One of the small PC tools that a friend of mine just gave me, called Startup Run - Which will find everything that automaticly starts up with your computer. (Start menu, registry, etc...) - plus it will give you options to disable, delete, etc...

Utility Found Here

And of course if you don't know much about PC, don't use it since you might end up removing something important. Well you can use it to view things, but be very carefully if you remove/disable anything. :-)

once freeware when I used it ... anybody having the professional version ?
reported experiences welcome ... startup manager and registry wizz
implemented as well as dealing with all services as I heard. ~*~

If your wondering what some of the items listed on a start menue are this might help.

Very nice programm, that was very helpfull to me was Aida32 that gives you all informations about your computer, drivers,installed software and have included diagnostic moduls. But since this year the development of this application has been stopped for sure. It's a pity, isn' t it? ;o) I found out that the utility with the same features and by the same author! has been released. This new utility is called EVEREST and have the same feautures as Aida had. (of course it's by the same author). So Everest gives you full hardware,software,directX,overclock information, have diagnostic moduls,benchmark tests,tweaking features and all this informations can be printed or exported in HTML or XML. So if you were looking for something like that, try this monitoring utility.I'm sure you'll be pleased.

have a nice day
(and sorry my english)

temo :) your english...at least can be understood... and thanks to BBW for his extensive knowledge and helpfulness:) it is appreciated by us (who know not too much)

go figure without the net and bridging intercultural differences, many
people might not even have been notified that english arrived in australia and,
rather tending to think that they speak a dutch dialect spawned in 1503 :D ... ~*~

News Story

I was just reading that a security flaw has been reported in Mozilla (which impacts Firefox browser.)

Hum... so I guess that means that Firefox is not 100% safer the Microsoft IE, but only 98% safer! :-)

the teams won't let 18 days pass though, like microsoft has done, I bet.
not to mention there are stages of risk, 4 from low to critical - indeed
I am using IE also from time to time, with ActiveX prompt, minor risk. ~*~

can anyone help me please ?

at the change over to BK2, my main page where I log into BK is a perfect screen :) THEN
I go to any board, and i have to scroll across.
All my games pages are OK it is just the message boards and fellowship boards.
To my knowledge i havent changed any settings, but can someone put me on the right track...Please dont get too technical as im not really computer literate :)
thanks

Bernice: It's strange because the only visual addition to board pages was the search box.
Maybe I could try to disable it just for you and see if there is any difference? :-D

please disable search :)(or is this a joke) if it is , it is in poor taste and if it isnt....if it works....great if it dont maybe ?? i dont know :(
thanks

I remember having encountered a similar effect if just a single message on
a board is not properly wrapped hence extending the width of the screen ~*~

My pages have the scroll now too since BK2 was launched.. To see all my favourite boards I have to scroll.

I mentioned this at the very first day of BK2 and was told I had changed my settings :(
but it has gotten to the stage where it is damned annoying :(

thanks Dano for that but I dont think that is the case this time as it happens on EVERY board...not just the odd one :(

Bernice, are you on column layout? Try changing it to row layout, that might help?

Thanks Harley......yuk i DO NOT like the row lay- out...
there isnt any scrolling across but there is a hell of a lot of scrolling up and down ROFLMBO:(

I will persevere with what ive got and hopefully one day it will all be sorted :(...I see that Rose also has the same problem so it has to be a bug of sorts :(

now get a wheel mouse and the scrolling is no biggie anymore ... :) ~*~

i got one LOLOL..thanks Dano ;)

I'm very tempted to buy this camcorder, but I don't know enough about them to know if its any good.
People keep waffling on about internal memory, memory cards etc... If I buy this, will I have to pay out even more for memory?

Memory cards can become quite expensive ... Prices go down,
but perhaps it's a good idea to use a portable Mini-Harddisk 1.8",
they come with 1.5-2 GB and even fit into some of the standard
cardslots ...there are portable notebooks HDs as well - much cheaper ...
a seagate momentus 5400 with 40 GB is only €115 (+case ~€150) while an
SD MemoryCard from Kingston 512 MB is already about €95 - last not least
there are portable CD-Recorders, they read directly from your cam
and burn it to CD - average price about €150 ... good luck hunting ... :) ~*~

I have no idea what any of that means :o(

I've never owned a camcorder before, and its only the price of this thats made me consider one.
But the price has also makes me suspicious! Does it come with everything I need too open the box and start using it as a camcorder and a still camera - or will I have to buy extra stuff?

they come with a basic memory equipment ... sometimes only 20 MB though ...
that's enough for quite a few pictures - but not for longer videos ... ~*~

No, not always. I was looking at another camcorder on ebay, and I checked the feedback of the seller. One of her buyers complained it didn't come with a memory card, she replied that it wasn't advertised as having one. But I don't know what I'm looking for in the advert to tell me if it has one! LOL!

I took a look, but I notice that they don't give things like the camera model number, or other things which might make it easier to do websearchs on.

