Havent seen any postings for a while, is this list still active. Still awaiting a reply to for help for my sister who's children have changed the password on her Windows 98 computer and now cant sign in. Is there some knowledgeable person who knows how to disable the password protection so she can use her computer again. Robin

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I have recently changed my subscriptions to rootsweb mailing list to be sent to my hotmail address rather than my usual address because of the spam problems. (not that its helped any yet :-( Does anyone else have the digests arriving erratically? For instance I received the Gen-comp-tips list digest number 217 on the 18th July but didn't get 216 until the 19th. The Aberdeen digest numbers 245 on 16th July 248 on 18th July but I still haven't received numbers 246 and 247. From 248 to 254 arrived in order then 255 on 24th July but no 256 yet and I have received 257 today. Is it caused by hotmail? Thanks Kerryn

Hi Listers ,Thanks for the great lot of info that you all sent to me regarding the music conversions will check it all out ,Regards Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > Roy, > > There are many, many different ways to do this. The main questions are > what hardware and type of record player you have. Do you have a pre-amp? > An amp? What sound card do you have (and what type of inputs does it > have?)? There are many questions that you need to answer first. Do a > Google search on converting vinyl to digital and you'll find answers to > what is needed and how to go about it. > > Art > > >Hi Listers, I have just rejoined the list after a break I am trying to > >find a way to convert 78 rpm and 33 rpm recorded music to a CD format > >.Can anybody help . > > Regards Roy Nicholas in Queensland Aussie > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Hi Listers, My brother-in-law is a newbie to computers and has managed to turn on the Magnifier. He cant find any way to turn it off and return the screen to normal view. Neither can I, so I would appreciate it if someone could help please. He uses Windows XP Regards Judith Regards JUDITH NEVILLE

I am looking for help for my sister who's children have changed the password on her Windows 98 computer and now cant sign in. Is there some knowledgeable person who knows how to disable the password protection so she can use her computer again. Robin

Hi Art, I just checked the settings under Microsoft VM. I have "Java console enabled" and JIT compiler for virtual machine enabled". It wasn't working with those two. I just went and also checked "Java logging enabled" and it still doesn't do anything. Thanks for telling me I shouldn't have those checked. I had checked the first two last week in trying different things to make this work. Will uncheck them all now. I'll have to talk to my brother about the java scripting. We are each doing a different part of the web page. The slideshow is his and I seem to be the only one left that it won't work for. I had thought of Zone Alarm, too. Made sure the pop-up feature is off and still can't view the photos ........ Found it. I thought I had already tried turning Zone Alarm off before and it didn't work. But, just turned it off now and it works now. Problem solved. Thanks, Patty At 05:15 PM 7/24/2004, you wrote: >Patty, > >In Internet Explorer, go to Tools> Options> Advanced Tab. Check you >Microsoft VM settings. > >Background: Due to legal problems between MS and Sun (the makers of Java) >MS stopped using Java and created their own version. They called it >Virtual Machine (VM). This however, has been known to have serious >security flaws and has since been turned off by patches. You can turn it >back on with the above method. I would return to the previous settings >after leaving your web page. > >You might consider not using the Java language and revert to simple >thumbnails for your web page. There are several free programs that will >do this without the use of Java. Or if you desire the 'slide-show' >consider Flash. > >The other thing that could be blocking them is the ZoneAlarm. This >program has been known to block certain picture files. > >Take care, > >Art > > >>My turn for a question. I hope this is not out of line for this >>list. It is in relation to building a web site for a family reunion we >>are having. >> >>We cannot figure out what the problem is. We have some photos on the >>pages and some people can click to enlarge them and some of us >>can't. We've checked settings in Internet Explorer, checked java >>scripting to make sure it's on (the photos are in a java slideshow). >> >>Anyone have any ideas as to what could be set wrong on some of our >>computers. It's not that we have pop-ups blocked either as I've checked >>that, too. >> >>We have Zone Alarm Pro, Win XP, EZAntiVirus, all I can think of that >>might affect things. Our screen size is set at 1024 x 768 if that makes >>a difference. >> >>I'm sorry I can't give you access to the pages as we have them passworded >>for family members only. >> >>Any advice gladly taken as one of three webmasters of these pages it's >>very frustrating to not be able to enlarge my own photos. >> >>We have a limit size of 300 pixels as the width limit for photos to show >>on the pages, but I've loaded photos that were 500 x 500 pixels and I >>still can't get them to enlarge. > > >==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== >To unsubscribe from this list send a message to >GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body >of the message. > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

