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Pearl B4 Swine
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Snags, your wild guess was pretty good! I'll find out, next new email I get. Thanks very much. PB4S
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Anchorman
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I'm visually impaired ( Running DolphinGuide on Windows 7, if anyone's interested.) I've heard various reports about the Ipad as a tool, some VI people say its' the best thing since Noah invented marine sanitation; others say that it shouldn't be touched with a ten-foot bargepole. Anyone know a Vi user...or give advice before I introduce the moths in my wallet to the concept of anorexia? Imcidentaly, when my screenreader encounters an FAQ section, the vocal announcement is not suitable for this forum..
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Trudy Scrumptious
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Can anyone help me?
I have a Canon MP170 printer/scanner which is connected to my computer and has always worked just fine. In the last few days, the printer still works, but the scanner refuses to scan (the computer says it can't communicate with the scanner, and that the scanner must be turned off or the cable unplugged). Is there anything really obvious (yes, the scanner is turned on) that could have accidentally gotten changed to make the scanner stop working?
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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quote: Originally posted by Trudy Scrumptious: Is there anything really obvious (yes, the scanner is turned on) that could have accidentally gotten changed to make the scanner stop working?
I assume the scanner/printer is plugged into a USB port. Have you installed anything recently that also uses a USB port?
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Lamb Chopped
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Might be that some recent update to your operating system has resulted in a mess with your scanner software. I'd suggest a search on Google for "scanner [name and model number] doesn't work printer does" and see if anyone else is having your problem--and if so, what they're doing about it. Might be a driver that got corrupted or something...
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lilBuddha
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TS, do you use Windows? Perhaps it has done an update which makes it no longer work properly with the scanner driver.
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Doc Tor
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I recently had to have a new graphics card installed, and while that worked fine (better than fine, in fact), I discovered that the sound had stopped working completely.
I managed to avoid the BIOS hack that was recommended (and with my chipset wouldn't have worked) by loading up a newer set of drivers. Go to the Canon website, look for this page. The rest should be plain sailing.
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Chapelhead
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I'm trying to set up a PC running Windows XP, which was previusly in use in our Malaysia office. The PC is using Chinese as the its language for all the buttons etc. With the aid of a Chinese member of staff, I've gone into 'Regional and langauage options' in the control panel and changed the language to 'English', and then restarted, but it seems to have no effect.
Every web-site I've looked at seems to say that the language can be changed in 'Regional and langauage options' in the control panel, but in this case this doesn't seem to have worked.
Any ideas?
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Wet Kipper
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quote: Originally posted by Anchorman: when my screenreader encounters an FAQ section, the vocal announcement is not suitable for this forum..
(coffee over keyboard moment)
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Doc Tor
Deepest Red
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quote: Originally posted by Chapelhead: I'm trying to set up a PC running Windows XP, which was previusly in use in our Malaysia office. The PC is using Chinese as the its language for all the buttons etc. With the aid of a Chinese member of staff, I've gone into 'Regional and langauage options' in the control panel and changed the language to 'English', and then restarted, but it seems to have no effect.
Every web-site I've looked at seems to say that the language can be changed in 'Regional and langauage options' in the control panel, but in this case this doesn't seem to have worked.
Any ideas?
Hmm. I'm on an XP machine at the moment.
When I click the "Regional and language options" button, I get three tabs: Regional options, languages, and advanced.
I only have one choice (UK English) under "languages", but everything (including Zulu) on the "Regional options". Do you have English installed? Click on the "details" button to check. It also might be that the language has to match the Regional option.
Other than that, reinstall XP?
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Pigwidgeon
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Help! I think my computer is toast, and I don't have money for a new one right now.
Starting yesterday: I get a black and white screen when I start up, a lot of text which I don't understand; My history has disappeared from Internet Explorer*; Emails that I send don't show up in my Sent folder; The clock only works when the computer is on (I assume this is a dead battery problem).
Any suggestions other than a whole new computer?
