> > >Thank you for the detailed reply. My decision is to turn off my computer >when I retire for the evening, turning it on again when I arise. > >Do I correctly understand that in that circumstance I would set the hard >drives to never be turned off due to their inactivity when not being in use? I do that same as > I turn on my computer in the early AM, before, do my e-mail etc and then shut off the computer until I turn it on again from 4 PM to 6 PM. I have my monitor set to turn off after 10 minutes and my HD after 20 minutes. Fred, if you are have your computer on all day and are not using it , your HD would run all day. bob gillis

On 12/29/06, n.east <[email protected]> wrote: > > You will find there are two schools of thoughts on this. Thank you for the detailed reply. My decision is to turn off my computer when I retire for the evening, turning it on again when I arise. Do I correctly understand that in that circumstance I would set the hard drives to never be turned off due to their inactivity when not being in use? I thank you again. Fred, Sr.

You will find there are two schools of thoughts on this. Some writers advocate leaving a computer on 24/7. Others are just as adamant about turning the machine off when not in use. Like any machine, parts will wear out. The computer does not have many "moving" parts - drives and fans would be the sum total. The fan will run as long as the computer is switched on. The hard drive on the other hand will be almost dormant if the computer is not being manually used. Fans have bearings and are subject to wear - how long is anybody's guess. The electronics in a computer will wear out over a longer (hopefully) period of time. They are subjected to a surge of power each time the computer is turned. Leaving the computer on 24/7 means they are not subjected to this surge. Then of course, cost comes into the equation. If the machine is on, it's chewing up power. So, if your household budget can stand it, this cost may not be a factor in the decision to turn off the machine when not in u! se. If you are watching "the pennies", turning it off will help keep to a budget. I don't think anyone has determined just which situation is best in prolonging the life of a computer - turning it off or leaving it on 24/7. But if you choose to leave it on, remember the computer does need a re-boot on a regular basis to ensure its keeping everything ship-shape. As for me, well mine usually goes on first thing in the morning and stays on (if I am home) until the evening. > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Fri, 29 Dec 2006 08:36:31 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] HIBERNATE IN WINDOWS XP > > On 11/28/06, n.east <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hibernate is useful because it saves the status of your Windows XP >> "session" (all the programs and documents you have open) to the hard >> drive, >> so it can automatically restore it the next time you power up. This >> "session" information is what is stored in RAM. So what ever amount of >> RAM >> you have is the amount of space hibernation will use on your hard drive. >> I >> feel it is much safer to close down all the programs you have been using >> and >> save the data as normal, then use the normal Windows shutdown. This is >> just >> in case anything goes wrong when you reboot > > > > Mr. n.east: > When I turn off my computer for the night the question is asked about > when > to turn off the hard drives. Choices range from never to a number of > hours. > How should that question be answered to preserve the life of the > computer? > I turn off my computer between ten and eleven p.m. and when home, I turn > it > on again about eight a.m. I turn it off when a severe lightning storm > arises. Otherwise, I leave it on standby when not in use. > > Your help appreciated. > > Fred, Sr.

On 11/28/06, n.east <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hibernate is useful because it saves the status of your Windows XP > "session" (all the programs and documents you have open) to the hard drive, > so it can automatically restore it the next time you power up. This > "session" information is what is stored in RAM. So what ever amount of RAM > you have is the amount of space hibernation will use on your hard drive. I > feel it is much safer to close down all the programs you have been using and > save the data as normal, then use the normal Windows shutdown. This is just > in case anything goes wrong when you reboot Mr. n.east: When I turn off my computer for the night the question is asked about when to turn off the hard drives. Choices range from never to a number of hours. How should that question be answered to preserve the life of the computer? I turn off my computer between ten and eleven p.m. and when home, I turn it on again about eight a.m. I turn it off when a severe lightning storm arises. Otherwise, I leave it on standby when not in use. Your help appreciated. Fred, Sr.

