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Thanks for that Eldmannen. There`s a lot of stuff on the links you kindly provided. Have dl`d Puppy.2.13-Seamonkey-Fulldrivers.iso. Hope I`ve got the right one. Let you know. Thanks again.

Thankyou for that Andavari. I of course know her from the Mummy films. While on the subject, saw a stunning movie this afternoon. Mel Gibsons "Apocalypto" Although I had no idea it was subtitled, the use of the real language of the South American Indians fitted the movie perfectly. It couldn`t have been made better. Highly recommend. Regards

Thanks for that. Haven`t had time to install the previous version I was directed to just a few days ago. Regards

Hey XanaTos, you can`t tell us that without showing us the pic. Regards

I wonder if any of you guys like Johnny Cash. You can hear his last album "Cash" (American V) in its entirety here: http://music.download.com/3607-5_32-0.html...sh&tag=srch Really emotional experience listening to this, especially if you read this first. LOS ANGELES, CA -- MONDAY, May 1, 2006 -- In the months leading up to his passing on September 12, 2003, JOHNNY CASH had been recording new material with producer Rick Rubin. On July 4, 2006, American V: A Hundred Highways the all-new Johnny Cash album taken from those sessions, will be released on the American Recordings label through Lost Highway. It will include the last song Cash ever wrote. The songs that comprise American V: A Hundred Highways are as eclectic an assortment as any on the previous albums in the American series: Help Me, a poignant plea to God, the hauntingly beautiful ballad "If You Could Read My Mind," "God's Gonna Cut You Down," a traditional spiritual, the touching "Love's Been Good To Me," the heartrending "On The Evening Train," and "Further On (Up the Road)" are among the tracks on the new album. Songwriters for the tracks run the gamut from Hank Williams to Rod McKuen to Bruce Springsteen. In addition, two original Cash compositions are featured, "Like the 309" and "I Came to Believe." "Like the 309" is the last song Cash wrote and, like his first recorded single, 1955's "Hey Porter," is a song that incorporates one of his favorite settings, trains: "Everybody take a look/See I'm doin' fine/Then load my box/On the 309." "I Came to Believe" is a song he wrote and originally recorded earlier in his career, and addresses the pain of addiction and connecting to a higher power. "I think that American V may be my favorite of all of the albums in the American series," said Rubin. "It's different from the others, it has a much different character. I think that this is as strong an album as Johnny ever made." The months following the May, 2004 passing of his wife June Carter Cash, were among the most physically and emotionally painful times in Cash's life, but keeping focused on the recording of American V: A Hundred Highways proved to be his salvation. Rubin remembers, "Johnny said that recording was his main reason for being alive, and I think it was the only thing that kept him going, the only thing he had to look forward to." Cash and Rubin began recording the songs that would find their way onto American V: A Hundred Highways in 2002, specifically on the day after they finished American IV: The Man Comes Around which was released that November. Johnny feared that American IV might be his last release, so Rubin suggested that he immediately begin writing and recording new material. Over the next eight months, songs were cut at Rubin's Los Angeles studio and in Nashville at Johnny's main home and at his fabled cabin located across the road. Due to Cash's frail health, Rubin arranged for an engineer and guitar players to always be on call for the days that Cash felt strong enough to work. "He always wanted to work," said Rubin. "Every morning when he'd wake up, he would call the engineer and tell him if he was physically up to working that day. Our main concern was to get a great vocal performance. Johnny would record a song, send it to me and I would build a new track up under it. In the past, at the end of this process, he'd come to L.A. And we'd go through everything together, he would re-record any vocal bits that needed re-recording. But this time, we didn't have that opportunity." Last year, Rubin began going through these final recordings. He admitted, "I kind of dreaded doing it, after Johnny passed, going back and listening to it...it was difficult. "With all of the albums Johnny and I made together, our goal was for each one to be the best it could possibly be, and that remained the case with American V," Rick explained. Eventually, Cash's long-time engineer David "Fergie" Ferguson, Heartbreakers Mike Campbell (guitars) and Benmont Tench (keyboards), and Smokey Hormel (guitars), all of whom had worked on previous albums in the American series, along with Matt Sweeney (guitars) and Johnny Polonsky (guitars) went into the studio. "We felt Johnny's presence during the whole process through to the end," said Rubin. "It felt like he was directing the proceedings, and I know that the musicians all felt that as well. Almost all of the songs were cut solely to Johnny's original vocal tracks, the musicians all keyed off his voice and were playing to him, supporting the emotion of his performance. More than once, Fergie and I would look at each other and say 'Johnny would love this,' because it was so good and so different from anything we'd done before, we knew he would be excited by what was happening." It was decided to wait to release American V: A Hundred Highways until the recent Cash hubbub had run its course. What separates this album from the re-packages, compilations, movie soundtracks and everything else that has surfaced since Johnny's passing is, according to Rubin, "These songs are Johnny's final statement. They are the truest reflection of the music that was central to his life at the time. This is the music that Johnny wanted us to hear." Nothing I can add to that guys, Regards

