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by Barb
Mon Oct 08, 2007 12:25 am
Forum: Marketplace - Buy/Sell/Trade/Hot Deals
Topic: Wanted: Remote for old Gateway Destination SYstem
Replies: 1
Views: 4495

Wanted: Remote for old Gateway Destination SYstem

This is probably a long shot, but it's worth a try. :)

I am looking for a remote for an old Gateway Destination system.

The mouse ball is missing from mine and the buttons are beginning to stick.

On the back label: gateway field mouse 7001241

Someone had one on ebay a couple weeks ago. I ...
by Barb
Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:48 am
Forum: Network Security
Topic: PDA Security ?
Replies: 0
Views: 3247

PDA Security ?

I am getting a Cingular 8125 PDA. I do plan on accessing the internet a lot with it. I will be using the WiFi and Cingular's wireless internet.

I will be sending and receiving some pictures.

I will pobably not be sending much in the way of word document type files.

Is security something I need to ...
by Barb
Sun May 07, 2006 12:19 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Pit Bull attacked by Pomeranian
Replies: 31
Views: 3102

I don't get a chance to visit here much these days, but I had to add to this thread.

I am a volunteer at our city animal shelter. The city does not allow any pitbulls or pit mixes to be adopted to the public. Even young 8 week old puppies are euthanized if we can not find a rescue group to take ...
by Barb
Mon May 30, 2005 5:44 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: My German Shepard went thru a window this morning
Replies: 27
Views: 3070

Just a note from a lurker with GSDs.

I live in an older house with old windows. They can crack and break very easily. My kitchen windows are low and the dogs love to hang out in there and bark when someone pulls up.

I put up those screen guards they make for storm doors. They're about $20 at Home ...
by Barb
Sun Aug 08, 2004 1:24 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Black Viper Windows Xp Tweaks
Replies: 7
Views: 4447

I bought a new laptop with XP Pro last year. After 2 days I was ready to return it. I was so disappointed. It ran sooooooo slow. Then I did some research on XP, as I'd never used if before. I found the Black Viper page, shut off many of the suggested services and it ran beautifully and oh so much ...
by Barb
Tue Feb 24, 2004 3:44 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: full install of games?
Replies: 5
Views: 750

Thank you !



Barb
by Barb
Tue Feb 24, 2004 12:51 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: full install of games?
Replies: 5
Views: 750

full install of games?

My niece and nephew (6 and 3) have several games they like to play on their computer. All these games need the cd to play.
I babysit the kids frequently and would like to have a couple of their games on my computer. It would be much easier to not need the cd to run them here. My cd drive is ...
by Barb
Tue Feb 10, 2004 9:50 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Why Don't Women Post Here....
Replies: 212
Views: 9368

You wouldn't happen to be Eric's Barb would you?
**********

Nope



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by Barb
Tue Feb 10, 2004 4:57 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Why Don't Women Post Here....
Replies: 212
Views: 9368

I've been a lurker here for years. I read the forums almost every day.

My own personal reason for not posting is that I'd feel I was intruding. Don't get me wrong, no one has ever made me feel unwelcome. You all just seem very close with a lot of history between you.


Barb
by Barb
Sun Nov 30, 2003 11:07 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Email games?
Replies: 3
Views: 452

Thank you

I did finally find what I wanted. It seemed almost all I looked at had you only playing with those on line at the moment or with random people. I was looking for more of a private game.
I found one here http://www.thepixiepit.co.uk/scrabble.htm if anyone else is interested.

When my ...
by Barb
Sat Nov 29, 2003 11:43 am
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Email games?
Replies: 3
Views: 452

Email games?

My sister and I used to play Boggle (I think) by email. I'd take my turn then email it back to her. When she'd open the attachment it would be the board updated with my play.
It went through some kind of server I think but itsn't around any more.
I'm looking for something similar. I don't want ...
by Barb
Thu Nov 27, 2003 12:11 pm
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Worm/Spybot
Replies: 13
Views: 3630

So far so good. All my scans have been clean. I have set a lot more of my security settings up. Some I think too far, but I'll need to play with them more I guess.

I did have Sygate pop up with a warning when I tried to click on this link from the general discussion board [url]http://www ...
by Barb
Mon Nov 24, 2003 8:29 am
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Worm/Spybot
Replies: 13
Views: 3630

Thank you

I did read about the TFTP files. From what I understood, that while some were good, some were bad and needed removed. The problem for me was knowing which ones, so I didn't dig for those. Maybe I should?

