Sheepers! Help! Question: should I be thinking about a new computer? I bought my first and only 'puter September 1999. It is an IBM Aptiva, E Series 245 running Windows98. It has been used many hours every day, with few problems and no serious ones that simple solutions couldn't fix. It is now chock full of programs and files, but "system resources" says 68% free. I run ScanDisk and Defrag periodically. That most recent ScanDisk found three clusters bad. I don't like the freezes and think I get too many. Most of the time, with a freeze, nothing works except to cut the power. This morning, Windows wouldn't load, except in Safe Mode. I followed all the directions from the Help file, to no avail, until I tried restoring the Registry to the previous day's backup, and that worked. Is my computer on a downward slide, past its peak and ready for a complete crash some day soon? Is it time to get a new one? Any help would be appreciated. I know NOTHING! Sharon IBSSG

Sharon, before you buy a new machine, you might try reformatting your hard drive. Errors accumulate. And you might have some conflicts in your various softwares. The biggest problem I had was when I had both Explorer and Netscape in my computer, even though I used only Netscape as a browser. That may not be the case with your computer, just an example. But, it did cause freezes/crashes. When you say 68% of your "resources" are free, do you mean RAM or the hard drive? Websites are so graphics intensive and software is so complex now that it's hard to get by without at least 256 MB RAM and more is a lot better. It' real cheap to buy, if there's room on your motherboard for more. That is--if the type of RAM your motherboard uses is still available. That's the biggest problem with having a computer three years old: the parts change and the plug-in parts are no longer compatible with the old mother boards. It's cheaper to buy new. If you look for the best buys, you can get a good computer, just the box part, for $600-700. It doesn't have to be a "name" brand like Compaq or IBM to be good. It's usually better and cheaper to have the specific parts you want put into your computer, sort of custom made. You might also want to check to make sure your fans are working. Heat is what kills your computer. So, you want to keep it as dust free and well-ventilated as possible. I've noticed that when it overheats, there's symptoms like running slow and crashes. Fans wear out. There's only about $10 difference between a good one and a cheesy one. I have a cuple extras installed on mine, just to keep the air circulating and I keep the box on top of my desk--less dust than near the floor. Jan G. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> Reply-To: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BSChat] Need Advice About Computer Date: Thu, 30 May 2002 15:30:46 -0400 Sheepers! Help! Question: should I be thinking about a new computer? I bought my first and only 'puter September 1999. It is an IBM Aptiva, E Series 245 running Windows98. It has been used many hours every day, with few problems and no serious ones that simple solutions couldn't fix. It is now chock full of programs and files, but "system resources" says 68% free. I run ScanDisk and Defrag periodically. That most recent ScanDisk found three clusters bad. I don't like the freezes and think I get too many. Most of the time, with a freeze, nothing works except to cut the power. This morning, Windows wouldn't load, except in Safe Mode. I followed all the directions from the Help file, to no avail, until I tried restoring the Registry to the previous day's backup, and that worked. Is my computer on a downward slide, past its peak and ready for a complete crash some day soon? Is it time to get a new one? Any help would be appreciated. I know NOTHING! Sharon IBSSG ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com

In a message dated 5/29/2002 1:23:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, halltown_tn1951@yahoo.com writes: > Am I stupid or computer illiterate? I just found the neatest little thing > for searching LONG documents, pedigrees, or speeches. You hit control then > the letter f and it gives you a box to fill out where you can put a name or > word and it will look for them over and over again. > > Talking about a helpful shortcut. *smile* WOW. You can usually find it also under EDIT, at the top of most text programs. There are many "Control shortcuts" Control+ the following P= Print C= COPY to the clipboard V=Paste text from the clipboard X= CUT the text to the clipboard R= Refresh in some applications A= "select all" HOLDING DOWN the LEFT mouse button and dragging across text "highlights, and RIGHT clicking opens the EDIT window, where you can choose cut, copy, paste, etc. Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)

