ChattyKathy

Have a cool belated day there.

Kathy

Thanks John,

No doubt some day I will follow thru with the switch over.

I bought a Samsung 17" flat screen and it was almost 1/2 the cost of that Sony 21". I got a rebate, sign up for credit deal on it which took off some money to make it reasonable (or at least in my mind ).

BTW, you may remember that I will pretty much try anything whether I have a clue what I am doing or not, so that was how I

BROKE MY COMPUTER.

Kathy

DATWAY

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And Im tellin NL that now I HAVE, to get the 42" PLASMA TV cause "Kathy got a flat screen for her puter and said it OK"

OK with you Kathy? Thanks

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Yep you go right ahead and tell Chris I said it was okay with me.

No lie this puppy is awesome. My eyes love looking at things, I had to find a really cool background cause the standard ones just paled on the computer. Have a really cool ocean scene that makes ya smell the salt it is so crisp and clear.

And I may someday do the cable but with the money I put out I am justing wanting not to spend anymore for a minute or so.

Plus no trench in the yard. Hubby is happy.

See ya, and give that lovely lady of yours a big ole hug and kiss for me.

Kathy

Okay I am fixin to be a female here. (don't get mad ladies, please)

I have been playing for a few mintues and find my added 256k makes a huge difference in response time. HUGE.

Now for the full confession, when I was at Best Buy yesterday I had gone there intending to upgrade my keyboard and monitor, both of which still had caveman (sorry caveman) stick man figures on them cause of being so old. Well I fell in love with a 17" flat screen, and guess what I am looking at right now. Ahhhhhh, to die for guys, just to die for.

But hubby just looked at me like what the heck, you never do things like that, whatever in the world made you decide to spend $200 more on that thing. Ummm, well ummm, what can I say.

So I am going to cancel going modem. I think I am good now, and then I can return that router and that graphics card and make hubby happy. hahahaha

Okay so I am a girl. What the he11.

Kathy

With what I just returned I nearly made up for the extra money on the monitor.

[This message was edited by ChattyKathy on November 10, 2002 at 12:44.]

---right after my last post yesterday guess what I did:

I BROKE MY COMPUTER

Just had to have it rebuilt by someone. But he said it was not my fault, one of those Microsoft twlight zone things.

No time now, back later.

Oh by the way I do not need the graphics card I purchased, so thanks but don't need that answer now.

And guess what, I find out after having to be offline since yesterday that I am indeed sick when I can not talk to you guys.

Kathy

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My experience with both Cable and DSL is that it does not "go out" that much. If it does it's not long before it is back. My advice is remove it and keep it in case you really, really need it that bad. If you are desperate you could always pop it back in or just go to the local library to check your email and such

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John,

Ummm, do you know me or something? But see the library has to be open for this to work.

Okay I could survive without my computer for as long as it took to get the cable problem up and running again. (now Kathy repeat that over and over until you really believe it ).

Does this tell me what I have in a graphics card:

Intel Indeo Video 4.3 (lV41)

I went to Best Buy and now have everything, but will not take the graphics card out of plastic/box till I know I really needed it, based on your reply.

Gotta get dinner going.

Later,

Kathy

One more question, well actually I can not promise that, but one more for this second.

If I remove my 56k dial up modem then I have no access except via Broadband correct? And if so what happens if the cable is not available for some reason. I could not get on line, but if I still had that phone dial up modem I could reroute it to my one remaining phone line correct? Gawd, for me to ask this means I am in serious need of a time away from my computer.

Kathy

Steve,

Somehow I thought I had to have a video card. Felt like a dummy to say I couldn't find it in Device Manager.

I am going to Best Buy later on today and purchase the things yall suggested. Then I will be having that cable modem work done Wed. morning. I think I will wait till that work is done before I do anything else. Well naturally I don't want to remove my 56k dial up modem, or I would be lost. I will rethink this sentence as some work may need to be done prior I guess.

Hubby is pretty sharp with replacing and fixin things, if I am not comfortable with it all I have a work friend I will have come over and help me out.

Thanks again, well gotta do stuff, have been just checking in off and on this morning.

Ain't it one awesome day we have here today in Illinois? Just fab!

Kathy

Like your addition there.

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Someday I'm going to do something about it!

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Kathy

Happy Birthday to the man with his name in lights.

Kathy

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Trust your skies will be full of color and splender on your birthday.

