I don't know if it is actually due to your recent upgrading, but the problem sounds so very similar to the one I had a month ago. I experienced the same things and more, i.e., task bar moved suddenly up to the top, the screen moved rapidly to the right, etc. The problem was I needed a new mouse. I hope that's all your problem is. Maryellen In a message dated 12/11/2009 7:38:01 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, 1pa1ga@gmail.com writes: I appreciate advice about dealing with my suddenly hyperactive computer.

Hello Bill, Saturday, December 12, 2009, 1:18:00 AM, you wrote: BF> I want to thank you all for your help. I don't know what I did but BF> it is working now. I just printed 6 pages of a report. But it BF> still says FAX in the printer window. Sometimes just looking around makes Windows behave itself, like a naughty child who's been caught out <lol> As for the message on the printer window, that's just the mode that it's in for working the printer manually ( i.e. not through the PC ) so can be ignored. You should be able to change it to Print or Scan by pressing the appropriate buttons ( check the manual ) but it won't affect the computer's use of the printer. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

Hello RickandRana, Friday, December 11, 2009, 12:37:20 PM, you wrote: R> I attempt delete of one item the computer goes wild and will delete R> three or four items adjacent to the one I want to delete. This R> happens on all pages I use whether home email, gmail or web pages. It sounds like switch bounce but since you changed to a different mouse then it's not the mouse itself at fault. Did the mouse you replaced it with have the same type of connection - i.e. the round plug ? If so then see if you can use a USB mouse instead ( these have the rectangular USB plug ). Failing that you may be having a problem with electrical noise from the power supply unit. Once came across a system that had this and the mouse was behaving very erratically but worked fine on another PC so it wasn't the mouse at fault. Also what happens if you use the keyboard ? Many things that we do with a mouse click can also be done using keyboard though not all programs have this alternative way of 'clicking'. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

Hi: I want to thank you all for your help. I don't know what I did but it is working now. I just printed 6 pages of a report. But it still says FAX in the printer window. Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX ________________________________ From: Bill Forshay <billforshay@yahoo.com> To: senior-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 6:25:43 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Officejet J3680 hung in FAX I went to control panel and clicked on printers. I have a HP Officejet 3600 series with a check mark and a HP Officejet 3600 series fax. I assume the check mark is the default. What is this 'faxes.it'. Is it w web site, if it is I went to it and it is a foreign language. Bill Forshay- San Antonio, TX ________________________________ From: RBCTEX-Con <rbctex@consolidated.net> To: senior-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 4:05:40 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Officejet J3680 hung in FAX If you go to control panel and click on printers and faxes.it should show your printer twice. Make sure the default is your printer and not your fax. > > > ________________________________ > From: Barry <barry@yobunny.co.uk> > To: Bill Forshay <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, December 10, 2009 7:14:01 PM > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Officejet J3680 hung in FAX > > Hello Bill, > > Thursday, December 10, 2009, 9:48:14 PM, you wrote: > > BF> I have been trying to print to my Officejet J3680 All-in-one > BF> printer. I power up the printer and in the window it says FAX and > BF> I am unable to clear it. I have pulled the power cord to reset it > BF> and the same thing happens. What do I have to do to clear out the > BF> FAX, so I can print. > > Usually whatever these multi-function devices are set to locally it > doesn't disable the computer doing anything else such as printing or > scanning. > > Can you print a test page if you go to [ Start / Control Panel / > Printer and Other Hardware / Printers ] and then Right Click on the > printer icon and select 'Properties' the 'Print a Test Page' ? > > Also what does the 'Status' of the printer show. It should be 'Ready' > and 0 jobs pending. > > -- > Best regards, > Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk > MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic' > > > > > ********* > 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 > > > > > > > > ********* > 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 ********* 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 ********* 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 went to control panel and clicked on printers. I have a HP Officejet 3600 series with a check mark and a HP Officejet 3600 series fax. I assume the check mark is the default. What is this 'faxes.it'. Is it w web site, if it is I went to it and it is a foreign language. Bill Forshay- San Antonio, TX ________________________________ From: RBCTEX-Con <rbctex@consolidated.net> To: senior-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 4:05:40 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Officejet J3680 hung in FAX If you go to control panel and click on printers and faxes.it should show your printer twice. Make sure the default is your printer and not your fax. > > > ________________________________ > From: Barry <barry@yobunny.co.uk> > To: Bill Forshay <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, December 10, 2009 7:14:01 PM > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Officejet J3680 hung in FAX > > Hello Bill, > > Thursday, December 10, 2009, 9:48:14 PM, you wrote: > > BF> I have been trying to print to my Officejet J3680 All-in-one > BF> printer. I power up the printer and in the window it says FAX and > BF> I am unable to clear it. I have pulled the power cord to reset it > BF> and the same thing happens. What do I have to do to clear out the > BF> FAX, so I can print. > > Usually whatever these multi-function devices are set to locally it > doesn't disable the computer doing anything else such as printing or > scanning. > > Can you print a test page if you go to [ Start / Control Panel / > Printer and Other Hardware / Printers ] and then Right Click on the > printer icon and select 'Properties' the 'Print a Test Page' ? > > Also what does the 'Status' of the printer show. It should be 'Ready' > and 0 jobs pending. > > -- > Best regards, > Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk > MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic' > > > > > ********* > 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 > > > > > > > > ********* > 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 ********* 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

