Computer problems and/or advice 2012

[arillady]

Thanks John I downloaded from the Canon site with help from a friendly Canon person on the phone. All works well now.
Thanks for prompting me to persevere in fixing the problem

[Lampwick]

  Please help!!!!
I cant post pictures - the "Additional Options..." section shown below dosnt open up to show the way to do it!

Aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!   

[WimB]

Please help!!!!
I cant post pictures - the "Additional Options..." section shown below dosnt open up to show the way to do it!

Aaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!   

Lampwick, have a look here: http://www.srgc.org.uk/forum/index.php?topic=8989.0;topicseen

[angie]

Hey I have only been away from the forum for a four days ( Tummy bug ) and I see there are some changes to the layout. Only thing is I was looking forward to seeing you all again but some of your lovely faces are gone, just a ? instead. Is it just me and my computer.

Angie 

[Maggi Young]

Hello Angie, good to see you are feeling a little better.

There are some issues to be worked out with the new forum and its move to a new server. We can't post pictures directly at the moment  only by linkins or from flickr etc.

Fred is working on it... he'll get us sorted in the end!

[angie]

Thanks Maggi was just missing some of those lovely faces. Fred is doing a good job, just wish I was able to do what he can do.

Feeling a bit better now, eating a little but still can't face my white chocolate buttons. When they go I will know I am back to normal 

Angie 

[admin]

I have recently updated with a new laptop and windows 7 from XP on the old laptop but now I cannot process slides to digital on my Canon MP810 pixma printer. Has anyone found a programme that I could download to let these two speak the same language or is it a case of updating my printer ....once again??

If you have Windows 7 Professional or Ultimate you can install an  XP virtual machine.  It works, runs in a separate window and when  you are in  it you are in fact running XP.

This comes with W7 Ultimate and can be downloaded from Microsoft if you have W7  Professional. If you have any of the "Home"  editions I don't think this is available.

I have used it myself and it works really well. It allows  me to run programmes that will not work with W7

[arillady]

Thanks for the info but yes I am running a home edition only but that is interesting

[David Nicholson]

I use Outlook Express for emails. In my In Box I keep a lot of folders containing stuff I might want to refer to again at some time and it is where I keep my correspondence filed in client folders connected with my duties as the Club's advertising manager. So the latter is particularly important stuff. The former is me not liking to chuck stuff out (you should see my garage!).

The thing is how do I stop Windows (I use XP) constantly asking me if I'd like to "compress" my folders, where "compress" appears to mean dumping them in the Recycling Bin. It does so annoy me, how can I stop it doing that please?

[Paddy Tobin]

David,

I don't think "compress" moves anything to the Recycling Bin.

Paddy

[maggiepie]

I use Outlook Express for emails. In my In Box I keep a lot of folders containing stuff I might want to refer to again at some time and it is where I keep my correspondence filed in client folders connected with my duties as the Club's advertising manager. So the latter is particularly important stuff. The former is me not liking to chuck stuff out (you should see my garage!).

The thing is how do I stop Windows (I use XP) constantly asking me if I'd like to "compress" my folders, where "compress" appears to mean dumping them in the Recycling Bin. It does so annoy me, how can I stop it doing that please?

David, I don't think compacting  your folders puts anything in the recycle bin.
One thing, if you have important mail you are keeping in folders, you really need to back them up outside of OE.
Another thing is, when compacting folders is in operation do not try to stop it until it is finished, if you do you can get corrupted mailbox.
Last thing, with OE, it can crash if it gets too big.

[David Nicholson]

Mmmmm. Well it certainly does on my set up!

[maggiepie]

David, when you delete mail and then empty the deleted folder, the mails are still on disc.
When you compact, I think those deleted mails are then deleted for good to make space. Maybe those are what you see in the recycle bin?

[Martin Baxendale]

David, are you sure the compressed files aren't still in your OE folders? OE does regularly dump inbox, outboox, sent items etc files into the recycle bin but only the uncompressed files after they've been replaced by compressed files. You can back up the OE folders with your emails in them by locating the dbx files containing them in your local settings and saving them to a flash drive or other externam device, then you can re-import them into OE if you lose them.

[David Nicholson]

Thanks Martin and Helen. The answer is I don't have a clue I'll have to check the next time I get the message. The older I get the less I seem to understand anything!