At 12:29 AM 5/23/00 -0500, you wrote: >At 10:36 PM 5/22/00 -0500, Mike & Ginger Woodcock wrote: > Before, you would just push the little green button on front of the > scanner and paperport would pop open and away you go.. NOT ANYMORE.. I'm lost.. > >Check and make sure the hpsjbutton is disabled!!! > >Mari Mari, I lost that feature when I lost Paperport. DeskScan II didn't allow for that feature.. no matter now.. it is no longer installed.. The scanner is fine, not a thing wrong with it.. just can not adapt to my new unit... arghhhh naturally.. ginger Mike & Ginger Woodcock/EagleRun Australian Shepherds [email protected] http://www.eaglerun1.com Ginger's WebDesign is here to help with your Web Needs, Give us a call, or email with your questions. Remember, the purchase of an EagleRun Aussie is not the end of a Transaction, it is the Beginning of a Relationship, enjoy!! :-)

> > >Four years is like two decades in a human life for a scanner. The >technology is changing so fast, that the newer programs just do not like >to deal with old technology. In the computer area, a computer is judged a >throw away at about three years, a scanner used a lot about two to three >years, printers about two years. Mostly do to the advances in technology >that allows the programmers and computer makers to add speed and >power. This obsoletes equipment built with old technology very fast. My >last career was in High Energy Physics, and we had new technology changes >weekly at times, and was very hard to keep up. > >Jack Well, this am the computer guy took my SCSI card for my HP ScanJet5p OUT.....to prevent the temptation to try and reinstall it again and screw up the puter AGAIN.. so I have NO scanner now and need one shortly..... Any suggestions.. he told me to be sure it is 36 bit, USB, and legal size.. ginger Mike & Ginger Woodcock/EagleRun Australian Shepherds [email protected] http://www.eaglerun1.com Ginger's WebDesign is here to help with your Web Needs, Give us a call, or email with your questions. Remember, the purchase of an EagleRun Aussie is not the end of a Transaction, it is the Beginning of a Relationship, enjoy!! :-)

At 5/22/2000 08:09 PM -0700, you wrote: >If you end up getting a new scanner, think very hard about >getting a USB or SCSI scanner for the new one if you computer >has the proper ports. The ScanJet 5p was good for its day, but >is a bit long in the tooth for new computers. > >Jack I just got a new scanner. My old sheet fed one finally quit feeding. <g> I now have an Acer 640U flatbed. I had to install a USB card in my system for it, and it was a disaster!!! Had hardware conflicts all over the place. With some help, I straightened out all but one, but I don't use that port anyway, so it could wait. Anyway, even though I haven't had much time to work with the new scanner, I did get to play for a while one evening. So far, I like it! Has anyone had an experience with the Acer scanners? My computer is an Acer, and I've had pretty good luck with it - easy to upgrade. Right now, about the only "original equipment" left is the motherboard, floppy drive and video card. <vbg> Sandra Walroth SW Pa [email protected] Carawind Australian Shepherds and Shetland Sheepdogs http://freepages.pets.rootsweb.com/~carawind/ WCOTC: http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/1181 GLASC: http://www.geocities.com/Petsburgh/1806

At 04:06 PM 05/26/2000, Randy Bosma wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 12:05 AM 05/26/2000 -0700, SgtGeorge wrote: Well, I HAVE thought about it and I'm stumped. Starting today, when Eudora tries to dial up, I get asked for my password again. If I go to Netscape, and the modem is not already running, I get asked for my password. If I manually start Dial Up, same thing. I not on concentric.net, and have not changed versions of IE in two years. (I've always used IE4 as installed w/Win95 and/or Netscape) 99% of the time Eudora is the one that dials and IE is not running. Eudora has always asked for 2, 3, or 4 password(s) - once for each personality and both inbound and outbound - only since the installation of the free upgrade from Eudora 4.1 to 4.2.2. Randy Bosma **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Eudora WILL ask for passwords the first time IF you put a check mark in the "Check Mail" box in the lower left. But, it should ONLY ask the first time! I've had NO problems with Eudora asking for passwords until yesterday morning. And, it's not ONLY Eudora. Using Netscape, MSIE, and other programs/utilities that automatically dial-up, I have been asked for passwords for two days now. So, it's NOT just Eudora, or just Concentric.Net. I really think that installing MSIE 5.5 screwed up the files in Windows. SgtGeorge