Have to tried to reboot your system? Sometimes that will clear the problem. Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX ________________________________ From: RickandRana <1pa1ga@gmail.com> To: senior-newbie@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, December 11, 2009 2:14:27 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] increased speed of computer actions On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:46 AM, miseria <miseria@charter.net> wrote: > Have you tried using another mouse to make certain it is actually the > computer and not the mouse that's hyper? > > Hi Toni: > We switched the mouse and that did not correct the problem of my hyper computer. I sure hope you or someone else has some other suggestions? I appreciate your help. TIA Rick > ------------------------------- > 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 > > ********* 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

If you go to control panel and click on printers and faxes.it should show your printer twice. Make sure the default is your printer and not your fax. > > > ________________________________ > From: Barry <barry@yobunny.co.uk> > To: Bill Forshay <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Thu, December 10, 2009 7:14:01 PM > Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Officejet J3680 hung in FAX > > Hello Bill, > > Thursday, December 10, 2009, 9:48:14 PM, you wrote: > > BF> I have been trying to print to my Officejet J3680 All-in-one > BF> printer. I power up the printer and in the window it says FAX and > BF> I am unable to clear it. I have pulled the power cord to reset it > BF> and the same thing happens. What do I have to do to clear out the > BF> FAX, so I can print. > > Usually whatever these multi-function devices are set to locally it > doesn't disable the computer doing anything else such as printing or > scanning. > > Can you print a test page if you go to [ Start / Control Panel / > Printer and Other Hardware / Printers ] and then Right Click on the > printer icon and select 'Properties' the 'Print a Test Page' ? > > Also what does the 'Status' of the printer show. It should be 'Ready' > and 0 jobs pending. > > -- > Best regards, > Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk > MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic' > > > > > ********* > 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 > > > > > > > > ********* > 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

Sorry, Rick, that was my best shot, I'm not very computer literate. I had the same thing happen to me but it turned out to be a faulty mouse. Good luck, I'm sure someone here can help you. Toni ----- Original Message ----- We switched the mouse and that did not correct the problem of my hyper computer. I sure hope you or someone else has some other suggestions? I appreciate your help. TIA Rick

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:46 AM, miseria <miseria@charter.net> wrote: > Have you tried using another mouse to make certain it is actually the > computer and not the mouse that's hyper? > > Hi Toni: > We switched the mouse and that did not correct the problem of my hyper computer. I sure hope you or someone else has some other suggestions? I appreciate your help. TIA Rick > ------------------------------- > 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 > >

On Fri, Dec 11, 2009 at 10:46 AM, miseria <miseria@charter.net> wrote: > Have you tried using another mouse to make certain it is actually the > computer and not the mouse that's hyper? > > Toni, thank you for the reply and the guidance. > No, we do not know enough about computers to have tried that, but will do that right now, and, again, thank you for your time and advice. Rick > > > ------------------------------- > 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 >

