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Wet Kipper
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Thanks everyone for your comments.
Given that a week before this started happening , we had already bought what is to be the replacement for the reluctant laptop (so far the battery doesn't charge, the fan is permanently running at high speed, and more often than not it makes a strange ticky sound) it doesn't seem worth it to go to any hassle sorting it out. Everything still works, and I think the hardware part of the machine is going to die before long...
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Eutychus
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OK, a telecoms/IT convergence question.
My cable internet/VOIP connection has been playing up. I've swapped modems and had a technician change a splitter in my home, but it's still not working properly.
A few hours before the most recent failure, and not long before the previous one, I was in mid-conversation on the VOIP phone and got what sounded like an incoming fax/modem signal, following which the call was dropped.
Does anyone have any idea what might cause an incoming fax/modem signal and whether this might be related to my modem falling over and not being able to get back up?
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Pearl B4 Swine
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Problem with my monitor: After I turn the machine on, my screen is filled with vertical ribbons of thin lines, grouped in colors. Its very pretty, but very hard to get rid of- I want to go to the sign on screen. We had a 12 hour electrical blackout on Saturday- is this connected? Is this monitor about to self destruct? I despise it anyway- It has 'touch controls on the right edge which only work once in a while. Thanks for any info.
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Pearl, is it an LCD or a CRT (flat or ye olden style)? Although either way it's probably knackered.
The only possible cause for doubt is that it might be the video card, not the screen. The usual "simple" check is to plug in another screen (or put that screen on another machine) and see if the problem goes or stays. Of course, that assumes you have multiple computers/screens to hand ...
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Pearl B4 Swine
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Thanks snags. I looked around the place for another monitor- no go. Plenty of old keyboards tho, haha.
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monkeylizard
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Have you tried disconnecting the monitor from the PC, and then reconnecting it? Sometimes a loose pin connection can cause that.
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Pearl B4 Swine
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Yes, MonLiz- TY - I've done that too. (its a Westinghouse flat screen, btw)- and its no better. Taking it to the fixit shop tomorrow morning. He wants the whole deal, tower & monitor. OOOh my back :-/
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jedijudy
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*Bump*
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Sparrow
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Is there any way of recording and keeping a programme you have downloaded from BBC iPlayer?
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Garasu
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Um... don't you just save it when you download it? Am I missing something?
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quote:
Originally posted by Garasu:
Um... don't you just save it when you download it? Am I missing something?
It's only valid for a limited time.
(I'm not quite sure how it enforces that, I suspect it has to send a request for a key, or it might just rely on the honesty of the viewer).
On the plus side, it is freely available from a legitimate source for a limited time. But there's no simple legitimate internet equivalent to the VCR.
I've recorded the screen capture before (for things that are nigh impossible to find, and so as not to take their bandwidth for christmas TOTP every day in December). It's bulky and not brilliant quality, and so not simple. It's a shame you can't pay an extra license fee...(or indeed a foreigner one) but I guess it would be abused. Or create a cheap DVD from BBC's own programs.
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This may be what I'm missing: I've just listened to a radio broadcast from April that I'd saved; is it different for TV? Or am I due to lose my radio broadcast?
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Sparrow
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quote:
Originally posted by Jay-Emm:
quote:
Originally posted by Garasu:
Um... don't you just save it when you download it? Am I missing something?
It's only valid for a limited time.
(I'm not quite sure how it enforces that, I suspect it has to send a request for a key, or it might just rely on the honesty of the viewer).
It just expires and disappears after a set period, you click on BBC iPlayer and it just isn't there any more.
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Oh, God, ohhhhh God, woe is me! Sometimes I just want to scream.... I was a Mac user for years and years until last winter when our comparatively new iMac went on strike and refused to cooperate... we didn't have the money to get it fixed so we bought a Dell laptop and are paying that off, slowwwwly....
