That was it - thanks....and to Barry too! ----- Original Message ----- From: <AntiqHam@aol.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, August 18, 2005 11:38 AM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Windows Media "sound" problem > Hi > > Just a thought. If you are using Windows Media 10. There are five little > buttons on the left at the bottom. > 1st on is PLAY > 2nd is STOP > 3rd is PREVIOUS > 4th is NEXT > 5th is MUTE > > Make sure it wasn't clicked to MUTE. If it is on MUTE just click again. It > happen to me once. > > Wally > > > ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== > To leave the list, click here and send: > mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > To leave the DIGEST, click here and send: > mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe > > ============================== > Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. > Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.12/75 - Release Date: 8/17/2005 > >

Hello The, Thursday, August 18, 2005, 3:52:50 PM, you wrote: TF> Volume is up...screen shows that music is playing but can't hear TF> it. (I know speakers are working as I hear the pings, etc. when TF> doing anything) Worked fine yesterday but not this morning...and TF> help appreciated. Check to see if the sound for the player has been muted / turned down by right clicking on the speaker icon and choosing [ Open Volume Controls ]. There will be a bunch of volume sliders and also a check box at the bottom for muting. Make sure there are none of these boxes with a cross in them and the volume sliders aren't at the bottom. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe

In a message dated 8/18/2005 11:46:05 AM Eastern Standard Time, brummett@sigecom.net writes: For the past week or so, I have been getting these "Congratulations. You hav e won the lottery" emails. I have been deleting them, but I am wondering how they get my email address. Also I think that we have been told about these on this Senior Newbie site. Is there anything I need to do about these emails? So far, they haven't come right out and asked for the name of my bank, etc. TIA Ruth in IN -- Ruth- The best thing it to just delete them unless you are able to set personal spam filters by adding the words you find in this spam so that these will be automatically blocked for you. If you are able to open and interpret the FULL EXPANDED message headers to see where the spam actually originated you can try reporting that either to your own ISP or to the originating ISP. I'd caution against reporting to the originating ISP unless you know for sure they are not a "spamhouse" themselves. I made that mistake once years ago reporting a spammer to an ISP in Hong Kong and ended up getting mail bombed by the spammer. :( So unless you really know what you are doing you are better off just deleting it. If it is a scam though--you might want to report it to the government at: uce@ftc.gov . I think I have that address correct--if not I'm sure someone will correct me. Joan

Hi Just recall when it seems to good to be true...it probably is too good to be true!!!Generally you don't get something for nothing!! Wally

For the past week or so, I have been getting these "Congratulations. You hav e won the lottery" emails. I have been deleting them, but I am wondering how they get my email address. Also I think that we have been told about these on this Senior Newbie site. Is there anything I need to do about these emails? So far, they haven't come right out and asked for the name of my bank, etc. TIA Ruth in IN

Hi Just a thought. If you are using Windows Media 10. There are five little buttons on the left at the bottom. 1st on is PLAY 2nd is STOP 3rd is PREVIOUS 4th is NEXT 5th is MUTE Make sure it wasn't clicked to MUTE. If it is on MUTE just click again. It happen to me once. Wally

Volume is up...screen shows that music is playing but can't hear it. (I know speakers are working as I hear the pings, etc. when doing anything) Worked fine yesterday but not this morning...and help appreciated. TIA Ruth in NJ

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Thanks, Sharyn for that correction (my old copy of "Using Windows 98" confirms that too). I guess I will have to recheck the source I used which referred to the change as being one made in Win Me only :-). Lance -----Original Message----- From: Sharyn Hay [mailto:meow8@verizon.net] Sent: Tuesday, 16 August 2005 12:18 AM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] lexplore Sorry, Lance, but in WIN 98 it is called 'Close Program' as well. Sharyn

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Bob, Ctrl+Alt+Del is not called Task manager in Windows Me apparently. It is called "Close Program" Why the change, I don't know (I guess we will have to ask Bill ;-)). In 98 it was Task Manager and in XP it is Task Manager - strange. Lance -----Original Message----- From: bobzmail@juno.com [mailto:bobzmail@juno.com] Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2005 10:27 PM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] lexplore I am trying to find Task Manager. I am using Windows ME. I can not seem to find what you are discribing. Also if this is suppose to be there, then my question is that it never showed up in the running programs before, why is it there now and why do I sometimes have two and three.