I've just been doing some "housekeeping" on my genealogy files and renaming them and making them more accessible to a backup! As suggested by your good selves:-) BUT. When I load them onto my other PC far away, I'm going to have a lot of duplicates, aren't I? With different file names but same data. IF I sort them by modified as suggested by your good selves, will that help again??? I fear I am going to get into a terrible muddle and might just lose VITAL stuff. Is there any way of printing out complete lists of what folders are on the C or D drive? Print Screen wont help here.......... Then I can compare the old with the new and rename the old folders on the other far away PC accordingly. Or am I going to make a complete dogs breakfast of the whole thing and I shouldn't have "fiddled" in the first place??? (Sometimes when I "fiddle" with PC, I crash it and I usually have to pay 50 quid to get a fella to put it right again! In this instance, I am working with my D drive which is my data drive. The crashing usually occurs in the C drive where all the programmes lurk.) genlistlass

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I appreciate your help and interest in my problem even if we haven't solved it. Thanks again. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alfred D. Eller" <adeller@santel.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 12:17 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions That is sort of what I thought would happen. If you put a MAC disk in a PC you will probably get the same thing. The disks are formatted differently and the PC can't read it directly because it does not understand the disk language used. There is probably someone out there who can tell you how to get the information off the disk and into the PC, but I cannot. Sorry, Alfred D. Eller RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com ================ ============== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > I don't get a file name. A dialog box comes up that says Windows cannot read > the file. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patty Gaddis" <geneamom@comcast.net> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > Maureen, > > Actually, I meant when you go to Windows Explorer (or My Computer) and > click on your a:/ drive to see what files are on the floppies, what file > extension is on the files. I am assuming they were put on 3 1/2" > floppies. I could view the file names in WE. > > Patty > At 09:10 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote: > >Thanks, Patti. > > > >They are essay type files. I have some that were "homework" eg my auto bio > >which was a final exam for a writing course and also the first 12 pp of my > >thesis, etc. Is this what you mean by "what type of files"?? I printed them > >out to hand in to my professors and also saved them to disk for my own use. > > > >Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Patty Gaddis" <geneamom@comcast.net> > >To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:40 PM > >Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > >Maureen, > > > >What kind of files are they? I don't have the files I converted a few > >years back from a word processor after we lost our hard drive. But, I know > >I used MS Word to open them. They were on floppy. I remember I had to do > >something to the files first, then I could read them. > > > >Let me know what type they are and I'll see if I can't help. > > > >Patty > >At 09:14 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote: > > >You would have to find someone who knows something about the word > >proccessor > > >that you used and what kind of format it used to saved the text. And, if > > >anyone knows of a way it can be converted and transferred to ascii text > for > > >a computer. > > > > > >Was it floppy disks or tape? > > > > > >I don't know diddly about word processors before computers. > > > > > >Alfred D. Eller > > >RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com > > >================ ============== > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> > > >To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:19 PM > > >Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Art. > > > > > > > > When I first started writing my Master's Thesis I didn't own a > computer > > > > (1997) so I put all my work on my WP. In 1998 I got my computer but > soon > > > > after had to take a long break from school. Now I'm starting back and > >need > > > > that material in my computer. > > > > > > > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> > > > > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:26 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maureen, > > > > > > > > >I too have a "conversion" question (of which Roy's post reminded me). > > > > > > > > > >I have several floppies from my word processor which I would like to > > > > convert > > > > >so I can put the material on my computer. Is there any way of doing > > >that?? > > > > > > > > This will not take any type of conversion process. Simply copy the > >files > > > > from the floppies to your hard drive and open them with your processor > > > > program. Or if they need editing, you can open them directly from the > > > > floppy with your word processor, edit them and save them back to > floppy > >or > > > > your hard drive. > > > > > > > > Art ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

