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Windows XP users 'increasing'?
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On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 03:31:37 -0500, KC wrote: I have 1800 songs or so and not one I don't like so I don't go searching.. Just like listening to a radio station with no commercials, and no **** music:0 I have been doing that for 15 years. I never use the radio in my car and we have MP3s available anywhere in the house. I still have a lot of songs I don't want to hear all the time. My "all music" directory is 26.8 gig with 5,625 files and 1408 files in the "humor" directory but there are some duplicates in there. I keep around 1000 in a typical play list I do have a lot of really obscure stuff that I can pull out if it comes up like Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday records or the Vaughn Meader "First Family" album. At Christmas I can spool up 16 hours of holiday music without repeating a cut although some is not really family friendly. I am in the process of trying to make a central player that can be controlled from multiple locations.I already have anywhere with a TV covered, using the installed cable for the TV. (Put the TV on channel 69 and you have whatever is playing on the media PC in the living room). Attach that to a decent amp/speaker setup and you have something. The trick is controlling it. Our music is on our server. Accessible on I-devices and computers and TV sets and away from home via internet. We use iTunes. |
Windows XP users 'increasing'?
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On 4 Feb 2014 16:45:15 GMT, F.O.A.D. wrote: wrote: On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 03:31:37 -0500, KC wrote: I have 1800 songs or so and not one I don't like so I don't go searching.. Just like listening to a radio station with no commercials, and no **** music:0 I have been doing that for 15 years. I never use the radio in my car and we have MP3s available anywhere in the house. I still have a lot of songs I don't want to hear all the time. My "all music" directory is 26.8 gig with 5,625 files and 1408 files in the "humor" directory but there are some duplicates in there. I keep around 1000 in a typical play list I do have a lot of really obscure stuff that I can pull out if it comes up like Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday records or the Vaughn Meader "First Family" album. At Christmas I can spool up 16 hours of holiday music without repeating a cut although some is not really family friendly. I am in the process of trying to make a central player that can be controlled from multiple locations.I already have anywhere with a TV covered, using the installed cable for the TV. (Put the TV on channel 69 and you have whatever is playing on the media PC in the living room). Attach that to a decent amp/speaker setup and you have something. The trick is controlling it. Our music is on our server. Accessible on I-devices and computers and TV sets and away from home via internet. We use iTunes. I have no problem tagging the songs on the network from a local player. I was just trying to get a central player that is controlled from multiple places. Right now I am playing with an old garage door opener receiver that hits the "next" button. It lets you spin the wheel from anywhere on the property. I am scouring the world for old Genie 9 DIP remotes ;-) Mr. Hobby. :) |
Windows XP users 'increasing'?
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:16:42 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 2/4/14, 8:45 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:44:53 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/3/2014 7:20 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote: F.O.A.D. wrote: snipped My next purchase will be a decent printer. I've had no need for one for years. Anything I needed to print I would just send to my wife and she'd print it on her laser printer. However, I have been recently retained to do some consulting work related to the business I was in and will need to get a printer. Her laser printer is not wireless, (I don't think) so I can't use it on the home network. I should check that though. I noticed most people now are using Adobe PDF files for most things. All the communications and documents I've received so far from the company I am working with use it. I noticed you can now subscribe to it's use for something like $19/mo. Might do that rather than buy the software. Got this for Christmas: http://tinyurl.com/kffxlzj Here's what Consumer Reports had to say about it: CR's Take For an all-in-one black-and-while laser printer, this Samsung is not only cheap to buy, but it's also inexpensive to operate and print. It's a bit short on features, but it has outstanding overall performance. Highs • Excellent text quality • Very fast printing black text • Very good monochrome graphics quality • Excellent copy quality • Auto feeder can scan or copy a stack of pages Lows • Less versatile than most Detailed test results PRINTING. The Samsung SCX-3405FW prints using laser technology, which picks up powdered 'toner' on a roller and fuses it to the paper with heat. It prints black-and-white text with excellent quality, as we've come to expect from a laser printer. Text printing was very quick, 12 pages per minute, costing 4.4 cents per page. Its black-and-white graphics printing is very good for reports, newsletters and web pages. SCANNING and COPYING. Scanning performance was very good, fine for general-purpose scanning. Copying performance was excellent, producing copies very close to the original. There's an automatic document feeder to let you copy or scan a stack of pages in one operation. CONTROLS and DISPLAY. The printer has no display screen. CONNECTIVITY and NETWORKING. You can connect directly to a PC with a USB cable, or to your network router either wirelessly with Wi-Fi or with an Ethernet cable. This model has built-in faxing, can store incoming faxes if the paper runs out, and can send faxes from an attached PC. You can print directly from smart phones and tablets (Android apps or Apple AirPrint) over your Wi-Fi network. That's an amazing price for a laser printer that also scans and faxes. What do you pay for branded toner carts and how many prints do you get from each? http://tinyurl.com/kkmz8yj |
Windows XP users 'increasing'?
