Antje: Gotcha! LOL I have to go w/ the cable modem. I think but not sure is when you get the phone dial-up, would you need long distance? Only have international calling on my phone which might not work.

MagicDragon: I am on DSL cable.. whatever it is.. hehe.. but, when I was on dial up.. no long distance was needed.. unless the number you dialed to.. was..

You use 12 cords for 2 speakers- 2 sets of speakers=2 power cords-2 input cords-2 left to right cords-2 subwofer cords-2 back speaker cords (one set is surround.)

1 cordless phone-2 cords-LMAO!!! phone cord + power cord=2 cords lol.

ScarletRose:
The history button is greyed out, that is the problem. No matter what I do it stays greyed out.

If you're not too blonde e.g. falling to someone permanently repeating how nice he is,
always laughing, just eager to provide good music for everyone, you still may feel safe.
Or read Hacker's Playground or Researcher's Dream ? An Analysis by Paul Mutton ~*~

Mousetrap: are you logged in as administrator ?

(i am not sure if thats needed though, but it could)

Hrqls:
Hey! Good idea! Maybe it can only be done in the primary name, I will check and let you know later, thanks very much!

Hrqls:
It did,nt work, it has got to be something simple. It was well worth a try though.

Mousetrap: can you find the history folder ? .. you can try to manually delete the files :)

are you talking about your internet explorer history ? or your list of recently opened files ?
or another history ?

Right when I thought it was safe to sign up for Dell's Card, that part is down for a scheduled maintenance! LOL

Mousetrap: You said, "it has got to be something simple". I don't think Microsoft supports "Simple".

Hrqls:
Explorer history yes. I found a history folder and tried deleting, that did,nt work either!

Summertop:
I am begining to think your right lol!

Mousetrap: what do you see in that history folder ?

Hrqls:
addies of moves made on brainking, gif images from various places, but not the addies in the drop down address bar on the browser.

can you delete the files inside the history folder ?
(not the history folder itself)

Hrqls:
Yes I deleted some.

Mousetrap: so you can delete them that way ? do you need to delete more ?

when you right click in the folder and chose 'properties' how big does it show the folder is ?

Hrqls:
I an,t even find the history folder now lol! Oh well! I wanted to clear all the items out of the drop down address bar, I will just have to persevere untill I find it again.

what browser and are you on xp ?

Jason:
I found it, it says 48.9MB I am on bt yahoo browser windows xp.

have you sorted it ? if not tell me exactly what you are trying to do

Jason:
No I am not having any luck. I am trying to clear the history in the drop down address bar some other way than clicking tools internet options then clear history, because it won,t let me do that as the clear history button is greyed out.

doing it that way only deletes the history that is stored in your history folder i believe not the drop down address bar ,, you could try the box above that one delete cookies and delte files , i just did it and it emptyied my address bar .

Mousetrap: to clear the drop down bar you have to go to the internet properties (right click on the internet explorer icon on your desktop and chose 'properties' then go to the 'content' tab and click on 'autocomplete' in there clear the forms and passwords

but i think thats not it i think you have to clear the recent file list .. i dont know how to do that in windoes xp ... i mainly use windows 98 :) .. which version of windows do you use ?

control panel, internet options, then click on content tab , then auto complete then clear forms , thats it for xp

how do you clear the recent file list in xp ?

in 98 i right click on the task bar, click on properties, go to the second tab and there i can clear the list :)
(which will also clear the list of 'execute' in my start menu)

To show your most recently used documents on the Start menu
Right-click the Start button, and then click Properties.
On the Start Menu tab, click Start menu, and then click Customize.
On the Advanced tab, select the List my most recently opened documents check box.
The next time you click Start, the My Recent Documents folder is on the Start menu. This folder contains the documents and files you opened recently.

