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« Reply #300 on: 16:26:41, 07-03-2008 » |
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Here's my latest anti-Microsoft rant. Was very interested to read this article http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/mar/06/opensource.olpc about the popularity of the Asus Eee, a £200 notebook which uses a Linux operating system and flash memory instead of a hard drive. MS have cut the price of Vista recently but, and I'm being totally unbiassed here  , who in their right minds would willingly buy their over-priced crap software? Lots of people unfortunately. Well, I bought a copy of W98SE for a tenner at a computer fair once. Otherwise I only have what was installed on computers when I bought them, (normally second hand, though not with this one, which is an acer laptop with XP ready installed, which I bought as a Tesco end of sale final markdown a couple of years ago). |
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« Reply #301 on: 16:45:34, 07-03-2008 » |
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Anyway, I put myself into the capable hands of Nigel and let him fiddle around with my computer
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« Reply #302 on: 16:51:11, 07-03-2008 » |
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« Reply #303 on: 17:09:48, 07-03-2008 » |
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Actually it's pretty simple to show your hidden files:
Settings (from Start menu) or My Computer/Control Panel/Folder Options
Select View tab
Select Show hidden files and folders
(in XP)
I much prefer to see what's on my computer rather than what someone else thinks I need to see.
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« Reply #304 on: 17:16:40, 07-03-2008 » |
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Agreed. I like to see the file type suffixes too.
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« Reply #305 on: 18:22:15, 07-03-2008 » |
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I would be astonished if a search located files inside hidden folders  Well, you can, but only if you explicity select the option to "Search hidden files and folders". It doesn't search them by default. Oh yes, sorry, forgot to mention that.  |
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #306 on: 22:36:46, 07-03-2008 » |
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Agreed. I like to see the file type suffixes too.
I'd almost forgotten that the default is to hide the file type. Why? No wonder lots of people get infected with viruses by double-clicking on files called something like look_at_my_enormous_knockers.jpg.exe |
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« Reply #307 on: 22:47:58, 07-03-2008 » |
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A question, just out of idle curiosity - this is more a 'housekeeping' issue than a troubleshooting one.
On my laptop there is a wireless button, which toggles between 'LAN Wi-Fi On/Off'. Also, there is a little wireless symbol down in the bottom right of the screen, by the clock, which is crossed out ('No wireless connection available') when the wireless switch is off. To get online from start-up requires two steps: (1) turn the wireless switch on, (2) then right-click on the wireless symbol to 'View available networks', select the one that's me rather than the neighbours, and click Connect.
This is all a bit of a faff, obviously, and in fact I don't need to do step 2, since, provided I don't disconnect before turning off, I'm still connected to the correct network next time I turn on. I do have to do step 1 every time because the wireless switch automatically reverts to off at shutdown.
So, my two questions in terms of best practice are:
Is there any advantage to going through the whole Disconnect rigmarole using the connection icon, or am I OK just relying on the wireless switch? (My one worry about this is that if I turn the wireless switch to "off" while the machine is still running, the connection icon comes up with a little balloon saying that it can't connect but will keep trying, and I don't know if this is wasting memory or something.)
And: Should I even be bothering to turn the wireless switch to "off" when I'm not online, or could I just leave this on all the time and let it turn itself off when I shut down?
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The city is a process which always veers away from the form envisaged and desired, ... whose revenge upon its architects and planners undoes every dream of mastery. It is [also] one of the sites where Dasein is assigned the impossible task of putting right what can never be put right. - Rob Lapsley
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« Reply #308 on: 23:34:20, 07-03-2008 » |
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And: Should I even be bothering to turn the wireless switch to "off" when I'm not online, or could I just leave this on all the time and let it turn itself off when I shut down?
Well there is some power use when your wireless card is left on. Looks like you're suffering from bad integration. If both solutions you find a bit irritating, and you don't notice the battery-life loss, then I'd say just forget about turning it off at all. |
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« Reply #309 on: 01:01:03, 08-03-2008 » |
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I am a long standing member of the Nether Hampton Ladies Euphonium Glee Club. At one time in my life I embraced the sacbutt but I have seenb the errorsd of my ways.
Psst! Over 'ere. Ever tried a serpent?  Why don't you 'ave a cotitsalv while nobody's looking? |
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Click me -> About meor me -> my handmade storeNo, I'm not a complete idiot. I'm only a halfwit. In fact I'm actually a catfish. |
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« Reply #310 on: 01:08:09, 08-03-2008 » |
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Psst! Over 'ere. Ever tried a serpent?
 Californian King Snake - it apparently has 2 sexual organs - got to be worth trying? |
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« Reply #311 on: 06:49:30, 08-03-2008 » |
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Psst! Over 'ere. Ever tried a serpent?
Californian King Snake - it apparently has 2 sexual organs - got to be worth trying? Shh, don't tell anyone, Andy, but all male snakes and lizards have, as indeed do the Amphisbaenia too. Mind you , in order to preserve some sort of self-esteem for human males, they are referred to as hemipenes. |
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« Reply #312 on: 09:04:07, 08-03-2008 » |
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Good grief! I've got so used to Firefox that I'd forgotten how sluggish IE is Firefox to be restored post haste! |
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« Reply #313 on: 10:24:34, 08-03-2008 » |
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Everyone raves about Firefox - why is it so much better than IE? (which I don't find sluggish) I did try and install it on my old machine (a very, very, old second-hand machine I must admit with a feeble memory) and it buglared everything up so I uninstalled it immediately. If I did try it, what are the benefits? (This question is, of course, directed at Morticia who is our resident Computer Geek) |
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Reality, sa molesworth 2, is so sordid it makes me shudder
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