mommalina
08-31-2006, 10:19 AM
It was a busy night in the Paltalk computer rooms, and our KH Computer Help Desk chatroom was No. 3 most of the night. We did not call it a night until about 12:17 a.m.
Dan, where were you? Some were wondering if you were okay. Saw you on the KH forum this morning. Glad you are still alive and jesting.
WHO WAS THERE
KH members: Lina, Rich, qldit (Lawrence), Vivienne, rbob (kern), doug, Pi rules, Elliot, DaBear (Lou), Photolady, Seth
Visitors: The Right Stuff, Trisha_68, Present Boy, a7la-snfor, hypervisor, and Bob 765 (thrown off because he did not shut up long enough to learn he had an audio problem and we could not understand him)
REMINDER
Puleeze try to remember to vary your font size/color when you type into the text box and mention the name of whom you are addressing.
Last night too many of you used the same small black font. Varying the font size and color makes it so much easier to follow a thread, especially for visitors.
COMPUTER-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
Sound cards - Creative makes 98 percent of them, mostly crap says Rich. Turtle Beach and others fizzled.
Laptops
- Visitor hypervisor wanted advice on buying new laptop.
- Dells awful, IBMs expensive, HP or Compaq and Intel processor best bet.
- I directed hypervisor to our KH forum where this subject has been discussed in depth.
Firefox Yakaline
- A little text "chat" plug-in, about which some members are very enthusiastic. They can talk to each other while on the KH forum.
- Details available in lengthy KH forum thread here: http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3147&highlight=Yakalike
Who is Resident Linux Guru? -- qldit (Lawrence).
Re-soldering the Power Connector on a Laptop.
- Seth has done about 20, has a great tip.
- We look forward to his post (with pictures) about this on the KH Forum.
Spam in Outlook Express
- Creating different message rules has not resolved this problem for Rich and me. All spam is about investments.
- Vivienne suggested Mail Washer, but Rich said he'd rather have spam.:)
SpywareBlaster and Spybot
- Rich: SpywareBaster not enough, need Spybot
- Seth's survey on AV and spyware products put Spybot at the bottom of the list.
Getting into Computer without Password
Had Rob Cohan been there last night, perhaps he could have helped. Remember the tale about the 10-year old?
The 10 year old bypassed the password by killing the process in Win98 task manager by hitting Control+Alt+Delete. So while my program is running, I trap that sequence before Windows can see it now."
Installing a New Hard Drive
- Visitor Trisha problem
Opening up a Compaq 5700
- Visitor Present Boy (Brazil) couldn't open his Compaq to work on it.
- Lou suggested he check:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bph07164&product=93566&dlc=en&lang=en#N591
- I think that solved his problem
- He was disappointed to learn the chatroom wouldn't be open the next evening. Will attend next week and check out our forum (even though I goofed saying goodbye - it's adeus in Portuguese, not adiós like in Spanish. Fooled me! Most Portuguese and Spanish words are very similar).
HotMail Password
- a7la_sanfor forgot password, could not get in mailbox.
- I suggested she email HotMail and post question on our KH Forum.
- Any of you encountered and solved this problem?
Acronis
- Lots of praise for this imaging software, work station version
- Acronis is more up to date. Partition Magic needs updating.
CheckDisk - Rich: use only if a problem
Nod32
- Amon disabled on his son's machine. Doug had to restore with image (Acronis).
- Deep Nod32 scans are advisable (Lawrence)
Vista - Rich will stick to XP as long as he can.
Linux vs Vista
- Many governments using Linux (i.e., China, South America)
- Home users like Windows
- Too many businesses using windows (i.e., architects and home builders) to switch to Linux
Puppy Linux - Rich still struggling, couldn't get USB adaptor for internet recognized.
E-Bay, Incompatible Ram and Sound Cards, Motherboard and Ram Compatibility, Diskkeeper Instead of XP Defragging
MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSSIONS
North and South Poles
- Lawrence (lives in Australia) says the South Pole is the North Pole, magnetically speaking. I assume that means Lawrence is not really "down under" but closer to Heaven?
- Rob (kern) said magnetic poles have flipped over the last 100,000 years. He saw a program maintaining they are in the process of flipping again in the near future. Damn! Everybody and everything seems to "flip-flop" these days!
StarTrek
Smoking - struggles and success stories of the smokers and ex-smokers among us
Biggest Laughs of the Night.
- Lawrence is quite the storyteller. He used to work for airlines.
- Told us of the successful rescue of a "fleshy" woman being sucked out of a defective airplane toilet. I guess sometimes obesity is an advantage! Don't worry. This happened in 1972. Airline toilet designs have changed.
- Related another long tale about a post-traumatic-stressed airline engineer who had had a previous horrible experience unclogging an airline toilet. This time, he put his hand down a toilet only to meet Lawrence's hand......Lawrence had put his hand down an adjacent toilet to meet his! :rofl:
If you were not there last night, you missed a good session. Hope to see you next week, :tea:
Ciao,
Lina
Dan, where were you? Some were wondering if you were okay. Saw you on the KH forum this morning. Glad you are still alive and jesting.