Have you tried using another mouse to make certain it is actually the computer and not the mouse that's hyper? Toni ----- Original Message ----- From: RickandRana In the last three days, my computer has become hyper, and I am not kidding. Everytime I attempt delete of one item the computer goes wild and will delete three or four items adjacent to the one I want to delete. This happens on all pages I use whether home email, gmail or web pages. In addition, when I attempt to place the cursor in another spot, the word near the cursor is highlighted, and, if I do not notice quickly, the word is deleted.

Barry: I did what you suggested. I printed a TEST PAGE and it looked alright. But the printer window still says FAX. Now what? The printer was in Ready status. Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX ________________________________ From: Barry <barry@yobunny.co.uk> To: Bill Forshay <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thu, December 10, 2009 7:14:01 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Officejet J3680 hung in FAX Hello Bill, Thursday, December 10, 2009, 9:48:14 PM, you wrote: BF> I have been trying to print to my Officejet J3680 All-in-one BF> printer. I power up the printer and in the window it says FAX and BF> I am unable to clear it. I have pulled the power cord to reset it BF> and the same thing happens. What do I have to do to clear out the BF> FAX, so I can print. Usually whatever these multi-function devices are set to locally it doesn't disable the computer doing anything else such as printing or scanning. Can you print a test page if you go to [ Start / Control Panel / Printer and Other Hardware / Printers ] and then Right Click on the printer icon and select 'Properties' the 'Print a Test Page' ? Also what does the 'Status' of the printer show. It should be 'Ready' and 0 jobs pending. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic' ********* 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

In the last three days, my computer has become hyper, and I am not kidding. Everytime I attempt delete of one item the computer goes wild and will delete three or four items adjacent to the one I want to delete. This happens on all pages I use whether home email, gmail or web pages. In addition, when I attempt to place the cursor in another spot, the word near the cursor is highlighted, and, if I do not notice quickly, the word is deleted. Clearly, some problem has developed and I am hoping someone will tell me how to stop it, please? Windows XPpro, SP3, Word 7 (I note that due to other problems that have occurred since installation of Word 7). MacAfee is running a full system scan as I write. I used Optimizer 3 yesterday. I appreciate advice about dealing with my suddenly hyperactive computer. TIA Rick

Hello Bill, Thursday, December 10, 2009, 9:48:14 PM, you wrote: BF> I have been trying to print to my Officejet J3680 All-in-one BF> printer. I power up the printer and in the window it says FAX and BF> I am unable to clear it. I have pulled the power cord to reset it BF> and the same thing happens. What do I have to do to clear out the BF> FAX, so I can print. Usually whatever these multi-function devices are set to locally it doesn't disable the computer doing anything else such as printing or scanning. Can you print a test page if you go to [ Start / Control Panel / Printer and Other Hardware / Printers ] and then Right Click on the printer icon and select 'Properties' the 'Print a Test Page' ? Also what does the 'Status' of the printer show. It should be 'Ready' and 0 jobs pending. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.10'Karmic'

Bill, I have the same thing happen, I have an HP Office jet-4315 all in one. I did all sort of things to get it to print-but now I forget what I had to do. so I am curious as to the answer! I have never connected it for Fax nor do I plan to. I scan and print and copy! Helen

Hi list: I have been trying to print to my Officejet J3680 All-in-one printer. I power up the printer and in the window it says FAX and I am unable to clear it. I have pulled the power cord to reset it and the same thing happens. What do I have to do to clear out the FAX, so I can print. I have never used the FAX or even set it up for Faxing. My system is Vista Home Premium. Bill Forshay - San Antonio, TX

In a message dated 12/9/2009 7:18:40 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, JYoung6180@aol.com writes: I'd suggest an alternative solution. Write back to the sender and ask the sender to save the file so that it will be compatible with older versions of Excel. It is easy for the sender to do this. Joan okay, I will write them and ask. Thanks!

