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  1. ttterk

    Bookmarks dissapeared in FireFox!

    A pretty good explanation of how to handle the situation is found at http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Lost+bookmarks?bl=n#Restoring_bookmark_backups In checking this out, I learned that it's not so easy to find an actual bookmarks file. I have 7 files that purport to have my bookmarks in...
  2. ttterk

    fade music on powerpoint slide

    Free is not a bad price. And you can get it direct from http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ to ensure you have the latest version, and, if you need 'em, the add-ins for .mp3 conversions. Sloth is the mother of invention. Necessity is just a mother...
  3. ttterk

    fade music on powerpoint slide

    Audacity's effect "Fade Out" is exactly what you're looking for, and their price isn't bad either. Go to http://audacity.sourceforge.net/. Sloth is the mother of invention. Necessity is just a mother...
  4. ttterk

    Need WinXPro driver for dot matrix printer

    I used to have this problem with Panasonic and Citizen printers when I was using Windows 95, and generally solved it by finding the Epson drives the manufacturer deemed adequate for running the printer. In case of the KXP2130, it's the Epson LQ-860, and its driver is also in WinXP. And the...
  5. ttterk

    How to get furigana in word 2007?

    Tried googling "furigana microsoft word" and the 2nd result was a direct link to a Word file at http://babel.uoregon.edu/lab113/handouts/Furigana%20in%20Word.doc I didn't do more than read the file, but it looks doable. Now all you have to overcome is fear of opening that Word file from the...
  6. ttterk

    Connecting Dual Cassette Player to PC

    Assuming that what you mean by "standard RCA" is both ends being red & white RCA jacks, they'll only work if you've got red & white RCA outputs on your cassette player and red & white RCA inputs on your sound card. As felixc suggested above, the end in your computer is more likely a 1/8" stereo...
  7. ttterk

    Connecting Dual Cassette Player to PC

    Radio Shack is safer, though it seems they’ve gone a bit upscale since I ran one. Check out page http://tinyurl.com/r6phk or look for item#55012881. An older/cheaper version of this is sitting between my cassette player and computer. Sloth is the mother of invention. Necessity is just a mother...
  8. ttterk

    External USB floppy drive

    Your statement, "and thought I could use it in place of my internal floppy drive" tells me you left the internal floppy drive in place and connected. That would explain why the external USB drive would not be seen as A:. I suspect that your computer will see the USB drive as A: as soon as you...
  9. ttterk

    Laptop Shutsdown when screen partially closed

    Somewhere in this laptop's hinge system is a simple microswitch, and for some reason it's (occasionally? Sometimes? always?) activating earlier than it did in the past, I'd suspect a cookie crumb if you eat cookies over the keyboard, but in any case, I would look for a mechanical problem to...
  10. ttterk

    Teenager + My Space.Com + Packard Bell With 384 MB RAM

    I suspect that connection speed may be the real problem here. If you're on dial-up, that would be the problem. If not, I'd probably check the connection speed to see if perhaps MySpace is running a bit slowly sometimes. Sloth is the mother of invention. Necessity is just a mother...
  11. ttterk

    XP Desktop Taskbar doubles in size when Quicklaunch added

    I'm guessing that the Quicklaunch icons are large. Assuming they are, you have the "view" option in Quicklaunch set for "Large Icons" and you want to set it to "Small Icons." Place your cursor at either end of the Quicklaunch bar--just outside of the icon buttons--and right-click. The top menu...
  12. ttterk

    When to turn your PC and other equipment off

    I like attrofy's thinking--I almost never watch the damn thing boot up myself. One suggestion for tree-huggers (I'm one, so don't hate the name): Try a printer that has an auto-power setting like my Canon Pixma. It turns itself off 'til you send it a print job! Sloth is the mother of...
  13. ttterk

    Find AOL 9.0 favorites off bad hard drive.

    See if you can recover c:\documents and settings\all users\application data\aol\storage\cache.db. As I recall, this was what I moved from my mother's old machine to her new one to populate it with all her AOL settings & data including mail files! Sloth is the mother of invention. Necessity is...
  14. ttterk

    How to display date and weekday in system tray clock?

    Try TClockEx @ http://www.rcis.co.za/dale/tclockex/. I like my display (right now it sez, "Sat 08 Jul 00:00:02"). Sloth is the mother of invention. Necessity is just a mother...
  15. ttterk

    Zipped folder not bocked yet won't extract.

    If the file is a .exe file, why are you sure it's a .zip file? There are lots of other executable compressed files besides the .zip type, and none of them allow extraction with the .zip engine. Is there any reason you can't simply move the file to the folder desired and double-click it? Sloth...
  16. ttterk

    how can I disable auto-fill on netscape 8 ????

    Wow! Just spent an illuminating time checking out the NS8 menus at Netscape.com, and if it's there, it's under Tools > Options. I may have to agree with Juni and go with a downgrade for a while, but first . . . try clearing the history and/or the location bar. Sloth is the mother of invention...
  17. ttterk

    how can I disable auto-fill on netscape 8 ????

    Try Edit > Preferences > Navigator > Smart Browsing and uncheck "Automatically complete text typed into Location bar." Sloth is the mother of invention. Necessity is just a mother...
  18. ttterk

    Need help where to send laptop to be opened to put new hard drive in u

    The bad news is that, indeed, Toshiba wants you to send your laptop to them for repair. The not quite so bad news is that maybe someone has the pages you want and a new HD. Google found me http://www.quepublishing.com/articles/article.asp?p=102215&seqNum=3 and perusal of that page found me the...
  19. ttterk

    Need help where to send laptop to be opened to put new hard drive in u

    Since you didn't specify a model I couldn't drill down to the exact page, but if you go to http://www.csd.toshiba.com/cgi-bin/tais/su/su_sc_modSel.jsp?BV_SessionID=@@@@1029881634.1120721009@@@@&BV_EngineID=cccfaddfdflflekcgfkceghdgngdgnj.0 and select your machine, the User Manual should give...
  20. ttterk

    automatic background changer

    And here's the page: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/learnmore/wallpapertoy.mspx (it's in a "Fun Pack"). If its limitations bug you, you might try Wallmaster Pro at http://www.tropicalwares.com/ Sloth is the mother of invention. Necessity is just a mother...

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