Hello Jan, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 2:57:12 PM, you wrote: Wac> Is there a device that will play old reel-to-reel tapes & record Wac> them to something else....such as casette, CD, flash, PC, etc? All you need is a suitable cable to go from the output of the reel-to-reel and the input socket of the PC sound card. Once you have that then the free program Audacity will be able to record whatever you play onto the PC where you can edit / clean up / save as MP3 / Wav files etc ready for copy to MP3 player or create a CD from. Might have to play around with the output volume of the reel-to-reel as too much might overload the sound card input. You'll soon know as it will sound distorted on load passages and the waveform you see in Audacity will be clipped. http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ - current version 1.2.6 and works on Windows / Mac / Linux :-) -- Best regards, Barry mailto:[email protected] MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

Hello Ema, Monday, March 22, 2010, 11:55:07 AM, you wrote: Eac> I tried to get a restore and its not working. I tried a few times Eac> with a few different dates. When this happens the only way to sort it is to disable System Restore then turn it back on again. This erases all restore points saved but as they don't work it's not a great loss and it's better to have a working System Restore. Eac> When I turn on my pc I get a strange pop up asking for a password Eac> which I dont have I hit okey and the pc starts and I cant stand Eac> it that's why I want a restore At what point exactly does it ask for this password ? Is it before Windows loads or when you'd normally be expecting the 'Welcome' screen to appear ? -- Best regards, Barry mailto:[email protected] MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

Hello Old, Friday, March 19, 2010, 9:45:19 PM, you wrote: OT> My wife has got a new ASUS netbook Eee, it has a built in LAN and OT> Bluetooth wireless receiver? I know very little about them, and OT> wonder if someone can help! presently I have it set-up to my home OT> wireless system so as to go on line, but in May we intend taking OT> it with us on our holidays (five weeks) in the UK, what have we OT> got to do so we can get on line while there. i.e. what will we OT> require in the form of add on's, & and an estimated cost? would be OT> very helpful as I have no idea of UK's present technology.. We have gone a little way past the stone tablet and chisel days over on this side of the pond so your Asus will be able to connect into any Wi-Fi signal available when you get here. There are many places now that have free Wi-Fi ( pubs, coffee shops etc ) and even hotels where you are staying may well have it too ! Main thing to find out is whether the charger is dual-voltage so that it will work on our higher mains voltage of 230v as opposed to your 110v. It should say on the label what the input range is and if it's clearly 100-240 or similar and possibly says 50/60Hz too then you are good to go. Don't even attempt to plug the charger in over here unless you are 100% certain it's compatible - plugging a 110v device into our 230v mains is spectacular if you like fireworks and flames but not generally recommended <lol> Other than that, happy holidays and don't forget to visit the Lake District up here in the north west of England where I live if you can :-) -- Best regards, Barry mailto:[email protected] MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

I find that my "restore" does not work as long as my Norton Internet Security is active. What I have to do is restart in Safe Mode (first turning off my cable modem to avoid vulnerability) so that my Norton doesn't run, and then run my restore. Woody ======================== In msg 3/24/2010 9:11AM CDT [email protected] writes: Hello Ema, Monday, March 22, 2010, 11:55:07 AM, you wrote: Eac> I tried to get a restore and its not working. I tried a few times Eac> with a few different dates. When this happens the only way to sort it is to disable System Restore then turn it back on again. This erases all restore points saved but as they don't work it's not a great loss and it's better to have a working System Restore. Eac> When I turn on my pc I get a strange pop up asking for a password Eac> which I dont have I hit okey and the pc starts and I cant stand Eac> it that's why I want a restore At what point exactly does it ask for this password ? Is it before Windows loads or when you'd normally be expecting the 'Welcome' screen to appear ? -- Best regards, Barry

Hi Saw your message and wanted to say I hope you have a wonderful time in the UK in May! J In a message dated 3/19/2010 5:45:31 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: G'Day all. My wife has got a new ASUS netbook Eee, it has a built in LAN and Bluetooth wireless receiver? I know very little about them, and wonder if someone can help! presently I have it set-up to my home wireless system so as to go on line, but in May we intend taking it with us on our holidays (five weeks) in the UK, what have we got to do so we can get on line while there. i.e. what will we require in the form of add on's, & and an estimated cost? would be very helpful as I have no idea of UK's present technology.. Many thanks Regards Arthur South Australia. ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE ********* ------------------------------- 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

