Fencer: Funny, i looked at that

If i search for brainking madmonkey on Google i get 3,110 results

on CUIL i get 6,453

Funny really as the Interview i saw this morning was talking about the people who have written CUIL and they are all ex Google people as i mentioned. Have to give it time i guess

coan.net: Well, something is indexed.
http://www.cuil.com/search?q=brainking

I have a high rating in Google for many of my client sites plus my own and NONE of them are showing up in Cuil yet.. Not KOOL lol

coan.net: Yes, i agree, i had a little play about as well, and as you say the results between Google & CUIL are very different ,and agree the results are nicely displayed. Still i guess its early days for it.

MadMonkey: I tried CUIL the other day - HATE IT

Why - because none of my sites are indexed. (and if mine are missing, how much more is missing) Easy to say they indexed more then Google - but I don't believe it.

My Rating of CUIL: D- (only ready not an F is because the results are displayed nicely - but I question how good their index is which is the most important part of any search engine.)

For those who do not keep up with things going on about the WWW, some ex employees of Google have released there own search engine which they reckon is better.

Check out CUIL (odd name i must admit lol, its pronounced cool.com)

Universal Eyes: MY GOD....what is that? and this is only the "A's....I hope this isn't your puter :(

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wetware: Thank you very much, diogenysos and wetware! I'm currently using my son-in-laws computer but as soon as I get back to my own, I'll check out the avast site, it looks good!

I uninstalled EVERYTHING and reinstalled it,seemed to have worked

had to do complete system restore last night.today,when I tyre to install my yahoo toolbarmit says it is installed but when I log out and log back in,it's gone..any ideas? I have reinstalled it like 5 times now.Under "view" where you can adjust toolbar options,it isn't even there to adjust.

Binabik: As far as anti-virus software goes, I'd like to put in a good word for avast! home edition.
I've been a happy user for about 5 years, I think.

http://www.avast.com/eng/avast_4_home.html

Binabik:

well, this really looks as if you should wipe your AVG off and use an other antivirus-prog.

diogenysos: I disabled the firewall and the computer still crashed... I'll look into Keryo next....

MadMonkey: Nice wallpapers - about 3 days ago I added a second monitor on my PC (so I have 2 monitors right next to each other) - so now I've found a couple nice ones that will stretch to both monitors here: http://www.dualscreenwallpaper.com/

For those Gmail users:

Google Gears up to take Gmail offline

Just for fun, how well will do you know Microsoft

Bill Gates & Microsoft Quiz

For those of us who love Firefox, how about giving your desktop a new look ?

Look at this great selection on Firefox Themed wallpapers

70+ Nice and Beautiful Firefox Wallpapers

There are some awesome ones to choose from

http://www.ruffliferescue.com/info/adoption


can someone please look at the movie thing that is playing on this page,is there a way to link that clip back to say my e-mail or my photobucket?

Everyone running Firefox should now have been updated with the latest release Firefox 3.0.1

diogenysos: Again, thank you so much, I really appreciate the help! I'll follow your suggestions and let you know.

Binabik: a firewall is a useful thing... .
turning the windows-firewall off means you do not have the control over the progs using the inernet - including possible "bad" ones.
its a good idea for sure to install another one, but step by step.
first you should solve your virus-scanner-problem.
as soon as you got one working fine on your computer, you may try to install a firewall, too.
if zoneAlarm didnt work well, try for example keryo... .

diogenysos: Thanks so much! I'll try turning the firewall off and see what happens. I assume that turning it off won't leave me open to disasters? Hmmm, would that leave me without a firewall at all? I'll have to check AVG and see if they have it.

MadMonkey:

yep. i purchased it cause it worked quite well...

diogenysos: I just looked, its a trial then purchase one

Binabik: Its good to use an anti-virus-prog (e.g. AVG, Kaspersky, Norton, BitDefender etc.)
AND a firewall (ZoneAlarm, Keryo etc.).
WIndows XP and vista both have an integrated firewall.
People say that this integrated firewall is causing conflicts, so it can be turned off in the security-center of the xp-control-panel.
If your conflicts with AVG continue, the program should be uninstalled completely.
You might use a registry-cleaner (e.g. RegCleaner 4.3) to erase all AVG entries within the registry
in order to make sure there will be no conflicts any longer.

