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1. Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:49:26 -0800; Can anyone advise me on the following? I run Windows 98. Someone told me that if I moved the icons from the desktop (requiring two clicks to open) to the bar right at the bottom of the screen (requir; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00319.html (8,177 bytes)
2. RE: Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: "Councill, David" <dcouncill@msubillings.edu>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:09:40 -0700; Windows98? Well that is really "stone age". But to answer your question - a shortcut is a shortcut. You are just putting it in a different location (technically just a different folder but the same s; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00320.html (9,031 bytes)
3. Re: Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: "Paul T. Root" <ptroot@iaces.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:11:58 -0600; The quick start bar is just a folder down in the bowels of your computer. The only thing that makes it quicker is that it's one click instead of two. No magic going on here. Some apps will have a set; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00321.html (9,428 bytes)
4. RE: Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: "Scott Bonacker" <lister@bonackers.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:19:31 -0600; I generally take all of the default desktop icons that various programs setup, and put them in a folder called "_Desktop Icons" that that begins with an underscore so that it sorts to the top alphab; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00322.html (8,931 bytes)
5. Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: "allan" <Allan.Thompson@ntlworld.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 10:30:48 -0500; The bar at the bottom of the screen is called the 'Task Bar'. At the right hand end running programs are shown. To the left hand end adjacent to the 'Start' button are quick start buttons. These qui; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00323.html (8,223 bytes)
6. Re: Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: Simon Matthews <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 08:55:51 -0800; Depending on your situation, XP can be a downgrade from 2000. XP home has some serious limitations when it comes to sharing files. Basically Microsoft crippled this version so that people would have; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00324.html (8,790 bytes)
7. RE: Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 09:17:06 -0800 (PST); Boy, count on Microsoft the throw standards out the window, "D" is ASCII 0x44 and "_" is ASCII 0x5F, so "Desktop" should show in a directory listing *above* "_Desktop"! In fact, an underscore should; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00325.html (8,536 bytes)
8. Re: Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: "JustBrits_com" <justbrits@comcast.net>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 11:41:53 -0600; <<And don't even get me started about the idiocy of allowing whitespace in file and directory names! >> Which of course, won't fly in html!!<G>; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00326.html (7,681 bytes)
9. Re: Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: "CHRIS KOTTING" <ckotting@wideopenwest.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:51:23 -0600; That's because the Web is built around real operating systems. (Last I looked at the statistics, something like 80% of the web pages in existence are served by open source software, usually Apache ru; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00327.html (8,182 bytes)
10. Re: Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: Simon Matthews <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 13:17:12 -0800; Chris, Interesting point, but the most common Linux filesystem (ext2/ext3) can certainly work with filenames that contain spaces. It is just that they are difficult to use, so are not nomally used. T; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00328.html (8,197 bytes)
11. Re: Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 18:49:49 -0800 (PST); filenames. And that of course is because white space is considered a break between variables. If you write: cd /tmp DIRNAME="My Home Directory" for i in $DIRNAME do cd $i pwd done You'll get: bash: c; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00330.html (8,527 bytes)
12. RE: Off Topic - Computer Question (score: 1): Author: yd3 <yd3@nvc.net>; Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 00:22:27 -0600; One of the best ways to speed up WIN98 is shut down all of those TSR (Terminate and Stay Resident) programs that load. For example shut down the task scheduler so it doesn't start. Another is to go o; /html/mgs/2005-11/msg00331.html (7,574 bytes)
13. Off topic - computer question (score: 1): Author: Barrie Robinson <barrie@look.ca>; Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 12:50:59 -0400; I am getting increasingly annoyed by my HP 1500 colour printer. It consumes those incredibly small cartridges at a prodigious rate and I do not print all that much. Can anyone recommend a printer tha; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00131.html (7,104 bytes)
14. Re: Off topic - computer question (score: 1): Author: "Mike L" <renoman@sympatico.ca>; Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 16:31:02 -0400; They sell the ink jet printers for a song and then get it back on the cartridges at up to $50 each. Once saw a black ink cost breakdown per text page at Costco, don't remember the number but it might; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00133.html (7,937 bytes)
15. Re: Off topic - computer question (score: 1): Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 13:48:50 -0700; Mike, Barrie and others. I have gone down the laser printer route -- good quality used HP printers are available on eBay and others. The older HP Laser printers are very reliable. Then, buy remanufac; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00134.html (7,773 bytes)
16. RE: Off topic - computer question (score: 1): Author: "Wm. Severin Thompson" <wsthompson@thicko.com>; Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 15:52:31 -0500; I bought a color laser printer from HP Direct... it was $299. They sell the ink jet printers for a song and then get it back on the cartridges at up to $50 each. Once saw a black ink cost breakdown p; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00136.html (7,529 bytes)
17. RE: Off topic - computer question (score: 1): Author: "Peter Ryner" <pryner@verizon.net>; Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2006 17:28:09 -0400; Take a look at the Canon Pixma. It is a nice printer, less than $100 and I found ink on line for about $6 a cartridge. (remaned and guaranteed - never had a problem) I only go through 2-4 per year. I; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00138.html (8,899 bytes)
18. Re: Off topic - computer question (score: 1): Author: "Simon Matthews" <simon.d.matthews@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 20:24:04 -0700; Unfortunately, it is caused by people who shop for printers and do not evaluate the cost of ink in their purchases. Essentially, it is stupidity or laziness. Regards, Simon; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00198.html (7,335 bytes)
19. Re: Off topic - computer question (score: 1): Author: David Breneman <david_breneman@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 08:27:27 -0700 (PDT); It's the same thing that made King C Gillette a wealthy man. Sell the razor at cost, and make your profit on the blades. David Breneman david_breneman@yahoo.com Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the bes; /html/mgs/2006-08/msg00207.html (7,462 bytes)

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