At 12:05 AM 05/26/2000 -0700, SgtGeorge wrote: >Well, I HAVE thought about it and I'm stumped. Starting today, when >Eudora tries to dial up, I get asked for my password again. If I go to >Netscape, and the modem is not already running, I get asked for my >password. If I manually start Dial Up, same thing. I not on concentric.net, and have not changed versions of IE in two years. (I've always used IE4 as installed w/Win95 and/or Netscape) 99% of the time Eudora is the one that dials and IE is not running. Eudora has always asked for 2, 3, or 4 password(s) - once for each personality and both inbound and outbound - only since the installation of the free upgrade from Eudora 4.1 to 4.2.2. Randy Bosma

At 07:48 PM 5/26/00 -0400, you wrote: >At 02:21 26/05/2000 , you wrote: >Hi All, >Not sure what version of Winslow you are all using, but there was a >problem with the early version of Win95 as regards passwords. There was a >patch put on the Microsloth site to fix the problem. > >Cheers Peter. That was with the first W95, and if anyone is still using that, they should dial up the Windows Tech site, and get all of the updates, they are still there, but hard to find. You almost have to use IE of some flavor to walk around in the site in any good time. There is a single file, that covers most of the updates, but was three or four after it come out. Read the site closely, and follow directions. If you have not also found the Knowledge Base search engine at MS, do so, and use it. When I get some time in a couple of weeks or so if someone has not published the URL's yet, I will find them again, and post. Jack

At 02:21 AM 5/26/00 -0400, you wrote: >At 11:57 PM 05/25/2000, Randy Bosma wrote: >*************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* > >Here's a thought, last night I installed the latest MS Internet Explorer, >Ver. 5.5. The problems started after that installation. Have the rest of >you perhaps done the same thing and installed 5.5? If so, then I think it >really screwed up the settings in Windows. I noticed that when the window >popped up asking for my password, "Save Password" was checked, but "Logon >Automatically" wasn't. That alone tells me that SOMETHING has screwed >with my Dial Up settings! > >Oh, God, I hope I don't have to type in the password every time the modem >tries to connect to my server! I have Eudora set to automatically dial up >every 3 hours while I'm at work and that would really stop such automation. > >SgtGeorge Do not give up the ship yet, I may get some time this weekend to think about this. I do know that the bata IE5.5 has given some users very unusual problems, and yours may be in the mix. It is just like when AOL went to VER 5.0, and screwed up everyones DUN setup, to where only AOL could dial out. The repair takes about two hours to do correctly for that, in that you have to reload the network connectivity part of Windows, to repair it right. I have done a shortcut, for some, but it is not right. Good old AOL. The first thing I am thinking about, since IE was (in MS talk) incorporated totally into the Oper. Sys. and was not able to separate in their court pleadings, that they have messed around with the network area again. I have not let any of my clients that I have left go to 5.5. You may have to back up to 5.0. Jack

At 11:57 PM 05/25/2000, Randy Bosma wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 06:05 PM 05/24/2000 -0700, it was written: At 08:13 AM 5/23/00 -0400, Jim wrote: At 08:41 PM 5/22/00 -0700, Jack wrote: Do you allow cookies? Not sure with all ISP's and Eudora, but some ISP's require a cookie for their use, on your computer to let your password storage on Eudora work. Even though all POP servers should work the same, with all the virus problems and such some of the smaller ISP's are trying new things to help you, which sometimes hurt you. Jack Yes, I do allow cookies. I've been using Eudora for 4 years and this ISP for 2 years and the problem just showed up with this new version. Jim Think I have to let George think about it then. Jack ______________________________ Same with me. I'm taking care of two personalities, and when there is outbound mail from both, I have to enter the (same) password four times. It seems to think that it's going to have to dial in 4 times, but it's always accomplished in one call. I'm fairly sure cookies don't apply here -- we're not browsing the web, we're logging into a POP3 mail server. I'll be looking forward to this solution also. Randy Bosma **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Well, I HAVE thought about it and I'm stumped. Starting today, when Eudora tries to dial up, I get asked for my password again. If I go to Netscape, and the modem is not already running, I get asked for my password. If I manually start Dial Up, same thing. I'm using Concentric.Net and have noticed that those of you who have responded to the original query are using other servers that are not Concentric.Net; so, it seems to NOT be a problem with just one server. Here's a thought, last night I installed the latest MS Internet Explorer, Ver. 5.5. The problems started after that installation. Have the rest of you perhaps done the same thing and installed 5.5? If so, then I think it really screwed up the settings in Windows. I noticed that when the window popped up asking for my password, "Save Password" was checked, but "Logon Automatically" wasn't. That alone tells me that SOMETHING has screwed with my Dial Up settings! Oh, God, I hope I don't have to type in the password every time the modem tries to connect to my server! I have Eudora set to automatically dial up every 3 hours while I'm at work and that would really stop such automation. SgtGeorge