Hi Eldmannen, That sounds really good. But I hope I`m not the only one here to say:- How on earth do you do that ? I know exactly zilch about Linux. Have heard of it, but that`s about all. Never tried, or had the need to boot from a CD. If it`s too complex a subject, I`ll understand a non reply. But if it`s not too difficult, I`m happy to be further educated. I would appreciate knowing how to do that. There has been a few things I could have purchased on the web, but as I say, not too comfortable about it. Running XP SP2 if that`s any help. Regards

Thanks Eldmannen, Just unticked the two boxes in FF options>content. Well there`s a thing. Deselect Java Script: Reload the page: All menu icons gone from above this reply window. Reselect Java Script: Reload page: Your all ahead of me. Menu icons back. There`s a use for Java Script, although not an essential one. Will keep Java itself deselected. It`s nice to know that you can select and deselect Java Script without having to relaunch FF. Regards Edit: Spelling

Thanks JDPower. I`ll try that, but I`m wondering if Java Platform carries out similar function to ActiveX. What would I miss if I disabled Java Scripts and Java in FireFox ? Suppose I could always try, and find out first hand. Regards

You and my son seem to have the same taste in bands. He`s followed U2 all over Europe. The Zooropa, (or was it Zoo-TV ?) gig they did in Hamburg years ago was one of the most amazing things he`d ever seen. Especially that amazing silhouetted stagger onto the stage at the start of the show. Also went to the Dublin "home coming" concert. I must admit I`ve got most of their albums from Joshua Tree onwards. Amazing voice that guy has. He is still a fan of Guns`n Roses, although their day has long gone. Saw them in Gateshead when they only half filled the stadium, and critics were saying they didn`t really have enough new songs to do stadium gigs. That was a long time ago, and I can`t understand how Axel Rose is still walking. At the moment, I`m really into Singer/Song Writers. Damien Rice type of thing. Two really good Albums are "Magpie" by Stephen Fretwell, and "The Animal Years" by a guy called Josh Ritter. While searching around the web I found Josh Ritter at two different sites. http://www.fabchannel.com/. Worth a visit if you have`nt seen it, although Josh Ritters time has expired on there. and http://music.download.com/joshritter/3600-...ing_song_artist I recorded this album by using digital out on my pc, through my minidisk player and onto hard drive via line-in using AudioGrabber. http://www.audiograbber.com-us.net/ Wouldn`t mind a tool to directly grab downstreaming music without having to do that. (Free one of course) I could talk all day about music. One of the biggest passions of my life. About your new sig; why not try this. Regards

...who I do believe is an Oasis fan. My son has been a diehard fan of Oasis since they first hit the public eye. He has travelled thousands of miles over the years to see their live concerts. A while back, when they were playing Tyneside, my 24 year old daughter was pampering herself with a friend in the spa of a very exclusive and expensive hotel here on the N.E. coast called Seaham Hall. Prior to their session in the spa, they were sitting in the lounge having coffee, when who should swagger in wearing a red leather coat and a white sun hat. Yep, you`ve guessed, Liam Gallagher. Wearing exactly the outfit we`ve all seen him wearing on stage. Lyndsey and her friend acted as cool as they could be, and they sat chatting for an hour or so about things like birthdays and family get togethers etc., which he said was something he missed. Noel came in and joined in the conversation for a while, and they were both invited to the hotel that night for the after gig party. My daughter and her friend, after picking their jaws up off the floor, both politely declined, and that was about it. When she told my son about this encounter, you can imagine his reaction. He`s spent a fortune and a good part of his life, and never gotten any closer than being a face in a seething crowd of faces, and here she is sitting having Sunday afternoon tea with them. And the one thing he was really miffed about ? She never even got their autographs because she thought it would be uncool to ask. How cool is that ? Regards

