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  1. Boomyal

    Slow, balky PC?****update****

    Could this be a sign of a failing hard drive? It is slow to finish booting and slow and balky at opening and using applications. It almost acts like it is loaded up with malware but I seldom go on the internet with it. I am now running SuperAntiSpyware, just in case. It is zipping right along...
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    Forward Shaft seal in a Stringer intermediate housing?

    ...anyone had to replace theirs? Can you do it without having to remove the outdrive and the shaft assy from the housing? I know that you would have to pull the motor. I am dripping a little oil out of my bilge. It is either coming from the forward driveshaft seal or from the engine rear main...
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    CDs and DVD's

    I guess that older CD drives cannot burn DVDs? I have had a 100 pack of what I thought were Sony CD's. Every time I tried to burn one, they never worked. I had another pack of a different brand and I would have to fetch one of those. I just discovered that the Sony Discs were DVDs. My Drive...
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    Digital Thingy?

    It's a square image that looks like a partially filled in jigsaw puzzle. It's made to be scanned. I guess they are kind of like a newer bar code. What exactly are they? And how do you read them?
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    An algebreic calculation for all you mathmeticians.

    I am trying to extrapolate a dimension off of a scaled engineering diagram. If 89 centimeters (from drawing) equals 77.5 inches (actual object height), how many inches does 95.3 centimeters equal?
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    What is actually happening when you play the likes of a YouTube?

    When you start a YouTube video you see two things happening at the bottom of the screen. One is a grayed moving line that appears as if the video is downloading. The other is a red line that moves across the screen as the video is playing. Once the first grayed line has completed, then you can...
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    Who understands this?

    Here is the deal. I have my email (not LiveMail) synced up with my android smart phone. It uses the 'imap' protocol which I believe is the only way it will work. Now I usually leave my Data Connection turned off so it only periodically downloads any email from my email server. When I turn the...
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    Stringer upper gearcase dip stick?

    When checking the fluid level in the upper gear case, do you do it with the dipstick plug screwed in OR with the dipstick just lowered until the stick threads meet the case threads? This always seems to be a dilemma with these type of things. I thought it was awesome that my Honda Lawn Rider...
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    Microsoft really does s**k!!

    I recently bought a Lenovo touchpad for the Mrs. It uses the android 4.1 jellybean OS. All indications, that I can find, are that she cannot access her Live.com Email from it. This is inexcusable! :mad:
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    Connecting an Android to a PC, via USB-PROBLEM SOLVED!

    Hows come it don't work? I have a Motorola RazrM Android that I am trying to connect to my PC via the supplied USB cable. I get no notification of a connection on the phone nor does it show up as a drive on my PC. I am using XP SP3, I have Windows media player v11 and I have downloaded and...
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    Best music app?

    Just noticed my RazrR wanted to update Slacker. I did not know what that was so I googled it. It is a music App. I have not gotten into that yet but would like to do so. What is the best music service to use?
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    Effectiveness of the Internet!

    Got a surprise and a giggle out of a family email string that was lauding the collapse of a boondoggle coalition that had been formed to plan and build a much needed replacement bridge over the mighty Columbia River, between Portland Oregon and Vancouver Washington. They have spent about $170...
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    Hey MTboatguy. A Lenovo question.

    How do you set up a connection to a wireless printer? I've google the subject and looked on the online manual but can find nothing on the subject. When you select the 'printer share' button on the home page, it tells you that a printer has not been selected. It is not, however, a live button...
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    Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1" 16GB Tablet ? TOOK MTBOATGUY'S ADVICE.

    It's a refurb for $299 shipped and no tax. The only thing I know (and like), it comes with a special 'pen' that stores in the edge of the tablet. They have too many of these to be true 'refurbs'. I think they are most likely end of production model closeouts. Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1" 16GB...
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    So pleased!

    Just fired up the 5.0 after a long winter's sleep. Last time it ran was early November. I filled the tank with non-ethanol premium before I put it to sleep. I hooked up all the water lines (having disconnected them for the winter) pumped the throttle 6 times, hit the key twice and it fired up...
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    OD cavitation plate relationship to the bottom of the hull?

    Is there a definitive relationship of the outdrive cavitation plate to the bottom line of the hull? In other words, is there a range of distance above or below the hull line that is considered ideal?
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    800 shift cable question.

    The end of the hydro-mechanical shift cable, that mates with the shift converter, has a D shaped profile. The two braided cables exit the end of the cable in a pattern like a : (colon) that is vertical in the middle of that D profile in the outer cable end. This profile mates with a...
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    How many strokes of the....

    ...grease gun should I do for my hydro mechanical swivel bearing?....and how often should it be greased? I cannot find anything in a manual I have about this. The truth of the matter is that I had that drive put on in 1979 and never even knew there was a zerk fitting back there until a few...
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    Ya got to be kidding me- Tablet battery life!

    After many questions, I took my Wife's birthday NetBook back to BestBuy. I was all but ready to pop for an IPad 1 at $459.00. Turns out that the battery is only good for about 2 years and then you throw the tablet in the trash. That is pretty expensive for a toy whether it is used daily or...
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    Dilemna! NetBook vs TouchPad?

    It was my wife's birthday. She expressed a desire to have a little device that she could take upstairs and do email, play scrabble, surf the net, etc, etc. She wanted this in lieu of dragging her 17" laptop upstairs, every time she wanted to use it. Sooooo, I bought her a little Acer Netbook...
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