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I am mystified. Why was this forum opened, and who does it belong to? If I had created this worthwhile and essential exchange of ideas for my product, I would certainly try to keep it at least between the ditches. If it degenerates to mr. clean/polish dispensing wisdom, we are all in a fix for fixes.

They now have a new theme: "It ain't easy being the big easy". This is morbid: All the graves there are above ground(crypts and vaults) and there will be a lot of ..caskets floating around.

Has nothing to do with computers, but if you are interested this one is a momma bear. I was down at the gulf near Pensacola, and the water was about 90 degrees and churning. It is due to go ashore in or about New Orleans, and there is probably no less prepared place in the USA. There are about 100,000 people that are poor or homeless with no way to leave the city. Unfortunately the city is below sea level and requires a series of dikes, floodgates and pumps to keep the sea from covering the place. The freeway at the Louisiana state line has been closed to westbound traffic to allow all the lanes to exit the place and head east. If you are so inclined, prayer is what they need at the moment.

64 bit broke the 4GB limit that an application could use (I should be so lucky) and most manufacturers have a built in transition for 32 bit. I would remove that app. You can always add it back. Heres some further info I found:Convert VHS Tapes to DVD Convert, Edit & Enjoy for Decades to Come Do you have a large number of VHS tapes with back episodes of your favorite sitcom, memories from your adventure trips, or excerpts of family genealogy? Whatever the content, now is the time to convert your VHS tape to DVD. By keeping pace with emerging technologies, you are guaranteeing that your memories will be accessible for years to come. And you won't mind the picture quality either! Once you have identified which VHS tapes you want to preserve, decide whether you want to do the conversion yourself or hire someone to do it for you. There is some investment in equipment required. If you have only one or two tapes to convert, it may be wise to hire someone to do it for you. Numerous companies will convert your VHS tapes to DVD for reasonable prices. However, if you have a large number and feel fairly familiar with your computer and DVD burner, converting a VHS tape to DVD can take only a few hours per tape. Here's what you need to get started: Computer with a large hard drive with considerable free space - allow at least 2.5 MB of disk per minute of video; allow twice that per minute if you intend to edit the video file Video Capture Card - either a USB video-capture device or a PCI-based FireWire card Video editing software DVD Burner Blank DVD media compatible with your burner and DVD player Here's how to do it: Connect your VCR or camcorder to the 'Analog-in' ports on your video capture card. Exit all other programs open on your computer except the recording software that came with your capture device. This will help your software run faster and minimize 'crash' risks. Specify a video source within the recording software. Most software and devices offer several options - VHS tape, camcorder, TV show, etc. Record video to your hard drive - Depending on the source video quality and the DVD quality you hope to make, this will take up a lot of space. Be sure you have it by checking disk space before you start, and moving old files off your hard drive onto CD or DVD backups. Edit your video - if you use Windows? XP?, you may already own Windows Movie Maker, which is a free and easy-to-use program for beginners. Most G4 Apple? Macintosh? computers include iMovie editing software that is also very easy to use with many features for beginners and advanced users alike. More advanced video editing programs are available from Avid?, Adobe?, and Roxio?, among others, once you've gotten some experience. Assemble ('Author') the DVD - Most video editing programs will allow you to create menus and prepare your video creations for burning. The burning software that came with your DVD burner will also aid you in this process, if your editor can't. Burn that Disc - Get your masterpiece onto DVD by burning it. Use DVD-R or DVD+R, depending on your burner and DVD player, to make a permanent copy. If you're worried about 'not getting it right,' try a DVD-RW or DVD+RW disc - they can be erased and you can try again with the same disc. After you've tested your DVD in your player, be sure to either erase your raw original transfer from your hard drive, or back it up to another piece of media if you think you'll want to edit from the raw copy again later (once you've got more editing experience!). This frees up hard disk for other transfers, and will help your computer's overall performance in other applications. Similarly, always defrag your hard drive after performing a VHS to DVD transfer. Using Windows, shut down all programs and disable your screensaver. Then, click Start and select Programs - Accessories - System Tools - Disk Defragmenter. This may take a while. On the Mac, you'll need to use a commercial utilities program, such as Norton Utilities, to perform the defragging. I need to look into video capture berore I attempt this. Good luck!

