.k but thanks fairly new to this stuff Quote from: squall_01 on December 05, 2008, 08:55:29 AM that be the u.k but thanks fairly new to this stuff AHEM...for that trivial a correction you're missing a period. And both usages happen to be proper...i believe Calum would know.right just you now doing other stuff rushing around on the net.i have a bluetooth phone with no pc connection , so you can get a bluetooth ubs dongle they cost £8/£10 , harrythanks but in this case there are enough to use it in.

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I dont now a lot about blue-tooth an all but my dads phone has it an I thought it would be good to get him something to HOOK to his pc to see the stuff on it so i need like a reciver then or something right?You'd need a BLUETOOTH adapter, yes.
These are usually USB, and FAIRLY inexpensive - around £10 here in the UK.that be the u.k but thanks fairly new to this stuff Quote from: squall_01 on December 05, 2008, 08:55:29 AM

that be the u.k but thanks fairly new to this stuff

AHEM...for that trivial a correction you're missing a period.
And both usages happen to be proper...i believe Calum would know.right just you now doing other stuff rushing around on the net.i have a bluetooth phone with no pc connection , so you can get a bluetooth ubs dongle they cost £8/£10 , harrythanks but in this case there are enough to use it in.

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3158.	Solve : Administrator Account - Change Name?
Answer» Most, if not all, OPERATING SYSTEMS have a built-in Administrator account. You need to protect that account very STRONGLY. This link below is specific to WINDOWS 7. Quote The built-in Administrator account is not enabled by DEFAULT in Windows 7. Instead you use a default normal administrator account that was created during installation. This normal administrator account is not the same as the built-in Administrator account. ... Built-in Administrator Account - Change Name For other OS do a search on 'Administrator Account - Change Name'

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Most, if not all, OPERATING SYSTEMS have a built-in Administrator account. You need to protect that account very STRONGLY. This link below is specific to WINDOWS 7.
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The built-in Administrator account is not enabled by DEFAULT in Windows 7. Instead you use a default normal administrator account that was created during installation. This normal administrator account is not the same as the built-in Administrator account.
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Built-in Administrator Account - Change Name

For other OS do a search on 'Administrator Account - Change Name'

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3159.	Solve : Help with link?
Answer» I am attempting to do some online work which entails copying and pasting a short sentence and a link to advertise the business on the website. The link appears to work okay on my saved word document as the hand pointer shows when the mouse is hovering over it), however when PASTED to the website it cannot be opened. Can ANYONE please help me with this problem?What what is posted on the website? Did you just copy and paste the hyperlink and expect it to work? What exactly are you trying to do?I copy and pasted the following to a FREE ads website. Start your own online business. Sell ebooks/software. Full reprint rights. http://www.Bizze.org/?ix=2114 The link which was saved to a word document was a 'clickable ' link. As show above this link cannot be opened.Oops!! When I clicked the send button it turned to a clickable link on this website. I will try again I posted this to Adpost.com, selected US, the AD ref no is 145969. Here is the link for the advert. http://www.adpost.com/us/business_opportunities/145969/ Thanks

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3160.	Solve : How To, Windows 7 books?
Answer» Bought this some time back and have shared it with others wishing to LEARN Windows 7, great book and very colourful. Plain & SIMPLE Windows 7 By Jerry Joyce & Marianne Moon ISBN: 978-0-7356-2666-9couldn't DELETE this post, wanted to MOVE it over to the Microsoft threadIt's fine here...

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3161.	Solve : Video files gone?
Answer» Just bought a generic 16gb flashdrive , so I moved some of my picture folder onto it with no problem , then I started moving couple of my video files which are priceless to me , because they contain video clips of my son from the day he was born , after all have been transfered (at least I thought so) I opened removable disk F (flash drive) , I see all picture folders in order but my video folders are empty ,the folder icons are there but they dont contain any video .Now I dont have those files on my computer neither on the flash drive . Can anyone help me with this ,is there anyway I can recover those files ? Please help! Thank you kindly Do not copy or remove anything from the flash drive otherwise data recovery will be impossible. Go to http://www.pcinspector.de/default.htm?Language=1 and download PC inspector. Install the program and run it. Click on the red cross after the language selection and click on the top left button "Open drive" Go to the "Physical drive" tab. Click on "Find LOGICAL drives" and put the lower slider all the way to the right. Go back to "Logical drive" and select the memory stick. The green V should LIGHT up. Press the green "V" and you'll see a list appear with "Deleted" and "recycle", etc. Here you can find and recover your files. This program has a really bad interface but I know it does a pretty good job restoring files from flash drives. You might be able to reach your files without taking all of the above steps.. I haven't used the program in ages and you'll have to learn by trial and error. Once you GOT it down it's really simple and effective, THOUGH. If your data is absolutely invaluable and you do not feel like experimenting, contact a data recovery service. Prices will be steep: How Much Does Data Recovery Cost? (Click)

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3162.	Solve : Help with the settings for videos!!!?
Answer» Hey I just now realized that when ever I watch a VIDEO (YouTube, Mega video, Google etc.) It always fast forwards until were the buffering has STOPPED that continues until it reaches the buffering spot again. Now i think this is a setting on the laptop i have because it doesn't do it for a specific site or video. The laptop is a Dell Intel Core 2 Duo Latitude E6500 If ANYONE can help me with this problem please post Thank you in advance It depends on what connection you have. If on average or below 1Mbps and sometimes you have to CLEAR browser's cache/temp files and cookies. It could also be on the browser version itself or what you are currently using .

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3163.	Solve : Laptop new & dead.??
Answer» trying to figure out whats wrong with my almost new Laptop. HPc700 i turn it on and it says "no bootable device found" insert boot disk and press any key_ any help here? im thinking hard drive or maybe Vista took a dump and need a reload or sumthing? dont no much about comps maybe sum1 here can help? thanks anyone? trying to fix inhouse without having to send to shop or hp. thanks in advanceThe best course would always be to use your warranty here if i'ts still covered. I was hoping you did not drop your laptop. Go to your BIOS settings and check if the Hard drive is still recognized and LOOK for default settings or make sure the HD is booted first. Save and Exit. Look for the key needed pressing on booting to BIOS when first powering up laptop, F1 or F2.This isn't a chat room. Bumping after 37 minutes is KIND of foolish. So is attempting to fix a busted laptop "in house" if it is under warranty. it is not under warranty any more..few months passed warranty..that was the first thing i TRIED was calling HP and they want $$$ to help me any furthur or to help fix. f1- system info and it goes to the info screen{no probs} f2- startup check {memory test passed} {CPU test passed} {100% memory Ok} {hard disk test passed} f9- change boot device order_ wont let me change boot device order at all in the boot option menu.! f10- bios setup options _changed boot order and still nothing goes back to "no bootable device found" no matter what i do it seems thats what it goes back to Was it dropped ? ? Remove and re-seat the HDD... Do this with all power disconnected and battery removed.it was never dropped..it was working fine, i went out for an hour or so and left it on and when i got back it was a blank screen..so i powered it back up and thats when i saw the "no bootable device found" message. i tried the disconnect and reconnect of the hard drive and still get same error message on startup any other clues? thanks for all trying to help Quote from: lonestar1 on July 10, 2011, 01:08:42 PM i went out for an hour or so and left it on and when i got back it was a blank screen Was anybody else around while you went out? Family member, room mate, etc? Quote from: Salmon Trout on July 10, 2011, 01:16:49 PM Was anybody else around while you went out? Family member, room mate, etc? nope, i live solo and the comp was in the same spot when i came back home just with a blank screen and then the error message. what are you guys thinking.? even if it was dropped what does that meen? but like said it was running normal as could be..then nottaI was wondering if a "little brother" etc had been fooling with it and is scared to confess. Sounds like you need to take a trip to a repair shop. what can a repair shop do for me that i CANT do myself.? should i replace hard drive..? maybe sumthing else? thanks for ur helpIn the category of "is it plugged in" --is there any media in any of the drives? truenorth P.S. Re this question "what can a repair shop do for me that i cant do myself." Depending on your personal expertise and knowledge perhaps a fair sized book would be needed to answer that question. This too could be a long answer "should i replace hard drive..? maybe sumthing else?" Particularly the latter part of it. As to the 1st part of course you CAN do that if it doesn't bother you that that may NOT be the PROBLEM. Were it me i would like to have a better awareness of the likely problem BEFORE i started replacing things. thats why im asking here_"maybe not the right move"? _ i was just asking for a lill help to help better understand what the prob may be with this here pc_ im sure my prob is not the first of its kind to happen- whatever that may be.. ?! Quote from: lonestar1 on July 10, 2011, 01:56:23 PM im sure my prob is not the first of its kind to happen- whatever that may be.. ?! Getting petulant won't help your cause. A MILLION nonworking laptops are born every day. How do you expect a bunch of strangers on the web to give you a completely accurate diagnosis? It clearly isn't finding a bootable drive. Whether that is the drive or the hard disk controller on the motherboard or some other thing like a cable, we cannot tell. A repair shop would be able to open it up and check the cable, swap a drive in and see if that fixed the trouble. if it didn't, they might suggest something else. You doing it at home are gonna have to buy a hard drive and if that does not fix it you'll still have a nonworking laptop and you'll be out the money you spent on the drive. See the difference? Quote from: lonestar1 on July 10, 2011, 01:42:52 PM what can a repair shop do for me that i cant do myself.? Know how to fix your laptop without asking on a forum?

