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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

I didn't see that anyone answer any of your questions.  I don't know the 
answer to #1.

I have 2 of the media players on mine because some things seem to "talk" to 
Windows Media Player better and some seem to "talk" to Real Player better.

3.  Sounds to me like your computer sat in a box for awhile.  Once 
everything is up to date, you won't have much in the line of updates.  Just 
go in and set it to auto updating and tell it when you want it to do it and 
you won't notice it.

4. Go to Control Panel and then to Taskbar/Start Menu, click on taskbar, 
then on customize and rearrange what you want in your Taskbar.  Mark all 
those things you don't want to see as "Hide when inactive" and click on the 
box that says something about hiding stuff that is inactive.

You can also go into the Add or Remove and get rid of all the weird stuff 
like AOL, etc. that you don't want/need.

5.  Don't know the answer to that one either.  Sorry.

There was something else I did that told the blooming computer what programs 
to start when I turned it on and I don't remember what that was.  I shut 
everything off that wasn't necessary and things ran lots faster.

Don, where are you?

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "EarthNSky" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
To: <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2006 7:31 PM
Subject: [Homestead] Here and gone again


> Well, I have the new computer, but little time to play.  I now realize
> how antiquated my old system was, but I swear it is going to take weeks
> for me to learn all the ins and outs of this one.  Is anyone else
> running Windows XP Media Center edition?  Jumping from Win 98 to XP is
> culture shock.
> I do have a few questions for all of you computer savvy folks-you
> haven't let me down yet!
> 1. What is WinAmp and why do I need that?
> 2. How many media players do I need and why?
> 3. How do I keep Windows Update from taking up all of my bandwidth with
> it's updates?  It's running constantly and I still only have a 26.4
> connection.
> 4. What can I do or delete to tweak things and make everything run
> quicker?  I'm not used to having so many icons next to the clock.
> 5.  Under Network Connections, I have two things under LAN or high speed
> internet, neither of which I have (only got dialup here).  One says
> "Local Area Connection" and the other says "1394 Connection"  The 1394
> thing says I am connected???, but the LAC says the status is 'network
> cable unplugged'   Can I delete both of these since I have a connection
> under 'Dialup"?  What is a Virtual Private Network and why do I have a
> Netscape icon grayed there (status says disconnected)
>
>
> We are heading out in the morning for a little vacation as the CANOE is
> DONE!!  Off to the lake we go for some paddling and fishing!  We'll be
> back at the end of next week and I'll try to spend some time online
> catching up with you all.
> Hasta la vista, baby!!!!
>
> Bev
>
>
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