Hi 1984, Absolutely no idea what your problem is, but seeing as you posted this on my birthday, and you seemed kinda lonely sitting here with no replies, thought I`d say hello. I`ve got an Epson printer that`s been installed and used for the last 6 months, and suddenly the puter says "found new hardware". Hey Mr "Found New Hardware Wizard, where you been for the last 6 months ? Don`t figure. Regards

Nice one again Humpty. Although I`m 13 days late in reading this, I`ve tried it, and:- Excellent. Nice to know it works. Regards

Further to Humptys post, I`ve just been informed that Java 5 update 10 is ready for download. Have to be honest, and say that I`m not 100% sure about this. Complete enlightenment would be appreciated. Do I need it, and could it be a security risk ? Win XP Sp2. Firefox2 browser. Adobe Flash Player 9 plugin. Thanks

"Just a minute, it`s stopped raining, Guys are swimming, guys are sailing, Playing baseball, gee that`s better, Mother Father kindly disregard this letter." Sorry Moderators, last verse from an old song. Couldn`t resist it.

It`s always been the case hasn`t it. Like over here. Rehabilitating car thieves by putting them through a mechanics course. It just don`t figure. Regards

I use Norton, and as far as I`m aware, nothings got through. Sods Law says that my firewall will now let me down ! If it does. "Aaall be baarrk". (And don`t ask me what that means)

Hi XPSP2 At this very moment, Norton Internet Security has blocked an attack by "Default Netbus Trojan Horse", which it flagged as high risk. One or two of these got through a few months ago when I was using F-Secure. But to be fair, I`ve no doubt that F-Secure has had a lot of updates since then, and may be blocking what got through on my version. So, if it`s any help, the worst that has gotten onto my pc with Norton, has been tracking cookies. Difficult to answer your question, as there are so many combinations you can put together, but I`ve learnt a lot from reading as much as possible from this forum, following links to other forums and sites such as C-Net, and reading all their user reviews on different applications. Forget what the manufacturer says. Go by user reviews. The more I read, the more I could see certain names always coming to the top, and others to definitely avoid. Of course, this is only MHO. Hope it helps. Regards

Thanks for that one Humpty. I always open images from places like C-Net and Symantec. But it`s easy to become a bit blase about this. Will take this onboard and be very careful what I allow. Regards

If that`s paranoid Humpty, then I think we`re both on the same page. Anyone know if card details are embedded somewhere on your HD ? Regards

How much faith can you put in all these different tests ? If you took notice of them all you would be changing your security applications every other day. My firewall is Norton, and I`ve never had anything through, although it ranks poorly in this test. I`m not an expert , but I think a measure of effectiveness is simply how much stuff gets through or not. Be your own judge IMHO, and change if you think it neccessary. And it could be a case of having the right combination. System Synergy I think is a good term. Regards

Absolutely right Andavari. That pic of the polar bear and cub is something special. For them that haven`t seen it. Regards

Hi Daan, You must be in the Southern Hemisphere somewhere. Regards

Just downloaded free RogueRemover version 1.10 http://www.softpedia.com/get/Antivirus/RogueRemover.shtml

I had about half a dozen virus`s while I was using the free 90 day trial security software that came with my pc. Not sure if I should mention the name. Never had one since changing to Norton Internet Security, and I haven`t changed my browsing habits. The only spyware I`ve had, if you can call them spyware, have been tracking cookies, which CCleaner has actually shifted. I was curious, so I ran AdAware, which flagged these cookies, and then I left them alone and ran CCleaner. Ran AdAware again and they were all gone. Regards

Yes, thanks Humpty, I bookmarked it as well. My FF came up clean. Have`nt tried IE7 yet. Regards