halfrek, if you do a CTRL-ALT-DEL, what programs does it show you have running?
Tact is just not saying true stuff. I'll pass.
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dcp - Nov 29, 2004 2:45:41 pm PST #239 of 10003
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
le nubian - Nov 29, 2004 2:51:49 pm PST #240 of 10003
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
grommit,
a friend of mine had serious problems with Service Pack 2. Any reason that should be installed?
DCJensen - Nov 29, 2004 2:58:56 pm PST #241 of 10003
All is well that ends in pizza.
Halfrek, you might have some spyware running. Or else something that logs to a file.
Make sure you've used and updated at least two spyware checkers. My reccommendations are spybot, spy sweeper, and of course Adaware.
thegrommit - Nov 29, 2004 3:11:29 pm PST #242 of 10003
Um.
a friend of mine had serious problems with Service Pack 2. Any reason that should be installed?
It's the easiest way of ensuring a years worth of security patches are installed. However, I'm using Windows 2000, so take my advice with a pinch of salt.
Dana - Nov 29, 2004 4:41:26 pm PST #243 of 10003
"I'm useless alone." // "We're all useless alone. It's a good thing you're not alone."
halfrek, my mother's computer has Windows ME and it's impossible for us to get it through ScanDisk on the first try. However, if you let it go long enough, it usually goes farther and farther and finally finishes.
halfrek - Nov 29, 2004 4:43:30 pm PST #244 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
dcp this is what i see:
explorer server save wkcalrem loadqm devldr16 systray flashksk wkdetect
when i try to endtask explorer it attempts to do so then it says it is not responding. so then i hit the endtask box that pops up... with all the done it is still there. *thunk*
Daniel C, eye = suck b/c i dont have a spyware checker. the desktop with the Me does not have access to the 'net right now. i will see if i can find a program to dl to disk on the laptop and try it on the desktop. thankfully my laptop has XP.
on another topic...does anyone know of good program to convert wmv.files to something that a Mac can read?
eta Dana, yeah i have done that in the past, but i wanted to put an end to the madness. *g*
tommyrot - Nov 29, 2004 4:47:56 pm PST #245 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.
does anyone know of good program to convert wmv.files to something that a Mac can read?
I just use the Windows Media Player for the Mac.
Rob - Nov 29, 2004 4:56:16 pm PST #246 of 10003
on another topic...does anyone know of good program to convert wmv.files to something that a Mac can read?
VLC can play most non-protected WMVs, along with just about everything other format under the sun.
halfrek - Nov 29, 2004 4:57:58 pm PST #247 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
there is a Media player version for Mac? so did NOT know that. i will tell my Mac friend she NEEDS that so i can send her vids. thanks, tommyrot.
thegrommit - Nov 29, 2004 4:59:35 pm PST #248 of 10003
Um.
explorer server save wkcalrem loadqm devldr16 systray flashksk wkdetect
I'm not dcp, but I play .... *ahem*
The only suspicious looking thing on that list is "server" on a Windows ME box. You obviously run Microsoft Works, but do you also use Front Page?