At 06:08 PM 05/21/2000, Mike Miller wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* Whew, I hope nothing important comes across the list about Eudora because I'm out-a-here until it returns to it's namesake. Mike **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Sorry Mike, but as often as not, discussing Eudora problems involves much more than just PURE Eudora questions and answers. The fact that many Eudora users know very little about anything else in Windows hampers giving help to them. Having to learn how to use Eudora, while knowing little about Windows, really screws up the "learning curve" for users. If users like Mari, Jack, and others don't step in and help out on non-Eudora items, it would be kind of like trying to give advice in Japanese. So, when "computerese" is used, members can read the "words" about Eudora, yet not really understand. As an example, many, many queries have been made about Eudora's appetite for System Resources. Well, if we don't discuss, even just a little, what Resources are, how Windows uses them, I'm afraid many members might just shake their heads and give up. Yes, the latest threads HAVE become somewhat off-topic, but I truly believe we are doing something useful for our subscribers. If anyone DOESN'T need all the general help on non-Eudora subjects, then my advice is to just delete the non-Eudora email. We can all help here by making sure we change the subject line when we reply to an email and change the subject. That way users can see exactly what the message is about and delete it if it doesn't apply to them. SgtGeorge

At 05:30 PM 05/21/2000, Mari wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 12:23 PM 5/21/00 -0700, Jack Henderson wrote: I suspect George like I, have several computers we are keeping working for others. To know what is or can happen you have to try every combination you can think of. Jack, I know that. Was giving George a "hard time". He wouldn't know how to act if I didn't. Mari **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Yup! Mari and I are old friends, and "dig" at each other all the time. Keeps me on my toes. SgtGeorge

Jack, thanks a bunch for this. I really need such help here on this List. I'm so glad to have a computer-savvy person on board. As an aside, EUDORA-MAIL has mutated into something other than just Eudora, and it doesn't bother me one bit. I had subscribed to the COMPUTERS List at Rootsweb, in hopes of finding the same kind of cross-talk that we do here. Not so! Just a bunch of what appears to be teenagers, talking about "over-clocking" their systems and other general "hacking". After a couple of weeks, I unsubscribed. No help there for the things we discuss! Again, thanks, I really appreciate it, SgtGeorge (P.S. If there are any other "gurus" on this List, please feel free to contribute anything you can.) At 04:43 PM 05/21/2000, Jack Henderson wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 12:21 PM 5/21/00 -0700, you wrote: At 01:38 AM 5/21/00 -0500, you wrote: At 10:32 PM 5/20/00 -0400, George W. Durman wrote: ---snipped--- If you "buy" Office 2000 for the $300 or $400 or whatever it costs, then they will support you. If you have the OEM version, for which Gateway probably paid $10.00, forget it! SgtGeorge Ummm...George? If you can buy Office for $300 or $400, I want to know where!! <g> George is a good shopper. If you use the net right this is about right. The problem is knowing where to go and what to do when you get there. If I get a spare moment today, before I have to go back to work, I will try to find a starting place for the list. Jack This is a quickie, you must read the data on each of the sites below, this is a 10 minute search, so is just a representation of what is available. I use two of these sites frequently. Be sure to learn about cycles when you buy from someone like mobshop. On pricematching, learn how to do it right. You can save a lot it you get into it in a good way. I wish I had the time to use it right. Also, some lists have several members scanning local stores of national chains to spot good prices, and spreads the word. A good example was when the Kodak DC265 digital camera went from $899 to $799 in the Office Depot chain, they put the wrong price in the general computer, for $625 as I remember. It showed up on the Kodak list, and in about 30 hours, we cleaned out the stores from coast to coast. Many of us bought 3, and after selling two on e-bay, had a no cost camera left, with money in our pocket. Office Depot realized something was wrong within hours, but was almost 30 before they changed the price. Gave us all a great buy. Here is a short list: Microsoft Office 2000 Professional 32 Bit, the whole banana. http://www.mobshop.com/cycles?cycle_id=270048 Electronics in general. http://www.mobshop.com/ Stepping off point for several. Frequently has % off for several sites, or rebates. http://www.streetcentral.com/ A second starting point. http://www.techbargains.com/ This one a bit much for most, but lots of info. http://anandforums.gisystech.com/ Other odd one. http://www.pricematches.com/ Have fun, but be careful, as not all is it seems at times on the best of sites. Jack **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**************