MadMonkey:

i use the ULEAD gif-animator

diogenysos: No, it doesn't. I had Zone Alarm before but I didn't like it because it interfered with Ebay. Before that I had Norton and McAfee - none of them caused the computer to crash. After the first crash, I got a Microsoft message that said that the serious error occurred because of an anti-virus program.

Is it possible to shrink (or i guess enlarge) a .gif image without it stopping being animated ?

I have tried to shrink a couple using Paint, and they just become static, is there another program i can use that will keep them working ?

(edit) Found some great software that does it, not to worry

Binabik:

does it happen with a different virus-scanner, too?

I tried the uninstall/reinstall suggestion and it didn't work.... does anyone have any idea what's going on? When I run the scanner, it goes for about 30 to 60 seconds and then the computer crashes....

diogenysos: Thank you, I will try that.

Binabik:

You may try the following:
-   Uninstall the current version of AVG  -> restart -> disable anything else.
-   Install a new AVG (or any other downloaded anti-virus-prog)
-   run the scanner...

I wonder if someone could help me please? I downloaded the free version of AVG anti virus - when I run the scanner, my computer crashes.... I have no other anti virus programs, but I don't know if I should disable the Microsoft built-in ones? I have Windows XP.

TYVM for your reply:) My unit is finicky meaning areas look blank unless I place my cursor at said spot.

Darla_P: on your profile page top left it should say My Profile and just to the right of that a link that says Edit which will take you to a new page.

Hello! I apologise in advance if these problems have been addressed so here goes:When I access discussion boards I'm unable to read the posts;all I get is the poster's name anda blank area where the post is to be. Also, under my profile link I don't see where I can add info about myself nor where to change my e-mail addy. Can anyone offer help? Thanks!

Not been long and guess what ??????

Yep, you got it...............Firefox 3.1 expected this month

anastasia:

itunes isnt able to find the songs on the path that was defined before. there is a function in itunes to search for all available data on your disks ans put it into the library. this could solve your problem - if the songs can be found somewhere on your disk(s).

no sure if this would be the right place to post this,but here goes..,my puter crashed and I lost everything..I did store my Itunes library to disks,9 of them to be exact.I usually use iDump but it glitched right as my iPod connected in and I lost 1500 songs in about 3 seconds...so,I started to transfer the data from the disks back to the library and after I take the disk outand try to play the sond a lil ! shows up and says it can;t find the data,or something to that effect...how the heck do I get it there..I clicked and dragged it,do I have to put it in a file in the puter itself? even the stuff I just got from net tonight it is saying it can't find!!

MadMonkey: ok, thx., then i'll do it. yesterday ff offered me a download for version 2.0.0.14 and i took it, wonder why they didn't offer the new one.

ellieoop: My Firefox 3.0 works fine on Vista at work

i was going to download it, but not sure if i can with vista.

Übergeek 바둑이: Thanks for that, great stuff to know

MadMonkey:

My post is too late, but this might help in the future. It might also help those who have similar problems.

I have seen several similar problems before. Prior to running and reinstalling the OS, there are checks that you can do to see if there is harware damage.

There are three main reasons why this could be happening: a faulty CPU, damaged RAM or a damaged hard drive. This are usually the result of overheating, exposure to magnetic fields or physical damage (e.g.: dropping the laptop).

The BIOS chip is fine because it boots up and it lets you go into the BIOS settings screen.

The CPU is probably OK because it is letting you boot up and it lets you start the Windows boot sequence. However, it is still possible that the CPU is damaged. Go online and do a search for something like "CPU diagnostic software" or "CPU diagnostic freeware". I can recommend that you try these ones:

http://www.diagnoseprogramm.de/
http://www.binarica.com/downloads.html

or something similar. Then run a diagnostic on the CPU and other hardware. Binarica has tools for checking RAM chips and other hardware components. These tolls might not necessarily be adequate, so search for others in case these don't give you what you need.