(*Please, this is not the time to tell me how terrible Internet Explorer is.)
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Jengie jon
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Make a note of the text you don't understand and put it up here, that will help us diagnose. It sounds as if it is loosing boot settings but at this stage I would not like to say definitely. It may be a flat battery, in which case you can probably either fit a new one or find somebody too. It might be a disk failure. In which case someone can probably replace the hard disk for you but at this time I am guessing.
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Pigwidgeon
Ship's Owl
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Thanks, Jengie! It does seem, at least partly, to be a battery problem. It just occured to me that my sent emails were probably in the right folder, but my computer thinks it's 17 May 2004, so they're with the oldest emails rather than the most recent. Yup -- there they were! I can see how the date confusion might affect my history as well. I'll try to take notes if I get the black and white screen again, and I'll look into battery replacement. I'd rather buy a new battery than a new computer.
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monkeylizard
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quote: Originally posted by Pigwidgeon: I'd rather buy a new battery than a new computer.
The battery should be pretty easy to change. It's probably one of the flat silver disk kind, like you'd find in watches, some cameras, etc. I have seen a few that use the cylinder batteries. They look like mini AA batteries. Either way, find it, replace it, and off you go. Be sure to unplug the PC before removing the cover, for safety. [ 24. June 2011, 16:32: Message edited by: monkeylizard ]
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Pigwidgeon
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Thanks, monkeylizard!
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monkeylizard
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If you haven't found it already, I should have specified that you'll find it on the motherboard. Here are some instructions for the different kinds of batteries that you could find. (Hope it's a coin-style).
http://www.hardwaresecrets.com/article/Replacing-the-Motherboard-Battery/81/1
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Josephine
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I need a workstation setup that isn't going to hurt my back, shoulders, or wrists. I've currently got a Microsoft split keyboard, but the number keypad, arrow keys, etc., to the right of the main keyboard put my mouse so far to the right that my right shoulder aches.
I'm not sure that I really need a split keyboard. When I put my hands in a neutral position, my elbows are too far to the side. Or if I do, I need one with a deeper curve -- one where the middle is even higher than it is on this one.
I'm wondering if a left-handed keyboard would be better -- move the number keypad (which I use rarely) to the left, so the mouse can be closer. Or maybe a keyboard with an integrated touchpad. I like the way that works on my laptop, but the reviews I can find for the keyboards set up that way suggest they're not very well made -- they seem to be for occasional use, for your home theater system, not for using at work 8+ hours a day.
Any suggestions, btdt, cautions?
Thanks!
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Snags
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Josephine, I expect you've already gone through all this, but you need to look at the whole 'package' of how you sit at your pooter.
So seat height to give you (roughly) right-angles at elbow, hip and knee. Good lumbar support so you sit straight, not slouched. Height-adjustable monitor set so that you're natural 'at rest/straight on' view is cutting across about 1/3 of the way down from the top. Body straight on to the screen, so screen/keyboard/chair all in line.
Then you get to the actual keyboard and mouse
It's possible to get compact keyboards that don't have number pads, as well as keyboards with integrated trackballs. I'm guessing that you use the mouse mostly for menus etc. in which case learning the keyboard shortcuts will save you a lot of arm/shoulder movement.
There's currently a trend for very flat keyboards, which I find extremely uncomfortable for extended use, so you'll probably want to avoid those. There are various specialist makes, but Cherry do a wide range of generally reasonable quality without getting into silly money.
Final thought - could you mouse with your left hand? As a leftie, I do, and that keeps the mouse (potentially) very close to the edge of the keyboard without the hassle of finding an actual left-handed keyboard (which would drive me mad, but that's me).
In theory you should also have a break; sit back, stand up, move/stretch every 15/20 minutes or so, although we all know how likely that is when one's in the zone/under the cosh!
Apologies if all of that is an exercise in egg-sucking; it's a bit of a brain dump in case it's helpful.
