Computer Tips

[mimo_100]

Computer Tips

This thread is for Tips on anything. The initial idea came from an off topic discussion in this thread èhttp://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showthread.php?p=58359#post58359 (http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showthread.php?p=58359#post58359)

regarding capturing an image on your screen, using SnagIt, etc.

Here is a comment from Skiracer:

http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showpost.php?p=58377&postcount=24



So if you have a tip, post it here.

Tim

Click Me!

[Rob]

Everyone should download a free spyware protection program (http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/) from Lavasoft called Ad-Aware, install it and run it often. As far as freebie software of this type goes, it's about the best. They do offer more powerful versions, but of course you have to buy those.

p.s. I don't know whether they have Mac versions of this software. Since I don't use Macs, I never bothered to look.

[skiracer]

Everyone should download a free spyware protection program (http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/) from Lavasoft called Ad-Aware, install it and run it often. As far as freebie software of this type goes, it's about the best. They do offer more powerful versions, but of course you have to buy those.

p.s. I don't know whether they have Mac versions of this software. Since I don't use Macs, I never bothered to look.

Rob,
This is a great idea for a thread. I have that Ad-Ware program installed on my computers. I was having a problem where a small box would keep popping up saying the " Internet Explorer had encountered a problem and would have to close". Sometimes I actually had to shut it down. I bought a service from Dell where I can call them anytime for help and they fix it online. They installed that Ad-Ware program for me an the problem stopped immediately. I run it at least once every week now an haven't had any problems since it's been installed.
I went to the site you mentioned about Paint Shop Pro 7 and see that it was an auction. Where would I buy it from in a store or online. I'm not crazy about the auctions or that type of situation.

[Rob]

Skiracer, I think so too. But Mimo gets the credit for it.

Is it just the auctions you don't like? Or buying on line period? Ebay is pretty safe, especially if you find a vendor with a high feedback rating.

PayPal also has automatic buyer protection on many tangible items. I once paid a guy $65 with PayPal for a nice pair of Tony Lama western boots that would probably cost more than $200 in the store. He said he shipped 'em but they never arrived. I got a full refund from PayPal through their buyer protection program. I would much rather have gotten the boots, but getting my cash back in full was nice indeed!

Anyway, Amazon has Paint Shop Pro for sale (http://www.amazon.com/gp/search/ref=br_ss_hs/104-4959770-4919966?platform=gurupa&url=index%3Dblended&keywords=paint+shop+pro)--different versions too, if you don't mind buying through Amazon.com. If it's a brick-and-mortar type place you're asking about, I would just check out the local software vendors who are the best-stocked.

[mimo_100]

Everyone should download a free spyware protection program (http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/) from Lavasoft called Ad-Aware, install it and run it often. As far as freebie software of this type goes, it's about the best. They do offer more powerful versions, but of course you have to buy those.

p.s. I don't know whether they have Mac versions of this software. Since I don't use Macs, I never bothered to look.

Thanks Rob. I just downloaded it and ran it. During lunch, since it took almost 40 minutes -- it found a bunch a stuff. I quarantined all of it.

Tim

[diogenes]

Everyone should download a free spyware protection program (http://www.lavasoft.de/software/adaware/) from Lavasoft called Ad-Aware, install it and run it often. As far as freebie software of this type goes, it's about the best. They do offer more powerful versions, but of course you have to buy those.


You might want to think about downloading a complementary program, Spybot.
Sometimes one program will miss something, but the other should find it.

http://www.safer-networking.org/

[skiracer]

I want to email the contents of a disc I have to Stkytreat. I have the disc's contents on my computer but don't know how to email it to someone. Anyone out there who can explain the steps to email it to him?

[Rob]

I want to email the contents of a disc I have to Stkytreat. I have the disc's contents on my computer but don't know how to email it to someone. Anyone out there who can explain the steps to email it to him?How large is the file? If it exceeds the limits of those set by either your or his email provider, then it would be best to transfer the file via Yahoo Messenger or AIM, or ICQ, or some such. Supposedly this past week, Yahoo and Microsoft have set it so that Microsoft's and Yahoo's IM programs can communicate with one another, but that wouldn't be necessary if you both have one of the same type already installed on your PCs.