That is sort of what I thought would happen. If you put a MAC disk in a PC you will probably get the same thing. The disks are formatted differently and the PC can't read it directly because it does not understand the disk language used. There is probably someone out there who can tell you how to get the information off the disk and into the PC, but I cannot. Sorry, Alfred D. Eller RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com ================ ============== ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 8:18 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > I don't get a file name. A dialog box comes up that says Windows cannot read > the file. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Patty Gaddis" <geneamom@comcast.net> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:59 PM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > Maureen, > > Actually, I meant when you go to Windows Explorer (or My Computer) and > click on your a:/ drive to see what files are on the floppies, what file > extension is on the files. I am assuming they were put on 3 1/2" > floppies. I could view the file names in WE. > > Patty > At 09:10 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote: > >Thanks, Patti. > > > >They are essay type files. I have some that were "homework" eg my auto bio > >which was a final exam for a writing course and also the first 12 pp of my > >thesis, etc. Is this what you mean by "what type of files"?? I printed them > >out to hand in to my professors and also saved them to disk for my own use. > > > >Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Patty Gaddis" <geneamom@comcast.net> > >To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:40 PM > >Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > >Maureen, > > > >What kind of files are they? I don't have the files I converted a few > >years back from a word processor after we lost our hard drive. But, I know > >I used MS Word to open them. They were on floppy. I remember I had to do > >something to the files first, then I could read them. > > > >Let me know what type they are and I'll see if I can't help. > > > >Patty > >At 09:14 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote: > > >You would have to find someone who knows something about the word > >proccessor > > >that you used and what kind of format it used to saved the text. And, if > > >anyone knows of a way it can be converted and transferred to ascii text > for > > >a computer. > > > > > >Was it floppy disks or tape? > > > > > >I don't know diddly about word processors before computers. > > > > > >Alfred D. Eller > > >RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com > > >================ ============== > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> > > >To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > >Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:19 PM > > >Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > > > > Thanks Art. > > > > > > > > When I first started writing my Master's Thesis I didn't own a > computer > > > > (1997) so I put all my work on my WP. In 1998 I got my computer but > soon > > > > after had to take a long break from school. Now I'm starting back and > >need > > > > that material in my computer. > > > > > > > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> > > > > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:26 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Maureen, > > > > > > > > >I too have a "conversion" question (of which Roy's post reminded me). > > > > > > > > > >I have several floppies from my word processor which I would like to > > > > convert > > > > >so I can put the material on my computer. Is there any way of doing > > >that?? > > > > > > > > This will not take any type of conversion process. Simply copy the > >files > > > > from the floppies to your hard drive and open them with your processor > > > > program. Or if they need editing, you can open them directly from the > > > > floppy with your word processor, edit them and save them back to > floppy > >or > > > > your hard drive. > > > > > > > > Art

