Thanks Emma ........... I did look at removing ie8 and it gave me some reason I should not remove it ....... senile memory, do not know exactly what it said , but I will look at it again ............. I also have Time Warner Cable , with free AOL and since they split I have had lots of problems and my computer is so slow , I am frustrated ........ it is like being back on Dial Up ...........I cannot open some of my things on Facebook now and I got an Email from Facebook saying something about a bad IP and I reset that and it is still no better ........... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr Have had lots of time to play computer w/the snow and the 0 temps ...... It has been sleeting this morning , just about 15 , 20 days of this stuff is enough for me Bring On the Spring and the birds Singing ...... Have a great day and thanks for the help Thanks Emma In a message dated 1/10/2010 4:05:22 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, ema609@aol.com writes: Hiiiiiiiiiii Gerri I have xp and I took ie8 off my sons pc and 2 of mine from add remove and ie7 came back. My buddy who is a techi or what ever you call it has it on Vista and he has no problem but he told me xp isnt always happy with ie8 so take it off Ema ********* 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 SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Hiiiiiiiiiii Gerri I have xp and I took ie8 off my sons pc and 2 of mine from add remove and ie7 came back. My buddy who is a techi or what ever you call it has it on Vista and he has no problem but he told me xp isnt always happy with ie8 so take it off Ema

Could someone pleas help me with IE 8 When IE is open on the bottom bar it show a Little White Box w/a Red X in it alongside the Blue Internet Ball..... When I open a web site this little box show with the red x in it too and the sites do not completely open .. I also cannot Download any new programs Any help would be appreciated ........ I am very frustrated and do not know of anything that I have done to change this setting ........... Thanks gerri Mason Ohio

Woody , thanks so much this was exactly what I was looking for ........ just forgot how to get to it ........... Thanks again Woody In a message dated 1/8/2010 3:44:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, WoodyWoodworth@aol.com writes: I had to look that up myself. I went to "My Documents" and clicked on "Help" at the top. Entered "Classic View" in the search box It came up with the following: ======================== To use Windows classic folders Open Folder Options in Control Panel. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options. On the General tab, under Tasks , click Use Windows classic folders. Note Choosing this option hides the default task links in the left pane of Windows folders, such as My Documents. It also makes the Category view in Control Panel unavailable. ========================= That's it. Woody +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Gerri1936@aol.com writes: Can someone please tell me how I find Classic View on windowsXP ......... I have done this but for some reason I cannot find it anymore ........ Thanks for all your help now and in the past ............. ********* 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 SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

I had to look that up myself. I went to "My Documents" and clicked on "Help" at the top. Entered "Classic View" in the search box It came up with the following: ======================== To use Windows classic folders Open Folder Options in Control Panel. Click Start, and then click Control Panel. Double-click Folder Options. On the General tab, under Tasks , click Use Windows classic folders. Note Choosing this option hides the default task links in the left pane of Windows folders, such as My Documents. It also makes the Category view in Control Panel unavailable. ========================= That's it. Woody +++++++++++++++++++++++++ Gerri1936@aol.com writes: Can someone please tell me how I find Classic View on windowsXP ......... I have done this but for some reason I cannot find it anymore ........ Thanks for all your help now and in the past .............

Can someone please tell me how I find Classic View on windowsXP ......... I have done this but for some reason I cannot find it anymore ........ Thanks for all your help now and in the past .............

