BIG BAD WOLF:  I'm not sure about it either.  :)  I'm sure someone will know the answer.  

BIG BAD WOLF:  If a person had the latest version of Windows Media Player could they still need a codec to play a particular file?  I know that in the past I've had this problem and had to download form the site to update the Player.  

BIG BAD WOLF:  I just tried a download using uTorrent 1.6 and the file played fine.  It too is an avi.  It might help to know what kind of computer etc Bernice has.  I'm using Windows Media player 11.  ;)

diogenysos: I did that but it saved as a word program ;) Maybe I'm doing it wrong.

Rose: Smartie. ;) That's what I did (saved to a html file). I didn't know it could be done so I just guessed. Pretty cool. Your second idea I think I tried. I right clicked the image but didn't get a save option. ;)

or if others know the answer too.  And for those that run into this situation, you can learn from this  ;) 

I was sent a picture embedded into Word.  You can't right click and save it. I tried that and it didn't work.  How does one extract the picture from Word. I tried something and it did work.  Anyone know? ;)

NOT a floosie:  At least you know which questions to ask  :)  I'm still learning but am mostly self taught (trial and error).  You can find any answer to any question if you word it right.  Google is great that way.  I learned to air brush photos on the internet and my first one turned out great!  lol.  People asked where I learned how to do that.  Problem is, I can't do it again without the directions.  And from a professional's perspective, my work was not that good.  But you'd have to know what to look for in order to understand the places I mess up.  Mostly it looked pretty good ;)

NOT a floosie:  lol, I type 9 or 7 words a minute.  ;)  lol    Actually I think I type about 50 but under pressure it drops.  I may go as fast as 60 but it's never sustained very long.  I should test it. If I'm typing something that is already written, I think I can do about 45 - 50 with few errors.  But 97?  That's like super speed!  I can't even think that fast.

My daughter just gave me an old computer from work.  It's about 5 years old.  I don't think I can use it but I'm gonna have something to hack around with and see what kind of trouble I can cause.  I'm going to see if I can get it set up for a gaming computer but I think I need XP at least and it may only be able to handle 98SE ;) 

NOT a floosie:  I tried.  :)  Glad to hear you got it figured out.  

NOT a floosie:  ;)  Usually when I fix it, I break it more first.  ;)  I always manage to figure it out but it's like taking a short cut the long way around. 

Rose:    Story of my life.  I'm late again  :)  My daugher says I need a memory upgrade lol

OK, first I'm no tech.  I am a "hit that button and see what happens" kind of tech. ;)  But if the beeping continues, I'd check the keyboard.  If a key is stuck, that will cause a beeping too.  If you are still having a problem, try a different key board.  ;) 

If it's a software problem, one can always reinstall everything.  If hardware, and not the keyboard, then I dunno. 

If all else fails, there's always the 9-stories solution.

Take the computer up to the 9th floor, open the window, and throw it out.

;)

MagicDragon:   congrats.  ;)  glad you figured it out  ;)

MagicDragon:  XP should be able to identify any modem you have.  Sometimes the problem has to be solved with your ISP as I've had to call Comcast a few times for configuration help.

MagicDragon:  From The Dell Site ;)

If you have XP you don't need the reinstall disks.  You already have everything on your computer.  Just remember that you lose everything. All data is lost.  What the ctrl f11 does is to reinstall all factory programs and settings.  It's like you just took it out of the box.  ;) 

MagicDragon:  I'm off to bed.  We'll get some more folks online tomorrow and maybe they can help too  :) 

MagicDragon:  Ok, so you're going to upgrade to Vista.  You can reset an XP to factory settings at the boot by pressing ctrl f11  (I'll have to check on that but I think that is correct).  You hold them down as you boot and then release them at the same time.  I do this on my XP all the time when I get too much stuff on it  ;)

MagicDragon:  are you running XP?

MagicDragon:  Which one of these is it?

MagicDragon:  I have a dell and I always call them.  They've always been very helpful.

MagicDragon:  I'm not sure but if you're going from high speed to dial up isn't that a different modem configuration?  

rednaz23:  good luck ;)

rednaz23:  http://www.learnaccessnow.com/

MagicDragon:   what's going on with the computer?  Maybe the folks in here can help  :)

Rose:  :)

Mr. Shumway:  Thanks.  ;)

Rose, never heard of Seamonkey.  Will have to look that one up ;)

Summertop:  I use Firefox all the time and like it as well.  The new IE has tabs now too.  They were behind the times. lol ;)

Summertop:  I haven't upgraded yet.  Perhaps it's a bug.  Is it a beta version?

Marfitalu: Is it a good Firewall and Anti-virus program?

    McAffe?

BIG BAD WOLF: Lots of nice added features here lately. Fencer needs to keep that programmer. He's pretty good. ;)

ScarletRose: Yeah, I knew that. I've done that too. But when it starts to run slowly, I just start from scratch ;)

ScarletRose: I love that feature. I've factory restored my XP twice now. ;) Have to reinstall everything but it's quick and easy.

BIG BAD WOLF: My one year old granddaughter loves to "whack" the keys when I'm online. She loves my cell phone too. Opens it up, turns it upside down, puts it on her neck, and says, "hi" ;)

SueQ: Glad you got it fixed. Buy your two year old an old keyboard :)

BerniceC: thanks for that. I've saved it. It will be very helpful. ;)

BerniceC: I wish :)

BerniceC: We're making my room into a computer lab (I mentioned it to the principal and then next thing I know...it's a done deal) and I'll be teaching compuer applications and general computer use to 1st - 5th grades. I'll still teach art but it will only be about 40% of my responsibilities. I also teach a reading group. ;)

BerniceC: I'm the new computer tech teacher at school and need to learn these programs. Should be easy but I have to dig into them. No manual but there's plenty on the net.

I just got a copy of Frontpage. Anyone familiar with it? Powerpoint? ;)

Hrqls: I'll drink to that.

WhiteTower: Time to upgrade!

anastasia: Just the ones you want it to. Do you have XP?

The process is simple. Go to the folder where the pics are stored. Highlight the ones you want to resize, right click, and choose resize. The originals are kept intact and resized ones are made. ;)

Rose: yeah, and we thought it was cool! :)

and preferbably below 50k.

Also 640 by 480 is ideal. ;) IMO

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx

and download a powertoy resizer

NightWishes: If you have XP you can resize a batch of photos. I don't know if there is a shortcut but you can email the batch of photos to yourself and they will be all resized. There is a process to do this if anyone is interested I'll post it.