'Open With' jammed
Many thanks for the helpful suggestion about reinstalling WinXP - I set out to do this by putting in the CD with XP on it, and found the intrusive WordPad window full of code there, too - blocking the 'Install' instruction; but when I tried another item on the list, I found advice on using 'Safe Mode' by pressing F8 (this was blocked in other places on my HD such as Help and Run) which enabled me to slip past WordPad and call up 'Safe Mode', from where 'Restore' (also blocked) could be called into play, and things are back to normal.
Ron
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There are 6 messages totalling 231 lines in this issue.
Topics of the day:
1. Stopping a program without "being there"
2. Power Point Question
3. Email problems (2)
4. 'Open With' jammed
5. Using Windows XP
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Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 13:07:46 -0800
From: Steve Brumbaugh
Subject: Stopping a program without "being there"
Hi,
I've got a program I would like to run when I'm not near the computer.
However, I also need to be able to exit the program in a normal way at a
preset time when I know I won't be around. Is there any way to do this?
Thanks,
Steve B.
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Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2006 12:38:33 -0800
From: "Tony M."
Subject: Re: Power Point Question
Lewis -
This may seem like a silly question but have you scrolled down in the
options for the "save as..."? On mine, they continue beyond sight.
Tony Mayer
>Hi Lewis,
>
>That is strange. My power point 2003 has a number of "Save as" options
>including .pps.
>
>Maybe just try renaming the file from .ppt to .pps.
>
>Russ
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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:37:57 -0500
From: John Clemence
Subject: Email problems
Hello, I have a very obscure problem with my emails. I have recently boug=
ht a new laptop, good spec with XP prof service pack 2. I have 3 email ad=
dresses - [log in to unmask] , [log in to unmask] and the one provide=
d by my internet service provider [log in to unmask] - the first 2 a=
ddresses are forwarded to the tesco address. These addresses all function=
for sending and receiving mail from my old laptop and desk top. After co=
mmissioning the new laptop and duplicating all the settings in outlook ex=
press from my old laptop I find I can receive all emails sent to my 3 add=
resses but I cannot seem to send any mail to anyone apart from to john.cl=
[log in to unmask] - I don't get any message to say the mails have not been=
delivered, they appear in my sent items folder. I wondered if there was =
a problem with the outlook express on the new machine so I installed Thun=
derbird but exactly the same result - I send emails to anyone including m=
y 3 addresses but the only one that gets through is to the @tesco.net add=
ress and no failed to deliver message. Everything in Tools, Accounts, Mai=
l, Properties is identical to the other 2 machines, (desktop and old lapt=
op, Dell 8200). Any thoughts and advice would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards,
John.
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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 07:37:22 -0500
From: Chris Ryan
Subject: Re: 'Open With' jammed
-----Original Message-----
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 2006 18:07:44 -0500
From: Ron Smith
Subject: 'Open With' jammed
I have accidentally altered the settings in my computer (AMD Sempron, WIN=
XP) so that most of the programs in Control Panel open in WordPad, in Co=
de, making them inaccessible. System Restore, which I hoped to use to esc=
ape this mess, also opens in WordPad, in code; and if I select RUN AS, I'=
m told I haven't got security clearance (this is a home PC, no network).
When I reboot, a Wordpad windoe appears superimposed on the desktop, actu=
ally a whole stack of them, each showing a different file in code, such a=
s qttask, swdoctor, SOUNDMAN, etc, and each must be deleted by mouse clic=
k.
This happened, apparently, as I was deleting some old Compaq Diagnostics =
files from a floppy; one (DIAG.EXE) would not delete, so I opened it in W=
ordPad to see if a clue could be found - this led to an MSDOS screen app=
earing which I exited from, using A for abort. Now, Wordpad is the only d=
evice which opens nearly all programs.
How can I return to the normal setup for opening ( and making use of) pro=
grams? (In Control Panel, Administrative tools will open normally, but no=
t System which comes up in WP).
Help desperately needed!
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I experienced this type of problem recently because of a popular
anti-spyware app. Somehow on re-boot, it denied some registry 'changes' and
I was unable to open any program unless I navigated to the program folder
and selected the *.exe file and then 'run as' from within that file.
Apparently, the association of *.exe files has been replaced with Wordpad.
Every single program you have will need to be reassociated with the *.exe
file that runs it. There may be a way to alter this in the registry, but I
could not find it with my PC. If you have recent backups of your documents
and programs, you might need to re-install Windows if a repair installation
does not work. Do you own a Windows disk?
Maybe another member will have a solution that would prove less drastic.
Chris Ryan
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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 11:14:56 -0600
From: Connie Chisum
Subject: Re: Email problems
Check what you have or have had as your outgoing mail server. Most time it
is the same as incoming.
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Clemence"
To:
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:37 AM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Email problems
Hello, I have a very obscure problem with my emails. I have recently bought
a new laptop, good spec with XP prof service pack 2. I have 3 email
addresses - [log in to unmask] , [log in to unmask] and the one provided
by my internet service provider [log in to unmask] - the first 2
addresses are forwarded to the tesco address. These addresses all function
for sending and receiving mail from my old laptop and desk top. After
commissioning the new laptop and duplicating all the settings in outlook
express from my old laptop I find I can receive all emails sent to my 3
addresses but I cannot seem to send any mail to anyone apart from to
[log in to unmask] - I don't get any message to say the mails have not
been delivered, they appear in my sent items folder. I wondered if there was
a problem with the outlook express on the new machine so I installed
Thunderbird but exactly the same result - I send emails to anyone including
my 3 addresses but the only one that gets through is to the @tesco.net
address and no failed to deliver message. Everything in Tools, Accounts,
Mail, Properties is identical to the other 2 machines, (desktop and old
laptop, Dell 8200). Any thoughts and advice would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards,
John.
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programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column.
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"Hold No Punches.." Rode brings you great shareware/freeware
programs with his honest opinions in this weekly column.
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Date: Sun, 12 Nov 2006 15:20:37 -0500
From: Loy Pressley
Subject: Using Windows XP
I recently changed to Windows XP SP2 on my home computer system. I have
a System Administrator sign on identity and my usual sign on. Normally,
I'm signed on with my usual identity. Sometimes, I have occasion to
save a file to the desktop. However, sometimes the file I've saved does
not show up on the desktop? Why does this happen? How can I make
Windows save the file to the desktop where I can find it easily?
Also, I have many shortcuts in the start menu and I want to combine some
of them in a folder. I right click on start and select explore and all
of the shortcuts are not there. I go back and select the start menu and
all the programs are still there. What is going on?
I have been around computers and working on computers since the Amiga
and AppleII days. I have to be pretty dense, though, not to be able to
figure out what's going on. I understand that there are different
desktops for each user but what I don't understand is why. when I save
something to the desktop, it does not, oftentimes, show up on my desktop
and I have to scramble around to find it somewhere in the C: drive file
system.
Thanks for any help answering what I know must be a stupid question.
Loy
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