Recent content by slinkeepie

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    windows explorer keeps 'flickering' !!!

    i had checked the DMA, and they were ok there. i turned indexing to disabled. (which was set to manual anyways) it seemed to help but only after i rebooted. so im not sure thats what did the trick. as i said, it doesnt always do this, so i hope its actually fixed and not just deceiving me...
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    windows explorer keeps 'flickering' !!!

    dcom is set to start autommatically already, thanks though. i would guess my flicker doesnt have to do with the dcom error, but what do i know :P
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    windows explorer keeps 'flickering' !!!

    there is a whole bunch of errors from when i booted a couple hours ago, but not anything since. those are: Event Type: Error Event Source: DCOM Event Category: None Event ID: 10005 Date: 4/30/2005 Time: 6:06:09 PM Description: DCOM got error "The service cannot be started, either...
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    windows explorer keeps 'flickering' !!!

    when i am browsing my files, often lately, i'll be in a folder, and the window will seem like it is in some sort of constant activity and it will flicker every other second. this interrupts whatever action i am performing. if i am renaming a file, it will deselect the file, for instance...
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    Hotmail is really trying to get rid of me...

    im really surprised no one else had anything to say about this but just in case i found this crock of an explanation on the hotmail help website: To protect our users from the increasing amount of unsolicited junk e-mail or spam sent from MSN HotmailSympatico Mail accounts through Outlook and...
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    Hotmail is really trying to get rid of me...

    Both a friend and i who are on the same ISP and have been non-paying Outlook Express Hotmail users for years, are now getting our logins rejected and mailbox emptied sporadically every day (sometimes within a matter of minutes). When I try to send mail with my hotmail account in OE, or even...
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    ~~~ The Even Newer Official Gmail Thread ~~~

    Looking for 2 invites please, don't have any yet. GOT THEM! THANK YOU!
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    6 Gmail openings!

    can someone PM me a gmail invite? im not on gmail yet and need a new address with POP :(
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    Renamer with Explorer Shell Integration ???

    I have a huge mp3 collection. Its very annoying to be browsing my colleciton in Windows Explorer and to find an album (folder) of songs that I need renamed before I move them to my Mp3 Player, then to have to open up my Renamer Program and navigate through my dense filetree AGAIN to rename that...
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    MP3 Management

    i really need a renamer with EXPLORER INTEGRATION. its very annoying when im browsing my mp3 colletion and i notice an album i want to change all the file names for, then i have to open my renamer program seperately and locate that folder AGAIN, then rename. i want to right click on my folder...
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    friendster: blurry photos

    umm i apologize about the double post. i know about bumping DUH, the double post was an accident because i didnt think the first one when through when my browser crashed. i still dont understand what the deal with the blurry photos is. and i also dont understand what is so bad about asking...
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    friendster: blurry photos

    wow, i didnt realize this place was so vicious.... i thought it would be a fine place to ask such a question. the photos look fine at 72dpi, i edit them in photoshop then once they are on the friendster server they get all blurry :\
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    friendster: blurry photos

    does anyone know why when i upload a photo to friendster and then view my own 'full photo' it looks all JPG compressed and blurry whereas everyone else's looks very crisp still? thanks :]
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    friendster: blurry photos

    anyone know why when i try to upload a photo to friendster and then view the 'full photo' mine always look really JPG compressed and blurry whereas everyone elses looks nice and crisp?
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    Drag + Drop : Win XP : ANNOYING!!!

    WOW! It worked! THANK YOU! How in the heck does that option pertain to that? One would never guess by how the option actually reads.