Hello RickandRana, Sunday, June 21, 2009, 2:03:08 AM, you wrote: R> There are many .pdf documents among our research papers that need R> to be converted to either Word '03 or WP12. Is Read Iris 12 R> suitable for that particular task? Read Iris looks like it will do the job :-) R> Also, I want to try foxit reader rather than continuing Adobe R> Reader. Must I delete Adobe before installing foxit? The two will co-exist but of course only one of them can be the 'default' reader for PDF's - if you find Acrobat is being too 'nagging' then you can always remove it later providing you are liking Foxit instead. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'

There are many .pdf documents among our research papers that need to be converted to either Word '03 or WP12. Is Read Iris 12 suitable for that particular task? Also, I want to try foxit reader rather than continuing Adobe Reader. Must I delete Adobe before installing foxit? TIA Rana

Hello Bette, Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 8:08:00 AM, you wrote: B> Sorry to have to ask this again because Barry did answer my query B> on FILE SIZES. However recently some of the photographs from my new B> camera are so large: JPEG - dimension 4000 x 3000 size 2.02MB.  Not too unusual a size for a modern camera, professional ones can be a *lot* larger <lol> B> When I sent a couple recently by e-mail they took ages to go B> through and the recipient could not see the whole picture  at a B> glance because it was so large. If the recipient saves the images from the e-mail to their PC they can then open up in a picture viewer that will show the whole thing and enable zooming in / out on areas too. As for the time taken to send, that's purely down to the quantity of data being transferred. It is possible to re-size the picture(s) and thus reduce the file size but as mentioned before this does reduce the quality too so there's a limit to how far you go. If it's only for a quick 'snapshot' that won't be printed out at the other end then a file size of around 100Kb will still give a reasonable image and cut down on the send / receive times too. The various image processing programs will tell you what the file size will be as you change the settings - just remember to save the re-sized image as a different file name or you'll lose the quality in the original and it's not possible to reverse this loss ! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'

Sorry to have to ask this again because Barry did answer my query on FILE SIZES. However recently some of the photographs from my new camera are so large:   JPEG - dimension 4000 x 3000 size 2.02MB.  When I sent a couple recently by e-mail they took ages to go through and the recipient could not see the whole picture  at a glance because it was so large.  Bette

Hello Bette, Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 10:37:08 AM, you wrote: B> Your explanation shows how much out of date I am!! The thing with computers is you can never be 'up to date' as they change so rapidly - this is where lists like this help :-) BTW - if you are sending photo's etc to somebody on the old dial-up internet then it's a good idea to make a reduced size copy so they don't spend hours getting what takes minutes on broadband. -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'