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trying to figure out whats wrong with my almost new Laptop.
HPc700

i turn it on and it says "no bootable device found" insert boot disk and press any key_ any help here? im thinking hard drive or maybe Vista took a dump and need a reload or sumthing? dont no much about comps maybe sum1 here can help?
thanks

anyone? trying to fix inhouse without having to send to shop or hp.

thanks in advanceThe best course would always be to use your warranty here if i'ts still covered. I was hoping you did not drop your laptop. Go to your BIOS settings and check if the Hard drive is still recognized and LOOK for default settings or make sure the HD is booted first. Save and Exit. Look for the key needed pressing on booting to BIOS when first powering up laptop, F1 or F2.This isn't a chat room. Bumping after 37 minutes is KIND of foolish. So is attempting to fix a busted laptop "in house" if it is under warranty.
it is not under warranty any more..few months passed warranty..that was the first thing i TRIED was calling HP and they want $$$ to help me any furthur or to help fix.

f1- system info and it goes to the info screen{no probs}
f2- startup check {memory test passed} {CPU test passed} {100% memory Ok} {hard disk test passed}

f9- change boot device order_ wont let me change boot device order at all in the boot option menu.!

f10- bios setup options _changed boot order and still nothing goes back to "no bootable device found" no matter what i do it seems thats what it goes back to
Was it dropped ? ?
Remove and re-seat the HDD...

Do this with all power disconnected and battery removed.it was never dropped..it was working fine, i went out for an hour or so and left it on and when i got back it was a blank screen..so i
powered it back up and thats when i saw the "no bootable device found" message.

i tried the disconnect and reconnect of the hard drive and still get same error message on startup

any other clues?

thanks for all trying to help Quote from: lonestar1 on July 10, 2011, 01:08:42 PM

i went out for an hour or so and left it on and when i got back it was a blank screen

Was anybody else around while you went out? Family member, room mate, etc?

Quote from: Salmon Trout on July 10, 2011, 01:16:49 PM

Was anybody else around while you went out? Family member, room mate, etc?

nope, i live solo and the comp was in the same spot when i came back home just with a blank screen and then the error message. what are you guys thinking.? even if it was dropped what does that meen? but like said it was running normal as could be..then nottaI was wondering if a "little brother" etc had been fooling with it and is scared to confess. Sounds like you need to take a trip to a repair shop.
what can a repair shop do for me that i CANT do myself.? should i replace hard drive..? maybe sumthing else?

thanks for ur helpIn the category of "is it plugged in" --is there any media in any of the drives? truenorth
P.S. Re this question "what can a repair shop do for me that i cant do myself." Depending on your personal expertise and knowledge perhaps a fair sized book would be needed to answer that question.
This too could be a long answer "should i replace hard drive..? maybe sumthing else?" Particularly the latter part of it. As to the 1st part of course you CAN do that if it doesn't bother you that that may NOT be the PROBLEM. Were it me i would like to have a better awareness of the likely problem BEFORE i started replacing things. thats why im asking here_"maybe not the right move"? _ i was just asking for a lill help to help better understand what the prob
may be with this here pc_ im sure my prob is not the first of its kind to happen- whatever that may be.. ?!

Quote from: lonestar1 on July 10, 2011, 01:56:23 PM

im sure my prob is not the first of its kind to happen- whatever that may be.. ?!

Getting petulant won't help your cause. A MILLION nonworking laptops are born every day. How do you expect a bunch of strangers on the web to give you a completely accurate diagnosis? It clearly isn't finding a bootable drive. Whether that is the drive or the hard disk controller on the motherboard or some other thing like a cable, we cannot tell. A repair shop would be able to open it up and check the cable, swap a drive in and see if that fixed the trouble. if it didn't, they might suggest something else. You doing it at home are gonna have to buy a hard drive and if that does not fix it you'll still have a nonworking laptop and you'll be out the money you spent on the drive. See the difference?
Quote from: lonestar1 on July 10, 2011, 01:42:52 PM

what can a repair shop do for me that i cant do myself.?

Know how to fix your laptop without asking on a forum?

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3164.	Solve : Forum reset?
Answer» QUOTE from: Calum on December 17, 2008, 07:05:19 AM Quote Well, I'm just glad you're still in one piece! You even removed your Myspace page, apparently. Your concern touches me deeply. I removed my third Myspace account, the only one to last longer than a few weeks, a good while ago, probably nearly a year. I SEE Kyle around a few times a week at COLLEGE. I think he's over you now. I BET he still cries himself to sleep for failing the tests I put up for him. Well, not everyone can make it into the great halls of Raptorness. It is no shame. You should tell him this. Actually, if you'd just HAND over his phone number I'll tell him myself. He will no doubt be most grateful for this!

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3165.	Solve : COPY FROM A DISC?
Answer» I sent the files (cda) from a MUSIC disc to my BURNER but it won't play. Can you provide us with more information? Quote from: JERRYK02 on JULY 10, 2011, 10:26:58 AM I sent the files (cda) from a music disc to my burner but it won't play. you need to either rip the tracks from the music disk and burn it to the other disk or do a disc to disc copy. the cda files are not actually files but rather placeholders that represent the CD tracks on the disc.

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I sent the files (cda) from a MUSIC disc to my BURNER but it won't play. Can you provide us with more information? Quote from: JERRYK02 on JULY 10, 2011, 10:26:58 AM

I sent the files (cda) from a music disc to my burner but it won't play.

you need to either rip the tracks from the music disk and burn it to the other disk or do a disc to disc copy. the cda files are not actually files but rather placeholders that represent the CD tracks on the disc.

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3166.	Solve : need information about acer m 1641 desktop?
Answer» can not install the vista sofware again , dont have a backup from it ALSO i dont WORK at hole anymore , PLSS can some help me with this problem regards marc , hi people thanks for to READING my message but i did find the problem by my SELF , regards to your all, and have a nice day regards marc

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3167.	Solve : Must restart daily??
Answer» DEAR Forum, How common is it to have to RESTART one's computer daily? Mine starts slowing down after a day of internet browsing and watching my stock trading platforms, and all I can do to get it going again is restart. I have never understood this thing about restarting. What does it do, anyway? Thanks! Mike You shouldn't need to restart daily.When you say it slows down, exactly WHAT slows down?Web pages load slower and slower, and email program works REAL slow. Could I just have too many web pages open? How many is too many? Here are my computer SPECS: Q8200 2.33 4G RAM XP SP3 Thanks!Mine gets about three RESTARTS per day. So don't complain. Mine stays on for at least a week at a time. It's on 24/7. I'm on win 7 now with 4 GB of ram but I did the same thing with xp and only 1.2GB of memory. You have something else going on. I think you need to go the the malware section. Quote Could I just have too many web pages open? How many is too many? There are many different browsers that you could try, however, could you tell us which browser are you using and how many are being used simultaneously? Also the internet speed you have will affect this. So it sounds as though it's just the internet that is slow, not the computer - is that correct? Try increasing the cache size or even a different browser and let us know what happens.

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3168.	Solve : My download start back to 0% after power cut?
Answer» i had an POWER cut and when i switch on my pc most of my download start back to 0%....why and how can i restore it?....i'm using utorrent and i still have all my download filesYou still have the files, but are they still in the same location? Perhaps you can try removing the downloads in uTorrent (select them and click on the red X), re-downloading the .torrent files, and then starting the downloads again. With any luck, uTorrent will hopefully start where you left off. If it doesn't work and your downloads start at 0% again, then there's a pretty good chance that the ~uTorrentPartFile files are CORRUPT or missing. Quote from: mindye on December 15, 2008, 06:21:24 AM just wanna say thanks a lot dude....my day was ****ED but thanks to you,i got a smile on again.......keep it up... I received this PM yesterday, so I'm assuming the issue has been resolved.Just to clear stuff up...uTorrent re-hashes everything you have so far and you will FIND your downloads will go back to where they were before ANYWAY

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i had an POWER cut and when i switch on my pc most of my download start back to 0%....why and how can i restore it?....i'm using utorrent and i still have all my download filesYou still have the files, but are they still in the same location? Perhaps you can try removing the downloads in uTorrent (select them and click on the red X), re-downloading the .torrent files, and then starting the downloads again. With any luck, uTorrent will hopefully start where you left off.

If it doesn't work and your downloads start at 0% again, then there's a pretty good chance that the ~uTorrentPartFile files are CORRUPT or missing. Quote from: mindye on December 15, 2008, 06:21:24 AM

just wanna say thanks a lot dude....my day was ****ED but thanks to you,i got a smile on again.......keep it up...

I received this PM yesterday, so I'm assuming the issue has been resolved.Just to clear stuff up...uTorrent re-hashes everything you have so far and you will FIND your downloads will go back to where they were before ANYWAY

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3169.	Solve : guiar?
Answer» what programs do you recomend i get to learn guitar? LEARNING Tab is a good start, there are loads of SITES out there that give famous songs on TabBeen trying to learn the guitar myself in my limited spare time and although I've GOT my FATHER to help me a lot I've also found a lot of video's on YOUTUBE and other sites that have helped a lot. Give the below link a shot, lots of good help videos on VideoJug for guitar. http://www.videojug.com/tag/guitar

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3170.	Solve : Link to........NOWARE?
Answer» I know how to copy and paste a link to say e-mail, But when you click on my links they go noware! How do you make a highlighted link like the ones I see on this forum manytimes highlighted In blue, That actually GO TO THE SITE OF INTEREST?forum bbcode for a link. Code: [Select][url=HTTP://www.somewhere.com]go somewhere![/url] SMF doesn't like BBCode when the links have quotations in them. Many people overlook that or just don't realize it and their links won't work. I had a few frustrations with it when I FIRST started posting here. Good Link Bad LinkWhat is noware? Is that non-existent SOFTWARE? Quote from: CBMatt on December 15, 2008, 02:12:15 AM What is noware? Is that non-existent software? LOL. Very Good Previously known as vaporware....http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaporware POOR ol' Project Van Buren has been vaporware for about 10 years now. Le sigh.