Anyway, it seems as though any time my partners Kristine or Jennifer get on the internet and download one of those free sites that let you play games, something downloads to our hard drive as well and gums up the works! Every damn week I have to go in and physically remove some numb-nuts program or utility that decided to move in and stay. I confess I am woefully ignorant about how to get the original system to go back to what it was when we first got the computer this last April. I have done a System Restore but that only restored things since June, not the full monty. Are there books I should be reading/people I should be talking to? Macs just don't have these problems and if I can afford it, I'm going to try to get our Mac fixed and leave the PC laptop to one of my wives. Sorry for the long-ass post!
Also, is McAfee any good? It's what we have installed from Dell.
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Utterly socially unrealistic
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This may start a fight but MacAfee is utter crap. Replace with Avast for a freebie or Kaspersky for cheap paid.
You can do a factory restore on the machine but you will lose all data/apps so make sure you have good backups if you do this.
Your user accounts are probably all running as admins. Stop that now. Set all day to day accounts to Limited and have a known admin account to do admin tasks via elevation.
when installing free stuff, pay attention to the extra crap it will push at you - toolbars, security scans - refuse it all, it's shite.
stop the ladies going to shitty free game sites! These, and porn sites, are notorious for dropping rubbish on you.
Grab a copy of malwarebytes (www.malwarebytes.com)and don't accept the trial, manually update and do a full scan.
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lilBuddha
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A note on anti-virus/anti-malware software:
None can prevent every infection. None can protect you from yourself, so exercise common sense. Constantly update your anti-virus as the authors of virus/malware are constantly writing new programs.
Side note to smug Mac users: your systems are not inherently more secure. You have largely been ignored due to a, relatively, small user base. This is already changing so you be careful as well.
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Curiosity killed ...
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Has anyone installed an HP LaserJet 4100N on to a Win7 machine? I failed yesterday.
It's on a network cable rather than a USB. The printer drivers installed - as HP LaserJet 4100 PS? series drivers - manually requested. I installed it as a network printer and used the printer's IP address (after googling and interrogating the printer - the number is in the format 192.#.#.###). The error message was that IP number was not valid and the printer was not recognised.
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Any ideas as to ways of solving this one? When I googled one of the answers came up with coding strings, which is not something I'd want to do on something that isn't mine.
Digging this one up from the depths, because we now have a new team administrator who is most unhappy the laser jet doesn't work.
I am pretty certain (after digging around and talking to the tame geek) the problem with this is to do with the network cable not talking to the Win7 network socket, because Win7 is now using a different operating system. HP haven't got a whole lot of incentive to recode the printer to allow this interface because it's old and from their point of view it's more sensible to sell new ones set up to the new operating systems. And Windows are going to say it's HP's problem.
Has anyone got any idea if anyone has written any functioning coding to deal with this? The boards I tripped over looking were pretty much giving up, but some people had a lot of these printers to install.
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Utterly socially unrealistic
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CK, at what point does it fail? I'm seeing a lot of failures of HP installers to detect their own printers over a network, but you can usually work around it if you go old school on them. Obviously you do need to have the 64-bit driver if it's a 64-bit OS, but that aside the standard trick is:
- look in %temp% to find the folder that the installer extracted everything to (normally a *7z folder as I think they use 7-zip to create the self-extractor) and copy out the relevant drivers section
- go to Device & Printers and Add A Printer manually
- choose "Local" and "New port" then set up a Standard TCP/IP port on the IP address assigned to the printer (make sure this is reserved in DHCP on your DHCP server so it doesn't change in the future)
- carry on, and when prompted point the system at the drivers you liberated at the first step
That normally works. Of course, if the problem's something else ...
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Curiosity killed ...
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The problem in this one is that it uses a network cable not a USB cable. Installation gets a long way through - I did write it down back in February when I was trying.
The problem has gone away, the new team administrator bought a new laser jet printer.
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jedijudy
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I had the same problem with my nice (older) do-everything printer. When I got the new laptop (Windows 7) I fussed and fiddled with it and finally got it to print. No more scanning or other such tricks. And it was thus for almost a year.
So, this past weekend, I found a new (wireless!!!) printer for a decent price at Sam's Club. It installed nicely, and I took the old printer to w*rk and donated it to the music department. (My work computer!) Now my old XP computer there has a printer that actually works!!
This was my win-win solution to the problem.