If you're using the new ZoneAlarm version, you don't need "NoLoveBug". ZoneAlarm prevents ANY VB Script files from running. I recommended "NoLoveBug" before ZoneAlarm was updated. Also, it might cause problems if you use programs that use scripting functions, that is, it prevents ANY scripting in Windows. ZoneAlarm only acts on VB Script found in email attachments. It's your choice. Adding it WON'T hurt anything. Just as an observation - I look for QualComm to add, to a future update, the ability to stop execution of VB Script in email. You can already disable the ability to click and run executable attachments, i.e., .exe files, and adding the ability for VB files just makes sense. Just a hunch. SgtGeorge At 04:42 PM 05/21/2000, Mike & Ginger Woodcock wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* Stg George, I'm looking at the email below referring to a program to work with your AV programs. I'm planning to install this as well, this is fine isn't it.. You can see I'm being very careful about what is going back on my unit..... My next project is to whittle down my many mailboxes before I start having lapses in Eudora again.. ginger At 03:50 AM 5/14/00 -0400, you wrote: NoLoveBug - A 4 Cow Anti-Virus Scanners Version: 1.05a License: Freeware Description: FREE program that stops script-type viruses like the "ILOVEYOU" and it's mutations from infecting computers running Microsoft 95/98/2000/NT. When a virus is opened in your email or anywhere on your computer this software stops it from running. The software turns off the ability of these viruses to run the VB scripting capabilities of Microsoft Windows. Full functionality can be re-enabled with a mouse click at any time. There is no need to update this software daily as it only works with VB Script- type Viruses. This does NOT replace anti-virus software. Used with anti-virus software, it provides an immediate relief to the many versions of the "ILOVEYOU" virus released every day. Most anti-virus software has to release new definition files daily to keep up with the variant strains of the virus to protect you. This software protects against ALL the variants as they come out, making it a faster way to protect against the viruses under different names. This works with your regular anti-virus software and does not replace it. The software has no expiration date. The software does ask 3 times over 90 days for a small donation. The software includes a complete restore or un-install function to restore your computer back to the way it was before you installed the software. NoLoveBug Software does not fix your computer if you have already run the virus. This software disables the scripting function in Windows 95/98/2000 to disallow these type of viruses from infecting. It does not work with the rest of the viruses such as .exe files or .bat files, only .VBS or VB Script files (VB stands for Visual Basic from Microsoft Corporation). http://www.tucows.com/virus95.html#lovebug95 **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**************

At 04:22 PM 05/21/2000, Mike & Ginger Woodcock wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* Try it, and see. You can use regedit and find the left overs from these two in the register usually. Learn to use msconfig to cause things to not load at startup also. Jack I want to know more about regedit and what can be done there... :-) Teach away ginger **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** This is Jack's speciality, so I'll let him do the "teaching"; however, before any of you start learning how to use RegEdit (and screw up your Registry files), let me suggest that you download the FREE RegEditPlus from ZDNet. I don't have the specific URL handy to get the file, but you can log on to: http://www.zdnet.com And do a search for Registry Editor or Registry Editor Plus or RegEdit. RegEdit Plus keeps copies of backed up Registry files, so that you can "undo" any changes you make if they cause problems. Very necessary! SgtGeorge