At 06:05 PM 05/24/2000 -0700, it was written: >At 08:13 AM 5/23/00 -0400, Jim wrote: >>At 08:41 PM 5/22/00 -0700, Jack wrote: >>>Do you allow cookies? Not sure with all ISP's and Eudora, but some >>>ISP's require a cookie for their use, on your computer to let your >>>password storage on Eudora work. Even though all POP servers should >>>work the same, with all the virus problems and such some of the smaller >>>ISP's are trying new things to help you, which sometimes hurt you. >>>Jack >>Yes, I do allow cookies. I've been using Eudora for 4 years and this ISP >>for 2 years and the problem just showed up with this new version. >>Jim >Think I have to let George think about it then. >Jack >______________________________ Same with me. I'm taking care of two personalities, and when there is outbound mail from both, I have to enter the (same) password four times. It seems to think that it's going to have to dial in 4 times, but it's always accomplished in one call. I'm fairly sure cookies don't apply here -- we're not browsing the web, we're logging into a POP3 mail server. I'll be looking forward to this solution also. Randy Bosma

Article below and at: http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/05/23/outlook.overkill.idg/index.html and the below is one of many reasons that even MS's own tech-reps are NOT using this patch: May 23, 2000 Web posted at: 10:09 a.m. EDT (1409 GMT) by John Fontana (IDG) -- When it comes to viruses, Microsoft can't win for losing. Two weeks ago Microsoft Outlook was blasted for being too loose with attachments, allowing the love bug to run rampant. Now the software giant is being blasted again, this time for clamping down too hard. The controversy was prompted by a patch set for release this week that blocks a broad array of attachments, a blunt force effort to kill viruses such as Melissa and the recent ILOVEYOU virus. The patch for Outlook 98 and 2000 totally blocks attachments such as .bat, .exe, .vbs. and 35 other extensions. The patch also won't let programs access the Outlook Address Book. The ILOVEYOU virus and others used the address book to quickly spread their havoc. Scripting, however, remains activated unless a user manually blocks it. Not all agree with the blocking tactic though. "Microsoft is making it impossible to run certain files from Outlook and we think that goes too far," says Roger Thompson, technical director of malicious code research for ICSA.Net, which certifies antivirus and firewall products. "It breaks a lot of functionality," he says. About a dozen vendors, including Palm and Novell, are currently testing the impact on their products. What to do ----------------- Virus expert Thompson says Microsoft should make optional the use of Office 2000 macros - which run code inside programs - and says Microsoft was on the right track last year when, as part of a patch to fight the Melissa virus, it forced users to transfer attachments to a hard drive before opening. This simply makes users go through one more step before opening a possibly dangerous attachment. "It's not the viruses that you attack, it's the infection method," Thompson says. "The problem is that you have 10,000 programmers in Redmond designing for functionality and not security." Others suggest Microsoft institute digital signatures for VBScript attachments much like the digitally signed objects concept introduced with Office 2000. "To check all those signatures may be cumbersome and not a quick fix, but it's a good idea," says Russ Cooper, a noted Windows security expert and editor of the NT BugTraq Web site. Cooper says Microsoft should have never released the patch until it had more feedback from the security community. He says the blanket ban on file attachments should be reversible, letting users add back the types of files they want to accept. As it stands now, users who install the patch can only get rid of it if they uninstall, then reinstall Office. Others are sympathetic to the Microsoft plight. "The problem is that it is nearly impossible to offer security without blocking legitimate files," says Carey Nachenberg, chief researcher at Symantec's Antivirus Research Center in Santa Monica, Calif. "Microsoft's effort is a good first step. At least it should reduce the speed at which viruses can spread." Nachenberg recommends users filter all documents and strip out macros, executable files and scripts. But the bottom line is enterprises will have a difficult decision between convenience and security. Nachenberg says building protective walls will be difficult because it will require changes in network configurations, and software development and deployment. "In the end it will come down to corporations deciding how important their intellectual capital is and the level of risk they are willing to take," he says. The customer view While enterprise users generally applaud Microsoft's efforts, customers say in a perfect world security would be adjustable. "We need to have a set of controls that we can either dial up or dial down as we see fit," says Shaun Brachman, systems project leader for plumbing and power system manufacturer Kohler in Kohler, Wis. Brachman has about 5,000 users on Microsoft's Outlook and spent a few days digging out from the recent ILOVEYOU virus. "With Outlook, the security is either on or it's off, and that's not enough for the enterprise." Another user agrees. "In some ways this update appears to go a little too far," says David Ellis, senior technical analyst for Carlson Shared Services, a travel, hospitality and marketing firm in Minneapolis. "We have some people who run customized forms and scripts in Outlook, and all that will be affected. We will really have to test this update." Ellis has some 20,000 users worldwide, and "like it or not, e-mail is used for file transfer." Microsoft defended its decision on the grounds that security is paramount. "When we created the update, we weighed functionality vs. security, and in this case we decided to offer unprecedented security," says Lisa Gurry, product manager for Microsoft Office. "We know this is not bulletproof. It's a single step and we will continue to work on it." (What's " not bulletproof .." ?? It's downright imbecilic.)