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:11:09 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/4/2014 8:36 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 18:51:15 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/3/2014 5:54 PM, Califbill wrote: "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/3/2014 11:13 AM, F.O.A.D. wrote: On 2/3/14, 10:04 AM, Poco Loco wrote: Maybe I'll stick with XP even after the support stops. http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/...are-in-january Or you could buy an upgraded motherboard with a fast 80286 CPU. Windows XP is still used in many non-personal computer applications like gas station pumps, ATM machines and other "transparent" applications. XP may be retaining a market share because the cost of upgrading both software and hardware to support Win 7 or 8 is expensive for these applications. As a user of XP, Windows 7 and 8 (and now an iMac) I think XP was (is) a very good and stable OS but Windows 7 has it beat hands down. Even this Vista machine runs faster and has more capabilities than XP, as good as it is. I think the vista machine would probably run XP a lot faster than your old machine. Maybe, but why? This Vista machine outperforms the Compaq I had with XP with basically the same CPU speed and RAM. Other than slow boots from a power off condition, I have no complaints about Vista. I rarely shut it down completely. I just put it in "sleep" mode. It has been stable and this HP Pavilion has had no hick-ups in 5 years, used daily. Many people expressed frustration and problems with Vista but I haven't had any issues or complaints. The Win 7 and 8 has some updated applications that are better than what is in this Vista machine, but I really haven't had any need to upgrade it. I'll just use it until it croaks. My wife, on her Vista machine, lost all her icons on the desktop. Any idea what caused that? I don't like the idea of playing with her Vista machine. Pretty easy to fix. Right click on any section of the desktop. Select "View". You will see an item called "Show Desktop Icons". Make sure the box is checked. If you don't want the icons to show on the desktop, uncheck the box. Your wife or someone probably inadvertently "unchecked" the box. Thanks! It worked! I also looked on the Microsoft site, came up with this: http://tinyurl.com/3cpx9k9 She's going to check on this 'InfraRecorder' application. |
Windows XP users 'increasing'?
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Windows XP users 'increasing'?
On 2/4/2014 12:38 PM, Poco Loco wrote:
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:16:42 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 2/4/14, 8:45 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:44:53 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/3/2014 7:20 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote: F.O.A.D. wrote: snipped My next purchase will be a decent printer. I've had no need for one for years. Anything I needed to print I would just send to my wife and she'd print it on her laser printer. However, I have been recently retained to do some consulting work related to the business I was in and will need to get a printer. Her laser printer is not wireless, (I don't think) so I can't use it on the home network. I should check that though. I noticed most people now are using Adobe PDF files for most things. All the communications and documents I've received so far from the company I am working with use it. I noticed you can now subscribe to it's use for something like $19/mo. Might do that rather than buy the software. Got this for Christmas: http://tinyurl.com/kffxlzj Here's what Consumer Reports had to say about it: CR's Take For an all-in-one black-and-while laser printer, this Samsung is not only cheap to buy, but it's also inexpensive to operate and print. It's a bit short on features, but it has outstanding overall performance. Highs • Excellent text quality • Very fast printing black text • Very good monochrome graphics quality • Excellent copy quality • Auto feeder can scan or copy a stack of pages Lows • Less versatile than most Detailed test results PRINTING. The Samsung SCX-3405FW prints using laser technology, which picks up powdered 'toner' on a roller and fuses it to the paper with heat. It prints black-and-white text with excellent quality, as we've come to expect from a laser printer. Text printing was very quick, 12 pages per minute, costing 4.4 cents per page. Its black-and-white graphics printing is very good for reports, newsletters and web pages. SCANNING and COPYING. Scanning performance was very good, fine for general-purpose scanning. Copying performance was excellent, producing copies very close to the original. There's an automatic document feeder to let you copy or scan a stack of pages in one operation. CONTROLS and DISPLAY. The printer has no display screen. CONNECTIVITY and NETWORKING. You can connect directly to a PC with a USB cable, or to your network router either wirelessly with Wi-Fi or with an Ethernet cable. This model has built-in faxing, can store incoming faxes if the paper runs out, and can send faxes from an attached PC. You can print directly from smart phones and tablets (Android apps or Apple AirPrint) over your Wi-Fi network. That's an amazing price for a laser printer that also scans and faxes. What do you pay for branded toner carts and how many prints do you get from each? http://tinyurl.com/kkmz8yj The Samsung *is* a good deal but unfortunately I'll need a color laser printer. They are not all that expensive either but probably lack the copy and fax features. Who uses fax anymore? I'll be making presentation material for handouts and will color to fancy them up a bit. |
Windows XP users 'increasing'?