At 04:19 PM 05/21/2000, Mike & Ginger Woodcock wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* Just a note of warning - DON'T EVER have more than ONE AV program installed and active at the same time! That's kind of like being married to two different spouses at the same time! If they both are aware that the other exists and has some control/influence over your "system", each will always try to negate the other, make different "recommendations", insist that he/she is the "one" that you should be listening to, and will result in "pure Hell". That also applies to different versions of the same AV program. (I guess that would be like being married to sisters; not as bad as being married to two unrelated spouses, but deadly, just the same.) SgtGeorge Sgt George, I just installed McAfee 5.0 and am going to watch it for a month or so and see how I like it.. if I don't, then I'll uninstall and use Norton 4.0. So far so good, :-) What I don't like is that it found a corrupted file with kak in it and would not clean or delete it.. only quarantined it.. ?????? why It was infact a file that I unzipped from one of my zip disks... geepers.. Now, I'm going to ck all of them once again. I had done this several days ago with the Try Before You Buy Norton.. and it didn't catch it.. I wonder why.. but, I do know that after 3 days, the TBYB program stopped working.. ginger **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Ginger, I think the problem is in the configuration. The quickest way to get to System Scan Properties is to right-click on the "V-Shield" sitting in your tray, move the mouse to "Properties", then click on "System Scan". Click on the "Action" tab. Under "Possible Actions", you will see 5 different choices you can check. You have to check them in order to have them available as options when a virus is found. Make sure you have them checked. Bet you don't! (GRIN) (If you just happen to not have "Show Icon in the Task Bar" checked, you need to do so, so you will have access to all of McAfee's functions from the Task Bar. Go to the McAfee directory and find "vsconfig.exe". Double-click it. When it opens, make sure you are in the "System Scan" tab. Down at the bottom, check the last box. Now McAfee VShield will always be available in the Tray.) While we're at it, all of you should make sure you have enabled all of McAfee's functions. When you get to the VSConfig window, look on the left. Starting at the top, there are System Scan, E-Mail Scan, Download Scan, Internet Filter, and Security. Start with System Scan. Click it. Make sure "Enable System Scan" is checked. Select from the other options how you want Scan configured. I recommend you check all six of the first boxes, under "Scan Files on". In "What to Scan", this is up to you. If you don't have 17 Gb of files on your hard-drive like I do, I would suggest you choose "All Files" and "Compressed Files". If a scan takes too long, you can always go back and choose "Program Files only". Under "E-Mail Scan", check "Enable Scanning of E-Mail Attachments" and under "E-Mail System", check both boxes. Under "Download Scan", check "Enable Download Scanning". Select "All Files" and "Scan Compressed Files". Under "Internet Filter", check all boxes. Under "Security" I don't have this one enabled. It's for "pass-wording" the use and configuration of McAfee. Hope this helps, SgtGeorge

At 03:23 PM 05/21/2000, Jack Henderson wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 01:46 AM 5/21/00 -0500, you wrote: At 12:31 AM 5/21/00 -0400, George W. Durman wrote: Just a note of warning - DON'T EVER have more than ONE AV program installed and active at the same time! That's kind of like being married to two different spouses at the same time! George!! How do YOU know that?? You told me you were true blue to your BW!! ROTFLOL GOTCHA!! I suspect George like I, have several computers we are keeping working for others. To know what is or can happen you have to try every combination you can think of. Jack **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** You're right. In addition to the computers of my 3 grown children, and 2 grand-children, all my wife's relatives think I am their personal guru. I work for the USPS (started after retiring from the US Air Force), and sometimes I think all 1000+ people in the building where I work think I'm their personal computer expert too. 'Course that's because no one in the building knows the first thing about computers (and that includes the computer technicians there), and they ALL own at least one. Take that back - there is one who is a true expert, but he's "certifiably nuts". Really, he has been diagnosed by the best "shrinks" and the USPS can't fire him because that would be discrimination! Anyway, he KNOWS computers, he just can't explain anything to anyone else! SgtGeorge

At 02:30 PM 05/21/2000, Jack Henderson wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* (snip) They un install by just taking out the folder rather than use the unwise program supplied by the company that developed the program, or do not use Windows un install. After two or three of these, it would take me, even, four or five days to unscramble what they have done. If it is possible at all. They try any program they hear about on the net that seems to do some "thing" they want. Quite frequently this causes many problems, especially if, like in the AV programs, you have two or more programs trying to do the same thing. They will fight, and if not completely removed, including the registry entries, will leave you in mudville. (snip) **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** I don't know how many people I have tried to help who did just that. Rather than "uninstall", they just deleted the folders/directories. I guess I can see why SOMETIMES it is necessary to reformat, but not nearly as often as I hear from others. Even using the programs' "unwise" uninstall, or Windows uninstall, enough Registry entries are left to cause problems later on. As I just witnessed a few days ago when I used the McAfee utility at their web site. And, I still have a small problem with my genealogy program. I was using version 2.5 and installed the new 3.0 into its own directory, so I could continue using both until I had transferred all my data files to the new one. Anyway, since installing 3.0, when I click on the icon for 2.5, the system goes through the motions, just like it were loading. I can see the HD light working as it loads, so know it's doing something. NO PROGRAM. A CTRL-ALT-DEL shows that the program IS loaded! I can minimize everything until I see the desktop - NO PROGRAM! Grrrr!!!!! I have talked many times with the person who writes the genealogy program and he can NOT solve the problem! HAS to have something to do with the Registry entries. SgtGeorge