[skiracer]

How large is the file? If it exceeds the limits of those set by either your or his email provider, then it would be best to transfer the file via Yahoo Messenger or AIM, or ICQ, or some such. Supposedly this past week, Yahoo and Microsoft have set it so that Microsoft's and Yahoo's IM programs can communicate with one another, but that wouldn't be necessary if you both have one of the same type already installed on your PCs.

Rob,
The folder is 7.73 mb. But I don't have a compression program in my computer and don't know if I have to compress that folder anyway. Stkytreat gave me a site to go to called, www.yousendit.com (http://www.yousendit.com), an I did but not sure how to use that site.

[Rob]

Ski, I don't know about yousendit.com, but personally I would recommend using WinZip (http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm), and zip all the contents of the folder (including sub-folders) into one file. ZIP is one of the most universally supported compression formats around. I've been using it since the old PKZip days 15 years ago.

[skiracer]

Ski, I don't know about yousendit.com, but personally I would recommend using WinZip (http://www.winzip.com/downwzeval.htm), and zip all the contents of the folder (including sub-folders) into one file. ZIP is one of the most universally supported compression formats around. I've been using it since the old PKZip days 15 years ago.

Rob,
I Googled Winzip and they said that it was a free download but then the bait and switch came into play when I tried to download the file and they wanted $28 to get it. One of these days I'll buy it but not right now. I tried www.yousendit.com (http://www.yousendit.com) but it wouldn't take the whole folder, which is how I have it in my computer C drive, and would only take the individual files of which there are 30 files. Anyway I thought I would give it a shot at just emailing it and seeing if my email would send the 7.73 mb folder as an attachment. No problemo. I sent the whole folder as an attachment. It's a very interesting disc and great for learning TA. It is the disc that comes with Martin Pring's book, "Introduction to Technical Analysis". If you are interested in a copy of it I would be happy to email it to you. Did you see my post about the ETFs. It is on my Skiracer thread. That's another good one to have. If you're interested or anyone else is interested just give me your email address an I'll send the both out.

[Rob]

Ski, there was no need to Google it. The link I included went right to the download page. As far as I know there is still a free trial version available, but since Corel bought 'em out, I don't know what they're up to.

Here's another alternative: Ultimate Zip (http://www.ultimatezip.com/index.htm). They say it's free for personal home use, and I've used it on other computers. It works great.

[skiracer]

Ski, there was no need to Google it. The link I included went right to the download page. As far as I know there is still a free trial version available, but since Corel bought 'em out, I don't know what they're up to.

Here's another alternative: Ultimate Zip (http://www.ultimatezip.com/index.htm). They say it's free for personal home use, and I've used it on other computers. It works great.

I'll give it a try. I downloade a 1 month trial of Paint Shop Pro 7 but couldn't get it to open. Something about Active X control. Any thoughts on that?

[Rob]

Ski, as I understand ActiveX Controls, they are only used to enhance functionality through a browser. As with any other piece of software, you must use discretion in installing it on your system, because malicious code from a less-than-reputable source can lead to problems--sometimes big ones.

If it's from a bona fide software vendor, there's little chance it would be harmful. This page (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/174558/en-us) and the "more information" pages that are linked from it can give you a fuller understanding.

[JohnHenry]

Sorry I wasn't clear on how yousendit works.

You can attach a zip file up to 1GB and the site will send an email to recipient email address. The email will have a link for the recipient to clink and download the file. It is free and a good way to share large files.

[skiracer]

Sorry I wasn't clear on how yousendit works.

You can attach a zip file up to 1GB and the site will send an email to recipient email address. The email will have a link for the recipient to clink and download the file. It is free and a good way to share large files.