Hello Barry   Thanks for your help in this.  I have plenty of file space and the only reason for asking was that about 10 years ago when I first had a computer the chaps that helped me get started told me to reduce the size of all my photos - probably because I only had a limited amount of space.   Your explanation shows how much out of date I am!!   Bette --- On Mon, 15/6/09, senior-newbie-request@rootsweb.com <senior-newbie-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: From: senior-newbie-request@rootsweb.com <senior-newbie-request@rootsweb.com> Subject: SENIOR-NEWBIE Digest, Vol 4, Issue 80 To: senior-newbie@rootsweb.com Date: Monday, 15 June, 2009, 8:02 AM When replying to a digest message, quote only the specific message to which you are replying, removing the rest of the digest from your reply. Also, remember to change the subject of your reply so that it coincides with the message subject to which you are replying. Today's Topics:    1. (no subject) (Bette)    2. Re: (no subject) (Barry)    3. Re: (no subject) (WoodyWoodworth@aol.com)    4. Re: (no subject) (JYoung6180@aol.com)    5. Re: Flash drives (Nancy Keith) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:21:37 +0000 (GMT) From: Bette <bettedeal123@btinternet.com> Subject: [SR-NEWBIE] (no subject) To: SENIOR-NEWBIE@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <445055.6313.qm@web87009.mail.ird.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 How can I reduce the file size of individual photographs - to save space - and make them smaller to send by e-mail? Your help would be appreciated. Bette ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 18:50:20 +0100 From: Barry <barry@yobunny.co.uk> Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] (no subject) To: Bette <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <1873170323.20090614185020@yobunny.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Hello Bette, Sunday, June 14, 2009, 6:21:37 PM, you wrote: B> How can I reduce the file size of individual photographs - to save B> space - and make them smaller to send by e-mail? There are quite a few programs to do this, from fully fledged graphics ones such as IrfanView / Picasa or ones specifically for this one task such as JPG Size. However, reducing the file size does also reduce the quality of the photograph and this cannot be restored later so if you are having a space issue on your system dues to photo storage the better way of dealing with it is to increase the storage space with a larger HD. Note that you will see help pages that say you should remove images to prevent the system from slowing down - this is often old information from when the sizes of Hard Drives were low and too many images could lead to Windows not having enough 'head room' to work with. Also the CPU's were a lot slower so again the extra information could make the folder slow to open due to the number of images to process. Modern PC's have much larger HD's and faster CPU's so storing masses of photo's isn't going to cause any performance issues until you get enough to cut the free space down to below 1Gb ( Windows still needs over 500Mb of free HD space to pay with ). So the question is, how much free space do you have ?? -- Best regards, Barry                          mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty' ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 16:41:35 EDT From: WoodyWoodworth@aol.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] (no subject) To: senior-newbie@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <c54.4ee0f09a.3766ba7f@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Bette, I agree  with Barry. Never reduce the size of an original photo and use  it as the "new master from which copies are made".  Once you make a photo  smaller, you've lost the resolution you once had, and you can never get it  back. Making a copy of the master for e-mailing for  one-time viewing is another matter.  Once they view it on their computer  screen, they can toss it.    However, you would not want to send a  reduced size copy to someone who is going to be using it to print pictures from  it.  You would want to send a copy of the master at its original  size.   They wouldn't be able to get the original resolution back with  a reduced size copy. Irfanview is a  popular, excellent image manipulation sofware, and free.  It's as good as  my Paint Shop Pro V8.1.   I never did like Picasa, as it makes  "albums", but doesn't move pictures and appears to, and many get confused by  what Picasa is doing and not doing.  Irfanview can reduce the size of the  pictures for you. If you have pictures too  large for e-mailing, you can send them through http://www.yousendit.com.   It's free.  Ignore the membership and fee inferences.  If you need more hard drive space, buy an  external drive, preferably the new portable types that don't require a clumsy  power supply.  The portables are very small in size and get their power  from the USB  connection. Woody ========================== barry@yobunny.co.uk  writes: Hello Bette, Sunday, June 14, 2009, 6:21:37 PM, you  wrote: B> How can I reduce the file size of individual photographs -  to save B> space - and make them smaller to send by e-mail? There  are quite a few programs to do this, from fully fledged graphics ones such as  IrfanView / Picasa or ones specifically for this one task such as JPG Size.  However, reducing the file size does also reduce the quality of the  photograph and this cannot be restored later so if you are having a space  issue on your system dues to photo storage the better way of dealing with it  is to increase the storage space with a larger HD. Note that you will  see help pages that say you should remove images to prevent the system from  slowing down - this is often old information from when the sizes of Hard  Drives were low and too many images could lead to Windows not having enough  'head room' to work with. Also the CPU's were a lot slower so again the extra  information could make the folder slow to open due to the number of images to  process. Modern PC's have much larger HD's and faster CPU's so storing  masses of photo's isn't going to cause any performance issues until you  get enough to cut the free space down to below 1Gb ( Windows still  needs over 500Mb of free HD space to pay with ). So the question is,  how much free space do you have ?? -- Best  regards, Barry                           mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'  **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004) ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 17:22:18 EDT From: JYoung6180@aol.com Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] (no subject) To: senior-newbie@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <bc3.4b1aaf7f.3766c40a@aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" I store photos on flash drives rather than lose quality by lowering the  size/resolution. A 4 GIG flash drive can hold quite a few photos. Joan In a message dated 6/14/2009 4:43:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  WoodyWoodworth@aol.com writes: If you  need more hard drive space, buy an  external drive, preferably the  new portable types that don't require a clumsy  power supply.   The portables are very small in size and get their power  from the  USB   connection. Woody ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Mon, 15 Jun 2009 00:18:28 -0400 From: "Nancy Keith" <keithnancy@t-one.net> Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Flash drives To: <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <003301c9ed70$563fed80$80a2b741@nancy> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";     reply-type=original Good advice.  Now if I could just figure out how to USE a flash drive.... everybody just says "Oh, it's so easy".  Which is fine until I go to use it. *sigh* Nancy the original techno-tard ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] (no subject) >I store photos on flash drives rather than lose quality by lowering the > size/resolution. A 4 GIG flash drive can hold quite a few photos. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 6/14/2009 4:43:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > WoodyWoodworth@aol.com writes: > > If you  need more hard drive space, buy an  external drive, preferably the > new portable types that don't require a clumsy  power supply.   The > portables > are very small in size and get their power  from the  USB   connection. > > Woody > > ------------------------------ 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 80 ********************************************

