Hello List Thank you for all the advice, much appreciated, I was advised on one list, that FTM has what I need, so purchased it today. Many thanks Cheers Melissa CHAPMAN - Leicester Eng, CHILDS - Hampshire Eng & Australia, COLE - Kent/Sussex Eng & Australia, DUNK - Sussex Eng & Australia, GANNON - Roscommon Ireland & Australia, HOGARTH - Australia only, HOUGAARD - Denmark, HOOK - Huntingdon & Kent Eng & Australia, LANGTON - Leicester Eng & Australia, MONKTON/MONCKTON- Kent Eng & Australia, REILLY-Antrim Nthn Ireland & Australia, SKINNER - Kent Eng & Australia, TEGG - Surrey & London Eng & Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Skinner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 1:47 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Advice for Genie Program > Hello all > > Have just joined your list as I need some advise. > > I started researching our Family Histories just over 2 years ago, a month > after I started I purchased the Genie program RootsMagic. Now, I don't > have > any problems with this program & it does all that I want in every other > way, > except that I would ideally love to be able to record addresses in the > different fields as apposed to having the complete address on the same > field. > > My reason for this is that I can then search not only by just the suburb > or > country etc, but then I can search by either street or church or hospital > etc within a suburb or just the street/church/hospital alone. > > Does any other program out there have this facility? > > Cheers > Melissa > CHAPMAN - Leicester Eng, CHILDS - Hampshire Eng & Australia, COLE - > Kent/Sussex Eng & Australia, DUNK - Sussex Eng & Australia, GANNON - > Roscommon Ireland & Australia, HOGARTH - Australia only, HOUGAARD - > Denmark, > HOOK - Huntingdon & Kent Eng & Australia, LANGTON - Leicester Eng & > Australia, MONKTON/MONCKTON- Kent Eng & Australia, REILLY-Antrim Nthn > Ireland & Australia, SKINNER - Kent Eng & Australia, TEGG - Surrey & > London > Eng & Australia > > -------------------------------------- > 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

The Win key is the one betweenCrlt and Alt on the left hand side of the space bar, there is also one after Alt on the right hand side of the space bar, they have the windows symbol on them, and it does work, I tried it this afternoon, thank you for that! Susan Jeffery ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:46 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Toolbar > What's a Win key? > >

Hello On my keyboard it is in-between the ctrl & alt keys. It is the key that has the windows logo, but is only white and not coloured. I hope this makes sense. Cheers Melissa CHAPMAN - Leicester Eng, CHILDS - Hampshire Eng & Australia, COLE - Kent/Sussex Eng & Australia, DUNK - Sussex Eng & Australia, GANNON - Roscommon Ireland & Australia, HOGARTH - Australia only, HOUGAARD - Denmark, HOOK - Huntingdon & Kent Eng & Australia, LANGTON - Leicester Eng & Australia, MONKTON/MONCKTON- Kent Eng & Australia, REILLY-Antrim Nthn Ireland & Australia, SKINNER - Kent Eng & Australia, TEGG - Surrey & London Eng & Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 6:46 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Toolbar > What's a Win key? > -------------------------------------- > 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

hello List Thanks to all those who replied with advise, much appreciated Cheers Melissa CHAPMAN - Leicester Eng, CHILDS - Hampshire Eng & Australia, COLE - Kent/Sussex Eng & Australia, DUNK - Sussex Eng & Australia, GANNON - Roscommon Ireland & Australia, HOGARTH - Australia only, HOUGAARD - Denmark, HOOK - Huntingdon & Kent Eng & Australia, LANGTON - Leicester Eng & Australia, MONKTON/MONCKTON- Kent Eng & Australia, REILLY-Antrim Nthn Ireland & Australia, SKINNER - Kent Eng & Australia, TEGG - Surrey & London Eng & Australia ----- Original Message ----- From: "Melissa Skinner" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 1:47 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Advice for Genie Program > Hello all > > Have just joined your list as I need some advise. > > I started researching our Family Histories just over 2 years ago, a month > after I started I purchased the Genie program RootsMagic. Now, I don't > have > any problems with this program & it does all that I want in every other > way, > except that I would ideally love to be able to record addresses in the > different fields as apposed to having the complete address on the same > field. > > My reason for this is that I can then search not only by just the suburb > or > country etc, but then I can search by either street or church or hospital > etc within a suburb or just the street/church/hospital alone. > > Does any other program out there have this facility? > > Cheers > Melissa > CHAPMAN - Leicester Eng, CHILDS - Hampshire Eng & Australia, COLE - > Kent/Sussex Eng & Australia, DUNK - Sussex Eng & Australia, GANNON - > Roscommon Ireland & Australia, HOGARTH - Australia only, HOUGAARD - > Denmark, > HOOK - Huntingdon & Kent Eng & Australia, LANGTON - Leicester Eng & > Australia, MONKTON/MONCKTON- Kent Eng & Australia, REILLY-Antrim Nthn > Ireland & Australia, SKINNER - Kent Eng & Australia, TEGG - Surrey & > London > Eng & Australia > > -------------------------------------- > 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