The RAM could be a problem. Sometimes faulty RAM causes either a failure to boot, or a failure to load the OS. You can check the RAM chip if the BIOS Settings allows for a "memory check after boot up". You need to find this in the BIOS settings. If you cannot find it, you can go to the laptop manufacturer's website and find the motherboard manufacturer and model. The manufacturer of the motherboard will have online a user manual and tools for diagnosing problems with the hardware and for updating the BIOS. Check the BIOS version and determine whether you need to flash the new version into the BIOS. You need to do a memory test of the RAM chip, it is as simple as that. The Binarica site has a program called Gold Memory. That can test the RAM too.

The hard drive is my number one candidate here. To check and repair the hard drive you need to know the manufacturer and the model number. Go into BIOS and find who makes the hard drive. Go to the manufacturer website and in their dowloads section you will find diagnostic and repair tools for the hard drive. For example, Seagate had a program called SeaTools. That will do extensive tests of hard drives and reformat harddrives if necessary.

Other components can cause trouble too, like the video card. Again, a search of the manufacturer's site will give you tools for diagnostics. Most manufacturers of hardware components have diagnostic tools that are necessary for quality control. They release those tools to the public so people can troubleshoot problems with the computer. I recommend that you check as many hardware components as possible before you decide that the only solution is erasing the hard drive and doing a clean Windows install.

Once all hardware is checked, you can proceed to try to repair windows. The first step is to attempt to boot into DOS. You said that you can go into Safe Mode. Try to go into DOS with Safe Mode. Once you make it there run a program called CHKDSK. Simply type that in DOS and press enter. It will check the file structure in the disk and let you know if there are damaged files or folders. The program will attempt to repair some fo these problems.

If CHKDSK does not give you anything, you insert the Windows installation disk and try a windows "repair". Sometimes repairs work, sometimes they don't If something was wrong with Windows, usualy the rapair sequence will tell you what the problem was. If the repair fails then the only option is a clean install and that means wiping out the hard drive and reinstalling the OS in full.

Prior to doing that, you will need to decide if it is worth getting useful data back. That can be tricky and your first option is installing a new hard drive and putting windows in it, then accessing the data in the old hard drive. The second option is going to a professional who can extract all the data for you. It all depends on how you want to get that data back. I find that buying a new hard drive is often the cheaper of the two options.

If you decide to wipe the hard drive and reinstall the OS in full, I recommend a full wiping of the disk. You can use the manufacturer's program (e.g.: SeaTools), or a Free Dos CD, then useing commands like FDISK and FORMAT. In FDISK you would need to delete all partitions and then create a primary DOS partition using the entire hard drive. Once that is done, you can format with something like this:

format c: /u /d

That is a full unconditional format with verbose output, so you cn see every detail of the formatting process. This can take several hours to do, so start it in the evening and leave it running all night!

For Free DOS go to:

http://www.freedos.org/

Gordon Shumway: Wish i could, but it just seems like it is starting Windows fine, but then the blue screen appears literally for no time at all, and it reboots

Anyway, put a new system on it and all seems fine , i just hate not solving things

MadMonkey: can't you take a photo of the screen? ;)

coan.net: Yep, exactly what i am trying now. Its just a pain not being able to read the blue screen, i may have an idea then lol

Thing is it could be many different things. OS got messed up and not loading correctly. Motherboard messed up. Memory gone bad. Hard drive gone bad. Fan/cooling not cooling unit enough.

I guess if I was troubleshooting it - I would first try to bootup with XP disk and reload XP (assuming XP is loaded)

After that, if you have extra equipment - try swapping out the hard drive for a different one.... same with memory.

it is just hard telling. I would hope for just a software (operating system reload), but it is hard to say.