Stky,
Have you checked your email. I sent that folder to you via email. You should have it.

[JohnHenry]

Stky,
Have you checked your email. I sent that folder to you via email. You should have it.

Hi Ski

I haven't seen anything yet but I will check on it after I help my mom do the dishes.

I like your ETF site....what to you think about oil ETF?

[skiracer]

Hi Ski

I having seen anything yet but I will check on it after I help my mom do the dishes.

I like your ETF site....what to you think about oil ETF?

I've traded OIH on several occassions over the last 6 months with success. I think what propels it at this time are geo-political events such as what is going on it the middle east right now. I don't trade it to stay in it long term but to catch a short term trend. That Morpheus site is a great site with plenty of sound technical info for someone like yourself. Understanding the ETF's and which ones are strong at the moment will develope a sense for finding the leading sectors at any given time. The ETF's for those sectors and the basket of stocks that make up those sectors will provide plenty of good trading setups an opportunities.

[IIC]

Hi Ski

I haven't seen anything yet but I will check on it after I help my mom do the dishes.

I like your ETF site....what to you think about oil ETF?


What did you guys have for dinner?

[skiracer]

What did you guys have for dinner?

He's only 15 Doug. Apparently he's a good kid. I was a bad bad kid but I always helped my mom with the dishes and cleaning off the table. Of course if I didn't my dad would knock me in the head an I mean right in the head.

[JohnHenry]

He's only 15 Doug. Apparently he's a good kid. I was a bad bad kid but I always helped my mom with the dishes and cleaning off the table. Of course if I didn't my dad would knock me in the head an I mean right in the head.

I have my fair share of being a bad bad kid but I have to at least show respect for my parents. Hey, I attached a winzip file for you so you don't have to buy it. Just select the 30 day trial.

[JohnHenry]

This is a cool program that cleans up our cookies, history, and etc. so that it doesn't slow down your web boot up. It's free.
www.ccleaner.com (http://www.ccleaner.com)

[skiracer]

I have my fair share of being a bad bad kid but I have to at least show respect for my parents. Hey, I attached a winzip file for you so you don't have to buy it. Just select the 30 day trial.

Stky,
Bought it already an compressed it and emailed it to you. But I think you are going to need the physical disc anyway as I downloaded the disc to my computer and I can't run the file without the disc in the computer. Open the email and see if it will open and run for you. Let me know what happens an if you can get it to run. If not send me your address an I'll mail the disc to you. You can use it as long as you want. I have the book and I'm way past that point anyway where I need it to review. Let me know what's going on.

[JohnHenry]

Stky,
Bought it already an compressed it and emailed it to you. But I think you are going to need the physical disc anyway as I downloaded the disc to my computer and I can't run the file without the disc in the computer. Open the email and see if it will open and run for you. Let me know what happens an if you can get it to run. If not send me your address an I'll mail the disc to you. You can use it as long as you want. I have the book and I'm way past that point anyway where I need it to review. Let me know what's going on.

Can't you get a refund? I just check my email and I do not have new mail from you. I will check later today after I go hang out at the mall for a few hours.

Um on your computer do you have to put the disc in every time you run the program? If you don't then I don't need the disk to run it if you copy all the files including the hidden files.

[IIC]

I have my fair share of being a bad bad kid but I have to at least show respect for my parents. Hey, I attached a winzip file for you so you don't have to buy it. Just select the 30 day trial.

Heck...I had my share of duties when I was young...However, as far as being Bad...You can be as bad as you want...The Key is to not get caught...Heck...I was Captain of the Varsity Ditching Team in High School and I got a scholarship to college...Although I figure if I'd actually done any academic work in High School I'd probably have gotten a scholarship from a Private College....Doug(IIC)

[skiracer]

Can't you get a refund? I just check my email and I do not have new mail from you. I will check later today after I go hang out at the mall for a few hours.

Um on your computer do you have to put the disc in every time you run the program? If you don't then I don't need the disk to run it if you copy all the files including the hidden files.