Re: Ashcroft and the semi-bare statue I know next to nothing about John Ashcroft, but I got curious about this issue. Here's the other side of the story: <<Photographers have gone to great lengths in the past to capture the scantily-clad female statue in the background as the Justice Department's top brass addressed the world's press. Mr Ashcroft has been photographed speaking in front of her several times since the 11 September attacks. Hired drapes have previously hung in front of both statues for formal events, such as President George W Bush's visit to name the building after assassinated former attorney-general, Robert Kennedy. This was done for "aesthetic" reasons, according to Justice Department spokesman Shane Hix, who said the drapes provided a pleasant background for television cameras. But on Monday the department announced that it had taken a "cost effective" decision to buy the curtains, which cost around $2,000 to hire. ABC News reported that the decision was taken at the request of the conservative Mr Ashcroft himself. But Justice Department spokeswoman Barbara Comstock said Mr Ashcroft knew nothing of the investment. "He has more important things to worry about than what appears in the pictures," she said. The drapes are reported to have been hanging since Monday, drawing to a close the sport of photographers who infamously sprawled on the floor to snap the former Attorney General Edwin Meese holding aloft his report on pornography in front of the female statue. >> So, according to those who should know, Ashcroft--who may very well have some other quirks, if the stories are correct--was not involved in this decision. (If the statue bothered him so much, I doubt that he would have had his photo taken in front of it so many times since 9/11 without it being covered.) And it looks like the only ones who thought of the exposed part as a "tit" were the photographers, past and present. As usual, it's much ado about nothing. Jan G. <<So now, John, you can be photographed while you stand there and talk about guns and bombs and poisons without that breast appearing over your right shoulder, without that bodacious bosom bothering you and we just wanted to tell you in the spirit of justice, in the spirit of truth, John, there is still one very big boob left standing there in that picture.>> _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com

The following is a letter read by Claire Braz-Valentine, the author, at this year's In Celebration of the Muse, Cabrillo College. It is worth knowing that the author is a woman of 60+ years, conservatively dressed and obviously quite talented. Shirley: bobert@i-1.net AN OPEN LETTER TO JOHN ASHCROFT, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES On January 28, 2002, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced that he spent $8,000 of taxpayer's money for drapes to cover up the exposed breast of The Spirit of Justice, an 18 ft aluminum statue of a woman that stands in the Department of Justice's Hall of Justice. John, John, John, you've got your priorities all wrong. While men fly airplanes into skyscrapers, dive bomb the pentagon, while they stick explosives into their shoes, and then book a seat right next to us, while they hide knives in their luggage, steal kids on school buses, take little girls from their beds at night, drive trucks into our state capital buildings, while our president calls dangerous men all over the world evil doers and devils, while we live in the threat of biological warfare, nuclear destruction, annihilation, you are out buying yardage to save Americans from the appalling alarming, abominable aluminum alloy of evil, that terrible ten foot tin tittie. You might not be able to find Bin Laden, but you sure as hell found the hooter in the hall of justice. It's not that we aren't grateful. But while we were begging the women of Afghanistan to not cover up their faces, you are begging your staff members to just cover up that nipple, to save the American people from that monstrous metal mammary. How can we ever thank you? So, in your office every morning, in your secret prayer meeting, while an American woman is sexually assaulted every 6 seconds, while anthrax floats around the post office and settles in the chest of senior citizens, you've got another chest on your mind. While American sons arrive home in body bags and heat seeking missiles fly around a foreign country looking for any warm body, you think of another body. And you pray for the biggest bra in the world. John, you see that breast on the Spirit of Justice in the spirit of your own inhibited sexuality. And, when we women see our grandmothers, our mothers, our daughters, our granddaughters, our sisters, ourselves, when we women see that statue, the Spirit of Justice, we see the spirit of strength, the spirit of survival. Every day we view innocent bodies dragged out of rubble, and women and children laid out like thin limp dolls and baptized into death as collateral damage, and we see the hollow-eyed Afghani mother whose milk has dried up underneath her burka in famine, in shame, and her children are dead at her breast. While you look at that breast, John, that jug on the Spirit of Justice, and deal with your thoughts of lust and sex and nakedness, we see it as a testimony to motherhood. You see it as a tit. It's not the money it cost. It's the message you send. We've got the right to live in freedom. We've got the right to cheat Americans out of millions of dollars and then just not want to tell congress about it. We've got the right to drop bombs, night and day, on a small country that has no army, no navy, no military at all, because we've got the right to bear arms. But we just better not even think about the right to bare breasts. So now, John, you can be photographed while you stand there and talk about guns and bombs and poisons without that breast appearing over your right shoulder, without that bodacious bosom bothering you and we just wanted to tell you in the spirit of justice, in the spirit of truth, John, there is still one very big boob left standing there in that picture. =======================================================