WHO WAS THERE
KH members: Lina, Rich, qldit (Lawrence), Vivienne, rbob (kern), doug, Pi rules, Elliot, DaBear (Lou), Photolady, Seth
Visitors: The Right Stuff, Trisha_68, Present Boy, a7la-snfor, hypervisor, and Bob 765 (thrown off because he did not shut up long enough to learn he had an audio problem and we could not understand him)
REMINDER
Puleeze try to remember to vary your font size/color when you type into the text box and mention the name of whom you are addressing.
Last night too many of you used the same small black font. Varying the font size and color makes it so much easier to follow a thread, especially for visitors.
COMPUTER-RELATED DISCUSSIONS
Sound cards - Creative makes 98 percent of them, mostly crap says Rich. Turtle Beach and others fizzled.
Laptops
- Visitor hypervisor wanted advice on buying new laptop.
- Dells awful, IBMs expensive, HP or Compaq and Intel processor best bet.
- I directed hypervisor to our KH forum where this subject has been discussed in depth.
Firefox Yakaline
- A little text "chat" plug-in, about which some members are very enthusiastic. They can talk to each other while on the KH forum.
- Details available in lengthy KH forum thread here: http://www.kickenhardware.net/forum/showthread.php?t=3147&highlight=Yakalike
Who is Resident Linux Guru? -- qldit (Lawrence).
Re-soldering the Power Connector on a Laptop.
- Seth has done about 20, has a great tip.
- We look forward to his post (with pictures) about this on the KH Forum.
Spam in Outlook Express
- Creating different message rules has not resolved this problem for Rich and me. All spam is about investments.
- Vivienne suggested Mail Washer, but Rich said he'd rather have spam.:)
SpywareBlaster and Spybot
- Rich: SpywareBaster not enough, need Spybot
- Seth's survey on AV and spyware products put Spybot at the bottom of the list.
Getting into Computer without Password
Had Rob Cohan been there last night, perhaps he could have helped. Remember the tale about the 10-year old?
The 10 year old bypassed the password by killing the process in Win98 task manager by hitting Control+Alt+Delete. So while my program is running, I trap that sequence before Windows can see it now."
Installing a New Hard Drive
- Visitor Trisha problem
Opening up a Compaq 5700
- Visitor Present Boy (Brazil) couldn't open his Compaq to work on it.
- Lou suggested he check:
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?lc=en&cc=us&docname=bph07164&product=93566&dlc=en&lang=en#N591
- I think that solved his problem
- He was disappointed to learn the chatroom wouldn't be open the next evening. Will attend next week and check out our forum (even though I goofed saying goodbye - it's adeus in Portuguese, not adiós like in Spanish. Fooled me! Most Portuguese and Spanish words are very similar).
HotMail Password
- a7la_sanfor forgot password, could not get in mailbox.
- I suggested she email HotMail and post question on our KH Forum.
- Any of you encountered and solved this problem?
Acronis
- Lots of praise for this imaging software, work station version
- Acronis is more up to date. Partition Magic needs updating.
CheckDisk - Rich: use only if a problem
Nod32
- Amon disabled on his son's machine. Doug had to restore with image (Acronis).
- Deep Nod32 scans are advisable (Lawrence)
Vista - Rich will stick to XP as long as he can.
Linux vs Vista
- Many governments using Linux (i.e., China, South America)
- Home users like Windows
- Too many businesses using windows (i.e., architects and home builders) to switch to Linux
Puppy Linux - Rich still struggling, couldn't get USB adaptor for internet recognized.
E-Bay, Incompatible Ram and Sound Cards, Motherboard and Ram Compatibility, Diskkeeper Instead of XP Defragging
MISCELLANEOUS DISCUSSSIONS
North and South Poles
- Lawrence (lives in Australia) says the South Pole is the North Pole, magnetically speaking. I assume that means Lawrence is not really "down under" but closer to Heaven?
- Rob (kern) said magnetic poles have flipped over the last 100,000 years. He saw a program maintaining they are in the process of flipping again in the near future. Damn! Everybody and everything seems to "flip-flop" these days!
StarTrek
Smoking - struggles and success stories of the smokers and ex-smokers among us
Biggest Laughs of the Night.
- Lawrence is quite the storyteller. He used to work for airlines.
- Told us of the successful rescue of a "fleshy" woman being sucked out of a defective airplane toilet. I guess sometimes obesity is an advantage! Don't worry. This happened in 1972. Airline toilet designs have changed.
- Related another long tale about a post-traumatic-stressed airline engineer who had had a previous horrible experience unclogging an airline toilet. This time, he put his hand down a toilet only to meet Lawrence's hand......Lawrence had put his hand down an adjacent toilet to meet his! :rofl:
If you were not there last night, you missed a good session. Hope to see you next week, :tea:
Ciao,
Lina