That's what I was trying to say. I made a copy of the disc to my c drive an I can't open it or get it to play without putting the disc in. I already zipped the folder an emailed it to you so you should have the email with the copy but it won't do any good as you will need the disc. Send your address an I will send you the physical disc. Keep it as long as it takes or you want to keep it. I have the book and don't need the disc or the info on it.

[JohnHenry]

I've traded OIH on several occassions over the last 6 months with success. I think what propels it at this time are geo-political events such as what is going on it the middle east right now. I don't trade it to stay in it long term but to catch a short term trend. That Morpheus site is a great site with plenty of sound technical info for someone like yourself. Understanding the ETF's and which ones are strong at the moment will develope a sense for finding the leading sectors at any given time. The ETF's for those sectors and the basket of stocks that make up those sectors will provide plenty of good trading setups an opportunities.

WOW that price is too high even for paper trading.

[skiracer]

WOW that price is too high even for paper trading.

I wasn't suggesting that you subscribe to their services at this time but to use the free parts of their site for your benefit. There is plenty there if you take the time to check the site out. Also you could take a free 1 month trial to both the Wagner Daily, which deals with ETF's, and the Stalk Sheet, which deals with stocks. It's a good opportunity to see pros in action an how they analyze charts for swing trades. You seem to be a pretty open minded and bright kid take it for what it is worth.
Did you get that email?

[Rob]

Are you using a Wi-Fi laptop? Be careful ... Wi-Fi Cards Expose Laptops to Hackers (http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=003000AMB6SX).

[JohnHenry]

Are you using a Wi-Fi laptop? Be careful ... Wi-Fi Cards Expose Laptops to Hackers (http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=003000AMB6SX).


Or (World Interoperability for Microwave Access). This architecture has a range up to 25 miles with a data rate of 450 Mbps versus wi-fi of 40-50 Mbps maximum. At that range I can log into my school network from home. FREE Internet Service.

[Rob]

Just downloaded and installed MSIE v7.0.5700.6. I think it's pretty cool. Different look and feel. New options. Check it out (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie).

[Websman]

Heck...I had my share of duties when I was young...However, as far as being Bad...You can be as bad as you want...The Key is to not get caught...Heck...I was Captain of the Varsity Ditching Team in High School and I got a scholarship to college...Although I figure if I'd actually done any academic work in High School I'd probably have gotten a scholarship from a Private College....Doug(IIC)

I grew a few plants when I was a kid... Was that bad???

[Websman]

Just downloaded and installed MSIE v7.0.5700.6. I think it's pretty cool. Different look and feel. New options. Check it out (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie).

I just downloaded it... It'll take a little getting used to, but I think I'm going to like it.

[Rob]

I just downloaded it... It'll take a little getting used to, but I think I'm going to like it.The thing I like best so far is the ability to open numerous Web pages simultaneously and switch back and forth between them easily by using the tabs. That is very cool indeed!

[ParkTwain]

I have used nothing but Firefox for a long time. Also has the tabs feature. I find Firefox's bookmarks list much easier to work with.

A key convenience issue with Firefox is that it can't run some pages (like video found on CNN's pages) that have an embedded Windows Media Player applet. (Sometimes this is due to intentional IE-only interoperability in a Windows HTTP server.) But the YouTube-type player on any page runs great.

Can't stand IE. Would always use Netscape over IE in the past. I have never understood how IE determines a sort order for my bookmarks, and it pushes an edited bookmark title to the bottom the list. Bad move, IE!

[Rob]

Firefox is OK as an alternative. But a couple years ago I was writing HTML pages that had certain elements aligned with inline style commands. In IE and Netscape these elements lined up perfectly, but Firefox just couldn't seem to get it right.

For example, if you place a 100-pixel-wide element 50 pixels from the left side of the window, and then place another element 150 pixels from the left side of the window, there shouldn't be any gap between the two elements. Netscape and IE got it right; Firefox did not. My thought at the time was that if the Firefox programmers couldn't even get something that simple right, what else have they screwed up? I therefore rarely use it.

