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Hi Sidekickcat, Those photos are beautiful!!!! I love the cliffs--we have sand dunes. Couldn't resist sharing a website of our lighthouse (make sure you click the "additional photos links"). It was featured on The History Channel's "Haunted Lighthouses" (My Grandmother knew the "ghost" well--before he was a ghost, that is.) And we currently have a woman lightkeeper. Don't know how to link, and if anyone wants to fix this to a link, feel free!, but website is www.lighthousefriends.com/light.asp?ID=192 And Hi Macmarauder, I read a very interesting article about "why so many SUVs are in d

And if there ever is an "incorrect answer", someone more experienced jumps in for the rescue! Liz

Hi all, Oh Gawd, here I go again.... How do you block nasty sites like these? I have IE and Mcafee Firewall. Thanks, Liz

Hi Tg1911, Just a sidenote to let you know we have a 5+ year old Epson440. It is overworked (2 kids in school and son prints out game instructions and cheats constantly) and it works just as well as it did brand new. Read somewhere (Consumer Reports, or PCmagazine I Think) that the Epson ink is a "bargain" also. An Epson is a great choice. Liz

Hi Macmarauder, Is that snow or fog??? This year Michigan made national news for a couple of 100+car pileups, once for snow and once for fog. Drivers compared it to driving into a solid white wall. And Hi TheTerrorist_75, Those snowbanks are crazy!! Luckily we haven't had snow that bad in a few years We only got about 6-7 footers this year, but usually they get that high, then melt, then build up again, then melt, etc. This year they stayed. On a Bright Side Note---I saw a ROBIN today!! Poor thing was just standing in the bare patch above an old septic tank, looking around, not even at

Cts, Happy birfy-to-you! Liz

Never fear, DAN6996, give me a minute or two and I'll come up with another dumb question Glad you're learning, I am too. Liz

Hi all, Wow!!! Lots of options for him. He's more techy than me (well, most everyone is!) so I'm just going to send him here! Told him this was the best place for answers! Thanks a bunch, Liz

One of son's friends is looking for an alarm clock program for his computer, maybe something he can set up with scheduled tasks. For XP. Any suggestions??? Thanks, Liz

Hi Robroy, There is such a thing as a CD marker?!!!? Didn't know that, kids always swiped one of my Sharpies for their homemade CDs (Artists ALWAYS have Sharpies on hand!) I guess we have been lucky. I'll get one of those. Thanks again! Liz

an undependable 1967 $200 Buick....something (did cars have names back then?). Oh my gosh, what bad memories..... Current car?

Hi Sceeter33, You heard right! I lurked on G4 boards for a couple of years but never joined due to the "war conditions" over there--We have nitrous oxide pumped in here regularly (thanks, macmarauder) to keep things peaceful! You should recognize quite a few folks here that are generous and knowledgable enough to donate time and advice to many places.. Liz

Well, I went to Staples and bought....100 CDRs. You should have seen son shake his head and say, "ohhhh mommmmm". (Its not like they'll spoil, kids use them and they were on sale!) One step closer to doing this! Hi Robroy, You mentioned copying Updates--Not worried about Mcafee Updates because it was just installed last month, but where do you find the Microsoft Updates? I know I see them on "add/remove programs" but son says, "no mom, they're in a folder" Turns out he knows a lot more that I thought he did--started talking about converting his music to MP3 format to copy and queries (me-

Welcome Sceeter33! You will like it here, a bunch of friendly and helpful folks who even put up with the likes of me..... Liz

Hi Sidekickcat, Sounds like our area newspaper!! The Chronicle (or Comical as we refer to it) has a wonderful habit of printing only a portion of an article, leaving off in mid sentence or even mid word, and doesn't reprint themThe following day!! They say "Oh, you got the early edition, the afternoon edition is correct", Like I'm going to go out and buy another newspaper that contains "almost" the same exact thing???? (I would if the article was important to me, of course) Our little weekly town paper, the Beacon is wonderfully written and edited--supplying only about 7000 people in our 2

well, I'd actually prefer him to be on his schoolwork, walking the dog, cleaning his bedroom, going outside or going out with friends rather than playing computer games!!! Liz

Kill da wabbit worked on the Dell----loved it, Son REALLY loved it!!!! Thanks, Liz "Weather Balloon"

Hi All, Well, I'm not the only one dealing with this glitch. Found Starcraft Website and lurked on the Forums. Folks are having same problems as I am with Norton Firewall and Mcafee AV, starting March 19. The advice given so far is turn AVs off! Received an Email from Mcafee and there were a couple of suggestions I'm not sure I should do--- 1) RIGHT-CLICK on the clock in the lower right corner of the screen. 2) Click on "Task Manager". 3) Under the "Process" tab, RIGHT-CLICK on the "MCVSESCN.EXE" you wish to terminate. 4) Choose "End Process" **From google, this is the email scanner. Folk

(link didn't work for me?? Could be this crummy Gateway, tho) Classic

Hi Sidekickcat, Yeah, I'm like your neighbor--once in a while one of the kid's "new friends" will actually ASK for a drink or something and I almost feel insulted, then introduce them to my kitchen! And yes, smokers do go through the same as dieters!! Last time I tried to quit was when Son first started driving---WRONG time to quit!! I'm such a worrywart. I just hate the thought of them driving-its so dangerous! Bought both a Tracfone "for emergencies only" for Christmas (daughter quite doesn't understand that "emergency only" concept....) but what a piece of mind that is! And as Barb wro

Soft Coated Wheaten Terrier!! (thought for sure I'd end up a lab) It hunts vermin (oh how I hate mice in MY house--I get the blue pellets from pest guy that eradicates them for 5 years--always say if I ever saw a rat, house would be put up for sale) I am a much cuter dog than I am in human form!!! Liz

Hi TheTerrorist 75, You beat me by about 50 inches of that white stuff--thats wild!, and you're about the same latitude as me!!! (NY, right?) I know upstate and PA gets "Michigan's leftovers", which usually ends up messy. Don't you hate the term "Lake Effect Snow"? Sun came out today, you should see it tomorrow!! Liz

Hi Tymekyller, Doesn't it make you feel 10 feet tall proving a "professional" wrong??? Same thing happened when I got Cable internet--Tech said, "Oh good, a Gateway" I told him it was an horrible machine. 2 hours and 5 calls to home office later, he finally got it installed!! And IE still has the old AOL icon in the corner!! (but it works) Liz

Hi All, Ok, to take this to a different "path". I......have never backed up (yeah, I know--shame on me.) Anyways, in preparation of SP2, it is in the list of "prep directions". I have a Dell 4550 XP Home edition SP1 and paid an extra $125 to have a tech set it up (after the old Gateway, worth every penny). 1. I read you must back up "all important data"-- what is "important"? Kids do have quite the music file on Winamp and daughter has journalism projects on Word--I know that's important to them--I use an old fashioned file cabinet. 2. I swear I remember reading how to back up data in my