Is there a device that will play old reel-to-reel tapes & record them to something else....such as casette, CD, flash, PC, etc? Jan

On Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 7:49 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rick... > My good friend who has dissappeared on vacation mentioned to me > that he bought something for 30 dollars to transfer the tapes. > I wasn't interested because my 4 year old viao does it ......... so > as soon as I get a hold of him I will let you know if you can > wait. > Yes, Ema, I can wait. Thanks for the offer of help. This computer is from June '04, so I don't think the necessary conversion item is built in; however, I will ask my son to be sure. I look forward to hearing from you. Thirty dollars sounds good! TIA Rick > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

There are external video capture cards. If that is what he wants and you seem to think he does, he should be able to find them at any electronic store or website. My grandson uses one and says it works fine. I have heard different opinions from others. I've never used one. Elaine The most original authors are not so because they advance what is new, but because they put what they have to say as if it had never been said before. --Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Hello Ema609 On Monday, March 22, 2010, you wrote > Hi Rick... > My good friend who has dissappeared on > vacation mentioned to me > that he bought something for 30 dollars > to transfer the tapes. > I wasn't interested because my 4 year old > viao does it ......... so > as soon as I get a hold of him I will > let you know if you can > wait. > If you have a newish pc maybe its > built in. My daughter > just bought a pc that does everything but closets. > On my pc all I did was connect the vcr to > the pc which does you no > good. I believe you might need a certain > video card if its not > built in. > Ema > This question was asked quite awhile ago on > this list, and in the archives > I > found the below response; however, the name of such a device was not > provided. We would appreciate knowing the type > of device to search for on > the web. > TIA > Rick

Hi Helpppppppp I tried to get a restore and its not working. I tried a few times with a few different dates. When I turn on my pc I get a strange pop up asking for a password which I dont have I hit okey and the pc starts and I cant stand it that's why I want a restore Ema

Hi Rick... My good friend who has dissappeared on vacation mentioned to me that he bought something for 30 dollars to transfer the tapes. I wasn't interested because my 4 year old viao does it ......... so as soon as I get a hold of him I will let you know if you can wait. If you have a newish pc maybe its built in. My daughter just bought a pc that does everything but closets. On my pc all I did was connect the vcr to the pc which does you no good. I believe you might need a certain video card if its not built in. Ema This question was asked quite awhile ago on this list, and in the archives I found the below response; however, the name of such a device was not provided. We would appreciate knowing the type of device to search for on the web. TIA Rick

I just bought this model from Amazon. I haven't yet set it up. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001TOD3KU/ref=wms_ohs_product The reviews can be read there. It is one of many of these types of equipment. Elaine Tact is the rare ability to keep silent while two friends are arguing, And you know both of them are wrong. --Hugh Allen Hello RickandRana On Sunday, March 21, 2010, you wrote > This question was asked quite awhile ago on > this list, and in the archives I > found the below response; however, the name of such a device was not > provided. We would appreciate knowing the type > of device to search for on > the web.

This question was asked quite awhile ago on this list, and in the archives I found the below response; however, the name of such a device was not provided. We would appreciate knowing the type of device to search for on the web. TIA Rick Hi, I am not sure about home movies which I suppose are 8mm tapes, but I bought a VHS/DVD recorder for about $200 Cdn. and am tranferring video 8 tapes from an analog video recorder, old home movies that had been transferred to VHS commercially, onto DVDs. It works well and I am satisfied with the results. Dave in cold Montreal

G'Day all. My wife has got a new ASUS netbook Eee, it has a built in LAN and Bluetooth wireless receiver? I know very little about them, and wonder if someone can help! presently I have it set-up to my home wireless system so as to go on line, but in May we intend taking it with us on our holidays (five weeks) in the UK, what have we got to do so we can get on line while there. i.e. what will we require in the form of add on's, & and an estimated cost? would be very helpful as I have no idea of UK's present technology.. Many thanks Regards Arthur South Australia.