I don't get a file name. A dialog box comes up that says Windows cannot read the file. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patty Gaddis" <geneamom@comcast.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:59 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions Maureen, Actually, I meant when you go to Windows Explorer (or My Computer) and click on your a:/ drive to see what files are on the floppies, what file extension is on the files. I am assuming they were put on 3 1/2" floppies. I could view the file names in WE. Patty At 09:10 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote: >Thanks, Patti. > >They are essay type files. I have some that were "homework" eg my auto bio >which was a final exam for a writing course and also the first 12 pp of my >thesis, etc. Is this what you mean by "what type of files"?? I printed them >out to hand in to my professors and also saved them to disk for my own use. > >Maureen > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Patty Gaddis" <geneamom@comcast.net> >To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> >Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:40 PM >Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > >Maureen, > >What kind of files are they? I don't have the files I converted a few >years back from a word processor after we lost our hard drive. But, I know >I used MS Word to open them. They were on floppy. I remember I had to do >something to the files first, then I could read them. > >Let me know what type they are and I'll see if I can't help. > >Patty >At 09:14 PM 7/23/2004, you wrote: > >You would have to find someone who knows something about the word >proccessor > >that you used and what kind of format it used to saved the text. And, if > >anyone knows of a way it can be converted and transferred to ascii text for > >a computer. > > > >Was it floppy disks or tape? > > > >I don't know diddly about word processors before computers. > > > >Alfred D. Eller > >RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com > >================ ============== > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> > >To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > >Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:19 PM > >Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > Thanks Art. > > > > > > When I first started writing my Master's Thesis I didn't own a computer > > > (1997) so I put all my work on my WP. In 1998 I got my computer but soon > > > after had to take a long break from school. Now I'm starting back and >need > > > that material in my computer. > > > > > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> > > > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:26 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > > > > > > Maureen, > > > > > > >I too have a "conversion" question (of which Roy's post reminded me). > > > > > > > >I have several floppies from my word processor which I would like to > > > convert > > > >so I can put the material on my computer. Is there any way of doing > >that?? > > > > > > This will not take any type of conversion process. Simply copy the >files > > > from the floppies to your hard drive and open them with your processor > > > program. Or if they need editing, you can open them directly from the > > > floppy with your word processor, edit them and save them back to floppy >or > > > your hard drive. > > > > > > Art > > > > > > > >==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > >Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > >http://www.cyndislist.com > > > >============================== > >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > >http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > >==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== >DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know them. >Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, other >than AV Software, against mail "viruses" > >============================== >Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration >Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. 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Thanks, Art. ----- Original Message ----- From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions It would be better to connect the cable into the line-in on your sound card. Using mic will give you more added hiss and pops to the recording and I don't think anyone would be happy with the results. All of this would depend on the output of the device you are recording from. You may need a "Y" type of cable if your device has an line out for each channel. If it has an amp or pre-amp it could damage the sound card using the microphone connection! Be careful and do some research about your hardware before attempting this! Art > Here's some info I had saved.......don't remember where I got it > from. I hope it helps. > > Doris > > Turn tapes and records into CDs > > Q. I've got a bunch of tapes and records that I'd like to put on > CD. Can you walk me through the process? > > Connect your tape or record player to your sound card's mic > terminal with a 1/8" mini jack. If you're unsure where to look, check > your computer's user manual. Open the Volume Control. Click Start>All > Programs (or Programs)>Accessories>Entertainment> Volume Control. Click > Options>Properties. Click Recording, under Adjust Volume for. Ensure > Microphone has a check mark next to it. Click OK. Make sure the Select > box under Microphone is checked. > > Next, you'll need software to convert the analog music (your tape > or record) into digital form to place on CD. Audacity > (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) is a great free program. Install and > open Audacity. Click the record button (it's the red circle) and start > playing your record or tape. > > You can do this one of two ways. You can record each side of the > tape or record into one big file and break up the tracks later. Or, you > can record each song as an individual file. I find it much easier to > record each individual song as a file. > > After you record a song, stop the tape or record and hit the stop > button in Audacity. Click File>Export as WAV. Name your song file. > Continue until you have recorded each song from the tape or record. > > Since there are silent spots and probably some pops and hisses, > you'll want to clean up and edit the .WAV files. Audacity has a noise > removal effect. It also allows you to edit unwanted breaks and more. If > you want more creative audio effects and editing techniques, Audacity has > online tutorials and a downloadable manual. > > Once you have cleaned up all of your files, they're ready to burn > to CD. Windows XP has built-in software that allows you to burn files > onto a CD. There is also a free program called burn4free > (http://www.burn4free.com/). Or, use the software that came with your CD > burner. > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Roy Nicholas > To: GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 4:27 PM > Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > Hi Listers, I have just rejoined the list after a break I am trying to > find a way to convert 78 rpm and 33 rpm recorded music to a CD format > .Can anybody help . > Regards Roy Nicholas in Queensland Aussie ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Thanks, Doris. It had occured to me that maybe there was a way of converting to a CD but I hadn't a clue as to how. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Doris Mathis" <doris40@aeroinc.