----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2011 9:57 AM Subject: [COMPUTERS] PC Matic > Does anyone know anything about the above program? It sounds so great on > their website and on TV, but my computer is working so poorly I hesitate > to > download anything else, since I think it is probably something I have > downloaded which is causing the problems. PC Matic is a SCAM. NO ONE can realistically promise you that they can speed up your computer without knowing WHAT you have, and how you run it.

Hi, I am using Firefox Version 3. I just started using Facebook and I can't get my chat sounds to work. The one that alerts you when you receive a chat message. I have tried all the suggestions that I could find. Chat sounds are enabled. Thanks, Joe

This problem started occurring recently When I finishcopy and pasting in Open Office document and then hit ENTER often a dark double line appears and several if I hold down the Enter key too long. Then I have to go to EDIT on the Menu and Undo, but I can't move down to enter something else without it happening again. ; . This is so annoying because I will use lot of ink when I print out the document. It doesn't happen in evefry Open Office doc that I open. Has anyone experienced this? Thanks for any6 thought how to stop this. Joan

Sorry, but softwareindustryreport.com is not a Trusted Site on Web of Trust... You have pointed this user to a site that is very suspect. http://www.mywot.com/en/scorecard/softwareindustryreport.com Site design is a mess, review pages not listed on the "home" page "home page" reviews that fail to lead to the site being "reviewed" LOL and the English is poor... " In my experience, it is almost always the user who causes their system to have problems when using "registry cleaners". I believe that the concept is a solid one, but, YES, the user cannot indiscriminately delete files or registry entries without knowing what they are used. Registry cleaning and optimizing has a place in the IT Toolbox, but MUST be used carefully. So, with all due respect... I do not concur with your opinion of Registry cleaners. Regards... On Sun, Dec 11, 2011 at 11:19 AM, David C Abernathy <[email protected]> wrote: > > (Changed subject) > I would NEVER use any of these "Registry Cleaners" as all they really do is > mess up ones machines. Sooner or later you are going to find something is > missing and your machine can not perform the function that is needed. > > Have a read here http://softwareindustryreport.com/report/aro-2011.html > > Thanks, > David C Abernathy > Email disclaimers > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com > == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Joan Arc > Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:05 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] COMPUTERS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 241 > > Has anyone downloaded ARO 2011?  I did the trial and don't know if this is a > good one for cleaning the registry and other > > I WOULD welcome any remarks on this since I am not techie when it comes to > doing this kind of cleanup, etc that they claim to do. > >    Thank you, >     Joan > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] > > [mailto:[email protected]] > > On Behalf Of bob gillis > > Sent:  Friday, December 09, 2011 12:59 PM > > To: Computers;  [email protected] > > Subject: [COMPUTERS] MS automatic  Update > > > > This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic > > Update enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows > > Security Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled > > and  have any > had > > bad experiences due to it? > > > > bob  gillis > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > To contact the COMPUTERS list administrator, send an email to > > [email protected] > > > > To post a message to the COMPUTERS mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > > > __________________________________________________________ > > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] > > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the > body of the > > email with no additional text. > > > > > > End of COMPUTERS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 241 > > ***************************************** > > > > -- > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on > the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -- -------- K. Ross [email protected]

On 12/10/2011 8:59 AM, Vanessa Stern wrote: Either Earthlink or Vanessa's QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.1.0.9 requires that I have to highlight the message body for it to be quoted in my Thunderbird reply. That I will not do. In answer to her comment, I have AVG and malwarebytes running. I ran malwarebytes on Friday and it found no infections. Another result say that MS has stepped up it security actions. bob gillis

Hi Janet I tend to find that the default position with any ISP or major software supplier is that it is never their fault and always someone elses They will often suggest entirely spurious reasons for reinstalling theirs or anothers software more in hope that it fixes the problem than a reasoned response Its akin to "switch it off and back on again" (which granted does often work <g>) however its none to scientific I think you would agree I would not see an update changing the ability to sign onto a given website, that sounds more like a cookie being deleted that you would wish to keep Have you tried Ccleaner? In the case of the difficult to enter web site, have you tried from another computer? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Thanks for the message. I went to "Windows Secrets" and have been reading > it and it is easy to understand and sounds helpful. I clean out my cache > file and run disk cleanup on a regular basis but when Windows updates my > computer I can read the updates but haven't a clue what they are doing.