At 12:06 PM 05/21/2000, Mike & Ginger Woodcock wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* Jack, you're "on a roll". I got one of those "pig tail" boards that gives me the additional Parallel Port, Serial Port, etc., and am glad I did. 'Course, configuring it was "hell", but it was well worth it. I have so many "peripherals" that I just ran out of ports! A simple "second parallel port" board is the best for newbies, but the "pig tail" gives so much more. As to the HP printers, I have to agree with you (about being in for a hard time), even though it's your favorite. But, until HP "fixes" the problem, I will still stick with my Epson printers. One thing that Epson has done is assure that the code for the drivers is 100% compatible with the latest systems, and with Win95 and Win98. The Epson printers, using the "high speed connections between the computer and the printer, seem to not have the same problems as does HP. Setting the BIOS for the printer was easy, and there has never been any conflict with the SCANNER. 'Course, again, I'm using a "generic" scanner that my wife ordered from HSN about 3 years ago, and even IT works with my printer and with Win98SE. Regards, SgtGeorge Tell me if this is what I have. What is a "pigtail" board. All my ports are filled.. Everyone has it's own home, but HP Scanners demand to be FIRST.. The printer was a piece of cake. The Scanner was from hell. My zip was very happy going into it's own slot and didn't care if it was the last installed.. but, again, the scanner will scream and do nothing unless all is removed and it is placed FIRST...geesh.. HP is a pain.. ginger **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** The "pigtail" is just a card that has "tails" coming out the back. Gives extra ports. I can't help with the problem of loading different hardware in a certain order. Never had that problem. (Jack?) SgtGeorge

At 11:07 AM 05/21/2000, Mike & Ginger Woodcock wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* George, I bow my head in shame and sometimes in embarassment. :-) Some of the times we have had to reformat it has been due to conflicts and corruption of files, to the extent of not being able to "fix" it, because I installed a program I really liked but was no longer compatible with my upgraded unit. A couple of times I was the "hotshot" that did the deed in my attempt at self learning.. LOL.. This actually happened only twice.. and with no backup, tho this was years ago... 3 weeks ago we got my newly built puter from the shop. I began loading and immediately saw problems.. Not myfault this time.. But, the puter guru decided to reformat and repartition the drives to make one drive small and JUST for windows so that if I pull a "dummy" we only have to do the windows drive. I remember the 8086's, and not fondly either.. That was the first one we had as well. I love this list, it provides so much food for thought and so much good information. Keep it coming.. And I will be looking into the info below.. ginger **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Partitioning the hard drive is an excellent idea. But..... on my old system, I did the same thing that your guru did, made a small drive just for Windows. BIG MISTAKE!!!!! Most programs you install put new files in your Windows or Systems directory, things like those huge .dll files and driver files for hardware, .drv files. I soon had that drive FULL! Just hope your guru made yours large enough to hold future files. For the record, I just checked my Windows directory and all sub-directories and have 1.4 Giga Bytes of data!!!!! SgtGeorge

At 02:46 AM 05/21/2000, Mari wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 12:31 AM 5/21/00 -0400, George W. Durman wrote: Just a note of warning - DON'T EVER have more than ONE AV program installed and active at the same time! That's kind of like being married to two different spouses at the same time! George!! How do YOU know that?? You told me you were true blue to your BW!! ROTFLOL GOTCHA!! Mari **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Maybe I should have used a different analogy. Then no one would have thought me a bigamist. How about living in the same house with your wife AND your mother? Would that be confusing and stressful enough? (GRIN) SgtGeorge

