thank you, dcp and tommyrot. glad that i am NOT the only one that has had this problem. i will definitely give it a go tomorrow. of course now i am wondering why the other computer people in the house didnt know how to fix this. *glares in their direction*
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
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halfrek - Nov 28, 2004 5:43:15 pm PST #222 of 10003
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them,
while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves.--Kahlil Gibran
le nubian - Nov 28, 2004 6:11:51 pm PST #223 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
I have had no end of trouble with Windows ME on my laptop. I think that is the devil's operating system. I really do.
Atropa - Nov 28, 2004 6:12:02 pm PST #224 of 10003
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
I have a (probably clueless) question about Yahoo mail's address book. It has a feature that will let you import those addresses into another mail program. Sadly, that feature does not list Apple's mail program. Would telling it to import to Outlook Express work, even though I'm not using OE?
thegrommit - Nov 28, 2004 6:36:41 pm PST #225 of 10003
Um.
Oh for god's sake. I dl the thing, and now I can't unzip it.
I've put the unzipped version here: [link]
I won't be tooo offended if you ask another buffista to virus scan it before you download.
Zenkitty - Nov 28, 2004 7:00:52 pm PST #226 of 10003
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Virus scan, I got. :) Thanks, grommit. Looking at all its little screens, it doesn't seem like there's anything running that shouldn't be. There's a ton of Symantec and Norton things going on, but I'm a-scared to touch them.
The guy who upgraded my system is coming over tomorrow night to take a look at it. I will loom over him menacingly until the system works again. He is bigger than me, but his fiancee is my friend, so I have leverage.
thegrommit - Nov 28, 2004 7:11:36 pm PST #227 of 10003
Um.
Virus scan, I got. :) Thanks, grommit. Looking at all its little screens, it doesn't seem like there's anything running that shouldn't be.
Good to hear. If you have the choice to switch to Windows XP, do so. Just make sure it's done as a fresh installation (complete with reformat), and not an upgrade of the existing Windows ME setup.
Needless to say, backing up your data beforehand would be a good idea.
DCJensen - Nov 28, 2004 7:42:17 pm PST #228 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Windows ME is a fancier version of Windows 98.
More like bolluxed and bloated and hamstrung and labyrinthine...
Rob - Nov 29, 2004 6:30:15 am PST #229 of 10003
Sadly, that feature does not list Apple's mail program.
Apple's address book application (called, unimaginatively, Address Book) can import from either vCard or LDIF format. It looks like the format named "Netscape Address Book" is actually LDIF and will import into Address Book.
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2004 7:20:55 am PST #230 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Our client keeps on complaining that a web application we made for them does not work correcty when the user has popup blockers installed (apparantly Javascript code is crashing when it attempts to open a window that gets blocked by the popup blocker). It works OK with the google toolbar (with popup blocker) installed on IE. What are some other popular popup blockers out there?
Dana - Nov 29, 2004 7:25:41 am PST #231 of 10003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
I think I used this one for a while: [link]