I will continue scanning with different anti virus on both computers daily to make ...
by Barb
Sun Nov 23, 2003 12:47 pm
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Worm/Spybot
Replies: 13
Views: 3630

McAfee's says I'm clean now. :)
I went through and searched in regedit and deleted several more items.
The last time I rebooted I had no error messages. I think I got it!

I will do the Trojan scanner just to make sure I got everything out.

I guess my next step is the networking forum to find out ...
by Barb
Sun Nov 23, 2003 11:03 am
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Worm/Spybot
Replies: 13
Views: 3630

Thank you thank you thank you!!

I think I got it for the most part. I have missed something in the registry as when I start up, I get a message about not being able to find winsock2.exe. Zone Alarm isn't asking for permission anymore and it's not listed as a running program. So I think I'm safe ...
by Barb
Sun Nov 23, 2003 10:35 am
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Worm/Spybot
Replies: 13
Views: 3630

This ^&%! thing has made my rededit inoperable.

Do you know if after running the process viewer and terminating it if my regedit will work again?

If not, is there anyway to get there to remove it from the registry?

Also, anyone know how I got this? I don't use Kazaa and as far as I can remember ...
by Barb
Sun Nov 23, 2003 1:08 am
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Worm/Spybot
Replies: 13
Views: 3630

Well McAfee found it too. I went into safe mode and couldn't delete it.

I'm done for the night.

Does it look like I need to reformat and reinstall everything?


Barb
by Barb
Sun Nov 23, 2003 12:23 am
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Worm/Spybot
Replies: 13
Views: 3630

Hmmmm

First scan with housecall, I shut off AVG, watched the files it was scanning, when it came to what was suposed to be infected, AVG pops up with the warning. I ok it, but housecall finishes the scan and says its clean.

So I'm wondering if AVG somehow was messing up the housecall scan. I ...
by Barb
Sat Nov 22, 2003 11:53 pm
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Worm/Spybot
Replies: 13
Views: 3630

Thank you

I finally found info at trendmicro just before you posted. It's scanning now.


Barb
by Barb
Sat Nov 22, 2003 10:08 pm
Forum: Network Security
Topic: Worm/Spybot
Replies: 13
Views: 3630

Worm/Spybot

AVG tells me I have a Virus identified Worm/Spybot. It says it's found in C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\winsock2.exe

It says to remove the virus run AVG. I do that, it finds it, then says it can't move or heal the file.

I went into Windows Explorer and can't manually delete the file.


I went to the AVG ...
by Barb
Tue Nov 11, 2003 12:38 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: Wanna see a big dog?
Replies: 17
Views: 1127

Beautiful dog!


But I'm a bit partial. I have two shepherds myself. :)

My Reagan was a stray, about 5 monhths old and nothing but skin and bones when I got her.

Max was also a shelter dog. I was SUPPOSED to be fostering him only........ I officially adopted him myself after about 3 weeks.



Barb
by Barb
Tue Nov 11, 2003 10:15 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Icons turning white?
Replies: 8
Views: 1303

It's not a problem that happens right away. In safe mode they looked ok, well like they do in safe mode.

The ones with the problem now are the Back, Refresh, etc buttons on IE, my ICQ, and Mailwasher.

The ones on my taskbar that were turning white are fine now, as are the ones that were turning ...
by Barb
Tue Nov 11, 2003 7:40 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Icons turning white?
Replies: 8
Views: 1303

Well it worked on the white ones. Now I have others that weren't affected going black or weird spots of color. *g*

This is an old pos emachine that is probably just suffering a slow death. The price was right at the time and it's lasted me 3 years so I can't complain. :)

Thanks for all the ...
by Barb
Mon Nov 10, 2003 3:36 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Icons turning white?
Replies: 8
Views: 1303

Thanks, I'll give it a try.

Barb
by Barb
Mon Nov 10, 2003 2:17 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Icons turning white?
Replies: 8
Views: 1303

Sorry, I realized as soon as I left the house that I didn't post anything about what os I'm using.
That'll teach me to post too early in the morning.

I have Win ME. I am actually running a lot less now than I was before the format and reinstall.

It's not my desktop icons, but the ones on the ...
by Barb
Mon Nov 10, 2003 8:27 am
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Icons turning white?
Replies: 8
Views: 1303

Icons turning white?

I did a format and reinstalled everything a couple weeks ago. After doing so, I noticed that my icons started turning white. If I rebooted, they'd come back normal for anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours.
I couldn't pin point what made them change.

Then one day on a reboot I clicked Yes on ...
by Barb
Tue Oct 14, 2003 3:48 pm
Forum: General Discussion Board
Topic: PS2 to drop price $99
Replies: 15
Views: 1859

I just put two Game Cubes on layaway at Wal-Mart for Christmas. They rang up $99 each. No games, one controller and it suggested that a memory card be purchased.
There was another package next to them for $150. It came with more stuff, but I didn't read the package to see exactly what.