Doris, PrcView is a process viewer utility that displays detailed information about processes running under Windows. For each process it displays memory, threads and module usage. For each DLL it shows full path and version information: http://www.xmlsp.com/pview/prcview.htm The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hot fixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html As you can see they produce two entirely different reports. Lance -----Original Message----- From: Doris Mathis [mailto:doris40@aeroinc.net] Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2005 10:05 PM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] lexplore Lance, is PrcView similiar to Belarc Advisor? If so, how does one compare to the other? Thanks Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <lance.b.4u@gmail.com>

Thanks for that correction and explanation, Barry. Bob, if you go to this Symantec site, they have a tool to remove this trojan: http://tinyurl.com/4wmbg They also have detailed instructions on how to remove it manually, if you don't wish to use their tool. Lance -----Original Message----- From: Barry [mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk] Sent: Monday, 15 August 2005 12:29 AM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] lexplore Hello bobzmail, Sunday, August 14, 2005, 12:04:09 AM, you wrote: bjc> Hi, bjc> Need some help. When I do the ctl,alt,delete to see what programs bjc> are running I get "lexplore" twice. I have looked this up and I do bjc> not know exactly what it is. It says it is not a virus,worm or bjc> trojan. lexplore ( that's spelt with a lower case 'L' at the front ) *is* a worm / trojan and should be removed by updating and running a full scan with your Anti-Virus program. http://startup.iamnotageek.com/srch-LEXPLORE.exe.html for more info. Note: using the lower case 'L' makes it very easy to mistake for iexplore which is a legitimate process from IE as Lance says. That's why these worm / trojan writers use such names, to try and hide !! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To leave the list, click here and send: mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-L-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe To leave the DIGEST, click here and send: mailto:SENIOR-NEWBIE-D-request@rootsweb.com?subject=unsubscribe ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.8/71 - Release Date: 2005-08-12

----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <lance.b.4u@gmail.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 6:15 PM Subject: RE: [SR-NEWBIE] lexplore > Bob, Ctrl+Alt+Del is not called Task manager in Windows Me apparently. It is > called "Close Program" Why the change, I don't know (I guess we will have > to ask Bill ;-)). In 98 it was Task Manager and in XP it is Task Manager - > strange. > > Lance Sorry, Lance, but in WIN 98 it is called 'Close Program' as well. Sharyn

Thanks for all the info Lance. Doris ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lance" <lance.b.4u@gmail.com> To: <SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, August 14, 2005 8:10 PM Subject: RE: [SR-NEWBIE] lexplore Doris, PrcView is a process viewer utility that displays detailed information about processes running under Windows. For each process it displays memory, threads and module usage. For each DLL it shows full path and version information: http://www.xmlsp.com/pview/prcview.htm The Belarc Advisor builds a detailed profile of your installed software and hardware, including Microsoft Hot fixes, and displays the results in your Web browser. All of your PC profile information is kept private on your PC and is not sent to any web server.: http://www.belarc.com/free_download.html As you can see they produce two entirely different reports. Lance

Hello bobzmail, Sunday, August 14, 2005, 12:04:09 AM, you wrote: bjc> Hi, bjc> Need some help. When I do the ctl,alt,delete to see what programs bjc> are running I get "lexplore" twice. I have looked this up and I bjc> do not know exactly what it is. It says it is not a virus,worm or bjc> trojan. lexplore ( that's spelt with a lower case 'L' at the front ) *is* a worm / trojan and should be removed by updating and running a full scan with your Anti-Virus program. http://startup.iamnotageek.com/srch-LEXPLORE.exe.html for more info. Note: using the lower case 'L' makes it very easy to mistake for iexplore which is a legitimate process from IE as Lance says. That's why these worm / trojan writers use such names, to try and hide !! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Xandros 2.0 Deluxe

Bob, in Task Manager, when you have Internet Explorer open, you will see it listed in APPLICATIONS with the recognizable blue "Ie" icon. When you click on the PROCESSES tab, you see it listed again as "iexplorer.exe", that is, the executable file (or Process) that allows IE to run. If you have two or more instances of IE running (IE doesn't have tabbed browsing like Firefox), you will see that there are two or more entries under both APPLICATIONS and PROCESSES (what you said you are seeing). You have nothing to worry about it. It certainly is part of IE. If you really want to see at anytime just what processes are running and where they are actually on your hard drive, there is a handy utility called PrcView which will allow you to view those processes: http://www.xmlsp.com/pview/prcview.htm It gives a listing of the running processes and lists their path to find them in Explorer. Lance -----Original Message----- From: bobzmail@juno.com [mailto:bobzmail@juno.com] Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2005 12:11 PM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] lexplore Is this ok to have on the computer. If so how come I have Internet Explorer and lexplore (This is the way it is on the running programs) ? Is this a part of Internet Explorer?