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Josephine
Orthodox Belle
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Thanks, Snags. I've got everything sorted except the keyboard/mouse. And, unfortunately, I have to do a lot of mousing. The software I use at work is not particularly user-friendly, and it has few keyboard shortcuts. So I'm always going back and forth from the keyboard to the mouse to the keyboard ....
But I'm sure there are keyboard shortcuts I'm not using. I'll spend some time today investigating that. The more I can keep my hands on the keyboard, the less my shoulder is going to ache.
I looked at the Cherry website; one of their keyboards might be a good solution, too.
Thanks.
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mousethief
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Okay here's the deal. I have three USB devices and one SD card that I regularly plug and unplug into my computer. Each time I do, it's a crap shoot as to what drive letter it will get. Which is hyperobnoxious, as my backup software is (of course) keyed to store to a certain directory on a certain drive. Which means I have to go into disk management and reassign the drive letter to the stupid USB device.
Who can rescue me from this body of death?
I want the danged disk management to always assign the same drive letters to the same devices no matter which is plugged in, or not, or in what order.
Is this doable?
I read a thing online about USBDLM but can't make heads or tails out of how to use it or if it will give me what I want.
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Snags
Utterly socially unrealistic
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The SD card - get an internal card reader, then the 'drive' is always present.
USB - format as NTFS from Storage Management and assign a drive letter as part of the format. This isn't 100% guaranteed, but is fairly reliable.
I'm assuming Windows here, of course.
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Eutychus
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quote: Originally posted by Josephine: Any suggestions, btdt, cautions?
This won't solve everything, but I strongly recommend Dragon voice-to-text software from Nuance.
It took me a while to be convinced to buy it, and I don't use it all the time, but I've never regretted it and my wrists have never hurt since.
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mousethief
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quote: Originally posted by Snags: The SD card - get an internal card reader, then the 'drive' is always present.
USB - format as NTFS from Storage Management and assign a drive letter as part of the format. This isn't 100% guaranteed, but is fairly reliable.
I'm assuming Windows here, of course.
The 'drive' may always be present for the SD card, but it doesn't always get the same letter when I plug it in.
Do the drive letters inhere in the format? I suppose it's worth a try, except for the fact that we're talking about a 2TB backup drive. I don't have anywhere else to put all that stuff while formatting.
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basso
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quote: Originally posted by mousethief: The 'drive' may always be present for the SD card, but it doesn't always get the same letter when I plug it in.
Do the drive letters inhere in the format? I suppose it's worth a try, except for the fact that we're talking about a 2TB backup drive. I don't have anywhere else to put all that stuff while formatting.
This looks pretty straightforward.
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
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Thanks basso. I had done that for the thumb drive, but not for the other drives. I was dismayed when the SD card took over the thumb drive's letters. But maybe if I assign a specific letter for the SD card it won't try to homestead on any other device's letter.
The whole drive letter thing is inane. Linux does the peripheral storage devices thing much better.
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Anchorman
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Well, this screenreader has a choice of five voices, none of which sounds like Stephen Hawking. None of them cope too well when reading Scots; not only does my spell check need therapy, but the readers seem to develop deafness.
As to "FAQ", about the most polite way of putting this is that it sounds like Father Jack's number one comment in Father Ted.
I'm still open to opinions as to the viability of the Ipad for someone in my situation. ( visually impaired and incurably daft )
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Snags
Utterly socially unrealistic
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quote: The 'drive' may always be present for the SD card, but it doesn't always get the same letter when I plug it in.
Is this an external USB card reader, or a permanently attached internal one? If the latter then the different slots should all be assigned fixed letters by the OS in the same way as a floppy or optical drive.
There's no point in doing the format if what Basso posted doesn't work; it's the same thing (minus the format, obviously), and in a rush I forgot about it.
However ... it is worth explicitly assigning a (different) drive letter to all your devices if you use this, as it does exactly what it says - it tries to use the assigned letter for that device, but if another device grabs it first, you're stuffed. It's linked, but not reserved, effectively. Either that or assign a letter to the one that matters, but put it way up the alphabet.