Hi Flockmates! My buddy, the local 'puter guru, who's always quick and able to help me out when this thing goes berserk on me (frequently), is helping another friend of his with a school paper that she is writing. He asked me for my input, which I will do and also asked me to pass it along to any ladies I know. JT writes: "I am helping out a female friend whom has no interest and she is doing a research paper on the personal, emotional and physical feelings of romance on individual females, She has to contact 250 women. "I am sending this asking that you describe your personal (individual) physical and emotional feelings you associate with romance. "No names will be used in the paper at all. "Please help me to help a friend, and email me the reply to email2drjt@yahoo.com I appreciate it and I am passing all collected info (minus names and email addresses ) on to her." If there's anything that we Ewes on this List have, it is opinions! :-)) And, I know that I can count on y'all to help out in a pinch! Best, SueB

In a message dated 5/29/02 7:44:42 AM Mountain Daylight Time, CptnCal@aol.com writes: > I don't suppose this chap was in the shipping business, was he? I am > researching an "unrelated" fellow, first name Adrian, date unkown Calvin, if I remember correctly his given name was William TONKS. He is listed in the Assizes in Birmingham. He was imprisoned for breaking into a warehouse. There is a website for the early emigrants/inmates of Australia. It is among the websites I list when fighting with my computer last year. Any Aussies out there who know what this website is? Any help much appreciated. Aleta, IBSSG, Charter Member Bo-Peep Award Ogden, Utah, USA "God sent his Singers upon the Earth, With songs of Gladness and Mirth. That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them to Heaven again." --Longfellow

Nah, not stupid. It took me a long time to find that, also. You may have noticed that these computers and software are a bit deficient in instruction manuals. If you have to teach yourself, it's all trial and error learning. Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "brenda parker" <halltown_tn1951@yahoo.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:21 PM Subject: [BSChat] helpful shortcut > > Am I stupid or computer illiterate? I just found the neatest little thing for searching LONG documents, pedigrees, or speeches. You hit control then the letter f and it gives you a box to fill out where you can put a name or word and it will look for them over and over again. > > Talking about a helpful shortcut. *smile* WOW. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >

Edrie, I was having better luck with not clicking on the "find" pop-up at all to make it go away, I'd just used the "back" to return to the search engine. It seems to be semi-consistent, but varies with the number of times you have to input the search word before it remembers. And none of that makes sense--computers are more predictable than that, usually. I'm not quite sure what makes it tick. But, I liked Netscape's "find" better. Jan g. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Edrie Broughton" <etfoam@inreach.com> Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BSChat] helpful shortcut Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 14:43:43 -0700 > > I used to use Netscape so I've noticed a difference in the way that 'find' > works. In Explorer, you have to use the same word several times before it > "remembers" to fill it in automatically until changed. And then when you do > change it, it tries to continue to use the old search word. Don't know if > there's a way to fix that. With Netscape, it would "remember" the word > you're searching for until changed, and then obediently use the new search > word, without remembering the old one first. If you want it to remember hit the Cancel button instead of the upper one. Can't remember what its called. EdrieAnne ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