Kathy

Thanks Guys,

But are you sure you remembered who it was you were talking to when you posted?

Is is possible I do not have a graphics card, I do not see one listed in the Device Manager?

So it sounds like a cable modem will gain me speed but:

I should get a router, which provides that firewall needed

I should get 256MG of ram and replace what I have presently with this

I should get a new graphics card (heck not sure I have one, gosh I must have one ????)

I should remove my 56k dial up modem

Keep my Windows 98 CD in the tray while doing some (not all????) of the work

So which one of you will come help me with this project?

Can I just look in Zixar?s telescope instead, that seems so much easier than this project.

Thanks, and if you don?t hear from me for a couple weeks, well ya know I broke my computer.

Kathy

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My question is: After I find out by going to properties and getting the number for the picture and then I add [image] before and [/image] after, What else do I need to do? I have been trying to post some photos on greasespot, but, I seem to be missing a step.

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As I have been typing it by hand, and knew there had to be a better way.

AWESOME, COOL BEANS, GEEZZ THAT WILL SAVE ME TIME. YAHOO

Datway,

Gosh am I observant, I didn't realize it was you. Cool beans!!!!!!

It is a Pentium 2. Meant to include that.

That was the question my hubby asked, am I going achieve what I am looking for with this cable gig. He will be very unhappy with me should I have this work done and it not be faster in response.

Not the money so much, but they are going to have to dig a trench in his perfectly manicured yard. (when we moved here no cable was available yet)

Thanks for your input, and no doubt John will have input as well. Loved your email the other night, just loved it.

Kathy

edited because to me did=dig I guess

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Next week I have scheduled work to be done to change me over from a phone modem hookup to Broadband hookup.

I will be having a cable modem installed for my computer.

I am computer ignorant and have a question.

I am under the assumption my system is slower in response to ones using DSL or Broadband (or such) because I am using a regular phone line as my dial up source.

Therefore once I am using a cable on line device it should speed up.

This is what I have, am I correct that this change will accomplish speed?

Microsoft Windows 98

Second Edition

4.10.2222.A

GenuineIntel

Pentium ® Processor

64.0MG RAM

System resources 58% free

C drive total space 19.0GB

with free space of 18.2GB

D drive total space 18.6GB

with free space of 18.0GB

The second part of my question is this. I have Norton AntiVirus 2003 with live updates. Will this be sufficient?

Do I need to mess with a firewall?

Kathy

ex10,

Thank you for the offer, even if I did invite myself first.

Actually I would love to take you up on that offer. Possibly the spring of 2004. I realize that is a lifetime from now but we are going to Florida in the summer, at which time we will be visiting John and Hope. And I will be meeting bowtwi for the first time.

Anyway back to it, the next trip to be taken would be that following spring.

We have friends that live in Texas that want us to visit, well actually they want us to move there.

Hot tub with a margarita in hand and some cool fellowship, oh yea! I?m there dude (also a saying of those guys)

And we could solve a great deal of problems after a couple of those drinks soaking in a warm hot tub. Heck, warm that puppy up I will be right there.

Kathy

Chinson,

Well if he talks as "many words" as he emails then you shouldn't have to strain to come up a conversation. He seem to have mastered the ability to say LOADS of things with few words. Oops, just thought of something, when he has emailed me he used things like ???, now how is he going to be able to communicate that via words.

Kathy

Radar,

I sure ain't one of those. We have some awesome Mexican food places around here. If ever in my neck of the woods I will treat ya to one.

Mark,

Thanks for your description of Paw. Just like I thought he would look.

Onegod,

I love that lightbulb thing, that is great.

ex10,

Is the hot tub and grill thing available to a "non-celebrity" like myself?

Kathy

Nothing to say, just wanted to be where the fun was for a few minutes.

Kathy

Mark,

Glad you laughed.

Had to redeem myself after Frank's joke about "brunette's".

Kathy

ouch!

Paw,

You think you would want to be in the same room with the girl that drives you nuts pouring her heart out at ya?

Will you be letting us know via post when you will be in the Chicago area?

If I can join yall I sure will, can't make any promises but please keep us informed as it draws nearer.

Kathy

Stevo,

I don't come to this forum, so I did not see your post until now. Very sorry for your loss even though it was nearly 2 weeks ago.

Losses of friends and family don't just heal up overnight do they?

Love to you,

Kathy