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Snags
Utterly socially unrealistic
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Sorry about that - searching back to February when posting in a rush from the phone is a little, er, challenging ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
If by any chance you still want to get it to work, then if the following description matches the problem, the details below will (probably) help. I'll post them here in case it helps anyone else as it's obviously not relevant to your immediate issue any more.
Scenario
- You have an HP network-ready printer.
- You have the correct installer.
- The printer is correctly joined to the network (via cable or wireless) and has an IP address (you can check this on your DHCP server, or on the printer itself via the screen or by pressing a special combo of keys to get a status sheet)
- you can "ping" the printer successfully (Start > Run "cmd"; type "ping <ip address>" e.g. "ping 192.168.1.10")
Symptom
You run the installer, you choose 'network' but when it comes to the installer finding the printer either it can't, or it errors and you get stuck in an endless retry loop.
Workaround
You can work around the issue by doing a manual install. Note that this will only work for printing - if it's a multi-function it won't sort out the scanning side of it.
If you have the CD, you can skip the first step below.
(1) If you downloaded the installer, when you first run it, it extracts all of the install files and drivers to your temporary directory. You'll need (some of) these to do the install, so go find where they are by typing "%temp%" into the address bar in Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer!) then looking for a folder ending in "7z" created on the day you run the installer. Poke about in those until you find the one that's obviously the HP install stuff (it is obvious) and copy it out to somewhere more memorable.
(2) Go into "Printers and Faxes" or "Devices and Printers" (XP/Vista & 7) and choose to "Add a printer"
(3) Choose "Local Printer" but de-select auto-detect
(4) When it asks for the port, choose "New Port", then "Standard TCP/IP port"
(5) Set the port's address to the IP address of the printer
(6) Continue with the installation and use "Have Disk" to point the wizard at the driver location (either the CD, or wherever you put the files at (1) above)
That ought to work, all other things being equal.
Note: assuming the printer is getting its address via DHCP you will want to go in to your DHCP server and reserve the address so that the printer always gets the same IP address, otherwise you may find it all stops working for no obvious reason. In a domestic/small office setup you are probably getting your addresses direct from your router; there will be a way to reserve address on it if this is the case, but it varies from model to model, so you'll have to do some research.
If you're running a proper DHCP server, or know enough to give the printer a decent host name and create appropriate local DNS records then you don't need me to be telling you any of the above in the first place
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Curiosity killed ...
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I did all of that down to step 5, by following the instructions I'd found by googling. I then, having done everything, got a message that said the printer wasn't recognised - no such IP address. So I tried again a couple of times, making sure I'd done it right, but googling further found that a lot of other people had had the same problem and were talking coding strings to resolve. As it really isn't my problem any more I gave up. I had been dragged in to deal with quite a lot of other things - set up the e-mail, sort out the other printers and had dealt with everything else on the list.
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Snags
Utterly socially unrealistic
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That sounds suspiciously like the printer was on the fritz, then. You can normally do a quick test by browsing to it by IP - they all have little internal web servers, and if they don't respond/turn up errors than all bets are off.
Still, as you say, not your problem any more, and they're the best kind!
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Eutychus
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So I've bought a mini-PC running Android, basically because it was marked down from 100 EUR to 60 EUR and I thought it might be fun to play with.
The first thing I've discovered is that I need an SD card to do just about anything. Once I've got that, what else can I do with it?
256MB RAM, Android 2.2, 4GB internal memory.
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Wesley J
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Regarding the SD card, try to go for the max it allows (see specs in the manual). This will basically serve as its extra harddrive; in this case, a solid state one.
I've just upgraded my own mobile phone memory card from the 8GB it came with to the maximum of 32 GB. Which is nice! ![[Cool]](cool.gif)
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Alex Cockell
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CK - do you have a fileserver on that network? Or a machine running a server version of Windows designated as your print server?
On THAT machine, load the drivers, and add the printer on an LPR port. Depending on how the printer has its IP address assigned, you may need to get its MAC address and define it an IP address on your DHCP server.
I'm remembering the way I did it on XP on our work network - but you need to add an LPD or LPR port (TCP connection to the printer) and add the printer, pointing to that one, and give it a queue name. Assign rights accordingly, then give it a sharename.