> > I used to use Netscape so I've noticed a difference in the way that 'find' > works. In Explorer, you have to use the same word several times before it > "remembers" to fill it in automatically until changed. And then when you do > change it, it tries to continue to use the old search word. Don't know if > there's a way to fix that. With Netscape, it would "remember" the word > you're searching for until changed, and then obediently use the new search > word, without remembering the old one first. If you want it to remember hit the Cancel button instead of the upper one. Can't remember what its called. EdrieAnne

----- Original Message ----- From: Sharon Workman <workman@dreamscape.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 1:28 PM Subject: Re: [BSChat] helpful shortcut > Nah, not stupid. It took me a long time to find that, also. You may have > noticed that these computers and software are a bit deficient in instruction > manuals. If you have to teach yourself, it's all trial and error learning. Unless you have a kid to sigh deeply as if you are retarded when they show you how to do something...again. It's almost better to avoid asking. EdrieAnne

I used to use Netscape so I've noticed a difference in the way that 'find' works. In Explorer, you have to use the same word several times before it "remembers" to fill it in automatically until changed. And then when you do change it, it tries to continue to use the old search word. Don't know if there's a way to fix that. With Netscape, it would "remember" the word you're searching for until changed, and then obediently use the new search word, without remembering the old one first. Jan g. ----Original Message Follows---- From: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> Reply-To: "Sharon Workman" <workman@dreamscape.com> To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [BSChat] helpful shortcut Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 16:28:43 -0400 Nah, not stupid. It took me a long time to find that, also. You may have noticed that these computers and software are a bit deficient in instruction manuals. If you have to teach yourself, it's all trial and error learning. Sharon IBSSG ----- Original Message ----- From: "brenda parker" <halltown_tn1951@yahoo.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 4:21 PM Subject: [BSChat] helpful shortcut > > Am I stupid or computer illiterate? I just found the neatest little thing for searching LONG documents, pedigrees, or speeches. You hit control then the letter f and it gives you a box to fill out where you can put a name or word and it will look for them over and over again. > > Talking about a helpful shortcut. *smile* WOW. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== > Unsubscribe from the list: > Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx

Yes, it's a great time saver. You can also find it under the "Edit" button, upper left corner, next to "File". I don't think ctrl-F works with Adobe files (PDF files/webpages). No shortcut there that I know of. Jan G. ----Original Message Follows---- From: brenda parker <halltown_tn1951@yahoo.com> Reply-To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com To: BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [BSChat] helpful shortcut Date: Wed, 29 May 2002 13:21:07 -0700 (PDT) Am I stupid or computer illiterate? I just found the neatest little thing for searching LONG documents, pedigrees, or speeches. You hit control then the letter f and it gives you a box to fill out where you can put a name or word and it will look for them over and over again. Talking about a helpful shortcut. *smile* WOW. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsubscribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp.

Am I stupid or computer illiterate? I just found the neatest little thing for searching LONG documents, pedigrees, or speeches. You hit control then the letter f and it gives you a box to fill out where you can put a name or word and it will look for them over and over again. Talking about a helpful shortcut. *smile* WOW. --------------------------------- Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup

In a message dated 5/29/02 11:02:03 AM Eastern Daylight Time, ScismGenie@aol.com writes: > Robin, If you have your Windows CD, you can put it in, and rerun the > setup program, it reloads all of windows in about 30 minutes, or you can > look > up which file is missing, and using the system file checker, install just > the one file. > > (Go to START, choose RUN, type in SFC and hit enter, then follow the > steps.) > Thanks Jeff, I appreciate it. Robin

