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| Rusty |
  Sep 27 2003, 08:46 AM
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Wanted: Engine case GA003709  Group: Admin Posts: 7,941 Joined: 24-December 02 From: North Alabama Member No.: 6 Region Association: Galt's Gulch 
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Those of us who are using slow connections (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif) - here are some tips for better performance when browsing the 914 Club:
1. (it sounds obvious, but I'll start here) Close Outlook, Kazaa, your Instant Messenger, and other web-windows. If using AOL/Compuserve, close ALL your other windows. 2. Getting pop-up messages? Shut off your messenger service. In W2K and WXP: -Go to Administrative Tools -Click Services -Scroll down, and right-click "Messenger" -Click Stop 3. Go into your 914 Club Controls (link at top of page) -at the bottom, on the left, click "Board Settings" -Set the following to "NO" ----->View Members Signatures ----->View Members Avatars -Setting "View Images" to "No" will really speed you up, but you'll lose a lot of content. Your choice. 4. (While you're in there.) If you use cookies, take the time to click "YES" to "Hide Session ID in links". Choosing 'no' may cause problems when sharing links with people on the same proxy as you. 5. Consider changing the number of posts/topics you see on each page. The fewer posts/topics per page, the faster your page will load. This is good when you only are interested in the last message on a thread. Down-side? You'll have to go through more pages. Find a happy medium for you. 6. Click "Change My Account Options". Enjoy happy browsing! -Rusty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif) on a crappy dial-up |
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| Red-Beard |
Sep 27 2003, 08:54 AM
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"Ya canna change the laws of Physics" Group: Benefactors Posts: 1,124 Joined: 11-February 03 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 288 Region Association: None |
OK - I'm outta touch. When did you move to VA?
BTW - for my dial up needs I found: http://www.access4less.net/ $5.95 and they have lots of local access numbers. James |
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| Rusty |
Sep 27 2003, 09:14 AM
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Wanted: Engine case GA003709 Group: Admin Posts: 7,941 Joined: 24-December 02 From: North Alabama Member No.: 6 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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I'm in Virginia for school for 3 months. I closed my apartment and got here last week.
-Rusty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif) P.S. That sounds like a good dial-up deal. I'm so used to broadband, that browsing the BBS is painful now at dial-up speeds. |
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| d914 |
Sep 27 2003, 10:38 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,331 Joined: 12-July 03 From: Atlanta, ga Member No.: 904 Region Association: South East States |
ok howabout a couple of tips on uploading pictures and how to shrink the size so the site will accept them. Have been unale to post even with DSL.
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| J P Stein |
Sep 27 2003, 10:58 AM
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Irrelevant old fart Group: Members Posts: 8,797 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Vancouver, WA Member No.: 45 Region Association: None |
Irfanview is a free download. Wurks gud for shrinking images. It takes some fooling around to figure out how to make it work....but not too bad.
Do a goggle search for free software.....hay, I *sound* like a real puter wonk (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif) |
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| jarbuthnot |
Sep 27 2003, 01:52 PM
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Senior Woman Driver Group: Members Posts: 201 Joined: 22-August 03 From: Pembroke, ME Member No.: 1,065 |
QUOTE(Lawrence @ Sep 27 2003, 10:46 AM) 3. Go into your 914 Club Controls (link at top of page) -at the bottom, on the left, click "Board Settings" -Set the following to "NO" ----->View Members Signatures ----->View Members Avatars Thank you, thank you (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) The fastest phone line I can get here is 32000, and it takes forever for pages to load. |
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| Rusty |
Sep 27 2003, 07:56 PM
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Wanted: Engine case GA003709 Group: Admin Posts: 7,941 Joined: 24-December 02 From: North Alabama Member No.: 6 Region Association: Galt's Gulch
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d914,
Welcome to the BBS! A new user can post pictures after posting 10 times. To answer your picture-reduction question, I like a shareware program called TNailer, by Smaller Animals Software. It allows you to reduce (to your specs) an entire batch of pictures at once. -Rusty (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smoke.gif) |
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| d914 |
Sep 27 2003, 08:05 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,331 Joined: 12-July 03 From: Atlanta, ga Member No.: 904 Region Association: South East States |
thanks, I was reading another tiraid and figured out the ten posting thing about ten minutes ago. I'm sure it posted some where but my cursing practice at the computer is now at full quota. I sell software for a living and I couldn't figure out what I was doing wrong, Duh.... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fighting19.gif)
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| dakotaewing |
Sep 27 2003, 10:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,160 Joined: 8-July 03 From: DeSoto, Tx Member No.: 897 Region Association: Southwest Region
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I have NetZero dailup at home...I downloaded the new XP Sevice Pack about 4 days ago and ever since I cannot stay online for more that 4-8 minutes before I am kicked off... It really SUCKS -
Can anyone give me some ideas how to fix this?? NetZero wants $2 a MINUTE.... Thanks Thom |
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| seanery |
Sep 27 2003, 10:37 PM
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waiting to rebuild whitey! Group: Retired Admin Posts: 15,854 Joined: 7-January 03 From: Indy Member No.: 100 Region Association: None |
It doesn't sound like net zero is zero anymore huh?
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