Kraig, I don't think so. If I had I am sure I would know what it was!! ----- Original Message ----- From: "K Jones" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 2:48 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Microsoft ActiveSync > Do you have a PDA attached (or not) to your computer? > > --- heather smith <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Can anyone explain to me in baby English what ActiveSync is. >>

Can anyone explain to me in baby English what ActiveSync is. It appeared a day or two ago on the lower right with two arrows in a circle and now today is shows as a black square. When I click to see what it is about the message reads 'Not connected' Looking at the drop down list in options I haven't a clue what I should be doing or even if I need to do anything. Can you help? Heather

Do you have a PDA attached (or not) to your computer? --- heather smith <[email protected]> wrote: > Can anyone explain to me in baby English what ActiveSync is. > > It appeared a day or two ago on the lower right with two arrows in a > circle and now today is shows as a black square. When I click to > see what it is about the message reads 'Not connected' > > Looking at the drop down list in options I haven't a clue what I > should be doing or even if I need to do anything. > > Can you help? Heather __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com

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I do not know HP printers, but does it have separate colour cartridges ?? or just the 3 in 1 if so I would look for a faulty colour cartridge If you have separate colours then only one colour would be faulty . ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:33 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Letters will not print in color >I too have Windows XP Pro and a HP printer. > > It looks like you checked the color tab under printer, preferences. That > page does have two places wehre you can check if you want color and what > kind of color you want. > > The only other thing that occurs to me is that somehow you have color > turned > off in one or both of your applications. > > Yours, > Dora Smith > Austin, TX > [email protected] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Fred Frederick" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:21 PM > Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Letters will not print in color > > >>I use both Word 2003 and WP12 in Windows XP pro. On the HP printer, the >>tab >> is set to print in color. I do have a color cartridge installed. >> >> The Christmas cards will not print in color. >> >> I went to the printers/fax area on Control Panel and changed that tab to >> print color. >> >> Still, no Christmas greetings in color. >> >> Can anyone advise me how to fix this problem? Perhaps I can send out New >> Year's greetings in color. >> >> Thank you for any help. >> >> Fred, Sr. >> -------------------------------------- >> Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at >> [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 message >> > > > > -- > Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. > Checked by AVG. > Version: 7.5.431 / Virus Database: 268.14.19/556 - Release Date: > 11/28/2006 3:22 PM > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [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 message >

It won't print from the color cartridge if the color cartridge is either out of ink or the print heads or whatever you called them, which are the part of the cartridge that applies the ink to the paper, are dried or blocked. This could easily happen if you haven't printed much in color in awhile. Try soaking the print head in alcohol and running the cleaning cycle a couple of times to see fi that helps. I THINK the print heads are on the cartridge in HP printers. I had a printer that my sister ahd given my mother, that the print heads were seperate, and when they clogged regularly, since I didn't print much in color, you could use an entire SET of ink cartridges before you had them unclogged. I looked in my WORD 2003 and can't find any setting for printing in color. There is a setting for printing images and background colors. I don't know what the other program you're using is. Just to test, try to print something that has color pictures off teh Internet. You may also be able to run a basic nozzle or print quality check on your printer. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "John from West Aus" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Letters will not print in color >I do not know HP printers, but does it have separate colour cartridges ?? >or > just the 3 in 1 if so I would look for a faulty colour cartridge If you > have > separate colours then only one colour would be faulty . > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2006 10:33 AM > Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Letters will not print in color > > >>I too have Windows XP Pro and a HP printer. >> >> It looks like you checked the color tab under printer, preferences. >> That >> page does have two places wehre you can check if you want color and what >> kind of color you want. >> >> The only other thing that occurs to me is that somehow you have color >> turned >> off in one or both of your applications. >> >> Yours, >> Dora Smith >> Austin, TX >> [email protected] >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Fred Frederick" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:21 PM >> Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Letters will not print in color >> >> >>>I use both Word 2003 and WP12 in Windows XP pro. On the HP printer, the >>>tab >>> is set to print in color. I do have a color cartridge installed. >>> >>> The Christmas cards will not print in color. >>> >>> I went to the printers/fax area on Control Panel and changed that tab to >>> print color. >>> >>> Still, no Christmas greetings in color. >>> >>> Can anyone advise me how to fix this problem? Perhaps I can send out New >>> Year's greetings in color. >>> >>> Thank you for any help. >>> >>> Fred, Sr. >>> -------------------------------------- >>> Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at >>> [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 message >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.431 / Virus Database: 268.14.19/556 - Release Date: >> 11/28/2006 3:22 PM >> >> -------------------------------------- >> Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at >> [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 message >> > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [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 message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.431 / Virus Database: 268.14.19/556 - Release Date: 11/28/2006 3:22 PM

