The transparent windows thing is a no go for me. I keep getting lost between applications. And the task bar doesn't make it obvious enough what's running (though it's clear in Windows Classic).
I walk. I talk. I shop, I sneeze. I'm gonna be a fireman when the floods roll back. There's trees in the desert since you moved out. And I don't sleep on a bed of bones.
Buffy ,'Chosen'
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§ ita § - Jun 24, 2011 11:02:45 am PDT #17042 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Liese S. - Jun 24, 2011 2:05:50 pm PDT #17043 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
In the Aero themes, you can just turn off the transparency, by opting to change window color; there's a checkbox. That was insufficient for me, so I went with Windows 7 Basic. It's okay. There is a slightly lighter background behind the icons that are actual open in the task bar, but yeah, I agree with the objection.
quester - Jun 25, 2011 2:28:22 pm PDT #17044 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I have had a number of different WD drives die on me, to the point where I won't buy them any longer. In most instances it has not been the actual mechanism inside, but rather part of the electronics in the enclosure that had failed. I've been able to rip the drive out of the enclosure and hook it up to a USB to SATA dock that I have and get all of my data. I know this probably sounds like a pain in the ass, and it is, but it means that there is a good chance the data is still there.
Well, I tried the Disk Utility as le nubian suggested. The utility recognized the drive but fixing permissions failed. I may have to give it up for lost. I just bought a new drive that I hope will work.
Meanwhile, my modem is once again in failure mode. This time when I called Qwest I explained all of the things that I had done to reset it and how many people had been out to look at the situation and the guy just said, "They should have replaced the modem right away" so he ordered me a new one, it's still under warranty. It should arrive at the beginning of the week, so I am hopeful.
le nubian - Jun 25, 2011 2:56:41 pm PDT #17045 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
don't give up yet.
do a "verify disk" and see what happens.
quester - Jun 25, 2011 7:45:41 pm PDT #17046 of 25501
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I did and it failed as well.
Jesse - Jun 26, 2011 12:42:02 pm PDT #17047 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
BTW, I like Win7 much better now that I've switched to the "Windows 7 Basic" theme....
le nubian - Jun 26, 2011 1:44:40 pm PDT #17048 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
le nubian - Jun 26, 2011 1:46:38 pm PDT #17049 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Jon B. - Jun 27, 2011 3:01:17 am PDT #17050 of 25501
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Quester -- Like ND said above, the problem could be with the enclosure, not the HD itself. If possible, you should try to remove the HD from it's enclosure and see if you can mount it as an internal drive.
Polter-Cow - Jun 27, 2011 8:29:59 am PDT #17051 of 25501
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
So I am finally joining the smartphone crowd! I'm on T-Mobile, and my two main contenders are the Motorola CLIQ 2 and the Samsung Exhibit 4G. I am drawn to the slider keyboard on the CLIQ 2, but it's only 3G. The Exhibit doesn't have as good a camera, but it's 4G. The T-Mobile guy was pushing the Exhibit, which is also cheaper. I did play with it a bit and found it pretty easy to use.
I've never had a smartphone, so I don't really know what I'm looking for in a smartphone. I don't need anything high-end, but I know I'll be using it for browsing and e-mail and GPS and the occasional YouTube video, surely. And, of course, Angry Birds. Any recommendations/suggestions? Consuela, how are you liking your myTouch 4G? It's more expensive than the CLIQ and Exhibit.