You did say vcr. I must learn to read! I use" the codec" from www.free-codecs.com. I have never converted a tape, but have some so I will try and see what I learn. The only converters I could google were too expensive.

Disconnect the mike unless you want to "dub". As for the rest, I tried power dvd a while and couldn't make it work.I now use dvd shrink to get the dvd on my harddrive, and burn dvd's from there with cdburnerxp. You can also convert formats with divxtodvd (and a few other in/out codec) Maks sure you have a good codec pack installed. Divx has them. You also need gspot for solving codec quandries.

Reminds me of my "duplicate file" fiasco. I also had to restore.

Got it, used it, love it. Thanks for the link Englishmen.

It is doing it's thing when you run the cleaner and "issues". I get a lot of help from issues, because I change programs a lot.

What you need to remove and what you allow to be removed are apples and oranges. Check all boxes and see if it changes the results. Does for me.

Go to options and unckeck the 2 recycle bin boxes. (assuming you haven't done so.)

Take a look at the software forum.

HUH? Are you trying to exchange files with your friend? If so, what does the cd drive have to do with it? Looks like you need to link with your friend. If you need a shortcut to your cd drive: start>my computer>right click your drive and select "create shortcut". That will give you a desktop shortcut. From there you can add files to a cd, or create files from a cd that is not write protected. If you can tell us what you want to send or receive it would help a lot.

Couldn't come to terms with his server (some issue about liability] . Got an email from him on another forum, and he will surface again.

Think you are correct.

How big a file will turn out to be needed depends very much on your work-load. Simple word processing and e-mail may need very little ? large graphics and movie making may need a great deal. For a general workload, with only small dumps provided for, it is suggested that a sensible start point for the initial size would be the greater of (a) 100 MB or ( enough to bring RAM plus file to about 500 MB. EXAMPLE: Set the Initial page file size to 400 MB on a computer with 128 MB RAM; 250 on a 256 MB computer; or 100 MB for larger sizes. But have a high Maximum size ? 700 or 800 MB or even more if there is plenty of disk space. Having this high will do no harm. Then if you find the actual pagefile.sys gets larger (as seen in Explorer), adjust the initial size up accordingly. Such a need for more than a minimal initial page file is the best indicator of benefit from adding RAM: if an initial size set, for a trial, at 50MB never grows, then more RAM will do nothing for the machine's performance. Bill James MS MVP has a convenient tool, ?WinXP-2K_Pagefile?, for monitoring the actual usage of the Page file, A compiled Visual Basic version is available from Doug Knox's site which may be more convenient for some users. The value seen for ?Peak Usage? over several days makes a good guide for setting the Initial size .

DVD shrink has risen from the dead. Another miracle!http://club.cdfreaks.com/showpost.php?p=1088995&postcount=22

A good rule of thumb is 2.5 times the size of your RAM.

This question came up a while back, and I just stumbled on the answer if anyone needs it. After you drag the monitor icons where you want them, make sure your desktop is set to "align to grid" by right clicking on an empty screen. Next time you boot the bugger will still be where you put it.

Insurance cannot replace the time and effort involved in a thing like this. It is a commentary on our out of control society.

Who killed my beloved ripper?

Check out the umpteen free programs pinned in software. Hard to find an original idea here! Welcome aboard.

Try again. The file may be bad. Run scandisc first to try and let windows repair (if that's the problem.)

$2.43 per gallon in Pensacola. A gentleman working for me needed a $5.00 part, and the gas to get it cost $30.00 by the time he found it! Guess his prices will go up also. That is the problem: The price of oil affects the price of goods and services. All prices will continue to climb until we get a handle on production. OPEC in particular cut's production to raise prices.

Just got around to Kelly's korner, and what you are looking at is files on the hardrive that have not been written over. The files will remain on the disc until randomly written over as space is needed for new files. Unless you have something really sensitive, ignore it.