I too have Windows XP Pro and a HP printer. It looks like you checked the color tab under printer, preferences. That page does have two places wehre you can check if you want color and what kind of color you want. The only other thing that occurs to me is that somehow you have color turned off in one or both of your applications. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Fred Frederick" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 2:21 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Letters will not print in color >I use both Word 2003 and WP12 in Windows XP pro. On the HP printer, the tab > is set to print in color. I do have a color cartridge installed. > > The Christmas cards will not print in color. > > I went to the printers/fax area on Control Panel and changed that tab to > print color. > > Still, no Christmas greetings in color. > > Can anyone advise me how to fix this problem? Perhaps I can send out New > Year's greetings in color. > > Thank you for any help. > > Fred, Sr. > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at > [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 message > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.431 / Virus Database: 268.14.19/556 - Release Date: 11/28/2006 3:22 PM

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I use both Word 2003 and WP12 in Windows XP pro. On the HP printer, the tab is set to print in color. I do have a color cartridge installed. The Christmas cards will not print in color. I went to the printers/fax area on Control Panel and changed that tab to print color. Still, no Christmas greetings in color. Can anyone advise me how to fix this problem? Perhaps I can send out New Year's greetings in color. Thank you for any help. Fred, Sr.

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I see that you are on AOl. AOL should be able to open art files. Installing W98 from a CD requires a W98 Startup disk to load the files necessare to read from the CD. I can send you the files from a W98 Startup disk if necessary. There are 24 files that take up 1.14 MB. Don On Fri, 15 Dec 2006 09:10:04 EST [email protected] writes: > 1---Several images on my computer were/are saved as .art files. I can no > longer open them. Photoshop, Irfanview, Picasa, and a couple of other graphic > oriented programs will not open them. I tried WP, Open Office, Word, > Works...nothing. > > Someone suggested that a recent windows security upgrade 'killed' .art > files. Can anyone offer suggestions as to how I might open those files? > > --2 Because of the above problem and a couple of others, I would like to > install Windows 98 on a computer that is not online. I have an original install > disk. Memory has completely failed me on this one....do I need a boot disk to > install it? If so, how do I get or make one? > > Thanks for leading me by the hand, again, and again. > annie

I could not open them through IE either. What I did was do a search for all files which had the .art extension. I then opened them one at a time with AOL and then saved with the .jpg extension. It was a pain to do but better safe than sorry in the future. I had no clue about this potential problem until this conversation started. Thank you. Ruth Cherecwich In a message dated 12/15/2006 12:40:11 PM Mountain Standard Time, [email protected] writes: Thanks Phil, for your input. I should have been a bit more thorough in my note to the list. I did try Internet Explorer. Art extension is one of the several supposedly opened by IE, but on my computer, it will not do it.

Thanks Phil, for your input. I should have been a bit more thorough in my note to the list. I did try Internet Explorer. Art extension is one of the several supposedly opened by IE, but on my computer, it will not do it.

Well , getting back to the original post ! , run down to your local corner store and grab a AOL Disk from the box on the shelf by the door , Even the post office has them , install ' aol ' open the pix , save as something that will open with YOUR favorite prog and then delete that abomination to mankind , Phil ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] can no longer .art files > Thanks Phil, for your input. I should have been a bit more thorough in my > note to the list. > I did try Internet Explorer. Art extension is one of the several supposedly > opened by IE, but on my computer, it will not do it. > > > > > -------------------------------------- > Having trouble with your subscription? Contact the List Admin at [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 message