I tried Netscape a few times and for some reason was never comfortable with it; it always seemed overly complex and counter-intuitive to me. I always went back to IE.

From your statement, "Can't stand IE," it sounds to me, Park, like you are one of those who just dislikes Microsoft. There really isn't that much to dislike about IE. The bookmarks list thing is pretty minor in the overall picture. I mean, you can put them in any order you want and they will stay that way, or else you can right click and sort them alphabetically. :confused:

I guess my philosophy about such things, in a nutshell, is: stay open-minded and follow the path of least resistance.

[skiracer]

I grew a few plants when I was a kid... Was that bad???

This is a funny story. Your post brought it back to my mind. There were two brothers who were very good friends of mine. I'll call them Lou and Jim. Lou was the older and touch as nails as they were dirt poor growing up. Jimmy grew up very street smart and cunning. Early on they were always doing anything to make money. Lou had the paper route and Jimmy was on the hustle. It didn't take them long before Jimmy was realizing the profit in marijuana and the sale of it. These two brothers were about 8/9 years younger than me so weren't in my inner circle but I knew them from being in the same larger cirlce of associates. Over the years any number of us would interact in all kinds of deals and levels and Lou and Jimmy prospered and did real well. Lou and Jimmy were brothers but not partners and Jimmy, although the younger, was always correcting Lou or disregarding Lou's ideas. But Jimmy always included Lou in his action and Lou always accepted because he knew it would be a money maker. Jimmy was the first one of us to go to down to Colombia, on the cold, just to see what was going on and how he could profit. To make a long story much shorter we all ended up prospering in Colombia and had a nice villa on the north coast that several of us lived in on an off. In those days, 1972 to around 1977, it was basically wide open down there and all you needed was a green card to go down.
Several years passed by and me and a couple of friends were living on a black woman's hog farm in the summer of 1976. She had 106 acres and about 12/13 of them were farmable and the rest was wooded. We were going to try to do an organic farming adventure and market the produce at a couple of locations around the area. We all had plenty of cash and real jobs weren't even considered so we had plenty of time on our hands. We had bought several pieces of antiquated farm equipment and were in the process of levelling the farmable land. Lou and Jimmy were regular visitors, as were about a hundred of other long haired psyedellic stoned knomes we knew and didn't know that wanted to hang out and help with the farm work for pot and food and a place to crash occassionally. We accomadated all of them. We had set up a large old army tent, 20 x 30, that were were calling home at the time. Liza's house, if you wanted to call it that, had no heat or running water or bathroom facilities. She had about 10 dogs that would run in an out of the house at their leisure as they were no closing door either.
But I stray from my original story. Lou and Jimmy were always around and they thought for sure that I was growing pot for profit somewhere in the woods or on that farm somewhere. The truth was that there were so many police around thinking the same thing that it would have been insane to even try to do anything illegal. Besides the farm work was the hardest thing I ever did and turned out to be a whole lot more than I considered initially.
Lou and Jim couldn't get the idea of my growing pot out of their head and this is what they went and did. They found themselves a small isolated farm somewhere in Monmouth county NJ and out in the back somewhere they cleared off a considerable area, put in a simple irrigation system and grew about two acres of pot. For the entire summer they disappeared. Like smoke in the wind they were out of touch for the entire summer without a word. No one knew where they went or what they were doing and it was on everyone's mind as to what was going on.
The farm was a success as far as the produce growning. I had more than I could handle and ended up growning 25 hogs of my own because of all the rotted vegetables that we couldn't get off the vines or plants and to our markets. It took a ton of work and time so I really didn't miss Lou or Jim to much. In the meantime their crop was doing great and a long time later I saw photos of the farm and the crop. The plants were 7/8 ft. tall and very bushy.
After our season was done my buddies stayed on at Liza's place for quite awhile into October when Jimmy stops by out of the clear blue sky and tells me what he has been doing all summer and that he is sitting on quite a bit of product himself. Like the movie makers he was looking for distribution help and was just talking to people he knew and trusted. Anyway he offers me the chance to look at the farm but I don't need to do that but was open to doing business whenever he was. I don't hear from Jimmy or Lou for a couple of weeks when I'm reading a clip in the Asbury Park Press about two brothers who got caught growing pot out in Manalapan, NJ in Monmouth county. It seems that as they were pulling out of their driveway with a pickup loaded full with marijuana, they happenned to pull out in front of an normal looking unmarked car that was a NJ State police officer. He stopped them and was quoted as saying that as soon as he got out of his car the stench of something recognizable as marijuana was overwhelming. Lou was driving with Jimmy in the passenger seat. The rest is history.
This is part of a much larger story that I have been working on over the last year or so. It's in a rough draft stage so please forgive the spelling and some of the sentence structure. This is still in a rough stage.