I found it. When you right click on start and choose properties, you can check if you want the quick launch bar to display or not. They you keep deleting icons until finally the Show Desktop one appears - unless there's an easier way. Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Barfield" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 3:31 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Desktop Icon added to Task Bar > Hi Dora, > > I get to the Desktop with 1 click from the taskbar, rather than several > clicks, by reducing each page, as I always have several pages open at > once. > > regards Rita > > > >>From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> >>What exactly do you do with a desktop icon on the task bar? >> >>Maybe I'm missing something. Isn't the desktop what you get if you >>reduce >>everything else you have running? >> >>Yours, >>Dora Smith >>Austin, TX >>[email protected] > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows LiveT Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! > http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------- > 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 Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006

Well, I just learned the answer to that in the process of not finding out how to add this desktop icon to my task bar. In Windows XP, if you right click on the start icon in the lower left hand corner of the screen, you can choose taskbar properties. It lets you choose if and how you want to display all kinds of things - everything in God's green earth except teh desktop icon. But what does disconnect safely mean? Does that mean, this is what procedure I follow to unplug a scanner I seldom use from its USB port without the driver uninstalling itself? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Barfield" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2006 5:56 AM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Safely remove hardware icon > The icon for "Safe to Remove Hardware" , appears to have dissappeared from > the left hand side of my taskbar at the bottom of my screen. I have > clicked > on the arrow to extend the list of icons, but it is not there. > > I wish to disconnect my printer from my laptop safely. > > Can someone please tell me how to find it and replace it on the task bar?? > > kind regards > Rita > >body of the message -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006

Thank you all for your tips. I found and installed a Google desktop gadget but it seems less than perfect. It seems to miss some of the strings. Anyhow, I decided I needed to put it on my ToDo list to connect all the GEDCOMs to my sources. Again, Thanks all, Frank -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dora Smith Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 6:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Windows XP Search and GEDCOMs Will Google desktop do that? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frankie Heinzmann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:33 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Windows XP Search and GEDCOMs > Is there any way to search a directory full of GEDCOMs for specific > contents? > > I have a several GEDCOMs in a directory and I wanted to separate those > that > I had created from those that had been sent to me or downloaded by me. I > thought if I used the Windows XP Explorer search function to look for my > phone number or street address, I could narrow down the list. The search > always returns "no results". I thought maybe Windows didn't know how to > open the .ged files so I set them to open with notepad, then with WordPad, > and then with MS Word. The result is always "no results". > > Am I missing something about the MS search function? > > Is there a simple program to search GEDCOMs for words/phrases? > > Thanks, > > Frank > > -------------------------------------- > 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 Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006 -------------------------------------- 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

Many thanks to all for your advice on "Safely removing hardware icon." kind regards Rita _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb

On 10/25/06, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > Yahoo groups has one. You will have to make a yahoo ID. Thank you for writing. I appreciate the time and the help. I am going to take a look at the suggested book. Fred, Sr.

Trevor, I've never had a Memory Stick (Sony trademark) so I don't know the details, but I believe Memory Sticks have some "extra" software; maybe part of that is trying to be "helpful" and find pictures for you. Other types of flash memory don't do that, as far as I know. Did you have to load a special driver for your Memory Stick? --there may be an option in there to disable the searching. Or, I think some photo organizing software (Google Picasa, perhaps) has features that search your whole system for new images every time it's activated. You can probably disable that, if you don't want it to run every time. Kraig --- Trevor <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Craig. I am a bit scared of my memory stick! Every time I > plug > it in starts an immediate search of all photos and graphics, > including > up, down, sideways buttons, folder, printer, spell check, etc icons > and > saves them before stopping to allow me to backup my files > > I just don't know how to stop it! > > Trevor __________________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the New Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta)