Hi, Bev- I guess you mean when you click to go to the Web site the AOL browser is the one that takes you to the site? That would indicate that the AOL browser is set as your default browser. I think you said you use Firefox as your browser to go to your gmail account and for other Web browsing? If so, and you want it to be your default browser you can set Firefox to be your default. I believe you would it as default under TOOLS > OPTIONS > GENERAL. Joan In a message dated 3/15/2010 10:42:17 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Joan, When I receive an email such as Senior Newbie & there is a web site listed that sounds interesting & I wish to sign up for it, I will click on this web site to join & AOL automatically opens up for me to join. This occurs while I am on Gmail. I want to join thru Gmail. Hope this explanation is better. -- Bev Carlson of MN, USA

Hi Joan, When I receive an email such as Senior Newbie & there is a web site listed that sounds interesting & I wish to sign up for it, I will click on this web site to join & AOL automatically opens up for me to join. This occurs while I am on Gmail. I want to join thru Gmail. Hope this explanation is better. -- Bev Carlson of MN, USA Researching:Swjetsz/Swatez/Shvets/Swatecz/Shviets/Swatetz/Szapu (Russia, Argentina) Plitman/Pletman/Feldman, Arbus (Russia, Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania Hershey/Hersche,Buchholz,Dunn,Skilling (Germany, Switzerland) Liebo/Labovitch (Romania, Russia) Krankenward/Krank/Warton, Barrish/Sitnick (Russia, Poland) Endreson, Fladebo/Fradeboe, Alvig/Alvik/Stein/Rosseland, Rykken (Norway) http://tinyurl.com/nbj8la

Bev, whenever I've subscribed to something it always asks for my email address. I have two, but I prefer one over the other, so that's the one I type in. So no matter which ISP you're actually using at the time, it will pick up on the email addy you have typed in. Doris in NW IL ----- Original Message ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, March 14, 2010 10:08 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] firefox I guess I'm slow but I'm still not clear on what you mean about subscribing to a Web site. Do you mean links you click on in your gmail emails? Do you mean links to email address that when you click an email box pops up for you to type a message? Joan In a message dated 3/14/2010 10:22:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Thanks Joan, but its already checked for Firefox to be my default browser. For clarification, I first go to Firefox to open Gmail. When I see a web site that I want to subscribe to I click on subscribe & then AOL opens up so I have to subscribe from there. Hence, my subscription is from AOL not Gmail as I would like it to be. So I have to unsub & try to resub by forwarding the site to Gmail. -- Bev Carlson of MN, USA ********* Visit the threaded archives of this list: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/SENIOR-NEWBIE ********* ------------------------------- 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 guess I'm slow but I'm still not clear on what you mean about subscribing to a Web site. Do you mean links you click on in your gmail emails? Do you mean links to email address that when you click an email box pops up for you to type a message? Joan In a message dated 3/14/2010 10:22:39 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Thanks Joan, but its already checked for Firefox to be my default browser. For clarification, I first go to Firefox to open Gmail. When I see a web site that I want to subscribe to I click on subscribe & then AOL opens up so I have to subscribe from there. Hence, my subscription is from AOL not Gmail as I would like it to be. So I have to unsub & try to resub by forwarding the site to Gmail. -- Bev Carlson of MN, USA

Thanks Joan, but its already checked for Firefox to be my default browser. For clarification, I first go to Firefox to open Gmail. When I see a web site that I want to subscribe to I click on subscribe & then AOL opens up so I have to subscribe from there. Hence, my subscription is from AOL not Gmail as I would like it to be. So I have to unsub & try to resub by forwarding the site to Gmail. -- Bev Carlson of MN, USA

Max, you can make your homepage anything you want it to be. My Firefox opens up four pages when I bring it up, iGoogle, Google, Comcast (my ISP) and ABC News. Bring up the pages you want your Firefox to always open to, and choose them under current page. If you wanted to, one of those pages could be your gmail account page. Elaine It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. --Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Hello Maxine On Sunday, March 14, 2010, you wrote > Hi Joan, > ('Scuse the intrusion) I was checking my > options for Firefox browser > and under the GENERAL tab I have: > under startup: Show my home page" > under "home page" there are 3 options: use > current page; use bookmark; > restore to default. > Which of those should be chosen? (I use gmail too & win XP) > Thanks. > Maxine >

Maxine- Your choice. Your browser homepage is merely the page that opens when you open the browser. It won't make Firefox your default browser. I have my Facebook page as my Firefox homepage but it is a matter of personal choice. Joan In a message dated 3/14/2010 10:38:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: Hi Joan, ('Scuse the intrusion) I was checking my options for Firefox browser and under the GENERAL tab I have: under startup: Show my home page" under "home page" there are 3 options: use current page; use bookmark; restore to default. Which of those should be chosen? (I use gmail too & win XP) Thanks. Maxine