The Brighton Computer Club Q&A Window

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008 MEETING

Moderated by Frank Myers

When I try to update Adaware, I keep getting a message "definition error" please explain.

Answer:

Because you downloaded and installed the new version "aaw2007.exe" from our club CD of Software, your likely problem is related to your Firewall.
Temporarily suspend the operation of your firewall and try to update again.

Answer:

You can generate your email from inside Picassa.
In Picassa, once you have your photos in the viewing window, click "File", Select "E-Mail" and follow the instructions.
Picassa will use your Outlook Express to actually send the photo email.

When composing an email in gmail I find I have to type in all the email addresses - please advise.

Answer:

Check your "Contact"s to ensure that you have valid email addresses - Expecially if you transferred them from Outlook Express.
If your Contacts are correct, you enter email addresses in the "to/cc/bcc" boxes by typing in the first letter of the first or last name and a list of emails corresponding to that letter will pop up for your selection.

When I try to send a large attachment using Sympatico dial-up, they keep a copy on the server. What should I do?

Answer:

In Outlook Express - Click on "Tools" and "Accounts"
Under the "Mail" tab - highlight your Internet Server ie "Sympatico" and click the "Properties" button on the right.
Under the "Advanced" tab - remove the check mark in the box immediately under the "Delivery" section.
Click the "Apply" button on the bottom of the window and "OK" your way out.

Answer:

Our Club recommends using 7-Zip which you can download from our Club Software CD or directly from the originating site through our "Software" page of our web site

Answer:

You now have the option of making any of these views your default for all the folders on your computer:
Click on "Tools" and select "Folder Options"

Under the "View" tab, Click on "Apply to all folders" - then Click on the "Apply" button at the bottom right of window.

This will ensure that all the folders default view will be the one you selected.
To make any particular folder view unique, just select the view for that folder. A good example of this would be "Thumbnails" for a folder of photos or images. You probably would not want all your "folder views" to be thumbnails.
To lock in the view of just one folder, click the view you want, then close the folder while holding down the "Shift" key to lock in that view.

Please explain how I would transfer photos on my computer in to my electronic picture frame.

Answer:

Plug in the USB connecting cable from your Electronic Picture Frame [EPF] to your computer.
Open the EPF in a window to view files, by making that selection when you plug into the USB port. [You will have a menu of choices]
Make a folder on your desktop to hold all the photos that you want to put on your EPF.
Determine the viewing sequence of your photos and rename each photo by inserting a sequence number as the first 2 or 3 characters.
You do this by clicking the right mouse button on each photo icon in the folder and selecting "rename"
For example: mycat.jpg and mydog.jpg are your photos and you want the dog first: 02mycat.jpg and 01mydog.jpg
By doing this, you force the EPF to show the photos in the sequence that you have decided ahead of time
After you have all your photos ready, click "Edit" from the top menu of your desktop folder and Click on "Select All"
Open your EPF window, click your right mouse button on an empty area of the window and select "Paste"
That's it. Close your windows. Unplug your EPF from the computer and give it a try.

Frank Myers

Thanks to Jenny Alker who recorded the questions asked at the meeting.