Hello Tallygators, Thursday, January 7, 2010, 6:16:42 PM, you wrote: T> For the purposes of sharing my pictures with family members is there a way I T> can convert a 3MB .jpg picture into a format that will use less MBs but T> still have good quality? (Am I stating this so you can understand what I T> mean?). Know exactly what you mean and it's a common issue when sending photos by e-mail. There is a trade off between the size of file you can send and the quality of image. It's possible to reduce the file size using a graphics program or special programs for the job such as Pix Resizer, however the smaller the file the worse the quality. You may be able to find a compromise that gives reasonable file size for sending at an acceptable quality but if you wish to send the full file then e-mail isn't the best method. Fortunately there are free services just for this sort of thing so have a look at You Send It - which has a free level that allows up to 100Mb of files to be sent. The procedure is you select the files you want to send and the address you want them to go to then what happens is the files are transmitted to their server and an e-mail sent to the recipient with a link to download them. http://www.yousendit.com/ BTW - I've used this free service and there's no problem with it or security issues to worry about. Does the job and easy as pie to set up / use :-) -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

For the past few years my husband and I have traveled throughout states where our ancestors lived: NJ, NY, VA, NC, SC, TN, Ky, TX, LA, etc. I have taken pictures of old homesteads, churches, etc. At first I used a film camera, then I started using a digital. I use .jpg format and have converted my film camera pictures to that format. Now the problem is that I can only send attachments of about 9MB at a time. I am 85 years old and am still trying to understand the internal combustion engine. Obviously I am not of the electronic generation but I am doing my best. For the purposes of sharing my pictures with family members is there a way I can convert a 3MB .jpg picture into a format that will use less MBs but still have good quality? (Am I stating this so you can understand what I mean?). I would appreciate any help - baby steps, please. Floreda

Hi, The machine is a Toshiba D-VR7KC DVD/Video cassette recorder. It will also record from any device that can be connected with RCA audio/video cables. It works well for my video camera tapes. I also have 8mm and 16mm film but have not found a way to be able to record that. I believe there are machines that will do that but I would imagine they would be very expensive. Its good to have a project to pass the winter months. The storm you had in Texas is heading our way and will appear sometime tomorrow. best regards, Dave > From: "Mrs. G. Lockwood" <mrslockw@yahoo.com> > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Thanks, Dave - How to: convert movies &/or > VCR tapes to DVD ??? > To: senior-newbie@rootsweb.com > Message-ID: <405480.95700.qm@web55208.mail.re4.yahoo.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > ? > Thanks, Dave for your suggestion and for sharing your experience. > ?? - I have 8mm and 16mm reels of film -- as well as -- VCR tapes. > Converting them is going to be my 2010 project. > ?? - What is the name of the equipment you are using? > P.S. > ?? - We have snow on the ground?in?Dallas & Fort Worth, Texas. > ???? If I remember?correctly what the weather man said .... > ???? this is?only our 6th white Christmas Day in the past 100+ years.? > > --- On Sat, 12/19/09, D. Lucas <dav_luca@primus.ca> wrote: > 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 > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > To contact the SENIOR-NEWBIE list administrator, send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE-admin@rootsweb.com. > > To post a message to the SENIOR-NEWBIE mailing list, send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE@rootsweb.com. > > __________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > SENIOR-NEWBIE-request@rootsweb.com > with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body > of the > email with no additional text. > > > End of SENIOR-NEWBIE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 164 > ********************************************* >

  Thanks, Dave for your suggestion and for sharing your experience.    - I have 8mm and 16mm reels of film -- as well as -- VCR tapes. Converting them is going to be my 2010 project.    - What is the name of the equipment you are using? P.S.    - We have snow on the ground in Dallas & Fort Worth, Texas.      If I remember correctly what the weather man said ....      this is only our 6th white Christmas Day in the past 100+ years.  --- On Sat, 12/19/09, D. Lucas <dav_luca@primus.ca> wrote: 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

Thank you, Bev, for your suggestion.  It never occured to me to check with our library re: this project. --- On Sun, 12/20/09, Wkrelease@aol.com <Wkrelease@aol.com> wrote: If you can't afford to buy a converter, I went to the local  library & used their equipment for free. Bev Carlson, Brooklyn Park,  MN, United States of America "The purity of a person's heart can be  quickly measured by how they regard animals".

re: program conflicts I had to get rid of zone alarm. When I had the computer tech come out to my home to fix my computer, he said part of the problem was zone alarm. But he left it in my husband's computer. I have windows 2000 pro. My husband has Windows XP. I have different programs than my husband. Bev Carlson of Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, United States of America "Life is too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so love the people who treat you right, FORGET about the ones who don't. And believe that everything happens for a reason. If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it." auth. unk.