Bob, "Iexplore" is INTERNET EXPLORER - you have probably confused the uppercase "I" with the lowercase "l". If you look closely, it should be "iexplore". Lance On 8/14/05, bobzmail@juno.com <bobzmail@juno.com> wrote: > Hi, > Need some help. > When I do the ctl,alt,delete to see what programs are running I get > "lexplore" twice. I have looked this up and I do not know exactly what > it is. It says it is not a virus,worm or trojan. I have tryed the removal > tools and I do not have in my registry what they say to look for. When I > try to delete it then it comes back and puts another one on. Then I have > three. It seems like it multiplys. Also if I let the computer Idle for a > short while then I get extra programs added and I run out of resources so > bad that I can not even shut the computer off with out quitting some of > the programs by the crtl,alt,delete method. Does someone know how to get > rid of this? P. S. Check out Legacy Family Tree today! This full featured genealogy program can be downloaded FREE at http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Index.asp?mid=52583ii

Floreda, to add or remove headings, just place your cursor in the headings area (above the messages). Right click and from the context menu, select CUSTOMIZE CURRENT VIEW. When that window opens click the top box FIELDS. In that window, you will see a little box at the top showing FREQUENTLY USED FIELDS. Click the little arrow at the right hand end and on the context menu which opens, scroll down to ALL MAIL FIELDS and select it. Now you will see on the right hand side all your current column headings. On the left hand side you will see all the other headings you can add. Scroll to SUBJECT select it and then click ADD (in the middle of the two panes). You will now see SUBJECT at the bottom of the right hand listing. To re-order the columns, you just highlight one of the headings in the list on the right and use the MOVE UP or MOVE DOWN buttons down near the bottom of the listing. When you are satisfied they are as you want them, click OK and when you go back to the main screen, your columns will be as you want them. Just remember, that you can sort your messages by each of those headings, simply by left clicking next to column name. Then you can reverse the order of the messages using that heading by clicking once again. Lance On 8/13/05, Tallygators <tallygators@earthlink.net> wrote: > On the inbox of microsoft I have three headings: From, received, size. > I believe I used to have a heading: subject. > > How can I get the heading for subject back (assuming I had it in the > first place)? > > Floreda

Gosh it's easy when you have good instructions. Thank again, Lance. I truly appreciate it. Floreda -----Original Message----- From: Lance [mailto:lance.b.4u@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, August 13, 2005 9:36 PM To: SENIOR-NEWBIE-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Microsoft outlook Floreda, to add or remove headings, just place your cursor in the headings area (above the messages). Right click and from the context menu, select CUSTOMIZE CURRENT VIEW. When that window opens click the top box FIELDS. In that window, you will see a little box at the top showing FREQUENTLY USED FIELDS. Click the little arrow at the right hand end and on the context menu which opens, scroll down to ALL MAIL FIELDS and select it. Now you will see on the right hand side all your current column headings. On the left hand side you will see all the other headings you can add. Scroll to SUBJECT select it and then click ADD (in the middle of the two panes). You will now see SUBJECT at the bottom of the right hand listing. To re-order the columns, you just highlight one of the headings in the list on the right and use the MOVE UP or MOVE DOWN buttons down near the bottom of the listing. When you are satisfied they are as you want them, click OK and when you go back to the main screen, your columns will be as you want them. Just remember, that you can sort your messages by each of those headings, simply by left clicking next to column name. Then you can reverse the order of the messages using that heading by clicking once again. Lance On 8/13/05, Tallygators <tallygators@earthlink.net> wrote: > On the inbox of microsoft I have three headings: From, received, > size. I believe I used to have a heading: subject. > > How can I get the heading for subject back (assuming I had it in the > first place)? > > Floreda ==== SENIOR-NEWBIE Mailing List ==== To volunteer to do a lookup or to exchange lookups, go here: http://www.RAOGK.org ============================== Census images 1901, 1891, 1881 and 1871, plus so much more. Ancestry.com's United Kingdom & Ireland Collection. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13968/rd.ashx