[billyjoe]

Ski,
I would have no knowledge of that , but now I'm told just a hand full of plants can be spotted from the air by infrared sensors or some such thing and there's nowhere to hide.

-------------billyjoe

[peanuts]

Ski,
I would have no knowledge of that , but now I'm told just a hand full of plants can be spotted from the air by infrared sensors or some such thing and there's nowhere to hide.

-------------billyjoe

cops have too much time on their hands. Aren't there real criminals running amok somewhere? sheesh

[eliaskane]

I tried Netscape a few times and for some reason was never comfortable with it; it always seemed overly complex and counter-intuitive to me. I always went back to IE.

From your statement, "Can't stand IE," it sounds to me, Park, like you are one of those who just dislikes Microsoft. There really isn't that much to dislike about IE. [...]

I guess my philosophy about such things, in a nutshell, is: stay open-minded and follow the path of least resistance.

So many of these things come down to matters of taste. I went the Netscape - Mozilla - Firefox route and never looked back. Firefox does great for 99% of everything out there on the Web. IE is behind the times when it comes to things like tabbed browsing and popup blockers. Firefox is much better at standards compliance.

The only times I need Internet Explorer are a) to run the screener on MSN Money Central and b) at work, to run a handful of web-based applications that are Microsoft-only. Other than that I follow my preference, and it's okay if yours is different, no Microsoft loving or hating necessary.

[skiracer]

Ski,
I would have no knowledge of that , but now I'm told just a hand full of plants can be spotted from the air by infrared sensors or some such thing and there's nowhere to hide.

-------------billyjoe
Billyjoe,

This story happened a long time ago. I just thought it ironic and funny that after all that work they pulled out in front of a cop at the last minute. It's certainly not a condemnation of the police or anything like that. They both went to prison for that escapade. Non-violent crime but still a crime. The technology has certainly advanced since that time. I guess it wasn't that funny after all.

[diogenes]

This is a funny story.
[B]This is part of a much larger story that I have been working on over the last year or so. It's in a rough draft stage so please forgive the spelling and some of the sentence structure. This is still in a rough stage.

Wow, sounds like a very interesting time and was a fun read.
Thanks.

[ParkTwain]

What I dislike is the smothering of innovation that has occurred for the last 10+ years in the computing world due to the Microsoft monopoly. All the innovation has come from the WWW, open source community, and similar user-driven movements. Microsoft "earned" its monopoly status, so that's not subject to debate. But look at the consequences. I have worked in the high tech field since 1980. I have programmed everything from mainframes, several kinds of minicomputers, and PCs, etc. etc. Microsoft's dominance has drastically slowed the rate of innovation in the industry. Standardization (whether formal or de facto) is also important to disseminating the results of technological innovation. Microsoft's products have provided de facto standards in several areas of computing, but today they function as the "floor" of functionality in most IT sectors. Microsoft does gradually raise that floor, but not due to competitive pressures in most cases.

