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    Zone or Zonal Alarm-Win XP?

    Is there such a thing, in Win XP, that can be turned on or off that could affect a Dell Laptops ability to see it's wireless connection? My SIL has been having trouble, on and off? or out of the blue? with her laptop not seeing their wireless signal. She was advised to try turning off the...
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    cleaning oil off of concrete?***UPDATE***

    I've had a drain plug that has been dripping, for some time, on the concrete drive. The skim coat of the concrete is long gone so it is quite porous. I have applied Gunk engine cleaner and pressure washed it and it is hardly diminished. Any ideas on how to make it disappear?
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    Watch the stock market and...

    ....the price of oil today. Edited out editorial.
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    Calling all Win XP gurus! Picture resizing?

    On my PC, when I right click on a JPEG file, one of the imbedded options is to 'resize pictures'. On Mrs WO's laptop, that option does not exist. IMHO it is an absolute necessity when you want to email a picture. Her camera takes 2+k pictures and when you attach a portrait picture it looks...
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    How do you kill clover?

    Clover is starting to overtake my lawn. Two summers ago I spent $50 on some liquid killer that was recommended by the local lawn and garden shop. I also got the surfactant (wetting agent) that was supposed to help make the clover wet. It was all for naught. Hardly made a dent in the stuff...
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    Informed opinion re: House paint?

    I'm getting ready to paint my house. Does anyone have an opinion about the durability of different sheens? Everything else being equal, a very uninformed opinion would say that a semi-gloss would be a more durable finish coat than a flat or even a satin. What say ye? I do know that the...
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    Judge Orders Google to Turn Over YouTube Records

    What's up with this? I read the article but did not come away with an understanding of what the objective was. Who could possibly have a right to know what you watched on YouTube. As far as I know there are no infringement questions. YouTube guards what gets offered on their site...
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    Tape? Marking tape!

    Here's the deal. I have so many different electronic/computer cables that only fit specific devices, I figer I should have a way to mark them. The idea came to mind to wrap each cable with a durable piece of tape that I could write the name of the device they were intended for. A tape that...
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    Sanity in our time!

    Thank goodness, the right of the 'people' has been verified. Whew!
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    Building a detached garage

    Building a garage would be relatively simple compared to a house. Our county, which uses the Universal Building Code does not really require extra sophisticated drawings to issue permits from. Non-the-less, I would like to create a 'plan' based on my specific criteria that I could not only use...
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    Like Father, like Son?

    Probably true but I also say, like father, like daughter. My father in-law was a prolific button pusher on the computer. Something would pop up and he would always push the wrong buttons and mess things up. Well, his daughter,(my wife) is the spittin image. Now her computer is messed up. It...
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    Power window motor?

    Are they usually a brush type motor. Are they considered serviceable. My son's 88 Ford drivers' window has acted up before but it is now stuck down. He says he can kinda feel/hear something when he hits the switch but the window does not move. So I am assuming it is a motor issue. I assume...
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    Sedation Dentistry?

    Who has an opinion? What were your reasons? How was the outcome? I'm needing a number of teeth pulled, mostly broken molars. I keep putting it off because I cannot stand the thought of sitting in a chair, with local anasthetic, and having them stick all these brutal tools in my mouth (I've...
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    Suggested addendum to JB's post....

    ...."How to get the best results from your question" Be sure to tell us what part of the Universe you hail from. It often helps in suggesting vendors, suppliers or other providers.
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    HardDrive Cloning?

    Does anyone have any experience with it? I need to change a drive out and want to make it as seemless as possible (really mean painless). It has my DOS based business program on it and I am totally out of space. I don't even have enough space to do a defrag and I have blown out absolutely...
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    Ok, I'm Whooped***OS reload averted****

    I've decided that the quickest way to deal with my spyware problem is to blow off the C: drive and reload XP. Fortunately my hard drive is partitioned so I can copy any data to the D or E drives and have at it. Anyone offer a quick tutorial on how to proceed? I've done it before but as TG...
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    I have a virus! Any help appreciated.

    I seem to have a virus/adware/spyware that I am having difficulty getting rid of. It loaded a program called "Antispycheck" on my system. It loaded a security tool bar and has an MS like security shield in my startup tray. When I try to run Adaware or TrendMicro, the system just reboots...
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    Well, the beat goes on!

    Today the ecomomy racheted down a whole bunch of notches. This is the first time that the national employment rate has taken a big hit during this energy and financial crisis. I am not surprised. I have long contended that the economy might withstand one or the other but not both together...
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    Splinter from pressure treated 2 x 4! Gulp!

    Do I recall a thread regarding drastic consequences of getting a splinter from pressure treated wood? Well I just got one in the web between my thumb and pointer finger. I was able to pull it all the way out. I squeezed it to make it bleed as much as I could then rinsed it in hydrogen...
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    Poor Danica!

    Maybe she'll have to do another round of saucy pictures to make up for getting run into today.:D
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