http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ How-To Geek Forums: Last 35 Posts en Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:45:12 +0000 http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/illustration-that-much-of-anti-vista-sentiment-is-hype#post-37280 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:25:23 +0000 raphoenix 37280@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>All,</p> <p>This is an EXCELLENT READ concerning the subject of this thread.</p> <p><a href='http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&#38;articleId=9075000'>http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&#38;articleId=9075000</a></p> <p>Regards,<br /> Rick P. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/mame-for-mac-os-x-roms-have-distorted-display#post-37279 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:02:51 +0000 travelerkgd 37279@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Some ROMS work; others open but display a distorted screen. How can this get corrected? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/windows-live-messenger-problem-#post-37278 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:01:37 +0000 BobJam 37278@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hey Mods - mark this one "solved".</p> <p>Turns out that Messenger 5.1 communicates just fine with 8.5, and they can both coexist on the same machine. Thanks, AGAIN, to ScottW for helping me solve this problem. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/need-how-to-for-reinstall-without-working-dvd-drive#post-37277 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:33:32 +0000 raphoenix 37277@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>pdragonfly,</p> <p>Never heard of a "pxmia" CD/DVD drive device.</p> <p>You (MUST) get one the CD/DVD devices Booting and Reading.</p> <p>Go into the machine Bios again and set the Boot Order to (CD/DVD First) and (ALL) other Bios settings to Default.</p> <p>Make sure machine is using Power Adapter and (NOT) battery.</p> <p>Do (NOT) use the slipstream CD you made.</p> <p>(USE) your Original Copy of XP Pro Disc to initially setup your system.</p> <p>Ensure the Disc is Clean by wiping it off with Eye Glass Cleaner or Windex.</p> <p>Format the drive (Fat32 quick) when / if option comes up. This is just to see if we can get machine going.</p> <p>Use above procedure and Post Back with results.</p> <p>Regards,<br /> Rick P. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/illustration-that-much-of-anti-vista-sentiment-is-hype#post-37276 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:30:36 +0000 The Geek 37276@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@whs</p> <p>Agreed, there are genuine problems with both Vista and XP... I think most of the anti-Vista hype, especially online, is mostly just the idiots following the popular crowd, trying to be accepted. I distinctly remember all of the anti-XP people that swore they would stick with Win2000 forever... now they are the anti-Vista, pro-XP people.</p> <p>Actually, my grandfather has a Mac. Last time he came over, he was cursing the fact that you can't change the size of the tiny system fonts, and you have to change each application's content pane font sizes separately (seriously). He's thinking about going back to Windows now. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/zoom-in-and-enhance-picture-quality#post-37275 Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:20:04 +0000 Aleeve 37275@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I have Office 2007 AND photoshop elements 6<br /> thanks for the help guys, I shall give it a go! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/widget-developer#post-37274 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:58:35 +0000 JoMango 37274@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hi, can anyone out there build a simple desktop widget for $$. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/illustration-that-much-of-anti-vista-sentiment-is-hype#post-37273 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:39:58 +0000 raphoenix 37273@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>All,</p> <p>I posted the following on a News Group some (2) years ago after doing testing for MS because I could see problems with Vista coming down the road. It is a (VERY LONG READ) with many divergent poster opinions so I would ask that any who read it (ENSURE) they read the (COMPLETE) topic thread to the very end.</p> <p><a href='http://www.vistabanter.com/11510-vista-security.html'>http://www.vistabanter.com/11510-vista-security.html</a></p> <p>At present, I have a (COMPLETELY NEUTRAL) opinion of Vista waiting for things to shake out and also waiting to see if Open Source is finally ready for center stage.</p> <p>Regards,<br /> Rick P. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/download-outlook-exchange-email-into-outlook-express#post-37272 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:17:25 +0000 Tavi 37272@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Is it possible to download mail currently accessible only by logging into a Microsoft Exchange Server into an IMAP or POP account in my Outlook Express? My new job requires an email address in this system and it is a huge pain to log on to their Exchange site at home just to check email. Also, if it is possible, how do I locate the settings necessary to set up this new IMAP or POP 'account' in Outlook Express? Thank you for any insight! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/vista-freeze-internet-con-related#post-37271 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:16:20 +0000 bubblegumatt 37271@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>In the amount of time I had on his internet before the crash I downloaded some updates and installed them. Now it is acting fine. It must have got shut off while it was trying to update before. Thank you for your reply whs. Of course I solved the problem after I posted it. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/blankwhite-icon#post-37270 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:15:53 +0000 FMZ 37270@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Nobody? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/need-how-to-for-reinstall-without-working-dvd-drive#post-37269 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 23:04:08 +0000 pdragonfly 37269@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hi,<br /> Slipstreamed windowsxp sp 2 with drivers. However, seems my dvd drive won't even read this now.