Removing a USB device without "shutting down" is not supposed to cause any physical damage; it's designed that way. That doesn't mean it can never happen -- the design may be faulty and not meet the specifications, or there may be extraordinary circumstances where damage occurs. But USB devices are supposed to be hot-pluggable -- they can be plugged in and unplugged without shutting the system down. Data loss can happen when the computer is merrily tranferring data to the USB memory, without a clue that you're going to pull the plug before the transfer is complete. Doing the "Safely remove..." routine gives the computer a chance to finish. Kraig --- Donna <[email protected]> wrote: > So, is this saying that this is the worst thing that will happen, is > lose of > data? That there is no damage to any of the equipment? > > Thanks, Donna > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Access over 1 million songs - Yahoo! Music Unlimited (http://music.yahoo.com/unlimited)

The icon for "Safe to Remove Hardware" , appears to have dissappeared from the left hand side of my taskbar at the bottom of my screen. I have clicked on the arrow to extend the list of icons, but it is not there. I wish to disconnect my printer from my laptop safely. Can someone please tell me how to find it and replace it on the task bar?? kind regards Rita _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb

Hi Dora, I get to the Desktop with 1 click from the taskbar, rather than several clicks, by reducing each page, as I always have several pages open at once. regards Rita >From: "Dora Smith" <[email protected]> >What exactly do you do with a desktop icon on the task bar? > >Maybe I'm missing something. Isn't the desktop what you get if you reduce >everything else you have running? > >Yours, >Dora Smith >Austin, TX >[email protected] _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ Messenger has arrived. Click here to download it for free! http://imagine-msn.com/messenger/launch80/?locale=en-gb

So, is this saying that this is the worst thing that will happen, is lose of data? That there is no damage to any of the equipment? Thanks, Donna But you can remove the memory stick anyway; you just risk losing data that's not completely transferred. Kraig

No. A memory stick should bring up the icon. If it doesn't, something's wrong. But you can remove the memory stick anyway; you just risk losing data that's not completely transferred. Kraig --- Trevor <[email protected]> wrote: > K Jones wrote: > > You don't need to "Safely remove" a USB printer. Just unplug it. > If > > it's a parallel port printer, shut down the computer first. > > > > Kraig > > Is that also true for a memory stick? > > Trevor > -------------------------------------- > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta/)

n.east wrote: > You can also quickly access the Desktop at anytime, simply by holding down the Win Key and then press the D key. To return to all open screens, just do the same step. It's amazing what you can still learn after years of using a computer! Trevor

You don't need to "Safely remove" a USB printer. Just unplug it. If it's a parallel port printer, shut down the computer first. Kraig --- Rita Barfield <[email protected]> wrote: > The icon for "Safe to Remove Hardware" , appears to have dissappeared > from > the left hand side of my taskbar at the bottom of my screen. I have > clicked > on the arrow to extend the list of icons, but it is not there. > > I wish to disconnect my printer from my laptop safely. > > Can someone please tell me how to find it and replace it on the task > bar?? > > kind regards > Rita > __________________________________________________________________________________________ Check out the New Yahoo! Mail - Fire up a more powerful email and get things done faster. (http://advision.webevents.yahoo.com/mailbeta)

What's a Win key?

Will Google desktop do that? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Frankie Heinzmann" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, October 29, 2006 7:33 PM Subject: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Windows XP Search and GEDCOMs > Is there any way to search a directory full of GEDCOMs for specific > contents? > > I have a several GEDCOMs in a directory and I wanted to separate those > that > I had created from those that had been sent to me or downloaded by me. I > thought if I used the Windows XP Explorer search function to look for my > phone number or street address, I could narrow down the list. The search > always returns "no results". I thought maybe Windows didn't know how to > open the .ged files so I set them to open with notepad, then with WordPad, > and then with MS Word. The result is always "no results". > > Am I missing something about the MS search function? > > Is there a simple program to search GEDCOMs for words/phrases? > > Thanks, > > Frank > > -------------------------------------- > 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 Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006

What exactly do you do with a desktop icon on the task bar? Maybe I'm missing something. Isn't the desktop what you get if you reduce everything else you have running? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rita Barfield" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:52 AM Subject: Re: [GEN-COMP-TIPS] Desktop Icon added to Task Bar > > Thanks Paul, > > I find that "little" icon so handy. > > regards Rita > > -- Internal Virus Database is out-of-date. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.3/395 - Release Date: 7/21/2006