At 12:20 AM 05/21/2000, Sylvia Gould wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* I received a message from a "support" address where I had asked for help with a product. I hit "reply" and composed my email, but it wouldn't send. I got "Eudora not responding" and had to shut down Eudora and start over. I did this 4 times, each time that message would not go. I sent one to my daughter (a reply, also) during that time and it went right through. But when I tried the "bad" one again, I got the same "not responding" message. I did my reply, copied it onto a new message and sent it. Then just to see, I clicked on the reply again, and once more had to shut down Eudora. Any idea at all what might have caused that? I'm using Pro 3.0.1. Sylvia **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** I have had the same problem a few times. In all cases, it was caused by one of two things: 1) A "bad" email address that my server detected. Example: Good address: "Somebody" <[email protected]> Bad addresses: Somebody" <[email protected]> "Somebody" <[email protected] "Somebody" [email protected]> (Note the missing " and >) 2) An address that my server will NOT accept; haven't figured out why they do THIS. Of course, this might not be your problem at all. Just thought it "might" be. I would check out the return address very carefully. SgtGeorge

At 18:08 05/21/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Whew, I hope nothing important comes across the list about Eudora >because I'm out-a-here until it returns to it's namesake. > >Mike > >At 08:27 PM 05/20/2000 -0500, you wrote: >>At 07:13 PM 5/20/00 -0500, Mike & Ginger Woodcock wrote: >> >>>I have Norton version 4.0 as well as Mike going to get McAfee 5.0. So, >>>if I want to try them both, what might I encounter. I did find there is >>>nothing on the McAfee site called McAfee Antivirus 2000. >> >>Ummmm........you realize you can't try them both at once...... >> >>Mari >> >> >>============================== >>Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >>RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >>http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi > > > Mike Miller Roanoke, VA > [email protected] > > >============================== >Personalized Mailing Lists: never miss a connection again. >http://pml.rootsweb.com/ >Brought to you by RootsWeb.com. > > Don't get discouraged and leave, Mike. I was just a-fixin to start a string on Hewlett-Packard hand-held programmable calculators. There's no tellin how many unprogrammed HP-65, HP-67 and HP-97 calculators are layin around, not to mention HP-61CV and 61CX's, that would be put to good use if someone could just read a good discussion of the finer points of practical programming for them. Like the command "STO + ARCL DOG" would add whatever was in the X-register to the contents of the memory register named DOG, if there was a memory register with such a name. The onliest thing that [EUDORA] up at the top means is that you're supposed to read these messages with a Eudora Email Program. Anything related to computers, computing, or anything else is fair game. I guess you've already figgered that out if you've been following this subject for very long. Roy Patton

Whew, I hope nothing important comes across the list about Eudora because I'm out-a-here until it returns to it's namesake. Mike At 08:27 PM 05/20/2000 -0500, you wrote: >At 07:13 PM 5/20/00 -0500, Mike & Ginger Woodcock wrote: > >>I have Norton version 4.0 as well as Mike going to get McAfee 5.0. So, >>if I want to try them both, what might I encounter. I did find there is >>nothing on the McAfee site called McAfee Antivirus 2000. > >Ummmm........you realize you can't try them both at once...... > >Mari > > >============================== >Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. >RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. >http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi Mike Miller Roanoke, VA [email protected]

At 06:08 PM 5/21/00 -0400, you wrote: >Whew, I hope nothing important comes across the list about Eudora >because I'm out-a-here until it returns to it's namesake. > >Mike I'm sorry Mike, I didn't realize I was not supposed to ask questions about other things. I'll try to remember this in the future. It will be a real shame tho, because I'm sure there are others that benefit from this as well as I do. I will try to refrain myself. g 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 12:23 PM 5/21/00 -0700, Jack Henderson wrote: >I suspect George like I, have several computers we are keeping working for >others. To know what is or can happen you have to try every combination >you can think of. Jack, I know that. Was giving George a "hard time". He wouldn't know how to act if I didn't. Mari