Hello Nancy, Monday, June 15, 2009, 1:44:58 PM, you wrote: NK> However, I do have one question, still. "When you plug a flash NK> drive into a PC for the first time".... I have a very elderly NK> computer, and I just don't know WHERE to plug in the flash drive! NK> No, really! I don't! Is it possible that the older computers NK> simply didn't have a *place* for plugging in hot sticks? These USB Flash Drives need a USB port, which is an oblong shaped hole which the oblong plug of the drive pushes into. These only fit one way up but I have seen them pushed in the wrong way given enough force - it shouldn't take a lot of pushing for it to fit <lol> Now - when you say an 'elderly' computer there can be a problem here if you are using Windows 98 as it did not have the drivers for these devices built in and most modern makers do not provide them any more as Win98 is now unsupported. If you do have Win98 then you may not be able to join the Flash Drive Brigade unless you upgrade your system. So, which version of Windows are you using ?? -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'

Hello Nancy, Monday, June 15, 2009, 5:18:28 AM, you wrote: NK> Now if I could just figure out how to USE a flash drive.... NK> everybody just says "Oh, it's so easy". Which is fine until I go NK> to use it. When you plug a flash drive into a PC for the first time you get a 'installing drivers' pop-up and after that's finished you should get a message about what you want to do with the drive contents, usually the option to 'View files' is the one you want and this opens up a window on the desktop with the drive contents ( empty if it's a new drive of course ! ). Now open up another folder, e.g. 'My Pictures' and you can copy files from one folder to the other using drag-and-drop or the Copy / Paste method. Drag-and-Drop: Left click on a file and hold the button down whilst dragging from one window to the other - when over the window where the file should be placed you'll see a little [+] sign appear. Left go of the mouse button and the file will be copied. Copy / Paste (1): Click on the file you want and then on 'Edit' on the menu bar and select 'Copy'. Now click on the 'Edit' option on the menu bar on the window you want the file to go to and select 'Paste'. Copy / Paste (2): Click on the file you want then hold down the [CTRL] key and press [C]. Now click on the window where you want the file copied to and hold down the [CTRL] key and press [V] - the file will be copied. When finished working with a flash drive always use the 'Safely Remove Hardware' icon that appears in the system tray, i.e. the area at the bottom right of the screen where the clock lives. You may get away with merely pulling out the drive but it can lead to corruption of the data on the flash drive. Once used to the idea of working with flash drives it really is easy so have a go using the above as a guide and see how you get on :-) Just a final point to note: These flash drives are very good but don't use them for the *only* place where you store your data, they can and do go bad and lose everything that's on them without any means of getting it back !!! Think of them as temporary storage to move files from PC's or as a backup location ( i.e. the original isn't deleted ). They are no substitute for a larger Hard Drive ! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'

Just plug it into one of your usb ports. ----- Original Message ----- Barry However, I do have one question, still. "When you plug a flash drive into a PC for the first time".... I have a very elderly computer, and I just don't know WHERE to plug in the flash drive!