<br /> I did however get a hold of a pxmia (whatever its called) cd drive which works.<br /> But can't get the computer to boot from it. (its an iso used nlite).<br /> I f2 the restart chose the pxmia thingy but its not booting from that.</p> <p>So.... what next. Thanks for hanging in there with me Rick</p> <p>Carol Ann </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/trifling-around-with-cursors#post-37268 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:55:11 +0000 Budohorseman 37268@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>So now we have it, Sarah is into the eye-candy and whs is more into the personality. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-hardrives#post-37267 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:54:24 +0000 elpaelpa 37267@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>whs-No,you never mentioned megs.Got that trying to figure out how I missed so much math.Thanks guys! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-hardrives#post-37266 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:30:37 +0000 whs 37266@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Since the post that Budohorseman referred to is very long, I have taken the liberty of copying the essential entry from ScottW for your convenience: I hope ScottW does not mind.<br /> "It's the old GB vs gigabyte. If you look on any modern hard drive box, you'll see in fine print where they say GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes. But, for computers a gigabyte is 2^30 = 1,073,741,824<br /> So, if we take your 120 "GB" (120 billion bytes) and divide by 2^30 (1 gigabyte) we get 111.758, hence 111 gigs. Jack's 160 GB is 149.011 gigabytes.<br /> For storage, remember that GB != gigabyte.<br /> EDIT: I should have mentioned that a GB is 10^9 -- that makes it easier to punch into your calculator. You could also save the conversion multiplier, 10^9 / 2^30 = 0.931 to make it easier to compute the next time. You could also factor out the power of 2 from the base 10, but it doesn't make things easier. Man, I had a lotta math in school." </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-hardrives#post-37265 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:24:58 +0000 whs 37265@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I take 2 of the bakers kilobytes - lol </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-hardrives#post-37264 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:22:40 +0000 Budohorseman 37264@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Most like to market and advertise the one that sounds bigger than it actually is (you know it was a guy who came up with that way to describe the size of his hard drive) and actually get away with it.</p> <p>Here is an old post on this topic with the explanations <a href='http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/labeling-or-formating-a-new-harddrive/page/2?replies=44'>http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/labeling-or-formating-a-new-harddrive/page/2?replies=44</a></p> <p>And here is a chart that makes it all crystal clear.<br /> <a href='http://xkcd.com/394/'>http://xkcd.com/394/</a> </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/installing-xp-and-computer-keeps-shutting-down#post-37263 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:21:40 +0000 raphoenix 37263@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>crjohnson0954,</p> <p>See you have been waiting for over an hour for a response. We are still here. Just waiting for one the VISTA folks to jump in. Please re-post over this post to gain some more attention.</p> <p>While waiting, ensure you have read and done all of the below.</p> <p><a href='http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/howto-windows-xp-install-on-a-vista-computer?replies=58'>http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/howto-windows-xp-install-on-a-vista-computer?replies=58</a></p> <p><a href='http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/resolving-setup-did-not-find-any-hard-disk-drives-during-windows-xp-installation/'>http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows/resolving-setup-did-not-find-any-hard-disk-drives-during-windows-xp-installation/</a></p> <p>Regards,<br /> Rick P. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-hardrives#post-37262 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:19:48 +0000 whs 37262@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>I never said 1G is 1024 megs. I said 1K is 1024 bytes. But if you want to do some studying, here you have a whole selection of webpages <a href='http://search.aol.com/aol/search?query=decimal+to+binary+conversion&#38;invocationType=msie70a'>http://search.aol.com/aol/search?query=decimal+to+binary+conversion&#38;invocationType=msie70a</a> Take your pick. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/zoom-in-and-enhance-picture-quality#post-37261 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:17:36 +0000 Scott 37261@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Oh yeah, the GIMP is great. Picasa is another alternative. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/illustration-that-much-of-anti-vista-sentiment-is-hype#post-37260 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:11:47 +0000 whs 37260@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>The problem is that people don't like to change. Why do most people always buy the same make of cars, the same make of washing machines, eat the same foods all the time - because that's what they know. To venture into a new thing means taking risks and making your brain work.<br /> Now with that said, there are some genuine issues with those that cannot run their old XP programs on Vista - and they blame Vista for it rather than the owner of those programs who are the real culprits because they did not provide a Vista version. Dragging all the legacy around is not a good thing for an operating system - Vista has already too much of that and then it is accused of being bloated. Can't have your cake and eat it too.<br /> If the alternatives (e.g. Linux, Mac) were that great, they would have a bigger marketshare and more support. And XP is just your grandfathers Vista. Look at the postings in the Forum - It has it's problems too - and that after all those years. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/at-times-laptop-wont-connect-wirelessly#post-37259 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:09:22 +0000 raphoenix 37259@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>fent623,</p> <p>Are you running Vista ??</p> <p>Regards,<br /> Rick P. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/external-hardrives#post-37258 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:06:08 +0000 elpaelpa 37258@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>whs-Very confusing!If you convert decimal to binary (HD) and get a 93% difference with binary being the smaller figure,why is 1G of ram actually 1024 megs or 1.024G with binary being the larger figure?And to further confuse,when people talk of 20G download speed,is that number binary or decimal?My thinking has to have a serious flaw.Maybe a web site recommendation (this is called leaving ones self open)? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-with-assign-drive-letter#post-37257 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:56:42 +0000 whs 37257@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>It's OK. Point well taken. Just want to make sure we are all reading from the same page. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/help-cannot-use-full-screen#post-37256 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:52:57 +0000 Budohorseman 37256@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>It actually has to do with drivers, to work around, right click on a youtube video screen and choose Settings. Uncheck the Enable Hardware Acceleration. That should take care of it for you. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/zoom-in-and-enhance-picture-quality#post-37255 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:52:19 +0000 whs 37255@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Aleeve, first, if you want to "enhance" any picture you should not do it in .jpeg. Convert it to .png ot .tiff with Paint first. With .jpeg you have too much bit loss. Then you can crop it etc. Unfortunately Windows Photo Gallery cannot deal with .png or .tiff. But I think you have Office 2007. Use the Office Picture Manager for that. Enhancements is a different deal. You can brighten them up or change the colour tint (also with Office Picture Manager). But if you want to do any serious work, you should use Gimp2. That has many of the same functions as Photoshop (as far as I can tell from conversations - never used Photoshop myself) but you can download it for free - not for $900. I use Gimp2 a lot. There is an extensive on-line documentation.<br /> PS: I think jack is an expert in this field. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-with-assign-drive-letter#post-37254 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:50:47 +0000 PalmTrees 37254@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>ok, point taken. but please note the ":)" at the end of that comment, i was only jesting with you. sorry, being in the military tends to warp ones sence of humor. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/trifling-around-with-cursors#post-37253 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:45:35 +0000 SarahJames 37253@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Hi Whs - nothing wrong with that! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-with-assign-drive-letter#post-37252 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:44:59 +0000 whs 37252@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>OK, but this is not proper language: "sorry for pissin' in your wheaties". We don't like that around here. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/trifling-around-with-cursors#post-37251 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:42:07 +0000 whs 37251@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Sarah, it would be terrible if we were all the same. You are a "Schöngeist" and I am an engineer. We just happen to have a different perspective. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/trifling-around-with-cursors#post-37250 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:35:50 +0000 SarahJames 37250@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@ whs - To me things need to work (what use has a PC otherwise? LOL), but the looks of things are important too.<br /> It is far easier to work in a pleasing environment. People come to greater achievements if they feel good and if the eye is pleased the mind get's stimulated, making you feel better.</p> <p>And I don't have the time to tinker with things, but I make the time (and for more than just tinkering on the PC, even at the cost of sleep - heck, we can sleep long enough when we're dead. LOL)</p> <p>And concerning taking risks - life would be pretty boring without them!! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/problems-with-assign-drive-letter#post-37249 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:32:32 +0000 PalmTrees 37249@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>@WHS- yes the D drive would be the recovery partition. sorry for pissin' in your wheaties:). I forgot about the recovery partition because i was in a hurry. I was just leaving crjonhson a quick note, before i left for a meeting, to help him get started. since it had been 3 hr from when he started the topic, and nobody had answered yet. </p> <p>@crJohnson- sorry for giveing you the wrong information earlier. As WHS said if vista came preinstalled on your computer the D drive is most likely a recovery partition. no, it really doesn't matter what letter is assigned to the new partition (it just looks cleaner to have all your main partitions grouped together. </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/zoom-in-and-enhance-picture-quality#post-37248 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:17:04 +0000 Aleeve 37248@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Does anbody know of a way to zoom in on a picture and enhance it at the same time (auto enhance) and then retake (trim) the picture into a new one, with the same dimensions?<br /> I know this can be done, because my friend has a PS3 and he does it on there<br /> Also, I can zoom in and trim on my camera with a little enhancement, but I cannot think of a way to do it on the computer - photoshop must have a way surely?!</p> <p>I am stumped! </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/at-times-laptop-wont-connect-wirelessly#post-37247 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:14:17 +0000 whs 37247@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Did you check your router? </p> http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/some-more-funny-stuff#post-37246 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:10:19 +0000 techgranny 37246@http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/ <p>Can't help you Aleeve.</p> <p>Lighthouse, you're on your own:) </p>