Changing a Program default Viewer
Written by Ed on June 24, 2007 – 10:00 pm -Many of you have problems viewing some of the files shown on OLS and ones you get in emails. When you install a program, such as some of the Adobe programs or Nero and so on is installed, they automatically install their viewer and make it the default. Sometime it is asked and sometime it is not. To me Windows Media Player is one of the best viewers out there. IF you would like to make that change back to Windows Media Player to open these file types, we need to make a little few little changes.
Any easy way with graphics to show you this method, please try this link: http://www.wikihow.com/Change-the-Default-Photo-Display-Program-in-Windows-XP
The example shown shows how to change a jpg file to a a different default so with a little reading you can learn to change the default to any kind of file. The most common file type today for movie files (wmv). So take a look and see what opens this file type and change it to your desires. Remember, you can always change it back it you don’t like it.
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OUR LIGHTER SIDE 6/25/2007
Written by chuck on June 24, 2007 – 9:30 pm -Chinese Proverb:”When someone shares something of value with you and you benefit from it, You have a moral obligation to share it with others.”
An Amish boy and his father were in a mall.
On the way to another visit to my doc’s office this mornin’
Heinz Soup
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Buying Beer, Grandpa? You Will Be Carded
Written by chuck on June 24, 2007 – 7:02 pm -Tennessee must have solved all other problems for the politicians to waste time on this bill.
Tennessee to card 70 year old folks before they can buy beer.
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Man charged 32 years after alleged rape
Written by chuck on June 23, 2007 – 6:53 pm -A 48-year-old Narragansett man has been charged with raping someone 32 years ago when both he and the alleged victim were 16 years old, the attorney general’s office said this week.
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In my opinion, even if it is true, this is a DAMN stupid case after 32 years. What is your opinion?
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Lightning kills man beneath cloudless sky
Written by chuck on June 23, 2007 – 10:45 am -A Dade landscaper died after being struck by an unusual type of lightning that’s stronger, hotter, lasts longer and strikes from clear skies.
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What in the HELL is wrong with President Bush?
Written by chuck on June 22, 2007 – 12:05 pm -Why would he support this?
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Update: Saturday 23, 2007
I received the above video from 3 different readers and I assumed it was true. This morning I received an E-mail from C.M. in Fairbanks Alaska with the link below.
Click here for the Top 10 common myths
The Serious Side is for true news stories. Was the CNN video a hoax? If so, the video will be removed. Did some one make an “ASS” out of me?
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Man Rescued By Casino Ship After Hours In Ocean
Written by chuck on June 22, 2007 – 6:43 am -BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — A fisherman fell off his boat 14-miles from the Brevard County Coast and was left floating in the water for hours, without a life vest Wednesday.
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Latest in Technology from Microsoft
Written by Ed on June 21, 2007 – 10:00 pm -This technology is most impressive. In a few years, we might be able to have this in our homes.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid932579976?bclid=932553050&bctid=933742930
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OUR LIGHTER SIDE 6/22/2007
Written by chuck on June 21, 2007 – 9:30 pm -Mexican eggs
Lord, they’re finally together
Rolled with love!
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How to create a shortcut to quickly lock your XP or Vista computer
Written by Ed on June 20, 2007 – 10:00 pm -It’s a good idea to lock your desktop if you’re going to be away from the computer for a while and there are others around and you don’t want them to use your account. You can do so by pressing the key combo Windows Key + L (with Fast User Switching disabled), but what if you’re using a keyboard that doesn’t have the Windows key? Then you can create a shortcut to put on your desktop or Quick Launch bar and simply click it to lock the desktop. This works in both XP and Vista:
Right click an empty area of the desktop and select New | Shortcut.
Enter the following location for the shortcut: %windir%\System32\rundll32.exe user32.dll,
Name the shortcut “Lock” or something similar.
Now when you click the shortcut, the desktop is locked and you must press CTRL+ALT+DEL and enter your username and password to unlock it.
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