I'd suggest an alternative solution. Write back to the sender and ask the sender to save the file so that it will be compatible with older versions of Excel. It is easy for the sender to do this. Joan In a message dated 12/9/2009 7:06:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Coralfishgirls@aol.com writes: Hello to other Seniors, good to know there are others in the same boat. I keep learning, but some things really perplex me! Can anybody out there help me? I don't know about this, and need your expert advice or experience, please. My problem/question: I have a friend trying to send me an excel spreadsheet with some of their family data that overlaps with my own. I am very nervous about this, having never done so. When I clicked to have loaded it, it came back that my excel ( it is 2003) is not 'compatible with what they sent as an attachment, and I need to click on the links to get a 'compatibility pack, seems like a sort of upgrade? It says this (I am doing a copy/paste to show) " Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats" . Is this something safe? Does it cost me? I see that it also is saying (copy/paste here to show:) "Users of the Microsoft Office XP and 2003 programs Word, Excel, or PowerPoint—please install all High-Priority updates from _Microsoft Update_ (http://update.microsoft.com/) before downloading the Compatibility Pack. By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files using the _file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007_ (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074) . The Compatibility Pack can also be used in conjunction with the Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to view files saved in these new formats. For more information about the Compatibility Pack, see _Knowledge Base article 924074_ (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074) . Note: If you use Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word 2002 to read or write documents containing complex scripts, please see _http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925451_ (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925451) for information to enable Word 2007 documents to be displayed correctly in your version of Word. " Is this all safe, and won't hurt my computer? I understand ( I think) the part about clicking for the upgrades first, I think that makes sense since I have never done that before, but I could probably walk through it okay. Then I guess after that I just do the download / upgrade and walk through. I am worried........Will I lose anything in all my files of word and anything else that could be harmed? See, I have many many important files in Word documents and other pdf things that I want secure. Thanking you in advance for any help, suggestions, counsel! ********* 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

Hello to other Seniors, good to know there are others in the same boat. I keep learning, but some things really perplex me! Can anybody out there help me? I don't know about this, and need your expert advice or experience, please. My problem/question: I have a friend trying to send me an excel spreadsheet with some of their family data that overlaps with my own. I am very nervous about this, having never done so. When I clicked to have loaded it, it came back that my excel ( it is 2003) is not 'compatible with what they sent as an attachment, and I need to click on the links to get a 'compatibility pack, seems like a sort of upgrade? It says this (I am doing a copy/paste to show) " Microsoft Office Compatibility Pack for Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007 File Formats" . Is this something safe? Does it cost me? I see that it also is saying (copy/paste here to show:) "Users of the Microsoft Office XP and 2003 programs Word, Excel, or PowerPoint—please install all High-Priority updates from _Microsoft Update_ (http://update.microsoft.com/) before downloading the Compatibility Pack. By installing the Compatibility Pack in addition to Microsoft Office 2000, Office XP, or Office 2003, you will be able to open, edit, and save files using the _file formats new to Word, Excel, and PowerPoint 2007_ (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074) . The Compatibility Pack can also be used in conjunction with the Microsoft Office Word Viewer 2003, Excel Viewer 2003, and PowerPoint Viewer 2003 to view files saved in these new formats. For more information about the Compatibility Pack, see _Knowledge Base article 924074_ (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/924074) . Note: If you use Microsoft Word 2000 or Microsoft Word 2002 to read or write documents containing complex scripts, please see _http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925451_ (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/925451) for information to enable Word 2007 documents to be displayed correctly in your version of Word. " Is this all safe, and won't hurt my computer? I understand ( I think) the part about clicking for the upgrades first, I think that makes sense since I have never done that before, but I could probably walk through it okay. Then I guess after that I just do the download / upgrade and walk through. I am worried........Will I lose anything in all my files of word and anything else that could be harmed? See, I have many many important files in Word documents and other pdf things that I want secure. Thanking you in advance for any help, suggestions, counsel!

My subscription ran out and was renewed automatically, but it keeps telling me to renew, I am at risk. I downloaded what was supposed to have fixed it, but has not. The telephone number is a non working number. any help?