Barry Thank you for this very complete and clear response! I think I can do all of that! However, I do have one question, still. "When you plug a flash drive into a PC for the first time".... I have a very elderly computer, and I just don't know WHERE to plug in the flash drive! No, really! I don't! Is it possible that the older computers simply didn't have a *place* for plugging in hot sticks? I bought one to take with me to research libraries and such, but since I can't find where to plug it in at home, I have no experience with plugging it in anywhere else and, therefore, no experience using it. I know, I'm my own best road blocker... but would you - or someone - please give me a clue as to what I'm looking for for plug-in purposes? Good advice regarding the "temporary storage". One of my sons has installed an external hard drive for my computer, as I do the accounting for his company. I can even use it all by myself! :-) Thanks for your response. Nancy in sunny, warming-up Michigan, U S of A ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barry" <barry@yobunny.co.uk> To: "Nancy Keith" <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 5:00 AM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Flash drives > Hello Nancy, > > Monday, June 15, 2009, 5:18:28 AM, you wrote: > > NK> Now if I could just figure out how to USE a flash drive.... > NK> everybody just says "Oh, it's so easy". Which is fine until I go > NK> to use it. > > When you plug a flash drive into a PC for the first time you get a > 'installing drivers' pop-up and after that's finished you should get a > message about what you want to do with the drive contents, usually the > option to 'View files' is the one you want and this opens up a window > on the desktop with the drive contents ( empty if it's a new drive of > course ! ). > > Now open up another folder, e.g. 'My Pictures' and you can copy files > from one folder to the other using drag-and-drop or the Copy / Paste > method. > > Drag-and-Drop: Left click on a file and hold the button down whilst > dragging from one window to the other - when over the window where the > file should be placed you'll see a little [+] sign appear. Left go of > the mouse button and the file will be copied. > > Copy / Paste (1): Click on the file you want and then on 'Edit' on the > menu bar and select 'Copy'. Now click on the 'Edit' option on the menu > bar on the window you want the file to go to and select 'Paste'. > > Copy / Paste (2): Click on the file you want then hold down the [CTRL] > key and press [C]. Now click on the window where you want the file > copied to and hold down the [CTRL] key and press [V] - the file will > be copied. > > When finished working with a flash drive always use the 'Safely Remove > Hardware' icon that appears in the system tray, i.e. the area at the > bottom right of the screen where the clock lives. You may get away > with merely pulling out the drive but it can lead to corruption of the > data on the flash drive. > > Once used to the idea of working with flash drives it really is easy > so have a go using the above as a guide and see how you get on :-) > > Just a final point to note: These flash drives are very good but don't > use them for the *only* place where you store your data, they can and > do go bad and lose everything that's on them without any means of > getting it back !!! Think of them as temporary storage to move files > from PC's or as a backup location ( i.e. the original isn't deleted ). > They are no substitute for a larger Hard Drive ! > > -- > Best regards, > Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk > MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty' > > > > > ********* > 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 >

Good advice. Now if I could just figure out how to USE a flash drive.... everybody just says "Oh, it's so easy". Which is fine until I go to use it. *sigh* Nancy the original techno-tard ----- Original Message ----- From: <JYoung6180@aol.com> To: <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, June 14, 2009 5:22 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] (no subject) >I store photos on flash drives rather than lose quality by lowering the > size/resolution. A 4 GIG flash drive can hold quite a few photos. > > Joan > > > In a message dated 6/14/2009 4:43:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > WoodyWoodworth@aol.com writes: > > If you need more hard drive space, buy an external drive, preferably the > new portable types that don't require a clumsy power supply. The > portables > are very small in size and get their power from the USB connection. > > Woody > >