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3171.	Solve : How to maintain my new Acer pc & hardrive??
Answer» PC/ Acer Aspire ast180 UA350B/ 512mb memory/hard drive 160GB/C:drives Acer 70GB+ D: Data 70GB What is best ways to maintain my pc & hardrive? Heres are few ways I use now or if I should these other methods as well! : after each pc internet session I clean disc most unneeded files ; should I keep my PC on at all times or turn off after each session after I am through; I am wanting to add an extra 512mb memory & is it best to have same matching memory BRAND & specs as what being used precently in my PC? If you have more PC & hard drive care Please! feel free to add ANY input towards my PC education!If you can determine the brand of memory now installed and can find a source reasonably easy, then you might as well get more of that brand. But, other brands should work fine, as long as you have the right type, i.e. same type and speed, memory. Here's what Kingston shows for your system: Search Results for: Acer Aspire T180 Series Regarding your question about shutting down, I normally shutdown EVERY night. During the stand, I have my system set to go into Standby after a certain time of inactivity has elapsed, but you could also shutdown during the day if you know you're not going to be on the computer for SEVERAL hours or longer. Quote from: beanodino1 on December 14, 2008, 11:01:37 AM after each pc internet session I clean disc most unneeded files ; How are you doing this? CCLEANER is a very good file cleanup utility, and a safe registry cleaner. Using it weekly is a good practice. Go here and get the Slim version of CCleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds

3171.

Solve : How to maintain my new Acer pc & hardrive??

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PC/ Acer Aspire ast180 UA350B/ 512mb memory/hard drive 160GB/C:drives Acer 70GB+ D: Data 70GB What is best ways to maintain my pc & hardrive? Heres are few ways I use now or if I should these other methods as well! : after each pc internet session I clean disc most unneeded files ; should I keep my PC on at all times or turn off after each session after I am through; I am wanting to add an extra 512mb memory & is it best to have same matching memory BRAND & specs as what being used precently in my PC? If you have more PC & hard drive care Please! feel free to add ANY input towards my PC education!If you can determine the brand of memory now installed and can find a source reasonably easy, then you might as well get more of that brand. But, other brands should work fine, as long as you have the right type, i.e. same type and speed, memory. Here's what Kingston shows for your system: Search Results for: Acer Aspire T180 Series

Regarding your question about shutting down, I normally shutdown EVERY night. During the stand, I have my system set to go into Standby after a certain time of inactivity has elapsed, but you could also shutdown during the day if you know you're not going to be on the computer for SEVERAL hours or longer.

Quote from: beanodino1 on December 14, 2008, 11:01:37 AM

after each pc internet session I clean disc most unneeded files ;

How are you doing this? CCLEANER is a very good file cleanup utility, and a safe registry cleaner. Using it weekly is a good practice. Go here and get the Slim version of CCleaner: http://www.ccleaner.com/download/builds

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3172.	Solve : mimic computer mic amp?
Answer» Please help. I am building a device. I want to use a computer STYLE headset with a microphone. My computer & the headset work great together. The problem is that I cannot use a computer in my application. Here's some more detail. Part One I have a computer headset with mic & headphones. Works fine with Windows sound recorder. Can record & listen Part Two I have an I-Pod shuffle. Can listen, just fine with headset or earphones. Problem: WOULD like to be able to listen to music from I-Pod on earphones & headset & use mic in headset to comment on music. Comments are real time & do not need to be recorded. Resources: Can make my own connectors & "Y" cables. ART "Tube MP" preamp. Failed ATTEMPTS: Tried ART "Tube MP" preamp. Tube MP works fine with studio (XLR 48V phantom) mic. Suggestions? Ok so you do not want to record your voice comments. What do you want to do with them? Where will they be heard? If the headset portion is being used are you the only one able to hear it? Why can you not use a separate microphone with the other APPROPRIATE infrastructure?truenorthA song is playing on the I-pod. The student is listening (earphones) & the teacher is listening to the same song on the headset. When the right passage comes along the instructor can say "here is where the tempo changes" and the student can hear both the song and the instructors comment. I want to use a computer style headset because they are cheap & there is a large selection. The quality of the microphone is not critical because it is only for spoken voice, never singing. Hey, Thanks for your interest. TomAH Ha ! what you want is very clear now. Of course as you undoubtedly know this is very common technology used in classrooms with one teacher and many students all the time. Although i have never been in a position to use it as a teacher or as a student i do know of it's existence. If i understand the way it works the teacher can address all the students at one time or select individual positions (student) as needed. So you want to EMULATE that environment by building your own infrastructure because you do not have it as it would be available in such a classroom environment. It ought to be able to be done but i do not know if your emphasis (for the cost factor you are concerned with) will be practical given the other things you may also have to do as a result of trying to go the way you want. If you do not require the sophistication of being able to address a single student in a multi student environment Then you ought to be able to do so with a switch device that can interrupt the sound being heard on the music source briefly to present your own message. But what is the commonality of the devices as to their interconnection to all of you?truenorth

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3173.	Solve : How do I make it forget my password...?
Answer» Everytime I login to CH , it automatically enters my password , I had made it remember that password but I have have changed it , so how do i make it un-remember or FORGET my old password? Its ANNOYING to delete the password everytime and enter a new one. Thankyou so much!Are you talking about Firefox? If you enter the new password and press Enter, it should ask if you want to UPDATE it. Otherwise, you can remove your password in Tools --> Options --> Security.Thankyou Carbon Actually it is Firefox->Tools->Options->Security->Saved passwords->Remove(first select the website whose password you want to be REMOVED). I did this and it worked. Thankyou

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3174.	Solve : Jeter's 3000th hit?
Answer» Enjoy the video at the NY YANKEE's website: http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110614&content_id=20463750&vkey=news_nyy&c_id=nyyThe KID is giving him the BALL...

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3175.	Solve : E-mail for Windows XP/Vista & Win 7?
Answer» As you know MS is putting OE to pasture. Here is a nice list of good Emil clients you might want to try. Quote Windows 7 has you looking for an email program — possibly the best free email program for Windows, of course? It does not exist. There are many free email programs, though, and at least one perfect for you. ...Identifying your perfect free email program will be a lot of fun! Top 11 Free Email Programs for Windows Link goes to About.com site.Yep, long-time OE users are going to be faced with a decision that might be perplexing for some of them. They have a lot of clients from which to choose. I SUSPECT Windows Live Mail may have a bit of the UPPER hand just because it's from Microsoft but we'll see. Of the 11 clients covered in the article, I'm familiar with three but mainly with Windows Live Mail which I installed soon after getting Windows 7. The other two are Mozilla Thunderbird and Opera's email client. I could live with any of them but they're different. So, some users may want to try more than one to compare them. soybean. Thanks for contributing to the thread. MS Live mail is both a web mail and a client. Here are two missing from the the list: http://eudora.com/ Eudora is an Open Source program. Recently upgraded. It has a great history. http://pmail.com/ Pegasus Mai claims to be the Internets' longest-serving PC email out there. Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 08, 2011, 03:01:13 PM MS Live mail is both a web mail and a client. EH, I think you're off track there. "Windows Live Mail" is an email client. Yes, you can have a HOTMAIL account or Windows Live Hotmail account but, again "Windows Live Mail" is an email client. Quote from: soybean on July 08, 2011, 04:22:30 PM Eh, I think you're off track there. "Windows Live Mail" is an email client. Yes, you can have a Hotmail account or Windows Live Hotmail account but, again "Windows Live Mail" is an email client. Off Tack? But not "Off His TROLLEY." Quote Email client From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia An email client, email reader, or more formally mail user agent (MUA), is a computer program used to manage a user's email. ...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_client Microsoft's choice of terms leads to such confusion. Likely an effort to build customer preference and loyalty. Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 08, 2011, 05:22:40 PM Microsoft's choice of terms leads to such confusion. Only to those whose idea of research is to read the title of articles, books, and magazines. Quote from: BC_Programmer on July 08, 2011, 05:26:30 PM Only to those whose idea of research is to read the title of articles, books, and magazines. What other way is research done? Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 08, 2011, 07:55:01 PM What other way is research done? Research quite often involves 'doing', not just reading. Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 08, 2011, 07:55:01 PM What other way is research done? reading the content helps, rather than just the title.

3175.

Solve : E-mail for Windows XP/Vista & Win 7?

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As you know MS is putting OE to pasture.
Here is a nice list of good Emil clients you might want to try.
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Windows 7 has you looking for an email program — possibly the best free email program for Windows, of course? It does not exist. There are many free email programs, though, and at least one perfect for you.
...Identifying your perfect free email program will be a lot of fun!
Top 11 Free Email Programs for Windows

Link goes to About.com site.Yep, long-time OE users are going to be faced with a decision that might be perplexing for some of them. They have a lot of clients from which to choose. I SUSPECT Windows Live Mail may have a bit of the UPPER hand just because it's from Microsoft but we'll see.

Of the 11 clients covered in the article, I'm familiar with three but mainly with Windows Live Mail which I installed soon after getting Windows 7. The other two are Mozilla Thunderbird and Opera's email client. I could live with any of them but they're different. So, some users may want to try more than one to compare them. soybean. Thanks for contributing to the thread.
MS Live mail is both a web mail and a client.

Here are two missing from the the list:
http://eudora.com/
Eudora is an Open Source program. Recently upgraded. It has a great history.
http://pmail.com/
Pegasus Mai claims to be the Internets' longest-serving PC email out there. Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 08, 2011, 03:01:13 PM

MS Live mail is both a web mail and a client.

EH, I think you're off track there. "Windows Live Mail" is an email client. Yes, you can have a HOTMAIL account or Windows Live Hotmail account but, again "Windows Live Mail" is an email client. Quote from: soybean on July 08, 2011, 04:22:30 PM

Eh, I think you're off track there. "Windows Live Mail" is an email client. Yes, you can have a Hotmail account or Windows Live Hotmail account but, again "Windows Live Mail" is an email client.

Off Tack? But not "Off His TROLLEY."
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Email client
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An email client, email reader, or more formally mail user agent (MUA), is a computer program used to manage a user's email.
...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_client

Microsoft's choice of terms leads to such confusion. Likely an effort to build customer preference and loyalty. Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 08, 2011, 05:22:40 PM

Microsoft's choice of terms leads to such confusion.