Note

On the Advanced tab, click Clear List to empty the My Recent Documents folder. This does not delete the documents from the computer.

ah! thanks :) i knew it could be done on xp as well .. just never done it on there ;)

Jason:
and Hlqrs, yes that should work, but it is,nt working for me, oh well!

are you set up with administrator rights on your account ..not sure if that would make a difference though

What would be a "Power calibration error" on an external disk writer? I've had it a few times in the last couple of days but haven't a clue what it means.

might be an internal measurement of the powersupply .. which it might tries to balance

does it have an external power cord ? or does it get its power from the pc its connected to ?

It has an external power cord and a USB lead to the PC.

harley: power calibration errors are caused mostly by poor media. (cheap branded cd's ie. promedia) - try using a different brand (compusa, tdk's, memorex, sony) are the best bet; don't waste your money on cheap disks - youll just waste them. also, keep you cd writer clean by using the cd cleaner kits, a dirty lens will also cause the callibration errors!!

If everything is to no avail, then maybe a firmware upgrade will do the trick. Have a look at http://www.cdfreaks.com/drive/firmware/574

Cheers Aragon, I've been using Mr Data disks. £10 for 50 in Tesco!
This is going to sound really dumb, but if you put a lens cleaner in, how do you get it going round to clean it? Its not like a D drive is it, where you just 'play' the disk.

Well it should actually just work exactly the same as 'D' drive. If you put a music CD in your writer it should play as normal!! All writers are also READERS!! Unless you got a special one from the same people that make Mr data discs LOL

See, I told you it was a dumb question!
I didn't think of it as a reader!! Duh! Cheers, Argy!

Also, you should still be able to use the Mr Data discs, try changing the write speed to x2 or x1 (maybe x4) and reduce the amount by 50mb of the capacity. :)


Oh!! and try using XP instead of NERO or the likes!! XP handles better I think!

Well not totally dumb, there are some (although tend to be the more expensive ones) that will not play normal media as a reader would. But most that I have come across read and write!!

I just cleaned it and it worked fine reading the cleaning disc. You learn something new every day! I'll also change the write speed, its set on x24 as standard, I usually leave it at that.
Whats XP?

Windows XP, it is really quite good at writing discs etc. Media player for music, and XP for anything else (including music) :o)

Oh right, I didn't know that either!

My puter has started something new. When i'm just playing games the puter makes an internal noise periodically, indicating that it's doing something. It only lasts a few seconds. While it is doing whatever it's doing i can't do anything. For example if i'm typing the cursor freezes in place and then after it stops the letters i've typed appear. I'de sure like to know what it's doing. I use windows ME

Well for starters get shot of ME LOL It was (IS) just about the worst OS ever, given the choice of that or windows 3.1 i would take the later :o)

TASKMANAGER should show you exactly what is running and what resource its sucking up while doing what ever its doing!!

Although using the TAsk Manager of ME is a real Pain, i suggest WinTasks from LIUtilities its easy to use and much better.

To access Task manager on ME, use the CTRL, ALT & DEL combination and selct Task manager, you can see them here but stopping them can take ages :(

Aragon: thanks i'll try taskmanager next time it starts doing it's odd thing again. But if i remember correctly it gives you a list of everything that is using power and won't necessarely indicate what the puter is up to. And i don't know enough to pick the righ one out of the list. I will try the other task manager you suggested it will probably give more information. Thank you

I would also suggest running a few utilities through the system to check it over. Start-up Cop will check anything that starts when you switch on, and give a hint as to what it does and if its needed.

Then find a good spy-bot, there are loads and everyone is different so search for a good one. I use SPYBOT Search and Destroy 1.3 again this will check for things that really shouldnt be there type of thing!!

Aragon: I have been using Microsoft's Anti Spyware tool. It is especially good at showing you what IE's settings are and what applications ie loads.

Summertop: I see that is i beta right now. I wonder if it will be bundled with Longhorn when it is released next year!

Rose: My impression was it was going to be a stand alone utility that may cost money. But, as usual, I really don't know.