Yesterday for some reason, My Favorites all disappeared. Any ideas about why, where they went, and most importantly, how to retrieve them? Thanks.</HTML>

Hi Nivard, In the past when AOL wanted me to change files or let them into my computer to make the changes themselves, I never allowed it and in time the problem solved itself. Both the site manager and myself believe it is also a missing cookie that is the problem. I don't know how to correct this. I was able to enter the site by using my laptop and Internet Explorer. I use road runner on my laptop with a different email name and password but when I accessed the site I wanted, I used my AOL address and password name, I entered the site without a problem which I think tells me it is AOL's problem, not mine. I can also use AOL on my laptop and access the site OK. I talked at length with two different techs at AOL but they don't get it. I don't use CCleaner, I use something called Disk Cleanup which a tech working on my computer years ago installed for me and it has always done a good job without a problem. Thanks for your response and suggestions. I have often used the "switch off and switch on" to correct problems in the past and often it has worked but not this time. Janet In a message dated 12/11/2011 6:08:16 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Janet I tend to find that the default position with any ISP or major software supplier is that it is never their fault and always someone elses They will often suggest entirely spurious reasons for reinstalling theirs or anothers software more in hope that it fixes the problem than a reasoned response Its akin to "switch it off and back on again" (which granted does often work <g>) however its none to scientific I think you would agree I would not see an update changing the ability to sign onto a given website, that sounds more like a cookie being deleted that you would wish to keep Have you tried Ccleaner? In the case of the difficult to enter web site, have you tried from another computer? Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > Thanks for the message. I went to "Windows Secrets" and have been reading > it and it is easy to understand and sounds helpful. I clean out my cache > file and run disk cleanup on a regular basis but when Windows updates my > computer I can read the updates but haven't a clue what they are doing. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. Remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

(Changed subject) I would NEVER use any of these "Registry Cleaners" as all they really do is mess up ones machines. Sooner or later you are going to find something is missing and your machine can not perform the function that is needed. Have a read here http://softwareindustryreport.com/report/aro-2011.html Thanks, David C Abernathy Email disclaimers ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This message represents the official view of the voices in my head. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.SchmeckAbernathy.com == All outgoing and incoming mail is scanned by F-Prot Antivirus  == -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Joan Arc Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] COMPUTERS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 241 Has anyone downloaded ARO 2011? I did the trial and don't know if this is a good one for cleaning the registry and other I WOULD welcome any remarks on this since I am not techie when it comes to doing this kind of cleanup, etc that they claim to do. Thank you, Joan > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of bob gillis > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:59 PM > To: Computers; [email protected] > Subject: [COMPUTERS] MS automatic Update > > This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic > Update enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows > Security Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled > and have any had > bad experiences due to it? > > bob gillis > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COMPUTERS list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the COMPUTERS mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of COMPUTERS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 241 > ***************************************** -- :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. Remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thanks for the message. I went to "Windows Secrets" and have been reading it and it is easy to understand and sounds helpful. I clean out my cache file and run disk cleanup on a regular basis but when Windows updates my computer I can read the updates but haven't a clue what they are doing. Sometimes I am missing a file afterwards or have difficulty entering a site using my password. Right now I cannot enter one site with my name and password although I can enter every other site where I am registered. AOL has given me instructions to reinstall AOL in order to correct this problem but the site owner and myself believe that AOL itself is the problem and must correct it on its own rather than have me reinstall AOL. In the meantime I just received my notice to pay my dues for another year which I intend to do because it is a good site and holds an interest for me. Janet In a message dated 12/10/2011 11:07:37 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I subscribe to a newsletter called "Windows Secrets" that always tells me which updates are likely to be bad for my system. I've subscribed to it for years... :) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] MS automatic Update I wish I knew how to do that because they have messed up my other programs from time to time. In a message dated 12/10/2011 6:45:26 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have my updates set to alert me when they are ready to download. I then check what's available and only download the ones I choose. For me, it's safer because I don't get bad updates that mess up other programs on my system. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bob gillis Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:59 PM To: Computers; [email protected] Subject: [COMPUTERS] MS automatic Update This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic Update enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows Security Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled and have any had bad experiences due to it? bob gillis :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. Remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Has anyone downloaded ARO 2011? I did the trial and don't know if this is a good one for cleaning the registry and other I WOULD welcome any remarks on this since I am not techie when it comes to doing this kind of cleanup, etc that they claim to do. Thank you, Joan > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of bob gillis > Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:59 PM > To: Computers; [email protected] > Subject: [COMPUTERS] MS automatic Update > > This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic Update > enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows Security > Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled and have any had > bad experiences due to it? > > bob gillis > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the COMPUTERS list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the COMPUTERS mailing list, send an email to [email protected] > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of COMPUTERS Digest, Vol 6, Issue 241 > ***************************************** --

I wish I knew how to do that because they have messed up my other programs from time to time. In a message dated 12/10/2011 6:45:26 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have my updates set to alert me when they are ready to download. I then check what's available and only download the ones I choose. For me, it's safer because I don't get bad updates that mess up other programs on my system. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bob gillis Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:59 PM To: Computers; [email protected] Subject: [COMPUTERS] MS automatic Update This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic Update enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows Security Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled and have any had bad experiences due to it? bob gillis :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. Remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:

I subscribe to a newsletter called "Windows Secrets" that always tells me which updates are likely to be bad for my system. I've subscribed to it for years... :) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Saturday, December 10, 2011 6:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] MS automatic Update I wish I knew how to do that because they have messed up my other programs from time to time. In a message dated 12/10/2011 6:45:26 P.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: I have my updates set to alert me when they are ready to download. I then check what's available and only download the ones I choose. For me, it's safer because I don't get bad updates that mess up other programs on my system. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bob gillis Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:59 PM To: Computers; [email protected] Subject: [COMPUTERS] MS automatic Update This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic Update enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows Security Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled and have any had bad experiences due to it? bob gillis

I have my updates set to alert me when they are ready to download. I then check what's available and only download the ones I choose. For me, it's safer because I don't get bad updates that mess up other programs on my system. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of bob gillis Sent: Friday, December 09, 2011 12:59 PM To: Computers; [email protected] Subject: [COMPUTERS] MS automatic Update This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic Update enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows Security Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled and have any had bad experiences due to it? bob gillis

On 12/9/2011 3:58 PM, I wrote: > This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic Update > enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows Security > Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled and have any had > bad experiences due to it? From the replies received on both lists I turned on Automatic Updates to notify me but not download or install. The icon has disappeared from my Task Bar. bob gillis

Hi Bob I use XP and have auto updates switched on (I don't trust my memory :-) I have no issues bar one On occasion it updates and part of the process requires a reboot, it warns that it will close and reboot in say 15 minutes and do you want to reboot immediately (you can choose to put that off but it will come back after a period), all well and good if you are at the PC but if you happen to go out of the room for those 15 minutes it will close and reboot, losing any open windows (which are saved if using Firefox) and any open unfinished emails or notes Thats the only annoyance I have but as it happens so infrequently its not really that much of an inconvenience Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic Update > enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows Security > Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled and have any had > bad experiences due to it? > > bob gillis

I also us XP and I have my updates set to take place at 3 AM, so that I am not caught in the middle of anything unfinished when it needs to reboot. My computer will be turned off at night and XP will turn it on at 3 AM to update reboot and in the morning I will see that Windows has updated my computer as I will need to turn it log on again. Janet In a message dated 12/10/2011 8:21:54 A.M. Central Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Bob I use XP and have auto updates switched on (I don't trust my memory :-) I have no issues bar one On occasion it updates and part of the process requires a reboot, it warns that it will close and reboot in say 15 minutes and do you want to reboot immediately (you can choose to put that off but it will come back after a period), all well and good if you are at the PC but if you happen to go out of the room for those 15 minutes it will close and reboot, losing any open windows (which are saved if using Firefox) and any open unfinished emails or notes Thats the only annoyance I have but as it happens so infrequently its not really that much of an inconvenience Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic Update > enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows Security > Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled and have any had > bad experiences due to it? > > bob gillis :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. Remember to SNIP when replying. :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I think you have picked up a virus. Google "Windows Security Alerts" and you'll see. At 03:58 PM 12/9/2011, you wrote: >This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic Update >enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows Security >Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled and have any had >bad experiences due to it? > >bob gillis

This AM a balloon popped up stating that I do not have Automatic Update enabled. On my task bar there is now a little shield Windows Security Alerts. Do most on this list have Automatic Update enabled and have any had bad experiences due to it? bob gillis

I'm afraid to download Picasa. Someone talked me into it once before and it created a mess...it found every picture on my hard drive including some in temporary files, those that appeared in ads as I surfed the Internet, too much for me to handle. Getting rid of all this stuff was such a hassle that I uninstalled it. I just don't see Picasa as an option for trying to compare two pictures and no more. I guess I'm too old for this, and sorry to create all this discussion on the list. I would accept an offer for someone to look at my two scans and offer an opinion. Lila ---------------------------------------- > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2011 19:22:00 +0000 > Subject: Re: [COMPUTERS] Photo comparison software > > Hi Lila > > As I said previously. it was not something I looked for, it in fact found me <g> > > But as far as I recall it did a scan for all photos when I started Picasa for the first time and > gave the option to add names > > See > <http://picasa.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en-GB&answer=156272&ctx=cb&src=cb&cbid=601ry9xhglfb> > > It does not alrer the original but keeps its own copy with your changes or annotations > > Nivard Ovington in Cornwall (UK) > > > > > > Thanks for all the interest about my dilemma. I looked at Picassa and evidently don't understand > > terminology or something...I just didn't see what I was looking for. > > > > Can someone give baby steps so I an compare a picture of a (known) great-grandmother aged perhaps > > 55, with an unlabeled photo of an aged woman? > > > > I know some of you guys see 55 as aged, but the older I get the older "aged" is. :-) > > > > Lila > > > > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > Please refrain from posting commercial URLs and from discussing prices on the list. > > Remember to SNIP when replying. > > :-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~:-~: > > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message