Only to those whose idea of research is to read the title of articles, books, and magazines. Quote from: BC_Programmer on July 08, 2011, 05:26:30 PM

Only to those whose idea of research is to read the title of articles, books, and magazines.

What other way is research done?
Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 08, 2011, 07:55:01 PM

What other way is research done?

Research quite often involves 'doing', not just reading. Quote from: Geek-9pm on July 08, 2011, 07:55:01 PM

What other way is research done?

reading the content helps, rather than just the title.

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3176.	Solve : front usb connectors cable?
Answer» does anybody know any websites who SELLS frot usb connectors CABLE that HOOK to the MOTHERBOARD FrontX.com

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3177.	Solve : Flash Drive, Zip File, & Insert Multi Volume Set?
Answer» Please start a new Topic so it can recieve the proper attention... Provide as many details as you can.Hello! one day my computer show me this message: Insert the last disk of Multi-Volume Set and press Ok to continue and when I did it my USB key of 2 Gb stop to work and the system (Win7) ask me to format my key when i try it it wasn't possible to format it. 2 days after I put other USB he ask me again and didn't do it and my new USB is working. SOMEONE can tell me what is the problem this last time i FIND many USB with this problem of not FORMATTING! can someone help me! QUOTE from: gust on July 08, 2011, 09:35:35 AM Hello! one day my computer show me this message: Insert the last disk of Multi-Volume Set and press Ok to continue and when I did it my USB key of 2 Gb stop to work and the system (Win7) ask me to format my key when i try it it wasn't possible to format it. 2 days after I put other USB he ask me again and didn't do it and my new USB is working. someone can tell me what is the problem this last time i find many USB with this problem of not formatting! can someone help me! Do not hijack threads, this is rude and against the rules. Please start your own thread so that you can get proper support.

3177.

Solve : Flash Drive, Zip File, & Insert Multi Volume Set?

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Please start a new Topic so it can recieve the proper attention...
Provide as many details as you can.Hello!
one day my computer show me this message: Insert the last disk of Multi-Volume Set and press Ok to continue and when I did it my USB key of 2 Gb stop to work and the system (Win7) ask me to format my key when i try it it wasn't possible to format it. 2 days after I put other USB he ask me again and didn't do it and my new USB is working. SOMEONE can tell me what is the problem this last time i FIND many USB with this problem of not FORMATTING! can someone help me!
QUOTE from: gust on July 08, 2011, 09:35:35 AM

Hello!
one day my computer show me this message: Insert the last disk of Multi-Volume Set and press Ok to continue and when I did it my USB key of 2 Gb stop to work and the system (Win7) ask me to format my key when i try it it wasn't possible to format it. 2 days after I put other USB he ask me again and didn't do it and my new USB is working. someone can tell me what is the problem this last time i find many USB with this problem of not formatting! can someone help me!

Do not hijack threads, this is rude and against the rules. Please start your own thread so that you can get proper support.

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3178.	Solve : Most popular free e-mail serviees?
Answer» Most popular free e-mail services. Which are then most popular free email services? This looks to be a good list. http://tomuse.com/free-email-services-review/ AOL, Gmail, Hotmail , Yahoo are what COMES to mind. But some on the list are lessor known: Inbox.com, Fastmail.fm, mail.com, Lycos mail,Care2, Zenbe, GMX, Gawab Dora? Quote DoraMail Our free web hosting review is no LONGER available for this previously listed free website host. Do you favor ONE over the rest? Why? Been using Gmail for a long time (back when it was invite only). It's easy to use yet still powerful. GREAT spam filter. Love it.Gmail is the most technically advanced of any of them. It can be used strictly as webmail or it can be POP3-enabled for use of an email client and it can even be IMAP-enabled. Edit: Well, after reading the article, I see some of the others also offer POP and/or IMAP capability.

3178.

Solve : Most popular free e-mail serviees?

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Most popular free e-mail services.
Which are then most popular free email services?
This looks to be a good list.
http://tomuse.com/free-email-services-review/

AOL, Gmail, Hotmail , Yahoo are what COMES to mind.
But some on the list are lessor known:
Inbox.com, Fastmail.fm, mail.com, Lycos mail,Care2, Zenbe, GMX, Gawab
Dora?
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DoraMail
Our free web hosting review is no LONGER available for this previously listed free website host.

Do you favor ONE over the rest? Why?

Been using Gmail for a long time (back when it was invite only). It's easy to use yet still powerful. GREAT spam filter. Love it.Gmail is the most technically advanced of any of them. It can be used strictly as webmail or it can be POP3-enabled for use of an email client and it can even be IMAP-enabled.

Edit: Well, after reading the article, I see some of the others also offer POP and/or IMAP capability.

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3179.	Solve : BB on dual boot problem?
Answer» Hi. I have just built my first dual boot system, WIN 2K/XP home on individual drives, my primary DRIVE and o/s is win2k pro, my slave is XP home, I use a boot manager to select o/s. My problem is I cannot get my modem to connect to my ISP from my 2nd o/s, XP. I have duplicated all the settings installed all the correct drivers,but it will not connect reporting error "678". Am I missing something here? all works well on my primary but not on the slave, device manager reports that the modem is WORKING. I can go on line from win 2K but not XP. Is there a problem with this setup. regards. brian

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3180.	Solve : Computer "song"?
Answer» Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261186 Quote from: evilfantasy on December 12, 2008, 07:51:52 PM Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261186 Thats Cool BTW.Until you figure out what it means... Quote This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer's BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance. This is a design feature of a detection circuit and system BIOSes DEVELOPED by Award/Unicore from 1997 on. Quote from: evilfantasy on December 12, 2008, 07:54:37 PM Until you figure out what it means... Quote This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer's BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance. This is a design feature of a detection circuit and system BIOSes developed by Award/Unicore from 1997 on. Thats bad. Quote from: evilfantasy on December 12, 2008, 07:51:52 PM Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261186 hmm, I guess I was wrong on this one, sort of; it's a power supply/VRM issue, not necessarily a motherboard issue. Furthering; bad voltages CAN result in an imminent CPU failure, so I apologize for my passages that claim the song says otherwise. Hey I just saw the page a long time ago and it struck me as odd that there was actually a MS KB Article like that. I just never forgot about it lol. You definitely know more on the subject then I do Here's another KB that struck me as odd. The words "Friendster," "Klum," "Nazr," "Obama," and "Racicot" are not recognized when you check the spelling in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008 Thank you Pink! That is just what I needed to jog my memory! I am almost positive you have the right answer. I will pick up a new fan tomorrow. Thanks again! And for those unfamiliar with this problem, it is indeed an actual song and not computer beeps. The curious thing though is the 'song' started immediately from a very cold startup and not only that, when I unplugged the tower, the song continued for about 3 seconds after the unit powered down. Quote from: donaldhere on December 12, 2008, 07:37:55 PM As I suspected. When unable to address and solve the problem, divert. Good luck. You will someday make a grand politician! How exactly did I divert? I responded to just about every point in your post. You completely and utterly failed to reciprocate this. Next time you have a problem, instead of being lazy, start your own topic, provide some actual information, and don't attack those being civil to you. I'll make it a point to specically not help you, but someone else will surely come along because you're just so charming. In all honesty, this topic should be locked, but I'll give it a few more minutes. Quote from: donaldhere on December 12, 2008, 08:03:07 PM Thank you Pink! lol, all he did was tell you to get out and "that cool BTW". I believe you mean EvilFantasy Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 12, 2008, 08:15:08 PM lol, all he did was tell you to get out.... I got a CHUCKLE out of that also I think I would get the same response if somebody said "thank you for your informative post made of well formed sentences, Squall" Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 12, 2008, 08:15:08 PM Quote from: donaldhere on December 12, 2008, 08:03:07 PM Thank you Pink! lol, all he did was tell you to get out and "that cool BTW". I believe you mean EvilFantasy Ha ha, you slay me. Maybe he just thinks Pink Floyd deserves the credit. EDIT... Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 12, 2008, 08:17:38 PM I think I would get the same response if somebody said "thank you for your informative post made of well formed sentences, Squall" Also quite funny. SADLY, I don't think the day will ever come.Wow! Everyone save the moderator seems civil! To save further embarrassment CB, I would close this out as soon as possible. I sincerely thank everyone else for their helpful suggestions. Quote from: donaldhere on December 12, 2008, 08:28:18 PM Wow! Everyone save the moderator seems civil! To save further embarrassment CB, I would close this out as soon as possible. I sincerely thank everyone else for their helpful suggestions. So you'll start a new thread? Quote from: donaldhere on December 12, 2008, 08:28:18 PM Wow! Everyone save the moderator seems civil! To save further embarrassment CB, I would close this out as soon as possible. I sincerely thank everyone else for their helpful suggestions. You do realize that your second post here was an insult directed at me, don't you? Completely unprovoked, I might add. I was perfectly civil in my first response to you; I still don't see how it deserved any name-calling. Alas...I will indeed lock the thread. Not to save you embarrassment as you requested (don't fret, DONALD, it's just a computer forum), but because it has become off-topic and we already have a section of the forum specified for such discussion. Enjoy the rest of your stay. I do believe we are going to have lots of fun together.

3180.

Solve : Computer "song"?

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Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261186 Quote from: evilfantasy on December 12, 2008, 07:51:52 PM

Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261186

Thats Cool BTW.Until you figure out what it means...

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This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer's BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance. This is a design feature of a detection circuit and system BIOSes DEVELOPED by Award/Unicore from 1997 on.

Quote from: evilfantasy on December 12, 2008, 07:54:37 PM

Until you figure out what it means...