Stg George, I'm looking at the email below referring to a program to work with your AV programs. I'm planning to install this as well, this is fine isn't it.. You can see I'm being very careful about what is going back on my unit..... My next project is to whittle down my many mailboxes before I start having lapses in Eudora again.. ginger At 03:50 AM 5/14/00 -0400, you wrote: >NoLoveBug - A 4 Cow Anti-Virus Scanners >Version: 1.05a >License: Freeware >Description: FREE program that stops script-type viruses like the >"ILOVEYOU" and it's mutations from infecting computers running Microsoft >95/98/2000/NT. When a virus is opened in your email or anywhere on your >computer this software stops it from running. The software turns off the >ability of these viruses to run the VB scripting capabilities of Microsoft >Windows. Full functionality can be re-enabled with a mouse click at any >time. There is no need to update this software daily as it only works with >VB Script- type Viruses. This does NOT replace anti-virus software. Used >with anti-virus software, it provides an immediate relief to the many >versions of the "ILOVEYOU" virus released every day. Most anti-virus >software has to release new definition files daily to keep up with the >variant strains of the virus to protect you. This software protects >against ALL the variants as they come out, making it a faster way to >protect against the viruses under different names. This works with your >regular anti-virus software and does not replace it. The software has no >expiration date. The software does ask 3 times over 90 days for a small >donation. The software includes a complete restore or un-install function >to restore your computer back to the way it was before you installed the >software. NoLoveBug Software does not fix your computer if you have >already run the virus. This software disables the scripting function in >Windows 95/98/2000 to disallow these type of viruses from infecting. It >does not work with the rest of the viruses such as .exe files or .bat >files, only .VBS or VB Script files (VB stands for Visual Basic from >Microsoft Corporation). > >http://www.tucows.com/virus95.html#lovebug95 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!! :-)

> > >Try it, and see. You can use regedit and find the left overs from these >two in the register usually. Learn to use msconfig to cause things to not >load at startup also. > >Jack I want to know more about regedit and what can be done there... :-) Teach away 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!! :-)

> > >Just a note of warning - DON'T EVER have more than ONE AV program >installed and active at the same time! That's kind of like being married >to two different spouses at the same time! If they both are aware that >the other exists and has some control/influence over your "system", each >will always try to negate the other, make different "recommendations", >insist that he/she is the "one" that you should be listening to, and will >result in "pure Hell". > >That also applies to different versions of the same AV program. (I guess >that would be like being married to sisters; not as bad as being married >to two unrelated spouses, but deadly, just the same.) >SgtGeorge Sgt George, I just installed McAfee 5.0 and am going to watch it for a month or so and see how I like it.. if I don't, then I'll uninstall and use Norton 4.0. So far so good, :-) What I don't like is that it found a corrupted file with kak in it and would not clean or delete it.. only quarantined it.. ?????? why It was infact a file that I unzipped from one of my zip disks... geepers.. Now, I'm going to ck all of them once again. I had done this several days ago with the Try Before You Buy Norton.. and it didn't catch it.. I wonder why.. but, I do know that after 3 days, the TBYB program stopped working.. 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 02:06 PM 5/21/00 -0700, you wrote: >The MS help file is of no help on this as a rule. They know that if you >use the regedit program and misstep, you can shoot yourself in the foot >big time. Always backup your registry before you change anything in it. > >Nuff said, I will try to find the web site that has a good faq on >regedit. I know there is one, just have not looked at in such a long >time, not sure where it is now. There are also two or three good books on >the subject, so will try to find some names. > >Now, under start, run, in the box type regedit, and run. The program will >come up, and allow you to change the registry all you want. Remember to >back up before doing any editing. This is quite a large file you are >looking at, so is very complex. One of the fastest ways to find the area >you want, is to use the find function. The down fall to this is the slow >speed, and if you do not know the right words to find the area you are >seeking, you will find nothin. > >Second problem. Nothin is in English. You must learn a good amount >about the type of strings of letters and numbers used to mean things. > >I will see if I can find something for you to read to help start you out >on your quest. > >Jack Here is a few starting places, one book name site. Remember be careful and backup before you start. http://regedit.com/ http://www.users.dircon.co.uk/~flibble/regsmall.html http://www.winreg.com/ http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q131/4/31.asp http://www.dracon.net/regedit/index.html http://www.microplanet.com/rrc/books/books.htm http://homepages.go.com/~hometechwreck1/TipsTricks.htm http://www.worldowindows.com/registry.html Jack