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  1. Boomyal

    Who knows Windows Live Email?

    This change over from XP to Win7 continues to be a royal PIA. One of the biggest of them is the lack of Outlook Express. Windows LiveMail is one of the alternatives and that is what the Mrs has chosen. Here is the dilemna. When you type or paste a URL in your email it is not a hyperlink...
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    Pistol Packing Air Travelers!

    I thought I'd share this find for those of you who would like to carry a pistol in your stowed luggage in airline travel. I looked a long time to find a small compact lockable case that would meet TSA and airline requirements. Most everything I ran across was way too large. This one is as...
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    Fixture wiring colors?

    I have a bathroom combo ceiling fixture. It has an exhuast fan on one switch and then two bulb sockets and a little downdraft fan on the other. The wiring that goes to the latter combination consists of a red, a black, and a white. This is all exposed wiring inside the fixture. I have yet to...
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    Inductive or non contact voltage testers?

    I am taking a break from computer printer problems and cross country move excercises.:rolleyes: Question is, are all these little pocket style voltage testers about the same and will they all work by just placing them over a run of romex to determine if it is live? The ads I've seen for them...
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    Transporting two cars?

    Has anyone ever transported a small car inside your typical Uhual style rental cube van? My recently married daughter and her hubby are likely going to move from Vancouover WA to Kutztown PA for her first after Masters job. It is a long haul and would be nice if they didn't have to drive it in...
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    Printer driver question

    If no drivers were written for a given printer, for Windows 7, does that mean that Win 7 will not even be able to see that printer? The printer in question is declared shared and hooked to another computer on the wired network. Just askin' 'cause when I go to 'add printer' on the Win 7 machine...
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    Laser printer recommendations?

    Whilst trying to fathom out the issues on Mrs B's old Dell Laptop, we went ahead and got a new Dell 1724 I5 for her. Talk about getting your head in a vise! Now I get to help figure out how the h*** the new operating system works. IMHO, too many changes for change sake! Seems I'm gettin it...
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    Laptop mystery?

    Mrs. B's Dell laptop just up and quit. She rebooted after running a malware scan and it just came up to a black screen with a little horizontal dash in the upper left hand corner. It would seem to start normal, bringing up the Dell logo with a little scrolling bar, then just go to the blank...
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    Anyone using a free backup program?

    I had hoped that XP Backup would be the hot setup. I never really knew about it but I did have it onboard with my XP Pro. However, when I went to use it, it would not even see my external USB drive. It did see 4 USB drives that constitute my memory card reader. Without it seeing my H: drive...
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    New window vs tab in IE7

    When I open a second browser, it always opens as a tab. Is there anyway to change that. I don't like tabs and want a new seperate window to open. If I am opening a link from within a browser I always right click and open new window but you don't have that option when just opening up a new...
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    Activating XPBackup.....

    ...on a Dell Laptop, with a seperate XP disc? I know that you can reload the operatating system with an F key function, from a seperate partition. But for XP Home, you are supposed to load the XP CD to retrieve the XP backup program. This is one of the malware infected computers and I want...
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    Malware, Grrrr!

    Both my wifes computer and mine have contracted a good case of malware. They seem to be somewhat different in their particular affectations but both involve bogus anti spyware programs and both are search engine redirect problems. In my case I was able to find and delete the anti spyware...
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    Never got to 10,000 posts!

    Just had a post, regarding my visit to Washington DC to see my son, uncerimonioulsly poofed. It did contain a modest political referance. I no longer have the time or interest in this website for either boating issues or other mundane subjects that have nothing to do with what we are facing...
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    Calling all Atmosphericologist!!

    Subject Dew and Dew point: Ok, here is the deal, I am in the process of winterizing my boat. It recsides under a Costco carport tent, with lot's of air circulation, then under it's own Sunbrella full cover. During our high humidity, cloudy, rainy winters the engine still gets soaking wet from...
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    Be sure to check the distributor cap!

    I took the 20 ft Gulfstream out , last weekend, for a Boy Scout Crabbing trip. We backed the boat into the water and started the engine before releasing from the trailer. It was unusually hard to start but did so. We had a lengthy run at no-wake to get out into the bay. The motor was running...
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    Glory be!

    2 million and counting. 9 hours to go.;)
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    Hope you all got to...

    ...watch H&C on Fox News tonight. It portends an exciting time ahead.:D
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    'Lives of others'

    Last nite I watched this riviting fictional (but highly accurate) portrayal about life in ******ist East Germany. It is a must see to show how life can be at the hands of those who know what is best for you. http://www.tvguide.com/movies/lives/review/285284
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    What's the latest consensus on.....

    ...electric hot water heaters? I was just out in the garage, using the tops of the trash cans, nearby, as work benches. I heard a sound like water dripping on plastic. It was not rapid but it was pretty definite. In the same area I have my water softener so I started looking around with a...
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    What would Algore say?

    A green weenie I am not. Practical I am. In the course of our 20 year home refresh it was apparent that the outside lights had to go. They were ugly, the wife liked to leave them burning all the time and they went thru bulbs like nobodies business. I went shopping for new fixtures and...
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