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This is an indication sent to the PC speaker from the computer's BIOS that the CPU fan is failing or has failed, or that the power supply voltages have drifted out of tolerance. This is a design feature of a detection circuit and system BIOSes developed by Award/Unicore from 1997 on.

Thats bad. Quote from: evilfantasy on December 12, 2008, 07:51:52 PM

Computer Randomly Plays Classical Music http://support.microsoft.com/kb/261186

hmm, I guess I was wrong on this one, sort of; it's a power supply/VRM issue, not necessarily a motherboard issue.

Furthering; bad voltages CAN result in an imminent CPU failure, so I apologize for my passages that claim the song says otherwise.

Hey I just saw the page a long time ago and it struck me as odd that there was actually a MS KB Article like that. I just never forgot about it lol.

You definitely know more on the subject then I do

Here's another KB that struck me as odd. The words "Friendster," "Klum," "Nazr," "Obama," and "Racicot" are not recognized when you check the spelling in Windows Vista and in Windows Server 2008

Thank you Pink! That is just what I needed to jog my memory! I am almost positive you have the right answer. I will pick up a new fan tomorrow. Thanks again! And for those unfamiliar with this problem, it is indeed an actual song and not computer beeps. The curious thing though is the 'song' started immediately from a very cold startup and not only that, when I unplugged the tower, the song continued for about 3 seconds after the unit powered down. Quote from: donaldhere on December 12, 2008, 07:37:55 PM

As I suspected. When unable to address and solve the problem, divert. Good luck. You will someday make a grand politician!

How exactly did I divert? I responded to just about every point in your post. You completely and utterly failed to reciprocate this.

Next time you have a problem, instead of being lazy, start your own topic, provide some actual information, and don't attack those being civil to you. I'll make it a point to specically not help you, but someone else will surely come along because you're just so charming.

In all honesty, this topic should be locked, but I'll give it a few more minutes. Quote from: donaldhere on December 12, 2008, 08:03:07 PM

Thank you Pink!

lol, all he did was tell you to get out and "that cool BTW".

I believe you mean EvilFantasy Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 12, 2008, 08:15:08 PM

lol, all he did was tell you to get out....

I got a CHUCKLE out of that also I think I would get the same response if somebody said "thank you for your informative post made of well formed sentences, Squall" Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 12, 2008, 08:15:08 PM

Quote from: donaldhere on December 12, 2008, 08:03:07 PM
Thank you Pink!

lol, all he did was tell you to get out and "that cool BTW".

I believe you mean EvilFantasy

Ha ha, you slay me. Maybe he just thinks Pink Floyd deserves the credit.

EDIT...
Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 12, 2008, 08:17:38 PM

I think I would get the same response if somebody said "thank you for your informative post made of well formed sentences, Squall"

Also quite funny. SADLY, I don't think the day will ever come.Wow! Everyone save the moderator seems civil! To save further embarrassment CB, I would close this out as soon as possible. I sincerely thank everyone else for their helpful suggestions. Quote from: donaldhere on December 12, 2008, 08:28:18 PM

Wow! Everyone save the moderator seems civil! To save further embarrassment CB, I would close this out as soon as possible. I sincerely thank everyone else for their helpful suggestions.

So you'll start a new thread? Quote from: donaldhere on December 12, 2008, 08:28:18 PM

Wow! Everyone save the moderator seems civil! To save further embarrassment CB, I would close this out as soon as possible. I sincerely thank everyone else for their helpful suggestions.

You do realize that your second post here was an insult directed at me, don't you? Completely unprovoked, I might add. I was perfectly civil in my first response to you; I still don't see how it deserved any name-calling. Alas...I will indeed lock the thread. Not to save you embarrassment as you requested (don't fret, DONALD, it's just a computer forum), but because it has become off-topic and we already have a section of the forum specified for such discussion.

Enjoy the rest of your stay. I do believe we are going to have lots of fun together.

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3181.	Solve : looking for freeware rip/convert/burn audio?
Answer» Hi all. New to the community. Have searched all over for this, tried downloading a few programs but nothing is doing what I NEED. NERO, etc. Not doing the job. About a month ago my laptop took a nosedive. Just before it did so I backed it up onto my external hd, but for some reason (perhaps related to the crash), it didn't all back up. Anyway, the problem I now have is that I had this great software that I was using to burn cd's. It was freeware. It ripped, and burned my music. In addition would convert anything (music, data, whatever) to whatever format I needed, mp3, wma, and back again. Anyway, you get the gist. It was a great little program. But for the life of me I can't recall the name of it. If anyone knows anything about it, or knows of another that's great, please let me KNOW. It's pretty easy to use, you do have to sort of navigate back and forth from one screen to another to convert, rip or burn, but all in one program and freeware. Really would appreciate anyone's help and thank you so much in advance.Seems like freerip fits the bill. http://www.freerip.com/ FreeRIP is an advanced CD to MP3 CONVERTER that comes packed with features. At its CORE, FreeRIP reads audio from your CDs and allows you to save them to your coumputer in a variety of digital formats including WMA, MP3, Ogg, Wav, or FLAC audio files (this process is known as CD ripping or CD to MP3 conversion). Converting your CD audio collection...I'm guessing it was Audacity; http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

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3182.	Solve : e-mails with photos not coming through?
Answer» when i get an e-mail with photo on it , i get a box with an X in the corner why doe's this happen it's not with every e-mail , someone sending a personnal photo it's ok harryWhat are you using for your email? Web-based or an email program? (e.g. Hotmail or Outlook)yahoo , i have used it for 6 years with no problems its just a few over the years ( 2 in the last 2 weeks ) they are mostly jokes , or some from canadaNot much experience with Yahoo myself, but can you make sure the emails aren't being regarded as a security risk? I know with Hotmail, emails from uknown senders are blocked. (i.e. images blocked and attachments blocked).they are from contacts in my ADDRESS book and known to me , harryThe sender may not be doing it right... Are these forwarwed e mails ? ?they are indeedFrom what email service to Yahoo? (What email service is the other person using)ntlworldcom sprucelandinsurance.com Quote from: harry 48 on December 10, 2008, 01:37:32 PM ntlworldcom sprucelandinsurance.com WAIT a sec.....what exactly does this answer?that is were i send to and receive their e-mails from is that not what you asked , harryWhat kind of sites are they? I suspect your Yahoo account has a security filter, although I cannot be sure. i do not know the sites and i will check yahoo set up , thank you harryWhen someone forwards an e-mail the photo included needs to be at the location it was originally at for you to recieve it... If it has been moved or taken down it will not show.....patio , think i understand but could you explain to an old man so that he would understand harry

3182.

Solve : e-mails with photos not coming through?

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when i get an e-mail with photo on it , i get a box with an X in the corner why doe's this happen

it's not with every e-mail , someone sending a personnal photo it's ok

harryWhat are you using for your email? Web-based or an email program? (e.g. Hotmail or Outlook)yahoo , i have used it for 6 years with no problems

its just a few over the years ( 2 in the last 2 weeks ) they are mostly jokes , or some from canadaNot much experience with Yahoo myself, but can you make sure the emails aren't being regarded as a security risk?
I know with Hotmail, emails from uknown senders are blocked. (i.e. images blocked and attachments blocked).they are from contacts in my ADDRESS book and known to me , harryThe sender may not be doing it right...
Are these forwarwed e mails ? ?they are indeedFrom what email service to Yahoo? (What email service is the other person using)ntlworldcom

sprucelandinsurance.com Quote from: harry 48 on December 10, 2008, 01:37:32 PM

ntlworldcom

sprucelandinsurance.com

WAIT a sec.....what exactly does this answer?that is were i send to and receive their e-mails from

is that not what you asked , harryWhat kind of sites are they?

I suspect your Yahoo account has a security filter, although I cannot be sure.

i do not know the sites and i will check yahoo set up , thank you harryWhen someone forwards an e-mail the photo included needs to be at the location it was originally at for you to recieve it...
If it has been moved or taken down it will not show.....patio , think i understand but could you explain to an old man so that he would understand harry

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3183.	Solve : eBay Acquires GSI $2.4 Billion?
Answer» eBay Acquires GSI COMMERCE For $2.4 Billion In Cash And Debt {Would have been a news item, now a month old.} Quote Robin Wauters Mar 28, 2011 eBay has just announced that it has agreed to buy GSI Commerce, a provider of ecommerce and interactive marketing services, for $29.25 a share, or total consideration of APPROXIMATELY $2.4 billion. The acquisition, which will be financed with cash and debt, is expected to close in Q3 2011 ... http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/28/ebay-to-acquire-gsi-commerce-for-2-4-billion/ Still, it you want to MAKE a better bid....The deal has not CLOSED yet. BILL? Steve?

3183.

Solve : eBay Acquires GSI $2.4 Billion?

Answer»

eBay Acquires GSI COMMERCE For $2.4 Billion In Cash And Debt
{Would have been a news item, now a month old.}
Quote

Robin Wauters
Mar 28, 2011

eBay has just announced that it has agreed to buy GSI Commerce, a provider of ecommerce and interactive marketing services, for $29.25 a share, or total consideration of APPROXIMATELY $2.4 billion. The acquisition, which will be financed with cash and debt, is expected to close in Q3 2011 ...
http://techcrunch.com/2011/03/28/ebay-to-acquire-gsi-commerce-for-2-4-billion/

Still, it you want to MAKE a better bid....The deal has not CLOSED yet.

BILL? Steve?

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3184.	Solve : Thank you for this Forum?
Answer» Because of FINDING you online, my day is fantastic. Getting the 'dreaded blue SCREEN' on my LENOVO ThinkPad; local tech said to find an 800# for Lenovo; call and find out where to return for repair. The 800# in here solved the entire problem. TERRY C Lenovo came in by remote and solved the update/driver problem with Lenovo. No sending it back.. If anyone NEEDS them, their 800# is 24/7 (1-800-426-7378 ). Thanks, but if this doesn't belong in here, let me know! Sheebacruz Welcome to CH... Glad you're fixed up.