Workstations then add the network printer as its UNC - aka "\\printserver\printername".
Also means the printer itself only needs to deal with data coming from one place - its print server.
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Alex, it's no longer a problem for me - I was flagging it up to those who are interested. And I remembered, the reason I was convinced it was the network cable driver was that was what the error code I got translated to. But I don't have to deal with it any more ever again.
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And the whole problem was that this printer worked on 98/XP and probably would on Vista, but not on Win7 - where the new DOS meant the network driver didn't work for this printer
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I have a PC and an old ipod nano, and I've been getting itunes to do all the work of synching music and audiobooks for me. Since I've started recording my singing lessons I want itunes to keep hold of the recording, then stick it onto my i-gadget.
I've created an mp3 of yesterday's lesson, manually added it to itunes and then tried to view it in itunes. It won't show up there, but is in the folder when I look using the file explorer thingy in Windows 7. I've tried making it its very own folder, but it still won't show in itunes. Any suggestions?
Cattyish, humble novice.
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cattyish
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Eureka! Managed to sort it out by adding the recording to a playlist. At least, I think that's what I did.
Cattyish.
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Eutychus
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Any recommendations for getting rid of a nasty popup piece of malware that opens Firefox secretly in the background and keeps popping ads up on it? My usual malware remover has not got rid of it ![[Frown]](frown.gif)
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Is this Windows?
Does it happen when you have never started Firefox at all since the last time you shut the machine down? If it does can you see Firefox in the Task Manager after restarting the machine?
Does it still happen if you delete all add-ons, cache, history, etc from Firefox?
Does it happen if you turn javascript off?
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Get the following add-ons for Firefox: Adblock Plus, Adblock Plus Pop-Up Addon, Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus; then also Flashblock
These are 4 of the best to block ads and pop-ups.
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Well, thanks for the advice, all you geeks! I removed McAfee from our new laptop, installed the free Microsoft program that was recommended and wow! I also ditched Google Chrome because it doesn't want to work properly and also Internet Explorer, which only works once in a while. I downloaded a PC version of Mozilla's Firefox and our laptop is so much quicker.
The only problem I'm noticing, right off the bat, is that without McAfee, all these pop-ups are suddenly warning me, "Your computer is at risk for a virus! Click this box to run a scan!" or, "We have detected a potential internet phishing and/or security threat! Please allow Blah Blah Blah company to run a complete diagnostic!". I figure, if Microsoft sends me alerts, that's one thing but if The Joe Blow company wants me to drop everything right this instant and do a complete security scan, it's more likely a scam.
Am I correct in thinking this? McAfee threw pop-up warnings at us every time we turned on the computer but Microsoft just sits in the background, doing its thing. When I first installed it, it took about thirty minutes to do a real intensive scan and then after that it seemed to be fine.
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The5thMary
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quote:
Originally posted by Wesley J:
Get the following add-ons for Firefox: Adblock Plus, Adblock Plus Pop-Up Addon, Element Hiding Helper for Adblock Plus; then also Flashblock
These are 4 of the best to block ads and pop-ups.
Oooooh! Goodies! Thanks for this tip. I'm gonna get all of these. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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Well, I'm awfully late out of the gate on this one, but I'd like to buy the core edition of Sims 3 on dvd. (Never played any version of the Sims). I've been shopping online. It seems your straight pc platform on dvd generally costs about $60. But the same edition of pc/mac on dvd costs $20. I have a pc with Windows 7. Is this edition really for use on both pc and mac, or is it really just for mac? Or is it theoretically for both, but really a problem child for pc?
Thanks, folks.
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lilBuddha
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Short answer, no difference.
Explanation: As PC* and Mac refer to different operating systems, therefore requiring different installers, the installers for windows on either disc should be identical.
A quick glance shows multiple variations, "special editions" and add-ons, so this could be the price difference.
BTW, the download version on Amazon is $12.
* Pedantic note: A Mac is a PC. Should be Windows vs. Mac. Or Linux.
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Thanks, lilBuddha. Yeah, I realize downloads are cheaper but I've had bad luck with downloads and I'm afraid a program this complex might give me problems.