We bought a camcorder not too long ago, but I rarley use it - I still use my good quality digital camera all the time.

I have a great digital camera, but I like the idea of being able to see the pictures on this one before I actually take them. As well as having a camcorder! LOL!

Sorry for sounding thick, but did the advert say it comes with all the memory etc to be able to use it immediately?

*edit* The reason I ask is because one person I questioned about theirs told me it has memory, but no 'internal' memory? Buhhhh....

I personally don't like buying items like that from eBay (bought it at Best Buy Store).

There are some "guides" that I used when I choose a camcorder like:

epinions.com - use this site for all kinds of great information & reviews on ALL type of items.

PCWorld

Eek! LOL! Thats all pretty technical!

No doubt someone will put it in Suffolk dialect for you, harley. Compooter tawk like.

what a neat site :) all australian links :) i would assume if you wnet their from Germany they would be german links, or from sweden..swedish links....great BBW

Translate web sites into "Shiznit" here.

heheh I know some would love Snoop Dog, but isnt he ugly ROIFLMBO


but the should i be talking HAHAHAHAHAHA

Some webpages refuse to work properly but with IE ... Microsoft is used
to sabotate competitors anyway - here's a workaround, the Mozilla Prefbar
it gives you direct access to all them useful preferences, e.g. enable/disable
javascript (i.e., for ebay), clear cache, permit images, kill flash or, force own colours,
if a webpage appears to be unreadable else - best gimmick though is a user-agent
that pretends to be Internet-Explorer 5/6 :D quite a few sites, 'broken' before for mozilla,
will work properly then ... please note that changes will be effective immediately albeit perceptible not until next refresh ... ~*~

2 questions: Is there a way to print out an e-card, preferably without all the surrounding clutter, so you get only the card? What is the best way to save an e-card?

usually you are able to click on the center picture -
right click i.e. and chose 'save image as' to download
- once arrived on your computer, you cAn cut it with common proggies ~*~

Thanks Danoschek but I had no luck.That saves the picture and leaves the words behind or it only saves a small portion of the whole, when I try it.

sometimes it depends on where exactly you click.
flash animations evade that approach anyway ... ~*~

sounds like an easy question when I think of it but I need to know if there are any ways to brighten up my monitor (other than the monitor controls on the front themselves).

I just used my daughters pc and everypicture was clearer (brighter) and I'm not sure why mine images are so much darker( for example, on heres all the details show..on mine they are in a shadow)

? help ;)

depends on your graphics-card - many of them have special drivers providing
controldecks for the so called gamma-correction, possibly even for single colours
If you're not uptodate that way, try searching www.cnet.com for 'graphic tweaks' ... ~*~

Tweaked with the Adobe Gamma controls and can make it even too bright now. :) How come I never noticed that before? thanks

the vulnerability in mozilla/firefox bbw reported in 7/10 ... actually on 7/8
the team had worked on the configuration already - to check whether
your version of mozilla/firefox is safe, visit their security page ... ~*~

volant, take a screenshot of the card, crop it, and print it out.

The US music industry, mainly known for lacking of creativity, skills and intelligence,
tries to launch a new plot at freedom, encouraged by an according governement.

Now programmers, even just owners of videorecorders/computers get under us ambush.

some links to stay tuned and in touch for counter-actions:

legal background in usa
Net-Coalition.Com
Electronic Frontier Foundation

~*~

thank you Backoff :)

anytime :)

Hello!

Back in '96, when I first ventured into the web, I could load a new window in my browser, then click back to the one I was reading previously, and the new window would load in the background, without disturbing me.

Fastforward: Eight years later. Now (using IE), I tell a page to load, put it in the background to ponder the previous page, and my browser has an annoying habit of bringing the loading page to the foreground three or four times before it's finished loading, completely disrupting my attempts to concentrate on the first page. This is extremely annoying. Is there a way to set it so loading pages stay in the background until I'm good and ready for them, or am I doomed to have my browser windows compete for my attention?

In the words of the immortal Charlie Brown: *Aaaaaugh*!

I feel your paid - stupid Java and other stuff!

That is one of the reasons I don't play on Pocket-Monkey.com (game site) - I usually have IYT, DailyGammon, GoldToken, and BrainKing up at the same time - switching back and forth playing games, and the Java on PocketMonkey would ALWAYS just make that page jump to the forground and mess me up, so I don't play there.

BrainKing also installed this on the signup page for the user name, which is also annoying - but luckly this is the only time BrainKing does this for me.

(Yes, i know - if I use other browsers with tabs and such, it probable would not be a big problem..... I'm working on training myself to use the other browsers.) :-)

Hi!

Can someone tell me if a computer programm exist for atomic chess for free?
Because I want to play more and quicker games in atomic chess. But so I need a computer programm as an enemy.
Could someone help me? Thank you!

that sounds dodgy to me ROFLMBO :)
learn yourself...teach yourself and then compete and earn your rewards ROFLMBO :)