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3185.	Solve : Memory in a IPOD or a digital camera.?
Answer» I have a 2GB memory CARD in my digital camera and 2GB memory in my computer what is the difference surely they are not the same size ?The 2G in your camera is FLASH memory... The 2G in your MACHINE is RAM... google and wikipedia are just 2 sources for answers to your queries here so far. How are our grades so far ? ? We average around a B+ normally.Except for sub-machine guns knowledge, where PATIO SCORED F. Quote surely they are not the same size ? They're not the same size. One is bigger than the other. Quote from: Broni on December 10, 2008, 09:05:55 PM Except for sub-machine guns knowledge, where patio scored F. I kept the thread alive...didn't i ? ?

3185.

Solve : Memory in a IPOD or a digital camera.?

Answer»

I have a 2GB memory CARD in my digital camera and 2GB memory in my computer what is the difference surely they are not the same size ?The 2G in your camera is FLASH memory...
The 2G in your MACHINE is RAM...

google and wikipedia are just 2 sources for answers to your queries here so far.

How are our grades so far ? ?
We average around a B+ normally.Except for sub-machine guns knowledge, where PATIO SCORED F. Quote

surely they are not the same size ?

They're not the same size. One is bigger than the other. Quote from: Broni on December 10, 2008, 09:05:55 PM

Except for sub-machine guns knowledge, where patio scored F.

I kept the thread alive...didn't i ? ?

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3186.	Solve : help with youtube?
Answer» How do I TURN off mute/unmute on YOUTUBE CLIPS, they are all muted Press the BUTTON to the RIGHT of the play/pause button.

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3187.	Solve : ‘Phishing Filter’?
Answer» Does the ‘Phishing Filter’ slow down loading web pages? Is it possible to disable the ‘Phishing Filter’ from known, safe sites? Not really and yes. Why, may I ASK? Thanks for your reply, Does the ‘Phishing Filter’ slow down loading web pages? Is it possible to disable the ‘Phishing Filter’ from known, safe sites? Not really and yes. Does not really MEAN that it doesn't slow down loading web pages and 'yes' MEANS that it can be disabled Is the only way to disable the ‘Phishing Filter’, IE options/ Advanced/Security/Phishing Filter & disable it? Why, may I ask Some of my web site pages are taking a long while to load and I thought that it may be caused by the Phishing Filter Hmmm...actually, you may want to look here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928089 It appears it can slow IE down. Quote Some of my web site pages are taking a long while to load and I thought that it may be caused by the Phishing Filter What kind of pages? (flash/html/videos ect...) An example would be useful too. Another thing you should know is that slow pages aren't usually the fault of the phishing filter, but your actual connection (if you're downloading anything or streaming videos, your internet can become very slow), the server's connection to the internet or the latency between you and the server. Quote from: CARBON Dudeoxide on December 08, 2008, 09:17:10 PM Hmmm...actually, you may want to look here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928089 It appears it can slow IE down. Quote Some of my web site pages are taking a long while to load and I thought that it may be caused by the Phishing Filter What kind of pages? (flash/html/videos ect...) An example would be useful too. Another thing you should know is that slow pages aren't usually the fault of the phishing filter, but your actual connection (if you're downloading anything or streaming videos, your internet can become very slow), the server's connection to the internet or the latency between you and the server. Thanks, I will have a look at the MS site. I have received a reply from the two sites that were painfully slow and they are both having technical difficulties. I TRIED loading the sites after disabling the Phishing Filter but the difference was not noticable. Merry Xmas Quote I have received a reply from the two sites that were painfully slow and they are both having technical difficulties. I thought so. Quote Merry Xmas You too.

3187.

Solve : ‘Phishing Filter’?

Answer»

Does the ‘Phishing Filter’ slow down loading web pages?
Is it possible to disable the ‘Phishing Filter’ from known, safe sites?
Not really and yes.

Why, may I ASK?
Thanks for your reply,
Does the ‘Phishing Filter’ slow down loading web pages?
Is it possible to disable the ‘Phishing Filter’ from known, safe sites?

Not really and yes.
Does not really MEAN that it doesn't slow down loading web pages and 'yes' MEANS that it can be disabled
Is the only way to disable the ‘Phishing Filter’, IE options/ Advanced/Security/Phishing Filter & disable it?

Why, may I ask
Some of my web site pages are taking a long while to load and I thought that it may be caused by the Phishing Filter
Hmmm...actually, you may want to look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928089
It appears it can slow IE down.

Quote

Some of my web site pages are taking a long while to load and I thought that it may be caused by the Phishing Filter

What kind of pages? (flash/html/videos ect...)
An example would be useful too.

Another thing you should know is that slow pages aren't usually the fault of the phishing filter, but your actual connection (if you're downloading anything or streaming videos, your internet can become very slow), the server's connection to the internet or the latency between you and the server. Quote from: CARBON Dudeoxide on December 08, 2008, 09:17:10 PM

Hmmm...actually, you may want to look here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/928089
It appears it can slow IE down.

Quote
Some of my web site pages are taking a long while to load and I thought that it may be caused by the Phishing Filter
What kind of pages? (flash/html/videos ect...)

An example would be useful too.

Another thing you should know is that slow pages aren't usually the fault of the phishing filter, but your actual connection (if you're downloading anything or streaming videos, your internet can become very slow), the server's connection to the internet or the latency between you and the server.

Thanks,
I will have a look at the MS site.
I have received a reply from the two sites that were painfully slow and they are both having technical difficulties.
I TRIED loading the sites after disabling the Phishing Filter but the difference was not noticable.
Merry Xmas Quote

I have received a reply from the two sites that were painfully slow and they are both having technical difficulties.

I thought so.

Quote

Merry Xmas

You too.

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3188.	Solve : Wireless Router Channel Information?
Answer» Hello People! I'm here to tell you that if you do have a Wireless router and is slow during the day but faster at night. You CAN Fix this! If you didn't know there are CHANNELS for your Router. There is a DEFAULT Channel in your Wireless Router Channels list. This channel is probably what is causing your slow speed during the day because of all of the traffic going through that channel. So to change your channel, Go to the website Labeled on the back of your router and type in the USERNAME and password it gives you. You can change the settings on the Router settings tab on the right side of the screen. It should say "Channels" or something similar to that. Change it to a different one than the Default channel. Now, save the settings. Now you should be surfing faster (Depending on your provider in some locations) I Use a program that analyses INFORMATION in my neighborhood. So what I do is SCAN through all of the channels, Then find the one with the lowest traffic and switch to that one. Its a pretty cool trick to get away from all of the traffic in the Default Channel. If anyone WOULD like to add to this post below Here is some additional information: Change the Wi-Fi Channel Number to Avoid Interference

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3189.	Solve : HP Deskjet F2210 Nightmare!?
Answer» I have a friend that just bought a Hp desktop printer/scanner. She wants to print a sheet full (15) wallet sized photos on premium photo paper. We could only figure out how to print one copy wallet sized photo on sheet. I am about to throw the printer scanner off the Tn river!, we have tried the help menu no help, Its just not user friendly. Any Idea's before I take a slege hammer to IT!!!!!. Its not is fult an if it was FREE I wouldnt but printers are so cheap now. What program are you USING check the settings there.squall_01 They said, they BOUGHT it, not free. srtony1946 When you attempt to print, what number do you have under "number of COPIES". Do you have manual?Manual: http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/manualCategory?lc=en&dlc=en&cc=us&lang=en&product=3571753&, page 45: ok, My friend figured It out. She dragged and dropped the downloaded picture Into the templete box until It filled the sheet up. That probably does not make sence to anyone but It worked. By the way, I love your New computer help tool for Hijackthis loggs. Fantastic Idea!glad it got sorted okay sorry for the miss understanding.

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3190.	Solve : Google screen black top?
Answer» I turned on my computer this AM and found a black belt across the top of my GOOGLE page. It covers the area at the top that ssays . . Web, Images, Video, Maps, shopping, mail, more. Can anyone tell me how to remove it. THX So does mine. Looks cool.What browser are you using? Can you post an image or a screenshot? Is it only on google site? Here is an ARTICLE about Google's black bar and what you can do about it. http://dottech.org/miscellaneous/23090/ugly-google-fix/Thanks for the info. I figured I screwed up somehow. Now I see it was Google. I wish they would let us test it first for our opinion before they just jam it up my input cable. Quote from: Bromide on June 29, 2011, 11:15:26 AM Here is an article about Google's black bar and what you can do about it. http://dottech.org/miscellaneous/23090/ugly-google-fix/ Thanks for sharing the article LINK Bromide, the black bar is really ANNOYING! I like the original WHITE and clean. At least google should put some option to go back to its original if people don't like it.

3190.

Solve : Google screen black top?

Answer»

I turned on my computer this AM and found a black belt across the top of my GOOGLE page. It covers the area at the top that ssays . . Web, Images, Video, Maps, shopping, mail, more. Can anyone tell me how to remove it.
THX So does mine. Looks cool.What browser are you using? Can you post an image or a screenshot? Is it only on google site?
Here is an ARTICLE about Google's black bar and what you can do about it.
http://dottech.org/miscellaneous/23090/ugly-google-fix/Thanks for the info. I figured I screwed up somehow. Now I see it was Google. I wish they would let us test it first for our opinion before they just jam it up my input cable. Quote from: Bromide on June 29, 2011, 11:15:26 AM

Here is an article about Google's black bar and what you can do about it.
http://dottech.org/miscellaneous/23090/ugly-google-fix/

Thanks for sharing the article LINK Bromide, the black bar is really ANNOYING! I like the original WHITE and clean.
At least google should put some option to go back to its original if people don't like it.