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Sparrow
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quote: Originally posted by Josephine: I need a workstation setup that isn't going to hurt my back, shoulders, or wrists. I've currently got a Microsoft split keyboard, but the number keypad, arrow keys, etc., to the right of the main keyboard put my mouse so far to the right that my right shoulder aches.
I'm not sure that I really need a split keyboard. When I put my hands in a neutral position, my elbows are too far to the side. Or if I do, I need one with a deeper curve -- one where the middle is even higher than it is on this one.
I'm wondering if a left-handed keyboard would be better -- move the number keypad (which I use rarely) to the left, so the mouse can be closer. Or maybe a keyboard with an integrated touchpad. I like the way that works on my laptop, but the reviews I can find for the keyboards set up that way suggest they're not very well made -- they seem to be for occasional use, for your home theater system, not for using at work 8+ hours a day.
Any suggestions, btdt, cautions?
Thanks!
I have one like this:
http://www.goldtouch.com/p-64-goldtouch-adjustable-keyboard-black.aspx
It's very comfortable and adjustable in all directions, for instance I have it flat rather than at an angle as in the picture, and you can adjust the angle at which the two halves of the keyboard are placed.
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Eutychus
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Another hardware question.
A recent development in my work means I'll likely be handling more hardcopy documents in the future.
I'd love a way of scanning them which involved feeding them sheet by sheet into a slit rather than the "lift-up-the-lid-place-document-replace-lid-hope-document-hasn't-shifted-scan-and-promptly-forget-document-beneath-lid" method.
I prefer to have dedicated peripherals (on the basis that if one part breaks, I don't need to replace the whole thing), so I'd rather a scanner than a scanner/printer/coffee machine.
Any recommendations?
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Snags
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Not a recommendation for a specific make/model, but you're basically going to have two options, I suspect:
a) cheapo - a 'portable' document scanner that's just a bar, and passes the paper through it, rather than being a flatbed
b) posher - a flatbed with an Automatic Document Feeder; Google "scanner ADF" and go with your favourite prejudice
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Paul.
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Mousethief - take a look at this - you can assign a particular USB drive to a folder on an an NTFS partition. Seems to work. (btw on my XP machine Windows+R didn't do anything but Start-Programs-Run was the equivalent).
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Eutychus
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quote: Originally posted by Snags: Not a recommendation for a specific make/model, but you're basically going to have two options, I suspect:
a) cheapo - a 'portable' document scanner that's just a bar, and passes the paper through it, rather than being a flatbed
b) posher - a flatbed with an Automatic Document Feeder; Google "scanner ADF" and go with your favourite prejudice
Thanks for the pointers!
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Eutychus
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Thanks a lot. Ouch about the price, but I may just spring for it.
I have a software question now.
I use the Thunderbird client for e-mail; outgoing mail sometimes lands up in the recpient's inbox (in Gmail for instance) in a tiny font. The issue is definitely with Thunderbird. I've tried fiddling with the advanced font settings in Thunderbird but haven't managed to make a difference so far.
Suggestions, anyone?
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Eutychus
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Found it. Account settings > Composition and addressing > uncheck "Compose Messages in HTML format"
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Eutychus
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In other news, my ISP, in its infinite wisdom, has just decided to "upgrade" its webmail so that it's no longer possible to automatically forward incoming e-mails to another address in the filters.
I'd been using the webmail filters to switch on and off e-mail to be sent to my blackberry when I'm away from my PC. Now, there's no obvious way to do this
Does anyone have any suggestions, short of ceasing to use this e-mail account? [ 13. July 2011, 21:10: Message edited by: Eutychus ]
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Gracious rebel
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I don't use a blackberry, so there may be some hardware-specific aspect of this that I am missing, but it sounds similar to what I do with my laptop. When I access email via my laptop, I have the client set up to leave the messages on the server. This way I can respond to them if necessary from the laptop, but they will still be there to download to my desktop next time I'm back 'home'. You don't need a separate email address to forward them to for this scenario to work.