In a message dated 5/29/2002 7:23:28 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Robinosborne90@cs.com writes: > When that hoax went around about the teddy bear file, I deleted it. I tried > > to > restore it to no avail. Does anyone know what I need to do to correct this > problem? I am having some problems with my graphics and think this is why. > Thanks for any idea's. > Robin > TLC IBSSG > Robin, If you have your Windows CD, you can put it in, and rerun the setup program, it reloads all of windows in about 30 minutes, or you can look up which file is missing, and using the system file checker, install just the one file. (Go to START, choose RUN, type in SFC and hit enter, then follow the steps.) If you didn't delete it completely, it may still be in your Recycle Bin. Jeffery G. Scism, IBSSG, (http://blacksheep.rootsweb.com) ~~ Coordinator, C h u r c h i l l Nevada U S G e n W e b Site Co-Coordinator, Inmontgo-L, Montgomery County, Indiana, U S G e n W e b Site manager of the following Rootsweb Lists: B l a c k s h e e p, L a n d e s, L a n d i s, P e f f l e y, S c i s m, E n d i c o t t, S h i p w r e c k, Inmontgo (Mont. Co. Indiana), NVChurch (Churchill Co. Nv.)

You might try to restore to a date before you deleted the file.... ----- Original Message ----- From: <Robinosborne90@cs.com> To: <BLACKSHEEP-CHAT-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 10:22 AM Subject: [BSChat] Re: [BS-L] could someone help me restore the jdghmgr. File Hey Sheepers: When that hoax went around about the teddy bear file, I deleted it. I tried to restore it to no avail. Does anyone know what I need to do to correct this problem? I am having some problems with my graphics and think this is why. Thanks for any idea's. Robin TLC IBSSG ==== BLACKSHEEP-CHAT Mailing List ==== Unsubscribe from the list: Mailto:Blacksheep-Chat-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe&body=unsub scribe ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.362 / Virus Database: 199 - Release Date: 5/7/2002

Hey Sheepers: When that hoax went around about the teddy bear file, I deleted it. I tried to restore it to no avail. Does anyone know what I need to do to correct this problem? I am having some problems with my graphics and think this is why. Thanks for any idea's. Robin TLC IBSSG

In a message dated 5/28/02 7:52:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time, AletaM@aol.com writes: > Mellie, thanks. There is also a TONKS who was sent to Aussieland about > 1850? > I had been looking into him for a person I met at the family History > Library. It has been a couple of years. I found what I could and sent it > on > to the person who asked. I'm thinking there is a strong possibility that > the > TONKS in and around Staffordshire are probably related, way back. BTW, the > > one I mention is mentioned in the early settlers. Apparently he served his > > time and became a fairly good citizen. > > Aleta, IBSSG, Charter Member > Bo-Peep Award > > Ogden, Utah, USA > > I don't suppose this chap was in the shipping business, was he? I am researching an "unrelated" fellow, first name Adrian, date unkown, who was sent to Oz as a prisoner and ended up a citizen in good standing. A possible last name is Tucker or Rucker. He was involved in the shipping industry on both ends of the trip. The Hunt is Afoot! Calvin B. Littlefield, IBSSG

This came from another list I'm on. For those who are interested. Aleta, IBSSG, Charter Member Bo-Peep Award Ogden, Utah, USA "God sent his Singers upon the Earth, With songs of Gladness and Mirth. That they might touch the hearts of men, And bring them to Heaven again." --Longfellow In a message dated 5/28/02 6:25:30 PM Mountain Daylight Time, decann@infi.net writes: > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EB.2ACI/249 > > Message Board Post: > > This is to let folks know of a brand new mailing list and message board on > RootsWeb. We just started this week. With a long and glorious maritime > tradition in New England, the topic of this list and board is the genealogy > and history of New England as it pertains to the seafaring community and > the ships they sailed on. I am descended from the Cann line in New England > and Nova Scotia, and many of my ancestors Captained or otherwise sailed on > many of these ships. > > I invite anyone to join us, and share our interest in this area of > genealogy. If you would care to subscribe to the list, send the usual > "subscribe" (without the quotes) message to: > > NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS-L-REQUEST@rootsweb.com for "mail" mode or > > NEW-ENGLAND-SEAFARERS-D-REQUEST@rootsweb.com for "digest" mode > > To visit the message board, go the RootsWeb Message Board home page, then > click on "browse all topics," then "occupations," and finally "Seafarers of > New England." I will be looking forward to seeing you all there. > > David E. Cann > new-england-seafarers-admin@rootsweb.com > List & Board Administrator >