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:50 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions Here's some info I had saved.......don't remember where I got it from. I hope it helps. Doris Turn tapes and records into CDs Q. I've got a bunch of tapes and records that I'd like to put on CD. Can you walk me through the process? Connect your tape or record player to your sound card's mic terminal with a 1/8" mini jack. If you're unsure where to look, check your computer's user manual. Open the Volume Control. Click Start>All Programs (or Programs)>Accessories>Entertainment> Volume Control. Click Options>Properties. Click Recording, under Adjust Volume for. Ensure Microphone has a check mark next to it. Click OK. Make sure the Select box under Microphone is checked. Next, you'll need software to convert the analog music (your tape or record) into digital form to place on CD. Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) is a great free program. Install and open Audacity. Click the record button (it's the red circle) and start playing your record or tape. You can do this one of two ways. You can record each side of the tape or record into one big file and break up the tracks later. Or, you can record each song as an individual file. I find it much easier to record each individual song as a file. After you record a song, stop the tape or record and hit the stop button in Audacity. Click File>Export as WAV. Name your song file. Continue until you have recorded each song from the tape or record. Since there are silent spots and probably some pops and hisses, you'll want to clean up and edit the .WAV files. Audacity has a noise removal effect. It also allows you to edit unwanted breaks and more. If you want more creative audio effects and editing techniques, Audacity has online tutorials and a downloadable manual. Once you have cleaned up all of your files, they're ready to burn to CD. Windows XP has built-in software that allows you to burn files onto a CD. There is also a free program called burn4free (http://www.burn4free.com/). Or, use the software that came with your CD burner. ----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Nicholas To: GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 4:27 PM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions Hi Listers, I have just rejoined the list after a break I am trying to find a way to convert 78 rpm and 33 rpm recorded music to a CD format .Can anybody help . Regards Roy Nicholas in Queensland Aussie ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know them. Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, other than AV Software, against mail "viruses" ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== DO NOT open unexpected file attachments from people, even if you know them. Verify with the sender first. This may be your only line of defence, other than AV Software, against mail "viruses" ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Thanks, George. I will try it. It has been such a long time since I've used my WP that I probably forgot how, but I still have my instruction booklet. Ill let you know how it works out. Maureen ----- Original Message ----- From: "gyoung" <gyoung5345@wideopenwest.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 6:56 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions Maureen, My Brother 7550 word processor has a convert function that converts a Word Processing file into an ASCII file. Get into File Management and click on Convert. George Young ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > Hi Alfred, > > I have the material on floppy disks. I just dug them out and tried to copy > a couple of them a few minutes ago but they wouldn't copy. The WP is a > Brothers 1997. The floppies are just "regular" 3.5Mb DD. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfred D. Eller" <adeller@santel.net> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > You would have to find someone who knows something about the word proccessor > that you used and what kind of format it used to saved the text. And, if > anyone knows of a way it can be converted and transferred to ascii text for > a computer. > > Was it floppy disks or tape? > > I don't know diddly about word processors before computers. > > Alfred D. Eller > RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com > ================ ============== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:19 PM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > Thanks Art. > > > > When I first started writing my Master's Thesis I didn't own a computer > > (1997) so I put all my work on my WP. In 1998 I got my computer but soon > > after had to take a long break from school. Now I'm starting back and need > > that material in my computer. > > > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> > > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:26 PM > > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > > Maureen, > > > > >I too have a "conversion" question (of which Roy's post reminded me). > > > > > >I have several floppies from my word processor which I would like to > > convert > > >so I can put the material on my computer. Is there any way of doing > that?? > > > > This will not take any type of conversion process. Simply copy the files > > from the floppies to your hard drive and open them with your processor > > program. Or if they need editing, you can open them directly from the > > floppy with your word processor, edit them and save them back to floppy or > > your hard drive. > > > > Art > > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: http://www.cyndislist.com ============================== Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Maureen, My Brother 7550 word processor has a convert function that converts a Word Processing file into an ASCII file. Get into File Management and click on Convert. George Young ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 8:31 PM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > Hi Alfred, > > I have the material on floppy disks. I just dug them out and tried to copy > a couple of them a few minutes ago but they wouldn't copy. The WP is a > Brothers 1997. The floppies are just "regular" 3.5Mb DD. > > Maureen > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alfred D. Eller" <adeller@santel.net> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 9:14 PM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > You would have to find someone who knows something about the word proccessor > that you used and what kind of format it used to saved the text. And, if > anyone knows of a way it can be converted and transferred to ascii text for > a computer. > > Was it floppy disks or tape? > > I don't know diddly about word processors before computers. > > Alfred D. Eller > RootsMagic-Users-Admin@RootsWeb.com > ================ ============== > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Maureen S Cassidy" <maureen.s.cassidy@worldnet.att.net> > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:19 PM > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > Thanks Art. > > > > When I first started writing my Master's Thesis I didn't own a computer > > (1997) so I put all my work on my WP. In 1998 I got my computer but soon > > after had to take a long break from school. Now I'm starting back and need > > that material in my computer. > > > > Maureen > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> > > To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:26 PM > > Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > > > > > > > Maureen, > > > > >I too have a "conversion" question (of which Roy's post reminded me). > > > > > >I have several floppies from my word processor which I would like to > > convert > > >so I can put the material on my computer. Is there any way of doing > that?? > > > > This will not take any type of conversion process. Simply copy the files > > from the floppies to your hard drive and open them with your processor > > program. Or if they need editing, you can open them directly from the > > floppy with your word processor, edit them and save them back to floppy or > > your hard drive. > > > > Art > > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > Cyndi's List of Genealogy Sites of the Internet: > http://www.cyndislist.com > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