Did you guys see the news about the EU threatening to sue Microsoft due to the poor quality of their API documentation? :) Poor documentation of the means for other software systems to interoperate with Windows puts another area of drag on the growth (other than Microsoft's own) of the industry.

http://thecontentwrangler.com/article/microsoft_api_manual_so_disorganized_its_deemed_us eless/
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May 25, 2006
In 2004, European Union (EU) regulators ordered Microsoft to produce a “workable” programming manual that would allow companies that use other operating systems (like Linux) to utilize the “grammar rules” needed to build software programs that could communicate with Microsoft products. Microsoft complied with the request, which was part of the an EU anti-trust lawsuit against the softare giant, but not to the satisfaction of regulators. The EU asked Microsoft to rewrite the manual because they were “dismayed with its length and its disorganization”
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http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/979&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

[skiracer]

Wow, sounds like a very interesting time and was a fun read.
Thanks.

It was an interesting time and will be a great read if I ever get it all down. Almost Damon Runyonesque in it's similarity to a bunch of "Guys and Dolls" characters. Webs post just reminded me of this story so I had to tell it. I condensed this one alot because of the time and space element but the whole story of that period, and this particular story is just a tiny part of that summer, is a much better and funnier read in the context of the whole story. I started trying to put it all together at the beginning of this year an intend on posting some of the parts as I finish them just to get some feedback. This one wasn't finished and would be much better in a finished state with the spelling and sentence structure fine tuned.
I should have posted it on my own thread though. I think I may have posted another earlier story regarding Liza, the black lady with the hog farm, and my how my relationship started and developed with her. It's somewhere in my thread. She was in her 90's when this took place.

[billyjoe]

ski,
An interesting story , parts of it Cheech and Chongish. Entrepeneurs have to start somewhere. I remember selling used "rare" United States commemorative postage stamps during recess in 5th grade for 1 to 8 cents each.

------------billyjoe

[DSteckler]

www.ccleaner.com

Fixes registry errors and does a whole lot more.

[IIC]

I just installed my new Virus software...I used to use Norton but one time I still got a virus that completely destroyed Norton. Then I switched to TrendMicro which I liked but I had a lot of problems with updates.

Today I installed AntiCyberCrime from Secure Resolutions. I ran a scan and it found one...but it was not a serious one.

Anyone else have experience with AntiCyberCrime?...Doug(IIC)

[IIC]

My computer seems to be running super fast now...Just like the guy on the radio said... I even went out for a coupla hours and when I got home my wife asked me "Did you do something to the computer...It is really fast?

So far I like this thing...IIC

[peanuts]

My computer seems to be running super fast now...Just like the guy on the radio said... I even went out for a coupla hours and when I got home my wife asked me "Did you do something to the computer...It is really fast?

So far I like this thing...IIC

What are you talking about?

[IIC]

What are you talking about?


See my previous post about the virus software...Jeff Levy on the radio says it is the best...not only the best virus protection but he said it makes your computer run at optimal speed too...So far...so good.

He is on the radio here on the weekends...here is his site:

http://www.jefflevy.com/default.aspx

I listen to him when I'm driving around on weekends...He has a lot of nice computer tips...Doug

[thebign1]

Doug, Check out Kim Komando........much prettier than Levy!

Regards, Norm

http://www.komando.com/

[IIC]

Doug, Check out Kim Komando........much prettier than Levy!

Regards, Norm

http://www.komando.com/

Not bad...Catchy name too...Doug

[Rob]

Not bad...Catchy name too...DougAnd she says it's not made up; it's her real name. I listen to Kim Komando's show frequently. She knows her stuff.

[Mary]

And she says it's not made up; it's her real name. I listen to Kim Komando's show frequently. She knows her stuff.

The first time I heard the Kim Komando show (she has just recently been added to the line-up on the talk radio station I listen to), I thought I was listening to a dude until there was a commercial break and I learned I was listening to Kim Komando. She has a very deep voice for a female.