Barb
by Barb
Mon Oct 13, 2003 9:21 am
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: Opinions of switching services
Replies: 22
Views: 2299

I had read that many people were able to connect no problems without installing the software. I am hoping I'll be able to do the same.

Thanks again for all the replies,
Barb
by Barb
Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:46 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: Opinions of switching services
Replies: 22
Views: 2299

Actually, after the one year, unless prices go up, I'm still about $5 cheaper than RR on the Basic Service.

I never retained the K and k difference.
SBC's Basic service is download up to 384Kbps.
The Standard Plus is 384Kbps-1.5Mbps


RoadRunner offers up to 3,000kbps

The Basic is comparable?


Barb
by Barb
Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:24 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: Opinions of switching services
Replies: 22
Views: 2299

I do appreciate your comments.
I want to know of everyone's experiences. I have RR because at the time that's all that was offered. Now I'm getting to do comparison shopping and all opinions are welcome.


Barb
by Barb
Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:17 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: Opinions of switching services
Replies: 22
Views: 2299

I'm sure services are different in all areas but i tried the SBC DSL and it was horrible, Constant disconnects and very slow speeds
********

Now darn it! Just when I finally convinced myself to give it a try.
*G*

I read the links that DSL Broadband posted and there was a thread about the service ...
by Barb
Sat Oct 11, 2003 10:13 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: Opinions of switching services
Replies: 22
Views: 2299

It says the self installatoin can be used unless you have a router, then they want 200 bucks to have a technician install it ?? I dug around their page but could not find out why that made a difference.

I finally got a hold of my brother who uses SBC and he installed his with no problems. He'll ...
by Barb
Sat Oct 11, 2003 5:07 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: Opinions of switching services
Replies: 22
Views: 2299

Thank you!

One last question. Do you know why I can't do a self installation if I have a router?
I have the Dell TrueMobile 1184 Wireless Broadband Router.

With a router, the SBC page says I have to pay $200 for installation!

That pretty much takes care of the money I'd be saving switching ...
by Barb
Sat Oct 11, 2003 1:04 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: Opinions of switching services
Replies: 22
Views: 2299

My phone company is Southwestern Bell.


PPPoE ?
I'm guessing it's not difficult to set up? With my cable, I just plug it all in and it works.

While I'm comfortable installing, tweaking and setting things up on here, it's always nice to just have things work when you plug them in. :)


Barb
by Barb
Sat Oct 11, 2003 12:28 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: Opinions of switching services
Replies: 22
Views: 2299

Ok I'm reading further into the web page. It says I can't self install if I have a router??

Any reason for this?


Barb
by Barb
Sat Oct 11, 2003 12:25 pm
Forum: General Broadband Forum
Topic: Opinions of switching services
Replies: 22
Views: 2299

Opinions of switching services

I just got an offer in the mail from SBC for SBC Yahoo Business DSL for 29.95 a month. On their web page, I can order it for even less, 26.95 a month for 12 months. The modem is basically free after an instant credit. I can't imagine why I can't install it myself and save the $200 installation fee ...
by Barb
Tue Sep 30, 2003 10:08 pm
Forum: Networks and Wireless Routers
Topic: Are Dell Routers any good?
Replies: 4
Views: 1069

If anyone is interested......
I have the Dell TrueMobile 1184 Wireless Broadband Router. I'd be happy to give any details from the label on it or the manual.

I don't know anything technical about it. I just got it, plugged it all in and it worked. :)

I am curious though, when I go to the web ...
by Barb
Thu Aug 14, 2003 10:41 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Scan disk and defrag
Replies: 7
Views: 845

That's almost the exact way I described it to Mom. :)


Barb
by Barb
Thu Aug 14, 2003 9:33 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Scan disk and defrag
Replies: 7
Views: 845

That's what I thought. I've always done mine about once a month.
I was very surprised to hear that this guy said that. He is the one that repairs and keeps their systems running.

Shutting down just clears out the memory right?

Next question. Could not doing it damage anything or is it more for ...
by Barb
Thu Aug 14, 2003 5:14 pm
Forum: Software Forum
Topic: Scan disk and defrag
Replies: 7
Views: 845

Scan disk and defrag

I've been lurking on these boards for years now and have always been able to find the answers I need.

How important is it to do a regular defrag and scan disk?
The computer guy at my Mom's work told them they didn't need to do it, ever. He said if the computers are completely shut down and turned ...

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