But I've just realised you specifically mentioned webmail... so maybe I have got the wrong end of the stick.
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Eutychus
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Yes, Gracious Rebel, I leave my messages on my server (webmail) as well as on my client (Thunderbird) on my PC.
What I want my webmail to do is forward some e-mail some of the time (when I ask it to) to my Blackberry. Hitherto, that was easily done by concocting a suitable webmail filter, because one of the things you could instruct it to do with filtered mail was forward it to address xyz. So it was just a matter of setting up a specific account for my smartphone and switching the filter on to forward mail there when I left my PC, and off when I got back.
Now, however, this 'forward' option has gone
For now I've set up a Gmail account to pull everything from my ISP webmail. Gmail has 'forward to' as one of the options for filtered mail, but the other filter conditions aren't nearly so good, the filters aren't so easy to switch on and off and this seems a very Heath Robinson way of dealing with the problem.
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North East Quine
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Has Google changed, or have I inadvertently changed a setting?
Whenever I google, (e.g. GECCO) instead of getting a list of hits, I'm getting a message saying "Showing results for gecko" "Search instead for GECCO" and I have to click on the second. Virtually everything I'm googling at the moment initially comes up with something else first. I'm shouting at the computer "If I wanted to search for "gecko", I'd have typed "gecko!"
Virtually nothing I google is going straight to the thing I actually want, everything has this intermediate step first, offering some bizarre alternative. It's quite slow, too.
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Snags
Utterly socially unrealistic
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NEQ, yes it's changed to automatically 'correcting' perceived mistakes, rather than giving the "Did you mean ... ?" link that it used to.
Lots of bitching about it, but I've not found anyone pointing to a way to tell it to keep its bright ideas to itself yet.
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Snags
Utterly socially unrealistic
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Actually, apparently there is a way, if you're using Firefox. I haven't tested it, but a few entries down on this thread there's a post from "TheSOB88" which details how to get FF to append a parameter to all your search strings that should stop them being auto-corrected.
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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Thanks, Snags. It's very annoying.It's got some bizarre ideas as to what I ought to be searching for. (E,g, wee lizards instead of computing conferences.)
Out of curiosity I googled "Ship of Fools" and it went to Showing results for "Ship of Fools lyrics" Search instead for Ship of Fools.
I'm a bit concerned that it might actually manage to "hide" sites I do want.
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Eutychus
From the edge
# 3081
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Do you have Google Instant enabled?
I've disabled this feature and am not finding the results you are. I only get alternative suggestions when putting in multiple misspelled words or strange proper nouns.
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
# 953
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In the last two days Firefox has suddenly taken to shutting down with no warning. It has done so maybe 5 times in the last 36 hours. Is this a known bug? Does anybody else have this problem?
I'm running Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8
Whatever that means. On Win 7. There no longer seems to be an "About" option in Windows so I can't tell you what update version I'm at.
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
# 953
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As an experiment I downloaded Google Chrome and am working with that. One of the things I liked about Firefox was an add-on that allowed me to mark links as visited without actually visiting them. Is there any such thing for Chrome?
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lilBuddha
Shipmate
# 14333
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Right click on the executable and you should see a number like this: 5.0.0.4183 Version with incremental updates. I am running the latest for Windows 7 and have no such issue.
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mousethief
Ship's Thieving Rodent
# 953
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I'm upgrading to 4.0. Hopefully that will do it.
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North East Quine
Curious beastie
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Thanks, Snags and Eutychus, it's now fixed. But not before a search for someone called Peter Eight-letter-surname-not-beginning-with-A resulted in "Showing results for Pete Andre" which had me weeping into my keyboard.
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Eutychus
From the edge
# 3081
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Care to say how? Google, used in an unorthodox way, is actually a fairly critcial worktool for me; if this ever started happening in a way I couldn't unfix, it would be bad news.
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