At 10:58 PM 5/24/00 -0700, you wrote: >At 19:47 23/05/00 -0700, you wrote: > >Their Web Site: >> >>http://www.maximumpc.com/index.html >> >>has a starting point to the article on the home page, and has the article >>on the site. >> >>Jack > > >Have just spent some time searching the site - I cannot find the article. >The Search engine only brings up May and earlier articles. > >Am I blind? They do a weekly rotation of the article headlined at the top of the page. On the top left, they have an area that is headed, "From the Magazine" in that area, check the more... button this will take you to the article list for the June 2000 mag. At present it is the top article. As the monthly rotation comes up, it will go to Archives, just below the From .... area. Jack

At 19:47 23/05/00 -0700, you wrote: >Now you must make a decision as to how you wish to proceed. I will make >it easier or harder just how you look at it, by telling you about the >newest copy of MAXIMUM PC magazine that I got in the mail today. (June >2000). I do not always agree with what they say, and they have not sold >out to their advertisers yet, however they are power hungry and so not >every thing they advocate is good for the general public. > >Their lead article is "How to freshen up Windows 98 for a Clean Start", >which is fairly well written. Answers some of the questions as to why a >person would want to start over. > >Their Web Site: > >http://www.maximumpc.com/index.html > >has a starting point to the article on the home page, and has the article >on the site. > >Jack Have just spent some time searching the site - I cannot find the article. The Search engine only brings up May and earlier articles. Am I blind? Where did you see "How to freshen up Windows 98 for a Clean Start" David

At 04:07 PM 5/24/00 -0500, you wrote: >At 05:03 PM 5/24/00 -0400, Mariana wrote: >>I use [probably not as aggressively as some] and like Eudora. >>I do have a question, is there a way to turn-off, mute the audio alert when >>you have new mail. I know that I can mute the audio in my computer, but >>would really rather just mute that pesky sound in Eudora! >>Thanks, >>Mariana > >Pesky? goodness! I'm glad for it! Lets me know when I'm away from the >puter, that I do have new mail. >To each his own..... > >Anyway, yep. You can. Just go to options/getting attention and change >it! :)) > Mari, Ah, but I never get mail when away from my computer, and sometimes there is a another person sleeping in the room <vbg>. Thanks! I did not notice that I could scroll up to 'getting attention'! Mariana Mariana Bean Ruggles [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mariana/ http://www.pieces-n-time.com Listowner MAESSEX Mail List Rootsweb.com Donor

I use [probably not as aggressively as some] and like Eudora. I do have a question, is there a way to turn-off, mute the audio alert when you have new mail. I know that I can mute the audio in my computer, but would really rather just mute that pesky sound in Eudora! Thanks, Mariana Mariana Bean Ruggles [email protected] http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~mariana/ http://www.pieces-n-time.com Listowner MAESSEX Mail List Rootsweb.com Donor