Barbra WinXP's firewall isn't much good. (Vista's is OK.) I recommend the free ZoneAlarm firewall located at http://download.cnet.com/ZoneAlarm/3000-10435_4-10039884.html (Lots of download buttons on the page. It's the one next to 38.38mb) If you haven't performed a Disk Cleanup in a while, do that and see if that speeds up the computer. Avira, AdAware, SpywareBlaster, and Spybot all are good, and their use means you're not loaded down with "phone home" spyware and you're OK there. Run "Malwarebytes" to see if you have something lurking on your computer. Download at _http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10826546.htm l_ (http://download.cnet.com/Malwarebytes-Anti-Malware/3000-8022_4-10826546.html) The proper download button on the above Malwarebytes download web page is deceptively small. The small green button for Malwarebytes is on the left side of the page where it says: "A newer version of Malwarebytes' Anti-Malware is available. Download the latest version | Learn more about Malwarebytes Anti-Malware 1.42" Woody ======================= Barbraseb@wmconnect.com writes: I have a Dell Dimension 2400 and run Win XP. I have Avira anti-virus, AdAware, Spyware Blaster, and Spybot Search and Destroy. I use the Windows firewall. Can anyone tell me if there is a conflict among these programs? My computer is so slow, it is driving me bonkers. I appreciate and thank you for your help.

I have a Dell Dimension 2400 and run Win XP. I have Avira anti-virus, AdAware, Spyware Blaster, and Spybot Search and Destroy. I use the Windows firewall. Can anyone tell me if there is a conflict among these programs? My computer is so slow, it is driving me bonkers. I appreciate and thank you for your help.

Re: [SR-NEWBIE] How to: convert movies &/or VCR tapes to DVD If you can't afford to buy a converter, I went to the local library & used their equipment for free. Bev Carlson, Brooklyn Park, MN, United States of America "The purity of a person's heart can be quickly measured by how they regard animals". (\_/) .. u (")_(")

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

Greetings,   Other than going to the expense of paying someone to do it for me .... can anyone give me some advice re: inexpensive equipment &/or information where I could learn how to convert our homemade family movies from the 50's to the 70's &/or VCR video tapes to DVD's ?.  Also, if possible, I would like to learn how to add audio to the converted videos.  I've no experience in doing any of this so simple explanations &/or baby step instructions or links would be greatly appreciated.  I am running Windows XP SP3 Media Edition.  Thanks in advance for whatever information any of you can share.   Carol

Hello RickandRana, Sunday, December 13, 2009, 5:53:38 PM, you wrote: R> I want to let everyone know that finally changing the mouse has R> returned my hyperactive computer to its normal state. Good to see that you found the solution - it did sound like the mouse was the problem :-) Right time of the year to be looking for a new mouse too <lol> -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

I want to let everyone know that finally changing the mouse has returned my hyperactive computer to its normal state. We first switched mouses with another computer; that did not work. We changed the batteries in the former mouse; that did not work. Finally, we located a mouse from an old computer, installed it and that did work! Looks like both our computer mouses (mice?) were on verge of failing, or had failed in case of mine, so we need to go mouse-shopping. We so appreciate the time and help of everyone who took his/her time to write and advise us. And btw: for about a half hour, re-booting also did slow down the computer action. Many thanks. Rick and Rana

Sometime today, whenever I send an email, it ends up in my Deleted Items Folder. I've checked the blocked senders list and my addy isn't there. I've checked the safe senders list and my addy is there. Can somebody please help me figure this out so I can get it fixed? I'm using Windows Vista and Windows Mail. Thanks, Doris in NW IL