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Windows XP users 'increasing'?
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:00:31 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/4/2014 11:45 AM, wrote: On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 08:36:40 -0500, Poco Loco wrote: My wife, on her Vista machine, lost all her icons on the desktop. Any idea what caused that? I don't like the idea of playing with her Vista machine. That is the insidious "desktop cleanup" wizard. Right click a blank spot on the desk top, click properties, then desktop, then customize desktop and uncheck the cleanup wizard box. I think your icons are gone tho. I am not sure why Bill Gates decided we needed a clean desk top. I had the same problem with IBM management. ;-) I doubt it. I'll betcha someone simply unchecked the "Show Desktop Icons" in the preferences for the Desktop. Right click on the desktop, select "View" then make sure the "Show Desktop Icons" box is checked. Well, she swears she did nothing of the sort. In fact, she has always sworn she's done nothing to cause any of the friggin' problems she has with her computer. I think the problem is 'clickitis'. Too much mouse clicking going on without the corresponding reading. |
Windows XP users 'increasing'?
On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 13:04:07 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:
On 2/4/2014 12:38 PM, Poco Loco wrote: On Tue, 04 Feb 2014 09:16:42 -0500, "F.O.A.D." wrote: On 2/4/14, 8:45 AM, Poco Loco wrote: On Mon, 03 Feb 2014 19:44:53 -0500, "Mr. Luddite" wrote: On 2/3/2014 7:20 PM, F.O.A.D. wrote: F.O.A.D. wrote: snipped My next purchase will be a decent printer. I've had no need for one for years. Anything I needed to print I would just send to my wife and she'd print it on her laser printer. However, I have been recently retained to do some consulting work related to the business I was in and will need to get a printer. Her laser printer is not wireless, (I don't think) so I can't use it on the home network. I should check that though. I noticed most people now are using Adobe PDF files for most things. All the communications and documents I've received so far from the company I am working with use it. I noticed you can now subscribe to it's use for something like $19/mo. Might do that rather than buy the software. Got this for Christmas: http://tinyurl.com/kffxlzj Here's what Consumer Reports had to say about it: CR's Take For an all-in-one black-and-while laser printer, this Samsung is not only cheap to buy, but it's also inexpensive to operate and print. It's a bit short on features, but it has outstanding overall performance. Highs • Excellent text quality • Very fast printing black text • Very good monochrome graphics quality • Excellent copy quality • Auto feeder can scan or copy a stack of pages Lows • Less versatile than most Detailed test results PRINTING. The Samsung SCX-3405FW prints using laser technology, which picks up powdered 'toner' on a roller and fuses it to the paper with heat. It prints black-and-white text with excellent quality, as we've come to expect from a laser printer. Text printing was very quick, 12 pages per minute, costing 4.4 cents per page. Its black-and-white graphics printing is very good for reports, newsletters and web pages. SCANNING and COPYING. Scanning performance was very good, fine for general-purpose scanning. Copying performance was excellent, producing copies very close to the original. There's an automatic document feeder to let you copy or scan a stack of pages in one operation. CONTROLS and DISPLAY. The printer has no display screen. CONNECTIVITY and NETWORKING. You can connect directly to a PC with a USB cable, or to your network router either wirelessly with Wi-Fi or with an Ethernet cable. This model has built-in faxing, can store incoming faxes if the paper runs out, and can send faxes from an attached PC. You can print directly from smart phones and tablets (Android apps or Apple AirPrint) over your Wi-Fi network. That's an amazing price for a laser printer that also scans and faxes. What do you pay for branded toner carts and how many prints do you get from each? http://tinyurl.com/kkmz8yj The Samsung *is* a good deal but unfortunately I'll need a color laser printer. They are not all that expensive either but probably lack the copy and fax features. Who uses fax anymore? I'll be making presentation material for handouts and will color to fancy them up a bit. I've had companies want a fax of my military ID card. They wouldn't take a jpg. So I had to trudge down to UPS to get the fax sent. Only $1, but a pain in the butt. An excuse for a motorcycle ride though. |
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