At 05:17 PM 5/24/00 -0400, Mariana wrote: >Mari, >Ah, but I never get mail when away from my computer, and sometimes there is >a another person sleeping in the room <vbg>. >Thanks! I did not notice that I could scroll up to 'getting attention'! >Mariana Point taken. I have a home business, and sometimes am in another room and want to know when something comes in. :) And, usually when it's late and hubby has gone up to bed, yes, I turn the volume way down or off! <g> Mari

At 05:03 PM 5/24/00 -0400, Mariana wrote: >I use [probably not as aggressively as some] and like Eudora. >I do have a question, is there a way to turn-off, mute the audio alert when >you have new mail. I know that I can mute the audio in my computer, but >would really rather just mute that pesky sound in Eudora! >Thanks, >Mariana Pesky? goodness! I'm glad for it! Lets me know when I'm away from the puter, that I do have new mail. To each his own..... Anyway, yep. You can. Just go to options/getting attention and change it! :)) Mari ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^ "A friend is one to whom one may pour out all the contents of one's heart, chaff and grain together, knowing the gentlest of hands will take and sift it, keep what is worth keeping and with the breath of kindness, and blow the rest away." ~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^~^

This is really first class help - Thank you so much. It needs quiet - and so will now have to wait at least two weeks as we are off to Poland tomorrow. I am most grateful David At 19:47 23/05/00 -0700, you wrote: >At 09:51 AM 5/23/00 -0700, you wrote: >>>Ah and the fun begins. Is the computer functioning at present, >> >>yes > >This lets you do either, a complete new reinstall, a partial reinstall or >an upgrade. Since you are using W95 w/USB according to the ver. # you >might do best to upgrade to W98 if you can afford it. The problem, is if >you have a really messed up registry, several of the problems will stay >with you. > >>>and if so what version and flavor of Windows are you using at "Present"? >>4.00.950.B > > >>Is there a half way - i.e. wiping out the Windows bit, but not >>re-formatting drive C: and wiping it all? >This option exists, as you can make a new startup disk, and check it for >CDRom files by placing it in the A drive, and starting up the >computer. If your computer is set to check A drive first and start from >that disk if it is there, it will start dos, and ask if you want CDRom >available. Tell it yes, and see what happens. It should complete the >start up, and if you check for the CD in the drive, it should give you a >directory. > >Once you have verified that your startup disk works, you can use dos to >wipe out the Windows folder on the hard disk. This gets rid of all the >files to run windows, and also get rid of bad files in the folder. With >this option you still have to reinstall your applications, but the data >should still be there. As always you must make multiple backups, and >check the backups to make sure they are good and use able. Plain copy >files to either Zip disks or to a spare hard disk is the best backup, as >the files do not get compressed. They remain the way they were. Here is >a good place to talk about two other options. A blank, reformatted large >hard disk, and a CDRom writer. > >A blank formatted hard disk of a large enough size allows you to >completely copy your hard disk, and have all your data on the second >disk. This you would not make two copies of, due to cost. For those of >us who do a lot of this, we keep a couple of 10 to 20 gig drives around to >do this with. > >A CDRom writer drive will allow you to copy to blank cd disks, for a >permanent backup, an as disk are about 50 cents each in 50 packs, it is a >very low cost way. Any good software for the drive allows copy work with >lots of various methods to do anything you want. > > >>> If the system is still working, you can make a new startup disk using >>> the Add/Remove Programs program. >>>It will or should have the necessary files on it to run the CDrom drive. >> >>SHOULD is a word I hate. > >See above. > > > >>>Do not be scared, be cautious. This is the time you could really use >>>the young neighborhood geek. Many of them are always bombing their >>>computers trying to do the impossible, that they are experts at reinstalling. > > >Now you must make a decision as to how you wish to proceed. I will make >it easier or harder just how you look at it, by telling you about the >newest copy of MAXIMUM PC magazine that I got in the mail today. (June >2000). I do not always agree with what they say, and they have not sold >out to their advertisers yet, however they are power hungry and so not >every thing they advocate is good for the general public. > >Their lead article is "How to freshen up Windows 98 for a Clean Start", >which is fairly well written. Answers some of the questions as to why a >person would want to start over. > >Their Web Site: > >http://www.maximumpc.com/index.html > >has a starting point to the article on the home page, and has the article >on the site. > >Jack > > > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi

Snip >Now you must make a decision as to how you wish to proceed. I will make >it easier or harder just how you look at it, by telling you about the >newest copy of MAXIMUM PC magazine that I got in the mail today. (June >2000). I do not always agree with what they say, and they have not sold >out to their advertisers yet, however they are power hungry and so not >every thing they advocate is good for the general public. > >Their lead article is "How to freshen up Windows 98 for a Clean Start", >which is fairly well written. Answers some of the questions as to why a >person would want to start over. > >Their Web Site: > >http://www.maximumpc.com/index.html > >has a starting point to the article on the home page, and has the article >on the site. > >Jack Upon scanning this months issue deeper, they also have a good, short paragraph on what happens to resources, a review of three firewalls, which goes with the use of OPTOUT, they do not mention ZoneAlarm however. Since it is free, that is part of why, also due to the time lag from inception to printing for a magazine of about 3 months except for emergency items or answers to e-mail they may not have even tried ZA. They review two other windows test utilities, they are updates of older programs, may be worth looking at again, except for the cost. Jack

At 09:51 AM 5/23/00 -0700, you wrote: >>Ah and the fun begins. Is the computer functioning at present, > >yes This lets you do either, a complete new reinstall, a partial reinstall or an upgrade. Since you are using W95 w/USB according to the ver. # you might do best to upgrade to W98 if you can afford it. The problem, is if you have a really messed up registry, several of the problems will stay with you. >>and if so what version and flavor of Windows are you using at "Present"? >4.00.950.B >Is there a half way - i.e. wiping out the Windows bit, but not >re-formatting drive C: and wiping it all? This option exists, as you can make a new startup disk, and check it for CDRom files by placing it in the A drive, and starting up the computer. If your computer is set to check A drive first and start from that disk if it is there, it will start dos, and ask if you want CDRom available. Tell it yes, and see what happens. It should complete the start up, and if you check for the CD in the drive, it should give you a directory. Once you have verified that your startup disk works, you can use dos to wipe out the Windows folder on the hard disk. This gets rid of all the files to run windows, and also get rid of bad files in the folder. With this option you still have to reinstall your applications, but the data should still be there. As always you must make multiple backups, and check the backups to make sure they are good and use able. Plain copy files to either Zip disks or to a spare hard disk is the best backup, as the files do not get compressed. They remain the way they were. Here is a good place to talk about two other options. A blank, reformatted large hard disk, and a CDRom writer. A blank formatted hard disk of a large enough size allows you to completely copy your hard disk, and have all your data on the second disk. This you would not make two copies of, due to cost. For those of us who do a lot of this, we keep a couple of 10 to 20 gig drives around to do this with. A CDRom writer drive will allow you to copy to blank cd disks, for a permanent backup, an as disk are about 50 cents each in 50 packs, it is a very low cost way. Any good software for the drive allows copy work with lots of various methods to do anything you want. >> If the system is still working, you can make a new startup disk using >> the Add/Remove Programs program. >>It will or should have the necessary files on it to run the CDrom drive. > >SHOULD is a word I hate. See above. >>Do not be scared, be cautious. This is the time you could really use the >>young neighborhood geek. Many of them are always bombing their computers >>trying to do the impossible, that they are experts at reinstalling. Now you must make a decision as to how you wish to proceed. I will make it easier or harder just how you look at it, by telling you about the newest copy of MAXIMUM PC magazine that I got in the mail today. (June 2000). I do not always agree with what they say, and they have not sold out to their advertisers yet, however they are power hungry and so not every thing they advocate is good for the general public. Their lead article is "How to freshen up Windows 98 for a Clean Start", which is fairly well written. Answers some of the questions as to why a person would want to start over. Their Web Site: http://www.maximumpc.com/index.html has a starting point to the article on the home page, and has the article on the site. Jack

At 08:13 AM 5/23/00 -0400, you wrote: >At 08:41 PM 5/22/00 -0700,[email protected] wrote: >>Do you allow cookies? Not sure with all ISP's and Eudora, but some ISP's >>require a cookie for their use, on your computer to let your password >>storage on Eudora work. Even though all POP servers should work the >>same, with all the virus problems and such some of the smaller ISP's are >>trying new things to help you, which sometimes hurt you. >> >>Jack > >Yes, I do allow cookies. I've been using Eudora for 4 years and this ISP >for 2 years and the problem just showed up with this new version. > >Jim Think I have to let George think about it then. Jack