So, would getting the Windows/Mac version mean I'd need to get the Windows/Mac versions for any add-ons? Or would Windows versions do?
Thanks again!
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lilBuddha
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The only version issue you need worry about is the software being compatible with the version of Windows you are using.
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Lyda*Rose
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So, if the program states it's compatible with Windows XP and Vista, do you think it would be compatible with Windows7 ? IIRC, you can't add a program to an earlier version than one specified eg such a program couldn't work with Windows98. But a later version like Windows7 should be alright. Do I have this correctly?
Thanks for your patience. I'm a computer doofus. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
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Most software that works on XP can be persuaded to work on 7; especially if it's Vista compatible. However, amongst the items I'd be cautious with are ... games. Games often use system features that don't necessarily translate across OS versions. Might be worth asking on a Sims forum just to be completely sure, unless there are Sims junkies on the Ship.
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Tame geek was into SIMS for a while - mostly hacking and improving it, but she was using it on XP, I'll e-mail and ask about Win7.
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That would be great, Ck... Much appreciated!
ETA: I'm wavering between Sims 2 and 3, so either of those would be fine. THX again
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I use the sims3 on win7, it's fine.
You need decent graphics card tho, and memory.
Also - it will eat your life, are you prepared?
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Tame geek says:
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Sims2 is [Win7 compatible] provided you're using 1 expansion pack that isn't University. You have to set it to run as XP/Vista. Click on the icon, properties, compatibility, Run this program in compatibility mode for: then select XP service pack 3.
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Jenny Ann- got lots of memory. Not sure about the graphics card. It's never been an issue. And time-sucking-addiction is my middle name. ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Curiosity killed...- Those are definitely specifics which will help me immensely. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
Well, I'm awfully late out of the gate on this one, but I'd like to buy the core edition of Sims 3 on dvd. (Never played any version of the Sims). I've been shopping online. It seems your straight pc platform on dvd generally costs about $60. But the same edition of pc/mac on dvd costs $20. I have a pc with Windows 7. Is this edition really for use on both pc and mac, or is it really just for mac? Or is it theoretically for both, but really a problem child for pc?
Thanks, folks.
Heyyyyyyyy! One of my significant others bought Sims 3 for our new laptop about a month ago from Amazon.com and is just addicted to it. She buys all the add-on things whenever she can and had us drawing her all these rooms and stuff on graph paper... I can't get into it the way she does, I mean, she wants to make a town now of cat people! Cat people! And the cat people all have to have feline names! And they all have to be Gay!
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif) anyway, this had nothing to do with your post but as soon as I saw the word Sims 3 I just had to throw this in.
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Originally posted by Jenny Ann:
I use the sims3 on win7, it's fine.
You need decent graphics card tho, and memory.
Also - it will eat your life, are you prepared?
Yes. I can completely agree that it will eat your life. Significant other #2 is practically glued to this computer that I am currently using. She spends hours and hours dreaming up all the townspeople and their outfits, their names, their professions, etc. etc. I remember when "Everquest" was known as "Evercrack" and lived with a guy who played it for FIVE days straight! I think my s.o. #2 is so into it because she has major PTSD from being in combat during the first Gulf War and this helps her not think about it but it's kind of annoying to hear her just go on and on and on about Sims this, Sims that... I am a Sims widow!
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Win 7 sound problem here. I use the volume mixer to set the noise that Skype makes when somebody posts a comment to a running conversation. I set it to 8. Then I brought another window to the fore, and before long, the mixer had re-set the volume for skype to the maximum (i.e. same as the "Speakers and Headphones" level).
I've done this several times. My google-fu being what it isn't, I haven't been able to find a page online addressing this issue.
Anybody know how to make it stop doing that, or if it's even possible?
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Skype, IMHO, has become less and less helpful when taking their semi-geeky customers into account. The number of options you can fiddle with are very limited, and I can well imagine that they just don't bother with a case like yours. Meaning, their software may often try to override your own preferences.
I'll try and see if I encounter the same problem on my Win7 machine. I wouldn't be surprised. I'll report later.
ETA: Did you have the same problem on WinXP, too?
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