Hello Bette, Sunday, June 14, 2009, 6:21:37 PM, you wrote: B> How can I reduce the file size of individual photographs - to save B> space - and make them smaller to send by e-mail? There are quite a few programs to do this, from fully fledged graphics ones such as IrfanView / Picasa or ones specifically for this one task such as JPG Size. However, reducing the file size does also reduce the quality of the photograph and this cannot be restored later so if you are having a space issue on your system dues to photo storage the better way of dealing with it is to increase the storage space with a larger HD. Note that you will see help pages that say you should remove images to prevent the system from slowing down - this is often old information from when the sizes of Hard Drives were low and too many images could lead to Windows not having enough 'head room' to work with. Also the CPU's were a lot slower so again the extra information could make the folder slow to open due to the number of images to process. Modern PC's have much larger HD's and faster CPU's so storing masses of photo's isn't going to cause any performance issues until you get enough to cut the free space down to below 1Gb ( Windows still needs over 500Mb of free HD space to pay with ). So the question is, how much free space do you have ?? -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'

I store photos on flash drives rather than lose quality by lowering the size/resolution. A 4 GIG flash drive can hold quite a few photos. Joan In a message dated 6/14/2009 4:43:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, WoodyWoodworth@aol.com writes: If you need more hard drive space, buy an external drive, preferably the new portable types that don't require a clumsy power supply. The portables are very small in size and get their power from the USB connection. Woody

How can I reduce the file size of individual photographs - to save space - and make them smaller to send by e-mail? Your help would be appreciated. Bette

Bette, I agree with Barry. Never reduce the size of an original photo and use it as the "new master from which copies are made". Once you make a photo smaller, you've lost the resolution you once had, and you can never get it back. Making a copy of the master for e-mailing for one-time viewing is another matter. Once they view it on their computer screen, they can toss it. However, you would not want to send a reduced size copy to someone who is going to be using it to print pictures from it. You would want to send a copy of the master at its original size. They wouldn't be able to get the original resolution back with a reduced size copy. Irfanview is a popular, excellent image manipulation sofware, and free. It's as good as my Paint Shop Pro V8.1. I never did like Picasa, as it makes "albums", but doesn't move pictures and appears to, and many get confused by what Picasa is doing and not doing. Irfanview can reduce the size of the pictures for you. If you have pictures too large for e-mailing, you can send them through http://www.yousendit.com. It's free. Ignore the membership and fee inferences. If you need more hard drive space, buy an external drive, preferably the new portable types that don't require a clumsy power supply. The portables are very small in size and get their power from the USB connection. Woody ========================== barry@yobunny.co.uk writes: Hello Bette, Sunday, June 14, 2009, 6:21:37 PM, you wrote: B> How can I reduce the file size of individual photographs - to save B> space - and make them smaller to send by e-mail? There are quite a few programs to do this, from fully fledged graphics ones such as IrfanView / Picasa or ones specifically for this one task such as JPG Size. However, reducing the file size does also reduce the quality of the photograph and this cannot be restored later so if you are having a space issue on your system dues to photo storage the better way of dealing with it is to increase the storage space with a larger HD. Note that you will see help pages that say you should remove images to prevent the system from slowing down - this is often old information from when the sizes of Hard Drives were low and too many images could lead to Windows not having enough 'head room' to work with. Also the CPU's were a lot slower so again the extra information could make the folder slow to open due to the number of images to process. Modern PC's have much larger HD's and faster CPU's so storing masses of photo's isn't going to cause any performance issues until you get enough to cut the free space down to below 1Gb ( Windows still needs over 500Mb of free HD space to pay with ). So the question is, how much free space do you have ?? -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty' **************Download the AOL Classifieds Toolbar for local deals at your fingertips. (http://toolbar.aol.com/aolclassifieds/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown00000004)

Hello Nancy, Monday, June 8, 2009, 7:20:04 PM, you wrote: NT> My husband talked a McAfee guy who says it must be removed by a NT> professional. Does anyone know of a way to this on our own, or is NT> this true that we have to hire someone? There are free root kit removal programs you can download and hopefully one of these will do the trick but if not then the best way forward would be to erase Windows and start again from scratch - when a root kit gets its hooks into a PC then it can be impossible to be 100% sure you've got it all cleaned out. The nature of a root kit is that it's very good at hiding itself :-( BTW - if you've been hit with one of these then whatever protection you were using has let you down badly so I'd also be looking for something a lot better !!! -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'