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3191.	Solve : Does yoour ISP block outgoing email??
Answer» Many companies that provide DSL and broadband INTERNET service are blocking outgoing r-mail. No, not all outgoing. Just any outgoing that is not from the account they give you. This is a punishment of the innocent for the the crimes of unknown criminals. In effect, your local ISO is telling you that if you have more that one of two e-mail account, you must be a spammer. Actually, spammers use hundreds of accounts. The is no reason a typical user should not have at least ten different accounts with ten different , but legitimate companies. Here is just one of many complaints about this gowning practice. Quote Port 25 Blocking ... e-mail sent via the Internet is routed through the port 25, the channel USED for communication between an e-mail client and an e-mail server. Even though port 25 blocking will probably become an industry standard...blocking allows ISPs to block SPAM sent out through their networks, but it tends to punish the innocent that have a need to send through e-mail servers other than those belonging to their ISP... This list contains some of the major ISPs that block port 25 on their servers: AT&T (can be unblocked at the request) MindSpring BellSouth MSN CableOne NetZero Charter People PC Comcast ATTBI Sprynet Cox Sympatico.ca EarthLink Verio Flashnet Verizon MediaOne ... http://www.postcastserver.com/help/Port_25_Blocking.aspx Related ARTICLES on the above site. The topic is widely disused on other blogs an d forums. What do you think?

3191.

Solve : Does yoour ISP block outgoing email??

Answer»

Many companies that provide DSL and broadband INTERNET service are blocking outgoing r-mail. No, not all outgoing. Just any outgoing that is not from the account they give you. This is a punishment of the innocent for the the crimes of unknown criminals.

In effect, your local ISO is telling you that if you have more that one of two e-mail account, you must be a spammer. Actually, spammers use hundreds of accounts. The is no reason a typical user should not have at least ten different accounts with ten different , but legitimate companies.

Here is just one of many complaints about this gowning practice.
Quote

Port 25 Blocking ... e-mail sent via the Internet is routed through the port 25, the channel USED for communication between an e-mail client and an e-mail server. Even though port 25 blocking will probably become an industry standard...blocking allows ISPs to block SPAM sent out through their networks, but it tends to punish the innocent that have a need to send through e-mail servers other than those belonging to their ISP...
This list contains some of the major ISPs that block port 25 on their servers:
AT&T (can be unblocked at the request)
MindSpring
BellSouth
MSN
CableOne
NetZero
Charter
People PC
Comcast ATTBI
Sprynet
Cox
Sympatico.ca
EarthLink
Verio
Flashnet
Verizon
MediaOne
...
http://www.postcastserver.com/help/Port_25_Blocking.aspx

Related ARTICLES on the above site.
The topic is widely disused on other blogs an d forums.
What do you think?

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3192.	Solve : Configuring Teamspeak or Ventrillo?
Answer» Hi there, Anyone can help me configure Teamspeak or Ventrillo to USE in LAN, I tried to FIND info on the Net but no luck. Thanks Quote from: Goofy54 on December 07, 2008, 07:07:15 AM ... I tried to find info on the Net but no luck. Umm, you're kidding, RIGHT? Courtesy of Google: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=configure+Teamspeak+&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq= I'd START with the first hit from the search: http://www.brandywineits.com/tstutorial.php

3192.

Solve : Configuring Teamspeak or Ventrillo?

Answer»

Hi there,

Anyone can help me configure Teamspeak or Ventrillo to USE in LAN, I tried to FIND info on the Net but no luck.

Thanks

Quote from: Goofy54 on December 07, 2008, 07:07:15 AM

... I tried to find info on the Net but no luck.

Umm, you're kidding, RIGHT? Courtesy of Google:
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=configure+Teamspeak+&btnG=Google+Search&aq=f&oq=

I'd START with the first hit from the search: http://www.brandywineits.com/tstutorial.php

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3193.	Solve : Acer Computers?
Answer» HELLO all, Has anyone had any dealings with Acer ? I have a Acer Aspire X3910. Since I bought the computer at Office Max, I have had to get a new one from Office Max. Had a new hard drive REPLACED on the second computer. And just today dropped off my computer at a Acer authorized tech. With what seems to be another busted hard drive. I have had the computer for only six MONTHS. COULD anyone TELL at what point would Acer cut its losses and give me another computer or my money back. Or is this wishfull thinking. RalphG. If you've had a computer, from new, for only six months, then take it back to the shop where you bought it and get it replaced. Your Rights are with the shop you bought it from not Acer.

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3194.	Solve : Stupid Virus or Whatever?
Answer» lol. I know, horrible title. I thought I'd tell a little story and follow up with a question or so. A couple days ago, my retarded step dad uninstalled my AVG. Sometime between then and an hour later when I got on we had some kind of virus or something. I'm assuming it's spyware/adware. whatever, I don't know the difference but it's so annoying. I get a pop up like every minute or two and my computer is like 5 times slower now. Everytime an ad pops up, its directed through zedo. I was wondering if ANYONE knows any quick way to stop this. I looked it up and found an article about corrupted core.sys. I don't have core.sys so that can't be it. Anyway I want to format my hard drive but I want some stuff off it first and I really don't want to copy it if this is being so slow. Another thing is I posted a question asking how to format my hard drive but i'm a little confused lol. JJ 3000 replied with a link but I don't know anything about it. Anyone give me just the nessecary steps to make my computer look like it just came out of the box? lol. thanks for whatever replies I get to this.have you tried the malware forum?I started some of the steps before posting. But then I realized its probably not worth a day or so of scans and such. If theres a quick fix I'll take it if not I'll just get my neccesary files off and just format it. The way I look at it its going to get formatted either way. The problem is my mom SAVED a load of pictures too so its going to take forever to get her crap off here to. I wish they wouldn't touch my computer. ugh.So it isn't worth a day or so of scans, but it's worth a week of effort installing the proper drivers & applications, changing settings back the way you like them, etc... Adware/malware is not something you should just "WAIT for a good time" to fix- the longer you leave it, the more buddies they are likely to download and run, slowing your PC down even more. I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD. Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 04, 2008, 07:54:24 PM I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD. Really? Theres nothing like a fresh start. I'm of the opinion that every windows machine needs to be wiped out every 18 to 24 months. I can tell a major diffrence in the computers that I format. They are faster than they were before. A format will, also, take care of any viruses that are on the hard disk. Quote from: gamerx365 on December 04, 2008, 07:44:14 PM Another thing is I posted a question asking how to format my hard drive but i'm a little confused lol. jj 3000 replied with a link but I don't know anything about it. Anyone give me just the nessecary steps to make my computer look like it just came out of the box? Its not as hard as you think it is. Your computer might have a recovery partition. When you click on "My Computer", do you see a small partition other than the C drive? If you need help wiping out your computer, post back and I will walk you through it. Quote from: gamerx365 on December 04, 2008, 07:49:20 PM The problem is my mom saved a load of pictures too so its going to take forever to get her crap off here to. If you dont have an external hard drive to back up to, you can use online storage. It is way easier than trying to back up to CDs. http://mashable.com/2007/07/28/online-storage/Yeah, I have the recovery drive but I dont know how that works. A good walk throught would be APPRECIATED. And as for the stuff to save thanks for the link. Im going to start saving it all this weekend. If I'm not too busy lol. Quote from: JJ 3000 on December 05, 2008, 03:05:27 AM Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 04, 2008, 07:54:24 PM I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD. Really? Theres nothing like a fresh start. I'm of the opinion that every windows machine needs to be wiped out every 18 to 24 months. I can tell a major diffrence in the computers that I format. They are faster than they were before. A format will, also, take care of any viruses that are on the hard disk. I really meant more for my own computers; since I patch a lot of the DLL's to change limits and so forth (such as changing the connection limit in tcpip.sys). Sure, it isn't too troublesome to repeat, but it is time-consuming just trying to remember what I have applied. Anyway- Gamerx365- in order to use the recovery partition, you need to boot from it. different systems have different methods of doing so, but the most common (I have found) is to press F12 immediately after the post, but before windows starts loading. A menu will be presented listing various boot-up options. Speaking of out of the box- the first thing I do when I get a "out of the box" computer is format it gamerx365 As BC mentioned, the first step is determining which key accesses your recovery partiton. It will, most likely be, an Fkey. Try F9 through F12. Tap the key repeataedly as the computer is first booting up; before windows loads. Then you want to look for an option to restore to factory settings. When you start seeing messages about all of your data being lost, then you will know that you are on the right track.Thats it? sounds easy alright. thanks. I'll try it as soon as I copy all my data.Yeah, it worked out. It feels great just to clean everything off of here. lol. Thank you very much.So is it working better now? Most of the time those recovery partitions have a lot programs that just clog your system up. I would go into "Add/Remove Programs" and delete all of that stupid HP software that you dont want.agreed. Honestly all that cruft they install is the major reason I usually go for a squeky-clean new install when I get a new comp; assuming I have the operating system disc available.yeah I deleted a bunch of crap already. including norton.

3194.

Solve : Stupid Virus or Whatever?

Answer»

lol. I know, horrible title. I thought I'd tell a little story and follow up with a question or so.

A couple days ago, my retarded step dad uninstalled my AVG. Sometime between then and an hour later when I got on we had some kind of virus or something. I'm assuming it's spyware/adware. whatever, I don't know the difference but it's so annoying. I get a pop up like every minute or two and my computer is like 5 times slower now.

Everytime an ad pops up, its directed through zedo. I was wondering if ANYONE knows any quick way to stop this. I looked it up and found an article about corrupted core.sys. I don't have core.sys so that can't be it. Anyway I want to format my hard drive but I want some stuff off it first and I really don't want to copy it if this is being so slow.

Another thing is I posted a question asking how to format my hard drive but i'm a little confused lol. JJ 3000 replied with a link but I don't know anything about it. Anyone give me just the nessecary steps to make my computer look like it just came out of the box? lol.

thanks for whatever replies I get to this.have you tried the malware forum?I started some of the steps before posting. But then I realized its probably not worth a day or so of scans and such. If theres a quick fix I'll take it if not I'll just get my neccesary files off and just format it.

