I have a netbook - 1.66 GHZ chip .99 Gig of memory. XP home as OS. Will Microsoft essentials be faster and less obtrusive for me than Norton?
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Typo Boy - Feb 19, 2011 12:58:05 pm PST #16088 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Sophia Brooks - Feb 19, 2011 12:59:30 pm PST #16089 of 25501
Cats to become a rabbit should gather immediately now here
Does anyone know how to get rid of the annoying MacAfee that came with my netbook?
Typo Boy - Feb 19, 2011 1:13:46 pm PST #16090 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Vonnie K - Feb 21, 2011 5:55:38 am PST #16091 of 25501
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Quick camera question.
I have a newish Canon Rebel XS that I've been using to learn how shoot in a manual mode (I was a click-and-shoot girl before.) Over the weekend, I played a bit with shutter speed, trying out long exposures with a slow shutter speed, trying out manual focus, etc. No problems with the camera at all. Then this morning, I can't shoot anything at all. When I press the shutter, it 1) does not focus despite the fact I have the button back on automatic focus, and 2) the shutter makes these weird... um, shuttery sounds, 2-3 times, without depressing all the way down or taking a picture.
I think this is something obvious that I should be able to fix, but damned if I can figure out what.
Stephanie - Feb 22, 2011 10:17:53 am PST #16092 of 25501
Trust my rage
Bluetooth headset question:
Because I value the Buffista opinion...
I have an iPhone and right now I'm using the little earbuds that came with it. But I want something Bluetooth and comfortable for the long phone conversations I have in the car. Any recommendations?
Connie Neil - Feb 22, 2011 11:20:23 am PST #16093 of 25501
brillig
I'm not sure if this is truly tech or not . . .
I have a new Nook, and I have a txt-to-pdf conversion utility. However, when I have the file on Medium font size, the words will split in the middle at the screen edge instead of between words. Is this a failure of the PDF format or of a cheap converter utility? If I set the file to Small size (unreadable) I see a lovely block of text with the lines ending at the line breaks.
I'll be happy if I can just get the lines to break between words.
Tom Scola - Feb 22, 2011 11:24:27 am PST #16094 of 25501
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Does the txt-to-pdf utility let you change the dimensions of the page? Maybe you can set the page to the size of the Nook screen, instead of 8½ × 11.
Connie Neil - Feb 22, 2011 11:38:49 am PST #16095 of 25501
brillig
What it does is set up a virtual PDF printer. That's a good idea about the page size. Off to experiment!
brenda m - Feb 22, 2011 11:49:56 am PST #16096 of 25501
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Nonian, I don't know if this will work for you, but I picked up a little gadget for $4.99 at CVS that plugs into the headphone jack and the phone then runs through the car radio.
Gudanov - Feb 22, 2011 11:53:38 am PST #16097 of 25501
Coding and Sleeping
Are you trying to turn text into PDF for reading on the Nook? If so you might try using Calibre. It can create EPubs which I think will probably work better.