Hi Art .Thanks for the reply I will doas you have suggested Regards Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "dolphin213" <dolphin213@cox.net> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, July 24, 2004 8:22 AM Subject: Re: [Gen-Comp-Tips] Music Conversions > > Roy, > > There are many, many different ways to do this. The main questions are > what hardware and type of record player you have. Do you have a pre-amp? > An amp? What sound card do you have (and what type of inputs does it > have?)? There are many questions that you need to answer first. Do a > Google search on converting vinyl to digital and you'll find answers to > what is needed and how to go about it. > > Art > > >Hi Listers, I have just rejoined the list after a break I am trying to > >find a way to convert 78 rpm and 33 rpm recorded music to a CD format > >.Can anybody help . > > Regards Roy Nicholas in Queensland Aussie > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237

Patty, In Internet Explorer, go to Tools> Options> Advanced Tab. Check you Microsoft VM settings. Background: Due to legal problems between MS and Sun (the makers of Java) MS stopped using Java and created their own version. They called it Virtual Machine (VM). This however, has been known to have serious security flaws and has since been turned off by patches. You can turn it back on with the above method. I would return to the previous settings after leaving your web page. You might consider not using the Java language and revert to simple thumbnails for your web page. There are several free programs that will do this without the use of Java. Or if you desire the 'slide-show' consider Flash. The other thing that could be blocking them is the ZoneAlarm. This program has been known to block certain picture files. Take care, Art >My turn for a question. I hope this is not out of line for this list. It >is in relation to building a web site for a family reunion we are having. > >We cannot figure out what the problem is. We have some photos on the >pages and some people can click to enlarge them and some of us >can't. We've checked settings in Internet Explorer, checked java >scripting to make sure it's on (the photos are in a java slideshow). > >Anyone have any ideas as to what could be set wrong on some of our >computers. It's not that we have pop-ups blocked either as I've checked >that, too. > >We have Zone Alarm Pro, Win XP, EZAntiVirus, all I can think of that might >affect things. Our screen size is set at 1024 x 768 if that makes a >difference. > >I'm sorry I can't give you access to the pages as we have them passworded >for family members only. > >Any advice gladly taken as one of three webmasters of these pages it's >very frustrating to not be able to enlarge my own photos. > >We have a limit size of 300 pixels as the width limit for photos to show >on the pages, but I've loaded photos that were 500 x 500 pixels and I >still can't get them to enlarge.

Just a thought. XP allows some programs to run as in an earlier version of Windows. I had to choose Windows 95 Compatibility Mode to run one program properly. Right click on the program icon, select Properties, and then Compatibility Mode. Don't know if this will help you, but it's worth a try. Or go to XP Help on your computer and select Fixing a Problem. That helped me once when something wouldn't run right. I can't recall whether I've run the 1881 UK census on my XP computer, but I have successfully run the 1880 US census there. (I have XP Home edition, original installation when I bought my computer.) Fran ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Twitchin" <jo.boy@bigpond.com> To: <GEN-COMP-TIPS-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 7:36 PM Subject: [Gen-Comp-Tips] 1881 British Census Windows XP > I have encountered another problem now that I have upgraded to Windows XP and seek help and/or suggestions. > The problem is that I have the 25 CD 1881 British Census. > It is not now accessible via WXP ........... When I try to search I am invited to place a name in the search box and up comes a list of those names I select a candidate from that list that has potential and,when I do so,I get a dialog box saying; > > "Error loading the registry information for 1881 British Census .......... Unable to change titles" > > I might add that I have unistalled this program several times and reinstalled with the original viewer (2.0) and and update (4.0) without success. > Any Thoughts? > Joe > > > > ==== GEN-COMP-TIPS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from this list send a message to GEN-COMP-TIPS-L-REQUEST@ROOTSWEB.COM with the word UNSUBSCRIBE in the body of the message. > > ============================== > Gain access to over two billion names including the new Immigration > Collection with an Ancestry.com free trial. Click to learn more. > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=4930&sourceid=1237 >

I have encountered another problem now that I have upgraded to Windows XP and seek help and/or suggestions. The problem is that I have the 25 CD 1881 British Census. It is not now accessible via WXP ........... When I try to search I am invited to place a name in the search box and up comes a list of those names I select a candidate from that list that has potential and,when I do so,I get a dialog box saying; "Error loading the registry information for 1881 British Census .......... Unable to change titles" I might add that I have unistalled this program several times and reinstalled with the original viewer (2.0) and and update (4.0) without success. Any Thoughts? Joe