[alice4321us]

I listen to her on Saturday afternoons on Talk radio here in Albany. She has some awesome information on that website.

[Rob]

Here's a link to Microsoft's Web page (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583) that lists all the cool keyboard shortcuts available on WIN XP. Most of these will work on earlier versions of Windows as well. I give this one http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/images/icons/icon14.gif two thumbs up.

[IIC]

Here's a link to Microsoft's Web page (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/301583) that lists all the cool keyboard shortcuts available on WIN XP. Most of these will work on earlier versions of Windows as well. I give this one http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/images/icons/icon14.gif http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/images/icons/icon14.gif two thumbs up.


Funny...'cause I just posted this in response to you at the POTW thread:

Glad you brought that up...I rarely use keyboard shortcuts 'cause I never remember them...So I just found this handy little list:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126449

Here's another one that also includes Opera, Firefox and Mac

http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/keyboard

[IIC]

ooooh...I just love all these little shortcuts...a real timesaver...now I can post more ;)

[ringo69]

Another browser. Good for public computer (library or internet cafe) or office use - when you do not want to have cookies, history, malware and other such items downloaded onto the computer you are using.

http://www.browzar.com/index.html

[peanuts]

Hey, Can someone help me out this morning...

Please check whether stockcharts.com is working. I can't seem to get to the site.

Thanks

[peanuts]

Hey, Can someone help me out this morning...

Please check whether stockcharts.com is working. I can't seem to get to the site.

Thanks

geez-o-man :rolleyes:

How long does it take to check it out and help me?

[peanuts]

geez-o-man :rolleyes:

How long does it take to check it out and help me?

still waiting...

Why do you torture poor peanuts? :(

[Rob]

Hey, Can someone help me out this morning...

Please check whether stockcharts.com is working. I can't seem to get to the site.

ThanksNot working here.

[peanuts]

Not working here.

Thank you Rob. You saved me from tearing out my hair.

btw: It probably only took you about 2 minutes to check out the site and then respond to my post, huh?

[riverbabe]

Still not working here.

[peanuts]

Still not working here.

Thanks, Babe :)

Do you know of any other free charting service with similar features? Yahoo charts aren't that great, and I don't really care for TD Ameritrade's, either.

[DSteckler]

Try http://clearstation.etrade.com/ Use the ineractive charting choice from the drop down menu.

[peanuts]

Try http://clearstation.etrade.com/ Use the ineractive charting choice from the drop down menu.

Thanks, Dave

I especially like the "Huge" option :D

[Rob]

Do you know of any other free charting service with similar features? Yahoo charts aren't that great, and I don't really care for TD Ameritrade's, either.Bigcharts.com (http://www.bigcharts.com/)

Use the "Advanced Chart" features to create some awesome charts. It doesn't have all the same features as Stockcharts.com, but it has some that SC doesn't. E.g. you're allowed to create charts with all data, vs. only 3 years back in the freebie version of Stockcharts. Also has Rolling EPS and P/E for lower indicators, which SC does not have. Other stuff too. You'll see if you check it out.

[peanuts]

Bigcharts.com (http://www.bigcharts.com/)

Use the "Advanced Chart" features to create some awesome charts. It doesn't have all the same features as Stockcharts.com, but it has some that SC doesn't. E.g. you're allowed to create charts with all data, vs. only 3 years back in the freebie version of Stockcharts. Also has Rolling EPS and P/E for lower indicators, which SC does not have. Other stuff too. You'll see if you check it out.

cool :cool:

Thanks, Rob. The rolling EPS and P/E indicators are groovy

btw: StockCharts.com still does not work

[missmoneymaker]

I agree with you on the Lavasoft, and I recommend installing at least one other Spyware program..Microsoft offers Windows Defender at its site, or there's Spybot, etc etc..They say it's good to have 2 spyware programs, because just 1 can't catch every type of spyware..

Microsoft also offers a cool program called "Sync Toy" I've used, it lets you easily do backups of files..helpful for backing up important data to a external drive..etc