Recent content by SlickRick

Fun Exercise Oxymoron , impossible, elusive ? maybe but I have found that I stick with exercise longer if it's fun. Whats your favorite fun workout ? I really enjoy a bicycle ride on a sunny day. Now my child is taking karate and loves it. I've got her a uniform from karatedepot.com and she...

Hi I want to help a friend choose a system but I have little experience with laptops & none with wireless printers. Needs A decent budget laptop ( WinXP 512mb, CD burner, ) wireless printer stuff ( I don't know anything about this ) printer ( that can use cheaper generic ink )...

Hi I want to help a friend choose a system but I have little experience with laptops & none with wireless printers. Needs A decent budget laptop ( WinXP 512mb, CD burner, ) wireless printer stuff ( I don't know anything about this ) printer ( that...

Hi I want to help a friend choose a system but I have little experience with laptops & none with wireless printers. Needs A decent budget laptop ( WinXP 512mb, CD burner, ) wireless printer stuff ( I don't know anything about this ) printer ( that...

Oh Yeah ! Thanx 4 the help Im going 2 talk 2 him 2morrow............Rick

Hi Being the local computer guy @ work i get asked alot of tech questions but when i don't know the answers i go to the real computer guys @ Anandtech..........so here goes A friend has a W98 machine he can see the START button but can not access his programs ( i guess the expanded boxes...

Thanks........I'm gonna try them out...........Rick

Hi I need a desktop calendar that has visual reminders ( since i keep my speakers mostly off ) a flashing icon in sys tray would be helpful something to remind me to pay bills, call people etc prefer freeware Thanks for your help...............Rick

hi i bought the kensington spill-proof keyboard after my kid drowned the last one now after the milk bio hazard spill my shift keys dont work i poped the caps off the tops and see a rubber cover , i can press it but doesn't work suggestions welcome btw - new rule ...........no chewing...

Hi WinXP will not shut down, just restarts . befor it restarts i see a blue screen stating " windows has a problem........" then it disappears befor i can read the information and then it resarts I have tried pressing the "Pause" key : the "Esc" key but it will not stop the blue...

Thanks for the suggestion it seems like they charge for the download. I found the WinXP network icon but its not as informative as the ZoneAlarm meter. Thanks 4 the help...................Rick

Hi I recently installed a new firewall and had to unistall " Zone Alarm " first. I really miss having the up-down/stream meter in the taskbar that was in Zone Alarm. Its nice to know if a server is serving or just slow or I need to request again. My OS is Win-XP, looking a free...

Hi I recently installed a new firewall and had to unistall " Zone Alarm " first. I really miss having the up-down/stream meter in the taskbar that was in Zone Alarm. Its nice to know if a server is serving or just slow or I need to request again. My OS is Win-XP, looking a free download...

Thanks for the reply the "scrabble" game was running for 2 years befor i installed "wheel o fortune" both games are rated to work w Win98 i did download Direct X 9 games still dont work "DDRAW and DSOUND" DLL not found Rick

Stupid GAMES ! Ahhhhh ! im trying to put new games on inlaws system ( Win98 ) i installed " wheel of fortune" last night and finally got it working next installed "card and board games"( e-games) it did not work then i uninstalled this game today Wheel of fortune...