Hello Lorraine, Monday, June 8, 2009, 6:47:13 PM, you wrote: LDV> When I click to my Yahoo mail, this(above message)  appears. I LDV> have no idea how to do this. Can anyone help? It pops up every LDV> time and I just don't know what to do.. Right Click anywhere blank on your desktop and select 'Properties' then go to 'Settings' - in there you'll see the section for screen resolution, move the slider to the right to increase from what you have now ( probably 800 x 600 ? ). If the slider is already at the right hand side and showing 800 x 600 then your graphics card cannot do anything higher without a driver update ( or it may not be able to do it at all ). -- Best regards, Barry mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty'

Hi Barry, Thank you so much for your help. I did what you said and it worked like a charm. I am 83 yrs. old and much of what I do I have self-learned or from watching or asking my grandchildren and people like you. You seem to know so much. Thanks for all your help, this is not the first you have helped me.                                                  Lorraine --- On Tue, 6/9/09, Barry <barry@yobunny.co.uk> wrote: From: Barry <barry@yobunny.co.uk> Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] screen resolution To: "Lorraine Della Villa" <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 6:02 PM Hello Lorraine, Monday, June 8, 2009, 6:47:13 PM, you wrote: LDV> When I click to my Yahoo mail, this(above message)  appears. I LDV> have no idea how to do this. Can anyone help? It pops up every LDV> time and I just don't know what to do.. Right Click anywhere blank on your desktop and select 'Properties' then go to 'Settings' - in there you'll see the section for screen resolution, move the slider to the right to increase from what you have now ( probably 800 x 600 ? ). If the slider is already at the right hand side and showing 800 x 600 then your graphics card cannot do anything higher without a driver update ( or it may not be able to do it at all ). -- Best regards, Barry                          mailto:barry@yobunny.co.uk MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 9.04 'Jaunty' ********* 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

Nancy, If you are using Internet Explorer, check your Internet Explorer, Security settings, Trusted Sites area Sometimes these things add their website to trusted sites, so each time you remove it, it can download itself again Courtney sitnah@cox.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy & Ted" <hootmon2@earthlink.net> To: "Barry" <barry@yobunny.co.uk>; <senior-newbie@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Trojan problem ! > Barry, thank you for the advice! > > Questions (you knew you wouldn't get off scott free, didn't you? :) > > 1. When you say "erase Windows and start again from scratch", does this > affect anything else? Do I have to backup all my files, documents, > anything? > > 2. Louise suggested turning off the Systems Restore and then > rebooting--does that work, should I do that also? > > (BTW, does this list have a webpage with all of these things that probably > drive you nuts repeating are located? I thought there was, but darned if > I > can find where I stashed that info). > > McAfee told my husband that this trojan would only be acquired by clicking > on something and allowing a registry change. However, the only things > that > I can think of that were out of the ordinary were that I tried > www.bing.com > (microsoft's search); www.pandora.com (a music /radio site, which I > believe > is very popular--anyone know if this is bad? I couldn't find anything bad > about it on the net, but I do recall something that seemed to be > downloading > as soon as I went there???); and I got one of those emails that said, > "click > here for pictures of me" -- I did Not click on anything, I did not open > the > letter, but I did click on it in the preview screen, which according to > the > McAfee guy would not be enough to set it off. > > We use McAfee virus scan and firewall; Spybot; and the Microsoft security > stuff is also installed. Not so good? > > Thanks for your help! > Nancy

I also wondered if this might be the reason for seeing the trojan again after it is quarantined when you reboot -- because it is being restored. Barry? What do you think? Joan In a message dated 6/9/2009 6:34:00 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, hootmon2@earthlink.net writes: 2. Louise suggested turning off the Systems Restore and then rebooting--does that work, should I do that also?