The way I look at it its going to get formatted either way.

The problem is my mom SAVED a load of pictures too so its going to take forever to get her crap off here to.

I wish they wouldn't touch my computer. ugh.So it isn't worth a day or so of scans, but it's worth a week of effort installing the proper drivers & applications, changing settings back the way you like them, etc...

Adware/malware is not something you should just "WAIT for a good time" to fix- the longer you leave it, the more buddies they are likely to download and run, slowing your PC down even more.

I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD.

Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 04, 2008, 07:54:24 PM

I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD.

Really?
Theres nothing like a fresh start.
I'm of the opinion that every windows machine needs to be wiped out every 18 to 24 months.
I can tell a major diffrence in the computers that I format. They are faster than they were before.
A format will, also, take care of any viruses that are on the hard disk.

Quote from: gamerx365 on December 04, 2008, 07:44:14 PM

Another thing is I posted a question asking how to format my hard drive but i'm a little confused lol. jj 3000 replied with a link but I don't know anything about it. Anyone give me just the nessecary steps to make my computer look like it just came out of the box?

Its not as hard as you think it is.
Your computer might have a recovery partition. When you click on "My Computer", do you see a small partition other than the C drive?

If you need help wiping out your computer, post back and I will walk you through it.

Quote from: gamerx365 on December 04, 2008, 07:49:20 PM

The problem is my mom saved a load of pictures too so its going to take forever to get her crap off here to.

If you dont have an external hard drive to back up to, you can use online storage. It is way easier than trying to back up to CDs.
http://mashable.com/2007/07/28/online-storage/Yeah, I have the recovery drive but I dont know how that works. A good walk throught would be APPRECIATED. And as for the stuff to save thanks for the link. Im going to start saving it all this weekend. If I'm not too busy lol. Quote from: JJ 3000 on December 05, 2008, 03:05:27 AM

Quote from: BC_Programmer on December 04, 2008, 07:54:24 PM
I've never seen the point in formatting except when installing a different OS or setting up a new HD.

Really?
Theres nothing like a fresh start.
I'm of the opinion that every windows machine needs to be wiped out every 18 to 24 months.
I can tell a major diffrence in the computers that I format. They are faster than they were before.
A format will, also, take care of any viruses that are on the hard disk.

I really meant more for my own computers; since I patch a lot of the DLL's to change limits and so forth (such as changing the connection limit in tcpip.sys).

Sure, it isn't too troublesome to repeat, but it is time-consuming just trying to remember what I have applied.

Anyway-

Gamerx365- in order to use the recovery partition, you need to boot from it. different systems have different methods of doing so, but the most common (I have found) is to press F12 immediately after the post, but before windows starts loading. A menu will be presented listing various boot-up options.

Speaking of out of the box- the first thing I do when I get a "out of the box" computer is format it gamerx365
As BC mentioned, the first step is determining which key accesses your recovery partiton. It will, most likely be, an Fkey. Try F9 through F12. Tap the key repeataedly as the computer is first booting up; before windows loads. Then you want to look for an option to restore to factory settings. When you start seeing messages about all of your data being lost, then you will know that you are on the right track.Thats it? sounds easy alright. thanks. I'll try it as soon as I copy all my data.Yeah, it worked out. It feels great just to clean everything off of here. lol.
Thank you very much.So is it working better now?
Most of the time those recovery partitions have a lot programs that just clog your system up.
I would go into "Add/Remove Programs" and delete all of that stupid HP software that you dont want.agreed. Honestly all that cruft they install is the major reason I usually go for a squeky-clean new install when I get a new comp; assuming I have the operating system disc available.yeah I deleted a bunch of crap already. including norton.

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3195.	Solve : Sony Ericsson cellphone won't play mp4?
Answer» Alright, so i have a Sony Ericsson Naite, and this has been bugging me for ages. When I first got the phone, the specifications said that it can play MPEG-4 and 3GP video (also stated at http://www.fonearena.com/sony-ericsson-naite_830.html). If I format a video into .mp4, however, which to the BEST of my understanding is mpeg-4, the phone won't play it. It won't even try to play it, it just REJECTS it. Am I doing something wrong? (It will play 3gp files)Have tried checking your Media GO installed software compatibility for any other file formats of mpeg-4/mp4 converted from avi? What converter are you using and have you tried other mediums to convert the file? One of my music players is a Sandisk FUSE and it will take most music as is, MP3, etc., but with video and .jpgs it requires a sandisk converter, free on sandisks site. Maybe you need to look for a converter on Sony's site.

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3196.	Solve : Computers a NEED in a classroom??
Answer» of course it is. they have a hard drive and it can get defragmented. Not sure if the TOOL is included with Mac OS. And as a side note, it hasn't always been included with windows Either. Windows 3.1, 3.11 and all the NT's up to 2000 didn't have a built in defrag. (ALTHOUGH I suppose a case COULD be made for windows 3.1 and 3.11 SINCE they ran over DOS which (usually) had it's own defragmenter.I wondered why they said Linux was not needing defragmentation? I was told Linux always autosorted files naturally so you'd always be having a defragmented drive without needing defragmenter. But windows doesn't autosort,,,, HMMM

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3197.	Solve : Double Desktop Layer?
Answer» Sorry, new here and have an issue with my desktop(s). Here is my issue, for some reason I have two desktops side-by-side but I'm only VIEWING one. In the past, a few months ago I do remember downloading a program that put 4 layers of desktops so you can be more organized. Though, I properly uninstalled the program in the control panel and removed the necessary folders. The way I found out about this problem is because my CURSOR can DRAG very far off-screen, and this is the typcial image I get when I PrtSc + Delete button to snapshot background. Does anyone have any suggestions/ideas on how I can remove this problem?Download and run Mike Lin's Startup Control Panel (http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml). Look for an entry that would be the program causing the problem and uncheck it, then reboot. I'm guessing you did not actually uninstall it.Actually, I thought this whole desktop layers were related to that old program that I ran but ended up properly uninstalling. The program you linked me helped rid me of Real Desktop which was unrelated at the moment but I did need to get rid of. On another forum I forgot to mention I used a program in the past that might have caused this so they told me I should check my monitor setup. In my control panel, I looked at my monitor setup and for some reason I had two running at once (and on extended mode) which is why my MOUSE dragged off to the side so far. Anyways, thanks for the help.

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3198.	Solve : Computer Repair Form?
Answer» i wan to make a good COMPUTER repair request FORM but i dont know what to put on it? any tips? TEXT BOXES and labels are a good start.

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3199.	Solve : laptop reloading windows xp?
Answer» my friends laptop is showing ntldr is MISSING I tried reloading windows xp all seems ok until SETUP tries to START windows then an error screen appears stating windows has shut down pc to prevent DAMAGE how do I gain access please any help would most welcomeWhat is the model of the computer? Where did you get the XP CD? Do you have the drivers for the PC? It is another disc you might need. Has the computer had other problems? How old is it? Toshiba satellite notebook L300-1CU the windows disc is my own I know it is an old one but my friend cannot afford a new one,thank you for your help in this matter Quote from: mansman on June 22, 2011, 01:53:01 PM my friends laptop is showing ntldr is missing I tried reloading windows EXACTLY what did you do and how did you do it?

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Solve : laptop reloading windows xp?

Answer»

my friends laptop is showing ntldr is MISSING I tried reloading windows xp all seems ok until
SETUP tries to START windows then an error screen appears stating windows has shut down pc to prevent DAMAGE how do I gain access please any help would most welcomeWhat is the model of the computer?
Where did you get the XP CD?
Do you have the drivers for the PC? It is another disc you might need.
Has the computer had other problems?
How old is it?
Toshiba satellite notebook L300-1CU the windows disc is my own
I know it is an old one but my friend cannot afford a new one,thank you for your help
in this matter Quote from: mansman on June 22, 2011, 01:53:01 PM

my friends laptop is showing ntldr is missing I tried reloading windows

EXACTLY what did you do and how did you do it?

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3200.	Solve : Help Streaming Games From PC to TV?
Answer» I am trying to stream games from my PC (Dell Inspiron 5150 6 YEARS old) to my TV (Samsung LN630). I have it connected with a VGA cable. I am able to DISPLAY the desktop background and itunes background from the PC to the TV completely. However, today I wanted stream a hockey game from my PC to my TV. I am able to, yet even though I have the game in full screen mode on my PC...it only takes up 30% or thereabouts on my TV. I wanted to know if any of you have this PROBLEM, and what I can do so the streaming game takes up the full screen of my TV like it does on the PC. I don't understand because when I close the game and go to the desktop background, or itunes, it shows up on the TV in full screen. I have Windows XP. Quote I don't understand because when I close the game and go to the desktop background, or itunes, it shows up on the TV in full screen. I have Windows XP. Yes, that is not uncommon. Do you demand an explanation? Google PC to TV problems About 82,600,000 results

3200.

Solve : Help Streaming Games From PC to TV?

Answer»

I am trying to stream games from my PC (Dell Inspiron 5150 6 YEARS old) to my TV (Samsung LN630).

I have it connected with a VGA cable. I am able to DISPLAY the desktop background and itunes background from the PC to the TV completely.
However, today I wanted stream a hockey game from my PC to my TV.
I am able to, yet even though I have the game in full screen mode on my PC...it only takes up 30% or thereabouts on my TV.

I wanted to know if any of you have this PROBLEM, and what I can do so the streaming game takes up the full screen of my TV like it does on the PC.
I don't understand because when I close the game and go to the desktop background, or itunes, it shows up on the TV in full screen.
I have Windows XP. Quote

I don't understand because when I close the game and go to the desktop background, or itunes, it shows up on the TV in full screen.
I have Windows XP.

Yes, that is not uncommon.
Do you demand an explanation?

Google PC to TV problems
About 82,600,000 results

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