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18507
Excuse this post, but I have not received any posting since Apr. 26. Just testing to see if this works. Boyd Ramsay cx555@... To unsubscribe from...
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May 6, 2003
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18508
Hello Kenneth, Tuesday, May 6, 2003, 3:34:31 AM, you wrote: KABR> Excuse this post, but I have not received any posting since Apr. 26. KABR> Just testing to...
Robert C Wittig
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May 6, 2003
11:28 am
18509
... Working well here. I think the list has gone into another of the periodic hibernations it's prone to. - Bob To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to...
Bob George
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May 6, 2003
4:56 pm
18510
Thursday, May 8, 2003, 6:24:22 AM, you wrote: syc> Peter Kastner, from the Aberdeen Group, makes the dire warning on syc> TechWeb in a plea for large...
Robert C Wittig
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May 8, 2003
2:54 pm
18511
Dear folks, Ran across this page this morning - because I needed to make a USB ZIP drive work in DOS, and thought that it would be something handy for at least...
Anthony J. Albert
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May 8, 2003
2:56 pm
18512
OK, this one blurs the lines a bit, but it is fun. I've thought about various Macquarium type project, doing something "interesting" with an old PC case. I...
Bob George
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May 9, 2003
6:42 pm
18513
The other way 'round is at least as much fun - running some fast-simple DOS netgear on seemingly latest-greatest 'putersetups and getting the "how did you do...
Heimo Claasen
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May 12, 2003
12:43 am
18514
I recently had the dubious pleasure of inspecting some year old compac deskpros with about 1GHz processors that a reseller was selling for about $300. and then...
howard schwartz
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May 21, 2003
11:31 am
18515
Hello howard, Wednesday, May 21, 2003, 6:08:39 AM, you wrote: hs> I noticed various tactics being used to sell new PCs, usually with windows hs> XP for seeming...
Robert C Wittig
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May 21, 2003
12:01 pm
18516
Hello Howard - ... Few people really know what a 'good' sound card is and, honestly, it seems the ESS sound card emulating a SoundBlaster is a better sound...
Charles Angelich
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May 21, 2003
1:39 pm
18517
Hello Robert - ... W2K is a pain IMO (using it now). NTFS is like building a boat in your basement. When the OS won't boot nothing but the OS can access the ...
Charles Angelich
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May 21, 2003
1:52 pm
18518
... The hardware market being what it is, with profits cut right to the bone, the more integrated the system is, the less it costs, the better the chance to...
Anthony J. Albert
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May 21, 2003
2:50 pm
18519
... Hmm, yup, but if you installed the Recovery Console you can boot to a command prompt and run CHKDSK /F, even if it's BSODding on boot with an unmountable...
Ben A L Jemmett
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May 21, 2003
4:36 pm
18520
[Replying to Charles's message rather than Howard's, because the first hasn't reached me yet...] ... the ... Yep; not only do the manufacturers reduce their...
Ben A L Jemmett
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May 21, 2003
4:47 pm
18521
Hello Anthony - At 10:28 AM 5/21/2003 -0400, you wrote: [...] ... That hardware manuf toss their schematics every 2-3 years and really never did try to help...
Charles Angelich
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May 21, 2003
9:32 pm
18522
Hello Ben - ... Chkdsk /f doesn't help a great deal if you've grunged the registry which seems to be quite a common occurence when adding/removing/testing new...
Charles Angelich
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May 21, 2003
9:32 pm
18523
Hello Charles and others: I've come across a situation recently where I need activex on a Win machine (to run another app) from which iexplorer was wiped. I'd...
James Miller
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May 23, 2003
2:11 am
18524
I don't understand the question. ActiveX is pretty much just the new name for an OLE server; it has nothing intrinsically to do with Internet Explorer. Sites...
Ben A L Jemmett
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May 23, 2003
2:31 am
18525
... You can use lynx, it will uncompress the compressed htmlhelp on the fly. ... To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to LISTSERV@... with ...
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May 23, 2003
8:06 am
18526
... Well, as usual it seems my understanding of the issue may be a bit off. I have a Win98 machine on which I'd like to run a certain program (called ...
James Miller
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May 23, 2003
5:29 pm
18527
Hello James - ... No, sorry, no experience with ActiveX components. Charles.Angelich http:/www.undercoverdesigin.com/dosghost/ To unsubscribe from SURVPC send...
Charles Angelich
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May 23, 2003
7:55 pm
18528
hi all now this may start a debate, but i really am seeking opinions from those who use linlux with speech. i have three machines in my house....well two and a...
karen lewellen
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May 23, 2003
9:13 pm
18529
... Ah, OK. That doesn't mean ActiveX isn't installed, it means a specific ActiveX component isn't installed. Think of it like a DLL not found error -- it...
Ben A L Jemmett
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May 23, 2003
9:30 pm
18530
Hello karen, Friday, May 23, 2003, 6:55:37 AM, you wrote: kl> hi all kl> now this may start a debate, but i really am seeking opinions from those who kl> use...
Robert C Wittig
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May 23, 2003
9:30 pm
18531
Robert, Karen is blind. Or "sight impaired" or "visually challenged" if you prefer. She uses software that "reads" the contents of the screen to her (hence...
Garry
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May 23, 2003
10:42 pm
18532
Hello Garry, Friday, May 23, 2003, 5:26:19 PM, you wrote: G> Karen is blind. Or "sight impaired" or "visually challenged" if G> you prefer. Thanks for the...
Robert C Wittig
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May 23, 2003
11:14 pm
18533
Hello Karen et Garry, Probably the best place to begin investigating this query, is at BLINUX: Blind + Linux = BLINUX http://leb.net/blinux/ "The purpose of...
Robert C Wittig
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May 24, 2003
3:22 am
18534
Dear list(s): I inherited an iomega ditto 2GB external tape drive (parallel port) not long ago for which I have not yet (and maybe never will) find a use....
James Miller
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May 24, 2003
6:26 pm
18535
Anthony: Did you see this one? <http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9667> John Oram ... To unsubscribe from SURVPC send a message to LISTSERV@... with ...
John Oram
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May 26, 2003
4:44 pm
18536
Hello All, I need some help with a pci sound card I have for a thinkpad laptop. THis card works when booting to W95 however when booting directly to dos the...
Mark in Clinton TWP. MI
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May 26, 2003
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